MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!

As Moms, frustration just comes with the territory sometimes. Regardless, life and time marches on and here we are! The kids have no idea of what I didn't get to and don't seem to care a whit!

We are having a great time together...right now I am jotting this quick note while my DD is trying out my massage chair (THANK YOU DH!!) DH and J are working on building a rocket, S is playing her new game and G is walking around with the (clean) garbage can on her head saying "HO HO HO" (she's crazy like that) Not much could be better!!

Happy Birthday Baby Jesus! Thank you over and over for all the gifts you give us every day!

Hey there

Are you aware the Christmas is in 3 days!! I'm not kidding even a little bit.

Feeling a bit frustrated I am. SO many little things I want to attend to today but it would seem that it is these things that have gotten me into just a bit of trouble. I am 4.5 weeks past surgery which apparently is to soon to "hit it hard". I paid the price yesterday and am still not so great yet today.

I'm also feeling....

Frustrated because I have sugar cookie dough and don't think that I can actually roll it out and cut it out with the kids.

Frustrated that it is -16 AGAIN and my kids home for school break must actually stay in the house with me another day.

Frustrated that it is hard to find Christmas spirit when these same kids want to beat on each other because they have been trapped inside for days and days and are definately losing their minds. And taking mine with them.

Frustrated that hubby is soooooo busy that he hears about every 12th word I say.

Frustrated that my house is trashed AGAIN. (blaming those crazy housebound kids again)

Frustrated that I have so much to do, like all moms do this time of the year and I have to very carefully choose just what I can expend energy on.

Frustrated that I'm frustrated in light of all I have to be greatful for.

Kicking myself

Have You....

I've seen this on several friends blog...and it looked fun! Apparently your suppose to tag something like 10 people....and I'm just not going to. If it looks fun to you then have at it!

PUT THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE IN BOLD.

Started your own blog
Slept under the stars
Played in a band
Visited Hawaii
Watched a meteor shower
Given more than you can afford to charity
Been to Disneyland/Disney World
Climbed a mountain
Held a praying mantis
Sang a solo
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Taught yourself an art from scratch
Adopted a child
Had food poisoning
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
Grown your own vegetables
Seen the Mona Lisa in France
Slept on an overnight train
Had a pillow fight
Hitch hiked
Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
Built a snow fort
Held a lamb
Gone skinny dipping
Run a Marathon
Ridden in a gondola in Venice
Seen a total eclipse
Watched a sunrise or sunset
Hit a home run
Been on a cruise
Seen Niagara Falls in person
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Seen an Amish community
Taught yourself a new language
Had enough money to be truly satisfied
Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
Gone rock climbing/repelling
Seen Michelangelo’s David
Sung karaoke
Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
Visited Africa
Walked on a beach by moonlight
Been transported in an ambulance
Had your portrait painted/sketched
Gone deep sea fishing
Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Gone to a drive-in theater
Been in a movie
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Taken a martial arts class
Visited Russia
Served at a soup kitchen
Sold Girl Scout Cookies
Gone whale watching
Got flowers for no reason
Donated blood, platelets or plasma
Gone sky diving
Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
Bounced a check
Flown in a helicopter
Saved a favorite childhood toy
Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Eaten Caviar
Pieced a quilt
Stood in Times Square
Toured the Everglades
Been fired from a job
Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
Broken a bone
Been on a speeding motorcycle
Seen the Grand Canyon in person
Published a book
Visited the Vatican
Bought a brand new car
Walked in Jerusalem
Had your picture in the newspaper
Read the entire Bible
Visited the White House
Killed and prepared an animal for eating (fish count, right?)
Had chickenpox
Saved someone’s life
Sat on a jury
Met someone famous
Joined a book club
Lost a loved one
Had a baby
Seen the Alamo in person
Swam in the Great Salt Lake
Been involved in a law suit(
Owned a cell phone
Been stung by a bee
Read an entire book in one day.
Fallen in Love

Snow Day

We had precious little snow however. Bone numbing cold we've got in spades....snow however, not so much. Enough though that the kids could have been well entertained had the tempeture decided to perhaps peek above 0. This was not the case and so we got to spend day 2 bonding. Or beating on each other, whatever the case may be.

So, I gotta ask....HOW in the world did those pioneer woman SURVIVE????

Conversation with 4 year old

4YO: Mom, turn this song up

Me: Just a second

4YO: You always say that (quite unhappily)

Me: Mom is driving. Do you want me to make sure we are safe first or turn up the music first?

8YO chiming in: I want to be safe

4YO: I'm thinking

Me: Mom is banging her head on a wall

4YO: SHHHH! I'm trying to think!

4 things

OK...was tagged by my friend Patti...

Your suppose to find your 4th picture in the 4th folder of pictures you have on your computer....and post it. Then tag 4 people. Right P?

so here goes it!

this picture was a wall going up in the fort...fun times!

Tagging...

1. Camille
2. Leah
3. Becky
4. Chris

Thoughts on Adoption

When I first started this blog it was my personal intention to write some about adoption from my experience. I haven't been overly sucessful at this. I believe I get to emotionally charged up and my blog ends up being a reciever of my frustration or it just gets skipped because I am unable to compile my thoughts at all.

A good friend of mine I met through adoption pointed me to this post on another blog entitled "Adoption Lingo". I absolutely loved it! not being super computer savy I don't know how to post it as a super cool link (OK, I've tried like 5 times and my link thingy is NOT working...sorry....here is the address)

http://allthingshendrick.blogspot.com/2008/08/lingo.html

What got me about this post, and what I just haven't been able to do is to respond "graciously". I've been asked all sorts of "dumb" questions. Some at very inoportune moments....like: "are they all brothers and sisters?" in the middle of the grocery store with all 4 kids swarming about, and definately listening.

My kids are DEFINATELY not biologically related. You have to be a total moron not to notice. And I'm being kind there, but not very gracious. What I said to this person first was YES! But they actually said, "you know what I mean" (yes this person actually said that WHILE MY KIDS STOOD AROUND) and I said "not biologically no" I WISH I would have stuck to my YES. Still kicking myself for this nearly a year later. STILL.

Anyway, this is a truely awesome post and I thank the writer for allowing me to share it.

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

My baby is 2 today!

What a sweetheart she is. It is hard to put into words just how much I love this little girl. I love every minute with her and at the same time miss my tiny baby girl.

We were blessed to be placed with her approximately 36 hours after her birth. She was under 6 pounds and just as sweet as could be. The next 7 months were bumpy ones with colic and reflux and I was amazed on how much I could love such a noisey pukey thing. At 7monhts it all stopped and another side of this precious girl emerged and continues to emerge.

She is a generally happy little girl, with an adventurous spirit. While I miss that little babe sometimes....I wouldn't miss any second I have with her now either.

Love you sweet heart!