My weekend so far

I don't like being sick. I get sick all the time. Some one gets the slightest cold around me and then I am sick for weeks. I don't understand it. I keep a clean house. There is no mildew, or gross whatever lurking around in my house. I wipe down counters, clean bathrooms. 

Sometimes I'm to much of clean freak. I think it's because I don't like being sick. 

There were a few people at work that had been sick and now their sickness is on me. Last week, it was a cough that hurt so much that, I may or may not wet my pants. But in all seriousness. I thought that taking out my tonsils would solve my life problem with getting sick. I got a flu shot this year too. 

The other thing about being sick that I hate is that I'm home sick and all I can think about is how dirty my house is and that I need to clean it. Laundry needs to be folded, floors swept and mopped. bathrooms too. 

AAHHHH!!!! (cough, cough)

Also I am not a huge fan of cough syrup and eating both things I don't like to do while I'm sick. Mike swears by NyQuil and says that it will make me better. I'm a pill popper and enjoy the cold medicine in pill form. Family legend says that, when I was a baby my two great-grandmas, my two grandmas and mom had to hold me down to take cough syrup medicine. I was kicking a scream and fighting all of them while they put the medicine in my mouth. All of those ladies at some point gave my mom a hard time about giving me medicine. They were all proven wrong when they saw the way I was reacted to the medicine coming towards my mouth. 

I did take some cough syrup last night. Slept okay. But I get really shaky after taking that stuff. I know I will get better soon. It will just take a month to make it happen. I would love to run today and get up and the do housework that will be put off until I'm feeling better. 

 But I think I will sit in my bed all day.

These people make me smile!

The other things we are doing this weekend: 

find a recipe for bread sticks

make bread sticks

triathlon meeting

My mother in law's birthday

Yep it's never dull around here. 

I wish

I wish I could say that this week has been about fun and games. But sadly it hasn't (no one has died) I just feel more overwhelmed then I did last week. I think it's because of lack of sleep again and trying to maintain my "perfect mom" image.
It seemed like this week there was always something or other going on. Not that I don't like to be busy but it felt when I would wake up in the morning it was time to feed kids, get showered, get ready for work and then be out the door. No time to just sit back and guess well, blog. I missed "my time". When is a working mom suppose to find it? Not that I don't love being with my kids but I think my parenting went out the window (sometimes) because I was tired of the whining and complaining about something so I would just let them get their way. Nice.
Then just coming home at night and everyone being asleep was sort of sad. Not that I want my kids to stay up late to wee hours of the morning so that the next day they are more whiny. Just that it was hard to try to unwind when everything I wanted to do was just going to wake someone up.
I could tell that Mike was going through the same withdraw of not having support as I felt. We started arguing about the dumbest stuff and not that we are doing this face to face but either through e-mail or phone calls. I really did try to wake up when he did so that I could see him but it was really hard to wake up at 6:30am to talk to him when I went to bed at 2am.
OK so enough complaining, really, I wanted to do this job, I wanted to work longer hours, I need to be grateful and thankful that I do have a good job that can provide for our needs. There is a bigger picture and I know that, sometimes I just lose sight of what it is all about.

conversation

mike: Jersey what should we get mom for Mother's Day?

jersey: a gift card

mike: a gift card? From where?

jersey: from Target of course.

{Jersey knows the way to my heart, money and gift cards to my favorite store.}

conference

What a great weekend to get spirituality fed. I was really happy that I could sit at home and enjoy conference. Thanks to Marquita, I received a General Conference packet. I printed it off and my children enjoyed coloring every picture on it. After conference though I discovered that not only did paper get colored on but so did my walls, windows and Phoenix. I was surprised that Jersey recognized the pictures of President Hinkley and when President Monson was talking she was saying "that's the Prophet" I just thought WOW! she is listening in Primary and at home.

My sister Megan was able to go to the Conference center for both morning sessions. Afterwards she would come here and hang out with us. The kids love seeing their "MEGAN" We couldn't let her and her friend Holli leave us without a great meal. So of course we had rolls.

I think that my one of my favorite talks was by M. Russell Ballard. I thought his talk about MOTHERS was so great. I certainly can't wait to reread the talk in the Ensign.

Easter Sunday

What a great day to reflect on the death of our Savior. I love Easter because of the sense to renew this truth that Jesus lives and he is my Savior. As I have struggled with my own trials I have learned about the power of the Atonement and what it can do for me if I just use it. For some reason I never understood that power. I mean a few years ago I had to some serious repenting and I knew that through the Atonement I was forgiven, but I thought that was the only time that I could use it. Sort of like a token I used that token once and I couldn't use it again. It wasn't until after going through some therapy that I was enlightened to the fact that I can use it over and over again. That I have a bunch of tokens not just one chance to use it. This new light has helped me. I don't feel that the world or "my world" is so crazy anymore because I can use the Atonement. This might sound very silly to some but it's just what I have learned these last few months of my trial. I'm so grateful for my Savior. I know he lives and loves me too! He knows me personally and that is the best truth I could know.

I have to add another thing that I love about Easter is that my own birth of life was born on Easter Sunday. Jersey was born on Easter morning 2003. Granted it's not her birthday every Easter but it's nice to reflect the blessing that was given to me that Easter sunrise. Plus all the joy that she has brought since.

On my mind

From the time we have been home it has been a non-stop blizzard. I really wish I could be a snowbird. A hated person in the winter in AZ. I can't handle this snow anymore. Due to the crazy snow and wind Mike had to stay up at Snowbird on Monday night. It was ok to have him gone but I was missing him. Why? I would ask myself because I just spent 4 days and 24hours of that in a car with him. I shouldn't like him at all. I guess I'm in love because I missed his annoyance.

The weather just needs to turn warmer. It was nice to have snow and be cold during the holidays but the GOOD holidays are over lets move on to a new season. I never buy shoes suitable for winter because for some reason I think that it will change. Since it hasn't I still don't have the right shoes for winter. My Vans aren't cutting it anymore in the snow.

Being down in lovely AZ also brought some drama to us. Mike received a photo radar ticket. Can you believe that it is $165.00 to pay it? That is more than a speeding ticket here. I should know I am the one that receives them the most. Mike wants to go to a hearing for it. I say just go to the traffic school and get it over with.

Mike has been talking about ZITs lately, I think because he has one growing on his face. I love picking at things especially Zits, but the video on You Tube that Mike showed me was disguisting. It was a giant cyst like zit on the kid's shoulder and they popped it with a steak knife. It was all over the place. I was gagging from just watching it. Mike was in shock because I will spend hours picking at my face, arms and back, but I didn't like watching someone else? If you are looking to lose some weight or your lunch just watch that video and I'm sure you will.