I called to cancel cable two days ago. We still have it until we drop off the box which is Mr. Sloths job, I had the joy of calling to cancel. I was so busy just prior to calling that it wasn't until I was dialing the phone that I realized what run-around I was about to encounter. First off I had to press 1 for upgrades, 2 for downgrades. (Jeepers,creepers they have a whole department for this??) Sure enough the guy answers the phone, I tell him I would like to cancel my cable. With words covered in butter he asks, "Now why would you want to do a thing like that?" I wasn't about to play his game so I didn't say a word. The awkward silence worked because he moved on. At one point he asked if I was going to "the darkside" (meaning satellite), I said no we're getting rid of it altogether. He was shocked.
Anyway, as soon as Mr. Sloth drops off the box we'll be completely without TV as we don't get a signal here without it. We only plan on giving it up for the summer so we'll survive and while it's true that a lot off shows are online now, my favorites are not. (Oh, Duggars, how I will miss thee!!)
However, pre-empitve of being cable free last night we had some good old fashion fun. The four of us (Mr. Sloth, Sidekick, Obscure and I) lined our lawn chairs up on the sidewalk and watched the most amazing lighting storm as it swept towards us. Honestly it was one of the most beautiful things I'd ever seen. Constant lighting, somtimes even blinding and it was so far away we never heard thunder. It was great, except for, well....we knew the sprinklers would go off at sometime, but we usually hear a clicking sound (think Princess Bride) before they go off. Well we heard a clicking sound at the East end of the yard, but before we could move, a sprinkler right in front of us went off that was pointed directly at Mr. Sloth's.... lap. (Ahh, that was funny)
Nature's Cable. Fantastic.
The Sloths
Lazywife, Mr. Sloth, Demand, Prophet, Rooster, and King
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Rearranging Things
In an attempt to pretend like we have more space we've been rearranging furniture (and we aren't done yet). As mentioned before, Happy is ginormous. He's growing out of his mini-pack'n'play much faster than anticipated. Our had always assumed he could be in that bed until around seven months just like Demand had done. We assumed we'd have a new house by then. So our deliema was that Happy is too young to share a room with Demand and our room is too crowded to have the crib in there (like we did with Demand).
After praying for a week that Happy finds a room God finally provided me with an answer. He's always more creative than me so I find his answers fascinating. What is the answer, you ask? Well Mr. Sloth is finally furnishing his office after a year of living out of paper bags. So I realized if he takes the buffet from the dining room we can move my armoire desk down from the bedroom giving us room for a crib in our room. How did I not think of this before? I've always wanted my desk downstairs anyway and he was thinking about taking the buffet for months. Plus, he was going to to get one of the same bookshelves that we have in the playroom. I realized that if he got the bigger version of the shelf that could go in our playroom and he could take smaller version of the shelves from the playroom. He doesn't need that much storage at the office anyway. This would actually give us even more storage in the playroom.
So while I only asked God for Happy to have a room His answer gave us 1. a safe place for Happy to sleep 2. me an actual functioning office. 3. Mr. Sloth more storage and 4. more storage for the playroom (which we desperately needed)
Pretty cool, huh? Sometimes God gives us what we want and need.
So I guess we can squeeze a few more months out of this place afterall. We're trying really hard to be patient about buying a new house and just waiting for God's cue. Looks like fall might be a better time to buy anyway so we'll just make the summer work and concentrate on saving for a possible move in the fall. Speaking of which I believe we'll be canceling cable at the end of the month. It's going to hurt, but it IS summertime and we'll save a lot of money over the next few months. Besides, I need a break from TLC. I need to stop watching people live their lives and maybe live one myself. Maybe mine will be more exciting...
After praying for a week that Happy finds a room God finally provided me with an answer. He's always more creative than me so I find his answers fascinating. What is the answer, you ask? Well Mr. Sloth is finally furnishing his office after a year of living out of paper bags. So I realized if he takes the buffet from the dining room we can move my armoire desk down from the bedroom giving us room for a crib in our room. How did I not think of this before? I've always wanted my desk downstairs anyway and he was thinking about taking the buffet for months. Plus, he was going to to get one of the same bookshelves that we have in the playroom. I realized that if he got the bigger version of the shelf that could go in our playroom and he could take smaller version of the shelves from the playroom. He doesn't need that much storage at the office anyway. This would actually give us even more storage in the playroom.
So while I only asked God for Happy to have a room His answer gave us 1. a safe place for Happy to sleep 2. me an actual functioning office. 3. Mr. Sloth more storage and 4. more storage for the playroom (which we desperately needed)
Pretty cool, huh? Sometimes God gives us what we want and need.
