NO MORE DEBT!!!

SO WE GOT OUR TAXES DONE TODAY AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO PAY OFF ALL OUR BILLS INCLUDING PHILLIP'S TRUCK. WE WILL HAVE NO MORE DEBT EXCEPT FOR OUR HOUSES. WOO HOO. TO BE OUR AGE AND HAVE NO DEBT IS A GREAT FEELING. I AM SO EXCITED. A FEW WEEKS AGO LAURA WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY ONLY OWE ON THEIR HOUSE AND STUDENT LOANS AND SO I MADE THAT MY GOAL FOR THIS YEAR. I WANTED TO PAY OFF THE TRUCK, CREDIT CARD AND VARIOUS OTHER EXPENSES. I DIDN'T REALLY THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN THIS QUICKLY BUT AM VERY THRILLED IT DID. MY LIFE IS SO MUCH SIMPLER NOW ESPECIALLY SINCE WE DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL STILL BE GETTING UNEMPLOYMENT AFTER THIS WEEK. THIS IS JUST ONE MORE OF THE MANY BLESSINGS WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH.

NEW BABY IN THE FAMILY

SO... THERE IS A NEW BABY IN THE FAMILY. THANK GOD IT ISN'T MINE. I AM ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL ON DAYS LIKE TODAY WHEN I HAVE THREE SICK KIDS TO TAKE CARE OF, A SICK HUSBAND, AND MYSELF. UGH THIS SORE THROAT IS KILLING ME. WELL I AM OFF TO CLEAN THE BOYS UP FROM LUNCH.

GUMBALLS EVERYWHERE

WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY HAVING THREE KIDS TWO AND UNDER HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING AND FUNNY EXPERIENCE. THINGS HAVE BEEN SO BUSY. TODAY WAS PHILLIP'S FIRST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL AND I WAS EXCITED ABOUT GETTING BACK INTO OUR ROUTINE. THE DAY STARTED OFF VERY WELL AND STAYED THAT WAY TILL ABOUT ELEVEN THIRTY. BELLE STARTED CRYING AND SO I WENT TO CHECK ON HER. I WAS GONE MAYBE A MINUTE AT THE MOST WHEN I HEAR A TAPPING NOISE. SO... I WALK INTO THE KITCHEN TO SEE WHAT MY ADORABLE MISCHEVIOUS TWO YEAR OLD COULD POSSIBLY BE DOING. WELL APPARENTLY HE GOT A SPOON OUT OF THE DRAWER AND WAS NOT TAPPING BUT BEATING IT ON MY GORGEOUS GUM BALL MACHINE. I REALLY LOVE THIS THING. WELL AS SOON AS I WALK IN GLASS SHATTERS AND HUNDREDS (WE HAD JUST PUT FIVE HUNDRED IN IT IT'S THE CHEAPEST WAY TO BUY THEM) OF GUMBALLS GO FLYING EVERYWHERE. WELL NATHAN THEN PROCEEDS TO GRAB ONE AND HAPPILY RUN OFF. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! SO I AM LOOKING AT THE MESS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO CLEAN THIS UP WITHOUT MAKING AN EVEN BIGGER DISASTER. SO I START SCOOPING UP THE BIG PIECES OF GLASS FIRST AND IN WALKS JACOB. WELL HE LOOKS AT ME GRINS AND BENDS DOWN AND STARTS SHOVING GUMBALLS IN HIS MOUTH. HIS CHIPMUNK CHEEKS LOOKED VERY CUTE. SO NOW I AM DIGGING GUMBALLS OUT OF HIS MOUTH BECAUSE HE ONLY HAS LIKE SIX TEETH AND WOULD CHOKE ON THEM AND IN RUNS MY DOG... WELL SHE BEGINS TO EAT THE GUMBALLS. SHE IS LAPPING THEM UP OFF THE FLOOR IN RECORD TIME AND PROBABLY CUTTING HER TOUNGE. WELL NATHAN RUNS BACK IN AND GRABS ANOTHER HANDFUL WHILE JACOB IS NOW TRYING TO STICK HIS HAND INTO THE BROKEN GUMBALL MACHINE TO GRAB A FEW MORE. NATHAN HAS NOW DECIDED THAT HE WANTS SPAGHETTI AND SO HE IS SCREAMING "SGHETTI MOMMY SGHETTI" AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS. SO WE PICK OUT WHAT KIND HE WANTS AND I MAKE HIM SOME GOOD OL CHEF BOYARDEE, THEN I GET THE BOYS IN THEIR SEATS. WELL AFTER MAYBE ONE BITE NATHAN HAS DECIDED HE NO LONGER WANTS "SGHETTI" SO HE CHUNKS IT ON MY FRESHLY MOPPED FLOOR. BY THE WAY I HATE MOPPING. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I FINALLY LET HIM DOWN FROM HIS CHAIR AND HE WALKS OVER TAKES HIS BROTHERS SPAGHETTI AND SAYS "NO BABY" AND CHUNKS IT ON THE FLOOR. (I CALMLY LET THE DOG CLEAN UP THAT MESS. HEY THAT'S WHY WE HAVE HER.) AFTER ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES NATHAN COMES BACK TELLING ME HE IS HUNGRY SO I VERY POLITELY TOLD HIM HE HAD TO WAIT TILL SNACK TIME AND THAT HE NEEDED TO APOLOGIZE TO MOMMY. HE LOOKED AT ME WITH THE SADDEST EYES AND SAID "SORRY MOMMY I LOVE YOU". LOOKING BACK ON IT HONESTLY IT'S KIND OF FUNNY AND I AM VERY VERY PROUD OF MYSELF FOR NOT LOSING MY TEMPER. OH AND BY THE WAY ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS LIMPING AROUND BECAUSE I HADN'T HAD TIME TO GET ALL THE GLASS OUT OF MY FOOT YET. OH I LOVE MY SWEET KIDS. NOW OFFTO FINISH DINNER.