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Billy: How about I juggle balls?

Me: I don't think that's a good idea.

Billy: How about I just throw them?

- Billy, trying my patience

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If you give a girl a flower she will kiss you.

- Jimmy

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Mommy, you're my favorite best girl and Catie is my favorite best girl and I have two best girls

- Billy, my sweet baby

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Jimmy called me a dorky-head.

- Billy. And so it begins.

Whoa....

okay, my previous post with me and my Yiayia? Notice the time of the post...10:10am. She died last Sunday, 10-10-10.

Seriously Yiayia, you are awesome.

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Me and my Yiayia on my wedding day...I will miss her so much

Just Shy of Three Years

I was laying in bed this morning reminding myself today is the 16th (I have to do this from time to time during the week or else I'll still think it's March) and it occurred to me I started this blog roughly 3 years ago. I just had to post this morning.

Obviously I haven't been around much. Part of it is busy. Part of it is brain-mush. Part of it was due to my computer being so clogged with videos and pics I had no memory left on the hard drive and was unable to use iPhoto or iMovie. Kinda makes it hard to blog about anything if you have no working braincells and no working computer.

A lot of things have happened during my hiatus...Catie turned one, Jimmy started Kindergarten and my dear Yiayia passed away (a week ago tomorrow). I regret not blogging. I think the reason my brain is so mushy is because so many thoughts have clogged it, sort of like my hard drive. Time to unload it all and get both my mind and my computer working again.

So, happy almost 3 year anniversary (ugh, I hate that blogiversary bullshit). Time to start chatting again.

Hello? Hello? Anyone there?

Two months...TWO MONTHS since I last posted!! We are indeed, alive. And we're actually well too. It's just been really, really busy (no shit?).

So what's been going on?

• Catie turned 9 months old
• Catie started crawling
• Billy is completely potty trained (well, not at night but that's pretty much expected)
• Catie can pull herself up
• the boys got bunk beds
• Catie is out of our room and in the crib in the boys' room (yes, all three in one room)
• Jimmy went to his first Cubs game
• the boys finished their Spring activities at the Park District
  
• Catie turned 10 months old
• Catie has 5 teeth
• Jimmy finished his first year of school (Pre-K)

That's it in a nutshell. With Catie moving and being her own person things are definitely crazy busy now. But now with school being over and with camp fast approaching, I'm hoping I'll have a little more time to update.

** speaking of LOST, I watched the Series Finale. My thoughts? As a final episode I thought it was good...until you looked back on all that happened during the six seasons and all I could say was 'What THE FUCK'. So it was a good finale and it sucked all at once. Pretty much like the show itself.

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Awww. Catie's not brave.

- Jimmy, watching as I cleaned Catie's face as she screamed.

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Like Mother, Like Daughter...23 April

Summer Lovin' Part II

Believe it or not today was the day for online registration for Summer programs through the Chicago Park District. I'm seriously in shock...one year ago today (or tomorrow?) I signed Jimmy up for his first summer camp. And here I was getting ready to do it again. Nuts.

I've been waiting patiently for today. I've been pretty lucky getting classes for the boys but this last registration put the fear of God in me. It was pretty hardcore. And if Spring was that crazy imagine what Summer was going to be like. So I did what I've been doing the last couple of years now....researching, planning and setting up alarms all over the house for registration day. Jimmy will be repeating his camp (meets 3 days for 5 hours) and Billy will be doing the 3 year old version of it (meets 2 days for 2.5 hours each).

I was nervous I wasn't going to get a slot. But I saw there were 60 available for his group and felt a little reassured. I mentioned it to a couple of the moms at Jimmy's school and we were all ready at our computers this morning. I'd been sitting at my laptop since 7AM...waiting. Around 8:45AM I had my credit card waiting right next to me. All three fed? check. Catie's diaper changed? check. I slipped off my rings to get my fingers 'typing ready' and waited. At 8:51AM Billy approached me and told me he had to poop. 'NOW????', I shouted. 'You have to go NOW????'. I threw him atop the toilet, shouted for him to hurry and scurried back to my laptop. At 8:57 AM I shut off all my IMs. Nothing and no one was going to interrupt me.

9:00AM. I swiftly typed the Jimmy's name in the camp I wanted. REGISTER REGISTER REGISTER!! Why the hell wasn't Jimmy's name registering?? It finally worked and I went on to register Billy. His took right away. I proceeded to check out and noticed actually registered Jimmy three times. Well, at least I know he's in. I corrected my errors, paid at checkout and sighed a relieved sigh. We're officially ready for summer.

And the good news? I mentioned it to some of the moms at school (and in our neighborhood) so two of Jimmy's friends also be in camp with him. I am beyond thrilled.

(But seriously....a whole year already)

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Billy, we have to turn the light off to keep the earth clean.

