Today is finally over

Ever had one of those days where you plan things and halfway through you think why did I even start this ???

Today was one of those.

The house is fresh and clean but really it's just a waste of time. Next week it'll be dirty again. Too bad you can't put saran wrap around it to make it last.

Tomorrow will seem like daylight forever. I don't know about ya'll but I don't like changing the time. I always think as long as it's light out I need to be doing something.

I am now ready to kick it for the night. I'll see you all Monday.

Whew!!!! my day is finally over too...The boys weren't a lot of trouble but just trying to keep them entertained...Russell said he'd take Joshua and I could take Jonah...then she tells me that about 6:30 or 7 he always has a little screaming fit and to just turn on the shower and let the water run and it calmed him down...with the price of water at our house I'm not about to just waste water that way. About 6:30 when he started squirming I just made him a bottle and sat down and fed him again...He'd already had two 4 oz bottles before that. But I fixed him that one and then put him on the floor and he was happy...we have carpet in the living room and I put a blanket down and he was happy for a couple of hours. Then he started to squirm again and I gave him some more of that bottle and finally he went to sleep...I swear if I didn't know better I'd think she's pregnant again...they tied her tubes when Jonah was born so hopefully she can't get pregnant but she has done nothing to get rid of that belly...it looks just like she's got a basketball under her tops...oh well they've gone home after I told them to...Todd was just sitting here at my computer talking to Joshua like he was home...finally Jonah started that squirm again and I just said Todd it's time to take this baby home before he wakes up again. Otherwise he'd just sit here ...and I was tired of all of them...I know that's mean of me but I'm too old to be taking care of a 3 month old and a 4 year old for very long...that's my rant for the day. I still don't understand this "date" business ...they've got a family, unless they can hire a baby sitter they don't need to be going on a date...She was sitting there trying he bestto wake him up...I just wanted them to go home.

I forgot to tell ya'll I met my neighbor today. Although I met him in passing before, today he formally introduced himself.

And you just know I looked like hell. He caught me outside so I couldn't escape.

His name is Danny. His wife is Jana. That's so funny because I wanted my little girl's name to be Jana if I ever had one.

He's a lab specialist and his wife is some kind of blood Dr. Her sister is in remission with a rare form of lukemia and that's why she became a Dr.

Anyway, he got our electric bill by mistake and is also very unhappy about the new mailboxes. He said he knew mail would get mixed up.

Very nice young man, has the cutest little girl. He wanted to know if his outdoor cat bothered us. I said no, we have 4 inside and he comes by at night to chit chat at the back door. He laughed.

I was SO hoping one of them would be an animal Dr.

Mable dear I'm so sorry but I am laughing my ass off at your post !!!!

I know it was hell but my God I can visualize every word you wrote !!!

I hope you have a wonderful night's sleep hon cause you sound like you need it !!!

I loves ya Mable. You make me feel good, did you know that ???

I did get a good nights' sleep...just didn't want to get up this morning . Daddy was confused too...he thought cause I'd gotten up early that he had to go to work. Then I told him that time had changed ...he had such a blank look on his face.
I'm with you Shelia ...I hate this time change business...It's no wonder everybody is in a foul mood all the time.

Mable that "date" thing is the current trendy thing married people do to keep their relationship "fresh and exciting". A new word for the old plan of taking time yourselves but also making a project out of it.

I undersand the reasoning behind and I agree with it.
But usually it is planned and not spontaneous which takes some of the fun out of it.
I know it is hard to be spontaneous with little ones, though.



I have felt tired and out of sorts all day today. Time change!

I worked my ass off yesterday cleaning and rearranging and pitching stuff. I took a bunch of stuff to the Goodwill today.
My back is killing me

Rosie wrote:

Mable that "date" thing is the current trendy thing married people do to keep their relationship "fresh and exciting". A new word for the old plan of taking time yourselves but also making a project out of it.

I undersand the reasoning behind and I agree with it.
But usually it is planned and not spontaneous which takes some of the fun out of it.
I know it is hard to be spontaneous with little ones, though.

I understand the reasoning of the date thing but just always felt if you can't afford a baby sitter to go to the home and stay with the kids then you make a family thing out of it.
The only time we ever hear anything out of these two (my son) is when they want something. They seem to forget that we're a lot older than her parents are . And she just doesn't give a damn for anything but herself.
These two don't even know how to work on any kind of project together...nor can they have the kids around if they're working on anything at all. There are times when I just wish they lived further away from us and her parents then they'd learn to stand on their own two feet.

During our younger years a "date" for us was having all of us do something together.

