WHY???

Here is a list of questions I, and many of my married friends, would like answered:

- Why are you(husbands) more tired than we are? Even after sleeping(snoring) all night long while we were up with the kids?

- Why can you not comprehend that we do not sit around all day and talk on the phone?

- Who do you Think cleans the house, does your laundry, takes care of YOUR kids, makes you dinner

- Why do you feel that when we are angry and yelling that that is a good time to act like a 3 year old and not help at all?

- Why do you not complete the tasks you tell us you will complete?

- Lastly, What do you do in the bathroom for a half hour, because it cannot take that long to poop?

BON JOVI ROCKS!!!

Last night Ben and I went to the Bon Jovi concert downtown. It was AWESOME! They played for two hours straight before the encore. I cannot think of a song they didn't play that I wanted to hear. I love how they mix the old with the new, they manage to keep a perfect mix. This was the four time I've seen Bon Jovi in concert and I never have anything bad to say, however, the last night's Who Says You Can't Go Home was not as good as last time when we were in NJ. I suppose it is like hearing Bruce sing Jersey Girl somewhere else, still the concert Rocked!

So, the concert was great, but I had a small problem, I found myself obsessed with the guitar playing,and this was not due to a new attraction to Richie Sambora, no it was my countless hours of Guitar Hero. After watching Richie last night, I do think I got some pointers on how to finally beat Lou:)

Well, after a nice night, we had to come back home and be parents again. We walked in at 11:45 to a boy still awake, and girls not showered, but that is okay and I took care of that. It was nice to get out without them:)

HI BECKY!!!

We hired a roofer today!!! He will do he job on Saturday. He says it will only take him one day to complete the task. I am very excited about this, our roof is in bad shape and with every gust of wind we are losing shingles.

In other news, we have not done well this week with the "not eating out" thing. I hope we can get back on board and try again next week to be better. We have a busy next few days Ben's parents are in town until Friday, Ben and I are going to see Bon Jovi tomorrow night, Killi needs and x-ray tomorrow, I have my root canal Friday morning, I have people coming to look at the bathroom, and now the roof. I hope we can get all the work done in the next few weeks so that we can move onto the yard. I really enjoyed my flowers last year and can't wait to add more to it this year.


Yesterday was my baby brother's birthday, he turned 26, he did not have a very happy one so, I hope today was a better day and his next birthday is better. Now it is less than a month until my birthday so I will start celebrating. You can never start too early, that way if the birthday is bad, you had all the other ones leading up to it, and that certainly increase the chance that at least one will be good, right? So please feel free to wish me a Happy Birthday everyday from now until March 26:)

Before I go, I'd like to say hi to my new friend Becky, who seeks and reads my blog, but never comments:) I will title this blog for her today!

These are the Days...

Boy, life has been busy. We started early today(6:30am) I am not sure why, but we did. After yesterdays hot breakfast my kids were expecting one again this morning, luckily I had anticipated this thanks to a very wise woman(Thanks Bec!, so I had the sausage and eggs ready to go. I even cut up some strawberries to go with them. Off to school we went, early for the first time this week. Maggie and I dropped Declan and Killi off and picked Grayson up(It is Emmy day he told me:)

I spent the rest of the morning cleaning up the house and making phone calls for Ben to contractors and electricians, setting up appointments to get estimates. Oh yeah, I did squeeze in a shower:) All that and it is not 11am yet.

I forgot I have also managed to find time to call my mom and brother and pick on them:) I sure am productive these days. I'm off now, Someone just pulled up to checkout the bathroom for me!

Another day sitting around eating Bon-Bon's...

Today was a crazy day. All three kids had school this morning so it was a bit rushed and I decided to play "Super Mom" and make the kids eggs and sausage for breakfast. Traffic was awful and it took me an hour and fifteen minutes to drop the kids off at school. By the time I got home, I needed to get showered and back out the door to pick the girls up and meet Bec and Gray for Tuesday lunch at Carlos O'Kelly's(where Shane,our waiter was not in). From there we head to the farm to get milk,eggs and butter for what is becoming a long list of North Stafford friends:) Once back in town I pick up my car and head over to Dr. Tom's for help with the disk( he did work so magic). While there I also met up with a guy who had some estimates for some work I need done, a two-for-one, that was handy:) Next, the girls and I headed to Michaels to pick up some stuff we needed for a craft. And there my world started to unravel. I could no longer make a decision, I wanted to cry. I made it through and we got what we needed. So, off to Becca's we went to wait for Declan. A surprise awaited me there, tea water was on and Bec was anticipating the tears. The only question left was who would shed them first:) Got the kid and headed home. There I was greeted with a load of laundry, dinner to be cooked, and a DirecTV bill that was wrong, and I almost forgot, the three crankiest kids ever! I made dinner, bathed the kids, read with Declan, got clothes ready tomorrow, Declan's lunch made for tomorrow, Killi's snack, ate with the kids, unloaded the dishwasher, reloaded it, returned a few emails, paid some bills, fought with DirecTV, and got the kids to bed.

Then, my husband walked in, to a quiet,clean house with a home cooked meal, and work estimates he asked for and said, "I had a really long day, what's for dinner?" Is he F***ing kidding me? I smiled told him dinner was on the stove and went to fold the laundry.

I know he works hard, but will being a stay-at-home-mom ever be seen as "work"?

Today is Monday...

I slipped the disk in my back today. It is no good. It hurts badly. Dr. Tom helped me out a great deal this afternoon and the pain is not as awful as it was. I will try some muscle relaxers and motrin and hope the morning brings less pain.


I would also like everyone to know what an awesome job my sister is doing with Gracie. That little monster has gained two pounds already and is getting so big. Who knew she'd get the hang of the mommy thing so fast( I sure didn't)!

You Decide, Productivity or OCD...

I was either incredibly productive today or through my lack of sleep and PMS, my OCD has come through full force. I wash, dried, folded, and put away 8 loads of laundry, finished a paper for school, vacuumed, made beds, 4 dozen chocolate cookies, 2 pans of lasagna, loaded and reloaded the dishwasher 3 times, shopped(online), showered, got the kids clothes ready for school tomorrow, read a few books to Maggie, Took Declan to swimming and picked Killi up, made PB&J for the kids for dinner(Lasagna,two pans of it, was gross), and put the girls to bed. There are a few other things I am missing, but you get the point. I am finally sitting down. My lasagna is in the oven, Ben and I will eat after swimming and Declan needs to be tucked in to bed. It's been a long day. As anyone who knows me knows that it is most likely OCD intuced by PMS and therefore, tears will follow shortly as exhaustion sets in, but for now I will enjoy all I done today:)