WHEW !!!!

WOW ... what a absolutely crazy couple of days we've had here ....

I have been trying to catch up with everyones blogs, spent 2 hours yesterday faithfully reading and then ... it got busy here yet, again, so I had to go and I didn't get to blog ... Then I come back today to find just as many blogs to read, again .... WOW... you people write too much !!!!! :O) But, I love reading them !

ANYWHOOOOOO .... lets start with where I left off last. Tuesday ... ahhh, yes .... Well, it was a minimally busy day and I got some more things done around the house, which I was glad for - but was also dismayed that the only paint roller I had to finish what I was doing - fell apart, so I had to wait till evening to go get another. I managed to find a few other things to do instead and got those done. The hubby ended up having to work late and so we never got out to dinner as we had planned. It was horrible because all night I just could not sleep and my last time looking at the clock was at about 4:30 am .... So Wednesday started swell !

Wednesday was our planned shopping day, although at that time, I didn't know who had really planned to shop. Yep, you guessed it .... my hubby. He came home from work at around noon and wanted everyone to go to LaCrosse together today because he said we weren't running more than one time this payday the 50+ miles to get there and waisting the all too expensive gas, so everything needed to be done that day ..... soooo, ok, let's see how well that goes !??!?!? Hmmmm. Brittany and I just looked at eachother - of course.

Well, we get to LaCrosse and the hubby takes us to the Olive Garden for lunch (I have been drooling over a commercial that has been on) so I ordered the "Shrimp Capreze" and he ordered the steak one, they were pretty good, but for some reason not as good as the commercial looked. The lunch - all in all - was good and I really liked that we got to spend that time together as a family too. Ummm, still ... feeding four kids sure isn't cheap these days ! After that, I decided to go to Target to look for a toddler bed for Cameron; my 2 year old. (Who ever thought that it would take me alllll day to find one, I went to five stores !) I also found the stroller I wanted to buy for the baby at Target too, but wasn't happy about the price ... so seeing as though no one does layaways here and I refuse to use credit ... it will wait till a few paydays from now when I can afford it, I guess. The hubby found all kinds of Thomas trains for my son too ... which I wasn't to thrilled about, he spent alot, but they are for his birthday .... which - hello - is in October !!!! Hmmm, don't know WHY that couldn't wait, but oooook, whatever.

Next we went to the few other stores that about threw me for a loop when it came for prices on things, man AM I getting cheap, but like I said I needed a toddler bed, and although cute, wasn't going to pay from 70 - 249 dollars to get one. Next we went to the Saturn dealer to get a set of clips for the valve springs that broke in ours late LAST YEAR !!!! My "lil' Blue" has been sitting there ever since, so I miss it and want to use it !!! DUH !!! One thing I can say about that car is that it has been to 38 states, and this was the first trouble we've ever had with it, I love my Saturn ALOT .... it was our first brand new car, and we've obviously outgrown it now, but it is still very much needed !!! ...Got off the subject there, but after that; we finally went to Once upon a child next and finally found a toddler bed, 30 dollars IS alot better than 70 or more , so it was mine !!! MUAHHHHH ! :o) Brittany also got a few pairs of jeans, and a couple shirts ... Hannah could find absolutely nothing to fit her, so she was realllllly mad at everything for the longest time ! I however found a reallly good sale on baby clothes for one dollar each ... and ? are you kidding me, I loaded up ! - I am a total Gymboree freak, I love the stuff, it wears sooo well and I was in luck because I found outfits for a dollar a piece ... I also found a few other things too, but hey, they were cute and so spending about 150 on all that - I was happy ! We were going to go to Menards that day too, but decided that it would be best to wait till next time we were in LaCrosse to do that, so instead we went to Sam's Club. AND ??? Word to the wise and self **** don't go food shopping when you are even the slightest bit hungry !!!!!! First problem that I encountered there, was that my legs and back were hurting alot and I didn't want to walk around aimlessly for hours, so I wanted to get done and go ...but no, the hubby - felt differently and tells my daughter to go get something, so then like 5 minutes later she comes zooming around the corner in one of them "fat people carts" - you know - the ones that people who need them are supposed to use in Wal- Mart, but that get used by hugely overweight people that think they own the isles instead - yep, that is what they got for me, so I am thinking ... "am I fat" ? I am not in THAT much pain, but didn't want to hurt the hubby's feeling for trying to be nice ... so I used the cart. UUUM ........ that was until the 2 MPH motion made me sick to my stomach !!!!!!!!!! I wanted to puke soooo bad ! WHO gets nauseously sick over a 2 mph little cart thingy - for only riding it like maybe 30 minutes ?!?!?!?!? WOW, I felt stupid for that, but thankfully we were just about done and we could go now, had Britt take the cart back to where she got it and we checked out. NOW... I REALLLY wanted to get sick ..... I cannot believe what we did there people ... I am almost tempted to never go back ! We spent ... OMG ... almost 500 frackin' DOLLARS !!!! HOW the Hell did we DO that ????????? I almost litterally DIED !!!!!!!!!! I must have looked pale white when my jaw hit the floor, because people were looking at me really weird !!! OMG ..... :O0

