12): Illness, Books, Family Beds & NFP

By bobbi
July 13, 2012
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I’m Feeling Dauncy – I wasn’t sure if I was going to do QT today since I am a little under the weather. On Wednesday I was up all night with what I thought was food poisoning, even though no one else in the family was really sick and we all basically ate the same thing. Brian said there is a flu bug that is going around and maybe I caught it. I don’t know. I went for my walk this morning and I barely made 1.3 miles. I am still a bit queasy, have a head ache and ache a little. Not really sick but not my normal self either. I double checked my NFP chart…just in case but it is very unlikely. So maybe I do have a bug. Hopefully it is short lived.

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Movie Date… without a date – Brian said I should get out of the house this weekend and just relax and go to the movies or something. (He knows how I love going to the movies.) I used to be phobic about going to places like the movies alone. I always wanted someone with me but ever since I was dying to see the Hunger Games last March, I went to the movies solo for the first time. I kinda loved it. I checked the movies playing at our local theater and all the movies I wanted to see aren’t playing anymore. How is that possible? They barely came out a few weeks ago. Well, I think it came down to either Magic Mike – not gonna happen – or Spiderman. So it may be me and Spidey this weekend.

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Summer Reading – Last year I started reading the book Rachel’s Contrition and although I was enjoying it, I switched over to a Kindle and started reading my books on there. The book was not available as an e-book so it was forgotten on my bookshelf. I found it recently and decided to old-school it and read it in the evenings with a book light. I really enjoyed the story. It is sad but there is a lot of hope and I loved the way St. Therese was helping Rachel to heal and change her way of thinking. I’d find myself during the day thinking, “Remember what St. Therese was saying in that book? You should try having the same attitude, Bobbi.” I have to remind myself like that. I have spiritual ADD.

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Circa: Feb 2010

I’m A Big Boy Now – The reason I have time to read in the evening for 10-15 minutes is because we’ve switched sleeping arrangements for the kids. Bella used to sleep in the same room with Andrew because he would get afraid to be alone at night. John-Paul and Matthew slept in our room. By the time one of our kids is over two years old, we move them out of our room. JP was at the age but we waited until summer to transition him since we anticipated crying, sleepless nights and didn’t want to deal with that on school nights. I am pleased to say that the transition has gone great. After night prayers, teeth brushing, and book reading JP and Andrew are tucked in and ready to knock off. I turn off the light but to ease them into sleep I stay in the room 10 minutes (and read with my book light.) Slowly, the time is decreasing until I kiss them goodnight and just leave.

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WARNING: THIS IS A TMI – NFP TAKE SO SKIP IT IF THAT’S NOT YOUR THING. The other day Brian and I were laughing because when I talked about NFP in a previous post, I mentioned ways to get “in the mood” on green days. I now discovered a top way – transitioning out of the “family bed.” Having a sleeping baby in between you and your husband (literally) can dampen the mood. However, sleeping right next to my husband again has made any “prep time” unnecessary. I’m not saying a family bed is wrong, I am just saying the season after it is really, um, nice. I told Brian it is a good thing we have shared our bed these last twelve years or else we’d probably have 12 kids by now. Which makes me think…that queasiness I have been feeling…am I sure I’m not…no, I still don’t think I am.

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Source: nfpandme.blogspot.com

A Guy’s View – Speaking of NFP, I read two NFP posts this week that I really enjoyed. The first is from Camp Patton: Natural Family Planning: A Husband’s Perspective by Michael Hahn (As in Scott Hahn’s son.) It was nice to get a guy’s perspective of NFP. The second post is from Stephanie at Littles Make the World Go Round. Check out her NFP posts where she tells the story of how she got off the pill and placed her trust and fertility into the hands of God.

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Come, Holy Spirit – And speaking of controversial church teachings like the use of artificial contraception, here is an excellent article from Jen at Conversion Diary called A Conversation with My Gay Friend. To be honest with you, I struggle a great deal with church teaching about this subject but this is one of the best down to earth explanations I have read so far. Thankfully, in our faith journey you don’t have to completely understand (or completely agree with) a church teaching but you can humbly trust in the Church’s wisdom as you try to better understand and accept with both your head and your heart.

That’s it for today. Have a wonderful weekend!!

