One Am Babbles

   Today was a rough day here, Ollie is still in the throws of the never ending cold. I couldn't even do the dishes with out him screaming. At one point it got so bad that I took the neighbor up on her offer to take him, I needed to do the dishes with out being screamed at the whole time. Where was Ian you ask? He was being great playing cars and being helpful which means any day now we are do for a bad day the two of us. This parenting two kids stuff is hard, most days I don't feel as if I am failing to show both boys the attention they need. How can I gain a balance? I feel like Ian is getting the shaft most days, I don't want that for him. I want him to thrive and feel loved. I know that sleep deprivation is part of why I am feeling like this(yes I know I am writing this at one am). That is what happens when you haven't been sleeping due to calming your cough sick baby.

     Part of me wonders are these thoughts because I have had no choice but to wean of my medication due to having no insurance. Which means no way to go to the doctor to get a new prescription and the cost of filling them each month. When did it become a choice to have health insurance for me or pay an important bill.  I don't think I mentioned this before but for us to have insurance through C's work it would be $800 for the boys and I. That is insane, luckily they qualify for state aid still (even if it is a broken system). What happens to us who are left with out the option of aid and is afraid because of their history private insurance would be just as much?
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I actually made something of that

Crazy addictive site called pinterest.
     

     So I actually used a recipe that I pinned on Pinterst. First off that seems like a small miracle. The original link to the recipe is here.  It was simple to make since it was essential prep and walk away, it is a slow cooker recipe.

    Well the prep was easy, I even dealt with fresh garlic for the first time for this recipe.  After a tantalizing wait, it was ready to come out.
  
    Results, the chicken was super moist and just fell apart. That was great surprise. Taste it was moist and tasty a little bland even after all the seasoning.



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Too Soon to say Goodbye.

The gravel crunch as I turned onto the road that weaves in between the headstones of many peoples loved ones. I wish I didn't have to make the turn into the cemetery that is the final resting place of many friends and family.  Especially today he was too young, he had barely started living.

I hate returning home only to say good bye, I feel like the last few times I have made the journey has been for the same thing.  To say good bye, the tiny pink and maroon room of the funeral home full of people I know. All of us there again to let go of someone too soon taken. Hush whispers filling the room as we all catch up while still maintain the somber atmosphere.

It is draining, on my already fragile mental state. I don't know what to do or how to say good bye yet again.



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A few questions about 2011

1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before? HMM, over come my husband being laid off twice while learning how to parent a toddler and a baby.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? The only one I had was to have a healthy baby, I got it.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes, me.
4. Did anyone close to you die? Thankfully, no.
5. What countries did you visit? Just the one in which I live.
6. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011? Financial stability and Job Stability for Casey.
7. What dates from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Ollie being born surrounded by all my loved ones.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Surviving, everything that was thrown at us
9. What was your biggest failure? I don't believe I had any this year. After everything that was thrown at us, I am coming out still happily married.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Yes, I managed to gum up my neck.
11. What was the best thing you bought? HAHA, I don't know. I would love a new bible.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Casey's always Casey's
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Casey's old boss at his short lived job, not Wade we love Wade.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Having Ollie
16. What song will always remind you of 2011? Hmm, I don't know. There is a bunch.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: We have a larger family.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? There isn't much I can say here over all I am happy.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of? worry.
20. How did you spend Christmas? With my famiyl and it filled my heart and at church.
21. Did you fall in love in 2011? yes.
22. What was your favorite TV program? Castle and Bones
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? I don’t hate anyone.
24. What was the best book you read? The newest sookie book
25. What was your greatest musical discovery? adele
26. What did you want and get? a healthy baby
27. What did you want and not get? a new bible
28. What was your favorite film of this year? I didn’t see many movies this year. The final Harry Potter movie was amazing.
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 26 and found out hubby was getting laid off (the first time this year)
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? To have a year of job stability.
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011? Make it work, being pregnant and then the after math. With a shrinking wardrobe that is my motto.
32. What kept you sane? The Twitter
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Nathan Fillion
34. What political issue stirred you the most? I was relieved that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was repealed.
35. Who did you miss? My family
36. Who was the best new person you met? IDK
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2011. Hmm, to just give it up to the lord.
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. Its time to face the music I'm no longer your muse

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