I am a Christian, tattoo loving, paranormal believing, pierced up, supernatural watching, vampire diaries adoring, soccer coaching, animal helping, Earth saving, twimom to 4 living a crazy life I love. I am definitely Not Everyones Mama.
It’s Christmas!
I want to go outside!
Mom, can we go outside?
Mom! I know where my boots are.
Mom! Can we go outside?
It’s Christmas!
It’s Christmas!
I waaaaaannnnnt to go outside!!!!!
MOOOOOOM! Can we go outside please?
Mom!!!!!!
Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry kiddos. Mama don’t do snow.
Go get your dad out of bed.
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Yep, it’s true. I missed day 16 already. I know. holding my head in shame
But we must move on –
Day 13
I title this one – why can’t my kids use the front door. By way of the shoveled sidewalk. Instead they walk through the snow to the sliding glass door.
Day 14
You might have seen this one already. If you read this post yesterday.
Day 15
TGI Fridays all iced over on Saturday
Day 17
Jesus accompanied by some bird seed and feathers. Sorry!
This has a story behind it. My mom bought one for herself and one for my grandpa. She put a note on the bottom of it saying it was to go to me eventually. When he passed the note remained and it came to me. I cherish it. Revelation 3:20
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Day 11
I think I caught 4 of our budgies in this pic. Lucky is green, Angel is the blue with the yellow face above, Lemon is the yellow one that you can just barely see between the 2 toys, and Penelope is hanging off the wall of the cage sooooo not appreciating the photo op. Blueberry (Lucky’s girlfriend) escaped my camera lens.
Day 12
Don’t ask. I don’t really know.
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I’m telling you. It is. The superintendents of our school and of the Des Moines and West Des Moines school district get together on snow days and force us out on the roads. I’m not putting my kids on the bus, thanks.
We have 7-8 inches on the ground.
Every school around us is closed or delayed except the big 3 mentioned above. When I drove Katiana to school this morning I had trouble on my road. I had trouble on the main road. My wheels spun a bit here and there.
My sister said the school bus (for the same district) that goes by her house got stuck in the road and her driveway and was spinning it’s wheels.
When I was listening to Van & Bonnie on the way to school all they were talking about was accidents (in the metro area) and black ice and school closings.
I didn’t catch where this was at, but I’m assuming on the interstate. A lady (probably) spun out (I missed the beginning) and a snow plow driver whipped his snow plow in front of her car so that she wouldn’t be hit by other cars coming at her. How brave is that?
Another guy called in and said on the interstate near where we are 3 cars spun out on black ice right in front of him.
Then the snow plow driver who blocked the lady’s car called in and said the roads are covered in black ice. Be careful out there.
But let’s go to school!
I was talking to Amanda over at Confessions From HouseholdSix and she said you’re the parent. If it’s not safe out, call them in. I’ve always wondered if the kids would get in trouble for me doing that. That’s why I don’t put them on the bus on days like today though. It’s not safe out and I’d rather have them in my car under my control then in the bus under someone’s control I don’t know. Though I’d rather not have them in a car period today.
I have to pile all 3 of the others into a car also.
Jordan has a doctor’s appointment at 1:30. I think he’s got another ear infection. He’s missed so much school this year. He’s also had a boatload of tardies. I didn’t get that at all. I drop them off at the same time or they ride the bus together. I didn’t realize he had all of these tardies until I got a letter in the mail from the assistant principal. I was like, oh no. You want to tell me how he has tardies and Kat doesn’t? Once I drop him off or he gets on that bus, he’s in your hands. You should know where my kid is. He’s in elementary school, not high school. Turns out he spends a lot of time in the bathroom in the mornings. I’ll spare you the details but it’s a good thing he has an appointment with a pediatric endocrinologist on the 21st.
That’s all from me this morning.
Have a great day!
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Day 9
They were faster than I was – Plus it was getting dark – plus they were faster than I was. 
Plus I’m working with a P&S peeps. I’m about ready to give up on my new Nikon and go back to my old Nikon. I like it better – possibly because I am comfy with it.
Day 10
Can you read that? Snow! Start of the snow that is piling on us today.
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Somebody turned off the heat……outside. I mean, 25 degrees wasn’t pleasant, but 11? Not right. And it’s only going to get colder.
