Boo nature!

So school was cancelled yesterday b/c we were getting snow. It snowed for all of 30 minutes and none of it stuck :\
Sigh.
How is it that states south of us have gotten snow twice now that has stuck, but we got a frickin flurry of it that if you blinked.. you missed it??
BOOOOO

Anywho....
Nothing too much going on here. Just being a mean mommy and ruining my children's childhood by making them clean up after themselves and do their homework. :\
I am NOT a teacher for a reason. I have zero patience with Zoe when we do her homework. She starts getting frustrated and not paying attention which makes me frustrated and angry. Not a good combination.
I need to try better to not snap at her though when she's obviously not paying attention. Don't want to give her anxiety or anything. Just want her to do her best.

And the house is a giant GD mess. Toys everywhere. EVERYWHERE. I'm so over it but there is no point in cleaning b/c it will all be back on the floor an hour later. I get the kids to clean after asking, asking, then yelling at them. I really hate yelling but I swear.. my kids don't think I'm serious unless I am yelling.
Like... WTH little people. Just b/c I'm not angry and yelling at your doesn't mean you get to ignore what I'm saying. Geezus.

This mommy needs a margarita.

School was delayed for 2 hours this morning too for potential icy road conditions. Great bc I got to sleep in for all of 10 more minutes than usual..... -_-

I can't wait until the other 2 are old enough to enjoy sleeping in too. I'll struggle getting them awake for school which is a hell on in its own, but being able to actually sleep in and have children that want to as well will be heaven. HEAVEN I say!!
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What else.....
Random...
Was playing mahjong on my phone. It gets ads that pop up every once in a while for other games. Not a big deal.
A solitaire game popped up with a sexy chick looking lustily at me. Like.... what? What the hell is so sexy about solitaire? It's literally a game you play by yourself. lol
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DH's grandpa is back in the hospital.
The nursing home he was rehabbing in was shit and he ended up catchign pneumonia again. Thankfully he's better this time around, but still. Would be nice if he'd just getting better and out of the hospital already.
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Another random... have a doll with horribly tangled hair? Boiling hot water. Dip the hair for about 10 or so seconds a few times and gently brush the hair. At least that is what worked for me on Zoe's dolls.
We bought her a Rapunzel doll that has extremely long hair that got super tangled like the day after CHristmas. I looked up some techniques to get it untangled and did one that uses fabric softener.
The fabric softener made the hair softer, but it did not detangle. I finally dipped the hair in to boiling hot water and the hair finally loosened up.
Just did that method with another Rapunzel doll she has and the tangles came right out with brushing.
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We have not really started dieting just yet. It's gonna happen, but when? I dunno.
We (mostly DH) cleaned out the exercise room so that's good for whenever we decide to exercise.
Not sure when I'm gonna start though. Ugh.... with my energy level... all I think about is sleeping. My bed is calling to me all day long.
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Gotta get ready to pick Zoe up. Here are a couple of photos :D
 Got a new phone.. I call it a google phone b/c I guess they made it? /shrugs and all the photos I take get stored on google so should be easier to post stuff now :D

Taken yesterday. Kids dressing up and enjoying the little bit of snow that we got.

So... what's up??

Nothing much really going on here.
Been SO tired lately. Period showed up and just not getting enough sleep it seems even though I'm going to bed the same time as usual. I just go through the day feeling absolutely drained.
I just need to start exercising already. Have not started yet and I don't want it to end up the summer before I get serious about losing weight again.
Just don't want to look back and wish I had started sooner when I could have. BUT with that being said... not sure it's going to happen this month to be honest. Maybe not even next month since we're going to Disney. We'll see.
I'm sure once  I start exercising, my energy will come back.

Kids are good.
Still being lazy and haven't started potty training Oren yet. Again.. probably won't happen until after we get back from Disney.
He's talking SO much though. Still can't understand everything, but it's 50/50. He can say enough to get by ;)
He's so smart too and already counting a little bit and knows a lot of colors :D Really.. it's thanks to Zoe and her love of her brothers. Their playing has really helped him.

Same with Ezra. He's WAY more active? than the other 2 were at this age. He just seems like he's more aware and I'm sure that's in big part to his siblings and their playing.
He's doing well too. Getting quite the little attitude on him, but he loves hugs and snuggling so it's ok lol.

Zoe is doing great. Still getting in to little trouble at school. Just small things thankfully, so I'm not worried about it. She's doing ok with her school work too. Some things she still doesn't understand, but she gets most of it so far.

They're all growing up so fast. It really is incredible just how fast it is. I mean, once you really sit down and think about it... we're really not on this world for very long. I have what... maybe 40 more years if I'm lucky and take care of myself. That will be gone in the blink of an eye. I don't want to look back and just feel nothing but regret.
I'm going to try harder to improve... everything. Try not to let the small things bother me so much... try to be a better mother... try to be a better wife... just try to be better overall.

Really? No.... just no...

