Monday, January 19, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
2009! Is it over yet?
Things have been quite crazy for quite some time now, unfortunately its going to continue for a while. After shopping for what seemed like forever for a car. We found one! We ended up going for a Ford Freestyle. We got the limited edition (Mick HAD to have all the bells and whistles) So it has a DVD player...will our kids soon loose their virginity to movies? Anyway the car is coming from Texas and wont be here for another week= Crazy hectic schedule! It was OK with one ride for a while but now mick is back in school= rent a car tomorrow for the week. Mick has an 8am class so he and the boys will be out of the house before I even leave work at 0720 in the morn. I'm hoping the kids do OK this semester getting up this early. (Deep Breath) Its OK only ONE more semester and he'll be done!
Nolan gave Daddy a scare while I was at work the other night. He avoided an ambulance ride thanks to his rescue inhaler but ended up in urgent care for respiratory issues. They don't want to "label" him an asthmatic because he only has issues following an URI. He's on steroids and every 4hr breathing treatments. He may also have croup but that too is treated by the steroid that he is on so we are covered. I hope this doesn't go on for too long. He has been up hackin all night, poor guy. No sleep at night calls for really crabby days with pie pants
Kyan went back for his follow up with the ENT. Turns out the Nasal steroids he's been on (dang, my boys are gonna be ripped from all the roids) have been unsuccessful in attempting to shrink possibly inflamed adenoids to allow the Eustachian tube to drain. Kyan will be getting tubes in both ears in the next couple of weeks. I cant wait. I have been having some very trying times with Kyan these days. He just wont listen to a thing I say. I've gotten to the point were all I do is yell at him. I am going to avoid taking them to appointments together at all costs. At the ENT I was trying to fill out pre-surgery forms and my kids literally went nuts. Kyan was screaming and laughing and making all those loud boy noises while Pie is climbing around, on, over, under just about anything and reaching and grabbing and taking everything Pens, computer mouses, other pt. files, Receptionist phone (while she is on it, you know just pull on the cord!!!). At the same time Kyan is talking to her (she's on the phone with another pt. mind you) Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me.! STOP! Nolan disappeared and after frantically looking for him I found him in the bathroom repeatedly flushing the toilet. After about 10 min of this total chaos I finally told the receptionist, "This is NOT working for me, can I take this paperwork home" The answer was "no" so instead they caged me and my animals in an empty exam room. How humiliating! I need to get a grip on Kyan listening to me, they can sense when they have control and just feed off each other. I think if I get Kyan under control and get him to lead by example, Nolan will just follow calmly in his footsteps.....oh $%I& who am I trying to kid?! Is this year over yet....do kids listen better at 5?
Nolan gave Daddy a scare while I was at work the other night. He avoided an ambulance ride thanks to his rescue inhaler but ended up in urgent care for respiratory issues. They don't want to "label" him an asthmatic because he only has issues following an URI. He's on steroids and every 4hr breathing treatments. He may also have croup but that too is treated by the steroid that he is on so we are covered. I hope this doesn't go on for too long. He has been up hackin all night, poor guy. No sleep at night calls for really crabby days with pie pants
Kyan went back for his follow up with the ENT. Turns out the Nasal steroids he's been on (dang, my boys are gonna be ripped from all the roids) have been unsuccessful in attempting to shrink possibly inflamed adenoids to allow the Eustachian tube to drain. Kyan will be getting tubes in both ears in the next couple of weeks. I cant wait. I have been having some very trying times with Kyan these days. He just wont listen to a thing I say. I've gotten to the point were all I do is yell at him. I am going to avoid taking them to appointments together at all costs. At the ENT I was trying to fill out pre-surgery forms and my kids literally went nuts. Kyan was screaming and laughing and making all those loud boy noises while Pie is climbing around, on, over, under just about anything and reaching and grabbing and taking everything Pens, computer mouses, other pt. files, Receptionist phone (while she is on it, you know just pull on the cord!!!). At the same time Kyan is talking to her (she's on the phone with another pt. mind you) Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me.! STOP! Nolan disappeared and after frantically looking for him I found him in the bathroom repeatedly flushing the toilet. After about 10 min of this total chaos I finally told the receptionist, "This is NOT working for me, can I take this paperwork home" The answer was "no" so instead they caged me and my animals in an empty exam room. How humiliating! I need to get a grip on Kyan listening to me, they can sense when they have control and just feed off each other. I think if I get Kyan under control and get him to lead by example, Nolan will just follow calmly in his footsteps.....oh $%I& who am I trying to kid?! Is this year over yet....do kids listen better at 5?
