DONT Drink and Dial!!

Drunk caller

me

Is geenette there? (I have no idea what name he really said…it sounded like that though)

Who?

geenette

sorry you have the wrong number

Is Geenette there?

no one lives here by that name

What’s your dad’s name?

I’m actually the mother in this household.

What’s your husband’s name?

Brent

Brent….Brent…

Can I help you with something?

Can you help me…

I’m pretty sure you have the wrong #, there’s seriously no one by that name here.

Alright, I love you

*click*

How crazy is that??  I laughed so hard after.  What a nut job.  I almost want to call that number back today and make sure his hangover isn’t too bad.

Anyway, last night I was reading Isaac this book and he was being SO cute that I had to film it.  He kept saying NO when he should have been saying yes…anyway…you’ll see…

Oh ya…we played air guitar after…

So my body is revolting against my couch potato-ness and it’s HURTING ME!!!  I did go for a very long walk with the boys yesterday.  We have these BEAUTIFUL nature trails really close by and walking in the forest in the lower mainland is just unreal.  The forests are SO lush.  We ate wild raspberries (which weren’t that great actually…but Silas loved them) and just slowly walked along.

Ikey took his time because he had to stop every two seconds and talk to a bug, or pick up a rock or a stick.  Silas had to keep stopping so we’d catch up.  We stopped for lunch by a creek and by the time the walk was over the kids were SO done.  Two hour walk!!

Anyway, the back is sore today…the sciatic is sore too…DANGIT.  Soooo I tried stretching things out and then it hurt LOTS.   I don’t hurt when I am more active so I think for this week I’ll do a yoga vid every day and limber myself up a bit then I’ll start doing tai bo, yoga, and pilates vids alternating during nap time.  Lets see if I actually stick with that.  But right now I am going to do yoga…cuz it hurts it hurts it hurts!!!

Vlog Vlog Vlog

Yes folks, it’s time for another episode of my vlogging.  You’re excited right??  I am.  Mostly because this time I kicked butt!!  I figured out how the new imovie worked and I totally kicked it’s butt and added all these cool effects, you’re so going to be amazed by my amazingness.

What’s wicked awesome about the new imovie is you can upload directly to your youtube account from it, saving time and frustrations.  I’m full of glee.  I think I was more myself on this vlog.

Now we wait for it to upload….*whistles*

Yay it’s done!!  It hasn’t processed but I’m putting it up anyway!! Hopefully it’ll go quickly!

you’re welcome

The Best Tub Cleaner

is already siting in your tub…I kid you not.  I discovered it the other day!

Lets start from the beginning shall we?

Those of you that have been to my house have most likely seen the atrociousness that is my bathtub.  It kind of made me a tad faint the day we first looked at this house and I looked in the tub.  The bottom of it has no enamel anymore and it was stained a shade very near to black.

I’ve soaked that tub in a bunch of different things, trying to get the ugliness to not be so ugly.  I don’t care much about it seeing it WILL be replaced when my husband decides to get around to it.  I usually take a SOS pad to it and that at least makes it easy to clean…but the bottom is always black.

SO here’s where it gets exciting.  The other day Ikey and I had finished in the shower and we left it a mess…I think I took him out in a hurry cuz he was mad or I was just lazy…whatever the case, a lone shampoo bottle lay on the bottom of the tub, leaking slowly.

The next day when I went to shower I noticed that the bottom of my tub had a clean spot…like a non black spot…in the shape of the shampoo ooze.  That night I tried another spot and let it sit and washed it away…another spotless area that used to be almost black…k not really…greyish brownish….GROSS….but now clean.

So that night I got to it.  I put a nice layer of shampoo all over my tub and left it there for almost 24 hours and when I turned on the shower to rinse it off, I couldn’t believe my eyes.  The bottom of my tub is clean….the sides are so shiny that I can almost see myself in it.  This is ONE CLEAN TUB!  It doesn’t look clean until you wash it all away.

I’ve taken everything to that tub!!!  Shampoo (specifically Rusk) seriously made it spotless, the next best thing was an sos pad which causes me to sweat and grunt and get sore elbows.  This took me 3 minutes from start to finish…well plus the 24 hour waiting period.

So, I’m wondering if cheap shampoos would work.  Those of you that subject your hair to such awful things such as drug store shampoo should try it in your tub and see if it gets it clean.  I kinda doubt it works as well because drug store shampoo is way watered down…then thickened with salt…neither of those things are helpful in this matter.  But their PH is higher and they also have stronger soap agents in them (because they’re cheap and they don’t actually care about your hair BTW…the plastic in the conditioner is what makes you think your hair feels healthy and soft…yes it’s plastic).

K I totally went off on a tangent there….sorry.

Anyway, please try it and tell me how it worked and what kind of shampoo you used.  I don’t mind using my Rusk because I got a gallon of it for 15 bucks during a mega sale at the warehouse I shop at *sigh* I love having my hairdressing license ha ha.

