Winter has come full blown to Wisconsin. In the past week we have gone from seeing grass to our first sticking snow fall of about 5 inches to 4-6 inches today and another 6-10 on Saturday. Aahren couldn't be more happy. I have forgotten what it was like to be a kid and look for that first snowfall to go out and have a snowball fight and make snow angels. Snow angels where my favorite thing as a child and I got to teach him how to make snow angel this week.

Andromeda keeps getting bigger and bigger she amazes me ever day even though she is not my first child. Almost walking at not even nine months is a major shocker. I want her to slow down and stay this way but they don't. They grow up way to fast, it makes me want another one though the countdown is at nine months before we start working on number three and hopefully they are closer in age then Aahren and Andromeda.

Changes.
Changes are always a part of life and I look forward to the changes that I am making in my life and for the lives of my children. I am switching to cloth diapers this month as soon as they get here and I couldn't be happier. We spent at least $50 a month alone on disposable diapers and wipes and at least half of the garbage bag we take out every day is diapers.
I am also learning to sew and knit this winter. After the problems we are having with clothes fitting Andromeda I thought what better time to learn to sew then when it is needed in order to have clothes that fit the kids. I might throw in some baking here and there but I don't dare brave learning to cook until I get a decent pots and pans set, after the last fire.

Life is hectic with Aahren but I hope soon we will actually start his therapies and we an work on some of his issues and I might actually have a more functioning four year old.

So I'm going to be updating more from now on now that I have a computer at home again, so quick update from the past year with more to follow.
Was pregnant Persephone Andromeda "Rommie" was born March 16th. WOW it's been six months already. Aahren is almost 4 thats even harder to believe. Those are the important updates HEH.
So I'll be trying to keep current in my posts. Ken if your reading this mind helping me make some changes on the entire layout of this thing since yours is excellent, I'll let you know what I'm kind of thinking of and then give you password to make changes with free artistic range. I just think it needs a change and I don't know how.

Oh the things that happen over time. In November I broke my elbow but they didn't find it until the middle of December, ended up having surgery on it and was in a cast for eight misreble weeks. The rehab is going slowly, and I hate going because always in pain afterwards. Aahren doesn't make matters any easier because he wants to climb on that arm or me to pick him up and lifting the thirty pounds with that arm doesn't go over well.
School is going good maintaining a 3.5 GPA right now, worried about this term though because I don't understand how to build computers and this A+ course is kicking my ass. School is progressing, though I am starting to wonder if I really want to be a parole/probation officer, with aiming for a grad degree in law or homeland security. I'll stick with my current degree until I decide, but we'll see.
Aahren is getting really big hard to believe he is almost two and a half. Still lacking in the speech department although he is improving and they no longer suspect Autism as much as they did previously, maybe it was because of the move and a new doctor actually paying attention to him, who knows. He is up to 15 words now, which is still behind for his age but better then he was previously. He is starting to like the cold, and loved playing in the snow, with it starting to get warmer finally will be spending more time outside to get all this energy out, and maybe finally get his sleep schedule under control. No longer sleeps in bed with me though thankfully, sleeps in his bed or on the couch but most nights comes in halfway through the night when he wakes up for some reason. He's getting big too, 37 inches tall and 31 lbs, tall and thin like a bean pole. Buying clothes is so freaking hard because if he wears shorts he wears 18 months, and even then they are sometimes to big, 12 months just started getting to short, shirts though he wears 3t. Pants are a hasseell he needs 24month for the length but they fall off so its hard to get him to be able to wear anything. Subsequently at home he's a shirt and diaper baby HEH. The move has helped his Asthma to be almost nothing, although with spring coming we will see as at least in Florida the worst where spring and fall. Up here though he didn't have any problems with the fall so maybe won't for the spring either, that would be a blessing in itself, although he sits and takes his medicine and knows he needs it so its not a fight any more.
Still working on the weight loss, down 20 more pounds and have another 50 to go still though before am at my target and might aim even further, although that goal puts me just over what I was before Aahren so I would be happy with that.

