Finally back

I finally gave up on trying to make my old dinosaur of a computer work.  I tried everything.  Even dumping the hard drive back to the day in 2001 when it was purchased from a family member.  And it still was giving me problems.


So we went out shopping and came home with a Macbook Pro.  So while I will have to learn a new system I am very happy with our purchase.


I am slowly putting my stuff back on that I need.  And all my pictures are on my external hard drive and I haven't got to them yet.


Laptop is a lot different than a desk top.  But I am liking it.  I like the fact that I am able to move from room to room and get my other stuff done too.  I think I am going to be extremely satisfied.  


And this is my very first brand new computer!!!!  Thank you husband!


So once again sorry to all my readers for not being around.  I will try to be more efficient now.


I miss all of my friends that I follow.  Cannot wait to catch up.

Eye Patch

I will be taking Jonathon to the city soon to have a recheck on his eye patch.  I quit fighting with him last week over it.

When he wears the sticky eye patch it leaves red marks and practically rips his skin off when I remove it and he cries.... When I use the cloth eye patch his glasses fall off..the patch covers part of his mouth....overall its a pain.

I need to take him in to see what they can do so that he is not looking over his lens when he wears the eye patch.

Happy Birthday Grandma

Usually this time of year Jonathon is sick so we don't venture out.  But for once the temps were not bad and Jonathon is healthy!

So off to Grandma and Grandpas we went to celebrate Grandma's 68th birthday!!  Grandma and Grandpa Panczyk live in Croswell.  Which is about 60 minute drive for us.  So we let Andrew drive ~ he is in stage 1 drivers ed.   He did great!

We had a roast and dumpling dinner with salad, green beans and corn from the garden(frozen that is).  Then afterward we had cake and pie.  It was a good day up until the very end......

I won't even go into detail, because I don't know how to explain the short version except for Grandma called Grandpa the forbidden "R" word!  I tried to explain why not to say and brother in law got involved too and then Kenny tried to help out!  Lets just say Grandma and Uncle Rob don't get it and did not apologize and we left.

But they are so clueless, that they have no idea how bad they hurt Kenny and I and Andrew and Jonathon.  I am pissed.

I will be printing out some information to give them and hopefully one day they will get it.  It's pretty sad to admit that your own family members don't think its wrong to use such language!

So I won't be sharing the pictures of Jonathon with his grandma.  I don't believe she deserves it .....and I won't be giving the pictures to her either!

First Day Out

Our temps were in the 60's today.  Couldn't pass up the chance to try out the new boots and get some much needed fresh spring air!

"truckin along"

"oh" "Wow" it's my car!

All his balls - stored all winter in crabby

Thank you brothers for taking a little time out to spend with me!  I had lots of fun!

Wordless Wednesday

1st official "rain" day

For Jonathon

For me!

Oh Wow!

A little too big

 

 

more boots and boots for mom too

 

 

I like my boots!

 

 

So I bought Jonathon 2 pairs of boots online.  I thought maybe with 2 orders one would be correct.  Nope.  The monkey boots were from Walmart and a great deal $6.00, but they are too big.  And the cars are from Disney Store, also great deal $12.99, but they too are too big.  Darn it.  So I went back online to Disney and ordered cars again.  In a smaller size.  I just like them better than the monkey boots.  Hopefully this size will work for Jonathon.  Then I will return these.

His snow boots are a 10 and work ok so I thought a 10 would work for rain boots too.  My boots fit fine though.

I cannot wait to get Jonathon outside in the rain, mud, water, you name it, we are going to experience it. (last year I waited too long and couldn't find any boots).  I myself have never owned a pair....crazy seems how I live in the country, so this is a new experience for me too.  Can't wait!!!

And then I jinxed us!  We woke up to NO SCHOOL again!

Storm warning until 5p.m.  all schools closed because of blowing and drifting!  Well maybe this will be gone by the time the new boots come in the mail!  Says will be in high 50's by next Thursday!  Come on Spring.  This was rain and mud everywhere all week!

