Scraps & Brats

sorry

2008-06-02T17:06:00.000-07:00

I am a really bad blogger. but i have good reasons. i have 2 grandparents that are very very sick and a hubby that is very stubborn. but other than that, everything is good. the girls are getting bigger. i swear kimber learns a new word everyday and paige is so excited about school starting. (so is mommy!!) my life has been revolving around my sick family and trying to keep my girls away from knowing too much. i'm not so worried about kimber, but i worry about paige knowing too much too soon. is that wrong?

my how time flies

2008-04-19T22:26:00.000-07:00

well, can you believe it? my little paige turns 5 in 1 week. she will be starting school in 4 months. she is so excited...me, not so much. i love the idea that she is getting older, but at the same time, i hate it. she seems to need me less and less. she picks out her own clothes, washes her own hair, and makes her own bed. now what do i do?

toby and i will be celebrating our 5th anniversary in 3 days. (it sure seems like a whole lot longer!) we have our spats, but i do love him very much. he knows what buttons to push to piss me off but in return he knows what buttons to push to get him self out of trouble. (backrubs are a really really good start!) i don't know what we are going to be doing for our anniversary, or if i am even getting anything. we shall see!

karyn, the girl i had been riding with at work, she quit friday night. i completely understand why she did it. we put a lot of miles on our personal vehicle, and its getting more and more expensive everyday to put gas in our cars. but i love my job and i am thankful for the opportunity to work as a phlebotomist. most places want you to have 2 years of experiance. (how can i get it if no one will give it to me????) but now when i move i will be able to put my 1 year of experience down and know that i have a chance at this job. but as for karyn, i wish her the best of luck with whatever she might go on to do. she has 3 years of phlebotomy experience behind her. she can go anywhere and probably make better money than what she was making with us. but i hope that she keeps in touch with me, phone, e-mail, myspace. i don't care how as long as she keeps in touch! we had a lot in common and i consider her a good friend!

well, i better get off here. i am getting very tired and i just bought some new pillows and i am just dying to try them out!!!

sweet dreams everyone!

we are going to float away!!!

2008-04-09T21:04:00.000-07:00

i can't handle this stupid weather. we are never going to dry up. tonight we have major thunderstorms here in arkansas. i hate them. i don't like thunder or lightning... it scares me. but what scares me the most is a tornado. i haven't really had to deal with them. but they still scare me. i even hear about tornado warnings or hear those weather sirens, i'm hiding in a closet! so enough about my fears, i have a lot and it could take days to discuss them!
i have been training a new girl at work. and let me tell you we are 2 peas in a pod! we have so much in common its just nuts. but she is so much fun to hang out with. (yeah i know, sure now you found a friend and your going to move! SHUT UP!!! i have already thought about that!) i hope that we are able to keep in touch. we just laugh the entire time we are together. we are going to try and go out this weekend. hmmm what kind of trouble can we get into? any suggestions? on a sappier note... i will miss her dearly when i move. i hope that we can keep in touch by phone or computer. (we are texting masters!!!!) but she does give me a really good reason to come back and visit! i can't wait to hang out with her this weekend!! woo hoo

selection sunday!!!

2008-03-16T01:02:00.000-07:00

so its march madness. i think the only people that read my blog are women. sorry, ladies but this one is probably going to bore you to tears! but here it goes...
I LOVE COLLEGE BASKETBALL!!!! i am a die hard kentucky wildcats fan! (yes i know they got beat yesterday. i watched the game.) but my hubby doesn't like basketball. actually the only sport that he watches is baseball, and he is a die hard reds fan. but he feels that it is extremely funny to cheer on the team that is playing my wildcats. why can't he just leave me alone. let me watch my games. but it really drives him nuts that i watch ALL the games. not just my team! hey i have a bracket to watch. my whole family watches the wildcats. i can't wait to get up there and be able to watch the games with my family and compare our brackets. i think i do pretty good! but we shall see. all i can say is GO WILDCATS!!! and lets just hope they get better than a 12th seed spot!!!

