The Plague.

I am pretty sure I narrowly escaped death from "The Plague." My whole household was sick. We were fighting each other for the restrooms. I am so glad its over. Worst. Disease. Ever.
I'm not sure really what it was.. flu, gastroenteritis, Ebola. Who knows. All I do know is that is was the most horrible experience ever. It's bad enough being sick on your own, or seeing your kids sick. But, my husband was sick. I don't even have to say much else, because ALL wives out there know what I mean. He was whinier than my 2 kids. He moaned and groaned and whined. I literally had to tell him to shut up before I suffocated him out of his misery. Sick 8 year old, sick 1 year old who wouldn't stop pooping everywhere, sick 29 year old BABY and then sick me. When moms get sick, no matter how crap-tastic we feel, we still are the ones left to deal with the kids. And for some reason, my kids hate sleeping, especially while sick. My son learned how to remove his diaper and poop on the floor. Fun times. I felt really bad for him though, because the poor baby pooped so much his butt was raw and bleeding. We went through 22 diapers in one day, because he just wouldn't stop. And when he wasn't pooping, he was puking. What a mess.
Jaida ran a high fever the entire time and just laid around. When she started feeling better, she helped me take care of the baby. She's such a good helper when she wants to be. However, if you interrupt her during a game or when she is on her phone, it's like you asked her to walk on hot coals. She gets angry. Much like her dad. I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

I am sick of talking about our plague, so lets move on to another subject.School started Tuesday!! Wow, I feel so out of touch. It feels like I haven't blogged in forever. I already took 3 quizzes, and made 100's on all of them. I am trying to stay ahead. One of my classes is awesome, and allows you to take quizzes and do homework whenever, as long as you keep up with the due dates. So, I have already taken Week 1 quiz and week 2 quiz for that class. I am going to try to get that class done and over with. My Business writing class is a little different. She only lets you do one week at a time. She wont even let you see what is due next week to allow you to get ahead. Her class is going to take forever! I like getting things done early, especially when I have down time.
Oh well, at least one of my classes I can hurry through. I am mainly just trying to stay busy while waiting on my acceptance letter. The English-Business writing class is a class that I would have needed while in the bridge program. I'm just getting it out of the way so I can focus all of my time on my actual nursing classes. The other class is a First -Aid class. Why am I taking that you ask? Because I needed a class worth 3 credits to allow me to get my reimbursement money for tuition, and it will be an easy A. Plus, you can never learn too much about first aid as a nurse. Maybe this class will teach me new tricks, and keep things fresh in my mind. Besides, it was the only other "health" type class I could find that was online and available. All it can do is boost my GPA more!

I cannot wait to be paid again. (next week!) I can start socking money into an emergency savings fund and I am going to pay off my V/S credit card. I think I have changed my mind about slicing up the cards. I never want to be in this situation again. I will never again buy anything on credit... ever again! Whats the point in holding on to the card? So in a moment of weakness, I can go charge things I don't need and fall back into the credit card trap again? I don't think so. I am done! February will be a good month for us, we will get income tax, my school reimbursement, my husbands KPI bonus (about $400) and I will get my raise from work. Things are looking up. I am going to take all of the money I get, pay off as much as I can while putting $1000 aside for emergencies. My plan is coming together! I love it!!

Well, I am going to go do some homework.

Until next time!!

A house of sicklies.

