What part of "No Food" is so hard to understand?

That's what I have been asking myself since about 11:45 last night.


I should warn you before you go any further that if you have a weak stomach not to go any further. There. You've been warned.

This past Friday Grayson came down with the stomach bug that's been circulating. He was icky for about 3-4 hours then started feeling better. He was drinking Crystal Light and holding it down. I was happy he was feeling better and wanting to play. Well it was Daddy's weekend. So Daddy came and got him and I went over everything with him. He hasn't been sick since about 11:30. He's been drinking OK since 12:30! Here's a change of clothes just in case. Blah blah blah. But the most important part was NO FOOD. If he's still OK later tonight maybe some crackers, toast, or applesauce. What does he do first thing when Grayson gets in the car? Gives him chips. Now they were baked chips so they're a little better then the regular variety but still. NO FOOD.

Well I get him back yesterday and he informs me that Grayson had gotten sick that morning. So he's been OK the rest of the day so I figure it's this thing Grayson does where if he eats too soon in the morning he gets icky. Mainly milk to early does it to him. So he'd already eaten dinner at his Dad's so I just let him have a Gogurt and then we went on to bed.

I was actually asleep by 10. Both of us were. Well he was in there in the room with me and at 11:45 I'm woken up to him crying and my back feels funny. I'm disoriented and don't really know what's going on. I look over at him and he was like a freaking fountain. I jump up grab him and run him to the bathroom. Yep! Getting sick again. And I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror. Yeah! All over my back. So I get him ok in the bathroom and go change shirts. I come back from the laundry room to find him laying across my bed. Hello? Do you see the mess on the bed?

Then you guessed it. He started crying again which meant more was coming. I rush him to the bathroom. Well he didn't make it. All over the bathroom! YUCK YUCK YUCK. He finishes and I strip him down and put him in the tub and begin cleaning the bathroom again. I leave him in the tub and head to the laundry room to start the laundry.

OK. Whoo...comforter, pillow cases, my shirt, his shirt all in the laundry. I go to find him laying in the bathtub just grinning up at me like nothings wrong. Argh. I get him cleaned up, out dressed and set up on the floor with towels everywhere. I then tackle the bed. Disinfecting it and getting it all cleaned up was easier then I thought. Most of it luckily was on the comforter. Which was about to start it's 2nd cycle through the washer with hot water.

I then take my shower get all clean and finally get in bed around 2. OK. He's sleeping soundly. Crisis over. I wake up to him crying. Now it's coming out the other end! Argh!

So back to the bathroom. He gets a shower, which means I get a shower. While he stands in the warm water I go and put everything from the 2 cycles in the washer into the dryer. And add the rest of the stuff that he tainted the night before. I think we're OK now. He's had 2 pieces of dry toast and 2 cups of Crystal Light! Nothing but toast and Crystal Light until tomorrow.

So that's my lovely last couple of days with a small rest in between! LOL

The Beautiful Wonderful Internet!

I know that most everyone on here knows the evils of the DPS Office. My only good experiences are restricted to getting my license renewed once 6 years ago and that's it. I have always had horrible experiences with them.

When I got my permit in the summer of 95 everything went smoothly. Then I hadn't had that for long before I finished drivers school and went to get my license. Well for some unknown reason I wasn't in the system. So they had to issue me a hand written license. This was literally like a doctors prescription pad. They just filled in the info on the pad that was needed, tore it off and handed me my license. Well this was in August of 95. I then had to go in every month and have that renewed. They didn't get everything worked out until December. Joy. So then it has to be renewed every birthday until I turn 18. My birthday is in January. Argh. Oh well.

Well then every year was ok, justlong lines. Then after I turned 18 it wouldn't be until 4 years later that I would need to venture into one of those offices right? Wrong! I had to go 3 times between 18 and 22 because that would be how many times my wallet was stolen.

ThenI get it at 22. That was easy and I've had the same license since then. I still wasn't looking forward to renewing it this time. Well my sis needed to renew hers too and she was looking on the internet to do this.

I did a happy dance of ultimate joy when she told me that I could renew online! Whoo Hoo!

I entered some info off my license, confirmed the info on the license was right and paid for it! It cost $25. There was a processing fee. But I would pay it any day to avoid actually going to the office!

So Whoo Hoo! When I have to get my next renewal, at the age of *gasp 34, I will have a pic from my twenties on there. LOL

I got my license in the mail about 20 days after processing everything online, they give you a receipt to print off to keep with your picture license until you get the permanent one in the mail. It was the nicest license renewal experience ever and I am thrilled! Whoo Hoo!

Blah Blah Blah!

I just feel like living up to the title of my blog. I feel like rambling. Let's see. Grayson is good. Being a bit of a toot but what's new there. Oh.....he got new shoes. And he couldn't be more thrilled.

We were in Wal Mart Friday night and I always glance through because of the great clearance sales that they have at the Wal Mart that I go to. It's the new on on 2978. Well anyway anytime I'm in a store and see something Cars I try to run by as quickly as possible or Grayson will most likely end up with it. So what should my eyes settle on about a millisecond after his did? A pair of Disney Pixar Cars shoes. He immediately starts asking for them. And I don't mean the bratty whining for something that he wants. He's saying, "Mommy? Can I have those Cars shoes Please?"

