My Grandma arrived last night, so we’re having a nice time visiting with her. The kids are in heaven! They love their Grandma (actually great grandma). It’s been a nice break for me as I haven’t had to play with any wooden blocks or my little ponies .. yay! I like that stuff, but yeah, it gets old.
Tomorrow afternoon/evening the hubby and I have plans to do something fun. Something he has never done before, but I’ve done 8 times already. We’ll see how that goes. I’m not telling until we’ve been there, done that. I don’t want to jinx it. It only took me 7 years to talk him into it. lol
Then on Saturday we have reservations for The Melting Pot! We’re going to do a late dinner, and I am just ecstatic about that. I love that place. The restaurant here is set up to be very private, you can’t even see other patrons when you’re seated, so it’s always a good time. We actually talk, eat slow, and enjoy each other’s company. That isn’t something that happens often.
And now I’m off to bed. The kids had me up at 6:20am, and I am beat!
Other than me not getting as much sleep as I would have liked to, the weekend was pretty good! We spent a lot of time outdoors between the park, our own patio/yard, shopping and the local strawberry festival. I had been looking forward to the festival for quite awhile, expecting that I would be able to buy the best berries EVER .. but yeah. It didn’t happen that way. It was almost 90 degrees out and the ones I did buy were sort of mushy after sitting out like that. They did make for some awesome strawberry shortcake though! Plus we had a lot of fun at the carnival part of the festival. Aubree played her first carnival game and won a cute little stuffed dog, and the hubby had his first ‘elephant ear’. I was so excited to see them there! They weren’t as good as others I have had though.
I have sat down here and attempted to blog about you know.. personal stuff. But the words just won’t come. Give me a specific topic, and I can do that. But the journaling thing? eh. Not feeling it. 
I’m just so tired lately. I go to bed tired, wake up tired, and never catch a break. I thought that by having a three day weekend, with an extra person around for those days would be awesome. Yeah. NOT! He didn’t let me get any rest, and actually was the cause of me being awake way too early two of the days. So as far as I am concerned, thank goodness it’s back to work for the husband! I manage much better solo.
Another reason that I am so tired, and oh so bitchy, is because of our bed. I don’t think it’s overly worn out, but it isn’t doing it for me anymore. My back aches, and I have a terrible time falling asleep. I am thinking it’s too firm, and lacks the cushy nature that it once had. Understandable for an 8 year old mattress. So on a whim I ordered a new one this weekend, this time a Select Comfort Sleep Number bed. I have heard wonderful things about them, and the price was pretty good, so after lots of thinking, I did it. I’ll be interested to see how things go once it arrives. I would love to have my own comfy, squishy little nest on my side of the bed. Maybe this will save me?! I am just hoping it’s as tall as our current bed. We have a giant mattress now that nearly takes a step stool to get into. I’ll be pretty disappointed if it’s low.
If this doesn’t work, then I really don’t know what to do. My last option is move out, and get my own place. No husband, no kids. But that really isn’t possible.. is it?
Now I think I may try and update a couple of my blogs and then try to BEG my oldest into a nap. I know she’s tired. I know I’m tired. The boy is already sleeping. Why not?! I doubt this will be an easy task though. You know, at 3 you know everything and one of those things is that you do not need sleep. Ever.
I hope everyone has a great day off, but please remember that it’s not about an extra day to sleep in, or BBQ, or go to the beach. I’m thinking very hard and praying for all of the families in this country who have lost a loved in the military. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your service to this country! We’ve lost over 3400 of our military members in this current war and obviously many, many more in wars before this. My thoughts are with all of them and their families today.
Sheesh.. first I post about The Police and I swear I was almost needing to blog about the fire dept as well. I caught my friggin stove on fire!! Uh, yeah. It wasn’t good. To make matters worse, we didn’t have a fire extinguisher, which is lovely, and I didn’t know what to do anyway. I took the pan, full of hot oil, off of the stove and the fire was underneath the pan. I am lucky that the oil didn’t ignite as well. It nearly reached up to the microwave before I got it out. Needless to say, I’ve inhaled a lot of smoke and I’m about ready to drop from mental exhaustion.
But hey, at least I could salvage the fish I was frying and we were able to have our fish tacos anyway. YUM. 
