Getting Healthy

Well I think it may just be that we are getting healthy again. Neither I nor Carter are at 100%, but I think we are at least headed in the right direction. I'm going to have a busy busy next couple of weeks. I'm actually excited. I finally have a set schedule at work. For the month of May, I will be working all day Monday and Friday and then doing sales calls for 4 hours at some point throughout the week. Then starting in June, my schedule will jump back and forth every other week. Week 1 will be Mon, Wed, Fri and week 2 will be Tues, Thurs, Sat morning. I think this schedule is really going to work well for me.


Big News!!! (No, sadly, I'm not pregnant.) On Saturday, my hubby and I will have been together for 7 years!!!!!!! That is such huge milestone for us. I was with someone for 4 years so I long ago passed my record, but 7 years is the milestone for my hubby. He has to work a little, but he is supposed to get done early and we are going to go out and celebrate. I can't believe how much in love I still am and not the ooshy gooshy kind of love, but the kind that you know will get you through anything because you have someone there to hold you up. Marriage is so amazing!! (At least most of the time! HA!)

I get to do a little shopping at an outlet mall on Saturday. I am going to get a few new bras (exciting I know, but hey, some of us don't get out much!) I may see if I can find a few other bargains while I'm at it. I'm also going to go to a Lia Sophia party. For those who don't know what that is ( I just heard of this within the last year myself) it's a jewelry party. I've never been to one or looked at what they have, but a friend of mine has some of their stuff. I've heard it's pricey so I'm not sure how much I'll get, but I'll probably buy something. I don't like going to those parties because I always feel obligated to buy something to help the host out, but I should probably go since it's my sister-in-law having the party.

Tomorrow I work all day and I really have a lot to do tomorrow night too. I was off today and felt completely lazy and did nothing, but lay outside and read a book nearly all day!!!!! My house could really use a picking up and a good once over and I still have a few loads of laundry to do, but I just have an "oh well, it will be there tomorrow" attitude today.

Well for now that's my life in a nutshell.

Go Figure

After I got done posting, I started to get very nauseous so I didn't get a single thing done last night. So that leaves everything for today although I will move laundry back to tomorrow along with groceries. I have a feeling I won't be going to church tomorrow since it seems that I feel worse in the morning so I'll probably lay in bed while hubby is at church and try to get my grocery list done then.

Wish me luck!

Update:

Well I have accomplished quite a bit so far. Considering how I still feel, I think I've done well. You can look at what I've crossed off yesterday's list.

Update On Carter

Well, after seeing his dr. they think that it is in fact a UTI. He said that the antibiotics that I had given him could have affected the results of his lab test. He said that it also just may be a continuation from his stomach flu from last week. Apparently sometimes if a child is either constipated or has diarrhea it can irritate the bladder and make it seem as though they have a UTI. If it doesn't get better the other possibility is diabetes. That's definitely scary because there is a lot of family history on my side with both Type I and Type II. Dr. said not to worry at this point though because he thought it was unlikely.

So far so good and Carter seems to be responding to the antibiotics and his accidents are getting fewer and farther between.

Now however, I am ill. I have an extremely nasty cold. But after being in bed most of yesterday and most of today, I'm starting to feel a little better. I really want to get my house clean tonight so I can get laundry done tomorrow. For some reason I have this complusion where I can't do laundry in a messy house. Needless to say, that's probably why my laundry piles up so often. Here's my to-do list for tonight and tomorrow...

Tonight:
Office-
Clean off Desk
Pick Up Toys w/ Carter
Dust
Vacuum

Living Room-
Clean Off Coffee Table
Straighten Book Shelf
Vacuum
Spot Clean Carpets

Kitchen-
Dishes
Wipe Off Counters
Polish Appliances
Vacuum
Mop

Dining Room-
Wipe Off Table
Vacuum
Mop

Powder Room-
Wipe Down Sink
Clean Toilet
Vacuum Mop

Master Bedroom-
Make Bed
Pick Up Old Newspapers
Dust
Vacuum

Master Bathroom-
Clean Off Sink Area
Clean Toilet
Wipe Out Shower and Tub
Pick Up Dirty Laundry
Vacuum
Spot Clean Carpets

Guest Rooms-
Remove Bedding To Be Washed
Vacuum

Guest Bathroom-
Wipe Out Shower & Tub
Clean Toilet
Clean Sink Area

Carter's Room-
Pick Up Toys
Straighten Closet
Vacuum
Spot Clean Carpets

Tomorrow:
Anything That Was Not Done Tonight
Pay Bills
Grocery List & Shopping
Laundry

We Had A Great Time.

