Or something?
I think it must have been "or something!" LOL. I'm tired. I'm really glad my friend went with me today. Court was definitely interesting.
I won't say much but I will say this. It's very disturbing how parents can allow things to happen to their kids with their knowledge and even by their hand, and it happen over and over, and then they go back to court and try to get custody again when none of them are mentally or financially capable of supporting themselves much less take care of the children and keep them safe, and yet the court is still not making a decision about it. One case had more than 15 charges of different types of abuse in the last seven years in the home either by the parents or as a result of the parents actions and with the parents knowledge of the incidents and yet these kids are still not permanently removed. HELLO? Dear God in heaven, how can that happen?
What is worse is that the judge dude actually read all the reports that had been substantiated (or verified to be true and charges filed) and the reports were VERY detailed. Mentioning precise body parts, etc and there were various other foster children IN the courtroom hearing that!!! That CAN'T be good! It was enough to make me feel like I'd been punched in the gut. Jesus, why? And the parents sit right there listening as everything they've committed is read in front of the entire room and it doesn't bother them? Why is custody or visitation even a question? I just don't understand.
Today was the first time I've ever been in civil court. I was just really glad we didn't have to stay all day. Munchkin's case was heard just before lunch. She's still with us. At least for three more months. (and that is going to kill us if both of "our kids" end up leaving us all at the same time....we're too young to have the empty nest.....although.......LOL) We left after that case was heard but I got an email from our SW and apparently the bouncer's case was heard right after Munchkin's. I didn't know his was up for court today. Anyways, his case moved to adoption today.
Well. I tell ya, after sitting through that......I don't have any problems. Not really.
The rest of the afternoon I spent doing laundry and cleaning out my scrapbook desk. I'm purging my supplies and cleaning out big-time! The Bouncer and Munchkin will need separate rooms since he's coming for more than just a weekend. So the office is going bye-bye. It's okay. Someday I'll have a scrapbook place again. For now though, it's being packed up and moved to a shelf in the top of the Munchkin's closet where I can still get to it and use the kitchen table when I get the urge.
The house is undergoing major changes though in order to get this to work. My desk is going to stay in the bouncer's room, but you are not allowed to have multi-use rooms/bedrooms for foster children, so I'm just going to empty the stuff I use out of it. I will keep one drawer for storage of my files cuz I don't have anywhere else for it to go, but it will just be storage, so it's okay. Bedrooms for foster children around here have to be used for the kids only. In other words, you can't have them sleeping in your sewing room or in the family room or whatever. So my desk will be a desk for the Bouncer or whoever the next foster child might be, we'll move the bunkbed out of the Munchkin's room into there, and the dresser up from the crawlspace. Casey's desk is going into the dining room since we still need all that stuff accessible (our files, his computer equipment, etc) and then the bookshelves will go wherever we can fit them. The stereo table had to go away and the cabinet that was in the dining room where the desk will go had to be moved into the stereo table's spot. The house is looking a bit small. But it's for the kids.
Speaking of kids. Munchkin. MAN. She's gotten in bed a little late the last couple nights b/c we've had stuff going on and I think it's catching up b/c she has been GRUM-PY the last couple of nights. Tonight she sat in her room and screamed/squalled/stomped/cried/you name it for at least half an hour and I'd venture to say it was more like forty five minutes. UGH! She finally quit and was peacable the rest of the evening but I put her to bed an hour early anyways. I do not like this whiny little thing. The scary thing is that watching the BM in court today and then coming home and seeing the Munchkin being (dare I say it....) a teeny bit of a brat.....kinda felt like deja'vu!!!! YIKES. I do not like that at ALL!
Anywho. I guess I'm going to get off here for now. I need to catch up on my blog readin. =)
Later!
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
I Got The "Sexy Voice" Again
Woo hoo hoo! So now when I answer my phone, people are going to think they reached some 0ne nin.e h*undred number or somethin! ROFL! It doesn't really hurt but it sounds really rough!!! Heh! Only KC doesn't think so. HEH!
Tomorrow I gots to go to the place that has the judge peoples and I don't have a clue where I'm supposed to go (except of course, I know where to find the building....LOL). I called my friend, T to see if she would be interested/have time to go with me for moral support. Being the wonderful person and friend that she is, she said, "of course" and honestly I didn't expect anything else unless she had something really important going on already. And ya know, since she's being so nice, I guess I won't tease her that even though she's going to meet me at my house pretty early in the morning, jammies are not really appropriate attire in those places where the judges people are. Teeehehee.....especially since she told me not to put on my blog the story of why I now tease her about jammies. *GRIN* So ya know. I won't tell ya the story. Hehehe. At least until I can't come up with anything else to blog about. *evil laugh* Just kiddin', T!!!! You know I love you!
Anyways, there isn't really much else goin on. I laughed at the comments I got from the Wordless Wednesday (the ones online and the ones I got in person). Really, ya'll, the picture was supposed to be funny cuz the weekend was so wild that Monday morning I was drinking the Dr. Pepper straight from a 2 liter! Why is the fact that I'm taking a picture while drinking from a 2 liter AND driving down the road the first thing ya'll notice about that picture??? ROFL! Okay, okay. So I should have waited until I was stopped before doing that, but really....by the time I got to the end of my drive, the Dr. P would have been all gone.....ya gotta capture these moments while they're there, ya know? If it eases your mind any, it did cross my mind as I was digging my camera out of the bottomless pit (otherwise known as my purse) (and yes, that was also while driving) that I should probably not try that while driving. And then the desire to capture the picture won out. But hey, I wasn't "READING" right? And I did check the rearview mirror for cars that had lights on top before I did it. Hehe!
