The kids just got off the bus not too long ago. The dogs are nutty, the kids are all trying to talk at once, my middle daughter is arguing about the answer to a problem (nothing new there because she always asks for help and then tries to tell me why she doesn't like my answer), and I want to run and hide.
The witching hour has begun at my house...
Wow! That was scary!
Put your camera on close-up and take a picture of your facial skin! I took a few because I wanted to post about blackheads and home remedies for blackheads but the pictures were too gross. I ended up deleting every one of them from the camera. No way am I immortalizing my awful skin online for the world to see!
Eek! They could've used my pictures to make a Halloween mask!
My kids are already asking about Halloween costumes and what they should be. Geez, let me get through September first!
What's the best face cleanser for a young teen? My daughter is getting tiny bumps across her face. It's not quite pimples yet so not sure I'm looking for acne remedies at this point. I think she just needs a gentle cleanser she can use everyday on her face? I just don't know what that is! A soap bar that's not soap? Those cleansing cloths? A face cream?
I obviously have no clue. I used to use Noxzema when I was a teenager. I don't know what kids use nowadays. After all, I was her age 26 years ago.
My big sis thinks she's going to be able to get my very sensitive kids to hunt and shoot down a deer (right sis?). She'd have better luck handing them binoculars to watch for them and point them out for her to shoot them. Actually, they'd probably see them and not tell her so she couldn't shoot Bambi's mommy or daddy.
This will be interesting to see, but when they come crying out of the woods because auntie struck down a cute deer, or wanted them to, she'll have to wipe their tears, talk them through it, and lose sleep over it with them because it was her idea. :)
Can you take prenatal multivitamins as a regular daily vitamin if you're not pregnant? I am so depleted on vitamins and minerals, I'm thinking I need a boost. As it is now, I double up once in awhile on my regular daily vitamin but I'm too afraid to do that more often because I don't want to OD on any one of the many vitamins in a multi-vitamin.
I'm bad about remembering to take them regardless. They need to make a patch for vitamins that you can wear and just absorb what you need for up to a week. That'd be great! There are patches for smoking and patches for birth control. Why not a patch for vitamins?
"Mom, your cheeks are squishy."
...says my 13-year old daughter. Wasn't that nice of her?
It's a really good thing that human moms are genetically programmed to love and protect their young and that programming is very strong in me (anybody messes with my kids will deal with me).
So, yes, still struggling with weight loss. I have struggled to lose more and struggled not to gain back what I lost. It's not going too well. I've thought about a diet pill that works but if my thyroid isn't working right, I don't know that there is anything else that can help until my thyroid hormones are right.
Whew! I'm feeling a little bit of anxiety now. My husband has a job interview on Friday. If they both agree to a job, he'll be moving within a week. We will follow within a few weeks we hope.
How am I going to get all of this done by myself, with four kids? When I had to get us packed and ready to move by myself before, we only had two kids. Now I have double that to move, plus five dogs and two horses. Hubby will be in another state so it'll be up to me - again. Darn, I really don't get paid enough! Ha ha.
I guess I'll alternate between stress eating and fat burning supplements to counteract my stress eating!
I can do this. I can do this. I can do this.
I didn't say I could do this without losing my mind though!
We are actively looking to relocate back to our homestate. My husband has two upcoming telephone interviews that have yet to be scheduled yet. Wish they'd schedule them already! I need to plan everything. I'm OCD like that. I need to know who, what, and when so I can plan what I need to do from there. It's a compulsion of mine.
There's so much that I need to do if it is looking like we are really going to move:
Wow am I a bit sore today after my riding lesson yesterday. Yesterday's lesson was the first one in two years - since my daughter's horse, Rex, had died. I am being reminded of muscles I don't normally think about every time I move.
I wouldn't trade it for anything though. I was so excited to get back on a horse again. I didn't want to after Rex died. That broke my heart, but I have to say it was time to get back on again. It was so much fun.
I thought I'd be starting over from the beginning, but I remembered how to tack my horse up again and trotted for about half my lesson. It was like I picked up where I left off. So much fun!!
