You can't reason with Crazy...You can't reason with Crazy...SAHM and her ongoing ramblings about her kids, her life, her husband.. Articles
rollin rollin rollin
2007-10-26 14:50:00 Are you sick of the bathroom updates yet? Randy painted last night. Can you tell the difference? New sink and toilet will be reinstalled tonight and we’ll be all set to reglaze the tub and then voila’ all done!
Love Thursday ~ Halloween
2007-10-25 14:27:00 Love is seeing your children enjoy SpookyTown just as much as you do. More About: Love , Thursday , Halloween , Ween , Allo
updates
2007-10-25 13:49:00 Randy finished the floor and the shower surround last night! He’s on a roll now. He’ll paint the walls tonight and start installing the new sink. The bathroom is almost complete! We talked all last night about moving and what we needed to do to ‘clean’ up the house and make it look beautiful for prospective buyers. Oh boy it’s going to be fun to stay on top of the house with two little toddlers trashing it every five minutes. (on a side note Woodrow woke up this morning and the first thing he asked me was “You put the books away mommy? Why put the books away?” Then he promptly pulled each and everyone of his books out. *sigh* I can’t stop thinking of a new home to renovate, paint and make our own. Oh I really hope this works out for us. More About: Updates
Rain Rain go away come again another week
2007-10-24 14:45:00 Rain today, tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. I’m hoping the weather guys are wrong about Saturday. Our tiny house can not support a ton of people. Especially if they are carrying large pumpkins with knives. egads. Tough decision ahead…. Last night I was making dinner and Woody was helping me stir the potatoes and Cooper walks into the kitchen as he always does he grabbed the dish towel underneath the drying rack on his way into the kitchen. “Nooooooooooooo” My biggest serving bowl was on the drying rack. A huge Pyrex bowl that broke into fifty million pieces. Truly. The chards of glass were EVERYWHERE. On the steps, the kitchen floor, the dining room floor. I completely freaked out because the glass was very tiny and very sharp. Scary stuff. Luckily five minutes after the bowl broke Randy came home from work. He helped me contain the boys and the glass. Why Olie felt it was necessary to lay on my legs while I knelt down to pick up the glass I will never know.... More About: Rain , Week
One more reason to use birth control
2007-10-23 20:56:00 Thank you Christine for posting this…it’s just the video I needed to see this week. I was telling Beth this morning that holding a newborn makes me want another baby…seeing as the child in this video is so much like my two little maniacs it definitely reminds me that I.am.done.having.babies. More About: Reason , Birth , Control , Birth Control
busy busy
2007-10-23 14:29:00 Bathtub plumbing is done! Surround shower should be completed tonight. eeks! We didn’t get the house we loved. *yet* They will not take an offer contingent on the buyer selling their own home. Oh well. So…we are debating about going for it. Selling our home lower than we would normally list it at and going for it. We want to look at one more home in the same neighborhood in Olney before we leap into the housing market. Having two homes we love in the same neighborhood is better than just one. *I think* Cooper is whining WAY more than normal these days…I wonder if his 2 year molars are coming in? Woody’s came in really early…hmm. We spent most of the day outside yesterday. I had to get out of the house with these hyper whining kiddos. Hopefully it won’t rain today until later so the boys and I can run around the yard some more before we head inside. More About: Busy
a wee bit stressful
2007-10-22 14:27:00 We saw a house in Olney that Randy and I both got chills from. We loved it. We put in an offer last night. Then we promptly ran to Loews and Home Depot to start redoing our last room in our current home. The upstairs bathroom. We have touched and redone every room in this house except the upstairs bathroom. We knew it would be a TON of work. But…hey we have 40 people coming over on Saturday what more motivation do we need? If you have a minute today can you vote for my blog on The blog directory? Thanks!