so i guess i'll write about my wonderful children!!! (how can i emphasize the sarcasm in that phrase??) miss paige has been getting into everything lately. this morning i found her eating a plain hotdog bun and a hamburger bun. i was dealing with kimber when she got into this. why couldn't she just say, "hey mom i'm hungery". then she got into my diet drink mixes. she and kimber both love them so i buy them instead of kool aid. she uses the one that makes 2qts instead of the one that is for a bottle of water. yucky! so i made her stand in the corner while i gave her the "your old enough to know better" speech. now for miss kimber. i know your thinking, "she is only 1 how much trouble can she possibly get into?" well let me tell you... she tears up any piece of paper that she can find. and not into big pieces. teeny tiny pieces. not to mention that she has started these huge temper tantrums. she pulls on her hair and then throws herself backwards onto the floor. then she wiggles and rolls around on the floor the whole time she is doing this she is screaming at the top of her lungs!!!!!! i want to pull my own hair out!! but i guess thats all for now!
oh yeah one more thing...
GO WILDCATS!!!

is anyone else ready for spring?

2008-02-26T21:38:00.000-08:00

i am so tired of this cold weather. its hard to keep the kids healthy, because goodness knows they don't want to keep socks on, sweatshirts on, just clothes on in general! paige came out of her room yesterday wearing her bikini! once i got done laughing i had to tell her to change back into her winter clothes and put the summer clothes away! kimber is still just refusing to stop crawling. she will walk half way across the room and then crawl the rest of the way. i guess she will get there one day! i am trying to shed those unwanted pounds. i realized this when paige heard me call it "baby fat" and she said no mommy your just fat. after i finished crying into my pint of ben and jerry's, i thanked her and hugged her and started on the treadmill. toby is also working on losing the weight. i worry so much about his weight, but i have honestly tried everything...nagging, guilt, begging, absolutely everything. he just one day decided that it was time to lose the weight. we got him a treadmill that will hold his weight and we both walked a mile our first day! woo hoo. my goal is to be in a size 6 jeans by my birthday (july 1). i will be 30 years old, and i would love to look great. of course i can't do a lot of exercising on my upper body since my arm is still "out of order", but i can work on my abs and lower body! so wish me luck!!!!!

you thought i got lost, didn't you!!

2008-02-16T02:10:00.000-08:00

i'm still with the living, but its been a month since i last posted. a lot has happened in a month!
the last day that i posted on here was january 15, on january 16 while i was at work i managed to slip down some stairs and break my elbow! i had to have surgery, they put 2 screws in. but before they could do that they had to remove part of my ligament in my arm and the put the screws in then reattach the ligament! sounds pretty painful doesn't it? well let me tell you from experience, it is the worst pain that i have ever felt in my entire life! the surgeon wanted to do it at the local surgery center. i had heard lots of good things about it so i thought that it would be okay. well, i had a very bad experience and i will never have another surgery done there again! they didn't put a catheter in me so when i got out of surgery my bladder was so full i thought i was going to bust! then they gave me 2 pain pills when i told them that i was hurting, like that was going to help. i asked them to give me something for pain through my iv. but nooooo, they said that the pain pills would do just fine. LIKE HELL!!! i had 20 staples in my arm. i have therepy 3 times a week. and i now have a brace on my arm that looks like something directly out of the Saw movies!!! now, they are saying that i may have to have another surgery! woo hoo don't i sound excited? i can't do a damn thing around my house, i'm going crazy and this news isn't helping any at all. i can't extend my elbow past a 90 degree angle. i can't use my arm for anything. i can't write, hold anything with that hand. grrrrr. i have been out of work for a month and i am a complete basketcase!
but other than that, same old shit different day. we won't be moving till i am released by my dr. so now we are looking at not moving till march or april! (i'm not happy about that either!) the girls are doing really good. kimber is walking, well 5 steps then she will sit down, and then get up and walk another few steps! paige is getting pissy about when we are moving, she is ready to be with her cousins and her mimi and poppy! i don't blame her! we will be so close to my family and toby's family it will be great! i grew up with my cousins and i loved it. i want my kids to know that feeling also. i miss my inlaws a great deal they are a fun bunch of people and since we live so far away i feel that we are out of the loop on the family thing. one of toby's sisters is getting ready to have a baby girl in april and the other sister is getting married in may. i would love to be there for both of those very special occasions! well, i have blabbed on for some time now, so i am going to get off here i will try and keep everyone posted a little better this time!