I mean how can you resist that? He isn't begging for candy, or a toy or a movie. He wants shoes. And he's being so sweet. And earlier in the night we were at Best Buy and he wanted to see something and I let him look at it knowing he wouldn't be getting it. Well I took it away to put it back and he didn't ask for it back or anything. Just said Thank You and went on his way.

So back to the original story. I got the right size and tried them on his little feet. They fit and he was absolutely thrilled. So he got his Cars shoes. Anytime we're anywhere he's yelling at people to come and look at his shoes. You would think that he'd gotten a new car or something. LOL

So there's my Mommy brag for the day. The tale of my sweet little Bug and how politely he conned me out of shoes.

And the urge to ramble is gone. TTFN

Nothing much new!

There's not much new going on around here.

I'm addicted to ab exercises! LOL Rene and I were playing around on her puter yesterday because she's recently replaced parts to make her puter run better. Well I decided I would play around with the stability ball instead of just laying there. Good right? Well I'm addicted to the burn. LOL I did my 2 sets of jack knife crunches and then I wanted to do more. So I did some bridge ups on the ball. LOL Yeah I ended up doing yet another 2 sets of jack knife crunches. Then later that night Grayson was in the tub and I was in the living room doing another 4-6 sets of jackknife crunches and 2 more sets of the bridge ups! I know. Give it a rest. But I'm addicted to the burn. I love walking around and feeling that burn and knowing that I worked hard and did that!

I am going to be so hot!

Grayson's Latest Milestone!

Grayson has hit yet another milestone. Tears.......

HE'S SHAVING!




As you can see this is something that was absolutely necessary ;)!!!


Well that's all for now. More to come later! Stay tuned!

Why Why Why?

I really don't get it. I'm in Grayson's room cleaning today. I'm vacuuming and cleaning the carpet and just giving it that cleaning that it doesn't get everyday. So I have him running around the room picking up whatever he may have missed to insure that I don't vacuum it up. He asks me what I'm doing.

"I'm cleaning." He goes about his business picking up whatever I holler at him over the vacuum to pick up.

"What are you doing Mommy?"

I'm cleaning Grayson." Again he goes about helping with the deep cleaning.

"What are you doing Mommy?"

I'm more specific this time.

"I'm vacuuming the floor Grayson." He runs out of the room. For what reason I'm not sure. He could be going potty or throwing some trash away or flying to Jupiter. I'm not really sure. But alas........

"What are you doing Mommy?"

Argh.......So I told him yet again that I was cleaning his room and vacuuming the floor and I get a blank stare. Why do kids do this? Is there some gap in the little receptors that take the information that we give them to the short term part of the memory so that they just don't ever remember a word you say? I mean seriously. Wasn't I clear each and every single time that I told him what it was that I was doing? I must tell you that I told him each and every move that I was making every single time I changed activities.

If anyone knows the cure for this please let me know.

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I Lost Another Button Hole Mommy!

My Bug is always coming up with inventive ways to tell me how he's feeling or the things that he's done.

When he's tired he'll tell me that his batteries are getting low.

Well he recently came out from a bath all fresh and clean and dressed in his Spider Man Baseball shirt. He loves this shirt and wears it often. Well we were at Aunt Rene's house and she looks at him and asks, "Who buttoned your shirt?"

" I did!" was his reply. This brings about many giggles from myself and anyone else in the room. The top left collar was folded under and the bottom right side had a helpless button hole hanging by itself looking quite lonely without it's button. "I lost another button hole Mommy!"

Well you can imagine the giggles that this brought. So cute. So I brought him over and unfolded his collar and showed him the button. I then set about unbuttoning his shirt and buttoning it correctly. This made him happy and he went on his way.

Don't you wish that you were still that innocent and it was just lost and not wildly annoying that you misbuttoned your shirt?

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Sorry!

In my last blog I added some huge words and it made the rest of the blog huge. I tried several times to make the remainder of the words after I hate waiting normal again, but it wouldn't work.

Oh and this is just a little announcement for those of you out there that like to nitpick every little thing. I don't spell check. So if you find spelling and/or grammatical errors, just deal with it. This is just for me to vent and put things down on paper. So to speak. LOL

Tick Tock........

This is what I am constantly hearing in my head. I am impatiently awaiting the arrival of my Income Tax Return and let's just say it. I HATE WAITING!


I know. I'm reminded regularly that patience is a virtue. But I can't help it. I am truly the most impatient person I know and I don't want to wait. Why can't I have it now darn it.

OK. I'm done now.

In other news I am still sick. Blech. It's even to the point that I have partially lost my voice and it seems like nothing is working. I guess this would be my lack of patience kicking in again. Oh well.

I really don't have much to talk about today so I will wrap it up. I'll write more later.

I Have the Sweetest Bug Ever!

Last night was a horrible night. I paced and tossed and turned. I watched the same movie twice and read a book. I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tired but for some reason sleep just wasn't coming. I finally got to the point that I was about to doze off, oh around 8 something in the morning, when the phone rang. Yep! I was a dope and left it in the room with me with the ringer on.

