October 15, 2007

• Holey moley, busy.

  Did I tell ya that being a working mom is HARD! 

  Ug.

  It is hard to keep in mind 24-7 that my kids are not obstacles,
  but rather blessings.  They ask me to
  stop to smell the flowers to enjoy the summer breeze in the middle of October
  and to just give those hugs. Whatever would I do without them?

   

  Let’s see, what have we been up to?

  Georgia was interviewed last week for a magazine article on
  her LemonAid participation.  The magazine
  is called Keeneland, it is a quarterly publication, which is due in November.
  We are ensured a copy. She was very shy, but we told our story. Georgia is
  working very hard to learn her letters, she is very interested in trying to
  read, she often pretends to read to me after I read to her.  She has also been learning to draw and paint
  and cut paper. She is a relentless learner, she wants to do lessons even at
  10pm. I can hardly keep up with her. 
  Dylan can impede a bit. I am trying to find a balance for the two of
  them.  She was having trouble finishing
  her dinner and has been a little underweight and finally I figured out a solution.
  While she eats, I read a story and she will quietly sit, listen and eat. Unfortunately,
  I figured this out at midnight after she was up sneaking cheese out of the
  fridge.  She is extremely smart, well
  spoken and devious. There is a lot to be thought of with regards to this child.
  I cannot be lazy and expect that she will just listen to me.  Dwayne has great ideas about how to interact
  with her; he identifies with her personality quite a bit.  I am a simple Taurus, like my son. All this
  trickery is confusing to me, I am glad Dwayne has it all figured out, it will
  be our daughters saving grace.

  Dylan is still struggling to get a word in edge wise. He
  talks a lot, but no one can understand a darn thing that comes out of his
  little mouth.  He likes to exercise his muscles;
  I always find him picking up heavy things. It worries me a bit, as if he did
  not learn a lesson when he dropped the sealed soda can on his toe – he lost the
  toe nail, it was gruesome.  Recently, I
  have caught him picking up a 12pk of soda and launching it off of the two step
  deck.  He also filled a 5 gallon bucket
  with rocks the size of softballs and bigger, only to realize with much
  frustration that he could not drag the bucket around. He LOVES to put on
  Georgia’s pink crocs, well one on one foot. Then he flips out when he can’t get
  the shoe off or on again.  Mostly, he
  walks around with one on, and mostly on the wrong foot, looking confused each
  time he takes a step. You can really see the little Taurus bull rear its ugly
  head. When he gets mad, he opens his mouth and throws his head back like
  Charlie Brown and wails, “AHHHHHH-IE”, Like he is saying “I” with extra
  pronounced “E” at the end.  It is the
  only time I really get to inspect his teeth and the progress of their eruption.
  Sometimes though, when he is tired, he will just sit down on the ground and
  open his legs to each side and put his forehead on the ground and whimper.  He is entertaining to say the least.
  Yesterday, I walked around holding him for a couple of hours. He loves to be
  held and walked around the house. I think it is because he likes boobs, he will
  even say “bubs”, with a lot of air between the lips.

  Dwayne has been watching Football, he has even been watching
  University of Kentucky Football. Which is unusual, but he still will not wear a
  UK t-shirt, “Unless my kids are going to UK.” He has been struggling with the
  Truck, he got the starter replaced, and then the water pump went bad. He has
  been driving his motorcycle. He has also been fighting the Mighty Mouse
  Brigade. We have a army of mice, courteous of your truly, rampaging the house
  and Garage.  He is pretty sore at me for “saving”
  the babies, but I just couldn’t throw the little red skinned things out in the
  sunny grass to burn to death. So we have quite a problem. They came into the
  house through a chewed hole in the floor, now they are using the ventilation pipes
  to get a round.  The other night, I saw
  one come out of the closet and run behind the TV. I called Dwayne who was
  upstairs, He said, “What do you want me to do?”, just then it ran behind the vacuum
  cleaner in the corner of the room. I told Dwayne he needs to come downstairs.
  When he did he was irritated I was making him stop what he was doing, then I
  told him that the mouse was hiding behind the vacuum cleaner and so he picked
  it up and saw the mouse and squashed the mouse. It was gross. Georgia was
  fascinated.  He set a bunch of traps with
  Potato last night, but they were mouse free this morning. We tried Peanut
  Butter, but that didn’t work either.  I
  was thinking about something like this:  http://www.amazon.com/ISS-Its-So-Simple-Mouse/dp/B000KAHY2C   but what if they jump out?     Anyway, the beat goes on.

   

  I have been very busy at work. Stress stress. Working long
  hours and still trying to keep the house in line with the winter coming on. I
  had a yard sale last weekend and go rid of a bunch of clothes that no longer
  fit and other junk. It was cleansing to get rid of that stuff.  We made enough money for Dwayne to get the
  water pump fixed.  I have been thinking
  of cookies and what I want to make for the holidays. I wish I had some money to
  get the fabric I need for the next quilt. I have one in mind.  I am sure I could keep myself occupied all
  winter with all of the other unfinished projects that I have lying around.  I guess we will see.  I have also been working with the Neighborhood
  Association. I am now the editor of the newsletter and webmaster.  We are in the process of handing out the end
  of summer newsletter and gearing up for the next meeting. I got involved with the
  hopes of bringing some new energy to the group.  We have a fantastic city park that our
  association borders, so there are plenty of things we can gather together to do.  We will see what happens. I am excited to
  meet some of my neighbors though.

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