AND my brother made a quick trip to Florida to visit our mom and is having a hard time getting home today!  He already got stuck in Charlotte NC. and is finally back in the air.  I hope they let him land in Detroit today!  Keeping fingers crossed and prayers they make it home safe. (John and Kim).  Love you guys.

Wii

So I now own 2 kid games for the Wii and I am not sure if I like the Wii.

At Christmas time I purchased a Jump Start game for Jonathon. Escape from Adventure Island.  Put I didn't think it was user friendly so I put it away.

I have been waiting for Elmo A to Zoo Adventure to go on sale.  When I was out last week I finally gave up waiting and purchased it for Jonathon.  I was really excited to hook it up and see him play ~ but I was disappointed again.

I guess I am old school ~ Andrew and Kenny learned how to game on PS1.  And they had Elmo and they loved it and they learned!

But with the Wii ~ you hold the controller and tilt it one way or the other ~ am I just old or is this confusing to all!!!  Jonathon is not understanding what to do ~  he wants to push the buttons.  We played for a few minutes and then put it away.  Try Try again ~ I guess.

I wish there was something for young ones on PS3 or Xbox ~ just seems easier to push a button ~ to me at least.

Just so you know ~ we have the Wii in our house ~ it's our friend Randy's ~ he bought it 2 years ago ~ brought it over and it's been here ever since ~ sitting  ~ collecting dust ~ Kenny has PS3 ~ Andrew has Xbox 360 ~ so I thought Jonathon could learn on the Wii ~ maybe mommy needs to learn how to play it too.

Home Again

Poor Jonathon!

Last week on Monday ~ big brother Kenny stubbed his toe on the wooden movie cabinet in the hallway and by Wednesday we had to take him into the doctors to get checked out.

Monday there was not any school for us.  Tuesday Jonathon went to school.  Wednesday Jonathon stayed home from school because he did not sleep well Tuesday night. He was up and down all night and then slept in and missed school.  So we decided to take Kenny in and see what was broke if anything.

We spent the morning at the pediatricians with Kenny and then we dropped Kenny off at noon and headed to the city to see the new Dentist.  Long long day for Jonathon.  Then we find out that Kenny needed to go to the orthopedic specialist on Thursday morning at 8:15a.m. which meant another day of no school for Jonathon.  I didn't have any way for him to get there or get picked up because I would be in the city with Kenny.

And now to today.  I started getting Jonathon dressed and he felt warm.  So I took his temp.  And he has a low temp.  Not that big of a deal except for he normally is at 98.6 and he is at 99.5 so I kept him home again.

Which I am glad that I did because he is not playing.  He is lounging around.  And watching his new Bambi movie.  I hope with rest today that he is better tomorrow.  I don't want him sick again, but He has been in alot of different public places lately.

Pediatrician (2) New Dentist (1) xray office (2) and orthopedic Dr. (1).  YIKES

And Kenny is o.k.  Broken toe ~ little toe ~ using buddy tape. go back in 2 weeks.

Met New Dentist

On Wednesday we made our trip down to the city to meet the new dentist.

The dentist office is 3 minutes down the road from the eye center.  This makes me very happy because I know exactly where to go and how long it will take me to get there.

We arrived early so I could fill out paperwork.  Then the receptionist explained to me that they told me 2:30p.m. so I had time to fill out paperwork with an appointment time 3p.m.  Oops.  Didn't pay to be early.  We got there at 2p.m.  Oh well.

By the time Jonathon, Andrew and I went back to meet the dentist it was after 3p.m. and Jonathon was being a little busy body.(he does not like to go out in the afternoon).  Andrew tried to keep him busy while I spoke with the dentist.

The dentist was very informational.  He made me feel much better that it is not our fault that Jonathon has a couple of cavities.  His assistant gave me some pointers on brushing teeth also.  Which I have tried and it is working.  We now count to 5.  Jonathon opens his mouth ~ I brush and count to 5 ~ then he gets to spit ~ then we start over ~ when we first started I counted pretty fast to 5 ~ now I take more time to get to 5.