Friday, January 2, 2009
Christmas Adventure....Larson Style
The story starts with our friends Ryan and Katerina. They had a planned month vacation to their mother land Slovakia when the dog sitter bailed on them. "Oh that's OK" my husband says "we can take your 65lb dog over Christmas/ New years and half of January even though we have a 7 hr drive to vacation up north for 2 weeks, we do have a minivan you know"...... OK, so its not so bad because we CAN fit two adults, two kids, two dogs, a cat, 2 weeks luggage for four plus all of Santas gifts to the boys plus gifts for 20 people in our van right? Oh lets not forget about the Orchid we got my mother in law. The tables turn when I'm driving home from work from the Ghetto of Detroit when some tini bopper decides to hit some snow in the median on the freeway sending her car spinning in circles with me slamming on my breaks behind her sliding down the far left lane screaming OOOHHH $H!&. I ended up T-Boning her and now....No more mini van. Don't worry, no body was hurt. So here we are with a major dilemma, how to get home for the holidays? Later the next day after thinking maybe we may just have to spend it at home we get terrible news that Micks Grandpa passed away. Now, we have to go home. Have you ever tried to rent a minivan or SUV on Dec. 23rd? No? Me either and I don't recommend trying. All that was left, a 15 passenger van HAH! Now I know in the past we have been teased for having a mini but I was not about to loose all respect for my young self! We ended up going for plan B...... Cram everybody and everything into our Alero and header home! How does that saying go, Where there's a will there's a way. Here's to you Alero, eye sore car I've been wanting to get rid of for sometime but wont because its nice to have $0 care payments! In the end, we made it home. Our trunk was filled to the max with gifts and one mini hummer suitcase for the boys, my duffel bag below kyan and Mick's below Pie. Thank goodness they don't need leg room yet. One dog in between the boys and one on my lap up front (I knew I gave that dog a bath for a reason) All topped off with a 2.5ft orchid in the middle by the shifter. Mick had no complaints and said the driver seat was actually quite roomy! Funny mick, funny! We all had on our seat belts with the exception of the animals. Oh, and our neighbor watched the cat so he stayed behind. While up north we had fun going out with friends and seeing family we don't get to see that often.. We spent Christmas eve with my side of the family and Christmas day with Micks. The Boys had a blast. Nolan enjoyed opening about 3 gifts then when to daddy for assistance after that. We spent Christmas night with grandma Sullivan so she wouldn't be lonely that night and in the morning on Grandpas bday which falls on the 26th. For the first time we had to talk to Kyan about somebody dying, he did ok but is still talking about grandpa and asking his ever so popular "why" We keep it simple and he is fine with it. Everybody seems to be doing ok and are happy grandpa is no longer in pain. The Sullivans partied hard on Christmas night and that's the was Pat would have wanted it!
Kyan and I got to go sledding at Ludington Park. This is mine and Micks old stomping grounds as kids. We had a blast! It has snowed over 100 inches and 31 days straight in some parts of the Upper Penninsula of Mighigan already this year!!! That leaves a lot to do.... in the snow! Kyan got to go riding on the 6th wheeler and snowmobile at Grandma Debbie's. Mick and I went to a "tacky Christmas sweater party" apparently no body else got the memo, as our luck would have it (I like to believe its micks luck), we were the only ones in costume! There wasn't suppose to be any prizes but Cat Man (the owner of the bar we were at and a great friend) Presented Mick with a TShirt probably bc he felt bad that he went the whole night looking that pathetic, he gave him the shirt as a consolation prize. I changed after about an hour of weird looks and people confusing me for Peg Bundy. Jude, next year lets do it again except maybe we could advertise a few weeks in advance????
The ride home was about the same, packed like sardines. Same amount of gifts, more clothes, less dog food, wider waiste line but this time.....I got the roomy seat wooo wooo!!!! When we got home our smashed van that was parked on the side of the road next to what used to be a lot of snow was now basically parked in the middle of the road, all the snow melded revealing the curb about five feet away from the side of the van.! Ooops! Our neighbors had to beg the cops not to tow it. We just didn't have time to deal with all the insurance stuff and getting it towed before leaving town. What next! Wish me luck on the new car shopping, Im looking into the crossovers, anybody have any suggestions?
Mick and I believe in Karma, we are good people and good things happen to good people right! Im thinking its got to be out turn sooner than later!! We are planning a trip to Europe in August. Please have us in your thoughts at that time so we can have a smooth trip for once. Im telling you now because with our history we are going to need a lot of thoughts!!!! You didn't forget about our trip to Canada did you?
Hope everybody had a wonderfull holiday and a happy New Year!
Good bye 2008 hello 2009. I hope its a lucky one.....
Kyan and I got to go sledding at Ludington Park. This is mine and Micks old stomping grounds as kids. We had a blast! It has snowed over 100 inches and 31 days straight in some parts of the Upper Penninsula of Mighigan already this year!!! That leaves a lot to do.... in the snow! Kyan got to go riding on the 6th wheeler and snowmobile at Grandma Debbie's. Mick and I went to a "tacky Christmas sweater party" apparently no body else got the memo, as our luck would have it (I like to believe its micks luck), we were the only ones in costume! There wasn't suppose to be any prizes but Cat Man (the owner of the bar we were at and a great friend) Presented Mick with a TShirt probably bc he felt bad that he went the whole night looking that pathetic, he gave him the shirt as a consolation prize. I changed after about an hour of weird looks and people confusing me for Peg Bundy. Jude, next year lets do it again except maybe we could advertise a few weeks in advance????
The ride home was about the same, packed like sardines. Same amount of gifts, more clothes, less dog food, wider waiste line but this time.....I got the roomy seat wooo wooo!!!! When we got home our smashed van that was parked on the side of the road next to what used to be a lot of snow was now basically parked in the middle of the road, all the snow melded revealing the curb about five feet away from the side of the van.! Ooops! Our neighbors had to beg the cops not to tow it. We just didn't have time to deal with all the insurance stuff and getting it towed before leaving town. What next! Wish me luck on the new car shopping, Im looking into the crossovers, anybody have any suggestions?
Mick and I believe in Karma, we are good people and good things happen to good people right! Im thinking its got to be out turn sooner than later!! We are planning a trip to Europe in August. Please have us in your thoughts at that time so we can have a smooth trip for once. Im telling you now because with our history we are going to need a lot of thoughts!!!! You didn't forget about our trip to Canada did you?
Hope everybody had a wonderfull holiday and a happy New Year!
Good bye 2008 hello 2009. I hope its a lucky one.....
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