I Could Write a Book

    Today my middle child declared it to be " the worst day of his life ever!"  Yes, I’m laughing. I can completely understand how to a 6 year old that this truly could be "the worst day of his life." Poor baby had to get a flu shot. The weird thing is that he barely cried when getting his shot but afterwards cried straight for 2 hours. Yes, I said "straight for 2 hours." I finally made him drink a glass of water just to get him to stop crying for a few minutes. If it was his worst day, can you imagine what my day was like ?

    Have you ever tried holding down a 90lb kid who is strong as an ox to give him a shot ? This is my eldest son, poor baby, even though he was completely upset he wsa still being polite. Begging me please to not make him get this shot. Thank you God above that I have healthy children. I could not go through this type of stress everyday.

    Little bit, cowboy boots wearing mini-princess, did the best of all. Barely cried and then was just fine. Lordy do I dread her next well-visit check up. That’s when she gets multiple shots for school. I’ll definitely need a valium on that day. Little bit will need a big ole treat.

    I am still not adjusted to getting up at the crack of dawn. Yesterday and today I’ve taken morning naps. I’m praying that I sleep a bit better tonight. I also hope that I don’t have horrilbe nightmares tonight. Those snake dreams just really freak me out. 

    And for my one positive statement - I started learning how to play the guitar today. It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was a teenager. You’re never too old to learn new tricks.

Peace out, Babycakes ! 

To all of my friends and any passersby who happen upon this blog, I wish you all a very ~~Happy Thanksgiving~~. Please remember that Thanksgiving is a time to be "thankful" for what you have. Try for one day not to say anything unkind. I personally know that that is more difficult than it sounds.

I am very thankful for everyone who touches my life. When I put all the little pieces together it makes for one extraordinary "whole".

Thank you for being my friend. Don’t stuff yourself too much on the turkey and pecan pies.
 

    I’m headed to the Texas Renaissance Festival this weekend.  When I was 21 years old I worked there for one season. I had a blast. I’ve been back to the festival one time since then. I’ve told my children about my experience there and I’m taking them this weekend to see it. We are going to have a ton of fun - as long as the weather stays nice.

    I’m taking both cameras with me in hopes of catching some fun shots. Stay tuned for the photos when I return.

   Happy Weekend , Y’all.
 

Ps. sorry I sounded like I was on speed when typing that. I’m just in a major hurry to pack. Lol. Bye, y’all. 

Things that I am thankful for:

1. My children - they’ve kept me going when times got rough. They’ve even caused some of the rough times. I wouldn’t know what to do without them.

2. My friends and family - whether they be real life, internet only, friends that feel more like family than family and my family - I wouldn’t know what to do without you all.

3. My health - I’m very glad that I’m not battling any diseases or illnessess.

4. My eyesight- that I am able to read and see.

5. My faith - God truly keeps me going. I love my church and the calmness and stillness in my head that I have when I leave church.

6. My blessed life - I am so happy that I am able to spend as much time with my children that I can thanks to the fact that I do not have to work.

7. My father - I know he is family, but since he is in heaven, he deserves his own spot. I am thankful that I had such a calm parent to model myself after. He was one of the kindest men I’ve ever known. I loved his sense of humor. I loved how he was always pulling jokes on you or telling you jokes.

8. My teachers - I am so thankful for all of the teachers who made an impression in my life. There are defintely a few standouts who had more faith in me as a student than I did. I will be forever thankful for that.

9. My tennis and sushi - I am so thankful that I am able to have both of these passions in my life.  

10. To be continued…….. 

I have had one of the most marvelous mornings I can remember since school started I think. I woke up with a tiny, warm body snuggled next to mine. The first words out of his mouth were "mommy, I love you." I don’t think there is a more perfect way to start your day than by hearing one of your children tell you that they love you.

The children were all pleasant today. They seemed excited to go to school and things were very relaxed. I’m sitting here wondering if it was because my stress level was so low this morning. I’m sure that has something to do with it. Also, we are all excited that it is the weekend again. Jumping up and down for joy on that one. School wears me out. Lol. I’m not even in school but I feel like I’m learning 3rd grade all over again.

