15 loads

I finished up the laundry today...I think it totaled 15...with all the towels, bedding, stuffed animals, and clothes that needed to be washed anyway...sheesh!  I put away ALL bedding. Everyone has literally a sheet, a blanket, and a pillow... the kids have a few animals on their beds but before they had lots of little blankets and a few pillows/pillow pets, etc.  No more! Now if they barf/pee/whatever, it's just 3 things to be washed. I also put all the mattresses in plastic zipper bags...and the pillows to.  We had this done before but as our kids have been potty trained, we just quit buying the stuff... but no more :)


I think the house is 1.clean and 2. organized. I cleaned out all the closets and organized them like a crazy woman. I organized my kitchen a bit better so I can see what food we have.  I think if I was 37 weeks pregnant, the baby could come now and we'd be ready for him.  That's what I wanted. I'm 6 months pregnant and starting to get really uncomfortable...so I wanted to have things all organized.  Saturday Svend and I are doing our bedroom.

He had wanted to buy new furniture but we just can't afford to use our savings account right now and we can make due with what we have. It just means we have to declutter our room like I've done the rest of the house.  Hard when I have 3 sets of clothes--maternity, postpartum, and hopefuls... bluh. so many clothes!

I've been a brat lately. I've been working hard on the house and with all the sickness, just stretched too thin. The kids don't know what I want and I have had a hard time not blowing up on them...I do it too much. One small thing sets me off and I hate it and they hate me for it.  I'm trying...but I'm sorry to them and I feel sorry for them.

I started telling them-individually how much I love them and how glad I am that they are in our family. I think it helps. Of course, then I have a 5 minute freakout that tears all that down. I'm trying...

I'm uncomfortable. My rib hurts and my back hurts. I'm hungry all the time. But trying to stop the eating...it's not working too well. I will top 200lbs when I am full term. Not excited.  I'm trying.

Jordan is getting married in august.  Not in the temple but to a new convert :) I'm excited. He's excited and knows it's right.

Josh and Jeni get their girls in August too :) I'm sooo excited to meet little Grace and Emily.

Our budget is suffering. Not babysitting is hard. But I'm SOOOO glad I'm not doing it anymore!I 'm so tired and it's nice to put Brook down for a nap and then have Bergen play the Wii and read books to Tubs or have her watch a movie while I sleep.  But yes, we have $8 in our account to last til Friday... next week.  (7 days).  Luckly we have to pay off our discover bill so I had transferred $200 into our account to cover it.  I think we only owe around $100 so we've got some $$ for fresh groceries for this week. Granted, I spent $100 at walmart (normal weekly budget when we have staples in our home) and then $100 at Costco on meat, chicken, and a few snacks, etc.  Then, the last $100 of all the stuff after the sickness...including diapers. So really we spent an extra $100 this 2 week period that wasn't expected.  So NORMALLY we are fine on our budget. It's the extras that come up (constantly!) that we have to over spend for. Thankfully we have our savings account... $3000 in it right now...

Svend gets a pay raise in July. It comes to around $200 a month.  Our rent is being raised $40 a month so $160ish is what we'll have extra each month to work with.  I'm hoping it's enough... There are a few hospitals very close that Svend may have surgeries at. That would be a HUGE blessing if it works out that way. Plus, they did their call schedule and he is RARELY on call next year--so no re-trips to the hospital and gas money like that. Whew.  We are set for the baby. I figured all I need are some nursing bras and pads.  I have enough diapers for his first month or two already. A girl in our ward gave me a HUGE bag of clothes for him. He has a place to sleep and a carseat. I think we can do this. I'm going to start potty training Brooklyn tomorrow...if I remember. I got her to sit on the sit for a minute today...so that's progress! We'll see if she figures it out or if we just start in a few months. I just want her trained mostly before the baby comes. That's the one thing we can't afford...two kids in diapers.  Plus...she'll be close to 2 1/2. Should be okay...