We are now waiting on a phone call to set up his time and day for the procedure to get done.  He will be asleep (like getting tubes in).  they will take xrays, then fillings, then cleaning.  The whole procedure from beginning to end should be about 1 hour and 30 minutes.  I still don't like Jonathon being put to sleep, but this needs to be done and I trust Childrens Of Detroit Doctors and I am comfortable with this dentist that he will take could care of my baby.

More on dental procedure to come.

Winter Blues

I believe that Jonathon is a lot like me.  I do not like winter.  I don't think Jonathon cares much for it either.  Last year he never went out.  Every time there was enough snow to go out and play he was sick.  This year we took him out once so far and he was not thrilled.  Maybe when he gets older he will enjoy the snow more.  Maybe if he would stop looking at the ground and his feet he would enjoy the snow more.  Maybe if we still had snowmobiles he would enjoy riding them and enjoy the snow more.  I remember growing up on snowmobiles and then we each had our own junky ones to ride when we were big enough.  Maybe because I am older I do not enjoy the snow anymore.


I am not sure!  I think this has been a long winter.  I am so over winter.  I read other blogs that are into the sunshine and parks and swimming and gardens etc. and I am jealous.


Jonathon and I are ready to get back outside.  Jonathon and I are ready to go for walks with the dog.  Jonathon and I are ready to swing on the swings in the back yard.  Jonathon and I are ready to go to the park.  Jonathon and I are ready to run around outside in our back yard.  Mommy is ready to sit and relax on her deck.  Jonathon is ready for some P.T. on the deck.  Mommy is ready to pull weeds and get her flowers ready to bloom.  Mommy is ready to feed the birds and squirrels and watch them return.


Please spring.....hurry up....we are ready and anxiously waiting for your return!!!


In the meantime we will remain in doors where it is warm and play.  This weekend I got out the wooden blocks again.  Every time I bring them out, I put them away pretty quickly because all Jonathon wants to do is throw them.  I know one day he will get it.  And guess what?  That one day finally came!!!

F is for......

FUEL OIL!!!!!

Fuel oil is what we use to heat our house.

Fuel oil is very expensive right now.

Fuel oil tank is located in my basement.

Nobody checked fuel oil gauge.

Last night I was told Fuel oil is almost on ZERO!!

Now this is really not what I wanted to hear at 8:30p.m.  So I turned down the heat so the furnace would not run as much through out the night.  I added some blankets to Jonathon's bed just in case.  I told Kenny if he woke up and felt cold to come and get me.  And then I prayed.  "Please do not let us run out of fuel oil before morning"  "Please keep us warm through out tonight"  And I repeatedly said until I fell asleep "God will provide"

I woke up this morning and heard the furnace running!  I was amazed and so happy.  We made it through the night.  I got Jonathon up and got him dressed right away in some warm clothes.  When we walked out the door for school I shut the furnace down completely.

Then I came home from dropping the boys off at school and started making phone calls.  I first called the fuel oil company that I have used for over 1 year now.  (Cramer's Gas and Oil).  They were not sure where truck would be today and if they could help me.  I was kind of disappointed in them.  I have been a good customer for over 1 year.  I have always paid same day as delivery - which is very hard because 100 gallons is over $324.00 and barely gives me 1/2 tank.  They didn't even ask who I was on the phone.  They told me to call back.  Ummm thanks, but you just lost me as a customer.  This is an emergency.

I got out the phone book and started calling other places.  Foster Oil could not get to me until Tuesday.  Which is fine.  I don't like them anyway.  And that's why I dropped them years ago.  Just thought in this emergency I would use them.

I finally spoke with a gentleman out of Imaly City.  He was very nice and informational.  Explained how he was sorry, but he would not be able to help me out today, but he did tell me a couple of secret things I could do to get by. (sorry its a secret).  And then he gave me a name of a company out of Port Huron to try.