I’m pretty sure this works so well because the shampoo is a gel that stays put for a very long time, it’s doesn’t have a lot of water in it so it’s more concentrated soap.

I swear this works, and it’s super super easy…there’s nothing better out there I assure you!!  Try it!!

In other news….I have cute kids!!

snuggle time in Ikey's crib. Silas asked to join.

K...do we NOT look alike?? holy cow.

I wondered how long he'd still sleep like this...I love it. I found Silas sleeping just like this last night so we still have lots of time ha ha.

ha ha ha

oooo those little feetsies.

Anyway, I must GO!!  AHHHH we’re leaving to go to my mom’s in like an hour and I haven’t started packing.  Dangit I suck!!

FINALLY!

Ahhhh what a busy day, just getting to blogging now…gosh am I too late??  I’m feeling that way.

Last night we had a family meeting put on by Silas’ Behavior Consultant and it went really well…aside from my chilren flipping out numerous times throughout.  AHH.  Anyway, we learned a lot about autism and how autism worked and I think we also all came to an understanding that it takes ALL of us to help Silas, not just therapists, not just Brent and I but everyone around him.

It truely does take a community to raise a child.  I’m SO proud of the community surrounding my son.

I got my special blood tests for arthritis today.  They took 4 massive vials of blood.  I almost think the lady was a vampire and she took an extra one for a snack.  But I can’t complain seeing as though I LIKE having my blood taken.  They always think I’m such a weirdo as I sit there and watch and say “ooooo pretty”.  They say usually people can’t even watch.  I really need to donate blood.  Bring it onnnn!  Maybe I’ll get a funny head rush then along with saying “ooooo pretty”

Tonight we had another meeting, we’re training for doing therapy for Silas.  Pretty much they’ve introduced us to all their tools that they use so we can implement them in our own lives.  I’d love to get trained further though, I feel like I should be an expert on this stuff myself.  Although I’m also feeling apathetic to it all because it’s so overwhelming, I do want to take some courses on ABA therapy…specifically the type they’re using for my son and NOT Lovaas.

I was brave today, I let the kinds finger paint…

I loved how the paint looked on Isaac's hand

he was pretty proud of it too

you can just SEE the creative juices flowing...ha ha

They went STRAIGHT in to the shower after that.

Okay I’m exhausted.  I’m going away now.  Night night all!!  I’m not even going to edit this…I can’t focus…ahh.

It Hurts It Hurts!!

Sweet sweet nap time.  Glorious.

So I’ve been in a bit of pain lately that I’ve been blaming on my sciatic nerve.  I started really thinking about it the other day and realized that the pain isn’t from that at all.  At least I don’t think so because it’s not hurting me in the usual sciatic way.  I’m kind of frightened because there’s this disease that runs in my family called Ankylosing Spondylitis which is a kind of arthritis.  It effects the spine as well as many other parts of the body.  It’s a big pain in the butt.  My dad has it and so does my sister.  Google it if you want to know more.  It’s pretty awful.  Like it effects the eyes, heart, lungs, ribs, kidneys…etc.  Also you end up with stomach problems from taking anti inflammatories.  It sucks.  I feel deeply awful for anyone who has it.

Tomorrow I see the doc as a follow up to my anti depressant stuff so I’ll get him to give me the blood test and we’ll see.  My last doctor sent me for blood tests and told me I don’t have anything, he also never called me when the urine test revealed I had a bladder infection I didn’t know about…which turned really ugly.  ANYWAY, my doctor I have now whom I love looked at the tests the other doc ran and NONE of them were for arthritis, he just sent me for some obscure test to shut me up…how weird is that??  He kept saying I was too young to have arthritis…but HELLOOOOO my dad and my sister both got theirs in their early early 20′s!!  Gosh I hate dumb doctors.

Anyway, I’m hoping it’s just sciatica (which hurts something awful too!) but it’s good to know NOW instead of all the hundreds of people out there with this disease that get improperly diagnosed.  I need to start exercising to make the pain go away.  At this point I can’t sit forward in a chair very easily, it hurts pretty bad.  I think I might even down a naproxen today.

But ya, I’ve always had joint issues, for years…exercise is the best thing.  I need to REALLY start getting strong and flexible…it’s the best thing for me.

ANNNYWAY.  Tonight is the family meeting and I’m BEYOND stoked!!  I’m just excited to have the whole family come together for Silas and get everyone on the same page.  I’m also very excited to pray afterward.  I don’t talk much about my faith on here because I just want to remain neutral in that area.  Prayer has really helped us in this area though, especially the despair surrounding the autism.  I’m just excited for a group of people coming together for this cause and drawing upon a higher power to guide us and support us through this new adventure.  Luckily our team is made up mostly of Christians so they’re very open to the whole idea.