Knock on wood
I’m really surprised it hasn’t snowed yet. Usually we have had at least one snow day by now. Pretty white snow sparkling like cubic zirconia rings in the snow. I’m not complaining mind you, thanking the God of snow, yes, but not complaining. Usually, Alyce’s birthday party is snowed out, and that was last week.
I think it’s time to start switching to night showers for the kids. I didn’t make them take one this morning. I was worried that Kat’s hair would freeze while waiting for the bus. (Amazingly, they made the bus this morning – first time in 2 weeks.)
All I know is I thought I was going to freeze this morning taking Junie out. She thought she was going to freeze too. She’s buried under a blanket on the bean bag now in her little sweater.
That’s the picture for her blog post today as soon as I get it up. Poor thing. You guys haven’t seen her since Pato groomed her up a little bit the other day. She couldn’t hardly see before. Here’s a pic of her face the other day before grooming.
How about that for a changed dog?
You thought she was naked before. He trimmed her up as best as he could with the clippers we had and scissors. She’s kind of got a modified version of a Chinese Crested’s traditional cut. We just don’t have small enough clippers to get her face done really close. I think she is adorable the way he did it. So it works. Here’s “her” telling the story of getting groomed the other day.
Either way, we were both freezing this morning. I plan on staying inside and hibernating the rest of the day. We’ll dream of going south, somewhere warm, like the Bahamas, where you can swim in the ocean on Christmas day. (Best vacation ever, BTW.)
Other than that, it’s been pretty quiet around here.
Christiano has picked up the word stupid from Katiana who is constantly in trouble for calling somebody stupid.
Christiano says, stupid doggy. Stupid mama. Stupid daddy. Stupid stupid stupid.
When he starts I say, Christiano???????!!!!!!! He says, what? Who is stupid?
Nobody.
Nobody stupid mama.
Good boy.
That puts an end to it for a couple of hours.
Katiana….that child. When she calls someone stupid and I catch her, this is her response.
It was an accident!
Whatever.
Then she gets either time out…which she hates or her computer or something else taken away. It’s usually whatever she is playing with at that moment in time that has the biggest impact.
Oh, and Nano started biting last night.
He pushed the step stool into the hallway and was turning the light off and on. A – we couldn’t see. B – he was right by Woodstock’s cage. You don’t put your fingers in his cage. He is slightly cage territorial. Kat knew this and went over and got Nano down. (I was making supper.) What did he do? Bit her in the arm right as she was putting her arms around him. She dropped him (not to far, it’s just a 2 step – step stool). They were both crying. Katiana had a nice mouth indentation on her arm. Christiano was mad that he had to get down and even more mad when he got in trouble for biting.
By the time Pato got home I was all, he is your child. Take him. Get him away from me. I had put him to sleep 3 times. He had just woken up again, throwing himself all over the bed. Head butting me in the mouth. Done done done I tell. Terrible two’s. I cannot wait until these are over. Pato pointed out that he was starting to get a runny nose and cough when he was holding him. Can’t wait until that’s over either. Back to welcome to winter in Iowa. The time of year when I am at the doctor’s office with one of 4 kids at least once time a week.
Blah.
Have a great day!
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See
It’s more like the sky is spitting a tad bit of the fluffy stuff out, but I think it’s snow. I see it. It’s so light I couldn’t get a picture of it. None the less, it excited my kids this morning. They are hoping it will pile up and they will get a snow day tomorrow. If it keeps up at this pace, that might happen in July.
I’m not ready for snow yet. I still have my flip flops out….and on my feet. I was slightly cold putting gas in my car this morning. I’m not known for intelligence when it comes to footwear unless there is actual snow on the ground. Then I get out my boots.
I remember one time after I had Alyce, she was probably 3 months old or something. I went up to the gas station while everyone else was asleep. It was negative something out. What did I have on my feet? Crocks. Yes, I had crocks on.
Have I mentioned my directional dyslexia? I’m sure I have. I left the gas station and felt like something was wrong with my van (at the time), so I took a side street. My tire blew. Here I was on a side street, Pato was sleeping, he wouldn’t wake up to my calling him. I had no choice but to walk. And get lost. On the side streets. He finally got up for work and noticed that I was missing. He called me and asked where I was and I was crying. My feet were so cold. I couldn’t find my way back to my car. I couldn’t figure out what streets would take me home. I was a mess. I didn’t know where I was.
He put Alyce in her carrier and left Jordan with Katiana since I had her car seat in my car. He came and found me, only about a block and a half from home, but I’d wandered for about 30 minutes.
