It's my bday, I'll cry if I want to...multiple x's

My birthday was the 18th.

Pathetic was the theme.

I was still sick & my kids were mean to me.

Need I say more?

It was the first year in a long time that I was at home with kids & no party planned.

Last year hubby had the day off.

The year before that we went to the pumpkin patch with Jen's family.

The year before that I had just given birth 6 days before & hubby was home & took me out to dinner.
The year before that I got tickets to a Mariner's play-off game.

The year before that hubby threw me an 80's themed party.

The year before that I only had 2 children & life was easy as pie...I'm quite sure I put them down for a nap & pampered myself lavishly...

Hubby & the kids had bible study in the evening so Jen had offered to go out to dinner with me. Here is a pic of Jen & I after a relaxing meal, right before the theraputic shopping trip at Ross:

Doesn't Jen look just like a rock star in that shirt?!

I bought myself 2 coats at Ross. A cool one with fur trim & a suede one that was originally $140 (for just just $20.99!!)

Gotta love that!

Birthday bash number 2 (or lack thereof)...

Hubby's birthday came 9 days after Georgia's & we got a sitter for the kids & went on a double date out to Tony Roma's and then out to a movie.

2 days later, Dach was next on the docket for birthday bliss.

But because Mommy was out of town twice in 10 days, and was completely sick - the party never got planned & the invites never went out - thus our first ever dreaded *family party* for one of the kids.

No theme party.

No nothing.

In fact, there was BARELY a cake.

The party consisted of last minute take out teriyaki chicken and the kids gathered around a cake that was frosted a little prematurely during the cooling process.

SAD.

A pathetic excuse for a party. 

Zane comes in when I'm frosting the cake & says "When are the kids getting here for the party?"

"Well, there are no kids. Just our family. It's a family party."

"WHAT. IS. A. FAMILY. PARTY?!?!"

"That's when  you just celebrate with your family & a cake!"

"WHAT!?!?! That's awful!! Don't do that to ME on my birthday!!!"

And that is what happens folks when you ONLY throw over-the-top ridiculously themed parties for your children. That becomes their norm. No room for slacking. Here are the pics, maybe next year I'll get it together...

The cake

The cake after sitting for a few minutes. "Here's your Happy P Day cake!!" *Cool, then frost...*

That's ok buddy, you're only 3 - you'll have no recollection of this...

Georgia's Birthday Bash...

Because I had only been home for 72 hours from the first conference & I was leaving in 36 hours for the next one, not to mention the fact that we were spending the better part of her birthday at a wedding...Georgia's sleep-over birthday party became a "mock" sleep-over party. We made water /sparkle bracelets out of aquarium tubing, painted nightshirts and watched "Because of Winn-Dixie".

The cake was a giant bed with girls in sleeping bags. Simple but fun. Oddly enough - not usually a part of my party-throwing philosophy - "simple". Because it's 1am & I'm not getting any healthier sitting here, a photo montage of the event...

The cake

The girls

Business Time...

On September 26-28 Hubby & I went away to a pastor's conference. It was a really sweet time for us.

The most hilarious thing about the conference was a video that a friend showed us while we were there called "Business Time":

Totally. Hilarious.

"Awww girl...it's business time!"

Sinusitis is my middle name...

Sinusitis: The inflammation/infection of 1 or more paranasal sinuses that occurs with obstruction of the normal drainage mechanism.

Day 27.

Let's start with the facts:

1. I don't GET sick.

2. I am NOT a sick person.

3. I NE-VER get sick. E-VER.

Until October 2nd. That would be the day after a dear friend's all-day wedding plus a 3 hour birthday party for Georgia. Perhaps I was a bit run down. Anyway - I woke up that Sunday morning with a slight feeling of a cold coming on. No problem - just do what I always do: pop an echinacea & a couple of vitamin C tablets and it will go away completely within a few hours. Never mind that I had to be at the airport the next morning by 5:30am and ended up sleeping only 4 hours.

It turned into a cold, which after 3 weeks of coughing till I threw up at least once or twice a day - I went to the Dr. Turns out I have a sinus infection. Excuse me? I don't even know what that is! I don't get sick. Well, folks apparently I do. I have now had 6 doses of amoxicillian and although the constant stream of mucus down my throat has ceased (thus - I'm throw-up free) my sinuses are still so blocked up that I can't smell or taste a thing! I've tried steam, vapor rub, decongestant...

Did you know that the human body produces a quart of mucus a day?

A QUART.

I got online today and googled "regain sense of smell". Turns out you can make a homemade recipe of saline & perform a "saline wash" of your sinuses.

Who knew?

So 4 cups of saline later, my sinus cavity is so clean you could eat off of it - but still little to no smell.

Every 10 or 20 tissues I get a "glimpse" and regain just a few moments of smell. Claire gave me a recipe called "Knock the snot out of you". It's 2 garlic cloves and 1/2 an onion juiced & mixed with orange juice. I'm currently out of orange juice otherwise I would try this delightful concoction. So I lie in wait for my smell to return...(but not flat - must keep propped up on a couple of pillows to keep airflow in the passages...)

Picture of the week

Ok, final entry for the moment. My current favorite picture: