REVIEW JUNKIE

I'm thanking my lucky stars tonight that I'm a review-a-holic. Every time I buy something more than 50 bucks I'm on the net checking reviews. This time I'm investing in a sewing machine. I almost skipped reviewing it because I was looking at a singer and there supposed to be top of the line. Well apparently not. I have no room to judge as I have never owned one. But after reading the reviews on several of there products, not only have I decided to not get that particular machine, I'm sold on a brother. I am going to pick up the machine as soon as my Xmas gift cards come in. Brother, especially the sewing machine I'm getting has excellent reviews across the board. I don't know why I even bother making decisions anymore. I know that even after I have came to a final decision I still have to read the reviews on every website I can find. Its got to be some form of OCD. I swear its just me trying not to be impulsive but man I spent to much time reading reviews.Anyways off to bed, to late to be up. Good night

Playing Doctor Sammie

I think one of the hardest things on us moms is a sick child. I know there are plenty of worse senerios out there but we just feel powerless. It is so horrible when you hear them coughing and when you try to get them to blow there nose and they cry cause its hurts so much. I would do anything to take there sickness and give it to myself in the snap of a finger at any time. Poor little muchkins. And there crying and sore and there throat hurts, meanwhile there extatic cause you let them have a little bit of ice cream after breakfast since there throat is in pain and you let them curl up beside you while you watch movies all day. I just feel so terrible when my kids are sick and right now I have 2 very sick little ones to deal with so off I go.

A GREENER MOMENT, A NEW FOUND LOVE

OK so this is the second washer I have broke in a month. neither were new or anything but the point is, My hubby told me hes not trying to fix it and Im not getting a new one till I learn my lesson. I told him that the lesson is he needs to do the wash......so not gonna happen. So I have 2 kids, me and my hubby and in 3 days a whole lot of laundry piles up. I already hand wash diapers (only way hubby would let me cloth diaper cause hes afraid of poop in the washer) so I decided today that I would hand wash some clothes. I started with whites and OMG, I have never seen my whites, whiter or brighter. You would think I used bleach I swear. I am very impressed as Im totally addicted to white. And besides how clean my clothes are, It was so much fun. I got to play around in the water splashing and turning and all while jamming to the music in my head. I know it may sound boring and painful but it totally wasnt. And the workout was amazing. I didnt even feel like I was getting a workout till i was done. I could totally go without a washer and I think that I definatly will wash my whites from now on by hand. So white, so fun and I was totally having a blast. Its weird how simple things like this can actually impact your life, well its either that or my life is truly that bad.......and its not bad at all. I really like the idea of minimalism. Less is more. Electronics suck and turn us all into midless zombies and our world today is crap. theres no family attachment or bonding. Everyone is in such a hurry to go no where that everyone has forgotten the little things. Well my sences have been a little hightened by my new found love of hand washing. And I intend on slowing down a little more. I cant afford to slow down a whole lot but little by little Id like to take back the seconds in life that count.

ULTIMATELY HELPLESS

So a little tidbit about me is that im so afraid of things like being robbed murdered, having my house broken into, that sort of thing. And its not your typical fear, like these fears plague me. I cannot sleep if im the only adult in the house. I always feel as if someone has broken in, even though all the windows and doors are locked. Every creek or rustle and Im up turning on every light in the house making sure no one is there. Anyways to get to my point, Last night I was going into the bank to deposit $500.00 into my account and I didnt notice till i was already in and had taken out a deposit envelope that 2 older homeless gentlemen were standing in the corner. In most cases my heart would have started to race and Id get all shakey thinking I was about to be robbed, but instead I just felt an aching in my heart. One guy was trying to light his lighter to smoke a cigarette but couldnt manage because his hands were that cold. All I could think of is how can I help these gentlemen. If I didnt have a family at home I would have brang them out to my car to bring them home for the night. It was so cold out and I offered to give them a ride anywhere but as I had suspected they had nowhere to go. I told them to have a great night and the gentlemen just begged me not to call the cops but thats the last thing that was on my mind. It was terribly cold outside and no one should have to sit outside in that weather. It was bad enought that they had to camp out in a bank. I drove from the bank to the 7/11 to pick up milk and bought to coffees and went to bring them back to the gentlemen but they were gone. Im guessing they thought I was gonna phone the cops. This morning I woke up and my mother had called to tell me that it was -51 degrees celcius with wind chill factor last night. All day I have thought about these 2 men. Are they ok, did they find a warm place to rest last night, or did they go back to the bank after realizing that the cops were not comming after all. I just feel helpless. In this weather and being the Christmas season Im blessed to have a roof over my head let alone everythign else. I truly hope with my whole heart that these men had a decent night although at -51 I think I should have called the cops as they might not have liked the idea of sleeping in a jail cell but it would have been warmer Im sure of it