Ever Have One of THOSE Days?

where you wonder why the flip you even got out of the bed??? well yesterday was one for me. started my day off in chaos, but of course in this house, that's normal, right?!? had a friend stop by to drop off some stuff, and hurried to finished getting ready. i finally get all the kids out the door and over to my mom's at 11am or so.....did i mention i have errands to run and have to be in haralson county by 1pm??? yeah. so one of my errands is to pull money from paypal for chris. well i obviously am a debit card idiot or something's up with my pin. i'm thinking the latter b/c i surely know how to spend the money from any other account linked with a debit card. i have been to 2 banks and tried multiple times to use this stupid card. i get "more than this atm can dispense" or "invalid card" or "does not support this network", WTF? so i go to krystal, where they have free internet and pull out the lap top. log on and change my PIN, which appeared to have never been set up 3 years ago when i got the card. ok. PIN set, i'm ready. go to bank #3. NOOOOOOOOO! so here i've spent all this time i don't have and accomplished nothing! go to Chris and tell him he's just going to have to deal with using the card and i'll figure it out this evening. now on the way there i am on the phone YELLING at the automated phone system paypal has...if you've never used it, well it's one of those you can speak to and it understands NOTHING. ok so deal with chris, and head to haralson county. got my directions, on my way. while i'm driving i pass 278 and realize that the dumbtards at mapquest have just sent me 30 miles out of my way!!!! grrrrr. oh well, the state pays milage on these site visits so it's all good. do my site visit and head home. it's earlier than i had anticipated, so i'm going to go home and lay down for an hour before heading to the bank and getting the kids. i get home and realize i don't have a front door key and my garage door opener is in my van....at my mom's house. ohhhK. i'll just go on to the bank, and oooohhh while i'm there i'll run over to sonic and get a smoothie..yummmm. well now, this account has about .81 in it and i've got nothing but hundreds for my deposit. my bank is CLOSED. they were just closed for 4 days straight and now they are closed at noon? ok i know this is their regular early day but after being closed that long??? come on. well sonic won't take a hundred dollar bill, my account is drained, chris has my paypal card, and i'm not about to charge a three dollar drink.....and my flippin' bank is closed. now remember i'm pregnant, and there's not much food that even remotely sounds appetizing, so telling me i can't have what i want is not acceptable. so i go get the card from Chris and trek back across town to Sonic. get my smoothie and just sit in my car thinking, why did i even get out of bed today???? oh yeah, for a smoothie! sure things could have been tons worse, but it was one of those days where you fee like you're trying to run but your feet are stuck in the mud and no matter how hard you try you're just not getting any where.

NYE at the ER

started off the day at the ER. lovely way to stare 2007 in the face, huh? zach, our youngest who has a history of asthma, is sick. we thought we had beat it this year, and i guess we have. the last three years we have spent a week plus at Children's Hopital of Atlanta, one Thanksgiving, one Halloween, not fun. anyway, friday night he started with a little cough. saturday it just went down hill, and at 8am this morning we headed to the ER for a O2 check. thanks to the many classes that came with our hospital stays we seem to have taken control before the spiral began, which is awesome and means not in-patient care. he does have a touch of pnemonia (sp), however his O2 is in the 93-97 range which is fine. whew! so for now we're just doing breathing treatments at home, steroids, and some antiB's to keep him OUT of the hospital! (sorry montie, this means we most likely won't make it over tonight, which i HATE).
as for me, tomorrow will be my 6 week mark and only two more weeks until i get to see the belly bean. i think after that i'm going to start getting really excited. chinese calendar and babyman.net say girl, woohoo, they were right with all the boys, so maybe, just maybe, i'll get to buy pink this time around. i feel ok this time around, tired and unsettled when it comes to food, but for the most part, pretty good. i'm feeling pudgy, and wearing my fat pants already, but that's to be expected with #4 i suppose. at least i can hold off on the maternity for a while.
i'm really down about real estate, the market just SUCKS right now and i feel like there's no end in sight. i KNOW there is, but still just feel so under, but hey, that means a major loss on my taxes which is GOOD, lol.
speaking of taxes, i must be the only person in the US who actually looks forward to doing them. i love the numbers game and the whole shabang. i am weird, i know, it's ok, i've come to accept it.
well my phone has just rang for the third time and i've lost my train of thought, so that's all ya get for now.

