Sleep much?

The answer to that is no.

Wee girlie got up about an hour ago… screaming.

Got her settled and realized. I am not going to settle down any time soon.  So… down here I come.  la la la la laaaaa

Going to the farmers market with the Supreme Sock Goddess this morning.  I think we will skip our swimming lesson as she was up so much tonight.  I have to walk over to the gargantuan toy store sometime to pick up the last of the Christmas gifts… yes, I’m done by October.  Yes, even I think that this is SICK!

Husband is heading to the homestead this afternoon.  I’m staying home with the littles.  I’m not really up for a ‘visit’ with the in-laws.  Now, with the lack of sleep I really know that I am not up for it.

Well, in an hour or two at least the boys will be up.

urg.

Wordless Wednesday

Brought to you on Friday.

Yeah yeah… whatever!

Yes I suck at uploading pictures…

Where to start…

My parents got up at a totally obscene hour and drove in to see biggest boy and midsized boy at their swimming lessons.

Midsized boy whined that they had to come and see him swim. So they actually did.

Took them to the bookstore and amazing toy store and yarn store today. My children got THOROUGHLY spoiled at each turn. I did too, if truth must be known.

I did not drink the usual amount of water today. I’m feeling sluggish and hungry. Not good. So I’ll get back on that wagon tomorrow. I think that it is making a difference. I’m trying to drink about a litre of water before I eat in the morning, lunch time and two sometime before bed. Today I’ve had about half of that … if I’m lucky. Just spent some time looking at ‘medical’ help for weight loss. I qualify for it, I’m fat enough. Just not sure if I want to expose myself to more surgery. I’m already wanting to get that hysterectomy on the docket! Seems to me that I’m going to have to step up the fight on that one.

Friend hasn’t had her baby yet. Tomorrow is d-day. Okay, so I don’t agree with edd’s … Says the woman who not once past her ‘estimated due date! Latest studies show that elective repeat c/s babies (born after 36 weeks, but before 40 in order to ’save mom’ from having to labour again! retchhhhhhhh) have very poor scores on respiratory effort. IF they have any respiratory effort…. and that whole huge baby crap added on to boot. Yup. HUGE at less than 7 lbs huh?

ahem. Sorry, read another ‘why is my baby so sick?’ post and bit my tongue/bound my fingers from saying

YOU chose to do this to your baby. YOUR idea. or in the cynical fashion I’ve grown accustomed to… your doctor told you this would be ’safer’.

Any way. No baby yet. And mama is TIRED and EXHAUSTED and WANTS TO MEET HER BABY!

But not enough to put herself or baby at risk by signing up for anything drastic …

yet.

c’mon little one. We all want you OUT!

As annoying as he is…

The husband just took frozen strawberries (remember I have like 8 litres of them in my freezer!), Limeade, water, ice cubes and tequila….

Add the new blender the in-laws bought for us for the anniversary this week.

And I am one happy little camper.

Can I take a sick day?

Progressively feeling worse.

I forgot how lousy allergies can be.  I had a pretty good reprieve for the duration of the reproductive/nursing years.  I have a feeling the worn down iron deficient body is not helping my immune response.

Had a great visit with my parents.  Both made a trek up the stairs at biggest boys fortress education to see his classroom.  He was thrilled.

Wee girlie and midsized boy were worn to the bone this afternoon, taking their gran to the Costco and other errands… hence no nap.  Hence wee girlie asleep by 7:30.  Yeah… wow.  The other morning she got up at around 7.  Same as always.  wipes sweat off brow and thanks whomever is in charge for that small mercy!  Hopes for more mercy come the morning hours. No, I’m not willing to entertain cutting out her naps.  No way, no how, no no NO!  She was not the most delightful beast this afternoon.  I only survived by going upstairs and back to bed at five…  yeah, moms can only call in sick when dad gets home.

Got up at seven and kept plodding along with the new sock book.  yeah yeah, will link later.  Too flipping tired.  Swatching… well actually, knitting an entire wee sock.  that way I know what I’m up against… I hope.

G’night all.

What? It is quiet?

Yes, indeed… they are all quiet.  I sat on biggest boys bed (he goes to sleep in our bed then is moved back later) and turned the heel on mother-in-laws sock.  Only two massive melt downs from wee girlie… mostly because she was not expecting me to be sitting on the other bed, ready to chase her back to bed.  Which is exactly what I did!  Midsized boy thought this was totally hilarious.  I had to refrain from giggling along with him after tucking her in, yet again.

So, here I am with absolute quiet.

AWESOME.

This is the photo I took this morning of the sock to send to my mother-in-law.  She is not a ‘crafty’ person, her sister did everything, sewing, knitting, went to university…blah blah blah.  Needless to say, she wasn’t quite all that and a bag of chips… but that is another rant and a half.  When I gave m-i-l the yarn on her birthday, she was beyond thrilled.  Her reply this morning was “I can hardly wait to show them off, and the best thing is that they are an hbacmama original”.  Granted they will be encased in Crocs… but one can hope she will wear them with her Birks too.

Why yes, I am feeling rather good about myself tonight.  Even picking up the side  stitches off of the heel is going better than it ever has, perhaps 8th time is a  charm?

What a weekend…

Better than last weekend when I pretty much just kept myself hydrated and slept.

Saturday I made a roast, salad, potatoes and pineapple upside-down cake for lunch. The in laws came for lunch… no way I’m that organized and good for a lunch on the weekend… snort!

Children were spoiled rotten, as per usual.

I went off to a local yarn store after they left in the afternoon meh…

Went to favourite second hand store with yarn corner…

Organic store provided me with the avocados…

I blame the sock Goddess for all of this picture *pretty rainbow coloured yarn, guacamole and nachos*

Today husband picked up a few knitting books from the library for me.

rubs hands together and plots what to make!

Time to check on midsized boy… went to the emerge with him. Gee, when we can’t even triage within 90 minutes… I’m out of there. He was feeling better and the gal beside me, there since noon. Triaged at 4 pm. Kid looked like death warmed over bye bye! I’ll be back if he gets worse. He was having abdominal pain and a fever. Localized right quadrant abdomen… can we say appendix? Any hoo. The fever went down, abdomen not distended, he can walk without pain… and he kept asking to go home to bed. Who am I to argue. Will take him straight away tomorrow if he has any more issues. So far he is looking pretty good.