8 Favorite TV Shows:
1- Oprah
2- The Office
3- Dancing with the Stars
4- 48 Hours
5- Kath and Kim
6- Dirty Jobs
7- America's got Talent
8- Myth Busters

8 Favorite Restaurants
1- Olive Garden
2- Iggy's
3- Morelia
4- Outback
5- Pizza Factory
6- Mimi's
7- Training Table
8- Cracker Barrell

8 Things that happened yesterday
1- Got off work at 8:00 am and went home and sleep for 2 hours
2- Got up and went back to my doctor appointment
3- Sat at my doctor appointment for 3 hours!
4- Had a lovely mammogram
5- Picked up the kids from school
6- Went to find Halloween costumes for the kids
7- Picked up some fast food on the way home
8- Came home, got a migraine and went to bed at 8:45 pm

8 Things to Look Forward To
1- Not having to work
2- My kids growing up
3- A vacation, hopefully to Europe again
4- Finding a man
5- Getting enough sleep
6- A clean house
7- Menopause
8- Being in better shape

8 Things I Love about Fall
1- The view out my front door
2- The smell of fall candles
3- Wearing sweaters and hoodies
4- The smell of the air
5- All the fall colors
6- Christmas shopping
7- Pumpkin pie
8- The kids having time off from school

Bonus 8 Things on my Wish List
1- For my kids to like each other
2- Travel the world
3- Live in Italy for a summer
4- Learn Italian or Spanish
5- To feel better
6- To raise happy, productive kids
7- To build my dream house
8- For my house to be organized and STAY that way

8 People I Tag
1- Tam
2- Stacie
3- Lori
4- Alisha
5- Rebekah
6- Tori
7- Deb
8- Carisa

Yippee!

I get to have a mammogram today! Can I just tell you how excited I am? I just can't wait!

Happy Birthday Morg!

Morgan turned 17! I can't believe how old my kids are getting. Just a few more years and I'll be all alone. Of course she didn't want to spend much time with her old mom on her birthday. She spent most of it with friends and then went to the Jazz game. She had a good day. Happy Birthday Morgan!

I don't know if it's the time of year or what, but every day I see a new spider in my house. I finally got the pest control guy to come because last week I found a big spider right behind my bed when I woke up! I freaked out! I hate spiders more than I hate just about anything. YUCK! I also found a black widow in the garage last week.

Grr, another day spent sleeping. I'm not working until Friday but still, after I took the kids to school, all I wanted to do was come home and sleep. I had a lot to do today but couldn't find the energy to do it while the kids were at school. I waited until I had to pick up the kids before I even started trying to get my stuff done. At least I did get most of it done though.

Proud Mama

Today was one of those days that left me with that proud feeling because of one of my kids. Carisa got a job, well two of them actually. The first job, she takes foster kids out and does activities with them about three times a week. They range in age from about 8 to about 12. I was surprised when she told me about this job because she has been my one kid that doesn't have a lot of patience with her siblings. I'm sure this will teach her many things and one day make her a better parent. The second one, she goes into elementary schools and teaches photography to 4th graders. Today was her first day of doing this. She had to make a lesson plan and go to the school and teach to the entire classroom of students. Now, I think I would have a heart attack and die before I would be able to do this. She was a little nervous about it, but she said it went very well. Wow, I can't tell you how proud I am of her. She is making a difference in a lot of young peoples lives and this is one of the days I've been waiting for, to see some rewards from all the hard work that parents do to raise responsible kids.

Working nights

I am officially announcing I hate working nights! It has messed my schedule up so bad. I couldn't get to sleep until 2am last night because I slept until 2pm yesterday because I thought I had to work which I ended up not doing (long story). Then today I woke up and got the kids to school but still felt so tired so I came home and went back to bed and slept on and off until about 5:30pm! Grrrrr. Plus on top of that, when I am awake, I have no energy to do anything. I've been making the kids do most of the cleaning which can be good and bad. I have another year and a couple of months until my contract is up and then I will be moving on to another area that isn't so busy during the day because I think that days is where I need to be.

