If you have 5 minutes

If you have 5 mintues watch this video a friend shared this w/me today and it touched on all my emotions. I thought I would share.

click me!

Sorry I don't know how to add a youtube video to my blog. So I'll just link to it.

Have you hugged your kids today?

No, I mean really hold them and hug them, and they hug you back. (Not the dead fish hug, much like the dead fish handshake some people give. )

The oldest one (see Boy at right) and I butt heads the most out of all our kids. There seems to be more days than not lately that I just hope he doesn't wake up from his nap and just keeps on sleeping right through the night. Well today I picked him up from school at 11:30 he does is usual "mom!" runs at me with open arms give me a hug at the waist (he's getting taller) and then it begins.

lets get your coat on.

i'm to tired, I want lunch, I want to watch a movie......(whine, whine, whine)

Oh joy!

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today we get home. (very mild on the whining) He ASKS for help with his coat and as he was walking up to me. He just smiled the sweetest smile.

I held out my arms and he folded in and we just hugged

no wiggling to get a way, or sharp tounged "NO's"
We both just hugged and it was nice.

I love those moments.

So if you havent today, because the day has just been busy for whatever reason. Stop and hug your kids, or your husband, or maybe your own mom and *dad.









*There's a whole nother can of beans for Me and a couch and "Dr. Jacquelyn Shaw" to work through. Call me when you open your office I'll be your first client.

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye...

my little Cameron Eli Come Back here was...........

Not with Daddy.....

Not with Me.......

and not with Uncle Ben.......

not with the other kids that we know that were at the Hockey Game.......

Not standing at the glass watching the zamboni......

brain process process process PROCESS PLEASE......where is he.....look right.......look left.....look up into stands....seconds are ticking....Brian walking briskly to the right...Ben going off to the left....panic setting in.....seconds are ticking.....looks from the other parents do not look reassuring.....don't freak he's got to be right here......seconds are ticking.....Here comes Brian back (EMPTY HANDED).....here comes Ben back (EMPTY HANDED).....seconds are ticking......Megan take baby.....Hillary take Hayden.....Ryan, Ken, Brian, Ben and me, yeah me go, look, find, ask people........seconds are still ticking, its been minutes now...

....Here comes Ken......

FOUND HIM.......

WHERE?

On the other end of the building heading toward the exit doors. HUG panic/relief TEARS

I love you Cameron, you scared me!

House Saga returns

So, way back whenever it was that I posted about the house being shown the last time, We were informed by the Realtor that if the house sold we would have 60 days to move out. OR if we found some place else we could give our landlords a 60 day notice.

So we found a place, its amazing. Its a BARN see pic below. Not exactly homey looking but its a great appartment.There are 2 appartments in this establishment. We would have the one on the far side. Its got 2 1/2 bathrooms 4 bedrooms a HUGE livingroom/diningroom/kitchen with a great yard that we can fence in and do with what we like. The BEST Part: its a LONG TERM rental, we can have it indefinatley, and its WAY cheaper than our current house:.

So the house was shown again this last friday. its 50/50 if anything will happen. So we were talking to the Owner of the RealEstate company about our lease and mentioned the 60 day clause. And she responded "What 60 day clause. You are commited to this lease till May 31st."

That is when we learned that we are screwed. The Barn is avaliable March 1st and we need out of our lease. So if you are the praying kind. Please pray that this house would sell so that we would not have to pay to get out of our lease. and If it does not sell pray that money would be avaliable to buy out of our lease and have enough to pay the deposit and 1st months rent on the Barn.

I'll keep you posted...

The boy who loves to fake it

So, this was our night starting at 3:30 A.M.

MMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
............What?................
COUGH.....COUGH.....I NEED A TISSUE...............
you have a box of tissue right there get one and wipe your nose.......................
COUGH.........COUGH.........COUGH......................COUGH.........................COUGH..........(BRIAN...HAYDEN, KNOCK IT OFF).
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................................cough ...............................................................cough.....cough......cough.......cough....

I go up stairs and carry him by his armpits down stairs, to the toilet, and command PEE.......we get pee.......back up stairs, tuck him in...........GO TO SLEEP AND QUIT WITH THE FAKE COUGHING NO MEDICINE FOR YOU......go back down to bed...............
............cough.......... COUGH.........................................
.......................................COUGH.....................................COUGHCOUGH..................................................
......................................................................COUGH.......................................................COUGH................
...................COUGHCOUGHCOUGH........................................................MMMMMMOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM....................................................
..............................................COUGH.............................................................................................................
......COUGH....................COUGH........COUGH....................COUGH.....................COUGH..............
COUGH....................................................................................COUGH...........................................COUGH
....................COUGH.......COUGHCOUGH...........................................................................................
MMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MM.........................................................COUGH...............COUGH...................I THINK YOU NEED TO GIVE ME MEDICINE.......COUGH.......COUGH..........COUGH........................................................