Well I tried in vain for another hour or so to get some sleep before beginning my day. The Bug even crawled in bed with me and laid there with me and was stroking my hair to help me sleep. Yeah! Not happening. So I went ahead and got my butt out of bed. I was a total loon all day. Just ask my nephews. I was so tired and doing every silly thing I could think of to stay awake.

Finally at about 5 in the afternoon I went in the room with Grayson and lay down on the bed with Bug. He was watching Jumangi. Well I curled up behind him wrapped my arm around his waste and went to sleep. He was so sweet. He just sat there. He put his headphones on and everything so that I would be able to sleep without the noise of the movie. Once the movie was over he even curled up next to me and took a nap with me. So sweet.

Yeah there's my Mommy brag for the day. Yes I gripe a lot about him but he's mine and I wouldn't trade him for anything.

You're a Postal Worker!

My son has recently become addicted to Jumangi. The Animal Movie he calls it. Well he watches it constantly. If he's in his room playing Jumangi is in the background. Well we were sitting down to our super healthy and yummy dinner of Spaghetti, made with wheat pasta, ground white turkey and yummy vege filled sauce, when he tells me in a very condescending voice, "You're a Postal Worker!"

Now I know where this came from and I ask him why I am a Postal Worker. He has no reply. Just repeats his previous statement and once again tells me that I am a Postal Worker. LOL

For those of you that haven't seen the movie in a while there's a part where Van Pelt, the human hunter, goes into an ammunition shop and requests a gross of ammo that hasn't been made since 1903. So he requests a replacement weapon and they tell him that certain forms need to be filled out and that there's a 3 day waiting period. He throws gold coins on the counter and they promptly close the store to accommodate his request. The salesman then asks, "You're not a Postal Worker are you?"

So I guess to my 4 year old in his infinite wisdom that this is funny and quite the insult. LOL I personally don't understand it but heck. He's 4 and I won't rain on his parade.

So.......Are you a Postal Worker?

Cough Cough!

Yes! I'm still coughing and taking the Mucinex crap. Which I have to say is the nastiest medicine out there since Nyquil! And it's a pill. I complain that it needs a coating on the outside only to have Rene chime in that it works faster without it! yeah yeah yeah! I know. But it's still gross. I hate it.

Ok I'm done throwing my temper tantrum about medicine.

Nothing much to report. Grayson is getting better with his potty training thanks to the introduction of his potty chart. He gets a glow in the dark puffy star sticker every time he successfully goes potty. Now this includes wiping and not getting his big boy pants ewwwwy. But when he messes up he gets a star taken away. So this is making the stars way more valuable to him. When he earns so many stars he will get a surprise! Let's hope that this instills the good potty habits that I'm hoping he will soon adopt.

Weight loss is back on track for me after a free weekend of bbq and spinach dip and cheese ball. Well the food portion anyway. I need to work the exercise part back into it. Well cardio that is. I'm still doing my toning/strength exercises. It's easier for me to do a bunch of those exercises then it is for me to get up and do cardio. Oh well.

I am still in the market for a car so anyone who knows of anything of interest let me know! Please!

Grayson is good. Still being as silly as ever. Family is good. Everythings pretty good.

Write more later!

Blech!

I am feeling oogy! Yes that's a word. I have that chest congestion stuff and a slight cough.

I'm taking that Mucinex stuff, which I have to say works really well. But it does kind of make you medicine headish. It's not so bad that I can't function or drive or anything like that. But it's enough that I just want to take a nap non stop. LOL

So I'm almost at 20 lbs gone and working on the short term goal of 25 lbs! So I need to figure out how to reward myself when I reach my goal. Then I want to get the rest of my weight gone so that I can get my big reward. Not sure what that's going to be but I want it whatever it is. LOL

Um.....I don't know what else to say! I'm going to leave you with what I've said so far for now.

Cough Cough blech blech!

To Wave.....Or Not to Wave!

OK. So my hair has recently decided that it's going to do something totally different. It's going to be wavy. Now I'm not sure how I feel about this as I have always had straight as a bone hair that's enormously easy to take care of. So I am putting it out there to you. Should I let it go wavy sometimes? Or continue with straight hair all the time?











Let me know what you think?!

Eh!

It's just a lazy Saturday around here. The Bug is still with his Daddy and I find myself sitting at the computer shopping for the things that I have been putting off purchasing until my Income Tax Return comes in. This will hopefully be by the 13th and I can take care of some much needed buying.

I am in the market for a new car. Well a used new to me car. I've been looking at all kinds of places. I would really like to pay cash for something. I hate having a car payment. Absolutely hate it. It never fails that something enormously expensive will go wrong with my car and I then have a payment and whatever it's going to cost to fix it. So if anyone out there knows of anything for sale cash money let me know.

I get the Bug back tomorrow. He's coming home from, hopefully, a fun filled week with his Daddy.

The family is good. Friends are good. Nothing really to report. Just living and enjoying life.

Well I don't really have anything else to say but I hadn't posted in a while so here it is!