Christmas time

So Christmas has come and gone. Nothing's really changed. Am I disappointed, maybe a little. Each year gets a little worse, or so it seems. I don't know what the root of that cause is...and it's a little disconcerting. Wow, this is getting a little depressing.
Let me switch gears a little bit. (And I have to preface this with saying my mom left her camera at my sister's so no pictures yet.)
I'm still "sick". This has been going on two weeks now. I'm not really sick...our rooms are up in the attic at it's not meant for people to live up here...my room isn't really a room--I tell people I live in a cubicle. :) Anyway, there is a heater vent, but I don't think it really does much. We have one of those space heater things and it makes the air even drier than it already is. I've finally got my voice back though. Still lots of coughing... :(
Last week, I was talking with my boss and he was saying how he was taking off this week because he has vacation days to use and if we don't use them by the 31st, we lose them. Well that kinda stinks...and then he told me to use up mine. So I checked my paycheck and saw I had 3 days left, talked to HR and got approval. This week I have off as well. And I'm still taking Mikey to daycare, Elijah is with his dad so I get to get things accomplished--and sleep!!!!

OK, so you probably want to know how the actual day of Christmas went...it was fabulous!
Mikey woke up around 6, I had to wake Eli around 7:30 and he still didn't want to get up...I was shocked! Once I told him he could open presents though, he jumped up. :)
Elijah actually was looking for presents Christmas Eve when he came home from Josh's. He came in scouring the place up and down, behind everything, under and around things...he was a MADMAN!!! I realized I left something out from wrapping and asked him to go in the kitchen
for a minute and when I told him he could come out after hiding it, he said "Did you get my presents??" That was a fun remainder of the day.
Anyway, Christmas day...Elijah got some books--Dr. Seuss and more, bedtime songs CD, a pop-up play arena, $25 gift card from a mystery giver, some puzzles, a Diego sit-and-spin and a Bible. When he opened the Bible, he only had the top opened...he started singing, "I got a Bible, I got a Bible". I'm still trying to figure out how did he know it was a Bible???
Mikey got a push along walker, a piggy bank that teaches counting, a $25 gift card from a mystery giver, a baby basketball toy and a giant Elmo doll.
Elijah bought Mikey a singing nursery rhymes book and Mikey got Elijah a Stompin' Optimus Prime TransFormer. I think that was Eli's favorite...until we went to Aunt Rachel and Uncle John's. More on that in a bit.
I asked for nothing--I don't need anything, there's nothing I know of that I would want (I don't get to watch TV to know what's around), and I have no room for anything at this point...so why bother? There was a new Kodak camera I saw advertised and I wanted a keyboard since they got rid of the piano. My brother got me 2 books, my parents got me pj's, slippers, sock and undies (I felt like I was 8 years old again--only much more appreciative!), gloves and a Bible will be soon coming. :P
We went to my sister's house and Mikey got a playstation--not the system...an area. :) They also got him a Jungle Train or something like that...Little People brand. Elijah got a Diego Rescue Center. I got a keyboard!!! I was so excited! Then disappointed because when we got home, I realized it didn't come with batteries (wasn't expecting to) or a wall adapter. :'( So I had to wait until this morning to get some batteries! LOL We bought all types except the kind it took before Christmas.
All in all, it was a good Christmas. Until I realized it was a continuation this morning because I forgot about some gifts. I asked Eli if he wanted me to wrap them and he could open them or just give them to him...that was a stupid question! Into the other room I went to wrap, only for him to rip my work to shreds. It was two 2-packs of VeggieTales movies and a PlayDough set. He was so excited that it included scissors! (He just recently learned how to cut and got his very own pair of scissors.)
After I took Mikey to school, Eli played PlayDough and watched VeggieTales all morning until his dad came to take him again. He took him around lunch time and will bring him home tomorrow after dinner...so I will be running errands exchanging for sizes :P and resting! (I can't remember the last time I went to the store baby/kid-free. Yea!) Once I get home, I'm taking NyQuil and going to sleep!!!
On a side note I learned one of my dear friends is pregnant and I have no way to contact her. I NEED her to call me! :P
Well, I'm tired and should be getting some sleep. (My plans never come together the way I expect, so just in case I don't get to nap...)
OH! Speaking of naps...Christmas day, after the extravaganza of opening gifts, Mikey fell asleep. I told my mom that when I took Mikey up I wasn't coming back down, I was taking a nap. She said OK! I was shocked and didn't want to pass this up, so I went--I slept for 2 1/2 hours. :o I know...amazing! OK, I'm really going now.
I hope you all had a blessed Christmas and have a fabulous new year! (My resolution I really want to stick with is to keep in touch better with friends and family...I hope I don't slack off like usual with NYR's.)