Silas enjoyed another therapy session today.  We’re still getting used to this whole therapy thing.  Alesha is incredibly googley over my kids and they both really love her.  Ikey calls her Seesha.  So cute.  Anyway, there’s a lot of things to get used to.  Silas has a lot of things to work on and now he’s having strangers in his room trying to get him to do things he might not always want to do.  They try their best to make it fun though.  Ikey’s getting used to being down here with me even when he wants to be playing with “Seesha” and Silas.  I’m just getting used to having people in my house like this.  It’s kind of odd to me, but I like it.  I can’t complain!!  It’s just weeeeiiiirrrd.  But good.  Silas is going to learn so much.  I love how enthusiastic “Seesha” is about Silas too.  She cannot get over how smart he is….well neither can any of us.

Cuz seriously…it was only in November when he first started recognising his letters….and only in November where he learned their sounds.  Eight months later Silas read The Very Hungry Caterpiller to “Seesha” today and she told me he didn’t make one mistake.  And no, he’s hasn’t memorized that book, we’ve only read it a handful of times.  He read it to her last week and she had to help him with a few words but this week he’s got it.

I’m glad I got downstairs before Silas this morning because he might have seen this:

Umm…I was amazing at playing Yahtzee….I promise!!  It’s little things like this, though, that can make my morning that much better.  I love my husband.

Nuts and Bolts

I am SO excited, tomorrow our Behavioral Consultant comes to our house and gives our entire group of family and friends a talk on autism.  I love how she goes above and beyond and I love how she involves the entire family.  It’s so great.

We had a meeting on Saturday too, Kim, the trainer and soon-to-be one of Silas’ BI’s came to our house and began our training.  We all get trained to do therapy with Silas too.  It’s really cool.  Jennie and Leanne joined us here and then some other family members joined us on the interwebs because we broadcast it.  We’ll be broadcasting our family meeting tomorrow night so if I’ve forgotten to invite you and you wanna join in then let me know and i’ll give you details…as long as you’re not a STRANGER!

I’m so glad for this to all be underway!!  Now it’s time to find a speech therapist because we aint waiting another TWO YEARS to get one free from the government.  No sirree.  That’s redunckulous!!

Annnnnyway, I need to get cleaning and perhaps do some baking for tomorrow night.  A lot of people are joining us so I wanna feed them.  I love feeding people.  Seriously folks, when we actually have extra money to spend I so want to be the person who feeds people all the time, open doors.  Just not yet…unless you’re buying.

Oh yes, I wrote down this little conversation the other night cuz I thought it was funny.  I want to get some nuts and bolts for the kids to thread (with supervision) for their fine motor skills.  Jill told me to do it…and I might just make her give me more ideas…or make her blog about these sorts of ideas.

Anyway, first things first…I asked Brent…who’s mind was elsewhere I guess.

Me Brent

do you have big nuts and bolts?

(in a sleezy deep man voice) ohhhhh yeah…what can I do for you? How can I suit your fancy??

no like…I mean real nuts and bolts

oh…no not really…

Why do men’s minds always go THERE??  Ha ha ha…actually mine always does too…that’s what you get for having the siblings that I have. 

Anyway, now I’m waiting to see if anyone on freecycle has some for me…do you have some for me???  I’ll take cute photos of my kids playing with them!!!

Blurps

Sitting here in a foggy haze….sooo sleeeeeepy.

I miss my bed.

Silas was a grouchy pants today and I wanted to stick him in the basement.  But I don’t have one.

The table still has dishes from breakfast and lunch on it.  I should clean that up.

I really want a doggy…but I’m scared.

I’m having a hard time finding something fun and inspiring to say today because I’m a grouchy bum.

Father’s day was fun we made hubby a mug .

I buffed my nails yesterday and they’re shiny!  I never take care of my nails.

I have so many awesome ideas for when I move my blog.  It’s in the pre-design phases…get ready for awesomeness!!

That’s it….tell me YOUR blurps.

Loosey Goosey Poopy Poopies

Brent is bold and I’m Italics.

“

I just don’t get why they don’t have someone on the moon right now.

why?

Because they should have someone on the moon right now

Do they usually have someone on the moon?

They really should have someone there.

Why would they need someone on the moon??

To prove that they actually CAN put someone there!

K how the heck did you get on this subject all of a sudden?

It’s on the news!! You obviously aren’t paying attention

ummm I’m working on my blog.

You just don’t get me…

*silence*

“

K that didn’t have anything to do with loose poop…so lets move on.
When my kids take a dump, it’s not like they take a regular poop that I can flick off into the toilet or anything (like the diaper box tells you to do).  Most of their poops are the consistancy of oatmeal or runnier…sometimes stickier than oatmeal..kinda tar like.

