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.

Mama Bear on the loose - Don't shoot!!!!!

It is an interesting thing that happens when you give birth to your first child. You think you are so prepared for having a new baby. You have the nursery all set up, clothes you wonder if your child will ever fit into, you have the name picked out and know if you will nurse or bottle feed even know who will change most of the diapers. But the one thing I don't think you are prepared for is the intensity of love and protectiveness you feel the instant they set that screaming precious child on your chest. The thing that catches you so unaware is that the feeling just gets stronger and stronger every day. And then you have another child and you secretly wonder while you are pregnant if you can possibly love another baby as much as you love the first one. And then once again you have that precious newborn set on your chest after you have labored to get them out and your question is instantly answered because your heart has enlarged that very moment and you have forgotten that you ever just loved one child. Then you have the 3rd and then the 4th and each time your heart grows more and more. It is such an amazing feeling and the best thing in the world. You as a Mom the most wonderful name you have ever been called are called to duty. You get to love them, watch over them, wipe them over and over, feed them, stay up w/them when they are sick, worry over them, kiss and hug them as much as you want. The list goes on and on. But the one thing that you are so unaware is ever going to happen is your Mama Bear instinct comes out. You have seen it in your own mother and silently been so proud that she loved you enough to go to the lengths that she did but never knew what it felt like to go thru it yourself. For some of us it happens early like when your child is struggling for life in a hospital and the staff is telling you things and you know they aren't right and you fight for your child and then they live. It proves that as mothers that we know what our children need. And then s/times it happens later when a child or adult it mean to your child. You are shocked to find that strong feeling coming out again. But what makes no sense to me is when people don't get your Mama Bear instinct. When you are doing what is your job as a Mama Bear to do and they try to deny it. What is hard is that no matter what you need to do what is best for your child and for that instinct I am thankful. I just pray that I can use my Mama Bear instinct for what God intended it for and not for harm. But when questioned I will stand tall and say I am proud Mama Bear and I love my cubs!

The perfect pants

Ok, it is a little crazy that a pair of jeans can make my day but ohhhhhhh they are so doing that for me today. I went shopping over the weekend and found 2 pairs of jeans but one of them was just perfect for me. So I bring them home and pull them out of the bag and AHHHHHH they didn't take the thing off of the leg. I don't want to ruin the pants and try to get it off myself so have to just wait. The store was in Nampa and I SO not running right back.

Anyhow my mother in law took them back and got the tag off. Yahoo!!!! These pants feel so good and it makes my day! Yep I am so a girl and a nice pair of pants does it for me. Now off to tackle a laundry room full of laundry my super pants will help sustain me thru this yucky task!!!!! Da da da DA!!!!!!!!