I'm not even sure where to start with this post exactly. I have had so much going on since the kids went back to school. The first week was really getting in the groove of being back to school and the schedule that comes with it. This week has been about trying to clean up my house since it looks like HURRICANE IRENE came and stayed allllllll summmmmer.
Yesterday was a crappy day to say the least. I felt so awful that I literally was in bed all day with the exception of times to go to the bus stop, and then was asleep by 5 pm. Not sure what is going on with all of that, but, I am working on trying to get better. LORD knows, I have to. With that being said, let me interject that my DH was simply amazing. He had dinner for everyone AND did homework so that I could rest. He knew I was not well, and boy oh boy did he step up!! <3 it made me feel so good to know that he handled everything for me last night.
So, on the list for today is to get some laundry done, get some of the kitchen re-assembled and dinner going. Hopefully I can stay out of pain long enough to accomplish my goals.
I guess that I should take my tangled, and twisted mind and get started on my day.....but maybe I'll have just one more cup of coffee. ;)
Have a wonderful day everyone!
~Lou~
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Silence
It's so incredibly quiet in my house!! I have waited what feels like eons for this day to come. How happy am I right now?? Ok, now, I understand that some of you may be saying "What is wrong with this woman? Doesn't she love her kids? All she has done is complain about them and wish that school would start." I get it, really, I do. Let me just say this...yes, I love my children, yes, I miss having them at home and I feel slightly lost at the moment. That being said, all 3 of them have ADHD, and sometimes, a mom just needs a little down time. So, I am extremely grateful for school! This gives me a much needed break from the every day screaming, fighting, complaining, and all around aggravating mess!
Shelby got up this morning with her hair all a mess looking like some kind of animal had tried to make a nest in there over night to say..."It's my first day at (insert school name here)!" She was thrilled to be off to Kindergarten!
Logan was excited to be off to First Grade with his new teacher and all of his friends. He was super sweet to his little sister and waited for her so that he could sit with her on her first day.
Emma was off to her first day of 7th grade and 2nd year in middle school. She was excited, but nervous at the same time.
I have enjoyed my cup of coffee and some silence. Now off to do some cleaning before the baby gets home from school.
<3
Hope everyone is having a fantastic day!!
~Lou~
Shelby got up this morning with her hair all a mess looking like some kind of animal had tried to make a nest in there over night to say..."It's my first day at (insert school name here)!" She was thrilled to be off to Kindergarten!
Logan was excited to be off to First Grade with his new teacher and all of his friends. He was super sweet to his little sister and waited for her so that he could sit with her on her first day.
Emma was off to her first day of 7th grade and 2nd year in middle school. She was excited, but nervous at the same time.
I have enjoyed my cup of coffee and some silence. Now off to do some cleaning before the baby gets home from school.
<3
Hope everyone is having a fantastic day!!
~Lou~
Sunday, September 4, 2011
A Glimpse Into My Near Future...
Did you get it? SILENCE! That is the glimpse into my near future! Tomorrow is the last day of summer vacation, and my kiddos will be back in school!!! YEEHAW! I can't wait! They are ready too. I think we are all sick of looking at one another right now. LOL.
It is bitter sweet because my oldest will be starting her second year of middle school, my middle one is starting first grade, and my baby is going to Kindergarten! How time flies. It seems like only yesterday I was taking my oldest to Kindergarten for her first day and fighting with my boss over the fact that I wouldn't be at work for a couple hours. How absurd is that? She didn't even want to let me go take my baby to her first day of school? I'm so blessed to be able to stay at home now.
So, the book bags are packed, clothes are all sorted and ready to go, lunchboxes sitting there waiting for their food to be packed and kids anxiously waiting for Tuesday morning at 7:30 when they will board the bus!
I'm sure I will feel differently on Tuesday morning once they are all gone, but for now....HURRY UP TUESDAY!
I hope you all are having a wonderful Labor Day Weekend!
~Lou~
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
I'm on the count down!
Let the REAL countdown begin! Only 6 days until school starts! I am so excited I can hardly contain myself!! I am really looking forward to the 4 hours of silence I will have Monday through Friday.
My youngest is in REBEL mode, and has decided that she WILL NOT go to school. I will happily stick her on the bus on the morning of September 6th!!!!! She will go, and she will LOVE it. I know her teacher (Logan had her last year), and she is absolutely wonderful. I couldn't ask for a better Kindergarten teacher for my kiddos.
Logan and Emma are way too excited for school to start. They wish it was already in session. For that matter, so do I!
I want to crochet, I want to knit, I want to do what I want to do for a change. That, however, will have to wait. My house looks like Irene and half of her friends stayed all summer! So, I will spend the first week of school fixing what they have jumbled up and made ugly all summer long. Maybe after that I can resume my yarn/hook/needle obsession.
