01 Jan 2007
posting some of my earlier writings here in case I cannot restore from my backup.
Writings From a Stay at Home Mom
28
Aug
2007
free mcafee
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aol is offering free antivirus protection. need a user id and password (its free to sign up). Personally I would use a spam account for the email addy (one I could check tho). currently its McAffee suite offered for free.
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27
Aug
2007
happenings
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gabes tooth FINALLY fell out. he still cannot speak clearly, but now he is happy he can whistle! he was eating a sandwich when he came over and said "mom, look what was in my food!" and then cracked up when I was inspecting his tooth trying to figure out what it was!
kids got all they need for school to start, and I am ready to send them out the door asap! now all I need to do is the "baking week" that needs to come soon (to do all of his bakery goods) and some minor grocery shopping. He will need cookies, cakes, bread, tortillas, waffles.... and the purchased things like syrup, bread, buns, bagels etc.
me? I am SO looking forward to being kid-less day after day after day. thinking today on how much the house will stay clean without them to mess it up all day long! It doesn't look like I will have tons of spare time on my hands, as there are big things in the works here that will keep me occupied for a long time. I am also getting some new equipment for the studio, one of those items being a "dream" thing for me, but in reality it is a really needed item that will definitely boost sales and profits. :) so its a good thing (like martha would say)
well, other than that, its been pretty norm. Bethie mistakenly called the cat Melissa (whom is a person not a cat... like Missy said, I can see getting Missy and Misty mixed up but Melissa???). We started a new "chore chart" trying to get back into the school routine again- and still remain responsible to normal household tasks.... the reward of course is money, but minimal (enough for a pop and a candybar per week if all the chores are done). hoping it works!
until later!
15
Aug
2007
ok, playing catch-up again....
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kids- all are excited school is starting soon (so am I). my baby goes off to kindergarten this year... where did the time fly. topics of conversation have now turned monetary, like I need new shoes, bookbag etc. and do I get glue too (bethie!). Highlights of these past few days- Stephen woke one morning and shocked me by asking if he could clean the toilet... ummm, YA! that was totally out of character for him! Gabe lost his tooth and is having a hard time talking. the new tooth which was already 1/2 up when the old fell out is now pushing the next lower front tooth straight out into his lip... he is back to really bad oral motor issues with drool and all, and not enunciating anything... poor kid, he is also complaining about eating things like bananas because it hurts. this one is not all that loose yet, or else I would have "accidentally" wiggled it way to far. Bethie is miss fashion diva (old news) but lately its been the length of her hair and is commenting that she liked mommy best with gray hair and gabes best when it was dark (sun bleached over summer) and now she likes hers since its turning RED! (huh????? she is still as blonde as blonde can be!)
now on to us, hubby went back to work and eventho he was thrown into overtime right off the bat, he is tired but much happier than when he was home all day... (and so am I). business is booming and renovations are still s-l-o-w-l-y moving since hubby is at work now and not here. in the past week was offered my dream piece of equipment (used at a really good, but still enough that I have to pause to think about it price), offered a job that seems to be well within my means and is great, got published in a magazine (cool! kids asked when they get to be in one too!), offered a trip to DC but we need to kick in some additional funds for the whole family to go (which DC is spendy but worth it educationally!) so I am trying to move heaven and earth to get what we need and want which all came at once and needs the same funds.... (waiting for the money tree to drop some of its leaves soon!).
so word of warning, if you have some great deal that I cannot refuse, we already got quite a few... and I may have to say no but you can try... :)
and oh, the cat that was on the 2 week hiatus, well... she and her kittens are doing fine. yeppers, evidentially she was not a "nice girl" when she was out....
30
Jul
2007
Dear toothfairy, I ate my tooth- please leave money
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this past 2 weeks Gabe has had a tooth that was so loose it was only hanging on by a root (really- moved totally forwards and almost all the way backwards). I told him to wiggle it to loosen it up so it would fall out but after hearing me endlessly yell at stephen for yanking out teeth that are no where near falling out- or his latest- trying to make his permanent teeth fall out there was no way no how he was going to disobey what I so strongly laid out as wrong...
so every night he fell asleep and every night I worried about choking in the night on that stupid tooth. well this morning i slacked off. Probably because that silly tooth has caused me to totally rearrange meals for soft food only and hear about it every 5 sec.
around noon I was muchie hungry so I grabbed some tortilla chips and started eating and as always, soon everyone around me was eating chips. after I finished I went back to work (actually doing some book keeping) and heard "mommy can you help me, I lost my tooth" I said you did? let me see... to which he replied "I said I LOST my tooth". well come to find out the tooth was nudged loose on the chips and lost forever to the digestive process.
