Snow!

It is snowing! How fun! I wish it would stick.

Took Jake to his pediatrician this morning and asked about getting tubes again. The doc wasn't exactly for it, but I think I will do it anyway. My poor boy is getting a really bad ear infection at least every other month and it almost always perforates his eardrum. I hate having him hurt so bad, plus it affects his hearing.

On my last post, when I was complaining about my rotten week, I forgot to mention that our outside fridge/freezer went out and we lost probably about $200 worth of food. I was so upset. That was my extra for when we don't have enough money, plus I had several pounds of ground beef in there. I swear, life is getting more and more complicated! Going down to only one fridge when you are used to having two is interesting! Ours is jam packed full now. Makes it seem like we have more than we really do.

I am trying to be better about cooking at home and using leftovers. We haven't been doing so great lately. Last night I made the homemade potato soup and it was so nice! Jake had 2 bowls of it, Rachie ate three helpings! I also made the jello pretzel salad, so we had a nummy dessert. Haven't decided what I am making for tonight. Might be something with some chicken or maybe just mac and cheese. I am feeling lazy!

Steve is going on another campout with the scouts this weekend. He is always grumping at me when I want to go somewhere and scrapbook or something, but then he goes off with the scouts once a month. I know it is different, he goes as a scout leader, but I still feel like he is just being difficult. I really need to get out of the house sometimes. After being in here all day long, I have got to get out once in a while. He feels the opposite because he is gone at work so much. I wish he could understand how I feel sometimes.

Since the kids have Monday off of school, we are going to go over to my mom's house and while they play, Mom and I are gonna work on Rachie's bedding for her new bed. I am excited! It will be so darn cute! Saturday, Steve and I were planning on finishing up replacing the light switches and then cleaning out the garage and possibly taking the broken fridge over to the dump. Now that he will be gone, who knows when that will get done??? I hate the condition of the house. I can never get ahead because I am always following them around, cleaning up what they are messing up this time. I would love to have time to do something fun for me, like work on my scrapbooks or practice making my hair bows. But if I do that, I am neglecting something else that needs done. I am so close to just boxing all our stuff up and taking it to Goodwill and starting over. Wouldn't that be nice? Someday I hope to have some time for just me, without feeling guilty!