Monday lives on.

Lets see.

More than half the household sick? Check
Window in car broken? Check
Cost of repairing window over $400? Check
12 hours or so of rain?  Check
Kid fell out of bed while I was dreaming about zombies? Check
Both kids awake before 6 am? Check
Forgot to shower? Check

Dreading spending day at "Car Doctor" with two sick, whiney kiddos while childless woman reading novel gives me dirty looks? Check

I am a bad blogfriend.

I started this relationship then completely ignored my sig other. I am truly surprised my blog has not dumped me yet.
Will try to be better, I promise.

green moon rising: thirty-one gifts giveaway ($93!!! 2 winners!)

green moon rising: thirty-one gifts giveaway ($93!!! 2 winners!)

Dog doo doo

I used to say son of a bitch a lot but am trying to be better about cussing around the kids so I have pulled out the old dog doo doo I used at work.




I am an Aries and for the most part I fit the description. Passionate, firery temper etc..

I do have issues with change though.



I love rearranging furniture and moving stuff around but that is just about the only place I like my change. This explains why I stayed in a bad relationship for way to long and stay at jobs for about 5 years at a time. When pushed into a corner I can sometimes make quick decisions that, to my surprise, are the perfect solution.



This is one of those times.



Maybe.



We (I am) are out of money. I cut back the cable and internet, got rid of my old cell phone, turned down the temp, drive only when necessary, do the laundry in cold water and so on in an attempt to save money. It is now time to cut back on the day care. It has been 5 months. I am totally bonded with the baby and over my postpartum issues so why have I been throwing money at day care when I am not working?



I am saving my sanity that's why!



I love my son, He is the best of both me and my husband but I am a better Mom when I get some time away from him. That time not only allows me to catch up at home but allows me to recharge my patience.



I read a blog the other day in which a woman wrote about how she was at her breaking point with her kid in Target one day. One of those moments that you are grateful someone can see you so you do not give into the urge to smack the whine out of your kids voice! She said an older woman came up to her and said something basically like you are everything to your child. Her post was much better written and when I figure out what the hell I am doing I will link to it and give her the credit she is due. I just needed to read that at that moment. Now when my son is driving me crazy with his passive aggressive whining, just being a kid really and I am wanting to run away, I think about the fact that to him, I am his world. I am his mother, teacher and how to manual all in one plump, unshaven form. He is learning how to treat others by how I treat him and especially how I treat myself (note to self, start showering daily again).



This is my little pep talk to myself since I am biting the bullet and taking my son out of daycare. He can count to 20, speak in full sentences, feed himself, use the potty, wash up and take off all of his clothes in .5 seconds.



Surely I cannot fuck all that up by the time he starts school.



Right?

Best invite ever!

My friend Melissa is on of the most creative and talented people I know.  She made amazing quilts for the boys, which I should post photos of but I suck at taking photos of stuff.  I can never quite get it right and these quilts deserve better than that!

I did have to take a photo of the Oscar night/birthday bash invites she sent out.

They. are. impressive.

Like I said, I take crap photos of anything other than my kiddo's but here it is. 

It came with a lovely ticket to the event, two ballots sealed with mini movie theater drinks and a Fourtune Teller Miracle Fish!

I bet none of the celebs attending the actual Oscar's will get anything as cool as that Fish in their swag bags.

Thursday or can I survive until Friday?

Sutt is home from preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays right now. He is having a hard time adjusting to the changes in his schedule and our lives in general. Add that to a bit of the terrible twos going on threes.

Yay life is fun and full of surprises!

Yes, that drips with sarcasm.

I have been stressing out about it daily. I hate leaving a screaming, crying kiddo at preschool but I pay dearly for some time to keep the house livable and have some alone time with Ollie, or nap or read some chick lit.

Gotta have priorities, right?


Here is a little of what we did today.

I also got a little cleaning help while I did a load and a half of dishes, 3 loads of laundry and nursed a seemingly insatiable 4 month old.

Judging back the background of this photo it looks like I missed the kitchen entirely, oops.

Then came craft time. We decided to make Daddy a Valentine's Day present.

He is sure to be thrilled.

Obviously my craft skills are stuck in the 80's.