Interview Me

Lori over at Teacher turned Mommy participated in having someone interview her and I thought it was cute. I told her to take a stab at me when she got the chance. So here goes.

Question 1: Do you plan on going to work when Allie is in school? If so, what do you plan on doing?

You're all going to laugh at me on this one. I honestly haven't accepted the fact that Allie is going to leave me EVER. I haven't thought about my time when she isn't with me all day..sniff sniff. I do plan on going back to school at some point although I am not sure when. I would like to get into nursing which is what I was going to do before all my kiddies were born. I think I would still like to go along that track.

Question 2: What do you like to do when you are away from your kiddos? Is that the same thing you liked to do before you had children?

Oh my..this is showing how lame my life really is. I am never away from my kids. I don't do anything without them. Sad really I know. Anything I do 99% of the time they are with me.

Question 3: What is one thing you've learned about yourself through your blog?

I've definitely learned that I need the support and friendship that I get from all my friends. I used to think I didn't need anyone that I could do it all on my own but I've realized that life is so much easier and pleasant if you have people that care about you.

Question 4: What does a typical day look like for you? What would you do to make your life easier?

Hectic! Things are crazy around our house. I am constantly moving and doing something. Usually when I get up in the mornings I put stuff in the lunchboxes that I fixed the night before and sit down to my computer. On a good day Allie and Caleb are still in bed and I can sit and blog,comment and check emails with my coffee for about an hour before they get up. As they start getting up I've got breakfast and bottles and the endless diaper count starts. I make beds,wash clothes,clean up,play and try to get everything done. At 1200 I feed Caleb lunch and put him down for his nap. Unfortunately Allie still cat naps and isn't on a structured schedule..depends on when she gets up what time she naps. She is usually awake for about 2 or 3 hours and then sleeps for about 30. About 3 Lucas gets home and we do homework and snacks. I start baths about 530 while David's at his meeting and as soon as they get out I start on supper. David gets home at 645 and I try to have dinner ready when he walks through the door. It's been even more hectic than before since he started going to meetings daily. Getting four kids bathed and dinner ready by myself for everyone is extremely difficult! I put the kids to bed at 8 and Allie goes about 9. By that time I'm exhausted and usually don't look at my computer again until the next morning when it all starts over again.

Question 5: Are all your children good eaters? If not, do you make alternative meals for the picky ones or what?


Overall my kids are very good eaters. Lucas is a pretty good eater and will eat most everything i fix...his appetite has been getting bigger lately. Caleb is my best eater. He will eat anything and most of the time he's sitting at the table still eating when everyone else is done and I'm cleaning up the kitchen. Jacob is by far my pickiest eater. Most of the time I make him eat whatever we do. However there are a couple of meals that I fix him something else. One example is when we have Mexican. I usually fix Jacob a hot dog or something else on those nights because all he will eat otherwise is chips and salsa. Most of the time I make him eat some of whatever we are eating though and I do try to mostly make things that he likes.

So that's me in a nutshell. If any of you out there have an undying urge to be interviewed let me know I'll try to see if I can make questions up also.

There's really 5 of them!

There are times when I am out with all of my kids and people stare..at times they gawk with disbelief. Sometimes they even ask me "Are those all yous?" "My Goodness,how in the world do you do it?" "I only have 2 I just can't imagine that with 3 boys" If they only knew..in reality I have 5. If I don't count my husband then I am not being honest at all. He is a tad bit better than he used to be but my Lord he is still bad. He has no clue what it takes to make things work..I mean really they say they understand but there is no way that they can.

Perfect example and I had to document it. He recently started his new job alittle over a month ago and he is just now getting his uniforms. He called me and told me he was coming home to eat his lunch and bring his clothes home. When he left to go back to work these were the remains.



This was what I found after he left..he brought them home..changed into one of them and left the rest right in the middle of our bed. How much more time would it have taken to hang them in the closet instead of lay them on the bed?



Oh yes..my favorite..the lunch. He ate and when he walked out the door to go back to work this was what was left. Oh my..what would I do without 5 of them..sleep,read,blog,scrapbook..oh no I forgot what that was like!