Well....another funny munchkin story before I take off here and head to bed. Actually this is more funny on me than her, but ya'll should see the bedtime routine now. Ya know I said she has gotten really good at faking it? Well you should see me now when I wait an extra ten minutes to make sure she's for real before attempting to leave the rocker and carry her to bed. The funny part is once very carefully (like I'm holding unstable explosives) get out of the rocker, I don't go straight to her bed. Instead I kind of two step back and forth like I'm dancing....and I do that until I'm around the coffee table. Then I turn sideways and do like sideways stepping forward two steps, back one, forward two, back one.....again....kinda like slowdancing. Then I turn the corner into her room and slowly do the same thing till I'm around the bunkbed and next to her bed. Then I stand there, just stepping back and forth in a rocking motion for a couple of seconds, then lay her down and smoothly pull the already prepared covers up over her so she doesn't notice the coolness where my body heat has disappeared. Then I hover over her for a second to see if her breathing pauses. Back up carefully to the edge of the bunk and pause again, listen carefully for even breathing. If it's still even, then I tiptoe backwards to the door and very carefully pull it shut behind me and close it quietly. Then I listen for a couple of seconds to see if she starts crying and if not then I breathe again. I am totally paranoid that she'll be faking or that I'll wake her and have to start the whole bedtime/sleep process all over again. She's done much better the last two nights. Hold on a sec while I reach over and knock on the end table. (Teeehehe....I actually just reached over and knocked on it. And the giant flyin kitty cat who is sleeping on my legs at the end of the recliner jumped. Heheh)
Okay. I'm goin now. I gots to check a couple more things and then I'm heading to the sack. Oh yeah, we get the bouncer back on the 18th. We could get him earlier, but we have a family reunion on the weekend before the 18th and Aunt SoAndSo might not be as sweet about it if he told her how awful her casserole was. *grin* We didn't figure that would be a smart risk, so we are getting him after that is over. So I'm going to get all the rest I can before he gets here. Haha.
Later!
Tomorrow I gots to go to the place that has the judge peoples and I don't have a clue where I'm supposed to go (except of course, I know where to find the building....LOL). I called my friend, T to see if she would be interested/have time to go with me for moral support. Being the wonderful person and friend that she is, she said, "of course" and honestly I didn't expect anything else unless she had something really important going on already. And ya know, since she's being so nice, I guess I won't tease her that even though she's going to meet me at my house pretty early in the morning, jammies are not really appropriate attire in those places where the judges people are. Teeehehee.....especially since she told me not to put on my blog the story of why I now tease her about jammies. *GRIN* So ya know. I won't tell ya the story. Hehehe. At least until I can't come up with anything else to blog about. *evil laugh* Just kiddin', T!!!! You know I love you!
Anyways, there isn't really much else goin on. I laughed at the comments I got from the Wordless Wednesday (the ones online and the ones I got in person). Really, ya'll, the picture was supposed to be funny cuz the weekend was so wild that Monday morning I was drinking the Dr. Pepper straight from a 2 liter! Why is the fact that I'm taking a picture while drinking from a 2 liter AND driving down the road the first thing ya'll notice about that picture??? ROFL! Okay, okay. So I should have waited until I was stopped before doing that, but really....by the time I got to the end of my drive, the Dr. P would have been all gone.....ya gotta capture these moments while they're there, ya know? If it eases your mind any, it did cross my mind as I was digging my camera out of the bottomless pit (otherwise known as my purse) (and yes, that was also while driving) that I should probably not try that while driving. And then the desire to capture the picture won out. But hey, I wasn't "READING" right? And I did check the rearview mirror for cars that had lights on top before I did it. Hehe!
Well....another funny munchkin story before I take off here and head to bed. Actually this is more funny on me than her, but ya'll should see the bedtime routine now. Ya know I said she has gotten really good at faking it? Well you should see me now when I wait an extra ten minutes to make sure she's for real before attempting to leave the rocker and carry her to bed. The funny part is once very carefully (like I'm holding unstable explosives) get out of the rocker, I don't go straight to her bed. Instead I kind of two step back and forth like I'm dancing....and I do that until I'm around the coffee table. Then I turn sideways and do like sideways stepping forward two steps, back one, forward two, back one.....again....kinda like slowdancing. Then I turn the corner into her room and slowly do the same thing till I'm around the bunkbed and next to her bed. Then I stand there, just stepping back and forth in a rocking motion for a couple of seconds, then lay her down and smoothly pull the already prepared covers up over her so she doesn't notice the coolness where my body heat has disappeared. Then I hover over her for a second to see if her breathing pauses. Back up carefully to the edge of the bunk and pause again, listen carefully for even breathing. If it's still even, then I tiptoe backwards to the door and very carefully pull it shut behind me and close it quietly. Then I listen for a couple of seconds to see if she starts crying and if not then I breathe again. I am totally paranoid that she'll be faking or that I'll wake her and have to start the whole bedtime/sleep process all over again. She's done much better the last two nights. Hold on a sec while I reach over and knock on the end table. (Teeehehe....I actually just reached over and knocked on it. And the giant flyin kitty cat who is sleeping on my legs at the end of the recliner jumped. Heheh)
Okay. I'm goin now. I gots to check a couple more things and then I'm heading to the sack. Oh yeah, we get the bouncer back on the 18th. We could get him earlier, but we have a family reunion on the weekend before the 18th and Aunt SoAndSo might not be as sweet about it if he told her how awful her casserole was. *grin* We didn't figure that would be a smart risk, so we are getting him after that is over. So I'm going to get all the rest I can before he gets here. Haha.
Later!
Fun Book Meme
Saw it once and thought it sounded interesting but forgot about it, but then saw it again today on I Should Be Folding Laundry and decided to do it.
1. Grab the book closest to you
2. Open it to page 161
3. Find the fifth full sentence
4. Post the text of the sentence to your blog
5. Don't search around for the coolest book you have, use the one that is really next to you.
6. Tag five people to do this meme. (I am not going to tag five people.)
Are you ready for this? Okay here it is.
"The sidebar headings on page 3 are now forced to start at the top of each column."
