Sick Saturday - Revisited.

Saturday and I'm sitting in bed at 9:34am drinkng coffee, playing with my farmville on facebook and checking out the blogs listed on the homeschooling email group I'm part of because I'm still sick. 

Yesterday's doctor's appointments gave me a very bruised icky looking vein in my left arm, another poke in my right arm before and after the icky glucose test they did for gestational diabetes.  At least the orange sugary drink was cold this time.  I was so thankful for that one!

We were delayed there, and had to rush all the way to Winkler where my doctor is because I do not trust this hospital or its doctors here.   I've had more issues with their caring for my children who needed to be seen in emergancy situations, had to choose between two or three diagnosis as to what might be wrong... not something I feel comfortable with, so Winkler it is.

MY doctor was very sweet letting me in 10 minutes late due to the delay here, listening to all my concerns and symptoms including the contraction in the middle of Zellers in Wpg, and told me that I have bronchitis complicated by the asthma which I had sort of suspected that or pneumona.  I'm on antibiotic, two puffers and already had a better night last night, feel a bit better this morning too.  She told me if I have contractions like that again, I should go to the hospital to be checked, to take it easy and also noted that my nostrils are very narrow.  Maybe that's why I have such a hard time with my nose all the time!

Anyway, after that, we grabbed DQ and headed to Carman where we picked up (or Derk did... I waited in the car of course) our latest order for school books and then he said he felt like headng to the city and doing the groceries then instead of today.  Fine wth me... except that meant sitting n the car for almost 2 hours while he did it.  Oh well.... he got me a Timmies English Toffee and a Boston Cream donut.  I did okay. 

By the time we got home, I was so exhausted I could hardly stand it.  Tried to take a bath and was so super tired I got out and hubby tucked me into bed.  I slept almost 2 hours!  Totally abnormal for me.

Today, I'm feeling quite a bit better except for all my sinuses aching in my face, the cough that lingers but doesn't come quite as often thank goodness as the doctor says that is stressful on the baby.  Some of my other symptoms will diminish too as the coughing stops she tells me and I sure do hope so!

So, yesterday, hubby bought me a cute baby blankie.  My first thing for this little one.  I have absolutely NOTHNG for this baby, no crib, bassinette, high chair, carseat or stroller, sling, diapers, clothing.... NADA.   Gave it all away now here I am needing it again!   I have 2 maternity dresses and some tops that I wear over my skirts, but since I can't get to church or anywhere it really doesn't matter what I wear does it?

I'm pretty tired these days but hope that will improve since I took my first vitamin D yesterday.  We will see.  It's an experiment.  But... perhaps it's already working and that's why I  am feeling so much better so fast?  Who knows...

Guess it is time to call down to Derk and see what this day is going to bring for our family.

Another sick day...

Another rough day for me.  I'm still very sick and the wheezing and growling sounds in my chest, throat and nose aren't making me feel very good.  I'm worried about getting pneumonia since I'm prone to that or bronchitis.  This cough is vicious and I woke up twice last night choking to death.  What really is scary though, is for the past two nights, this has happened to me and my husband has lain there BESIDE me while I choked, strangled and about died and SLEPT THROUGH IT ALL!  Glad it wasn't more serious!!!

Anyway, got the boys and girls switched around yesterday, new schedule made and ready to put into practice on Feb 1st.  All part of getting ready for this baby's arrival in a few months.  The two oldest boys get the girls smaller main floor room and the girls plus Zachary get the upstairs big room which will give them more space to play and sleep.  This all is temporary as we're planning on moving this spring/summer/fall... depending on how fast we can finish our renovations and get this place on the market.  It's just too small these days.

I just found out Charlotte our dog we think is either pregnant or experiencing a false pregnancy has eaten holes in both pairs of brand new pants I bought for Michael!  SIGH... the kid needed new pants so badly and we got him 3 pairs of jeans and a pair of sweats for bed and the dog ate through his sweats and jeans and the other two pairs don't fit him properly so we were going to either return them or give them to someone since they were $5 a pair but now he's back to NOTHING again!  grrrr

Derk's in Portage la Prairie today on a tour of another plant his company owns.  I feel like he's a million miles away!  Josh is at work till 2pm and Derk's supposed to get back to the plant around 2pm as well.  I have no car, and our parcels have arrived but can't be gotten because someone over 18 needs to sign for them  sigh... AND I CAN'T GO!