7 Quick Takes (6/22/12): Kids at Mass, Diets & A Near-Death on the Beach

By bobbi
June 22, 2012
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Hosted by Jen at Conversion Diary.

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Let the Games Begin – I was debating whether or not to do the QT this morning because I don’t have much computer time this morning but then I saw that Jennifer timed herself when she did her QT and kept it under ½ an hour and she actually had real info with intelligent commentary. I am just going to ramble. I can certainly do that in 30 minutes, right? Okay, let’s go. Start time 10:29 AM.

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Let the Children Come to Me…As Wild as They May Be – Did I ever mention that Brian has a new job? He is still in the same department at Pebble Beach but he is a supervisor now. I am so proud of him! The only family adjustment we’ve really had to make is with his new work schedule. Most days are fine but he works the late shift on Friday and has to work Saturdays. I was bummed at first but it has actually worked out well. He does get Sunday and Monday off and Mon is a great day to do our outings places are less crowded than on the weekend.
But is has meant that we change how we attend Mass. For the past few months we have split up going to Mass because JP and Matthew are at that loud and wild stage where they scream their heads off if you make them sit in one place more than 5.2 seconds. One of us would spend Mass in the garden because the yelling really carries at the Mission and there was no separate crying room/baby room/mother’s room. (Whatever they call it these days.) When Brian started working on Saturdays, I told him we should try going to Mass at the church next to his work. They have a mother’s room there and we can meet him after work and attend Mass as a family again. We’ve been going there for the last month and so far it has worked out well. I do like being together as a family again and getting the littlest ones used to being in church.
BTW, in looking online for the above picture of Jesus, I came across timely article for this take: Taming the Wild Child: Getting Your Kid to Behave at Mass.

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Girls’ Day Out – This weekend Bella is excited because we are going to go watch the movie Brave. We are looking forward to our mother-daughter day out! Thanks for watching the boys so we can go, Sweetie!

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A Date with Jack Bauer – A quick look at the time …10:42. Half way done. You know, considering that it is morning, I should have a lot more energy. I think I stayed up too late last night. Now that our regular TV shows are over we are catching up with a few older TV series on Netflix. Right now we are going through 24. How did I never get into this show before? We are half way through season 2, the one with the bomb going to go off in LA. We are on the edge of our seats! Unfortunately Brian has set a one episode a night limit whereas I would rather have a marathon and finish the series in one straight night. We differ in ways like that.

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Pass the Chocolate – I hate to say this when some of you are sweltering in the heat but yesterday it was cold and foggy so we stayed inside and baked instead. (Here on the central coast of CA, we don’t get our warm summer weather until Autumn.) I bravely let the kids made their favorite Banana Bread Muffins. It took twice as long and there was a huge mess afterwards but they loved it. Unfortunately, months back I was out of the blueberries needed for these muffins and substituted with chocolate chips. Since then Brian and the kids beg me to add the chocolate chips again, so I do. As I was watching them stir the batter I was also munching on the chocolate chips straight out of the bag. Then I remembered. Dang it. I am supposed be tracking everything I eat and not popping in food absentmindedly so I can lose my 13.1 pounds. Sigh. So how many calories in a handful of chocolate chips anyway?

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Day 11 of #100 Miles in 100 Days

Well, today is a new day and I have been doing awesome on my diet. Granted I’ve only been awake a few hours… Actually, since Brian works the late shift today I was able to go out walking before the kids were up. This time instead of going on the walking trail by the beach I went down to the water and walked along the shore. Why have I not been doing this more often? It started me thinking about how often we take things for granted. There are so many beautiful and awesome things on our lives that we don’t fully appreciate as often as we should. Whether it is our family, our home, our health, God’s creation, our freedom, our life…sometimes I just need that reminder to stop and thank God for all his blessings and to remember those blessings when negative thoughts or a tendency to complain creeps in.

Well, after this God moment I checked my pedometer and I completed 2.5 miles. That is the longest I’ve walked so far. I was so tired but so happy! I just needed to climb back up the sandy hill to where my car was parked. I forgot how hard it is to climb up a hill of dry sand. I thought I was tired after my walk. Good heavens, I nearly had a heart attack going up that hill. Ironically, on my ipod the song “Heavy in Your Arms” by Florence and the Machine came on. I heard the lyrics “I was a heavy heart to carry, my feet dragged across the ground…” and I thought it was appropriate, seeing as my death was imminent. I thought for sure I would die right there and one of the many Carmel dogs on the beach would find me and alert their master of the dead body in the sand. Frankly, it is a miracle I survived the morning.