BWAHAHA. So can you figure out what the closest book to me might have been?
It is Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book. LOL. Isn't that interesting? Actually it was the only book in sight as I am sitting in my office right this second.
Anyways. That was fun. If you want to do it....feel free....and come back and tell me so I can see. *grin*
Later.
1. Grab the book closest to you
2. Open it to page 161
3. Find the fifth full sentence
4. Post the text of the sentence to your blog
5. Don't search around for the coolest book you have, use the one that is really next to you.
6. Tag five people to do this meme. (I am not going to tag five people.)
Are you ready for this? Okay here it is.
"The sidebar headings on page 3 are now forced to start at the top of each column."
BWAHAHA. So can you figure out what the closest book to me might have been?
It is Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book. LOL. Isn't that interesting? Actually it was the only book in sight as I am sitting in my office right this second.
Anyways. That was fun. If you want to do it....feel free....and come back and tell me so I can see. *grin*
Later.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Call Us Crazy....
But I just emailed our social worker back and agreed to take the bouncer for 3 months or until further notice.
For some reason the hyperactive kiddo just stole our hearts and it was just in a quick weekend. At this point it looks like a possibility that some close friends of ours are looking into adopting him and social services just needs somebody who is already licensed to keep him until they can be approved (approximately 3 months if everything goes smoothly) so we're not planning to adopt him. I think it is just wonderful though that our friends are interested, and if they do adopt him, we'll be able to spend time with him and be close to him on a regular basis so it won't be like we'll get attached and then lose him completely. And if for some reason they change their minds.....who knows. The way we've felt about him since he left and the way we haven't been able to put him out of our minds.....well....I doubt that we'll let him leave if they change their minds about adopting him. But I just have faith that it is all going to work out for the best and I think if they adopt him, this kid will have a wonderful life and that is just awesome to know!
I really don't understand why it took three days to fall in love with this handful and three weeks to fall in love with the handful that we call the munchkin. I mean I was wore out after the weekend and I was ready to take him to school on Monday, but by the time I got to work I was missing him already. That's not how it was with the munchkin. After the first weekend I was ready to take her to school and after I got to work, I was dreading the time I'd have to go pick her up again. Maybe it's just that when we got her we weren't used to having kids and now that we're used to it, it's easier to flow with new ones.
Now, of course, I dread the thought of her leaving and I want her to be permanent. But that first little bit I was thinking....come on BM, get your act together so you can come get this child. ROFL!! But we made it through. And now we're just like "bring'em on" we'll figure out somewhere to put'm!!!! Hahah!!
Speaking of bringing them on, we got a call tonight about another little boy they needed placement for tonight. Not sure if it was a one night deal or an ongoing deal that would start tonight.....I called back but they'd already found placement. We missed the call b/c we were at church in......for lack of a better description: "marriage class"
And about that.....wow! This was the first time we've ever done anything like that at church and the guys and girls split up and the pastor's wife taught/led discussion for the wives and the pastor talked to the guys. And the pastor's nearly grown kids entertained all the little ones. It was so encouraging and enlightening. She used several simple illustrations that were very thought provoking and brought about quite a bit of discussion and one of the older sisters at church came to the class as well, and put in some occasional bits of wisdom that she's gained from her marriage of more than 40 years (I think...I'm not sure how many years exactly). It was just very interesting and wow, do I ever have a lot of work to do. But it's okay, I don't think I was the only one who felt that way after the class....about the encouragement received OR the progress that still needs to be made in our individual lives. It was just great. Maybe later I'll have time to write down my thoughts from the class and discussion.
For now though, it's 11:02. I'm really tired. And if we're going to be taking the bouncer.....well, I better get all the rest I can....while I can!!! ROFL! I don't think we'll be getting him for a couple of weeks yet, since we've got a family reunion coming up out of state and after the fiasco with the birthday party and letting the hostess know that something was wrong with the macaroni and it didn't taste so good, I think it would be a good plan to NOT take him to that. LOL.
Anywhooo....
Catch ya later.
Oh yeah....one more thing before I forget.....I got a new office today. I moved down the hall. It's sweet!!! I like it a lot! It's seriously much quieter down there. And I may need LOTS of quiet in a few weeks. *grin* I spent most of the day trying to settle in and organize my stuff in there. Fun, fun, fun!
So I guess this was a boring post since there has been none of the three P's (pee, poo, or puke) to blog about lately.....oh make that four P's (pms). But I'm hanging on for dear life.....after a few days of peace, I'm sure life will do another flip. It always does!
Later!
For some reason the hyperactive kiddo just stole our hearts and it was just in a quick weekend. At this point it looks like a possibility that some close friends of ours are looking into adopting him and social services just needs somebody who is already licensed to keep him until they can be approved (approximately 3 months if everything goes smoothly) so we're not planning to adopt him. I think it is just wonderful though that our friends are interested, and if they do adopt him, we'll be able to spend time with him and be close to him on a regular basis so it won't be like we'll get attached and then lose him completely. And if for some reason they change their minds.....who knows. The way we've felt about him since he left and the way we haven't been able to put him out of our minds.....well....I doubt that we'll let him leave if they change their minds about adopting him. But I just have faith that it is all going to work out for the best and I think if they adopt him, this kid will have a wonderful life and that is just awesome to know!
I really don't understand why it took three days to fall in love with this handful and three weeks to fall in love with the handful that we call the munchkin. I mean I was wore out after the weekend and I was ready to take him to school on Monday, but by the time I got to work I was missing him already. That's not how it was with the munchkin. After the first weekend I was ready to take her to school and after I got to work, I was dreading the time I'd have to go pick her up again. Maybe it's just that when we got her we weren't used to having kids and now that we're used to it, it's easier to flow with new ones.
Now, of course, I dread the thought of her leaving and I want her to be permanent. But that first little bit I was thinking....come on BM, get your act together so you can come get this child. ROFL!! But we made it through. And now we're just like "bring'em on" we'll figure out somewhere to put'm!!!! Hahah!!
