Stressing to the max.

Ever wonder what you did that was so bad that the universe decided to punish you? We've been battling head lice which is hard enough...then the other day, I had a giant flea crawl from the dog onto my arm. So now we've got two different parasites infesting our home (on top of the 3 kids :p). How the hell did we go from no bugs to this? It's bad enough with lice, but the fleas might just be worse...those suckers JUMP! *shudder* So we had to go get tons of flea killing products...and now I have to find something to do with the cat and dog for 2 1/2 hours one day so we can bomb the house. Is it bad that I kinda wish we were really bombing the house??

Speaking of houses...we're getting closer and closer to moving day. The foreclosure is final and we have to be out by March 11th, and we have no leads on a place to live. We can't afford more than $900 for a 3 bedroom...which is not a lot of money to work with. Basically all I can find are crappy places in bad neighborhoods. There's no way I'm moving my kids somewhere that isn't safe, in the ghetto where I can't feel safe either. Did I mention that moving to Minneapolis terrifies me? It's hard to wait to look, but we're going to have to stop looking until January. It's really hard not knowing what's next. Having pets sucks too because it's going to be an added cost for rent every month. With everything going on I had a weak moment and considered getting rid of the cat and dog. I could never do it though. They're my fur babies, and they're best friends. Lily and Eoghan got their report cards this week. Eoghan is so very smart, but can't control himself to save his life. Every day he has to take breaks, and a couple times a week he has full out fits where we can't get him to calm down for hours. Then there's Lily who is well behaved and popular, but not the brightest bulb in the shed. She's not really stupid, but she doesn't apply herself at all. "Gee, that's too hard, I can't do it...duuuurrrrr..." So now when school gets back in session, I have to look into getting her a tutor. Just another thing to add to my list of things to do. The kids have been on break from school for a week now and I'm ready to punch myself in the face. Because we've got bugs, I can't let them go anywhere or have anyone over here, so we've been stuck with each other.

Jim's birthday was the other day and he got himself the new game..."Black Ops" or something like that. Let me just say, watching somebody play video games is SO BORING! It's also super frustrating when the person playing is getting really grumpy and yelling at everything because the game isn't going as planned. I love you dearly, but you really need to pop some Xanax before you play. Maybe I should too lol. That being said HOLY EXPENSIVE! The game itself is stupid pricey, but the equipment to play is EVEN MORE than the game. WTH!? Now I have two boys in the house that are into playing and I can see that it will get much more expensive as the years go on.

One bright side I created a chore game for the kids...We decorated a jar and I put slips of paper that have a chore and points earned for completing the chore...plus there are random "+1 and -1 point" cards to keep it game like. We keep track of their points and every few turns, I have them do the math to add up their points. Each point is worth a penny. So they get some money to buy their own toys and I've got a clean house. Hell yes. Lily was saving up for a walking puppy toy and Eoghan was saving up for more Sky Landers guys. They both caved early and ended up buying their own happy meals and a small toy from walmart. Works for me! haha. There's more I could rant about, but I'll save it for another blog. Until next time. :)