Beck and Call

Okay, so I haven't really heard much from Michael lately...but when he does call, it's like he thinks I have to be at his beck and call. I'm sorry, don't get me wrong, but when did this become Michael's World? Like just because he doesn't have a life, I don't either. Like I don't have two kids to take care of by myself...I don't work...I'm not taking classes...
I was sick last week, then my mom got it, and I thought it bypassed the kids. This weekend I spent some quality time with Elijah making cookies. I was supposed to take my History exam Tuesday but was shown grace by my professor due to my illness. So now I have more time to procrastinate...I mean, study. I was hoping to do that yesterday, but got a call right when I walked in from work. It was the daycare saying Mikey was...well, to spare you the details...sick. I really didn't see anything out of the ordinary, and just thought it was teething and they were being cautious. Then he went down for nap at 3:30...and didn't wake up until about 5 am! Okay, maybe there was something there. So because of that mess, I was told he has to stay out for 24 hours. So I've been home all day, another day not being able to study.
I was planning on studying while he slept, but that has yet to happen...and it's already 2:30!!! He actually did sleep, but only for a half hour and I hadn't even cracked my book at that point. Oh the aggravation! Even as I type he's peeking over baskets with a stupid grin on his face...(If I knew where the cable was, I could upload the pic.)
So in the midst of all of this chaos, Michael called 5 times, not counting the cell phone. And there may have been more just without leaving a message because our phone is broke...just the machine. Every time it was "something important". He asked me why I was so hostile towards him lately and I told him that I feel like he thinks I should be at his beck and call...at one point, he asked if I could call him back in five minutes because he had to pee...I asked why and he kept saying, because I have to pee...okay, that's great, but if you don't have anything else to say to me, why do I have to call you back?
Then he tells me that the probation office is going to violate him because he hasn't paid his fine...the fine that he told me, just $80 and then it's paid off...so now I'm in the whole because I spotted him the extra to be done with--and avoid more service charges. You would think that since he paid off the one at the beginning of the month, they would give him grace period for the remainder.
Sigh!!! Anyway...'Tis the season, eh???
Back to the rugrat...as soon as I get the pic uploaded, I'll update the post.

Family Pics

So we got our pictures done last night--Here is a select few. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas--early

Unearthed...

Goodness! It's been over a month since my last post! And it's not even that a lot has been going on either, that's the sad thing.

As promised, here are the Halloween pics. Eli was a Transformer and Mikey was a frog...not that you can really tell.
Michael had actually come over and gone with us. That was the beginning of it all. He didn't come around much after Halloween, but after a bit, he started coming over and calling more. Things have been on a positive note lately where he is concerned.
He also took Mikey for the day this past Saturday. I thought it would be a nice break, but who am I kidding...it's the holidays! I'm done my Christmas shopping for the boys. I know, I'm shocked too! They only got a few things each though. I'm not one that goes all out on Christmas--now you're birthday, that's a different story!
Anyway, I've also got the boys at the new daycare. The state funding has still not come through yet, but the center is working with me as far as payment goes. I was talking to the director about the things I was putting up with and what the kids were dealing with and she said we needed to get them out of there and she would do whatever she could to make that happen.
Today was their first day and I was able to peek in on Eli. I had to take Mikey for his doctor appointment today and when I went to get him, I stopped by the window to watch Eli...he was having a BLAST! Mikey seemed to enjoy his day also. When I went to get him, he was sitting in his chair just grinning. It feels good to be able to leave them with someone you can trust. It's nice being at work and not having to worry about your kids...
I know I have said it before, but I am really considering getting into writing. The two things I lack are time and direction. I have all these ideas I could use, but once I have the time to get them down on paper, they go in fifty different directions! It drives me insane! I'm also thinking about dropping the toy business. Again, because I lack the time. I just feel guilty because Debbie calls and emails and sounds all motivated and expectant and I have nothing to show for it but excuses.
Well, just wanted to catch up "briefly" before y'all thought I was dead or something. (Speaking of dead, my dad had the flu, which turned into pneumonia, which they believe got them to catch emphysema...sorry if I had you thinking he was dead--that was a bad lead-into. So now he has to go to the doctor next week for a follow up and to see if he does, in fact, have emphysema--which I'll probably have to take him to...guys NEVER grow up!) :)
*SMILE*