What a Day

I was feeling so overwhelmed this morning. First of all, I slept too late. I've been staying up super late to read, because this book I'm reading right now is so amazing, it's almost painful to part with it.

Then, when I got up, Noah was grumpy and throwing down about every little thing. He was so grumpy that when I went to get him out of his crib, he preferred kicking and thrashing around, while giving me horrible looks and grunts to immediately getting out of his bed. Some days he does this. I'm thinking it's because he's literally cut his entire mouth of teeth in the past few months. The kid almost has as many teeth as Emma does. It's like they all came on him at once. I wish they wouldn't do that, it puts him in a horrible mood.

And my house has gotten into this place where it's very intimidating to think about where to start when I start cleaning and straigtening up. The kids have toys scattered all over in every room, shoes everywhere, dust bunnies blowing around and collecting under everything, every laundry basket has gotten full and overflowing onto the floor. All this sickness that we've been fighting and now the hospital visits... it's really made me get so far behind on life.

But thankfully, my wonderful mother came over here today while I went to the hospital to visit Granny, so for the four hours that I was gone, she straightened up for me, washed clothes, bathed the kids, fed them and had them ready for bed by the time I walked in at 7:30 tonight. It was fabulous. Normally I would've taken them to her house, but had I done that today, I would've come home to a messy house, tons of laundry and dirty kids. So, she made my life incredibly wonderful tonight. :)

And as for Granny.... she still is not acting "normal", but I am so pleased with how well she is doing. I know it could've been SO much worse, so I'm so thankful to God that she's doing as well as she is. Thanks again for all the thoughts and prayers, lovely friends, it means a lot! :)

Oh, and Roses.. the store, not the flower... is a GREAT place to shop! I haven't been there in years.... when I was little, it was like Wal-Mart and we went there for everything, but since the invention of Wal-Mart and Target.. I don't know, I just haven't shopped there in a really, really long time. Well, today, while I was at the hospital, Granny was telling me how cold she gets in there at night and that she wishes she had a super soft, comfy blanket like the ones Noah always totes around ( we all call him Linus, because the kid has to have AT LEAST one blanket on him at all times) that she would sure love it. So, I went over to the Roses that sits next to the hospital to see if they might have those kinds of super soft comfy blankies.. only adult sized, of course, and would you know that not only did they have them, but they were only $5!!! I pay $10 for Noah sized ones at Target!!! I could not believe it, then on my way back to the front of the store, I started noticing how CHEAP everything was there.. price wise... so I ended up getting that blanket for Granny, a little trash can for my laundry room ($2), a huge tube of Vaseline for Noah's hiney ($1), and a big pack of dish rags ($5)!!! I could not believe it. I am a newfound Roses shopper! Ha! I love a good deal! :)