Still Good....

Even 48 hours later, I am still feeling better. I am still amazed at the attitude factor. I am forcing myself to be happy at times but it's working. I think the "fake it till ya make it" slogan might apply here : -)

We went to church yesterday. It was nice. I am enjoying the local Lutheran church. It feels very welcoming and not stuffy and yes traditional (long story but I do love a traditional church). L REALLY enjoys Sunday School. She says she enjoys learning about Jesus but I think it's mostly the other little girls she enjoys :- ) J stays with me. S was sick and that's whole 'nother story by itself. I want to get confirmed. I need to look at the "fast track" deal for adults. I am listening to L and S play Wii - fun times!! So church went well and then we had the afternoon to fill since we skipped a birthday party due to S being sick. I ended up hitting all 3 grocery stores for my coupon bargains while the older 2 slept. J slept part of the time with me. He is not sleeping very well these days. I think it's a growth spurt thing since he in the verge on crawling (my baby - crawling! I already want #4!!!). I did pretty well shopping - $145 worth of groceries for $50 - not too bad!!

Today was a haircut and eyebrow wax (the wax was waaaayyy overdue!!) Then J and I ran an errand for Daddy. J is my constant companion these days. I really need to pump, especially since I am heading to Vegas in a month and have NO milk pumped. The older 2 stayed home with Daddy and enjoyed the weather. When I called to check in, all 3 were playing Cooties (S's recent potty prize for being dry all through the night - good job buddy!). And I was able to finish my apron for my latest swap this afternoon. L made herself a scrapbook while I was sewing. It was pretty cute with hand drawn pics of her family (us 5) and one of Pongo, a couple of her with her brothers and one of just her mommy and daddy. She is quite the artist these days. I had put a chicken in the crockpot prior to running errands so we had that for dinner - YUM! The kids even helped with dinner dishes. Of course the floor was soaked but it was fun, fun, fun to do the dishes with them. They both scrubbed the dishes and then I put them in the dishwasher. J was fussy today for some reason. I think it goes with his growth spurt/not sleeping well thing he has going on. I sure hope he starts to feel better soon though. It was a nice day again. I enjoy Daddy Piper being home from work once in awhile - feels like a "free" day. It is easier to enjoy the day knowing more work is secured for the week.

This week brings some fun plans. We have L's dance tomorrow and a quick trip to the DMV to take of care of some paperwork, Wednesday is our homeschool group (an Earth day activity!) and Thursday is the new music class we joined. We had a trial class last week and it went pretty well. I had thought the class ran about 15 minutes too long and then teacher said she accidentally went over so the class is supposed to be 45 minutes. We signed up for it. It runs for 6 weeks. We have done Kindermusik in the past and this is similar but more age appropriate. Our kids really enjoy music so this is great for everyone! Even Baby J could enjoy the singing and music playing. I had done Kindermusik with L when S was this age so it brings back some fun memories from that time.

All in all things are looking up around here. I am feeling better about life. I hope to shake this thing finally. I super duper hope to get past it and close this chapter of grumpy, irritable, depressed mommy for awhile. I have shut myself off from a few close friends lately due to my crabby self and hope to correct that. I miss seeing some of these wonderful women!!