Mom's Crazy

Hope has a new Swing!

Hope killed her first swing.  The motor burned up.  You know, they don't make wind up swings any more, only battery operated.  Well, they die, fast.  It was 6 weeks old.  lol!

so we bought her a new high speed swing.  It's a portable swing.  This is the one.

I must say, it's cool. 

New Nestle Baking Chocolate

YUMMMMMMMMMMM. Have you all seen this stuff? OMG. It is heavenly. Nestle Chocolate has this new baking chocolate out just in time for the holidays. Check out their website

Lise

We are fostering a crazy greyhound.    She is just nuts.  I love her, though.  Her name is Lise (that was her actual racing name too) and she is a big girl, about 75-80 lbs.  She is a sweet heart, but not too bright!

Well, she's asking to go out now, so I suppose I had better go. 

Church, again!

I was definately awake during church this Sunday!  Pastor was wound up!    It was really enjoyable.  Hope did great.  As usual!

This year is going by so quickly.  I hope it doesn't go by too fast.  I'm trying to enjoy every moment of Hope's babyhood before it's gone.  She'll be 4 months old on Friday!

Blogroll me. :-)

A Miracle for Hope

Yesterday we learned of a miracle. Hope was born with a brain bleed. We were told that the odds were quite good that she'd have serious side effects from the bleed. These side effects could include CP, mental retardation, blindness, hearing loss, speech delays, learning disaiblities, etc. We were ok with this. At least we knew what to expect as she got older, right? Well, yesterday she had a follow up ultrasound. To make a very long story very short, the brain bleed is GONE! Just had to share.

Jonathan and his Girl

I gotta make the font bigger.  My eyes are older than the rest of me and they can't see worth a darn!

Anyway, Jonathan has a new love in life.  Before last month, his only love was Rugby.  He is a fine Rugger and will grow up to have many broken bones, cuts and bruises, I am sure...but, Rugby has competition for his affection.  He now adores his cello!  So much so that I tease him all the time that he has a new girlfriend.  He has a fine cello, 1/2 size so it's not so obnoxious.  He, however, has his sights on a black and hot pink bass.  Now that is fun.  I can just see him on the worship team at church with his rockabilly bass!  Heh.

Church, Dogs, Baby.....

Oh my!

I stayed awake in church today because Pastor Phil's sermon rocked.  He is one powerful speaker that just has the fire in him!  Awesome stuff.  I felt rejuvenated when I left today, which was a good thing.....

On the way home we stopped to pick up Lise.  She is a HUGE girl.  OMG.  I didn't anticipate that.  Our two are small females.    She was a quiet doll all day long.  Now that it's quiet though, she is whining and fussing.    I hope she sleeps. 

Hope, the human baby, was fussy tonight too.  OMG I didn't think she'd ever go to sleep!    But, she did and hopefully will be all.night.long.  One can dream anyway.

So, that's life from here.  Crazy. It's just crazy.

How to Stay Awake in Church?

Any fast and furious tips on staying awake in church?  I am too darn tired by Sunday AM to be up and awake....what can I do?  Pastor Barry isn't gonna take too kindly to me snoring in the 6th pew back, is he?  Shall I use the exuse that I have a baby?  I'm nervous about tomorrow!    I've tried Starbucks in the morning, but I just get sleepier..... I gotta think of something!

Why am I crazy?

I think I'm losing my God-given mind.....or maybe He wants me to lose it. 

We have two living biological children, two adopted, two greyounds, a psycho cat and well, my husband is certifiably crazy......  I must be too.  We are fostering a greyhound.  Good grief.  We are nuts.  Just plain nuts!  Help! 

Who is Crazy Mom and Why am I here?

Ahhh, a new place to call home, at least on the net.  It's time for a change.  I've set up blogs before, only to become bored with them over time.  My xanga, while it has posts from when Jonathan was just a wee one and covers a lot of memories....well, it's just exhausted itself.  It's time to let it rest a while and set up a new space to call my own.  Maybe I'm just tired of everyone knowing my business. 

So, I will start off by introducing myself so any random visitors will know who they are reading about, then the rest will be random brain farts from me....

I'm Maggie, homeschooling Mama to Jenna (14, 9th grade), Jessica (13, 6th grade, public school), Jonathan (9, 4th grade public school) and Hope (born June 06).  I live in what used to be a nice neighborhood, but has rapidly become Peyton Place (anyone remember that show?  I'm too young, but have heard so much about it).  This place has more drama than the movies.   

I have been married to my hunk of a husband (well, he was then, now he's fat and bald, but then I've not aged gracefully myself, so we call it even) for 17 years.  He has a desk job now, but it wasn't always that way.  I  kinda like it now, though.  He works in a cool office that's fun to visit. 

We have two greyhounds.  One is a retired raicer and the other a spanish galga.  Both have stories to tell, some day I might put it in writing to document it, probably not.    Depends, I guess.

I'm passionate about many things and a true testament that you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover.......Jenna likes to remind people that I have a freak flag, I just don't fly it 

So, that's me in a nutshell.  Now carry on.