Meeting new moms
2007-10-21 14:42:00 As I mentioned in my previous post I had a meet up with some new moms last night. We had a pot luck dinner which was very nice and a chocolate tasting party. It was fun and informative. Meeting new people ALWAYS makes me nervous, anxious and quiet. I clam up and I just don’t want to speak about anything. I’m a pretty good listener and like to just sit back and absorb it all. Last night we had plenty of mamas that loved to talk and two of us that were mostly listening. I found myself pulling away a little because I couldn’t figure out where I fit in. I kept telling myself you need to try, it’s important to give it several chances. You want to meet new moms and explore your spiritual side. It was hard for me but I think by the end of the evening I did connect with two new moms. Now if only I can get my kiddos to stay in the nursery. We had a great photo shoot with Melanie yesterday. I was so anxious about the boys acting out during the photo shoot but I think t... More About: Moms
Can there be a new rule? Please?
2007-10-21 04:28:00 When you first meet a new mom and she begins to tell her birth story (as we all do) when you get to the point where you hearing her say “and then I went back to my OB for my six week check up and he told me I needed reconstructive surgery” Can we please stop sharing scary ass birth stories. You might scare the newbies out there okay? It doesn’t have to be all peaches and cream but come on….we don’t need to know how fucked up your va-jay-jay is or how horrible your epidural made your left thigh feel. mkay? thank you. More About: Rule
CrockPot Recipes
2007-10-20 03:27:00 Beef Stroganoff 2lbs ground beef 2 med onions chopped 2 garlic cloves minced 6.5 ozs can mushrooms 1 1/2 C sour cream 4 TBSP flour 2 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1 cup bouillon (I used beef) 3 TBSP tomato paste In skillet brown beef, onions and garlic and mushrooms until meat is brown. Drain. Pour into slow cooker. Combine sour cream and flour. Add to mixture in slow cooker. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover. Cook on Low 6-8 hours. Serve over hot buttered noodles. Ham and Potatoes 6-8 med red or russet potatoes cut into chucks 2-3lb boneless ham 1/2 C brown sugar 1 tsp dry mustard Prick potato pieces with fork. Place in slow cooker. Place ham on top of potatoes. Crumble brown sugar over ham. Sprinkle with dry mustard. Cover. Cook on low 10 or more hours, until potatoes are tender. Pour juices over ham and potatoes to serve. (I added salt and pepper to the potatoes before adding the ham. If I do this one again I’ll add garlic salt or onion salt to the potatoes they needed a l... More About: Recipes , Crockpot , Croc , Reci
Frustrations from a toddler mama
2007-10-19 14:55:00 My sweet toddler boy, Why do you insist on throwing things? Why do you growl and snare at your friends? Why do you act like a maniac whenever you see other two year old boys or girls? Where do you hide your sweet caring self when your maniac self comes out? Will you ever let out your sweet caring self in front of other toddlers? Are you trying to secure your placement in toddler hood? Trust me you will have many many many times to prove yourself through life. This is not the time to test your placement in the world. Be carefree, happy and run. Enjoy the breeze in your hair, the grass under your feet and the cold nose of the dog brushing up against you. You do not need to be the loudest or the busiest or the bossiest little boy on the planet. Sincerely, Your frustrated mother. Dear Olie, My sweet dog. I know you will turn 5 on the 26th. I will try to remember by making a peanut butter treat for you. You are a sweet loving dog but every day you drive me just a little bit closer to t... More About: Mama , Toddler , Stration
Wow
2007-10-18 16:26:00 Found a lot of great recipes last night I hope to share some over the course of the next week or so. While I was preparing our dinner this morning (crockpot Beef Stroganoff) I was looking up a substitute for sour cream and found this site. Most of the dairy substitutes I can’t really use but wow what a great site!
