happy homemaker monday

The weather in my neck of the woods: warmer..thank goodness no more snow
One of my simple pleasures :having 3 healthy kids
On my bedside table: diapers, wipes,  a burp cloth, breast pump, boob pads, newest issue of crochet today magazine
On my TV:  nothing
On the menu for tonight: meat loaf
On my To Do List: finish organizing my two new closets

New Recipe I tried last week: spaghetti pie
In the craft basket: a crocheted rattle for a friend who just had a baby
Looking forward to: SPRING

Homemaking Tip for this week: this is a GOOD one that really works pay attention people. If you have mildew covered items from a storage shed im my case ALL my baby stuff the bouncy seat, carseat, swing, high chair, stroller, jumparoo  was affected , caused by a hole in our roof thanks to a ice storm in 2009. Fill your washing machine with water then add a half of jug of bleach then add all mildewed items and let soak for 3 -4 hours then drain the washer and wash items like normal, most of if not all mildew will be gone and it didn't affect the coloring at all . i was shocked it worked and thought i would pass it along. saved me a BUNCH of MONEY..
Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other):
Favorite photo(s) from last week 
these pics of the kids
 

Lesson learned the past few days: men are worthless

. On my Prayer List:my friend Crissy and her baby , me and the hubby ,
Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. - 2 Timothy 2:1-2 (KJV)

making your home sing monday

so things seem to be on a upswing here..the hubby was a mostly good boy this weekend and we were getting along much better. he finally got the closet rods hung so im organizing closets. previously we had NO closets in this house.. so know i have two , one in our new bedroom  and one in Gus's room , once the girls room is done they will have one and where our washer and dryer were will be a linen closet and in the entryway to our bedroom above the cold air return is a coat closet or will be. SO im hanging clothes up and emptying draws of the MANY dressers and chest of drawers and deciding what gets hung up and what goes where in which drawer..well that is what i m doing in between nursing Ellie every 3 hrs and keeping a 2 yr old entertained.I also have been cleared by the doctor to resume my pre pregnancy activities so im starting my yoga and piliaties again and have to figure out how to fit that in. Make sure to fit in a trip to Moms' the word for more Mondays

a little update

well as some of you may have noticed or maybe you didn't ive skipped out on a few memes  i normally do every week, Baby Ellie has been sick and I exhausted..don't know why I mean I only have 3 kids age 3 and under. She has been projectile vomiting ( yes i know TMI) up her mommy milk. so for a week she has been on pedialight until day before yesterday they had me start her on some *GASP* formula to see if she can keep it down. she hasn't lost any weight yet but she aint gained any in the past two weeks.Yesterday we mixed it one once of formula to one ounce of pedialight and she kept it down fine. She has had two test run at our hospital one was a barium test to see how she was swallowing and if everything inside was working and that was fine and yesterday she had blood work done to make sure it wasn't a metabolic issue and that her white and red blood cell counts were OK. and everything has returned normal. SO the doctor isnt sure if she has Reflux or just a virus that she could have caught from one of the other kids. I hope she gets back to eating mommy milk soon as im tired of pumping every 3 hrs and i HATE the smell of formula.Miah and Gus are doing well , Dan and i are still in to it so to say but things are getting better slowly. hope all is well with everyone ..

Friday Photo Flashback

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here is a pic of all three of my kids hospital pic in a scrapbook page i made..

Aloha Friday

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So here is my question... Has anyone else experience a ROUGH patch in their marriage after bringing home a new baby? you can read a post i wrote for another meme HERE and find out what is going on if you want.. Im at my witts end and ready to pack up and move out.

the dating profiles..meme

Welcome to The Dating Profiles Meme. This meme is based on a feature from WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. This is a bit different than an "answer this question" meme. Either you have used sites such as Match.com or Yahoo Personals or you’ve read them. Weekly, we scour those on-line dating sites to respond either a person's profile or often their headlines as most of us would really like to do. We use only "lines" that are gender-neutral. So, your mission is to respond to ten we choose each week. Seriously or with humor is your choice! The spelling or grammar errors were in the original profiles. Join us each and every Friday!