hello tuesday

2008-01-15T08:00:00.000-08:00

well its a freezing cold day here in nw arkansas! i am on call today, here's hoping that they don't call me out! well, we found 4 houses that fit my criteria. now if only when i call them they can email me pics so i don't have to have my mom go look at the houses for me! i also found a couple of job openings for me. hopefully they will still be available when i am ready to be up there. it would be really nice to have a job as soon as i get there. then i don't have to worry about money. my mom said that there are several factories and warehouses up there for toby to work at! woo hoo!!! now i have to figure out who to call to get my national phlebotomy license. once i have that i am ready to move, well once my tax money gets here! then i'll be ready to go. oh how i hate moving and moving 14 hours away is so difficult. we have to have a u-haul truck, trailer and car hauler. this is going to suck ass!!!!! both of my sisters and their families are moving up there also. the only difference is, is that they both are having the military move them. damn them! they don't have to do a thing. just drive there and unpack their shit. so do i want to hear them griping about this move? no, not one damn word! i am looking to get rid of a bunch of stuff that i don't need. if i don't use it, wear it, or really need it...its gone! i hate moving so i don't want to move a bunch of stuff that i reallly don't need. i have a shitload of extra kitchen stuff. (i could probably completely stock 3 kitchens!) i am going to see if my brother in law needs anything and if not, i think i will have a yard sale, or just donate it to a second hand store. i have bags and totes of clothes that i am getting rid of. i am just not keeping stuff i don't wear, the girls don't wear, or toby doesn't wear. ( he thinks he is keeping all his stuff, boy do i have news for him!!!) hopefully we can find a house that is roomy and i can let each of the girls have their own room and i can have my sewing room. that would be so nice. then i can lock myself away!!!!! well i better start checking on those houses!

blah blah blah!

2008-01-12T17:44:00.000-08:00

well, its saturday and paige and i played with her easy bake oven. everything is so tiny! she had fun thats all that matters, i guess! other than that i haven't done anything but lay around and play on the computer. i am trying to find houses for rent so that i know what we are looking at for when we move, here in a couple of months. here is my problem....i can't seem to find anything but really expensive houses! i know that people rent houses for less than $2000, they have to right? so then i start looking at apartments. we currently live in a huge house. so when i start to look at houses and apartments my husband reminds me of the size of our house now and what we would be going to if we moved into an apartment. he doesn't want to feel cramped! oh well. guess i'll just keep looking!

i am really bad at this!

