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Superman Does it Again!

Winslow is amazing.

Today he has worked extra hard, and I am SOOO Grateful!

First of all he fixed my toilet.

And that was a dirty job.

Involving taking the entire toilet apart and putting it into the shower!

Apparently one of my children has a habit of putting crazy things into the toilet and it clogs them up!

(Last time it was a toothbrush.

This time it was a broken HANGER!)

It was quite a crazy week with a tiolet that kept overflowing~~~

(Jacob would like me to mention that he was forced into indentured servant status, and had to help with the project. :))

Winslow has also spent most of the day building me benches for my kitchen table.

What a MAN!!!

(And I am not so easy to please when it comes to the style I want. So Thankyou Winslow for putting up with all my requests!)

So Superman, I love you.

Thanks for all your amazing work today!

Sicko Kid

So yesterday was Jacob's last bball game. He did wonderful. It's so fun to watch him. I had struggled with a headache all day and was supposed to attend a training after the game. But I barely made it thru the game alive. So I came home and went straight to bed.
And so the adventure began.
David fell off a chair in the kitchen. No surprise, we can't get him to stay off the darned things.
So he came and laid in bed with me. (Mindy and Becky is this the correct spelling of laid or is it layed, or did I miss it entirely. I didn't move into AP english until after you all had learned that part!)
And then sometime later Winslow came to put David in his own bed.
I foggily remember Jacob comming in and talking to Winslow. No Idea What Time That Was. He was talking Nonsense and saying his mouth hurt and his neck hurt and his tongue felt funny. All I know is that my head hurt a lot and Jacob had turned the light on! So Winslow sent him back to bed. Sometime later David wandered back into our room and climbed into bed with us.
Around 4am Jacob came into the room again. Bad dream and he wasn't feeling well. I took him out into the hall into the light to make sure he wasn't having some kind of alergic reaction. His jaw and neck were puffy. He was a little warm, but no great fever. So I made him lay on my floor. Got up late. (No wonder after all that getting up in the night.) Hurried to get dressed and change laundry and get everyone up. Got Jacob up so we could check him out before we left. Signs of Strep. YUCK! Sent a Text to my boss letting her know I would need to leave work early in order to take care of Jacob. (Winslow spent time home in the morning and then we switched.) Made Green Jello and then ran off to work.
Came home.
Played outside with David.
Took my Jello to the Center, dropped off a Secret Pal gift, and then headed to the DR.
Definitely STREP!!
Spent forever getting the prescription.
Stop by Red Box to get a DVD to entertain the crowd.
Come home, do laundry, watch a little of the movie with the kids.
Make more Jello for Jacob and Ramen Noodles.
Enjoy time out in the garden tilling.
Have no Idea what to make for dinner.
But glad I get to be home with the kiddos again tomorow.
Maybe tomorow I might get a little more actually done. LOL!!!

Tired

Do you ever feel tired? Of course.

If you're a mom, you're tired. It comes with the job.

I've been good this week. Working out and lifting weights. Working on my core. LOL! Gotta get in shape for the Trek!

Oh yeah and short weather too. I didn't get to wear them last year cause I was working. But this year. Bring on the Flip Flops and the Shorts.

But anyway. Back to Tired. Rachel has been falling asleep in some of the craziest places. One night she feel asleep at the dinner table. Another night she fell asleep on the FOLDING CHAIR! Mind you she isn't falling asleep after dark. It's about 6pm when she crashes. It's hilarious.

My shift at work changed recently so I go in earlier and get home earlier. This is nice, but I have to get UP earlier too! So when the alarm goes off I drag myself out of bed. At least the sun is up with me now.

The Paper Chain

I wanted to spend a lot of time on this post.

But life's been crazy. And Fun too.

Basketball games, Trek meetings, Homework. Etc.

So here is the very short reader's digest version.

I've made my paper chain Jen. (so to speak.)

3 more weeks and 1 day of working at the Childcare Center.

And then I am comming

HOME!

looking forward to making homemade everything!!

looking forward to more time with my kids.

looking forward to actually having time to have a CLEAN HOUSE.

looking forward to SPRING.

