T.V. Laundry and sleep or lack there of

Updates!

America's Best Dance Crew - Glad Boogie Bots are gone from last week! Phew. I still need to watch the whole episode from last week, to see all of Missy Elliot. I cried this week! No fair, I really started to love Fanny Pack! But I have to say I vote for So Real Cru, they are better then Super Crew in my eyes.

Big Brother - YEAH! Jesse is gone! Ha Ha!! Turd. HOH is Michelle. At first I was sad, I KNOW that ever before the feed tonight, Libra is going up and probably Keesha. I am SO over everyone on Libra's ass for taking the Hawaiian Holiday. I would too. Yes she has two kids, and one is 5 months old. SHIT she SO probably needs a Holiday away with her husband! And what is a letter from home going to tell you about your little kids? Eh, Libra is not my favorite, but for people to get on her ass about the Hawaiian Holiday is just annoying. Get over it, and sport your red tard proud.
And while we are on the subject of BB10. I have to say my two favorites are Keesha, strong, and smart, BUT she tends to get to hard into every fight, and that will be bad for her. But if she doesn't make sequester I will be surprised. Renny is cool. LOONEY first week, but she is pretty cool, funny shit when she snaps at Jerry. Dan got screwed by the AP vote this week! Yikes, Jerry is talking more shit about him now! I also agree with Jen on the fact that Memphis is a total reminder of my Ed. So he is my other fav. now that he got up off the couch and is finally playing!

Laundry - Not a reality show. But my own personal hell. I am doing well with it. I think I counted about 10 loads that need to be done. and about 4 more all over my bedroom floor I need to put away. I did a bunch of sorting and hanging tonight. But I started way late, so I am at least organized with my chaos.

Sophie - Taken to the vet. She is o.k. had a tick on her leg. Then I had an urge to spend more money and buy my loves some Frontline for the ticks that my neighbor seems to be stirring up next door.

Stampin' Up! - The new Fall Winter Idea Book and Catalog, is AMAZING. LOVE IT! Oh I am a SU! dork! But I am damn proud of it! Can't wait for the open house, and the Conventional I am going to! Oh yeah for me! I do need to make swaps for Conventional and some for the meeting the next week... I wonder what the swaps are for August meeting...

Pool - It misses me... and I miss it...

Sleep - I need some... I am pushing myself... not sure why... I'm going to go lock up the house, OCD style as usual. And go sleepy sleepy...

WTF kinda day.

My back is killing me, Alex STILL won't stop crying, so I am going to make this as amusing yet short for my sanity. This is a summery of my day today. One of the most random and effed up days yet...

• 9:00 am Village Inspector Man shows up to check pool electric. FAILED! A whole bunch of yada yada and blah blah blah came out of his mouth. I didn't understand electrician talk, so I called my daddy.
• 9:15 am Dad shows up, talks electrician talk with Village Inspector Man. Totally gets it. Calls Mr. Jim (family member who did electric with dad) Village Inspector Man leaves.
• Dad and I go to the basement and start doing work in my Art Studio. Ed is awake. Ed leaves and brings home McD's breakfast. We eat. Ahh, calm before the storm.
• Mr. Jim shows up with more electric stuff, Dad and Mr. Jim go to work.
• I get Ed ready to go to work at Wrigley Field for the night game (yes living in BFE you must leave 1/2 a day early to work the games)
• Right before Ed leaves, Mia tells us her ear hurts. She seems warm.
• I call my mom to help me. She isn't feeling well, but needs to go by the Quick Care anyway, so let's make it a family trip to the Dr.'s office.
• Ed leaves. Dad and Mr. Jim finish up there electric work. Mr. Jim leaves.
• Mom arrives, we pack up the kids. Dad stays and finishes work in the art studio
• Dr. visit for Mia. Well good news is no ear aches, no temp, nothing. Oh except I have an appointment at the end of the month with a Cardiologist to check her heart murmur. (Don't freak, I have one, my dad has one and so does my dog Maggie) I guess Dr. B says don't worry just check it out.
• Mom comes out from her visit with the Doctor. Sigh, not good. Possible Kidney Stones, now she must go be admitted to the Hospital. Drop her off at the Hospital. Bring home kids.
• Put Mi and Alex down for a nap, Jen comes over. Nice to talk and just take my mind off of the heart murmur and my mom in the hospital.
• Mom and Dad show up an hour later, yes she had a kidney stone, she passed it. Possibly another, oh and she has a cyst on her liver? But possibly there since birth?!?
• Mom and Dad leave.
• Jen feeds Weaky a bottle, Mia is napping, I can actually play in my art studio and set up some stuff.
• Jen leaves.
• I am watching T.V. with Mi and Alex, I hear the dogs bark outside. Go to let them in. Looks like the end of the world! (or just a bad storm coming in)
• Tornado warnings, so I drag Mi and Alex and both dogs (sorry cats!) down to the basement for 2 hours while it sounded like the house was being blown off above us.
• Yes the rain came in SO hard, it went sideways into the sliding glass door, and all over my kitchen floor, so it leaked down to the basement!
• Ed called from Wrigley, the sirens are going off, a tornado touched down 6 blocks away!
• (ok don't freak out. Ed is far away in a tornado. And you are stuck in the basement with the kids and the dogs...)
• Finally I was able to bring every one back up stairs. Put Mi to bed 3 hours later then normal ( oh but she will still be up at 7 am I can bet your sweet ass on that one) and Weaky finally fell asleep.
• Ed is on his way home, and I am off to bed. What a bizarre day. Gnight!

Swimmy pool

I am getting the above installed in my back yard as I type this. I am now realizing that I am getting more random advice on a pool then I have gotten on raising children.

I do appreciate all your help, and all the suggestions, and random loooong pool horror stories but I think I would rather have kid raising advice.

I am also frustrated because this is a topic that I know little or nothing about, so it's mostly gibberish to me, maybe that is why all the advice is annoying. Because I don't even get a simple filter conversation.

So in my spare time, from taking care a toddler, a newborn, my two retarded dogs, my every so crafty cats, uploading and cropping pictures for friends, family and for upcoming crop dates, yard and house maintenance, and wanting desperately to paint and organize my art studio in progress. I will be attempting to "dogpile" search all forms of information on pools.

Until then I will need to keep myself in check and get some tanning lotion, so I can chill by the pool. (see below picture of me by a pool!)

My first BIG Birthday Present

Holy cow. I just found out that for my Birthday my IL's are going to get us a pool.

Yes a pool. Not an inflatable one, or the $5.99 blue plastic ones, a pool pool. Once the Homeowners Association decides to grant us permission to get a permit, then we have to get a permit, then we have to call JULIE, THEN we can have them drop of 2 tons of sand, THEN they can install the pool. (And in the mean time I have to get a special twist plug outlet thingy, and possibly have someone run a new outlet outside)

Ed was hoping to have the pool up and installed while we are on my Birthday Trip, but Rome wasn't built in a day, so maybe I can swim around Christmas... either way we are crazy excited! I can't wait to see how popular we become now that we have a pool! (I think my sister might actually want to hang out here!) And Jen, I think we must go for a swim after we walk on Tuesdays!

Can't wait, I am just having to look into all the chemicals, and shocking, and cleaning, and responsibilities that go along with a pool. Oh and it's 52" deep by 15' around! As long as we can fit two rafts in it, one for me and one for Ed. Ahhhh....