If I have to listen to cartoons any more, I think I will LOSE MY MIND! Am I the only one that feels this way? Because, I feel like I am.
Unfortunately, I am bombarded by ridiculous noise at the moment, and I can't even think straight, therefore, I have come to the conclusion that blogging was an awful idea......
sounds from my house:
"URRGH"..."AHHH".."You're giving me another fever!"...."blah blah blah blah GOOSE and get me OUT!"...."HIYAH!"...."I need to go to bed!"...."Who wants some chocolate covered pretzels?"...
Now, I am logging off....
Til next time
~Lou~ who will find some small slice of sanity in 6 days!!
My youngest is in REBEL mode, and has decided that she WILL NOT go to school. I will happily stick her on the bus on the morning of September 6th!!!!! She will go, and she will LOVE it. I know her teacher (Logan had her last year), and she is absolutely wonderful. I couldn't ask for a better Kindergarten teacher for my kiddos.
Logan and Emma are way too excited for school to start. They wish it was already in session. For that matter, so do I!
I want to crochet, I want to knit, I want to do what I want to do for a change. That, however, will have to wait. My house looks like Irene and half of her friends stayed all summer! So, I will spend the first week of school fixing what they have jumbled up and made ugly all summer long. Maybe after that I can resume my yarn/hook/needle obsession.
If I have to listen to cartoons any more, I think I will LOSE MY MIND! Am I the only one that feels this way? Because, I feel like I am.
Unfortunately, I am bombarded by ridiculous noise at the moment, and I can't even think straight, therefore, I have come to the conclusion that blogging was an awful idea......
sounds from my house:
"URRGH"..."AHHH".."You're giving me another fever!"...."blah blah blah blah GOOSE and get me OUT!"...."HIYAH!"...."I need to go to bed!"...."Who wants some chocolate covered pretzels?"...
Now, I am logging off....
Til next time
~Lou~ who will find some small slice of sanity in 6 days!!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Devastation...but, not total!
First and foremost, THANK YOU GOD! God surely answered my prayers with a resounding YES! Prayer works, and boy, did it work yesterday for me!!
Irene has officially left my area, but, she certainly left her mark. The poor Sandbridge area is devastated. Houses are just ravaged, beaten and bruised. It will be a long road back for many who own homes in that area. My heart goes out to them.
We did find out that the missing boy as of my last post was 11 years old, and he, unfortunately did not make it. A tree fell on his apartment building and he was killed. It breaks my heart. I am so sad for that family. They were only trying to stay safe, but, it wasn't good enough.
I am not sure the total number of deaths from NC and VA that we have, I do know another child was killed last night in a car accident at an intersection with no power. Another heart breaking story.
We have now officially been embarrassed by the goofy teens in our area. There is a video on youtube of many, many young people out at the Oceanfront during the Hurricane. The Weather Channel was trying to do a live broadcast, and these fools were running all behind the camera, streaking, etc, etc. It was just flat out rude and unbelievable! So, I am sure the rest of the nation believes we are a state full of idiots. UGH! It's just the youth of our area that are dumb, not us!! I honestly felt sorry for the reporter. He was so bewildered.
Now, on to my major issue. Well, all the limbs that fell in my yard were from.......yeah, you guessed it.....THE DAMN GUM TREE!!! I am calling the City tomorrow and telling them that they have GOT to come take out the tree. Only one car can drive through at a time because of the enormity of the limbs that have fallen. My driveway is almost completely blocked, and to top it all off, THERE ARE GREEN GUMBALLS ALL OVER MY YARD AND STREET.......ok, I'm done now.
So, I thought that today would be lovely. DH would be home, we would move the branches, take a ride around to see any damage that may have happened near us, check on my grandparents, go see my other grandparents and parents, maybe check out the Oceanfront aftermath...etc, etc...OH NO! No, that can't POSSIBLY happen....they called him to go into work....WHAT????? All for a stupid tile floor because they are on a deadline. NEWSFLASH!!! I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR DAMN TILE FLOOR WHEN THERE ARE TREE LIMBS LAYING IN MY YARD/DRIVEWAY/STREET!!! Ok, again, I am done.....
Now, I will sit here today answering the door to all the lovely helpful souls that will cut up my branches and move them for a fee, explaining that my husband and I can do it when he gets home from work. This is not the way I thought my DAY AFTER YESTERDAY would be. They should my life into a movie. It would be a drama/comedy. Never dull. They could call it....DAY AFTER YESTERDAY...LOL
I hope everyone else fared well during the storm.