People think it might be because I give them oodles of fiber.  But fiber is supposed to even out your poops.  If your poo is runny then it soaks up all the water…that’s what fiber does, it soaks up water which either soften or thickens your poops.  Makey sensey?

Anyway, I’m seriously considering that there’s something not right going on here.  No one should have poops that are so loose.  Ikey’s today had mucous all in it…oh ya and it ran down his leg…and I have to wash a big chunk of it down the drain in the tub and it sat in the drain and slowly broke up…yum.

I wonder if it’s an issue with milk?

I dunno.  Alls I know is that it’s just not right.  Not right at all.  It’s messy, it escapes, I hate it.  I’m sure my kids don’t like it much either.

Think it’s doctor time???  I dunno what to do.

Okay I’m really tired.  I slept horribly last night for some odd reason.  My house is a mess and Alesha will be here soon..I still have make up smudges under my eyes and there’s an indent of the couch on my rump.  Okay Leah…up up up up up.

And you’re welcome for the overshare…it’s my specialty.

Please overwhelm me with comments of advice.

Thanks.

The Universe Says NO To Me Video Blogging

I’m so irritated right now.

K so seriously.  All I wanted to go was make a 5 minute video to try out the video blogging thing and things just kept going WRONG!!!!  Like I said, the program I was using would cut off the last minute of my video so it would stop with me making some stupid face.  You tube only lets me tape for 2.5 minutes if I try to just direct record using my webcam.  But, ILL FIGURE OUT A WAY DAGNABBIT!!

But I guess what’s good about this is that now I’m feeling really comfortable just talking to the computer because at first I felt like a bit of a moron.

I really like video blogs and I’d like to do them sometimes when I have a good rant or a funny story.

Anyway, here’s kinda what I wanted to say…just in short form.

Have a nice FREAKING day!!!

REMEMBER informalmatriarch.com !!!!! ***** !!!!! *#*#$*&#$)(*

*** I don’t disslike the Momversation mommies, well…I actually just have only watched a few of their shows…I’m more just jealous…that’s why I sounded bitter towards them!

Tumble Time

Let me begin by saying how glad I am that I started consuming All Bran Buds again.  Remember back in the day when I wrote an ode to All Bran Buds?  Ya I’m feeling the All Bran Bud afterglow right now and it feels gooood.

So we went to go tumble about at the gymnastics place again today.  Oh the fun that was had.  I apologise in advance about the amount of photographs I’m about to make you look at but I assure you that they’ll touch you in a way that only my children (the most adorable ones in the world…right? can.

Alesha (she said I’m allowed to use her name and photos in here…wooot!  She also loves All Bran Buds) came along for the ride (Jennie came too).  Silas is REALLY taking a liking to her which I’m happy about.  They haven’t started working yet, they’ve just played lots, pretty much getting him to like her and want to be with her.  I really think she’s going to be great for our team!!

Anyway, enough jibber jabber…on with the gloriousness of the cutness…okay I know only I think they’re the cutest…just let me gush ok??  Humour me!!

Isaac on the move

it's exhausting getting out of there

awwwwwwwww

Silas and I jumping in!! He's jumping off that high thing...I was too chicken

Ikey taking a leap with random unattended little wobbly toddler whom no one knew who she belonged to.

Alesha leaping with Silas

woohoo!! He's so nuts hey?

climbing through the tunnel!

awkwardly trying to get out of the foam vat...kinda funny.

uuuugggggghhhhhh he's just so EDIBLE!!

mmm mmm mmm look at that bottom lip!

balancing with Alesha

every time we go to leave he stuffs himself in this tiny locker. Weirdo.

There were 25 photos so I parred it down….a little. I just couldn’t choose.  Ugh.

It’s interesting having a therapist with us.  It’s like, I have a staff…WE have a staff.  It’s weird that someone’s job is working with my son.  It’s weird that my son needs that.  It just feels odd.  I’m SO happy that we’re fortunate enough to be blessed with even a bit of money to go towards the ABA therapy.  Once I read Jill’s blog about her insurance company covering NOTHING, I felt bad for complaining about not getting enough for Silas.  I’m happy to live in Canada and I really hope that Obama’s health care plan works our for the best for the people in the US.

It’s 5:00 and Isaac hasn’t woken up yet, I guess we wore him out!

Oh BTW Dumb Nosey Wench Cow Face just knocked on my door and said “hi it’s your crazy neighbour that tried to feed you peanuts!!” then she invited me to a mom’s group tomorrow in the park.  Oh she had the best intentions…doesn’t she?  I think I’ve forgiven her for calling me a fat bad mother and then trying to murder my son…*sigh*.

And mmmmkay I’m really starting to get grossed out by the number of people getting to my blog by googling “naked kids peeing” “girl peeing in bath”  or “little girl peeing naked”….seriously disturbing.  Stop reading my blog freakos!!