So, this is what I did tonight.  *grin*  Isn't she purdy????

And Catherine and G'den officially have a web-site.  Give me a few and so will Barbara.  *grin*

Woo HOo I got my new toy today a couple weeks early for my birthday *grin*  And its all installed and I finally have all my digital pictures on cd's.  My new toy?  CD writer. 

I took the thing that DH bought and brought it back to Wal-mart and exchanged it for the CD writer, and now I finally have all my pictures backed up.

Last night I spent several hours changing my xanga site.  And Photoquilter gave me a link to a site to make my white backgrounds transparant.  And it was tons of fun to use.    Hoping to get to play with some stuff at the site again tonight.

Come see the new look, but make sure you go to the front page 'cause its skins, and you can't see it on the second page. 

Went to the lake today, but its starting to get ccccold, so not many days left to go.  bummer! I'm gonna miss it.

I found this blinky awhile back and gotta share it.   

Oh and this one too

Oh wait and one more *grin*

And yes I'm an Anne McCafree nut

And thats my short blog too cold from swimming to think

Good evening

Ended up having an impromptu picnic at my parents house.  All of the siblings and grandkids were there.  It was low stress and relaxing.  No sibling squabbles or grandkid squabbles.  Which considering the amount of people all includes is quite incredible.

All includes for those who are counting.  9 brothers and sisters, 3 spouses, my parents, and 10 grandchildren.  hehehe.  My 17 year old sister is headed off to college and it was our last get-together with all of us together for awhile.  She's not going super far away.  about 5 hours, but its still a major change.  The first of my parents second family growing up.  I could get emotional if I let myself *grin*

The 17 year old that came to my parents a 7.5 year old hyper poorly treated little girl trying so hard to be an adult.  Blonde with brown skin, required to do all her own hair, not knowing how,  required to do so much, and having in her seven years having had 7 "major" homes and several transitional ones.  Ours was her forever home, and she knew it and wasn't gonna let go for anything.

She has been for the most part a Major angel with only several small rebellions that were relatively minor.     She IS my sister heart, soul and mind, and if anybody tries to infere differently man do they back down fast. 

Somebody tried today...it didn't work.  *snicker*

And that in this last week she works here is the message I want her to remember.  I don't want her headed to college thinking she's being abandoned by us.  I want her to head their victoriously knowing that we are routing for her to succeed.  And loving and praying for her. 

She is a special person and deserves it!

Yeah xanga is up again!

May my journalling not be disturbed again for awhile.

I'm gonna try to upload the rest of my picnic pictures from a week ago, because there too cute not to share.  But no idea if it will actually work or not.  hehehe

I had a lovely 36 hours.  DH and I ran away for the weekend leaving ALL the babies.  Even the Rainee one.  I missed them, but it was heavenly.  And as our babysitter's going to college in a week it may be a long while before I can go again.

This is actually my very strong prayer request.  A babysitter/housekeeper is NEEDED in this house right now.  And I'm not sure who its gonna be.  I have a couple leads but none of them jump out at  me and say they'd be perfect.  So please please pray that I can find someone.  I am already tired imagine what I'll be if I don't get my afternoon naps.

Right now DH is walking with the kiddos and I'm enjoying a quiet albeit extremely messy house.    I was so tired from our "rest" that I snuck off for a nap.  *grin* 

Oh and BMT no I seriously doubt I'm pregnant all the tests say I'm not. 

Still haven't had a period......guess I'm taking a period break.  ROFL

So I've been bumped off-line 3x in the last 30 minutes.  EAch time without loading up a picture.  UGH GROWL WHINE

woo hoo it uploaded!

Okay now to try two.  This is the cranky girl on the way back.  Kaylin petered out and daddy ended up doing double duty.

So while I'm waiting for the picture to upload I have a miniature bratty vent.  I love my DH.  I'm well aware he spoils me rotten.  But just once just once do you think he could plan a birthday for me that actually LOOKED like he'd planned it, and thought it out and cared?

He kinda flunks that department.  I took him to the store this year.  I pointed out exactly what I wanted showed him exactly where it was.  Its boring, but at least it avoids the idiotic things that have been done in the past. 

So he bought it and yes its several weeks before my birthday, but he decided he was gonna give it to me early so we could set it up.

Guess what?  He bought the wrong flippin one!  And I'm trying very hard not to give into the hurt and anger that he couldn't walk exactly to the same spot and pick it out.  *sigh*    Now

Okay then now I'm getting greedy I realize, but gonna try to upload another one. 

