So I just got home from a very long ceremony at my children's school. We were outside for over 2 hours and it was hot. And I walked. All I can say is thank goodness for an amazing baby stroller that made everything so much easier. I had the two younger boys in their seats and Sweet Cheeks sitting on the foot rest. It was perfect! So after I put the two boys down for a nap, Sweet Cheeks and I decided to reward ourselves with ice cream.
I love ice cream! I love ice cream with nuts and chocolate even more. Throw a little caramel in and I'm in heaven. The only problem is that I want a bit of nuts, chocolate and caramel in every bite. But that never happens. So I'm one of those people. You know those people that dig out the nuts and chocolate bits but leave the rest of the ice cream behind. It always annoys me to no end when someone else does that. But I just can't stop myself. We need to send a petition to the ice cream companies demanding nuts and chocolate bits in every bite! I might even stop digging around if that actually happened.
I love serving ice cream to the younger kids because they don't realize that I've already eaten all the good bits out of their portion. I'm sneaky! I can't get away with it when it comes to the older kids though. So I have to take advantage of it now while Sweet Cheeks, Tater Tot and O'Henry are still gullible. I don't know what I'm going to do when my children are all old enough to realize what I'm doing.
So, I have to apologize to you yet again. So much has happened in the past 2 weeks that I've neglected you. I went to San Francisco for 5 days and it was so much fun but I'll post more on that later. Than I had decided that I needed to make and freeze lots of meals because the summer heat was going to be too much for me to want to actually cook (we don't have air conditioning) so I decided to get all of the hard stuff (meat) out of the way. I cooked over 250 meatballs, 2 batches of pulled pork, 3 batches of pork burrito meat, 9 batches of sloppy joes, 4 batches of BBQ beef, 3 batches of taco meat, 7 lbs. of chicken (cubed), a whole turkey (shredded), chocolate mint cookies and snickerdoodles. The cookies are already gone. Then I had to try to catch up on all the blogs that I follow which is way too time consuming. Then I procrastinated a bit. Oh and I read a lot of books. And that was what I've been doing the past 2 weeks.
Ella
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May 31, 2012
May 21, 2012
Missing
My husband was gone on a business trip last week. I have to admit that at first I missed him. But then I didn't. It's not as bad as it sounds, let me explain.
I love my husband a lot. He loves me back. He shows his love for me by taking care of me and I let him because I understand why he does it. I will admit that I do enjoy being taken care. I didn't think I would at first. I was firmly independent. I almost never asked for help with anything. I just did it myself.
After a few years of being taken care of, I wondered if I had become too dependent upon my husband. About 4 years ago my husband left on his first extended business trip. It was wonderful! I was able to prove that I could not only take of myself but my children as well. At least for a week.
So when I found out my husband was leaving again, I started to get excited. I've had 2 children since that last trip and I wanted to see how I would do by myself.
When he left, I was sad to see him go and I missed him quite a bit that first day. Then I was caught up in the joy of independence again. I was able to take care of myself and all 5 of my children. It was like finding a piece of me that had been missing.
In addition to exerting my independence, I appreciated the more serene atmosphere that permeated the house with my husband gone. He's our drill sargent. He keeps us on our schedule and co-ordinates the house cleaning. There may be some grumpiness and yelling involved in his tactics...... But I'm glad he's back. I don't want to have to take care of my family without him. He does such a good job at it!
Ella
© Ella's Place
I love my husband a lot. He loves me back. He shows his love for me by taking care of me and I let him because I understand why he does it. I will admit that I do enjoy being taken care. I didn't think I would at first. I was firmly independent. I almost never asked for help with anything. I just did it myself.
After a few years of being taken care of, I wondered if I had become too dependent upon my husband. About 4 years ago my husband left on his first extended business trip. It was wonderful! I was able to prove that I could not only take of myself but my children as well. At least for a week.
So when I found out my husband was leaving again, I started to get excited. I've had 2 children since that last trip and I wanted to see how I would do by myself.
When he left, I was sad to see him go and I missed him quite a bit that first day. Then I was caught up in the joy of independence again. I was able to take care of myself and all 5 of my children. It was like finding a piece of me that had been missing.
In addition to exerting my independence, I appreciated the more serene atmosphere that permeated the house with my husband gone. He's our drill sargent. He keeps us on our schedule and co-ordinates the house cleaning. There may be some grumpiness and yelling involved in his tactics...... But I'm glad he's back. I don't want to have to take care of my family without him. He does such a good job at it!
