Tuesday, December 22, 2009

3 days to go!

and I think I broke my toe!

Hmmm... some highlights of the last few weeks for you before I dig into the fun story!

  • my shopping is done except for one exchange I have to do tomorrow
  • the presents are all wrapped
  • I still don't have a job, but have had lots of interviews and am hoping that some of them will come through next week for me!
  • I found a renter for the townhouse, so that is one mortgage payment we do not have to worry about
  • I started making candy bouquets and am really proud of how they are turning out. I might start selling them for fun. I sold one for cost to a friend of mine for her to send to her husband at work and he loved it!

  • 1 Christmas dinner down, 2 to go. I made Christmas dinner at my sister in law's house for my Father in law and his wife for our Christmas visit with them. We did it early because they are going away for Christmas. I made a stuffed pork roast. It was so good.
  • I made food for my daughter's Christmas party at school and one kid said it was the best thing he ever tasted! All I did was wrap hot dogs in biscuit dough and bake it!
  • I attended on Christmas fundraising concert for the kid's school, one family fun night at the kids school, and one Christmas assembly at the kid's school.

  • My husband had the scarlett fever
  • I hosted a Christmas party with all my girlfriends. We had a blast!
  • I helped my sister and my mom get their shopping done, and helped my mom with some wrapping
  • I did a holiday baking session with my mom and sister, the butter tarts didn't turn out, but the cookies were fantastic (and the fudge!)

And that about sums up the last few weeks for me!!! Crazy! Between job interviews, searching for a job, showing the townhouse, getting Christmas ready, etc, I am ready for a vacation! (Note to husband who never reads my blog, I would like a vacation for Christmas, please and thank you!)

Anyhow, so my daughter is fighting off some stomach bug or something. She started at 4 am on Saturday morning with the puking, then it turned into diarrhea. And she has had it since. So this morning she was in the tub and I was in there washing her hair and helping her dry off and she screeches that she has to poop! So I jumped off the toilet (where I was sitting to start brushing her hair) flipped up the lid on it, and ran for the door while trying to pull the door shut behind me all in one fluid movement. My middle name is Ann, which means Grace, and I have none of it! My baby toe caught the door frame and I screamed in agony and went down. My son came running up the stairs "Mommy, are you all right? Wait, you are lying on the floor screaming, of course you are not all right!" So, I think I broke it. I have been hobbling around all day and it is just getting worse. I finally took a painkiller this evening and it feels much better, but it was so sore earlier I almost passed out when I got off the couch and put weight on it. The good news is my daughter made it to the toilet!!!

Hopefully I will have time to post more now that my Christmas stuff is all caught up!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

I quit my job yesterday

After a very stressful week in which I was already considering it, I got pushed too far and quit!

I feel relieved and a bit uncertain. Yes, I just quit my job 5 weeks before Christmas.

Hmmm...

It will all work out! Right?

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Taking Control

Things haven't been going so well for me lately.... so I am taking control of my life back!

I am going to find a job that allows me to be a great mom to my kids and still pay the bills! There is one out there... and I am going to find it!

I am really tired of the stories coming from my kids about the daycare. Skipping snack, leaving kids at school by accident, etc. And it seems no daycare is better than another.

Plus, work hasn't been so good for me lately, so maybe it's time for a change there too!

Anyhow... we will see how things turn out! But I would really like to go back to working part-time as my overall goal!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Happy Halloween!

Unfortunately my week has not gone as planned. I spent the last few days in bed with a crohn's attack. Hopefully I will feel well enough to carve pumpkins and decorate a bit today!!!

The kids were a little disappointed. A note came home from the school asking that kids not be in their costumes until last recess. So how are parents supposed to help them? I tried best I could, but I sent my son with some face make up so who knows what he will come home looking like!!!

This year my kids had to follow a budget for halloween.

We have a huge trunk full of dress up clothes, so I told my kids they could be whatever they wanted out of the trunk and then they could spend $3 at the dollar store to make their costume better. My daughter is a witch and my son is a zombie!

What do you do around your house to save money during the spendy holidays?