Sorry Grandma

Since the flu entered our home, I have not had the chance to even think about blogging. My days have been filled with keeping a bucket around someone in my family (myself included), sending Chad to Shopper's frequently (poor guy went there 3 times yesterday), and keeping my family hydrated with pedialyte. I am still not feeling the greatest but I am in much better shape than yesterday.

I have been feeling so bad lately because my Grandma had tickets for us to attend her church's annual supper last night. Being that I was the one sick, I thought I would feel better and kept pushing off telling Grandma I was not well. But by 5 pm it was definately obvious I was not getting any better so I called to tell her the bad news. I felt aweful especially because she spent a lot of time stressing over our tickets trying to get them at an early time so we could attend.

Tomorrow, I will call her and appologize again for canceling at such short notice.

No matter what happens, family comes first

On Saturday I got a chance to coordinate and participate in a clothing give away at our church. It was an amazing experience I will never forget. Today, my friend and I were going to share at our church what we witnessed on Saturday, however, Pooky bear woke up in the wee hours of the morning with a very upset tummy and in desperate need of new sheets etc. This continued through out the morning, so I made a decision to not to go to church (at first I was thinking just I would go) I will miss the opportunity to share with my church family but am confident my friend will explain enough for the both of us.

So, now I'm at home and all of my babies are sleeping (including my husband who got an upset stomach too from watching pooky bear). I am realizing it is a good time to reflect and enjoy the quiet, even if it is just for a brief momment.

Princess of Geeks

Chad and I had a lengthly conversation last night about who is the bigger geek, him or me. I, of course, said it was him with all of his knowledge of Star Wars, Star Trek and any other movie out there created before the 1990's that and he still role plays with his friends 2-3 times a week. Oh, and did I mention he's obsessed with his computer and all the games he plays on it. And a mention needs to go towards the fact he searches on e-bay to find rare transfomer figurines and old movies. In our conversation I also included the fact he still plays Nintendo 64 and brings it over to his friends house to play. I need to mention all of these things he does currently.

Here are the points Chad had against me:

- I was in 4 choirs in high school Done in the past

- I was in band for 5 years, the last year includes 2 jazz bands Done in the past

- I was the president of Peer Support and S.A.D.D. in my school Done in the past

- I know more than one charater to Strawberry Shortcake and Care bear's Chad can do this too

- I named my cat after a movie barely anyone has seen present time I did this, but he named his cat after a movie they based a role playing game about

- when Chad and his friends went to watch a football game at the Pump, my friends and I went with them and played Disney Trivial Pursuit at a table near the back. I need to metion too that I one the game. One point for geekiness here

- I decorated Kira's room in Strawberry Shortcake and love the fact she likes it along with barbies, my little pony, and dolls. I have been known to ask Kira if she wants to play barbies or my little ponies with me. If we were to have had a boy, or two boys, Chad would have been all over looking for GI joes and Transformers (which he looks for himself now). So, I fell this is point does not count. He's just jealous I can relive my childhood with my daughters and he can't.

So, after that discussion, he decided I was not the queen of geeks, but only a princess, and he is the knight if geeks. I know there are several geeks in the kingdom of geeks, but I still feel, I should only be a countess, where as my husband, belongs in the grand castle (he can use the castle he designed 2 years ago) of geeks as a prince.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

I feel like I'm a bad mommy

This morning I took Pooky bear and I to the dentist. It was her first time and it was fun for her, but bad news for Chad and I. She has 3 cavities starting, and one full cavity. I felt about 3 inches high after hearing that. From talking with the dentist, we concluded that from all the milk she drinks, it has been leaving a plaque build up on her teeth, and from not proper brushing the plaque away, she has developed cavities. The dentist wants to treat them imediately beacause she will have her teeth until she is ten years old. Poor Pooky bear is going to have to be sedated to have the proceedure done. I still feel bad because I even floss her teeth regularly. I am a mommy on a mission now to get better tooth paste for her with flouride and one of those cool rotory tooth brushes. The fillings she gets in November will be the last fillings she gets under my watch!


As for me, I am a proud owner of only one cavity and in need of a root canal due to crouding in my teeth. I felt pretty good about it having only one cavity. That appointment will be in December.

Now, in reguards to teeth, the only one in need is Little Monkey. I did speak to the dentist about her lack of teeth and about the way in which they are coming in and she suggested the same as my Dr, she wants me to wait until she is a year old and then take her to see a pediactric dentist. The dentist was puzzled at why they are coming in the way they are because they don't normally do that unless there is crouding. So, we will have to hope she gets teeth soon!

A great frustration

I have been busy lately trying to plan a clothing give away for our church and have run into a stumbling block which is very frustrating to me. The idea of the clothing give away was to reach out to our community, so I naturally called the two schools in the neighbourhood to see if I could send pre made flyers home with the children. The one school had me call the communications director for their board office and see if I could get permission from her. ( I have called several times and am now convinced she is never in her office or a "made up" escape goat for situations like this one, which is too controversial to answer. The other school turned me down outright because my church was not of the right denomination, not in so many words, but the is the distinct impression I got. ARGH!

On a positive note, I contacted the closest community schools in the vicinity of my church and they were excited about the give away and told me how much flyers I would need and everything. I was greatly encouraged because just with these two schools alone we would potentially be reaching out to nearly 300 families in need. Now I just need more people to donate and my job of marketing specialist is complete.

a day well wasted

This morning started off with me being the first of us girls up. This is a first for me. Normally it is my daughters who are my alarm clock. I then started straightening up preparing for company this morning. I kept checking on my daughters and was overjoyed when one of them woke up finally 1/2 hr after me. After getting the one daughter up, her and I attempted to wake her older sister. That was fun for all of us!

After we all had breakfast, a friend came over to visit, then I was presently surprised with a phone call from Auntie Mary. We were on the phone for quite a while having a good chat. I, during this time, did some laundry, put away dishes, and started cooking a roast. I am so glad I can multi-task.

Now, I am waisting time blogging while my daughters watch "Dora the Explorer".

Today is a good day!

Clean sweep

Today, I went through Pooky bear's room and did a "clean sweep" of her toys. I am very impressed with it. She actually picked up her toys before bed, probably because Chad and I sat down with her and we all decided if she leaves a toys at the end of the day not put away, mommy and daddy will take it away for a week. It sounds cruel, but wow is it working. Pooky bear was involved in the consequence, which is very similar to what happens when she does puzzles on the carpet and not on the table. I am hoping to help her develop healthy cleaning and organizing habits. It has to start now, or we'll have more problems later.
Now, tomorrow, little monkey's room!