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... to stay home from services due to sick children.

They aren't terribly ill, but really shouldn't be spreading their germs with everyone else! You know the type of cold that involves sneezing and coughing and runny noses. When also means that a certain little one wants me to hold her nearly all the time.

For a little while today I thought that they were better... now I'm not so sure!


lyndie	Hope they feel better soon. Would you believe they don't have that song for me to put on my list? :(
lyndie	Hooray! Thanks for that!
derbydi	I hope they get better so you all can come Friday!
mommie_dearest	Missed you all!
derbydi	I really enjoyed it too....and it was very uplifting. Hope you guys get some good rest tonight, uhh - ummmm...this morning! ;-)
derbydi	Thanks for the recipe...yummmMMMy!
iloveponds	Colds can be SO awful!
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12-10-08 02:20pm EST

Hubby posted pictures of what we have been up to.... feel free to go check them out!


mommie_dearest	Just got your note from the 5th.
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Interesting and Funny.

11-18-08 01:09pm EST

Listen especially to the end of the call...


crazy_mama	Thanks for sharing this. The end is good!!! I wish they didn't cut it off there!
monk	i've had the flu 2x. both times, i hadn't gotten a flu shot. i think, literally, if i get the flu again--that it will kill me. i'll take my chance with the shot.
derbydi	Well, now I'm REALLY confused!
derbydi	Actually, I did get a shot this year. I had the flu several years ago while still teaching and was miserable for about a week! After that, I've gotten the shots and (knock on wood) have not been sick with the flu since. I have heard you can still get the flu even w/the shots, but that interchange up there was just weird!
captain_obvious	i have had the flu shot and the flu mist this year. the only thing i have got was the symtoms but have not had it yet.
mommie_dearest	Ditto derbydi. I did not get one this year.
ktjomoody	The flu shot is only a guess as to which strand of Flu will be dominant in a given year. Therefore, if Strand "b" is dominant in a year, and the shot was for stand "a," then the shot will do no good. We do not get the flu shot, and have not yet had the flu in the past 5 years, since we have been married.
ktjomoody	BTW, I have known plenty of people who have had the flu even though they received a shot. It really just depends on the strand the shot defends against.
scrappyhappymama	That is great. I wonder if the poor girl has a job anymore!
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Change.

11-17-08 03:04pm EST

I don't like change. But I need a change. It's funny how we are creatures of habit. I've gotten into a habit and I have to break it. It's the habit of not doing. So, I'm changing.

How do you go about your daily routine? Cleaning, cooking, and keeping the house in general? I know HOW to clean and cook. I've been doing it since I was at least 12. I would clean the house on Saturdays with mom and a lot of times I would cook dinner or at least help with most of it throughout the week.

Looking back though, I have always had a problem keeping MY stuff orderly and neat. Growing up I rarely had a clean room. Clothes here and there. Don't even ask were the bottom of my closet was! You *might* have been able to see the bottom of it once a year, when I was made to clean it out.

I still fight this battle of keeping my areas clean. This has now spilled over into our house. It is a mess. There are clean clothes everywhere. (Hey, at least they are clean, right?) And dishes, don't get me started on the dishes...

My dear hubby is exactly opposite of me. "A place for everything and everything in it's place." I would say that that is a good motto for him. He is SO orderly. How did he wind up with me, Ms. CHAOS? For those of you who don't know, chaos really stands for Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome.

I can't stand to do dishes. I love to vacuum and dust though. Maybe I can trade with someone. I'll come vacuum and dust your house and all you have to do is come do dishes for me! ;)

Yes, I realize that this is all very jumbled. I'm just a jumbled and scattered person. Accept it and move on. :D

A woman's job is never done. SO, now I must get back to it.

