Its been awhile

I dont really know what to talk about, things are pretty much the same around here. I am longing for spring, I just can't wait for the snow to lift and along with it my SAD. (Seasonal Affective Disorder).

Elijah continues to do well in school. His birthday came and went with sucess. He had a really fun birthday party and even though we were tight on cash, got some really cool presents thanks to Toys R Us clearance! Heres a pic of the birthday boy.

He is now SEVEN. How did that happen? So now we are done with Birthdays until June, and I am glad for that LOL. Winter Bdays are so tough compared to summer ones, when everyone can be outside running around!

I continue to alternate with sleeping all day and not sleeping at all. Its almost time for my period and I am feeling it definently. I jus wish it would come and GO. I am still taking Vyvanse( the days I don't sleep much) and Xanax (the days I don't take Vyvanse and sleep too much) I am still working on my card, system. The kids are becoming very efficient cleaners! Especially my sweet boy Elijah who goes above and beyond what is asked. He even cleaned MY room today.

I told Elijah if he was good in school for 3 weeks straight that I would get a Ginea pig! So this weekend while he was at his dad's house, I did! I absolutley ADORE her. We named her Winnepeg LOL Winni for short. She is so friendly and tolerates the kids holder and playing with her very well! She cost $35 which I thought was an INSANE price for a rodent LOL. When I had my sweet Cocoa (a brown ginea pig I had as a child) I think she only cost $5. I guess thats the difference of 20 years, LOL. So we got her, we got a cage, we got all the little accesories she needs. It cost a lot of money, but I know it was well spent! Everyone here loves her. I think it was destiny that we got her that day, because Jolene met her old babysitter (of twelve years) in the pet store that day and she gave Jolene $50 as a late birthday gift! So that paid for about 3/4 of what we spent on Winni and her supplies. AWESOME!!

Here is a pic our our new baby.

I have been doing a lot of medical transcription work lately, and it is really taking a toll on me. I worked on it until 3 am today, Since it was due by tomorrow and we had a crazy weekend. At least it is done now and pays really well!

Well I guess I am going to try to get some sleep now, hopefully I can drag myself out of bed 3 hours from now and get Journee and Chloe on thier bus to preschool. I cant belive they are going to be in KINDERGARTEN next year. My babies are not babies anymore. I am hoping Journee will realize that soon and WEAN lol!

Awesome Elijah Update and MISC stuff!

Elijah has had 6 straight days in school where his behavior, work and attitude has been perfect! So last week his teacher told him if he was good for a week that she would take him to a movie today! So this morning she picked him up and off he went. She just dropped him off a bit ago and they had a great time. I am so happy for him! We also had conferences yesterday and he is one of the top students in his class! He is reading at 3-4 grade level! His school is really awesome, everyone there is so great and it is the most Diverse school in Rochester, which I really love! I think the Concerta has a lot to do with Elijah's sudden improvement, I am so glad it is working for him, and I pray to the universe it continues this way, he's had enough negativity!

On a totally different subject, I am starting a new home organization cleaning system, that is what Flylady is based on. I used to do Flylady's system and it worked really well for me in the past, but now I am too addicted to the computer to and to keep coming back on here to get her reminders from my email is just another hide side-tracker!

So another mom posted about the SHE system (which stands for Sidetracked Home Executives) and it looks like it could really do us some good around here! Its a system based on index cards with particular jobs on them. I am almost done making my cards and plan to start the system on Monday! If you are interesting in doing it too here is some information on it, The book is called Side Tracked Home Executives, From Pig Pen to Paradise by Pam Young and Peggy Jones. I don't have the book and I am not planning on buying it because they have a great set of Articles online telling you how to get started with the system! You can find that Here.

