Long week

This week has at times flown by and at others crept slowly. For those of you interested, I tried my hand at bread again. It wasn't a flaming success. Matter of fact, I'm pretty sure you could call it a failure. I'm really not sure what it is that I'm doing wrong. But, I'm not giving up. I'm sure I'll give it another go this coming week, at some point. Besides, at this rate, all the birds in the neighborhood know exactly where to go for food, as I'm making sure they get fed.

As for my list of to do's - yeah, still working on a few of those. The babies were EXTREMELY fussy this week; teeth coming in. They're not sleeping like they usually do and they are really sensitive. Someone sneezes and suddenly both babies are jumping and crying. Its strange. Any advice on the matter would be greatly appreciated.

Jr went back to school after spring break. I'm hoping that he's got a better handle on things this nine weeks. Last nine weeks I believe he was too busy concentrating on making sure he had friends and not realizing how much that was taking away from his school work. I'm trying to make sure I help stay on top of what he's got going on and so far, have been met with less attitude than I had expected. Until he proves himself, he's lost computer privileges on school nights. He's not been happy about that, but I guess its our responsibility to teach him that action creates consequence; no matter how difficult that may seem at times.

Sr, myself and apparently the dog were plagued with some sort of stomach bug too. Thankfully it only seemed to last about a day or so. But getting back into the swing of things after that is always difficult.

Well, I think I'm going to run and grab my glass of wine and try to convince Sr to watch a movie with me. When you can't get out for a movie, bring one in.... and I can't have a glass of red in a movie theater.

Take care all!

Taking her lead...

So my friend Shari came and visited a bit last week, as I mentioned in my previous blog. I had such a blast with her and her girls. Shari is my hero! Now that I'm working on being a domestic goddess like her, I'm trying to take it one step at a time. First step was to try to make bread from scratch using her Family Bread recipe.



I tried my hand at it yesterday for the first time. Let's just say that the first batch turned into bird food. I did something wrong and the bread is super dense. I'm not one to give up, so I'm going to try it again today. Stay tuned for the review.



My son made dinner last night. It was very good, I thought. Spaghetti isn't terribly difficult, but its a start for a 14 year old. He's always willing to help in the kitchen. When I asked him if he'd like to do it, he jumped at the chance. Sr came in about halfway through and helped him a bit while I fed the babies. I'm always thankful for a bit of peace.



This morning I was up and back to my daily activities much earlier than I would have liked. Lissa's gotten her clock messed up, I think. 4:30 Monday morning, 5:00 Tuesday morning, and 4:00 this morning. Hopefully she'll take a long nap so I can catch a wink or two as well. Who am I kidding?? I use that time to straighten the living room. Its about the only time that the room isn't cluttered with baby toys these days.



Today I'm hoping to accomplish several tasks.

• Washing the bedding


• Cleaning the master bath


• Balancing the check book


• Making a batch of Family Bread


• If the weather clears a bit, take a walk with the babies

Again, keep an eye out for how much I actually accomplish. My thinking is that with my readers as my conscious, I'll have to stay on top of it.

Take care!

Nothing is constant but change

Since my last blog my life has changed TREMENDOUSLY!

1. We're now living in a home about half the size in another state. Back in September we started considering a move to Tennessee. After much consideration, we took a great opportunity and moved our family west. So far so good. I love it here. The people are nicer, there is less traffic, the cost of living is significantly lower, and its just a better environment for our family all the way around. I like having the smaller home, too. Much easier to manage. Although, you'll see in a minute why.


2. We currently have custody of a set of beautiful twin babies; Lissa and Zack. They are almost 7 months old now and have been with us since December. Any free time I thought I might have once we moved here is gone in the cool winter breezes. Long story short, their parents didn't have the resources to take care of them. At this point, we've got another court date set for April 24th. We should have more concrete details at that time.


3. My son is doing amazingly well here. He's struggled a little bit with school, but I think that's just because he was concentrating so hard on not being the new kid and getting a gaggle of friends. He misses his friends back in VA, but other than that seems pretty content (as much as a 14 year old can be).

My friend Shari and her beautiful 3 girls came and spent a few days with us. I hadn't seen them since the youngest was a baby. Now she's trying her best to run the roost. They were such a blast to have here. "E" has grown into a very beautiful, helpful young woman. I couldn't get over how tall she'd gotten. "M" is a sight! Definitely the girliest of the girls. So I totally relate to that. I think I might have a tea party friend for life. "J" is a pistol, aptly dubbed "the blonde terrorist". But she's got such a sweet heart! Like a cat; when she wants attention, you must dole it out now.

I'm missing some friends from home terribly; Tami, especially. The funny thing is that when I lived in VA we'd go a year without seeing one another and that was ok, because we knew we could. Now that I'm in TN, I feel like I need to see her more. Thankfully, with the court dates and visitation we've been doing with the babies, I've been able to see her a couple more times. I'd like to go back and spend more time than a couple of hours with her though. Hopefully when she takes her vacation.

Well, signing off for now. I hope to find some time to blog again soon. Enjoy!