Insomnia!

Okay, Insomnia SUCKS!! I have had problems with this for years but it was getting better. Lately, it seems I am up all night long. I am exhausted but can't sleep. My body is extremely tired but my head is going 90 to nothing. I have now been up since 1 a.m. and it is 4:02 a.m. I gave up sleeping about 3:15 a.m. Hubby's alarm goes off in 1 hr 15 mins and about the time he leaves I need to get up to get the kids rounded up and off to school. I am supposed to be at the school at 8:30 a.m. to take pictures for the 100th day of school celebration in the Kindergarten classes. Boy am I dreading this. Mattie doesn't have school this Friday due to Lutheran Church School Day or something so it will be a full day and all of this is seriously stressing me out due to my lack of sleep. Pitiful! I will be a walking zombie on Friday. Oh and this is my 3rd night in a row with only a few hours of sleep so I was hoping I would drop tonight but that was only wishful thinking!!! Yes, if it isn't apparent. I am cranky!!!

Giant!

I feel like a giant. My laptop finally bit the dust. I was hoping for another two weeks with it before I took it in for a good fixin' but it had other ideas and died on me. I knew I was addicted to my laptop and occasionaly even try to put it away and out of sight. However, I now realize that I am seriously addicted to the computer. I have all my favorite places on the web bookmarked and all the new blogs I love to read of other people (most I don't know) I have learned some great stuff. Now, I do not have those links and it is driving me crazy. My computer fix in the morning can probably be equated to someone's morning coffee that they just have to have. I don't drink caffeine but I get a rush from reading the news, weather, blogs, and finance journals every morning. Now, I am left with getting on the kids computer upstairs and at a kid sized computer desk. I feel like a giant sitting here plus there is not any back support. I am awful whiny about it as well. It has been 4 days and I can't take it any longer. We were going to buy a new laptop in February but I convinced hubby to let me go ahead and get it yesterday. I ordered it and was looking for it to be delivered Friday or Monday so I was really excited to find out it is on the UPS truck RIGHT NOW! for delivery TODAY!! I have been thinking about driving the neighborhood and stalking the UPS truck or trying to come up with a dire emergency that I could call UPS with and say I have to have that package NOW! Ridiculous, I know. Jon wanted to know why I just didn't get it yesterday as he was laughing at my urgency?!? Well, I would have but they did not have in stock at any Best Buy within a 50 mile radius (my computer wouldn't search further out or I might have thought about it). He thought this was really funny. Hmph! I need a laptop!!!! and one with my settings on it!!! When I asked how long to fix my old one I thought I would faint when they said 4-6 weeks. Are you kidding me?????

God's House

Conversation after church today:

All 3 kids yelling and screaming at each other getting into the car. Fighting, big time!

Mom: hey, we are still at God's house so why are you all acting like this? It is unacceptable! (mostly worried about all the people around me seeing my kids act like heathens at church)

gets quiet

Austin: if this is God's house does he brush his teeth here?
Mattie: uh, duh, Austin and he takes a shower here too
Austin: there isn't a shower here
Mattie: Austin you don't know anything because you are a boy and there is a shower in the big girl's bathroom. Uh you are a baby boy, ha ha ha
Alison: Yeah, Austin there is really a shower in the bathroom by the outlet.
Austin: oh, well where does he cook
Alison: oh (mildly irritated) duh Austin you picked me up in the cafeteria from church today in the kitchen
Austin: I didn't know that was a kitchen!
Alison: (more irritated) what do you think the ovens were?
Austin: Where God sends everyone to the devil! They are hot!

I thought you were in heaven!

Austin has been full of wonder about heaven, God, death, angels, and so forth for quite a while now. It kind of went a way and now it has come back. He has been concerned about when exactly Jesus died as well. Anyway, his best friend Mitchell has been really sick with strep and the flu this week so he hasn't been at school or on the bus. Austin came home today very worried about Mitchell and asked me "Mom, did Mitchell die and go to heaven?" Uh no, Austin why do you ask? Austin, "he hasn't been on the bus for a long time" Oh, "Mitchell is sick buddy and has been at home" Austin seem relieved by this. Several hours later Mitchell called Austin and I handed him the phone and it goes something like this. (mind you we haven't mentioned the heaven thing to him again)

Mitchell says something about Austin being worried about him.
Austin, "Yes, I thought you were in heaven." no pause "I am watching the bionicle movie and the blue guy is beating up the red guy and ........"

