The purse...

I realized I had posted about the purse, but not shown a photo...so here it is for those of you interested!

Another week...

Well we had another good week here...not too many exciting moments, but good in all.  I tried again in vain to take some items to thrift store and think it might be my last trip.  They are still NOT accepting children's toys and just starting taking clothes....I am annoyed to put it mildly.  I have a lot of big items I need to get rid of and don't want to just take to good will since some are pretty new and in very good shape...but I am not willing to move them either.  I am pretty sure we are done with kids and I am accepting this by purging some items....I still can't bear to throw away some clothes of theirs and some items that were special...but I am trying.  So we have things in the garage that need to go...mega saucer, play table, etc.  I have been doing well going through clothes and listing on ebay....but toys are harder with the shipping.  So...I am hoping to post some things on the community board on base and see if anyone calls....also found a place in Palmdale that will buy them from me, but takes a huge chunk of the money in commission.  So I am torn.  I would be willing to do a garage sale with some friends that are moving this summer too....but you never know with those if things will sell or not.  I just want to have my garage cleaned out!!!!  Trivial really, I know, but still bugs me.

Zach had a good week...another success with Miss Gerri....the nap I think is the key. He was super tired last night and we had a bit of an issue, but nothing bad.  He overall has really shown some improvement in his behavior....able to talk about things and knows when he is upset and why.  Just started being able to answer why questions...not always well or with answers that make sense, but he is trying.  He sat with me the last two days and did cutting crafts with me...something he usually refuses to do and hates, but he was excited and worked on them with me for a while.  He has been playing with Erin a lot more...asking her to play, being excited when she shows interest in playing with him...sharing, talking and engaging with her.  All so great to see.  I love that they are becoming friends now...and they want to be friends.  It is fun. The behaviorist came today again....will be back Monday to meet with Zachary and see him interact with Erin...should be interesting.  

Brandon was gone most of this week on a TDY...home today and the weekend and leaves Monday AM for Denver....will be gone most of next week to do training there for his next job....looks like we will move mid June.

I plan to do my weekend walking again with Sally....we did 4 miles on Saturday and Sunday last weekend and it felt great.  She is a good buddy!!!  I am going to go on a date with Zach bowling on Saturday and then Sunday we are taking the kids to the children's museum in Pasadena...it is a great place and usually a lot of fun for them...so that is our weekend!

I went to the dentist on Tuesday...one cavity, not too bad.  

Eye doctor on Thursday...got my eye glass prescription changed and should get my new glasses in 2 weeks...will have to start wearing them more...when I read, work on the computer, drive at night, etc.  So I will need to work on that.  I am going to buy some prescription sunglasses too, but waiting to do that next month.  I am excited...hopefully it will help...apparently my left eye is the bad one I basically don't use it at all, I am just using my right, which isn't good...so it explains some headaches and things I have had lately.  Glad I went in!!!!  

I am actually feeling pretty good...no soda, eating well and working on getting a chance to walk. It feels good...

That is about it from here...Happy weekend!!!

A hair success!

Success! My sweet, beautiful and spunky daughter is almost perfect...her biggest flaw is one she shares with the rest of us in this house...she is stubborn! She might be the most stubborn, but also the sweetest, so she is sneaky. Well she has refused to have any kind of hair accessory in her head for....well forever. When she was super tiny I could trick her, but that ended a long time a lot. I just have not cared to put in the effort to battle with her over it...really is a hair bow that big of a deal I need to make her cry and scream over it? Not so much. So I have not pushed the issue. I have enough battles in my day people. Well today I decided while Zach was at speech school I would give it a go. Make it all about pretty Erin...brought her in my bathroom while I was drying my hair...that is the extent of me doing my hair...come to think of it i don't do hair accessories either. Hmmmm.... Anyhow...I combed it and put it in two pigtails. Her normal reaction would be to rip them out, smile and hand them to me saying, "Here mommy." Not today. I got nothing. She kept them in...ALL DAMN DAY! Brandon got home around 6:30 and was smiling so big when he saw her...she looks so cute with them in and I am hopeful this is the start of a new phase with my little girl.
Erin is just an angel...she is so much fun and so sweet. I told Brandon today that I can't honestly think of one day since having her that I have ever felt done with her. Most moms know we all get done with out kids at some point in the day. Not every day, but we all have those days. Well honestly with Erin I don't. Knocking on wood as I type. I say this not to brag about her or to put down Zachary...I think we all know that he is much more of a challenge for me, but also with that brings success and thrills that Erin doesn't quite get. We are always so thrilled with his achievements and I am sure that at times we have let some of hers go a bit unnoticed. It is sad but true. So while I brag about her a bit in this blog, I don't want anyone to think my heart isn't equally full of love from both of them...I have been blessed with two amazing children who both are so different and special...loving, smart, funny and happy...I am just really lucky. I always say that God knew exactly what he was giving me in these children...Zachary is my purpose and Erin is my gift.
Here she is in her pigtails...