So tonite we left a note hoping the tooth fairy is a nice lady and will understand, especially since this is his first tooth and all... the note went like this:
I ate a chip today and my tooth I think I ate.
Can you still leave me money without a tooth?
Thanks if you leave me money?
Gabe
and being a nice kid he camped out on my bed with the note on his- since that was his last known location, or as he puts it "she knows from Stephen that I sleep here so I put the note here" I think she will be nice and forgive the missing tooth, don't you?
at bed time I heard Gabe explain to me the tooth fairy does magic cuz she has a wand. I say "really" and he retorts "just like Jesus and Santa clause, they all have magic"
30
Jun
2007
new pc/update
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Sitting here tonite writing to you from my new Gateway PC running vista. If you have ever changed computers, I am sure you can empathise with me and what I went through the past 3 days- but all is well now, I have email again, I have all my bookmarks and I can print via the network in the house (Vista did not play nicely with an xp computer!). All I need now is my business bookwork to transfer over and I will be set, but alas, I know I will need to read the forums for office accounting as the cryptic messages like "unable to restore the backup to this version of office accounting" huh? it created it on this version... makes no sense to me what-so-ever. And vistas easy transfer cable ($35) may have been worth it because bill gates was joking when he named it "easy transfer"... the program never completed without critical flaws the whole 10 times I ran it (usb drive and networking)....
Kids are excited we get to go to the amusement park tomorrow for the company picnic. will be there all day, and work will get shoved aside for it (which I really did today also, even tho I had good intentions!) I am still getting used to hubby being here all day long and interupting me everytime i get busy to "come take a look at this or that". Oh well, soon it will be me and no one else here in the daytime (sept will come soon enough!) and then I can take a deep breath and do all I have shoved aside till "when I get a moment I would like to try this or that!)
I suppose, I had better hit the hay, Tomorrow is going to be a breakfast to beyond kid bedtime type day of running here and there- all out in the sunshine... I will be tuckered out by the time I go to bed tomorrow! nite!
21
Jun
2007
one stressful/painful day
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being crunch time and time is running out really fast- of course murphys law would kick in (duh) and the way I planned almost burnt hubbys shop down last night. But tracking it back to a faulty breaker and a new one in hand the test went fine (and I took up the down time in the old one running constant- its 1/3 the size). So armed with a new breaker and the test going fine I continue onward until...
Kids come and ask if they can camp out... here camp out has nothing to do with tents, outdoors, scary things; its only the fire, hot dogs and marshmallows. I and hubby say OK. and try to finish my work before resting and relaxing. While toting stuff here and there I hear "mom the cat is going out" (of course this is after all 3 kiddos came in to tell me something really important). Well stopping everything, and of course just having lured the stupid thing back inside after a 2 week hiatus... I close the garage/studio and trap her inside partly at least. She got into where only a stupid cat could and I went to try to shoosh her toward the door... next thing I know I have a sharp pain in my foot and a board stuck to the bottom of my shoe (remodeling, gotta love it). Told hubby I needed his help and he assumed with the cat and tries to "blow" it out with the shop vac. I am finally free of the board but notice that blood is dripping pretty heavy out of my foot. Finally get hubby to notice the blood and leave the cat alone for a sec to get me a chair and something to clean it out with to see how bad it is. Not that bad really- just a puncture wound. and the cat got in... I just now have a huge spot that is going to bruise bad in the morning and I have to be on it all day Saturday. What Joy.
