Hunting season is upon us. We spent the whole weekend at the cabin while DH and Bubba hunted. Then we came home and DH stayed to hunt. I'm exhausted. I don't realize how much DH does to help until he is gone. I need six arms and nerves of steel just to handle the kids.

I'm going to get a better start to tomorrow by setting the clothes out tonight and getting everyone up earlier in the morning. This morning was total chaos, there was no time for breakfast, and I was still late for work.

I love my kids and my life though. No matter how hard it is, or how tired I am I truly appreciate it all!

My ds has been coaching little league for 4 years. He's never lost a game. This year Bubba is on his team. Tonight they had their final game. They lost. The final score was 14 - 6. I am just sick for my dh, but mostly for Bubba. His team broke his dad's winning streak. That was one of his worst fears, he feels like he let his dad down. Fortunately, tonight they are going to deer camp and it's youth hunt weekend so they'll get some bonding time without us girls.

Now, on to basketball season!

Ahhh, the weekend. Is it sad that I live for the weekends? I was so ready to catch up on my sleep!

I've been trying to lose weight, but I am getting discouraged. I gave up regular coke, I've been walking 2 miles, 4 days a week, and I haven't lost a pound. I figured changing to diet coke would help me drop at least 10 pounds. I mean come on, I drank almost a 2 liter a day when I drank the real stuff. But no, not one doggone pound!

What the heck????????? It's been 4 weeks. I have been watching what I eat, I haven't quit eating, but I guess that's going to have to be my next step. Seriously, what does it take?

Ugggghhhhhh.

Writing Prompt: I wish someone told me

Writer's Workshop from Mama's Losin' It

I wish someone told me...

You'll get over him, in time

Listen to your mom, she does know best

Friends come and go, it's part of life

Life will never be fair, even when you are grown

Real trust is just as rare as real love

Marriage will be hard work, no matter how in love you are

That yes being a mom is hard, but it would give back a hundredfold

Sometimes babies cry for no reason

Kids climb things and then get stuck at the highest, most awkward positions

When fishing, look behind you before you cast your line

Weeks after the Brazilian wax, it would itch like crazy!!

P.S. I'm sure someone (mom) told me all of these things, I really should have listened!

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Pumpkin Time

We bought Bubba and Sissy pumpkins and paint. Here's what we got.

Bubba's:



Bubba wasn't too excited. He painted with a look of boredom and got the heck out of there. Do you like the unibrow?

Sissy's:



Sissy is still excited and says pumpkin repeatedly now. I have to say I was impressed with Sissy's pumpkin. Yes, she just smeared the paint on, but I can tell you if I had tried to make a pumpkin look like that I couldn't have done it.

I have NO artistic creativity. I once drew a car and bubba told me it was a good drawing of a horse.

WORDFUL WENESDAY brought to you by:

Sick days

I know mom's don't get them, but this weekend I sure would have liked to have one. I've got a cold and it has me run down to the point of wanting to do nothing but sleep. Now I have a feeling both kids are getting it. Bubba fell asleep at 5:30 this afternoon, and is still sleeping, and I can hear Sissy coughing in her bedroom right now. I hope this isn't a sign of what's to come this winter!

Since everyone's in bed I'm going too.

Hope everyone had a good weekend. Maybe by next weekend I'll feel like joining the living!

Goodnight.

You never know what's going to come out of Bubba's mouth.

The other night DH and I were talking and of course Bubba was listening to see what gossip he could pick up on so he could share with his friends. I commented that there must have been 500 people at a party we went to and DH says I bet there were 15 times that many. (Can we say exaggeration?) Bubba pipes in and says 15 times 5 is 75, add two zero's that would be 7,500 people. DH says that's right and Bubba says:

"Hey, I got my smarticles back!"

I couldn't stop laughing. Smarticles? I never knew he had smarticles, much less that he lost them. And, what the heck are smarticles?