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Okay, ending time is 11:12. Hey, not bad. I went a little over but I had stop a few times to get Matthew off the kitchen table, change a stinky diaper, get Matthew off the coffee table, wipe a dirty behind, get Matthew off a side table, clean a spill on the floor, and get Matthew out of my kitchen drawer. Sigh.

Have a great weekend!

PS – And to be completely honest, I didn’t count the extra time it took me afterwards to correct the typos and add the pics!

7 Quick Takes (6/15/12): Motherhood, Sherlock, NFNS, & My Inner Nerd

By bobbi
June 15, 2012
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Hosted by Jen at Conversion Diary.

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Mother/Daughter Bonding – This week is we officially began our summer vacation. Bella was out of school last Friday but the boys last day at preschool was Wednesday. That gave Bella and I a couple days to have fun ourselves. It was sweet to have some alone time with her and talk and laugh together. There are so many things about her that I love. I told her I wish a knew her when I was a little kid because she would have been my best friend. She loved the idea of a little mini-me running around as a kid. It made me think of my own relationship with my mom and how we’re mother and daughter but also friends now. I look forward to that kind of future relationship with Bella. I told her that when she gets married I hope she lives close by because I want to be able to see her and babysit my grandchildren! She told me not to worry, she will. I’m relishing this time when she still loves to be around me and doesn’t buck at everything I tell her. That will come far too soon.

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Still My Baby Boy – On Friday it was Andrew’s 5th birthday, as seen in this week’s {p, h, f, r}. I was reading through my old pregnancy journal and was reliving the joy and fear of being pregnant again. It took us a year to conceive Bella and after that I had a hard time conceiving and maintaining a pregnancy. It took four years of trying and two miscarriages, until we finally got our little Andrew. Since I already posted my pregnancy journal for Bella, I am typing out some of the entries of Andrew’s, along with his birth story. I’ll hopefully have it ready to post in a day or two.

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I Am Sher-Locked – With summer vacation here I have been able to stay up late and catch up on my Google reader, emails, and DVR-ed shows. (Brian is a morning bird but I am a night owl!) I have FINALLY cleared out a number of season finales from last month, including some favorites: Once Upon A Time – So now that the curse has been broken, can the residents leave? Do they live their storybook lives or their alter egos? Will Regina be worse than ever now that magic is back? Will Pinocchio turn back into August? Fun! 😉 // Grimm – Will Nick be able to save Juliette? Will the beloved Monroe find a kindred spirit in Rosalee? // Masterpiece Mystery: Sherlock – Brian and I love the Sherlock series and I am going through withdrawl that is just about equal to my Downton Abbey withdrawl. How did Sherlock survive? Did the garage truck play a part? Was Watson knocked down by the bicyclist on purpose? Was the hung dummy at the beginning a clue? Is Moriarty actually dead? So may questions to be answered. I love it!
In the meantime, I have been waiting for the season finale of The Killing ( Do you really think Jamie did it?) and enjoying this season of The Next Food Network Star. Have you been watching? Who is your favorite? When it first started I didn’t have one team that I liked more than the others but I definitely had favorites. My favorite from Alton’s team is also my top pick – Emily. I love her 50’s vibe and retro rad concept. She is still my favorite but last week she was a little annoying. I think they explained it perfectly when they said they wanted her to be authentically quirky and not just a character. My favorite from Giada’s team is Ippy. I like his cool laid back style but I’m not sure if he could take it all the way. I also liked Martita a lot and her Spanish flair but it seems like FN already had the Mexican food niche filled. There is also something about Yvan that I like, and although I don’t think he’d win, I hope he sticks around longer. My favorite on Bobby’s team is Michelle, even though she is a little too Ann Burrell for Brian’s taste.

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Summer Reading – During the summer I also have extra time to read. I have two books I am starting this week. The first is Beyond the Birds and the Bees by Gregory Popcak. The second is Maggie Come Lately (The Pathway Collection #1) by Michelle Buckman. I have been enjoying her book Rachel’s Contrition and came across an old interview she did with The National Catholic Register and wanted to read some of her earlier works. I’ll let you know what I think.