It's nice and sunny out there today but -23 and with windchill feels like -33!  Not a day to let the kids play outside!

Time to rally the troops again.

Wacky Wednesday

Just feel lousy today.  I know I'm getting better and that sometimes getting better makes you feel worse, but I really don't want to go through all this today.  sigh...

Hubby and I talked some things over last night and are doing some house rearranging today in order to make life a bit smoother.  He's at work though, so Michael, the girls and I will be doing it all, well I'll be directing them to do it all I guess.

One's in the bath now, and the rest are supposed to be doing their assignments, but who knows... got to check on them.

Me?  I've been choking, strangling, wheezing and whatever else one does when trying to recover from this terrible cold/flu etc.  The pregnancy part doesn't make it any easier either.

Well enough of my whining today.  Had to get it out somewhere!

Time to get back to my work.

Still Sick

Well, I'm almost 25 weeks pregnant now and this last week has been almost a blur of sickness for me.  Things have come to a stand still and I've spent the last 5 days in bed sicker than a dog.  I'm on the mend, I know that, but still miserable and the coughing has done strange things to my sick pregnant body and it really really hurts in places I never knew could hurt from coughing!

Anyway, other than that, life continues despite me and the blizzard was a godsend because it kept hubby home on Monday to look after me so I slept and slept some more.  Sure hope he doesn't get as sick as I have been.  So far, nobody else has gotten as ill as me and that's a good thing!

I've got so much to do this next 3-4 weeks and I need to focus on feeling better and getting back on track.  I have deadlines that are government and cannot be toyed with, so sick or not, I have to meet them and it'd sure be nice to feel better first! lol.

As far as the baby goes... no new news there.  I don't think I'm gaining weight though, more like it's gaining, I'm losing.  I hope I'm right about the sex of the baby because we only have one name and that's that.

Sick Saturday

I am soooo sick this morning.  This cold is awful.  Sore throat, aching jaw and sneezing all the time.  Nose sore and pouring... sigh... kids have or had it too and hubby and Josh are getting it.

No milk or cream this morning so the girls are going to the store.  It's snowing out there so hard it looks like white rain.  Only vehicle running is Josh's and life really feels awful to me this morning.  Of course things are always worse when one's sick.

We possibly are buying a transport minivan on Monday and the guy might trade it with one of our vehicles that aren't running properly.  Our white cargo van.  That would be so nice to get at least ONE of thes vehicles out of our yard. 

He also said it's not our windstar's motor but rather thinks it's the catalytic converter so that's sort of a relief, and told us our Lumina which is a 92 and was just a junker we bought for the teens and me to use back in 2005 when Derk worked through camp and i  was pregnant, is TOAST.  The timing chain is gone he thinks and well, it's not worth the work or expense to fix.  I'd be glad to retire that car too.  The mini van would work well for us.  We'd already discussed getting two minivans rather than trying to run our 15 passengers anymore or whatever else we had.  Our family size will be 11 but Kyla-Dawn lives in Ontario and has her own car, and Josh has his own and often times kids go with Josh anyway.  If just one or two of us go somewhere we often borrow his car because it's cheaper so a second minivan would work fine.

We will see I guess how it all plays out.

Thursday already and it feels like I've accomplished nothing!  Not really true, but normally I'd have done so much more sigh....

Anyway, yesterday I got my girls to help in my room abit.  I was not feeling well at all.  More contractions and things, but by bedtime, was doing much better.  Derk and Mike went to the city and got me printer ink and a lemon cake I was wanting... plus some pants for him and a few other needed items.

One of these was a keyboard for the other computer so we'll have 4 set up soon.  Then I can spread their SOS  out and the 4 who take it will each have their own station to use.  Whew!!!

Mike's at the store at the moment... Larissa is doing her SOS and Jenaya is entertaining the three littles and herself on the big computer.  Jen's been sick with a cold all week and now Audi and Emmy and probably Zach are coming down with it too.  Audi had such pink cheeks this morning.  Jen had a slight fever and sore throat with a lump in it she said, then yesterday a cough and today runny nose and feeling much better so lets hope this thing rages on by quickly!

