I'm Back!!!

Wow I can't believe it has been so long since I last got on. Not to say nothing has happened in our lives in the meantime. I guess so much has happened I don't have the time to do blogging.

We are now back in school. Corrin in 5th, Connor in 3rd, Ian in 1st and Kolette is in her last year of preschool. Kolette missed the cutoff by 8 days to go to Kindergarten but I am super fine w/that. Kids are sent to school all the time when they are sick and the parents don't recognize the kids are sick till the school sends them home. When kids are in Preschool parents pay for their kids to be there so they don't take them when they are sick. Knowing my girl she would be out of school more than she was in it based on past experience.

Biggest thing that is going to happen in our house is I am getting a baby to love on during the day. I am watching a baby starting Oct 4th for a friend of mine that is a teacher. It took a little ok alot of convincing for me to agree to it but once I did I am super excited. She is going to be just turning 2 months when I get her. She is blonde and blue eyed so she will fit right in.

We have just finished our bathroom remodel well at least the shower part. Now we just have to pick out some vinyl for the floor and we will be all set. Man it has been literally 5 years since we have been able to take a shower in this house. I don't know if I will be tempted to take a bath for a very very long time.

I guess that is all for now or else I would go on for pages and pages. Hoping you are all having a wonderful and blessed weekend!

How to NOT celebrate Fathers Day!

How we celebrated Fathers day is not my idea of fun. Well at least it started out great. We went to church and headed out to Boise to go to a car show after. We met up w/some friends of ours and they boys esp enjoyed collecting the cards all the cars had and they love their collection b/c they all have a pic of the car on it. Kolette was wanting to be held during the entire and acting like she wanted to go to sleep. So Donnie and I took turns holding her.

When we headed back to the car it was raining like crazy. Kolette started shivering once in the car. I took her temp and it was 99.9 so I knew we were on our way to a fever. I keep albuteral and tylenol in my bag so she took some. Then her lips turned blue and same w/her eyelids. She started breathing fast and was shaking. So we headed to Boise St. Lukes. They have the ER separated into adults and kids. It was really cool to have everyone so great w/kids.

Her oxygen was low and she had a good fever but nothing like she is capable of getting too. They did an x-ray and the cool thing is they did it in the room. They came back and said she had pneumonia, then they tested her urine and said it was bacterial pneumonia (strepptococcal) sp?. They were instantly worried about her. I told them who her doc in Boise is and they called him but then I also told them she only sees him 2x a year and that Dr. Page sees her all the time. I said I wouldn't let her stay overnite unless Dr. Page said that he thought we should. He has been such a blessing to us. He talked to me and also to the ER doc. Her face had turned red and around her mouth was all white and she was breathing 60 beats per minute which is 3x what she should be doing then her entire face turned white. Then to make matters worse for her comfort level she threw up all over her clothes. She liked the hospital gown coz it was purple. My little sunshine doesn't make sense and scares doctors that don't know her. So I have such a hard time trusting anyone when it comes to her.

I finally relented to her staying the night since they could give her high doses of antibiotics to help fight it off. She didn't even need the oxygen during the night and the fever went away which was strange considering her lung was partially collasped. The 2 biggest blessings in it all was that Dr. Rand came to see her on his off day and said he would take care of her and the other huge blessing was Dr. Travis Page. I just can't believe what a blessing he has been to us. It was a great night of sleeping for her and I w/them giving her breathing treatments every 2 hours and changing the antibiotics on the other 2 hours and the monitors beeping it was awesome!

The great part of being at a Childrens hospital is they know how to be w/kids. The child life specialists are amazing. They gave Kolette a quilt, a special pillowcase(a lady who's son died from cancer makes them to cheer up the kids while they have to stay) and she got a Pig w/clothes and shoes. They gave her an additional pneumonia shot to cover what the one she got as a baby didn't cover. She hates shots and iv's but she was pretty brave:o)

I kinda feel for the hospital staff since I push to let her go home if all they are doing is things I can do at home. I know what to do and am even comfortable w/going home w/oxygen. They even tried to make me watch a asthma video even though I told them I have been to 2 asthma workshops and have a 10 yr old who has had asthma her entire life. Finally the figured out I know what I am talking about.