Tomorrow we’re taking a trip to Home Depot and getting an extinguisher. Why we don’t have one.. I’m not sure. I feel like such a dumb ass right now. Our last apartment came with one, but here? Right. You can pay $1300 per month in rent, but they can’t give you a lousy extinguisher to protect their property with.
So far, so good! The seller of that ebay auction contacted me early this morning and I think we’ll be good to go. He seems very willing to give me a refund and certainly does not want negative feedback. So I’ll send the bag back this afternoon with all sorts of tracking info, and a signature requirement and then hopefully I’ll get the money refunded! Then .. never again. I am so done with ebay!! Maybe some small stuff here and there, but nothing with a designer label. It’s too risky.
Yikes.
I’ll be anxiously awaiting bedtime, and praying that I either don’t wake up tomorrow, or wake up to a deliriously perfect world. How much you wanna bet that I get neither??
I received my ebay buy. Big FAT Fake.. or is that “replica”. Whatever. It wasn’t what I bid on or paid for, so now I have to deal with the hassle of trying to get my funds back. This should be awesome. ARRRRGHHHH. I am stupid. I knew better. But when a seller has 100% positive feedback, I just trust. I am the least trusting woman on the planet, yet I let myself do this on ebay.
I’ve been super polite to the seller and I hope I can catch myself some bees with all of this honey. If not, I’ll be spitting vinegar and frantically filing claims. I don’t want to. I just don’t want to fight about it. But that is way too much money to let someone have. It takes me so long to save the money for my bags, and to have it basically stolen.. it’s just heart breaking. Give me a break! I have little that I get excited over in life. Sure.. I love my kids, and my husband and my cats are pretty cute too. But still.
I could keep it, but yeah. That’s just gross. I feel dirty even having it in my closet. Like I am stowing away terrorist goods. Because that’s what they say, you know?! That fake purses fund terrorism. eek.
I’m off to drown myself now.
Thankfully there were NO hot dogs disrupting sleep this morning – so I am feeling pretty good. lol 
Well, I have a few things on my mind, but there’s not much I can do about that, so I’m trying to get over it.
I am so happy that today is Thursday.. it is Thursday, isn’t it? I swear, I am losing track of days lately. It’s the mommy prison I live in. All I ever get to do is cook, clean, and shop online it seems. Oh and then there’s the fun stuff like playing with the kids. But all of that really makes for one warped brain after awhile.
So, is anyone doing anything exciting this weekend?? I had planned on dragging us to the Pungo strawberry festival, but I am not so sure. Holiday weekend, gas prices, crowds, HEAT … I am starting to talk myself out of it. I hate that about me. I really, really do. I always find reasons to NOT do things. Someone please come on over and kick me. Hard.
I just realized that at this time, in a week, I will be going to the airport to pick up my Grandma. I am so excited!! I haven’t thought about it much with Aubree’s birthday and so many other things on my mind, but now that it’s all settled down, YAY!! We haven’t seen her since December and as you know, my visit with her was very brief. I was in the hospital unexpectedly and basically only got to spend maybe a day with her. It was pretty depressing. That and the fact that we didn’t have a chance to do our usual date night. When she comes into town, the hubby and I take off for an evening. It is the only chance we get as we’re not really trusting of babysitters that aren’t family members. This time I am determined to get out at least one night. I am thinking we’ll head to the “Melting Pot”. I love that place. It’s really perfect for someone like me who can only eat small bites. It also takes a long time to eat, so I am not just sitting there the entire time, waiting for the hubby to finish as I do in most any restaurant.
After being awake at 6am due to Aubree having a nightmare about hot dogs, yes hot dogs.. I have no idea, don’t ask.. I am so dog tired!! I happen to be the moodiest witch on the planet when I don’t get the sleep that my body requires, so anything before 730:am is like death for me. Seriously. I was in a rotten mood all day long, felt “off” and even after we all got a quick nap in, I am still feeling like I’m about to either fall over from exhaustion or bite someone’s head off. Yes, I am a real sweetheart to live with. I pray that hot dogs will be far from my little one’s dreams tomorrow, and that she at least sleeps until 7am. That is all I ask, and I don’t think that is asking for much.
