Hi...

So inventory at work was not too bad.... We were through relativly early as far as inventories go so I was not too upset about going in and getting it done... The only side-effect of getting up at 4AM is that I have been sleeping all day... Hubby not too happy I 'spose but I am sorry ... I am the girl who NEEDS the 8 good hours of sleep every night... So I have been sluggish all day...

Anyway, this is my last week of work this year... Yeah for me.. This is the first place I have ever worked that gives you the entire time of Christmas off paid and even better you do not have to use vacation... It is just free, like a fantastic Christmas present... YUM-O... My parents will be here on Christmas day and I can't wait... They will be here with me all week after Christmas so I am totally excited.. I miss them too much...

The kiddos are good... I just have not done ANY shopping... Wait, I take that back.. I have done SOME shopping just no where near done at all... So, I will be busy next week... Is it just me or is it horrible trying to figure out what to get any man that is over the age of like 8??? HMac and hubby are driving me nuts as far as presents go, so who knows what kind of crap they will end up getting... I am sure it will be nothing they want... hehe...

Terrible

Two things...

1. Inventory at work ALL DAY tomorrow = BAD DAY!!

2. Hubby is STILL at grocery preparing us for the 6-10inches of sleet, freezing rain and snow we are going to get tomorrow and Sunday.

Thank you and good night.

So.. .tired.... must... sleep...

So the past two weeks have been insanely crazy... It all began last Wednesday night with the faint sound of vomit coming from little RT's room... It all began around 4am... That is the greatest start to a day I can ever think of right? Getting children up, changing them, changing their bed... trying to find clothes and new sheets in a half awake daze... ARGH... Poor little guy.. I just felt so bad for him.. He had never ever vomited in his entire life until last Thursday, not even when he was a baby... Weird I know but true nonetheles.. So, dad stayed home w/him and I ventured on to work.. Only to wake up at 4AM on Friday with the stomach bug myself.. BAH!!! It was bad and I didn't recover until Sunday..All better now, we have gotten over it at the T household..

Now on to the S-N-O-W!!!!!!!!!! Holy cow.. It started snowing on Wednesday making my normal 1 hour and 10 minute commute a whopping 3 hours.. Yes you heard me right.. 3 HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got 3 inches of snow on Wednesday early morning and another 2-3 last night.. At least the commute today wasn't so bad, and the workday was a pretty good one too... So getting home at 7PM just sucks anyway... Regardless of what kind of day you had...

Anyway... we are going to get our Christmas tree this weekend, I hope.. I know - I know... we should already have it up, but we just haven't had time... So, once it is up, it will stay there for at least the entire month of Dec. as well as January just for good measure.. And because I am LAZY!!!!!!!!!! hehe...

Now for dinner and off to bed... And I better get to sleep in tomorrow... Because it is Saturday after all...

Still here...

I know I am the absolute worst blogger in the entire world but I am good at lists so here ya go...

Thanksgiving was good. We were in IL for the hubby's fam this year. We had fun. His family is a lot larger, louder, and crazier than mine will ever be. Loud, crazy but fun.

RT actually searched for Santa at the mall, found him, stared at him through the gate, and SAT ON HIS LAP!! I mean are you kidding me... He will barely say hi to our family members much less let anyone hold him... An old boozer Santa I mean are you serious? When Santa asked what he wanted.. all he could muster was a little mumble to say "toys please." Sweet baby!!!

I am in trouble w/hubby because I will not let his mom cut baby WT's hair... I think it is bad luck to cut hair b/4 1st birthday.. I know, I am weird.. but all the same... I carried him for 9 months, birthed him, breastfed him and my last say will be when he can or can not have his hair cut.. Who cares if he looks like a little girl.. He is too cute.. and if I have to put ribbons in his hair, then it looks like I will have to put ribbons in his hair.. He won't remember anyway... Right?!?!?

HMac is now getting breakouts on his nose and forehead - any remedies??? I need some help here.. I use the expensive ProActive.. but I hate to have an 11 year old using something that costs that much but I guess it is his embarrasment or me spending a little extra $$$... I don't know just yet if I will make him suffer through acne like I did... A little payback is in order I think. Plus he is officially now taller than me... Not saying much, I know, I am only 5'2"...

Anyway... If I have the time I will blog more... But my life is just too busy right now... So I hope this will suffice for a while... Unless I get a fire under me... Who knows... Happy late Thanksgiving... :-)

Yucky hospital

So for those of you who don't already know... Our little baby WT was in the hospital for 2 days... Luckily he is now home, bruised but ok...

