So I wanted to make sure so I went and got one of those digital tests and took it at mom’s house. YAY! This is what I got!

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I miss blogging a LOT. My life is just so full and busy these days that I really don't have much time. This monster of a huge house definitely keeps me grooving, and the kids are also keeping me on my toes. I love it though. I love my kids so much, and I love this house.
Every day I'm with Donnie I love him more. Oh we have our moments where I want to choke him, and I know he has his moments where he wants to choke me. It's like I'm in a fairytale most days. He's affectionate, considerate, sweet, loving, a wonderful father, a wonderful son to his parents, and he's the best husband I could ever DREAM of having. I know that a lot of people were appalled that we got married so fast, but it was the best move I've ever made. We both knew we loved each other, and we both knew that was "it." We were both right, too.
The kids are doing so well. Mark is getting SO tall. He's 6'2" now, and he's weighing around 180. He's so good looking. I'm so proud of him. He's decided he wants to be a nurse, and I wouldn't put it past him to stick to it. Zachary is the funniest thing ever these days. He really cracks me up. He has the personality of oh umm a comedian, and Sissy is a regular clown. She's hysterical, and she's such a GOOD baby. She's the kind of baby that makes you want to have a dozen kids.
We're still cloth diapering, breastfeeding, eating as green as we can, and doing all that crazy hippy shit. I've learned to knit very well, and I'm also sewing a lot of our clothes these days. I am also working from home to make some fun money, and I am putting half of what I make aside to spend at Disney this Fall. Yes! You heard me! I said Disney! We're taking the kids to Disney World this October! I am SO excited! So when we get there I wanna have LOTS to spend so I fully intend on bringing lots of fun money. Anyway... I am working from home doing ChaCha, and so far it's really fun. There are some hysterical questions though. Some people are just WAY bored and have WAY too much time on their hands. I'm also about to start knitting for other people, and I have a line of people wanting to be testers for me so yay for that! Mo money! Mo money! Mo money!
It's not jut about the money though. I definitely have more than enough to do with raising the kids and the house and gardening and the chickens we're getting to raise... it's just I want to bring in money, too. I guess it's the Kiki in me (my mom), but I feel like I want to bring in some money. Donnie never makes me feel like I don't contribute enough, but I just want to. It always feels good to bring in a little money of your own. Also I'd like to have more in the savings. We have a good bit of savings put aside, but I'd really like to have a nice nest egg so that way just in case something awful happens we have a really comfy nest egg and can last for a long time.
Donnie is doing so well with Weight Watchers. He's already lost 30 lbs! He gained weight with me when I got pregnant with Sissy, and when he went to the dr 6 weeks ago his blood pressure was up, his cholesterol was sky high, and his weight was really bad. Well he wanted to lose a total of about 90 lbs, and he's already got 30 lbs down so YAY for Donnie! When he gets to his goal weight we're going to go on a cruise or something fun just for us. I am considering taking him to Colorado or Wyoming to go camping and fishing, but that's really something I'd feel bad about doing without the kids. We'll see... it's not set in stone yet what his prize will be. *hubba hubba*
That's about all that's going on here. I'm about to go to bed early tonight. I'm wiped out. It's been a long day, and I have a lot to get done tomorrow. Nite nite!
Cel 10:48 pm
I’m all like super excited! We bought a cow yesterday! 475 lb calf, and it’ll be picked up Monday and slaughtered on Tuesday. They’re going to call me on Tuesday so I can tell them what size I want my steaks cut, how much stew meat, what kind of cut I want for roasts, and all that good stuff
I’m super excited! My mom is buying a quarter of it, but we’re keeping the rest. If it turns out to be too much then I’ll see if my Aunt Kathie wants some or maybe my friend Heather. My sister can buy her shit from Wal-Mart because she’s acting like a douche lately.
Anyway we went to the stockyard and picked this white calf. There were 3 left from the auction the day before. We missed the auction, but that’s ok because they had exactly what we needed. The biggest one weighed in at 475 lbs which was perfect. It was kinda funny because when we were leaving Zachie said to pick a white one, and the one we picked wound up being white anyway. We got it for 80 cents a pound! That’s CHEAP! The butcher is charging $50 to transport and slaughter the cow, and then 50 cents a pound after that to do the rest. We should get about 250 lbs of meat off that particular calf so we’re looking at around $2.25 a lb after all is said and done! That’s SO much cheaper than in the stores! I paid $12 for a roast the other day! That’s when I decided to just go buy a damn cow and get it butchered. This is awesome! I’m so glad we have a larger freezer ![]()
Also Donnie brought home 2 sacks of freshly picked oysters! He shucked a sack yesterday and a sack today. They were SO good. We froze about 13 pints, and we ate about 4 or 5 dozen raw. LOL They were FABULOUS raw. They were so salty it was almost TOO salty. YUM! I also fried some for supper last night with some fresh catfish, and we had fish and oyster poboys on french bread with lettuce, pickles, cheese, tomatoes, and ketchup. They were so good…. YUM! I can’t wait to get our beef next!
I’m having fun knitting Sissy a new pair of longies. They’re coming out so pretty! I’ll post pics when I have them finished. Hopefully they’ll be done in two or three more days. I don’t have time to sit and knit all day
Ah well…
Grocery shopping tomorrow. Bleck… I’m glad Donnie is coming with me since I want to shop for 2 weeks this time.
