Just call in the Bulldozer

Wow! What a week it has been in my household. Saturday night at midnight we were woke up by Jh* who had puked all over herself and her bed. We cleaned her up and made a new bed on the floor in our bedroom and went back to sleep. We were then woke up several more times by our little angel. Poor thing! She was really sick! Then at 3am Jn* came in and was sick! OMG! We cleaned her up and the bed and got everyone settled and back to sleep. I think B* and I saw every hour on the clock from midnight on that night.

Wednesday B* started not feeling so hot and ended up staying home from work. Wow! This flu bug was taking our house by storm!

And then the dreaded Thursday came. Yep - mama was sick. I told B* I wasn't feeling well as I rolled out of bed, but thought I could tough it out. I was WRONG!!!! By 10am I was done. I called B* at work and asked him to come home and get the kids. I couldn't do it anymore. Every inch of me hurt. So by 11am B* was home and took the kids from my care. I spent all day in bed. ALL DAY! It was awful! So awful that I would use the phone intercom to call my husband and ask him to bring me drinks of water and medicine! So awful that every time I moved I cried out in pain! Oh man was this flu nasty!!!! By 5:30pm I felt like coming out of my room and headed for the couch. I was greeted by my sweet family sitting at the kitchen table having McDonalds.

I have to say my husband was such a trooper. He took the kids at a 2pm birthday party at the sprinkler park and then took them to their 4pm swimming lesson. He stopped on the way home and picked up supper and then played with the kids, got them ready for bed, and tucked them sweetly in for the night. What a guy! I was so very impressed. He told me though that he doesn't know how I do it every day! :) Yes, the life of a stay at home mom is not glamorous and at times is very difficult, but always worth it!

Today I'm still a little sluggish, but on the whole feeling much better! I HATE to be sick! Luckily it doesn't happen very often! But huge kuddos to my husband who was my Knight in Shining Armor yesterday. I love you honey!!!!

L Things that I Love

So it goes - you read your friend's blog, you get assigned a task. Thanks C!!!!! No seriously. I thought this would be fun! So the task at hand is to take the assigned letter....mine is L....and come up with 10 things that you love that start with that letter. So here it goes!

1. Love - Who doesn't love love. It makes you feel great and empowered. I do love love!

2 Letters - not of the email variety, but an acutal through the snail mail letter. They are so great because they are few and far between these days and you know that someone took the time to sit down and think of you! Oh yes, I love letters.

3. Laughs - oh how I love a good laugh and hearing my children laugh. It just warms my heart!

4. Lullabyes - I love singing them to my kids. There is something so sweet, so innocent, so soothing about them.

5. Lettuce Wraps - the ones from Cheesecake Factory or PF Changs! Oh yummy in my tummy!

6. Lighthouses - okay I'm sure you are thinking this is weird, but they are beautiful. I would love to go to the cape and travel around taking pictures of lighthouses....

7. Lollipops - there is something so fun and childlike about this candy. I always feel like a kid when eating one.

8. Lilacs - they are so beautiful and just make me feel happy when I see them!

9. Lists - oh if you know me at all you know I'm a huge fan of lists. I like completing tasks and being able to mark them off! Check!!!

10. Literature - meaning books and reading. I love to read!

Wow! That was really hard!!!!!! I have to admit that I had to Google Words that start with L. I know I'm lame!!!! But L is really hard! Okay fellow bloggers....it's your turn! Make me proud. Anyone reading my blog willing to take the challenge your letter is W. Go!
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I'm Addicted to Facebook

So I had taken a little sabatical from my Blog due to my new found addiction with Facebook. How sad am I! Seriously! But I can't help it! I LOVE Facebook. I've been able to reconnect with friends from high school and college and keep up with friends in far away places that I'd kind of lost track of. However, I have found my way back to my Blog as well and am trying to carve out time each day to post. I LOVE my Blog. I think it is such a fun outlet!