Anyways instead of being as busy as I wished, I got to sit down and enjoy my hubby making beans and burgers for Stephen (vandecamps baked beans with jenny-o turkey burger crumbled in for a pseudo beans and weenies combination- he loved it!) and hot dogs on a bun with baked beans for the rest of us- of course cooked over the fire. marshmallows came out for desert and the big debate tonight was toasted or burnt marshmallows were better. Lightening for fireworks off in the distance and a little girl scared of everything but very tired and an older child who was a pyromaniac but did fine with the "storm" of no threat... and Gabe who just was a perfect little helper and fire pit watcher so no one would get hurt doing something silly. Odd thing, its still only 73 degrees outside and I had the oldest in a winter jacket and the younger one complaining for a blanket. walked into the house and without the humidity it feels like its freezing in here. Kids thought it was cold outside!
Anyways going to bed early tonight, as there is not much I can do as I am using crutches to get around (reinjured the kneecap earlier today too- same leg as the nail) so... hoping by morning stepping will be a lot easier as tomorrow is the last day possible to get it all done. then its off to packing and getting the booth items... hopefully my foot and knee will heal overnight!
Retrospect- the cat got out when stephen put his head through the plastic covering on the door window (the one he broke out eons ago that I keep forgetting to order the glass for to fix it). Smart cat found a hole where there hasn't been for a long time. Hole now fixed, and I have resolved to remember after this show to get the glass.
19
Jun
2007
Well, I guess we'll feed ya Tracy!
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Was talking to the kiddos about what was happening this week, Missy is on vacation and Tracy needs to do her college homework and apt. search for school which starts in just a few weeks- since her apt. she had lined up fell through.
Then the conversation was interrupted by a spat and switched to "this that you do to the least of these, you do also to me ". and trying to get them to understand the concept of being nice to those that are down (specifically their siblings). Told them that if there was a homeless stranger walking by on the road that looked hungry I would invite them in to eat with us. After the initial "stranger Danger" talks passed- like what if he came in and shot us and took us (huh?)... Stephen piped up and said "mom, you can feed Tracy too!"
Conversation ended with me laughing to hard to continue... Ya Tracy, you can eat here too!
17
Jun
2007
shows did so well, been busy just keeping up
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Been busy keeping up with orders and restocking stuff. My stuff sold so well I went from 6 rubbermaid containers of inventory down to 4 the first show, then the next weekend I went down to 1.5 containers remaining. and I have 1/3 more $ coming from orders still left to do from the last show and another show coming up in 6 days (check website out for location). So the basement and new studio area (still unfinished but thats were my new shelves are located) are where I have been spending all my time. This week I will add hubbys shop to the mix- his welder is the right wiring and circuit breaker for my new equipment that I need to finish all that I have started efficiently.
Hubby was suppose to start layoff this week, and got it a week earlier than expected. So it is really good that the shows did so well... unemployment needed a new waiting week and with the remodel and such, money is tighter than I like. He is having a hard time adjusting to being a house hubby, which I am letting him be, as I am technically the only one working right now. Its hard to switch roles evidentally as between everything he wants to do and the things that still need to be done daily- I still find myself doing dishes, laundry, cooking and kid watching... funny how women can do it so well
kids have been well. adjusting to no school and Stephen even picked up his violin and is practicing daily!!! that is a great thing, since 2 weeks ago he was spouting to everyone that he quit. Gabe is trying to practice his guitar but with no knowledge of notes its hard to teach him. Bethie wants the studio done as I promised her the piano would stay and I would teach her how to play- she will need it anyways as she wants to drum.
well, works awaiting so better get busy...
24
May
2007
been MIA for a bit, Quick catch up
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Past month or so... Wish i could say I have been busy working but been too busy medically and other commitment wise to really get the work I need to get done done. Remodeling a new studio for me- the garage is being converted into a heated and air-conditioned space complete with water, electricity, windows and doors...and tons of space with optimized work flow. It will be nice not to have to hike 1,000 pounds of supplies down a flight of stairs but have a handicapped accessible entrance that will accommodate either a cart or bobcat! . I have to keep the big picture of "when its done it will be grand" to get me through the 3 years of storage stuff that needs to be culled before the structural changes get done. big job, as 3 years of storage found remodelling supplies, garden/yard, toys, shop stuff, etc. left tons of stuff for me to go through. the garage is big enough to hold 3 cars....
