Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen of Colleen's least favorite chores 1. Dishes. Detest the dishes. Mainly because I don't have a dishwasher that works worth a crap. I have to basically wash the dishes before I even stick them in the dishwasher. I really should just wash them by hand, but I just can't will myself to do it. Why you ask? Because I am lazy. 2. Laundry. I hate laundry. I have a set day to get it done. Mondays. Mondays suck anyways, so why not just as a dozen loads to the mix and call it good. I don't like to fold it and I especially don't like to put it all away. Oh, did I mention that I hate laundry? 3. Toilets. That just speaks for itself. 4. Playroom. I clean this room every day I swear. 5. Changing bedding/sheets. UGH. Taking them all off....washing...putting them back on. I am no hotel maid by any stretch of the imagination, so you can imagine just how good they get put back on. 6. Vacuuming. The main reason I don't like this one is because my vacuum sucks. sucks rocks. Well, maybe it doesn't suck so well. Maybe if it sucked better, I would like it better. Plus, you try vacuuming a 2000 sq ft house. That is alot of vacuuming! I need a new vacuum. 7. Sweeping and Mopping. I get done, it's sparkling and instantly someone will spill on it. 8. Dusting. I hate it so much that I don't do it. Well, I can't say I don't EVER do it. I just wait until there is about a 1/2" layer of dust - THEN I will do it. 9. Laundry room. Are we even supposed to clean it? Maybe that is why it's never clean. 10. Cleaning up after dinner. After I spent time cleaning up the kitchen to make dinner, then making of the dinner itself, then feeding the family, then finally getting to eat a cold dinner - the idea of cleaning it all up just drains me. 11. Cleaning the fridge/freezer. I only do this when my fridge gets a little bare, or if something gets spilled. I'm not ashamed. 12. Any yard work. That is what husbands are for right? 13. Picking up after the kids. I offer no explanation. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! Twisted Cinderella It's a Raggedy Life pinkdiary808 Shelley's incoherent ramblings My Two Cents Queen Bee Confessions (leave your link in comments, I will add you here!) Get the Thursday Thirteen code here! The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It is easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted! View More Thursday Thirteen Participants

I'll be MIA

I am leaving tomorrow for the Labor Day weekend.

We're heading to Kansas to see Stuart's brother's new baby girl! (they had 4 boys and now finally a GIRL!) I am thrilled.

I will post my Thursday Thirteen in the morning before I head out and I may get a chance to check in while there, but we'll have to see if I'm having too much fun first. HA! HA!

I'll see y'all on the flip side.

The end is coming

The end of my 4 year old taking naps.

I have been extreemly lucky that she has lasted so long taking naps. Most kids stop taking naps at the age of 3, but not mine. She needs sleep. She needs sleep like a a cake needs frosting. NEEDS it. If she doesn't take a nap, then by the time 5 p.m. comes around she is a bear. Whines and complains about everything. She is no fun to be around at. all.

This last week and into this week we try and make her nap. But lately, she has not been doing it. She fights it. It makes me incredibly sad. Not for her, but for me! I love nap time. That is the one time during the day that I cherish. Between the 3 kids, most days I can generally catch an hour where they are all sleeping at the same time. I get alot accomplished during this hour. I sleep...surf the internet...write here in my blog...talk to my friends...read. You know, those IMPORTANT things in life. I fear that when she stops with these naps, I will lose this precious precious hour.

Now, I KNOW there is "quiet time". This works for alot of people. I will have to see how I can get this to play into our house. When we have tried quiet time before it happens like this. Chloe doesn't want to nap and so I let her watch a movie in the play room. I tell her that it is quiet time and she is not allowed to bug me during this time. She has to watch the movie or else she needs to nap. She ALWAYS agrees to this because then she gets out of napping. She will go in and watch the movie for awhile, but she never lasts through the whole movie. She will come ask me for whatever she can think of. One time turns to two, two to three and before I know it she is worming her way into my lap bugging the crap out of me loving up to me.

