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I'm still here!! I've been looking for a job, been on several interviews. I am enjoying the free time, and being with my kidlets. I've been reading a lot too! Hopefully soon I can get back to blogging more.
Nothing is impossible, and NEVER, EVER underestimate the power of a few motivated people!!! Because today I watched a 26 foot moving truck go from EMPTY to full in just under 5 hours. And watch a large majority of the contents of my home go out one of four doors to get to that point!
Sadly, we are NOT done. Tomorrow we get the trailer, and we HOPEFULLY finish up this bad boy. If you live in the local area, watch my facebook for curb alerts for the items we are NOT keeping! :)
THANK YOU to my awesome church family for all your help: Pastor Van, Albertine, Abraham, Micheal, Reggie, Josiah, Kim, Andrew, Lonre, and Nelson. Also thank you to Kathy who volunteered to watch the kids for us, we just never got the chance to get there!! :)
Also THANK YOU to my friends who came, or tried to come: Katherine (who was here til LATE last night boxing up with us), Henry, Chrissy (girl, I know ya tried), and Carey (I know you'll help tomorrow!).
And of course, my family: Brian, Dez, L, C, and R, you ALL busted backside today!! And A, B, E, and S, for trying so hard!!! Little boxes have to be carried too, and sometimes YOUR logic is better than mine!!
R: (to all the girls) STOP
Me: R, watch how you say that.
R: but they were bothering me.
Me: R, they are 5, you were 5 once and you did the same things to your brothers.
R: NO I DID NOT!
C and L: YES YOU DID!
S: Mommy, R said I'm not good at the pizza game
Me: (to R) Don't play games at the dinner table please.
B: (standing on chair waving arm around as I walk in dining room) FIRST PLACE IN R!!!
(Apparently they had ranks in the game they weren't supposed to play)
S: Mommy, pizza makes my belly hurt.
Me: I'm sorry sweetie.
(not a minute later)
S: Mommy, can I have more pizza?
And my personal fave of the night:
R: S, STOP CHEWING IN MY FACE.
L: S, please chew with your mouth closed, like a princess.
S: (sits up high and proud, finishes chewing with mouth closed) Okay!!
and for the next few minutes ALL the girls ate like princesses!!! :)
GO L for thinking to tell S to eat like a princess!!! :)
Well, I haven't blogged in a while. My bad. I've been pretty busy. I know. So here's the quick rundown.
-busy with work
-busy with the kids
-State Representative (board position) with twin club
-Counselor with the Pathfinders at church (10-15 year old youth group)
-Thirty-One Independent Consultant
That is the "going on right now" on top of the holidays and feverishly crocheting for gifts and just because I love to this time of year.
Next year, in addition to the above items, because NONE of them are going away...
-Deaconess at church
-tackling Master Guide in Pathfinders (the kids all have different levels they earn, similar to moving from one level to another in scouts, except in Pathfinders you truly EARN your way from one to the next, and adults can earn Master Guide, and from what I am reading, it is NO SMALL UNDERTAKING!!!)
-moving sometime between April and August, hopefully not far, but still, it's a HUGE disruption
-hoping to attend the Thirty-One convention in July, if I can afford it
-At some point I may need to make a trip south, but that is still up in the air, timing and money play a big role in that.
So as you can see, I will be one BUSY BUSY beaver. But happy. :)
Rain was the theme of the day, and it was COLD. A friend in New York, and a friend in New Hampshire BOTH said they had some snow!!! Crazy I tell you!
The girls had a playdate today. It was my girls, BFF's girls, and two other set's of twins, 8 girls roughly the same age, plus BFF's boys, all at the same time. Due to the weather though, they could only be outside a very short time.
I worked this evening, and started reading a new book by Beverly Lewis. I'm liking it very much. I'm glad I chose to read it.
Well, after more thoughts and considerations and events of today, I have reaffirmed one thing, I most DEFINITELY want that second opinion.
The longer I think about how yesterday's appointment went, the LESS comfortable I become with letting my baby be operated on. The more I think about WHAT the doctor said versus HOW my daughter acts, what I SEE her eyes doing, etc., the less comfortable I become with letting her be operated on.
Peanut's pediatrician called this evening, I spoke with her for about 10 minutes about it. She read over some of the notes from the eye doctor, and even she says she does NOT understand why they eye doctor is wanting to operate on both eyes.