A big Change
2007-10-17 14:11:00 After reading articles like this, this this and this and so many other great articles; I’ve decided that for my fibromyalgia a gluten free diet is the best medicine for all the joint pain I’m having these days. I’ve been doing the dairy free diet to cure my stomach issues/ailments and it’s been working out great. I’m feeling really good. My digestive health is wonderful. My fatigue, joint pain and headaches suck the life out of me on a daily basis. Before I go back to my doctor and beg for pain medication I want to try out the GF diet again. When I was on it for those four or five weeks it seemed to really help me completely. Physically I felt great, mentally I felt more alert… So starting November 1st I’ll be going gluten and dairy free. I’m scared and excited. I’ll be doing the GF diet for 2 months and on January 1st I will re-evaluate my condition to see what my next steps will be. As a NaBloPoMo participate I’m sure th... More About: Change , Chang , Chan
Why oh why?
2007-10-17 13:35:00 Why do I go to bed at 1am knowing that the little monsters boys will wake me up at 6am? More coffee please. Randy and I got some terrible news about a friend last night and were up last night talking and talking about it. I still feel knots in my stomach about it. It’s interesting how much someone else’s problems/issues can affect your own life. MOPS did not go well. I’m not 100% sure on what I want to do next about this. On the one hand I want to continue to develop my spiritual relationship, but at what cost to my sanity? I can’t handle Coupe losing it every minute I walk away from him. Even at home he follows me like a shadow asking me every five seconds “what are you doing mommy?” *sigh* My head is pounding this morning so I’m hoping I can make it through the day in one piece.
Where does all this energy come from?
2007-10-16 14:09:00 Woodrow bounced into my room this morning at 1:15am. He proclaimed “mommy it’s time to get up and play!” um…no kiddo it’s night night time and mommy just got into bed an hour ago. After an hour of reasoning with the boy he finally decided that he could go back to sleep but only for a little while. I’ll take what I can get. He announced at 6am that it was NOW time to play. I got up. Randy and Cooper continued to sleep like normal human beings while I attempted to make coffee, breakfast and do some yoga. Meanwhile Woodrow talked a mile a minute about his trucks, where Aunt Lulu was, and why pawpaw is at the beach? (”it’s cold out mommy?”) I’m trying to find the energy to make it into MOPS this morning. I just know Coupe is going to be clingy, crying and a mess once I decide I’m ready to leave the nursery…I need to keep with it though. I need to keep with it. I need to keep with it. Damn it. I don’t want ... More About: Energy
The internet saves the day AGAIN
2007-10-15 23:34:00 You know when you have 30 minutes until your lovely husband comes home and you’ve defrosted your meat of choice for the evening and you start to get together the dinner preparations and you realize your missing ONE KEY ingredient. Fuck. I’m out of taco seasoning. Fuck. How the fuck do you make taco seasoning from scratch? Well…..luckily you can find anything you want on the internet. How in the world did our mothers function without it? INGREDIENTS: 1/4 cup instant minced onion 2 Tbsp. chili powder 2 tsp. paprika 2 tsp. crushed dried red pepper flakes 1-1/2 tsp. dried oregano 1/2 tsp. dried marjoram 1 Tbsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper 2 Tbsp. cornstarch 1 Tbsp. instant minced garlic 1 tsp. ground cumin PREPARATION: Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and blend thoroughly with wire whisk. Spoon mixture into a tightly closed container and label as “Taco Seasoning Mix”. Store in a cool, dry place. Use within 6 months. Makes 6 packages (about 2 Tbsp. each) ... More About: Internet , The Internet , Saves the Day , Aves
Blogging