I am mainly posting this for myself to help me remember I am sorry to bore you all. I am so thankful the next day they let us go home. Now we just have to learn to recognize when she is getting sick and act whenever she has a fever. I don't understand why she gets fevers and then the next day they are just gone and then things like this happen to her out of the blue. They actually told me she is a very healthy child and that is why she can handle this kind of infection and not have it make her horribly sick. Weird I never thought of her as healthy.

Saw Dr. Page today and we have an action plan and he is so great about being there for her. What a comfort I hate breaking in doctors and nurses it just frustrates me. But I am so thankful she is doing so great now. Breathing well is a blessing for now too:o)

We made it 2 yrs without going to the hospital hopefully we won't have to go back.

Mama knows everything!

Today is Mother's day and we went to our usual Mothers day place-The Zoo!!! I know it seems kinda crazy but seeing the kids enjoy themselves is what being a mom is all about.

So after we run all over the zoo we are walking the long way back to our car. I am saying s/thing to Ian about how "Well coz Mama knows everything right?" to which he is still young and sweet enough to agree. Connor on the other hand doesn't think I know everything he says his dad does. I ask why and he says "Coz Dad went to the same grade twice!" Ok, I give I can't argue w/that logic. Silly boy but he loves his dad. This being the boy that for the first 6 yrs of his life said he was only
Mom's boy to adoration for dad. I guess Donnie deserves some adoration after 8 yrs.

Thanks for the prayers!

God is so good and I am so thankful for praying friends. Sometimes I think I need the reminder that I am not in control of anything that God is. He is only waiting on me to lean on Him.

THANK YOU!!!

Please pray...

Sorry that this will be a rather vague post. However I am just asking you as my Christian friends to keep our family in your prayers. We are going thru a difficult situation and if you would just remember our family in your prayers we would be so eternally thankful.

Give thanks...

Since I have complained a bit on my few and far between posts I am going to say a few things I am thankful for today.

*I am thankful Kolette hasn't had a fever since Sat nite

*I am thankful we are going to her specialist tomorrow and hopefully will get some answers

* I am VERY thankful that in the midst of a doctor change I have found a friend/caring doctor. It has been a very hard transition emotionally for me to change doctors for Kolette b/c of her history. I hate describing her life to everyone new and wondering/hoping they can figure out what is going on w/her. I love the doctor we have seen from Corrin's birth but the office enviornment is not easy to deal with and he is so hard to get into. So I am eternally thankful for Dr. Travis and his willingness to treat Kolette w/the best possible care. He has eased my mama's heart.

* I am thankful school is out in less than 3 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

* I am thankful for family and friends and how they listen to me in my sleep deprived moments of insanity

* I am EXTREMELY thankful to God for allowing me to be a wife and a mom the 2 best jobs in the world!!!

Ok mushy time is over coz I could go on and on and on. . .

Thanks everyone!!!

The fever drama Queen

And the story continues... I was so hoping that with May in our sights that the illness bug would just go away.

So last Wed Corrin almost broke her nose in PE. And to add insult to injury she got sick right on top of it. So I hear alot of "Cough - Ow!" or "Sneeze - Ow!" out of her. And w/the fever and getting a sore throat she has not wanted to eat ever after the fever went away so she has lost like 4 lbs. I am hoping we are on the mend now. At least w/her.

So on Sun evening Kolette gets a fever of 104 and so that was fun. But then Monday she decides that 104 isn't good enough and bumps it up to 105 and I take her to the Dr. Her oxygen was down and she slept the entire appt. Kolette never sleeps so you know she is really sick. We got home w/an antibiotic. Then she acts fine all day yesterday w/just a fever of 101. She ends up at 105 again last night, throws up and is breathing super fast. I woke up the doctor at home who was also sick and he gave me alot of things to do like neb her every 15 mins and if it didn't improve in an hour to take her to the ER.

Anyhow we barely made it thru the night. But she is now on Prednisilone, a heavy antibiotic, pulmicort, her other antibiotic and albuteral. But she just insists she isn't sick she just gets cold. Anyhow life is guaranteed to never be boring w/her just confusing when it comes to the medical part. But God is watching over her and that is all I can ask for. Although I don't think that a little sleep would be out of the question for me.

I'm there for you

I am standing at my computer and this is the conversation I am hearing from the boys bedroom. It is Ian and Kolette.

Ian "I am here for you"
Kolette "I am here for you"
Ian "I won't let anyone hurt you"
Kolette "You look up to me"
Ian "I have to take very, very, very good care of you"
Kolette "What if you got in trouble at school coz someone was mean to me?"
Ian "I will always take care of you"

My cup runneth over!