So, my plan is to call the insurance tomorrow and ask if this facility the pediatrician recommended is acceptable for a second opinion. And if so, make an appointment and get the referral. Next I will call Peanut's REGULAR ophthalmologist back and request another appointment, one where she will take her time on Peanut. No rushing this time. I feel this appointment was MUCH too rushed. I want her re-examined and I want EVERYTHING explained to me. WHY we should operate, why we should operate now instead of later, why we should operate over other non-surgical therapies, why we should continue to patch her right eye when there has been significant degradation of the left eye since we started patching, and why we need to operate on BOTH eyes when everything I've heard (or her pediatrician read in the notes) says the problem is in the LEFT eye only, also, why are we jumping into surgery for an "intermittent" problem (per the doctor's own notes as read to me by the pediatrician). Yes, LOTS of questions that I want answers to.
Peanut is so young, and her eye sight is too precious to me. I took her to be seen to PROTECT her eye sight, and my concern is that if we operate right now that we are NOT doing what is BEST for PEANUT, we are doing what is most convenient for the doctor.
If I get the answers I want, and am comfortable with all of them, and the second opinion yields the same basic answers (namely, yes, we should operate, and what eye(s) we should operate on, and basically WHY we should), then we will go forward with it.
I was a little irritated too when BFF told me that the eye doctor's surgical assistant called today. She had told me it would be a few weeks. She knows Peanut MUST be seen by her Pulmonologist FIRST. So I will call the assistant back, and tell them that I will be seeing the doctor again before making a decision about surgery, and that I will also be getting a second opinion before making a decision, and finally, we will be seeing and being cleared by her Pulmonologist before making a final decision about surgery. THEN when I clear all three of those hurdles, I'll be happy to call the assistant back. The assistant probably won't be happy, but this momma is NOT going to let anyone else tell me what is best for MY daughter.
My claws are out, I do NOT feel right about this course of action. Something just is not right here. It may be that surgery is the best choice, but something doesn't feel right, I haven't been given a thorough explanation. And until I get that explanation and this feeling goes away NO ONE touches my baby girl with a scalpel!!!
K, I feel a LITTLE better now...
Oh boy it's been a long couple of days. I am feeling worn out. I have a cold that is trying to kick my tail, but I'm not letting it!
Yesterday morning I got quite a bit accomplished, all by phone. Then I worked a 6 hour shift. I came home and did my Bible in 90 Days reading, talked with BFF for a bit and went to bed.
Today I watched the kids while BFF went to an appointment. The boys were cleaning their room and I set the girls up with a movie. I was then able to accomplish some reading for myself. Then when BFF came home we only had a short amount of time before we had to leave to take a friend to her work. Then we had a quick lunch out before they dropped me off at work. I made some copies and then dropped off some mail at the post office and got a drink before heading in for my 5 hour shift. After work, BFF picked me up, we went to Starbucks for a drink and a shared cupcake before coming home. I have done my Bible in 90 days reading and now I am TOTALLY ready for bed.
On tap for tomorrow is a 6 hour morning shift at work followed by sitting on my backside at Starbucks waiting to be picked up (bad timing on the part of my boss, *sigh*) and then our King's Day Celebration. I'm very excited about this! :)
Thursday... BFF has to take Duck to an appointment, her DH is taking the day off work to watch all the kids. He has an appointment early in the morning, when he gets home I am leaving to go to Social Security and get my name changed, WOOHOO. Then I have a 6 hour shift at work. IF, and it's a HUGE if, somehow I manage to get through SS FAST, I will try to head to motor vehicles and see about doing my Driver's License too, but I am SO not holding my breath! LOL
So that is about it for today! Hope you are all having a good week too!
So this past week I had my stethoscope out to listen to one of the kids chests who'd been coughing quite a bit lately. The pediatrician had told me Bug in fact DID have a murmur and it was easily heard so I wanted to hear it for myself.
I was listening and then had BFF listen. Bug then wanted to listen to what we were listening to. So I put the ear pieces gently in her ears and made sure the stethoscope was over her heart. Her eyes opened wide and she listened intently. When she was done I asked her if she had heard her heart going "thub thub thub" in her chest. She looked at me and very intently said:
"Jesus in me mommy, Jesus inside me, Jesus in my body, Jesus make noise in me"
It was just about the sweetest thing. I told her yes, Jesus is in your heart. But she insisted that no, Jesus was in her.
I had mostly forgotten about this until we were at the doctor's yesterday and he was listening to her heart and told her that and when he was done she asked him "You hear Jesus in me??" very excitedly. After a quick explanation the doctor couldn't stop laughing and thought it was the sweetest thing in the world.
My daughters are convinced that Jesus bangs his drums when thunder rolls, and that Jesus is the reason their hearts go "thub thub." I think it's sweet :)
I had such a wonderful day thanks to my darling's, Bug and Peanut. Along with a LARGE dose of help from Uncle (BFF's DH). The DD's let me sleep in later (not too much later since I had to work), and made me delicious pancakes, and gave me beautiful and touching cards! I got kisses before work and hugs after. It was just a wonderful day with my beautiful, sweet DD's.
