5th day with no sick children!

That's right... ah ha
My kids are healthy... and it's day 5 of 3 healthy kids.
(of course, I'm still coughing so much I can barely hold my bladder and have gazed longingly at the depends adult diapers as a relief of my constant leg twisting coughing spasms... too much information?)

Anyway, in the tradition of ... winter, we in New Jersey has some snow. We had about 4 - 6 inches, which was nice, and the kids have ventured each day into the yard looking for areas of snow that they have not yet trampled upon... ah to be young again.

I have also almost gone through a whole big container of Chocolate Quick... because, when there is snow... there must be hot chocolate...

Things are going well... my new ebay store is in full swing.... You can visit my store at

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right now I've listed mostly books... I DREAD... absolutely DREAD... listing the clothing. It's time consuming with very little profit.. the books, although also low profit, are easier to list because they have a ISBN number which will fill in the detail about the book so I just need to write up the condition of the book.

let's see.... what else..... Rosie has a UT infection. or something. She had 2 accidents in the house, so I took her to the Vet... he gave me some anti-biotics and took a Pee sample to send out to check for an infection. I am hoping that it is... otherwise, the other explanation would be some kind of nervous behavior.. which I'm hoping she hasn't suddenly acquired, however I doubt that because she is such a mellow dog.. (after the initial exurberance of your appearance at the door...) The vet tried to tell me that the stress of loud children... blah blah blah, causes ... blah blah blah. I say... what? After 9 months? She never ever had accidents before.

So far I have gotten around Rosie jumping the fence by only letting her out long enough to perform #1 or #2. I stand on the deck and diligently watch. Having said that... she still goes out frequently, because she asks... so nicely. I thought this might be why she was having problems, but she really does go out A LOT... so I ruled that out.

Well well well... the vet just called, her sample came back from the lab. She has "some crystals" which could eventually turn into kidney stones, but there aren't a lot now and it's not what is causing her problem. He sd that her sample looks good, but he suggested we continue the anti-biotic and bring her back in when she is finished with another sample and they will see what's going on. Of course, if she isn't having the "accidents" anymore then whatever it was resolved itself... right?

let's see... let's see... what else.

Last night I babysat for my sister and her hubby so they could go out to dinner at a friends. SO... my house was FILLED with kids. My three, and their 2. I had a 6 mos. old, 3.5, 4, 4.5 and 6 year olds! AND... they were great! It probably helped that they weren't dropped off until a late-ish dinner time.. and everyone was tired and watched TV then went to Bed!

OH YEAH... remember my X? Slaggy. He's MIA He probably got served with the papers to go to court to get the child support and alimony deducted from his paycheck... He must think he is punishing me by not returning my calls (which I made to see if he was going to see his children this weekend) I personally don't care. When the kids ask where he is... if he is coming, I can honestly tell them... I don't know, he hasn't called ... Of course, they say, "Oh he must be sick or working" which... because I love my kids, I simply say... "you might be right".

AND because I love my kids, I called him 3 times yesterday to find out if he was coming this weekend.. I left cheerful messages on both his home phone and cell phone... asking when he would be coming. He has not returned my calls.

AND because I am human, I am not calling him again...

I think that's it for now.

I got a phone call from B, he had been checking the blog and because there were no updates, he wanted to make sure I wasn't in the hospital.. having succumbed to the pneuomia I am sure I led you all to believe I had... (smile) I informed him... I didn't write, because I was tired of complaining about how sick I was... how sick my kids were... how sick I still was... how sick my kids were... again....

TODAY... The kids are well. I haven't hocked up a luggy in about 3 minutes.... LIFE IS GOOD!

Have a great day!

Enjoy the snow, because Spring is right around the corner!

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