I called Secory Oil(Michigan Petroleum) and they were very excited to help me out in my time of emergency.  Signed me on as a new customer.  Has a driver coming out today to take care of me.  And I was still able to get the minimum 100 gallons.  Hooray!  There are still nice caring people out there.

So for the time being I have closed down part of the house and turned on a couple of little space heaters that we own.

Andrew's little heater for basement

little heater we use for the bathroom

you can see furnace is off and its 68 in here

So we will spend our afternoon hanging out in the living room today.  Maybe I will make it a movie watching, relaxing, blankets, pillows and pillow pets day.

I am relieved to know that this is just for a few hours and that fuel is on the way! 

                                      UPDATE!!!!

I went and picked Jonathon up from school and 11:15a.m. today and we came right back home.  This is what pulled into my driveway at 11:25a.m.

I went outside to speak with driver about where to go and he said " I was in Romeo and decided I would come to you first instead of making you wait"  I thanked him for coming to me first.  What a nice gesture.  Makes me feel good to know that there is still some good people out there.  


I then ran back inside and told Jonathon to look out window to see the big truck.  

We are nice and toasty again!!!  

Dental papers

never arrived in the mail.  I thankfully did not clear out my call list in my cell so I was able to call the number back from last Wednesday and let them know that their paperwork never arrived.

The receptionist said she would resend the paperwork in the mail.  I told her that we(husband and I) decided that we want to meet the Dr. Dentist before we schedule surgery.  So I will not be getting any paperwork in the mail.  We have an appointment.

On March 2, 2011 at 2:30p.m. we will be meeting a new Dr. Dentist.  I am not sure if I am going to have Gilbert go with me or not.  We really cannot afford for him to miss any work.  But it would be easier if Gilbert goes too so he understands what needs to be done.

I have a few days to think and try to come up with some plan so he can go with us too.

Another day of

partying and pizza and cake and bowling!

On Saturday afternoon, we went out and celebrated Rylee's birthday with her and her family and lots and lots of friends!!

Jonathon got to bowl some more!  He really enjoys bowling!  And he is doing much better behaving and listening and having patience waiting his turn.

I really want to keep him involved in bowling because I think it is something that he enjoys and will stick with it as he grows older.

 

A Trip to the Vet

 This is our kitty Ghost!  She had a well kitty check up and got her rabie shot done.  She got a clean bill of health and is good until 2014.


We also took Copper(dog) to get his nails trimmed, but they(Copper and Andrew) were in another room so no pictures.


Jonathon did a great job being a big boy and waiting patiently!  Mommy is very very proud of you!  Thank you for being so good.
 

Not much here

today.  Jonathon and his brothers had a half day of school today.  Jonathon and Andrew got out of school early because Andrew had his dentist appointment today for a cleaning.  He has to go back to get his molars filled and this summer he needs to get his wisdom teeth pulled. (yuck)  I hope he is a good patient when that comes up.

I was worried that Jonathon would associate what happen 2 days ago at the dentist office and not want to go in....but I guess he didn't remember because he was fine and was content watching Toy Story 3 while we waited for Andrew.

After the dentist we went and paid on Gilberts glasses ~ then we went to the gas station to put in some fuel in van ~ not much this week ~ I only got barely 1/2 tank. (yikes)

Then we went to the water store to pick up our water ~ yes we have very bad well water so we were buying bottled water, but I just switched us over to getting water in 5 gallon containers ~ and I bought the teenagers 3 liter BPA bottles for drinking.  Jonathon already has a tupperware sports bottle ~ he is slowly getting better each day at it.

Then we ran into Krogers and got some milk and yogurt.  I forgot all of my coupons at home so that pretty well ended our shopping trip there.  Tomorrow we will try that again.

Took Andrew to Radio Shack to check out new phones ~ he is ready to upgrade ~ but then we noticed how expensive the new Sprint Android phones actually are still after our upgrade.....He is waiting until something has a good sale to go along with his upgrade.