Beginning a change is hard... but I WILL win this BATTLE!


jtrager	I love you.
squeaky	Yes you will. You've realized and now your working on it. I could work something out on the dusting thing. I dusted my aunts room because it would have choked a horse in their but I don't dust till I have to at home. Mostly because my throat gets raw and I won't let S. do it because he moves things and I want my things left right where they are. My problem is the computer room I just lay things down and I have several layers of things that need to be pitched or put away. I know how you feel in other words. Hey you come and visit in my chaos and I'll come and visit in yours. :-) just a thought.
nillabarr	I feel like this EVERY Monday. I am a clean and organized person... but it is hard to STAY that way with 2 little ones like you and I have. And I love to do dishes... but I hate laundry.
monk	having good cleaning tools helps alot. i have a magna-duster. i love it. i got mine at lowe's, but they are probably available anywhere. i've also fallen in love with swiffer dust wipes. the wipes don't scatter the dust. you can dust a room in a matter of minutes with those things. i use them for a quick clean-up. mr. clean erasers are magical. they clean floors, walls, counters, sinks, you name it. i clean a room a day. i have a bathroom day. the kitchen day. the livingroom/diningroom day. that way, i give the room of the day a good cleaning. i start at the ceiling (ceiling fans-the magna-duster works great for this. cobwebs, tops of cabinets, etc., and then work my way down the wall to the floor. that way, everything gets cleaned.) the one room a day cleaning also keeps me from freaking out if i get interrupted. i don't worry that i'll never finish the job. and, i do two loads of laundry a day. that way, we hardly ever run out of anything. i said, hardly! if for some reason, i'm not able to get an entire room done in a day-i tackle whatever needs cleaning the most in that room. like the shower, or the toilet. it's going to be tough with two little ones to always master the cleaning. i've also discovered, if i hang-up or put-away something immediately, instead of laying it down on a chair or the bed--it saves me cleaning time and makes the house look neater. good luck! i know you'll do a great job.
andtheking	humm...it sounds like you just about described me and my husband too...it's something that I'm constantly trying to work on...I haven't figured it out yet though:)
mommie_dearest	I must have Chaos too. Cause I can't have anyone over either. I love You.
derbydi	I'd do your dishes anytime if you will dust and vacuum for me! What a deal! ;-)
tucksmom	I can usually deal with 15 minutes at a time. flylady.net has been a blessing to get me in a couple routines that keep my head above the mess while I sort through some other things. I wish I had taught my children more "routines" so habits would be easier.
anne	For a number of years, I have designated Thur-Sat as cleaning days, dusting on Thursday, cleaning floors on Friday, and doing the bathrooms on Saturday. That way, I don't spend one whole day cleaning. But I've toyed with ^ Frani's idea, too, and think I might like that better. Clutter is a killer. And by simply keeping things picked up, you can fool a lot of people into thinking the house is actually clean! LOL One thing I've read recently helped me with my attitude about chores around the house...Don't chafe at any task you do. It either improves something, or creates something. That holds true for raising children, too!
derbydi	Our motto is, "Everything has a home!" Similar to Kevin's...
maucknot	I came to your blog because of her. I just want you to know that your husband and I have a lot in common and so do you and my wife.
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11-12-08 10:49am EST

I have closed the comments about the previous entry. Glad that it sparked some, well, a LOT of discussion. Just let me say that I never said that I supported all of her points. Just SOME of them in theory.

Basically, people need to keep their noses out of other peoples reproductive lives. Children are blessings and we need to remember that at all times.

If you have more comments to make, feel free to send me a private message or email me. My email is over there to the left.


keefe	"people need to keep their noses out of other peoples reproductive lives" I thought God basically said that when he talked about man and women shall become one. He did not say they would become many or one with stipulations of outside opinion. You did good.
sarai_31	I like that.
ginnyann	Thanks for the info...I have not seen them and they look great for keeping baby warm...It would be much easier to buy one than trying to sew one...unless you are gifted with sewing talents.
kamille	I haven't been on for awhile but I would have liked to have seen ^ that. The story below about A. is cute.
spike427	i'm sorry i didn't come back over here to read the comments! i appreciated you posting the article, and added it as a link on my blog and in one of my groups! :)
rebecca_mckay_howell	#2 isn't the hard part. Since we took the potty chair out, I've changed maybe 5 poopy diapers.
eehiabehia	Thank you.
kamille	I guess I confused you; sorry. I meant I would have liked to have seen the comments/discussion on your previous post (about the babies/children.) Since it has been deleted, I will keep my thoughts/opinions to myself.
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