May 25, 2007
No Matter What Life Brings...
Yesterday was my 10th anniversary of marital bliss to my wonderful, handsome husband. Considering all the crap that life has dropped on us periodically over the course of both those 10 years, and the couple of years prior to that where we were living together... at this point, there might not be much left that could potentially drive us apart. He's my best friend, my lover, my everything. I've posted our vows previously on this blog, so if you want a refresher, go here.
We didn't get to go on the oceanside vacation we had hoped to, since we needed to have the trim on our house painted before the village got uppity with us. It's a nice shade of "Rock Garden Green" now, and the patio looks especially nice as the wood on it hadn't been properly painted prior to now. Basically a lot of our money that isn't already tied up in groceries or bills is being sucked away into the vast black hole that is The House. At this point I just want out of here, but we'll see how long that will take and who will be willing to finance us at that point. Oof. But the outside of the house looks nice. Well, better anyway. We took off the gutters and now there's spots that need touching up on the aluminum siding and we need to put up new gutters too. I've been getting quotes. What a nightmare. Seems everyone wants a piece of the pocketbook, and most want a sizable chunk. Brian is toying with the concept of doing that one himself, but that might prove more difficult for him to manage alone that pulling them down was. We'll see what happens.
In other news, so far the allergy shots have been an utter failure. Last Monday I was sent back to GO without the $200. The two weeks prior I'd had reactions just after having the shots, so they've put me back on the initial, weakest dose. Not encouraging. I'm also working my way through the different allergy meds to find out what works. Maybe the new family doctor I'm trying will be better at getting me patched together, although I'm not entirely sure I'm fully comfortable with him yet. He's better than some of the prior ones, but maybe a little too easy with the "here's a pill, let's see how that works" method. I don't like being on any meds at ALL technically, although if I need something then damnit I'm going to take it. Right now it's VERY clear I need something for my allergies, and he and I can't seem to agree on what that is. The breastfeeding is getting in the way. I think he can also tell how much stress I'm under overall too, as he damn near opened with offering up something for that in the first visit. I refused, however. Once I can get the physical ailments under control it should help with the stress overall. I hope.
Then again, there's one or two things that I can't really talk about here that are making me physically ill just thinking about them.
But I keep trying for the optimist route. I really do. Maybe one day I'll even win...
More later. It's Friday night and the kids are now in bed. And my best friend and lover is around to distract me...
*wicked grin*
We'll see where the night leads.
Current Mood: devious 
May 10, 2007
My BIG Little Guy...
On the 6th, my little guy turned FOUR years old! Where did the time go already??? I know, I'm a little late in posting about it, but frankly I've been super-duper-extra-honkin' busy as of late. Between preschool, doctors, moms' group activities, birthday parties, drum circles, and other things my calendar is not only covered in red pen (I really need to stop writing in RED, but then I'm afraid I'd miss something!), but it's also had to grow BIGGER just to fit all the stuff on the schedule. I've finally bailed on trying to keep a "monthly" schedule and have moved on to using the "weekly" part of the planner too. Eeeep!
So, on his birthday on the 6th, we finally did the "kid party" thing for him this year. We invited the kids in his playgroup and the kids of some of the other moms I know, and planned a shindig at Pretend Playground, since it's one of the fun places for kids that I've found that I really like, and I know Jareth really enjoys going to. I also managed to find time to pick up plates, napkins, etc, with Cars stuff all over them, and order a similarly themed cake. Oh, and make goodie bags for the kids. Hot Wheels for everyone! And little flutes, stickers, bubbles... But no candy - I'm learning it's just too difficult to put candy in goodie bags these days with half the world having peanut allergies or some other food issues. So I just stuck with toys instead. Hopefully they went over okay. The boys will have liked the cars at least. I made sure they were all race cars anyway. *grin*
Overall, Jareth had a great time, and technically knew all the kids in attendance, at least on some level. I, on the other hand, knew ALL the moms. So, instead of wandering around, totally unable to yank my foot out of my mouth long enough to make conversation in the first place, I didn't know who to talk to first! And then, of course, I was so busy wanting to take pictures of all the cute kids I ended up hardly getting the chance to do much chatting at all! lol. I have a weakness for photographing adorable children. And we only invited the cutest ones we knew - *wink*
Pictures can be found here. Pictures prior to then, that I meant to put up... well... never quite made it. Not enough time. Maybe I'll get them up later. Maybe I just... won't. What can I say - my kids just keep getting cuter every day. *smirk* It's hard to backtrack.
On that note, one of these days I'll have to scan in pictures of me when I was Kayla's age. I found a photo album recently, and in some pictures she DOES look like me after all!
Woah. I was, like... cute once. I'd say "what happened?" but I can already hear Brian frowning at me and he hasn't even gotten home or read this yet. lol.
Oh... and I like allergy meds. Yes. I. DO! Because Jareth wants to play outside EVERY SINGLE DAY. Eeeeek! I'm having to breathe in all that "outside" air and stuff. Nevermind that all the windows are open too. But, like a good and diligent mommy, I'm scheduling in a little time each day for him to play out in the yard. Sometimes I'm even doing something about the atrocious weeds too. Go me!
More another time. I've still got things to do while dinner finishes cooking...
Current Mood: busy 