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Gracie just pooped in the potty! First time she has ever done anything on the potty... ever!!! Got on the potty all by herself and just went. We walked in and there she was sitting there. Then she said: "I going poop on the potty! I have to go, so I go on the potty."  As if this happened every day and was in no way unusual.

She's just training herself apparently!

Ellie, however, just threw a huge fit because Gracie was getting so much attention and even got an M&M for her achievement. She was crying, saying things like "I go on the potty too!" and it ended with her running into her room crying and slamming the door. Then Gracie went to go into the room and Ellie shoved her out and slammed the door again in her face. Hum. Teenage angst coming a bit early around here, isn't it?

from the summit of laundry mountain

Is where I'm posting tonight. How can 4 people have so many dirty clothes after just 1 week? And I think that we brought approximately 3 tons of sand home in our van. No matter how diligent you are at the beach about rinsing off when you come home, sand hides everywhere. Even things that never went to the beach are sandy. Hum. Maybe little sand faires come every night to sprinkle sand on sleeping vacationers.

And I was so excited when I got home because my sheets arrived in the mail. I got a super deal at Amazon - $160 sheets for $28.99. Oh yes, these are really nice sheets. I am now kicking myself saying: "Self! Why did thee not buy two? Or three?" I never think to do that. I also need to learn this trick when I find that amazingly awesome pair of jeans.

Anywho, I'm feeling great - Lyme's treatment is working super. No more whining about aches and pains for awhile, folks. Sorry about that. I'm sure it was riviting reading. :-) But its nice to be back to full speed, although I do miss nice ladies from church delivering yummy meals to my front door.

Now its another bonkers week, with in-laws leaving for India on Tuesday, me adn girls going out to Ohio for a long visit on Friday and Husband heading off to Harvard on Saturday.  And I'm trying to launch my web store by August.  Did I mention that I am now starting this business by myself? And have a new name, business card and web address that will shortly be opening and I will actually be selling stuff? After an entire year of just talking about it? Eeekk! Hijinks to follow, I'm sure!

Well, I'm off to perm my mother-in-law's hair! (Didn't see that one coming did you?)  Totally adorable vacation pictures to follow soon! Including one of the amazing house we stayed in. (Wow. Did I say wow? This was the porch furniture. drool.......)

from the beach

We are having a great time here at the beach. The house is totally beautiful and the kids are having a blast. We spent today at the beach, then tonight we went to the boardwalk and ate things like funnel cake and water ice before taking the girls on some rides. They loved it, but having only ever been to amusement parks like Disneyland, they could not understand that we have only so many tickets so we're not able to ride the rides all night :-)

We're all very relaxed and enjoying days full of eating and laying around. Lots of card playing, reading and ice cream! I love the beach!

figure it out!

I was tagged by LifeLemons, so here goes folks:

You must reveal nine things about yourself and one must be a lie…. Humm. In honor of me going on vacation, I will do travel-themed factoids.

1. I have only had food poisoning once while traveling. After eating at a Pizza Hut in Shanghai.

2. I've had many, many marriage proposals while traveling.

3. I've had my hands and feet decorated with henna in Pakistan. It looked kinda like this.

4. Besides toilets and the great outdoors, I've also mastered a squatty potty, even using a bathroom that was a hole in the floor of a moving train.

5. I've illegally entered a country.

6. I have eaten snake, turtle, jelly fish and dog. All in the same meal.

7. I had my butt pinched so often while shopping in a bazaar that my mother-in-law had to walk right behind me.

8. I've never gotten sick on an airplane.

9. I've swam in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.

Okay, now it is your turn to figure out my lie, good luck!

and in a cruel twist of fate

My medication for Lymes has a warning to stay out of direct sunlight.

When I'm going to the BEACH for a WEEK!!!  Boo-hoo!!

i forgot!

Some pictures from the wedding!

me and my girls:

me and my man:

teaching their one-year-old cousin some good habits:

finally. news!

We have a diagnosis! Its Lyme's Disease. I'm relieved, since they were mentioning some fairly serious stuff, and its easily treatable with antibiotics. The doctor said I should be feeling better in 3-4 days. Which is wonderful!!!!

I have my kids tomorrow all day, so we'll see how I survive on my own. I need to get ready because my in-laws are moving in on Friday and Husband's whole family (parents, sister, brother, their spouses and two kids under 1.) are staying here until Sunday, when we all head to the shore for a week in Ocean City. I'm saving my strength!
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I just saw this commercial: "56% of diet cola drinkers think that Diet Pepsi has more cola taste than Diet Coke."
What the heck? Is that supposed to make me want to drink Diet Pepsi? 56% is supposed to be impressive? Wow! Landslide victory, huh?
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Today Ellie went to a birthday party and there was a ice cream sundae bar. When she got home, I asked her what she put on top of her ice cream.
"Everything!" she says.
That's my girl!

ugh

Still no word. And now I have some sort of rash.

Fantastic.

no news

Called the doctor today and test results still aren't in. Hopefully tomorrow, that's what we're praying for. I would like to start being treated for something, instead of just living on pain meds. Not that its not fun to be unable to follow conversations.  And I'd like to be well and to stop feeling like a drama queen.

And I'm being so being well taken care of by my friends. We have meals coming all week and people are emailing to ask when they can watch our kids. We feel loved!

still here

went to boston -- glad that i did. wedding was beautiful and i got to see husband's grandma, who is not doing well. i'm really, really glad i sucked it up and went. everyone was very helpful with our kids and i was able to sneak off and take naps. but i'm still worn out.

some quotes:

"if a cop is riding by himself, can he pull us over in the car pool lane?" as we are whizzing through hartford, ct.

while driving through massachusetts:
"oh, look! here's the connecticut map!!"
"that would have been helpful half an hour ago. when we were lost in connecticut!!!!"

in other news, i'm still really sick. fun. i'm debating whether i need to stop waiting for my test results and go back in to the doctors tomorrow, since something is obviously wrong here. i'm really strugging because i can't do anything for myself. i can barely get up once i'm lying down. being vertical is painful. my husband is doing everything and i can't handle my kids because their voices make my aching head want to explode. i hate being helpless. i'm really having a hard time with this. right now i'm trying to find childcare for tomorrow, since husband really has to go to work for at least half a day. keep praying.