My Girl!

4th Grade has been a rough one for my Corrin. She started out the year with the teacher she really wanted. She was happy and doing well in class. Then a teacher/family member died who taught in the kindergarten. So Corrin's teacher who is happiest as a kinder teacher took the vacant spot. Corrin got a new fresh out of college teacher. So between the girls that were making her life miserable she had to deal w/a teacher that was rigid and made her more miserable. Corrin became sad and cried alot. This is NOT her. She has always been a straight A student and 2 of her grades dropped to a B and a C. The teacher couldn't explain it and said that it was missing assignments. I know my daughter and there were no missing assignments. She made life very miserable. Anyhow after much struggle we were blessed w/her being moved to a new class w/a new teacher right after the Christmas break.

Immediately Corrin was happy again. She came home from school and said she could talk outside when they were in line. It has been the best thing ever to have her smile again. She loves her new teacher and is thriving. Her conferences went wonderful, but today she got a award at the Awards Assembly and this is what it said :

"Corrin Shuster has earned recognition for Being a model student. You have done an outstanding jo0b of getting every assignment in. You are an amazing student! Your efforts have really helped you achieve higher grades. Keep up the great work and keep that smile on your face!"

Wow what a difference a great teacher can make in the life of a student. In case you ever wonder how to be there for your child just listen. I am thankful I am able to help out in the classroom so I can see first hand what it is really like. I am so thankful that God allowed Corrin to be moved to the best learning place for her.

Oh she also got the P.E. award too:o)

In case that's not enough...

In addition to my last post in my fight against aging. I vow to pull, pluck, wax, shave or tweeze any hair that has the nerve to grow anywhere else other than my head. Just ask my mom she will attest to this being a goal of mine. I have recently become a fan of having my eyebrows waxed. I don't enjoy the pain of it or the horrible red marks around my eyebrows when I am done but after an hour I am VERY happy. Crazy the things that make this girl happy:o)

Hello my name is Amy and I love Facebook

I guess I am becoming a huge blogger slacker. I think to myself that I have nothing to say that is interesting to anyone but myself and I already know so what's the point? But my Facebook is easy it is just a few sentences and I am done. So I am going to have to think of s/thing more than once a month to blog about. I know it's not interesting but Kolette got her hair cut in a bob again. She isn't too happy about it since she wants it long. She just isn't in on the secret that she has super fine hair that doesn't hold a curl and there really isn't much of it. So unless by a miracle it decides to be thick and full of body she is stuck w/short hair dos. Me? Well I had to get my hair highlighted b/c I refuse to not be blond. I also refuse to age gracefully. I WILL NOT HAVE WHITE HAIR!!! I vow I will color my hair and it color won't take on my hair when it is all white I will find a way to make it not white whether w/a permanent marker or Rit dye. Yep I am insane! I did pull out a white hair the other day. It's not like I have very many but I am preparing for the battle. Why do they figure out how to grow so much faster than the rest of my hair? Is it b/c I vow to destroy them w/color? Ok I will stop on my rant over aging in any sense of the word. But I do feel better b/c it is off my chest and my hair is once again it's blonde self:o)

Have a blessed day all!

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!!!!

I think I have been taken over by a facebook addiction. I get on the computer just long enough to check facebook and off again. No blogging. I know I have plenty of things to blog about but just don't take the time to type them out. Or I wonder am I giving more info than others want to know. I don't know I don't have a very exciting life but it is busy and I love it!

We are having a bit of deja vu this week. We have enjoyed this year of Kolette not getting very sick so much. She has had pneumonia twice this season but both times it was a rather mild version and it didn't knock her down. I foolishly thought maybe she is growing out of the rough stuff.