Cel 1:17 am
Midnight. Yep. It’s midnight. I’m so obsessed with getting this waistband done that I am knitting at midnight. This is some purdy yarn though so I don’t mind.
I think my a/c is fucked. I’m going to call the repairman on Monday. Thank goodness we got that warranty on the house. Our washing machine broke last month, but it was just the pump so it was just $200 to fix it. Some of my friends were saying, “Oh yay! You get a new washer!” I was NOT saying yay. I ant a new washing machine, but I want to wait a few months to a year or two or three (lol) so I can get a matching front loading set. I don’t want to put it on the credit card, and there are things I want more than new washing machines. The ones I have work wonderfully. I’d rather get more fun furniture like ummm wall hangings, new coffee table, end tables, and a new rug. Yeah… that’s going to be next.
I got my table and 4 of the chairs delivered today. We’re still waiting on the 2 arm chairs. My MIL and FIL gave us a very nice housewarming gift so we bought a new kitchen set with it. I love my IL’s. They are seriously awesome, and I’m not just saying that because they gave us some cash to buy a new dining set with it.
I’ve been having fun lately online again. I’ve finally got NORMAL friends, and it’s NICE. It’s just nice to have a quiet life. My kids are doing well. I am turning into fucking Suzy Homemaker though. LOL I knit. I sew. I even clean. Shudder…. The horror!
We moved Sissy into her own room a few weeks ago. *cry* She was ready. She was waking every 1 1/2 hour to nurse just because I was there. When she spent the night at Mom’s house and slept all night… Yeah… I knew it was time to put her in her own room. Sure enough, we put her in her own room, and she’s sleeping all night now. Just last night she slept from 8 pm to 7:30 pm. I miss having her next to me at night though while Donnie’s offshore. Sleeping alone just sucks.
Donnie’s offshore right now. He comes home Tuesday
I have a surprise planned for him for his first weekend home. My mom is keep Sissy the entire weekend, and Shawn will have both the boys. It will be our first kid free weekend in over a year! Ya know what’s sad? I don’t even want to go out much. I don’t want to do much. I just want to relax, walk the French Quarter, come home, sleep late, I’m NOT cooking, and I’m NOT doing laundry or cleaning (much). I just want to have a nice relaxing weekend, hit New Orleans, maybe hit Baton Rouge to see my cousin’s new house (yay! Go Ashley!), maybe get some sewing and knitting done, and well… that’s about it.
Alright. I’m tired. I’m not even making any sense. I’m going to bed.
Cel 12:50 am















Things have been a madhouse around here lately, and I am so icky lately that I can barely keep up. My brain can barely function, or at least that's what it feels like. I feel like I walk around in a fog all day long. I am exhausted constantly. I will be talking to someone, and I hear the first dozen words they are saying. However, all the words after that feel like they're a foreign language. I can't remember anything, and I am constantly starting new projects that I am entirely unable to finish. It's awful. Worst of all is I feel absolutely lethargic. It sucks big time. I have a dr's appt tomorrow so hopefully we'll start getting to the bottom of this.
The kids are doing beautifully so that's a good thing. I am able to get them taken care of at least. They are all so beautiful. My kids are my stronghold in this world. Donnie is truly the man of my dreams. I never thought I'd have someone so wonderful. I can't wait until I am feeling better so that we can start doing things together again. He is... I don't even know. I can't describe it. I really love him more and more with each passing day.
I am loving knitting and sewing these days. I have made Sissy some new pants, and I am making the boy's pj pants this week. I am going to make Donnie some if I can find some fabric on sale that he likes. I don't see the point of buying fabric that's expensive because then the whole point of sewing clothes is lost. However, I do love the knitting things. Sissy's diaper covers and longies are EXPENSIVE unless I make them myself. I refuse to spend $60 to $100 on a pair of longies when I can just knit them up myself. Wool is NOT cheap! I could alwyas just use PUL diaper covers, but they're not as pretty as her wool pants. I just adore them! It makes it even more fun because a lot of people around me think they're kinda weird looking. LOL I admit it. It makes me want to put her in them even more because people don't like them. LOL Shame on me... blah blah blah. LOL
Anyway... I'm in the process of knitting Markie a cap for when he's outside playing basketball and riding his bike. He's so big now! I can't believe he's 6'2! So going back to watching MASH and knitting in my rocking recliner. ROFL I sound so gramma!
And oh shit! I just remembered... I forgot to put the dadgum bread pudding in the oven for Magoo. Shit! Looks like I'll be up awhile. Le sigh...
Cel 11:27 pm
OMG! We are witnessing HISTORY! I will be able to tell my grandchildren that I witnessed the first non-white president. This is freaking HISTORY! I woke Donnie up and told him, “Obama WON! WE WON! WE WON!” I am so excited. I have the goosebumps. I witnessed history!
I am for change!
Cel 11:48 pm
Anyway... I started this blog this morning when I had time, but of course I got distracted with kids and lunch and more kids and work and lol... you get the idea. Now I'm sitting here listening to Adelle sing "Rainbow Connection" to me, and it's just the cutest thing ever. I put a fake spider on them earlier, and almost scared Bree out of her skin. Sage thought it was real and was about to be coooooooooooooool. Then he realized it was fake, and he was like aw shit. LOL Anyway, Sissy is sleeping for now so I should go get some clothes folded or some knitting done or dinner started or the toys picked up off the living room floor. Ah.... I love my life :) It's so normal. I am so unbelievably happy :)
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