Well, I guess I fell short of my weekly goal. Only by two days though…..
Monday, April 14 was a low key school/chore day. It’s nice to have those every once in a while!!
Tuesday, April 15, was low key for us, in the morning anyway! At 3pm 3 friends showed up; Camille, Li-Li and Louise. We had planned on making egg rolls and fried rice together and then having dinner since our spouses come home late anyway. We made some pot stickers first from some filling that had already been made. That kept the 13 kids happy till it was time for the real dinner. We cooked and talked and laughed and had a great time. We were feeding kids by 6. My neighbor and her two kids ended up coming over too. That was fun. So in the end we made 2 HUGE batches of fried rice and 150 egg rolls. We fed 9 adults and 15 kids. We even had enough left overs for my family to have dinner the next night and Camille’s family to have dinner the next night too. The fried rice was gone. It was a VERY fun evening, but I was wiped out!! I just can’t do things like that any more! I’ll have to wait till I get this extra body out of me first. Jaime had activity days and went to that at 7pm. They are learning how to paint. When she brings home the finished product, I’ll have to take a picture and post it. I crashed as soon as Jaime got home.
Wednesday, April 16, we went to P.E. At 10:30 and then came home and I crashed. I still needed some recovery time from the day before!! After chores and dinner I went to bed early. Unfortunately I woke up in the middle of the night with an AWFUL tooth pain. I couldn’t tell the exact location of the ache but I spent two hours in the middle of the night praying and willing the pain to go away so I could get some sleep. Finally I remembered that we had baby orajel in the medicine cabinet and smeard that all over my gums and teeth. I was pretty numb but I was able to relax enough to sleep the rest of the night.
Thursday morning, the pain seemed to have subsided. Then I ate breakfast, bad idea!! We needed to go to Jaime’s piano and I needed to brush my teeth. I was VERY afraid to, but it didn’t hurt at all. Weird! Anyway, by the afternoon I decided I should call the dentist. I don’t like dentists. This has just come about since I’ve become an adult. The last few dentist experiences I’ve had were awful and I just decided I didn’t want to repeat them. So this was my first dentist visit in 6 years. I ended up going to a dentist that is in our ward. His office is just a mile from our house and so it seemed the convenient Scott goes to him all the time and loves it so I thought I’d try it out. I assumed he was going to check out my teeth, tell me they are just sensitive because I’m pregnant and send me on my way (after all, I have been blessed with amazingly healthy teeth). So I called the office and they told me I could come in Friday at 7:20 am. I made the appointment, arranged for a babysitter and didn’t eat or drink the rest of the day!!
Friday morning, April 18, started out EARLY. I got up and showered before 7. Scott had taken the day off since it was his one year anniversary since being hit by the car. He had been planning a fishing trip for months so he was up and and gone by 7. I had the kids in the car and to the babysitter by 7:10 and at my appointment in time. As I sat waiting for Dr. Hansen, I realized how relaxing it was to sit in that chair in quietness and read a magazine. When Matt came in he did some touching and tapping “tests†on my teeth, none of which hurt at all. Then he blew some air on my teeth, now that HURT!! He decided to do a few x-rays and said it would be safe even though I was pregnant. Well, I guess it was more than sensitive teeth, I needed a root canal! I’ve had 2 cavities my whole life and here I am 30 and getting a root canal…..no wonder I’ve been dreading the 30’s!! Whatever, I needed it, it would take me out of pain, I could eat and drink again, it was worth it. He said he could only do a little bit that day and then I’d have to come back because the whole process takes about 2 hours. So he numbed me up and a few minutes later started drilling. It was actually quite relaxing and at one point he asked me if I had fallen asleep. He ended up being able to finish the whole root canal because his next patient was late showing up. He filled the tooth with a temporary patch until I could come back and he could finish the job right. I felt good and was out of the office by 9:30. Full day already if you ask me! When I got back to pick up the kids, the babysitter, Carrie, asked how things went. I told her I had a root canal. She winced in pain and asked if I was alright. I said I felt great. She said ‘wait till the numby stuff wears off!!’. I went home less than optimistic but felt great none the less. I could drink!! Scott got home about 11 and we decided to go out to eat as a family. That was fun. Then we put the kids down for naps. At 3:30 I took the girls with me and we went to the park to meet our friends (Milo was still asleep). He broke poor Toby’s heart. Toby had been waiting for Milo and then we didn’t even bring him. Much to Toby’s relief Milo showed up about an hour later with Scott. At 5:15 we all left for Milo’s sports class. Scott really enjoyed being there with Milo and Milo loved his “cheering†section. The girls are so good with him. They cheer him on and give him hi five’s. He is a lucky boy to have such great sisters. We rushed home and I made a quick spaghetti bake and then kissed the family good bye as I headed off to a “girl†party. Grace Bennett arranged for all the ladies who were interested to come and eat and chat and get a hair cut from a licensed hair stylist for a super cheep price. I was not in the mood for a hair cut, but it was fun to go. Besides the Bennett girls (mom and 3 sisters) I was the only other one there. But it was SUPER fun!! We had a great time watching them all get their hair cut and eating super yummy food that was super healthy for us and just chatting! I got home about midnight and was pretty tired!