Love, Light and Hope to all!
Irene has officially left my area, but, she certainly left her mark. The poor Sandbridge area is devastated. Houses are just ravaged, beaten and bruised. It will be a long road back for many who own homes in that area. My heart goes out to them.
We did find out that the missing boy as of my last post was 11 years old, and he, unfortunately did not make it. A tree fell on his apartment building and he was killed. It breaks my heart. I am so sad for that family. They were only trying to stay safe, but, it wasn't good enough.
I am not sure the total number of deaths from NC and VA that we have, I do know another child was killed last night in a car accident at an intersection with no power. Another heart breaking story.
We have now officially been embarrassed by the goofy teens in our area. There is a video on youtube of many, many young people out at the Oceanfront during the Hurricane. The Weather Channel was trying to do a live broadcast, and these fools were running all behind the camera, streaking, etc, etc. It was just flat out rude and unbelievable! So, I am sure the rest of the nation believes we are a state full of idiots. UGH! It's just the youth of our area that are dumb, not us!! I honestly felt sorry for the reporter. He was so bewildered.
Now, on to my major issue. Well, all the limbs that fell in my yard were from.......yeah, you guessed it.....THE DAMN GUM TREE!!! I am calling the City tomorrow and telling them that they have GOT to come take out the tree. Only one car can drive through at a time because of the enormity of the limbs that have fallen. My driveway is almost completely blocked, and to top it all off, THERE ARE GREEN GUMBALLS ALL OVER MY YARD AND STREET.......ok, I'm done now.
So, I thought that today would be lovely. DH would be home, we would move the branches, take a ride around to see any damage that may have happened near us, check on my grandparents, go see my other grandparents and parents, maybe check out the Oceanfront aftermath...etc, etc...OH NO! No, that can't POSSIBLY happen....they called him to go into work....WHAT????? All for a stupid tile floor because they are on a deadline. NEWSFLASH!!! I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR DAMN TILE FLOOR WHEN THERE ARE TREE LIMBS LAYING IN MY YARD/DRIVEWAY/STREET!!! Ok, again, I am done.....
Now, I will sit here today answering the door to all the lovely helpful souls that will cut up my branches and move them for a fee, explaining that my husband and I can do it when he gets home from work. This is not the way I thought my DAY AFTER YESTERDAY would be. They should my life into a movie. It would be a drama/comedy. Never dull. They could call it....DAY AFTER YESTERDAY...LOL
I hope everyone else fared well during the storm.
Love, Light and Hope to all!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Irene....an update.
Well, the day sure has been an eventful one. We have had a constant tornado watch, 5 tornado warnings, a boat rescue out in Ocean View (OV), have been notified of 4 deaths caused by Irene, have horrible damage in Sandbridge, and last but not least, my house has been assaulted by the tree limbs from my neighbors tree and the damn gum tree in front of the ditch.
Let me start with the 4 deaths. I am so sad over this. One person passed away in a car accident, one person had a heart attack putting plywood up to prepare for the storm, one person drowned, and one person had a tree limb fall on top of him. :( It's awful. This I can say with certainty....we will NEVER have another storm named Irene.
Now, onto the MORONS on the boat. Apparently they were on their YACHT that they LIVE on, and decided that it was a good idea to stay on board. Needless to say, they broke away from the pier, and floated on out. Well, my tax dollars went to save the foolish couple and their cat. When they were rescued, they were told...too bad about your boat. Well, now they have no home. I feel bad about that, however, COME ON! It's a flippin' HURRICANE outside. Are you STUPID???
I have seen footage of homes in Sandbridge (an area in my city) where entire front walls of homes have been blown away and they are just sitting there, wide open. Needless to say, there are many in Sandbridge that have lost everything they have. Garage doors ripped off, walls torn down, roofs missing and siding flapping in the wind. It's so sad to see.
As far as I go? Well, I am fortunate. I still have power, we have no downed trees, just random limbs flying out of trees. I will be calling the City after this and informing them that their gum tree in my ditch must be removed, because the entire top of it is laying in the street in front of my house. Do bear in mind that I have called the City, they have come out, and agree that the tree needs to be removed, but for some unknown reason, it's still standing there. Procrastination by the City at it's finest.
So, over 200,000 people in our area serviced by our power company are without power. Again, I will say, I am fortunate.
The worst of the storm should be here at approximately 5 and won't be done til about 9 tonight. I am continuing to pray for angels and the umbrella of protection.
Just getting ready to sign off and they came in with Breaking News, a child is missing in Newport News....I am on my KNEES PRAYING.
God Protect Us.