I made myself breakfast this morning. I can not remember the last time I did that. What did I make ? Coffee that could replace the oil in my car, easily. Would someone please explain to me what happens to all the water that I put in the coffee pot to begin with ? I put 8 cups of water and it ended up being maybe 6 1/2. What the heck ? It was still drinkable. I just had to add a lot of cream to it. Yum. Yum. I warmed myself up a couple of biscquits. And I cooked some bacon. Can you just imagine what my kitchen smelled like this morning ? Picture walking into your grandma’s house on a early morning when she just finished cooking. Pure heaven. At least it is that way if you live in the South.

I poured my coffee into my best "girl" coffee cup.  It has a hand-painted pic of a Southern girl on it. Big hair, big makeup, etc. Cute, cute, cute. I put my biscquits and bacon on my pink plate with the big red heart in the middle. I was all set. I walked outside in my pjs and big fuzzy slippers and I set down on my deck, listening to the birds (and dogs whining) and ate one of the best breakfast in history. Why don’t I do this more often ? Is it because I’ve made myself "too busy" ? Self-inflicted a friend of mine likes to tell me when I start complaining about how busy I am. Anyways, I have just enjoyed one of the most peaceful mornings I can remember in forever. As the saying goes "stop and take time to smell the roses" or coffee and bacon in my case.

<<<– Where I just ate my breakfast.

Enjoy your morning, happy weekend and Geaux Tigers. I’m taking my mother to her first ever college football game tomorrow. Should be interesting  - in more ways than one.  

    I can not personally believe that LSU won tonight. As much as I love LSU that has to have been some of the crappiest playing I’ve seen them do. However, I’m not going to complain too loudly about that because we WON ! LSU beat Bama. Take that Nick Saban. (I just had to.)

    Whew !!! When LSU made the last touchdown I literally jumped up and did a "jig". I did not realize I was doing it until everyone started laughing. Dh says he wishes he had captured it on video. He says it would have been an instant hit on "YouTube". Lol. I was so relieved.  I truly thought I was going to be donning a Bama shirt and posting a pic. My poor Bama friend. lol. Can you tell how relieved I am ?

    So, overall, it was a good game in my opinion. It was incredibly fun and tense and nerve-wracking to watch. I don’t think I realized how stressed I was over it till LSU made that last touchdown. They pulled it together again. Geaux Tigers !

    I can’t wait to see my friend in her LSU clothing ! hehe.  

Tonight, I took my eldest son out for a little while. He and I had been studying pretty intensely for 2 big tests he has tomorrow. I thought it would do us both good to get out of the house for a little bit.

Upon returning home, while I am midway to the front door of my house, my husband walks out on the phone and tells me "they have G (middle child) at the corner of Such and Such. I was like "WHAT?" He replied "I’m on the phone with the cops, they have G at the corner of Such and Such."  I have never flown so quickly in my life. On my feet I might add. Have I mentioned that it is PITCH DARK ? Have I mentioned that I left husband to "babysit" my 2 youngest children ? OMG. My heart was racing.

I honestly thought I was going to someone’s house. I didn’t know that someone with a car was with my child. She found him "wandering the streets". WTH ? She hands me the phone and says "the police want to talk to you." Joy. They told me not to leave that there was a unit in route. Double joy. I felt like the biggest loser mom on earth. Even though it wasn’t my fault. ARGH. Can I not leave the house with my husband watching my children and know that they are safe ? Husband had NO idea that G was even gone. He has no idea how long G was gone for.

The very nice policeman arrives and fills out a wonderful report. He told me twice "Mam, don’t worry. This case is closed." I’m thinking "right, which child protective service program is going to show up at my house." Yeehaw. The policeman talked to G. Got his side of the story. At least I could say, "I wasn’t home, husband was supposedly watching them." Hopefully, I didn’t look like a complete loser mom.

G promised the policeman that he would never leave the house again to go looking for his mama. The policeman tried to very kindly get across to G that this time someone nice found him and that he was very lucky. sighs.

At this moment, I feel like crying. It has only hit me after being home for a while what really could have happened to my child. I’m very thankful for the person who found him and stayed with him. She was very nice.

Dh needs to be hit over the head. I asked him when I got home "what happened ?"  He said, "I thought he was going to wait out on the porch for you." ugh.

G’s guardian angel was watching over him tonight. Incase you’re wondering, he was only a couple of blocks from home, but had gotten turned around and couldn’t figure out which way to go back. He had left the house to go find me.