upchucking=not fun

I've neglected the blog again, been off trying to survive. had alot of yucky personal problems, then the cherry on top: food poisoning! my poor tummy is still trying to recover. I'm sure I wont throw up anymore but but I still get strange aches when I eat because of all the trauma done to my stomach lining. throwing up for twelve hours straight will do that to you. bleck.
thank God for my neighbors who took the kids till the afternoon, and my friend who took the kids the rest of the night. I was in no shape to take care of kids!
now they are home and I get to smooch them and snuggle them. its a little frustrating to be a mother...I parent alone for months, to the point of giving up, and I want a break more than anything, then they go away and I worry about them and I miss them!

blehhh

I am exhibiting signs of extreme anemia. joy. I am so bad that I got a bugbite on my thigh, and when I itched it, It bruised in a circle around the bite. I'm thinking thats bad. and when I get hormonal I get dizzy. yuck.
I am taking lots of extra iron, but its only been about two weeks since I started that again....apparently not long enough!
also, hormone migraines dont respond to painkillers. so screw you migraines. I hate you.
well if its not one thing its another.
didnt get much done today because of how crummy I felt, but when I feel like that I'm desperate for distraction so I went next door and talked to my neighbor for a bit. the kids got to play with other kids their age so they always love when we go over there.

had an idea for another book that I would like to start...I've been reading Dracula, and studying Vlad Draculea's real life and there is a space of time in his life where I could easily write a story in...it would be true, the details would just be made up. and it would be fun! I'm still mulling it over.

a house with cats

we picked up some new cats today, someone was trying to find a good home for them because they found out they werent allowed to have cats. they are a pretty mom and daughter "tabbico" duo. the mom with the straight tale is Callie, the daughter with a curl in her tail is Phoebe. the kids love them!

the babies enjoyed grampa's visit

we went to the pool, and played in the fountain!

and we went to the harley shop, and little miss wanted one.

literary wannabe

writing more on my book today.....lots of grief. I killed someone off..not sure if I want him to be dead..it just wrote itself! I couldnt help it! I want to play guitar, but I want to keep writing....and I want to make some phone calls but if I do that I'll spend the time wishing I was writing or playing guitar.
at least I got out of bed at a decent hour today! PROGRESS!

visit!

Had a great visit from my Dad, we did lots of things with the kids. we went to the pool, he read them stories, we watched movies, went to the harley shop, and my favorite, went to guitar center!
The guitar that I bought when I was 14 and first learned to play had been destroyed by someone while it was in my walk in hall closet. noone admitted to breaking it, so there wasnt much I could do about it. so we went to guitar center and I found a guitar that was cheap, plays very well, and had a built in tuner! I've been playing a bit every day, trying to toughed up my fingers again, and little by little the music is coming back to me. I had forgotten nearly EVERYTHING but sometimes the fingers remember even when your brain doesnt. Its very nice to get to play again.
Once again I have picked up Bram Stoker's Dracula and am reading it...as always its a work of genius. I'm also starting Jane Austin's Pursuasion.....but that one is starting off very slow and uninteresting so I'm chipping away at it page by page.

Dear Husband

On the other side of the world, so far away. thank you for the continued right to independence day. I love you.

pictures and posies

the picture below was me making a design in chalk, a heart with flames around it, and my initials in the middle. at some point while I was doing this, lil A-bebe picked up my phone, which she is not supposed to do. I heard the phone take a picture, and I thought, "oh great, another pic of her finger or nothingness that I have to go in and erase. many many hours later, I was going through my pictures, completely forgetting the incident, and I discovered this picture. good job A-doo!


Does anyone know what this flower is called? I bought the plant, a tall stalk with rubbery leaves and these yellow blossoms at the top, and the flowers smell DELICIOUS. this one fell off on the drive home, and it was so pretty and sweet smelling I had to put it to use before it wilted. but it didnt have one of those little plastic inserts that tells you what it is and how to grow it!