~Lou~
Let me start with the 4 deaths. I am so sad over this. One person passed away in a car accident, one person had a heart attack putting plywood up to prepare for the storm, one person drowned, and one person had a tree limb fall on top of him. :( It's awful. This I can say with certainty....we will NEVER have another storm named Irene.
Now, onto the MORONS on the boat. Apparently they were on their YACHT that they LIVE on, and decided that it was a good idea to stay on board. Needless to say, they broke away from the pier, and floated on out. Well, my tax dollars went to save the foolish couple and their cat. When they were rescued, they were told...too bad about your boat. Well, now they have no home. I feel bad about that, however, COME ON! It's a flippin' HURRICANE outside. Are you STUPID???
I have seen footage of homes in Sandbridge (an area in my city) where entire front walls of homes have been blown away and they are just sitting there, wide open. Needless to say, there are many in Sandbridge that have lost everything they have. Garage doors ripped off, walls torn down, roofs missing and siding flapping in the wind. It's so sad to see.
As far as I go? Well, I am fortunate. I still have power, we have no downed trees, just random limbs flying out of trees. I will be calling the City after this and informing them that their gum tree in my ditch must be removed, because the entire top of it is laying in the street in front of my house. Do bear in mind that I have called the City, they have come out, and agree that the tree needs to be removed, but for some unknown reason, it's still standing there. Procrastination by the City at it's finest.
So, over 200,000 people in our area serviced by our power company are without power. Again, I will say, I am fortunate.
The worst of the storm should be here at approximately 5 and won't be done til about 9 tonight. I am continuing to pray for angels and the umbrella of protection.
Just getting ready to sign off and they came in with Breaking News, a child is missing in Newport News....I am on my KNEES PRAYING.
God Protect Us.
~Lou~
Hurricane Irene
Talk about one BI-POLAR storm. This girl is just speeding up, slowing down, gaining strength, losing strength. WOW. What a roller coaster.
So, last night when I went to bed, the tropical storm force winds were due to start around 11pm, hurricane strength winds at 4am last until 2 pm, then tropical storm force winds until 4am on Sunday. Well, it's 5:24am, and we are just now starting to get tropical storm force winds, and hurricane winds aren't supposed to hit us until 8pm tonight. I guess Irene decided before she said GOOD NIGHT, that she would just enjoy the view. Ok, I get it. It's ok, I understand the beach is a beautiful place and you don't want to miss a thing. It happens.
I am quite accustomed to Hurricanes and their finicky personalities. I have lived through many.
I have been up since 2am because my youngest and eldest came running into my room, youngest screaming and crying, and oldest completely freaked out because an Emergency Alert came across the TV. Tornado Warning. GREAT...they are terrified. So, baby girl crawls in bed with me, and eldest goes back to bed, or so I thought. Poor girl didn't go back to sleep. She is attempting it now, as I type. Hopefully she will get some more rest. Shelby? Well, as soon as she hit my bed, she was fast asleep. So, I dozed off and on until DH woke me at 3 because he was leaving for work and I wanted to be up so I could know all that was going on at the time, since, well, Dear Irene was supposed to be making her appearance here within an hour. Well, you know what happened from there.
For now, I am trying to enjoy my electricity, drink my coffee, listen to the news and play a few games on the computer.
Hoping and praying that she decides to be kind to me.
~Lou~ <3
So, last night when I went to bed, the tropical storm force winds were due to start around 11pm, hurricane strength winds at 4am last until 2 pm, then tropical storm force winds until 4am on Sunday. Well, it's 5:24am, and we are just now starting to get tropical storm force winds, and hurricane winds aren't supposed to hit us until 8pm tonight. I guess Irene decided before she said GOOD NIGHT, that she would just enjoy the view. Ok, I get it. It's ok, I understand the beach is a beautiful place and you don't want to miss a thing. It happens.
I am quite accustomed to Hurricanes and their finicky personalities. I have lived through many.
I have been up since 2am because my youngest and eldest came running into my room, youngest screaming and crying, and oldest completely freaked out because an Emergency Alert came across the TV. Tornado Warning. GREAT...they are terrified. So, baby girl crawls in bed with me, and eldest goes back to bed, or so I thought. Poor girl didn't go back to sleep. She is attempting it now, as I type. Hopefully she will get some more rest. Shelby? Well, as soon as she hit my bed, she was fast asleep. So, I dozed off and on until DH woke me at 3 because he was leaving for work and I wanted to be up so I could know all that was going on at the time, since, well, Dear Irene was supposed to be making her appearance here within an hour. Well, you know what happened from there.
For now, I am trying to enjoy my electricity, drink my coffee, listen to the news and play a few games on the computer.
Hoping and praying that she decides to be kind to me.
~Lou~ <3
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