This one is just flowers, but they happen to be some of my favorite flowers.  *grin*  And i had to share.

Ok then there they are come and enjoy, me I'm nursin a baby and then gonna go drown my sorrows in chocolate ice cream

YES!  Xanga is open.  WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And double rat finks to the idiots who thought it would be "fun" to take away my place to vent.

And we start out with the picture I took last night of RAinee bug.  Isn't she cute???  She's posing in my early birthday present.  Its a wardrobe/storage thingy that sits next to my puter and will hold ALL of my school and craft supplies. 

So I have more pictures that I HAVE to share.  *snicker*

I have had xanga withdrawals as I'm KNOW others have had from aim'ing with them.  hehe

Today we're headed to the County Fair with the red wagon mommy splurged and bought.  Elephant Ears, cotton candy and other sinful stuff here I come.  HEHEHE  And on the story boards Catherine & Glory are enjoying the Fair too.  *snicker*  Okay their just enjoying each other but that's a whole 'nother story that I'm having way way way too much fun with. 

If you didn't get to see the pictures I uploaded just before xanga went down come see there quit beautiful too. 

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And here we have somebody whose doing a no-no-no.  *snicker*  And doesn't she just have guilt written ALL over her face.  ROFL

She may not be walking but she sure can climb!

I have more pictures,  but I don't think I'll be greedy.  Xanga's working can't complain. 

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In regards to my health.  My thyroid is fine.   And I started evaluating my life and decided I'm just plain tired.    You probably knew that already huh.   I started counting how much sleep I'm getting at night due to RAinee's oxygen issues and other such things.  And on a EXTREMELY good night its 6 very interrupted hours.  I've always been a person who has to have as a minimum 8 hours and preferably 8.5-9 hours a night.  Soooooooooo  I think my body's just shutting down on me. 

DH and I coming up with ways to alter this a *bit*  but there's not a whole lot that I can do.   Sooooooo guess I'll just keep napping in the day time. 

Yeah xanga's back!  I'm gonna be a blogging fool thhe next few days. 

    Had a bit of a break from reality the last couple days.  It was quite lovely.  My mom dropped the quad by on Thursday so my 15 year old bro and friends could try the trails around here.  And then *dang*  but she left it with us for a day and a half.  It was soooooooo much fun.  We have trails everywhere and rarely get to explore cause there steep, and I can't carry a kiddo, and we have several who think they should still be carried some times.  LOL  So DH and I went for a two hour quad ride and went for miles upon miles.  And it was LOVERLY.   

This morning just before we knew my mom was coming DH told me I could go for a quad ride ALL by myself.  It was a lovely gift.  I used to trike a LOT a LOT.  And so I had a lovely 40 minute ride and found the perfect hiking trail for my family.   So after my mom took the quad.   Welllllllll *grin*  we went hiking.  And I have lovely pictures. 

Okay so this is actually a old logging road, but they make the best trails.  *snicker*  Princess road her bike as much as she could and the rest of us walked.  And it did eventually turn into a "trail"   And the view was just incredible.  The straight,  Vancouver Island,  the SAn Juans, and so on.    OOPS  uploaded outa order.  This is the second picture.  Of a *partial* view of what we could see. 

This is the "logging" road.

And now for the berry picking.  There were tons of wild blackberrys which my kids quite thoroughly enjoyed.  And knew to ask before they ate.  As we're working on what is poisonous what isn't. 

We had to literally drag them away from this huge patch.  *snicker*  They just wanted to stay there and eat and eat.  It was fun.    Okay the whole afternoon was fun.

Then the princess found these really big leaves.  She was quite tickled.  She picked one and said LOOK mom an umbrella.  She wore it as a hat and used it as an umbrella.  And then wondered..."Did u used to play with these when you were a kid." 

Of course I HAD to take a picture.  *snicker*

   and then of course the brothers had to get into the act.  hehehehehe

HMMM that picture does NOT want to upload.  Of course I knew I was being greedy with pictures tonight, but they all turned out so well   And I wanted to show you my fun day.   Thursday afternoon I took all of my kids to grandma's house and we spent 3 hours designing head gear for Rainee's oxygen nodule.  Its working,  and I'm  currently catching up on sleep again.  Rainee only desatted once last night.  And that was early morning, so I'd actually gotten a *bit* of sleep. 