While the boys were off golfing I drove to Barstow with Erin and my friend Erin that watches her...it is about an hour East of here...you have to drive through the town of Hinkley to get there...yes, the one in Erin Bronkovich...and yes I get that there are a lot of Erin's in this paragraph. Anyhow...we drove to the Tanger Outlets there. I went once the first year we lived here with Zachary...he only let me go in two stores and he was done. Well Erin was totally different. She let me shop WAY TOO much. We were there forever...left here around 10:30 and got home at 3:30...She snacked and strolled around like a champ. I got some goodies at the Gap store there...lots of cute girls stuff and some jammies for Zach for the summer. I found more great deals for him at Gymboree actually...Then I hit Ann, but didn't find much there. Got Brandon a shirt and jeans at Banana Republic (I gave lots of love to the Gap company that day). Also a top for me. Even Sally got a collar and leash set at the Old Navy. :) I then went into THE STORE...Coach Outlet. I had been in one with my sister in Key West about 2 years ago...this one was full of people, pushing shoving...man oh man. One lady in front of me bought a pile...no mountain of purses....paid in cash $1300. I was impressed. I walked the store and found two purses I liked, but one I really wanted. I hesitated because it wasn't a usual Susan purse...But I wanted it...So we left and got lunch at In and Out Burger...love the strawberry shake...and I was just a bit sad. Erin noticed and told me I should go back...I did...I got the cutest purse...pink and chocolate brown and it was a smokin' deal....$300 purse, $214 off...yes! I will gladly take requests if anyone wants me to go back for you. I will be going back for sure before I move. My sweet daughter was the best shopping partner ever...so while the boys did their dad thing, we did our mom and daughter thing...it was great...then Sunday I took Zachary and my new purse bowling...Yeah!

Okay...off to watch some tv and hit the hay...Brandon is gone for 3 days TDY this week...more to come...

Zachary and Daddy go Golfing...

When we went to NC this past summer to visit my parents Zach was so enthralled with the golf course behind their house...he wanted to play and talked about it a lot. Well at Christmas my parents gave him a wonderful gift...golf clubs and bag. Super cute and they are really nice quality. So Brandon took him out for a mini golf session when he got back from his deployment and we were still in NC...he wanted to play there, so we thought it would be a good start. Since being home here the wacky weather discussed in a previous post has put a damper on the golfing. So today I headed out with Erin and my friend Erin for some shopping in Barstow...outlet malls!!! The boys headed out to golf. They had a wonderful time and Zach apparently did well too...they played 9 holes and had lunch at the grill up there...he was so excited and proud to tell me all about it when he got home. Here are some photos from their big outing...he looked so cute. Gotta love the matching Yankees baseball hats...

How to eat a cookie...Erin style!

Couldn't resist posting this of Erin and her oreo...oh she loves oreos...who am I kidding...she loves to eat. Thank God. My Zachary is otherwise known as my plant...I think he survives on oxygen...He actually eats good food when he eats, but doesn't eat a ton and will not try new foods easily...Erin, well she will try just about anything. So here she is at her finest...

Wacky Weather...