2008-01-06T16:35:00.000-08:00

ok, so i'm a crappy blogger. sue me! my resolution is to get on here more and keep my fans up to date on me! or at least my couple of friends that do read this!
we went to my moms for christmas. it was so much fun a whole week with my sisters and the entire family!!!! we are thinking about moving up that way. its better pay for me, my family is all up there, and toby can get a full time job because my mom can babysit for us!!!! woo hoo!!
sometime around halloween, i noticed a lump on my stomache. over the last few months it went from being the size of a golf ball to the size of a large grapefruit. i apparently thought that it would go away on its own or that i would just forget about it. then it started to hurt really bad and then it got really really red. so off to the emergency room i go at 4:30pm on friday, (because what dr is his right mind is going to see me on a friday!) the first nurse that sees me looks at my lump and then gives me a horrified look. does this help my anxiety? not really! then they get me back to my room and the main nurse that is going to be dealing with me askes me what the problem is, i show him my lump and askes does it hurt? this is such a stupid question! then the dr comes in and says that we have 2 options...#1 we can do a cat scan and see what is exactly in there, or #2 we can stick a needle in there and see if we can pull out any liquid! hmmmm this is a tough choice. i chose the cat scan. i had to drink this nasty red liquid and i had 2 hours to drink it in, (it took the whole 2 hours!) then they did my cat scan. when they brought me back to my room, she said that the radiologist would look at it and talk to my dr. it took 2 hours before anyone talked to me at all! the dr said that it was a large hernia! (big hole) and part of my bowel is stuck in it! fun fun! they have to do emergency surgery on it, now. so the surgeon comes in and says that i will be in the OR in 45 min. that seems like a long time until you have 2 nurses rushing around you trying to get antibiotics into you, a bag of fluid, put a catheter in you, and then get blood work! i also found out that i have a reaction to vancomyicin (an antibiotic) and benedryl! fun fun. as for the surgery, well i was sleeping for it, so i can't give you the play by play on that one! but i kinda forgot to mention to the surgeon, and the dr that it takes me a while to wake up from the sleeping meds they give you. i came out of surgery at 3am and the first sane conversation that i had was at noon! but i had visitors, i do remember a few of them, but they said that they stayed for like 30 min, but i can only recall like 5 min of their visits! then around 4 the dr came in and said that i could go home. he gave me percocets for pain, and told me to take 2 every 4 hours. (i took 1 at 10:30 today and fell asleep at 12:30, i didn't wake up till 5:30pm! i wouldn't wake up till tomorrow if i took 2!) but the dr said that everyone has a fat layer that protects their bowel. my fat layer got stuck in that hole in my tummy and was dying. (which is what was giving me the infection) had i waited another week i would have been really really sick! so they had to cut off that dead section of fat. but i have a 30% chance that the hole will reopen and he said that as soon as i feel the lump i need to come in so he can fix it. since i had an infection he couldn't put the mesh screen over the hole like he normally would. so if it reopens then he will go back in and put the mesh screen there. well i think that about sums it up! hope everyone elses new year started out better than mine!!!

8 days till christmas!!!!

2007-12-17T08:20:00.000-08:00

i love christmas. especially this year. i get to go to my moms with my girls. we only do this every other year. neither of my sisters have seen kimber yet, so i can't wait till they all get to meet her. paige is going crazy. she just can't wait. (she loves her mimi and poppy!) not to mention that i really miss my sisters. they are such pains in the rump sometimes. but for the most part i wouldn't trade them for anything in the world!
i can't believe that i haven't posted lately. i'm such a bad person! (i truely apologize to the couple loyal readers that i have!) i have been so busy not to mention that i have been thinking a lot about the fact that i don't have many friends. this is very hard on me. all i do is work, clean, and be a mommy. it would be nice even for a few hours where i don't have to do everything and i don't have to think about kids. don't take that the wrong way, i love my kids dearly. but some days its all i can do from duct taping them to the wall! but the other day i got to talk on the phone for awhile and i laughed and really enjoyed myself. (thanks mindy!) my husband has guys night, and i don't seem to get to do stuff like that. but then again, to do those things i would probably have to have friends. but enough about that.
i should be on this week and then i will have to check in again after the holidays. well i better get to work. i still have lots to do before i go to my moms!

hello December

2007-12-02T14:14:00.000-08:00

Miss Paige felt that the only way to welcome december was too complain that we didn't have any snow. We really don't get all that much snow, and we rarely have it by Christmas! She may be dissappointed. But since i am on the subject of miss Paige it must be something in the air that all the little girls have bad attitudes lately. She has been so mouthy the last few days. I truely don't know what to do with her. i just hope that she doesn't act like this while we are at my moms. But on a much happier note, my little miss Kimber has yet to learn how to tell me no! She is trying so hard to take those first steps, (hopefully by christmas!) I have been so busy this week. i have been trying to pick up extra hours so that when i do take some time off for christmas, it won't hurt us so bad! well, i need to start looking into what to make for dinner. so i guess i'll see you later!

Turkey Day!!!