Santa Claus

we went saturday. we've been going to this same santa for years. LOVE HIM! he always takes his time with the boys and before leaving says he loves them and gives them big ole hugs. zach was just in awe of him, i wish i had video of him telling santa what he wanted. and neal, even though he no longer believes, he went right along with it, either to satisfy me or b/c maybe, just maybe, a little part of him is not ready to fully give up the idea of santa claus.

42 lbs eluded...

only for 15 of them to find their way back. so i have joined bodyplex (anyone else go there???) i am really stoked, not just to be back at the gym again but to have some "me" time. so here's to getting back into shape and hopefully losing those 15, plus some of their friends. and here's to having time to myself 4-5 times a week, zach having some social time with other kids, and that lovely 3 hours a week on friday when i can leave the kids there and leave the facility for a little errand running sans kids!

Back to Reality Check

coming home from a weekend away is always a big reality check. i never took time to be young and free and just be me, i was in too much of a hurry to grow up. this weekend was awesome, they always are, nothing like just hangin' with the girls doing girl stuff, not having to be responsible for kids or the house or dinner or laundry or that 4th over grown kid of mine. we laid in the bed, with no one demanding we get up to get pop tarts for breakfast. we walked around the mall, with no one tapping thier fingers waiting impatiently for us to try on every silly thing we wanted. we swiped lip plumping lip gloss on and giggled about it stinging, without someone rolling their eyes. we ate dinner, without fifty trips to the potty or spilled soda. we stayed out late, without anyone calling a hundred times to find out when we'd be home. we had a few drinks (some of us), without thinking of the calories in each drink. we sang silly songs, without fear of anyone hearing. we said stupid stuff and made memories and inside jokes, which i'm sure will pop into mind here and there to make us smile and remember this weekend. it was heaven.
don't get me wrong, i have a good life. i am blessed. but some days, just some days, i wonder what it would be like to have lived that life. what it would be like to only be responsible for myself. but then, i think about hearing i'm pretty from my husband, and i'm the bestest mom ever from my kids.....and well, suddenly i don't mind being responsible any more.
so i'll have my weekends here and there to just be me, and come back home to be the mommie/wife/realtor life i did choose.....that is until the next trip when i get the chance to "bring sexy back" and laugh hysterically at hearing another girl say "slam it daddy" to me.
and to chelley, the sister i never had, i love you girl, you are a super friend. i'm so lucky to have you in my life! you put up with my crazyness and make me laugh. brooke, darling, you are awesome. i'm so glad you came. now if i ever do talk chris into moving to indy, i will have TWO great friends there, not just one. i hope this will be the first of many trips with us for you!

10 Year High School Reunion

amazing! i loved it! i loved seeing everyone, how much the had or had not changed. finding out what had been going on with everyone over the last 10 years, sharing what i'd been doing. the class officers did a good job, and i am really looking forward to keeping in better touch with so many of you.
warren, you are still a lovable and amazing guy, just a little taller i think! you have such charisma (sp). you're funny, and smart, and you will always be special to me!
kim, you are super! you are how i remember you, witty, and really funny! who knows we may just have to pack it up to the beach and visit you!
jason, oh dear god, you suprised me the most! i just keep hearing myself say "are you sure that's jason b.?????"
tony, still a big teddy bear! can't say you've really changed at all! well you got married and had three kids, but other than that, lol.
melanie & toni, you two are the same ole pot of trouble you always were! i do miss you two, now if only you'd come away from that pool table long enough to chat!
naomi, you are as naturally beautiful as you ever were. as kind, and soft spoken. you did a wonderful job. thank you!
paige, you my dear have only broken out of your shell. still paige, still cute as a button, with a bright smile, and a heart of gold - just not nearly as innocent and naive!
michelle, oh michelle, you will never change. you have to be one of the funniest people i know. with a smile as big as her........personality.
john, john, john..........yeah. k, enough said.
i know i've left some out, but it'll be ok, you'll forgive me, and if not, you'll leave a comment and i can stroke your ego a bit for you later!
photo link below!

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=oqmc03y.2e7k1eqm&Uy=-cdsnxy&Ux=0

Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman

ok not really, found this guy outside our bedroom window while i was painting, i think it's a writing spider, gonna do a little research on him. i HATE spiders but maybe its the glass separating us that keeps me from being too creeped out. and when he saw me, he shook his leg and began to pulsate his web, very cool