The Dating Profiles Meme: Good Vibrations

1. I try to be natural, positive and optimistic, never give up and always look into the future with hope and good vibration.
so you are40 and live with your parents
2. Good sense of fine humor. - Inspiring character. - Creative bent of mind. - Fun to be with. - Good dresser and great dancer. - Confident. - Love the finer things of life. - Caring.
your gay

3. I'm not looking at the current time, just enjoying the site and people.
your married but not so happy about it
4. Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional.
you are really 15
5. I believe that I am drug and disease free (and so I expect the same).
are you SURE you are drug and disease free??
6. I am but a simple person with a simple needs. I am looking for somebody whom I can get along with and anybody who will accept me simply the way I am. you wiegh more than 300lb and like bigmacs

7. Love is when you feel like you are on a cloud and floating !!!!
so you like to smoke pot.. not a good match for #5
8. Well I am not perfect, which of us are?
you are REALLY UGLY
9. I like to go out (but its not the be all or end all) as long as I can have a drink.
 you are on the web drunk..
10. Hi im nice normal easy going, who enjoys the odd battle of witts!
you are a star wars loving , GEEK, and thinks your "collection of action figures will never be complete.

Friday Fill Ins

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1. A cup of tea __cold sweet tea..YUMMY_________.
2. ___love_____ makes a place feel like home.
3. Everything has its beauty , but beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
4. __love ___________ the taste of strawberries?
5. Art makes me _____gag_________.
6. LOL I just noticed I forgot ___to put on clothes..JUST KIDDING no one should have to witness that.._____.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _shopping____, tomorrow my plans include __cleaning..fun fun___ and Sunday, I want to _go to church and relax____!

happy homemaker Monday

The weather in my neck of the woods: nice warm spring type weather
One of my simple pleasures :the smell of a baby
On my bedside table: diapers, wipes,  a burp cloth, breast pump, boob pads, newest issue of crochet today magazine
On my TV:  nothing
On the menu for tonight: not cooking im on strike
On my To Do List: sweep and mop all seven rooms of hardwood flooring, unfreeze water so i can do dish. fold and put away laundry, refill propane tank so i can do more laundry , cook supper,

New Recipe I tried last week: none 
In the craft basket: a crocheted rattle for a friend who just had a baby
Looking forward to: my husband not being a asshole

Homemaking Tip for this week: why bother he is just goin to bitch anyways
Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other): none
Favorite photo(s) from last week 
this pic of ellie's first tub bath.
 

Lesson learned the past few days: men are worthless

. On my Prayer List: pray i dont kill my husband and feed him to our pigs. (things arent goin well can you tell)
Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. - Galatians 3:8-9 (KJV)

not me monday

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I would never put my socks on my 2yr old son when we ran to get my 3 yr old from preschool because i would NEVER put him in his room put up a gate so i could rest while the baby slept and  I certainly would NOT fall asleep and wake up almost late and then rush to get her in time..NOPE not me. I would never then sleep in the following morning and then not send her to school , later in the day take all three on a walk and not being able to find HIS shoes put a pair of boots She just outgrew on him only to relieze on our walk down a muddy dirt road they are to big and i WOULD NEVER let him just run sock foot down the road to the house and when we came to the HUGE mud puddle at the end of our drive way i most certainly didn't remove my socks an shoes put the baby in the stroller and demonstrate to my 2 and 3 yr old the "proper way to jump in a mud puddle" and then slash around in the mud for 10 minutes while they looked at me like i had LOST MY MIND.. NOPE not me.. 

making your home sing monday

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Well my house is a wreck and so am I , things are only getting worse between the hubby and I , Im a broken and ready to pack my stuff and the kids and leave.. dont have anywhere else to go but i want to run away so bad.. But i know my kids need a mom and a dad even if he is being a jerk. So if i disappear ya'll know i ran away .hope everyone is having a better week than me..

wordless and wordful wednesdays -LATE EDTION

well our phone was out most of the day so hubby just got it fixed so our net was down so here are my pics
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Here is a pic I took of Ellie

Here is a pic of Miah at six weeks

Here is Gus

happy homemaker Monday

The weather in my neck of the woods: 24  degrees and snow flurries are flying
One of my simple pleasures : getting all 3 kids to nap at the SAME time..
On my bedside table: diapers, wipes,  a burp cloth, breast pump, boob pads, newest issue of crochet today magazine
On my TV:  nothing
On the menu for tonight: potato soup and bread
On my To Do List: sweep and mop all seven rooms of hardwood flooring, unfreeze water so i can do dish. fold and put away laundry, refill propane tank so i can do more laundry , cook supper,

