February!!!

February - that means we are closer to spring, right??? Although, during the 40 degree weather we had a week or so ago, I know spring will bring lots of mud and I am NOT looking forward to that part of it! We will have to trade our snow boots for our mud boots! We have been productive around here lately. Jeremy bought all of the sheeting to do the skirting for the mobile home and worked on that this weekend and it is done except for the roll of vinyl that he's going to get to cover up the wood and keep the moisture away from it. I went out and helped by moving dirt around the bottom of the skirting to close up any gaps between the skirting and the ground to keep out any drafts! The mobile home is considerably warmer floor wise and we haven't had any frozen pipes since (YIPPEE!) and I don't have to be as careful about the cats getting out! Erin loves being outside - she is the only kids in our house that asks to go outside, will completely get herself ready and go out and play. She helped Jeremy and I all day Saturday out there, would say she was tired after a few shovel fulls of dirt, and lay on the snowmobile for a few minutes, then get up and start all over! Yesterday she went out with Daddy, but came in devastated because the rooster had gotten after her. She has a bruise on her arm, poor thing. But, today she got all dressed up again and went out there with daddy and the puppy for awhile! I told her to carry a rake or stick around to scare the rooster away! Our bathroom tub is next - can't wait to have my own shower back!


The past few weeks, Lyndsay has had the yucky nose and goopy eye thing going on. She's been sleeping with us only because it means more sleep for me - very inconvenient that her room is on the opposite end of the house - too cold for me to go back and forth in the night! If she does start out in her bed, she wakes up in the night and toddles quietly into our room so I just pull her into bed. Jeremy says that's why we are sick - from bringing sick little one into our bed:) Oh well, it's worth the snuggle time - she's my baby and I enjoy it! But, I do not enjoy being sick. Started feeling yucky on Saturday - worse yesterday and even worse today! Not good! I need to be better by Wednesday to be able to go and see my dad in the hospital. He has to have another catherization done on his heart - there is another blockage(s) and they won't know the extent til they get in there and look around. Last week, on Tuesday, Heather, Carly and I went up to Grayling to see my mom in the hospital after her surgery. It is so hard seeing your parents go through all this stuff:( Praying for a quick recovery for both of them! I need to call them - been feeling too yucky and just keeping up with my household the past few days is all I have been able to handle! I love listening to the kids and some of the things they say! Erin says the word also like this - alslee... In the hospital seeing Grandma Coe last week, she and Maggie were walking toward the elevator and Maggie says we have to go to the alligator. Erin looked devastated and said, it's not an alligator, it's an elevator and 2 seconds later she says alslee:) I don't have the heart to correct her cuz it's too doggone cute!

The past few days of not feeling well and everyone is into causing trouble, misbehaving, etc. I am going to have to kick them all outside tomorrow:) Yesterday, they had piled a bunch of pillows, blankets, etc. at the bottom of the couch and were doing all sorts of things, jumping, rolling into the pile... giving me a heartattack. Tonight I got back from taking Brooke to the barn and they had done the same thing with the pile, only at the bottom of Curt and Isaac's bunkbeds and were jumping off the bunk into the pile:( No, NO. NOOOO! I am a party pooper! Reminds me of the day when Rick Roenicke babysat us and used to pile all of the couch cushions at one end of the living room and push us off his feet into the air and hopefully onto the pile across the room:) Oh well.... sigh...

Puppy Missy is getting bigger and BIGGER! She weighs about 24 pounds now and is twice as big. She has her good days and her bad days - potty training wise! She is a good little dog - goes outside and doesn't wander off - she enjoys playing with our beagle - they both fit in his doghouse and will play, taking turns going in and out (won't be able to do that for long, though). It helps to wear her out so she doesn't cause as much trouble inside. Don't know who is worse - the pup or Lyndsay!

Well, the nyquil is kicking in, better hit the hay - looking forward to a nice warm bed and good night's sleep! Lyndsay fell asleep at 9 - if she doesn't take her nap by 2, I make her stay awake the rest of the day. She's in her own bed PTL, so off I go to sleep in the middle of my bed instead of on the edge:) Have a good Tuesday everyone!!