2007-10-15 14:26:00 I started my blogging journey on xanga..way back in 2002. It’s a sad depressing journal. I was desperately trying to get pregnant and would have done anything to have a baby. My journal on xanga is not worth linking to (at least right now). I’m not proud of it and it was probably the lowest point of my life. I met some wonderful women on that site and I’m grateful for that. I learned that I wasn’t alone and that IVF wasn’t as scary as I thought it was. I had no idea that I could have taken so many needles in my ass and actually given myself some of them. I learned to be brave and strong for Randy and how to crumble like a baby when you get your 50th BFN in a row. Right before I started fertility treatments I found sheknows. I never would have made it emotionally if it wasn’t for the beautiful women I found on SK. I continue to have some great relationships with some wonderful women on the site. Thankfully when I started my blog over at blogger I ... More About: Blogging
Love is a warm fire
2007-10-15 13:48:00 We made our first official fire of the season last night. It was a perfect night for it. The boys helped gather the wood. Randy let Woody help him trim up the wood. Woody had a blast cutting up the logs and throwing them in the direction of the firepit. (if your on facebook I will be sharing a video I took last night) We had a delicious baked ham along side the fire and enjoyed each other. It was a great. I’m feeling so much better about my little family, my life and my position in life. I’m looking forward to going away for a month with Randy and the boys in May. We’ll camp, travel, hike and enjoy life. It will be great. I’m already bookmarking campsites with wifi. I’m finally seeing myself as a whole person again. I am a mom. I’m also a woman, a chef, a crafter, a blogger. I’ve missed you my blog and I hope to fill you up again with wonderful things. More About: Love , Fire
Silly kiddos
2007-10-12 14:50:00 Woodrow’s idea of coloring these days what a mess…Thank god it’s washable. More About: Silly , Ddos
Presents and gift lists
2007-10-11 14:50:00 When your coming up with gift lists for the millions of relatives you need to give them to what applications do you use? I have been using Amazon but since Coupe and Woody both have distinct tastes these days I’m exploring my options. What do you use to catalog and make lists for your family? Yes…I’m already coming up with Christmas lists for the boys. I’m also coming up with crafty decorating ideas for my house for Christmas since I’m hosting Christmas dinner this year. I haven’t even decorated my house for Halloween yet. We’ve been that sick these days. I’ve been wanting to decorate for halloween this week but my energy levels are so low all I want to do is sleep. I’m sure it’ll get done over the weekend though. The last three days Woodrow has been in full potty training mode and has been doing great. Coupe even joined in the fun and went potty all day on Tuesday but gave it up for a diaper on Wednesday. I’m tryi... More About: Presents , Lists , Gift , Resent
Wordless Wednesday ~ Tickle tickle
2007-10-10 14:19:00 Join in the fun over at Wordless Wednesday ! More About: Tick
Life just gets in the way
2007-10-08 14:19:00 We’ve had a busy weekend. I babysat Saturday night, yesterday I showed my sister how to make a mean lean Salmon. Last night I crawled into bed at 9pm. I took some nyquil and as soon as my head hit the pillow I was OUT. The boys have been sick since Friday morning…I got the sickness sometime yesterday and came home yesterday feeling like a train ran me over. Randy has already announced he’ll be taking a sick day this afternoon…he has to show up for a meeting at 10am but will be home by 11am or so and crawling into bed while I suck it up and take care of all of us. I’m soooo going to bed at 8pm tonight. Probably won’t be online much until this sickness rolls over us. More About: Life
Fun at the park
2007-10-04 13:47:00 Approaching the park yesterday I found only one other child at the playground. As the clock hit 9:30am the minivans and SUV’s filled the parking lot. Woodrow was in a terrible mood and only wanted to run and scream. Telling him that Alexander was there wasn’t helping his mood. We spent a good thirty minutes playing in the dirt in the baseball field. yes Coupe is still in his pj’s. Cooper was having a great time running and playing. Woodrow took a while to settle down…but then he saw Becky’s kids. He was happy then and running and playing. Cooper was smitten’d by Becky’s littlest girl and Woody just loved that they all could run together. It was a good morning and my boys were TIRED all afternoon. More About: Park
Who is this person?
