mom jean

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And this, my dear husband, is why I still feel it necessary to spend $150 on a pair of jeans despite our "spending lockdown".

halloween week menu

Monday:  Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff, Salad

Tuesday: Four Cheese Ravioli with Marinara, Salad, & Garlic Bread

Wednesday: Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken in Tortillas

Thursday: Slow Cooker Creamy Italian Chicken Over Pasta, Salad

Friday: Pumpkin Muffins for breakfast
            Out to Eat for dinner

Saturday: Chili & Cornbread

Yummy Fall Dessert Recipes: Apple Pound Cake, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, Pumpkin Cheesecake

               

no swine here!

So, I've learned a couple of things about myself today.

#1: I am a total hypochondriac.  If someone says they are nauseous, I start to few queasy.  If someone has the swine flu, all of a sudden my kids are showing all the symptoms and I myself fall ill.  And the best part, once I finally convince a doctor that not only am I totally sane but I also want them to give my kid a rapid flu test, yes the same one who seems to have caught a case of the giggles as soon as we walk through the door and is belly laughing so hard they cannot even look in her mouth, AND the test comes back negative, we immediately all feel better.  Funny how that happened.  So I am now looking for a therapist.  Just kidding.  Kind of.

#2: Well, I can't really think of a number two, but the numbering idea just seemed to have a little more punch.

So, I am pleased to announce that we are SWINE FLU NEGATIVE and apparently Olivia is just teething and I have a mild cold.  Ahem.

I'm so glad I didn't go off and do something crazy like cancel my Mommy's Night Out Scentsy Party for tonight.  *sarcasm*

we've got a case of the sickies

we are sick. we are hoping it's not the swine. i'm paranoid. i'm tired. i cannot breath. i'm irritable, grumpy, and need a day off.

here is the list of symptoms, in case you were wondering.

me:
runny nose
stuffy nose
scratchy throat
cough
tired
grumpy

*i promise it's much worse than it sounds.

olivia:
excessive drooling for 2-3 days (thought it was teething since she is cutting her top molar), now realizing this could have been sore throat
low grade temp
cranky
stuffy nose
cough
not interested in eating
threw up milk bottle yesterday morning
tired
snorting (okay not really, but it kind of sounded like it on the baby monitor)

i have a call in to the ped to find out if i should take olivia in. they have not called me back yet and that was over an hour ago. i'm irritated.

anniversary four

That would be four fingers (total) we are holding up...not the peace sign. Just felt the need to clarify. Not that we are against peace or anything. :)

So we celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary on the seventeenth with a great night out and a fabulous dinner at The Palm. Thanks again, Erin, for the suggestion. It the perfect spot to celebrate and the food was wonderful!

In lieu of the typical mushy "anniversary post" about how fab my husband and our life together is (again, not sayin' that it isn't but...), I thought I would write Nick a poem. This may or may not rhyme. I have entitled it "Nicky-Poo" for obvious reasons.

Eh hem...

Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, how I love you.
Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, I hope you don't get the flu.

Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, you are my best friend.
Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, you have a nice rear end.

Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, thanks for loving me.
Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, and for getting down on one knee.

Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, 'cause I would really be up a creek,
Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, if you had thought I was a geek.

Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, I'm not really a poet,
Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, but I love you and what you to know it.