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Hanging with the Cool Kids – This morning I got an email from my sister telling me that a favorite mom blogger (and photographer extraordinaire) at Colleen’s Green Grass mentioned me in her Quick Takes. She says:

A new favorite blog. You must go check out Bobbi’s Revolution of Love blog if you have not already. This sweet mom of four has been blogging for 9(!) years and I just love her style. She’s smart, funny, honest and inspiring and she blogs about movies, organizing, parenting, books… so many of the things that I love.

Major blush! Thank you, Colleen! You are such a sweetheart. You know, I may sound vain or weird saying this but it has been a pleasing week in blogdom because last week the rock star of blogging (and today’s host) Jennifer Fulwiler “liked” one of my instagram photos and I felt like a tween at a Justin Bieber concert. Then the queen of Sweetness and Style Hallie Lord commented on another instagram photo and said she grew up close to where I live now and that the next time she visits family we should try to get together. Happy dance. Then Colleen says such kind things about me. Wow.
Do you remember the movie My Big, Fat Greek Wedding and the scene where Toula fixes herself up and goes back to college and instead of sitting at the lunch table alone, she goes to sit with the pretty, popular girls at their table? That’s what I feel like. Like I am hitting my blogging stride (it only took nine stinkin years) and now I was invited to sit at the table with the fun, pretty, popular girls. I know, I know. I need to get out more. Sigh.

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Chipmunk Cheeks – Now before you start thinking that I am getting a big head or anything, don’t worry. God likes to keep me humble. I did get out the other day and went to Costco. (I’m getting wild in my old age.) As we were leaving, the friendly door man checked our cart and looked at me and then looked at Matthew. He told Matthew, “You’re a happy little guy! And I can see where you get your cheeks from!” Um, thanks…wait. What are you trying to say??

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Mom, The Security Blanket – Speaking of cheeks, all the kids have had a little security soothing habit that entailed me. Instead of sucking their thumb or rubbing their security blanket, they required me. Bella used to sit on my lap and rub my cheeks over and over and over again. Andrew used to sit next to me and rub my upper arm over and over and over again. John-Paul loves to sit next to me on the couch or behind me on a chair and rub my lips over and over and over. So far Matthew hasn’t had any weird quirks unless you count the number of times he likes to lay on top of my feet as I am cooking and he will occasionally bite my toe. I hope it is because of his teething and he isn’t going to have any weird foot fetish or desire to act like a dog. Hmm, maybe I better stop patting him on the head and saying “good boy” when he does something right.
Oh, well. That’s it for my time and to prove this take #7 I leave you with a photo of JP sitting behind me while I am typing. I wish I was more like the fresh-faced mother with her sewing basket as pictured above. Instead you have me, washed out and sweaty from my walk, typing away on the computer with my little monkey on my back. I love that little guy and his cute smile!

Have a great weekend and Happy Father’s Day to all the Papas out there, especially my own daddy and the daddy of my children. Love you both!!

7 Quick Takes (5/25/12): Lice, A Pet Dies & Putting Life in Perspective

By bobbi
May 25, 2012
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Hosted by Jen at Conversion Diary.

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Lice Patrol – It has been a crazy, busy week here and a certain event made it even crazier. That is why I haven’t posted anything for days. I was going to skip today as well but I seriously need a little break to just relax and write. The first item of news is that we’ve been bitten by the lice bug. Just typing that is grossing me out and making my head itch.
On Wednesday evening we got an email from our school saying that we may have been exposed to someone with lice, so check our kids. I checked Bella and she had some white flakes in her hair and I thought perhaps it was just a bit of dandruff or dried hair product. I told her to take her shower and wash her hair then I’ll recheck. Meanwhile, I go online and look up more info on exactly what lice and nits look like. Then I hear Bella call me from the bathroom. She said her hair was itching and when she scratched she found this thing in her hair. There it was. The tiny, sesame seed sized lice. Nooooo!!!!! I then check the boys. Andrew and John-Paul are infected too. An even bigger Noooooooooooooo!!!!