My mother made it plain and clear she did not babysit unless we were sick or recovering from surgery. And if you were tired you had better learn to rest when the kids did. I thought she was harsh then but looking back she wasn't.

My sisters were too young to sit, my MIL and FIL lived a block away from us and never saw my kids unless it was a birthday, Easter or Christmas.

If the kids couldn't go, I stayed home. I do not feel I missed out at all.

All our friends had kids around the same time so we all just carted them from house to house when we visited. It was simple, cheap and fun.

Shelia wrote:

During our younger years a "date" for us was having all of us do something together.

My mother made it plain and clear she did not babysit unless we were sick or recovering from surgery. And if you were tired you had better learn to rest when the kids did. I thought she was harsh then but looking back she wasn't.

My sisters were too young to sit, my MIL and FIL lived a block away from us and never saw my kids unless it was a birthday, Easter or Christmas.

If the kids couldn't go, I stayed home. I do not feel I missed out at all.

All our friends had kids around the same time so we all just carted them from house to house when we visited. It was simple, cheap and fun.

Most of the time if we went anywhere our kids went too...if they weren't invited then we weren't going..We just didn't have grandparents around to baby sit and even when we were there visiting they didn't baby sit. I still did everything for them just like I did at home. My parents let me know they didn't baby sit...but when my brothers' came along they kept one all the time. then his second set they kept too...and the third set too. I kept the older grandsons or one of them a lot but was paid to keep him when mama was working. Then we kept him cause we wanted to and he wanted to be with us...especially when the second one came along. But that was 22 years ago.

I sat for my sisters. They all worked.

I never charged for it, I felt it was something I should do. My sisters all made sure they appreciated it though. I miss my sisters. Too bad they turned into fruitloops.

I just hated them calling me Suzie Homemaker.

Back then I felt it was an insult. Now I see it as a compliment.

I lived in CO when Joey was born so my mom and dad didnt see him much.

I had a sitter for when I worked and a teenage neighbor girl if Joe and I went out--which we only did now and then.

When my parents came to visit or we went there, they couldnt wait to get their hands on him. LOL We could have died right there on the spot and they wouldnt have noticed.

When we moved back here, my mom wouldnt babysit while I worked except for an emergency situation or something, so I had to get a sitter.
My dad was still working then and they traveled alot so they couldnt and wouldnt commit to sitting.

Joey and I spent alot of time with other friends who had kids and we all had a good time.

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Joey and I spent alot of time with other friends who had kids and we all had a good time.[/quote]

You were busy making memories with him and that's what I did. Todd and Alicia think memories are something you go buy. They don't know how to make them for themselves.

I felt priviledged to be home all those years even though it was not looked upon well during that time. For real. I sometimes felt inadequate. Okay I let myself feel that way by others.

The stuff you can buy will never replace the good times you experience with your kids.

We may not have had a lot but I swear it was worth it.

Another thing I was blessed with ??? My kids were rarely sick.

I only wish my kids wouldn't give their kids anything they want. They will regret that.

I never got much, and it taught me to work for what I wanted. Spoiled boos ain't what I am all about.

My mother made us work for what we wanted whether it be housecleaning, gardening, washing cars, lawn mowing, digging dirt. We lived in the country and hauling salt bags for her could earn you a nice pair of shoes you just HAD to have.

Nothing came free. Glenn's home either. He has a great work ethic. He told me last week in his 26 years working for his company he never called in sick. Maybe cause he's never sick ??? Even when he got food poisoning he used his extra days.

Patrick got his work ethic from Glenn, Jonathan was spoiled in his mind. He's learning to do it right this time.

Wanna hear something funny ?? Glenn told Jonathan I grew up rich because we had air conditioning and a colored tv when I was 12.

OMG I laughed. My father did electronics. He bartered for those things in exchange for his work. I guess in a way he was liberal. He always helped out someone singing a sad song.

We were NOT wealthy by any stretch. 6 kids and a stay at home mother ??? I DON'T THINK SO.

Russell and I grew up knowing how to work too. As soon as I turned 16 I went to work after school and weekends. But before that I was the live in maid...and baby sitter for my younger brother.
Shelia your kids were never sick because they were at home and not a day care somewhere. Day care and pre schools are the worst places for little ones. Parents take their sick ones there regardless of the rules because they can't miss work to stay home with them. I just always felt like if we were going to have kids it was my job to stay home with them and take care of them and everything around the house while Russell worked. Until about 25 years ago I did everything outside and inside too...he worked out of town all week so I did everything so he didn't have to spend the weekend doing it. But when he came back to town to work then he started taking over some of the outside jobs now he'd doing all of the outside stuff...and some inside too.