busy weekend

What a busy weekend we had! We've been putting in our sprinkler system so z rented a trencher on Friday and got everything dug by early Saturday afternoon. His brother came over to help him which was nice because also Saturday we had a not so surprise party for z's parents who were fortunate enough to have their b-day's a week apart. I was running around like crazy on Saturday getting the house cleaned and running errands for cake and a few other misc. things.

The party was a lot of fun with lots of good food to eat! We were all pretty tired at the end though.

Today the kids babysat the baby while z and I were working in the yard some more. I think we wore out the oldest kid with the babysitting thing. She isn't used to having to tend for such a long time. She did really good though, I know she's hoping she doesn't have to do it again for a while though.

I sure hope my wonderful EX family hasn't found my blog, I'd really like to get back into blogging again.

Good times!

A few mornings ago when I came out to the kitchen to get ready A. was in getting her breakfast for school.  She had just poured herself a bowl of cornflakes and was getting the milk.  When I saw her I asked her if she had seen my scab collection anywhere.  "Scab collection, what's that," she asked.  "You know, when you hurt yourself and you get a scab and you pick it off and keep it for your scab collection."  She gave me a funny look.  I looked around the kitchen, "now where could it be?  Oh!  There it is!"  I said as I pointed to her cornflakes!

Yep.  Still laughing today about that one!  She was really annoyed with me.  It was classic!

Baby Mirror

As of today I now understand how someone could leave a baby in the car. 

 

I had my usual hectic morning with getting ready, getting the baby ready for daycare, getting the dogs outside with water, and the last minute grab what you need and go.  As soon as I got in my car I signed my relief of finally making it out the door on time and was on my way.  I was driving down the freeway when all the sudden I heard a noise coming from behind me, "dadadadada!"  What?  That sounded like...  Oh crap!  I forgot to drop off the baby at day care!!!  I sure am glad she decided to talk to me, what if I really forgot??  What if she had fallen asleep and I forgot and never remembered? 

 

The moral of the story??  I'm buying me a baby mirror for the back!  I can't even imagine had I not realized she was there!

1st Celebrity Swine Flu Fatality

And we all know who the carrier is.

KSL-When to give up your drivers license

When to stop driving:

1. Feeling uncomfortable and nervous or fearful while driving  Yes.  Every day!
2. Dents and scrapes on the car or on fences, mailboxes, garage doors, curbs etc.  Whenever I go to Walmart  ;)
3. Difficulty staying in the lane of travel  Sometimes.  Who doesn't have this problem every now and then.  Lines are faded, other car drives on the line so you have to move over...
4. Getting lost  Yep!
5. Trouble paying attention to signals, road signs and pavement markings  Well, if my mind is on something else...rarely though.
6. Slower response to unexpected situations  No, you have to be on the ball to drive in the kind of traffic we have and not crash.
7. Medical conditions or medications that may be affecting the ability to handle the car safely  No.
8. Frequent "close calls" (i.e. almost crashing)  Every single day!!!
9. Trouble judging gaps in traffics at intersections and on highway entrance/exit ramps  No.
10. Other drivers honking at you and instances when you are angry at other drivers  I don't get honked at much but other people make me mad a lot!
11. Friends or relatives not wanting to drive with you  I know z gets scared of my driving.  Kids are used to it though...
12. Difficulty seeing the sides of the road when looking straight ahead  Uhh.  What does that mean?  Our eyes are on the front of our heads.
13. Easily distracted or having a hard time concentrating while driving  And this is why I don't text in traffic.  Can't do it!
14. Having a hard time turning around to check over your shoulder while backing up or changing lanes  No.
15. Frequent traffic tickets or "warnings" by traffic or law enforcement officers in the last year or two  Not lately.  =)

 

This was part of an article from our local news' website, mostly dedicated to when elder's should stop driving.  But seriously, don't we all have these problems?  I thought it was funny since, well...who am I to judge?? =)

 

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=6493466

The worth of a woman...

OK, no offense to anyone who is lucky enough to be a stay at home mom but what really irritates me is when people talk about how stay at home moms are worth so much more than those who work.  In fact they're worth 127k!  I don't know where this figure comes from because daycare isn't that much and I have to do everything that the stay at home mom has to do (minus what's done in daycare) plus work a job.  To me, this is something that was thought up because some women are lucky enough to marry a man who tells his wife he wants her to stay at home and raise the kids but then gives her a hard time about spending any money since he brings home all of it.  Which in that case I guess I sort of understand, but to me it's so offensive that they say it's so hard to stay home.  It's made out to be a statement that we women who work do so because we don't have what it takes to stay home and run a household.  I'm home right now with the youngest two (middle child finally got sick) and I've had a two hour nap!  I feel great!  I wish my job would let me sleep in till 7am and then have a nap!  In a couple hours I'll have all the wifely duties done and then I plan on sitting on my butt watching TV.  Actually, I'll be watching TV while I do my wifely duties.  Can't do that at work and usually I'd just have to do the same stuff after work so it's like I'm on vacation!  I'm not trying to discount stay at home moms....but I sure wish they had more to do so they wouldn't sit home discounting what I do!  And yes, I'm talking to you Dr. Laura!!  ;)

Swine Flu?

We've now all been sick with the flu except our middle daughter. I don't know how she managed to not get it when we've all been dying. Friday night A. and I were really sick. By Saturday we were mostly better but still achy and not feeling too good. Tillie threw up an entire bottle, that was fun! z finally got hit by it on Saturday. He actually called in to work for like the second time since I've known him. Miss K. was so bored yesterday that she threw a fit. Good times!