Well California got its share of the crazy weather that was going around the country this past week or two. Colder than usual temps, lots of rain and even some more of the white stuff fell nearby. It is nice to see the weather for the kids...seriously it is so rare here that it is exciting for them in ways that is probably very odd to most people. Zach is always thrilled to change his calendar in his room to show that it is cloudy and when it rains...he is just beside himself. It does make life more challenging as far as activities go, but we managed just fine...
Today I went to town for preschool and did my walk...I hadn't gotten to go in a while with the weather being so bad, so it was a great chance to get a good long walk in...well I went to Target first since it was still in the low 40's when I got there...I waited and it wasn't getting much warmer, so I got my Ipod out and put on Jimmy Buffet...I transported myself to Margaritaville and had a great 3 plus mile walk. Yeah! It was nice...I am going to try to hit the gym tomorrow night when the kids go down and do the StairMaster...Brandon might be able to get us one from the gym on the S. Base that is being redone...lots of equipment being tossed, so if he can snag one, it's mine. :) Then Saturday and Sunday I will do my Sally walk time if the weather holds...so all in all I am happy to be back in the walking routine. I wish I liked running, but I don't...so I am just going to stick with what I like and go with it.
Still irritated beyond belief at the thrift store not accepting kids stuff...I am so ready to just purge the stuff in the garage, but I really would rather wait and try to sell it...it is killing me though. I sold a lot on ebay last month and need to get some more items listed for next month soon...my pile is growing!
I also need to get my scrapbooking going...that pile is huge...pictures, items, papers, etc. I am so behind and just need to sit down and start working on it all...hopefully I can find time this weekend to start...
I finished my book club book, People of the Book and really enjoyed it...I didn't attend the meeting though...just didn't feel up to it that night and wasn't in the mood for the ladies...I don't know a lot of them past acquaintance...we all live in close housing proximity, but not friendly...at least not with me. I think I have finally accepted that it wasn't meant to happen here for me...I haven't met that one great best friend here...haven't had a group of girlfriends I connected with...don't see myself in a few months super sad to move and meet new people...it just hasn't been that way for me here and that is sad to me...I look at every other place we have gone with the AF and I have had that...even my very short time in Idaho, I met Kassey and still talk to her today even though she and her boyfriend at the time that worked with Brandon, broke up years ago and she is married to someone non military and living in Oklahoma. I have friends from Oklahoma, military and not that I love and talk to a lot...we met April and Clayton there who are two great friends we adore...and got to spend more time with our college friends Joe and Allison...then in Texas we lived super close to Bryan and Renee and I got to know Renee and become good friends with her...now she is someone I am very close to...we made so many amazing friends there I can't begin to list them but some of their blogs are below. :) I miss those friends and would be so thrilled to be stationed near them again. I don't have that here. I hate that too...but I also can't dwell on it. I have two awesome kids and a great husband. I have gotten the chance to spend some more time with our family than we did in our first few years here doing fun things and focusing on us and I love it. I love us...the four of us (okay 5 if I count Sally). So...I see the light at the end of the tunnel and I am feeling excited and positive about what our future holds...I can't change who I am for others and maybe that didn't serve me well here. I don't plan to change that part of me...this is who I am, as is!
SO....there you have it...a mini recap...all in all a good week for us and for Zach...see the behaviorist again tomorrow...would be great if she met with Zach one of these days. The services in CA suck as it is, I can't imagine how the new budget issues will impact things...fingers crossed we get out of here before it gets too bad!!!

Random Wednesday Blog...

* I was so good in town yesterday with my spending...I had hoped to get to walk, but the weather was too cold and windy and I thought it was better not to get sick...I made a return, got some gas, ate a salad at Panera and got to check my email, etc.  Then waited the last 30 minutes at Zach's school reading my book in the parking lot. I spent $7 at lunch and $30 getting gas...yeah me!  My twelve step program might be working.

*I am trying to wean Erin off the TV....when we had 5 days in a row of bad weather she became a little too used to the TV being on...She was super whinny about it on Monday....so yesterday I gave her TV limits....she let me know she wasn't thrilled with it, but by the end of the day she was back playing with all her favorite toys and having good non tv fun.  I switched out some toys and rebuilt the train table tracks, so it all felt new again....good mommy trick!

*Been enjoying my book, but haven't had a good solid chance to read...book club is next Tuesday....hoping I can go...Brandon flies that day and that always messes up my days.  

*Brandon is TDY right now...be back Thursday night....He has a 4 day weekend...Zach has school Friday and the behaviorist is coming over...hoping to sneak out of town for a day if we can...maybe San Diego, maybe Passadena...who knows....

*Loving cleaning out and getting rid of things on ebay, but still bummed the thrift store isn't taking kids things right now...my garage is overflowing with crap for them. I just feel the urge to purge a lot right now...make room to organize...when we move I don't want to be moving stuff that when we open in Texas we think, why did we even take this?  We have done that before and I hate that.  

