Want you to know I'll be away for a bit

If I can get the mobile blogging thingy to work I will but so far it has not worked for me

we are doing some cool things with the kids this week

and actually it's going to be busy until September isn't it?



I absolutely love my garden now

and the butterfly visitors

humingbirds are not finding me, but my neighbor went away for 40 days so I might just get some of her birds

the kids are doing great

Messys' meds don't seem to be doing a thing, which is good, I mean the first two days she seemed a bit grumpy but *shrug* so far no rash

:)

on we go!

all about Harold

I could fill up pages and pages of chatter about our trip but most of it is really not blogable if you KWIM
so we will talk about Harold
getting ready DH was trying to get the car packed and I was trying to get the kids out the door

I sent the boy out to the car with his video games and camera

Messy was clutching her favorite book as I sent her out to her daddy, She was very excited to be staying in a hotel it's her favorite thing.

then I had to find Moo's shoes..she is famous for losing her shoes...searching and searching and found them behind the couch, So I got her shoes on and was happy to see DH had the other two all ready strapped in and ready to goso I strapped in Moo in and off we went.

fast forward to bedtime

can't find the book, I was not really sure I did give the book to Messy and chalked it up to my poor memory.


Sooooo

guess what we found under the cherry tree?


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yes that is a slug crawling on it


a close up of the slug


I am hoping the damage is minimal




what are we going to do without Harold?






Messy's favorite page
she draws this often




so now I am off to amazon looking for a replacement

wish us luck :)

what a day

eye doctor appointments and ordering glasses

Boy there is a lot more involved when you go from single vision to the bifocals
WOW
I thought I was going to have to instill a payment plan

glasses are not cheap

and we got them at BJ's You know the doctor told me not to go to a discount place like BJs and gave me a few names of places to go
WOW I never really think of myself as poor but people really pay THAT for glasses?
i really have sticker shock I mean it is three times what I usually pay!

Red sox news Manny is gone can't believe it, you know my daughter Loves the games but she is always saying "go Manny" no matter who is up That is going to be awkward Huh?
a lot of people around here are glad he is gone, but I will miss him I really like him. I don't really understand the trade either, I used to study baseball and I would have known why it was a good trade, but i am out of practice, I don't even know who this other guy is we are getting...yes I am the same one who memorized all the stats of all the players in both leagues...yeah then I got a life, now I am lucky If I remember the pick up times for all my kids schools ROFL kidding of course I'm not that bad yet :) but I do have trouble remembering the redsox schedule


Tomorrow the plan is to go on a mini vacation to RI

the weather is calling for rain
DH is thinking of canceling

so maybe I will get my composter put together

that would be awesome!

off to the redsox blogs to figure out this trade thingy

If I don't "see" you, have a nice weekend!

pardan me for a moment..I need to whine a tad

So I have been looking forward to the eye doctors appointment

why?

because I have been having major issues seeing things, and I need bifocals
I admit it I am old give me the bifocals so I can read the instructions on the medicine bottles

right?

only problem the eye trouble I am having is nto the result of far sightedness

bifocals wont cure the problem

the problem is tha I have cataracts

mild early cataract far too small to warrant surgery

*cry* I feel like I can't see a thing and the dr said it will only get worse until it's bad enough for surgery.


this explains my photographing problems
the fact that I can never get the diopter right

I just want to cry and than God I didn't go along with Dh and start the photographers business LOL

Ok only good news form here on out


The eye issues could be worse, but I can still see

Messy is doing well on the meds so far



and we are going away for the weekend To RI

Today we attempted to go back to school clothes shopping

ROFL
what a joke
but a funny from the trip to the mall;

Messy went up to the rack and picked out a skirt that was her size (coincidence?)

Mommy I really like this dress, but it's 100 dollars so we are NOT going to get it.

hey it's not from a TV show, she hears me say this all the time ROFL

the skirt was 4.99 and we got it.

we saw a coyote in out yard

and this time it wasn't just me seeing it and no one believing me
it was DH who saw it

it didn't stick around long enough for me to get a shot of it
he was eating something but we are not sure what
those things are bigger than you think

Thank you Nicole for your advice I'm so glad I got it so I can be prepared the dr mentioned only the threat of a rash and other "minor side effects"
today was day 1 I will let you know.

thanks

a plan of attack

we will start her on Lamictal
we have a whole list of rules start her on very low dose and raise the dose slowly over 4 weeks
then we keep giving it to her for 8 months and have her evaluated.

we ended up walking around the city and finding a rose garden it was fantastic
I can't wait to get a look a the pictures we took :)
Tomorrow we start he medication.

Today we go to the epilepsy clinic

not worried
though I know this doctor made a big deal about her not having Autism
frankly I think he just so wanted it to be LKS and I am curious as to what he is going to say now that they have ruled that out. Two of the Drs are disagreeing this one we are seeing today, thinks she should be on Depakote for her seizures and the other one said she doesn't need it. we agreed with the one who doesn't think she needs it, since one of the side effects of that medication is thrombocytopenia...which means a low platelet count, which we just got over KWIM?