Ella
© Ella's Place
May 14, 2012
Bits and Pieces
1. We finally got running water (toilets, showers, washing machine....) Tuesday night!!!
2. Showers are absolutely AMAZING!
3. Tater tot borrows a skirt from his sister so that he can dance along when we watch Dancing With The Stars.
4. My baby licked the bottom of Sweet Cheek's shoe today. At least he's building up his immunities.
5. Did you know that Home Owner's insurance doesn't cover a dime of replacing your sewer line?
6. Despite my efforts the school board approved of the changes in curriculum and uniforms at my children's school. I'm not very happy about it but I'm going to pester the Principal with requests for information on every aspect of the changes. Then I'm going to constantly follow up. In short, I'm going to make a nuisance of myself and make sure that they know that I'm watching them. Either they'll make a mistake or it will up their game and everything will turn out all right.
7. I worked the soil and laid out the garden this weekend. Now all I have to do is finish planting. I hesitate to plant because it's May in Idaho. It may be warm right now but snow can't be ruled out til June.
8. My baby has been eating almost non-stop lately. Last night for dinner he had 2 pancakes, 1/2 of a banana and a bottle. Then he had another bottle, 1/4 of a apple and two 6 oz. bottles of baby food just a few hours later. I'm pretty sure a growth spurt is coming.
9. I had a wonderful Mother's Day! I got to sleep in, take my time getting ready, came home from church to find a scavanger hunt love story, got a nap, had an amazing breakfast for dinner and got to spend time with my family. It was the best!
10. Exactly a week from now I will be in California!!! I'm so excited! My son can barely contain himself. Yay!!!
As I wrote this, my baby crawled up and started sucking my toe. I think he likes feet.
Ella
© Ella's Place
2. Showers are absolutely AMAZING!
3. Tater tot borrows a skirt from his sister so that he can dance along when we watch Dancing With The Stars.
4. My baby licked the bottom of Sweet Cheek's shoe today. At least he's building up his immunities.
5. Did you know that Home Owner's insurance doesn't cover a dime of replacing your sewer line?
6. Despite my efforts the school board approved of the changes in curriculum and uniforms at my children's school. I'm not very happy about it but I'm going to pester the Principal with requests for information on every aspect of the changes. Then I'm going to constantly follow up. In short, I'm going to make a nuisance of myself and make sure that they know that I'm watching them. Either they'll make a mistake or it will up their game and everything will turn out all right.
7. I worked the soil and laid out the garden this weekend. Now all I have to do is finish planting. I hesitate to plant because it's May in Idaho. It may be warm right now but snow can't be ruled out til June.
8. My baby has been eating almost non-stop lately. Last night for dinner he had 2 pancakes, 1/2 of a banana and a bottle. Then he had another bottle, 1/4 of a apple and two 6 oz. bottles of baby food just a few hours later. I'm pretty sure a growth spurt is coming.
9. I had a wonderful Mother's Day! I got to sleep in, take my time getting ready, came home from church to find a scavanger hunt love story, got a nap, had an amazing breakfast for dinner and got to spend time with my family. It was the best!
10. Exactly a week from now I will be in California!!! I'm so excited! My son can barely contain himself. Yay!!!
As I wrote this, my baby crawled up and started sucking my toe. I think he likes feet.
Ella
© Ella's Place
May 6, 2012
Sunday Morning Surprise
I feel like crying. I woke up this morning to find out our sewer line had collapsed by the main line connection. How did we know? When my son flushed the toilet, water backed up in the bath tub. That's never a good sign. The plumber came out at 7 am this morning and it took him a couple of our before we got the harsh verdict. I'm hoping that I'm still asleep and this is all a horrible dream.
What does that means to us? We can't use the toilet or shower til Monday night at the earliest. We can use the running water as long as we don't let it go down the drain. And it's going to cost a lot of money that we don't have.
I'm still trying to wrap my mind around how this is going to work with 7 people in the house.
Is it wrong to be grateful that my sister is out visiting family instead of being home?
Anyways, I'm stressed and since I had already decided to cut sugar out of my diet for the next week, I can't enjoy the glow of a chocolate coma. And obsessively eating carrots and celery is not that emotionally satisfying for some reason.
On a happy note, we did go to the drive-in last night to see "The Avengers" and "John Carter of Mars".
Ella
© Ella's Place
What does that means to us? We can't use the toilet or shower til Monday night at the earliest. We can use the running water as long as we don't let it go down the drain. And it's going to cost a lot of money that we don't have.
I'm still trying to wrap my mind around how this is going to work with 7 people in the house.
Is it wrong to be grateful that my sister is out visiting family instead of being home?
Anyways, I'm stressed and since I had already decided to cut sugar out of my diet for the next week, I can't enjoy the glow of a chocolate coma. And obsessively eating carrots and celery is not that emotionally satisfying for some reason.
On a happy note, we did go to the drive-in last night to see "The Avengers" and "John Carter of Mars".
Ella
© Ella's Place
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