house training

We have the cutest little puppy-a yorkie shih-tzu-her name is Daisy. Anyway, we've started the daunting chore of house training her. We are paper training-decided this was the best route since we aren't that great at making sure she gets outside regularly. So I think we finally got her to poop on the paper. Good thing too. Next we will free her from her quarantine and test out her skills of going back to the paper instead of using the house as her bathroom. Once she's got that accomplished, I think we have it nailed in the head!! Yeah! We also have a cat, named Chloe, and lately, the dog has been eating the cat poop. What's that all about? It's so disgusting, I can't even tell you. I almost hurled once from the smell. It was so awful!! Right now my sense of smell is very heightened so it was rather disturbing. Our animals are so cute, here I'll post a picture for you and you can see for yourself.....~E.

hey

hey, it's been a while. things are going ok for me here. i wonder if my mil and i are on the verge of a break up. i don't mean that literally, it's just that sometimes we don't always see eye to eye on things and then i give her a piece of my mind, and she just sits there and cowers in a corner. today was one of those days. we never apologize for our behaviour. not in this house at least. and i was reading my friends blog and i wonder if she doesn't have a point. do we really need our family? i have also recently gotten into a fight with my husband. what is going on here? I don't mean to be fighting, but there seems to be only one voice being spoken, which is mine, and it's very frustrating for me. but of course i need them, and yes i love them, but sometimes it's just a little overwhelming.~E.

Carpal Tunnel

I have a severe case of carpel tunnel syndrome(CTS) in both of my arms. I have slow responses in both arms from my fingertips up to my elbow. Until these last couple of weeks, there haven't been any "real" problems. I wear braces on my wrists at night to keep them in a straight position. Well, lately, I've been awakened due to the CTS. My hands tingle, like they are asleep, which I'm sure they are due to poor blood circulation, and so they hurt. Surgery was reccommended to me by the orthopedist last September, but due to costs, and having to miss work, I chose to put it off. Well, now I'm pregnant, and sometimes during pregnancy a nerve can be pinched off suddenly causing temporary CTS in people who don't normally have CTS. And currently, I think this might be my problem or at least part of it, as I do really have CTS. I'm thinking about going back to the doctor to see what he reccommends as far as surgery goes. Right now I don't think is the right time obviously, but maybe he can reccommend something that in the mean time will aleviate the poor circulation, thus making sleep a little more comfortable. It is 5:40a.m. and I've been awake for about an hour or so. My kids will be getting up in like 2 hours and I'm going to my friends house for the day. If I don't get back to sleep, I will be very tired all day. As I am typing this my hands are falling asleep. I don't want my hands to be cut off or anything, because then a whole new set of problems will arise from it, but just something temporary would be nice.:>~E.

MLRS

These are pictures of the MLRS~Missle Launching Rocket System that performed a live fire drill over the weekend, for the families of my husbands unit. The ignition is real, but the "rocket" is a telephone pole that they just use to shoot into the impact point. It's really loud with a big boom. It's pretty cool. The pictures are out of order, the first should be second, and the second should be first, but the rest appear to be in proper order. ~E

hair cuts

Boy looks so good!! It's amazing what difference short hair does for a person. Isn't he so cute???

Man does such a good job mowing the lawn. He's on his way out for a 2 week work program.

Girl really loves to hang like a monkey. We have a clothes line type thing. It's not really but we don't know exactly what it's called~a monkey bar I guess. Anyway, I'm having the girl hang upside down by her legs and then we do a penny drop. Totally assisted of course. But she sure hangs by her hands real good.

Be revolted no more you big babies. There is nothing wrong with showing a little leg!!!!

