I woke up this morning feeling like CRAP.  But found a teensy burst of energy which I used to supervise cleaning of the van.  Its as clean as it can get without a vaccuum cleaner.

I even cleaned out the piece of purple slate that's been under my seat sincee two vacations ago.  (don't ask)

After the cleaning I re-organized our tapes.  We have a ton of them missing which just exasperates me.  But the ones that aren't are now in their proper homes.  Most of them are Adventure in Odyssey tapes.  Its something to help the miles go by. 

And now I'm going to sit down to a lovely bowl of saurkraut soup.  It smells soooooo good, and sounded good on a cough.

If you hate saurkraut, don't panic.  This soup is superb, and tastes nothing like saurkraut, its just a very flavorful tart soup.

I put the recipe up once a long time ago, but if anyone's intrested I can share it again.

I woke up this morning feeling like CRAP.  But found a teensy burst of energy which I used to supervise cleaning of the van.  Its as clean as it can get without a vaccuum cleaner.

I even cleaned out the piece of purple slate that's been under my seat sincee two vacations ago.  (don't ask)

After the cleaning I re-organized our tapes.  We have a ton of them missing which just exasperates me.  But the ones that aren't are now in their proper homes.  Most of them are Adventure in Odyssey tapes.  Its something to help the miles go by. 

And now I'm going to sit down to a lovely bowl of saurkraut soup.  It smells soooooo good, and sounded good on a cough.

If you hate saurkraut, don't panic.  This soup is superb, and tastes nothing like saurkraut, its just a very flavorful tart soup.

I put the recipe up once a long time ago, but if anyone's intrested I can share it again.

Its been a long busy sick day today.

Yesterday afternoon I had my annual physical.  The irony was I scheduled it Wednesday--got in fast.  And I was healthy Wednesday when I scheduled it.  *Snort*

We had a long discussion about the fact that I've gained 18 pounds in a month and a half and am eating less-due to having been sick a lot of that.  So probably my thyroid has crapped out again.

I went in today and did a fasting blood sugar.  If their are no answers from that I'm going to fight for some kind of answer.  Something's got to give.  I'm now the heaviest I've ever been, and its not helping the whole depression thing.

I will be VERY shocked if its not my thyroid.  I've been weepy, mixing up words, forgetting things I would normally never forget, crying at readers digest articles, and sad commercials.  All fairly typical low thyroid symptoms for me.

I'll find out Monday the results I hope.

I really, am hoping that its just a bit more levoxyl and things will look a bit more normal.

Of course the weepy could just be from the month and a half of SICK that's been in our house.  This doesn't explain the weight.  *growls*

I worked so hard last year and lost....and its just all gone to POT.

I'm trying not to think about it.

I also grocery shopped today--sick and all.  Its a good thing I wrote my list on Monday, cause I wouldn't have been great without one.   I then came home and just laid on the couch and watched tv.  National Treasure was on, so that was a nice vedge movie.  I'm hoping my fever will be gone by tomorrow, and things will start improving.

We're supposed to leave on vacation next Friday, and I have a ton to do--not to mention posts that have been left waiting until I can see through the fog that just won't lift.

The good things;

Jeremiah is doing VERY well in potty training.  HE stays dry all day.  We're having a teensy issue with number two.  But since its been a whole 5 days I'm cool.  It took Samuel a year to figure it out.    The biggest issue right now is it scares him when he does it on the toilet.  He screamed bloody murder when he saw it coming out of him.  I was torn between giggling and trying to convince him that was quite normal.

I bought Jeremiah a swimsuit/life jacket thingy.  All of my kids have worn them from 2-5 or so.  Its just extra security at the river etc.  Anyhow Jeremiah helped us watch our three seasons of Justice League on DVD and fell in LOVE with Superman.  All the kids love discussing which super hero they are etc.  Jeremiah has decided that he is Superman and Dad is the Flash.

So I bought him a floaty that looks just like superman.  I showed it to him and he just stared rather wild eyed.  I'm not sure if he was happy with it or not.  Of course he's got a low-grade fever like I do, and a cough.  So probably I was asking too much.