All work and no play makes my life very boring. Started work yesterday, off today and work 845am-1030pm Friday and Saturday. Rest of the schedule I will get Friday, but I can sign up for as much over time as I want, so I will be doing what I can handle since need the money. Throw in school in mix and Aahren and you have me busy busy busy, forget having time for rest, and whatnot. Thats my life story though. My dad screwed me over royally and who knows what is going on with a house to stay at. But might have figured it out, might be moving in with my sister and her boyfriend to help them out financially, as she's due any day, though she is being induced on the 23rd if she doesn't go by then.

First off, Aahren is two today WOW. User Pic is of the first of his birthday parties a few days back. Getting to big.

And now meme taken from my sister because I am extremely bored.
Grab the neare​st book.​
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth​ sente​nce.​
* Post the text of the next two to five sente​nces in your journ​al along​ with these​ instr​uctio​ns.​
* Don'​t dig for your favor​ite book,​ the cool book,​ or the intel​lectu​al one: pick the CLOSE​ST.​

" " I don'​t want it to fall on her.​"​ Erago​n looke​d back at the wretc​hed butch​er.​ He has no more time for mindl​ess wande​rings​.​ He had to choos​e.​One way or anoth​er,​ he had to choos​e.​.​.​ "​Erago​n!​"​ "

From Brisi​ngr by Chris​tophe​r Paoli​ni

Well among other things going on, including my big pending move in a month. My last semester in school just announced my final grades and GPA, two a's and one C. Only reason I got a C was I got caught up in stress I was having my last two weeks and didn't turn in the last section of our semester report which really hurt my grade. Either way my GPA is 3.41, I am hoping to keep something that high, and hopefully even higher throughout the remaining of my 4 years.
The move for those who don't know, I am moving to WI. October 4th is my last day at work, and October 5th is my moving date. Goodbye heat and hello winter. YAY.
Theres a lot more going on but more on that later I think.

So here we go again, I feel like we have been here before. First off, Aahren has to go back in for another set of tubes where they will remove the set in there and replace them, at the same time taking his adenoids out to help him breath and sleep better.
And now the worrying part, and keep him in your prayers, he has Pneumonia, yesterday I called in to work and took him to his doctor whom set us to the ER after seeing him. ER does their work makes a diagnosis and sends him on his way. Two hours after they discharged him I started making my way to the children's hospital of this area because he was getting worse would not do anything at all and was refusing foods and liquids. We get there and find out his 02 level at the time of arrival was 89. They rush him back get him on oxygen and give him something other then the abuteroul for the problems breathing. Blood tests and X-rays later we find out that the previous ER was wrong, his pneumonia was worse then they thought and should have never been sent home unstable as he was. They where debating admitting him if they couldn't get his stats up and able to stay up after taking him off oxygen. They took his sugar level, and changed his fluids to fluids with sugar in them, after they did that his stats rose and leveled out, they took him off oxygen and started to watch him. He was at a stable 98 for 2 hours when they decided he was stable enough to go home and told us what to look for to know if he needs to come back. Come to find out though, the first ER should have never sent him home when his stats where at steady 92 when we left, we also found out that his pediatrician has not been doing his job right because he should have caught the pneumonia on Monday when Aahren was in with an ear infection, the ER doctor suggested we find a new primary care for him. They said that since he's had more asthma attacks this week then normal and I did ask the doctor about the cough Monday, that more then likely he had it then but because the doctor attributed it to uncontrolled asthma and did not listen to his chest it was not diagnosis, the good thing though was he was already on the right medication to treat it, however they don't know why it was getting worse.
Needless to say, I am exhausted I have to be at work today to get some hours in specially when missing a 15 hour shift yesterday. I still have two papers to turn in for school by 11:59 tonight that need to be started and this is just the beginning because he might end up back at the children's hospital if he does not get better. If that happens more then likely he will stay, depends on how what his stats show when and if he goes back.

