Why, it’s SILENCE…how amazing!

Dave just took off with the big kids for their gymnastics class. That gives me two hours of time practically to myself. Anna’s fed, changed, and on her way to dream-land. I’m going to have a nice, hot shower ALONE. Then I’m going to eat some dinner ALONE. After that, I’m going to lay down in bed and have a nap ALONE.

Have I ever mentioned before how much I love being ALONE. Even semi-alone is nice.

~L

The kitten bit Dave again TWICE this morning, and scratched up the back of his hand. That little black ball of fur has NO idea how short his time here is if his behavior doesn’t improve dramatically. The shelter did warn us that he may never be fully tamed since we were right on the edge of the time frame for rescuing feral cats when we got them out from under the house.

The Animal Care Council advocates neutering him and then releasing him into the woods here if he doesn’t tame down enough to be safe around the kids. I just hate the thought of him being out in this freaking Upstate cold. You’d think that the constant food, treats, soft bed, fresh water and clean litter box would clue him in to the fact that we’re not the enemy. Really now, why MUST he bite the hand that feeds him?

Last night was rough. The dilation at the optometrist left me with a migraine in the middle of the night and I thought my head was going to explode by the time it went away this morning. Kids played musical beds last night and I switched beds myself at least 3 times trying to find a comfortable place to rest.

It’s grocery store day. Have to do it before the snowstorm blows in with it’s predicted foot or so of the white stuff. Hey, was it just yesterday that I was complaining because we hadn’t had any winter. Ignore me, I live in the land of hot and cold running weather.

~L

But now I see! Well, I’ll see again if the flipping eyedrops ever wear off. Dave and I both ordered brand spankin’ new glasses today.

I was all set to play the martyr and chose the cheap frames with no enhancements but Dave vetoed that and got me the nice flex-on unbreakable frames with all those cool things like refractiony stuff for less glare and polycarbonate for lighter lenses (which is good because my normal lenses are quite thick).

The coolest part, though, is that we finally got Transitions lenses so that we don’t have to carry around sunglasses anymore.

I think the freedom of not having to carry extra glasses everywhere is almost making me giddy. I’m in a DARNED good mood.

Oh, and we stopped at the mall for Dave’s haircut. I took the kids to pick up Chinese food for dinner. ((Yes, I know that is it’s own sort of irony.)) So, I am going to have new glasses, my hubby no longer looks like a shaggy puppy, and I don’t have to cook dinner tonight. Live is sooooo nice.

And, yes, I know I’m very easily pleased.

~L

The Ho-Ho-Holidays are over. We’re mourning them already around here. No more crinkly wrapped papers to open (and eat, in Anna’s case), no more candy and fudge gluttony, and no more long days at home in our pajamas with daddy.

So, in honor of the passing of the season, I’m going to attempt to post Anna’s Santa hat picture and then move on into the new year.

Holy Rainstorm, Batman! It’s January 4th and Dave has only had to shovel the walk one time this winter. We’re used to being on the bottom of a nasty snowstorm by this point in the season. It’s 40 degrees and wet here. That’s October weather, not January.

My kids are annoyed at the lack of snow. Their favorite “uncle” Ryan bought them both huge new sleds for the holidays and they’re still hanging in the garge with pretty ribbons and bows on them. Emmy has made rumblings about how she may have to end up sledding down basement stairs if it doesn’t start snowing soon.

Oh, btw, if anyone is actually reading this I apologize for all the posting today. I can’t handle looking at the emptiness of the new blog so I’m pretty much overposting today. I’ll try to keep it to one or two a day in the future.

~L

Back to blogging thanks to Emily, who took time out of her busy schedule to get my blog up and linked to my livejournal. I’m sure it will be boring, but it will at least be MINE.

~L

Dave’s parents arrive for their holiday tomorrow night. My parents arrive on Saturday night. Dave’s parents LEAVE on Monday evening. That means we have approximately 2 days of overlapping parental visitation.

Woohooo…(sarcasm)

My parents speak “Southern”. Dave’s parents speak Taiwanese. I don’t know that either set has a full grasp of traditional non-accented English language. It’s a mess from beginning to end.

Pray for peace, people everywhere…pray for peace!

It’s been a weekend of constant storms here, with tons of rain. The weather has turned all of us into grouches, it seems. The kids are tired of being cooped up indoors, Dave is annoyed at the interruption of his scheduled back-yard remodel, and I’m just grumpy that everyone else is grumpy.

Things have been pretty much the same all month, really. I’m better than I was at this point last month, but not really improved enough to make a difference in our day-to-day life. I still have way too many contractions if I move around much, the migraines are still at least twice a week, and my allergies are causing me to want to drag my lungs out through my mouth and toss them in the trash can.

The baby is moving well lately, though, which eases a bit of my paranoia. I’m still incredibly paranoid, don’t get me wrong, but at least it’s a little easier to sleep at night.

Only 1 more week till my parents are up to visit. I’m so excited. I get to see Harry Potter on opening day! Much better than my nearly one full month wait to see CoS in the theater.

Off I go to clean crayon from the windows…

~L

Today has been one of those days that seems touched by magic.

The weather has been gorgeous, with a full day of sunshine and weather warm enough that we were able to get outside without winter coats. There’s a subtle scent of new growth on the breeze, and the sound of happy kids playing up and down the street.

I managed to drag myself out to the back yard with Em and Nate for a while, and it was great fun. I kept myself from overdoing it too much, but still managed to have a walk around with the babes for a few minutes. Mostly, though, I just sat on a log in the sunshine and watched the rugrats play. They were so excited to be outside again in decent weather. They frolicked around like they were convicts finally released from a long prison term.

Now I’m sitting inside, waiting for bedtime to come, and being thankful for the fact that I had enough energy to make it outside and not feel incredibly ill afterwards.

The real test of my strength starts tomorrow. Dave absolutely MUST return to the office for the next few days, and I’ll be home alone with the kids. I’ll be breaking all the rules by not being bed-rested, but there are really very few options when you live hundreds of miles from family and have no friends close by.

Life is great, though, overall…and I’ve got just 22 or so more weeks of pregnancy and illness to deal with before we have a new sweet baby and I can start recovering and move on with life.

Spending 2 full days in bed sounds much nicer than it really is. After the first long nap to catch up on sleep and relieve exhaustion it just becomes boring and uncomfortable.

I’m officially bed-resting again till Wednesday. After that, we’ll take things one day at a time for a while. Thank God that Dave can work from home!

Well, my 10 minutes of freedom are up. Back to bed with me.