What Am I Doing Wrong?!?

Both my boys are very sick with colds right now (Joshua has a fever too so maybe his is the flu?) Joe is on Vancouver Island playing rugby and I am here with the kids. I'm trying not to be bitter about this but so far I am failing. :P

For 2 days now I have had 2 screaming children. Fortunately, they don't often cry at the same time ... they each stop crying when I am cuddling them. Unfortunately, I cannot cuddle both at the same time so more often than not there has been at least one screaming and crying child in my house. I am exhausted and don't know what to do about them.

This is not entirely a pity post, ... I also need advice. Many of you have more than one child ... what do I do to stop the crying?!?


Here is a very rare happy shot. The boys are on the bed with Grandpa Rick, watching cartoons. Joshua calls that brown chair thing 'Joshua's seat' while James gets the Bumbo borrowed from Owen. :)

Hooray

For the first time since I fractured them, my ribs feel better today than they did yesterday. Hooray! I'm on the mend! :)

Thank You

Thank you for being you.

I Apologize ...

I Apologize ...
For all the mean things I might have said.

I Apologize ...
For all the things I did or didn't do.

I Apologize ...
If I ever ignored you.

I Apologize ...
If I ever made you feel bad or put you down.

I Apologize ...
If I ever thought I was better than you.

I Apologize ...
For everything wrong I've ever done.

I Care for You ... Don't ever forget that!

Through good times and bad,
I'll always be here for you.

I'm telling you this now because ...
What if tomorrow ...

YOU WIN THE LOTTERY?!?

Peyton Manning on SNL

I missed Saturday Night Live this weekend (it's just too late for me to stay up) but Joe was watching one of his many sports shows on Sunday and they showed a clip from the night before. Peyton Manning, the Colts QB who just won the Superbowl, hosted SNL and apparently he was hilarious. Here's a clip from a United Way spoof. I've seen it 4 times and every time I laugh out loud. Enjoy.

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/#mea=84993

*contented sigh*

My children are with my inlaws for the day and I am back on tylenol 3's and relaxing with the newest Joy Fielding book and many trashy celebrity magazines. Life is good. :)

"Don't be a Hero" *L*

I've resisted the T-3's for over a week and just lived with the pain of my fractured ribs because I thought it was better for James. Now, the fourth doctor I've seen in 8 days has told me that if I don't take the Tylenol 3s I won't get better. Apparently my breathing is too shallow because of the pain and so the ribs aren't healing and I'm risking a collapsed lung and pneumonia. I'm glad we live in Canada where my wimpyness allows me to exploit the medical system and go to 4 different doctors a total of 5 times last week (both for my ribs and my concussion). :P

I was even told by one doctor, "don't be a hero, take the medication". *L* If you know me, you know I am far from being any kind of hero ... I'm a complainer, not a hero! ;)

Uh oh ...

Does anyone know how to tape up injured ribs? Apparently they don't do this anymore because it allows the injured person to return to somewhat normal activities sooner than they should but I don't have the time to heal. I need to be better now. I am taking care of my boys and have injured my ribs even more in the process (I didn't think they could hurt more than they did but I was wrong!) If you have any sports medicine knowledge to share, please let me know! Otherwise, I might drive out to Joe's Rugby game tomorrow afternoon so the trainer can tape them for me ...

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Milady the Right Reverend Stacey the Waspish of Giggleswick under Table Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

My Fortune

My Fortune Cookie told me: I sense a complete and utter vaccuum in the space between your auricles. Get a cookie from Miss Fortune

Is this a slam?!?

Around the World (in less than 4 minutes)

Matt is a guy who has travelled around the world, dancing. You'll see what I mean! ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNF_P281Uu4

Indignation on Display

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pATjJVdalZc -- I'm not sure how to post the video, just the link ...

This is a link to the youtube video for the incident between the Vancouver Police Department and the off-duty Vancouver Firefighter on St. Patrick's Day. I watched the video and read the comments posted by people and it made me sad and a little indignant. The firefighters are being ridiculed for not stepping in to help the police officers and the VPD is being charged with excessive use of force for using a baton. I, personally, don't see anything wrong with how the situation was handled, except that maybe the firefighters got a little too close to the altercation and the off-duty firefighter should have known better than to resist arrest. I obviously don't know the whole story and I could very well be wrong but this is how I see it ...

