Chores

Never before did I realize how sweet the sound of a dishwasher running could be. We've been having problems with our dishwasher pretty much since we moved in, but it didn't get serious until about a month ago, when it was no longer draining. So after much prodding the office sent someone out to look at it, turns out they had to replace/fix three different items in order for it to function properly. One of which was the motor for the thing.
The new motor had been ordered....a week ago, but it still hadn't arrived yet, so on Friday they said they would send someone out on Saturday to just replace the dishwasher. Cue a Hallelujah chorus. (especially since for the past 3 weeks our dishwasher had been a glorified dish drying rack, I was quite looking forward to using a new dishwasher instead of being the dishwasher.)
I have run 4 loads of dishes just getting caught up, and the new washer is running bea-u-tifully. It wasn't until this one was running that we realized just how bad our previous one was, the motor had probably been failing for the last 3 years.
All that was to pretty much say, Yay pretty new dishwasher!

Changing Seasons

I love the winter, and fall, but let me tell you. I absolutely hate the changing of the season, I always end up with a stuffy nose and lose my voice and just feel like absolute crap. And all that fun started yesterday. Ugh.

Something New

So I got introduced to a new app by one of my gaming friends. It's called Habitica. You can log on either through the free app or their website which is pretty cool. I have mine hooked up to Facebook just for the ease of logging in.
I've only been playing for a couple days and I'm quite enjoying it. So far I've actually been truthful on my habits and have marked myself down for drinking soda or not working out. Which causes you to lose hit points on your character.
All in all I think it's an awesomely fun game/habit builder.

All I have to say

Download it! 

I'm still here

I'm doing good mostly, quite enjoying the thunderstorm going on tonight. Kids are in bed, Husband is resting before he goes to work tonight. And I just am debating between video games and a book.
Ark will probably win, I mean, it's go dinosaurs, which are just so much fun.

Uphill

It's an uphill struggle to even post on this blog. But I'm still here, still kicking and still staying up way too late for a grown woman with kids to watch in the morning who don't believe in letting mommy sleep in, only daddy gets to sleep in this house.

I promise I'm not dead

I have a hard time 'talking' myself into posting, making myself put time aside to update my blog. But I do like keeping people updated. I'm just taking baby steps with it.
I have made some goals for the year, and trying to keep up with my blog is one of them. So keep your fingers crossed and hopefully you'll see a blog post soon. I've got one in mind since Husband and I have been playing Pandemic Legacy Season 1. It's a board game with a wonderful twist that has us super excited to play every week.

I'll be back soon...promise!

Eryal

Flys = Ladybugs in our house.

*gulping noises in the background*
me - "Bug, what are you doing?"
Bug - *smiling and pointing to the window, "I'm going to eat the ladybug!"
me - "Don't eat the fly."

I got the last laugh

Me to Husband : "look, your writing is so bad that Bug thinks that your writing is her drawing"

Words are hard

I don't really know what to say anymore when i think about updating my blog. I don't feel like we do a whole lot here at home, since we don't really get out much. So to my eyes there's not really a whole lot of interest to post about that. I have these ideas and thoughts that I would love to turn into thought provoking and wonderfully written posts, but I either don't have the time to write it down when I first have the thought and forget, or I just can't put it into words correctly and it just sounds so different from what I actually want to say that I end up scrapping the whole writing.

I am transferring from my current position within the bank to the call center, but other than that there is no big news from either my job or Husbands.

Loki and Odin are both doing well, Odin has mostly recovered from hand foot and mouth, although his blisters haven't quite finished healing, but they're almost back to normal. Loki is as energetic as normal.

We had though that we would be moving this month, but it didn't quite turn out as we though, so we are staying where we are for now, and then next year we will be looking into buying our first house. So there's that to look forward to.

Everyone's sick! Evidently that is just what happens when I have vacation time.

Odd things said in my house

me to Husband: "I don't think I can explain the subtleties of smut to you."

me to Bug: "Don't lick the couch"
"that doesn't mean you can just go lick your brother instead"

me to D and Suv "this is a bad thing and it is all Husband's fault"

I'm Alive!

Just normally really worn out by the time I get home, and then it's dinner and bath and put the kiddos to bed. And after that I just want to relax.

Long story short, I need to make time to blog again, I just am lazy and tired by the end of the day.

Why I'm almost never on Facebook....

A lot of people will make comments when I say that I dislike facebook, most common I hear these two 'how do you stay connected to people?' 'why don't you like facebook?'