*Need to start looking into rentals in the area and getting the ball rolling on that...I am not interested in buying with it being a short assignment and the market being so crazy....living on base is a long wait there and no guarantees....we really  need to get there and get settled to get Zach in school and therapy, so I think renting is our best choice...we will see.  

*I bought some things at Bed Bath and Beyond a few weeks ago...Aqua Globes.  I was so irritated with plants dying when I was away...I have two large indoor plants I love...I bought these and thought they would end being a waist...tv product...Well they are pretty glass globes you fill with water and put in your plant....self waters...well they actually work and work well. My plants look awesome!  Who would have thought?

*Okay...off to shower so I can run errands with little Erin...

Crazy weather...

Today's weather was bizarre to put it mildly.  Last night it rained a ton...Zach and I had a slumber party...it was the first since Brandon has been home and a nice treat...he had no school today so we picked last night as a big treat for him.  Brandon got to sleep in his bed and he was with me and Sally...with his noise machine on I usually don't hear much outside the house, but I heard the wind and rain all night long.  I woke up today and knew it was cold and I thought we would see rain since it was so cloudy...Well I waited to go run errands hoping it would warm up...mistake...as I was about ready to go, I noticed it looked like snow outside...I thought for sure I was wrong...well I wasn't.  So errands out...It was snowing for awhile but nothing stuck...with all the rain over the past three days I wasn't surprised....it was just cold and windy all the rest of the day...30 mile an hour sustained winds and then gusts over 40....not fun, so we didn't venture out.  Zach had a "panjama" day and Erin was a TV junkie...mad as hell at bedtime because I thinks he felt like she got to do nothing all day.  Funny how when we are little a day at home doing nothing sucks...as we get bigger it really sinks in as something fun.  

I got a rare chance to chat with one of my best friends on the phone today, my college friend and roommate Kelly....she is awesome!  Her daughter and Erin are only a month apart in age...I wish we lived closer so Erin and Leeah could play.  Kelly knows me well and is so easy to talk to...I miss her a lot.  Out of all the friends I made in college she is the one I valued the most and I knew I would be friends with forever.  It was great to catch up...we need to do that more!!!!

I made a new soup for dinner tonight...so cold that soup was perfect. It was called a summer minestrone.  It was easy and tasty.   I have a great soup cook book that I got it from...yummy and leftovers went in the freezer!  

Brandon goes TDY to long beach tomorrow through Thursday...after a 4 month deployment it is really nothing to whimper about, but I will miss him and the kids will really miss him.  But we have a fun 4 day weekend to look forward to...

Zach's behavioral therapist is coming Friday AM to go over some things with me, so he will go to school and she will come sit with me while he is gone...He and Brandon are off Monday...so we hope to have a fun weekend.  

Not much else to report...I need to get off to bed early tonight...I am pooped. 

Photo fun...

Just a few photos of the kids that I wasnted to post...The first is Erin in time out...actually the second picture is her sitting in time out the first one is her being told she was done. She is a wild one...think she might be there a lot...she knew right where to go when I told her...she walked over and sat on her own...actually super cute. For any of you that watch Jon and Kate plus 8 on TLC I often think of her as a mix of Leah and Alexis in a lot of ways.

Erin enjoyed the snacks at the super bowl the most...not sure if she even noticed that the game was on, she loved the snacks!

Zach and I had fun hanging outside the other day...blew bubbles, played, giggled...just some cute photos of that time...

He and Sally have always been the best of plas. I swear she has been the best thing I never wanted...I love that damn dog. The kids adore her...best of all she is awesome with them. God Bless Sister Sally...

No big plans for the weekend...Zach has a day off Monday, I have no idea why. The weather is rainy, cold and overcast...yuck. The behaviorist finally showed up last night close to 9...I did feel bad for her as she drove in awful weather and came from over an hour away. She was nice, informative and helpful. Hopefully we will get a lot out of this expereince from her and she can guide us in ways we need. She will be back Friday AM while he is at school to go over techniques with me. It is like having super nanny I think...a lot of the issues are based on behaviors that we have allowed or not known how to control. Frankly if they are controllable. She talked to us about our concerns and issues and I think she has a good grasp on what we need to do. I hope we have time to get it done. She encouraged us to contact the county in TX and get things transfered as soon as we have a move date...I am hopeful...I know I have a lot of work to do in this area. I am not placing blame, but I am the main care taker of Zach and have been. A lot of things he does is a result of how I parent and what I have chosen to ignore, etc. So, I have my work cut out for me. I owe it to him to do the best I can to be strong and not give in...that is the hardest with him. He is stuborn and smart...I have to have will power to stick to the plan and see it through....