However Sunday night she got a fever and was feeling miserable. So I took her to the doc on Mon and he said her lungs sounded clear just could hear her asthma. So after a miserable Mon night I took her in for a x-ray Tues morn. She actually felt fine when we got to the hospital. She was on a Motrin/albuteral high and walked in all by herself showed me where the admissions desk was and also to the radiation waiting room. No one would guess she was sick. So I talk to the doctor a few hours later and he says she has pneumonia in her upper left and right lungs and also in the middle lobe. Puts her on 2 antibiotics. I am thinking ok we will be fine. But she had the worst time breathing that night. I resisted w/everything in me to not call the doc at home that night. No you won't be that mom I kept telling myself. She had a fever during the night but the rapid breathing more than twice what it should be when she didn't have the fever was scaring me and when she got her fever of 104.2 at 4am and her breathing was so fast I didn't even want to count coz i feared I would have to take her to the hospital. However I nebbed her and we made it thru to the morn at home. Anyhow her fever went away and I took her in to the doc again. He o2 kinda sucked and so he put her on prednisilone. I hate the idea of steroids but I hate a sick kid even worse. Sooooooooooooooooooooo we are on the mend now and I am so glad. He wants us to see a pediatric pulminologist. Only thing is they don't have any around here so we would have to go to Portland or Salt Lake. I guess I better get to looking. Thanks for listening to my babbling. I will try to not be so long next time or quite so long winded:o)

Things that make you go hmmm...

Wow it has been awhile. I get so busy I forget that I have a blog. It is a new year full of new things I am sure. Corrin is in a new classroom and so that is our biggest change. But you can't be afraid of change it is part of what makes us stronger.

We got the kids report cards on Friday. Corrin and Connor did great and had the expected comments on them. So no suprises there. My Ian however. . . well I have always known he marches to his own drum, that he is super stubborn, that he is smarter than he ever lets on, that you can't force him to do anything that is not his idea first. I also know he is super sweet and would do anything for anyone. But then again all on his terms. So his report card looked great but on the comment section was the sandwich effect. His teacher has had both Corrin and Connor in her class for kinder and 1st so she knows our family. Anyhow she says how great he is and how she loves to see his creative twist on things blah, blah, blah ok here is the zinger. "I would love to see Ian be more responsive to whole group learning that he does not see as meaningful, I think the more participation he would engage with the more meaning he would find." then a comment about it being a great quarter of growth. Gotta love it coz it totally sums up Ian. However this does not mean that I am not working on him and getting him to understand how important it is to me and his teacher that he participate in everything in class and always do his best. I still after almost 6 yrs haven't figured out how to best motivate that boy. If I figure out one thing that works guaranteed it won't work the next time.

Kids they are so different. I guess that is why I feel like my brain is in a fuzz. I am always trying to find what works for each of my kids and it always takes change. But I am thankful that I have the opportunity to do it:o)

Birthday happiness

It is funny how the older we get the less our birthday means to us. I am now 35 and no I don't think that is old. But it is funny how the little things are the things that mean the most. Every year since I was born my mom has played "The best gift" by Barbara Streisand on my b-day. She will call me and say nothing but the song is playing. Don't bother talking she won't talk back just let the music play. I love it! Traditions are a wonderful thing.

My brother flew in on Tues and had to fly out on my b-day. But this is the 2nd year in a row he has been here for my b-day. We all went to dinner last night and he came by this morn for a little bit before he flew out. It is sure nice to spend time w/your family even if it is a small one.

My kids all did s/thing for me. Corrin made dinner and dessert all on her own. The best part was she didn't even have to be asked. Connor went w/his Grandma a week ago and got me some perfume he knew I really liked. He thought it was a huge secret even though Grandma had let on but I kept up the ruse. His heart was what won me over. Ian gave me one of his fave hot wheels and a hacky sack ball and he wrapped them himself. Also a book he made at school that he read to me. Kolette made me 2 pictures that she had wrapped herself too. But I gotta say the hugs and kisses were my favorite parts.

Nope I don't mind birthdays as an adult b/c what gifts mean the most aren't the ones you can buy in the store you only find in the heart of s/one you love.

Out of the mouth of Ian!

I am so glad that God has a sense of humor and blessed me w/my Ian. That boy is always thinking and doing the unthinkable. Not bad just not what you would expect. He loves to create and begged me at the craft store for this bag of buttons and his own wire. So since I had told him No the last time I decided to get it for him. The next day at Kolette's recital he was sitting there making jewelry for his friends. He made his friend Natalie and her little sister a bracelet. He makes them for me and his sisters and makes Kolette rings out of wire as well.

So we have all these cupboards in our toy room. He likes to play in this one bottom cupboard and decided it was alot of work to open and close the door on it. So since on his 5th b-day my in-laws got him real tools he took the screwdriver and took off the door. Gotta admire his willingness to do it himself. So then he decides that his bear needs a hook to hang his scarf from he goes and gets a nail and uses his hammer and puts a nail in the side of his bunk bed. Grr... drives me crazy but yet he is using his brain.

