MIA

I haven't been able to update this because my mom has been really sick. She's still sick and still at home so I'm taking care of her on top of what I usually do.

I will write when I can but I will be MIA probably until she is better and back at work

Shocking revelations and good mornings

Last night I laid down the law with Ryan and Kaleigh. They are no longer allowed to play together, UNTIL they can learn to (1) share, (2) stop telling eachother to shut-up and (3) play nice.

I think I just must have been really tired of hearing all the fighting last night. I usually don't exercise my power in the house unless it's absolutely necessary but last night was hard and I was frustrated.

I watched Grey's Anatomy last night after Ryan went to bed. Kaleigh stayed up with me to watch it. I think it must have been about 9pm when Kaleigh finally went to bed. Once she was asleep, I got my shower and relaxed for about 20 minutes and then I was off to bed.

I'm not really sure what the plan is for today. I should do more laundry and be productive but I'm not in the mood. Not that my mood will stop me from working, it just makes it harder.

I have to go get cat food tonight, some bread and a few other things from the store tonight. But it's FRIDAY! If the football game is in town tonight, I might walk Kaleigh up to see the football game. She's been asking to go for a few weeks but I wanted to get past the Homecoming Game before I took her up there.

I'll write more later, Kaleigh is already pissy.

Wow where have I been?

It's been non-stop around here so I haven't been on here as much as I want. Well no I've been on the computer just not on this blog updating!

I'm going to keep cleaning today, I've got 2 more rooms to do and then I think I'll be done until the weekend.

Kaleigh's playing with her pretend fruits and veggies. I think she's getting them all together so she can play at her kitchen. She didn't sleep well last night. I think she's hungry for real food. It's been like 2 days since she's had anything besides bananas and toast. I think she's feeling better now so we can start eating other foods.

Halloween is only 5 days away! I'm so excited! In addition to going trick-or-treating and to the church festival, we will go right down the street to one of the elementary schools and join in their activities. It will be a FULL night. I will be taking Kaleigh over to see Brian's mom before all that starts, probably around 3pm or so.

Well, time to get started on things. I'll write more later

Icky sickness

At about 4:30 this afternoon, Kaleigh got really sick. A couple weeks ago she had a stomach bug and she was throwing up all day. This time, it's all coming out the other end. I'm not sure which is worse.

To make things more difficult, I wasn't able to get out and get her some medicine because the headlights on the car don't work right now. I called Sandy (Brian's mom) and asked her if she could ask Brian to slip out and get her some medicine and bananas. I told her exactly what was wrong with Kaleigh and specifically asked for anti-diarrhea medicine. She said it was no problem. I waited a hour and a half and Brian finally showed up with bananas and laxatives for kids. LAXATIVES. Since when do you fight diarrhea with laxatives?

I had to laugh because it just shows how removed he is from Kaleigh's life.

Kaleigh's feeling a little better. I've kept her hydrated and I've been giving her bananas and toast. She finally fell asleep at about 10pm on the couch next to me.

I'm headed to bed but I'll write more tomorrow

Drama! Finally...

I skipped the 2pm update because we had some drama!

Baby Kahn and Derby (the boy cats) were fighting but this time was different. There was hair going everywhere, hissing and howling and claws actually puncturing skin.

They are ok, I'm not sure what started it but they are fine now. Poor Derby, he already gets beat up every day by Sasha and now Baby Kahn tried to kill him.

Kaleigh napped until about 1pm and then she watched her Dora movie. Ryan's been home about a hour and he's working on his homework.

I'll write more later but I wanted to add...My Gadberry book is now 500+ pages! Thanks to Cousin Ron and his wife Yvonne who helped with 350+ pages of it.

Baby it's cold outside...

I got out of bed this morning and HOLY COW it was cold!

The sad part is that it's not really ALL that cold, it's like 49 degrees at 7:30 am. How will we ever make it this winter!! I'm just glad winter is here and the heat of the summer is gone.

Ryan fell asleep at 7:30 last night, as instructed by my mom. Mom got home from her meeting at 8pm and that's when Kaleigh and I went to bed.

We just got back from walking Ryan across the street to Miss Kristi's house (his morning ride to school). When we got back to the house Kaleigh said "woohoo that wasn't bad". She's been making me laugh so much lately just from the cute things that she'll say.

I was watching the news about the fires in California, it's terrible. This is going to sound really bad but why do those people build those expensive houses when they know there is a good chance of a fire? Sure the movie stars and millionaires can always rebuild but what about the people with just normal homes living on a modest income? I'm no rocket scientist but I wouldn't build my house there regardless of the weather and how close it is to the ocean!