2007-11-21T16:24:00.000-08:00

Well, happy Thanksgiving to all! I hope everyone remembers what they are thankful for. As i sit here at my computer and listen to the sweet laughter of my girls, my guys playing video games, and the clicking of my fingers on the keyboard i realize all i am thankful for. I am thankful for my 2 little blessings. They are both smart, happy, and healthy. I am thankful for my husband, although somedays i have to really find why i am thankful for him! I am thankful for my brother in law who sometimes has to keep the peace between toby and i! (not to mention he keeps my car healthy!) I am thankful for my family and their health and safety. And i am thankful for my "sisters" that i have online. i share their ups and downs, the firsts of the babies, the heartbreaks of yet another month of not being pregnant and the sheer joy of knowing that they are going to have that little girl they always wanted. If we all ever get to meet in person i think the first hour will be nothing but tears. i know that i have shed a few just reading the topics that we post and reply to. i know that i don't ever have to worry about being made fun of in there. they are truly my sisters!
As for Thanksgiving dinner, we are going to my grandma's and my Uncle Larry's. (2 of the greatest cooks ever!) i look forward to going there to eat. (the word diet doesn't even cross my mind when i am there!)
Paige and I made Christmas ornaments the other night. we took glass balls and put paint inside them then swirled the paint around. (we only had 1 casualty!) but it was a great project for paige to do. then i wrote Christmas '07 on them and a family members name. paige is going to hand them out when we go to my moms for christmas! she had lots of fun.
well, i hope everyone eats lots tomorrow and enjoys the blessings that we call family and friends. remember that i am thankful for everyone that listens to my babling!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

a week already...

2007-11-17T20:25:00.000-08:00

wow, i can't believe its been a whole week since i posted anything on here. well, i have been so very sick all week i haven't been able to sit at the computer for more than a few minutes. and today is the first day that i have been able to hold down solid food. i hate it when all i can keep down is chicken broth and pedialyte!! but as i said before i am feeling so much better. and just in time for Thanksgiving. we will probably go to my uncle larry's, thats where everyone goes for every holiday. its always a lot of fun.
now onto my newest child raising issue...
temper tantrums. miss paige has taken to simply just screaming at me. she doesn't do this to anyone else but me. i don't get it. toby says that its a respect thing. its going to be a mommy knocking her on her ass thing if she doesn't stop it. i have done everything but tape her to the wall. i am at wits end with her. i don't want kimber to see her do that. i won't know what to do with both of them doing it. i'm up for any and all suggestions!!!
with christmas fast approaching i know that losing weight is the last thing on most peoples minds. but it is all i can think about. i am going to my moms for christmas and the biggest topic of conversation is always weight; who has gained it, who has lost it, who needs to lose some, and who needs to stop losing it. there are three of us girls. i am the oldest, darlene is the middle sister, and christine is the baby. christine is the smallest and always has been. darlene is the heaviest and always has been. i am right in the middle. but my mom has lost a lot of weight and looks really good. but everytime we go up to my moms we wind up comparing weights and weight loss tips and stuff. then it winds up being a big contest over who can lose the most weight by the time mom sees us again. thats where it sucks. i just don't ever lose anything. i need to. i have tried to watch what i eat and i have tried to walk, but its not working. i would like to lose like 10 pounds before we go to my moms. any suggestions???

sunday, back to my schedule

2007-11-11T15:21:00.000-08:00

Well, aside from having the flu and a nasty 102.8 temp. my sunday was ok. i scrapbooked with paige and she used most of my stickers. but it was okay i can always go to hobby lobby and buy more, when they go on sale!! but since i used all of my day quill up today, just so i could function. i have non to get me through my evening and since i start work at 3am i better go get some more. or i won't last long at work. i'm thinking a hot bath, some vick vaporub and some halls cough drops would do me some good and then sleep till 2am when i get up for work.
As i said before, paige scrapbooked with me, then played with her friend till dark. they have such crazy imaginations at that age. kimber spent most of the day getting into things that she shouldn't; kitchen cabinets, the dryer, mommys bedroom. (all the fun places!) And learning that she can push off from the couch and stand there. that to her was so very entertaining, and to us as well. she also was very fascinated my the fact that mommy cried real tears when she tried to pull out all my hair!!
well, i hope everyones monday goes good!!!