So yesterday he is susposed to be getting dressed up for school and the Christmas concert was yesterday as well. So he refuses to wear his nice new sweater and turtleneck. He says he is susposed to get dressed up and needs to wear his Darth Vadar costume. He said the girls were wearing dresses and the boys get to dress up. I told him that they weren't wearing their halloween costumes but he insisted. So we settled on a nice black button up and a real tie. He loved the attention from the ladies and as he calls them "his girls" for looking so nice though.

Honestly he will argue w/me over clothes as much as Corrin. One of the other Kinder teachers told him she liked his shirt one day and it happened to be green. So he decides that he needs to wear a green shirt everyday b/c she liked it and she is pretty and nice. I had to tell her to tell him to wear red since that is his fave and he has lots of it. This boy wears cologne and worries about his hair. What am I going to do w/him when he hits puberty? He is such a darling sweetie but he already notices the pretty girls. He will even chase or push boys who mess w/his girls. You are very lucky if you are counted among his girls.

He just makes me wonder what next will come to mind. For now we will enjoy his being 5 and take it a day at a time:o)

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas...

Wow you can never predict the weather in our neck of woods. We have had the temp as low as 1 only last week and today we were dumped on w/snow. Yikes! It is alot and quite a difference. Now snow is fun to play in and look at. However I am not a fan of driving in the mess. So my wonderful brother who is flying in today choose today the snowest day to come in:o) Oh well only Corrin knows he is coming so it will be the icing on the cake for the kids. Snow + Uncle Mac = Utter happiness for my kids.

So we have been on the mad search for snow boots. Why oh why do my kids feet have to grow? Kolette lives in the land of happy hand me downs. Corrin that is never her world and now that Ian's feet are a size bigger than Connors neither of them can share. Soooooooo we tredge to Ontario yesterday too look for Ian. We look at K-mart and to no avail. However the lady thinking that my son can fit into a size smaller than he is was rather amusing. Whatever! So we start to go to Payless and they have NOTHING. So my mother in law calls and says she got some for Ian. Oh happy day! But unfortunately they were girl boots. Sorry but I refuse to do that to my sweet boy. So this morn Ian wore a pair 3 sizes too big and that is the way it goes till we find some. I sure wish s/one would have a secret stash and I would happen to stop in their store and we would all be happy.

So for now the search is on...

Black friday or thurs whatever...

Ok I have never been a huge Black Friday kinda gal. I have no problem getting up and going to JoAnn's early in the morn but my experience there has been rather pleasant. I have the drill down grab a number first thing then grab fabric. Actually have a friend grab the number and I grab madly at fabric. Then you wait and get your fabric cut. If you are friendly you can sweet talk others into letting you have a couple yards of the super cute fabric they have in their cart after they are done. It is early but nice. However this year I didn't deem it a good enough sale and after FINALLY getting my craft/closet of crap cleaned I didn't want to ruin it w/more fabric I didn't have the room for.

So. . . my friend asked if I wanted to hit Wal Mart and I wasn't quite sure if I wanted to do that. I decided against it but she asked if I wanted to drive to Boise on Thanksgiving and go to Toys R Us which opened up at midnight. So we did and it was really cold. However the wait for over an hour w/o coffee I might add they finally let us in. We had to use a cart w/a childseat on it for it was all that was left. I basically made it thru the main aisle all around the store. I did however get some great deals and feel much more prepared but not completely ready for Christmas. However it is just amazing to me how rude people can be. I seriously stood there not moving w/a lady pushing her boxes up against my back and my stomaugh was pushed up against the cart. But yet I waited nicely. But NOOOOOOO not this rude lady w/the nose ring. She pushed up an aisle that had NO room the wrong way and ran over a mans foot and just kept going. My friend Buffy she is much better at telling people to back off nicely. She told a lady who kept bumping her w/her cart repeatly to stop b/c it wouldn't get her any further. Grrr.... But after waiting in line for over 2 hours we were finally free. I got home at 4am and thankfully caught a little bit of sleep. Thank the good Lord for good children who didn't destroy the house while I got a tiny bit of rest.

Now we will see how much I want to go next year. The company was great and the deals were good so we will just have to see how much insanity we are willing to put up with. . .

Thank You!

