MOMVERSATION MONDAY: Valentine's Day: Is It Important to You?

I hope everyone is having a great Monday! I am! Because it's Momversation Monday!!

Dana Loesch of Mamalogues.com wants to know if Valentine's Day important to you.

Dana, I have to say I'm on the fence.

I didn't have many Valentine's Day that were memorable or even good to make me want to say "Yeah, this holiday ain't so bad".

Well that's not true I did have one. I met my husband a couple of weeks before Valentine's Day and I was going to Aruba the week before Valentine's Day for an internship. Cpl. Mayhem did an early Valentine's and came to my house with a rose and a Groovy Girls "Vanessa" doll. He handed it to my twin sister and Auntie Nikki turned to me and said "It's for you!" hehe!!

Laugh if you want, I worked at a toy store and I really wanted that one! So he did good! He also called me when I was in Aruba on February 14th!

I find it harder to enjoy Valentine's Day mainly because Cpl. Mayhem has missed EVERY Valentine's Day since he's joined the military and I don't know about you, flowers are nice but I would rather be able to kiss my husband on the day of love!

I've told hime time and time again that now I don't really care for that holiday because I treasure the time we have, which isn't a lie, but I would rather not leave my house to have others flash their PDA around me when my hubby is gone. It's kind of depressing!

However Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com said something that makes sense to me. She says in the very end of the clip that she doesn't need flowers, but if her husband could unload the dishwasher...
I agree with her! I don't need things. I never needed anything from my husband except for his love and support.  But you know if he gave the kids a bath and tucked them both into bed, giving me a evening free of the night time chaos, he would be my hero!

Once again he is not here to celebrate Valentine's Day...
And when that romantic day comes I can only think that my husband comes home two weeks after, that will be my Valentine's Day!

Sibling Rivalry Over Everything!

Chicky is sick, again! Fever, croup the entire deal. I swore up and down that I wasn't going to the hospital while Cpl. Mayhem was away but I did.

Today everything was heightened. Moods, tears, aches, pains, fevers and stubborn attitudes.

Ducky was doing pretty well for the most of the morning until lunch time hit, then he decided Naughty Nelson needed to visit and attack an already irritable Chicky. He dug his claws into his sister and made her bleed. I was not impressed to say the least, but I felt guilty too, if only I had cut his nails yesterday like I said I was going to she wouldn't be bleeding right now. Never the less, I run upstairs to get a band-aid.

"I want a band-aid too!" Ducky hollers at me while I coming down the stairs.

"Excuse me? You don't need the band-aid, you caused the need for this band-aid on Chicky..."

"I'm sorry Chicky", he runs over to his litter sister and gives her a hug.

"Go away!" Chicky yells at her brother. Can you blame her?

Chicky's fever spikes again and I give her some medicine to ease her already exhausted little body.

"I want medicine too!!" Ducky hollers at me from the living room.

"You don't need any medicine Ducky, you are not sick".

"Yes I am", Ducky shouts at me and then clears his throat for two coughs to come out repeats his medicine request with a quieter, harsher voice.

"Nice try babe."

I know I spent a great deal of time and energy on Chicky today, but it only occurred to me that I did when Ducky came into my bedroom after his bath and Chicky was in her room.

"Mommy? Can I have cuddles like Chicky?"

"Of course you can Ducky!! I'm sorry I didn't pay much attention and was short with you today, it was hard with Chicky being so sick huh?"

"Yeah, Chicky going to be OK. You are a good mommy!"

"Thank you Ducky, that's always good to hear".

"Mommy?"

"Yes Ducky?"

"Can I have that band-aid now?"

He Misses His Father

Ducky has been wild lately. He can go from sweet and mild to wild and unpredictable in a matter of a minute.


Why?

He misses his father.

Ducky swatted Chicky in the face and yelled at me to shut up.

Why?

He misses his father.

Ducky has misbehaved and made my days a living nightmare for the past two weeks.

Why?

He misses his father.

Tonight Ducky cried and told me he missed his daddy. He asked for the framed photo of his father in my room, he hugged it tight. He then asked for the framed photo of us on our wedding, he tucked that one in his room too.

He then comes into my room and asks for the sweatshirt his father is wearing in the first photo he picked up. He takes it and kisses me goodnight.

I looked into his room, he's asleep in the sweatshirt, with a smile on his face.

Still missing his father, but he now has Daddy's arms wrapped around him.

MOMVERSATION MONDAY: Meal Planning for a Year: Crazy Talk?

Momversation Monday is one I can really relate to! So here it is! Karen Walrond of chookooloonks ask how far in advance do you plan your meals?
FIRST please watch the video, or you will miss some great moments. Alice Bradley of finslippy and I are very much alike. A year? Who does that?  She's right though! I feel bad my house is a case for "Clean Sweep" (OK it's not that bad!), or that I'm not the world's greatest organizer, budgeter, house wife (I know what some people think!). So why add another "F" to my mommy report card?

I've managed to plan a week or two in advance, but a year? That's planning even I, the minister of planning, has never thought to accomplish.

But what if this lady Karen was talking about who is the topic of this Momversation had it right? I mean, she cut her yearly grocery bill in half, putting food on the table for a family of 6. She's not asking the most famous question that everyone has asked in their house" What's for dinner?". She buys in bulk to save money, stockpiles when items  go on sale, sounds good to my wallet!

Could I do it? I don't know....

Here's a challenge: I'm going to menu plan for the month of March post how much it cost me. Join me if you want and let me know what your results are!

What about you? Is menu planning for the year a great idea or is an unattainable goal?

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My Children Are Models!

Just a fun afternoon!

PS. I took these!