i've been keeping a little secret..............in fact, i've been dying to tell people.

i'm growing a peanut tree. it will be fully grown feb 6

hot water

wow, i just typed that title, and laughed! this totally covers my entire day!

shaun and i were cleaning out my father-in-laws shop. well, starting to clean it out. it's going to take a LOT more work. taylor comes over and tells us that the intermountain gas guy is at the house. shaun and i came home and discovered that our gas was being shut off for non-payment. we knew this was coming, but didn't get our 24-hour notice that we were expecting. apparently, they send stuff in the mail, make a phone call, and that's enough. i don't answer 800 numbers!

as my water heater is gas, we no longer have hot water. not a big deal. we can boil water on the stove, and dump it in the tub or sink or wherever else we need it.

this evening after dinner, i decided that ashley needed another bath. she was FILTHY! so, i put some water in a  pot on the stove to boil. i went to pull it off and dump it in the tub. i picked the pot up and discovered that one of the handles was HOT! so, i tried to put it back on the stove and i sloshed over the side all over my hand! i ran to the sink and turned on the water (cause i only have cold water now, right!), and shaun came running in from the office and grabbed the melaleuca oil. we covered my hand in melaleuca oil, and then put the ice pack on it cause it still stung.

my fingers are no longer red, i have 2 little spots that are still "burning," but other than that, you can't even tell i dumped the hot water on my hand!!!!

blow baby, blow!

shannon is trying to turn off a light on a toy by blowing it out! the funniest part is, that it actually worked! (coincidence of course!)

yesterday, shannon was playing on a kitchen chair, and knocked it over. she hit her head on the floor. gave herself a nice little bump. we kept an eye on it, but that's as far as it went. thank heavens!

today, shannon picked up ashley, when she put her down, she dropped her on the back stairs and ashley smacked her head on the concrete stairs.

i think i need to be more consistent in the feingold area!

ashley update

got a call from the doctors office this morning. the culture came back negative.

WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH MY BABY!

unknown illness

the doc called back yesterday morning. he reiterated that ashleys cbc came back normal, but her ua was a little suspicious. he said there were traces of blood, and bacteria in it. the hospital was going to culture it (which takes 24 hours), but he wanted to start her on an antibiotic anyway. i told him i agreed, cause i was pretty sure she had a uti.

her fever went back up a little last night. but it didn't get over 101.

should hear back about the culture this afternoon.

glasses

and.................. these are the new glasses....................

piddle!

i spent 4 hours in town today. 3.5 of that was waiting for ashley to go potty in the bag so they can run some tests. boring day!

*update:5:30pm
her blood work cam back normal. still waiting on ua results

date or family outing?

can it be considered a date if the entire family is there?
went to see pirates 4 at the drive-in. some friends paid for us. didn't have a sitter to watch the kids, so, they all came with us!
elizabeth wet her pants in the car, so we didn't get to stay and watch the new xmen. bummer!

the differences that come with 4 children verses 1. hm............

way cool!

who would have ever thought that you could turn this:

into this:

here's how i did it. 

i printed off the coloring page. taped it to the counter, and taped plastic wrap over it. then i took my tip, made bags from ziplocs, and just followed the pattern. when it had dried a bit, i turned it over on top of the cake, and peeled the plastic wrap off.

way cute! unfortunately, the food coloring is not approved for the feingold diet.

broken

i was doing so well! in the 30 years i have been alive, i had never broken ANY bone.

and then, i got frustrated and broke my finger on my chair. that finally healed, although if i move it the wrong way, it still bothers me occasionally.

today, i did it again. no, it wasn't my finger, this time it was my toes.

ok, to be honest, i did nothing, it my friend. she cannot drive, so i take her most places. she needed to go to DI to buy a bed frame for her son. his mattress has been on the floor for the last month. while we were looking thru them, she moved the cart, and dropped one of the bed frames on my toes. i know for sure one of them is broken, not so sure about the other one.

SHE claims it wasn't her fault, but i disagree!

naked ninja

i just caught taylor doing ninja tricks in his bedroom in just his underwear. oh, and the curtains were open too.

hot baby!

ashley, has been giving me fits for awhile now. she's not happy eating, she's not happy sleeping, she's not happy playing. today has been mildly better, but everytime i picked her up, she was warm. i finally remembered where the thermometer was, and took her temp. 103.2! i checked it again a few minutes later, cause she didn't feel that warm. 103.4! i gave her some ibuprofen, and gave her a cool sponge bath.
i HAD planned to take her in, but i'm going to see what the morning brings. i fully plan on calling the doc in the morning and making an appointment. this is not good for the bug!

sick?

tonight, i find myself strangely queasy. i have another bv infection, and took my meds earlier. now it seems as though those meds are trying to make a comeback.
yuck!

garden

today, i helped my neighbor plant her garden. as a result, my lips are sunburnt, and my arms as well (that's all i've checked so far).

BUT, we got 8 mounds of cucumbers, a row of lettuce, 3 hills of head lettuce, one row of onions, one row of carrots, 4 rows of peas, 6 mounds of watermelon, 6 mounds of cantelope, 3 tomato hills, and 2 rows of corn.

next week, we're planting MY garden!

calm child

we've already noticed a HUGE change in shannon since we have gone on feingold. i will forever be grateful for the visiting teacher who thought of it when the subject of hyperactivity came up. thank you jill!

i no longer have a child that bounces off the walls. she's even started sleeping in her own bed all night! she doesn't get into the fridge just to make a mess. she no longer goes through the drawers in my bathroom.

of course, part of those may just be growing up, but they make a big difference.

clening

its' been a crazy day of cleaning so far. the landlord is coming in the morning to do her inspection. as a result, i have to have a cleaner than usual house. now, for those of you who know me well, you know that the house may be a little messy at times, but it is in no way dirty. but, i'm also not a clean freak. my house is lived in, not a museum.

but, here's what we've done so far. and it's only 4 in the afternoon.
the bathrooms are clean...that includes the shower and tub, the toilets, the sinks, and the mirrors.

the kitchen is clean...that includes the dishes, the counter (that is rarely clean), the stove, the walls, the windows, the curtains, the outside of the fridge, the table.

taylors bedroom is clean and vacuumed. his bed is even made.

my bed has folded laundry on it, but as it is also a laundry day, that is nothing new.

i mopped the nasty plastic porch.

i still need to clean the girls' room, as elizabeth is refusing to do ANYTHING. then the last room is my bedroom, i think. that one might take me all night!