Help!

Calling all housekeepers - I need one!  There just aren't enough hours in the evening to spend time with the kids, feed everyone, get the laundry done and get the house cleaned to.  Please send me one who won't change $100 per visit.  My house isn't that bad!!!

We are crossing our fingers that Madison stays healthy these next few days.  Her surgery to fix her cavities is scheduled for Friday as long as she doesn't catch any respiratory illness.  I am looking forward to getting it behind us so I am really hoping she can keep the cold bugs away.  And there is no school Friday so that would be great.

Better go, Reagan is trying to sit on the computer.  

Furniture

When we built our house almost three years ago we had the pleasure of buying a new dining room set.  After three different tables were delivered, we finally had one that worked.  Over the past couple of years the corners have warped causing the leaf not to work correctly.  When we bought our table we bought the insurance for three years.  To our surprise they agreed to replace our table.

Today the new table was delivered.  It looks exactly like our old one just with a few hundred fewer scratches.  So when I watched the delivery guy put his metal clip board down on the table I started to cringe.  Before I could say anything he spun that darn thing 180 degrees so I could sign the delivery slip.  Yup, you guessed it.  They dummy put a big half circle scratch right in the middle of the new table.  I pointed it out to him as I don't think he knew he did it.  He went to the truck, got some wood markers and thought he could fix it.  Nope.  So now we call to schedule a tech guy to come out and try to fix it.  I tell you though, if that scratch doesn't come out, they will be bringing me a new table and I guarantee you I will not let the delivery guy set a metal clipboard on it.  

The problem would have been solved if he would have used his head in the first place!  Aargh...  Did I mention they were 1 hour and 20 minutes late to the three hour delivery slot we were supposed to be in???  

Note to self, buy furniture at a garage sale.  Then it doesn't matter when it gets beat up.  

All work and no play

How do I summarize being back at work full time and then trying to keep up at home?  One word, exhaustion!  The first week was pure adrenaline getting files completed at work but it is catching up with me.  I just need to pace myself as I realize how wonderful it was to leave work at 1:00 and pick up the kids!  

If this house cleaning doesn't get more organized, I am afraid a housekeeper is on order.  I'm not superwoman and yet I expect my house to look like it did before I went back full time.

Both kiddos are zonked out in my bed and it is one of the cutest things in the world.  They go go go and within 10 minutes of laying down next to me they are on their way to sleepy land.  Darn, now I have to turn off Spongebob.  I guess Reagan took a 3 hour nap at daycare today so I am impressed that he was sleeping by 9:00.  It must have been the tough work of going to Kohls with his mommy tonight and getting new shoes because he outgrew the size 8 shoes in 2 1/2 months!!!  Anyone have any stock in Sketchers for sale?  

We're back...

And our 2007 business taxes are filed a little (lot) late.  Filing meant that our accountant had my computer for a few days and I missed it very much!!!  But here we are.

It was interesting starting back to work full time.  I have been very productive at work and not so much at home.  It has been going great until tonight, yes of course I will elaborate.  I left work a little late so didn't head home until 4:50 which meant I hit most of the traffic.  When I got to daycare Madison informed me that she had been stung in the arm by a bee at school.  Panic set in as Ben is terribly allergic and carries an epi pen around in his truck.  I called Torey and she thought I should bring in Madison and I agreed.  However on our way to the walk in clinic, I called to see what the wait was - 60 minutes - I don't think so.  Especially not with a toddler.  Then I thought about how long it had been since she had been stung and she hadn't swelled up or had any trouble breathing so I called our good friend/chiropractor, Darrin and ask a nurse.  They both said that since so much time had elapsed and because she had only been stung by one bee, she should be fine.  It's still been a little scary tonight but she seems fine.

Thus, after the detour to the clinic and then to the grocery store, dinner was on the table at 7:15, then dishes were done, it was 8:30 and both turkeys still needed a bath.  One bath and popsicles later, they have green and red mouths and weren't to bed until 9:30.  Tonight reminded me why it was nice to be home by 1:30!  But this isn't forever and I am getting a lot done at work.

Going to go check on the kiddos and give Madison some Benadryl.  

Stats

Reagan had his two year checkup (1 month late) today and we were pleasantly surprised.  Our little man who wasn't ever registering on the charts 2 years ago is now in the 70th percentile topping the scales at 31 pounds and the height charts at 34 inches.  Almost exactly two years ago, Reagan was one sick little boy after completing his first surgery for pyloric stenosis.  Because the condition returned 6 weeks later, he didn't really start growing until he was 4 months old.  Well, one would never know it unless you saw his small scar.  What was so terribly scary then is now a vivid memory.

The best part (not) of the appointment was the Hep A shot.  He was more ticked that a stranger touched him and then put a bandaid on his leg more than anything else.  

Seriously though the best part was when the pediatrician asked me if he was a climber.  As he was asking this he turned around to see Reagan swinging from the edge of the sink which is suspended off the wall.  He was just hanging out swinging his feet back and forth.  Is my son a climber?  What do you think? Dr. T. thought it was pretty funny.  

So way to grow Reagan, we're proud of you!  Just take it easy in the fridge when you get older.  It will help the pocket book tremendously.  

Mix

Madison still enjoys first grade after 2 weeks.  She is becoming more comfortable with riding the bus and loves to eat lunch at school.

Bow hunting has now opened in ND which means Ben is in his tree stand many evenings trying to get Bambii, his mom or dad, neither of whom can be cooked in our house.  I hope we have many friends and relatives who like deer meat!  

I am contemplating going back to work full time for a few months.  One of our paralegals recently left our firm to move back home and my work load, even before her departure, has increased significantly.  Fortunately daycare has openings for Reagan all day and Madison after school so it is just a matter of waiting to see what the attorneys say.

We are enjoying the cooler days with the windows open, getting as much fresh air as possible before it is necessary to turn on the heat.  

Off to Red Lobster, more later!