Josh is working split shift today so 10-2pm and then back again at 6 til 9pm.  Derk gets off at 3:30 as usual and will be home by 4pm.  Another crazy day around this place.  It's snowing and is the first signs of that Colorado Low coming through from now till Sunday.  not sure how much we'll get though.

Another day sitting on this bed, having contractions of some sort.  Not sure what is happening, but it just doesn't feel right at all.  Not like it should be feeling at this point in pregnancy.  I'm trying to get an appointment with my doctor to see what's going on.

Kids seem in slow motion today as well.  Jenaya has a bad cold and so she's not doing things as fast as normal although she says she feels much better today and managed to take out the dogs and garbage this morning.  She's doing her school now on the computer.  Josh is cleaning up after breakfast and Larissa had to bath Zachary and now do her chores.

Michael JUST got out of bed despite us calling him and waking him up for almost 2 hours.  Sigh... he really gets me down.  It's him sleeping so late that ruins our days schoolwise or anything else we need to do and I'm SO sick and tired of it.

Derk had bloodwork this morning and so went to work later and will get home later.  I've been having a backache for 2 days now and contractions this morning about every 45 min or so.  Guess I'd better start timing them and seeing for sure when they come and how long sigh...  I'm 24 wks and it's way too soon.

Derk thinks I'll be on bedrest the rest of this pregnancy and that I'll have the baby early.  We will see....

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Past the halfway mark of this month and today Jenaya is 8.5 yrs old exactly.  It's also my 24 wk mark or 6 months if you go by the 4 wk month.  SO it's a big day for milestones!

Derk's got an appointment tonight with the specialist and we aren't quite sure what he will say.  I'm hoping to go with him.  Tonight is also Michael's art class.  So lots to do today. 

Last night Derk put up one side of the windows's wall of drywall.  Looks good even with the "decorations" my toddlers added to the drywall while it was standing in the dining room awaiting use!!!  One smaller side of the windows to go ceiling to floor and then under them.  The slanted part of the roof, actual ceiling and then a bit over by the closet and door and we'll be done. Oh and another small section by my bed I guess.  it's coming.  Can't wait till it's finished and painted.  i want at least this room done before the baby arrives.  It's hard when you have to do it in such small increments but that's because of lack of time... sometimes money too lol.  Lately time.

I'm doing okay as long as I sit on the couch or bed most of the day.  Annoying, but as Derk says, you know your body and you need to listen to it and do whatever it takes to keep that little bundle inside until it's time.

I'm hoping to get a little organizing done in my room today after the renos last night in hopes of actually getting my year end paper work finished before February!  Everything has a fine film of drywall dust on it on top of the mess made by shoving things here and there so my work's cut out for me lol. 

Since I am going with Derk tonight to the doctor, I need to be ready for that too but am kind of excited about getting out of the house for the first time since last Friday!  I won't be doing more than driving in the car, maybe sitting in the waiting room at the doctor's office, but still it's something right?

The trees are beautiful this morning.  All covered with Hoar Frost and the thick blanket of fog around it all makes it all the more mysterious and pretty.  How I wish I could go for a walk today!  Sigh... however, since I had to miss both services yesterday, guess not eh?

Well today is the bedroom zone on Flylady and mine certainly needs attention.  Got a few new things in here that need organizing, some tidying of course after LIVING in here for the past 2 weeks almost, and then the paper work waiting to be sorted and dealt with to prepare end of the year papers, business meeting and for our personal income taxes.  Since Josh is working, we have 3 income taxes even though Kyla-Dawn has moved away.

I need to get the kids moving on their schoolwork, I have the feeling they aren't doing what I asked them to do sigh... I need a camera and video system in every room lol.  THEN I'd have a grip on them ALL the time hee hee.

I'm feeling kind of down these days, or maybe it's because I'm thinking several things through.  Trying to decide where our lives will take us in the next year or two.  It's all so hard to think about without knowing certain key parts, but that's about all I think about these days.

Also thinking about our children and where I want them to go school wise in the remainder of this year and years to come, the birth of this baby, our home renos, amoung tons of other things preying on my mind.  When you are pregnant and have to just sit around and figure out money or the lack thereof, and bills the abundance thereof, it really weighs a body down!

Anyway, my thoughts are heavy and soul searching today I guess.  Decisions are looming around the corner and which way will we go with them?