Casa De Blessing is officially changed to Casa De Sicklies. It seems as if the flu has struck Jaida, my son has mud-butt so bad he is raw and bleeding, I have cedar fever and now hubbs is throwing up. I got up early this morning and wiped everything down with bleach water and lysoled the heck outta everything touchable. I also made everyone eat some vitamin c chewables.
My poor son has had a rough few days! The other day while homeschooling Jaida, he climbed to the top of her desk. He does this sometimes while she reads, and I think its cute because he sits still and listens to her read. He loves it. I never thought of it as a problem because I her desk is against the wall, he's doing it to get closer to her while she reads and because I am ALWAYS in the room. Except for the other day. I left the room for MAYBE 1 minute. Just long enough to let my dog outside to pee. Apparently Thor climbed atop Jaida's desk while she was reading. They then began to have an altercation over a bag of Jade's cheetos, and he attempted to grab the bag and run, only to topple over HEAD FIRST in between the desk and the shelf unit that is sitting almost against the desk. he landed upside down on a metal bar. Scared the bejeezus out of me. He had a dent where he landed, but he never really cried. Long story short, I asked my husband to keep an eye on him while I went to work that evening, and he let him sleep the entire time I was away. When I came home from work, he had just woken up but began puking. First on me, then everywhere. By the time we had arrived to the hospital, he had thrown up 13 times. He ended up getting a CT scan at 3 am, but it came back normal. Doc said he had a small concussion, and just to monitor him. He was fine, but I think sitting in that waiting room, he contracted something. Diarrhea started the day after, and now its like water. His poor little butt is raw and bleeding. I have tried everything! Well, except one thing. A coworker of mine just texted me a homeopathic remedy. I am going to try this as soon as my lil guy wakes up, and if it works, I'll let yall know!
I had to go to the store earlier to get something for this stinkin Cedar Fever! While I was there, I came across a diaper cream called Anti-Monkey Butt. Naturally I had to get it. I put that on Thor as soon as I gave him an oatmeal bath. Hopefully one of these remedies will kick in. I hate the fact he cant even sit down. It hurts to watch my kids suffer. That, and it really sucks to be sick at the same time as your husband and kids. I still have to hold down the fort. Everyone knows a sick husband is about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. He whines, he sniffles, he asks for water, asks for a napkin, wants me to bring him medicine. He wanted me to rub his back while he was puking. He called me to come into the bedroom from the other side of the house to ask me to turn off the fan. I'm not bitter or anything, but goodness. And now Jaida is acting just like him. Someone rescue me? If there is one thing around here that aint nobody got time for, its that.
Speaking of time, school starts day after tomorrow. I am ready to get this done so I can forget about my countdown to March 14, and stay busy. 54 days isn't so bad, right?
Anyway, I think I am going to get off here and try to get my little sicklies to bed.

Until next time!

Back to work!

Man how I enjoyed my 2 days off. It is sad to have to come back to work after lazing around! Just kidding. I wish I had time to laze around. Actually, I was pretty busy. I have been selling all of Jaida's old homeschool books on Amazon along with some of my college books, so I was back and forth to the library a few times. We also had to go grocery shopping, and I had to clean my house. Oh, not to mention homeschool Jaida and go get my books for school.
How come moms never really get a day off?
I can't say I don't love it though. For those 2 days, I get to spend ALL day with my babies. Last night, me and the kids snuggled on the couch and watched Percy Jackson 2. Jaida is obsessed with those movies. She is obsessed with Greek mythology period. It is part of her curriculum this year and she loves it so much, she has read almost ALL of the text book already. Maybe I should buy her the Percy Jackson books. And I will start looking for some Greek Mythology books. She also likes anything dealing with zombies. My weird little girl. I love her uniqueness!
I got a really exciting letter in the mail today. I was invited to go to New Zealand! I am totally not going, but its super cool I was invited. Maybe if I had the money, but its a lil too expensive. Also, maybe I would go if I didn't have kids.. but I really don't think I could be away from my kids for more than a week. I wouldn't even last a day. I would cry the entire time. The cool thing is that my bestest friend also go invited. Man, where was this opportunity 10 years ago before we had kids and could spread some major shenanigans?! Angela really wants to go. I hope she gets to! I could live vicariously through her. Other than that, nothing is really going on in the land of Summer. I am trying to stay busy so my 56 day wait doesn't seem like it will never come. I am also working REALLY hard to do my budget. I am just thankful that starting my next check 2 weeks from now, I will really be able to pay things off, instead of play catch up. Last check we were left with 80 bucks. This check, we were left with about $150. This next check will bring money into savings AND I will start paying off cards. I'm stupidly excited for this to happen!
Plus, I am loving the fact I have so many people coming to me for budget help. I have inspired so many of my friends to start budgeting and save money. All of us want to be debt free and have money in savings! (Unless your name is Angela and you like to shop online daily.. teehee!!!!  Not as if I am watching you do this at this very moment or anything!)

