2 Weeks down....

Well with one monkey home sick all week it sure was a long week. Thankfully EVERYONE is well and ready for tomorrow when EVERYONE goes back to school. YEAH! Isnt that awesome??

I totally cannot wait. Although I am not one who likes the rain and apparently its going to rain all week. I really dislike driving in rain. I dont mind it if I get to stay home. I dont like it otherwise haha.

Well I do have a funny story from my lil one this week. She is so smart and thinks about things in a way that isnt like the rest of the kids. So let me give you the background first. In December I decided to go back on the pill. Not that I have needed it at all over the past 6 yrs (nursing for almost 3 yrs and then being pg made for no need! however after all that I still never got pg) Anywho I have decided to blame the fact that I am overweight on the fact that I didnt get pg. Probably has to do with the endometriosis too but who knows. Anywho I wanted to lose weight and didnt want to take a chance of getting pregnant while I was losing weight either. So I started the pill up again.

So at midnight I was taking my pill and my lil one says "Mom whats that pill for?" (she is uber conscious of people getting sick)I told her well if mom takes this pill it helps her to not have another baby. She sits for a minute or two and looks a tad bit confused.... So I asked her whats up? She looks at me and says, "Mom we have 3 girls and only ONE boy! We need more boys! Even when Daddy is here we dont have enough boys!" I laughed for a minute and though only she would voice it like that. The others are like YES no more kids haha.

Songs...

The Call by Regina Specktor

It started out as a feeling
which then grew into a hope
which then turned into a quiet thought
which then turned into a quiet word
and then that word grew louder and louder
until it was a battle cry
I'll come back
when you call me
no need to say goodbye
Just because everything is changing
Doesnt mean its never been this way before
All you can do is try to know who your friends are
As you head off to the war
Pick a star on the dark Horizon
And follow the light
You'll come back
when its over
no need to say goodbye
Now we're back to the beginning
Its just a feeling and no one knows yet
but just because they cant feel it to
Doesnt mean you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
Until theyre before your eyes
Youll come back
when they call you
no need to say goodbye
you'll come back when they call you
no need to say goodbye.


This song is from Prince Caspian. It is so awesome! Maybe its because it speaks to me on more than one level I dont know. Anyways I am so totally peaved because the only way to get this song is to *BUY* the entire soundtrack. Well what if I dont want this entire soundtrack? Only problem is that no where on Itunes can you buy it by itself. Atleast it wasnt coming up on there for sale by itself. I guess I could get it on my top 25 and then it would play on that list and then I could put most of the rest of the album on my Sunday list but what if I dont want to?

It really peeves me when you find songs like this. I LOVE the songs but cant get access to them without purchasing the entire album... but what if I dont like the rest of the album? I shouldnt be forced into buying something just because of one song.

Its a new week...

Over the last week we have had so much fun. Really its great when you get 3 out of 5 with the stomach virus. So this week was spent mostly in bed with other sickies. Grand time we had. I did take my second monkey into the doctor because it doesnt seem to be releasing her quite as easily as the rest of us. The doctor checked her over and then said its a virus.... to which my daughter replied with can I go to the bathroom? The doctor and I both looked at her and said why? Which was met with my daughter puking! grrr. Like I said it doesnt want to leave!!!

Other than that we said goodbye to some dear friends who got fast tracked orders and left for Texas. We will miss them dearly. It seems this past year all of our closest friends have left us. The James left in July, another set of friends wont leave for a few months but nonetheless will be gone, and then the Garcias. We retire in August but it doesnt appear we will be going anywhere other than maybe a ward change. That sucks.

We did make it through ONE week without hubby. Now we are looking at 5 1/2 wks more until he gets home. We miss you and love you. Glad your not getting sick with us though. And you not being here sure is making sleeping a tad bit better as there arent four of us trying to fit in the bed along with a pot in case its needed. Isnt life grand?

First post of the new year....

Hopefully not the last though haha. It seems I never really have time for this. My goal is to become a better writer this year and to lose weight. I watched a Good Eats show with Alton Brown this morning it was on dieting. Its the Live and Let Diet one. You can find it on youtube in three parts here . That is the first part. If you havent seen it you may want to grab a pen and paper BEFORE hand.

Anywho moving on my husband left for New Hampshire/Maine (he is right on the border working in Maine but staying in NH) on the 3rd. He wont be home until late Feb. So I am starting the new year alone haha. Well as alone as a person with 4 kids can :)

I am still in school. Hubby is still on active duty. This year though will bring lots of changes.... namely the two just listed will be completed. Retirement is coming in August and my degree will be done by the end of this year. WOW!

Hoping for lots of changes this year and will try and blog atleast weekly to keep those who bother reading abreast of that stuff haha.