What was also fun - - - being able to have a riding lesson without kids there yelling, "Mom?" repeatedly throughout the lesson for my attention. It was just "mom" time yesterday morning. It was nice.
If you don't know who I'm talking about, Willow Smith is the daughter of Will Smith (everybody knows who Will Smith is) and Jada Pinkett Smith. Willow just released her first song under Jay-Z's recording label. It's called "whip my hair" and I think the younger crowd will like it. The "whip my hair" over and over again sounds like chipmunks to me but I'm not ten years old.
I think she's nine years old. With Will and Jada as parents, both Willow and Jaden Smith are going to be names in the business in the coming years. I loved Jaden in Karate Kid. His interviews to promote the movie were really cute too.
As a parent, drugs are a big concern to me, especially since my kids don't stand up for themselves very well. I am afraid peer pressure will have them doing drugs that are pushed on them, or being there when drugs are being used and getting into trouble, because they don't want to speak up.
I've been looking up what happens to your brain while on drugs and addiction facts. Scary stuff. I was what was called a "goody goody" - I didn't try illegal drugs as a teenager, never once. I hope my kids follow in my footsteps because the drugs today are a lot worse than the drugs of my childhood! Nothing wrong with being smart!
If you need to look up drug rehab for your area, as an example, google Portland Drug Rehab and you'll find what you need. Don't let yourself get hooked on them. They'll destroy your life. As the aunt of a little girl who is growing up without her dad because of drug use, it is so not worth it to lose everything you have, your family, and your life.
We pay for high-speed internet, yet we don't have high-speed internet. Why?
I don't really know.
We got a new modem and Linksys router because we thought it might've been one of those, but neither fixed the problem. The problem is with our ISP, I think, but they don't see what it is. We went from high-speed internet access, overnight to dinosaur-age speeds - it's like dial-up all over again! I am going to change our ISP this week I think because I've had it with waiting for our current ISP. We've been like this for months!
I want blazing fast internet access for work and play (and by play, I mean my facebook addiction).
I was looking at the hot trends for internet searches today and I don't know what any of it is! Here they are:
We are thinking about relocating to another state from where we live now, back to our home state. We are in the process of job hunting and finding a house to lease. You'd think finding a four bedroom plus house, in the country, that allows horses and dogs would be easy, right? It's not like I'm asking for gourmet kitchens (wouldn't know what to do with one anyway), hot tubs (somebody would have to show me how to even open hot tub covers), and pools. Kidding.
Well, not kidding about what we need, just that it would be easy.
If my husband finds a job, everything will move very fast from that point on in terms of needing a house, changing schools, etc. Should be interesting.
My 8th grade daughter has to write a paper on what she wants to be when she grows up. Are they already supposed to have it narrowed down by now? Right now, she either wants to be a vet, a nurse, or an auto mechanic. My husband is trying to talk her out of the auto mechanic but I told him to leave her alone. One, because all of these will likely change in the next four years, and 2) if it's something she really wants to do, I'd rather she be doing what she wants to do, rather than what she doesn't want to do for the rest of her life, even if she ends up with permanently dirty fingernails.
My personal hope is that she'll go to nursing school. She can become a RN in a couple years and have a career. From that point, she'll be able to go to school for whatever if she wants to change career paths throughout her life while still making a good income from nursing. I think it'll give her more options and security since there will always be a need for health care jobs. I didn't tell her that though. It's her choice.
Hubby wants her to try out for an orchestra. Yes, she has natural musical talent. HOWEVER, she doesn't LOVE to play her flute. If it is going to be a career, I want her to love it. Dad lost his own chance at a musical career when he got in trouble with the law his last year of high school and lost his scholarships to a great music school. He's not allowed to push his dreams on the kids because he messed up.
This morning was one of those school mornings when the kids argue, kids whine over brushing their teeth or the shoes they're wearing, patience wears thin (ok, down to nothing) and I start my day with a headache. I LOVE these mornings. Not.
Just think - I get to do this until June!
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