Medically we have been on 5 out of town trips so far this month and another one yet to go. I really like the new GI. He looked at the allergist reports/skin tests and confirmed my suspicions on some things (like garlic) that we knew were issues but never told the results were positive from the allergist; plus added some more like fresh fish that we don't eat but after fishing opener all of a sudden have but wont let him try. Flovent seems to help the swallowing as well as the dilation that happened from the egd (his eos was really bad on the scope- all gray and furrowed top to bottom) he has been warned to tell me know the instant that he has minor discomfort as he was so bad before he even slightly complained.
Bethie had her first cavities- 7 in one shot! fillings out of town over 2 days. she is not a happy camper but that was enough to get her to floss and brush religiously now!
Stephen was insurance approved to try the new zolair shot. Hopeing it helps with the eos as well as the asthma. Study seems promising from NIH... so keep your fingers crossed. Each shot is $1,200 and he needs them every 2 weeks... hence the thrill of insurance covering! :)
I have a show in less than 2 weeks, another in less than 3.... and really need to be working- but today is bad- bethie has her graduation in the middle of my usual full day of work; tomorrow is the allergy shot which requires us to stay for 2 hours or more to make sure anaphalaxis doesn't happen and bethie gets her new shoe inserts fitted... Sat. I get to see if i want a larger new-to-me for virtually nothing piece of work equipment that will greatly ease my stress (2 hr. drive to see it one way).
School is out for the boys next week. as well as getting my sales booth set up for outdoor use (wind/rain).... uffda! But one contact from the local magazine may make me more busyier than i can imagine- with a potential order to help him with his art work and through his contacts next spring... seems like it all is coming together- just wish the studio remodel was done!
16
Apr
2007
another example of murphys law
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My favorite author is Stephen King. I love it when in his books you think your going from point "a" to point "b" which will end up at "c" and you get taken for a ride... the kind that takes you to point "V" and you have no clue or even forethought of going there on your own. Hindsight says all the markers were there for you to know you were going to "v" but all along you thought you were going to "c".... well tonight Life is like a Stephen King Novel
Morning was a productive day (work) with some stuff I needed to finish up this evening. Took Beth to school, enjoyed my coffee time (alone without kids time), Ran late to pick up bethie but it was ok as they let school out late also. Left town when the phone rings- "we finished your taxes". Great! But ummm, I have to get back home for the bus, I will be there in about an hour or so. So time passes, bus comes, go back to town to find a line that stretches around the building... wait in it, get in and its finally my turn when I remember "oops, hubby needs to sign too doesn't he?" well, all is not lost, as they forgot to complete a form, so have to go back this evening to sign... ummm OK.
Get home and the kids were in and out playing. Stephen did go here there and everywhere outside but insists he stayed out of the barn (we know that is an issue with him). Quick "tide me over" until supper is done snack and back off to town we go... Taxes picked up and the search for square u bolts ensues (this would be hubbys idea, not mine) when from the back seat I hear achoo about 30 times. Look and he has his hands in his eyes and they are terribly a mess. Hubby says "Stephen I told you to keep your hands out of your eyes" which must have been while I was in paying for the taxes... I say 'superstore's name' "stat" which he replies with a line from a movie we just watched "whats stat mean anyways" and proceeds to the next u bolt store. I insist when he is done that the superstore is the next stop. Get there and the generic brand of benadryl is gone so I am looking at at least $5 for a package/bottle. I think "well since we have to have name brand, the liquid is such a hassle I can get the chewable, fast dissolve or strips for the same price... pick up the strips to look for geletin and there is none. feeling supersmart for having a "travel ready" way of caring benadryl I purchase and administer. The next u bolt store I hear "mom my tongue is numb"
From the numb tongue to the next step was only a matter of a few minutes...." mom my throat is getting really tight" Ok, start to panic here, but calmly inquire on how tight tight is.... "is it worse than before, like when you ate ____, is it worth a shot in the leg for?" when that anwser was yes I really started to freak. off to the er we go. 2.5 hours later we finally emerge (gosh, my hubby is patient in the car with the other 2 kids!).
Evidentially we really needed the epi, as his pulse was fastest before the shot was given than afterwards and the nurses kept saying it was a very good thing we were there. Stephen still says his throat is better now, but still cannot swallow right. I am going to be up giving him benadryl (the generic we have here not the strips) every 6 hrs. and on the phone with the allergist and Merck to see if we can track down the cause of the issue. I am hoping it is the benadryl as the mold/pollen reason would be really hard to avoid! Some days point "c" doesn't look all that bad!