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I Can Do This – I sigh. ~~Then I freak out.~~ Then I calmly told myself, “Okay, I can handle this. It’s not the end of the world.” I texted Brian, who was at a late meeting, and asked him to stop at the store and buy some lice treatment when he was done. In the meantime, I thought about how I needed to wash all the sheets and bedding. As God’s providence may have it, the night before we had one kid with a bloody nose that soiled the sheets and two kids with potty accidents (including in my bed) so I had already stripped everyone’s beds and washed all the sheets and blankets, including my own. (I was never so happy someone peed in my bed!)

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The Battle Begins – Finally, Brian came back from his meeting by 7:30 PM with the stuff I needed. I started with the boys. By 11:00 PM I had them treated, bathed and put to bed. Bella said she was still wide awake and it wasn’t too late to start her treatment. Brian went to bed and at 11:30 PM Bella and I started the countdown. Four stinkin hours later, we were finally done. (I think we watched the whole second season of Good Luck, Charlie.) I dragged myself to bed at 4:00 AM and was able to sleep 2 hours and 50 minutes until the Matthew was jumping on my head, ready for breakfast. Yep, it was going to be a loooooong day.

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I’ve Still Got the Heebie-Jeebies – Two days later, things are looking much better. I am still washing the last of random throw pillows and stuffed animals and checking the kids’ heads obsessively but it seems like we are nearing the end. Although, all this lice stuff has me paranoid. If I see the kids scratching, I run over to check their heads. I ask Brian over and over to look through my hair and make sure nothing is there because I could swear I feel little critters running around my scalp. He checks and finds nothing. It doesn’t help that I’m a bit of a hypochondriac and I think it is rubbing off on the kids because they’ll run over to me saying, “My head itches here, Mama!” I inspect and double check until I find a bit of dry scalp. We then cheer and do a happy dance in honor of finding a speck of dandruff and not a bug.

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Good bye, Dear Francis – All this lice drama overshadowed another sad event that took place earlier this week. We lost Bella’s pet fish Francis. I knew his end was near because his coloring was changing and he wasn’t eating well. After I told Bella and she had her cry, she told me that a weird thing happened. When she had her first fish Blueberry, she had a dream that she died. The next day, she did die. Earlier this week, she had a dream that Francis died. The next day, he did die. Creepy. I told her that if she has a dream that I die, do not tell me. On second thought, do tell me so I can say my goodbyes.

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Putting Life in Perspective – This morning I was thinking about the crazy week we had and the inconveniences we were going through. The Holy Spirit kept whispering that word in my heart. “Inconveniences.” That’s all this really is. In the grand scheme of things, at worse it is a bit of a hassle. At best it is a funny blog post and a lesson learned. Then I couldn’t stop thinking about a local mom that used to have her daughter in the kids’ preschool. Her daughter is now 8 and she has a baby boy who is 1 ½. This mom was just diagnosed with extremely advanced colon cancer and only given a couple weeks to live, perhaps longer with treatment. I couldn’t believe it. My heart breaks for her and her family. All my little trials are nothing… nothing… compared to the cross this mom is carrying.

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Join in Prayer – So join me and the next time you are about to lose it or complain about something, stop and thank God that you have such a little cross to carry in comparison to others. And please say a prayer for Kimberly and her family. Although I haven’t met this mom personally (my friends know her) I feel like I need to do something for her. I’ll see if I can cook a meal for the family or something but I know I can at least pray. I thought I could send her a spiritual bouquet of prayers. If you’d like to add your prayers for this fellow mom, just leave a comment or email me at rol@revolutionoflove.com by May 31and I’ll make up a card for her and send it.
That’s it for today. Have a wonderful weekend!!

7 Quick Takes (5/11/12): Mothers’ Day, Contest Winner, & Entertainment

By bobbi
May 11, 2012
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This week, hosted by Hallie at Betty Beguiles.com.

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Good morning! Matthew just fell asleep and the boys are watching Cars 2 and re-enacting scenes from the movie so I have a small window to write before I have to tackle a long list of To Do’s so let’s get going!

