Princess Chi-Chi Kackerot

A decision made in attempt to help cure Jonathon's insane & very real Xbox addiction brought to our family Princess Chi-Chi. I never imagined I'd own a girl dog, but our boy is so cute & some extra income in the years to come will obviously be helpful soooo... we bought Kackerot a fiance ;) she's a blue pitbull with baby blue eyes and a little brown bridle on her undercarriage. She's as unique looking as she is in character. 

Now, she may have only got Fraz off the addiction box for a few days.. however, I don't regret the rescue at all! We adopted her at 4 weeks as her parents were fighting over the pups. Right away, she was this amazing little pup that was already potty trained! However, two weeks ago, she'd wake me up in the middle of the night biting my nose & growling in my face to go outside. This obviously would have been much more painful (& scary) if she was doing this at 8+ weeks. But, getting her so young..we've already taught her to lick me when she has to go out instead of bite.

Now, she's sleeping through the night. Wakes me up every morning between 5&6 licking & whining instead of biting & growling and during the day when she has to go, she just starts running in circles around my feet, licking my toes if I happen to be standing still enough.

Have you ever heard of such an easy, well behaved pup?? She is amazing... then again, she's learning everything she knows about being a big dog from Kackerot who, just happens to be the best dog in the world so she's receiving spectacular modeling ;)

As for Jonathon... well, he's still in the dog house, playing the Xbox for 14 hours at a time. But, at least I have a new friend to distract me from caring as much & now I don't have to buy him the Xbox One for his birthday and further enable this ridiculous addiction that turns him into a zombie. So, I can't complain. Life could be much worse, of that I am aware.

Life is good & my children (even the pups) are great!! Welcome to the family Princess Chi-Chi

Princess Peyton

What a wonderful two weeks we got to spend with Peyton& Sully for their birthdays. I couldn't be happier with the relationship& bond I have with my niece& my nephew. I love them both like they are my own children yet I am also so happy my sister is no longer working and is able to stay home& spend time with them as I did this past year. She has only been off work for a few weeks, but the kids behaviors and moods are already so positively affected. Plus, I know she is no longer missing all the awesomeness that her wonderful children bring to each day.

Having said all that, I am also super grateful to have my bed back to myself this week& delighted with the potential each of my days will bring having had a good night's sleep..so far so good. I'm up before the sun rise& not wishing the opposite ;)

Good morning & happy Monday blogtopia!

Single...

I'm wondering how different my life would be if I was single & I'm thinking not that much?? This week has been particularly hard because of that damn game grand theft auto, but even before that game came into our lives taking with it all of Fraz's sleep this week, our money budgeted for a date night & our poker night this evening because he will be in a catch up sleep coma his entire weekend off, even before all that... his presence is so near non-existent it borderlines on negligence.

I miss having a partner.. an adult to share my life with.. yes, I have a roommate that helps pay the bills but I can count on one hand the number of nights we have slept in bed together at the same time in months!

I hate the Xbox & all that it takes from him when he goes on binges & honestly pray that he doesn't let it take his entire family from him... we miss him enough as it is & then you add to that an attitude from lack of sleep & I'm left with a chip on my shoulder, a cold bed & pensive blog entry.

Ok.. pity party over.. as my great grandfather pa honey  always said, everything will work out exactly as it should, worry not. I hope you are right pa honey & Jonathon can figure this one out on his own because venting aside, I refuse to bitch (at him)... I'm not his mother & more importantly I am too proud to beg...for attention!! No way! I'm sure there are people that would be happy to hang out with me if i do become too bored sitting in bed alone much longer!

Creative depletion

Have you ever felt so incredibly depleted of creative energy you begin to wonder whether you ever had any to begin with?

I look around my house and see paintings that I've created. I browse through old journals & read poetry, narratives & memoirs in my handwriting. Yet, holding a paint brush in one hand & a pencil in the other, I see no picture, hear no words.

I'm almost certain this is due to exhaustion. So, at 8 pm this old, creative-less lady will head to bed with prayers of inspiration in her heart.

Goodnight blogtopia... wish me an early rise full of new ideas to fill my days with beauty & originality.

Time to get busy!!

Nothing makes me happier than putting a smile on a child's face! Well, over the next 9 months, I will have plenty of chances to do just that! Not only will I have Briley full-time this year for preschool & therapy combined, I will also have Jace 4 days a week, Colt & Drew 3 days a week & probably a few other random kids as well. Hopefully, Peyton & sully some weekends & of course, never forgotten queen princesses Caitlin& Madi!!

Bottom line ... I may not be able to be in a classroom full-time anymore, but my home will become a part-time classroom for a few hours a day, five days a week!

I am ecstatic to share my gifts with the little ones and although this may be different from middle school in so many ways, I will be teaching nonetheless! I've instructed Jonathon to listen carefully and stop me immediately if he hears me solving quadratic equations on the chalkboard. Besides that, I think this year is going to be a fun adventure for us all.

Wish us luck & apologizing in advance if my blog entities get very toddlerese.

Picture me...

Laying beside Peyton with the heating pad on my back & that is what I can confidently call, the BEST NAP EVER!!

I have to take advantage of these days when they come around, not often, because when they do.. they are the best!

Ssh...Everyone is still sleeping too ! I may  just crawl back in there!!

Momsomnia

Is it called insomnia when it's a whole gang of kids that keep you up all night??

Some on your mind because they start school today for the first time. Some of them in your home, deciding in the middle of the night, to play musical beds. And others in your bed, literally, kicking you in the face??

I don't think so.. insomnia would definitely imply that some inward issues were keeping you up all night.

I have momsomnia ... the inability to sleep because of children!!

Shakespeare!! (Did you know that Shakespeare invented over 3,000 words and phrases in his writing? Complex things like 'green eyed monster' referring to the concept of jealousy. He even coined words like 'liveable' by simply putting together two words that made sense as one.

So, as I told my students every time I purposefully (or accidentally mostly) made up a word SHAKESPEARE!! ;)

I hope my momsomnia is cured by an afternoon nap!!