Good news

Good news.. I have a customer who ordered ten of my cards the other day.  I hope I can finish them this weekend.  I just need to find a moment when the kids are napping to do it.  But I also need to do some much needed laundry.  This weekend my plan is to clean the bathrooms.  Oh, and watch the Pro Bowl with my husband.

I feel like I am never going to catch up on laundry or sleep.  Last night our son was pretty easy to get to sleep, however, our daughter was not so easy.  But he woke up in the middle of the night and so did she.  It is getting annoying!  When are they going to start sleeping through the night?  I seriously can't wait!

Tonight for dinner I am going to make pasta and red sauce.  I think there's just two more meals out of it now.  Thank goodness!  I am getting kind of tired of eating the same thing all the time.  But tomorrow I don't know what to make.

I need to start working on a cucumber salad for my husband's potluck tomorrow.  So, until next time!

Humpity hump Wednesday

Today has been a somewhat better day than yesterday.  Yesterday during nap time when my daughter woke up, I woke my son up at the same time.  I didn't want him to take a long nap and make bed time difficult and I wanted to see if the shorter nap will help him sleep all night.  

Well, last night it took both of us a while to get both kids asleep.  But there are good news and bad news as far as them sleeping all night goes.  Good news.. he did sleep through the night.  Bad news.. she woke up at 10pm and ended up sleeping in our room again.  But the other good news is that I got at least six hours of uninterrupted sleep.  So, I guess the good outweighhed the bad last night.

Tonight for dinner will be pasta and red sauce.  I can't wait til it's all gone so I can start cooking the chicken.  I think we have a good two or three more meals out of the red sauce that is left.  Yey!

I have been so exhausted lately dealing with my son and his never-ending whining.  He's constantly whiny it seems.  I don't want to keep giving him milk and food to shut him up either because that's not the answer.  I pick him up to stop the whining, but then he wants down.  The only thing that makes him happy is when I have Yo Gabba Gabba on.  I am trying to cut back on that show because when he watches it, he doesn't play with his toys or interact with me or anything.  When he comes up to where I am, he puts my clothes in his mouth and creates holes in them.  I am getting exhausted just dealing with him.  

My husband tells me that our son is just being a boy.  But I have nothing to compare our son's behavior to.  I have a daughter who is 95% of the time well behaved and listens to me.  She never put things in her mouth.  At a very young age, I trusted her with a lot of things.  I knew she would never put things in her mouth and potentially choke on something.  I trust her with things I don't trust my son with.  

I'm just exhausted.

Mulligan today?

I could really use a Mulligan for today.  I mean, really.  

Where do I even start?  Maybe last night.  I had a hard time falling asleep last night.  For some reason, I couldn't get into a comfortable position in bed.  Then as soon as I got into a comfortable position, my throat was getting parched and needed something to drink.  So I got a drink, went back to bed, and finally fell asleep at 9:45pm!  Then wouldn't you know it.. at 10pm my son wakes up screaming hysterically.  Luckily, my husband got him and brought him in our room.

Then around 1:30am, my daughter wakes up.  So I had to go get her since my husband got our son.  Finally, all is quiet and next thing I know.. it's 5:30am!  Time to wake up and start the day.

My day started out okay, I guess.  But I seriously could use a Mulligan.  Hopefully the rest of the day goes better.  I think today for dinner I am going to heat up some leftovers.  Yesterday after my husband got home from work, he went to the store to get some milk for the kids and he ended up also buying a bunch of chicken as well.  I think tomorrow I will cook something with the chicken.  

Lemon Garlic Chicken

This is one of my absolute favorite meals.  I could eat this every single day and never get tired of it because it is that good!  One of my good friends introduced me to this chicken dish and I have been guilty and made it two nights in a row.

It is a lemon garlic chicken.  It's seriously so easy to make.  I just coat the chicken with a little extra virgin olive oil, season it with some salt, pepper, and garlic powder.  Then I put some chicken broth in the bottom of a pan and place chicken in and top the chicken with some lemon slices.  Pop in a preheated oven of 350 for about 35 minutes.  While that is in the oven, I have the rice cooking, and when the chicken is about five minutes away from being done, I pop the cauliflower in the microwave to steam them.  

And there you have it.. a yummy delicious and healthy dinner complete in 35 minutes!  I love when meals are that easy and that delicious!  Tonight I am taking a break from leftovers and I am making steamed dumplings.  It is another family favorite.

Speaking of family.. I don't know what to do with my son sometimes.  He's constantly biting and chewing on things, he's crying and fussing unconsolably lately, he's screaming and screeching at nothing in particular, and he still wakes up in the middle of the night.  My daughter has been pretty good.  She listens to me well, about 95% of the time.  However, I do wish she would sleep all night as well.

I am a little sad that when my mother in law was in town that my husband and I didn't get to go out on a date or go anywhere solo.  It would have been much needed and much appreciated but it didn't happen.  So, maybe we can in March during Spring Break.  We plan to spend a few days with my mom.  Maybe my mom will let us take a break and go out alone.

Penne Sausage with Veggies

This is my yummy meal I made a few nights ago.  It's an assortment of pasta with Kielbasa sausage and some veggies.  It looks soupy and weird but it's actually really good and the soupy part gets absorbed by the pasta at the end.

I don't have an actual recipe for it as this is just something I made with no recipe in mind.