1) I stay connected to people by actually talking to them, or texting. Although, I'm not the best at keeping in contact with people. If I want to talk to someone, or if they want to talk to me they know how to contact me.

2) One of the biggest reasons I dislike the site is people just fight so much! Maybe I see this alot because I have friends that will post things that if it can be taken controversially, it will be. Plus Husband can be a little bit of a troll, and will go looking for trouble sometimes.
This is the crux as to why I hate it so much, it's all pointless! Seriously! People get so bent out of shape trying to make people on facebook change their mind, it's never going to work! Even trying to have a healthy discussion with someone who disagrees with you turns into a fight.

All that will come of it is frustration, and there is no constructive way to get rid of those feelings, and the people closest to you aren't the ones that need to suffer from your temper over these things.


I suppose I get more frustrated than most because I see Husband get so frustrated that people don't listen to him, especially if he is right, now in person things go much better, but online I can just see him getting more and more frustrated until I finally 'ground' him from the internet to get him away from all the negativity.


So there you have it, my little mini rant about how I hate facebook.

Question

Does anyone know where I can go to laminate something that's larger?

Trying new things

So I have a plan, and since we all know how my plans normally turn out (big ideas, not a whole lot of return *sigh*) I'm starting small. I'm going to be getting up at 5am every day. 

Why I'm trying this is that it will force me to go to bed earlier, as well as giving me time by myself to 'prep' for the day without kids running around while I'm trying to get myself ready to walk out the door for work. 

So far (keep in mind this is day one) it's gone okay, I'm up -obviously- but I've been up since 2:30, because I woke up suddenly with no cause and couldn't shut my brain off to go back to sleep. Since then I've made coffee, goofed off and after this will be taking a shower and ironing my shirt for work, then relaxing until I have to leave. If things continue, preferable without having to get up at 2am instead of 5, I think this will work well for me. 

I'm Sorry

I just can't lately, I can't post, I can't get anything done around the house, I just can't do anything lately. It's so hard and so frustrating.
I just start out with so many spoons at the beginning of the day, and somehow they just all slip away before I can make it home from work, and I just feel like I'm running on empty at the time when my family needs me most. Which just drains me so much. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about when I say spoons, click the link above, it's a wonderful article and one of the better explanations that I've seen to explain when I"m feeling just so utterly drained and just feel like I can't function any longer)

I know I'm not, but I just feel like such a failure all the time lately. I know it's very draining for Husband to try to support me as well as keeping everything up around the house, because I'm not much of a help (well, I'm more of a hinderance the last week or so rather than a help)
I don't want anyone to worry about me, I'm doing okay, for the most part, I just need somewhere I can out my feelings and just kind of word vomit somewhere other than in Husband's ear.

A post, before I forget it again (again)

Alternate title: Why I believe The Silence are real.

Now that alternate title might not make sense to everyone, so let me explain. The silence are a Doctor Who villain, and they can only be seen when you look at them.(Pictured below)

When you look away from them, you forget you've seen them and what had happened when you had them in your view.

Now as to why I would argue they might exist, I first noticed it Sunday. Husband (at least I assume it was Husband, because it wasn't me) moved the corkboard pins in the bathroom into a heart shape. I noticed the change on Sunday, but everytime I leave the bathroom and think that I need to tell him that I appreciate the gesture, the thought is just gone from my mind.
(By the way Husband, I think the little pin heart is adorable.)
Further proof, the heart had completely skipped my mind by the time I finished my shower and came out here. The only reason I remembered is because I sent myself a message not to forget.

Long story short, if you see tally marks on my arm, know the silence are about and I've seen them, I just don't remember it.

The age old question

To blog, or to play video games....

Video games won, I'll update tomorrow more about Loki's potty training adventure and what has been working for us and what advice we received.

(Big milestone though, Loki pooped in the potty for the first time today)

Potty Training

We have decided to do 'big girl panties' during all day light hours, and diapers at night until we have a solid grasp on potty training and then go to big girl panties all the time!
Saturday:
We had quite a few accidents, and the only time we made it onto the potty involved a little bit of an accident too.
Feelings were pretty discouraged by the end of the day.
Sunday:
One accident in the morning, and then bam right before nap time Loki does it, she pees in the potty! (which scared her and she though she had done something wrong, which was adorable)
After that we still had a few accidents, including going number 2 in her panties, which was very upsetting.
Monday:
Really feeling like we've got a handle on using the potty for going number 1. Still have yet to figure out the timing on number 2.
Loki does have a little problem with not always getting her panties down before sitting down if she really has to go, but it's getting much better.

All in all, at this point I'm saying it was a successful start to potty training.