So many things have had me off track the last year. I havent been blogging at all which leads to a lack of thoughts spilling out of my head and more piling up in my head.  Im on my Fb more than here.. but I can post to that from my phone. Simple blurbs work better sometimes.

Currently: Kids are sick. We took Noah to the ER and its the flu. Hes doing ok and she said we are managing it well, doing everything fine. Im worried about his weight because hes already so thin, but she said hes hydrated and stuff. Em is on the med up, Jack seems over it.. Nate is still down for the count and then Matthew is on the way out. JD was not touched, and I had something but seem to be better. Doug is filled with nasty germs and I made him wear a mask. :-0 Evil, I know.. but can you imagine the flu at 8.5 mths pregnant? Seriously..

The past.. JD is doing great in school. Culinary is really taking his mind and creativity for a ride.  Jack and Em are the top of the class, doing 1st grade work and teaching the other kids. Ya, WTH! I did not know it was my kids job to do the teachers job. We need to move, they need a better education. It should not be a bad thing that the kids are taught afterschool. Jack is mastering his flashcards and they have mastered word families.  Nate is graduating 8th grade. And Noah is doing great. Struggling with some Math work but we are working on it.

Oh the whole baby thing.. Well things are coming to a close and Bean will be here soon. I havent gotten ONE thing finished for her. The crib is up but no bedding on it. The side sleeper is in the box. The diapers are half washed, wipe warmer not plugged in.. bottles not washed, pump not delivered. Clothing is half washed here and there. Seriously, the room is a mess because the walls have to be painted still. Im so freaking behind.

The twins bday is next week.. they will be SIX! Ya, holy cow!  Jack is getting his controller and game. Em is getting a rocking chair, a waldorf doll and a custom art case. Funny part is she was asking for one the other day, and hers was made last month!  Nate got his presents already and Doug got a TicketyBu he uses all the time.

Mentioning TicketyBu.. here is the 3 kidlets with all the Tb in the house after a bath. The 3 little ones, Doug, and I all have our own TB.. the bigger boys will get ones after the holidays when I can do a custom order for them.

My life has been drastically changed by the purchase of a Keurig coffee maker. We use it for tea of course. I can have a cup of perfectly brewed tea in moments.  One cup at a time without heating anything that would scold a kid.  Yes, its a great thing. We are going to order 2 more KCups so each of us can have one of our own.. since the 3 of us all brew different tea back to back we are wasting tea.

We had to put the van in the shop to get a new engine, Doug seems to have not listened to me once again and blew the pistons on it. This in turn blew the radiator and left him without a vehicle. Now the truck has to go in, some routine maintenance and some just not acting right after he drove it for 1.5 weeks.

Did I mention contractions are no fun? Ouch Bean.. give momma a break!

Dougs dad went out of town, again. He will miss the kids bdays but thats no big deal, he didnt even do presents for them but DAMN if S&A were missed out on. Seriously, its why I havent been over there in a long time. Just cant deal with favoritism.

Jacks court date is the 30th. We have to go after the woman who hit him. I have his shoes and the hospital bills. I have photos and the damage she did to him. I also have photos of her driving without a license or insurance AFTER she hit Jack. Ya.. so not happy at all.

Well thats that.. Tomorrow I need to go to Nates IEp meeting and see if I can get my desk cleaned off, my book case empty and maybe get the bedding on the crib! LOL Im going to have 3 kids home so it wont be fun or easy. I do get to snuggle a lot so can I complain?

Doug used my machine to download a torrent and BAMN. I can not do crap on my newly fixed machine. I headed off to bed with intentions of killing him. We KNOW its his fault, the damn thing popped up and told us when he ran some 20 different programs to find it. I am still unable to get on the web other than a few simple pages. I can not access all of my data, and well.. I cant get onto forums at all. It sucks at the moment and Im ready to kill. So I can either take my butt upstairs and sulk while watching tv.. OR

I can kill him.

Ok, second wont work. Ill wait to kill him until AFTEr he figures out what he needs to continue to remove so I can have my computer back.  I am uploading a ton of photos to flickr. We had some incredible weather come through with spectacular clouds blowing to to the lake so I snapped a few. i could have went on all day, but after I got the one of the Pony shapped cloud I quit.  I will make a photo post in a few.. after they are all done. Only 182 new ones to add. LOL

Pony Cloud.. Head, feet, tail.. Its my mommys cloudpony!