Sunshiney Day...January 16th 2010

Last night I went to the city with Derk, had a sundae and never left the vehicle until Zellars  where I walked a few minutes and suddenly had an awful contraction that left me sweaty, gasping and freaked out big time.  We had to leave with nothing.

All the rest of the night I rested, had contractions and drank 1.5 L of water but still feel tight and icky this morning.  Hubby says I'm not to do anything.  SIGH.

Derk got his hair cut this morning, then came home and the boys helped him push our not working cargo van backwards down the drive so that we can park our other van which has some serious issues.   Not without denting the front and back bumpers of the car they used to push it with!  sigh...

Oh well, tis done and another burden off my back I guess.  Now Derk's taking Michael to get him some new jeans and groceries and then somehow, we'll have to figure out how to get the laundry done too.  All with me banished to couch or bed.  Not going to be fun.

Thank Goodness It's PayDay!!

We did it, barely but we did it.  We made it till payday.  Whew!  This time was especially tight.  Things were crazy and we were hit with a lot of unexpected expenses.  Hopefully the next pay period will be easier!

It is sunny out there and -1C!  In mid January!  The are saying above normal temps for almost the rest of the month and that'd be SO nice after the weeks of really cold we endured in December!  I'm so ready for spring!  But then, of course I am!  My due date is in spring lol.

Josh is at work, the kids are getting up slowly and I should get into high gear.  Already have looked the budget over and paid a bill online.  Now, to finish that up and see what's what.  Derk's said his foot is killing him and can he come home.  I know he's stubborn enough to stay and finish the day but he really does need to come home if that foot's bugging him that badly.  We've got to get it fixed somehow!

Thursday, January 14th

Yay tomorrow's payday!  I don't know why January seems like such a hard month financially but it's usually when things hit from the blue and there's no extra money to deal with it all!  I'll be glad to see payday tomorrow!  Whew! lol

Well, yesterday was our doctor's appointments and Derk's issues are getting more and more serious.  His diabetes is getting worse I think, and although we are trying to control it with metformin and diet, they found protein in the urine and so a whole bunch of tests have been ordered.  He gets the bloodwork done next week.  His feet are getting worse too.  So bad, his boss handed him a form to put him on light duties at work, to be filled out by the doc.  So I'm not sure how that's going to go, but he says he's in tons of pain today at work.  One more day after this one to go and then you can rest a few honey!

Me?  Well, I'm doing fine.  The scare on Sunday is okay.  All is still fine, just my bp is lower than it was last time.  it's 100/60 now.  Not sure what that all means, but just know the lowest it's been was 90/50 and that was scary.

I apparently have a choice as to birth plans and  am seriously considering c-section after looking at a bunch of factors that could cause me grief during my pregnancy, my tendancy to go overdue, have to be induced and have large babies.  There are pros and cons to either way, but my age, weight, pregnancies in the past all point to the fact a c-section would actually be safer and kinder to my body and MUCHO easier on mama!  Well, except for recovery of course.

I misplaced a chequebook and finally wrote the cheque on a further numbered batch that was in storage only to mail the cheque and find my cheque book an hour or two later.  SIGH...

Anyway, I'm thinking this day couldn't go any SLOWER!  Everyone was up at a good time, but in slow motion!  I'm eating brunch now, french toast and molasses and then it's serious school for the next few hours.  We got alot accomplished this week, but I'd like some more before the weekend.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Can you believe that this month is just about half over already?  WOW!  Time is flying by so fast!  This morning, Derk went downstairs to find the washer pipes had thawed and since Michael had taken the hoses off the taps but forgot to SHUT the taps off, guess what was flowing all over the back hall floor!  Yup water and we don't know how long it'd been doing that for!  They were still frozen at 1am when he went to bed but rushing like a mighty river at 5am when he woke up for work. 

I'm on day 3 of hubby imposed bedrest due to some things in my body not feeling right on Sunday.  I see my doc tomorrow so we'll see what she says.  I don't want this baby too early!

Yesterday we got lots of school done especially Joshua and I was glad about that.  With him graduating this year and working pretty much full time, it's hard to fit it all in, but it's coming and so we'll make it happen somehow!

Well not much more to report except we have two dead and by dead I mean never going to recover dead, batteries that we now must replace.  Not sure why they went at the same time, but they did. sigh...  We have to wait till payday so that means we're ALL using Josh's car.  Poor guy.