Oh btw what super hero am I?  I'm the mom.

Jeremiah refuses to let me be a superhero.  "You da mom."  Is the answer each time I try to tease something out of him.  I think I"m hurt.  *snicker*

Look I found a bit of a sense of humor.  This is a good thing.  In spite of feeling like crap tonight.  Rob and I had a nice cuddle.  This always helps improve the mood.   So we shall survive this too.

It could be worse.  I could be coughing up $350 a month for oxygen, and machines like we did for 2.5 years 2 years ago.  I will focus on the blessings if it kills me.

If you get a chance to catch the show Numb3rs.  Its well done.  I discovered it in a motel awhile back, and very much like it.  Its on at a ugly time in this house.  Rob works all night Thursday night, so staying up 'til 10 on a Friday is a bit of a stretch for us.  So I think I might look for it on DVD.  But time not withstanding definitely well done.  I love the interaction between the brothers and their father in particular.

"Whatsoever things are true, Whatsoever things are lovely, Whatsoever things are pure, Whatsoever things are noble, if there be any virtue, or any praise think on these things."

Okay

I'm done maintaining a sense of humor.

ALL of us except Rob have Zeria's cold.  Its a lovely tight wheezy cough one.

We have now been sick since February 20th.

I'm just done.

We're supposed to go on vacation next Friday.

hahahahahahahaha

 

I did this several years ago...but had to redo it today cause well I was bored.  *snicker*

 

What They Don't Want You to Know

In order to understand WORLD IS ROUND you need to realize that everything is controlled by a BOY SCOUTS made up of WHITE MALES with help from  the public school kids.

The conspiracy first started during world war II in Clallam Bay. They have been responsible for many events throughout history, including the Landing on the moon.

Today, members of the conspiracy are everywhere. They can be identified by picking their nose.

They want to fist fight James Dobson and imprison resisters in Clearwater Prison using horse buggies.

In order to prepare for this, we all must run. Since the media is controlled by Hillary Clinton we should get our information from McClain.

After six children this is the first one I've potty-trained with bribery.  With the exception of Samuel all of my kids trained pretty quickly.  Jeremiah ranks up there with Kaylin in speed.  He's stayed dry for the last two days.

The wisdom of training him two weeks before we go on vacation is a bit questionable--but he asked for it so *shrugs*

He did poop in his night time pull-up.  But that's kind of a normal thing for all the kids. 

With every one of my kids the first time they pooped in the toilet it was the last time they did it in their pants.  They just needed to figure out HOW.  Jeremiah HATES his diaper being cleaned, so this is added incentive.  We just need him to do it when he's awake. 

Anyhow we have absolutely NO pull-ups in the house, so that's a even better reason to potty-train.  ROFL.

And its working.  Although I'm gonna have to go get more m&m's tomorrow.

And that's cause I can't keep out of them.

I do have to say however taking him 3x in 15 minutes is a wee bit annoying.  (pun intended).   But he YIKES candy.  And each time he squeezes out some dribbles so ARGLE  I have to reward him.  *sniggers*

Zeria is sick today.  Tummy ache, and head ache.  She hasn't moved off the recliner chair all day.  Its been coming since Sunday so isn't terribly shocking.  She's just laying in her blanky cuddling her sad rabbit.  

I had my own headache this morning, and made a mistake of taking tylenol allergy.  4 hours later I woke up.  Its a very good thing Rob was home.  I attempted to do school while drugged.  It was amusing.  I kept falling asleep while waiting for Samuel to figure out what the next word read.

I cancelled math and crawled into bed.  Two and a half hours later I woke just in time to take Rob to work.  He was  slightly worried.  The headache however did go away, so its all good. 

What do you eat when you camp?

Or what did you eat when you were kids when you camped?

I made my menu for our vacation--which we're leaving on on the 20th.  But was wondering if anybody had some suggestions to spice it up.  We have available to us for cooking a Hibatchi, and a 2 burner Coleman stove, or a campfire if we need.

