Such a HORRIBLE Day!

First let me start by saying how the day started. I didn't get up till 6:30. My alarm was set for 6 and I am thinking David turned it off. So Kailynn normally gets here at 6:30 and luckily I had just came down the stairs when she got here. I should have known by this how the day was going to go.

Skyler from the time that he got up has been so defiant! It is getting worse day by day, and I am at the point that I don't know what to do anymore. I have felt like pulling out my hair all day. I had him down for a nap and of course David got up and everytime David gets up Skyler is so bad! So naturally he didn't take a nap. I am so thankful that he has preschool tomorrow!

Then about 2 pm I get a call from my dr office, thinking that I will have an answer for sure. But quess what?!? They messed my blood up once again. My dr had no apologies that we needed to draw more blood, and that these things just happen. So I told him that I wasn't even going to worry about it anymore! I am tired of people messing up things and then having no apologies. So I hung up on the dr, well what made me hang up is David. The dr wanted to talk to him and David said that he was to busy...so I just hung up. I was so mad at David that he couldn't even take a phone call and show that he cared.

Then a lady from the dr office called back, one of their social workers, and let me tell you she was so sincere! If it hadn't had been for her I wouldn't of called back to the dr office. She apologized for what was happening. And she has gotten me to agree to take the blood again and she will be the contact person on my blood all the way through the process. She is going to be the one calling me to let me know either way. I told her that I did not want the dr calling back because I felt like I was just another paycheck to him. It's a shame that I feel that way with the medical field...but it's just a fact anymore. I feel like all they see is dollar signs when someone calls to make an appointment and see more dollar signs when someone walks through the door. She even apologized for the way my dr acted. She said that she had asked him if anyone apologized to me, and his response to her "these things just happen", so naturally that is a big fat no. She described how I was feeling...like a guinea pig! But she was so sweet and I told her that if it hadn't been for the caring sound in her voice I would not have returned her phone call. She gives me hope that their are some people with compassion in the medical field, and your compassion for your patients and their well being should be what drives you...not the money.

Up above is Kaylee from yesterday pretending to cook!

New Face Lift!

Ashley at SMG made me such a fab new blog! They are just awesome over there! They offer blogs and myspaces for free as well as siggies. I think that I have decided that I am glad that I am taking care of kids. Why you ask, well let me tell ya:

• I get to wake up in my bed and get up and not have to go outside
• No starting the car anymore
• I don't have to get dressed up for work
• I don't have to get the kids up, dressed and out the door by any certain time
• I can lounge most of the day

Well those are my reasons anyways! Grandma Mary got the kids a cooking set for Christmas a real one. It is from Bed, Bath and Beyond and it comes with an apron, baking sheet, baking pan, rolling pin, wooden spoon, and cookie cutters. It is miniture sized. So I let the kids play with it today and they had a ball. Kaylee let me take pictures of her with it...but Skyler let me get a couple regular pics. I can't believe that Christmas is only 6 weeks and 3 days away.

We have to buy a new tree this year. Ours last year had it. So I am going to get a cheap one from Wal-Mart this year and then next year I am going to invest in a tree. I am only going to decorate our outside door for Christmas this year. It is way to cold to hang lights and stuff. So I will have pre-lit garland around the door.

Still no word on my test results. Hopefully I will hear something in the next couple of days. They ran the blood tests just to confirm that I will have to have my spleen out. Thanksgiving week will be a short one for me...so I am hoping that they do it then.

A quiet Sunday...

At least that is the way it feels to me. Mary and Richard left at 8:30 this am, and after they left it was just an weird silence. We had a good time and hated to see them leave. We really did enjoy ourselves. They got in Thursday and I still had kids here. They all left at 3:45 and I fixed shrimp and chicken alfredo. On Friday we went to Columbia and ate at TGIFridays. It was so good. I also did more Christmas shopping. The kids went on the carousel at the mall grandma and grandpa rode with them. We had Jambalaya for supper and my mom made pecan pie! And it was all very good. The kids really had a good time with grandma and grandpa and Skyler said some of the funniest things! Mary asked Skyler on Thursday evening if he had a mirror in his room (and he doesn't) he replied by saying "Yes grandma", he then took her in his room and pointed to his window. It was so funny. Then, yes my mother in law talks a bit, Skyler came down stairs yesterday morning and said "I am tired of grandma talking, tired of it!" both Richard and I looked at each other and started laughing. Kaylee for some reason has to get use to Richard for a couple of days. Well Friday after they got off the merry go round she was holding his hand walking in the mall. All of a sudden she asked "where's pawpaw at?" and I smiled cause I knew she didn't realize she was holding his hand. I replied "Your holding his hand sissy" she then stopped in her tracks looked up at Richard, her eyes got big and came running beside me. It was too funny. She just didn't realize that she had a hold of his hand. I wish that I could say that I took more pictures, but I didn't. Mary took a ton. But I did get a few.