When I got home, I sat under a blanket and just shivered. I couldn’t get warm for a couple of hours. I’m lucky I didn’t get frostbite on my feet. They were nice and purple. I ran them under warm water trying to warm them up. That was horrible.
And what did I wear out this morning to take the kids to school? Flip flops.
Yep, never learn my lesson.
Have a great day!
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Pato changed his other mind. He didn’t want a TV any more. He wanted a new grill. So we went to Wal-Mart last night and bought him a pretty red one.
Nano had to help put it together.
I swear he had clothes on at Wal-Mart.
That’s where all those fingerprints came from. That piece of styrofoam behind him was a boat for awhile until Alyce kicked him out of it and turned it into a bed for Dora.
Is it funny that my husband puts our new grill together in our living room?
and the completed project -
Yep, those fingerprints all over the grill are from someone who ate fettuccine than pounded all over it. I’m thinking I didn’t wash his hands as good as I should have.
Did you see the word fettuccine there? Yep. After getting his new grill and all the accessories to it that Pato desired. I asked him what he wanted for supper. (Not thinking that it would take hours for him to put this together.) He wanted the Olive Garden. Yep. The Olive Garden.
There’s a reason behind it. When he went to Mexico last time (when his dad died) he had a bunch of dental work done because it’s cheaper down there. (There might be reason for it by the time I finish telling the story.) His tooth has been bothering him on and off and now it’s to the point where he’s missed work for it, a very un-Pato like thing to do. The man could have pneumonia and he’d still be at work, infecting all the patrons, but at work none the less. I’ve never seen him miss work for anything but the birth of our children, or the one time I had a kidney infection and ended up in the hospital with a temp of 105. He stayed home with me the next day until I felt like I could move, he was at work the day after that.
So for him to be missing work, he’s in pain. You should have seen him at Wal-Mart, holding his jaw, trying to not let the world know how bad he was hurting.
(That’s why it took hours for the grill to be put together, he did it in spurts while the ibuprofin and tylenol had the pain just “blinking” as he said it. I think he meant throbbing.)
He wanted the Olive Garden because it was soft noodles and all he had to eat yesterday was yogurt.
Go to the dentist you say? He did. The one he went to tried to charge him $8000 to fix his teeth. Never mind the fact that he only wants to fix the one right now. Why so much? All that work he had done in Mexico? They didn’t take the whole nerve when they did the root canal. When the filling fell off his tooth because they didn’t cap it, he’s got a partially exposed nerve in his tooth.
Wince along with me will you?
He called Broadlawns yesterday at 10:30 because they have a dental school and he was hoping they could just fix that one tooth for cheaper. Well, they could, but in an emergency, you have to be there by 8 AM. After that, they won’t do anything. So, say you break a tooth at noon? You’re just SOL until 8 the next morning. Pop it in a glass of milk, stick it in the fridge, and hope that the God of teeth will save it for you.
Where is Pato right now? In bed. He wouldn’t go there this morning at 8 because he’s scared they will just pull his tooth. He’ll deal with the pain. It comes and goes, a week here, a week there. I’ll be ok. Yeah, until you get blood poisoning and DIE because the infection gets into your blood stream. Stinkin’ stubborn man.
Can you tell which one of us is the half-empty type of person?
I actually am fairly optimistic, except when it comes to not treating sicknesses.
In other news, I got a fan at Wal-Mart. My fan wasn’t spinning very fast on the hi setting anymore and I can’t sleep without my fan. The one I got is one of those tower fans.
I plugged it in and said, there’s no noise. How am I supposed to sleep with that. Pato said, do you really need vrrrrrooooooooom while we are sleeping? (That’s Pato making the sound of an airplane BTW.) Do you have to have hurricane force wind blowing at you? Why yes, yes I do. Thank you.
It was ok last night. I just need to get used to it.
Kat’s at a play date today.
Jordan’s at his dad’s.
What shall I do with the 2 little ones while Pato sleeps? It won’t be an outdoor thing. We went from 60 degree weather to what the heck do you mean it’s going to snow today type of weather. We’ll be done with the snow in May.
I need to check the calendar. Every year, without fail, we get our final snowstorm during girls’ state basketball tournaments. True story. Ask any Iowan and they’ll tell you I speak the truth. It’s got to be close.
Have a great day!
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