Almost There!

One more day to get through until we leave for our much needed Thanksgiving vacation! I can here OBX calling us:) I cannot wait to put my toes in the chilly sand and breathe the great salt air. The kids are beyond excited to go and my mom is just as excited to see them so that should mean some time off for me:)

I am not quite packed yet, but mostly and I did find turtlenecks today for the kids which was very good. It has been a very long time since I have been that happy about WalMart, but I have searched and searched, they were my last hope and BAM- they had them. Cheap Too:)

I got the car cleaned for husband(why it needs to be cleaned before a 5 hour trip with 3 monsters, I am not sure)and the oil was changed earlier in the week and husband got two new movies for the ride. We are good to go!

I hope we get alot of good family pictures while we are there because it is hard to all get together now, with families of our own. The kids are very excited to play with their cousins and see there aunts, uncles and grandparents(both sets:)how lucky are they.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving and be safe! Look for our pictures!

The Sickness Update!

It is official, I really am sick! I have bronchitis and because I am prone to pneumonia, the doctor has given me a course of antibiotics to fend-off any thing else that might come my way. She also armed me with a new inhaler for the wheezing and some cough medicine so I can try to get some sleep. Hopefully with all that and nothing to do for the next few days, I can be well for our trip.

It is getting cold here tonight and there is talk of some snow showers(which doesn't make me happy). I did start our first fire tonight and the kids are happy. I think that tomorrow, Maggie and I will see the other monsters off and veg most of the morning and then get some packing done in the afternoon. I would like to Dr Tom again tomorrow, but he isn't in until after 2 so that will have to wait.

I need to pick a few things up at WalMart for the trip later in the week and Husband is taking the car in for an oil change. Friday my in-laws will be here and Saturday morning we will be off for our Family Vacation. I cannot wait, I have a little surprise for the family, and I cannot wait to share it. They are gonna love it!

Seriously !

I am sick again. It started with a cough last week and now I have a fever and am having to use my inhaler because I am wheezing. I don't want to go to the doctor until Tuesday because I don't think I am quit sick enough for an antibiotic yet, but we are leaving for NC on Saturday so I need to be on the mend by Thursday. I would do nothing and chalk it up to a cold, but last year I got pneumonia in November and it too a very long time to get rid of it. In fact, I have had it the past two winters. Damn these kids! My first experience with pneumonia was while I was teaching, once I left to have my kids I was pneumonia free until the kids started school! My immune system is weak and they are gross, gremy, beings(kids that is:)and they come home from that germ field(a.k.a. school) and what to hug and kiss me and then, BAM! I am sick!

I am starting to wonder if it is a plot on their part to keep me down because I am much more easy-going when I am sick. They get more TV, more snacks, quick dinners, and they get to buy lunch at school. So maybe it is all a plan they have plotted:)

Anyway, I am hoping to be better before the trip so I can give Baby Gracie hugs and kisses without making her sick!

Where We've Been

We've had a busy few days a next week promises to be the same here. There are just not enough hours in the day for all I need/want to get done. The weather has been gray and well, gray which helps so much with the motivation factor here:)

The kids have been busy. School, friends, activities and throw in there that all the ladies I know are busy- there is lots of kid-swapping and planning and very little free time. Luckily for me and my friends are children are all very well behaved for other people:) Well, most of the time anyway, Maggie is still happy to give Bec a hard time now and then:)

Next week is our last week or work/school before our "big" OBX trip- There I will take lots of pictures:) and get my baby fix and remember way I stop with 3 children and not 5:) I am sure it will be fun(maybe, hopefully) And I will enjoy it as much as I want to-

Declan is going to get his Bobcat badge on Wednesday! He is very excited. But the big news here is that Killi is finally "Child Of The Week"! She is beyond excited, she started collecting things to bring in as soon as she got home yesterday:) I hope that is fun for her- Oh and Maggie, she is still Maggie:)

He Did It

Tonight I did it! I finally got Husband to take the plunge and join Facebook:) It does seem to be backfiring on me though, he is having so much fun I fear he will never get off. I have created a monster and with 3 already do I really need another?

Hopefully he will enjoy it and not embarrass me too much:) Just Kidding Hun! I am so proud of you, way to go!(HAHA)

If You Can Spare Them...

If you can spare some extra thoughts and prayers for my friend Kim and her family today they could use them today. Kim's husband went to the hospital with chest pains and it turned out he has an aortic aneurysm. It is very small and hopefully he will be ok, but they need to get him on medicine and take it easy. He will also need to be rechecked every 3 months to make sure it doesn't get bigger. They hope he can come home soon. Thanks!

Yippie For Me!

Just to brag alittle, ALL, yes ALL of the clothes in my house are washed, folded and put away. In my house that is a very big deal! I have actually moved onto the blankets and odds and ends that have been waiting in the wings!