Speaking of bringing them on, we got a call tonight about another little boy they needed placement for tonight. Not sure if it was a one night deal or an ongoing deal that would start tonight.....I called back but they'd already found placement. We missed the call b/c we were at church in......for lack of a better description: "marriage class"
And about that.....wow! This was the first time we've ever done anything like that at church and the guys and girls split up and the pastor's wife taught/led discussion for the wives and the pastor talked to the guys. And the pastor's nearly grown kids entertained all the little ones. It was so encouraging and enlightening. She used several simple illustrations that were very thought provoking and brought about quite a bit of discussion and one of the older sisters at church came to the class as well, and put in some occasional bits of wisdom that she's gained from her marriage of more than 40 years (I think...I'm not sure how many years exactly). It was just very interesting and wow, do I ever have a lot of work to do. But it's okay, I don't think I was the only one who felt that way after the class....about the encouragement received OR the progress that still needs to be made in our individual lives. It was just great. Maybe later I'll have time to write down my thoughts from the class and discussion.
For now though, it's 11:02. I'm really tired. And if we're going to be taking the bouncer.....well, I better get all the rest I can....while I can!!! ROFL! I don't think we'll be getting him for a couple of weeks yet, since we've got a family reunion coming up out of state and after the fiasco with the birthday party and letting the hostess know that something was wrong with the macaroni and it didn't taste so good, I think it would be a good plan to NOT take him to that. LOL.
Anywhooo....
Catch ya later.
Oh yeah....one more thing before I forget.....I got a new office today. I moved down the hall. It's sweet!!! I like it a lot! It's seriously much quieter down there. And I may need LOTS of quiet in a few weeks. *grin* I spent most of the day trying to settle in and organize my stuff in there. Fun, fun, fun!
So I guess this was a boring post since there has been none of the three P's (pee, poo, or puke) to blog about lately.....oh make that four P's (pms). But I'm hanging on for dear life.....after a few days of peace, I'm sure life will do another flip. It always does!
Later!
Monday, June 04, 2007
Who'da Thunk It?
I actually miss the bouncer. So does the munchkin. I got her from daycare today and she gets in the car and looks over at the booster seat that he was using and says "her version of his name here!?!?" And with a look of complete distress and throwing her hands out in a questioning manner, "GONE?????"
"Yep, sweetie, he had to go back home today. I'm sorry. Maybe he'll come back for a visit again soon."
"*sigh* Awwwright."
Now I can't say I'm unhappy about getting to rest again.....but I do wish there were some way that we could keep him.
The munchkin had a BM visit today. And she wanted to whine and grump around tonight in her bath and at bedtime. But I can understand that. She's all mixed up, the poor thing. *sigh* I think she's asleep now though, and IF she is, then it wasn't too terrible an ordeal tonight. I'm real happy about that! Course I feel like knocking on wood cuz she's getting so good at faking, I'm never quite sure if she's really out anymore. LOL. The little rat. But a cute little rat. Haha.
Oh I wanted to post this funny munchkin story while I'm thinking about it. LOL. We were over at our friends' house tonight and were talking after supper and KC started telling this story which, although it just happened this weekend, I forgot to blog about it. LOL. So I thought I'd write it down.
When she pouts, she pooches her lower lip out in the classic pout face and KC always tells her she better stick it back in or a bird will come along and poop on it. Which sometimes makes her stop pouting and sometimes not.....
Anywho, so we were at the park the other day with the bouncer and we were walking across the field to the ballpark to hit the ball around a little and the bouncer had run ahead and the munchkin was trying to keep up with him and we were following behind them and I'm watching them when I see some birds fly overhead. And I pulled my gaze down toward the munchkin running about 25 feet in front of me, and I see her wave her arms in a panicked shooing motion and hollering at them as they fly over her. I totally cracked up and pointed it out to KC. It was so obvious! She was afraid they were going to poop on her lip!!!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! It was absolutely TOO funny!!!!!
Anyways. Nuff stuff about that.
Ya'll folks who commented on my private blog....thanks for the encouraging words. *smiles* And Wally.....who asked if the foot in my mouth was the one with the ingrown toenail......
Pause for a moment while I laugh out loud......
Okay.....anyways, Wally.....I think I'll have to draw the line on answering that question. Ya know....I wouldn't want to give TOO much information out on here. ROFL!!! There are some things that should just remain a secret forever. Like whether or not I've got an ingrown toenail on the foot that was in my mouth. LOL.
And Becky who wondered where bouncer came from b/c she missed that post (and probably b/c it was kinda buried down at the bottom of that post), he was a respite care b/c they're looking for someone to take him permanently. Whew. I'd love to be that person, but I'm just not sure I can hack it.
Well. I'm going away now to get some more rest. I left work early this afternoon cuz I wasn't feeling well, and came home and laid down for about an hour and a half and felt better by the time I had to go get the munchkin and then we went over to visit some friends. I still feel better than I did this afternoon, but I definitely could use some more rest so that tomorrow will be a better day.
Later, ya'll.
And by the way.....a huge thank you to all my friends who care enough to keep up with my little old life. I'm majorly honored! Seriously!
"Yep, sweetie, he had to go back home today. I'm sorry. Maybe he'll come back for a visit again soon."
"*sigh* Awwwright."
Now I can't say I'm unhappy about getting to rest again.....but I do wish there were some way that we could keep him.
The munchkin had a BM visit today. And she wanted to whine and grump around tonight in her bath and at bedtime. But I can understand that. She's all mixed up, the poor thing. *sigh* I think she's asleep now though, and IF she is, then it wasn't too terrible an ordeal tonight. I'm real happy about that! Course I feel like knocking on wood cuz she's getting so good at faking, I'm never quite sure if she's really out anymore. LOL. The little rat. But a cute little rat. Haha.
