in between shifts...

I'm in between shifts. I worked 12 hours last night, slept this morning. I go in for 4 hours tonight. Since I worked 8 hrs on Wednesday night, I can only work 4 tonight. They are really cracking down on the overtime at work. They are only allowing OT in emergencies.

Leigh has the kids at Darren and Rebecca's, so I get some quiet time.... It has been a very stressful week, and this momma needs some ME time!

The girls room is 90% cleaned out. Not much longer and it will be! I am hoping to get the painting done on Monday. Maybe Leigh can build their beds on Monday, too???!!! we'll see.

My Gramma Grady turned 94 years young yesterday! She is so amazing and very much an inspiration to me. I hope that if I live to be her age, that I am as independent and capable as she is!

cleaning out their room!

The kids have been working most of the day hauling stuff out of their room. The piles in the living room are growing! EEEK! I am going to pick up paint so we can get the walls repainted. We found some polkadot curtains the other day, which they both liked, so we are drawing our colors from that. blue, purple and green. We are going to build loft beds for them. That should give them some extra room to play/relax in their room. The room is so small. We HAVE to get them organized!!!

Leigh worked at Coke today... he should be home shortly.

I work tonight at the hospital...7p-7a. Leigh and the kids are going to Darren and Rebecca's tomorrow to help with the remodelling there. We went last evening... drywalling, ripping out the bathroom, etc. etc. They only have a couple weeks to get it all done before they start all the prewedding occasions! I will be sleeping all day tomorrow since I work tomorrow night, too! Sunday is morning meeting, then a nap before the picnic in the afternoon!

Just another crazy day...

Well, I worked last night. It was an extra shift, so the kids went to Frank and Marilyn's last night. Normally, when I work, Leigh isn't scheduled at Coca~Cola. Well, today he was to work, so the kids had to sleep somewhere. He took them over after meeting last night. So, I picked them up on my way home from work this morning. I passed the 24 hr mark without sleep over there. When we got home, I headed to bed for a nap.

When I woke up awhile later...the unsupervised kids had made a dump out of the living room. urg!!! mad mommy!!! So... the kids are cleaning, and I am trying not to scream. That is the hardest thing about running with sleep deprivation: I have NO patience. Leigh will be home soon, and he has agreed to deal with the situation.

I remember when I was a kiddoe. If mom had to call dad at work to tell him about a situation at home, we were in BIG trouble!! We dreaded it when dad would discipline us!!

Anyway, Life with kids. I think we may go for icecream tonight. We have a wonderful little icecream place a couple miles from here. It is owned by a retired couple that turned their first floor of their victorian home into an oldfashioned ice cream parlor. They have the best ice cream, and very fair prices! They are very family oriented, too, which is really fun for the kids. They welcome everyone like their next door neighbor.

Tomorrow, I have 1/2 day at home to get some cleaning done. Then I work a 12 hr. tomorrow night. Gotta nap in the afternoon.

new blogger alert!

Well, I guess another resistant blogger will bite the dust. I love to keep up with other people...so guess I'll try it this way, too!!

Conventions are over....and school is begining for the girls next week. Heidi is starting 4th grade, her last year in Elementary School! Next year she is off to the Middle School!! Kirsten is going into 1st grade. She is very excited to not be a Kindergartener! :)

Today was shopping for school. bookbags, pencil bags, sneakers and ofcourse clothes. It has been the first time in months that the girls and I could go shopping and really have fun with it. Then, I get called in to work tonight. crazy eh? But atleast they shortened my shift for Saturday night.

Leigh is working at Coke this week. Whenever I don't work/sleep, he does! ha. So far it has been working really well.

I need to get some rest before staying up all night!