Now that I am feeling better and things are relatively back in order around here...
I am the most terrible blogger. I think everyday about the things I want to blog but then life gets in the way. I guess with 4 under 6 I can not expect a lot of down time. Since we moved into our new house I have been waiting for our routine to kick in. It has been 4 weeks now. I have the bedtime thing down again. One of the best blessings about this house is that my kids are not all sharing one bedroom anymore and so bed time now takes 30-45 minutes instead of 3-4 hours. I thought when we were in our apartment that I might just lose my mind over bedtime. It was crazy I would put them all to bed around 8:30pm and the last one would fall asleep around 11:30pm. Of course I would always think that they would sleep in more but NO! The first one would wake up and the rest would follow way too quickly! SO now that the girls have a room and the boys have a room, bedtime is awesome! So the routine is re-established. Bath time is working better too. As well as meal times (for the most part). Nap times are glorious! If only I could get BB and Princess to sleep at exactly the same times I could get a full two hours of peace. OK so routines are getting back in order. So, why then is there not enough hours in the day? Did someone shorten them to 20 hour days and not tell me? Seriously, I am finding it crazy to fit everything in.
My business is on the back burner (for a little while). I just can't seem to fit in the work I need to dedicate to it. I actually feel like a slacker. But then when I have days like yesterday, where I got up and started cleaning the house and did not stop until 9pm and still had more to do, I tell my self Superwoman could not do any better. How do other women do it? I look at their houses, so spotless and orderly. I am ashamed that mine looks like a national disaster area all the time. I wonder how does one get to all the chores everyday? I mean I know I am a natural born procrastinator. Probably a little lazy, scatter brained and naturally blond. But seriously! How is it done?

OK so that is my mood today. I cleaned and cleaned and cleaned yesterday. Because when Mommy gets sick the house goes to pieces and it takes twice as many days to set it straight. What do they do when I am in bed? At least no one was neglected or hurt. Daddy says that it is because only the Mommy actually knows how to do EVERYTHING...hmmm sounds good to him I think.

Right before I got sick our life got turned a little topsy turvy (again). DH's 19 year old cousin (I'll call her Silly girl) came to stay here. How this exactly happened is a blur to me. She came up from Louisiana with her Mom and Sister to see Pop. You know when the hospital mistakenly told he was going to die. BTW He is recovering nicely from a surgery and on the road to recovery. Their visit was scheduled to last only a few days. Silly girl came to visit us and DH's other cousin (we'll call her My wifey). So Silly girl decided she wanted a change of pace. Life is not so good for her in LA. She has had it really hard in her short life. Lots and lots and lots of dysfunction. I should have known DH could not resist helping someone. He has such a big heart. I think half the time we have someone living with us who is trying "to start a new life". So it is with Silly girl. We have strict guidelines for. And being a teenager she is totally finding her boundaries. But on the whole I can not complain. She lives here and right now till she gets a job, I have a live in babysitter. That is nice for sure. We are hoping she can find a direction for her life so that things will get better. If nothing else we want to expose her to a different kind of family life. Maybe she will be able to see what a functional family looks like. I am hoping and praying that things work out for the best.

I have to go and start my list of to do things...you know like set up appointment for #1Son to register for school, make BB a Dr appt, make Princess a Dr appt, clean up the house, file paper work, hmmm I know there is more but right now all I can think is pour another cup of coffee...yeah that is what I will do.

Till next time...