Two weeks ago today we had one heck of a storm system blow through, it was nasty, it was cold and it dropped a LOT of snow. The town is still trying to get rid of some of the excess snow that fell during that storm.

And even worse storm is happening over Washington area right now! I saw pictures on twitter where they stuck a meter stick in the snow on the deck and they had 32 inches!

People are, rightfully so, stocking up on essentials, making sure they have energy for their generators for when (if) the power goes out, and making sure they have enough diapers and formula for babies. Ive heard of some people putting up a cell phone signal booster, which is a smart thing to do. If phone lines and power go down, if even one person per block has a working cell phone, the neighborhood is still able to call for emergency help.

When mother nature gets mad, you can sure see a different side of people. Neighbors helping neighbors. I know that when we had our storm, before we were half way dug out of our driveway one of the guys down the block drove over in his bobcat and spent two minutes and completely cleared our drive. Saving us about 2 hours of hard labor.

And naturally, I got sick. I guess it was inevitable that I would catch their germs no matter how many times I washed my hands or used Lysol on the door handles.

let me tell you, its been horrible.

Thursday night I woke up at 2am in a very bad way. I was attached to a bucket for six hours. I pulled a freaking muscle in my back from the violence of the puking. horrible times.

Friday morning I was too sick to even get the kids off to school. Thank god for the wii, becuase they spent all day on it, playing and eating cookies while I tossed and turned on the couch.

By Friday evening I was a bit better, though all my joints were agonizingly sore, and now, Saturday afternoon, I am over the threat of imminent stomach upset, but my throat is raw and burning from the vomit, and my back and chest are on fire. FIRE. I have zero energy, and I’m pretty sure that the next time the boys bring home a bug they are moving out.

See the post just below this one? About the nasty trip into the city for a birthday party? Now see the date? January 24th. if you will note, it is now February third and I am only NOW posting on Mommy Maddness.

Eleven Days. Eleven Days of Sick.

Logan picked up a germ at the birthday part and got sick, he then got Parker sick, and Parker got Blake sick. Blake is still sick, as are the two little girls – one an infant- that I babysit.

I.Am.So.Tired.Of.Puke.

Thankful that I don;t have much for carpet so all of the mess has landed on easy to clean floors, like tile flooring, but still, when I am counting my blessings that the puke is easy to clean? You KNOW you have been around it too much!

I thought we were almost done with the ill, that Blake was heading back to school in the Morning, But just before bed he asked me to pass him a bucket, and whoosh, all his supper came back up.

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Speaking of today’s nasty trip to the city, it really got me thinking about life insurance.

See, Logan had been dropped off at a birthday party and was being driven home by the parents of the Birthday Boy, what if we crashed our car? We don’t have a will, we don’t have life insurance, we don’t have anything set up for a situation like this!

I was panicking on twitter this evening waiting for Logan to be brought back home, the roads were getting worse and worse by the minute and it was getting dark. I very nearly cried when their car pulled up in the driveway.

Obviously he made it home safe and sound, but What If?

You heard me, I’m DONE! Done with cold, done with snow, DONE. WITH. WINTER!!

Look at what we had to drive through today!

Disgusting. Go ahead and sign me up for one of those Branson vacation packages, because I am tired of driving on ice, or freezing when I go out, and most of All?

Shoveling S**w.

That’s right, in MY house S**w is a four letter word that even my children know not to say!

Brrrrrrrrrr!

This weekend I am going to try something new.

I’m gonna try my hand at waxing . . . my budding mustache.

*eyeroll*

Yeah, you read that right. Mustache. And it’s damn annoying too. I’ve tired plucking them, but its like I’m taking the best testosterone boosters in the world while I sleep because it is back before I have a chance to notice I’ve plucked in the first place.

I am super worried that It will cause a rash or bruising or .. well anything! I’m just plain worried!

But, hey, a rash goes away, and so does bruising, and I am not worried about the pain, so I might as well toss my hat into the facial waxing ring!

Every time i look at my cat and worry about how overweight she is, I remember the fat Cat savings account I had with the Credit Union when I was a kid. Every year they would send me a birthday card with a dollar in it and every year my mom made me go down to the bank – she was the manager – and deposit it into my account – and account that she was the co -signer of so I wasn’t able to take out money all by myself.

I haven;t been inside a credit union in close to 15 years now, and i wonder if they still do the fat cat savings program, or if it was stopped becuase so much emphasis is being put on being a healthy weight. There are tonnes of diet things out there – like quicktrim, exercises machines and other lose weight aids, but think about it. Santa used to smoke a pipe. When was the last time you saw a depiction of Santa in print or on television with him holding a pipe?

Most, if not all cartoons shown in North America do not show smoking of any kind, in fact, I’m pretty sure that smoking in a movie bumps its rating up to pg-13 right a way, so I’m assuming that the credit union no longer offers the fat cat program. I wonder what they put in its place?

I have been baby sitting the girls now for three days (Thursday, Friday and today, Monday), and it’s going really well. I’m not getting as much time as I am used to online, but that’s not gonna kill me, just put me a bit behind schedule!

Tonight I am updating a few blogs (go here and give me ANY advice on hair loss treatments for dogs. It’s pretty bad, people) Anyway, I’m updating a few blogs, then I want to hop into the tub, and then I have some pictures that I want to work on in photo shop, cropping, maybe brightening or sharpening a few, We’ll have to wait ’til  they are on the big screen, its hard to tell if a picture is good when it is on the camera.

One of  the photos I am VERY excited to work on tonight is this one:

This is straight out of the camera, and I am very pleased with it. my only problem is the background on the left hand side is bad. How I didn’t notice that is beyond me, but I will figure something out. Probably crop it.

Normally I get my photo shopping fix during the daytime, but with two very active girls around, I’m  just not finding the time. it will be nice when the three of us are in a set routine, when the baby learns what is and isn’t OK to play with, but until then, I have to be on my toes, and being on my toes has NEVER been on my schedule!

My Thighs are still so so sore! If anything they are worse today than yesterday, and I was NOT counting on that!

OMG.

I spent a bit of time this morning online looking for a way to fix my thighs, but all I can find is that I was supposed to have stretched before and after! Now I should be taking Advil and icing and heating alternatively.

I got sidetracked reading colonix reviews, and am now sitting here, typing away. My gut tells em that the best thing to be doing is to keep moving, that the more I walk the faster the stiffness will go away. What do you think? I haven’t been able to find anything definitive online, and Micah says that I should rest them becuase extra walking will just make it more sore.

I was looking for some Advil in the medicine cupboard last night, and guess what I found in there? I found something so shocking, so ..well.. funny, that I decided that I HAD to make time, and SOON, to clean out my medicines.

I found an old bottle of prenatal vitamins.

I guess to put this in perspective, my YOUNGEST son is five and a half, as in its been over five years since I have had a use for those vitamins, AND whats worse, we have only lived in this house for a little over FOUR years.

That means I actually took the time to PACK them and move them with us to the new house, then I UNPACKED them and carefully put them away with the rest of the pills and vitamins.

Wow.

And nope, its not becuase I subconsciously wanted another baby, I got my tubes tied when the baby was four hours old and not only do I not regret doing so, as each year passes I am more sure that it was the right thing to do!