Oh I wanted to post this funny munchkin story while I'm thinking about it. LOL. We were over at our friends' house tonight and were talking after supper and KC started telling this story which, although it just happened this weekend, I forgot to blog about it. LOL. So I thought I'd write it down.
When she pouts, she pooches her lower lip out in the classic pout face and KC always tells her she better stick it back in or a bird will come along and poop on it. Which sometimes makes her stop pouting and sometimes not.....
Anywho, so we were at the park the other day with the bouncer and we were walking across the field to the ballpark to hit the ball around a little and the bouncer had run ahead and the munchkin was trying to keep up with him and we were following behind them and I'm watching them when I see some birds fly overhead. And I pulled my gaze down toward the munchkin running about 25 feet in front of me, and I see her wave her arms in a panicked shooing motion and hollering at them as they fly over her. I totally cracked up and pointed it out to KC. It was so obvious! She was afraid they were going to poop on her lip!!!!!!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! It was absolutely TOO funny!!!!!
Anyways. Nuff stuff about that.
Ya'll folks who commented on my private blog....thanks for the encouraging words. *smiles* And Wally.....who asked if the foot in my mouth was the one with the ingrown toenail......
Pause for a moment while I laugh out loud......
Okay.....anyways, Wally.....I think I'll have to draw the line on answering that question. Ya know....I wouldn't want to give TOO much information out on here. ROFL!!! There are some things that should just remain a secret forever. Like whether or not I've got an ingrown toenail on the foot that was in my mouth. LOL.
And Becky who wondered where bouncer came from b/c she missed that post (and probably b/c it was kinda buried down at the bottom of that post), he was a respite care b/c they're looking for someone to take him permanently. Whew. I'd love to be that person, but I'm just not sure I can hack it.
Well. I'm going away now to get some more rest. I left work early this afternoon cuz I wasn't feeling well, and came home and laid down for about an hour and a half and felt better by the time I had to go get the munchkin and then we went over to visit some friends. I still feel better than I did this afternoon, but I definitely could use some more rest so that tomorrow will be a better day.
Later, ya'll.
And by the way.....a huge thank you to all my friends who care enough to keep up with my little old life. I'm majorly honored! Seriously!
Clarification:
Someone called a bit ago and asked me if they were the cause of my open mouth, insert foot issues. The answer is no. Just for clarification for all the people who read this blog who know me but don't read the private blog, the open mouth, insert foot issue was with KC and one other individual who shall remain nameless and who does not go to my church. It's all okay though. Thank God KC loves me in spite of my big mouth.
And yes, KR, I do think the quiet people have it. I'm just not as quiet as I used to be. Haha....been living with KC too long. (Do ya like how I just turned that around so it's his fault now? hahahaha) LOL. Anyways, girl, thanks for your email and I'll try to email you back soon. *grin*
And by the way, also for clarification, I don't mind most of ya'll reading this. For those of you who don't read the private blog to see what I was talking about when I said that part about regretting giving this bloglink to anyone, don't worry....the chances of it being you that I was referring to are......let me see....
about 15 personal acquaintances/family/friends that I know of are reading this
1 or 2 that I regret.....
that makes the chance of it being you approximately 1.5 in 15, right? I don't know....I was never any good at those things. Oh well. What I'm saying is, don't worry about it. It was only a moment of regret anyways. I'm over it now.
Today's mood is much better. Thank God.
Later!
And yes, KR, I do think the quiet people have it. I'm just not as quiet as I used to be. Haha....been living with KC too long. (Do ya like how I just turned that around so it's his fault now? hahahaha) LOL. Anyways, girl, thanks for your email and I'll try to email you back soon. *grin*
And by the way, also for clarification, I don't mind most of ya'll reading this. For those of you who don't read the private blog to see what I was talking about when I said that part about regretting giving this bloglink to anyone, don't worry....the chances of it being you that I was referring to are......let me see....
about 15 personal acquaintances/family/friends that I know of are reading this
1 or 2 that I regret.....
that makes the chance of it being you approximately 1.5 in 15, right? I don't know....I was never any good at those things. Oh well. What I'm saying is, don't worry about it. It was only a moment of regret anyways. I'm over it now.
Today's mood is much better. Thank God.
Later!
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Open Mouth, Insert Foot
It's been one of those days. Guess it's just our turn in the ring.
Can I just go on record to say I hate the devil? Okay. Well. I do.
I'm seriously contemplating a password protected post. But then, that feels a bit like I'm backing down and my hackles are still up too high for me to consider doing that.
Ugh. Wait just a minute while I pause for a quick bit of regret that I gave anyone the address to this blog.
Pause.
Okay. I'm done now.
And I'll do the right thing and do a password protected post for what I really want to say cuz the open mouth, insert foot thing is not something I really care to do TWICE in one day.
Before I continue with the rest of THIS post, however, let me just say one thing:
what-DOUBLE-EVER!!!!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Anyways. Church this morning went surprisingly well considering the circus we feel like we're living in lately. I knew better than to try to take bouncer and munchkin to choir practice and mess up bedtime for the bouncer by taking him to the evening service. Not a good plan. So I laid out and let KC (who happens to be the choir director and can't exactly skip) go without me. I kept the circus home of course. And thanks to the sweet MIL who joined me in the ring to help keep the circus from going completely crazy.
Okay. Just erased that paragraph. That one will be on the private blog a little later. Sorry.