Saturday was an early morning. We were assigned to clean the church. So from 8-9:30 we did that. Carrie was there too and asked about my tooth. I told her it felt marvelous and I haven’t felt an ounce of pain since before the procedure. She just laughed and said I must have a high tolerance of pain. Whatever the reason, I love root canals and am no longer ashamed I had to have one. It feels so much better and I’m glad that the pain is gone!! When we got home we started right into chores. We really wanted to get our garage cleaned and organized We still had 5 boxes out there that had never been unpacked. Now we only have 2!! We worked all morning cleaning, had lunch and put the little ones to bed and then cleaned a little more. We got 2 out of the 4 squares done in the garage. But it is SO much nicer now! About 3 we divided and conquered. I went to the store with Milo and Afton and Scott with to the library with Niah, Alix and Jaime. Jaime needs to do a report for school so she needed to go do some research and check out some books. We were suppose to go to an Elder’s quorum party that night, but were just too tired to get everyone ready to go. It would have been more energy to do that, than to just have our own little bbq here at home. So that’s what we did. We had hamburgers and hot dogs and chips. It was easy and yummy. Jaime made lemonade and cool aid Popsicles After dinner we went out in the backyard and played games for an hour. We played a tag game called octopus, a frisby game called 500, basketball, soccer and clean the backyard. It was VERY fun. We came in and had Popsicles and then baths and then bed. The kids were all in bed and happy by 7:30pm, much earlier than if we had gone to the Elder’s quorum party!! Scott and I retired to the bedroom and watch Enchanted. Not to offend anyone, but I did not like that movie. There were a couple of cute parts, but for the most part it was a typical Disney movie……scary, bad ending, and everyone lives happily ever after.
Sunday was church and then I went V.T.’ing the rest of the afternoon. I got home in enough time to put some dinner on the table and for us to eat. We have been doing a bbq every Sunday. We have been doing roasts or ribs, whatever is in the freezer or on sale. On Thursday night I took out a roast. On Sunday afternoon when Scott went to get the roast from the refrigerator it wasn’t there. No big deal, but how did it get back into the freezer. Scott and I racked our brains for a good 5 minutes and then Jaime walks in and asks what’s wrong. We told her the dilemma and she matter of factly told us that she had put it back in the freezer the day before so she would have room for her lemonade! We had to laugh. So, no roast for dinner. That was ok though, we had a good dinner anyway. About 6, two young women showed up to watch our kids so that we could go to a money management fireside. It was a great meeting and we came away with some new insights and new resolutions to be better about saving money and being frugal. We came home to a happy house that had been picked up (I love those kind of babysitters). We got the kids to bed a little late, but that was ok, the fireside was worth it.
Monday, April 21 was an easy school/chore day.
Today was yet another easy school/chore day. I was suppose to have a primary meeting this afternoon but that got canceled I took a nap instead. The kids like it when I nap because they get to have free time. They can do what they want as long as they don’t wake me or any others in the house who are sleeping. They did great today and I’m grateful for their ability to stay quiet while people are sleeping. Jaime had activity days again tonight. She finished her painting and it looks quite good. I’ll have to take a picture tomorrow and post it.
Earlier last week the kids and I were up talking about something and it came out that if they did that particular thing it was against the law. They asked if they would be taken to jail. I said no that mom and dad would be taken to jail. Then, to see which option would be better, asked who would take care of them. Their first choice was Joey and Gayle because they could watch as much T.V. as they wanted and drink soda. When I told them it had to be a family member, Uncle Steve was the choice. Why?? So they could go boating whenever they wanted too. And besides, Uncle Steve is pretty funny!! They assured me that Uncle Steve would take them to Joey and Gayle’s for the annual camping trip and then to Utah for their annual road trip.
Anyway, while the older kids and I were having this conversation I realized that Niah was not with us. We went downstairs to find her and we didn’t find her, at first. But boy did we find her trail. She had gotten herself a bottle of red finger nail polish and had painted her path out the door. She painted a bar stool, a rocking chair, the sliding glass door, our clothes hanger, the shed, the boat, the play house….. I keep finding red all over the place, even today! Oh ya, and herself!!! We were able to clean off all the stuff in the house. I didn’t even worry about the outside stuff. Guess that’s what happens; the more kids you have the harder it is to keep track of them all!!
Guess that is our life in a novel….. The rest of this weeks looks very busy according to the calendar. We shall see what actually gets eliminated. Much love to all. Have a great rest of the week.
I think you are HILARIOUS! You love root canals…you should be on a commercial for “Dr.” Hansen! I can just see it now “He’s so gentle I fell asleep having a root canal done!”
Happy anniversary to Scott…did he finally catch any fish??
Next time you make egg rolls and fried rice you’ll have to send some to me. That sounds SO yummy.