Yesterday, we sat down to dinner, and King said, "You girls are getting all so old looking. So grown up." The girls looked at him like he was crazy. But, it's true. We have three young ladies around here. They are looking grown up, and sometimes they act like it. :)
This week, my goal is to take a snapshot that can be used on a Christmas card, so everyone can see how grown up they are. The problem is, we have no pictures that all three girls are smiling or don't have dark glasses, or think their hair looks good enough to be shown to other people. Seriously, it's a big fight. But, we will do it. No matter what. Just another part of them being grown up, I guess...actually caring what the Christmas card looks like.
Also, we are planning to set up the Christmas tree this week. Why do I feel like everyone but us is finished with this project? I really feel like Christmas would be just fine if we didn't set up our tree, but others in my family are opposed to this idea. So, what I have decided to do is wait until they put it up. That plan worked last year, and it will probably work this year...except everyone is a little busier with homework and activities, so it could be December 23rd when it makes its appearance.
November 28, 2012
November 26, 2012
Jail Time?
Can you get in trouble for severely neglecting something if it's not really alive? I feel bad I have been neglecting this blog so much. I feel like a punishment is in store. I do, however, have a nice, long list of excuses as to why you have not seen much of me here on the blog lately. Some of them may not be good excuses, but I swear on a stack of the whole Harry Potter series books (and the Hunger Games trilogy thrown in for good measure), that they are all true. Do you care what they are? Probably not. But here they are anyway...
1. I bought this really great Groupon for photo books. And it expired last week. So, every time I sat down to the computer, I was putting together a few pages of our 2010 and 2011 photo books. By the time I did that for a few minutes, I was all "computer-ed out" and didn't want to sit here any longer.
2. It has been really busy around here. King was asked to be the interim Department Chair this year, while they try to hire another one, plus the head of the committee to hire said person, plus the head of another committee, plus his regular teaching and researching, which all adds up to a very busy Daddy. Which means Mommy has to be more careful about using her time and energy on things that don't matter as much as clean clothes and gourmet meals like mac and cheese and cold cereal. (Pretty sad that cold cereal gets ranked up there above this little blog, but it does. See what I mean...grounds for neglect!)
3. I am so behind on blogging, it's overwhelming. I think I have posted pictures from about 1/10th of our summer adventures. Plus we have a couple of birthday parties and fun things thrown in there. I have a hard time picking up where we are now and leaving those big chunks of memories in the camera instead of in the vast emptiness of interwebness. I know that doesn't make sense, but, I swore I would tell the truth, so help me, Harry. And Ron.
4. I am tired. Very tired. I have been working with a new doctor group for a couple of months now. They promise that they will not give up until they find some relief for me. Which is great. But, this means that I need to gear up physically and emotionally and financially for a new onslaught of treatment every week or two. Plus weekly (and sometimes twice a week, like this week) drives to the doctor an hour away that sort of drain my energy and time. So far, some of the things tried have been really yucky with no relief or mildly yucky with some relief, or not yucky and undetermined relief. I have had a couple of good days, and there is hope that we are moving in the right direction. But, I am still tired...it is an emotional roller coaster and also a physical one. But, we are plugging along and will hopefully find something that helps more than a teensy bit. And we will pray the insurance will pay for it (almost all of the things we try are considered "off label" or "experimental" since everything that traditionally helps migraine patients has not really helped me) and my body can handle it.
5. I use my iPad more than I use my computer. It's more convenient when I feel lousy. But, I don't like to type a lot on it, so that means no blogging. Sad, but true.
6. Holy homework overload. All the girls have had a lot this year, but Cinderella has had so much more than normal. It's like finally school caught up to her. Everything has always been very easy for her, but this year she has found that she actually has to study. Which is tricky, since she doesn't have a lot of practice doing it. So, that means more time for me to try to help her, plus she needs the computer often. (Thankfully my wonderful in-laws gifted us a laptop this summer, so we have more than one computer to do homework on, or we would be in trouble! All three girls need the computer almost nightly.) It would be a whole lot easier for me to help the girls study if I knew anything, but, in case you are unaware, I know NOTHING. It's surprising I can string sentences together and dress myself, if you ask my children. Never mind that I did this high school thing once, and also college, and know a few tricks to studying. I am worthless. Nothing I say matters much, especially if any hormones are involved. Sigh.
7. And just in case you forgot, I have chronic migraine. For some reason, this does not always mesh with spending long times on the computer. (Imagine that.) However, there are other days when it does not bother me. I never know which it will be, and sometimes the pain is enough in the beginning to not ever want to find out if it will be a "computer aggravates it" day or not. Surely most days are best spent gearing up for the hour when #6 (above) comes into play. I need my thinking power to try to convince my children that I do have a brain, and I know how to use it, and not to convince the blog-land that we are alive and well. :)
I think that pretty much sums up the reasons for neglect. I will try harder to blog more often, but most of the things on this list are not going to change any time soon. So, don't hold your breath or anything. Unless you want to. I hear that it isn't good for your brain cells, though. But, I am probably wrong, because, remember, I know NOTHING.
