Update on my Update

Ahhhhhh today ... today is shaping up like a great start to a new week.

I actually got some down time this morning before everyone woke up... that's great!

I'm on my 2nd large mug of coffee...

My kids are awake and not arguing....

Life is good.

Yes I know... it's amazing what a little down time can do.

Yesterday I spent... 8 hours.

8 straight hours

8 virtually uninterrupted hours

Reading.

I didn't do laundry

I didn't dust

I didn't answer the phone

I relaxed on the couch and read: Robert Ludlum's "The Ambler Warning"

It was a good book. I figured out the ending before the main character figured it out, but it was well written and a nice fast read.

I needed that little 8 hour vacation!

Have a great day!

BOUNDARIES BOUNDARIES BOUNDAIRES

This week was harrowing.

As you know, my children have started waking up at 5:00am.

I'm awake... it's just that it is my quiet time. You may have noticed that I haven't had any blog entries recently... that's because the kids have been getting up so early, there isn't any time before the ... constant... persistent... unending... verbal barrage "mommy... mommy... mommy... punctuated by (insert name) hit me or called me names or won't share or won't play..." .. sigh..

It is now 7:00am.
Here's today's timeline
5:00 - they woke up, I spoke to them about getting along and let them know that they could stay in the livingroom and watch TV as long as they were quiet, because it was really too early for them to be awake.
5:15 - they started to argue
5:20 - reminded them about getting sent to their room
5:30 - got sent back to their bedroom
5:40 - told them next step is TV get turned off
5:58 - bedroom TV got turned off - explained next step is no swim lessons
6:15 - No swim lessons
6:15 - 6:35 - blessed quiet
6:35 - 6:50 one at a time they came out for pens or crayons to color, Middle child isn't allowed to color in the bedroom now because she drew on the walls. Middle child is heartbroken and has been crying.
6:52 - Child 1 spider in the room (get back in your room)
6:57 - Child 1 and 3 we wrote a song for you (get back in your room you can sing it to me later)
6:58 - Child 1 I'm hot (get back in your bedroom)
6:59 - Child 1, "why is child 3 in the livingroom?" - ME: (insert name) get back in your bedroom
7:00 - Now the day can begin... right.

This has been my morning.... ALL WEEK.

Each day has started with a full on 2 hours of torture.

This just started. I don't know what switch got flipped, but this has just started... and this is my Achilles heel. I can pretty much remain level and even keeled through-out the day ... provided I have that little bit of quiet time in the morning.


Today their father claims he will be picking them up at 8:00am and taking them to an Amusement Park. My guess is he will have them for about 5 hours.

Today I get the clock for their bedroom

Today I look into converting the "book room" into a bedroom

Today I finish cleaning the house

Today I speak to my brother about some extra furniture in the house that's taking up too much room

Today I will finish up the laundry and shopping for the week.

Hopefully when they return from their father's I will have the house in order, the clock installed, and everything else in place to start a new fresh week, complete with the "don't leave your room until 6:30 rule".

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

They have invaded my private time!

Good Morning, friends family and complete strangers... cough cough loyal readers

This morning I have come to apologize. You see, I know I haven't been updating my blog regularly ... well, since school started.

Today in a moment of clarity I realized... it's because for some reason the kids are getting up early! I'm up at 5:00am... AND SO ARE THEY!

I mean, what the heck is going on.

In the past.... I would rise, I would make my pot of coffee... I would have a luxurious hour to myself putting my thoughts together and .... now..... by 5:15 the whining and complaining has already commence... this... I can not take.

This.... is NOT going to work for me.


For those of you that know... You know I am not a night person... I'm usually asleep shortly after the kids go to bed at 8:30. This last week has been harrowing. I mean... harrowing in every sense of the word.... like hanging off a cliff waiting for superman to come save me... HARROWING!

.....sigh.....

I know what I'm going to have to do

You know what I am going to have to do

I am going to have to get up earlier.

YES, I said EARLIER!

4:00 - 4:30....

I have to!

I don't enjoy quiet time in the evening... because my brain is tired, my eyes are tired, my whole person is tired.... I enjoy a good healthy early morning cuppa coffee... with just me, the dog and my computer.

AND so.... That is settled. I will see you tomorrow at 4:00am!

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Kids appear to be healthy today, well atleast the two that have been up for an hour. The other one will wake up shortly as the scent of bacon fills the house. ... oh here she is... asking why it's dark and the middle of the night and everyone is awake... and she looks me dead in the eye and says, "Wheres the bacon?" OH here comes the whine... "I'm hungry"

Gotta go... and it's only 6:00am.... oh for pete's sake... this has got to stop!

700 Billion Dollar Bail-Out - I could use some of it.

Hmmmmmmmmmm

I'm no financial wizard... but wouldn't the 700 billion dollar bail out be better served.... back in the hands of the people that can't afford to pay their mortgage and therefore will be losing their houses.

Again, I say I'm no financial wizard... but let's take a look at this... my perspective.

Times are tough

No one can pay their bills

Credit cards, mortgages... everything is tough all over....

So.... You have say...... 700 billion dollar's you are going to hand someone without any expectation of being paid back... right? am I right? Are the companies that will be getting this money.... supposed to pay it back? no? yes? anyone?

So, let's assume they "say" they will pay it back, So the big companies are going to sue you and me to get the money that we owe them... I'm not disputing that we owe the money... but I gotta tell ya...

I'm no financial wizard, why oh why does all the bail out money always go to the top!?!

Why not send the money to us... the people who weren't able to pay the credit cards and mortgages... and let us pay off those credit cards and mortgages... and then... hhhmmmmmm.... instead of making us promise to pay it back (as if we could)... why not make me agree not to open a new credit card or buy a new house in the next 5 years... or wait... if you want to help the guys on top... why not make me promise... TO open a new credit card and TO DEFINITELY look for a new house.

right?