Ahhh the tube

I just don't get soaps. I mean seriously. I was talking to a friend earlier today and I would like to go out to lunch with her. Well, tomorrow is the only day that I am available. I have an Ultra Sound at 2:00 and so I was thinking that we should meet for lunch at 11:00. However, the Young and the Restless is on at 11:00. My friend will absolutely NOT budge. It's like she will die if she misses her show. I said something to her about being obsessed and she gave me this speech about all the millions of women hooked on soaps. It's a sad thing, if you ask me. Anyway, we aren't going out to lunch because of her handicap.:) It's her loss, I guess. I just don't get soaps. Can someone explain it to me? I know I've done my fair share of soap watching. But I just don't get the obsession now???~E

I sure do miss this girl......

tvs and trucks

Ok, so I was hoping to do this sort of separately but, I'm sure you'll still get it. This is the picture of our new truck. It is a 1998 Dodge Ram. It has running boards on it for easy access. It is fully loaded with a/c, power seats, cd cassette player, you get the idea. It is exactly like the truck that I unfortunately wrecked. Anyway, it's ours now. And we do drive it a lot and it is nice to have my husband back.:~


The other picture is of a tv. The object that runs this household. TV is on ALL THE TIME. Today it wasn't on all the time, but a lot of the time. Anyway, I really would like to disconnect the cable come sometime in June. I was discussing this with Marie as she really enjoys watching her soaps. And tonight, I am writing about the tv, because I was trying to talk to her and shut off the tv for about a minute. Anyway, the program that I shut off, I am recording, so to me, it's not like she's really missing anything. Anyway, she got upset and started to cry a little bit. I told her that I was recording it and that she didn't have to get upset. I turned the tv back on of course. The point that I'm trying to make with the tv is that we have so many movies that we haven't watched. I mean brand new ones, never taken out of the package. This summer holds new television show premieres~Oh goody, just one more thing to do. And today with the tv off, I read a book. It was nice sitting in silence reading. I admit, that I am the one who turned it on, but I seriously think that it needs to be shut off. Anyway, when we discussed disconnecting the tv for the summer, Marie got kind of mad at me. I asked her what she did when she worked and she said that she kept up on her soaps by reading the magazines and that on her days off she would watch the shows. But there would be days when someone else would be at home and she couldn't watch what she wanted. So that is why she got her own tv. So it was a tv war with the two tvs right next to each other. Seems kind of annoying if you ask me.. And now that there is a tv in her room, that's what would happen if I were home and wanted to watch something else. She would just go into her room and watch her own show. I feel pretty strongly about having our cable disconnected. I am pretty sure that if I were to discuss this with my husband, he would probably side with his mother. Now I ask you, is there anything wrong with that???? The other thing that's so funny about this is that one day a long time ago, we were talking about Marie watching her tv, and watching the kids. Jerry said to me, that he didn't mind her watching her shows. Now I wonder if I were a sahm, If it would be the same for me??? Anyway, the point is just silly but I still wonder sometimes. I personally wonder when one comes to the realization that it's just not ok and to look at all the time you wasted watching tv. I'm not saying that I don't have my moments. But I am willing to give up the tv, where the others in my family are not. I guess since I pay the bills, I can choose which ones I want to pay, right?~E

thi is it

here is the bane of my existence.

HIS will be done

Today, against my better judgement, but to make my husband so very happy and to bring him out of his pouty slump, (I guess I forgot to tell him I was going to ignore his pouty ways~DARN!), my husband and I are going to forever change the path of our lives. I hope that God is listening and watching and that His will shall be done and that nothing comes of this, I say NOTHING. Except maybe a firm slam back into reality. When the boy comes home from work, we are going to go to the lot and see if we can bring our lives into financial ruin with the purchase of a truck. There I said it. Here you read it. Your eyes do not decieve. There isn't anything that can be said to me that I don't already know. There isn't a way that I haven't tried that I can convince my husband otherwise. This is just so wrong and I really hope that once we leave the car lot, it will be ceased from mentioning again. I really hope I can put the past in the past, and let my guilt go. This is just another way that the devil is controlling our lives. Had I been more diligent in the past, perhaps this wouldn't be about to bite me in the butt. Anyway, wish me luck and please pray for the Lord's will to be done in this situation.~E.

