Wordless Wednesday... black and white.

Attempting to get a Photo for Christmas cards...

Every year I assume that it is going to be a quick photo opportunity and I am going to get the picture worth a million bucks... every year I snap a whole bunch of pictures and come out at the other end with NOTHING worthy of a Christmas Card photo... I am hoping to get some more opportunities to take some pictures of the kids for a Christmas Card. IF my cards go out late, you know why! I am on a mission to get that perfect photo! I may end up having to settle for a minor disaster though... but hey, that shows their true personalities, right? OR I could do like Ali and make a collage of individual photos of the kids.... hmmm.... something to ponder!

my head is spinning a million miles a minute...

This morning I got the phone call from the hubster with news I totally was NOT expecting to get....
He called to inform me that he was selected to go to Diego Garcia for a year... unaccompanied... meaning... without us.
Even though my heart has sunk.... I am still SO thankful and grateful that he will be going there versus so many of the other places he could have been sent....
Now the decisions of what I will do for that year with me and the 4 kidlets and 2 pupsters...
As of right now it looks like I will be moving down to Florida to be near my parents.
I am looking at renting a place in a decent area with a fenced yard and isnt too far from my parents. AND it has to have a decent school... this will give me something to scope out a bit more once we get down there the end of this month.
Breathe.... phew... I wasnt expecting he would get these orders. (although we dont have them in our hands)
This plan
is still scribbled in mud and anything can happen.... looks like October was indeed a "no more".....

A week in review...

*Mom had her catheterization on Tuesday and the news was not good. The artery they were going to put the stints in is blocked and they can't put the stints in. Because the artery is blocked end to end, they also can not do bypass. Please pray that a safe and healthy resolution can be found. Being the worry wart that I am, I immediately asked her if she could have a transplant. Worse case scenario kind of thinking again... geesh. They have put her on plavix and returns to the doc on the 13th. Please think of her.... She has been having struggles with her heartrate being 40 at rest and 60's with walking.... I dont know if that was just medicine related or had something to do with the blockage. They have taken her off a medicine that could cause the low heartrate and I dont believe they have mentioned anything about it so maybe it has returned to normal since coming off the medication.... maybe I forgot to ask mom if her heartrate was normal... that wouldnt be unlike me... not out of ignorance but more out of the millions of distractions in my house...

*Did I mention we are going to Florida at the end of this month to see my parents??? I am so excited and looking forward to going but I am NOT wanting to rush getting there because that would mean it was closer to the visit being over.... We are also going to be spending a couple of days at Disney World! I can NOT wait to see the girls enjoying Disney!

*Thursday marked one year since Sydney had her ablation in Boston and was declared "Cured" of her Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome. I am not going to be ignorant to the fact that it could come back... so I prefer to call it Dormant... like a looming volcano waiting to burst... yeah... I worry too much. But for now, she seems to be doing GREAT!

*Cookie booths for girl scouts have consumed my entire week.

*I purchased the most hideous Christmas Tree on the market.... my tree would make Charlie Brown feel bad for me.... but, it is what the kids want and when they are grown they will remember that we bought them the tree they desired! Wait til you see it!

*I had a fun time shopping the 90% off clearance section at Target for Halloween items. Kiley has been living in a leopard leotard for a day now and I dont foresee it coming off any time soon. She will be devastated when I dont allow her to wear it to school....

*Hudson keeps running out the door... and he is FAST.... and he is BLACK... and when it is NIGHT... oh lord....

......... thats a brief synopsis of my week!! Didnt want to leave you all hanging........

Wordless Wednesday... THE MAD WITCH