And before anyone says anything about a mother having to work on Mother's Day... Honestly, I didn't mind. I enjoy Job B quite a bit. If they could offer me full time I'd do a bare minimum at Job A, just to keep the discount, and work just for Job B. Plus, they pay time and a half on Sunday's, so my 5 hours of work turns into 7.5 hours of pay! Can't complain too much! It was a good shift and I was busy the whole time so it was over fast!
You know that moment, the one when internally you're saying "OH SH*T!" Because you know, just KNOW, that your whole house is about to get sick??? We had that last night.
BFF's DS, Lion, had had red, puffy, goopy eyes all day. As a former medic, and survivor of NUMEROUS cases of pink eye, I felt that it was good to take several precautions, however, I really doubted it WAS pink eye. Primarily because it affected both eyes simultaneously. That's pretty uncommon in my experiences. I thought it was either a cold like BFF has, or just allergies, which several of us are suffering from.
But since we couldn't be certain we took precautions against spreading it, JUST IN CASE... Including canceling our planned outing for the day.
Unfortunately, yesterday evening, BFF's 2nd DS, Monkey, shows up with one nice red, puffy, itchy, goopy eye. And you have never seen 3 adults move so fast. Purell to everyones hands, even the 3 year olds. Pulled ALL the bedding off the DS's beds, pillowcases for adults and DD's. Obsessive Compulsive behavior with the Purell. I know how fast it can spread. And I can't afford to get it. It's hard enough staying healthy with my work schedule.
I did IMMEDIATLY call Job B. I'm scheduled to work this evening from 8-10 pm. Because it's Sabbath I can't go in any earlier, but it's prom night and they were so desperate they said no prob to the short hours I COULD give them. They are a pretty good employer so I wanted to help. But I called to let them know and let my supervisor make the decision. I appreciated her approach. If I don't have it, Purell myself to the 10th degree and come on in. I can wear gloves if I feel it's necessary. But unless I have symptoms, please come in!
We're going to strip and replace ALL the pillow cases today again, as a precaution. And BFF's 3rd DS slept on the couch instead of in the bedroom with his sick brother's. He sleeps better on the couch anyway, so I don't think he minded! LOL
Please pray that the pink eye does NOT spread!!!! :)
Why do we panic when the little people are quiet?? Because that is the universal sign of TROUBLE. When we hear water running we know somethings wrong too. Which is how I discovered 4 little girls...
Quietly chowing down on the last of the raisin's and craisin's. Yes, all of them, all the unopened packages for our outtings and snacks, the packages we just bought LAST NIGHT!
And all over their hands, the couch (dark green fortunatly), their faces, their BRAND NEW SHIRTS (thank GOODNESS I'd only paid 9 cents per shirt at Job A for them). And all over the kitchen sink and counter, and all over the bathroom sink and counter...
Oh was I mad. As was BFF. Do ya blame us? These girls had PURPLE food coloring all over them. Yeah, they couldn't even use one that was a light color.
After stripping them, I made them sit in the hall while I washed them as best I could one after the other in lukewarm water. Meanwhile BFF had the shout and froze her hands in the bathroom sink in an ATTEMPT to remove as much as humanly possible from the 9 cent shirts. She did a better job than me! I scrubbed these girls, but we all know how food coloring takes hold and doesn't let go!!!
After all was said and done I had all 4, now naked, girls get in their beds, and lay down. I told them they had to take an early nap. I can hear them, they are NOT napping, but I'm okay with this. I couldn't handle them right now. It's better for them to be safely in their room!!!
Lesson: quiet children = danger. Also, put the food coloring EVEN HIGHER!
So, I have been mentioning to my BFF for a few days, possibly weeks, now that my DD's needed their bangs trimmed. Peanut in particular REALLY needed it. Bug's bangs are so wispy and light, but Peanut's are thick. Well, Tuesday when I was in a rush to change and get from Job A to Job B, I look down at Peanut, who is nuzzling me and meowing like a kitty, and realize her bangs have been cut.
No, they'd been BUTCHERED!! Poor BFF, who watches my babies while I work, had already had a rough enough day. I asked Peanut who cut your hair?!? And BFF lost it. HUGS BFF!!! Peanut immediately said "{Duck} did it!" Duck is BFF's DD. Now Duck has done this to her OWN hair twice.
On the good side of this... It is NOT horrifically short like Duck did to her own bangs, and it is a smaller section. I still see it, but it's possible to kinda cover it up til it totally grows out in a few months.
Lesson: find and put away ALL scissors. Not that this will stop our more daring 3 year olds, but it MIGHT slow them down long enough to catch them.
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