Well....

I got nothing. We put him back on a plane and after dealing with a long day running on 3 hours of sleep, I had a very very sad crying little girl on my hands. And not Duchess who usually falls to pieces when daddy leaves, Princess hit a wall and her dam broke. Oh my poor ba...

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crash and burn

I've hit the wall, woke up today and immediately clear that it's a rough one. I was careful and took the holiday very easy but I'm still down for the count. In fact I'm still wearing the uber comfy pjs that Dave bought me (cause I think he was tired of my other two pairs) and have no intent to change until tomorrow.The good news is gluten free cupcakes in the ovening. Strawberry icing ready to go on top. Thank you so much Betty Crocker for coming out with 4 gluten free boxed treats! Life is good! The cake is wonderful and we'll see if the cupcakes are too.Dave has been a huge help this trip. Cleaning...

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Sweet Jesus

I slept 10 hours last night, a first in quite some time. I think it's because Dave was home. I slept solidly and peacefully dead to the world snuggled up next to him. I hope to get a few more nights like that before he flies back to Houston.I survived Thanksgiving with the help of several cooks and cleaners, but by 10 p.m. was still staring at the wall, drooling. So very thankful for my family, and the opportunity to share this holiday with the ones nearest and dearest to my heart.This year I'm doing all holiday shopping online. quote me on that will ya.......

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Tag......

Well since it's pretty obvious sleep isn't coming anytime soon, I figured I'd do my part. I got tagged. Here are my fav 5 Hope4Grace posts. Mainly because they are some of my funniest memories......http://hope4grace.blogspot.com/2009/06/changing-utah-one-kid-at-time.htmlhttp://hope4grace.blogspot.com/2006/12/dreaming-of-taser.htmlhttp://hope4grace.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-am-i-am-i-amreally-i-am.htmlhttp://hope4grace.blogspot.com/2006/11/do-as-i-say.htmlhttp://hope4grace.blogspot.com/2007/03/delicately-put.htmlSo if you're truly bored........take a peek. Sadly one two in the past two years...........

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Thanksgiving Blessing

I'm so lucky to have good friends. While several people have jumped in to help with Thanksgiving cooking, my bestest friend since birth (hi mom) was with me today to precook and prep most of the food. I have two broilers (1 for turkey and 1 for ham) so my oven is free for whenever the girls show up to help cook (no lifting for me). I'm planning on sitting down alot, energy levels are still low. However, huge note today my blood pressure was actually kinda normal.........yeah! I'm keeping an eye on it for now though.However, in between naps I did turn out the best new recipe I've had in a long...

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Damn It

Stomach has revolted. Listening to heavy metal hoping to pass out soon. Watching the Dancing with the Stars finale without sound to the beat of Metallica helps..... need to sleep this off soon. God help me. I hate my stomach, if only we could part ways........

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This is what no sleep accomplishes...

when you have time on your hands after midnight, you can get a lot of sorting, scanning done..... Princess was 3 months old (chubby baby) when we flew home for our first Louisiana visit. Mom finally got to show off her first grandbaby. So before I had kids, I had curly hair. After kids, not so much so I straightened it alot. For the past year, the curl is coming back. Scary....and yes I'm wearing shorts under that shirt somewhere. Seem to recall I "borrowed" that shirt from somone way taller than...

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Mercy

Really there is nothing like having a computer on the fritz, and trying to fix it yourself and finding some pics you haven't seen in YEARS.... seriously.....so Lord have mercy on my soul but these gave me the laugh I really needed tonight. more to come tomorrow.... Our first real date: seriously, his grandmother was taking a pic of him and he yanked me into the photo which explains my very strange posture......I look like an alien standing there So my grandmother used to do glamour shots and makeup,...