Bedtime was the end of my last nerve for the weekend. I had a serious meltdown. The munchkin has crazy attachment issues and apparently b/c I (being by myself with two kids who both needed rocking to sleep) decided the smartest thing to do would be to do the bouncer first so that his bouncing wouldn't keep the munchkin from going to sleep, she decided that when it came her turn to be rocked, she was going to refuse to go to sleep. To the point that, after laying perfectly still and not moving a bit for 20 minutes at a time, and leading me to believe that she was asleep, the minute I laid her in bed, her eyes popped wide open. Like.....5 times in a row. KC got home in time to help me, so he put the bouncer down in like 15 minutes tonight. But tonight was my turn for problems. Finally KC tried and she laid in bed and pretended for awhile, but then I heard her again so I had to go get her to keep her from waking the bouncer. FINALLY she went to sleep (only about an hour and a half process) and now she's in bed. But I cringe every time I hear a noise. That, between all the other issues going on in our lives and in the lives all around us......well. It was just the last straw. But I'll say no more. The rest of that will be on password protect. I'll come back an link later for those of you who have access.
Alright. That's all I have to say on here for now. I'm going to the private insanity to release a little aggravation. I'm sure that will go a long way in relieving some of the stress I feel right this minute.
Later.
*Edited to add: the link to the private insanity post that completes this one is here!"
PS While I'm editing to add, here are some fitting lyrics that are running through my head tonight:
(from the movie "Chicken Little" -- and yes, that did play at the circus that was our house this weekend)
It was a recipe for disaster
A four-course meal of no sirree
It seemed that happily ever after
Was happy everyone was after me
It was a cup of good intentions
A tablespoon of one big mess
A dash of overreaction
I assume you know the rest
One little slip
One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things
I guess I probably took the wrong direction
Well, I admit I might have missed a sign or two
I ran a light past your affection
At Humiliation Avenue
I took a right turn at confusion
A left when I should have gone straight on through
I ran ahead with my assumptions
And we all know what that can do
One little slip
One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things
I get the feeling in this town
I'll never live til I live down
The one mistake that seems to follow me around
They'll forget about the sky when they all realize
This guy's about to try to learn to fly or hit the ground
It was a cup of good intentions
A tablespoon of one big mess
A dash of overreaction
And I assume you know the rest
One little slip
One little slip
It was a humble little stumble
With a big ungraceful...
One little slip
One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things
-Title: Barenaked Ladies - One Little Slip lyrics
Can I just go on record to say I hate the devil? Okay. Well. I do.
I'm seriously contemplating a password protected post. But then, that feels a bit like I'm backing down and my hackles are still up too high for me to consider doing that.
Ugh. Wait just a minute while I pause for a quick bit of regret that I gave anyone the address to this blog.
Pause.
Okay. I'm done now.
And I'll do the right thing and do a password protected post for what I really want to say cuz the open mouth, insert foot thing is not something I really care to do TWICE in one day.
Before I continue with the rest of THIS post, however, let me just say one thing:
what-DOUBLE-EVER!!!!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Anyways. Church this morning went surprisingly well considering the circus we feel like we're living in lately. I knew better than to try to take bouncer and munchkin to choir practice and mess up bedtime for the bouncer by taking him to the evening service. Not a good plan. So I laid out and let KC (who happens to be the choir director and can't exactly skip) go without me. I kept the circus home of course. And thanks to the sweet MIL who joined me in the ring to help keep the circus from going completely crazy.
Okay. Just erased that paragraph. That one will be on the private blog a little later. Sorry.
Bedtime was the end of my last nerve for the weekend. I had a serious meltdown. The munchkin has crazy attachment issues and apparently b/c I (being by myself with two kids who both needed rocking to sleep) decided the smartest thing to do would be to do the bouncer first so that his bouncing wouldn't keep the munchkin from going to sleep, she decided that when it came her turn to be rocked, she was going to refuse to go to sleep. To the point that, after laying perfectly still and not moving a bit for 20 minutes at a time, and leading me to believe that she was asleep, the minute I laid her in bed, her eyes popped wide open. Like.....5 times in a row. KC got home in time to help me, so he put the bouncer down in like 15 minutes tonight. But tonight was my turn for problems. Finally KC tried and she laid in bed and pretended for awhile, but then I heard her again so I had to go get her to keep her from waking the bouncer. FINALLY she went to sleep (only about an hour and a half process) and now she's in bed. But I cringe every time I hear a noise. That, between all the other issues going on in our lives and in the lives all around us......well. It was just the last straw. But I'll say no more. The rest of that will be on password protect. I'll come back an link later for those of you who have access.
Alright. That's all I have to say on here for now. I'm going to the private insanity to release a little aggravation. I'm sure that will go a long way in relieving some of the stress I feel right this minute.
Later.
*Edited to add: the link to the private insanity post that completes this one is here!"
PS While I'm editing to add, here are some fitting lyrics that are running through my head tonight:
(from the movie "Chicken Little" -- and yes, that did play at the circus that was our house this weekend)
It was a recipe for disaster
A four-course meal of no sirree
It seemed that happily ever after
Was happy everyone was after me
It was a cup of good intentions
A tablespoon of one big mess
A dash of overreaction
I assume you know the rest
One little slip
One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things
I guess I probably took the wrong direction
Well, I admit I might have missed a sign or two
I ran a light past your affection
At Humiliation Avenue
I took a right turn at confusion
A left when I should have gone straight on through
I ran ahead with my assumptions
And we all know what that can do
One little slip
One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things
I get the feeling in this town
I'll never live til I live down
The one mistake that seems to follow me around
They'll forget about the sky when they all realize
This guy's about to try to learn to fly or hit the ground
It was a cup of good intentions
A tablespoon of one big mess
A dash of overreaction
And I assume you know the rest
One little slip
One little slip
It was a humble little stumble
With a big ungraceful...
One little slip
One little slip
It was a fusion of confusion
With a few confounding things
-Title: Barenaked Ladies - One Little Slip lyrics
Saturday, June 02, 2007
We Suddenly Have An Ice Cream Fit
Yes. Both of us. The two "over 3 feet tall" persons in this house. The taller of the two (KC) is having such a fit that he's eating straight out of the carton. But then, he did have the more frustrating of the two "under 3 feet tall" persons to put to bed.
