sick day

That's right folks.

Yesterday being Friday, we got this huge snowstorm. Well actually not as big as they predicted but still. We've had an usually mild winter here in Wisconsin *quietly knocks on wood* and I"m loving it. So it was my scheduled day off and being a snow storm was coming our way, I ran to the grocery store and came home to wait it out with my family.
Then my tooth started hurting. I've had a bad tooth for over a year or so now. More than that actually. I broke it off(ok 75% of it) eating doritos way back when. it didn't really hurt when it broke. Its been breaking off in pieces since. Why haven't I gone to the dentist like an adult? Duh , obviously because I'm so TERRIFIED of the dentist. So back to the tooth at hand...buahahah I crack myself up. The tooth was hurting, the snow was blowing, along with the wind and there was no way I was going anywhere to do anything about it. Last night it was getting worse. This morning I woke up to a very sore tooth and mouth. Like to the point where if I sat up in bed, my face felt like it was going to pop off.

I called into work.
I"m not a "calling into work" type gal.
My husband and I dropped the kids off at my father in laws house and he took me to urgent care. Urgent care said I have an abcess. Which involves antibiotics and pain killers.
The tooth stays quiet if I feed it pain killers. I can actually function and do normal things like eat and swallow while on said pain killers. Though I feel a bit funny while doing so.As soon as the pain killers wear off a teeny bit, my tooth reminds me that it hates me and starts hurting very quickly.

Tomorrow I"m going back to work. The doc only gave me an excuse for one day. Which is fine really, its just that its not quite legal to drive while on pain killers or work while on pain killers. Work is going to be enjoyable(sarcasm inserted here).

And hopefully I sleep on painkillers. This kind usually wires me for sound.

where has the time gone?

I'm a bad blogger really.

Its almost the end of February and I haven't done anything significant here or posted since the beginning of the month.

I"ve been working alot. Doing some overtime as well.

The children, the mini world dominators have been doing well. School is going well for both the older two. Bella has her first all day class trip coming up this week. Jace is on multiplication tables.

We're still working on potty training. ...in other words...its not going so well.

Work just has me exhausted.

ramblings of sort

Well "santa" aka my father in law, left these "watch me grow" things for my kids this past christmas and one night this past month we put them in water and waited for them to grow.
Some did...not that big because apparently they are like goldfish and only grow as big as the container..and others didn't grow at all. And afterwards, they turned slimy. I hate slimy things. And being as I hate them, I forgot to take a picture of them afterwards... Winner right?lol

150th post

Well its my 150th post! whoop whoop!

Its been a while again since I've blogged. Between my work schedule and the kids, its been really hectic. I've been on orientation at the new job, one week on day shift, the next week on pms, repeat repeat....

The good news is I"m FINALLY off orientation and on one shift(second) and things appear to be going well.

Family wise:
Jace: got his report card for second quarter, he got all A's! We are all very proud of him for this. He's always been a good student and catches on quickly. He's always gotten his spelling tests with 100% each week as well.

Bella: Went to her first "friends" birthday party this past weekend. Before now, we've only gone to family birthday parties and such and this was her first one where she was dropped off and picked up. She had A BLAST. She of course didn't want to leave when time was up. But I consider that a good thing!

Jax: He finally POOPED on the potty today while I was at work! We've been doing some serious potty training and he's been doing really good. He's enjoying "daddy" time since my hubby is on layoff right now and I'm at work. They get along almost better when I'm not here...lol

So those are my highlights. I"m exhausted and my feet hurt.

Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year!!!!The above picture is of my kids building some type of tent or fort with their bunk beds and blankets. I was reading my kindle one night and my husband told me to grab my camera and come "quickly". This is what I walked into..lol. And we always have some level of unclothed childrens in my house.

Christmas was wonderful of course. We spent christmas eve with my husbands family, first at his mom's to open gifts, then to his aunts house where the whole family(and then some) gather for awesome food, drinks and more gifts. I come from a smaller family so I have really loved the whole huge family atmosphere. It honestly was overwhelming at first when we were married but now its just nothing really. You just get used to everyone around you, the kids all play downstairs and you only hear from them when thirst overtakes them from running and jumping or its time to eat or potty breaks. Christmas Day we spent with my family at my parents house with my mom, dad, brother and sister in law and my nieces. Its small but nice. My children were so spoiled by all their gifts.