New Recipe I tried last week: none 
In the craft basket: a crocheted rattle for a friend who just had a baby
Looking forward to: getting the girls room done so they can move in

Homemaking Tip for this week:when you have a newborn, 2 and 3 yr old  and you get them all 3 to nap at the same time.. take a nap your self and leave the dish's in the sink..
Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other): this one here from Goosberry Patch Cookbooks I LOVE LOVE THEM..
Favorite photo(s) from last week
a pic i took of ellie.. 

Lesson learned the past few days:

sometimes you just have to put your big girl panties on and deal with shit you dont want to .aka you husband not being a help but a henderance and complaining every time you need him to help you since you just GAVE BIRTH to HIS THIRD child in FOUR years!!! ( i feel better know that i got that off my chest)
. On my Prayer List:Pray for me and my hubby to get along better we seem to have a few bumps in the road since the new baby came home.pray for my friend who has a step son who is being sexually abused by his mother and her boyfriend , his mother kidnapped him from school and they go to court on thursday adn for another friend who is looking to adopt a baby , so if you know anyone wanting to adopt out thier baby let meknow..
Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; - Matthew 20:26 (KJV)

making your home sing monday

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So is my home singing this week.. almost. things on the house work side are getting done and my husband is still breathing. So we are SLOWLY working threw what our problems are and with a few minor tweeks in our routin and attidudes I think we will be ok.hope ya'll have a great week .And i couldnt resist putting a pic of little Ellie up .. enjoy this sweet face..

Works for me Wednesday

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So what is working for me is NOTHING .. read this post here i did for making your home sing monday and see why i just dont feel like doing anything i don't have to. I mean I have to nurse the baby , feed the kids and change diapers.Im only doing bare minimums.. let me know if you have any tips on helping me beat some sense in to that man before i am posting from prison..

Wordful and Wordless Wednesdays

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Oh man what can happen in FIVE years.. it was FIVE years ago today I met and talked to my husband for the first time. After that first meeting did I know I would be marring this guy and having 3 kids in four years..HECK no.. these are my real thoughts.. he has a nice butt in those wranglers, a sweet southern drawl and is polite, a little geeking looking but we will see where it goes. He did drive an hour one way to meet me and pay for my dinner and he opened the door for me (never had that happen before) He is reasonably intelligant to be a man, has a steady job, ownes his house and place, likes some of the same things as me and has a running vehicle. This is goin against the grain of a LONG LONG list of losers I had fell in to a patteren of dating. Here is a pic of him and of me back then ..my how times change..

Dan "the Man"

Little old Me

Tackle It Tuesday

 

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So what am I tackling this week, I m tackling adjusting to life with a new baby . Hubby is being a pain in the ass..read all about it HERE and leave any advice you have. PLEASE... and Im learning what it is like to have 3 kids 3 and under at home all day since we have another 10 inches of snow on the ground and trying to keep the house clean. How do you juggle the needs of 3 babies and take care of your self and a house.hope you are all having a good week..

Happy homemaker Monday..

The weather in my neck of the woods: it is snowing again...
One of my simple pleasures : having 3 healthy happy kids..
On my bedside table: premie diapers, wipes,  a burp cloth, breast pump, boob pads, alcohol squares.
On my TV:  the super bowl pre game show 
On the menu for tonight: hot wings, chips salsa, pizza
On my To Do List: sweep and mop all seven rooms of hardwood flooring, changing all the sheets, fold and put away the ten (YES IM SLACKING HERE) loads of laundry my hubby did for me this weekend. wash the dish's and sort the baby clothes to see what new outfits ellie can now wear since she is growing out of her premie and newborn stuff..

