Rock, Paper, Scissors! Upgraded

Yesterday Mr. Bill asked his Dad if he wanted to play rock, paper, scissors with him. We were surprised as we didn't even know he knew of this game.

So Billy starts playing and ends with rock. Mr. Bill does his move and ends with...

TORNADO??????

Which apparently beats all three rock, paper, and scissors.

So they play again. This time Billy ends with paper and Mr. Bill ends with...

LASER????

Clearly the game as I remember it has been upgraded.

Done

I went and left PayU2Blog. That is right. There will be no more sponsored posts on this blog.

Please don't cry. I know you will miss them. ;)

Seriously though, I have struggled for months with the feeling that I had 'sold out'. But then I would get paid and I felt like I could handle being a 'paid' blogger. But in fact I can't. I liked my blog better before it was bringing in money. And I want to get back to that. So as of today you won't see any regular posts about sponsored products.

If I post a link it will be because it is a product I believe in and feel like you all should know about. Not because a company is paying me to link to it.

Amen. ;)

Working?

This morning Cassie bounded down the stairs and found me laying in bed, again.

"Did my prayer work Mom?" she asks.

"What prayer?" I ask.

"I prayed that you would feel better and not be so sick anymore." she replies.

"I don't know. It might be awhile before I feel better." I respond.

"But not too long right?" she asks.

"A few more weeks." I say.

"Okay." she says as she bounces off toward the bathroom.

Bawling

I have gotten a few emails from some of you sort of asking if congratulations are in order as you couldn't tell from my posting if we are happy about this baby. I guess I never explained.

We weren't trying to get pregnant. Quite the opposite actually. Billy had the Big V about a month ago but apparently it was a week or two too late. I was already pregnant although we didn't know it.

We were shocked and a bit disappointed when we first found out. I really thought it would turn out to be a false alarm. But no, I am in fact, very pregnant.

We are slowly adjusting to the idea and are getting more and more excited and happy about it. We just weren't prepared for this little speedbump in our life. But we are flexible and we will be just fine.

I am struggling very much with the ms right now. The medicine helps a little bit but I am back to throwing up at least twice in a day. (Which is way better than 8-10 times a day). I don't know how I did this the first four times. It is beautiful out today and the last thing I want to do is go outside right now. Just getting up and walking to the car can make me puke. I will have much more positiveness to talk about once I feel better, I promise.

Ramblings

I am here! I am here! I am here!
(Is anyone else?)

Life has been crazy here as I am sure you can imagine. On top of everything going on with me the kids are wrapping up their school year and it seems every year that the teachers pack everything into this last month. The kids will be done on May 21st. They are so excited.

It is beginning to look like spring finally here. Although we are forecasted for SNOW tomorrow. Crazy. My flowers and plants are starting to peek out of the ground and the birds are waking me up each morning with their chatter.

My house is an absolute mess. Really. It is amazing how much of a mess 9 people can make when the main caregiver is down and out. Thankfully it is spring cleaning time so hopefully it will get rectified quickly now that I am feeling a little better.

I found this new website, called StudyJams, as a part of being a Bzzagent that looks like an awesome homework helper site. I have spent many nights searching on the internet for a lot of homework information for the kids. I wish I had found this site sooner. If you have kids in Elementary school it is worth checking out. It even explains all that math jargon that always gets me confused. :) And it makes it fun for the kids too. It has a point system they can use to earn music clips.

We are going to start working on the attic again now that the weather has warmed up some. Wish us luck as we really need to get it finished now. :) Hopefully I will be able to get some new posts up on my House Blog once we get going up there.

Should have been a clue

While I was laying on the couch willing myself to not throw up last week I would watch t.v. to try and distract myself.

Pretty soon every food commercial became my enemy. I would see fast food commercials which would make my mouth water which would make me puke. I couldn't win.

I should have guessed that I was getting dehydrated when I started seeing the commercials for juice, milk, and wine of the month club because they all looked good. Even the wine and I have never drank alcohol in my life. LOL

I even wanted to lick the snow as I took Jozey to preschool one day.

Hospital Visit

This baby is kicking my butt!

I went into the clinic on Monday afternoon and promptly got myself sent to the hospital for dehydration.

I got out last night and thankfully seem to be on some medicines that are helping. I haven't thrown up since Monday and I have been able to keep some food and liquids down.

We did get to have an ultrasound too while I was there so that was cool. I will try to get the pictures of it posted soon. It is a pretty small baby so there isn't a whole lot to see yet but it was definitely in there.

P.S.
I have quite a backlog of sponsored posts so bear with me as I get a few done this week. Thanks!