So I guess we can squeeze a few more months out of this place afterall. We're trying really hard to be patient about buying a new house and just waiting for God's cue. Looks like fall might be a better time to buy anyway so we'll just make the summer work and concentrate on saving for a possible move in the fall. Speaking of which I believe we'll be canceling cable at the end of the month. It's going to hurt, but it IS summertime and we'll save a lot of money over the next few months. Besides, I need a break from TLC. I need to stop watching people live their lives and maybe live one myself. Maybe mine will be more exciting...
Monday, June 1, 2009
Big Day
I'm 99% sure Happy rolled over (on a flat, hard surface) for the first time today. I put him on a blanket while I brushed my teeth (big day for me too). He was on his belly, then he was on his side playing with Demand. Next time I looked at him he was on his back. I asked Demand if he rolled over and she said yes, a part of me wonders if she "helped" him along but I'm going with --HE ROLLED OVER!!!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Joys of Summer
We've been having so much fun I haven't had time to blog. Hopefully I remember everything I've been meaning to share.
First off some quotes from Demand this week.
I was reading a book to her at titled "Little Brothers Are..." The following exchange happened.
"Little brothers are happy. Little brothers are wiggly. Little brothers are bright..."
Demand interrupts and says, "(Happys) not bright."
Too funny.
That night Demand wanted to read Corduroy but neither she nor Mr. Sloth could find it. He asked her if she wanted to read something else she said, "Hmm, well we have Cinderella."
When did she grow up? Demand seems to be throwing out great quotes everyday now.
The rest of our week was spent doing fantastic summer things. This is truly our favorite time of year. Mr. Sloth grills almost nightly (he got a new grill as a sort of gift from a broker of his.) The kids and I go for a walk almost daily. My new stroller is one of the best investments we've made. Perfect for our needs and both kids love it. Plus it DOES fit into our car which we didn't think it would. Memorial Day we discovered a set of walking trails and parks really close to us so we've been out on a family walk twice now.
My absolute favorite part of the week was Saturday. While I didn't wake up as early as planned I still made pancakes and bacon as I had planned. (Mr. Sloth doubted me and I don't blame him.) After a nice leisurely breakfast with the family Mr. Sloth ran to the hardware store while the kids and I got ready. Happy watched from the stroller as Demand and I played outside. I taught her some jump rope games I learned in grade school and we played with chalk in the driveway. Mr. Sloth came home with a new organizing system for the garage. Happy fell asleep in his swing without complaint then the rest of the Sloths spent the morning in the garage. While Mr. Sloth started assembly I sat on a blanket in the sun at the edge of the garage and began sorting screws, nails, washers, etc into their new homes. (Sortings what I do best) When Demand wasn't "helping" me sort she was measuring everything with the measuring tape she had just discovered in Mr. Sloth's new tool box. Every once in a while we'd hear her say "Mary Poppins" as she extended the tape. Too cute.
We rummaged through left overs for lunch and pieced things together. I made Demand a sort of pig in a blanket. I wrapped a hot dog in cheese and then in a tortilla we happened to have and then cut it up and made a smiley face. I delievered it outside only to have Mr. Sloth peak his head into the kitchen seconds later asking for one himself. Then we headed off to an organizing store for more ideas for our garage. It was a good day.
Today was just as lovely. After Mass we at a nice lunch outside and then headed for a walk on the trails. Afterward the rest of the Sloth family slept while I nursed a (sleeping) Happy on the couch. It was killing me being stuck on a couch indoors on such a nice day, but the kids gotta sleep. I'm outside now though, waiting for Demand to wake up from her long nap.
Oh, before I forget, one more great quote for Demand. Before Mass today she was asking Mr. Sloth a series of questions and discovered that Happy doesn't have a bedroom. So we told her to pray that he gets one while she was at Mass. We get home from Church and I over heard Mr. Sloth ask Demand if he prayed that Happy can get his own room. She said, "No. I just laid down."
Well, at least she's honest.
First off some quotes from Demand this week.
I was reading a book to her at titled "Little Brothers Are..." The following exchange happened.
"Little brothers are happy. Little brothers are wiggly. Little brothers are bright..."
Demand interrupts and says, "(Happys) not bright."
Too funny.
That night Demand wanted to read Corduroy but neither she nor Mr. Sloth could find it. He asked her if she wanted to read something else she said, "Hmm, well we have Cinderella."
When did she grow up? Demand seems to be throwing out great quotes everyday now.
The rest of our week was spent doing fantastic summer things. This is truly our favorite time of year. Mr. Sloth grills almost nightly (he got a new grill as a sort of gift from a broker of his.) The kids and I go for a walk almost daily. My new stroller is one of the best investments we've made. Perfect for our needs and both kids love it. Plus it DOES fit into our car which we didn't think it would. Memorial Day we discovered a set of walking trails and parks really close to us so we've been out on a family walk twice now.