TIA

Easter was a good day.  It was tamer then it used to be.  But I guess life is about changes.  The sweet thing was my brother and sisters who are still at home really participated which was nice.  They've had bad attitudes for the last several years, but yesterday they put them aside and just had fun.    It was nice to enjoy them for awhile.  

All the teens and all the adults hid the eggs.   It took us a good ten minutes.  We were rather creative sometimes, and left some out in plain open sight for the wee ones.  Rainee had to have help with the above one.  She could see it, but not quite reach it.  Fortunately grandma came to the rescue. 

I mentioned creative right?  Its on the excavator--isn't that where most people hide them?

Daffodils are of course a obvious choice.  *snigger*   After a good ten minutes of looking we think the kids found most of them.  My mom will find the rest when she mows the lawn.  She always does.  bwahaha.

After they had devoured their loot.  (plastic eggs had candy in them.)  We all settled down to different tasks.   I had brought my recently done scrapbooking and showed them off.    Gabe spent some time teaching Samuel chess.  It was great fun to watch.  He was very patient explaining the rules.  Most of which I doubt Samuel actually got.

And Rob...well he umm fell asleep on my parents window seat--much to all of our amusement.  My dad got up and covered him up, and Rob had a nice little snooze.  *snicker*

Zeria was fighting asthma yesterday.  So she spent some time cuddling with grandma.  We were all concerened about her, but she maxed out her albuterol, so we just had to let her snuggle when she was miserable.   You can see how tired she looks in the picture. 

And then about 4:30 we headed home for the night.   Jeremiah during the drive home found a better use for his bucket.

All in all it was a good day, and such a nice break after all the sick.--even if Zeria was sick. 

Jeremiah is going on the potty!  And has kept pants dry all morning.  I'm shocked, and ever so hopeful. 

 

Happy Easter!  8 family members dressed up and all looking at the camera.  Its a mini-miracle.  *snicker*  And we only took 3 shots. Oh and one

uninvited dog.

Soggy wet day today.  Just gray and drizzily.   But still mommy needed to go to the oshean.  (ocean)  Not the beach the oshean.   The beach is the strait that is near by us which is a part of the ocean obviously, but not nearly as wild.  I needed wild.  So we drove out to Neah Bay and went to the Oshean.  It wasn't a great day to play at the beach, but it was still nice to breathe in ocean air and watch the waves crash. 

The kids were delighted to find an already made beach fort.  The middle kids never left it they played there the whole time. 

The two oldest however ran around like they'd just been let off short leashes.   I personally had to get as close to the waves as possible, and Jeremiah eventually followed me.  We played wave tag.  This is a very shallow beach, and the perfect place to play wave tag as you can play, but not actually get too wet. 

Can you tell he was sick all week?  He actually lost over 2 pounds poor guy.  But he is definitely better!  PTL  Kaylin is a bit mopey, but hasn't thrown up.  She perks up when there's something intresting, but for the most part is content to just snuggle.  She stayed in the van while we were at the beach.  We could see it the whole time, so there was no danger involved. And she just wasn't up to playing.  But mommy needed OUT of the house with a capital O. 

I have a new favorite picture.  Its this one of Zeria.  Isn't that superb?  I'm going to LOVE scrapping that one.  Its all about looking at life from a different angle.  LOL

Anyhow we're slowly mending, which is good as the plan for tomorrow is a VERY full day.  We colored eggs this afternoon.  The first time I've had my kids do that.  It went better then expected.  Although Jeremiah was quite convinced he was missing out on something.  *snigger*  It was all rather entertaining somehow.  He cried cause he didn't have a cup.  (ya know to put the tablets and vinegar in)  "You don't need a cup yet."  I kept saying, but he was frantic he was missing something.

He however eventually figured it out and "helped" dad make 4.  We each made 4 which means 2 dozen eggs.  Plus I have a HUGE amount of plastic eggs.  We will hide them at grandma and granpa's after church.

It will be weird this year though as we will have the only "kids".  My siblings are staying in Yakima.  Gonna miss them.

Psst;

Jeremiah has gone potty on the toilet 3x in the last hour.  *shocked*  Before even suggesting it he was adament against it.  OH man I hope this is the beginning of the end of diapys!!!!