Writings From a Stay at Home Mom
28
Aug
2007
free mcafee
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aol is offering free antivirus protection. need a user id and password (its free to sign up). Personally I would use a spam account for the email addy (one I could check tho). currently its McAffee suite offered for free.
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27
Aug
2007
happenings
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gabes tooth FINALLY fell out. he still cannot speak clearly, but now he is happy he can whistle! he was eating a sandwich when he came over and said "mom, look what was in my food!" and then cracked up when I was inspecting his tooth trying to figure out what it was!
kids got all they need for school to start, and I am ready to send them out the door asap! now all I need to do is the "baking week" that needs to come soon (to do all of his bakery goods) and some minor grocery shopping. He will need cookies, cakes, bread, tortillas, waffles.... and the purchased things like syrup, bread, buns, bagels etc.
me? I am SO looking forward to being kid-less day after day after day. thinking today on how much the house will stay clean without them to mess it up all day long! It doesn't look like I will have tons of spare time on my hands, as there are big things in the works here that will keep me occupied for a long time. I am also getting some new equipment for the studio, one of those items being a "dream" thing for me, but in reality it is a really needed item that will definitely boost sales and profits. :) so its a good thing (like martha would say)
well, other than that, its been pretty norm. Bethie mistakenly called the cat Melissa (whom is a person not a cat... like Missy said, I can see getting Missy and Misty mixed up but Melissa???). We started a new "chore chart" trying to get back into the school routine again- and still remain responsible to normal household tasks.... the reward of course is money, but minimal (enough for a pop and a candybar per week if all the chores are done). hoping it works!
until later!
15
Aug
2007
ok, playing catch-up again....
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kids- all are excited school is starting soon (so am I). my baby goes off to kindergarten this year... where did the time fly. topics of conversation have now turned monetary, like I need new shoes, bookbag etc. and do I get glue too (bethie!). Highlights of these past few days- Stephen woke one morning and shocked me by asking if he could clean the toilet... ummm, YA! that was totally out of character for him! Gabe lost his tooth and is having a hard time talking. the new tooth which was already 1/2 up when the old fell out is now pushing the next lower front tooth straight out into his lip... he is back to really bad oral motor issues with drool and all, and not enunciating anything... poor kid, he is also complaining about eating things like bananas because it hurts. this one is not all that loose yet, or else I would have "accidentally" wiggled it way to far. Bethie is miss fashion diva (old news) but lately its been the length of her hair and is commenting that she liked mommy best with gray hair and gabes best when it was dark (sun bleached over summer) and now she likes hers since its turning RED! (huh????? she is still as blonde as blonde can be!)
now on to us, hubby went back to work and eventho he was thrown into overtime right off the bat, he is tired but much happier than when he was home all day... (and so am I). business is booming and renovations are still s-l-o-w-l-y moving since hubby is at work now and not here. in the past week was offered my dream piece of equipment (used at a really good, but still enough that I have to pause to think about it price), offered a job that seems to be well within my means and is great, got published in a magazine (cool! kids asked when they get to be in one too!), offered a trip to DC but we need to kick in some additional funds for the whole family to go (which DC is spendy but worth it educationally!) so I am trying to move heaven and earth to get what we need and want which all came at once and needs the same funds.... (waiting for the money tree to drop some of its leaves soon!).
so word of warning, if you have some great deal that I cannot refuse, we already got quite a few... and I may have to say no but you can try... :)
and oh, the cat that was on the 2 week hiatus, well... she and her kittens are doing fine. yeppers, evidentially she was not a "nice girl" when she was out....
30
Jul
2007
Dear toothfairy, I ate my tooth- please leave money
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this past 2 weeks Gabe has had a tooth that was so loose it was only hanging on by a root (really- moved totally forwards and almost all the way backwards). I told him to wiggle it to loosen it up so it would fall out but after hearing me endlessly yell at stephen for yanking out teeth that are no where near falling out- or his latest- trying to make his permanent teeth fall out there was no way no how he was going to disobey what I so strongly laid out as wrong...
so every night he fell asleep and every night I worried about choking in the night on that stupid tooth. well this morning i slacked off. Probably because that silly tooth has caused me to totally rearrange meals for soft food only and hear about it every 5 sec.
around noon I was muchie hungry so I grabbed some tortilla chips and started eating and as always, soon everyone around me was eating chips. after I finished I went back to work (actually doing some book keeping) and heard "mommy can you help me, I lost my tooth" I said you did? let me see... to which he replied "I said I LOST my tooth". well come to find out the tooth was nudged loose on the chips and lost forever to the digestive process.