NOw, during my exteme nauseousness the guys were trying to configure the best way to get all that crap into the van, it took awhile, but it got done, I didn't want to move at all and even the van moving was making me sick, so I told them to go browse in Best Buy till that feeling went away.... I'd sit here and just chill .... Finally after a loooong time it did go away and they were all still in Best Buy , so I went in and they were just looking. I got to browse at some laptops I would LOVE to have, while they looked at movies and Cd's ... thankfully we only came out of there spending 20 dollars, so for that I was happy ! I think the hubby was still partially shocked from whole Sam's club ordeal ! LOL ! Well anyway, by that time it was about 9:30 pm, we are all DEAD tired and I hadn't slept very well at all, so we decided to go to Friday's before going home, I had my usual chicken fingers platter and some soup, the kids all ate good except for Cameron; who fell asleep with his head down on table just before his macaroni came ... I felt bad, he never woke up that night, and didn't get to even eat ... he was sooo pooped ! Needlees to say, we all went home, unloaded just the freezer/ fridge stuff and dove straight into bed !

I slept okay, but seeing as though NOTHING was really done about the whole school shopping thing on Wednesday - I had to go spend all Thurday doing that. I ended up stopping at Goodwill and spending about 50 dollars on a bunch of ok things for Hannah, and two shirts for Brittany, Cameron also picked out some really neat toy called a "Pixster" ...( I don't know what it is really, except it is reallly cool - draws some pictures and stuff, plays some music, etc. Looks like it takes some sort of games into it or something, but I have no idea. Have any of you any idea what this is ???) ~ Jordan was upset because his (and britt's) shopping experience at the mall for clothes and shoes was going to have to be put off and wait till next time, so he decided to not even go into Goodwill that day and just stubbed in the car. Oh well, I guess. Too bad for you ... sit in the heat then ....

Went to Wally world (Wal-Mart) after that to get some odds and ends that weren't in Sam's club as well as the kids folders, paper, erasers, crayons, etc. You know - fun fun - yea, TRY catching a two year old and trying to decipher who gets what, from whose list all at one time !!! NOT EASY ! I am sure I ended up getting some things I may have already had, but I just wanted it done, besides they will be used eventually !!!

So, by Thurday evening I still had a TON of things to put away, loads of things to go through, about 4 loads of laundry and a house that was all in shambles !!! How are we ever going to use all this fooood ???!!! I was lucky enough to do the laundry, tidy up and get it all the food stuff put away by 2:30 am and went to bed. WHEW !!!!!

Friday ...wow, I tried really hard, but utter exaustion kept me down alot of the day and here were are at today, I am minimally refreshed and there is MORE frackin laundry to do, sheets and stuff as well, and I will just have to get over the fact that NOTHING is EVER going to be DONE !!!!

I think that I will finish my painting upstairs today, feed my rodents and clean up and do the laundry !!! It is raining pretty steadily today, so atleast I have an excuse to NOT clean the garage, something ELSE that needs to be done here !!!! ....

All I know is I am pooped and next pay day is going to be this similar with kids and clothes and kids and shoes and kids and ...... .... UGH ! SCHOOOL .... Geeeze !!!! Do they KNOW what they are doing to me ???!?!?! MAYBE I realllllly should have given the homeschooling thing a better look, I mean I DID want to do it, but it just seems easier this way ... yeaaaaa, right - did I just say that ! ..... MAYBE, it is just that I am just being lazy again !!!! OOOh, me need help !!!!

~*~ and can you believe that the Duggar Family in Arkansas just welcomed baby #17 - Jennifer - in to thier family !!!!!! I have watched these guys on Discovery for a few years now, holy cow, people PLEASE tell me .... HOW do they do it ????? I REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY want to know !!!!!!!!!! ~*~ Congrats to them though !!!!!!!!!

Well, that is finally ALL for me today ... if you all stayed to read my blabber anyway !!!! :O) I hope that you all have a great weekend !!!!!

WHEW ! :o) TAMMIE