Sunday Morning, January 10, 2010

I am in bed.  Yes, home from church and in bed.  Had some contractions and other things going on this morning and we decided rest was in order.  I'm watching the webcast from POA on my puter or at least listening to it when I'm not exactly watching.  Stomach feels very odd.  Baby's moving alot so that's good, but not sure why the sudden contractions.  I think they are just Braxton-Hicks, but I will be telling my doctor on Wednesday when I see her.  Hopefully all is well.

So I'm home alone except for the dogs, who apparently thought THEY were the only ones home lol.  So I found out when I got up to go to the bathroom and they began to bark like someone was entering the house ha ha.

Here's hoping I can go to church tonight.  I have to quit this post because the baby is kicking the laptop bigtime and it feels weird!

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Okay, it's sunny outside and that's about ALL the good I can find in this morning!  Honestly!  First I overslept and woke up needing the bathroom so badly being prego of course, plus my head's aching and I just felt icky all over.

Dress and head to the bathroom only to sit quickly with my blurry vision not detecting my 4 yr old had sprinkled when he tinkled.... or maybe did the whole job on the seat!  i sat and guess what?  YUP!  Not a pleasant experience for me that's for sure.

Come down stairs and no coffee's made, Larissa's on my puter and when I kick her off, she goes over to the other one where the younger kids are fighting over who gets what horse on some little game on there.  Or at least Ember was bossing everyone around and I'd had enough super fast so now they are kicked off that puter.  Cars are still outside in a non-running condition which had better be rectified today, and everyone is sitting around doing nothing.  WHY?  BECAUSE MOM SLEPT IN!!!!!  SIGH....

Someday they are going to have to figure this thing out and get going.  I am 22 wks pregnant and I can't do what they do anymore!  grrrrr.  So that's my mood for the morning.

Even the weather isn't co-operating!  It says FAIR on my little gadget, but the temp is -24C and with windchill it's -39C!  It was supposed to be warmer today.  The internet keeps going in and out and in and out and so I'm positive someone has it in for me today before I even opened my eyes!  I mean... come on!  Who dreams that your daughter takes you to a huge hill of soft snow and you are prego in moccasins and you are supposed to climb it to see a bunch of figures she made out of jello???? OR then once that doesn't pan out, you go to this door and there in a big garage, is millions of tea lights spelling out HAPPY FATHER"S DAY... HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY...  when it's winter?  What on earth did I eat last night!!!!!

Friday = Freak Day!

My wake up call this morning was provided courtesy of the town's snowplows right outside my house.  Now, we have 2 cars out on the street and usually they plow them in nice and tight if they are left there.  Neither of them can move today.  The batteries died and need to be charged and/or replaced and its been too cold and we have not had the time after Derk gets off work to get the job done.  This weekend he's promised to do it, but of course, here come the plows TODAY!  SIGH...

Anyway, we were lucky.  They cleared in front of our house, our driveway and the sidewalk so that's a bonus and it looks like they didn't leave too much snow around the cars either so all is well so far.  I can't stand the sound of the plows.  I've had too many run-ins with these plows here in town because of vehicles needing to be on the street.  We just got our driveway made last fall.  Someone had changed it prior to us living here and so when they redid the streets and sidewalks at some point, there was no ramp to drive in just a curb.  So... it's caused no end of grief for me.  I'm sick and tired of having to throw on coat and boots and run out there jump in the car and plow through a foot of plowed snow just to get out of there so they could finish plowing.

The sun has just showed its face!  It says -23 C on my little desktop weather eye and it feels like that too.  FINALLY!  Last night, the temp was low with a windchill of -50 in some parts of Manitoba!  Yup it's January all right!

I am glad for the light in the house today.  I mean from outside.  It's usually so dark and gloomy.  A person could get downright depressed some times in this living room even though there are 2 windows!

Once the plows left, then the girls decided to wake Michael up by screaming and chanting protest style... GET UP! GET UP!  over and over and over and over and he's still not up!