I just want to say THANK YOU to all the service men and women who are serving our Great Country!!!! My big brother Mac is currently serving our country and has been to Iraq twice. I am so proud of him and how he is fighting for our freedoms. I am also thankful for my Father In Law who served in Vietnam when people who were enjoying the freedoms he fought for spit at soldiers and protested the war. And yet they still serve. THANK YOU just doesn't seem like enough to say. So I hope that everyone will hug or say thank you to a Vetran today or anyday for all they do.

Friday Facts

Ok since my lame brain can't come up w/original things myself I am again stealing from Tiff. Feel free to do this fun list yourself.

Thankful for

I am thankful for my family and my beautiful kids. Ian has a boy in his class that has some issues and Ian has taken him under his wing. He will go and sit by him and ask him if he wants to do his next letter or whatever they are working on. Also when walking down the hall this boy will talk loudly but if he holds Ian's hand Ian will just put his finger to his lips and the boy will listen. It is so sweet to see how patient Ian is w/others I could take a few lessons from him in this areas.

Listening to

Dora in the backround while Kolette yells out the answers. Drives me nuts but at least she feels good enough to participate in it.

What's for dinner?

Beans and ham. Of course I didn't start early enough so it is going to be late. Kolette's being sick has thrown a monkey wrench in the cooking dept. But at least we will eat . . . eventually

Looking forward to

I am looking forward to the day that Kolette doesn't get sick in mysterious ways. After a week of her being on antibiotics she has pneumonia and even threw up blood earlier. Talk about freak me out. I think I have chilled out quite a bit from what I was when she was younger. I mean she has been at 104 something all week but until she got to 105 today I didn't freak out and it didn't exactly freak me out but alert me to move forward. So someday I hope that she will not go to the extremes when she gets sick. But then again it keeps things from getting boring so for now I will just accept it.

I am needing or wanting

I am wanting a winter where we don't end up in the hospital. I am not a pessimist but more of an realist. I figure that if we stay out of the hospital it will be a good winter. And by hospital I mean not the ER but a stay. I really need Kolette to be strong this winter.

Missing

I am missing for one the battery charger for Donnies camera I got him for his birthday in July. Of course he says it is all my fault but I don't agree. However it is missing and I have looked everywhere I would think it could possibly be. I really don't want to have to order him one but it's looking like that is the next step. Darn! I am also missing my brother. My kids love to have him around and he is such a good influence on them. Hope he comes to visit soon but North Carolina sure seems really far away right now.

Quote of the day

Don't know how to make the sound but the sound when you rub your finger over your lips like you are crazy. That sums up how my day has gone just plain confusing.

Not me this week

I guess I will attempt Not Me Monday on Tuesday or make it now Thurs. This is taken from Tiff who took it from I don't know but she always gives credit where credit is due so I will attempt to do the same.

Sunday nite I did NOT have a little girl w/a fever of 104.4 and still let her go to preschool the next day. I would NOT do that. But then again I do NOT have a little 4 year old who does NOT follow the sickness rules. So I did NOT call the doctors at 4:30 and ask if they could fit her in. She did NOT have an ear infection. However considering her past this is soooooo mild in our book. Also since I started this posting 2 days ago I also did NOT have the same little girl climb into my bed this morn w/a temp of 104.9. She is truly a mystery!

I went to Ian's class yesterday and I did NOT hear a child swear loudly. I did NOT ask the teacher if she heard the same thing? She asked the word and I did NOT say it rhymed w/Sit. Wow that is a first for me to hear that. In my other kids the worst they ever came home w/was s/one said the "S" word (shut-up) and the "B" word (butt).

I also am NOT one to call my neighbor who owns a coffee shop in Ontario and have her pick up coffee for me and vice versa for when I am over there too. I also did NOT tell her to rip up the check she gave me and have her put for credit for coffee. No I am NOT addicted to their yummy coffee. I will also NOT place blame for this coffee addiction on my sweet friend Holly. No I would NOT do that to her.

I am NOT stressing that I am not prepared for Christmas at all. I would NOT stress out this early in Nov that is so not me. I am NOT anal like that.

I was NOT called a Grizzly by the doctor today. He was referring to me and how I am a mama bear when it comes to my children. I will take it as a compliment. However this does NOT mean I didn't inform him of how Mama bear I can be. Thankfully he does jest w/me a bit so for that I am thankful esp after all the doctor mess I have currently gone thru.

I know I didn't follow the rules of the NOT me Monday to the letter but I am sleep deprived and so this is how it is for this week. Hope you all have a wonderful week full of NOT's.