This is actually a bit surprising. Most of the time when he puts a shirt on and decides not to wear it he will just leave it on the bed and believe it or not this was the 3rd shirt that day. He left the other two on the bed but put this one back up. Of course you can see how it was left.



And the famous shoes...these are always somewhere in our house and almost never in the closet where they belong.

So you see I really do..I have 5 children that I have to constantly pick up after and take care of. It never ends..I should have a shirt that declares my findings.

Wordless Wednesday

An actual post

I'm actually blogging this morning..surprised :) The internet was down yesterday so I was cut off from the real world for 24 hours. I tell ya there are days I feel like these four walls are closing in on me. This morning I have to take Allie to the doctor. We got way behind with our checkups before Christmas...I had originally scheduled her 6 month checkup for the Friday after Thanksgiving and then it hit me that it was Black Friday and of course that would never work so I had to reschedule it. Therefore here we are and we are just now getting back. We are very behind!!! Shame on me I know. I'll post later about her stats and of course her adorable pictures!



This little one right here has been the drama in our house. I took him to the doctor and he's been diagnosed with abdominal headaches and migraines. It's been crazy with him since we now have an entire list of foods we have to avoid. I'll post more about that later too.



Here's Lucas. He's the number 44. He is playing his first season of basketball this year and I am amazed at how much he has improved. He's having alot of fun with it although I still enjoy baseball more...shhh don't tell :)



My power ranger..I tell ya this boy amazes me with something new everyday! I can't get enough of him. He's at that stage that everything amazes him and he is continually doing something new and adorable every time you turn around. I just want to pause him and keep him right where he is right now for a few more years!



Here's my princess! This was the first time I gave her applesauce. I believe she thought it was alittle bitter,don't you? I am alittle obsessed with her but I'll admit I can't help it. She's just absolutely beautiful!

Once again..

I said I was going to catch up this week and I am sitting here on Friday morning feeling more behind than ever. The internet was down yesterday so that was one post I didn't get done and I still haven't caught up with all of you. I had to take Jacob to the doctor yesterday..that's another post..I'm hoping to get that one on tomorrow morning. Let's just say that today's Friday and we won't be having our weekend pizza night. He's okay but looks like we're embarking on a new life around here. Allie hasn't been sleeping very much at all so that's leaving one very tired and for when she sleeps it's in our bed one very sore me! I honestly wanted to get up and take a picture last night...David had 2/3 of the bed..Allie was spread out and comfortable which was REALLY what mattered and I had my pillow turned sideways and was on about 6 inches of bed. I woke David up and asked him "what's wrong with this picture?" My body is feeling it and it isn't pleasant not to mention that 3 hours of sleep a night isn't getting me very far.

I still need to post pictures from Christmas so I'm going to try to do that this weekend. Heck I could say I am just going to catch up on everything and there might be a ton of posts from me this weekend but we all know that in all likelihood that won't be happening so I won't say it :) then if something amazing happens we'll all be surprised.

This picture has become one of my favorites..it was taken at the annual Christmas parade in our town. I had my mom take it and I told her to just click,click and click some more. When I get other people to take picture that's what I have to do most of the time in order to make sure I get something I can use :) Any of you feeling my pain out there? Gotta love them for trying though!

Wordless Wednesday

What a difference a month makes!

30 days ago today I thought there was absolutely no hope. I thought that I was going to have to find a way to make it through life by myself. 30 days later I have hope. David has been sober for 30 days today! There are still tough days that I go through. I read books about it and there are moments I sit and just scream at the book. There are many things I don't understand and that make absolutely no sense to me at all. I still have times when I can't see the positives regardless of how I view the picture but most of the time I am trying very hard to stay hopeful and positive. He's trying and it is very clear how serious he is about staying sober this time. I am in awe of what he is doing. I am thankful more than anything...30 days without alcohol have been glorious! It is such a relief to not have it. So here we are 30 days later in a completely different boat than where we were 30 days ago. Without a doubt the fight isn't over but for the moment I have hope and that is what matters.