It's been busy but not much to report

I'm still working on getting a camera it's been a hard choice.  I've been to a couple of stores and so far there is nothing that I am comfortable with.  I am getting to the dangerous point of buying the next camera that I see.  Why?  Well because I have been doing so many things and I really wish to have a picture of it all!!  Like the day I saw my first coyote, when Pumpkin smashed his finger in the car door, when Pumpkin got his glasses, and many other moments that are zooming by me without being recorded ahhh!  Ok I've just almost talked myself into that first camera I see thing!  Tomorrow I will be going to town and definitely shopping around for one because Mr. A's birthday is on Saturday!  We are have a pirate themed party and he's so excited.  Sadly there probably won't be any of his friends there they have all but one said that they couldn't come so we'll see.  Whether or not anyone comes we will have a great time.  I bought the boys some swords, eye patches, handkerchiefs for their heads, compasses, and shhh it's a secret but I got Mr A a treasure chest :)  He will get to paint it himself it's the size of a basket ball so it's lightweight I figure he can put all his little treasures in it (boys always have some sort of treasure).

Have I told you yet about Pumpkins glasses? In case I didn't he got glasses for his lazy eye.  Apparently it's drifting because his eyes are so bad off and one is so much worse than the other that it was just turning off so that he could focus on seeing out of his better eye.  The glasses now take that strain off of him.  He may still have to go in for therapy we will know in about three months. 

I got my wedding ring fixed yeay!  One of my diamonds had fallen out so I took it in and got it repaired it was making me crazy to not be wearing it.  I'm very happy!

I still do not have a new car :( and I don't think that I will be getting one anytime soon.  They are to much money when it comes down to it.  I have seriously been considering fixing my old one...It will cost a lot of money to but at least it will go slower than just handing it all over at once right?  I know my logic doesn't make much sense but there ya go.

We went to the Celtic Faire out here.  It was so much fun.  We watched to jousting, did some shopping, a lot of walking, Mr A got to throw some axes at a giant piece of wood, we watched jugglers who also ate fire, and were pretty funny.  It really was a lot of fun and I can't wait to go again next year although I hope to volunteer next year because I love to be behind the scenes there.

I built my square foot gardens today yeay.  Ok ok so I messed up and they are not the right measurements shoot me but with hubby's help I think they turned out great especially for my first project since the ehhem clock/table thingy lol.  I am not a build it yourself person but I am working on it slowly.  I can't wait to show pics ahh camera!  We covered the bottome with chicken wire to keep out the gophers and on top of that is weed cloth then the dirt and plants and the grid must not forget the grid the book says.  Hubby says the grid is a stupid add on but I think that it makes it all look uniform and separates out what we put in there nicely so I'm happy with it.  We haven't had time yet to build the lids to keep out the rabbits and cats and any thing else that would love to nibble on our plants and seeds so we wrapped the outside in chicken wire and stapled the bottom to the boxes.  In a few days we will have the time we need to make the lids.

Well that's all I can think of right now.  I hope you are all having a good week :)

Noelle

Count your Blessings

Last night we ended up sleeping on the floor in the living room on a small mattress it wasn't to terrible.  We woke up at 6am to get ready to leave for Bri and Bren's doctors appointments.  We left by 6:40am and made the drive to the doctors getting there at 7:52am.  We waited for them to open at 8am and then went in to sign in.  We waited in the childrens waiting room and missed being called  several times and had to have our chart put back up several times when Bri decided he had better go sit right next to them to hear us being called (they were saying the wrong name they were calling Brian but when he went up there they said it wasn't him turned out they wanted Brennen then several times later we somehow missed them again and then they called our full name and Brian went and they said 'oh we are going to put your chart back up so what really happened with the names I do not know).  The doctor put Bri on the meds he was taking before since they seemed to help he just changed the dosage around.  He told us that Bren has a lazy eye not a crossed eye so it will be fixable with therapy.  He doesn't want to do glasses because he says it's hard for the kids to keep them on and it slows recovery because the eye doesn't have to work as much when they are on so he's sending him to a specialist for therapy and I will get excersizes to do with him at home.  So yeay thats all good news I am so ready to start doing them now!!!  However it's going to be a few weeks before we hear from the specialist so patience (which I am not good at especially with help right around the corner!).

 After the doctors we went to Target where they sent hubbys perscriptions and we waited around for them to be done.  We bought some fiber bars to snack on because we were all hungry and when we got in the car and were happily snacking away I decided to read the box and discovered that they had barley in them so I had to quickly take it away from Aidan who is very allergic to it he was very sad but vomit is not something I enjoy cleaning up!  We then headed off again this time headed toward Aidans choir performance at an elderly care home. 

On the way we swung by Borders and checked around.  I found a book I want to buy what was the title?  I can't remember!   I was about a perscibing a natural cure to common illnesses.  I looked through and found some really relevant stuff in it and so I'm going to check and see how much it is on Amazon when I actually get money again lol.

 After borders we went to Mcdonalds and used my gift card to get us all lunch and then on to the choir performance.

 We arrived still very early and luckily because this place was huge!  It had so many buildings and no one knew where the concert was.  We ended up going to several of them and asking because the main building had no idea.  We found it at a little after 1pm so we had to wait until 1:30pm to get in.  So we sat in the car with the kids.  Can I just say that an entire day in a car with children and a second day at that is just a struggle on everyones part!  I was so happy to leave hubby there with the other two while Aidan and I ran in to his concert.  It wasn't a long concert only 20 minutes.  By the time we got back to the car Bri was a little frazzled lol but I must say a lot better then he has been on some other days.  I regretted not having a camera at the concert as  I watched other mothers snapping pictures and Aidan looked so good in his white button down shirt and black slacks he really did a good job. 

The second time I regretted not having a camera was on the way home.  I was looking out the window when what did I see....a bald eagle!!!!  We just finished a few weeks ago doing a lapbook about bald eagles and we googled them found a page tracking them and listened to their calls it was awesome!!!  It was sitting in a tree in a pasture with cows milling below.  Aidan was also excited (although who was more excited I can't tell, It's close!)  I believe that was my first sighting yeay!  Darn camera!

 After we got home Bri checked out the camper and found out that it was the extension cord that melted and not the camper cord so yeay and easy fix.  We will need a higher power cord and we are going to have to put in a new plug closer to the camper but I'm counting my blessings today and feeling wonderful!

I also must say that I have a wonderful friend and talked with her today and I feel so blessed to have met her!  I am going over to visit with her on Friday and I can't wait :)

So today was a much better day and I am once again hopeful and I can't wait to get started on therapy for Bren! 

I hope you all had a wonderful day!