That was it for Austin and he was back in friend and little boy mode! I am sure glad he isn't worried about this any longer.

Home Alone!

Okay, not really but 1/2 way alone and not sure what to do with myself. I have lots of things I need to do but nothing I want to do! The kids received the Home Alone movie for Christmas from a friend so Austin and Mattie are getting ready to watch it. Alison is away for the night. She is having a night at the museum with her Brownie Troop. They arrive about 7 pm tonight and do different things until 11 p.m. at the Museum of Natural Science. Then they all get to sleep among the exhibits, I think the gem room is their room but she is hoping for the dinosaurs so they can all be scared all night. I am just glad they didn't need any more moms to volunteer for this occasion. I would put in overtime elsewhere to get out of going to this and sleeping on a hard floor, in my clothes. Heck, I wouldn't have made it to 9:30 pm let alone after 11 pm. She will return tomorrow about 10 a.m. and promptly have to go cheer at a basketball game 11-12 and they called a dance practice from 12:15-2:15. They are getting ready for a dance at the Houston Rockets so it is a mandatory practice. I think I will let Jon get her around everywhere because she is highly likely to be tired and cranky! Austin has a basketball game from 9-10 and a birthday party he is being picked up for at 12:20 so it gives me another place to be. Yippee! Jon is out with the boys at the Verizon Theatre. They went to see Larry the Cable Guy. I don't get the draw of the event BUT I guess that is why I am not a guy. There are 6 of them going so they should have fun. It is cold and rainy so I am glad I am not going out of my house! Austin's friend James was just picked up from their playdate so I am off to convince them to get in pj's early and bed to watch a movie. Then I will be sort of alone!

Visualization

Had another interesting conversation with Austin the other day....

Austin: Mom, I know how to spell cart!
Mom: Wow, Austin that is great can you tell me?
Austin: C-A-T
Mom: I think you are missing a letter what makes the rrrr sound
Austin: Oh yes, I forgot the R - C-A-R-T
Austin: Mom, I know how to spell mart
Mom: Let me here it
Austin: M-A-R-T
Mom: Good job!
Austin: But I have a problem!!! (with excitement in his voice) I don't know how to spell visualization!
Mom: Uh! do what
Austin: visualization, how do I spell it
Mom: v-i-s-u-a-l-i-z-a-t-i-o-n -- where did you hear that word?
Austin: At school I am supposed to visualizing the pictures in my book but I don't so I need to learn to spell visualization to do it!
Mom: stunned and left without comment, still trying to figure out he even learned to say it let alone spell it.
Austin: mom, when do I become an angel?
Mom: still too stunned to speak and not ready for another round of angel conversations. Luckily we had pulled into the parking lot at speech! :-)

Photos - Playing Around

As you probably noticed, I have been playing around and trying to find an easy and quick way to upload photos to my blog. It is a work in progress right now so please bear with me.

Daddy's Nail Salon

Daddy's Nail Salon,
originally uploaded by Weird Wacky Wine's.

Jon would do anything Mattie asked but I never thought he would "willingly" paint her toes and fingernails! Oh, Daddy!

Is my throat red?

Is my throat red?,
originally uploaded by Weird Wacky Wine's.

Mattie has huge tonsils and her throat is always bothering her. Today she bypassed some steps and brought in the flashlight and said "Look, my throat is red again!"

Eye - Fi

I think this has got to be the best invention ever made. I take thousands of photos a year. I have over 30,000 on my hard drive alone. Uploading is a pain and I usually wait until I have hundreds of photos to sort through and it becomes overwhelming. Oh, how I would love to have this card, I'll it to my wish list! Ha! that list is simply for me to go drool over things every now and then and maybe to whisper into hubby's ear every now and again. Anyway, thought it worth a post. Check it out. This is a wireless uploading digital memory card. Woohoo!

http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/eye-fi-wifi-memory/

p.s. yes, I realize I might get the nerd of the week award for this post but this is wonderful!
p.s.s. at least it is the little things that get me excited!