My daughters are back in school along with two or three other school districts in our area. My oldest was apprehensive about starting fourth grade because she thought it would be hard and my youngest was excited to go to school to show off her new wardrobe! Can you tell the difference in priorities!?
This school year I am putting my two plus three other children on the bus. The first child arrives at 6:45 so I am getting up at 6 or before to make sure I am ready and get the girls ready too. So far we are three days in and it's been smooth sailing. :-)
What I really like about this schedule is that I am officially starting to have a ROUTINE! I guess I do work best when I have a lot to do. I current get five on the bus, go to work or school and then return home to retrieve four off the bus. After school is homework and snack time. Before school is usually tv time or running around outside. I have yet to find another activity for the morning but so far I am keeping my table cleaned off for homework space, my sink empty for dirty dishes and my floors vacuumed for children who may want to lay around in the morning!
Hope the enthusiasm stays! Oh and did I mention with my tight schedule I have been able to stay AHEAD of schedule with homework for school!? Here's wishing everybody a successful school year!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Am I crazy!?
After hearing about the show Extreme Couponing and after watching a few clips on the internet and reading about the money that can be saved, earned or not spent at all by extreme couponing; I have become curious as to how these people do it. I have read blogs, I have watched videos and now I feel as though I am ready to join the madness. I want to join the madness only because it will help our budget. Not because I want to stockpile a room in our house with three cases of toothpaste that I got for a few dollars or nothing at all but because I want to be able to buy the necessities our family needs at a really good price.
A friend of mine and I are talking about a "girls" night to cut coupons and maybe exchange coupons etc. Maybe we will start a club- maybe not- but either way our goal is to save money. To save ourselves a little grief at the grocery store and provide our family's with the things we need at little or no cost.
Am I crazy!? This means I have to be more organized and I have to dedicate one more evening of my time to something else. No, I can't be crazy to want to do this so my husband doesn't have to take on another job, so that we can spend more time together and be able to plan better for the things we want and need to do in the future. I have to do this and I will, for my family!
A friend of mine and I are talking about a "girls" night to cut coupons and maybe exchange coupons etc. Maybe we will start a club- maybe not- but either way our goal is to save money. To save ourselves a little grief at the grocery store and provide our family's with the things we need at little or no cost.
Am I crazy!? This means I have to be more organized and I have to dedicate one more evening of my time to something else. No, I can't be crazy to want to do this so my husband doesn't have to take on another job, so that we can spend more time together and be able to plan better for the things we want and need to do in the future. I have to do this and I will, for my family!
Sunday, August 7, 2011
An Unexpected Turn
Since my last post a few things have changed.
We found out the house that we were preparing to purchase is off the market. It's not sold but the owner decided to take if off the market. We are assuming he may have found a rentor or decided to move into the home himself. Either way, it's not available for purchase at the moment.
Friday I ended up back in the triage unit at the hospital and found out that my HCG (pregnancy hormones) levels dropped over a 100 points and we are losing the pregnancy. We were expecting the worse but still shocked that as quickly as we found out we were possibly having twins we found out we were losing them. A very high level of frustration has come out of this for me as I feel as though the physicians could have prepared us more on Wednesday. If I weren't educated I would have thought everything was fine when we left the hospital on Wednesday by the way the physicians explained things to us.
Also on Friday when we were in the triage unit we found out that the main water line into our house broke. So we rushed home to figure out that we couldn't fix it until the morning.
So I guess if it weren't for bad luck we wouldn't have luck at all. I have been praying for guidance and understanding of our circumstances and the only message I can come up with is that God is telling us we need to focus on other things now. That we don't need any more distractions or "wants" right now. So we fixed our water line, we are mending our broken spirit and re-evaluating our direction.
We found out the house that we were preparing to purchase is off the market. It's not sold but the owner decided to take if off the market. We are assuming he may have found a rentor or decided to move into the home himself. Either way, it's not available for purchase at the moment.
Friday I ended up back in the triage unit at the hospital and found out that my HCG (pregnancy hormones) levels dropped over a 100 points and we are losing the pregnancy. We were expecting the worse but still shocked that as quickly as we found out we were possibly having twins we found out we were losing them. A very high level of frustration has come out of this for me as I feel as though the physicians could have prepared us more on Wednesday. If I weren't educated I would have thought everything was fine when we left the hospital on Wednesday by the way the physicians explained things to us.
