Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Patrick and Jason

Patrick and Jason moved out last Thursday morning.

It is sad, but not sad at the same time. They are moving in with an aunt who loves them very much and has already been providing for them their whole lives. She is happy to have them and Patrick is happy to be back with his sister.

For our part - it was sad to lose a big part of our family, but at the same time it is kind of a relief. Four kids was just too much for me and some of the behaviors that were happening here were just too much.

Riana is happy too, she has her old room back, and no one is breaking her toys anymore.

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Helium

I have found a site where "free-lance" writers like myself can publish work, and have it rated by their peers, as well as make a small stipend for their troubles. It is www.helium.com, and I just joined towards the end of last week but I have found it loads better than my original free lance site www.triond.com.

There is a community message board area where there is a broad array of topics to post to, and you also have the ability to rate articles against each other. You also have the ability to "leap-frog" or re-post an article that you have already written and may not be doing well in the standings as you would like.

Personally I just rewrote one that was 19th of 44 - which is not acceptable to me. I went back and tried to make the article more organized and enjoyable to anyone who was reading/rating it. I sure hope it does better, because I would like to at least be in the top 10. Okay, I would like to be number 1 for all of my articles, but I know that I am not the worlds best writer, and the rating as subjective, so I could be happy with the top 10........

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

A Crack in My Facade

So, early last night the kids finally did it, they broke me..... I called my husband crying my eyes out because my 5 year old wouldn't stop stomping her feet and screaming at me at the top of her lungs. I am really at a loss what to do with her (I am still waiting for the book recommended by the doctor). Her screaming is driving me insane - and it also let's Patrick think that it is ok to talk to me like that and he began yesterday morning yelling at me and also trying to take a swing at me. I am not going to be hit by and kids though and I can dodge him. I was definitely crying my eyes out though, feelings hurt and just spent.

Taking care of four kids all day is not all that it's cracked up to be - I mean I can't even take a few minutes to take a shower. If I do I never know where I will find my 3 year old when I get out. And all he wants to do is eat all day long and cries (loud and long) if I tell him he has to wait even 5 minutes before he has something to eat.

The babies are not all that much trouble, it is just that there are two of them and they both need attention at the same time. Well, not really, but if Jason sees that I am spending time with Antoine he gets upset and starts to cry. I have become rather adept at holding them both though - even though Jason reaches out for Antoine and I have to help him to keep his hands to himself......

Here's hoping today is a better day