Back to work?

It's hard to believe that Shawna has been out of work and home with the kids for over four years now! WOW!

I'm not sure that she'll look at jobs in health care when she's ready to go back to work.

We've talked a little bit about it and it might make sense for her to get a job with the school district. That way she can have the summers off and all of the school holidays and hours.

Did I mention the awesome benefits?

With the budget cuts hitting education who knows what the future holds.

Me so tired.

I swear Friday comes around and I'm POOPED~!

We have a dvd to watch tonight but I don't know if I can even stay awake! It's been a long week and I have to wake up early tomorrow to get things ready for workers to help me with the deck.

SO TIRED.

Years ago...

When we were in our early 20's we thought that we would love living in San Francisco. So we both went out there, got jobs, found housing, and started looking for cross country movers.

We figured it'd cost us around $4,000 to move, and then we'd also have to pay $2,000 a month to live in a studio apartment in Berkeley. We were game for it.

Things then took a turn for the worst. The dot com industry flopped, my job got rescended.

So we decided to take a detour. We always knew we'd end up back in Ithaca.

We bought a house, started having babies, and the rest is history!

Another one?

So we keep going back and forth on whether we want to have another kid. We both really love the time we get to spend with the girls. If money were no problem I would totally be on board.

Then there's the whole trying to conceive issue. I can't get into the situation we were in last time. We were both depressed, our relationship was on the rocks, we spent tons of money...

Maybe I'd consider it if it were covered under insurance and if the kids were a little bit older.

HOWEVER, Shawna makes some pretty bad babies and I'm not sure I could deal with another Emmy!

Doctor's appointment...

Next week Shawna is going to the doctor to try and get some diet pills. She was on them before and lost around 75 pounds.

Now that she's had the baby and getting to the point of weaning little Emmy she's thinking about starting back up on the pills to lose the unwanted weight.

It's always such a battle.

Why can't we all be blessed with very active metabolisms?

This 7:30 bedtime thing...

totally friggin' rocks.

I swear. I feel like a dumbass for not listening to other parents and putting our kids to bed earlier!

We have a decent routine these days and it's nice to have our evenings to ourselves. Of course, most of my nights have been spent doing the damn deck...

Stay with me...

It's amazing to see all of the places that have AED 's. That's short for Automated External Defibrillators.

The last time I went to Cornell I noticed that they had one located on every floor of the building. I'm sure that staff probably has to go to training on how to use the machines.

Since Shawna has a pacemaker I know she's covered! But it's nice to know that more and more places are spending the extra money to be safe and possibly save a life.

The biter.

So it looks like we have a baby biter on our hands.

Emmy has started biting Shawna after nursing. The other day I was holding her and she bit my arm and left a bruise.

We've started putting her in timeout but I'm not sure that's doing a thing. After she bites us she gets a smile and thinks it's hilarious.

I have a feeling that nursing is going to be shortlived...

Disney here we come!

In October we're heading to the west coast to see Alex and Dominic. While we're out there we figure we'll take the kids to Disneyland. Dominic gets free tickets and I think Graem is at the age where she'll appreciate the scary characters and enjoy the rides.

When Emmy gets older we'll have to check out Orlando vacations! You can get a great deal flying out of Syracuse and there's nothing better than a sunny place in the middle of an upstate New York winter!

Vacation...

is right around the corner.

The countdown has begun....14 days.

This time two Fridays from now we'll be in Boston drinking something delicious and eating tasty ethnic food.

Or we'll be in complete hell with two overly tired children and a dumpy hotel.

The possibilities are endless, really....

*meow*

We're leaving in a few weeks for Cape Cod and we're so excited. It's a very well deserved vacation!

While we're gone we're going to set Murphy up with wet food, dry food, cat snacks, and a fresh kitty box. The girl's going to have all of the cat supplies she could ever dream of!

We'll also ask our snoopy neighbor to come in and check in on her a few times and make sure she's okay.

We almost have a deck...

Well, what can I say.... but I'm more than 1/2 way through our deck. It's been a total bitch and hasn't really turned out like planned.

I've only had a few domestic disputes with Shawna and despite everyone quitting the job I've been able to recruit different friends to help me finish it up this weekend!

Being informed...

is really important when it comes to important topics like mesothelioma.

I never knew much about cancer until my dad was diagnosed. I tried to become as educated as much and as quickly as possible.

Having kids I've also tried to be as safe and cautious as possible for their health and for my own.

Peter Pan!

Tonight we're going to Graem's school performance of "Peter Pan". She's really excited about the play. We're leaving Emmy with L&L and we're just hoping there won't be too much crying!

At least Little E is taking her second nap now!

Speaking of getting older...

I've noticed that each night I go to bed and my body just aches! I've learned to take ibuprofen on a daily basis.

This morning I woke up and couldn't help but notice that my face is looking older. Maybe I should look into getting some of the best wrinkle cream on the market!

I have a feeling Shawna's going to have really pruny skin since she's had so much sun exposure and burns easily.

SO TIRED.

Seriously need more sleep!

WE've been staying up late playing rock band and although we're kicking some major ass when the kids go to bed. I'm friggin' exhausted.

I think it has to do with getting old.

Another week goes by...

without starting my diet.

Each week we talk about how fat we've gotten and then pledge to start our diet. Maybe I should look into a good appetite suppressant. It seems like I'm constantly hungry and even after I eat a meal I'm always looking for something more!

Help!

Fucking local business.

So we decided to go local for our air conditioner and can I just say how much the whole process has sucked?!?

Literally, they just wanted to make the sale on a Friday afternoon and after that the service has been horrible, installation was full of issues, and now we have NO working air upstairs.

I've called, complained, and now I've told them to take their fucking a/c out of my house because it's worthless.

We'll see what happens... and if they'll do the duct work that supposedly needed to be put in before we had the a/c installeD!