My Survival basket

My Survival basket

OK SO this weekend was good FUN sleep over on Friday night, Saturday U bounce with Abby and a friend on Saturday followed with lunch and a few errands.. All was good until Abby said her ear hurt. I really think its swimmers ear from allot of swimming. We were up until 10:30 letting the Motrin set in.

Sunday am. I let her sleep until 930 am so ya missed church but that's OK sometimes it happens. Than it happened (please refer to the previous pic of the "CAN") At first I thought Backfire from a car, car accident, our upstairs neighbor who is the loudest lady ever, hum. Well I decided to see if something fell from the pantry. No all clear. Than it hit me the fridge.

CRAP It was a can of my mom's diet Dr. Pepper. I had bought some ice cream treats for the sleepover and turned down the temp in the fridge well since its a suck apartment appliance it makes everything to cold even the fridge. It was a mess. Beyond mess. So I had to take it all apart and clean it.. By the way since I was going to be home I also had like 10 min. before took apart my stove to clean so I had a mess. It was lunch time Abby needed more Motrin my heartburn was acting up ( I just found out Friday at the Dr office I have reflex caused by stress, antacids and Xanax should fix it or ya I could take a stress management class. like I have time ) I did what I could. Popped an antacid which I forgot this morning, gave Abby Motrin and put some alcohol in her ear. Ate a 100 pack of cookies I had not eaten all day and told my self to wait for 20 min to see if I needed the RX ( I did not thanks you very much I can deal with messes) I don't like messes but especially any kind of kitchen mess. Thee are a few things that I must have one of them is a very clean kitchen especially a fridge and stove so ya that my Sunday morning

All is well Abby is felling better. The antacid is working and the kitchen is all clean

Thanks to the miracle of the yellow super towel from Costco and Clorox kitchen cleaner..Humm I think I will go grab a pack of cookie

How do moms with lots of Kids Do it?

We had a fun night on Friday our friends the "5C" kids came over for a sleepover, complete with pizza, Ice Cream and a last min. dip in the pool with cloths on..All the kids had a blast This was Abby's first/only sleepover ( we don't do them but this was special one with a need involved so why not)

But I kept thinking the whole night especially at the pool "6 count six kids" my eyes we tired from scanning the faces and counting Big three, Abby, A and little L. It was a very fun night.

Putting on my big Girl Panties

OK decision made. I'm a adult it will be "fine" and "super". Sometimes you do things for the good of the one you love it may mean you take the rough and bumpy road, but once there it all works out. Ah I'm glad that is off my plate on to the next...( Thanks Deeann for the word of reason..)

Any body have a Ideas of the BEST things to do in New York City?? I'm going in a few weeks and want to fit as much in as I can. I lived for for 6 months so I have done allot of the staples but I'm looking for fun places to eat, shop and stuff like that.. Oh ya I'm going to see Wicked (na nan na)

Pickle

What to do
Ever have a time when your in a big pickle. The choice you make will not Kill, or Mane anyone but its still hard to deal with both outcomes. What do you do. Yes I know pray, make list but what if that still leaves you in a stupor. I have learned that "When in Stupor DO Not do anything" But this things is driving me CRAZY !! I have been having such a stressful reaction to it. I need to make up my mind soon or it will be to late. I have the added pressure to a dead-line.

It will not cause death ....
It will make one person happy ( for the time being)
It will cause one Pain, and bring up a whole lot of stuff they would like to move forward from.
This pickle is not caused by me but others and there choices but still I'm the adult and Have to deal with it.
I just don't know what to do. No one can tell me what to do! Nobody has been in this place before (that I know of) Disappointment will come from either choice I make, that is sad to me ... I know life is all about disappointment I get that.. But all this is not by my choosing I'm stuck, Trapped, Screwed!

On a Happy note My favorite jeans were miss marked and I got them for 14:99$ Not the 39:99$ Yay for me sad for Macy's

Summer id fun-er for grow ups

No much going on yippee for me. Today I found myself BORD at work ..That is a good thing.

