Well I was put in my place!

So...Shelby comes out of the bathroom tonight in a huff. She is holding a ceramic jar w/a candle inside. She informs me that it is a decoration and does not belong underneath the sink in the bathroom, that it goes in the living room! I am pretty sure she shook her head at me in disgust and finished it off with an "Grrrrr!" Gof forbid I move any of the stuff around in my house without running it by Shelby first!! Funny but I don't even recall sticking the candle underneath the sink in the bathroom. I think she is framing me!!

On a positive note...I think I am feeling normal again! I was actually able to eat food today and not feel like I was going die afterwards. And.....joy of joy.....I was able to drink a frappacino and it tasted great and didn't upset my tummy!!!
OH JOY!!! I am back amongest the living!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"...Just keep swimming swimming swimming...What do we do we swim, swim, swim..."

Well today Chad & I took the day off since Shelby's preschool was closed and we took her to the aqarium. We have free passes through work and decided it was a good day to go.

Note to others...Do not plan an outing on a school holiday as every other parent and their mothers have had the same idea!

Do you know that I have never been to the Seattle Aquarium? Never! Never with my family and never for a school fieldtrip. Needless to say....I don't thik I missed that much. Don't get me wrong...it was fun but I was thankful we had free passes! It was fun to see Shelby though. She just could not stand still! She was wanting to run all over the place. Chad suggested we take her to the Marymoor dog park so that we could let her off of her leash!!

I think the cutest part was where we saw the clownfish and blue tang and Shelby says "There is Dori and Nemo and Nemo's dad!!" Actually she calls her "Dorfee" And then there were some other fishes we were looking at and she says "That is is from Nemo too. It was one of the fishes in the tank at the dentist office."

Oh, my darling daughter! You just gotta love her...when you are not wanting to strangle her that is!!

On another note.....I am starting to feel better but still am not 100%. UUGGHH!! I am so sick of this! I can't eat anything and if I do I regret it! And no...I am not pregnant! Unless Chad is as well, in which case we could make money off of it and live fat and happy!! But I guess the advantage is that I will hopefully lose a few pounds since I can' eat! Of course most of the stuff that does sound good is candy, pastries, cookies, etc. so...maybe the weight loss won't happen. In any case...I hope I start to feel better soon.

On a sad note a co-worker of mine passed away over the weekend. I didn't know her all that well and had only worked with her on a occasion but she was always such a sweet lady and fun to be around. She just found out right before Christmas that she had terminal cancer. Of course this hit close to home as my grandpa was diagnosed with terminal cancer a few months before he passed away. The doctors do tell you that the person has less then a year to live but you always expect it to be closer to a year, not just a few months. But then again, I think I would rather have the person not suffer as much pain and to have their family remember them as a vibrant person and not someone that just withered away. In any case, it just made me think of all my family and friends and how I really value having all of you in my life. Though there are days that I would love to strangle some people (mainly my little princess of a daughter) I could not imagine my life without the people I have around me. The people that make me cry, smile, laugh so hard I may pee my pants a little :)..I wouldn't be where I was today if it wasn't for all of you.

As Dori says:

"...Just keep swimming swimming swimming...What do we do we swim, swim, swim..."

And that is what I intend to do...with the help of my friends! Just keep swimming!

Happy Valentine's Day to All!!

Okay, Okay...so Valentine's was yesterday. So sue me!!!! I have been sick and in bed (or asleep on the couch) early each night!

So last night I invited my friend Yvonne and her son Ben over to have dinner and bake cookies with us. The kids were more excited I think with just being able to play with each other. The cookie baking & decorating only held their interest for a short time!!

So when I got to work yesterday there was a dozen red roses on my desk. My dear hubby who had gotten to work before me had lef them there! Ain't he the sweetest? I am such a lucky lady!! Anyway, I brought them home today and I had to laugh at what Shelby said. She took one of the roses out and said:

Mommy, it's like on The Bachelor where he gives out a rose. And if a girl does not get a rose then she doesn't get to stay inside

Hee, hee! Kids!!

So, since we did not want to go out in the middle of the week Chad & I planned to have a date night tonight. Well my cold has not gone away yet! My stomach was cramping up today (though two cups of Pepto helped that!!) and then these weird back pains kicked in. I just feel run down and did not feel up to sitting through a movie or going out to dinner (Thai). But Red Robin sounded good so he is picking that up on the way home and we are having a date at home!! Shelby is staying overnight with McKenna, Conner and Uncle Mike. So I can lay on the couch in peace and not have the little munchkin pushing her way in. Don't get me wrong...I love cuddling with my little girl but the couch ain't big enough for the both of us!!