The other thing, and I really wanted to make this blog anything but political BUT I just have to say after reading about Guiliani, why is he even considering himself a republican? Ok keep in mind I am not a republican NOR am I a democrat. The person I will vote for is labeled a "republican" but he has very independent values. I'm not even going to say who it is that I'm voting for :)

Anyway Guiliani is for gun control amongst other things, why is he not a democrat? Does he want to be a "very liberal republican"? Is there even such a thing?

Ok Kaleigh is in a pissy mood apparently. She's upset because her jacket is red!!! It truly is a tragedy.

I'll write more later

And then the drama starts...

Ryan comes home and the drama starts.

We apparently aren't getting a new car this weekend because mom doesn't want to have to do anything to get the deal done. I don't think I'm being unreasonable by asking her to make one phone call and sign the papers while I did all the work to get it to the price she wanted. Oh well, I did what I could and it will just have to be her problem.

I'll write more later

Frustration and angry eyes

I don't know why but I've done all this work to get my mom an awesome deal on a new car and now she doesn't even want to call the salesperson and go over the final details!! What is that all about??

Well that explains the frustration but the angry eyes are coming from my left. Ryan is sitting there staring at me and he doesn't look too happy. Maybe he didn't like what I fixed for dinner.

I will write more later

My hair is washed...

and I'm almost finished getting ready to go to the store and get some groceries.

Things have remained fairly calm. Ryan and Kaleigh used a brown paper bag and a piece of paper to make me a "fish bowl". It's cute, I'll take a picture and share it tonight.

Ryan's fish that he got for his birthday, Betta Betta St. Clair, went to fishy heaven about a week ago. I suppose this is part of the healing process.

Kaleigh's still not feeling good. She still has a runny nose and she lost all the color in her face. I hate to see her get sick again but like I said before, it's just that time of year.

We are looking for a ride for Ryan tomorrow morning. The headlights on the car don't work and we have to leave here by 7:25 to get him to school on time. Because of the cloudy sky and the fog, it's too dark at that time to get him to school. Hopefully we can find a ride and HOPEFULLY this car drama will be over soon. I keep crossing my fingers that I'll wake up in the morning and look in the driveway and see a brand new car with a big red bow on it (you know like in the commericals) but each morning I'm slapped in the face with reality.

I'll write more tonight, I have to finish trying to look "presentable". Apparently there is a dress code that all the women in this town live by when it comes to going grocery shopping between 4pm and 6pm. Sure I could have gone this morning when the elderly shop at our HEB but I still wasn't feeling that great and because Ryan was sick I couldn't have gone anyway.

And so it begins

Fall is here, the leaves are falling, the mornings are cool and cloudy and let's not forget---all of the children are getting sick!

Sunday Kaleigh was really sick. She was throwing up all day and wasn't able to keep anything down. Last night, Ryan was up most of the night doing the same thing. So needless to say, he is home with us today and in case you are wondering...it's insanity!


You wouldn't know it to look at him, he doesn't even look sick and certainly doesn't act like he's sick. I like having him around but he's always on patrol (he's like an undercover police officer).


So Ryan woke up at 7am, Kaleigh woke up shortly after that at 7:15. They sat down, had their toast and started watching PBS. See, Kaleigh and I have this routine where we take Ryan to school and then come home to have breakfast and she watches her favorites on TV (Curious George, Clifford, Super Why and Dragon Tales). While she's watching those, she'll come check on me or try to help me with what I'm doing but it is our morning quiet time and I enjoy that. After Dragon Tales is over, she knows it's nap time and/or quiet time. I don't really care if she naps or not just as long as she "rests".


When you throw Ryan into our daily routine, it makes it complicated because he's so active. So far it hasn't been too bad though. I've had to get on to Ryan about running around and yelling (more proof he's not THAT sick) and Kaleigh has been good.


I still don't feel good, I'm hoping I start feeling better soon though. I think some of it has to do with the weather but a big part of it has to do with how I feel mentally. It's been up then down then up then down, nothing constant and it's wearing me out.


On a good note, Kid Nation is on tonight. I don't know if any of you watch it but I think it's a good show. I can't wait to see the episode tonight!!

Here are some pictures, as promised. I will write more later.

Ryan the day he busted his head open (after we came home from the hospital)

And here's what his head looked like last night

And here's one of Kaleigh playing basketball with her football...go figure