lazy, lazy, lazy

2007-11-10T09:56:00.000-08:00

Well, guys night sucked. very few guys showed up. We figured that instead of just ordering pizza we would just collect money and pick 3 different restaurants and go get the food. We picked Popeyes chicken, KFC, and Wendy's. But Toby thought that i could handle it myself so no one went with me. By the time i got home i had spilled Mt. Dew all over me and dropped several bags of food on the floor. (They didn't notice thank goodness!) But i was not happy when i got home. I think i need to be more agressive. I told them that i would NEVER NEVER do that again. Think they got the point?
So i thought i was going to have a good night. Oh no. They decided that instead of playing poker they were going to sit in the living room, our nuetral area, and play video games. Toby said that i can stay in there if i wanted to. But again, the testosterone is just too much for me to handle! So i went and took a hot bubble bath with a bottle of smirnoff, some candles, and a steamy romance book. I figured that since they were only playing video games that Toby would be tired sooner than if they were playing poker and would be in to bed soon (and who knows maybe i would get lucky!!!) Well after my bath i went and laid down in bed, and fell asleep. the next think I knew it was 7:30am and Paige was wanting oatmeal. Toby had slept on the couch! GGGRRRRR, men.
But as for my saturday...I have done nothing. i did most of my big cleaning yesterday. I bleached the kitchen, bathroom, and laundry room; did all my laundry, all my dishes and all my linens. All i need to do today is clean out my fridge and wipe out my cabinets.

Woo hoo its FRIDAY!!!!

2007-11-09T09:16:00.000-08:00

I didn't think this week would ever end!!! but now its friday and i am off all weekend! tonight is "guys night" all the guys come over to eat pizza drink, and play poker. and what do i get to do??? sit here by myself and watch the girls. i hate guys night!!! the testosterone is so thick in the room a female can barely breath in there! So i wind up playing on the computer, or sewing. None of the guys bring there girlfriends or wives since its guys night and the other girls tend to be clingy. Not me. I would much rather get a group of girls together and sew or scrapbook or something like that.
A couple of months ago i went to St. Louis to meet up with my Mom, Dad, and Grandma. My Mom has an ipod. i had never seen one or played with one. So by the end of the weekend i just had to have one! So when i got home i got one. My "wonderful" hubby decided to put songs on it for me. He put 33 songs on it (one was on there twice!) And several of them were songs that i wouldn't listen to. So i finally got tired of waiting for Toby to show me how to put songs on it. I did it myself. I now have 80 songs on my ipod!!! Woo woo for me. I am so computer illiterate! Toby is very bright when it comes to computer stuff. Not me.
I was thinking about going to Oklahoma and picking up a friend of mine for the weekend. She started out as my brother-in-law's girlfriend. But her and i became really good friends. Then when they broke up it was kinda uncomfortable when she would come over to help me with the girls or just go out with me. But Justin and i discussed it and we all live here together and i may not like his friends and he may not like mine but we all just have to deal with it. Besides him and Mandy actually ended it well. she was just too clingy for him. But her and i get along really well. Well, miss Paige is needing help on her video game so i better help her before she gets angry!

2007-11-08T07:05:00.000-08:00

i am still new at this so i'm not sure what to do. so i guess i'll just write whats going on. the holidays are coming up and i don't have a clue what we are going to do for thanksgiving. but for christmas, we are going to my moms. i can't wait. we have christmas with my entire family every other year. all the kids grow so much in between visits. and yes we do send pictures, but its just not the same. this will be kimbers first christmas, that will be so exciting. i love watching a baby's first christmas. their eyes just light up. i am making all my gifts for my family. i know it sounds silly, but i love making things for my neices and nephews. i made them all pillows at the last christmas; they loved them. this year i am going to make them pillows, blankets, and hoodie sweatshirts that are all in their favorite characters! if i have time and can find everything that i need i might make them all soaps with rubber duckies in them!
now for a different subject... sibling rivalry! however did my mom deal with it??? my oldest is 4 and my youngest is 10 months. we bought both girls a toy yesterday; paige got some more diapers, bottles, and trinkets for her baby doll. kimber got one of those things that you have to fit the circle block into the circle hole and so on. now paige doesn't want kimber to play with the toy we got for her. i'm sure this will only get worse, but i am already going crazy. well, both girls are getting fussy, maybe we will just go to hobby lobby and walk off some of this energy!!