New Recipe I tried last week: none 
In the craft basket:a jumper for ellie
Looking forward to: getting the girls room done so they can move in

Homemaking Tip for this week:when you have a newborn, 2 and 3 yr old  and you get them all 3 to nap at the same time.. take a nap your self and leave the dish's in the sink..
Favorite Blog Post of the week (mine or other): this one from Kelly's Korner about cardboard Testimonies
Favorite photo(s) from last week

Lesson learned the past few days:

sometimes you just have to put your big girl panties on and deal with shit you dont want to .aka you husband not being a help but a henderance and complaining every time you need him to help you since you just GAVE BIRTH to HIS THIRD child in FOUR years!!! ( i feel better know that i got that off my chest)
. On my Prayer List:Pray for me and my hubby to get along better we seem to have a few bumps in the road since the new baby came home..i'll post a blog about that later.. stay tuned..HERE IS THE LINK TO THAT BLOG
Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. - Hebrews 4:9-11 (KJV)

Making Your Home sing Monday

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So is my house singing, Yes and NO, my to do list is getting done but no thanks to my husband, now in general he is and has been a good hardworking husband who provides for us enough that we have two vehicles and our home which are paid for, and i get to stay home with our kids. Now having said that since the baby has come home he has been an ASSHOLE.. mind you yes i understand he is tired cause yes he does work all day BUT ... he doesnt get up at night with the baby and is in bed every night by TEN p.m.He has dinner on the table MOST nights when he comes home. Since I had a c-section I cant lift heavy things and I cant drive for three weeks, So he has to take our 3yr old to preschool on his way to work. carry in all the wood for the stove making sure he has little sticks in so i can keep the fire goin during the day and haul trash. a few little things that i cant do that spur world war three it seems. I cant ask him to hold the baby while i change my 2 yr olds diaper (whom i have to lift up to put on the bed and wieghs 30 lbs.not supposed to be lifting more than 10lbs ) or to change the diaper cause he gets so pissed and says "why do i have to do Fing everything around here, get off your ass you fat lazy bitch and do something" ok so while im "doing nothing" and "sitting on my fat lazy ass" aka keeping the house clean , dinner cooked and nursing a two week old baby.. it really up sets me he only cares about sleeping or having time so he can read magazines instead of spending time with his kids and screaming at them and calling them "fucking little brats" yes he even said it to the BABY when she woke him up crying one night while i was changing her diaper.. he never uses their names just calls them that. he is ALWAYS yelling at them to move out of the way or SHUT UP .. he started tucking them in and reading them a story a year ago now when they ask him to do this he gets pissed.. SO have any of you other moms experienced this bumpy transition period after a new baby has come? i dont know what has gotten in to him.. he was never this bad before.. and where the hell is MY free time.. oh ya i dont get any.. GRR.. im a little frustrated..and he wonders why i dont feel up to " giving him just a little".and am so "bitchy" all the time.. really are men THAT STUPID??? so now i m done ranting and raving thanks for reading.. sorry for the language..but i feel i little better now.. hope your home are all singing..all and any advice is welcome..

friday photo flashbacks

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This is a pic from 1989or 1990.. a pic of me (I m the oldest)and my my sister we are holding my baby brother (who will be 21 in April) and our cousin Jodi Francine . they are just a few months apart.. her birthday in is November she is older)

aloha friday

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my question this week is.. kinda personal.. 

How long did you wait after your baby was born before you did "married" things with your husband or significant other? 

with our other two we waited about 2 weeks but i had a c -section both times,this time i think we are waiting longer i just have NO interest yet.

friday fill ins

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1. I know how blessed i am _____________.
2. __january seemed like  the longest month.
3. You can't help but be proud of  my new little girl and her two big kids __________.
4. ____Parent hood.._________; bring it on!
5. Where have you looked _like a slumpadink_____________?
6. ___mommy milk_____ is now available.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _wokring on the girls new room____, tomorrow my plans include __cleaning house ___ and Sunday, I want to _take the baby to church for the first time!

Works For me Wednesday.

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so what is working for me is trying t o get back into a routine. It has been a challenge to get the baby on a regular nursing scheduled and keep in mind the time i need to go pick up my dd from preschool as it is a 20 minute drive ONE WAY to go get her, and to where my middle one gets his much needed nap while the baby is napping so i can get a nap, and for me to have time to blog, clean house and do all those other mommy task. my only tip for others would be figure one out on paper and make sure everything is goin to work before you start, i ve found it very hard to change the routine when i found it wasnt working mostly for my 2 yrold cause he is used to being the baby .. the baby and my three year old has been affected .hope you all are having a wonderful wednesday.

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this is a pic of the first time my older two kids got to see and meet lil ellie.