Still Home

Tommy and I are still home bound (someone tell me why I couldn't break my LEFT leg, at least I could drive...not that I can walk anyway!).  So here are a couple pix of the super star of my life.  He's such a fun little guy, he's my buddy and I'm sooooo grateful he came along almost 3 1/2 years ago, or right now, I'd be in a Loony Bin going through this broken leg trial all alone during the day.  He keeps me happy.  We learned the letter D yesterday :)  I've been telling myself and Reed that I'm an amazing women...yes yes, I am.  I broke my leg skim boarding, not every 38 year old mother can do that.  Then, after 10 weeks of no walking, other than driving, I can do everything else, even take the laundry downstairs.  I also potty trained my last child...and I found a job (tutoring French at night).  I. am. so. amazing, I tell ya!

We're a bit early, but those pjs are just too fun to wait for October!

This is when I had a couple of hours to myself and didn't know what to do!!!
Random conversation:
Tommy: "Mom, put this in the trash!
Me: No, I can't walk, you do it!
Tommy: Oh yeah, I CAN walk, look, like this.  You can't walkkkk, ah ah, you cannn't"

Little Stinker!!!

Free 200 prints Kodak

I would usually only put this on my deals blog, but I don't know who reads it besides my husband!  So if you click here and see the 200 free prints, go down, "getting started". Once you add them to your cart, the total is ZERO, you only pay $1.99 for shipping...Kim, that one's for you (only 3,800 to print now).

Da Boyz

Nicky is Reed's son, Tommy is my son, can you tell?  Well, we made them both together, but it's funny to me how one looks more like one of us, while they still look like brothers.  In any case, they're both so stinkin'cute!  It's hard to believe Nicky is gone all day, but it's not hard to feel it in my house! No more crying or fighting...until 4:00 o'clock that is!  Tommy has been such a sweet boy to me.  I was worried I couldn't cope and take care of him alone, with only one working leg.  But he is so good. He plays, watches TV, makes me plastic lunches, plays tigers with me or airplanes or legos or playmobiles...and sometimes he asks if he can go play with the Barbie house (the perks of having girls and boys, they're exposed to all kinds of playing without having to actually buy him a doll and make my husband cringe :).  It's been really hard being home bound, all day.  I miss going places ALONE!  Besides the bathroom, I really can't go anywhere alone.  I wish I had broken my left leg so that I can drive sooner.  I'm not allowed to put my foot down yet, no weight bearing for another 4 to 6 weeks, so even with a left broken leg, I wouldn't drive...but I would sooner than in this case.  I've had a boot for almost two weeks, so I've been able to take it off, bathe, shower and swim.  I sleep without it too, and I am trying to regain the mobility in my ankle.  I can wiggle my toes and draw the abc with my ankle (easy I hear you say, ha, try doing that after not moving it for 4 weeks!), true baby steps.  But the physical part is nothing compared to the mental challenge.  I have good days, but also long boring bad days.  Week-ends are usually good, because there are a lot of people around me.  But the week is long...and then I start counting how many weeks I've done, how many potential more I have left...and down goes my mood!  Okay, enough, today's been a good day so far and I'm keeping it that way, so enough of feeling sorry for myself!  I have a lot to be grateful for, really a lot:
- Reed, serving me and supporting me 100%
- my 5 kids, keeping me busy
- my good strong healthy leg, so muscular I look like a dude
- my sense of humour
- my friends who text me or drop buy or call me
- my scrabble games on my phone
- my parents whom I can call any day
- my knees, not that I can pray on them, but I sure can crawl and get a lot done (as long as it's carpet)
- nail polish, I love taking care of my 10 toes
- Vicodin, no comment
- 2011 and not 1911, where I would have lost my leg...although it wouldn't have been proper for a lady to skim board back then, so maybe I wouldn't have this problem in the first place
- chores, yep, they make you feel useful
- make up, when I put it on, I feel alive
- computers and free prime shipping on Amazon

but I'm mostly grateful to have the knowledge that things will be okay in the end, that I must endure.