Then we headed for home ~ I did not get anything accomplished this afternoon ~ I haven't been feeling good lately.  I am hypo glycemic and don't know if I am just off or what the problem is.....Of course I have alot going on in my head and it's been hard to shut down at night time ~ I have been dreaming all night and then waking up tired as heck...I have upped my water intake so I am hoping its nothing major going on....

So I talked to my brother for a long time on the phone ~ thanks brother ~ it was great catching up!  And then I put in Toy Story 3 for Jonathon ~ put the gate up so he couldn't get into the kitchen ~ and grabbed a blanket and cuddled with him on the couch and took a little nap.  I didn't sleep long because Jonathon was up and down from the couch while watching his movie, but I just vegged there until dinner time.

After dinner I helped Kenny clean up the kitchen and then played with Joanthon for a few before we picked up and got ready for bed.

And I already wanted to be in bed to try and catch up on some sleep ~ and here it is after 9p.m. so I better get going.....6a.m. comes early and we are heading out early tomorrow!

Surgery

is in our future yet again.

Jonathon had his first official dentist appointment today for a cleaning.  I explained to Jonathon on the way to the dentist that she was going to look into his mouth ~ make him say ahhhh and she would look inside ~ I explained to him that she was going to clean his teeth all shiny.

And here he is all happy hanging out waiting for Dr. Dentist to come in......

And then we found out that Jonathon does not like Dr. Dentist ~ and the screaming began ~ and my mommy heart started to break......

Seriously I really wonder if all pediatric dentist do this to their patients?  I did not protest because honestly I don't know if this is the norm or not....  I can tell you that Jonathon really and truly hated it ~ I have not seen my son so scared in quite some time ~ and she wants me to do this at home ~ "really"......

And this is how a parent looks when she is trying to remain calm when the word "surgery" needed comes out of a physicians mouth ~ dentist ~ close enough...  Jonathon has cavities ~ Jonathon has..... Jonathon will need to be sedated ~ Jonathon will need to have xrays to see if he has cavities in between front teeth ~ Jonathon will need to go to Children s Hospital ~ 

 
And then Jonathon got to pick a prize out of the prize basket and we got ready to leave.

A much happier little boy now to be all done..and he got to pick out 2 prizes.

Not a real clear picture, but see the red speck ~ Jonathon has broken blood vessels in his face from screaming ~ not a good thing ~


And then while you are in with the Dr. Dentist listening to all of the information she is telling you and the only thing that is registering in your head is the word "surgery" and then you say o.k. and then you leave.....and then you get outside and then......hey why didn't she clean his teeth today?  If she couldn't clean his teeth today ~ then why would we come back in 6 months for a recheck ~ all in all I guess I will just wait for the phone call tomorrow and try to be better prepared ~ because as of right now my husband said "what do you mean surgery"?  I guess I need a better explanation so then I can better explain to him!


I swear sometimes it feels like its never ending........

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day!  Not really.  We don't really celebrate Valentines Day.  Not sure why.  We just don't.

This is as good as it gets.....

Sick Again

This has been a rough winter for us.  It seems like I just get Jonathon better and send him back to school and then he is back home sick again.  And it seems to always happen on a Thursday......

On Thursday we picked Kenny up from school to go to the dentist office for a cleaning.  All went well there.  Then we decided to make a quick run to Chesterfield to pick up a couple of flannels from JC Penny that were on sale for $4.97 before lunch.  And we did.  And I saved $75.00 on 2 flannels for Kenny and 1 long sleeve shirt for Jonathon.

Then we went to lunch at McDonalds.  Jonathon had a Cheeseburger Happy Meal with fries and a pop(orange hi c).  But then he didn't want his cheeseburger or pop and only had a few fries so I knew something was up.  I thought maybe he was just tired.

So we went home.  And I took his temp.  Of course.... He was at 102..Darn it anyway!

So this is how we spent our weekend....

A much happier healthier Jonathon again!!

Wordless Wednesday

And this is "Monster" face ~~~~~ GRRRRRR!!!!!