Joe's Dad stopped over today and mentioned that the firefighter being taken into custody was actually a third level black belt. The officer in the background of the video seems to be losing control of the situation and motions for the officer with the baton to step in. He had already been overtaken by the suspect before the second officer ever made contact with the suspect's back ... not his head!! I speculate that the firefighters didn't step in because they might have (A) be mistook for helping their fellow firefighter instead of the police and (B) not been covered by WCB if they were injured in the altercation.

I needed to rant here after reading all of the negative comments posted on youtube about this incident. :P

I respect and appreciate both firefighters and police officers and am glad they do their job everyday so that I can feel safer in my community. I went to school with many current and future police officers and my step-dad, uncle and father-in-law are Firefighters. In fact, Joe is currently in the process of applying to be an auxilliary Firefighter in Abbotsford (he eventually wants to do it full-time).

Thanks for reading my rant. *L* That's how I see it ... how about you?

Car For Sale

Automobile for Sale

1985 Blue Volkswagen

Only 50 miles.
Only first gear and reverse ever used.

Never driven hard.
Original tires.
Original brakes.
Original fuel and oil.

Only 1 driver.
Owner wishing to sell due to employment lay-off.

A HUGE thank you!

As I've said before, life has been hectic lately. I need to say a huge thank you to my Aunt Jacki who watched both boys yesterday so I could see the doctor again about my ribs and get some stronger painkillers (then come home and put them to work as I helped Joe construct a new wall for James' bedroom). Aunt Jacki had the boys for over 4 hours on her one day off from the daycare she runs out of her home. She is amazing!

Also, thank you to my Gramma who took the boys in the evening and had them for 5 hours as they napped and ate dinner. Gramma is over 80 years old and there is nothing she wouldn't do for my children. Thank you so much, Gramma!

After all my whining yesterday, it all worked out! :)

THANK YOU!!

Luck of the Irish

Happy St Patrick's Day!

I'm 1/2 Irish. (My Dad is whole Irish). :P

My sister Cindy says that everyone is Irish on St Patrick's Day. :)

Today I fell down the cement stairs in our carport. I was carrying Joshua but I guess I broke his fall because he is okay (thank goodness!). I, on the other hand, have a bruised elbow and back, at least one cracked rib and perhaps a concussion, they won't know for sure until the pain medication kicks in and the rib pain subsides. Tomorrow I was supposed to be taking the kids out of the house all day so that Joe could build a wall and make a third bedroom (for James). Now I will spend the day in bed and I do not know where the boys will go. My parents are away, Joe's Mom is at a horse show and his Dad will be here, helping Joe with the construction.

I thought being Irish was supposed to be lucky?!? *L*

They were both healthy for about a minute

I told several people when they asked last week that my family is doing great because, for once, both boys were healthy AT THE SAME TIME! :)

That lasted for about a minute. *L*

Joshua has had another stomach virus for 4 days and doesn't seem to be getting any better. This one isn't as bad as the last one, though. It is the season for these things to go around, I guess.

In better news, I LOVE tax season! (Obviously I am not an accountant). :P

... I am just the recipient (through Joe) -- thanks to tuition credits and a few dependants -- of a healthy refund. YAY!! Let's go shopping!

Arghh!

What a horrible day!! Joe and I are still exhausted from a very busy weekend and this evening we noticed that a pipe had burst in the bathroom wall, behind the tub. It happened yesterday but we thought it was just overspray from the shower at the time. Now, we had to rip out the laminate in the office, closet and hallway to get the huge puddles to dry up ... we're desperately hoping we can salvage most of the laminate (some is already ruined). What a nightmare! I need some sleep. :(

New Clothes

Amy and Muryn helped me to pick out some new clothes in Bellingham last weekend. YAY!! I had started to abandon the maternity clothes as I found a few new pieces that worked but now I can abandon them altogether!! :)

I bought new jeans and a few new shirts and even a new pair of shoes (they are horribly uncomfortable but look nice with the jeans *L*).

Thanks girls, for all your help! I had a great time!