I actually had to reboot my computer today. Sad, JackJack went down for a bit so I could reset the laser keyboard. I kept missing letters as I typed. Now Im not THAT bad of a typer. LOL But she popped up quickly so I think keeping the C drive for just the OS has been a help in my downtime. Seriously, under 3 mins total when it had been taking 20 to 25 round trip.

So Plumbers came out today. Sad sad sad. Bathroom upstairs now works. New pipes, unclogged lines and great water pressure. The downstairs wash basin sink which has plagued this house since it was built now has new pipes under it, which we can take part if need be and clean out.  How beautiful.  Doug still insists this is what killed Lexi, that the sink leaked with bleach water, she drank it and died. I dont know. I cant imagine her drinking the water. She was old, so I hope she went in peace and not in pain. Lets not go back a year.

The hardest part came when they had to do the main line because now the sewer was backing up in the standpipe. We have had a lot of rain. But they brought in this huge “take your arm off freaking big” machine and routed the main pipe out of the house. Tree roots + “disposable” wipes + hair do not make for a good combination. I can understand why it was so horrible.  Total cost was under 600$, which shocked me because I thought for sure it would be over a grand when I saw them cutting pipes.

Plumber said do not use the wipes, none are really flushable. Even those kids ones. Its incredible to do laundry, use the toilet, wash my hands in a real bathroom sink and not have water leaking everywhere. What a beautiful thing.  This house has had water issues for 20 years, and all of this needs to be done on a regular basis. Well the main line being kept clean.

So that was that.

I had Chiro and PT this morning. Without the pain patch I am literally falling apart. I see the pain specialist on the 16th, but I might put a patch on tonight so I can live the rest of the week. Weather has broken, ac is off and its cool here. Im also not driving much at the moment.  I just cant do the PT without the patch because the dilaudid is not covering all the pain.  I don’t think its addiction because I dont crave it, I just cant move freely. Im stiff and everything hurts again like it did before. I was all for trying to get off it, but now we need to find something I can use all summer without the bad effects, and have pain relief so I dont live a crappy life.

Kids started summer school but Nate did not go today. We had to keep an eye on him. He climbed, aka scaled, the dressers yesterday to get to the DS after it was taken away, fell and has a nice egg on his head. The one week of no school has been hard on him. He just cant seem to adjust. Hes mouthy and to the point where I would put him inpatient again to get monitored if I had the energy to do it.  The drive is long and the process sucks.  Hes just becoming a danger to himself more than others, although hes been rough with Emaly when I yell at him, so Im watching the two of them.

Doug worked last night, and I mean night, so he was home all day. With all this going on I am sure hes beat. My mom is having a hard time with all the house stuff. I just wish she knew it wasnt like we wanted bad plumbing, and when she gets the house back in 2 years or maybe 1, she will see that the new plumbing has no issues and the damn kitchen ceiling can be replaced now without worry.  Everything is an improvement, I just wish I could help her know that we didnt call the plumber because we hadnt tried everything. Doug almost killed us trying.

My brothers dates to visit are set. Here on the 29th. Leaves on the 6th. First time he will be here for 4th of July, we are normally on vacation that one week. I mean the last how many years and this year we are not going because of something else going on and hes coming out on that week. Oh well.. I mean its not a bad thing, I love his visits… But Im going to be missing the ocean at the same time.

Tomorrow is going to be hell. Doug has a funeral to go to, which we both wanted to go to, and Im sorry Randi. I wish I could go. I have PT in the am, Jd has a game at 11.  So I have to be here with the kids. I am sorry, and hope she understands. My thoughts are with her always, Im only a phone call away.

Brakes got done on the van, we have to pick it up. No biggie, but its nice that its done and safe. PepBoys wanted 515, our friend got the parts for 170 and then 50 in labor to do them. We will give him more for the labor as a bonus… because he saved us a ton of money. just took a lil longer.

There is always drama.. still waiting on Selinas husband to send us money so I can send her stuff out and recoup some of the costs of having them here. Heck, the ticket amount refunded to me would be nice. It wasnt like it was a planned event. I doubt we will hear from him, so her stuff will sit in the basement, including her computer until I hear something. He said not to send anything until we hear from him, but that doesnt seem to be happening.

My head hurts, its bed time. Kids are all asleep other than JD and Noah. Noahs going to help me put away the toothbrushes in the bathroom because they have been in the kitchen for months now. So nice to have a sink.

I need to post photos. I havent done that in a while. But here.. my desk from today.. Its about all I got.

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