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.

Delay in blogging

So sorry for the lengthy delay on here.  I have had a busy couple of weeks between my husband being home for Christmas break and my daughter not in school and the holidays.  Last week we went to my mom's to celebrate Christmas with her and so she can spend some time with the kids as well.  She also got them some clothes and we went out to dinner a couple of times.

Last night we went out to dinner with a couple of our friends.  It was a lot of fun seeing them but it was so late when we had dinner.  Not to mention, I was worried the kids were going to be super fussy because it was near their bedtime.  Luckily, my daughter was content with my phone but my son was super fussy.  I ended up having to hold him during dinner and I couldn't finish my dinner.

I haven't had a chance to cook anything too special either lately.  But I am looking to make some pot roast.  I have had a bit of a craving for it.

Happy Holidays everyone and Happy New Year!

Crazy busy week

On Thursday was a busy day for me.  After I dropped off my daughter at school, I took my son and we went to go to Michaels, Walmart, the dollar store, Ace Hardware, and I also took him to get his haircut.  Honestly, I don't like his haircut.  But it's only temporary and his hair will grow out again and when it is time to get his hair cut again, I will pick a different haircut style.  

I went to a few stores to pick up some stuff for my husband for his Christmas present.  Luckily that day my husband was going to be home a little late so I had time to wrap his presents up.  My biggest challenge was wrapping them with two kids awake.  But I got it done!

Funny story.. my husband accidentally found one of the stocking stuffers I got him.  I didn't get to wrap it  yet but he found it.  So I told him that was his Christmas gift.  Haha.  He believed me.  He doesn't think I bought him anything else.  I can't wait until Christmas morning when he sees the other stuff I got for him.

Christmas break has started for my husband so I have two weeks of help with the kids.  I am finally doing some much needed laundry and cleaning.