2007-10-04 13:34:00 I am getting a dozen hits a day for bare_foot maniac K_ara who is this girl and why do I care? More About: Person
the guilt
2007-10-02 23:14:00 We had MOPS meeting number 2 today. Cooper clung to my leg like a clamp and I never left the nursery. I did this for two reasons: 1. I thought if I stay with him this time he’ll be more willing to stay by himself next time. (you can stop laughing now!) 2. the crying, screaming and clingyness made my cry like I’ve never cried before. I don’t think I’m one of those moms that is overly attached to their child. Yes I love my kids. Yes I would walk in front of a bus for them, I would save them from harm….etc. But…I don’t have that I can’t leave my child at home feeling. If I leave the house without my kids I leave the house with no guilt. No thoughts of them enter my mind. I do miss them if I am away all day long, but only in the way where I’m thinking to myself ‘I wonder what my kids are up to right’ now kind of way. Finding myself bawling my eyes out in front of women I JUST MET left me in shock and awe of myself. What... More About: Guilt , The G
my legs feel like jello
2007-10-02 14:42:00 The boys have given up napping. In an effort to find some quality ‘me’ time I decided yesterday to try to bike again. That way I could feel alone even though I knew I had 55lbs of toddler behind me. We rode and rode yesterday. I spent a good hour and a half on the bike. We found a nice playground to play on and I let the boys scream and run until they were ready to pack up and head home. I got back on the bike and found my legs felt like jello…how was I going to make it home? I trudge forward and tried to suck it up. I biked slowly but steady and did great until we hit the last hill home. I could feel my legs aching but pushed forward and finally made it home. I felt good. I was sore but felt that after exercise glow. I wanted to collapse but Woodrow wanted to play, run and kick the ball around. Like a good mom I sucked it up and ran around. At about 4pm I finally turned on the tv and sat down. Made a delicious dinner (shrimp stir fry yummy)! Randy got home and lo... More About: Legs , Feel
Busy busy
2007-10-01 15:09:00 We’ve been busy this weekend. Saturday we ran to see a house and the Realtor never showed up. We wasted a good hour and a half driving up there and waiting. *sigh* Drove to my parents house, had a lovely lunch, went to a senator’s family/fundraiser picnic. (the boys had a blast on the moon-bounce!) Finally heading to a pig roast late in the afternoon with all our friends. We had a great time and I was bummed I left my memory card in my laptop. Woodrow was running around having a blast on the five acre’s of land. Coupe was tired and cranky from going all day long so the boys and I only stayed for three hours or so before heading home. Randy stayed late and said the fireworks were great. I’m sorry we missed it but the screaming from Cooper just wasn’t working for me and my nerves. Sunday Randy took the boys to the Dulles Air and Space Museum. He said they loved it and was running and playing all over the place. I got four and half hours at home by myself.... More About: Busy
Bloggers unite against abuse
2007-09-27 15:24:00 BlogCatalog has organised a campaign, in which bloggers from accross the globe will unite to blog against the abuse in all forms. Main blogging topics will include: Animal Abuse Child Abuse Domestic Abuse Political Abuse And more… You can join the group in BlogCatalog and be part of the campaing. Spread the word with media and non-profit organizations. This event will remain in the history! If you blog about it, you can post your link in three great places: The BlogCatalog discussion page Discussion in Topix.com Send it to blogforhope at yahoo dot com with the results I am sickened by animal abuse. Seeing dogs left outside all day long hurts my heart. Noticing a panting dog in a parked car with the window cracked one inch makes me reach for my cell phone to call the humane society. If you can’t take care of your animal please call someone who will. Animals are living creatures just like you and I. They are our babies too…they need food, water, shelter and love. Lo... More About: Bloggers , Unit
This boy loves cake
More articles from this author:2007-09-27 14:44:00 Please notice that Woodrow’s mouth is completely full. I was cracking up just watching him shovel the cake into his mouth as fast as his little hands would let him. I had a lovely dinner and celebration with my family. It was a beautiful night out and I could have stayed outside all night long just enjoying the weather. More About: Cake 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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