Brian gets up and goes down stair to get some peace and quiet, I wanted to join him but he had already pulled a late night being up w/Baby Rae till well after midnight.

I go up stairs, tuck him back in and tell him that "you don't get medicine when you are faking your cough" return downstairs to an emply bed and the sounds of whimpering

cough.....cough.................cough.....................................................................................(Me drifting off to sleep)......COUGHCOUGHCOUGH......................................................................me drifting off to sleep again..........................cough.........................................................cough........................................................
.......................................................cough......................me drifting off to sleep yet
again...............cough...............cough.............................cough.................mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
moooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmm........cough...............(time warp We continue this madness till 4:45 a.m. ....................zzzzzzz.....zzzzzzzzzz.......zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....
...zzzzzzzzzzzzz........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


need i say that i love coffee.......

the dayton time: one world, one heart giveaway

the dayton time: one world, one heart giveaway

Hey everyone, the Missus (her name is really Pamela) is doing an amazing give away over at her blog, so go read up on her and leave a comment to get in on the drawing. I completely endorse her canned goods! they are truly amazing!

100th Post

So, this is my 100th post! Can you believe it? I can't.

Here are some of my favorites over the last 100.....I have more but these are just a sampling!

Maple Syrup Season

Brothers

Oh the stink

The Way things are

First Day

Grad School Essay (this was on the Dayton time)

Sunny Sunday's

Introducing Peer Hoondyke

Peni and Beer



Happy 100th post to me!

Lack of sickness

So, we have been pretty healthy here since the beginning of Dec. and I had been meaning to put a very gracious post out about how it has been so awesome having all the little people plus Brian and I both healthy for the last several weeks. (my "kidney" pain ended up being back muscles) So just about the time one thinks thoughts like that, is the time that someone starts with something.

Yea, Cameron started 3 days ago with a slight runny nose, that has turned into a full blown hacking cough and faucet nose. and Hayden was right behind him, and Now Bailey sounds like Darth Vador.

All I can say is a sure did enjoy it while it lasted.

We are heading out today to go sledding with Cousin Julie, we are havin a heat wave its 25! WHOOPEE!!!!

Cameron's bummed

So today Cameron Eli Come Back Here decides to have a conversation about our fribate farts.

yes, that's what your thinking it is, Private parts.

He grabbed my chest and announced Mommy's fribate farts!

I said yes your right, and they aren't for you to touch.

he grabs his own chest and announces mine fribate farts!

No, I laughed, your a boy your don't have private parts up there you have private parts between your legs.

He gets all teary eyed grabs his chest again and says I want fribate farts up here too.

Sorry bout your luck buddy!

When its 20 degrees or lower how to occupy your time.....

So our temps here have been pretty frigid...like oh I don't know....9, or 15 or we might hit a heat wave of 32 on tuesday, but wednesday its supposed to be a high of 5! Yeah, so what do you do with 3 kids when its to fricken cold to go out and the van doesn't like to start when its that cold. It will start it just doesn't like to. So this is what we do......practice using the timer on my Cannon Digital Rebel EOS, which I have had since Hayden was born and have never used the timer...so here is what we got.....

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and then we made paper bag puppets......really I make the puppets and just let the kids play with them so here is a frog...

We also made a pig and a lion but I forgot to take pictures of them. If you really must see them comment and I'll post them. Hope your all surviving! Happy Cabin Fever to ya!

My new love

Mary Jane Crocs.....

Ilovelovelovelovelovelovethese! don't you!

Besides the fact that they are not very winter weather friendly they make supurb house shoes. They are BLACK which is very important because I can wear them with everything. Brian wanted lilac or pink camo, did i mention that he hits the "smokin Mushrooms" a little hard. Anyway, Most things in my woredorbe are neutral and plain. I'm trying to reach out to more exciting things like texture and stripes and prints but I'm a comfort person. I would rather be comfortable that fashionable. HENSE the CROCS!!! Don't you want some! go get some today...they have TONS of them CLICK HERE you don't have to have black they have many colors and prints to pick from. Happy hunting!

Tomorrow how to make a frog, pig and lion paper bag puppet! I know your excited, I have pictures too!

Guess who's WALKING!!!

(big sigh........)

This Thing called FACEBOOK?

So what is this thing of which everyone speaks. I feel so left out. I want to play with all my old friends and catch up and say Hi and where are you and what are you doing later and blahblahblah...can someone please fill me in...

The Run Down...

So its been a while since I posted about the goings on of our house in general. So I thought I would fill you in. Starting from the bottom and working up...

Bailey: has discovered she can scream. and I mean scream!!! Scream cause she's happy. Scream cause she's mad, Scream cause she's excited, scream cause it sounds cool in her own little head. It makes my ears bleed and scolding her just makes her scream and cry! Her big baby blue well up with tears and she lets out these wales that would peel the wall paper off the walls. I think she is also cutting some teeth (finally) the bottom middle of her gums are very swollen and she is constantly chewing on something, fingers, toys, passy's.

