GOAL FOR JUNE

SO MY GOAL FOR JUNE IS TO NOT GO OUT TO EAT AT ALL.  WELL UNLESS OUR PARENTS TAKE US :).  I OPENED OUR BANK STATEMENT AND FIGURED UP HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON GRABBING SNACKS FOR THE KIDS OR ON BUYING BREAKFAST BEFORE CHURCH, OR GOING OUT WITH FRIENDS AFTER.  IT WAS RIDICULOUS ESPECIALLY SINCE I COOK ALMOST EVERY NIGHT.  WE HAVE ENOUGH FOOD IN OUR HOUSE TO FEED A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY AND YET WE GRAB SOMETHING FOR CONVINENCE.  THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER WAYS THAT I COULD SPEND THIS MONEY OR I COULD SAVE IT.  SO FOR THIS MONTH WE ARE GOING TO NOT GO OUT TO EAT...  AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS UP WITHIN REASON.  THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THINGS THAT COME UP AND WE CAN MAKE EXCEPTIONS BUT I THINK IF WE GET IN THE GROOVE OF NOT EATING OUT FOR ONE MONTH THEN IT WILL BE EASIER LATER.  LOOKS LIKE MY CROCKPOT THAT I LOVE SO MUCH WILL BE GETTING A LOT MORE USE.  WELL I NEED TO FINISH MAKING MY MENU FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK SO GOODNIGHT.

DON'T BITE YOUR FRIENDS

THE IMPORTANT LESSONS YOU LEARN WHEN YOU ARE SICK AND GET TO WATCH T.V. MOST OF THE DAY.  YO GABBA GABBA IS SO EDUCATIONAL I AM GLAD THAT NATHAN IS WALKING AROUNDS SINGING "DONT BITE YOUR FRIENDS DON'T BITE YOUR FRIENDS".  IT IS AMAZING THE LIFE LESSONS HE IS LEARNING TODAY.  LOL.

DATE NIGHT

SO PHILLIP AND I HAVE NOT HAD A NIGHT COMPLETELY ALONE WITHOUT KIDS SINCE BELLE WAS BORN SO HE CONVINCED ME TO LET HER AND THE BOYS STAY WITH HIS PARENTS THIS WEEKEND.  SO WE GO TO LONGVIEW RUN BY SEARS FOR HIM TO TRY ON HIS BOOTS AND THEN HEAD TO HIS PARENTS.  WE THEN DROP THE KIDS OFF AND HEAD TO THE HOSPITAL TO VISIT A FRIEND.  AFTER WE LEAVE THE HOSPITAL WE WENT TO LOOK AT BEDS FOR ISABELLE SO THAT PHILLIP CAN GET STARTED MAKING HER ONE.  WELL WE GET TO SMASHBURGER FOR DINNER AND RING RING WE GET A CALL THAT JACOB IS CRYING AND IS RUNNING A FEVER.  SO WE GET OUR FOOD TO GO, RUN PICK HIM UP, AND GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT REGIONAL.  ONCE WE GET THERE THEY TELL US HIS THROAT IS RED AND THAT HE HAS A DOUBLE EAR INFECTION AND IS GETTING AT LEAST TWO NEW TEETH.  SO WE DECIDE THAT WE WILL TAKE HIM WITH US AND LEAVE THE OTHER TWO AT MIMI AND POP'S SO WE PICK UP HIS PRESCRIPTION AND HEAD HOME.  THE NEXT MORNING WE GET UP DO A FEW THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE AND I AM GETTING DRESSED WHEN WE GET THE CALL THAT NATHAN IS HAVING ANOTHER SEIZURE IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND THAT THEY ARE ABOUT EIGHT MILES FROM GILMER.  WE RUN OUT THE DOOR AND TO THE GILMER ER THIS TIME.  AFTER A FEW HOURS OF NATHAN BEING HOOKED UP TO MACHINES AND BLOOD AND X-RAYS WE DISCOVER HE HAS STREP.  SO I FIGURE WHILE WE ARE THERE MIGHT AS WELL GET BELLE CHECKED TOO EVEN THOUGH SHE IS ACTING FINE...  WELL SHE HAS AN EAR INFECTION AND A RED THROAT TOO.  SO...  AT THIS POINT I HAVE ONE KID WITH STREP, TWO THAT HAD THE BEGINNINGS OF STREP, 3 WITH EAR INFECTIONS, 2 THAT ARE TEETHING, AND ONE WHOSE FEVER WILL NOT GO AWAY.  WHAT A WEEKEND TWO ER VISITS IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS. 

