Oh yeah, Happy Thanksgiving!!!! I hope you guys have a great holiday and are able to enjoy today :)

 

I'm going to change Timmy's bum and then we're heading out to get stuff to make advent calendars. Yeah, I'm a sucker and slow on thinking so I have to get the supplies today and either buy 6x18 eggs as I need 6 more cartons or find something else to use... I don't need that many eggs so I hope to find something else. lol Gotta find nut free chocolates to use and want to avoid putting a few Smarties in each one (the choc. Smarties) plus I like putting in a few extras like a bouncy ball and something more special for the last day of the calendar.

 

Gotta get moving or this day will be gone before I know it!

Ok, we'll use this cause Freaky Friday can work for today too. lol I'm motivated and ready to get LOTS done today. I just hope I dont' get a migraine.

 

-check out beaded things website, see if spoons are on sale, talk to dh about buying those for their stockings

-make up menu for next week

-make up shopping list, go SHOPPING!!

-go to Sam's-eggs, tool set for Timmy, go to Zehrs-get Omega 3, go to FB or PC, go to Wal-mart?, go to Michaels?

-email Nanny about Christmas, email M&D about Christmas, email Kait

-wash, dry, put away, put away (only 2 loads to put away! oh my word)

-clean mf bathroom

-tidy up upstairs bathroom, sweep/mop, clean

-make cinnamon rolls

-get stuff set up for advent calendars for kids for after school

-gather up the rest of the Christmas decorations to put up

-make up to do list for this week-end

-dishes

-clear island

-clean microwave

-take medication

-do Em's hair for wacky hair day, make her lunch, pack her bag

-sweep living room

-sweep/mop rest of main floor

-quick sweep of upstairs, sweep stairs, sweep basement

-figure out snack for small group, gather up drinks for kids and find some movies to bring

-empty diaper bags, hang up hooks on T's door and put empty bags there

-find Christmas decorations in garage

-get health cards for the kids ready to mail

-make appt. for ultrasound

-empty garbages, take out kitchen garbage

-cook up chicken

 

hi Sara

Sorry I haven't been around.  I am sick again.  I have strep throat.  So our week of work didn't go as planned but we did get a lot done.  Not anywhere close to what I wanted but way more than we would have if we hadn't gone into it trying to be ambitious.  Later I want to make a list of all the accomplishments so I'll feel better!

 

Just wanted to check in.  I've been on antibiotics for more than 24 hours so I think this should be much better by tomorrow.  I called my doctor at 9AM on Sunday morning.  I felt bad but to me getting rid of strep is urgent.  Would it be too weird to send him a thank you note for calling in a prescription for me?  I feel like "urgent" is a relative word and I could have just waited 'til today but I wanted it gone and to feel better, plus the kids had a dentist appointment that required 3 hours roundtrip driving today so I knew it would be hard to schedule a dr apptmt in there too. 

 

Have to go make tacos now.  The beef is already fried so easy peasy dinner.  My MIL has requested a ton of frozen meals like I did one year for her.  I know she's thinking that's an easy and inexpensive gift but this is the time of year I don't cook much and I bet 30 meals will end up costing almost $100 in ingredients just for her servings not to mention that I won't be able to make just one or two servings of most of the things I cook, so I'll be making double recipes and freezing a few servings for her and a few servings for Scott's lunches.  It'd be much cheaper to just make her a bunch of the same thing but I know she doesn't really want more than one or two servings of each food.  It will save us on going out to eat though.  But I'm time crunched so we won't be having hot dog and spaghetti nights - we'll be eating something big every night if I do this and some "real" meals I make cost more than fast food.  Probably healthier tho.  Tacos is cheating but I figure with her living alone she might not even be motivated to fry ground beef so I'm going to freeze some with a couple of shells, some sour cream, and some cheese all packaged separately and she'll only have to make sure she has tomato and lettuce in the house.  Mostly what I make will be "real" food though since anything super easy she could just make herself - I know she wants the dinners I make in the crockpot and freezable casseroles and stuff like that.  I also won't be able to make our favorite, grilled chicken, since it doesn't freeze well (tastes like crap after you thaw it) - unless I make some dinners along with our own separate dinner and just freeze the other stuff for later (like make the hamburger rice and freeze both hers and ours while we eat grilled chicken that night).  Hmm, that might work!