So tonite we left a note hoping the tooth fairy is a nice lady and will understand, especially since this is his first tooth and all... the note went like this:
I ate a chip today and my tooth I think I ate.
Can you still leave me money without a tooth?
Thanks if you leave me money?
Gabe
and being a nice kid he camped out on my bed with the note on his- since that was his last known location, or as he puts it "she knows from Stephen that I sleep here so I put the note here" I think she will be nice and forgive the missing tooth, don't you?
at bed time I heard Gabe explain to me the tooth fairy does magic cuz she has a wand. I say "really" and he retorts "just like Jesus and Santa clause, they all have magic"
30
Jun
2007
new pc/update
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Sitting here tonite writing to you from my new Gateway PC running vista. If you have ever changed computers, I am sure you can empathise with me and what I went through the past 3 days- but all is well now, I have email again, I have all my bookmarks and I can print via the network in the house (Vista did not play nicely with an xp computer!). All I need now is my business bookwork to transfer over and I will be set, but alas, I know I will need to read the forums for office accounting as the cryptic messages like "unable to restore the backup to this version of office accounting" huh? it created it on this version... makes no sense to me what-so-ever. And vistas easy transfer cable ($35) may have been worth it because bill gates was joking when he named it "easy transfer"... the program never completed without critical flaws the whole 10 times I ran it (usb drive and networking)....
Kids are excited we get to go to the amusement park tomorrow for the company picnic. will be there all day, and work will get shoved aside for it (which I really did today also, even tho I had good intentions!) I am still getting used to hubby being here all day long and interupting me everytime i get busy to "come take a look at this or that". Oh well, soon it will be me and no one else here in the daytime (sept will come soon enough!) and then I can take a deep breath and do all I have shoved aside till "when I get a moment I would like to try this or that!)
I suppose, I had better hit the hay, Tomorrow is going to be a breakfast to beyond kid bedtime type day of running here and there- all out in the sunshine... I will be tuckered out by the time I go to bed tomorrow! nite!
21
Jun
2007
one stressful/painful day
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being crunch time and time is running out really fast- of course murphys law would kick in (duh) and the way I planned almost burnt hubbys shop down last night. But tracking it back to a faulty breaker and a new one in hand the test went fine (and I took up the down time in the old one running constant- its 1/3 the size). So armed with a new breaker and the test going fine I continue onward until...
Kids come and ask if they can camp out... here camp out has nothing to do with tents, outdoors, scary things; its only the fire, hot dogs and marshmallows. I and hubby say OK. and try to finish my work before resting and relaxing. While toting stuff here and there I hear "mom the cat is going out" (of course this is after all 3 kiddos came in to tell me something really important). Well stopping everything, and of course just having lured the stupid thing back inside after a 2 week hiatus... I close the garage/studio and trap her inside partly at least. She got into where only a stupid cat could and I went to try to shoosh her toward the door... next thing I know I have a sharp pain in my foot and a board stuck to the bottom of my shoe (remodeling, gotta love it). Told hubby I needed his help and he assumed with the cat and tries to "blow" it out with the shop vac. I am finally free of the board but notice that blood is dripping pretty heavy out of my foot. Finally get hubby to notice the blood and leave the cat alone for a sec to get me a chair and something to clean it out with to see how bad it is. Not that bad really- just a puncture wound. and the cat got in... I just now have a huge spot that is going to bruise bad in the morning and I have to be on it all day Saturday. What Joy.
Anyways instead of being as busy as I wished, I got to sit down and enjoy my hubby making beans and burgers for Stephen (vandecamps baked beans with jenny-o turkey burger crumbled in for a pseudo beans and weenies combination- he loved it!) and hot dogs on a bun with baked beans for the rest of us- of course cooked over the fire. marshmallows came out for desert and the big debate tonight was toasted or burnt marshmallows were better. Lightening for fireworks off in the distance and a little girl scared of everything but very tired and an older child who was a pyromaniac but did fine with the "storm" of no threat... and Gabe who just was a perfect little helper and fire pit watcher so no one would get hurt doing something silly. Odd thing, its still only 73 degrees outside and I had the oldest in a winter jacket and the younger one complaining for a blanket. walked into the house and without the humidity it feels like its freezing in here. Kids thought it was cold outside!
