Category Archives: Nico

Sep 2

Is Tomorrow Really It

All day long Thade has been bouncing around the house as I have been busy cleaning and packing for tomorrow. I look at the calendar and still can’t believe it, tomorrow Thade starts Preschool…

I am happy and sad all at the same time, but I’m putting on a happy smile even though I’m worried and I’ll miss him terribly. O.k., now I sound like a cry-baby, but it is hard when you realize that your sweet baby is now a big kid, and growing up so fast.

I hope that Thade has an amazing First Day at Preschool and I am looking forward to hearing about all of his new adventures, and his new friends too. I’ll be happy when he is back home though…

Aug 28

Strange Tales from the Garden

The last few weeks I have been harvesting all things green from the garden. I had a few small cucumbers to pick, and I finally had one zucchini too. The green beans went from a few here and there to me harvesting handfuls every other day! I even have 5-6 cantaloupes that are still growing, I just hope that they get enough sunlight and ripen soon.

But something is a miss in the garden… Yesterday I noticed these while I was watering.

Aaah!!! Giant Grasshoppers have invaded my garden!

Yesterday I decided to pick whatever Green Beans looked ready to pick, just in case the Grasshoppers liked Green Beans, and the strangest thing happened… I was bending down grabbing a green bean when one of the Grasshoppers Jumped up and hit me in the left eye. It stung, but I had to laugh. Only I could manage to get injured by a Grasshopper. Next time I’ll be a little more careful while I’m picking veggies.

Aug 21

Yahoo for Backpacks!

Thade has his first backpack! All week he has been practicing zipping and unzipping the backpack, and putting it on and running around the house. We’ll soon start packing his first backpack with all of his school items, as school is just 13 days away.

How I adore backpacks. I  had my very favorite backpack in High School, and I took it everywhere. It was a simple solid color, that I found at Office Max, and I decorated it with my favorite patches and pins. My backpack was obsessively organized, half for schoolwork, and half filled with my gear for shows. I even carried my beloved backpack to my second job. I was commuting twice daily, so I needed work items and after work items, and my backpack followed along.  I haven’t seen my backpack since our second move, so I have no idea where it is today, but seeing Thade’s first backpack brings back happy memories of mine.

What about you, did you have a favorite backpack when you were in school?

Aug 18

Early Bird vs. Night Owl

Hi, my name’s Nico and I have a problem… I can’t seem to wake up early. Try as I might, I am struggling to switch my internal clock over to “morning person”, and away from “night owl”. Any tips and pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thade has Preschool coming up soon, and it is first thing in the morning. I really need to get my act together and have both boys up, dressed, breakfast, and ready to go, oh yeah and me ready too. I just can’t seem to get up and going though.  I’m a night owl by design, and this early bird notion is giving me trouble.

This morning I overslept big time, and I’ve been playing catch up ever since. Maybe its just Monday, even so I’ve got to get up and get going earlier.

Aug 11

I need just a little more time

This has been one busy and weird weekend. I needed to go to the store on Friday, but the day got away from me, so it didn’t happen. Saturday James and Thade were busy putting together the Swing-set, and then the rains set in for the day. I did manage to run to Dollar General for the bare necessities, Milk and Cat Food. Sunday we were still working on the swing-set, and James’ Mom came by to help.

We spent all Sunday afternoon outdoors and I still hadn’t made it to the store. The weird thing was as the day progressed I started feeling really bad and I started having sharp pains in my stomach. I was a little worried, so James watched the boys and I headed off to Urgent Care in the evening to have a few tests run. Everything came back negative, but the Doctor said that I might need to make an appointment with my regular physician to make sure that everything is o.k. with my c-section site. I have been doing a lot of lifting of kids and swing-sets, so maybe I’ve pulled a muscle or two. I’ll check back in with my Doctor if things aren’t better soon.

We finally made it to the store today, and thank goodness too we were just about out of everything. I also picked up a new Car Battery and hopefully my car will be up and running soon. I know James will be happy to have his car back full time.

I hope to spend the week catching up on all of the neglected housework, and baking a few treats too. It looks like we will have another busy week ahead of us here.