 

Just took my OTC drug cocktail (advil and tylenol) that keeps my throat from swelling up.  This time I noticed that when everything wore off I could actually swallow even though it hurt so I know I'm getting better - yay! 

I forgot to say that I feel for you with the awkward family/Andrew thing.  I think it will work out as long as you stand firm.  Definitely don't let yourself feel embarrassed or ashamed to be there with him.  You didn't do anything wrong and are doing your best to do what you can for your family.  I was just reading an article about divorce and one thing the writer said was that nobody on earth knows exactly what goes on inside a marriage but the husband and wife so nobody can judge it from the outside.  I think if you two stick together while you're there and through the next few holidays your family will figure out that they need to accept your decisions.

 

I can't sleep again!  Wahh!  I feel awful.  Argh

man, strep throat! A thank you note sounds like a good thing for the dr :) Now, if you're like me, you won't get around to writing one and sending it for another year and by then, he may have forgotten. lol

 

Does your MIL want that as a Christmas gift or just wants you to do that for her? I think that's such an awesome idea but yeah, does she realize that it could be pricey and time consuming for you!? Ack! Though, maybe if I had to do that for someone, I'd be more inclined to make better meals for my family rather than the leftover junk we had last night (and it wasnt' even good leftovers and it was pretty much a fend for yourself thing cause I was feeling blah.)

 

Yeah, that's pretty much how I'm feeling now about my family stuff. I talked to my mom yesterday on Facebook. So, we're all going to the family Christmas party in 2 weeks. It's usually chaotic and busy so Andrew will blend in. lol Not sure what we'll do for Christmas Day cause there's less people so it would mean people might have to talk to Andrew. ack! But, my Nanny, who is the one who can hold grudges big time, actually bought presents for us, including Andrew! So, that's a good sign. We'll likely end up going Christmas Day but we'll see how things go at the party first.

 

Ok, gotta deal with stuff here. I did a tiny bit of tidying and got the dishes done, finally. Looks like the 21st is a go, just waiting to hear from his sis. I'm having a bit of a panic attack about money but at the same time, i want my counters done. It's a bit of a back and forth thing for me. They don't NEED to be done but yet, they do. With all the mold under the counters (you can smell it when you open the cupboard door), that makes it more a need but it's just the 2 cupboards and I technically dont' need to use them but I am cause I dont' have enough space in my kitchen. sigh I guess i need to decide ASAP and sadly, i want it done before the dinner as well as more 'superficial' things so that my house can look nice and not junky.

 

I feel a major to do list brewing...

Man, I already feel a bad mood creeping in. When I got Timmy to sleep last night, I fell asleep too. Problem was, it was only 8:15! Also, someone came to my door. They rang my doorbell 3 times (no knocking, I dont' think.) So, I'm curious to know who it was but would think if they truly knew us, they would know NOT to ring the doorbell at that time because of sleeping kids. I woke up around 9:30 cause I swore I heard dh come in earlier and thought he was talking on the phone so I got a bit miffed because he had been at a meeting and I wanted to know how it went so I thought he'd come up and talk to me! I got downstairs and he wasn't home so I must have dreamt it! I called him around 10 and he was still at Williams... he brought me home my most favourite dessert (choc. mousse cake that has cheesecake chunks in it.)

 

So, we chatted cause he's starting another side business. It's basically selling Amway. He'll have a website so if anyone is interested?! lol He's going under this lady at work who is an awesome person, goes to our church and she's helped us a lot, relationship wise, Andrew with work, etc. They talked A LOT about work stuff. It looks like she won't be sticking around too much longer as she's stressed to the max and they are complete jerks. Andrew knows he's in the bad books. Sooo, I'm stressed now, thinking any little mess-up Andrew does, he'll be let go. Looks like it's time for him to look for a job again :( He looked at the gov't site and there's a few possibilities making WAY more (and it's a gov't job!!!) but it's commuting to Toronto :( And, the amount of people that apply is crazy so he'd have a very slim chance :(

 