Well our vacation has come and gone and we are now getting back to normal. We had a few snags along the way, the biggest one being Carter getting sick. I went to get him up on Monday so we could get ready to go and he threw up. Then I gave him a bath and he threw up again after the bath. I asked him if he still wanted to go and of course he said yes so we left and he got sick once more in the car on the way down, but then he was ok for the rest of the day. We just always made sure we were next to an exit or bathroom just in case, but luckily there were no more problems. Tuesday he no longer was throwing up, but instead he had diarrhea. He otherwise was feeling and acting completely fine so we continued on with our vacation.

We went to a HUGE antique mall where I found a very nice silver tea set for $35. That seemed like a really good price to me. It is slightly tarnished, but I think silver cleaner/polish will take care of that.

Mike got sick on Wednesday and Thursday so we stayed home those two days. I SOMEHOW managed to escape the illness this time around. I was so greatful!!!

Now I'm just trying to recover. Not only am I tired from all the running around we have done, but I have laundry and cleaning to do.

Speaking of laundry... Can I just say that I have the most amazing sister alive!!!! When I left home on Monday, I had at least 20 loads of laundry to do. (Scary I know, but that is the one thing that seems to drag me down the most.) Well, before we had left we had asked my sister to take care of our animals for the two days we would be gone. Not only did she take care of our two dogs and cat, but she did ALL my laundry AND cleaned my laundry room. It was such an unexpected surprise. I couldn't believe it. Sisters are such a blessing.

Vacation!!!!!!

We are going on vacation next week. It is a fairly spur of the moment thing. Hubby has been having a rough few weeks at work and really wanted a break. I can't wait.

This is going to be our schedule...

Saturday: Stay at home; Get the house cleaned. (Not much of a vacation I know, but it must be done.)

Sunday: Church; Lunch w/ family

Monday: John Deere Museum (I really can't wait for this!! Carter is already asking me everyday when we get to go see the tractors. AND on a side note, it will be very cool for me since my family helped start the company.)

Tuesday: Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

Wednesday: Mini Golf and Go Carting; Dinner with my family; Church

Thursday: I have to work in the morning, but then we are going bowling.

Friday: I have to work again in the morning, but then my cousin and her husband and 2 kids are coming to town. Then we will once again go out for dinner with my family.

Saturday: A charity auction for my son's school; Couples night out with my cousin and her hubby which will include a movie and dinner at our all-time favorite restaurant "The Melting Pot".

There Needs To Be More Time In A Day

WOW!!!! I cannot believe how time goes by so quickly. I'm always having too much to do and definitely not enough time to do it in. I'm a little scared of where my job is heading. It's very quickly turning into a full-time position which I knew was going to happen eventually--keyword there, being eventually. I'm just having a very hard time adjusting.

I think I'm going to reprogram my brain and I'm going to start tomorrow. (At least that's what I'd like to do. HA!) I'm going to attempt to get up at 5 am tomorrow. It's been so nice out that I really want to start exercising more outside. Oh who am I kidding!!! I just need to start exercising!!

Also, I really want to start spending more time with God. I was doing so well with that for so long, but starting work has thrown off my schedule and of course the first thing to go was my time with God. I've never really understood that whole concept, but I'll get into that more in my next post for simplicity sake.

I just really think I need to refocus my attention in general.

Carter has been doing so well. He is now able to sing his abc's almost perfectly. He still struggles with counting, but he can at least get to 6 on his own. He is so creative it just amazes me. I'm not exactly sure where he got that from because it certainly wasn't either of his parents. He is just such an amazing gift from God.

I Must Once Again Apologize

I sincerely apologize for my entries being so sparse. Work and my home life have just been keeping me so busy these last few weeks.

First of all, I have been spending a TON of time redecorating our home. Well, actually forget the "re-", I've just been decorating. We have lived here over a year now and I still had not hung even one picture. Well, that has all changed. I'm happy to say that I have nearly the whole house decorated now. We had some extra money so I invested it into beautiful things to look at. I only have a few rooms left to do. Our office/playroom is one of those. I'm doing an African theme in there and I am going to have to wait until my sister returns to Africa next year and can bring me all kinds of fun things back to finish that room. Then I need just a couple more pictures for the guest room. Otherwise, I'm all done for now. I still have some other rooms that need a little more, but those are going to wait for now.

Work has also been keeping me very busy. I worked 3 full days this week and 1 half day and I still have some things to do tomorrow also. I'm absolutely loving it though! It's so much fun and I'm finally starting to feel somewhat comfortable doing things on my own. I had a HUGE week this week and I am so proud of myself.

This weekend is going to be another crazy one, I'm afraid.