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Urgh

Tomorrow's to-do listcall doc about not sleepingcall stomach doc about stomachLong long day yesterday that finally ended at 3 am. Sucks. Worse part is that when I'm down, my kids have to be such troopers. No fun for them. They are excited b/c we HAVE to go to Walmart today as we have run out of a few very important things. Poor kids, wally world is the height of their day. However, yesterday during a not so bad time frame, I sat in a chair in the garage and direct traffic. With Dave being done and only home for short periods of time, the garage has become no man's land. Crap everywhere, tools...

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What would you say?

Might not be your cup of tea, but made me cry tonight..... take a sec and wa...

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Wishing and Hoping

So slept some last night and some today, much better. And started my Christmas list...Hope4Grace Santa Wish List: edition 1 - 2009black bootsnew bedRemember this list, it'll explain things later.....

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Dreaming...

It's what I'm not doing. 5.15 hours of sleep in the past two days. Call into doc to see why I'm exhausted but just can't sleep. It's like I'm walking in a vague fog. Frankly it's not so bad, everything is really vague, lol.I beat you all. My mom and the kids got together tonight and put up my tree (albetit **yes it's a word, I looked it up, yeah!*** a smaller version, different location this year and couldn't cover up the security system but it's still purty) and wrapped my house in Christmas decorations. Since I'm still on restrictions this way I wouldn't be tempted to drag boxes up from the...

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Check list

moody?checkimpatient?checkoff pain pills for good?checkanswering my phone?maybe, dependsgrades?all A's, all three classes, woohoo!kids' grades?all A's, they rockthings are moving along at warp speed. Birthdays and Christmas coming so fast. Not to mention Thanksgiving. I've lost 5 weeks in a blur. That part is okay though, it's the stuff that's left that is driving me nuts.tv drives me nuts now. When I realized I was watching a soap the other day, I emptied my ipod and filled it with new stuff. Now it's all about music. Which is why I didn't hear the phone when you called, sorry.......I'll call...

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Reality Bites

Dave was home this weekend. Being that it's my first week out of bed, that was a treat. Big help. I'm slowly working on getting energy back. I'm good in the mornings but after 2 or so, I'm done for. Wiped out and can barely get up off my butt. Not good, doc says by Christmas I'll be back to 90% so I'm holding out for that. I can make it till Christmas, right?My poor mom is back at her place. Finally get back in the swing of her schedule, her life.Since the daycare is caput, we've found a solution. We spent all Satuday interviewing nannies. Found a good one, Nichole is a former military lady, has...

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To Do:

Busy weekend coming up!Friday:get kids off to schoolget dressed for post op (2nd op) check up - pray get released to drive self!!!!!!make list of movies I want to watch now that my school is caught upmake chore lists so the kids can do more helpprepare list for sat interviewsSaturday:all day interviews with Nannies (since daycare closed doors for good)snowget Murphy to the groomers, omgawd the hair he's grown, looks like a mini sheepSunday:school work duecall for hair appointment, maybe she'll come here!! Need a change.I finally got off my arse this morning and washed my hair. We'll see how long...

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Times They A Change

I must say that its disappointing how electonic we have become. Emails, texts, phone calls. No body writes letters anymore. The thrill of waiting for a letter, watching for the mailman, grasping that letter finally and tearing through it immediately, literally eating the words up. Then finding somewhere private to pour through it slowly.No more long nights talking into the wee hours of the morning about everything under the sun.No more long winding drives to nowhere, sitting as close as you can next to somebody who makes your heart beat wildly, just because they are there.Noone singing along to...

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Send books and a nanny

Slowly, very slowly regaining my land legs. Turns out complication wasn't as tiny as I thought. Getting back to normal though, only had two naps today and no narcs, yeah me! Worse part is not being able to take a bath and soak away the aches and pains, oh yea, also wish Dave was here for big hugs, those make the day better. He'll be here this weekend though and that will be nice. Once again, couldn't have lived through this week without my parents, including the photo-elusive stepdaddy who came in from his hunting camp to be with me while my mom went back to work. I'm so bless...

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