My absolute favorite part of the week was Saturday. While I didn't wake up as early as planned I still made pancakes and bacon as I had planned. (Mr. Sloth doubted me and I don't blame him.) After a nice leisurely breakfast with the family Mr. Sloth ran to the hardware store while the kids and I got ready. Happy watched from the stroller as Demand and I played outside. I taught her some jump rope games I learned in grade school and we played with chalk in the driveway. Mr. Sloth came home with a new organizing system for the garage. Happy fell asleep in his swing without complaint then the rest of the Sloths spent the morning in the garage. While Mr. Sloth started assembly I sat on a blanket in the sun at the edge of the garage and began sorting screws, nails, washers, etc into their new homes. (Sortings what I do best) When Demand wasn't "helping" me sort she was measuring everything with the measuring tape she had just discovered in Mr. Sloth's new tool box. Every once in a while we'd hear her say "Mary Poppins" as she extended the tape. Too cute.
We rummaged through left overs for lunch and pieced things together. I made Demand a sort of pig in a blanket. I wrapped a hot dog in cheese and then in a tortilla we happened to have and then cut it up and made a smiley face. I delievered it outside only to have Mr. Sloth peak his head into the kitchen seconds later asking for one himself. Then we headed off to an organizing store for more ideas for our garage. It was a good day.
Today was just as lovely. After Mass we at a nice lunch outside and then headed for a walk on the trails. Afterward the rest of the Sloth family slept while I nursed a (sleeping) Happy on the couch. It was killing me being stuck on a couch indoors on such a nice day, but the kids gotta sleep. I'm outside now though, waiting for Demand to wake up from her long nap.
Oh, before I forget, one more great quote for Demand. Before Mass today she was asking Mr. Sloth a series of questions and discovered that Happy doesn't have a bedroom. So we told her to pray that he gets one while she was at Mass. We get home from Church and I over heard Mr. Sloth ask Demand if he prayed that Happy can get his own room. She said, "No. I just laid down."
Well, at least she's honest.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Grateful
Last night I was on the internet for a brief while and a blog was brought to my attention. The blog was about a 23 year old single pregnant mother who found out while she was expecting that her baby basically had no brain. It was no choice for her she loved her baby and would keep it. Her baby lived 93 days, the best days of her life she said, dying this past Friday. In reading the blog I did the math and realized that her baby was born the day before our Happy.
Needless to say, when he woke up in the middle of the night with my eyes burning to go back to sleep,even through the projectile poo and Mr. Sloth getting urinated on in bed, there was no complaining. I cuddled my baby and fell gratefully back asleep.
http://babyfaithhope.blogspot.com/
Needless to say, when he woke up in the middle of the night with my eyes burning to go back to sleep,even through the projectile poo and Mr. Sloth getting urinated on in bed, there was no complaining. I cuddled my baby and fell gratefully back asleep.
http://babyfaithhope.blogspot.com/
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Happy
Well you know how disorganized my life is when I stop blogging. Finally today, I mustered up the courage to get up before everyone else. With the boy in the room I can't really use an alarm clock so I had to rely on my Guardian Angel. He woke me up promptly at 7am as I had asked but I asked for 10 more minutes. Sure enough the boy wanted to nurse and I resigned to not being able to get up early then right as the clock struck 7:10am the boy unlatched himself.
Nice work Angel.
I got a nice early start to the day. I was able to get my prayers in and some cleaning done (I even got dressed) before everyone else woke up. It makes such a difference. The day has been like clockwork since with a nice even balance of work, play, and rest. Beautiful! (Actually I'm still rather exhausted)
Not to change the subject but I've decided to name "the boy". Yes, he has a real name, I mean for the blog. My first idea was to name him "Beloved". If you know his real name and have any knowledge of the Bible you should know why. We thought that down the road his other siblings may read this blog and become offended so while I loved the idea I had to find another name.
Happy. Happy is his name. It suits him perfectly . He's the happiest child I've ever encountered. Yesterday he literally spent the whole day laughing, cooing, chatting. Nothing could make him unhappy. Not only is he happy but he makes others happy as well. He slept most of the night in his crib last night. I woke up twice to change his diaper (which he slept through) then he woke up at 4:30am to feed. Actually he didn't wake up fully, but he was fussing enough that I knew where we were headed. He's always been a good sleeper but I'm sure all of his sleeping last night really helped me get up early today.
Mr. Sloth took Demand to the fitness center this evening and Happy slept in the swing so I got even more cleaning and organizing done so I should be starting tomorrow off on a good foot.