Hey check out my new truck!!~NOT

isn't she a beauty? The apple of my eye, the discord of my relationship, the love not of my life, the set back in all finances, exactly what my husband wants and can't seem to stop thinking about. It's so hard to want and want and want.~E.

The fish went fishing

Check this out. I got these pictures in an email. The story goes something like this:A guy saw this fish floating in the water and whenever the fish would go down underwater, he would immediately resurface because it had this ball in it's mouth. Apparently, the fish thought the ball was something to eat and couldn't get it out of his mouth. The guys wife had the idea of popping the ball to help the fish. Kind of a neat story, don't you think?~e.

hey check these out

girl stuffed a bunch of toys down her shirt; put on a pair of pants. Boy put on his own shoes- on the wrong feet; putting on his slippers-so cute. Boy getting toys out of girls shirt. My it's so nice outside today. I took the kids for a wagon walk. It was great. My hair was my only complaint. ~E.

"Don't worry about it"

The power of a praying parent, I would think takes two. Well, tonight, my husband bless him, made supper for just him and the kids. I asked if he prayed over the meal. He said no, and then I told him he probably should. Anyway, after a brief moment, he said amen. And I said did the kids hear you pray? And he said I don't know. I asked him if he thought that he should be praying loud enough so the kids hear him pray. He just said, "don't worry about it". That is one of the MOST annoying phrases that my husband uses. I can't stand it when he says that. Anyway, am I just to go on with life, letting him get away with that? It just makes me so heart sick. I could go and cry over this. It's such a huge thing for me. Who is the head of this household? I am, I guess. I guess I should strap on a woody and take charge:) hee hee. It seems that this behavior is such a crutch for him, and I don' t even know if he's aware of it or not;maybe he doesn't even care......~e.

My big Eyes
I'm not too big for this, am I?
I look so good!!
My "Auntie" takes such good pictures
Lady Liberty

Oh my kids are so cute!!! Lady Liberty was at the St Patricks Day parade and there is this company called Liberty Tax Service and they were handing out these cute "head bands" for the kids. Doesn't my girl look so cute?

Yesterday, we went out for lunch after church. My hub didn't get a set of silverware and refused to go over to the other table to get a set. The other table was empty, and there was 2 sets of silverware and it was like 5 feet from where we were sitting. He ABSOLUTELY refused to go over and get it. It was so frustrating for me. But finally the server did come and check on us and we got the silverware from him. Why didn't he just go get it? Why didn't he ask me to go get it? Why do boys act like this? Ughh!!!!

Today I worked on cleaning my kitchen. I got rid of so much stuff. I can't wait till we move. I really hope that I can maintain some sort of organization once we do move. I'm not that organized, so it might be REALLY hard for me. We'll have to see. Well, this is all for now. Maybe there will be more tomorrow. Stay tuned. ~E.

It's been so long........

I just haven't been in the mood to write anything here. Now my friend wants me to go vote her at a site so she can win a contest. The only problem is that I don't really know how to vote. Sorry. I just wanted to share a little of what we've been up to here. Enjoy. ~E.

1st picture~boy got a card from grandpa and grandma.
2nd picture~I think that's the one where boy bit girl on the back. Yikes!!
3rd picture~girl tripped and fell and hit her eye. Ouch!!
4th picture~daddy's reading to kids.
5th picture~girl ready to wash dishes.:)

How about this?

My what big eyes, er, glasses you have

For Christmas, I bought my kids these really cool glasses. We all had to try them on of course. When I was a kid, my mom had a pair of these glasses and they were really hard to come by, so I always just wanted them whenever my mom got them out. She wore them with a clown outfit. Anyway, the pictures are of me, son, mil, and friend. The kids also got a microphone that echoes when you speak into it, and that's what I was doing. Enjoy. ~E.

Doing your dirty laundry

Here are some pictures of my girl. She was putting this laundry bag over her head, and it was so cute. She fits in the bag, isn't she so cute? I thought you'd enjoy them too. ~E.