There are 21 essays, in one week I have read and done up to number 7, which I hope is enough to get me going on Monday! I have a separate card file for the kids as well each one has a divider with their name on it and I will just stick their daily chore cards in behind there names. I'm really excited about this can you tell? Here is a pic of the kids card file dividers. I had to make the dividers by hand as well since I couldn't find any 1-31 dividers to buy but that's ok because mine are colorful, and I like colors! LOL. Here is a pic of my card box with the daily and monthly dividers in place. I know this probably seems really

boring but it makes me feel like I got something accomplished LOL. Now I just have to work on my weekly plan and then put my cards in place for Mondays, start day! I plan on having a family meeting on Sunday to explain the card system to the kids. Jolene is hopeful but I don't think she is convinced and she didn't want to help with making the cards LOL

Other than that I am still taking the Vyvanse and still doing well on it. I started feeling sick again two days ago and went back to the Dr to find out that I not only had my sinus infection back but Strep throat as well. YUCK! So more antibiotics for me. So far I am yeast free but we will see how that goes over the next week of taking them! I just want to get well and stay well, and I want it to be SPRING!

I am so tired

But I cant go to bed until these windows updates download that just started because I need to password protect this account and log off, otherwise it is in grave danger from the kiddos! Today was a really really long day. I am starting a new organization system I will post more about tomorrow. Until then....

Does this work?

I just added Windows Live Writer and am posting this to see if this works!

TGIF!!!

I am so glad that it is Friday night! This has really been a rough week for me, I am not exactly sure why. I think I am just getting really burnt out with the daily grind, with winter, with snow and ice, with frigid cold and frozen toes!

The kids all have horrible cabin fever, which is to be expected when you choose to live in the Artic! LOL They are supposed to be watching Ratatouille upstairs and relaxing before bed, but I just heard Nolan go up there and say" Why are all the cusions off the couch!" That is my signal to go see....Ok, the boys blamed it on the girls and the girls blamed it on the boys just like usual...the battle of the sexes lives on!



I didn't make it to Elijah's school meeting today because Jolene went to pick up my mom and had car trouble and they came back too late. I rescheduled it for Monday, and I am still not looking forward to going. I was so freaked this morning when Jolene was gone so long that I went over and asked my neighbor friend if I could use her van to go look for her. So I bundled up the girls and took the highway to my moms house, going slowly to look for the car just in case she had broken down. Since the Van got stolen last year we are still driving the 89 ford Crown Victoria we call Vicki. Vicki has been a good car, but she is really on her last legs :(. Anyway, back to the story! When I got to my mom's house my brother told me that my mom and Jolene had just left. Isn't it Ironic? Dontcha Think? lol. 90's flashback!




So I came back home and they were here. At least the girls got to get out of the house today, so thats one good thing lol!

Amazingly even though I missed his meeting Elijah had a wonderful day at school! It makes me SO happy when he comes home with good news. His teacher even called me to tell me what a great day he had. He is like having two different children! There is no middle ground, when is is on he is ON and when he is off he is totally OFF. At his next pdoc appointment I am going to ask to try him on Vyvanse, instead of the Concerta, because what works better for me might work better for my child! It's worth a try anyway!

Tomorrow is our "free" day. All of the kids will be gone to their dad's house by noon, except for for Journee who would rather spend the night with my mom so she will go there. I am so glad because we need a break! I want to go out and have some fun!


I guess this is all pretty domestic and boring stuff huh? So is the life of me :)

Enter Vyvanse *updated*

Its almost 8 am. I just took the first pill of my new ADD med. I had a really rough time coming off Dexedrine yesterday so I am really wary. especially since this is a long acting pill. I am so hoping this will work for my symptoms, and not be heavy on the side effects. I hate side effects!!!!


So it is now 8 pm, and it has totally worn off, actually it wore off around 3 pm. The comedown wasnt that bad, I just got a slight headache and was really tired all the sudden. I took a 30 minute nap and was good to go. I wasn't hungry all day. We even went to Panerra Bread and I ended up taking 2 bites of my soup and bringing the sandwich home! Its the turkey artichoke panini and they are so yummy, I cant wait till the kids go to bed so I can warm it up and chow down now that my appetite is back LOL. So I am thinking this med could work for me, I am going to give it a week before I decide, since I survived today and did good. :)