Octuplets

I have so many thoughts about this situation but will have to wait till later to put them on my blog.. for right now, i'll just post this link
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/29/earlyshow/health/main4761676.shtml?source=mostpop_story


I gave up on writing out my feelings on this. It's such a sad situation all around. Especially with the constantly emerging details that may or may not be true.
I think the woman did it for money. I think the reproduction specialist should lose his/her license for unethical practices. I tihnk the people of california should protest paying for the care of these babies. I think CPS needs to be involved before they even go home because there is NO WAY a single adult can care for 14 children alone when at least 8 of them are under 2. There is limits on daycares for a reason. Because one person cannot adequately and safely care for that many children alone.

Cooking challenged

I never cooked. even when I had 3 kids and even 4, I'd have much rather spent $20 on pizza or mcdonalds rather than buying $20 worth of ingredients to cook something for supper. I hated the cooking, and i REALLY detested the clean up. Lately though I seem to be coming into my own as far as the kitchen is concerned.
It all started with an agreement with hubby that i would cook ONLY if he cleaned up. I never thought he'd keep up on the kitchen... i was WRONG. So i slowly started to look at cook.com recipes and all recipes.com and started making some things.. EASY things... i also went for a LOT of boxed mixes. Slowly the boys stopped making fugly faces at my food and started to say yum.
Then I started thinking about Once a month cooking some friends on a message board talk about it on and off... and while i have the best of intentions i just don't have that kind of organization to do it.. (yet). I also like to bargain shop and a message board friend posted about buying a whole pork loin and dviding it up and freezing it into chops, roasts etc... i thought it sounded great plus it saves us money (we are feeding 5 very healthy apetited kids) LOL.

SO the first month i bought one..... AND it went bad in the bottom of my fridge (have i mentioned i can be lazy). So i gave up, then after a couple months I tried it again. and this time.... i cut it up right away and threw it in the freezer, but i kept forgetting to thaw it so i never had it on hand for dinner... so it got freezer burnt and went in the trash... LOL (Domestically challenged doesnt' even begin to cover where i was at in my starting point). SO i resolved to use the damn thing next time. So i did.. i finally got into a routine of remembering to thaw meat and therefore started looking ahead at dinners at least by a couple days. Thawing the meat ahead of time changed my cooking thinking by a little.

Then there was the leftovers.... I HATE leftovers i never ate them... they just sat in the fridge and went bad. My grandmother watching from above though kept me from throwing them right away LOL. My next challenge was to learn to utilize my leftovers. Hubby started taking them to work insteasd of eating in the work cafeteria (which saves us $6/day). Then i started feeding them to the kids and they actually ate them and didn't mind. Then my horizons got bigger..... I could use the left overs to make other actual meals! (some of this might seem kinda DUH to you, but to me, it was all new territory).

I already started buying a lot of fresh ingredients peppers, onions etc.. and using them since i didn't have to worry about the clean up anymore LOL. So anytime i had leftover sitting in the fridge for more than a couple days i'd just throw the baggie or container in the freezer to keep it from going bad. I also buy the 3 lb pkgs of ground beef and usually only use 2 lbs at a time so i'd brown all 3 and throw the extra lb in the freezer So that brings me to todays feat! I made a roast last 3 days!
First night we had a beef roast with potatoes and carrots.
Second night we had shredded beef and BBQ sandwhiches
TONIGHT.. we will have veggie/beef/pasta soup!
I used the roast we had left after i shredded some for last nights dinner, i used the left over potatoes and carrots, i had 1 lb of frozen ground beef in the freezer, i also had a zip lock of frozen onions, mixed green and yellow peppers, and some frozen corn. Add some garlic, salt, pepper, beef base, and some uncooked egg noodles! VOILA!
I'm sooo proud of myself.

Ohh boy

Well one of the 6 yr olds woke up puking at 4 am. Had to strip the bed and shower him. Both twins have very very sensitive gag reflexs as well as some texture adversions the lead to puking. Anytime they get a cold and cough from the phlem running down the backs of their throats it leads directly to throwing up. But Isaac hasn't been coughing yet, so he's home today in case it's the flu. One twin didn't want to go to school without the other one, so he's home as well. The 3 yr old has green boogers so he's home and of course the baby is home. It's going to be a very long day. (As i'm typing this the 19 month old is taking the leap of death off the coffee table into the arms of his various brothers) *sigh*.

Symantics of punishments

When you have 5 kids and two adults in a 2 bedroom 900 sq ft house.. things can get dicey when it comes to bedtimes, time outs etc.
One thing I'm confident of is that they will definatley know how to not only share their stuff, but their space as well.
In order to feel like home, i'm certain WHEN they go to College (they have no other option), they will be picking dorm living LOL . It would be too much of a culture shock to go to having more space than that.
But I digress.... the 3 yr old and the 19 month old still nap. One of the 6 yr olds got in trouble this morning for ramming his twin brother in the ribs, and it's early release day.... AYE YI YI....
So i've the littlest one in his room napping, the 3 yr old in his room napping, the naughty 6 yr old is on the couch grounded, and the other two are on the laptop playing webkinz. But of course the in trouble 6 yr old just cannot help but spy on what the other 2 are doing (plus he keeps playing with the pets), plus the TV is on for me, so it begs the question... is this REALLY punishment, or just an inconvience to him? *sigh* What i could do with just ONE more bedroom ooooh and another bathroom too! PLEASE lol

Wednesday

Today has been so-so. I did do something out of character for me though. This morning was watching the Today show and signed up for a free autographed pic of Kathie Lee and Hoda LOL
I was one of the first 5 wall posters on facebook. 20,050 and they were offering them to the first 200! So i feel kinda cool/dorky that I won lol
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/kathieleeandhoda

Home sick again

Hunter is home sick again, he's got a really croupy sounding cough. Logan is still blowing out his diaper every couple of hours. I feel ok as long as i don't eat or try to go to the bathroom, otherwise i actually almost cry from pain. I'm not convinced it's my kidneys because the pain is in front, not in my back. Maybe it's my hernia acting up..... not having insurance really sucks!