BUSY BUSY

SO THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY BUSY PAST FEW WEEKS.  PHILLIP IS OUT OF SCHOOL FOR THE SUMMER...  HE GOT 2 A'S AND 2 B'S.  SO TO CELEBRATE HIM BEING OUT AND ME BEING ME WE TOOK THE KIDS TO GALVESTON.  I GOT AN AWESOME DEAL ON A HOTEL THAT WAS ON THE SEA WALL SO OFF WE WENT.  WE WERE LUCKY AND GOT TO BORROW MY PARENTS CAR (MY VAN DRINKS GAS).  WE WENT TO THE RAINFOREST CAFE WHICH NATHAN LOVED BECAUSE IT WAS SHAPED LIKE A VOLCANO AND ERRUPTED EVERY THIRTY MINUTES.  HE REALLY LIKED THE LAVA COMING OUT OF THE TOP.  WE ALSO RODE THE FERRY AND SAW 10-15 DOLPHINS.  I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT MANY ON ONE TRIP.  THE BOYS WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE DOLPHINS.  THE OCEAN WAS REALLY ROUGH WHILE WE WERE THERE PHILLIP AND NATHAN PLAYED FOR A WHILE.  NATHAN LOVED TO RUN AND KICK THE WAVES.  ALL OF THE KIDS LIKED THE POOL.  JACOB TOOK A WHILE TO GET USED TO THE WATER AGAIN BUT BELLE AND NATHAN HAD A BLAST.  ALL IN ALL A VERY FUN TIME.  NOW WE ARE GETTING BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS.  PHILLIP WILL BE HELPING MY DAD THIS SUMMER AND WORKING ON HIS INTERNET CLASS AND I WILL BE DOING WHAT I ALWAYS DO.  HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT WEEK.

OFF TO GALVESTON

SINCE PHILLIP GETS OUT OF SCHOOL NEXT TUESDAY WE HAVE DECIDED TO GO TO GALVESTON FOR A FEW DAYS.  I GOT AN AWESOME DEAL ON A HOTEL AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME TIME AWAY FROM EVERYTHING.  I AM SO EXCITED BECAUSE THE RAINFOREST CAFE THERE IS AWESOME AND I KNOW NATHAN AND JACOB ARE GOING TO ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. 

MY WONDERFUL AMAZING HUSBAND

WELL YESTERDAY IN PHILLIP'S A/C CLASS HIS TEACHER STARTED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING AND AFTER EXPLAINING IT PHILLIP RAISED HIS HAND AND TOLD HIM HE THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH OUR A/C AND ASKED IF HE COULD LEAVE TO GO CHECK AND FIX IT.  LUCKILY PHILLIP WAS RIGHT AND WAS ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT TWENTY DOLLARS.  WOO HOO.  THIS WAS A MAJOR BLESSING BECAUSE DAVID WAS REALLY REALLY BUSY AND WAS GOING TO SQUEEZE US IN AT SOME POINT, BUT I THINK HE WAS RELIEVED WHEN WE LET HIM KNOW HE DIDN'T HAVE TOO.  OH AND THE ELECTRICIAN WAS ONLY THERE FOR MAYBE AN HOUR AT THE MOST SO THAT BILL SHOULDN'T BE TOO BAD.  MY HIDDEN STACK OF CASH IS SLOWLY DWINDILING AWAY. 

WHEN IT RAINS...

WELL THIS PAST WEEK WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICITY IN OUR LONGVIEW HOUSE SO PHILLIP REPLACED SOME OF THE WIRES AND IT ALL WORKED... FOR A FEW DAYS.  SO NOW THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT HE CAN'T FIX SO WE HAD TO HIRE AN ELECTRICIAN WHO WILL COME OUT ON MONDAY.  WELL LAST NIGHT WE WERE AT A WEDDING RECEPTION WHEN PHILLIP GOT A TEXT THAT THE AC ISN'T WORKING.  SO WE RAN BY TO CHECK IT OUT AND COULDN'T TELL MUCH BECAUSE IT WAS DARK.  THIS AFTERNOON PHILLIP WENT BACK TO CHECK IT OUT AND THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL STUFF.  THE GOOD THING IS THAT THE COMPRESSOR SEEMS TO BE OK AS FAR AS WE KNOW...  THE BAD THING IS THAT PHILLIP IS IN AN AIR CONDITIONER CLASS RIGHT NOW AND THE ELECTRICAL THINGS ARE WHAT THEY WILL BE COVERING LAST.  DON'T YOU LOVE IT?  SO NOW WE HAVE TO HAVE DAVID TO COME LOOK AT THAT.  UGH I HATE SPENDING THIS MONEY.  AS FAR AS GOOD NEWS WE WILL BE GETTING $1000 PER MONTH NOW INSTEAD OF $800.  WOO HOO.  OH AND I HAD AN AWESOME LUNCH WITH SOME GREAT FRIENDS.  I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE WOMEN THAT I AM GOING TO CHURCH WITH.  THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING AND KIND WOMEN.