I still haven't gotten to far in my book club book, People of the Book...need to knock it out and be done so I can move on to a fun book I have waiting in my stack of books. I also need to get my scrapbooking going...so far behind on that it isn't funny. Oh I just have so much to do on my to do list...ebay, thrift store, clean out...just a ton...never ending it feels like...

Okay...off for now...lunch at the BX for the kids...such excitement I tell you. :)

Friday...

Well this ends up being a three day weekend for us with Zach...not sure why...next week he will also have a Monday off...His school in Boron amazes me with the amount of days off....the whole week for Thanksgiving?  Oh well.  We had nothing planned this weekend, but I think next weekend we will do an escape from Edwards.  Too short of notice to go anywhere too exciting...but I am sure we can think of something fun.  It will just be nice to get away.  Brandon has a 4 day weekend that one, so we can head out of here after Zach gets back from school Friday AM...Not sure...he has a party planned that day from a child at his Palmdale school...I am torn, but leaning toward an escape!

Today he is off on his white van for school...I am taking Erin to Starbucks to meet a friend at 9, so I have to run and shower quick....then we will most likely come back here to play so that the kids can run around and I am here for the white van to drop off Zachary.  Tonight we meet the behaviorist.  She couldn't rearrange her schedule to fit us in next week, but wanted to get the ball rolling...I like that.  She doesn't need to meet Zach since this is more for her to get info from us and start making some therapy and treatment plans.  She will be here around 7:30 tonight...not my first choice to meet with her, but after thinking about the kids will be down and I can probably talk to her without interruption that way.  I have a list started of things with Zach I am most concerned about and behaviors I want to work on first...so we will see if she thinks that is good...I am just so excited...I feel like my very own super nanny is coming....I will be that freak that hugs her and gushes about how much I have waited for her...only to find out that most of his issues are due to me, but that is okay...we all have things we can learn.

I am trying to be more in the Valentine spirit this year...I usually hate this holiday with a passion and avoid it...But this year with kids I thought I would try to enjoy it.  I bought little gifts from the $ aisle at Target and will make cookies with them on Tuesday....Then Zach can bring them to school Wednesday and Thursday...I got him gift bags and valentines, also from the $ aisle.  Look at my shopping!!!!  

Speaking of that....I did so well yesterday in town. I made an even exchange at Kohl's for something I needed...I looked around and left with nothing extra.  Went to Target to return things, got the $ valentines and gift bags and one Valentine card.  Went to Walmart and got Zach's burritos he loves, a few items that we needed in the bathroom and then found a clearance game I have been looking for, Monopoly for kids...so that will go in the b-day pile for him.  So excited.  I had planned to walk, but there was a cold front moving in and rain on the way...the wind was 40 plus miles an hour....so I skipped the windy walk.  So I did well on the shopping and hope I can continue...

No diet coke now since I got back from NC....no soda in fact.  Yeah!  

Organized my scrapbook stuff the other day and hope to get some pages done this weekend if I can...I am so far behind!!!!  

I am off to get ready...hope everyone has a great Friday!!!

Facebook Fiasco - Inquiring minds want to know..

Okay so I had two requests for my facebook fiasco story to be shared, so here it is for all of you that care.  It is quite pathetic, but I actually have a good friend who had the same thing happen to her last month, so I am not feeling as pathetic. 

I went to a small private school as most of you know....my class had around 55 people give or take in it and so I was close with the grades around me as well.  I dated someone 2 years below me my senior year...I also had a few friends in that class.  One was a guy, we will call, B.A.  His brother was in my grade, but they were NOT close.  He and I became good friends, talked often and really had a great time together. We had a computer class together.  Well he ended up liking me, a lot. I broke up with Ben during that year and I think B.A. always hoped I would date him. He was great on paper, but the feelings weren't there for me.  I was always honest with him and tried never to get his hopes up.  A few years later I saw him while back in NC...at this time I was no longer with Ben and actually a few short weeks away from being engaged to Brandon.  We hung out, had dinner, but in the end if he liked me, he never had the courage to act on it.  I tried to stay in touch, but it didn't happen.  A few years back a boy in his class passed away and it got me to thinking about how short life is, wonder if he is okay, etc. I contacted his brother and got his email...wrote him and nothing.  