I guess this whole change is going to take some getting used to, but I am afraid it's time. She goes to Kindergarden next year. Here, it is all day. So, she is going to need to get used to getting through the whole day awake.

Good for her, sad for me.

Eye appointment, jobless husband and nightmares

Sounds like quite the topic huh?

I went to my yearly eye exam this morning. The only reason why I went is because my perscription ran out and they refused to sell me any contacts. So, I gave in and got them checked. I made it through the appointment and I'm still alive. It's not as bad as the dentist, but I still don't like it. I dread the puff in the eye. BUT, I didn't cuss this time, so that's progress. My perscription is still they same, so I'm good for another year. GO ME!

I am now the proud owner of a jobless husband. Awesome huh? I bet you are SO envious. You WANT to be me. Friday was not the best of days. Stuart was laid of from his job. FOOOOOOOOOIE! They really didn't WANT to let him go, but they company is just not doing really well right now and they couldn't justify keeping him on board. They gave him some severence pay, so it will take us through about a month - month and a half. Plenty of time for him to find another right?? If you can, send us up a prayer or some positive thoughts that he can get a job very speedily.

On to the nightmares. I have been having CRAZY nightmares lately. Last night was especially bad. I don't wake up screaming from them or anything, but they definatly freak the crap out of me! The one that I had last night has stayed with me all day so far. I keep thinking back to it and I just shudder. This one would definatly make a GREAT horror flick. Maybe I should make a screenplay out of it and send it to Hollywood! Hopefully it wont return tonight. I need some SWEET dreams.

So, today is my cleaning day and I've been cleaning and getting all my laundry done. Mondays kinda suck. But, it gets done and then I don't have to worry about it the rest of the week.

Feel free to leave comments if you've made it this far! (ha ha!)

Happy Birthday To Me

(written night before)

I've been wishing all week that this day wouldn't get here. I am really not in the mood to celebrate this day this year. I have been hoping that I could just skip this day all together and pretend that it doesn't exist.

Every year I always build myself up thinking that this will be the year that i'll get a good birthday. I'll get just what I want. And every year I am disappointed. I don't know why I do this. Maybe it is a girl thing. I just always set myself up for disappointment. So, i've totally walked into this one with absolutely NO expectations.

The only thing I am hoping for I *know* I will get. That is for my beautiful, caring, wonderful little girls to run into my room in the morning after i've gotten to sleep in a little and sing me Happy Birthday and give me home-made cards. Stuart is always good about having them draw me a picture and make it into a card for my birthday. Those are the things that I cherish the most. The rest is just superficial stuff, but come on....what woman doesn't WANT
superficial stuff on her birthday?

I want my tiara AND a cake.

I want to be princess for a day.

I want a camera!!!! (insert crying, stomping tantrum here)

Sigh, but tomorrow WILL come. I'll have to go through the day with a smile on my face. I'll have to pretend even if it is just for my kids that I am happy.

Maybe I will be surprised........

Okay, even though I wished the day away, it didn't happen. The day is here wether I like it or not.

I got to sleep in, but I couldn't sleep. I didn't sleep all night. I wished for it, but it didn't happen. I'm tired. The family came in with breakfast (toast, fresh fruit and juice) They sang me Happy Birthday. Nothing is cuter then your 2 year old singing "Hatty Birthday". I got home made cards that were the best!!

I am now on my way to a baby shower, but i'll update the rest of my day tonight.

The rest of the day turned out okay. I got a nap, but with how bad I have been sleeping lately, it was a bad nap, but one none the less. Then we all got ready and went to dinner at Chili's with Stuarts family. Dinner was pretty yummy and the kids behaved good enough that I wasn't extreemly embarrassed to be seen with them in public. Then we rented movies and came home. The girls stayed up with us (Stuarts brother and friend came back with us) and we watched The Benchwarmers. It is a great movie. It was rather stupid, but we all laughed the whole way through, that is what made it great. We also rented Failure to Launch. Haven't watched it yet.

My friend sent me a package with a book and a movie and that made my day!! (Thanks Robin!!!)

So, all in all it turned out ok.