So first off kids, finally getting somewhere with why Aahren has been so sick. After a cough for two weeks the doctor, not the one who saw him to begin with, told us it was a reactive cough because of his asthma put him back on abuterol four times a day instead of in emergencies, and gave him cough medicine to help him sleep. On a second antibiotic for his ears because the first did not work, and antibiotic ear drops. Somehow while on the amoxicillin he also got strep, from me no doubt but baffled the doctors how he got strep while on antibiotics, though it also baffled them how I got it without any tonsils. He also now says his first word that he uses correctly finally, he says bye. Though still no mommy/mama or daddy/dada correctly yet but it'll come.
School starts the 9th so getting very close and looking forward to it to start.
I start a new job on the 30th, after walking out of my house keeping one. Though it was worth it because it's $1.75 more then I was making and I can get over time whenever I want just have to volunteer for it. It's currently pending the drug test, and since they took hair and I was on narcotics in Feb and March I'm not sure if they are going to want proof they where prescribed but they said they are only looking for abuse so dunno, but it'll be fine since I did in fact have a prescription. I loved lifeguarding in the past so its something I'll enjoy doing again and know what I'm gonna be doing instead of not knowing what I am getting into physically and stuff. I'm looking forward to start and wish it was sooner, however the week gives me time to find a black pair of closed toe shoes because for the orientation cant wear open toe and thats hard to find because its summer and NO ONE is selling closed toe, though I hope I can find some.

So today I got into a weird mood, and wanted to go back into some old habits, but I decided to do something else instead. I went out and got my nails done my eye brows waxed and some new clothes bought, feel a million times better now. Feeling really girly.

Anyway I start school in June will see where that takes us, four years of school ahead, haven't since 03 so this will be a change.

Nothing else much new. Considering changing my first name legally for a few reasons mainly so when someone gets out of jail in 2011 they can't come and find me and whatnot. Have time to think about that though.

So we've been grinning and bareing the roommate while searching for another one. Then today we get the electric bill, $150 more then last month, and we know its not us because we aren't doing anything different however him having his gf over every weekend ontop of 2-3 showers a day is whats causing it and we know that. But he REFUSE to half the bills asshole. But this is the last straw he's being cut off for food, owes us $100 more for rent then hes already paid us to cover his water use, and from now on will be half of every bill if he wants to stay here. If he wants to leave he has to give us 30 days notice so even if he says well I'm just leaving hes not getting his rent back. Will see how the talking to him goes when he gets home. But previously he hasn't wanted to split the bills and now he has no choice. Its just very irritating. So if anyone needs someone to move in and split bills or is looking to move somewhere and looking for a place let me know.
Just irritating as hell when he refuses to pay what he's suppose to be paying. I'm sorry but when water went from 15 thousand gallons to 34 in a month theres something wrong. We're going to have the electric/water company come out and check the meter to make sure its not that thats wrong but if thats okay then we know its him and his stupid not following the rules no matter which rule it is that we tell him. When he moved in there was an agreement no over night without our permission and other rules hes been neglecting more and more. He stopped following keeping the cleaning up after himself and locking the door, and says he won't listen to anything I tell him and constantly tells me that when I tell him what he needs to do and such. Locking cats in a room with a stranger whom they dont like, not locking door when no ones home, not cleaning up after self, not telling us when things are gone food wise, not putting garbage in garbage can, not even rinsing dishes off, getting mad that theres a child gate to prevent Aahren from going into his bathroom when it was put there because he wouldn't keep the door shut, turning AC/heat on for no reason and when windows are open, could go on and on about the shit he pulls. Pisses me and Josh off so bad we're willing to live in two seperate places if it means getting away from this idiot room mate though we prefer not doing that.