Craziness!

Today was pretty eventful!  Well actually most of the day was uneventful but the end of the day made up for the rest.  I woke up this morning to thunderstorms (I really hate like rain) but it only lasted until like 10am.  The weather channel kept saying that it was coming back but for most of the day it stayed away.  Then all of a sudden at around 5:30 or so the sky decided to open up and explode on us!  The rain wasn't just falling, it was so windy that the rain looked like it was going sideways!  That only lasted for about thirty minutes and then it cleared up like it hadn't even been raining at all.  Weird.  So we went to get dinner and while we were out we heard that it was supposed to get bad again so we hurried up and got out of there.  Just as we pulled up to the apartment that we're staying at here it started to rain a little.  We were inside for just a few minutes and then it started...the sky got black, the rain got worse, the hail came, and then the tornado sirens.  Not fun stuff.  We turned the news on and learned that there were tornadoes, big ones, headed straight for us!  I am not a fan of tornadoes.  The nastiness outside lasted for what seemed like forever and areas all around us got pretty messed up but we were passed by.  Whew!  I am so glad it is over now.  I stayed calm on the outside for the kids but I was shaking in my shoes inside!  The kids were a little scared and asked if we can go home a day early! Lol!  Mark didn't agree but I was all for leaving ASAP!  The weather cleared up and all was good after that :)

Oh What A Day

I got a phone call from someone close to me saying that they might be moving really far away.  Not good.  Then I got another phone call from a friend that found out some horrible news today that has completely rocked her world.  Not good again.  I hate that I am here and not at home to be with the people that are dealing with these problems.  I hate feeling helpless.

I have had a wonderful day just being with my kids today though.  They always make me smile.  Even when they aren't being exactly wonderfully behaved they can still make me smile.  Noah is turning into such a goof!  I love that he makes jokes and is so funny at just the times when I need it.  And he can always sense when I need a hug.  His hugs are magical.  Chloe is hilarious too!  She is my little drama queen too.  Today they were swimming and when we came back in it was brought to her attention that she had a little bit of a sunburn on her arm.  Well, from that point on all of a sudden her arm was hurting. Lol!  And she is absolutely obsessed with band aids.  It can be the tiniest little mark on her and she insists that she needs a band aid.  I can't seem to get it through to her that she really doesn't need a band aid unless it is an open wound that is bleeding.  Oh well, she is worth several boxes of unnecessary band aids.

Oh, and the end of a perfect day was that while using my new iPhone 4 (New, Hello!) it froze up and shut down.  Would not come back on and couldn't even be recognized by my computer when I plugged it in!  AHHHHHH!!!!  I was in a panic!  I didn't even buy insurance for it! Mark suggested that I press the two buttons and plug it in the computer to sync it.  I kept pressing the only two buttons on the phone over and over and it finally recognized that it was plugged into my computer.  The itunes program on my laptop showed an alert saying that my phone had to be restored back to the factory settings.  Once that was over, and it took forever, it said it was ready to sync.  Luckily I had just synced it to my computer this afternoon so I was able to get all my apps and music and everything else back on it!  Very frustrating.  I thought I might cry.  I think it was a combo of all of the things that stressed me out all day hitting me at once and my eyes welled up.  I regained my composure and held myself together though.  I am proud of me :)

I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow so I guess I better end this post.  Sweet Dreams!  Crossing my fingers for a good day tomorrow!

First Blog! Yay!

Ok, so this is my first blog post ever!!!  I am very excited and, honestly, a little nervous about it.  Sometimes I feel like my life just might be a little too boring for others to want to read about it and other times I feel like there is so much junk going on that it just might not be appropriate to put out there for people to read.  Anyways, I am doing it!  I don't think I'm going to tell anyone that I know that I am writing a blog just yet.  I want to wait and see how personal I get first :)  I hope this blog doesn't bore anyone but, to be perfectly honest, this is just basically for me anyways.  If no one even decides to read it at all I will be just fine with that.

Tomorrow is Easter and I hope the kids are able to have a wonderful day. I'm sure that I'll have a wonderful day because they make me happy.  Even when I am having a "down day" they can put a smile on my face.  I love them to the moon and back!

Speaking of my kids and smiling...I am in my room and can hear my daughter, Chloe, singing at the top of her lungs in her room!  I love it!  That is one thing about Chloe, she sings all the time!  She is 8 yrs old and one of the most entertaining people I have ever known.  I love her to pieces!  My son, Noah, is an 11 year old genius.  He is handsome and funny and amazing too!  My almost 16 year old niece was talking to him the other day and told him she wished he was 5 years older and not related to her so she could date him because he is so awesome :)  I have to say, my kids are beautiful, amazing, and fun kids!

I'll try to give an update on Easter and more things in my life tomorrow but for now life is calling!