So, today, I"m freaked out. I'm starting to wonder, why did I buy this, why did I buy that? What can I sell? How can we buy Christmas gifts without spending a fortune? See, this is what being off Effexor does to me! I didn't have many freak outs while on it, even when I was facing being a single mom... strange. But, now that I have it in my head that Andrew could be let go at any second (and really, I think it would be a good thing cause the people there are complete jerks. One person walks around, making sure people are there at 9... they also will keep spreadsheets on people, marking down the time they came in. One girl who was close to being fired (but quit before they could fire her) had a spreadsheet on her. The thing is, they only marked down her start time, they failed to mark down that she left at 6 daily... Kathy is fairly high up and sadly knows a lot about things like that. She was also told she will never make more than a standard raise, despite her being the best thing to happen to that company. She was also told she can NOT be a leader and be friendly with people and that's why she won't make it far in the company. Jerks, eh?)

 

Ok, I've got kids calling me. Oh yeah, I didn't get to sleep til after 12. Man, it's going to be a long day!!

hi sara

omg i've been so sick!  i haven't been able to do anything.  i'm pretty sure it's the meds.  i couldn't lift my head from 3-10pm yesterday - even to turn over - without getting so dizzy and sick.

 

today i was able to do the minimum including 4 different appointments.  the appointments were about all i could handle.  yesterday i couldn't even drive.  had to call my dad to get c off the gymnastics bus.

 

if this is how you feel going OFF the effexor then i feel for you.  i know that feeling like this, if i could take an effexor and fix it i would so i can see how you'd keep doing that. 

 

anyway my house is royally trashed, i've done nothing, braeden is sick and i think chane is coming down with something now too.  just goes to show that no matter how much i try to get december clear for holiday activities, you can't plan everything!

 

i'll be back to read posts tomorrow -just wanted to say why i've been away.

Yes, that's how I felt going off of it at first. But, I think taking the 37.5g daily for a month (maybe even 2) helped my body adjust A LOT. Cause, following the dr's instructions, I would have gone done from 75 to 37.5 in 3 or 4 weeks, i think. But, that didn't work for me.

 

The past few days, I've had a bit of dizziness but nothing too bad. Over a week without taking one now! yay! I think I'm done and can see that I'm feeling MUCH better though I've been a punk and quite moody with the kids.

 

I didn't experience the dizziness coming on it though. Are you starting with 37.5g? I think I took that for 2 weeks and then doubled it after that. I remember being quite tired, NO energy and I think I had some stomach issues but nothing too major.

 

I'm on a roll tonight. When I think about what I've done, it's been really, nothing. But, to me, compared to what I've been doing, I'm doing a ton! lol

 

maybe for me it's the combination of abilify with the effexor.  it's an antipsychotic which to me sounds scarier and stronger although that might just be because of the word "psychotic" in it.  whatever, i'm a mess!  i understand about feeling good about what you did comparing it to what you HAVE been able to do.  if i even got one room picked up today i'd be amazed.  i had a cleaning job today i had to cancel.

 

gotta go take care of kids

Oh right, I forgot you were taking another one! So, you don't start one and then the other? I definitely don't have much experience in the medication department!

 

That sucks about cancelling the cleaning job :(

 

I'm up and feeling ok though I do feel tired. I'm going to drive the kids to school today so then after I drop them off, me and Timmy are going to hopefully finish up Andrew's stocking and then I'll be done with him. Plus, i want to get some chocolate for the girls and then I think they'll pretty much be done, stocking-wise. Timmy could use some more stocking stuff but I'm at a loss! Maybe a stroll around Wal-mart will give me ideas.

i bet timmy would love a shake-n-go crashup car.  you shake them and they race across the room, hit a wall (without damaging it, at least not that i've seen) and break apart with a crashing noise but stay in one piece (they look "wrecked" but they don't actually come apart).  that's what chane asked for from santa.  it's a toddler toy but chane loves them.  he asked for "all of them" but he's only getting 8.  they are about $10 apiece (some places try to sell them for $25 but i got all of his for $8-$12).  he got the racetrack last year and wants more cars for it.  one would fit in a stocking if you took it out of its cardboard.  if you get one, make sure you get one that says "crashup" - some just race but my boys, at least, like the crashing stuff better.  if you need boy ideas, let me know - i'm very good at boys!  no clue for girls whatsoever! lol.  the pink aisle is like a foreign country to me...

 

i'm going to read some posts now.  raked the front yard after i dropped off the kids so i actually accomplished something.  woohoo!