Saturday.

ugh I have been sick since Thursday morning. I think I may have h1n1 but I don't know. I have had a fever and stomach problems, coughing, headache and achey all over. Cooper just got over the diarrhea and now I have it. Luckily today Chris took Cooper with him to Weableau to do some HVAC jobs. I wish I could feel better soon. right now I feel like I have been run over by a train.

Sunday

Woke up at 6 to Cooper being sick. At least it was in his diaper... but it was still really gross. After I changed him he went back to sleep for about an hour and then came and slept in our bed until 9. He had several more diapers throughout the morning. This afternoon he started feeling better so we went to the Vendor's Mart to take some Christmas Decorations up to our booth. We also went to Lowe's to price some wrought iron panels to make a fence around the stove. They were too $$$. Came home and cleaned up a bit. Made Smothered hamburger with noodles for supper.

Tonight I have been trying to figure out how much we are going to spend on Christmas. I really would like to get our shopping done early.

when I win the lottery-

in my house I am going to have a HUGE pantry with flour and sugar bins. I am going to buy in bulk and not go grocery shopping all the time. I am going to make more homemade stuff and try to stay away from all the processed food and preservatives. I loved my bread I made yesterday. It is so good and easy. if only I had the room to store ingredients. I also want a jersey to milk every day. I think I would really enjoy it. also would like to have fresh eggs. would love to be able to raise my kids up on a true working farm. they are going to show animals for 4-H and FFA I want them to know how things are made. know that hamburger does not come from the grocery store, or any meat for that matter. I will have a HUGE garden and high tunnel greenhouses. I would love to have my own business- Food Preservation Supply Company- would be the name.

side note: I know my family would have their own opinions about this--- but I would love to homeschool my kids, at least from about 2nd grade to HS.

tuesday-

Woke this morning to a thunderstorm at 5 am. Sissy was wanting a bottle and Cooper was whining. I got Cooper to lay back down in his bed for awhile. Gave Sophia a bottle and changed her diaper, put her back to bed. Chris' alarm started going off at 5:15. I poked him to hit the snooze, after a few minutes he finally did. The wind was blowing really hard and it hailed a bit. You could really hear the rain hitting our tin roof. The lightening was realy close- it would thunder before the light went away. Chris finally got up and braved the weather to the feed the babies and to go towork. At around 6:15 Cooper got up and came into my room to sleep. He was so scared of the storm. We all slept until 7. Cooper and I got up and I gave Cooper some frosted mini wheats. He liked them pretty good. After that he played for awhile.

At around 8 he climbed up on the couch and fell asleep with Bubbies. I put his blankie on him and he slept till 10:30. I hope he isn't getting sick. Chris called at about 9:30 to say that he was coming home. He is sick. Thinks he has the flu, say he felt like he did last thanksgiving. I just hope he doesn't give it to me and the kids. ugh.



Why are the terrible twos so hard? Cooper will not listen to me today at all. He keeps playing with the cord to the vaccum. No matter how many times he gets into trouble he repeats everything everyday. When I get my new house I am going to have a place for everything.

Monday Again

This morning we woke up thirty minutes late on a very chilly morning. Chris's alarm had been going off and he had been hitting the snooze, but he says he never heard it. I just don't really understand how he can push snooze and not be awake. Oh well, he made it in time. He just didn't take his lunch because he knew I would be going into town today. He said the bottle babies were really bawling by the time he got out there. They are used to being fed at around 5:30- not 6:15!

Cooper woke up around 7 and was yelling that he was ready. He ate a bowl of cereal and then I gave him a bath. He was wanting to go but Sissy hadn't even woke up yet. Sissy woke up at 9:30 and I got her ready for town. We needed to get some milk and yeast. I went to Wal-Mart and got a few groceries. Didn't get everything that I was wanting, but couldn't fit it around Sissy and Cooper.

Got home started making bread. Cooper really needed to take a nap but refused. He was a very fussy toddler today, well he still is as I am writing this is is crying and throwing a tantrum. The bread took an hour and a half to rise and then another thirty minutes to cook. It turned out really good. Especially for my first time making bread.

Cooper finally took a short nap around 3-4. Chris got home at 4 and Papa came over to help with the new corral. I took Sissy and Cooper over to Grandma and Papa's house to pick up walnuts. Cooper whined the entire time we were over there b/c we wanted grandma, who wasn't there. Grandma is up at Cox with Liz and Jake. Jake has pneumonia again.