Here is my awesome letter:

I love my job. Well, sometimes I do. When I work with my awesome evening peeps, I LOVE it. There are some really awesome day shift people too, but I don't get to work with them like I do the evening crew. Plus, my BFF works evenings with me, and lets just be honest, we are the awesomest.

 

 

Until next time!

 



Books, bills and groceries! Oh my!!

Today is the day! We got paid! I'm waiting for our checks to get deposited (my bank deposits after noon, how dumb is that?!) so I can pay off some things, and mark some things off in my Budget Binder! I felt like this day would never come! Today, we are officially NO LONGER BEHIND!!! Our next paycheck will not have to be spent playing catch up, it will go to paying off my V/S credit card and paying my home owners fees. One card will be gone, and my HOA fees will be done for the year! The check after that will be a mortgage payment and a few bills, but hopefully there will be enough left over to pay off my Target card. I still cannot bring myself to cut up the cards, so I bought a baseball card holder page thingy to put them all in. I will have them filed away in my budget binder, and have PAID OFF in black sharpie over the card. I can't wait!
I went and bought my school books yesterday. $292 on 3 books. Unbelievable. Normally when it comes to school, I buy a TC hoodie or T-shirts and other things I dont need. I didn't yesterday. I just got my books! I was so proud. My classes will start next Tuesday. That should hold me over and keep me busy until I find out if I got accepted to the bridge. (which, btw, is 57 days away)
I was off work yesterday, so I used my free time to print coupons and browse the HEB sales paper. We have to go grocery shopping today, so I wanted to be a little prepared. They have a few sales on produce, AND a coupon to print off for $3 off $8 in produce. My son could eat his weight in oranges and bananas, and I am trying to lose weight and be healthier, so I am going to take advantage of this sale! I really wish stores would let me double coupon down here. For some reason, Texas hates double/triple couponing. It aggravates me. There is one store that doubles them, but that store is 30 minutes away, and only lets you use 20 coupons a day. Sometimes it would be worth the drive, but I'm not sure it would benefit me often. When I take my coupons into the store, I use wayyyy more than 20. I'm not sure how normal households go grocery shopping, but we seem to hate it, so we wait till there is literally NOTHING to eat before we go. This happens once a month or so. We normally spend about $300 per trip, once a month. The thought of going twice a month makes me sick.
Anyway, I am going to get on with my day off duties!

Until next time!

Countdown!

This is payday week!!!!! And after this payday, I will no longer be behind on anything! My next check 2 weeks from now will be devoted to paying off debt, instead of playing catch up! I cannot wait to get this show on the road! I was talking to my husband today about our future in finances. We both agreed that we cannot wait till the day we can buy things we need or want and not have to worry about taking away from our grocery money or bill money. SOON!!!!!
I am pretty proud of how organized I've gotten with the budget and family binders. I showed Daniel everything and what to expect.I finally got him excited for the change. I cannot wait to go to Financial Peace University in March. Dave Ramsey has already changed the way I think, and I am desperate for more knowledge!
I am super duper impressed with my daughter lately. 3rd grade so far has been all about change. We are changing and becoming more independent. I no longer have to stand over top of her and help her/read instructions/demonstrate. I set out her assignments and leave her notes on what to do, she does it and I grade it. I still have to explain her math to her and show her examples. AND we do science projects together. But for the most part, she does everything on her own, and I just grade. It has given me a little more time to work with my son on his words. We sing, do sign language and go over words. I guess its like I am homeschooling him right now too, just not so extreme. I even have time to clean a little and make lunch. These are things I am not really use to. Since homeschooling began, my entire day has been taken up with Jaida's school, my school then me going to work. I never really had much time for anything else.. which made my days off a nightmare as I had to catch up on laundry, run errands, clean my house, try to catch up on Jaida's assignments we missed and all the other mom stuff I never had time for. I have mixed feelings about this though. Part of me is jumping for joy! And part of me is sad that my baby is growing up. Pretty soon she wont need me at all. The thought of that makes my stomach hurt.

So, I officially have 59 days till I find out my nursing fate. This wait is worse than pregnancy! At least during pregnancy the end result is a baby. I cannot guarantee I will get into the program when my wait is over. All I can hope for is the best. *Fingers crossed*

But enough about me!