Something went wonky. Ya know that magic pill that made him fall asleep last night in exactly one hour from the time he took it? Didn't work tonight.
THREE hours after taking the pill.......
KC and I finally had to take the munchkin and the bouncer to separate rooms to do bedtime. I took munchkin to the rocker and KC stayed in the kiddie room with bouncer, starting out holding him.
I got munchkin to sleep within about 35 minutes, despite the disturbing "bouncing off the walls" sounds filtering out of that room, but I wasn't sure whether or not it was safe to put the munchkin in her bed yet or not, so me an her.....well....let's just say she wasn't the only one who took a little snooze. Finally I'm getting worried....I haven't heard any sounds over the "white noise" of the fan, so are they asleep in there? Do I need to go wake KC up?
So I carefully get up and deposit the munchkin on the couch, tiptoe down the hall, and very quietly open the door.....and suddenly the bouncer pops straight up on the top bunk. Uh. No. He's not sleeping. I ask KC if he wants me to take over and he says no, to just help him, so I go up to the top bunk and attempt to keep him still long enough for him to fall asleep. At this point, I'm wondering if something happened to the blue pill which I was almost positive that I saw with my own two eyes going into his mouth. Did he spit it back out or something? I finally asked him if he swallowed the blue pill and he said he didn't remember. Great.
Anywhoo.....finally KC says okay, we're going to take a turn with the rocker, so he gets the bouncer, carries him to the rocker and starts rocking. In the meantime, I pick up the munchkin from her spot on the couch (where she is very nearly rolling off) and carry her to her bed. Tuck her in....doesn't even wake up. Perfect. Then I ready the bottom bunk for a hopefully soon asleep bouncer since there is no way KC is going to be able to lift almost 50 pounds over his head to the top bunk and clear as many obstacles as I can find in the dark out of the path from the rocker to the bed.
About 20 minutes later. FINALLY. He's out. And although I missed one or two obstacles and KC almost tripped, we got the bouncer in bed and now both of the "under 3 feet tall" persons in this house are asleep.
Now. I'm gonna finish my five scoops of Edy's Fully Loaded Choc Chip Cookie Dough ice cream and I think this "over 3 feet tall" person is going to go to sleep.
Cuz....for real. I'm exhausted. And have I mentioned that I really haven't gotten much to eat today?
Not going to help my weight there....but we left the party before I had a chance to grab a hot dog and the quick uncrustable pb & j and handful of chips I managed to grab while the munchkin was napping and KC had the bouncer out at the park, just didn't last long enough.
Ah well. Have I mentioned I'm exhausted? Bless KC's heart, I'm sure he's even more exhausted, since he went to the park TWICE with the bouncer in addition to the party. And he has to teach Sunday School in the morning. Poor honey. Oh my. Bouncer and church. Oh dear.
That settles it. I'm going now. I have GOT to get some sleep if there is going to be any hope of making it through tomorrow with the "under 3 feet tall" persons in this household.
Something went wonky. Ya know that magic pill that made him fall asleep last night in exactly one hour from the time he took it? Didn't work tonight.
THREE hours after taking the pill.......
KC and I finally had to take the munchkin and the bouncer to separate rooms to do bedtime. I took munchkin to the rocker and KC stayed in the kiddie room with bouncer, starting out holding him.
I got munchkin to sleep within about 35 minutes, despite the disturbing "bouncing off the walls" sounds filtering out of that room, but I wasn't sure whether or not it was safe to put the munchkin in her bed yet or not, so me an her.....well....let's just say she wasn't the only one who took a little snooze. Finally I'm getting worried....I haven't heard any sounds over the "white noise" of the fan, so are they asleep in there? Do I need to go wake KC up?
So I carefully get up and deposit the munchkin on the couch, tiptoe down the hall, and very quietly open the door.....and suddenly the bouncer pops straight up on the top bunk. Uh. No. He's not sleeping. I ask KC if he wants me to take over and he says no, to just help him, so I go up to the top bunk and attempt to keep him still long enough for him to fall asleep. At this point, I'm wondering if something happened to the blue pill which I was almost positive that I saw with my own two eyes going into his mouth. Did he spit it back out or something? I finally asked him if he swallowed the blue pill and he said he didn't remember. Great.
Anywhoo.....finally KC says okay, we're going to take a turn with the rocker, so he gets the bouncer, carries him to the rocker and starts rocking. In the meantime, I pick up the munchkin from her spot on the couch (where she is very nearly rolling off) and carry her to her bed. Tuck her in....doesn't even wake up. Perfect. Then I ready the bottom bunk for a hopefully soon asleep bouncer since there is no way KC is going to be able to lift almost 50 pounds over his head to the top bunk and clear as many obstacles as I can find in the dark out of the path from the rocker to the bed.
About 20 minutes later. FINALLY. He's out. And although I missed one or two obstacles and KC almost tripped, we got the bouncer in bed and now both of the "under 3 feet tall" persons in this house are asleep.
Now. I'm gonna finish my five scoops of Edy's Fully Loaded Choc Chip Cookie Dough ice cream and I think this "over 3 feet tall" person is going to go to sleep.
Cuz....for real. I'm exhausted. And have I mentioned that I really haven't gotten much to eat today?
Not going to help my weight there....but we left the party before I had a chance to grab a hot dog and the quick uncrustable pb & j and handful of chips I managed to grab while the munchkin was napping and KC had the bouncer out at the park, just didn't last long enough.
Ah well. Have I mentioned I'm exhausted? Bless KC's heart, I'm sure he's even more exhausted, since he went to the park TWICE with the bouncer in addition to the party. And he has to teach Sunday School in the morning. Poor honey. Oh my. Bouncer and church. Oh dear.
That settles it. I'm going now. I have GOT to get some sleep if there is going to be any hope of making it through tomorrow with the "under 3 feet tall" persons in this household.
