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Well, let's see. This has been a crazy week. Luke had games: Monday, Wed., Thurs. and one tomorrow, then maybe Saturday. He practices each Sunday... basketball, we're lovin' it..
Gage has had a rough week. I actually stayed home with him on Wednesday because he screamed all night. Today was our visit with the ENT. She was pretty shocked that we hadn't been to one sooner with all his problems. His ears are still infected and we just got off one of the strongest antibiotics. He also has yeast infections in his mouth, they are open sores...so we are on antibiotics until his surgery (tubes and adenoids sp?) on Dec. 8th and I have to rub this stuff for the yeast around his mouth 4 times a day and he has to eat lots of yogurt... Poor little guy. I just want him to feel better soon.
Other than that, there isn't time for much. I am certainly missing my husband and I am ready for him to come home... Anyway, I have 5 Christmas presents purchased... I don't know what else I am buying... my little darling Luke has such expensive taste, I don't know where that comes from... he wants an ipod touch, they are only 297 bucks mom... and the bat I promised him for his birthday was 495 bucks when I went to get one today... needless to say we have some other people looking at some pricing options... he is going to send me to the poor house!!!
Oh well, hope you all have a happy thanksgiving.. peace and love
JB

hey..

Hey everyone... I am realizing that it has been forever since I last blogged. I really haven't had much to say. Wow, I know you are all in shock about that one!! LOL.
Gage has been sick again. It sucks, but hopefully we will get tubes later this month, we have a consultation appointment on Nov. 21. He got a big bed this past weekend and actually slept in it twice. It is really more of an adjustment for me than him...
Luke had his first ballgame last night. He got to play a bit. He had rolled his ankle, so he didn't play as much as he probably or hopefully normally will.
My life has been hectic. I am just going here and there with the kids. I registered for two classes next semester. I would like to take three, but I don't want to push my limit. Kinda feeling a little blah at work, ready for a break I think.
Other than that, I am just a blah person... Ready for B to come home for his pass. Oh well, hope you are all doing well. Peace and Love, JB

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Luke thought I should show the one of how the night ended... he wanted to talk to Luke through his window... don't ask... this is when he acts like his daddy... just kidding.. JB

Happy Halloween!!!!

Happy Halloween everyone! This was a fun one... kinda. Gage didn't want to trick or treat so I had to get Luke to take him to the first house.. he wanted to stay and shoot baskets with Luke... Then he finally got into the groove. It wasn't until I looked at the pics that I realized I forgot to put his collar on him... He was a Saint Bernard... He was sooo cute...

Today was wild at work, as you can only imagine. We gave the kids lots of sugar... Luke stayed home tonite to help with the trick or treat kids but there were actually not too many of them.

Oh well, we have a lazy weekend planned so I will write more later. I hope everyone had a great week. JB

can I be tired?????????????

Let's see, we did end up camping out this year. I wasn't sure it was going to happen... Then we went to mom and dad's and the boys wanted to camp. The picture above is the morning after breakfast. Let's just say they have a big time. This year it was an airsoft war and we really didn't see the boys much except when they were eating... For those of you who don't know, we camp at the State Park by mom and dad's house each year. They have the whole park to themselves... it is very nice and easy. I couldn't resist putting up the pic of Gage chillin in his Razorback hoodie. He just liked watching the other guys...

Luke had a good birthday. We went to Shoguns tonite with the family. They made him stand up and they sang and he was embarrassed. I liked it... He is getting so old!!!

I am really worn out, I don't know why, but I feel like I have been hit by a TRUCK... I am starting my diet AGAIN today.. got my nails "did" and I wish I could get a personal trainer, but Bryan said I just need to exercise... I want a trainer to MAKE me exercise... HMMMM>>>>

Anyway, Gage has his ear appointment tomorrow. We find out about the tubes... I am hopeful that we can get the little man well.

Oh well, I am sure I will think of lots more to post after I finish this, but I am brain dead tonite. I hope everyone has a great week!!! JB

Let's see...

I had a busy weekend for a change.... spent Saturday going, going, going... we went to breakfast, went to Target, then came home got cleaned up and went to a friend of Shannon's for a pumpkin carving girls day...(Gage went with me, Luke didn't want to!) then we left there to head to Gage's fall festival at daycare and got home around 7:45ish... Fun! We were worn out, but still made it to Church and Sunday School by 8:30 on Sunday morning...I am proud... two weeks in a row!! Spent the rest of Sunday napping and just straightening around the house...
This has been a rough week.... I spent Monday afternoon yelling at Customer Service Reps for credit card companies... not a fact that I am extremely proud of but I think there should be some requirements of these people... a. they should speak plain english, not mis spoken english, broken english or accented english... Just good plain clear concise english... b. they should be friendly and acknowledge when you are trying to pay the bill, not give you the run around.... c. they should know the difference between power of attorney and a 15 year old boy..... I could go into the long story of my Monday but let's just say I will NEVER use a CAPITAL ONE visa again and I think that they are RIDICULOUS because they won't change my address and send me a statement.... I have requested 3, yes THREE times... anyway.... I am going to change the statement because I am going to get fired up...Didn't do good on my quiz last night because in all my fired-upness I read the wrong chapter. Not a smart move on my part... I was doing better today but then I got a little speeding ticket... Once again, not a really high moment of my day... The deal is this: You can get to my house going down HWY 62 which has a 55 mph speed limit or coming down Wedington which has a speed limit of 40. In my professional driving opinion, it should be the opposite because Wedington has less traffic and is more like a HWY than 62, so I tend to reverse the speed limits a little. Anyway, Mr. Motorcycle policeman didn't like my theory and I got a ticket. Lesson learned... Oh well, I hope everyone is having a lovely week...It is supposed to be COLD and RAINY tomorrow... I kinda hope it is, I want to cook some Chili!!! Peace Out... JB

FRIDAY NIGHT

Okay, this is a special post. I just found out that Mrs. Cotton actually reads my blog. SOOOO I must say I hope that you are okay Mrs. Cotton and I have been thinking about you and meaning to email you because I knew that Tom was leaving soon.... We keep going through these deployments together, don't we?!? I hope to see you soon!

I went to the Dardanelle game tonight. It was refreshing to see some familiar faces. It stinks to go to games here and not know anybody. I got to see my girls cheer, but silly West Fork has NO TRACK and it is pointless to try to cheer on that... oh well, maybe I can see them when they make it to the playoffs.... The boys didn't win but it was a very close game. The officiating was not too good, but you really can never blame that for a loss... I was proud of them for fighting to the end. It was funny, I was actually nervous going to the game, but everyone was nice. It felt kinda like home. Gage was VERY good. I think we might need more games to go to because I was actually able to sit and relax in the company of adults and not chase him around everywhere... I was proud of him.
ON a totally different note, I am taking an online class and the one I am in is Moderate and Profound Disabilities. Anyway, we are doing a discussion online right now about alternative assessment and severely disabled kids. It has me really fired up because I had to watch a video of a bedriddin 15 year old child trying to do some snowflake stamps to meet the portfolio assessment for end of course geometry. Can I just say that this just grossed me out and that No Child Left Behind is a joke... okay, enough about that... I am typing so hard that I might break my keyboard..........
I hope that everyone has a great weekend. We have a fall carnival tomorrow, so I might post pics of Gage in his Halloween costume. He is going to be sooooo cute!! Take care, JB