Josh is at work as is Derk.  Josh gets off at 2:30pm and Derk an hour later and then our weekend will begin.  Not sure that everyone will love me this weekend as I intend for some things to take place and none of them involve ME lol.  My men folk have some outside work to do, yard and vehicles, plus some inside renovation work to get done.  My girls will have plenty of housework to get done too.  It's going to be a busy weekend.  Oh!  You want to know what I will be doing?  Church books and homeschool planning of course!  Gotta get it done.  Josh is now going to stay at work on days when he works split shift.  He usually works 10-2 and then has 3 hours off before being needed again from 5-close at 9pm.  I told him to take his school work there and just work on it.  His boss said YES!  Just use MY desk and my office so he's pretty thrilled!  I think it will do him good to have about 3 hours of uninterrupted work time with no kids yelling and screaming at him or bugging him, no chores, no body asking for a pencil or bumping his elbow.  He's graduating this year and this time should really help.  His Biology is on mp3 so he can take it with him and just sit down there and listen, or listen on the way to and from work, and he can also work on other assignments there as well.  He can call home if he needs help with something too so it really should accomplish alot!

Today my mission is to get the house tidy, kids schooled, and plan Josh's school schedule for the next 2 weeks that I have a work schedule for him.  His hours change every day so I try to make him a specialized schedule every new schedule he gets.  I'll be glad when he's done school.  This takes hours to do, and once he's done, it will be time freed up for me to do other things, but of course by then, I'll be breastfeeding my new baby too! lol.  It never ends does it?

Time to get going again!  Break's over.

Wednesday, January 6th 2010

Already the first week of January is flying by so very fast!  Part of me is very glad about that as it makes my due date closer, but part of me needs the time to stop or at least slow down!   School is getting underway but very slowly.  Not near as fast as I'd have liked, but other things like ultrasounds, doctor's appts., etc have cut into our precious time and soon it's going to get far worse!

Today Derk has Josh's car again.  Poor Josh had to walk because none of our vehicles are running.  This all happened during the holidays when it got so super cold and now we can't seem to figure them out and get going again. sigh... looks like one needs a brand new battery.

I have one pkg of yellow washcloths and three little yellow and white bibs that say I love my daddy on them for this baby and that's IT!  Seriously.  I don't have a diaper or towel or even a pair of socks and time is racing by with more and more vehicle repairs and other issues and on top of that, I lost the twins Universal Child Tax money this past month when they turned 6.  That was a big hit.  I want to buy a bassinette for this baby not a crib to start with because I prefer them close by me and besides our house size demands that we use each room for way more than it should be used.  I'm hoping we can move once the baby arrives.

We found the perfect name last night and the very few that know of it, love it too.  I'm so happy with it.

I'm taking a breather between doing grade 3 math and organizing my room better for schooling these kids for the next 6 months.  I've packed away any books it's obvious we won't be needing.  I need the space!

I wonder if the washer's pipes have thawed out yet.  It cost quite abit of money to have to wash AND dry the clothes at the laundry mat, but on the other hand, it all is done within the hour or two and there's no waiting around all day for clothes to be washed and dried.  Pros and cons to each way of doing it I guess... cost there, no water or electricity used at home... not sure which is cheaper!

Going to the bank and city tonight to get church book supplies so I can get on with my year end reports and things before I get too huge lol.

Lots to do, so little time to do it in!
My mantra lately I guess, but time to get me a new timer and start using it too!

Today's the day.

Well it's here.  Ultrasound day and I'm really nervous for some reason.  Of couse hubby's sermon on the "dark mile" yesterday didn't help, but it really wasn't about this.  It's just my age and wondering if there is more than one in there... so many questions about to be answered in this one ultrasound and then I'll know how to proceed from here, but it's nervewracking at the same time!

Today I have already spilled coffee on the shirt I wanted to wear to the appointment.  Last night, Derk fell down the stairs, yup all 16 of them, the ones that scare me going down them because of my belly and not being able to see carefully.  Our house needs to be adjusted below the house on the teleposts and so the stairs shift at times, so there's that, plus one is cracking and the bottom one has a piece missing from it.  It's okay if you're used to it but we can't wait till it's fixed!

I'm finding my throat is bone dry and chokes me.  More like strangles me it feels like anyway.  I have to get my 1 litre bottle of Dasani because I need to drink it before my appointment today.  yaaay... I'd think at this point I'd not need it, but oh well.  Whatever I guess. I'm finding it hard to concentrate while waiting for time to leave.  I just want it over with.

Sunny Saturday (COLD too!)

