Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Long Time No Blog

I wish I could tell you that I'm having a wonderful time, but the strangest thing happened to me today. The world felt like it was standing on my shoulders and I couldn't hold it any longer and tears flew. I do not cry easily. At work I haven't been feeling myself, which was unfortunately reflected in missing obvious clues that I should have seen in my work. While most of the time I feel like I'm at the top of my game, today was not one of those days. I missed three things that I should have caught in a report. I'm so disappointed with myself.

To add to my drama, Sweet Pea has been having potty issues. Always feeling like she has to go, and there's a lot more details that I can't bore you with. I feel so bad for her and it's so frustrating to not know the answers. Yes, we've tried Maylox, fruit, prune juice, ugh.....Dr. appointment is set for this Friday. I can not have my girl going to the potty 20 times a day and going to Kindergarten.
Handsome is in full blown potty training! Both a "Yahoo!" and an "Oh No!" at the same time. He's growing so, so fast! He's also doing an awesome job! He's sweet and funny and so, so proud of himself that he's almost potty trained!
Husband and I, well, we're in the thick of parenting and home owning. I'd like to go back to the time when we did things with just each other, at least once in a while, and I will breach that subject soon. I just don't want to throw it at him when I know I'm recouping from a less than stellar day. Priorities......
In brighter news, we've started the residential upgrades for a potential future migration. It would be back to my home town. I would prefer to be there now, but patience is a virtue right? The list of items is huge and my list is quite different than Husbands. Recently, we, well mostly he, has painted the family room, him 3 walls and the ceiling, me, the fireplace wall. The family room also received new carpeting. Too much $$ was spent on the carpeting, but it does feel so nice and we're always in here, so we just as well have spent it where we spend most of our time. Husband replaced some trim on the garage door which was vandelized by bunnies and also replaced the side door. Excellent job! We both painted the front door (which needed 3 coats), and I painted the trim and the new door.
My want to get out of our town is so high, I'd leave in a heartbeat, but the reasoning kicks in thankfully and we'll stick to the plan. The plan includes painting the livingroom/dining room, perhaps new carpeting in the living/room dining room, stairway and hall, and updating the bathrooms upstairs. The "have to" list also includes replacing the sliding glass door and a set of windows in the family room. It's costly, but will be well worth it. I've been eyeing a nice place in my old home town, but it will never be for sale by the time we're ready to buy. I'm aiming for Feb., Husband is aiming for July....I think July is too, too far away. He's nuts.
I am feeling way better than this morning and after hearing the news on the radio, I do have much to be thankful for and need to realize that I'm sweating over the small stuff. Sweet Pea's quirk could be a phase. I'm human and I make mistakes and just need to pay attention some more. Must focus.