Speaking of walking. I got my double stroller last night. It's fantabulous!! I told Demand I had a surprise after breakfast. She guessed it was a stroller. That's how much she loves a stroller. We gave her a water/sand table as an early birthday gift and she was hoping it was a stroller. Poor thing! Well today was her day and she loved it. It's a side by side jogging stroller so Happy can lay next to her while she sits up straight. There's a fabric median between them so they aren't ontop of each other. There's even built in speakers for an MP3 player. So Demand was rocking out to the Christian music station as we walked around. It pushes like a dream too. It was a lot of money but since we're just getting started in the baby department I figured it was an investment.
Here's the link to the stroller.
And I might as well post some new pictures since Happy has gotten ginormous in the last few week. BTW, he's 12 weeks old, 14 lbs and 27 1/2 inches (weighed and measured yesterday)
My baby is going to be huge!!
Nice work Angel.
I got a nice early start to the day. I was able to get my prayers in and some cleaning done (I even got dressed) before everyone else woke up. It makes such a difference. The day has been like clockwork since with a nice even balance of work, play, and rest. Beautiful! (Actually I'm still rather exhausted)
Not to change the subject but I've decided to name "the boy". Yes, he has a real name, I mean for the blog. My first idea was to name him "Beloved". If you know his real name and have any knowledge of the Bible you should know why. We thought that down the road his other siblings may read this blog and become offended so while I loved the idea I had to find another name.
Happy. Happy is his name. It suits him perfectly . He's the happiest child I've ever encountered. Yesterday he literally spent the whole day laughing, cooing, chatting. Nothing could make him unhappy. Not only is he happy but he makes others happy as well. He slept most of the night in his crib last night. I woke up twice to change his diaper (which he slept through) then he woke up at 4:30am to feed. Actually he didn't wake up fully, but he was fussing enough that I knew where we were headed. He's always been a good sleeper but I'm sure all of his sleeping last night really helped me get up early today.
Mr. Sloth took Demand to the fitness center this evening and Happy slept in the swing so I got even more cleaning and organizing done so I should be starting tomorrow off on a good foot.
Speaking of walking. I got my double stroller last night. It's fantabulous!! I told Demand I had a surprise after breakfast. She guessed it was a stroller. That's how much she loves a stroller. We gave her a water/sand table as an early birthday gift and she was hoping it was a stroller. Poor thing! Well today was her day and she loved it. It's a side by side jogging stroller so Happy can lay next to her while she sits up straight. There's a fabric median between them so they aren't ontop of each other. There's even built in speakers for an MP3 player. So Demand was rocking out to the Christian music station as we walked around. It pushes like a dream too. It was a lot of money but since we're just getting started in the baby department I figured it was an investment.
Here's the link to the stroller.
And I might as well post some new pictures since Happy has gotten ginormous in the last few week. BTW, he's 12 weeks old, 14 lbs and 27 1/2 inches (weighed and measured yesterday)
My baby is going to be huge!!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Doh!
Yikes! It's almost been a month since I've posted. Life has obviously been a bit crazy, but I have time to type out a quick story.
Yesterday the kids and I had a chiropractor appointment in the morning. Afterwards I stopped by the bank and then on our way home, since we were ahead of schedule I thought we should stop at adoration for a few minutes. I went to turn my phone off only to realize I didn't have it. Having made a quick call at the chiropractors, I had it before. I instantly knew what had happened.
Roof of the car.
Yep. Bonehead I know, but just the same. So my dilemma was do I stay at adoration and hope God repaid me by returning the phone or do I head back immediately to try and find it.
The answer??
After 20 minutes of distracted adoration filled with diaper changes and "No, don't do that!" and "Please God, find my phone!", and "God, I know I'm not really *here* but please count this as a visit". I headed back to retrace our steps. No phone, but I wasn't stressed. When I got home, Mr. Sloth greeted me at the door to tell me my phone had been found.
Turns out it I drove a few blocks before it finally flew off the car. (The boy was screaming so I wouldn't have heard it).
Moral of the story; Make time for God and he will repay you. Then again, I already knew that.
Yesterday the kids and I had a chiropractor appointment in the morning. Afterwards I stopped by the bank and then on our way home, since we were ahead of schedule I thought we should stop at adoration for a few minutes. I went to turn my phone off only to realize I didn't have it. Having made a quick call at the chiropractors, I had it before. I instantly knew what had happened.
Roof of the car.
Yep. Bonehead I know, but just the same. So my dilemma was do I stay at adoration and hope God repaid me by returning the phone or do I head back immediately to try and find it.
The answer??
After 20 minutes of distracted adoration filled with diaper changes and "No, don't do that!" and "Please God, find my phone!", and "God, I know I'm not really *here* but please count this as a visit". I headed back to retrace our steps. No phone, but I wasn't stressed. When I got home, Mr. Sloth greeted me at the door to tell me my phone had been found.
Turns out it I drove a few blocks before it finally flew off the car. (The boy was screaming so I wouldn't have heard it).
Moral of the story; Make time for God and he will repay you. Then again, I already knew that.
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