I’ll Have A Scoop of Chocolate with Nuts – Remember the car accident I was in a few weeks ago? The lady involved has gone above and beyond to make sure we get our car fixed and that she covers any expenses we incur. She even offered to pay for a babysitter to watch the kids while I have to get the car fixed etc. Thankfully the damage was minimal and the only inconvenience was being without our minivan for 5 days and having to squeeze three car seats in the back seat of the rental, but we survived. Yesterday I got a letter from the lady with a check to cover some last expenses that her insurance didn’t cover. She also enclosed a $50 gift card for Cold Stone Ice Cream for the kids (I assume to ease their emotional distress.) How sweet is that? So thanks, Ms. X! If I had to get hit from behind in the rain, I’m glad it was you. LOL. 🙂

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Toonton Abbey – Yesterday I had to go through my DVR and deleted a bunch of stuff since we were almost full. Even the kids had to go and trim their saved items. For Bella it would be Good Luck Charlie and Austin & Allie, although I let her keep Radio Rebel. For Andrew it’s Team Umi Zoomi and the Octonauts (did I spell those right?) and for JP it is Pocoyo and Max & Ruby. Last night Brian and I only had 45 minutes to watch TV so we caught up with The Middle and Modern Family. My two favorite lines of Modern Family were both by Mitchell. First: “Everybody’s looking at us. I haven’t been judged by this many people since I forgot my canvas bags at Whole Foods.” Hahaha!! The Second: “Okay, it’s Toontown, not Toonton. You’ve been watching too much PBS.” This was funny since I used to think Downton Abbey was Downtown Abbey when it first aired. LOL.

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Next on the Reading List – I saw a post on Catholic Mom.com last month about a new book called Lessons in the Journey by Patrick Dawson. Despite the fact that Hallie is suspicious of books about women written by a man, I’m going to give it a try since the Kindle edition is only $2.99. I’ll let you know how it goes.

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What Kind of Nap Was That? – Unfortunately, Matthew just woke up but he only slept for 15 minutes. I think he has a tooth coming out because he is drooling again like crazy. I picked him up and he fell back asleep in my arms so I’ll just hold him for now. But if you see more typos than usual, forgive me since I’m typing with one hand.

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Put to the Test – As I am sitting here I can see that some guys from the C.A. Wastewater District have arrived at our house. They stopped by yesterday to let us know that the neighbor below us (we love on an inclined street) believes that water from our drainage system is leaking into her yard. They said they’d come by tomorrow to test it out and see if there is a fault in our drainage. I certainly hope not. They are running the tests now so we’ll find out one way or another shortly. Oh, wait! The guy’s knocking… Okay, that was timely. He said everything looked fine and the overflow of water is not coming from our house. Phew. (And thanks to the burly teddy bear of a guy for whispering so he wouldn’t wake the sleeping baby in my arms. 🙂

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Mama’s Day & Gift – Do you have any special plans for Mother’s Day? I want to do something outdoors so I was thinking either the beach or Point Lobos but if the weather is too cold and windy (since we have runny noses in the house right now) we may stick to a walk where it is a little warmer and maybe pack a picnic lunch as well.
As for a Mother’s Day gift, I just ordered it this morning. (Brian can take a cue from Fred Mertz: ‘What did I give you?.. (cough)… I mean, how do you like what I gave you?”) I have been working on putting together a home management binder but it is taking me forever to first, find the time to work on it and second, figure out what to put in it and third, create the spreadsheets on my computer. I finally gave up and went to my favorite organizing girl Jen at i heart organizing and ordered her Personalized Household Binder “Everything” Printable Kit. I have already used Jen’s printables before (as seen in Operation Clean & Organize) and they are perfect for what I need. I mentioned with my order that this was a mother’s day gift so she rush ordered it and I have the order completed already! I’m so excited. I’ll post about it later!

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And the Winner Is… – Okay, the last take is the moment you have all been waiting for! The winner of the RoL Birthday contest! We put all the names in a hat and Andrew did the honors. (He even closed his eyes.)

He picked …..

Congratulations to Laura S. of MS! Your RoL care package will be on it’s way soon.
Now, I must say that John-Paul was upset that he was not able to pick out a winner so I told him that I’d let him choose a name and that person would get a smaller RoL care package. So he picked his name…

And the winner is…

LOL! He picked his own aunt, my beloved sis EML. So a smaller care package is on your way too!
That’s it for today. Thanks for all who entered! Have a wonderful weekend!!