And I swear this all is true. May Katniss Everdeen strike me in the heart with a magic wand if anything above is false or exaggerated. (Except maybe #6. Occasionally something I say gets through to the children, but considering the tears and the heartache, and gallons of milk we must go through to get to that point, I am not sure it counts. (And, by the way, I know teenage boys are supposed to be expensive to feed, but seriously, we went through FIVE gallons of milk this week. Five. And I hardly had any. Someone forgot to tell me that girls eat a lot, too. And cry a lot. But I guess I knew that part.))
1. I bought this really great Groupon for photo books. And it expired last week. So, every time I sat down to the computer, I was putting together a few pages of our 2010 and 2011 photo books. By the time I did that for a few minutes, I was all "computer-ed out" and didn't want to sit here any longer.
2. It has been really busy around here. King was asked to be the interim Department Chair this year, while they try to hire another one, plus the head of the committee to hire said person, plus the head of another committee, plus his regular teaching and researching, which all adds up to a very busy Daddy. Which means Mommy has to be more careful about using her time and energy on things that don't matter as much as clean clothes and gourmet meals like mac and cheese and cold cereal. (Pretty sad that cold cereal gets ranked up there above this little blog, but it does. See what I mean...grounds for neglect!)
3. I am so behind on blogging, it's overwhelming. I think I have posted pictures from about 1/10th of our summer adventures. Plus we have a couple of birthday parties and fun things thrown in there. I have a hard time picking up where we are now and leaving those big chunks of memories in the camera instead of in the vast emptiness of interwebness. I know that doesn't make sense, but, I swore I would tell the truth, so help me, Harry. And Ron.
4. I am tired. Very tired. I have been working with a new doctor group for a couple of months now. They promise that they will not give up until they find some relief for me. Which is great. But, this means that I need to gear up physically and emotionally and financially for a new onslaught of treatment every week or two. Plus weekly (and sometimes twice a week, like this week) drives to the doctor an hour away that sort of drain my energy and time. So far, some of the things tried have been really yucky with no relief or mildly yucky with some relief, or not yucky and undetermined relief. I have had a couple of good days, and there is hope that we are moving in the right direction. But, I am still tired...it is an emotional roller coaster and also a physical one. But, we are plugging along and will hopefully find something that helps more than a teensy bit. And we will pray the insurance will pay for it (almost all of the things we try are considered "off label" or "experimental" since everything that traditionally helps migraine patients has not really helped me) and my body can handle it.
5. I use my iPad more than I use my computer. It's more convenient when I feel lousy. But, I don't like to type a lot on it, so that means no blogging. Sad, but true.
6. Holy homework overload. All the girls have had a lot this year, but Cinderella has had so much more than normal. It's like finally school caught up to her. Everything has always been very easy for her, but this year she has found that she actually has to study. Which is tricky, since she doesn't have a lot of practice doing it. So, that means more time for me to try to help her, plus she needs the computer often. (Thankfully my wonderful in-laws gifted us a laptop this summer, so we have more than one computer to do homework on, or we would be in trouble! All three girls need the computer almost nightly.) It would be a whole lot easier for me to help the girls study if I knew anything, but, in case you are unaware, I know NOTHING. It's surprising I can string sentences together and dress myself, if you ask my children. Never mind that I did this high school thing once, and also college, and know a few tricks to studying. I am worthless. Nothing I say matters much, especially if any hormones are involved. Sigh.
7. And just in case you forgot, I have chronic migraine. For some reason, this does not always mesh with spending long times on the computer. (Imagine that.) However, there are other days when it does not bother me. I never know which it will be, and sometimes the pain is enough in the beginning to not ever want to find out if it will be a "computer aggravates it" day or not. Surely most days are best spent gearing up for the hour when #6 (above) comes into play. I need my thinking power to try to convince my children that I do have a brain, and I know how to use it, and not to convince the blog-land that we are alive and well. :)
I think that pretty much sums up the reasons for neglect. I will try harder to blog more often, but most of the things on this list are not going to change any time soon. So, don't hold your breath or anything. Unless you want to. I hear that it isn't good for your brain cells, though. But, I am probably wrong, because, remember, I know NOTHING.
And I swear this all is true. May Katniss Everdeen strike me in the heart with a magic wand if anything above is false or exaggerated. (Except maybe #6. Occasionally something I say gets through to the children, but considering the tears and the heartache, and gallons of milk we must go through to get to that point, I am not sure it counts. (And, by the way, I know teenage boys are supposed to be expensive to feed, but seriously, we went through FIVE gallons of milk this week. Five. And I hardly had any. Someone forgot to tell me that girls eat a lot, too. And cry a lot. But I guess I knew that part.))
November 3, 2012
Halloween
Halloween was pretty low key around here. Only the twins wanted to carve pumpkins. And Daddy. They did a great job. I think. We had the missionaries over for dinner and had our traditional green brain casserole, dead man's meatloaf, and ghostly mashed potatoes. Then, we decided to do something different this year and go see a movie. We had so much fun, it just might be a new tradition. We saw Hotel Transylvania, and the girls loved it.
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