Anyways going to bed early tonight, as there is not much I can do as I am using crutches to get around (reinjured the kneecap earlier today too- same leg as the nail) so... hoping by morning stepping will be a lot easier as tomorrow is the last day possible to get it all done. then its off to packing and getting the booth items... hopefully my foot and knee will heal overnight!
Retrospect- the cat got out when stephen put his head through the plastic covering on the door window (the one he broke out eons ago that I keep forgetting to order the glass for to fix it). Smart cat found a hole where there hasn't been for a long time. Hole now fixed, and I have resolved to remember after this show to get the glass.
19
Jun
2007
Well, I guess we'll feed ya Tracy!
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Was talking to the kiddos about what was happening this week, Missy is on vacation and Tracy needs to do her college homework and apt. search for school which starts in just a few weeks- since her apt. she had lined up fell through.
Then the conversation was interrupted by a spat and switched to "this that you do to the least of these, you do also to me ". and trying to get them to understand the concept of being nice to those that are down (specifically their siblings). Told them that if there was a homeless stranger walking by on the road that looked hungry I would invite them in to eat with us. After the initial "stranger Danger" talks passed- like what if he came in and shot us and took us (huh?)... Stephen piped up and said "mom, you can feed Tracy too!"
Conversation ended with me laughing to hard to continue... Ya Tracy, you can eat here too!
17
Jun
2007
shows did so well, been busy just keeping up
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Been busy keeping up with orders and restocking stuff. My stuff sold so well I went from 6 rubbermaid containers of inventory down to 4 the first show, then the next weekend I went down to 1.5 containers remaining. and I have 1/3 more $ coming from orders still left to do from the last show and another show coming up in 6 days (check website out for location). So the basement and new studio area (still unfinished but thats were my new shelves are located) are where I have been spending all my time. This week I will add hubbys shop to the mix- his welder is the right wiring and circuit breaker for my new equipment that I need to finish all that I have started efficiently.
Hubby was suppose to start layoff this week, and got it a week earlier than expected. So it is really good that the shows did so well... unemployment needed a new waiting week and with the remodel and such, money is tighter than I like. He is having a hard time adjusting to being a house hubby, which I am letting him be, as I am technically the only one working right now. Its hard to switch roles evidentally as between everything he wants to do and the things that still need to be done daily- I still find myself doing dishes, laundry, cooking and kid watching... funny how women can do it so well
kids have been well. adjusting to no school and Stephen even picked up his violin and is practicing daily!!! that is a great thing, since 2 weeks ago he was spouting to everyone that he quit. Gabe is trying to practice his guitar but with no knowledge of notes its hard to teach him. Bethie wants the studio done as I promised her the piano would stay and I would teach her how to play- she will need it anyways as she wants to drum.
well, works awaiting so better get busy...
24
May
2007
been MIA for a bit, Quick catch up
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Past month or so... Wish i could say I have been busy working but been too busy medically and other commitment wise to really get the work I need to get done done. Remodeling a new studio for me- the garage is being converted into a heated and air-conditioned space complete with water, electricity, windows and doors...and tons of space with optimized work flow. It will be nice not to have to hike 1,000 pounds of supplies down a flight of stairs but have a handicapped accessible entrance that will accommodate either a cart or bobcat! . I have to keep the big picture of "when its done it will be grand" to get me through the 3 years of storage stuff that needs to be culled before the structural changes get done. big job, as 3 years of storage found remodelling supplies, garden/yard, toys, shop stuff, etc. left tons of stuff for me to go through. the garage is big enough to hold 3 cars....
Medically we have been on 5 out of town trips so far this month and another one yet to go. I really like the new GI. He looked at the allergist reports/skin tests and confirmed my suspicions on some things (like garlic) that we knew were issues but never told the results were positive from the allergist; plus added some more like fresh fish that we don't eat but after fishing opener all of a sudden have but wont let him try. Flovent seems to help the swallowing as well as the dilation that happened from the egd (his eos was really bad on the scope- all gray and furrowed top to bottom) he has been warned to tell me know the instant that he has minor discomfort as he was so bad before he even slightly complained.