So I had it Soooooooooo together I even packed a picnic lunch.  Okay it was PBJ's and a bag of chips we ran to the store and bought.  *snicker*  But it sounded good.   We sat at the end of the trail and ate it and then the kiddos climbed on a hill for a bit and we headed back.   Daddy took a picture of the picnic,  but daddy is NOT the photographer in this house....so pretend my head is just a bit bigger k?

I have currently been uploading pictures to this blog for an hour.  Xanga used to upload quickly for me,  but ever since there last improvement *sigh*  It takes a wretched eternity!

So I'm gonna give up on the picnic picture and I'll try tomorrow. 

Enjoy my pictures.

Oh yes and the funny is.  We got all the way back to the car and I told the kids just before we got there that "Oh, no daddy forgot the keys back where we had the picnic and we're gonna have to sit here while he hikes all the way back to get them."  Kaylin looked at me and said.  Mom are you making a lie?.  

Yep...I was.  *grin*

Good morning.....

I think thats what it is.

Doctor didn't call last night.  UGH.  Hope she calls today or I'm gonna have to start playing telephone tag, and that doctors office is MISERABLE to play that game with.  They have MAJOR idiots for receptionists.  (apology to all competent receptionists inserted here)

Did two more doctors apointments yesterday.  This time for kiddos.  Rainee for her Obstructive Lung Disease.  Its gradually getting worse.  She's increased from two rescues to four.  And had a runny nose for what seems like forever.   So we're trying a run of zyrtec to see if its allergies.  And then we're gonna try the reflux med to see if that helps. 

She has figured out how to remove the oxygen in every way possible.  AS her HIGHEST saturation last night was 94...and she sat between 92-88  ALL night long I gotta figure out how to keep it on.  I'm gonna SOS my extremely creative mother today to see if she can help. 

Sleep last night was none-existent as I spent most of my night re-situating the wretched oxygen.  I finally gave up at 2:30 am.  Just in time for the Princess to wake me with a nightmare.  I can NOT wait until DH gets home from work.  Beddy bye here I come!

My second doctors apointment was for Kaylin-Joy-the-medium-sized-big-girl.  She currently has some exzema on her face.  I know how to deal with exzema, but wasn't sure what to use on the face.  So now that I know Elidel is safe I'm using Rainee's on it.   Fortunately she isn't scratching it like Z's baby. 

Its currently 6:20 in the morning and I've been up since 5:40.  That means I got 3 hours of sleep????

I guess I won't be seeing much of my kids again today.  *sigh*

and now the baby's drinking Mt. Dew.  And I'm too tired to care.  *snicker*

Have a good day all those lovely people who actually sleep.  Maybe I'm tired legitimately *snicker*

I'm here.

I drug my body to a doctor.  WAsn't actually expecting to get in today, so that was a bonus.

Blood work will be back tomorrow night for my thyroid.

I've gained 15 pounds in 3.5 weeks.  I now weigh more then I ever have before.  *sigh*  Another sign that my thyroid is being a stinker.

Soooooooo hopefully the blood work gives answers and I can get things regulated asap.

Other then that I'm just hanging on. 

I'm here.

For whatever that's worth.

And I seriously doubt that I'm pregnant.  I have a test I'll take it tomorrow.  But my symptoms are leaning more and more towards my thyroid being outawack once again.

The depression and lack of sleep were bad enough, but I'm sinking back into the inability to make simple decisions.  So I'm thinking thats where A/F went.  And I'm making a doctors apointment tomorrow as soon as they open. 

Rainee has been back to her major desat tricks.  I'm sleep deprived from 3 nights of that.  She has a runny nose and is pretty much always wheezy.  I don't think its a cold,  I think its just her. 

Jamari had a fever of 103.2 this afternoon.  He puked when I was in town and my sister was watching him.  Gave him ibuprofen and it "healed" him instantly.   

I may not be blogging as frequently for a bit as when my thyroid gets like this I have a hard time staying "sane" for lack of a better term, and I don't want to say things I don't truely mean due to the way my body is responding.  So if I disappear for awhile understand that.

Morning;

Update;  No AF, the test didn't work, still no wiser. 

It took 20 minutes for the "test" line to show just barely which means its an invalid test.

I'm falling asleep every time I sit still, and if you look at me wrong I'll bite your head off.

I'm NOT a nice person.  *snicker* 

My thyroid's either wacked out again, orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

its been a long week