The In-Laws are coming tomorrow!

Well Richard and Mary will be here tomorrow and of course the house is not totally cleaned. David always waits till the last minute. My tasks are done except putting the sheets that are washing on the bed. I hope the visit goes nicely. I have a bad cold which I can thank to this weather, Kaylee has it as well. And poor little Kinlea has it and so does Kailynn.

Well I got a call from my dr yesterday and the lab that my blood went to didn't freeze it, so Friday I have to go and get more blood drawn. I don't think anymore blood can come out of me! I had 5 tubes that that lab wasted and now 5 more have to come out.

Yesterday was I think the worst day ever! And I am not just saying that. It's one of those days when you finally realize either something is going to have to give, or your world is going to break apart. And now I can say with a sigh of relief it's going to get better from here.

Well Sunday the season finale of Army Wives was on. I must say that I am bummed out! It is by far my favorite show...but I didn't like the ending.

A little bit to blog about...

Well that is to say the least! First let me start with yesterday. And extra hour of sleep cut short by Kaylee. On the weekends she will wake up at 7:30, well yesterday she was up at 6:45 (which old time is 7:45). But Aunt Kelley took the kids with her and she had them from about 11 to 4:30 and it was so quiet around her, oh man it was nice. But I had to clean up. The in-laws are coming up this Thursday so that means extra cleaning. I am taking care of everything except the laundry room and our bedroom. I told David that is his areas to attend to. He had three days off last week and didn't do a thing, and I told him that I was not doing it all this time around. But yesterday was relaxing...that is until the kids came back and as soon as they are back, you know it! LOL

Also I was excited to find Kaylee's doll house that I wanted to get her. ToysRUs has been sold out of it for awhile. And by luck they only had ONE on the shelf and I snatched it up today! The dollhouse was originally $80, but on sale for $70 and then I had a 20% off coupon so I got it for $56! A super deal if I do say so! Then I got the free gift set of the parents to go with it and on top of that I got her two sets to go with it and since I spent $75 I got a free $10 gift card! Whoo-hoo! But I was really starting to worry that I wasn't going to find it. Every where has been sold out of it for awhile now.

So now for even bigger news! They figured out why I am losing blood. I have spherocytosis. And I was born with it. It is inheritated. So my parents and sister need to go get checked out. But on the down side of this...my spleen is going to be removed. So this means surgery for me once again! I am really starting to hate hospitals. I am not sure when I will have the surgery but I would say the next month to month and a half. So Christmas may not be too exciting around here. They did another test that will confirm that I do have this and then I will go see another doctor that will remove my spleen.

Halloween!

The kids had a good time yesterday. Kelley and Taylor went Trick or Treating with us for a bit. We went down to grandma Suzie's first. She loaded them up with candy and then we went to great grandma Gerry's. She kept putting candy in their baskets! I didn't think she was ever going to stop. And after that we hit up the houses. We had to dump the kids candy because it was getting too heavy for them and then went back for more! Skyler had the Trick or Treating part down pat....but Kaylee would not say it for the life of her. And then on top of that they were wanting to get into the people's candy bowls. I had to tell them several times to get out of them. But there seems to be fewer and fewer houses that give out candy each year. I can remember when I was little every house would be lit up. But after all that the kids baskets were filled to the brim. So we did good. And on top of that we were only out for about an hour and a half.

Cooking with the kids

So there is going to be two posts tonight...got to catch up! Yesterday with all the kids I made cupcakes. Needless to say it was quite interesting! Skyler wanted to do the eggs and I told him no. I didn't want egg shells in the mix. But they each got to put some of the water and vegetable oil into the mix along with the candies that went into it. And then I put the frosting on top of the cupcakes and had them spread it on it...probably wasn't my brightest idea! And then the put the sprinkles on top of them. They all were very proud of themselves. Skyler had fun at preschool and did well at the nursing home. He came home with quite a bit of candy from school, and then Kailynn and Kinlea brought candy as well here. Up above are pictures of everyone before we started, Skyler and Kaylee helping stirring the mix and then the finished product of what we made! My dad came by yesterday and was such a life saver and picked up my new license plates for me! And he had to laugh when he came back...all the kids were on the chairs with their eyes wide open watching everything. We had a good time yesterday.