Bethie had her first cavities- 7 in one shot! fillings out of town over 2 days. she is not a happy camper but that was enough to get her to floss and brush religiously now!
Stephen was insurance approved to try the new zolair shot. Hopeing it helps with the eos as well as the asthma. Study seems promising from NIH... so keep your fingers crossed. Each shot is $1,200 and he needs them every 2 weeks... hence the thrill of insurance covering! :)
I have a show in less than 2 weeks, another in less than 3.... and really need to be working- but today is bad- bethie has her graduation in the middle of my usual full day of work; tomorrow is the allergy shot which requires us to stay for 2 hours or more to make sure anaphalaxis doesn't happen and bethie gets her new shoe inserts fitted... Sat. I get to see if i want a larger new-to-me for virtually nothing piece of work equipment that will greatly ease my stress (2 hr. drive to see it one way).
School is out for the boys next week. as well as getting my sales booth set up for outdoor use (wind/rain).... uffda! But one contact from the local magazine may make me more busyier than i can imagine- with a potential order to help him with his art work and through his contacts next spring... seems like it all is coming together- just wish the studio remodel was done!
16
Apr
2007
another example of murphys law
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My favorite author is Stephen King. I love it when in his books you think your going from point "a" to point "b" which will end up at "c" and you get taken for a ride... the kind that takes you to point "V" and you have no clue or even forethought of going there on your own. Hindsight says all the markers were there for you to know you were going to "v" but all along you thought you were going to "c".... well tonight Life is like a Stephen King Novel
Morning was a productive day (work) with some stuff I needed to finish up this evening. Took Beth to school, enjoyed my coffee time (alone without kids time), Ran late to pick up bethie but it was ok as they let school out late also. Left town when the phone rings- "we finished your taxes". Great! But ummm, I have to get back home for the bus, I will be there in about an hour or so. So time passes, bus comes, go back to town to find a line that stretches around the building... wait in it, get in and its finally my turn when I remember "oops, hubby needs to sign too doesn't he?" well, all is not lost, as they forgot to complete a form, so have to go back this evening to sign... ummm OK.
Get home and the kids were in and out playing. Stephen did go here there and everywhere outside but insists he stayed out of the barn (we know that is an issue with him). Quick "tide me over" until supper is done snack and back off to town we go... Taxes picked up and the search for square u bolts ensues (this would be hubbys idea, not mine) when from the back seat I hear achoo about 30 times. Look and he has his hands in his eyes and they are terribly a mess. Hubby says "Stephen I told you to keep your hands out of your eyes" which must have been while I was in paying for the taxes... I say 'superstore's name' "stat" which he replies with a line from a movie we just watched "whats stat mean anyways" and proceeds to the next u bolt store. I insist when he is done that the superstore is the next stop. Get there and the generic brand of benadryl is gone so I am looking at at least $5 for a package/bottle. I think "well since we have to have name brand, the liquid is such a hassle I can get the chewable, fast dissolve or strips for the same price... pick up the strips to look for geletin and there is none. feeling supersmart for having a "travel ready" way of caring benadryl I purchase and administer. The next u bolt store I hear "mom my tongue is numb"
From the numb tongue to the next step was only a matter of a few minutes...." mom my throat is getting really tight" Ok, start to panic here, but calmly inquire on how tight tight is.... "is it worse than before, like when you ate ____, is it worth a shot in the leg for?" when that anwser was yes I really started to freak. off to the er we go. 2.5 hours later we finally emerge (gosh, my hubby is patient in the car with the other 2 kids!).
Evidentially we really needed the epi, as his pulse was fastest before the shot was given than afterwards and the nurses kept saying it was a very good thing we were there. Stephen still says his throat is better now, but still cannot swallow right. I am going to be up giving him benadryl (the generic we have here not the strips) every 6 hrs. and on the phone with the allergist and Merck to see if we can track down the cause of the issue. I am hoping it is the benadryl as the mold/pollen reason would be really hard to avoid! Some days point "c" doesn't look all that bad!