So a friend sent me an article (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tara-stiles/help-im-addicted-to-faceb_b_166726.html) entitled "Help! I'm Addicted to Facebook" It is a good read for those fellow Facebookers! And if you're not on Facebook you need to be....(hint hint Corie! Come to the dark side!) So I thought I'd way in on "The 10 Warning Signs You Are Addicted to Facebook"

1. Facebook is your home page.
Okay I'm not here yet.....I still have to type it into the web browser - I haven't even made it a
link!
2. You update your status more than twice a day.
Guilty as charged - although I don't feel an urge to run to my computer to update my
status...so I guess that is a positivie.
3. You have over 500 "friends" half of whom you've never actually met.
I've met everyone in my friends list - so I'm good on this point.
4. As soon as you step away from your computer you're on FB on your phone.
I admit I've been on FB on my phone, but just because I had free time.
5. You are a FB stalker. You qualify as a FB stalker if you
a) click on someone's profile more than once a day even if they haven't messaged or tagged you in a photo.
b) have dragged and dropped more than 3 FB photos (not from your own profile)
c) actually go to a place mentioned on someone's page in hopes of seeing them in real life...creepy!
Again - good on this point. I'm not a FB stalker.
6. You change your profile picture more than a 12-year=old girl.
I've only changed mine twice. I'd like to change it again though. I need a good picture!
7. You have checked your FB page while reading this article.
Nope. I do have some self control! :)
8. You clean up your "wall" so it looks like you spend less time on FB.
Not yet, but if my husband ever joins FB I may have to start doing some housekeeping! :)
9. You are a member of more than 10 groups and respond to every event invitation "attending" even if you have no intention of going.
I do respond to things because I don't like when people don't respond to my things. So I do it
out of respect and courtesy. And I always respond properly.
10. You change your relationship status just to mess with people.
I don't do this either! But I could see where it would get some attention.

So I'd have to say I'm not that bad! I think my hubby might say differently, but based on this top ten list I'm good!

If you're not on FB you need to try it out! Make sure to look me up!

Weighing in on Idol

So I've been asked to be the 5th judge on American Idol! Just kidding! But, here is my take on what went down tonight......


Jackie (*)
Seriously! What was she wearing! Who thought that outfit was a good idea? And those vocals? I think she needed to work a little more on her singing and a little less on working the stage! Yeah....sorry Jackie maybe next year!

Ricky(****)
I thought his vocals show a lot of promise! He shows great voice control. Definitely has some pipes on him! However, I have to question the tight pants he was wearing...hmmmmm. Is this going to be a continuing theme tonight?

Alexis (****)
Girrrrlllllll! That was really great! I thought her vocals were pretty strong! Love her hair! I really like the blues!

Brent (**)
First I have to say I really do like Country music....but I'm not so sure of his song choice. For me his performance was just average. Nothing outstanding. Nothing remarkably rememberable. I will say he is adorable though.
Stevie (*)
Ohhh I really don't want to say anything bad....but that really wasn't very good. I think it was just a poor song choice and maybe a little inexperience. She is young! Stevie I think you need to keep practicing and come back in a few years.
Anoop(***)
This guy amazes me because I wouldn't expect that voice to come out of him! I like him. I don't know if he can win it all....he'll need to really step it up. But I think he did a good job tonight.
Casey (***)
Okay she is absolutely adorable! And Every Little Thing She Does is Magic is one of my favorite songs. However....it was just okay for me. Nothing terrible, but nothing special. I kind of think she was just trying to hard. Maybe a wildcard choice???
Michael(**)
Song choice people! Check it! Again...not the best choice of song for him. Several spots where he was super flat and it just wasn't anything memorable. I don't think it will be good enough to get him any further in this competition.
Ann-Marie (**)
She is beautiful! Wow! Okay...so maybe a little nervous. I think I heard some quivers and a few flat spots. However I liked it overall! I really like the song she picked! It's just a good overall song! I like that she didn't try to overpower the song or fancy it up too much! I think she deserves to go on to the next round but I'm not sure she'll get that chance.
Steven (*)
I really wanted to like him....the performance just didn't do anything for me. It was just kind of blah! I don't know.....I wouldn't vote him through at this point.
Tatiana (***)
First...what is she wearing! Sista...if you're going to sing Whitney you've got to bring it in the wardrobe department as well! Okay! I have to first say this girl annoys the crap out of me! But! She can sing! So on her singing abi1lity I'd have to put her through. I just don't know if I can take all the weeks of her personality! I'm torn! She's a wildcard for me!
Danny (****)
I have to say he is just one of my favorite contestants. I don't think he "brought it" tonight which was disappointing. But the man can sing when he picks the right song and lets loose! I hope he goes through because I would be very sad to see him leave the competition so soon!

• So my top guy is Danny
• My top girl is Alexis
• And the third person to go through would be Ricky
• Possible Wildcards would be Anoop and Tatiana

Let's see how I do!

Mindy...out!