"And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions." Mosiah 24: 14 (Book of Mormon, www.lds.org)






- my

La rentree scolaire

It's that time of year already. The time when a small percentage of the population is depressed at the prospect of going back to school - the teachers...but when a big percentage of the rest of the population is rejoicing - the Moms! It's back to school time (la rentree in Francais)

This year, we have a 12th grader (gone way earlier for the picture), a 5th grader, a 4th grader, a Kindergartener and a stay-at-homer

 Nicky told me the most exciting part of the day was riding the bus! This is the kid that used to cry to get on that yellow bus everytime we dropped off his sisters. Now was HIS time, finally!

 We dressed up for the ocasion.



A special sign-in

We had a special evening! It was the day before school started and as promised, the kids got to sign Ol'Purple!  I don't plan on keeping that thing, so here are some pictures to make it memorable!

This one says "ANDY", courtesy of Alex ;)

A dream for Arizona

This is my paren'ts new creation.  I just thought all my Arizonian friends would love to see how some part of the world is so green on its own, without the $138/month for water usage :)

Up and about

Well, no, not really, but I wanted to let you all know that my other blog with the deals is up and running again. Since I'm home bound, might as well look at good deals I can send hubby get :) I just posted a few freebies, including a cute little plush poney for free.  Go check it out and keep it in your favs if you want. http://www.muchesdeal.blogspot.com/

I get my new boot tomorrow, whoop whoop!  I get my stiches out also, not so whoop whoop, more like yikes yikes.  I promise photos of the damage, so you've been warned! It's quite amazing how many things we take for granted in life, like TWO working legs and such!  I went to Target last night, it was not super comfortable, but I'm going crazzy staying on the couch all day, so that was our date.  I used their little electic chair, and I know many of you are soooo jealous of me just for that privilege!!!  I had put my crutches inside the basket, and sure enough, at the first turn down a crowded aisle, I took out a whole row of Littlest Pet Shop, killed them all!

A break in the Summer!

As you saw in the previous posts, we went to California for about 10 days.  We had a great time.  The appartment was old and not super, but look at the location:

From the kitchen, I'd say it's a beach view :)

Our is the little blue one in the back ground, between the two $4 millions beach front.

The BBQ was crap so we bought this fantastic pan, called a grilled cheese pan, but it can be used to grill 4 or 5 hot dogs at the SAME time! That was our 4th of July big meal :)

 We played Volley-ball

We played Football

We went skimboarding

We made new friends

We learned a new sport
And then, then, then, Mom had to learn a new sport

I had to try, it didn't look that dangerous, of course...and then, then, then

It doesn't look that bad, you say...oh yeah, look...

I had the whole "Baywatch" episode going. I fell, the Lifeguard came, called his buddy who came with the truck. I heard my tibia crack, I knew it was not a little ouie! They loaded me on their truck, up to where the ambulance was waiting (next to the two beach houses further up, not a long drive thank goodness!).  From there, up to Newport Beach Hospital.  I was admitted for a couple of days because, frankly, I had nowhere to go. Our beach apartment was just not possible and I was in pain.  Reed drove the kids partly home on the Saturday (I broke it on the Friday, about the last 15 minutes we were going to stay, we had started repacking everything to head home), his parents met him on the way.  He came back, packed the apartment and picked me and Alex who had stayed with my comatose self at the hospital.  The trip home to AZ was a blur, really. I saw the surgeon and had surgery. I'm going to be recovering now, that's all there is left to do.

Some good things about a broken leg:

Only shave one leg.

No gym for a while.

Everyone loves you, you can blame everything you say/do on the drugs.

The TV remote is yours.

You get a temporary handicap parking.

My brother asked Alex:" How's your Mom?"  His answer: "Horizontal"

Newport Beach Temple

Gosh, even the Temple looks on vacation! How beautiful, and the vegetation makes me want to pack my bags and move!

 I had a good idea with the door in the back, but obviously, I had no co-operation from my significant other!



Newport Beach

Our appartment is stinky and nasty. It dates back from 1964, looks like it and smells like it...but we are 50feet from the beach and Newport's beautiful sand.  The kids aren't complaining about a thing! And location really makes for the lack of comfort in the appartment.  On the plus side, we saw a random guy rollerblading while only wearing a Speedo Thong, and that, my friend, is all worth it! (no pix, sorry)