AWWWKKKKK
Sweet heavens. He's a great kid, but I'm beginning to understand why they can't find anybody to keep him.
Conclusion: I don't think we have what it takes.
That's a tough conclusion. Especially after he's asked so pitifully if we'll adopt him. Several times. Man alive. The thing is, he doesn't have any idea that we were even considering the idea. All he knows is that a girl that is in his current foster home had surgery and the foster parents needed someone to keep him so they could give her extra care for the weekend. So it's not like he knows. He just keeps asking if he can stay with us forever. Oh man, it's breaking my heart.
He's not driving me crazy, and I think we could handle all his energy, but it's the lack of social skills that we can't deal with. I never even imagined needing to deal with social skills. Delayed reading, delayed speech....not a problem. But this kid is super quick. Too quick. For instance....we went to a previously planned birthday party of a kid at church and took both of "our kids" and right after we finished eating, the kid goes up to a group of the people who cooked the food and told them that it tasted terrible. I missed it. KC caught it and was terribly embarrassed and we decided that it was time to leave. I just don't know that that is something we are capable of dealing with.
And that's hard. Cuz he's a great kid other than that....that and his super energy and lack of focus. And for the most part, he and the munchkin are getting along good.....except she gets really jealous over us giving him any kind of attention. Like when I was putting him to bed last night.....she's acted out a little bit more than has been the norm of late.
Oh and we won't even talk about the pile of green mushy stuff in her boom-booms while she was sitting at the table not 25 steps from the bathroom. ARGH! It was SOOO stinky and nasty. I thought I was going to puke!!!
Oh well. I'm sad. I really wanted it to work. Well. I have to get off here....I need to get all our baths and stuff tonight and it's time to give him his knock out medicine that will make him fall asleep in approximately one hour.
Later.
PS Mix, he hasn't sneezed any more since this morning, so maybe he is allergic to mornings....HAHA! I know I am!!!
Conclusion: I don't think we have what it takes.
That's a tough conclusion. Especially after he's asked so pitifully if we'll adopt him. Several times. Man alive. The thing is, he doesn't have any idea that we were even considering the idea. All he knows is that a girl that is in his current foster home had surgery and the foster parents needed someone to keep him so they could give her extra care for the weekend. So it's not like he knows. He just keeps asking if he can stay with us forever. Oh man, it's breaking my heart.
He's not driving me crazy, and I think we could handle all his energy, but it's the lack of social skills that we can't deal with. I never even imagined needing to deal with social skills. Delayed reading, delayed speech....not a problem. But this kid is super quick. Too quick. For instance....we went to a previously planned birthday party of a kid at church and took both of "our kids" and right after we finished eating, the kid goes up to a group of the people who cooked the food and told them that it tasted terrible. I missed it. KC caught it and was terribly embarrassed and we decided that it was time to leave. I just don't know that that is something we are capable of dealing with.
And that's hard. Cuz he's a great kid other than that....that and his super energy and lack of focus. And for the most part, he and the munchkin are getting along good.....except she gets really jealous over us giving him any kind of attention. Like when I was putting him to bed last night.....she's acted out a little bit more than has been the norm of late.
Oh and we won't even talk about the pile of green mushy stuff in her boom-booms while she was sitting at the table not 25 steps from the bathroom. ARGH! It was SOOO stinky and nasty. I thought I was going to puke!!!
Oh well. I'm sad. I really wanted it to work. Well. I have to get off here....I need to get all our baths and stuff tonight and it's time to give him his knock out medicine that will make him fall asleep in approximately one hour.
Later.
PS Mix, he hasn't sneezed any more since this morning, so maybe he is allergic to mornings....HAHA! I know I am!!!
Extremely Deep Breath
Well. It's not quite as GOOD as I expected, but then again, it's not as bad as the horror stories we heard, either. LOL.
He's got energy, but not really an extreme amount. I think the biggest thing I notice is the huge lack of concentration and focus.
My biggest concern? I think he may....possibly.....have an allergy to cats. That could be a problem. When he first got up this morning all he was doing was sneezing. After he got his medicine it got better but I'm not sure what that was about.
I just want to go on record to say that last night was probably the earliest that I have ever gone to bed. HA! I fell asleep when I was rockin the munchkin to bed after I'd already put the bouncer to bed and that was at 8:45. I got up and put her in bed and then went to my bed.
Where I had crazy dreams all night. Too weird and freaky to even talk about out loud. Definitely another one of those nights. Yow.
Anyways. Gotta go. The house is crazy.
Later!
He's got energy, but not really an extreme amount. I think the biggest thing I notice is the huge lack of concentration and focus.
My biggest concern? I think he may....possibly.....have an allergy to cats. That could be a problem. When he first got up this morning all he was doing was sneezing. After he got his medicine it got better but I'm not sure what that was about.
I just want to go on record to say that last night was probably the earliest that I have ever gone to bed. HA! I fell asleep when I was rockin the munchkin to bed after I'd already put the bouncer to bed and that was at 8:45. I got up and put her in bed and then went to my bed.
Where I had crazy dreams all night. Too weird and freaky to even talk about out loud. Definitely another one of those nights. Yow.
Anyways. Gotta go. The house is crazy.
Later!
Friday, June 01, 2007
FunnyLess Friday
LOL. Well....unless you think my new blog headers are slightly humorous. They're pretty self explanatory, so I won't go into detail. And in case you didn't notice, they're pretty much spin-offs of the cd cover I designed for work. =)
Obviously, you can tell by the screenshot of my private blog that I haven't had any moments of late where I've needed to blare out in a password protected environment. Nice. LOL. Although I'm'a thinkin'......after this weekend, that blog might just get some new content. ROFL!
Nah.....actually, I might be somewhat "mary poppins"-ish about this, but I have a pretty positive feel about this weekend. Hopefully I'll be right. LOL.
Anywho....I'm gonna try to head out of here, so catch ya later! Happy Friday, ya'll.
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