Wordless Wednesday

Not Me Monday!

I absolutely did not go 143 texts over my 200 a month for the month of October and that did not cost us $14.30.

I did not sit on the couch talking on the phone to my mom while my darling husband cleaned the guest room for my dad's arrival.

That was not me doing absolutely nothing Monday night while recovering from company.

I am not freaking about about the fact that my student teaching application is due November 19th but the university can't seem to get the online application system to work. And I am not frustrated beyond belief that the application is only available from 7-5 Monday - Friday and can't be accessed on the weekends. It does not make me really really mad that they can't seem to make the application Mac compatible. And that was not me who later realized that the reason it was not compatible is because I didn't have the correct program on my computer. I would never do something like that!

I was not sitting in my stupid health class, while my professor talked about how much better life was in Colorado, writing my not me Monday!

I have not put off studying for the Praxis until the week before the test, that would be totally irresponsible of me!

Nope, not me!

My Top Tens

What I'm not crazy about

1. Driving after dark in the rain.
   
2. Walking in the rain. I hate being wet!
   
3. Clutter.
   
4. Spit up. Especially the orange I ate too many carrots spit up.
   
5. Being too hot.
   
6. Loading the dishwasher.
   
7. Folding laundry.
   
8. Cleaning the bathroom.
   
9. Changing stinky diapers.
   
10. Homework with vague directions.

Modern Conveniences
I wouldn't want to live without

1. Laptop.
2. Digital camera.
3. Email/internet/blogs
4. Cell phone
   
5. Washer & Dryer
   
6. Dishwasher
   
7. DVR
   
8. Car auto start
   
9. Google maps
   
10. Auto start coffee pot.
    

Things to see & do before I die

1. Visit Ireland.
   
2. Visit the rest of Europe.
   
3. Visit Australia.
   
4. Take the boys to Disney.
   
5. Go to NYC.
   
6. Go to Arlington.
7. Go on a mission trip.
   
8. Get my masters.
   
9. Meet my blog friends.
   
10. Learn to swim.
    

Things I would totally SPLURGE on if funds were unlimited

1. Build our dream house.
2. Personal Trainer
   
3. New cars
   
4. Digital SLR
   
5. A Wii
   
6. A nice long family vacation.
   
7. A nice long vacation with just Dan.
   
8. Pay off my school and Dan's school.
   
9. Someone to cook and clean.
   
10. New TV and video equipment.
    

The BEST feelings

1. Hanging out at home with Dan and the boys.
   
2. Spending good time with great friends.
3. Hugs from Dan
   
4. A hug from Jonathan.
5. God.
   
6. The laughter of my children.
   
7. Hot coffee on a cold day.
8. Financial security.
   
9. The Vandals winning a football game.
   
10. Christmas!
    

I tag anyone that reads this and wants to create their top 10 list. If you do post your top ten I would love it if you left me a comment telling me so I can come check out your Personal Top Tens.

I'm ready

I know its a little early but I am ready to decorate for Christmas. I want to see my home filled with that beautiful glow of Christmas lights. I want to enjoy my tree and the atmosphere it provides. I love Christmas and all the decorations. I have two big certification tests on Saturday and then the Idaho/Boise State Football game but after that I think I want to start decorating. We leave for Portland December 20 and then on to Alaska December 25 and won't be home until January. If I want to enjoy my tree I need it up. Otherwise if we wait until after Thanksgiving we will only be able to enjoy it for 2 weeks before we leave. Now I just need to convince Dan that this is a good idea.

Goin' To the Car Wash

This morning I was looking through pictures of Jonathan from the past 3+ years. I found these and they are just too good not to share. Here's the story...

Just after his 1st birthday someone had the brilliant idea to take Jonathan through the car wash.

Oh look at those chubby cheeks. Couldn't you just eat them up? I could!

Oh this looks interesting. I wonder what is going on?

Whoa! Fascinating. Seriously, what is going on here?

GET ME OUT OF HERE NOW!!! THIS IS SO NOT FUN ANYMORE!!!

Ok, thats better. I am so going to need tharapy for this!

Yeah, in hind sight not our best idea ever but he survived. I don't know that we've been through a car wash again. Yes, the only wash our cars get is the rain!

Asthma

So in July at this 3 year check up Jonathan was diagnosed with chronic asthma. It wasn't anything I was overly surprised about since asthma and nut allergies tend to come hand and hand. The doctor prescibed FloVent, which is an inhaled steroid to try and reduce the swelling in his airways. The medicine worked great but then there we the side effects.

Right after he started the medicine he started having a lot of trouble sleeping. We would go through our normal routine but instead of falling asleep in 15-20 minutes he would fall asleep in 2-3 hours. So we thought maybe cutting down to an hour nap would help. So we dropped the nap to an hour and it would still take him 2-3 hours to fall asleep. So we cut the nap altogether and he was a miserable, grumpy kid (and we were miserable, grumpy parents) and it still took him 2-3 hours to fall asleep. So we went back to an hour nap for our sanity.

Then we realized that since he started the medicine his behavior had really gone downhill. He was extremely aggressive, would have screaming, hitting, kicking, violent fits. It was to the point I thought maybe he had some type of emotional problem.

But after some thought we traced the start of all these problems to the start of the FloVent. So we decided to take a little break from the medicine to see what happened. Within 48 hours he was sleeping again and his behavior was completely back to normal. But then his symptoms came back and he was having difficulty breathing.

So on Monday I went back to the Dr and told him everything and asked if there was something else we could do. He said that FloVent is the only thing approved for kids this young so we need to try it again and see if he does better this time. He said give it some time and see. Well its been 2 days and he is still sleeping fine but his behavior has already started to change. I'm really discouraged. I want him healthy but the behavior side-effects are unbearable. I feel like he is a totally different kid when he's on the medicine. I just don't know what to do...

Wordless Wednesday

Not Me Monday

That was not me who thought it would be a good idea to let the 3-year-old have a big ice cream cone right before church. And after church I most certainly would not let him run from one end of the church to the other over and over again hoping he would run out of energy and eventually crash.

I am not so drained from a weekend of entertaining that I can't think of anything else for not me Monday.

Busy Weekend

Wow, with company in town and a trip to Coeur D'Alene this weekend has just flown by. I haven't even talked to my mom. I know my Dad is coming to town sometime this week but I can't for the life of me remember when. I need to look that up. Other than that there is nothing new here. Perhaps this week? Maybe not!

Pictures from Last Night

Jonathan was a farmer for Halloween. They had farmer dress up day at preschool last week so we just did that again. I saw a really cool pit crew for McQueen costume but I looked all over Pullman and Moscow and couldn't find it in his size. Oh well.

Out fishing. He did this game twice. The first time he got an art set and the second time he got stickers. We forgot to bring a treat bag so we started collecting treats in his hat.

The duck game. He was supposed to get three chances to get matching ducks but its hard to get a 3 year old to grasp that concept so he just kept pulling out ducks until he found a match.

Jason in Grandpa's pumpkin hat. He was really tired so I could not get him to smile at me. He fell asleep soon after.

The best picture from the jumpy castle. He had a lot of fun jumping and falling. Definitely his favorite game.

Playing the pop balloons with a dart game. This was his first throw, which Dan decided to let him try on his own. Notice that Dan is leaning back and looks scared. I would be too. That throw was so low it ended up stuck under the bleachers. Dan tried to help him on the second throw but it ended up too low too. Finally Dan just held him up close to the balloons and he got one popped.

He had a great time. This morning he asked if we could do it again today. Um no!