The Movie

It was really good. Hubby fell asleep a little over half way through (it was getting late though).
A lot of it was religious, which i wasn't expecting since i had been told there was religious under tones but it wasn't in your face. It was pretty much faith based (which doesn't bother me, but might bother others). I laughed and i cried a few times.... and it hit home...
It gave me a lot to think about.......
Hubby says it's only called Fireproof to trick men into watching it LOL. (He was kidding).

I was happy to see that several of my favorite songs were in it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-8SYA6rfbs

Here are some others that are special to me but not included in the movie..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIim2Hvz0sE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvDEa8LiZy8

Fireproof

The movie Fireproof came out today on DVD. I"v e heard it's really good for those working throug issues in their marriage. Everything from falling out of love with one another, to infidelity (something i'm currently dealing with). I finally broke down from giving hubby the silent treatment because of this morning and emailed him and asked him if he wanted to see it, He asked what it was about, and now I KNOW i'm sunk lol. But i guess we shall see...
I have high hopes that maybe.. it will help things....
http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/stories/


At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind. At home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules.Growing up, Catherine Holt always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter...just like her daddy. Now, after seven years of marriage, Catherine wonders when she stopped being "good enough" for her husband. Regular arguments over jobs, finances, housework, and outside interests have readied them both to move on to something with more sparks. As the couple prepares to enter divorce proceedings, Caleb's father challenges his son to commit to a 40-day experiment: "The Love Dare." Wondering if it's even worth the effort, Caleb agrees-for his father's sake more than for his marriage. When Caleb discovers the book's daily challenges are tied into his parents' newfound faith, his already limited interest is further dampened.While trying to stay true to his promise, Caleb becomes frustrated time and again. He finally asks his father, "How am I supposed to show love to somebody who constantly rejects me?"When his father explains that this is the love Christ shows to us, Caleb makes a life-changing commitment to love God. Andówith God's helpóhe begins to understand what it means to truly love his wife. But is it too late to fireproof his marriage? His job is to rescue others. Now Caleb Holt is ready to face his toughest job ever...rescuing his wife's heart.

I will let you all know after I see it, how it was

What a morning

I got sick last night with my kidney stones and then woke up with a fever and sore throat on top of it. Hubby (well common LAW FOR 9 YRS but you know....) anyway he woke up bright and early and I was sick and asked him to stay home from work to help me. He said NO..... That he'd already missed too much because of his having the flu last week and he could not miss anymore due to money. UMMMM why is it when he's sick he gets a day or two off work, but when i'm sick i still have to do all the normal mommy duties and get ZERO time off? Isn't that a little backasswards, Since i lost my job (looking for another one right now) i'm now a stay at home mom, which is ALSO A JOB so don't i deserve days off..*sigh*
I feel like crap.
Anyway after butthead left for work, i went in to get logan up and was hit with a horrible smell....
The baby (19 months) was covered in poo from shoulders to ankles. UGHHHH I had to give him a bath while trying to get 4 others to get dressed.
It was just one of those mornings!

Jr. High

I was just on facebook and saw that a friend had joined a group for our Jr. high school, So i also joined. WOW someone had taken pics of their yearbooks and posted them, they happened to be the years I was there as well. It was such a blast from the past. I sat here looking, crying at the same time, thinking of all the things i could have done differant. My personal unraveling happened in 8th grade (here JR. High is 7,8,9th grades). The teasing i endured and remembered from the pictures also caused tears. Im' half tempted to unjoin.. most of the memories are bad.
*sigh*
Can't wait to see what dreams are in store for me tonight.

And why can't they do it?

I really get fed up with other moms whining that they will ONLY have help with their children the first few days after they are born or OHH NOOO how will i take TWO kids shopping, whine whine.. I mean they might actually have to take care of the kids they had without help from anyone.. Ohh the horror!

I have 5 children , boys, I had them all in 6 yrs 3 months. One is special needs. I take care of them mostly by myself and during a break-up that lasted many months with their father (more on that in later blog posts), I was a single mother to 5 kids 6 and under. I did it.

I also work part time on top of everything else (I'm currently looking for a job right now though after being let go from t he pet store I worked at).

I had my first 3 boys in under 20 months ( a set of twins). My significant other was working full time as well as a college student so he couldn't help me with the boys. I don't remember much of those first few months. But I DID IT.

I have actually seen message board posts that say something to the efffect of "My mother in law has been here for 7 months helping me care for (pick a name). She's going back home tomorrow, WHAT DO I DO? How do i care for my child..."
Are you freeking kidding me??