Also on Friday when we were in the triage unit we found out that the main water line into our house broke. So we rushed home to figure out that we couldn't fix it until the morning.
So I guess if it weren't for bad luck we wouldn't have luck at all. I have been praying for guidance and understanding of our circumstances and the only message I can come up with is that God is telling us we need to focus on other things now. That we don't need any more distractions or "wants" right now. So we fixed our water line, we are mending our broken spirit and re-evaluating our direction.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
The beginning of a new journey!
It's been forever since I have blogged and I think it's long over due. My husband and I found out that we are expecting almost three weeks ago now. It's been fun and scary all at the same time. I brought two daughters into the marriage and they are currently 7.5 and almost 9 so that will make them 8 and 9.5 years old when I deliver.
Last week I ordered the stroller and carseat- because I knew exactly what I wanted and I didn't want them to go out of style before I delivered and they were on sale. :-) My husband jokingly asked what happens if you have a miscarriage or worse yet, we have twins! I laughed him off and simply told him that I have never had issues with my pregnancies so this baby will be just fine and twins don't run in the family.
The girls are super stoked about having a baby brother or sister. Each one wants the opposite gender. They love to go "window" shopping online with me and look at all the cute baby gear. We are making a mental list of all the things we are going to need and praying for a healthy baby and a smooth transition into a bigger family.
Yesterday was like any other day. I got up and took the girls to the sitters and then came to work. I went to the bathroom a lot and had some cramping but nothing that worried me too much. After work I had a dentist appointment and they were hesitant about giving me novicaine since I was so early in my pregnancy but my regular physician said I would be fine. So I didnt worry. After my appointment I rushed to the bathroom since my bladder was full again. To my horror I was bleeding. Not a lot but I don't ever have complications with my pregnancies (right!?).
My OB sent me to the local women's and babies hospital where they took my blood, and did an external and internal ultrasound. My husband and I sat there for what seemed like an eternity waiting on some word. Was I losing the baby? Did they find something they weren't expecting? What is going on?
When the doctor finally came back she told us that the bloodwork wasn't quite done yet but she wanted to let us know what was going on and would have the office read the results of the bloodwork in the morning. But the Rad Tech saw that they are pretty sure are two gestational sacks in my uterus. Two!? I think my jaw hit the floor! The doctor said not to get two excited yet but there is a possibility if everything is ok, you will be having twins. Twins!? Oh my goodness, how exciting! How scary! There may be two little babies growing inside me. Two!
Next week I will have a follow-up ultrasound. Only time will tell if everything is ok and a full confirmation of twins. Twins! Wow!
Last week I ordered the stroller and carseat- because I knew exactly what I wanted and I didn't want them to go out of style before I delivered and they were on sale. :-) My husband jokingly asked what happens if you have a miscarriage or worse yet, we have twins! I laughed him off and simply told him that I have never had issues with my pregnancies so this baby will be just fine and twins don't run in the family.
The girls are super stoked about having a baby brother or sister. Each one wants the opposite gender. They love to go "window" shopping online with me and look at all the cute baby gear. We are making a mental list of all the things we are going to need and praying for a healthy baby and a smooth transition into a bigger family.
Yesterday was like any other day. I got up and took the girls to the sitters and then came to work. I went to the bathroom a lot and had some cramping but nothing that worried me too much. After work I had a dentist appointment and they were hesitant about giving me novicaine since I was so early in my pregnancy but my regular physician said I would be fine. So I didnt worry. After my appointment I rushed to the bathroom since my bladder was full again. To my horror I was bleeding. Not a lot but I don't ever have complications with my pregnancies (right!?).
My OB sent me to the local women's and babies hospital where they took my blood, and did an external and internal ultrasound. My husband and I sat there for what seemed like an eternity waiting on some word. Was I losing the baby? Did they find something they weren't expecting? What is going on?
When the doctor finally came back she told us that the bloodwork wasn't quite done yet but she wanted to let us know what was going on and would have the office read the results of the bloodwork in the morning. But the Rad Tech saw that they are pretty sure are two gestational sacks in my uterus. Two!? I think my jaw hit the floor! The doctor said not to get two excited yet but there is a possibility if everything is ok, you will be having twins. Twins!? Oh my goodness, how exciting! How scary! There may be two little babies growing inside me. Two!
Next week I will have a follow-up ultrasound. Only time will tell if everything is ok and a full confirmation of twins. Twins! Wow!
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