So it's going to be interesting
Dh is going to go with us, actually the whole family is going and Dh will sit with the others while I go in with Messy
then i think we might make our way to the public gardens

TV TV the evil TV

My mom used to say
"how to tell the difference between a good plant and a weed...you give it a good tug, if it comes up easily, it was a plant you wanted...if it is hard to pull out...it's a weed.

it's true you know

Ok so I need to give up some things
I have been slowly cutting out tv shows
I've cut out one show at a time and I've done ok until now
what show should I eliminate next?
I'm not watching much anymore
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Daily show
Colbert report
desperate landscapes
countdown
local morning news
redsox baseball
the D list

I tivo the view but I almost never even watch it
obviously I've come upon the weeds HUH/

a little bit about Mapboy

MB...my boy, or Map boy
we call him mapboy because he loves maps, he has memorized road maps from all over the country
he memorizes other maps but road maps mostly and he can give great directions
I am the opposite, I have no sense of direction, I have to hold my hands up to see the "L" in order to take a left. I despise maps and until I had to because I didn't want my kid to think I am stupid I just avoided maps...now I am better LOL but I will say that I have actually contemplated calling the boy at school to get directions somewhere.

It is so much easier to get to new places with him in the car...and he loves feeling important, he loves having the answer so all is good right?

enter DH's new GPS he got from work.. today was the first time *WE* got to use it, everything started out ok.

We are going to a party 1-1/2 hours from our house Dh put the address in it tells us to go a different way that we would have gone...MB is interested and wonders out loud how useful such a thing is...I on the other hand LOVE it this is just what a person with no sense of directions could use...Dh showed me the usefulness of it by taking a wrong turn and showing me how it would quickly get me back on track OMGosh i would LOVE this thing.

I explained to Dh several times that this would be the perfect Christmas gift for me..I raved about the Garmin. We got to the party and had a great day, and then headed home...DH put in our address but as we were driving we stopped to get a coffee and MB found it funny that the garmin thought we were still on the other road and DH and MB had a bit of fun driving the wrong was and "messing with the GPS" I started to notice that MB was laughing just a bit to loud everytime he heard the word "recalculating" and after a bit he was watching it and it seemed like he was looking for a mistake to point it out. About halfway home I started to realize what was going on

the boy is jealous of the GPS is this possible? would I do my kid harm if I got a garmin?

the boy just totally blows me away with almost everything he does and now he is jealous of the little tiny computer on the window

interesting huh?

Ok now i want to tell you about last night

Dh came home fixed my internet connection
and we watched a bit of tv
then he went up to go on his computer and I watched tv for a bit

I fell asleep on the couch
around 11:30 I got this awful start, I heard a voice telling me to check on the kids
I ran upstairs and stumbled into the girls room, Half asleep, I tripped over the little plastic doll houses that seem to be multiplying in there, I can see Moo sleeping there with he jamas pulled off like always, no blankie in the cold AC how different my two girls are in many ways one likes no blankets, and AC the other is always cuddled in a comforter even when it's hot

and I look over at Messy and I saw a big old lump of her huge comforter something wasn't right
she always wraps herself up like that and truly nothing looked out of the ordinary,My still half asleep brain was telling me she was fine and I could hear her snoring under there, but that voice was screaming at me "check her!"

I went over and pulled the comforter off...I didn't see her at first, but I heard her snoring

OMGosh she had ripped a hole in the plastic cover that you put on a mattress to protect it if the kid wets the bed, and she CLIMBED INSIDE! she was completely covered in plastic!!!!!!!
I ripped the rest of it away and pulled her out she was fine, soaked with sweat and fell right back to sleep saying "i want my blanket"



ahh you all are going to think I am crazy when I tell you who the voice sounded like


yeah Rosie O'Donnell

sheesh
Dh thinks I'm crazy
LOL

well I lost 3 pounds

OK I know that is better than gaining three pounds :)
I'm not going to be disappointed :)
Ok I did have Italian food LOL


last Day of VBS coming up

i am so glad I went, but I am rethinking a lot of things now

I have been slacking off
I need to get back on track in more ways than health

I need to get back to church
I need to dust off my bible
I need to go back to doing devotionals with my kids every day
I need to pray more...not the hurried "please help my friends" prayer I do every day
the real stuff....I need to reconnect
Ok I certainly am not going back to *that* church but I found a nice church
Open and affirming, yet not totally disconnected from the bible
they like my kids, they are alright with our special needs.
they do believe in infant baptism, but they are not pressuring us to get Moo baptized
we want to wait until Moo can decide for herself, we wanted the same for the other two but we succumbed to the pressure of MILs and church people
and it's right in my town so I don't need to drive too far to get here

I also need to get back into therapy, since I quit the last one I've been not handling things as good as I should KWIM?

