AAAck!

My house is such a god damned mess I don't know where to start.

So instead I have come here to the non judgemental place of procrastination!

My office/scraproom/creative centre is a fucking mess.

I have two workshops to prepare for and I am BEEEHIND! Luckily I am taking two holidays next week on Thursday and Friday and hopefully I can clear out some of the crap.

Why oh why do we hang on to these things!??

I finally got the kids down for a quick nap because I have been hoping to get at this all weekend and now I just don't want to face it!

Does anybody have some words of inspiration??

Well I had better get my ass in gear as I only have another 20 mins left of nap time.

Funny Story

Once upon a time....

there was a woman in her mid 30's with two children. She worked full-time due to the fact that her employer offered full family benefits and her husband's employer sadly did not.

Therefore this beautiful, organized mom of two, who did not want to stress out her mother in law for the summer created a plan of rotating babysitters. Mon-Wed - Nonna, Tues-Thurs - Niece, Fridays Neena and Papa (at their farm).

One day.... in a torrential downpour (rivaling a monsoon or hurricane)this beautiful mommy tried to pack up her car with kids toys, kids food, kids clothes and kids plus the dog. This went well for everyone except beautiful mom, who now looks like a bedraggled bag lady on the Las Vegas strip who has been on a two week bender.

Never fear.... in her brillant organized moments our heroine packed extra clothes for herself to change into for work and thankfully looks acceptable in a ponytail.

However, after unpacking said kids paraphernalia and said kids and dog. Here is a list of things she forgot.

Bugaloo's glasses
Bugaloo's toilet seat
Peanut's CLOTHES (for shit sake)
Peanut's Rice Milk (we have taken her off of dairy to see if this changes some issues she is having)
Kids' extra shoes

Honestly, WTF!??

The End-

Post Script -

Yesterday I came home to a hell of a messy house. Messy (but happy)children. I did what any respectable stressed out mom would do. I ordered pizza and began the cleaning up process. I load of dishes, two loads of laundry, cleaned the bathroom (because God knows what happened in there). Bathing two children. Showered, washed my hair (at 10 pm) which meant sleeping on wet hair, so you can imagine what that looked like when my husband woke me up at 6:45am! (which really wasn't a factor after all the fucking rain) PPS. I usually leave the house at 7:10 to go out to the farm to drop the kids off on Fridays. Can you hear me! Listen closely.....FUCK!

Big cleansing YOGA breathe OMMMMMM...

The rest of the day will be better. I swear! ( all the time)

Riding the Good Times

I guess late spring was a little depressing in our house. I just couldn't seem to get it together and I had, zero motivation to do anything. Even the blog posts were crappy.

I guess I just needed to get in to the swing of summer because things have picked up in my brain. Obviously the 30 min commute to work on a beautiful day helps.

Today is another beautiful day! So I am committed to running at lunch today even though my legs are a little sore from yesterdays run.

We really need a new bed! I guess that is the main obstacle we face right now. Every morning the two of us wake up with sore backs. Now this wouldn't be so bad if we just had to get a new mattress and box spring but it is never that easy is it? We actually need bedroom furniture, or atleast a real bed. For Christ's sake we are in our late 30's this is our second marriage for both of us... you would think one of us would have a real bed. Not so much!

So we are stuck between a romantic wrought iron style and a darling wood and fabric headboard style that is totally functional because it has drawers underneath and we only need to purchase a new mattress. I am definately sold on the functional piece, but hubby is still on the fence. I gave him 24 hours to decide because damn! a girl needs her beauty sleep.

Next week we have an appointment with a social worker at our Children's treatment centre to discuss the best way to communicate with Bugaloo about his cerebral palsy. He has started to point out differences in people and has asked why certain people walk funny or talk funny or use different equipment. I don't think he has really equated himself as different yet, but I want to be prepared for this discussion when it happens. I guess I am so afraid of saying something that will scar him for life. I suppose I should be satisfied that anything said in love will not scar him for life but the hyper paranoia in me wants professional confirmation of that.

Hope everyone enjoys their day!

Heard in Orthopedic Clinic Appointment

Doctor: Well "Bugaloo" you are really doing well, since I saw you last"

Bugaloo: Ya I know.

Doctor: It looks like you have been doing some crawling cause you knees are kinda rough.

Bugaloo: Yeah sometimes

Doctor: You know, now that you are getting the hang of this walking thing, you need to start walking everywhere.

Bugaloo: Well...sometimes things are sooo far away (holds hands far apart) it goes alot faster if I crawl.

Doctor: Well the more you practice the easier and faster walking will get.

Bugaloo: But crawling is faster.

Doctor: Well I'm the doctor and I'm telling you that you need to do more walking.

Bugaloo: I guess.

Doctor leaves shaking her head and giggling

Mom and Physiotherapist are huddled in the corner trying not to laugh.

Bugaloo: Can we go now?

Monday Madness

Good day all. I would have blogged this weekend but is was too damn spectacular around here. The sun was shining it wasn't too hot. I got all the laundry done and hung on the wash line. the kids played in the sandbox, then waterballoons, then baths. We made strawberry jam. I mean seriously it was a great weekend.

The Bug had T-ball this weekend and I made it there without any travel induced vomiting from the princess. Sweet!

Darling DH when for a motorcycle run with our friend Heather in a fundraiser for her son who also has CP. He had a great day and travelled over 300kms. He was tired when he got home.

This week we have clinic with the orthopedic surgeon from U of WO and then Tuesday we have our 2nd last therapy session with our Therapy Aide before she gets laid off due to budget cuts (that's another post).

I have a few meetings at work this week one for our annual fundraising campaign and the other for a new software program for writing marketing proposals. Woop tee do. Also they should start interviewing for my assistant this week so PRAY they find someone quickly!

Well better get back and see how breakfast is going.

Have a great day! It's supposed to be hot and a little muggy here. Thanks Texas!

Fridays are wonderful!

I am so tired. Well not as tired as I could be because the little peanut actually slept through the night last night!

It is a beautiful day here today and I am going to enjoy a run at lunch time today. Woo hoo. Gotta work off the jello shooters from the weekend. Ha!

T-Ball this weekend with the Bug. He is doing so well.

Clinic appt with the orthopedic surgeon on Monday. Therapy on Tuesday and a Haircut sometime next week. Busy Summer!

Sorry for the short post I'll try to be more informative this weekend.

What a weekend!

Ok
Happy Canada Day! I hope everyone had a great day with the families and enjoyed the fireworks. We DID NOT. Having a 12 year old dog who has grown increasingly skittish to loud noises like thunderstorms and you guessed it fireworks. I have come to dread this day along with the Victoria Day weekend and Labour Day. The August weekend doesn't seem to be quite so bad. Why is one day not enough?? Why do our neighbours think fireworks are for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and of course Tuesday. I wouldn't be surprised if they kept a little something back to tonight as well.

Our dog has been sedated for the past 5 days, I'm sure if his heart can survive that it can survive anything.

We had a great weekend away on the motorcycle. We do a trip with our group to Windsor every year for the past 8 years since one couple moved there for his work.

Of course we ran into a huge downpour and even some hail. But in the end the clouds broke the sun came out and it was a great night. I think I went to bed at 4AM or something crazy like that!

Woo hoo!

Now I'm back to work for a few days and then I have another long weekend in July that I planned and hopefully I will get some shit done around the house.

Gotta get going!