- Jimmy, going Green

Fun with Dinner

Cate, 8 months old

Haikus From The Couch

Taking a deep breath
I can see the light a bit
Patience, grasshopper

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Jimmy and Billy at their Run, Hit & Throw program at the Park District...9 April

What's Going On...

I've been meaning to catch up on things but life and laundry got in the way.

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The boys started their Park District programs last week and just love them! Mondays are definitely busy. Between dropping Jimmy off at school to taking Billy to his Sing-A-Long class to picking him up, to picking up Jimmy, feeding everyone and then going to tumbling...sigh. But I do get two hours alone with Catie which is a great treat. When they were at tumbling, we went for coffee...





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Fucking Kate Gosselin is getting another show.

"In this new series, Kate Gosselin travels around the country to find out how other people juggle work, family and all the other challenges life throws at them," TLC said in its announcement.

What the Hell is wrong with people. a) the people who watch this shit. b) the people who watch this shit AND BELIEVE this shit. c) the people who agree to look like assholes and be 'saved' by this bitch

Let's see. How does Kate juggle whoring herself out and caring for her kids? She's not the one caring for them! She's too busy getting free $7K weaves that look like shit.

I hate HATE HATE that I know this woman and that she's thrown in my face. I hate that this is who we now call celebrities.


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Speaking of TV, why are we so obsessed with Tiger Woods? So he fucked around on his wife. This is shocking news? Who cares! And why is he talking so much about it? And making commercials with his dead father talking to him?

This is why I don't watch TV anymore. I'm done.


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My membership to the gym ended last August. It was perfect timing obviously, I just had Catie so there was no need to put it on hold or renew it or anything until we had enough of a stable schedule for me to comfortably escape for at least an hour. My friend Shannon had a membership to the same gym chain and wanted to get rid of it so I agreed to take it over for her. It looks like the transfer finally went through (I'll know for sure come Monday) so hopefully starting next week I'll be back to working out. I'm thrilled. I love Catie but damn..she messed up my body. And that was with working out until 38 weeks!!! I'm beyond thrilled at the idea of toning up this flab, and can't wait to get an hour alone with just me and my music.


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Cate, sleeping...2 April

Can't Get Over the Rainbow

I feel all I do lately is complain. It's been a rough few weeks now. It started with Vomit-o-Rama and it just keeps going. To say I'm sick of it all is an understatement.

Cate's been sick this whole week. Low grade fever and really, really congested. So much it scares the shit out of you when you hear her coughing while she's trying to sleep. I ended up putting her in her carseat carrier so she could sleep somewhat upright and not choke while she started coughing. And you know it was bad when she wasn't her usual smiley, happy self. By Thursday her fever was gone but I called the doc to get her in before the weekend. Her appointment went pretty much as I expected...she's sick. Her lungs/ears are fine. But she did call in a script in case her fever returns this weekend. Her cough is still there and I was told to be prepared for it to linger for another two weeks.

Billy is once again out of sorts. He's the hardest to deal with. He's normally such a happy guy and lately he's just so miserable. He's also crying out in his sleep. And not just little instances, he's literally screaming in his sleep. I'm not sure if it's because he's fighting something or just overtired (we've been playing outside a lot) but it's frustrating, scary and I'll say it...annoying as all Hell.

And then remember this little nugget?

I don't dare say anything about my health for fear of jinxing it.

Yep. I'm Jinxed. It was right about Thursday afternoon when I started coughing and sneezing and my head was ready to explode. When Daddy gets sick, he gets sick. When Mommy gets sick, it sucks to be you. Because there is no stopping when I get sick. I still have to wake up and feed them and clothe them and deal with them and wipe their asses and feed them again and clean them again and play with them and cart them around and tell them to stop and entertain them and pull them apart and wipe their asses again and it goes on and on and on until they go to bed (and in Billy's case, scream out in his sleep until 3AM).

Years ago a friend once commented that I'm such a positive person and always have rainbows shooting out of my ass. I could really use some of that Roy G. Biv right about now.

I'm trying to be ill...

And to show I have a sense of humor, here is a clip of one of the best best best shows of all-time....

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As the Stomach Turns...

And to continue our never-ending saga of someone being sick...

Mike has been coughing for a month now and I'm going to say it...it's really annoying. Yes I feel sorry for him, yes I'm worried. He's not getting any sleep and I'm not getting any sleep. But please, just stop coughing!

Billy finished off his antibiotics this morning and guess what? He had a fever last night! And a slight one tonight with a runny nose. Oh fucking joy.

Catie had a temp of 101.2 degrees tonight and a congested cough.

And Jimmy had a cough all week. It finally cleared up a bit Thursday and last night and came back with a vengeance tonight when he went to bed. So much that he threw up. I've become a pro at stripping the bed/his jammies off and doing a load of laundry at 9PM.

I don't dare say anything about my health for fear of jinxing it.