Tonight will most likely be leftovers again.  Last night we had leftover chicken fajitas and tonight we will most likely have leftover pasta and red sauce with meatballs.  Tomorrow will probably be the same.  It will be at least a week before I start making meals again since we have so much food that his mom made us.

I miss sleep!  I really do.  Lately at night when my son wakes up, he's waking up screaming hysterically.  It's quite jarring to hear that on the monitor when you're in a deep sleep.  I miss the days when he would sleep all night and the only person who woke up was my daughter.  But I also miss the nights when she would sleep all night as well.  One day they will sleep all night and that's going to probably be when I start losing sleep because I don't hear them awake.

How do they do it?

There are some people who make it look so easy!  But I will tell you.. it is so not easy!  I don't know how in the world these women take care of their children, cook dinner, do their household work, and still manage to keep their "spark" alive in their marriage.  

They say a healthy relationship is when a man and woman are intimate at least three or four times a week.  You know.. I don't know how any parent has time for that.  I really don't.  Between taking care of the kids during the day and cleaning and doing household work, I am exhausted by 7:00pm!  

I am struggling on a daily basis making sure that the kids are fed, the dog does her business outside, the laundry is done, and that there is food on the table during dinner time.  I honestly don't know how these women make time for everything else.

This weekend I am planning on catching up on some sleep with my husband.  During football, I plan to start making cards so I can finish them while the kids are napping.  I need to start making more and selling more because my Etsy shop is at a slow standstill at the moment because I haven't posted anything new.

Tomorrow I will post a picture of this awesome meal I made.  Until next time!

I'm back!

After a crazy week with my mother in law and her two sisters, I am back!  I had a lot of fun while they were here.  Thank goodness both of the kids got healthy and my cold I had went away as well.  Both of the kids had a lot of fun with family.

I am back and because this is a new year, I am going to attempt to blog every single day.  I will also be making more cards as well.  I'm not sure what kind of cards to make, but I'll be making a set of new cards every week.  I'll post the pictures here and list them on my Etsy page as well.

Tonight for dinner will be leftovers.  I think we will be having leftovers for a while since my mother in law made a lot of food.  But I'm not complaining because I don't have to worry about what to make for dinner.

Time to start cleaning up now.

Manic Monday

Today and tomorrow is crunch time on getting the house cleaned up and pick up some last minute stuff.  Tonight I am making mini meatloaf for dinner.  Tomorrow I don't have to cook because we are going out to dinner with my parents.  Then Wednesday, my mother in law and her two sisters will be here.  It will be a crazy week but once they go back home, things should start slowing down for us.

Today my daughter went to school.  She seemed like her usual self.  I asked her if she wanted to go to school and she said yeah.  So I think everything is going to be fine.  She hasn't cried about her ear hurting lately and she doesn't have a fever anymore.  I hate when my kids are sick.  It makes me feel so bad that I can't take the pain away from them.

I guess this is going to be a short entry because I need to finish some cleaning while my daughter is in school.

One exhausting week

Well, good news.. I feel a little better.  I still have a slight cough here and there, but I don't have a fever anymore and I don't have anymore achy-ness either.  My son is somewhat back to himself, except for a cough here and there.. but he has no fever.  However, my daughter is still not feeling well.  Two nights ago she kept whining for me for some reason and I didn't know what she wanted.. every time I asked her what she needed, she would cry.  That evening she would whine "mama, ear, ear, ear" and point to her ear.  

Right then I knew she might have an ear infection.  Unfortunately we didn't have any medicine in the house I could give her.  They were all expired.  So I sent my husband to the store to get medicine for her.  He bought it but giving it to her was proving to be difficult.  But after she took a couple of sips, it didn't bother her so much.  I made an appointment with her pediatrician for the next day.  My husband and I mutually agreed we'd not send her off to school the next day so she could rest.

Turns out, she does have an ear infection and I gave her the medicine for that which was tough to do as well.  But two nights ago was the roughest night ever.  She kept waking up every hour or so and scream about her ear and she'd end up kicking me, she head butted my nose at one point in the middle of the night and I ended up with a bloody nose.. I spent 45 minutes trying to get my nose to stop.  Just a really rough night for all of us, except for my dog and son.  Surprisingly, he slept through all the screaming.

But her doctor did say after a couple of days after taking the ear medicine, there should be some signs of improvement.  I can't wait.  I miss my little girl's cute voice talking to me.

Terrible Tuesday: So Much Sickness

Yesterday was a Miserable Monday for me and my two kids.  The three of us are not feeling well at all.  But luckily, my son is somewhat back to his self today.  Yesterday I felt like absolute crap!  I was so upset that I had to get sick on Sunday of all days.  I got sick one day before my husband had to go back to work.  I wish all three of us had gotten sick on Christmas break because then I could get the much needed sleep and my kids could get better, too.

Yesterday my daughter took like four naps!  I can't believe how much she slept though.  But at 9:30am yesterday I put my son down for a nap because he was fussing like crazy.  But he wouldn't sleep in his crib.  So I brought him in my room, and all three of us ended up taking a three hour nap together.  It was much needed but I still feel like crap.

Today I took some DayQuil since my husband went and bought some for me yesterday on his way home.  I took some this morning and I am feeling a little better.  I just hope all of us are completely healthy next week.

Next Tuesday we are going out to dinner with my parents.  And the following day, my mother in law and her two sisters are coming out to visit us for a week.  Should be a fun but busy week.