not my self
I am dragging today. I drank a second cup of coffee after lunch trying to put a little extra pep in my step, so far, it ain’t working. My patience is on it’s way out the door and my loud mommy voice keeps popping in. One more kid has joined the baby raccoon game- #2 is now flower … the baby kitty. I thought this idea would help free me up … but the tandem squeaks, squeals, “mommy look at me”, I need more water in my bowl (b/c their water has spilled AGAIN), little critter beds … it’s all about to send me under. Thankfully #1 is quietly working on some school projects that require very little of me today.
I have to point the blame on Macy’s tummy for my short comings today : ) She has kept me up the past two nights with stinky stinky stuff. (insert me gagging) I am not sure what is the cause but thankfully my sister-in-law has come to the rescue. She has two kids/dogs who recently had a bout with the runs, so I am counting on her advice and hopefully soon I will experience a restful night’s sleep without the interruptions of doggy diarrhea.
Okay, I need to run, two little orphaned critters are begging me for a snack.
here we go again
Yeah, it’s been awhile. She is definitely as cute as cute can get .. but honestly the whole ordeal – the paint, the “please be still, you have to be still” to get it smoothly on, the search to find the orphaned baby raccoon hiding behind the sofas or in a large basket, the constant following me around on all fours, the little squeaky sounds of her begging to sit in my lap, her soft “fur” being rubbed on my legs, always being only like 2 inches away from me … I tell you it’s a work out on your patience to have a baby rainbow raccoon for a pet.
Thank goodness she only visits every so often … though she sure is precious!
the local park
On the way to #3’s speech therapy #2 requested we go to the park for a picnic. Dreading going home, cleaning up the house and listening to the kids whine about it all … made it seem like the perfect idea to me. (I am all about procrastination!) The weather was perfect and the convenience of cheap Mexican from Taco Bell seemed to have never tasted so good.
Now I have procrastinated long enough. My in-laws will be here in less than 2 hours for dinner! AHHH!
flickr
Well, I finally set up a flickr account. I am using it to show some of my photography until I get my “official site” up and running … which will hopefully be soon. (The guy I hired to build my website is extremely talented, just a little crazy busy.)
So … go take a look : )
mommy designer
I’ve never met this woman and I can’t even remember how I found her blog … but her creative style makes me smile.
If you have a baby/toddler … buy her stuff. It’s definitely one of a kind.
yummy good
Today was one of those days where I could have eaten every one of my kids up. They were all so just deliciously sweet and good. I just couldn’t get enough of them. It seems like every little thing they said and every little thing they did made my heart just swell and ooze!
I am one blessed mama!
self portrait
He’s working on an autobiography. This is his self portrait to go with it.
the great outdoors
We decided that it felt just too good outside to stay in so we spent our entire day outdoors. I took Macy on a morning walk. Then I weeded several flower beds while the kids played Harry Potter behind our shed. After lunch we met a family at the river walk so the kids could ride bikes together. We stayed at the river for the entire afternoon. By the end, the kids were exhausted. My friend’s youngest child decided she couldn’t take sitting in the stroller one minute longer just as Macy decided she wasn’t going to walk one step further. Seriously. Macy was planting her paws in the ground and laying on her tummy. I would pull the leash and she would just drag on the ground. So, while my friend held her baby, Macy rode in the rest of the way in the stroller. My #3 was completely pooped in the very end. She just kept repeating with a cute little pout, “I want to go home, I weally want to go home mommy.”
It’s been great day!
doggie pampers – we don't need them!
So, Macy is back in the house! I missed my little snuggly pet.
When I picked her up from the vet he said she did great! I was worried about her. I knew it was probably killing her to be around all the other dogs but yet she was having to be kept from them due to her little “problem”. She LOVES to play with other puppies! The best news we got was that the “heat” is over! WHOO HOO! See, I want a litter of puppies next year, my man, not so much. SO, we are still in negotiations on that one.
Anyways, we are all home again … and it feels good!
chirp chirp
I am awoken at 2 am by this soft meowing sound. It’s our cat. She is sitting on our bedroom window sill, crying … I try to ignore her. She walks away, within minutes she is back. Meow, meow. Next she starts scratching the window. I am very annoyed at this point. See our headboard is against the windows in our room which means it sounds like she is in the bed with us. I think, “I know I fed her yesterday. What could she want?” I lay there and think, ignore her and she’ll stop … uh, no .. she didn’t. Crying and scratching, scratching and crying. Finally I get up, turn off the alarm and carry her from the front door to the back to feed her again. I look and there is food in the bowl! UGH! I just fill it to the top with food and return to bed. As I lay down I feel my toe nail scrape the bed. So, I get up and cut my toe nails. Now, I lay back down and hear birds chirping. WHAT? Why are birds singing in the middle of the night?!!! I’m sorry, but I have like zero tolerance for bird chirping noises. Every morning as the sun rises, if I am still in bed, you’ll find me snoozing with at least one sometimes two pillows resting snuggly on top of my head. I hate being woken up by the chirping of birds. Anyways, I was totally awake at this point and it felt at the time, I would be awake forever. I did end up dozing back off, with my pillow pulled tightly around my head. But as I heard the chorus of all the birds in the neighborhood singing their praises that a new day has begun, I couldn’t help but be irritated again.