Cameron: his favorite color is ORANGE. He is full of spit and vinegar. His new thing is to jab you in the neck w/ his fingers. He's trying to tickle you but it feels like he's trying to skewer your Adam's apple. He also feels its his job to scold Bailey for screaming. Which we had a discussion about and I informed him that scolding her was my job. He very abruptly told me that it was in fact his job to do so. he also informed me last night that he wants a BIG bed like Hayden. He is still in his crib. They share a room and right now it is the only way I have of keeping him contained.

Hayden: His favorite color is which ever is darkest out the whatever he is looking at. He started back at school today. I had a good day so far. I mean HE had a good day back to school. He was very excited about his show-&-tell he took his new dinosaur. Whatever one looks like a bird, Pterodactyl? Anyway, he is very much in love with playing out in the snow, movies and Curious George. Uncle Ben got Hayden ice skates for Christmas. Because for the months leading up to Christmas that was all he talked about Santa bringing him ICE SKATES. So, We forced him to put them on Sunday and go skating. See pictures. He insisted that he didn't like it but after a lady brought us an orange traffic cone to use he took to it like a fish to water. He was laughing and smiling and wanted to make sure Cameron and Daddy were watching him. but then after we made our first and only lap around the rink and I told him he could be done if he wanted to be. He said he wanted to be done and then started crying and getting mad at him for making him go. He also was on the verge of falling asleep when I got him in the van and drove him over to the rink. Oh well, he's already been signed up for lessons starting at the end of the month. We promised him that after that if he still doesn't like it that he doesn't have to do it anymore.



Me: I am currently suffering with some aches and pains. I was fighting a bladder infection pretty much the entire month of Dec. and during the week of Christmas I would say that it stopped. Well now the last couple days I have been getting this pain in my lower left side around my kidney. Well today it has gotten progressively worse as the day has gone by and I don't have a PCP. So i called the family practitioner in town and hopefully I can get an appointment w/ her asap. Other than that, I have been looking out for the lady that lives across the street from us. I thought her and her husband had gone south for the winter because a car has been missing from there driveway, turns out he left her after 47 yrs of marriage (he kinda cracked when he turned 70 this year) and when I say left I mean left, gone to Canada. Not paying bills, not doing his job as a husband and taking care of his wife he's been gone since mid Oct. and to make matters worse for her she fell and broke her shoulder the last Saturday in Dec. (keep her in your prayers, her name is Susan.)

Brian: is pondering our housing situation. This house is still for sale, and the couple says that they won't take it off the market, and they are raising our rent if we stay in the house after our lease is up. So now we find ourselves looking at moving again no matter what happens. Which sucks sucks sucks. and we have looked around a bit and have found that there isn't much around here that is affordable most Rental agreements start at $1000 a month (NOT including utilities) and just about all the houses around here are 1800's era and heat off Fuel Oil! OUCH!!!

Dayton Time Meme

Ok so way back when the Missus tagged me for a meme I couldn't find the cord to my camera so now that I have found the cord I am playing along

The rules were as follows:
Take a picture of yourself.. riiiiiight.. NOW!
DO NOT change your clothes. DO NOT fix your hair.. Just take a picture.
(It's like come as you are day, back in high school.. remember?)
Post that picture with NO editing.
Post these instructions with your picture.
Tag 3 people to play along.

Good Monday Morning to ya!



Now to pass this along I tag:

Tracy

Julie

Jackie

have fun girls!

Cameron knows his name alright

Cameron whats your name?

Camon.

Cameron what?

Camon Eli ... Come Back Here!

Who says that?

Mommy.

Do fish eat their own Poop?

So, We were gone again for Christmas, our fish have become good at surviving off their poop. They went a whole week not being fed while we were in GA, and then another 5 days while we in Darien Center for Christmas and when we got home I thought for sure they would be floating belly up but they were still swimming around happy as larks! Tough buggers. So do fish eat their own poop?

So anyway. The missus sent me a meme a while back that was to take a picture of my self and post it, and I wanted to play nice with my friends this time, but I can't find the cord to my camera to up load pictures. We had it after the GA trip and I could have sworn I took it to my parents house for Christmas, but I can't locate it. My mom claims its not at her abode, and I can't find it here at our house. So as soon as I find it I will play along! Until then you will have to wait in suspence to see what I might look like on any given day!

Smokin Mushrooms with the kids

so Now that I have your attention let me tell you the rest of the story. We had the neighbors over yesterday for New Years. I served smores, you know the classis campfire treat. I came across this indoor smores maker in the bottom cupboard the other day (because the people who moved out left it behind) and I thought it would be fun. So after looking all over for Sterno (a gel fuel for chafeing dishes) we were in business w/ our indoor smores making. So Hayden and I are busy roasting up a marshmallow when the neighbors come in the back door. Hayden turns around all excited about the whole roasting marshmallow thing and says to Karen who was first in the door, "Come on we're Smokin Mushrooms."

Happy New Year Everyone! Come Smoke some "Mushrooms" with us.