New years came and went. We didn't go out. We went out Friday before the New year and my father in law watched the kids so we could use one of our gift certs we got for christmas to our FAVORITE RESTURANT. Neither one of us is up for huge crowds so we didn't want to try to even attempt to find a place to eat on New Years Eve... We spent New Years Eve just chillin and doing our own thing, which was really nice.

Tuesday after the new year, it was back to work for the husband and back to work, after just a year off for me. We both were on day shift so my mini world dominators stayed at my parents house overnights so we did not have to drag them out in the wee early morning hours. They'd stay there, go to school, come home for a few hours and we'd sugar them up and return them to grandma and grandpa for the evening. My parents are nothing short of wonderful when it comes to these situations. I guess I never even though "wow its gonna suck dragging all three out of bed and into a cold car and into their house"...luckily my mom is super organized and thought ahead for me. This week I"m on second shift, while the hubbster is still on first so being at grandmas will only be a short time... like 2-3 hours at most depending on if he's on overtime or not. then NEXT week I go back to day shift.... this orientation is making me a bit DISORIENTATED. Its truly nice to be back in the swing of things, back to the nursing field, back to what I understand. Its even better when you are around people who understand you and "talk" the same talk. I know my husband tries but its like when he talks about his work or his gaming stuff. I just don't get it really, I try but I fail. Theres something really nice about the ladies (and a few men of course) that I work with. Its like you can all understand eachother and you don't have to break things down or get frustrated because someone DOESN'T understand you. They are also up to listening to the "new" people on their ideas and what not. Two heads are always better than one, in any situation really. And again while its something "newer" in my line of work, its something I like. I've worked in a place like this before, however this is an entirely different ......set up. I don't know how else to explain it.

While last winter I complained about the cold and the snow and how we'd never get to see the end of it, *knocks on wood* this winter in wisconsin has been mild. We've had maybe 2-3 inches of fluffy snow...this week the temp got into the 50's so all said snow is now gone. You could walk without a coat since friday and open the windows, let the nice fresh air in.

We've also obtained a second car. we've only had one car for years, as only one of us has worked, whether it be him or I. Then the other has stayed home with the children. But now since both of us work(now that two are in school)...the whole only having one car thing...put quite a damper on things like...oh working in opposite directions and different schedules. So that's pretty exciting. Its my sister in laws car her and my brother got rid of. Its old but it works. Come tax time, the car and van will need some money invested in them to keep them running a little better. ....lol. They are quite the match together. But as I don't want a carpayment, I"ll stick money into them and see where to go from there.

so other than new schedules and the mini world domination still taking place at our house, nothing is too new!

Ok so we all can agree that somehow I've been getting side tracked at blogging. I"m not sure what it is exactly that keeps me from it...

November and December have been a busy two months so far. We had thanksgiving and spent that with family on my husbands side. They have a huge amount of people on his side and holidays are always packed.

My grandmother is still in the nursing home. Her alzheimers is progressing and shes quite fiesty. That's my word for it anyways. The workers there simply adore her. She was hospitalized a few days to get her meds back on track and get some behaviors taken care of and when we brought her back, everyone was stopping in like she was some celebrity! She also just had a birthday and had a small party.

Things on the job front, I start a new job come the new year, which Im pretty excited about. I'm going to a job that I have expirence in, a Maximum security prison(all male) but its closer to home than the previous Medium security prison I worked at for over a year.

Of course with December, we've had the kids christmas programs for their schools, and then my youngest baby turned 3! three, how did that happen? We went to chuck e cheese and had a fabulous time. I'm not quite ready to admit he's 3. He's our last and final child so I keep thinking "this is the last 3 year old party we'll have..." and with our kids you know we have their "Firsts" and now I keep thinking the things we do with him, his milestones will be the "lasts".

slacker! again!

so between things in life, I have put blogging to the side.


erm...I really don't MEAN to, it just happens. My grandmother was admitted to a nursing home. So I've been spending alot of time there.... She's 87 years old and she's always been a huge part of my life and my childrens lives. I go usually every night around supper time, make sure she eats, then I visit for a while, sometimes I put her to bed, sometimes not. She has dementia/alzheimers so some days are better than others....

And I've had two job interviews in the last two weeks. For one job. Its with the department of corrections and I"m hoping it goes well.

So between that and the kids, and my yaya(my grandmother) I've been busy....
I"m going to try to get a decent picture of us two together some night when I go.

thanks for hanging in there...

~me~