He woke up on Saturday with a fever that we were able to manage with over the counter medication all day, he worsened overnight and woke up on Sunday with over 104 temps all day... We saw the doctor who told us his white blood count was in the 20,000's and that was not something they liked to see in babies his age. So we were sent to get tested for a bladder infection, the flu and a chest x-ray to check for pneumonia... All of those tests came back negative so she sent us home.. Only after a few hours he was very limp, sleepy and I could barely wake him so I called the doc again and she told us to meet her at the hospital.. So off we went.. He was admitted and so began the poking and prodding of my sweet baby angel... They were able to locate 1 vein to get an IV in his little hand and were unable to get a blood sample for cultures until 2PM on Monday... so they stuck him in every place they "thought" there may be a vein, until he looked like a little pin cushion.. Poor baby, he is bruised from head to toe... And his IV blew Monday night causing his little hand to swell w/ fluid to 4 times the regular size not to mention his little hand to turn black and blue... So he received antibiotics through his IV and all is better...

The doctors are still unsure what was wrong with him, just some sort of bacterial infection, but I am glad he is home and feeling better... Still a little weak but better... So all of my babies are back under one roof...

Crazy Week

So this week has been super crazy in all aspects... Instead of talk about each one I feel a list is in order...

1. My car died. Will not run. Living 45 miles from work is not fun with only 1 car for the family.

2. We have mice. Corn fields are cut and mice are finding their way into our house. We have caught 4, 2 have run on me, one on my foot and one on my hand.. He was hiding in my fresh laundry (punk mouse) which in turn means I had to wash 2 loads all over again... So I lie awake at night and all I can think of is I am sure there are like 100 mice dancing around downstairs and partying all night.

3. Baby WT is crawling and has two teeth... I mean are you serious?!?!? He is getting so big. Oh, and he pulled up about 10 minutes ago... I mean SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!

4. My boss at work has come down with some sort of "infection" in his elbow that required a week long stay at the hospital.. He will not say what he has or had but we had a MRSA "informational" meeting this week at work... Sweet right??

5. I have done NOTHING at work all week I feel like... My brain is just not working or something. I have been easily distracted to say the least.

6. Carpooling sucks.. I love the Earth but geezzzzzzzzzz...

7. I have 17 loads of laundry to do... ARGH!

8. Thanks Rebecca and Russel P for the playdough for Halloween.. It is everywhere including WT's new teeth... hehe...

9. My best friend from way back when is ready to have her baby and I can't be there for her... It makes me really mad... I have not seen her for a year and she hasn't even met baby WT yet... I suck as a friend... Stay away from me...

10. Hubby gets a vacation day tomorrow... My first one will be in like a year.. .I hate him. .I mean not really, but I could use a break too.. .

That is it... Have a great Friday... It cannot come quick enough.

PS... I can barely reread this post b.c there are baby fingerprints all over my computer screen.. Does it get any worse...

Ohio is fun!

Since we have lived in Ohio I have become acutely aware that this state has a festival for EVERYTHING. Two weeks ago we stumbled upon a soybean festival in our hometown.. I am talking about the town of 700 we live in.. I know I have talked this small town thing into the ground but are you kidding me? A festival that shut down Main St. (yes that is what it is called! - no seriously).. There was a small, very shaky ferris wheel, or as RT likes to call it a "Crazy Wheel" and all kinds of rides I had never ever seen before..

I told my mom one of them slightly resembled the Scrambler, for all of you fair going folks, and the teacups at Disney for all of you rich folks.... But this ride was considerably smaller and looked like soup cans cut in half, it also made this weird swooshing sound like it was going to fly apart when it spun around... It was crazy... HMac rode it a couple of times.. Until he thought he would puke and then we walked on..

Little RT decided upon a much more "safe" ride, if you could call one of those crap rides safe.. So anyway RT got on the ride - which was little metal cars that go in a circular path - and immediately decided he was way too cool for that baby stuff... The entire time he was on it he was giving us dirty looks like "How dare you put me on this childish ride?!?".. The more times it spun around the farther he slipped down into his seat... I mean seriously the looks he was giving was like he would DIE from embarrassment.. Oh have I got my hands full... GEEEEZZZZZ........... He was glad when it stopped and he could tell me how mad he was at me.. He is only 2 1/2 folks and he is like a 10 year old..

So he didn't ride any more rides the rest of the night... BUT HE DID DANCE WHEN THE BAND PLAYED LED ZEPPLIN.. Sweet!!!

So the next few weekends when we are not enjoying the holy BUCKEYES football team (which is a whole different story) we will be going to a festival of some sort... I think this weekend is the Apple Butter Festival, next weekend is the Honey Festival and the weekend after that is my favorite.. THE PUMPKIN FESTIVAL - People, this town has it's watertowers painted to look like pumpkins - year round - seriously... And my husband has employees that take off from work ALL WEEK LONG to enjoy this festival... This is serious business... .. No actually, it is insanity, but we are having fun!!!!!..