Poor thing has been neglected for what?  A couple of years?  Well, I’m thinking of dusting it off and taking it for a spin again.  I’m no Pioneer Woman, but I’ll see if I have anything of importance to share.  I AM a little nervous that I drank a few glasses of wine and then announced on Facebook that I “used to have a blog”.  What does that mean?  Should I keep it under wraps?  Do I really have time to filter my thoughts anymore?

Times have changed, quite a bit.  No wonder I’m mostly tired…I’m a single mom these days.  I am also teaching full time at the kids school and training for a half marathon.  I’m sure there are LOTS of questions churning about my new status, but I am not quite ready to go into details.  You are going to have to pack up the judgemental streak and save it for later.

I’m still in awe that I remembered this password.

Well, we’ve been a little busy.

School is winding down and we have had lots of functions, field trips, parties and field days to attend.  Of course, that also means an endless supply of things we have to bring or buy or make.  It will be even crazier next year when all 4 of my kiddos are in school.  YIKES.

Since I have been a slacker blogger, I have neglected to record all the cute things my kids have been doing and saying, which was the main purpose for starting this whole journey.  Just know that some of it was really funny and really cute.  There.

Here are some recent shots of the kids.  They have been extremely busy playing in the dirt every day. I don’t know why we spent last year’s tax return on a playset when all they really want to do is dig for roly polies and build lego mazes and race them.  Yes, that was the hubby’s idea.  They spent about 5 hours on Mother’s Day doing just that, which was great for me until bath time.  Ugh.  Ok, on to the pictures.

Here is A posing with her “wildflowers” on field day.

G using his tongue to help him win the sack race.

A is on the right, S on the left.

R and his friend E looking on during the games!

 

Again, WordPress has gone and meddled with things.  I can’t take the changes!  I don’t know how to find my flipping blogroll now in order to add new blogs.  Sigh.  Why did I think I would be able to keep up with this ball and chain?

yes, you CAN use Febreeze on those jeans that never make it to the wash because they are the only pair that fit you and you wear them every day.  Really.  It works.

Don’t ask me  how I know this. 

I recently started seeing a nutritionist.  Apparently, when all you do is work out and watch what you eat, you aren’t going to lose any weight.

He ran a metabolic test on me and get this…I need to EAT MORE.  No kidding.  Something about my body being in starvation mode, blah, blah, eat more, blah, blah, enjoy.  He has me up to 1900 calories a day and (giggle) has told me to “bring in the reins” on my exercise.  Are you serious?  Eat more, exercise less?  Well, not EXACTLY, but yeah.  So, here we go.  I will keep you posted on this journey. 

If I have any success, I will be passing put his card like hot cakes.  Shoot, I may even start my own pyramid scheme, complete with the ”all you have to do is hear me out” pitch. 

for the first time.

Look Ma!  No training wheels!

This should be an entire category on my blog.  I could ramble on about all things sticky for quite some time. 

Remember back in December when I posted about The Elves fabulous gift?  Welllll, some foolish, foolish person apparently did not dispose of ALL of the fire engine red Silly Putty.  Can I stress to you just how RED this stuff is?

This morning when A woke up, she was wrapped up in a sticky, warm mess of Silly Putty.  It was all over her pj’s, her sheets and her quilt.  Her WHITE quilt.  What a way to start the day.  I spent about 45 minutes knee deep in Goo Gone and Resolve stain cleaner.  Then I got tired of that and threw the stuff in the wash.  Who knows what will happen.  I’m sure the suspense is killing you.

On to my second gooey story.

R is fascinated with gum.  He steals it out of my purse ALLLL the time.  He must be part blood hound because he can sniff it out whether it’s in the high reaches of the pantry or in someone’s pants pocket.  Yes, it’s stupid to let a 3 year old have gum.  STOOPID.  But we do it anyway.  Well, he TAKES the gum and we usually don’t take it back.

So, the other night he tells me that his ear hurts.  I go to look at him and there is gum INSIDE both of his ears.  In the canal my friends.  I picked it out as carefully as I could and used some rubbing alcohol to get the remnants smeared all around the edges.  I even had use tweezers to pluck out the last pieces.  That was a barrel of laughs.  Ah, the memories I will have one day.

What is it with the Tired House and sticky substances?      

You better sit down for this one.

Remember a few months back when Buster went missing?  He was Reid’s beloved raggedy bunny that he has LURVED on since birth.  Every night before bed we would have to go hunting for him because he was always carried all over creation during the day and you just never knew where he might be.  Well, one night we couldn’t find him.  Then, the next day, same thing.  Soon we were facing the sad reality that Buster was gone.

Fast forward to a couple of days ago.  The fam was hanging out respectively and not really doing anything of significance, but OH MY was that about to change.  G came downstairs and nonchalantly said, “Hey!  I found Buster.”

I was only half listening and sort of nodded, ”That’s nice honey…hmmm.”

HOLD THE PHONE.

When my brain actually woke up and figured out what was going on, I have to say, there was MUCH rejoicing in this house.  We were literally shouting, dancing, whooping, giggling and positively giddy.  A grin like no other broke out over R’s face.  Next, he took him upstairs to meet Boomer, the long lost rabbit cousin that Santa had delivered in hopes of softening the blow.   I think they hit it off too.

So, we have our own little Easter miracle here.  A long lost bunny was reunited with his true love and our faith in overly dramatic relationships with stuffed animals has been restored.

Oh, and he was under the guest bed the entire time.  Stinker.

Hubby got an offer today!  Whoo hoo!  We are beyond excited.  This is going to be a great step for us and help us out tremendously.  God is good!

We have lots going on between us with travel and training for work and all the daily routine around here, so things are about to get a bit busier.  Of course, that will carry right on into next school year when I go back to teaching.  I got a taste of that this week as I subbed for the first grade class at the kids’ school.

Ok, sorry for another quick post, but the laundry is taking over the house.  Must. resist. the. urge. to. ignore. it. 

that we got a new cat?  Maybe I should say a ‘new to us’ cat.  She’s a stray that we have taken in and her sibling showed up right after the word got out.  We can’t get him to come within 10 feet of us, but we leave food out andit seems to disappear.  It’s like a cat soup kitchen around here.  Oh, and we don’t know if it’s really a boy, but we have named him Brother because we are VERY creative in the name department.  Her name is Sassy.  I guess I should have posted pics, but like I said before, this blog is a little rusty.

And another thing, my hubby may be getting a new job!  Cross your fingers that it works out.  He had his final interview and will know by Friday.  It’s in the same basic industry and we wouldn’t have to move (whew) and seems to be a step up, so it’s all good.

Also, I’m going back to work next fall!  WHOA Nelly!  I know.  In order to afford the kids’ tuition, it’s a must and since I am a former teacher, it’s a natural fit.  I’m going to be teaching at their school and we will all be there together!  G will be in 1st grade, the twins in K-5 and R will be in the K-4 program.  I’m excited and nervous. I have NO idea how I will manage to get anything done at home.  I’m thinking of calling Richie Rich and asking him if I can borrow Irona.  She was the best.

I think those are the biggest updates and I will be filling you in on some other minor, yet interesting ones like:

the super bendy woman in my yoga class

my daily laundry battle

my love/hate relationship with food

and last but not least, my crazy kiddos.