Holy Hot Night

So it was the most uncomfortable nites sleep i have had since I was pregnant. I felt like my body was swelling up the whole nite. Then all of a sudden at 3am I got reflux. I’m sure its a symptom of my weight. As if that wasn’t enough Zachary was in and out of our bed all nite as well. So I got practically no sleep. I feel like a zombie right now. Its so stuffy in this house. Our ac is down and we are not sure whats wrong. Our friend Al is suppose to come fix it when he has time. I had called him a week ago but he had sprained his leg and was out of work. So that means we have to wait or pay some other company way too much. Its not life threatening so we will tough it out.

Another rainy, gloomy day. I’m ready for it to stay nice for awhile. Its long over due. Gabby has another game Saturday and I’m gonna be bummed if its cold and rainy again. We haven’t had very many nice games. I think maybe one. Very frustrating. Hopefully also she won’t get crushed again. They just can’t seem to win. Poor purple gators. They sure do have fun though. I guess that’s the point.

So this weekend is mothers day. Sean works all day. I got the ipod touch as my mothers day gift. I don’t need or want anything anyway. Hopefully I will get cards from my kids. On another note, my brother Josh whom I’m very close to will be home. I have missed him so much. The kids love him so much as well. I can hardly wait.

Well I should get going on my day. I need to run to target. I know HUGE surprise there huh…lol

Long time…forgot to post this last nite

Its been awhile. I have been kept outside against my will for hours at a time by a little two year old. I mean I can’t even get him inside so that i can go potty. I have been enjoying the outdoors myself but at times I just want to come inside and get out of the sun…lol I need to get some kind of locks on my doors so that he can’t escape whenever he pleases. Its been a nice couple of days. I don’t think its gonna be so nice the rest of the week though. Welcome to Chicago huh?

So I have been inspired to do some gardening this year. Nothing too crazy cause I really don’t have room. I just want a few things here and there. I tried growing green zebra tomatoes in a pot last year but the whole plant got tomato rot and was ruined after all my efforts…I was bummed and pissed. So this time I think I will try and do it in the ground. Hopefully I will get organized soon and get on it so that I’m not too far behind on my growing. I look forward to growing veggies and things again this year. Cross your fingers for me so that everything makes it. I have also been trying to tackle filling in the empty spots in my landscape. Last year we paid a company way too much money to landscape the yard but no plants were added, just beds were made. The plan was for me to add them this spring as I could afford and go from there. I find it to be frustrating because I’m not sure of were, what, and how things should be planted. I feel overwhelmed and not sure were to start. Needless to say I have thought of hiring landscapers again. I have had a couple quotes, one being pretty pricey in my opinion for what little I want planted and the other being a bit desperate and strange to hire. My second quote was from a man that Sean sold things to from his job. He showed up at my house today originally telling me 1,400.00 i just about swallowed my tongue. He could tell I wasn’t very happy and then started decreasing the price as I hummed and hawed. Finally the lovely hubby came to the resue and he went from 1,400.00 to 750.00 HUGE price jump. We agreed on that figure but I was still unsettled. I felt alittle concerned with the ability of this company and there knowledge, not say mine is of an expertise but I questioned some of his ideas of what was dead in my garden already and what wasn’t. I called my hubby later in the evening to say I didn’t feel comfortable and wanted to cancel the appt in the morning. He was ok with the idea and relayed the message to the company. However later that evening my hubby calls me again to say that the landscaper has come down to 450.00 All this making me even more leery of this company. I mean seriously how do you go from 1,400.00-450.00 All big red flags to me. I don’t know call me skeptical but I just can’t see it all panning out the way I want it. So to make a long story short. We have to buy the flowers and tell the landscaper were we want them planted. Now the whole reason why I wanted to hire someone from the start was so that they would know were and what to plant in the areas I would like more plants. So if I hire this landscaper I’m buying plants and telling him were to put them and he is also laying down mulch for me as well. Which is not what my original thoughts were. Crazy huh, sends my head in to spins thinking about it really. I have no clue whats going on now and what were are gonna do. I’m thinking maybe I will just do it myself at this point no matter how slow or horrible I do it. Everyone has gotta learn something right? I feel exhausted thinking about doing it…lol

Anyway, I should go for now. I need to get some water and relax. Hopefully my next post will come sooner this time. Bye for now!

May 1 forgot to publish

Mornings are always so slow in my house. Everyone of us move like a snail. Unfortunately that causes us to miss Gabby’s bus alot…not that big of a deal. I just drive her and off she goes. As I came home from dropping Gabby off at school. My lovely hubby was up making breakfast already. I was literally gone 5 min. I think he is feeling guilty for leaving us all weekend. He is going to visit family in Michigan. Which is fine with me. I’m just worried about him getting a speeding ticket. Hopefully he won’t though.

On another note. We are raising butterflies and one of them hatched today. It was a cool thing for Gabby to see before she went off to school. There’s 4 more to go now. I’m sure its gonna happen quickly from here out. I wish I could keep them forever. Its fun to do and Gabby really enjoys the cycle of life.

I have been thinking of doing another garden this year. however last year I tried growing tomatoes and it failed. I grew them in a pot so maybe I need to consider the ground this time. I want to grow cucumbers, green onions, and tomatoes. I don’t want anything HUGE but something more manageable.