Wednesday, February 17, 2010

What's Happening

I had a good birthday. Hard to believe I'm 32. The kids were off school yesterday, and for my present they were on their BEST behavior. I've never seen them act so well. They even played together without fighting. Now that my kids are older, that hardly ever happens! Enjoy your little ones playing together while it lasts!

My pain is finally under control. It has only taken about a year of trying. I'm seeing a physical therapist (which I doubt is going to help), and I'm on a extended low does of Oxycontin. The extended dose really helps the pain without feeling
" Medicated". A lot of pain meds make you feel "loopy", and thankfully this one doesn't. This is a doozy of a medication, so my pain management/anaesthesiologist is watching me carefully. I'm just thankful to live without pain right now. I know I've said this before, but this isn't only a physical battle, but an emotional one too. Five years later, I'm still trying to deal with it. I know everyone probably gets sick of hearing it, but it's a constant battle in my life.

We are loving the new house. It's smaller than are old house, but we are saving 1k a month! I'll deal with a smaller house for that savings! Zack and Meg are able to walk to school which is nice. I can watch them at the playground from my upstairs window. Jourdan still has to ride the bus, but he's dealing. Jourdan is going to his first school dance tomorrow. I've never let him go in the past because I thought he was too young, but with his begging, I gave in. Sucker, I know.

Zack and I are going to be flying out to visit Ruth in the next couple of months. I'm so excited. It's been way too long since we've been together. It will be nice to get our boys together again.


Here's my little man. He's starting to get a lot of freckles



That's about it...

Sunday, February 14, 2010

New House

This is the new house... Take in mind we've only lived in this house for a little more than a week. We haven't done much to it. Here are a few pics....



Saturday, February 13, 2010

Daily Schedule

I have nothing to post, So I thought I give you an idea of what our daily schedule looks like -

2:30am - Dennis leaves for work ( 2:30am only during ski season. During the summer months he leaves at 4:00am)
6:45am - Jourdan and I get up. Actually, Jourdan gets me up. How cool is it that my 13 year old gets himself up and then gets me up! I can't wake up to alarms. Never have... I sleep right through it :(
7:20am - Jourdan leaves for the bus
7:30am - Meghan and Zack get up
8:00am - Meghan and Zack walk to school
8:30am - 11:00am - I do housework, errands, dr's appt etc... SOMETIMES, if the house is clean and I don't have much to do, I go back to bed :-)
12:00p - I start work
3:00p - I take my 10 minute break from work and pick up Zack from school. Meghan walks home alone.
4:30p - I use my lunch break to take Meghan to gymnastics
4:45p - Pick up Jourdan from tutoring
5:30p - Back to work
7:00p - Dennis picks up Meghan from gymnastics
7:30p - Dinner (which I try and make while I'm working :)
7:45p - homework, chores, showers etc...
8:00p - Dennis tries to go to bed
9:00p - Zack and Meg bed
9:30p - Jourdan bed
10:00p - I get off work
10:30p - Bedtime for ME!

- On Wednesday we add Boy Scouts and Brain Bowl to the mix. Friday's I'm off and Meg carpools to gym.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Destination Rock and Roll

Last night Meghan had her Rock and Roll program. The music teacher really wants the kids to appreciate Rock and Roll. The kids sang a lot of Bon Jovi, Rolling Stones, Eagles, Queen, Beach Boys etc... It was pretty entertaining! Sorry, the pics and videos aren't too great. We were having camera trouble last night.

Meghan and her 5th grade teacher Mr. Browning