Well a few nights ago, last Thursday to be exact...I was instant messaging my friend Mike on Facebook and he told me that B.A. was now on there...I sent a friend request and honestly thought he would ignore me.  The nice things about Facebook is you can ignore people and not be friends with them if you so choose...well he accepted.  I sent him a short note and said hi, it was good to see him on there, etc.  He wrote a short note back quickly after.  So I then sent the standard FB note after not seeing someone in 15 years...How are you, how long have you been married, how long have you lived where you do, etc.  I asked I think 4-5 questions, very basic....said a few nice compliments and teased him that hopefully now with technology we could keep in touch...very sarcastic Susan.  Well the next time I checked that evening, his name wasn't on my friend list, his message to me was there, but name was a different color and no photo...I tried to search him and couldn't find him....went to Mike's page and couldn't see him on there either...very odd.  I told Brandon and he looked on my account to no avail...then got on his and found him right away.  So then we knew...I had been BLOCKED.  What the heck?  Really?  Seriously?  Are we still in high school?  I asked a few stupid questions and happened to tease him about staying in touch and I get that?  So he accessed my photos, my info and then blocks me when he so chooses...why ever befriend me?   Was it his wife or him that had the issue?  So then yesterday Brandon and I looked on Brandon's account again to see if we could find him and he had blocked Brandon...I had told Mike what happened and I assume Mike told him and there you go.  Okay....now I know the guy is nuts.  As problematic as my relationship with Ben was, I have NO regrets that I dated him in high school and not B.A.  

So that is my facebook fiasco.  I was blocked.  At first I felt like I must be a stalker, but now I have seen the error of my ways...he was nuts, moody and broody in high school and I guess he still is now as an adult.  So sad that something as innocent as facebook is now a malicious tool to get back at someone 15 years later for not reciprocating a crush...honestly!  

There you have it April and Becky... 

February already...where did January go?

Wow....it feels like January got by me this year....I can't believe it is February!

I had a great birthday week and weekend....Brandon and I went out to Claim Jumper in Palmdale Friday night...just opened here recently and it was good...lots of food, so glad I went hungry.  Then we wanted to see a movie, but had a hard time decided...nothing we  wanted to see was on until a later showing...so we went to Barnes and Noble and looked around...I got some books and got to spend my gift cards while there (b-day gifts).  I bought two classics...one I have read and love, Little Women and one I haven't...Anna Karenina.  Hoping to read a few more classics.  I also got the new Wally Lamb book...had been eyeing and decided it was a good birthday gift...Brandon even walked away with a book....We then went to watch Revolutionary Road. I love Kate Winslet and Leo is easy on the eyes and a good actor....very good movie, good acting, etc....but a dark and intense film.  It isn't my favorite.  I had wanted to see the romantic comedy, "He's not that into you", but it wasn't out yet....oh well. It was a fun night and I am glad we had a date, time together and a chance to enjoy ourselves.

Saturday was a good day, nothing too big or exciting went on around here.  Sunday I got a treat and went to see Twilight with my friend Erin....she and I read the series while Brandon was gone. It was better than I had expected it to be...I don't love seeing movies of books I have read....I get irritated when they break from the book and move the story along at a different pace...but I liked it. Overall it was good and I look forward to seeing the adaptations on the next 3 novels on film and how they pull it all off.  

We had Erin and her husband over for the super bowl last night and it was a good night of fun and chatting...They are great.  The kids both have yucky noses and don't feel 100%.  I hate that, but it is so part of this time of year and just kind of expected.  

Tomorrow will not be a great day...our power is being turned off from 8-4 so they work on things in our housing area...still tons of construction....so done with it!  I am not happy to think of possible food spoiling and the general ass pain of having two kids home and no power...luckily Zach has school in town in the AM and we don't get home until 1 most days...I am contemplating taking Erin with me so the other Erin doesn't have to keep her at her house all morning.  We will see. Either way it is still a pain, but survivable.  

More to write later, but for now that is it...just a quick recap.  Been stewing over an issues on facebook all weekend and just now decided to get over and not even blog about it...not worth my effort...moving on!!!  

Off to cuddle my snotty kids...snotty in the literal sense!