Wordless Wednesday - Friends Make it All Worth While!

Teething

Teething isn't fun for anyone.  Not for Bean or Momma or Daddy.  He's been drooling for what seems like months but still no teeth!  And I swear I've seen a little white something on his gums for what seems like weeks but still no teeth!  In the name of all that is holy please bring my little man's suffering to an end, and really mine and hubz' too, and cut this damn tooth already!  The up and down of the fever and the bi-polar disposition is enough to drive a Momma crazy.  It's a little exhausting when one minute he's all smiley and happy and in the blink of the eye his screaming, yes SCREAMING, like someone is killing him.  Not to mention the only way to even get him to take a breath from the screaming is by nursing, so I feel like a human pacifier but if it makes him feel better I'll do it.

I wonder if there's some kind of baby teeth dance I can do?

First Road Trip

So our first road trip with the Bean has been planned and the details are being worked out and this Momma is trying to get her Type Aness (<~yup totally a word) in check.  I have lists for my lists, ALREADY, and we're not even leaving until next month.  I love a good road trip but quite honestly I'd rather fly most place so I can just be there.  But with money being tight and the cost of an airplane trip for four way surpassing the cost for us to drive, well you get the picture.

Where are we going?  To New England.  The hubz' family lives up there and there's an Uncle and a Grumpy (Hubz' ex-step-dad who is still considered family) in Vermont that have yet to meet little man, so a traveling we will go.  There's also apparently a serious girlfriend that said Uncle has and hubz has yet to meet and since this is his little brother a stamp of approval must be bestowed.  We'll also be stopping in Massachusettes on the way back down to VA to visit with hubz' mom and her siblings, who have also not met the Bean.  All this will be happening in the span of about 3 days.  To say it'll be a busy weekend is an understatment.  The whole reason we're evening going up is because the step-son will be on spring break and as is just about tradition he'll be spending the week with his Noni (hubz' mom).

My hope is that Bean sleeps most of the trip, since we're leaving late Thursday nite, but we'll see.  I'm excited and nervous and I'm sure between now and then I'll have plenty to say about the whole trip.

Spring Cleaning

Every year I say I'm going to tackle spring cleaning.  Give my house the scrub down it deserves and kick start Spring and the beautiful weather it's sure to bring with a fantastically (<~ that's a word right?) clean house.  Every year it's a complete failure...the best laid plans right?  However, this year I was serious.  With so many things in my life feeling like they're spiraling out of control I had to do something to take back some control and the first place I can do that is in my own house, I'm still trying to figure out how to do it with my life.  So Saturday I cleaned Bean's room, switiched out small clothes for bigger ones, got rid of stuffed animals and clothes and just need to vaccum and steam clean his carpet.  Yesterday hubz and I tackled our room, or at least half, by vacuming and steam cleaning the carpet .  We have a GIANT king size bed with a GIANT dresser to  match so we only got half the room done but we'll finish tonite and next weekend we'll move on to the office, which is in desperate need of a purge.  My goal is to have the inside of the house done by mid-April, since I'm only working on stuff on weekends, and then to move to the outside in May, once it's nice on a consistent basis.

With getting the house in order I've been trying to come up with ways to get my life in order, since I feel like it's spinning out of control.  Last Wednesday was Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent a time that's suppose to allow for the preparation of the coming of Christ and time to reflect and repent.  It's normally a day I take to go to Church and reflect and prepare for the Lenten season but this year I couldn't go because times just didn't work out and with virtually being a single parent during the week it's hard to get the things important to me done because of taking care of the boys.  So now I feel out of sorts.

Thankful on Thursday

I'm thankful for a lot of things this week and today but right now the only thing I can think about is coffee.  Sweet Java...Joe...Cafe.  My little man has not been sleeping well lately, I think it's his teeth but what the heck do I know.  What I do know is I'm so sleepy and would just like a solid 5 or 6 hours of sleep, see not even 8.  But until that can happen I'll just have a coffee drip permanently inserted into my arm.

Happy Thursday!

Wordless Wednesday

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The Hubz

So Hubz says that he was catching up on the blog and that I never said anything good about him.  I told him he was wrong but hey maybe he's right.  So I dedicate this entry to the love of my life. 

See him up there with our little Bean?  He's a good looking fella!  And is paving his way to heaven by being married to me.  I like to say I'm spicy, but the truth is I can be difficult and stubborn when I want to, and this man just takes it all in stride.  He hardly ever loses his patience with me, unless I push him to far, and he puts up with all of my bitchiness.  He really was made for me because he balances my Type A personality with his Type B.  He reminds me to stop and enjoy life and is there when I need a laugh.  And while he may not do anything I ask him, when I ask him, he eventually gets to ... eventually.  And sure I'm gonna be stuck being the mean parent while he's the fun one I'm glad my kids will have that balance, although it'd be nice to get to be the fun parent everyone once in a while.

So while I may tend to focus on what he doesn't do and less on what he does I do appreciate this man that God has blessed me with.  We've had our rough patches, but what relationship hasn't, and I'm sure we'll have many more to come.  However, I couldn't nor would I have picked someone better to take this journey of life with.  He's my anchor.  I love ya babe, forever and always!