My personal hell

I know this is going to sound awful but I need to vent and what better place to do that than a blog. Cory left last friday and I am doing ok I have delt with Rileys shall we say adventures with a little more humor and less stress. I am trying to have patience and less anger. I have gotten up from nap time to find the dog locked in his room and him outside in the car wearing only a shirt and a diaper. I didn't freak when he came out of his room with wet hair and when I asked him what happened he brought me a bowl with pee in it and said "went potty". I even managed a calming breath when he painted his chest and some of his hair black with my mascara, but now it is tuesday and I am supposed to have the morning off. He is supposed to climb on the bus and out of my hair for a few hours and give me a quiet morning to get things accomplished while he is at school. But this morning I woke to anice dusting of snow on the ground. And when I say dusting I mean I can still see not just the grass but the ground and what do you know. . .school is canceled. Why? There has been more snow than this on the ground before and they have still had school. ARG Looks like another day of "stop, get down, don't, leave it, don't touch, no scissors, get out of the bathroom, leave my stuff alone, and get off the table" and hours and hours of Wow wow wubbzy

Oy

So I am trying to not blush at the thought of how neglectful of my poor blog I have been over the last couple of . . . months. . . but what can I do about it now. Write about whats been going on. . .thats what. So lets see October came and went in a hurry. We meant to adopt one kitten but fell in love with two. They are brothers and pretty much a riot. Indy (see left) is curious and full of adventure and loves me best and Fritz (see right) is a bit of a spaz and loves to sit in Cory's lap while he plays his video games. Halloween came and went with as much excitement as a three year old who doesn't really get it can muster. He was Mickey Mouse and he thought that was really cool but after about 10 minutes he was done with the ears and I was holding his bag and trying to stop him from going into every house we went to.



Then of course came November and election day. I never thought it would happen but I didn't vote. I have always voted in presidential elections (well all 2 times I was old enough too) and I have always wondered why other people didn't well I didn't know who to vote for. I liked Obama for alot of the things he said about the economy and I liked McCain for his views on homeland security. So I was confused and decided not to vote. I wasn't surprised that Obama won and I am kinda glad but poor Cory really didn't think McCain would get beat so badly.

Sisser (a.k.a.) Katlyn had three teeth pop in in four days just in time for thanksgiving, (look close and you can see her bottom two teeth in this pic) and thank goodness she didn't get grumpy at all her fourth tooth came in two days after thanksgiving and now with all four front teeth it is seriously time to start thinking about weening her off the breast lol.


Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. We went to our friends Casey and Josh's house and they made a yummy spread turkey and stuffing and sweet taters to name a few. Riley had a lot of fun playing with Aiden and Brendan and stealing rolls off the table and poking his finger into the middle before dinner was even ready.

The next day I lost my virginity. Thats right I had never done black Friday before and my good friend Casey was a trooper and went out with me at 5am. It was fun to go out just me and her and not have any kids. It was also fun to get so much Christmas shopping done for so cheap :) I plan on going again next year but I think I will skip Wal-mart.

Saturday we went and got our tree. I have had a fake tree since I was a teenager and because I am my mothers daughter I am nervous about having a real tree, but as a result of 3 garage floods over the last couple of years we had to get rid of the artificial tree I have had since I moved out of my moms house (darn mold). So we went and cut down our own and it was really fun. Riley chased after Brendan and Aiden (yes Casey was there again, {she's my buddy}) and we got a really beautiful tree. Oh yeah I almost forgot we found out that Josh is the incredible hulk that day too :)



















































And finally it is December. It took four days but we finally got the tree decorated today. I had to go and get LED light for it first because it makes me worry less about fire but after that we had a green light (as well as red yellow and blue). Riley had a lot of fun decorating the tree and every time Cory unwrapped an ornament Riley would run back from hanging up his last ornament and say "want dis one too" That boy can make my smile almost as easily as he make me scream. I tell ya there is nothing closer to being bipolar than raising a toddler

A submariner's son

On monday afternoon during what was supposed to be nap time I listened to my son playing in his room and once again I was suprised and laughing my ass off. This is the adventure I eaves dropped on.

"Get dressed"
"Go to store"
"I be back"

"AAAOOOOGAA. . .AAAOOOOGAA. . .DIVE. . .DIVE"

I swear it's moments like that that make me wish time would stop

Where does he get these ideas you ask???

Bathtime

Oh what a beautiful morning

I can't believe the morning I had. I was Riley's first day of school today and he even rode the bus. Yesterday he flat out refused to ride and today I managed to wrestle him into his seat and five minutes later the bus depot called and said that he was just fine. For the first 45 minutes I sat on the couch completely perplexed. What was I to do with all of this sweet freedom. Well it may not sound exciting to all of you, but I cooked myself breakfast, ate it without having to yell at anyone to stop trying to steal my food, I did the dishes, drank all my coffee without a toddler stealing any of it, left my bedroom door open without worry of a certain young boy going in there and emptying my jewelry box. I cleaned the living room without having to re clean anything vacuumed the floor without having to make sure I didn't run over any body's tiny toes. I cleaned the windows and nobody was right behind me smudging them up again. I emptied the dish washer and cleaned out the rabbit cage without any interference. It was amazing Oh yeah I even pulled weeds. It was awsome

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This Girl

All my life I have wanted a daughter. Whenever I pictued myself as a mother it was with a daughter. I wouldn't trade my son for the world but I wasn't complete without my daughter. This girl had me completely amazed the first time I laid eyes on her. This girl can melt me with a smile. This girl fills me up with pride and love. This girl is Beauty. This girl full of wonder and love. This girl is sweet and precious. This girl This girl proves that dreams come true.

This Boy

Never before have I been able to be so angry with someone and then be completely smitten a couple of hours later. This boy has the power to make me want to run screaming from the house and then later make me so happy it feels like my heart grew 10 times it's normal size. This boy changed my life in a way that can't be understood by anyone but a mother. This boy is a constant source of happiness and pride, surprise and amazement. This boy is a rewarding gift. This boy is proof of magic and miracles. This boy is love.