Tomorrow is especially going to be nuts. First, I have to go pick up my husband's grandma. Then we are going to a cookie walk at my church. (It's a fundraiser for next years missions trip.) After that we are going out to one of our family farms to let Bubba see the baby chicks and baby cows they just got. After that, I'm taking Grandma to lunch, then to Walmart. Somewhere in there I have to get some work done and then at 3pm I'm going to the bridal shop with my sister. She wants me to see the wedding dress she picked out. I'm so tired just thinking of all of that.

I have a favor to ask of anyone who reads this... my hubby and I have been talking some about adoption. It's very hard for me to get pregnant and we've always thought adoption would be such a great thing to do. I've always felt the calling to give a child a stable and loving home when she might not have had one otherwise. The only problem is that we have no idea where to even start getting information let alone starting the acutal process. I've seen/heard so many scary stories about people getting scammed and I'd really like to avoid that. I realize that those cases are likely the minority since it's always the bad things you hear about and very seldom the good, but I still want to be informed as well as I can be. So if any of you have any experience with this or if you know of any websites/books that could maybe point me in the right direction that would be great!!!!

Today I Splurged

I ordered some new furniture today. There was a deal at our local furniture store where if you bought $3000 of furniture you would get a 61" HD TV. So I thought I would take advantage of that! Before we moved into our new house, I had planned on getting some new furniture and a big screen tv, but hubby's job was not all that stable and we had to use the money elsewhere so I finally took the leap and went for it.

This is what I got: a sofa, a 1 and half chair (very nice for snuggling), an ottoman, 2 end tables, 1 coffee table, a new dining room table w/ 6 matching chairs and of course, the big screen tv. I got all of this for less than $4000!!! All of it is so beautiful too! I just can't wait. Hubby doesn't know yet that he's getting his tv. I can't wait to tell him!

Update:

Hubby called as I was originally posting this. He's very excited.

Here are pics of what we got. This is everything except the 2 end tables and the coffee table.

TV (I got this link from amazon because they had a better pic.)

Dining Room Set

Chair and a Half (The colors of this and the couch are a little off in the photo. They are more cream colored than yellowish.)

Couch

Well

here I am again. My life has just gotten so crazy that I feel like I'm drowning. Between housework and regular work. I'm definitely having a harder time adjusting than I thought I would. I do absolutely LOVE my job though. I just need to figure out how to get some balance between the two. Being out of commision after my fall and then getting sick once again with a nasty cold has not helped.

I'm truly hoping that I will be able to get back to posting here on a regular basis this week. My goal is to clean at least 1 room a day in this filthy house.

If there are any working moms who read this and would be able and willing to give me some pointers, I would greatly appreciate it. I'm really looking for a system that can not only help me get my house back in order, but keep it that way too. I really need to go through my flylady.net stuff and see if that will help.

Crazy Day

Well, I apologize that it has been a few days since updating. I have so much to write about however, it's not going to happen for another day or two. Besides being busy with getting things back in order and then working, I managed to severely injure myself today. I've had an old foot injury from high school that I was told would eventually need surgery...well today I reinjured it even more. I fell on the ice on our back patio and boy, I am definitely paying the price tonight. I did manage to at least get myself back in the house and get my husband up to help me continue to get Bubba ready for school. I also went to work today. I just tried not to walk on it much, but now tonight I can't put much of any weight on it at all. I also managed to lightly sprain my wrist when I was trying to catch my fall. Then of course to top it all off...I woke up with an enourmous head cold that alone could have knocked me on my bum for awhile. So needless to say, I will be out of commission for the next day or two. Hope life is treating all of you much better than it is me.

Weekend Success

Yesterday was a complete success at the Model Train Show. I think we could have spent all day there. There was so much to look at. Bubba was just in train heaven. He couldn't get enough and it was so great seeing him so excited. It just melted my heart. I think it's definitely going to be a yearly tradition.

I got quite a bit accomplished today which was wonderful. My house is clean. The only thing to do now is get caught up on laundry which, hopefully, I will finally be able to accomplish this week.

Tomorrow is my first day at work and honestly, I couldn't be more terrified. I hate starting new jobs. I'm not one for not being in control. I also have to get my picture taken this week for my new business cards. I am REALLY excited about that (except for the fact that I got a HUGE zit on my face which would just figure, ya know!). I've never had my own business card and this may seem funny and even shallow, but it just makes me feel important in some strange way. I only work 2 hours tomorrow and only a total of 11 hours this week. I'm starting very slowly. I want there to be as little of a negative impact on me and my family.

Tomorrow's also a big day being that it's my first weigh in since being on weight loss medication. I'm really interested to see if my hard work has paid off at all. I sure am hoping it has. I found out I have a class reunion this year in June and it would be great to go looking better than I do now. I'm working very hard to make that happen.

Well it's time to go make dinner. I'll let you know how work goes! Say a prayer for me.

I Can't Wait!