Hiking the Grand Canyon

Winslow loved hiking the Grand Canyon last month and really wanted me to go with him the next time he went. I was hesitant to say the least. I have a very big and very real fear of heights and ledges and sharp drop offs. I wasn't anxious to go. I finally conceeded to go. Winslow was so excited. And as the day arrived for us to leave I got excited. Mostly for some time away from it all. I hadn't done a lot of physical prepping so I knew I wouldn't hike a ton, but it would be a fun experience with my Hubby anyway. We had a good friend Ruth ride with us and two other vehicles of friends came too. There were 10 of us in all. We went shopping in Flagstaff. Where Winslow bought me gorgeous snow boots. LOVE THEM!!! And we bought hiking gear, like socks and crampons and head lamps. Then we met the big group at a Resteraunt in a town right outside the GrandCanyon. We ate super yummy PIZZA and Pasta so we could carbo load for the big day. Then we checked into our hotel where we got a chance to watch the Olympics (since we don't have tv we hadn't watched any of it previously.)
We got up early the next morning to get ready and had breakfast. Winslow turned on the tv and we saw the news of the quake in Chile. I kept trying to remember who I knew that was on a mission there. Turns out it is my cousin TRAVIS! He was supposed to be flying home earlier this week. Guess he's had an extension on his mission!
We met the rest of the group and dropped the Crazies...I mean the really tough guys off at the South Kiabab trailhead. There were 5 of our group who hiked this trail. 17 miles. This trail is no joke. There are signs everywhere saying DO NOT ATTEMPT TO HIKE RIM TO RIVER TO RIM in one day. And that's exactly what they did! They hiked hard and fast and ended up beating our whole group out of the Canyon.
The rest of us...the sane ones!...hiked the Bright Angel Trail 12miles. (I actually only hiked 6 of the miles.) It was gorgeous. So many things to look at. We took tons and tons of pictures. And hiked at a leisurely pace. I loved spending time with my superman. It was much welcomed alone time. I think the poor rest of the group may have felt like we were newlyweds. LOL!
So, while the rest of my group was hiking the extra 6 miles I had 4 hours by myself to think and contemplate. It was a neat experience. I did wish I had brought a book! But I determined that next time I would be in shape to do the whole 12 miles. We hiked in snow and mud and ice. And I loved every minute of it. Crazy? Maybe. But the beauty of the Grand Canyon is so astonishing.
There were also some really funny parts. Like the school group who was hiking. They were ill prepared as far as gear. For instance...the boys had shoes that weren't tied and the girls who did wear boots were wearing Rain Boots! But the funniest part was the girl with the white fur lined coat and her PURSE! Some other hikers and I had a good chuckle as we imagined her Hiking back up the canyon. The hike down is very decieving. It goes fast and you don't expend a ton of energy. However the hike back up is just that. UP the whole way. You spend twice the amount of time AND ENERGY hiking back up. Another thing. On the way down the ground was frozen...on the way up it was muddy! and the Mules had since gone down the trail. So there was a lot of GREEN MUD@!!! I laugh everytime I think of the purse girl and the way she pranced. I would have loved to see her try and avoid all the mud and green mud as she carried her purse on her arm!
It was an amazing day. I am excited to go again. We are already making plans for an April Trip. I plan to be ready for the 12 miler.
Thanks Winslow for dragging me along...you knew I would get hooked!

A Healthier Me

So Winslow has been trying me to do a detoxification (NOT A COLON!) Cleanse for FOREVER! I haven't wanted too. I still didn't Want to. But it came time that I needed to. All these headaches and anxiety I have been having started to get really frustrating. So I promised Winslow I would do a cleanse with him.

The cleanse includes Drinking a Vitamin and Whey Protein Shake (this is no Slim Fast shake! Think really gritty!)

Taking LOTS of VITAMINS (ugh I am not a vitamin taker, it is so hard for me to swallow them.)

And not eating for many days. (I LOVE FOOD!)

Yesterday was the hardest day for me. I got super super tired as my body switched from burning sugars to burning fat. It's a total shock to the body. I slept a lot yesterday. I went to bed by 7pm. To top it all off my foot was hurting from a flare up of Gout.

But Today I feel tons better.

I have renewed energy to keep going.

Slowly you add back in Green Leafy Veggies

Then a few days later White Rice

Then Fish

Then Whole Fresh Veggies.

I KNOW I AM CRAZY!!! So if following posts are a little hazy or bizarre you know why!

Wish me Luck!