Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I hope you all are having a wonderful day! We have had a busy fun day. This morning we went to a party that had a ton of kids and it was so fun. Then at 3 we took Little Baby to his mom at work and went with them to another business that was giving out candy. Then we had trunk or treat at the church, where we gave out all of the candy we had, so we had to go buy some candy on the way home for trick or treaters. Both boys hadn't napped all day so they fell asleep in the van on the way home. Hubby should be home from his trip in about an hour, then we will eat dinner and he will take the boys trick or treating. It's been a fun day.

What fun stuff did you do today?

Pedal cars

5 Minutes for Mom is having a giveaway for an item from their store, Pedal Cars and Retro Collectibles. You could win a cool pedal car for your child, or choose from some other cool prizes. I know Toddler would love the Harry Car. And check out their store to see all the cool retro stuff they sale.

Ian Update

I wanted to post an update on Little Ian and ask for some extra prayers for him. He has been on ECMO for a few weeks now, his lungs still can't work on their own, although his new heart is working well. They just found out today that he has a bleed in his head and they need to be able to take him off ECMO asap but his lungs won't tolerate it yet. They are going to try taking him off ECMO again tomorrow, please say some prayers that it will go well.

Tuesday To-Do

I get to do all this today:

* Laundry

* Go to the bank

* Pick up cat from the vet

* Vacuum

* Clean up play room

That sounds lieka good enough list. We had to take our cat Colors to the vet this morning to get fixed and will pick him up later. I need to finish some laundry and it's about time to go switch the loads around. Oh, and I need to get lunch going too :) Hope you all have a great day!

Monday Madness

My head is pounding. My eyes don't want to stay open any longer. My nerves are shot. I could never make it as a single mom. Hubby left early this morning for a work trip to Las Vegas and he won't be back until Wednesday afternoon. I am already going insane. I seriously don't know how single moms or moms with husbands away for military or work can do it. I just do not have the patience for it. As soon as I can get Baby to go to sleep I'm heading to bed. The house is a mess and dishes and laundry need done, but right now I just don't care. I just want to crawl in bed and hopefully get a good night's rest.

Menu Plan Monday

Check out Menu Plan Monday at Organizing Junkie to join in or get some great dinner ideas!

Here's this week's dinner plan for us:

Monday
- Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and Soup

Tuesday
- Pancakes, Sausage, and Eggs

Wednesday
- Pizza

Thursday
- BBQ Chicken and Mashed Potatoes

Friday
- Leftovers

Saturday
- Hamburgers

Sunday
- Crockpot Roast with Potatoes

Fall Y'all Bloggy Giveaway!

Rocks in My Dryer is hosting another great giveaway with hundreds of bloggers joining in. Check out the Bloggy Giveaways site to see all the great giveaways and join in.

I am joining in too and giving away hats from my Kara's Custom Crochet site. You get to choose the type of hat, colors, and size (baby, toddler, child, adult). And I am going to be giving away 3! So go check out my site and then come back and leave a comment to enter.

Contest open to USA and Canadian shipping addresses only. I will close it Friday night sometime. Open to non-bloggers also, just make sure to leave an email address for me to reach you. No duplicate comments please.

Turn it down

Hubby likes to watch TV at night, and sometimes after I go to bed. I'm a very light sleeper and the way our house is designed makes the sound from the TV travel right to my room upstairs, seriously. I can usually hear the TV better than Hubby. I make him turn it way down but then he complains he can't hear it. I wish we had a Bose home theater system with those headphones so that he could listen to it without me having to hear a sound. His dad has some headphones he uses when watching TV since he's partially deaf, and I think it would be great for Hubby to have some so I could sleep better.

Mail time

For some reason I love getting the mail, it makes me happy to see stuff in our mailbox, as if somebody really cares about us lol. But these days you hear all kinds of stories about identity theft and how people can get information from your mail. I get nervous putting stuff to send out in our mailbox, cuz who's to keep somebody from coming by and stealing it? Sometimes I wish we had cbu mailboxes, the ones that lock so only the mailman and the owner can get into it. Of course I'm pretty sure I'd lose my key and never be able to get my mail lol. Of course I'm glad to have a mailbox at all. At our last apartment the mail came to our landlord's box that went into his garage so we had to wait until they were home and brought ours down to us. That was a pain when we were waiting for money or something that we needed asap, sometimes if they weren't home I'd have to sneak upstairs and get our mail.

Sugar rush

I'm so excited for Halloween. It's so fun to dress up the boys and take them trick or treating. Our church has a trunk or treat which is great for little kids. Of course I don't let the kids eat too much of the candy, I eat it myself lol. And we've stocked up on candy for trick or treaters too, and I'm sure we'll have extras. I'm going to need a drug rehab for over-dosing on sugar by the end of the week with all the candy I know I'm going to be eating lol.

Sunday Saying

"Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."
- Henry Ward Beecher

I constantly am thankful for the many blessings my family has, a good house, Hubby's good job, 2 healthy boys, etc etc. I do admit though that there are times I wish I had more, or feel like I deserve more, or something. It's those times I try to be extra thankful for the things I do have and remind myself that it could be much worse.

Back again!

So the boys were very happy to see us and Baby was definitely ready to come home. They had fun with my family though. It was really nice to get to see my family some more. The 3 hour drive isn't very fun though. Baby hates long car rides and usually cries part of the way. And Hubby is exhausted from the driving. We also went and got pumpkins today and we'll carve them tomorrow, that'll be fun :)

Going to pick up the boys

Well, today we are going back to SLC to get the boys :) I miss my little guys, but it was nice to have a little break. We are leaving in a few hours and will be home some time tomorrow. I guess I should pack our bag, I still haven't. I have to go drop off Little Baby with his mom at work in about 30 minutes, and Hubby will be home by 12:30 then we are heading out. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Update on Sick Kitties

Yesterday I posted about how a few of our kittens were sick and I had to take one to the vet. He said it might be distemper, which is basically a death sentence, but gave me some medicine and said he hoped it would help and maybe it was just a little bug. Well, there has been no more throwing up and the kitties are more active today so I think it's working :D Yay! I have to keep giving them the medicine for a few more days, and just keep an eye on them to see how they do, but to me it looks like it's not distemper.

Friday's Feast

Appetizer
Name a great website you would recommend to others.
- Antique Mommy

Soup
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how often do you dream at night?
- 9. I dream almost every night, but usually don't remember my dreams.

Salad
Did you have a pet as a child? If so, what kind and what was its name?
- My family always had dogs and cats. I remember having bunnies when I was little, and we had a horse once. The horse's name was Red, and I had a cat that was mine named Zen.

Main Course
If you had the chance to star in a commercial, what would you choose to advertise?
- Some kid product probably, then I could probably get free stuff that would be useful :D

Dessert
What is your favorite kind of hard candy?
- Hm, Skittles or Peanut M&Ms