We are taking Bubba here tomorrow. I'm so excited for him. He absolutely LOVES trains in any way shape or form. In our house, "X" doesn't stand for Xylophone, it stands for Trains (because of the railroad crossing sign). There is going to be 90,000 sq. ft. of trains there. He doesn't know yet either. I only wish hubby could go, but he has to work so I've recruited my parents and one of my sisters to go along with me.

Then after work on Thursday, Bubba and I are going to Michigan for a long weekend. It's quite likely that hubby will have to work then too, but if not then he's entitled to some much needed time alone or with friends if he chooses. I have an aunt and uncle and several cousins in Michigan. We'll be staying with one of my cousin's. She just had a baby a couple of weeks ago and has a 1 year old. Her husband works nights and she's having a hard time adjusting so we are going to go give her some help and support. Her sister (another cousin) has a son that is just a month younger than Bubba and they get along so great so it will be fun to let them spend some time together too. It gives me a really good excuse to go hold a baby or two for a few days too. LOL

I have so much to do before I leave. Thankfully my sister is coming over on Monday to help me get the house all cleaned up. She gave me a once-a-month cleaning for Christmas. Then I have a few days to work on laundry and get some cooking done. I'd really like to try to leave my hubby some good homemade food so he doesn't have to worry about cooking especially if he ends up working.

I'm just so excited!!! I can hardly contain myself.

Camera Advice Needed

My digital camera bit the dust. I'm not sure what happened to it. It still works, but the shutter won't open so I'm not able to take pictures. So, I guess that means that I should probably get a new one since I haven't been able to take any pictures of my little Bubba for quite some time now. Does anyone have any thoughts one what a good one might be? I'd like to stay with a Sony since that's what I have now and I'd like to avoid having to purchase more memory cards and all that. Any thoughts?? Thanks!!!

Wish Me Luck Or You Could Just Pray Really Hard

Well my day today has been filled with studying. I'm taking my next set of exams (hopefully the last at least for a long while) for my insurance licenses. I have two so far and I will hopefully be receiving the next two tomorrow. I'm so nervous!!! I think I'm even more nervous this time than I was for the last tests. I just don't feel like I can retain information the way I was able to when I was younger. Probably because I am trying to juggle so much all the time that I just can't focus long enough on one thing. I have so much information that I need to remember it's ridiculous! If you think of me at all tomorrow, please say a prayer that God will help me to retain what I have learned.

Our weekend was very full and therefore I got absolutely nothing done. I'm taking my exams tomorrow early in the morning so hopefully I'll be able to come home and get some things accomplished before Bubba's done with school. My whole house is a complete disaster zone and I absolutly hate that!! It always makes my anxiety 10x worse than normal.

Saturday we went out to run some errands and ended up being gone for 8 hours!!! I have no idea how the time just slipped away from us. Sunday we dropped Bubba off at the inlaws for most of the day and we went to church and then to the dinner theater. We let Bubba go to the inlaws church this week since we were going to early service (which is generally way to early for us! LOL) and they have no childrens program or nursery for the early service and he's not quite old enough to sit through the adult service yet. Going to 2nd service would have made us late for the show. Speaking of which...

The show was wonderful! I've never really been to a dinner theater like that before. They were showing Grease and it was wonderful and the food was fantastic!!

Well that's all I have for now. Actually, I have a lot more, but I just don't have the time to write it. Plus, I have noodles boiling away on the stove! See you all tomorrow.

Busy Busy Busy

It has been an insane week. I feel as though I haven't been able to breathe. I have been taking more classes to continue with my licensing process. As of today, I have finished the last of my classes (for the near future, at least) and will be taking my last set of exams on Tuesday. I have a lot of studying and reviewing to do before then. To start the week of though, "Bubba" came down with a nasty cold which he has still not been able to shake. He hasn't felt well enough to go to school. Thankfully my mom was willing to take care of him while I was at my class. Poor guy. My heart just aches for him when he is so miserable. Hopefully he'll be able to get a good amount of rest this weekend and start to feel a little better.

Here's my newest list of things that I need to get done between now and preferrably Saturday night.

Laundry.(I'm still not caught up!)
Dishes.
Wipe Kitchen Down.
Vacuum/Mop All Floors.
Pay Bills.
Dust Furniture (All Rooms)
Clean Bathrooms.

Considering the week I've had, I think I've done pretty well keeping up with the other things. I managed to even make lunches and dinners for my hubby despite not being home during meal times. It's a good thing he doesn't mind things reheated.

To end on a good note...

My parents got us tickets to a dinner theater for Sunday after church. My sister actually works there as a server (no discounts though which stinks!). Right now they are performing Grease and I'm so excited. I've never been to anything like this before!!! I can't wait.