Attempting to be a Super Mom

So last week was insane with deliveries, and unexpected errands and service calls to the house. Thankfully this week seems to be a little bit more normal, however, Shawn is out of town all week, so everything falls on me. Monday, was mostly a normal day, except that Shawn usually leaves for work at 7 or 8 ish and instead had to leave around 5:30 or 6 to catch his flight to San Francisco. I had grocery shopping that needed to be done, but I was quite sore and didn't dare brave the grocery store.  I order Jimmy Johns for the kids for dinner with hopes of an early bed time for us all.  While Shawn is away, I set the kids up with a bed on my floor so we can shut and lock the door and not have the noise from the dog of the kitchen or the cat running all over the house like crazy, keeping me up and paranoid all night long.  I just feel better when I can sit up in the middle of the night and see them sleeping. Usually when Shawn is gone, after dinner we get on pjs and retrea...

Days when Shawn leaves are always kind of sad days around our house, especially when it cuts into our weekend.  We try to make the best of it.  I was a little bummed yesterday because we all slept in, and I mean really slept in.  I woke up before the girls at about 11.  When your day is already cut short, you don't want to spend the day sleeping.  Saturday night, it snowed like crazy, so we had some work to do outside.  It was so cold that when the wind blew, any exposed skin (faces) burned so badly so luckily we weren't out long.  I spent some time outside with the kids while Shawn used the snow blower on our walkway, sidewalk, and driveway.  This was Rylie's first experience in the snow this year since she napped through playing outside after the last snow. We came inside, sat by the fire to warm up, and ate a nice hearty lunch.  Sadly, then it was time to help Shawn pack for his trip.  We had been...

Ok, so this weekend was supposed to be productive, but that backfired.  It started out by Ben being sick from Thursday on.  Friday, he was acting like he felt soooo much better.  Because of Lent, I can't have meat on Fridays, and I'm not a big fan of fish, but I do like sushi, so that's what I've been eating. Well, the kids don't like it so we told Ben that because he was sick Thursday he could pick what he wanted for dinner Friday.  He picked Taco Johns.  After eating only the meat part of 3 tacos and drinking a little root beer, guess what happened... Yup, he threw it all up. Shawn's sister and her boyfriend came over and watched the first half of the KU game with us before going home so he could do some accounting homework. Saturday, I'd planned on getting this house back in order.  Guess who woke up feeling pretty queezy?  If you guessed me, you were right.  I spent most of the day laying around with no appetite.  I didn't feel ...