Dh is not going to like it but he will just have to deal with it

so glad to have internet back

need to get caught up with everything :)

DH came home

and two minutes later my internet was working

yeah I really am not very good at this computer stuff LOL

but I am back now

although tired :)

'night

sorry I have not been able to comment

doing ok

big storm today
big accident on the highway
big traffic
I had to go pick up the messy one at school
they called and said the bus woudl be at least an hour late

taking a parenting class type thingy at the vbs
Christian parenting
feel inadequate sometimes
wish I was a better parent



Boy is upset
someone said something upset him
I think he is over reacting, he thinks kid is picking on him
he hates kids and never wants to go anywhere again

this will pass

he was trying to be helpful and telling kid what he was supposed to do
kid said "no one listens to you" boy is hurt "He doesn't even know me, how can he say that no one listens to me"

no matter how I try to explain it
boy DOES NOT UNDERSTAND

Dr says he doesn't have a problem
he talks well
he follows conversation rules
he makes eye contact

I try to tell dr
He has no friends
no one plays with him
no one invites him to parties
no one accepts invitations

My boy is clueless
I have had to explain to him why he can't go over his friends house because the other boy's father won't let him there, because when he did something wrong he didn't apologize, and when told to apologize he laughed while doing it! My boy didn't even know the dad was mad at him.

frankly the dad who was mad was too sensitive but still

*sigh*

aspergers

I don't care what the drs say

I want him in the socialization class

how can I get him in without a diagnosis?

any ideas?

thanks

got most of the school supplies for the boy

Man they need a lot more in middle school!

now what does one need in Kindergarten?

those teachers are not so good at giving lists

:)

I miss my internet

but I'm getting stuff done :)

hope you all are doing well

Wednesday
trash day
hump Day

VBS is going well

Moo is having a blast!
The boy is having a blast

:)

I haven't watched the news all week

how is the world doing?

my internet is down

clueless on how to fix it
DH will be home next week

whatever I can't do with the blackberry will have to wait

stormy storm

Messy doesn't like thunder
it's going to be a long night
DH just left for a trip, he will be back on Friday
The good things of DH being away

hmmm
we get to have Italian food :)
quiet house, no yelling at the boy, about stupid stuff
We can put butter on our veggies
popcorn
chick movies
TV shows
sleeping without AC yay!

tomorrow we start VBS
I am not sure how I will manage it, but I will try :)

7:00AM Messy on the bus
8:00AM report to VBS
8:30 -12:00 VBS and mom's group
10:30 Messy off the bus

so I can leave the moms thing early but I'm not supposed to leave Moo there because they are not allowed to let moms leave the building, so do I get Moo from her class early every day, or do I just keep moo with me
I'll figure it out there I guess

VBS doesn't have the umph it used to have for me, I wasn't even going to do it, but boy the boy is very excited to see his homeschooled buddies again

special note...this VBS last year, was the FIRST time anyone said the word Autism to me in regards to my daughter...boy how have we grown.

and we learned that asking your kid to be looked at because you don't think she does things the way she should doenst work, but saying "someone said they think she has Autism" sure got the wheels turning.

look at that the thunder has stopped and the kid is quiet

maybe the night wont be so bad after all :)

mini golf, and forgiveness

some of you who read my blog know the trouble I had with my SIL about three years ago.
I'm not going to go into detail, but it was a combination of her learning to be humble and deal with reality, and me learning...what did I learn from all that? too much to mention it all here, it is true what they say "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger"

we have all changed so much since then
She is independent and has a new guy she is seeing and is so happy!

Me I had a baby, gave up homeschooling, learned my boy has ADHD, learned my girl has Autism
figured out that I was pushing my way to my own misery and broke free from my chains.
I am so much happier now.

Now we have patched up our problems since then we talked about how sorry we were and forgave each other, but yesterday was the first time we did something social with her

we met for dinner at a Mexican place, and then went to mini-golf

we all had a fun time

if three years ago you would have told me that yesterday I would be playing mini-golf with my SIL and her BF and I would enjoy it. I would have deemed you insane! I'm not saying I would invite her to move in...but we had a good time I actually like her now and enjoy talking with her.

funny how we change huh?

about Mini golf LOL
we go there and a signed balls and clubs and went to the practice green, taught Messy how to hit the ball, Moo didn't even need to be shown, she just started hitting the ball LOL until someone said "go head put the ball in the hole" she looked up, dropped the club, picked up the ball and ran over to the hole and put it in ROFL we had a good laugh.

I questioned "why don't we do this more often?" several times during the practice round and the first few holes LOL

then I remembered WHY we don't do it LOL
Moo wanted it to always be her turn
and Messy would break through whoever was holding her hand and run through the greens grabbing whatever ball she could and throwing it in the water. LOL

I was sort of impressed that SIL and her guy were not upset or angry with her
Really I was so happy I didn't have to be a crazy KWIM?

that is sort of what mini golf was like LOL in the end I sat with the girls singing " A Bushel and a Peck" over and over and over again

the best sound in the world I think is a little kid's hushed excited whispers "do it again mommy, do it again!"

ahh life is good!