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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Don't forget

Diaper giveaway

http://www.facebook.com/Sweetlilbumbums


GIVEAWAY!! In honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2nd, I will be giving away a Seuss diaper! To enter, post about SLB including a link to this FB page in a blog, a message board, a forum, etc. One entry in ea place per day. Then post the link as a comment on THIS thread! Winner chosen @ 10am on 3/2.

Eco Nuts

A giveaway for the eco-friendly people out there.

http://www.cruncheemom.com/2011/02/eco-nuts-review.html

Friday, February 25, 2011

Oooh, diaper giveaway...

I've never tried them but I've heard great things about them.

http://www.facebook.com/Sweetlilbumbums

Little Star Boutique Giveaway

A fun giveaway for the teethers out there...

http://www.thebraggingmommy.com/2011/02/21/littlestar-boutique-organic-baby-teething-rings-review-and-giveaway/comment-page-2/#comment-127537

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Frustration...

I love my children, I really do.  Sometimes they frustrate me to no end though.  It drives me insane that I feel that I feel as though I can't complain too much.  People look at me and say that I could go get a job and have to deal with traffic, obnoxious bosses, poor wages, and people who belittle and underappreciate you.  Really?  I consider what I do an under-appreciated job, with 3 bosses who undermine me whenever they can.  Wages?... I think I don't need to answer that one.  As for traffic, anyone who has had to take their children to all of the "necessary" classes that are now "required" to be a good parent understands that you deal with plenty of traffic.  To preschool, speech classes, swim lessons, mommy and me (gymnastics, ballet, swim, music...), libraries, grocery stores, doctors.  Although I suppose those last two are more of a necessity, but it does tend to fall upon the shoulders of the at-home parent.  I deal with plenty of traffic.  Road rage?  Anyone who has had three children in the car will understand road rage in a whole different light.  Two children arguing at the top of their lungs waking up the baby who starts crying is enough to drive the calmest person into a rage.

I love me children, I really do, but that doesn't mean I have to be thrilled all the time...

Monday, February 21, 2011

Sigh...

How is it that I can be so indecisive?  I am given full decision on where we go on vacation this summer and for the life of me I can't decide on where I want to go.  How awful is that?!  I keep coming up with places I don't want to go and the same 3 places.  We live in a huge country that offers a huge variety of climates, cultures and activities for any age and any way of life.  But me?  No, I can't think of anything.  I never thought that this would be difficult.  This is supposed to be fun.  This is not supposed to be stressful, that comes when you make reservations and decide what to do when you get there...

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Pictures and photos...

I love my family even more and love hanging pictures of them all over my house...

http://www.thebraggingmommy.com/2011/02/18/hellocanvas-24-x-36-in-photo-canvas-print-review-and-giveaway/comment-page-3/#comment-124604

http://us.hellocanvas.com/effects

Woo-hoo...

We have a dog we love and she loves treats!

http://www.thebraggingmommy.com/2011/02/18/nylabone/comment-page-1/#comment-124568

www.nylabone.com

Friday, February 18, 2011

Idiots out walking around...

Hahaha.  I used to think that someone thought of this because it stood for IOWA.  Not at all!  They really meant it to be about the idiots out walking around.  I have decided that there are way too many of them wandering the streets of my town.  Even worse, they aren't restricted to just walking, there are idiots out there riding their bikes as well.  With complete disregard to stop signs, cross walks, traffic signals and large vehicles moving towards them, they walk across the street.  Sometimes they even have the audacity to stare at you while in the process of crossing.  Sometimes you wonder why, if they were in such a hurry to cross in front of a moving vehicle, are they going so damn slow.  Sometimes they start to cross, get 3/4 of the way across, see you, and turn around and go back.  Others cross the street without ever looking, before, during, or after, completely oblivious to the world around them.

I've had a few close encounters recently, the last one was just this morning.  I was backing out of my garage, down my driveway, and onto the street.  I have a minivan because with 3 kids what other choice do I have?  Anyone who has ever driven or ridden in or maybe just looked at a parked van will know there are big blind spots.  Anyways, while backing up I almost hit some woman.  She is not in the sidewalk that is in the safe spot before the parkway.  No, she is in the street.  The snow on the sidewalks has melted and they aren't much wetter, if at all, than the streets.  Why, oh why, is she walking in the street?  I know why.  She is an idiot out walking around.  On the same street, which happens to be my street, I saw another of these persons.  Walking down the middle of the street.  Literally in the small ridge of the middle of the road, I could not go around him one way or the other.  Even after seeing my headlights (after all, it makes it even better doing it at night) he still didn't move.  He was walking much too straight to have been drunk.  When I honked my horn, he didn't seem to notice but continued on his merry way, either very happy or on a suicide walk.  I had to follow behind him the 15 houses it took to get to my house.  What is wrong with these people?

Oh wait, I know, they're idiots...

I don't feel good...

"Mommy, I don't feel good.  I think I need some medicine."  This is what I woke up to on Wednesday night with Sunshine standing next to my side of the bed.  I felt her head, she felt fine.  "Climb into bed.  You'll be fine."  An hour later I woke up to a 38 pound furnace next to me.  She definitely had a fever at this point.  Sure enough, 102.0.  In went the Tylenol and we attempted to go back to sleep.  She was so hot though, who can sleep with a body next to you?  Daddy carried her back to bed and I sat on her bed for a little longer with a cool washcloth on her forehead.  The next morning her fever went up and down.  All during this time she had some funky scabby thing under her nose, on her chin, and on the corner of her mouth.  I assumed it was a cold sore.  I've never actually seen a cold sore so what do I know.

We were already planning on going to the doctor for Bean's well-check visit on Friday so I was able to take her in to figure out what was wrong. Friday morning, "Mommy, I don't feel good."  Well no kidding!  Your temperature is 103.5!  Off to the doctor we go for our 9:15 appointment.  Bean has grown leaps and bounds, but for some reason has some rash that wash not there last night all over his torso.  Sunshine's "cold sores" ended up being Impetigo, a very contagious virus that can spread to different parts of her body as well as to other people...  Great.

Good news?  We were given a prescription for Amoxicillin.  She doesn't have strep, probably not the flu, and after 24 hours the Impetigo will no longer be contagious...

Thursday, February 17, 2011

The beginning... the questions...

I'm not quite sure how or why I decided, but I've decided to become on of "those" people.  I've entered the new and exciting world of blogging.  I suppose since this is my very first post, I should at least put in something that says something about who I am.  I am a stay at home mom to 3 children; Sunshine is 5, Peanut is 3 and Bug is 4 months.  I've always wanted the typical American dream of being married with 2.5 kids, well we have 3, a house, a dog and a cat.  I don't know how I managed it, but somehow I was able to acquire it.  This is not to say that it hasn't been the easiest and there are things that have been put to the side that I hope I will be able to continue once I no longer have a baby physically attached to me.  Growing up, I had always wanted to own and manage my own horse farm, not for my own horses, I mean a business.  I wanted 30 horses in the fields behind my house and the hustle and bustle of boarders all with a common love that so many others just don't get.  Now I live in the 'burbs because my husband can only commute so far to work.  Being pregnant and nursing has cut into my ability and time to ride my horse and it hurts every time Sunshine asks when we're going to go see him again.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not sad about my choices, but sometimes when we make those choices the cost that we pay comes from the most unexpected places.

So it begins...

First post

Tester.