Can you see it?

That 700 Billion dollar bail out is in essense our money... I have paid the credit card companies... plenty.... bail our my debt. The credit card company wins because they aren't carrying the debt... and I win because I no longer have any debt.

BUT NO.... instead... the government is going to what? hand the credit companies money... so.... what? what? The CEO's, SEO's, CHIEF Something or others can continue to draw a nice salary until it is clear that we are definitely in a recession and then... what? file chapter 13?

Knock? Knock? I mean hello?

I'm sorry about Lehman brothers (I think they make nice suits right? ha ha ha) anyway, I'm sorry to hear about all of the newly unemployed people... I have no problem sharing some of the 700 Billion dollars with them... honestly, I only need about... I don't need much... only about 420K to settle everything up nice and tidy and have a nice house in a nice community... I'm working. I'll share some money with the people that lost their jobs. How many is it? 4000? tops?
let's say, they all have a mortgage of 450K... 450.00*4000 = 1,800,000 --- See... that's NOTHING like the bail out.

I'm telling you... Just freaking pay off the mortgages... and credit card debt... and let's all start over.

I think I smell a grass roots movement.

Funny thing happened on my way to waking up

Last night or early this morning, or if I am to believe anything I have read... possibly in the seconds before I woke up... I had a delightful dream.

I dreams that I entered a blogging contest and I won a trip to Niagra Falls, I was able to bring a couple of friends. I vaguely remember the friends, I think most of my friends from FOREVER were there including the cast of high school musical.

We got a tour guide that was incharge of our group and as he was gathering to bring us to a seminar in honor of the contest winner... me... I told him he looked familiar and he admitted that he was a famous child actor ... all grown up.

He looked at me... and said, you look like the girl that writes the "wenda blogs"

That my friends... is where it started getting Really really delightful! Turns out I was a famous blog writer and had hundreds of followers in Canada and Upstate NY. I was treated like Royalty!

The group gathered in teh seminar were all interested in asking me questions about the people I write about and the events! ahhhhhhhh it was like a dream... hey wait!

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha


Only thing a little strange about the whole dream was when I went souveniere shopping and all the stores were dark so I had to use a squeeze fish flash light.

Other than that... it was like an episode out of a hallmark movie!

Can't complain...
have a great day!

First Day of School

Today is the first day of school.

If last night commenced the opening ceremonies....with

1) An all out screaming juggernaut regarding "the first day of school outfit"
2) A preschooler scream fest over the requirement to get clean
3) The pencil Box Debacle (newly purchased pencil box was broken)

And that friends... that was last night. It's 5:45am.... I am going to get in the shower and make lunches because this morning... this morning... is going to be a llllllloooooonnnnnngggggggg morning!

Here's what I anticipate.

#1) Fight over clothes for my 2nd grader

#2) Fight with my preschooler to leave her at preschool

All in all, not too bad... except that it will all occur very early in the morning... and if I'm not careful could set the tone for the rest of the day.

...... sip...... sip .... elixir of the gods, do your work! Coffee power activate!

Tonight is the allergist. My oldest will be tested for some food allergies and celiacs.

[QUICK NOTE: An apparent comment misconception of Celiacs is that it is ALWAYS a failure to thrive, however there is an asymptomatic celiacs, which means that the lower intestines are able to absorb enough nutrients so that the person isn't malnourished. But that person is still at risk for the complications associated with celiacs... ]

However I still think it's unlikely that she has celiacs since it is hereditary... but who knows.

This week is shaping up to be a nice week full of activity and challenges...

Violin lessons on Thursday as well as Piano lessons....

Next week swim lessons start

Life is good.

School is Starting Soon Update

Many things have happened.

My bathroom is painted... a mint green... but painted.

I thought it was going to make me vomit, but .... I have lived in it a while and I think I can live with is a while longer... I will be changing the color next time I paint.

I was looking for something a little earthier... a little less.... like keylime pie... I got talked out of my colors... oh well

Tomorrow is the first day of school. The backpack I got my oldest has already broken, the zipper zipped right off the thing.

I'm a little miffed because her teacher didn't provide me with a list of things to purchase (i.e. pencil box, art smock, folders... ) and as a result, I'm afraid she won't be prepared for her first day of school. OH... this is going to be an exciting day!

I can't wait!

Also, the first day of Kindergarten for my middle child. She is VERY VERY excited!

But Alas.... my youngest will be attending pre-school by herself. Which she has reminded me time and time again she is going to be lonely... except, I believe that she has friends in school.

Gotta go, I have to get them ready.

They are staying with my brother in law and his kids today while i got to work.

The Rosie the Wonder Dog News Update

Breaking News: 7 year old visits E.R. can't breath - Doctors are baffled

Last night 7 year old and Rosie the Wonderdog confidante VO was shuttled to the local area hospital in an attempt to relieve her breathing problem.

In an attempt to avoid the ordeal, her mother, the incredibly effecient and attractive 43 year old WLM-O...M administered several breathing treatments both with an inhaler and a nebulizer to no avail.

Under the direction of a Dr. the two sought help at the local emergency room, where a EKG and X-Ray showed that everything was fine with young VO's heart and lungs. The Dr's had many theories.

The reported problem was specifically a feeling of a weight on her chest. In addition, it was determined that she was fairly tender to touch on the chest.

One theory to explain her malaise was that she had sprained or pulled something during her recent bowt with a stomache virus.

My Allergest (who I will not hesitate to say is the best Dr. on the planet) believes that my daughter suffers from silent acid reflux.

That's the news at 7:00am.

Have a great day!