Forever Strong

I took the kiddies to see the movie Forever Strong today. I practically had to drag them there because they are at the age that they don't want to be in the same vicinity of each other and they usually can't agree on one movie. Well, today I wanted to see this movie because I heard it's based on a true story and I'm a sucker for those and also, it was filmed in Utah. So, I picked them up from school and said we were going to the movie, because then they would have no escape unless they actually jumped out of the car on the way there, which I'm sure Breanne considered doing. SO, after convincing them that there was no way out of it, we finally made it to the theater without anyone sustaining any injuries from me. It was a good movie and I'm glad that I didn't take no for an answer because I almost had to turn the car around. Grrr, next time I'll sit at home and watch a movie BY MYSELF in my room with my door locked!

I am posting today because I was ordered by Stacie to do so. And also because I'm SICK of looking at those bodies every time I get on my blog. It's kinda funny though because today my kids went to see the Bodies Show for their field trip. They of course thought it was DISGUSTING and don't understand why they had to go. I have to agree with them. If I had to see that when I was their age, I would have DIED. So this post is for Stacie, the pregnant lady. I can say that now because she announced it to the world yesterday on her blog. Love ya my friend.

I went to the Body Worlds show yesterday with two of my best friends of all time, Stacie and Alisha. It was fascinating. The show is full of people who have donated their bodies specifically to be put on display. There were babies at various stages of gestation from about 5 weeks to 28 weeks. That was the most fascinating part of the whole thing. The baby that was 9 weeks had little fingers and toes. Amazing.

We have been trying to go to this show for a year and a half. The first time we were going to see it was in New York but we were unable to. Then we made a special trip to Vegas to see it but the show ended the day before we got there. :-( We were so excited when we found out it was coming to Salt Lake. We even got postcards in the mail for free admission since we work in healthcare.

The show was downtown but since we look for every opportunity to get away from our kids, we stayed at the Little America, went out to dinner and stayed up late just chillin. We were even able to sleep in the next morning before going to the show. To top it off, Carisa came over from her dorm and went to the show with us. Fun day!

So, I've been meaning to explain the title of my blog, Domestically Disabled. While I was in school, I wasn't able to really be the mom I like to be. I had to focus so much on school. When school ended, I felt totally out of practice and it took me a while to get back into the mom thing. It's been 9 months since school ended and I'm finally feeling more comfortable about my mom role. I know, sad huh. So there you have it, my confession for the day.

I went back to the doctor because I still am not feeling 100% and he said that I still have an ear infection. He gave me a steroid, another antibiotic, some antibiotic eardrops and another prescription for allergy meds. He said if it doesn't clear up, I need to go to an ear, nose, throat doctor and have him drain my ear with a needle. Oh lets all pray that it clears up because there ain't no way I'm doing that. Oh no, you are dealing with the biggest wimp of all time when it comes to people poking me.

Sick Sick Sick

I feel sicker than a dog, I have ear infections, a sinus infection, and bronchitis. I haven't been sick in forever, and now that I get sick, I really get sick!

It's My Birthday

Happy birthday to ME! Really, it was just another day, I hate birthdays nowadays. They just remind me how OLD I really am. My kids say happy birthday and sometimes I'll even get breakfast in bed or somebody doing a chore without me asking, but then it's business as usual. Mom, can you make me this... mom can you do that...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY

I can't believe Carisa is 22! What happened! I feel like I just graduated from high school. Happy birthday Carisa! You are an awesome kid, er, I mean adult.

It's Here

The book is here. We now own 2 of them! No, my girls couldn't buy just one and share, they had to have their own copy so they could read it not stop and then start again when they are done. They went to Barnes and Noble which apparently had a "Bridal Shower" for two characters that aren't even real! They dressed up in prom type dresses for this thing! When I left them at home today to come to work, they were half done with the book already. I'm sure they are sitting there right now in the middle of the night reading.

My girls are obsessed!

Two of my girls are completely obsessed over this



They have both read the whole series at least twice and they can't wait for the movie to come out. Breanne stays awake practically all night reading. I guess it's a good thing but I never thought I would be threatening to take a book away from my kid!

I was driving home today and noticed they put the Angel Moroni on the Draper Temple today. It looked beautiful.

Ty off to camp

Here is Ty this morning at 5:30 am ready for camp. He was actually excited about it! He is usually the one saying "why do I have to go", or "I don't like the other boys". He is going up to Bear Lake to an aquatics camp and will be back on Saturday. One down, one to go. Breanne leaves at 8am tomorrow morning.

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