Food Spending

I just updated my food spending for the rest of March and April, and it's crazy to me that as much as I try to keep my food spending down, it goes up and up and up. In spite of being able to go to Sam's Club with a friend and stock up in February, which has really helped, I'll have to admit that we did go out to eat a lot more in March and April than we normally would have just because I wasn't feeling well. It sure is good to know the reason now!!!!! :) I was seriously considering going to the doctor because it's just not like me to be sick. Boy, that would have been embarrassing!!!!!

Happy May Day!

It's hard to believe May is here already. Our past two weeks have been weeks of chaos and I believe that plans to continue. :)

Babysitting

Today we had a three-year old girl here for the afternoon/evening/and now. Her parents get off work in eight minutes.

Everything has been going well. I'm feeling much better now and have actually been getting some stuff done. Tonight I pulled the baby "neutral" bin out. I have some stuff to put into it that Laura's done with, but I also want to go through everything to see what I have. :)

I got the checkbook balanced and only have seven of my after-Christmas postcards to finish. I'm really tired now and could have gone to sleep an hour ago since everyone was in bed but Tracy, but I would have had to get up to send this girl home. I'm sending her home with wet boots. I dried them in the dryer for over an hour, with no luck. She took off for the "lake" in our front yard as soon as my back was turned. Oh well, at least she had fun!

Mike should be home soon also, and we got a bit of thunder and rain tonight. Spring is here too because the frogs are croaking and making an awful racket.

Yeast???

Is anyone able to tell if this is yeast or not? I can't get it to go away!

Random Facts About Milk

Check out my friend's blog for these facts. :)

Home Again

I am home from Bemidji and am feeling better. I even had a prenatal appointment on my long way around to Bemidji! Laura had surgery on her teeth in Fargo and has two silver teeth, a couple plastic caps on a couple of her front teeth, and some tooth-colored fillings in her bottom molars. Melissa is proud because she has ten silver teeth, "More than Laura!" :) Sigh... Anyway, Laura did well with the surgery, and then we had fun babysitting Grandma's animals, in spite of a wild dog who tormented them inside the house and geese who tormented them outside. We did chores and also did "mud chores" as Melissa dubbed our making trails in the mud of the driveway to get the water to drain down to the road. We spent probably two hours each day in the hot tub playing and me trying to relax. Laura kept stuffing the ducks down the front of my swim suit. Tracy had a fun time in Florida, and you'll have to check out her blog and Facebook account for pictures.

Lying Low

We haven't been up to much, but that's going to change today. The four girls and I are headed to Fargo via Karlstad and then on to Bemidji where the three little ones and I will be spending a week taking care of animals and partying. My parents are taking my sister and Tracy to Florida for the week so hopefully they'll all have fun.

I've been dealing with "morning" sickness all day long, but hopefully it will end soon.