Some highlights

From Amanda 10 "Well I just think Kristen and Rob should just give it up!! Get together, she should leave that old boyfriend alone and move on" It took me awhile to get she was taking about the Twilight gang ( no she has not seen the movie??)

From Drew 14 "You know its hard to be in a car for 10 hours (rode trip for baseball) I only have a PSP, an I touch, and a Nintendo dS.. Its so boring" My response was well "Drew I only had a color books and some paper and a few books" With the kindest sincere smile Drew said "I know being born in the 80's must have been hard" I love him .... He really is a good kid and from what got he did not complain one bit on the road trip.

From Abby 7 "Summer time is fun-er for grown ups You get to get us ready for the pool with sunscreen and towels and snacks, take us to the park, water park, you get to play games with us ALL day, and make us food all day, you even get to help me with crafts,, when we are at school you just get to wait for us to come home..". ( it all about your perception I guess)

So there you are relationship advise, anti aging, its all summed up Summer is "fun-er" for grown ups..

"The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. "

Elisabeth Foley

Dear Kim
Babies, Adoption, Calling, Dinners, Moving, Divorce, Employment, Children, School, Fiber, Organic, Love o Jeans, Families, Teachers, Room Moms, G.N.O, Shopping Deals, Baby Showers galore, Surgeries, Health Insurance, Ward Boundaries, Travel, Blogs, Twilight ,Trash I was so wrong), Hand me downs, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Halloween, Birthdays!!, Dr. Han, Others, Antibacterial soap, Sick Children, Easygoing, People not understanding why were BF, Deaths, Morning sickness, Finalization of Divorce Court dates breakfast, Lemon Berry Cream Slush, Del Frisco, The "carrot" at Bobs, Fish, Peppers red green and yellow,Freak outs, Disappointment, Faith, Heartache, Joy, Truth, T- Mobil Sisterhood, Car Seats, Tears o so many tears, But most of all even with all these words The best word I can us is LOVE and unshakable trust and devotion

I love you!! I will miss you and your family so much. Over the past 2 years you have NO Idea how much you have help me get through "many of day" when I thought I could no longer go on. Sometimes I don't think you ever knew the pain I just needed to be me just me....The person I was before, maybe you did know but you let me "pretend" just for a little bit. Over the past 10 years we have been though ALLOT our vault is full but always ready for me..

Just remember the advice we got on our first day in R.S. together "There out there waiting" Well come to think of it SHE WAS RIGHT goodness lol

ahhh It nice to be OK..

So here is whats going on:
ALL the kids are out of school so I got 14, 10 and 7. The big two have All kinds of sports things going on but its good. Abby is used to waiting for the lesson to be over ( we got crafts and DS's) I figure it's no different if she had "Biological" siblings right! Now we call them "work" sibling I'm starting my 5th year there so ya listen to the rifts they get into there family all right.

Abby and I are enjoying the EASY nights of summer No more "homework" and dinners are a little bit lighter and easy for some reason. I extended her bedtime to a whopping 8:00 so at around 7:45 the wind down starts it nice to have her just the extra 30 minuets at night. I really do enjoy her company. I have found myself on my walks at 6:30 am wishing she was with me to tell her or point something out to her. We have always been close but she was always a Daddy's girl. However that has changed over the last year I guess its just par for the course of Divorce.

She is really growing up. Do you all remember your fascination with purses and bags and things to put things in ? Well every morning now it "What bag or purse or wallet should I use today"? Its fun to be a girl.... and having THINGS !

So that's about it so far were cooking up some sweet treats, swimming, crafting, watching the Jetson"s (Elroy my fav..) on TV during lunch. Just having a fun summer.. Wait this is our second day ahh fun times fun times Give us a call we love to HANG

Can you believe I have been in my new little Home for a year. The fact is I'm happy Abby's happy we live a good, Christ centred life, We are faithful, We are in this together, Bad things happen, bad days occur but WE GOT THIS!! She and I ( its taken a long time for me to BELIEVE IT)Tonight I turned on the TV to record some "evening" show and I got Charlie Gibson leaving his ending statement. For some reason its hit a cord with me.. It was a simple statement nothing to wordy Just

Moms don't give up