Blogging fail!

Well, after the last time I posted, life just kinda took me on a crazy ride.  My grandfather started going in and out of the hospital in mid-April, and then it seemed like he got better and everything was going to be okay.  They put him in a rehab hospital, but he just was not improving.  they sent him back to the regular hospital and he just started to do worse and worse.  We finally found out he had sepsis as a result of Staph infection but by the time it was discovered I think it just tore him down too much.  So on Friday, May 31, we checked the kids out of school early and rushed 100 miles to my hometown and my mom and I made it for the final hours of my pawpaw's life.  He was on morphine every hour and so was pretty sedated by the time we got there but every once in a while would nod a little bit of understanding to questions.  I am confident that he was waiting until everyone got there to go.

This left me in a harder place than I had ever imagined.  I was always really close wtih my pawpaw, from the time I was born, so almost 30 years wtih the man, it hurt more than I knew it could.  There is a lot of grief there and I am doing my best to get past.

His life was one of hard working, of being surrounding by a big family and huge network of friends who love and care for him, and it was a life well-lived.  And though I have lost grandparents before, this was especially tough for me, and grief finds me at the oddest of times. But I am working through it.

Crafty momma- maybe?

So like a billion other people, I love Pinterest. I have found so many neat things there but the only ones I have tried to do myself are some of the recipes.  One of these days I will put some of my own recipes on there when I remember to get decent pictures but that is totally not the point I was getting at.

I see so many cool things to do, especially for the kids.  I plan to start finding time to do some of these things.  I love spending time with my kids, but my 9-year-old always has a game of some type going on, my 5-year-old is doing God-knows-what most of the time, she's all over the place, and my 1-year-old- well, is a 1-year-old and sitting on the floor with her is the extent of it.

Sometimes I feel like with work and everything else in my life, I forget to slow down and enjoy the simple things.  I feel like crafts and fun stuff with the kids might remind me how to do so.  I used to be crafty, but now I have to learn to be crafty and patient. Hmm, hope this goes well.

In other news, my car is at the windshield repair place since the trim is coming up on my brand new windshield and i am starting to feel the time crunch because my son has belt testing in Tae Kwon Do today (this is how we get him to get his nose out of the video games). He has 6 months left until he is a black belt! Did I mention he's only 9? This kid is awesome!

What's there to say?

I guess this week it has been kind of hard to sit here and think of something to write because A) I'm working a wonky shift, and B) It's kinda hard to think of anything past what happened in Boston.

Things like that are always terrible, but when there are kids involved, it just absolutely tears my heart up, so I have just been kind of going through the motions to get through the week and then we will be surrounded by family and have an awesome weekend, so that is what I am focusing on at the moment.

Next time I post, it will not be short and boring, like this one is!

Momma's running a 5k

So I am officially signed up for my first 5k.  I have always wanted to, I figured what better goal to set for myself right before I turn 30. Here's the thing. I am not really much of a runner.  And I am quite fluffy.  But I am determined and am on a training program and everything.  Its just for fun, and it is going to be so so so fun!  So anyway, that's something exciting that is going on in my life.  I am excited too about the part where I get to stay at a hotel for the night before the race and hang out with other adult females who are not my kids and not my husband.  i love my kids dearly, and my husband most of the time (haha) but it will do me some good to have a night where I actually get to remember who I am besides a referee between my 8 and 5 year old- or 9 and 6 year old by that time.  Its 2 months away, and I am hoping to be on my way to being in great shape by that point, i am already feeling good just with the training and eating right.  Somehow sitting on the couch wtih ice cream is not very appealing right now, although I don't weigh myself because if the numbers don't go down the way I want them to I always give in to something that I shouldn't have.

 I am about to have to go to the grocery store in the bipolar Texas weather (currently around 40 degrees but started the day out at 72) because we are out of milk and that is a major tragedy in this house.  Plus the store I am going to has some good deals I need to take advantage of, because I have turned into an old lady that loves a bargain. Seriously. Don't be surprised when I am so excited I post my deals on here of things, it's like a high.  Because I am a dork.  And totally secure with that.

Birthday season

I wasn't sure where to start with this, but now I know. This is a time of year that has become a little crazy for us- why? you ask. Well, within exactly one month, all three of my kids have birthdays.  It was bad enough with my first 2 being April 13 and May 13, but on April 20 of last year, I added one more precious baby to our lives and now, we have birthday season in my house.  

The fact that I work on my son's birthday means that the easiest thing to do is to have his party on the morning of the 20th and have the baby's first birthday party that evening, that way the out of town family (which is everyone I am related to in any way besides my parents) wouldn't have to choose who's party to go to.  I am hoping for success.  I think my only saving grace in this is the fact that I will be having a 3 day weekend that weekend so maybe it won't seem so overwhelming.  i am still not planning to spend a ton of money on it all, and it will be nice to get together with family too.

three weeks later will be my middle child's 6th birthday party, which will also be on a 3-day weekend thankfully.  After that is over, I will get to sit back and be glad its all done for a year.  Did I mention that my husband and I have birthdays 5 days apart. of course, he is older than me.  I will be turning 30 this year, kind of wishing for a party but if history has taught me anything, its to not hold my breath haha.

So there it is, my first entry as what I hope turns into being among the great mommy bloggers out there (again, not holding my breath, but I will have fun with it regardless).