Ranting for just a second.

So there's this one woman in a mommy group I'm part of (for kids Oren's age).
I dunno if she has mental problems or what but there is something wrong with her and I wish one of her friends that actually knew her would speak up about it.
First... she claims that she was like BFFs with Chester Bennington.. the former lead singer of Linkin Park that committed suicide. And when he did die, she made a HUGE fuss over it. I mean.. I get if you're a fan and it hits you hard. That's totally normal, but then she kept going on about talking to him before and knowing him and bitch.. no you didn't. Not even her real friends were liking those posts or commenting about it b/c I have a feeling they all knew it was bullshit too.
Fast forward to now and she's STILL talking about him and showed off a new tattoo she got in honor of him.
But wait.... she also says that she's homeless. What?? So you got money to get a tattoo and go out with friends, but not enough to save to get a home for you, your 2 kids and pets?? No.....
Just tired of seeing her BS all the time. Oh and apparently she's also saving money to go back to Hawaii to see her husband that is in the navy or something. I don't even know.
I mean... live your life, but damn... be responsible when you have 2 kids and pets that are relying on you.

Just pisses me off b/c it reminds me of my POS brother and his wife.
Who the hell knows how their dumbasses are doing. No contact with them over the holidays which I'm totally fine with. Only info I get is from my mom and I'm about ready to tell her to stop telling me about him b/c it just ticks me off even more with how he tries to manipulate her and her husband.
I've already told her to stop giving him money. I know she stops sometimes, but she can't help herself b/c she doesn't want him and his family to be homeless either. Just a no win situation for her.
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Anyway, in lighter news... we're all starting to feel better finally. I'm sure that won't last long though lol. Oh well... gotta enjoy it while we can!
And we got absolutely no frickin snow yesterday.
At first... the forecast showed that we wouldn't anyway, but the system started to move more west towards us so we would've gotten a little.. even just a flurry.
Everything was gearing up to give us snow. School even let out early b/c the area was anticipating getting it... and then...... nature screwed us over! The coastal area and east of us got snow. A good amount of it for the area too. Us? The clouds were coming out way and literally swooped around us and then drifted off in to nice sunny skies.... /grumble
I know I know... folks that are buried up to their necks are giving me side eye right now rofl.
I feel for you.. I do. I just wanted to see some snow. It would've been great to just SEE some and to have it teased like that and not get any? BOOOOOOO Nature.... BOOOOOOO
Wanted the kids to play in it and take photos and all that good stuff, but nooooooooooo.
SIGH.....
Maybe we'll get another cold front that will bring some snow to us. We've gotten it kind of late in to the season so there's still some hope. Not much... but some.
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And school... I'm about tired of some of Zoe's homework lol.
Get her to count to 50 or higher. Awesome.. she can do that.
Can she count in 5's? Well.. I dunno.. can she? NOPE. Why? B/c they haven't taught her yet!
Can she count in 10's? After I explain it to her and she gets it... yes.. but again.. this is something that hasn't been taught to her yet so why the hell is her homework asking her to do it??
Just annoying.
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I'm going to have to break Oren's will down when it comes to his stubbornness in cleaning.
He doesn't like cleaning.. duh.. b/c who the hell does. So he'll go over to whatever spot I tell him to clean... will pick up one thing and just sit there. It's SO damn frustrating b/c I end up yelling at him after countless times of telling him normally to clean up his mess.
Seriously little dude... I don't want to yell, but it's like the only volume my kids seem to hear sometimes.
They think just b/c I'm asking/telling them to do something in a normal voice that it means I'm not serious about it so they can ignore me.
I know it's not gonna get better.... so someone lie to me and tell me it will anyway lol.

Happy New Year!!!

Hope everyone had a decent new year.
Myself? Strep throat.
Felt myself getting sick on Friday. Thought it was just going to be another cold and that my throat was just hurting b/c my throat/mouth dried out during the night.
I had fever, chills, hot flashes all day Saturday and could not stay awake for the life of me.
Felt a little better in terms of staying awake on Sunday, but my throat was still feeling funky and I started talking funny.
You know the way deaf people talk? I sounded similar to that. Thinking it's b/c everything is swollen so I dunno.. it's just making me talk weird.
DH is off today and my throat was killing me all night even after taking tylenol, so I decided to go ahead and go to the urgent care while I could and didn't have to drag along kids.
And yep.. got diagnosed with it this morning.
I dunno where the heck I got it from, but I really hope I haven't given it to any of the kids. Oren ate after me on Saturday. With how I was feeling, just a really stupid decision to make then. So FX that he doesn't get this.

I'm feeling ok though. Still haven't gotten my meds yet, but DH just went out to get them for me. Would just be nice not to have the razor blades feeling in my throat or the excess mucus feeling either.

We've taken all the Christmas stuff down. Were supposed to start execising and whatnot, but well.... I'm not doing shit until my throat feels better. Hopefully soon. Should feel better by next week thankfully.