Wow, Saturday January 2nd is here and it's COLD out there.  I mean REALLY cold.  I'm talking -29C and with windchill -40C.  Not fun at all.  Josh had to work today and we kept his car here.  It's the only vehicle we have running.  The town plowed our lumina in our yard so we can't even get it out and our van's battery is dead dead dead sigh... It's not running good as it is, and I just don't know what we're going to do!  There's no money to fix vehicles right now.  NONE.

Anyway, life is slowly getting back to normal.  Josh is at work, Derk goes on Monday and then school will begin again.  Sooooo I've got lots to accomplish today in preparation for that.  At least it doesn't involve going outside! lol.

I felt a baby this morning!  I woke up and there was a hump in my upper stomach.  I put my hand on it and felt an entire baby it was neat, a feeling I'd forgotten.  Of course, once I got up, it's gone now, but for a brief second I felt all of it between my fingers.

My kids are getting cranky.  It's been too cold to go outside and it looks SO nice out there, sun shining down and all that, but so dreadfully cold.  So they're stuck inside and everything's boring by now.  Either that, or they are doing cartwheels and running the dogs from one room to the next!  SIGH... then MOM can't take that one!

Time to get this day in gear.
Sleeping in will soon be a thing of the past lol.

Happy New Year!

It's 2010!  Hard to believe my due date approaches faster and faster now that I'm finally in the right year to deliver lol.  My first baby was born in 1990 and this due date is 20 years later in 2010.  Hard to believe I've been pregnant for much of that time!  Anyway, it looks like we are approaching the final addition to our family and I'm ready to move on I think.  This pregnancy is wearing me out.  My hair is a frizzy, dry, tangled mess and I just showed Derk split ends today that were over an inch long!  I lost a foot of hair with Kyla-Dawn's pregnancy and am praying that doesn't happen this time.  I feel quite dehydrated and exhausted although this should be my good time.  With the weather outside beautifully sunny but extremely cold (-33 with windchill -45C) I'm glad I can stay inside and glad this pregnancy thing makes me feel warmer than normal.

Derk and I intend on changing a great many things in the coming year and it's going to take hard work and sheer determination to do it but we are sure going to give it our best shot.  One thing that is going to change, is the events we attend or don't as the case may be.  We have often gone to things we could not afford to go to just for the fellowship or because we felt obligated. This year, things have to be different.  One reason is financial, but the other one is my pregnancy and when things are scheduled don't agree with my fatigue or due date etc.  Looks like our kids will miss youth retreat this year due to the fact it's been upped to my due date unless the ultrasound changes all that.  We'll see...  I'd sure love to deliver earlier!!!

There are things I really want to attend but due to how pregnant I will be at that time, I doubt I will get to.  Besides, that, we are putting all our extra money (yeah right... family of 10 and more on the way and we have extra money?? ha ha) into our house and our extra time (same thing applies but we're trying anyway) too.  It's got to be done.  We are suffering in this dumb house and never have the time to deal with anything.  We need to completely gut our bathroom roof to floor this spring and that's going to have to be a non-stop job until it's done.  yippee!  lol

Oh well... those are a few of the changes... maybe good maybe not so good that we are making.  Another one is the next 5 months before I deliver are going to be marathon schooling especially January and February since those months are cold, dark and kids are inside more.  We usually do this to some degree, but this time, I have 3 littles learning to read and one son graduating in June, plus the other son and two girls who are in the middle.  So... with 7 kids in school and only one prego mother who has a business meeting to get ready for and year end work to accomplish... it's gonna be interesting to say the least.  I hope I'm up for it all!  Well... no choice really lol.

So with those things already on my list of things to work on, and many more to come, never mind church decisions, I'm going to be a super busy lady this next 5 months and I'm sure the time will fly by!  This both good and bad I guess.  I want it to fly by but at the same time need it not to really fly by that fast lol.

Well, hubby just made yummy homemade pancakes for brunch.  We're going to have another turkey dinner later on around supper time.  If I feel energetic, I'm going to make my carrot cake with my coconut pecan sauce for it.  Right now, I'm waiting for my men folk to finish eating so I can cut hair and then I want a shower myself!  I can't stand the hairy feeling I get after cutting hair!

Happy New Year everyone!
I hope 2010 brings blessings of the financial nature and good health to all who read this.