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So much has happened since the Octoberfest. My youngest daughter Sophia had to get tubes put in both of her ears. They may have been the best thing we've ever done. She is doing so much better! I am really looking forward to when she starts walking and talking.

I have really got to get a move on getting the house cleaned. It's been neglected since this weekend which is something I normally do not do, but we have been so busy that there hasn't really been time for it.

Makayala has her first field trip today at head start. They are going to the Berkeley County Library in Moncks Corner. She was very excited this morning! I'm sure she's going to have a great time and come home talking about it!

Ok, so it's around four a.m here at Casa de Wadford. I can't sleep and obviously I'm bored.

I can't stop thinking about something my ass of a brother in law said to my husband the other night. It's common knowledge in our family that for the moment I'm a stay at home mom. So hubby said something about my doing something or another and jackass decided to fuck with him and ask him where I got any money from!! That shit just pissed me the fuck off! Fuck you, you clock punching dick. I've spent years of my life working boring as hell jobs. Sorry dude, life it too fucking short to waste it on boring shit that doesn't bring the smallest bit of satisfaction. Anyway, now that that's out of my system. (Really I feel so much better lol)

My youngest daughter has to go to an ear nose and throat specialist tomorrow (today). Her tonsils have been swollen for two freaking weeks! They have put her on two different antibiotics, neither bringing the desired results. So Monday the doctor starts talking about the possibility of having to have her tonsils taken out. I didn't even know that they could do that in a baby so young. (ten months) So I've got that to deal with later today.

Lance gets off at seven and then he's off for like the next two weeks or something. He's got Friday off from the shop and he's going to be in town helping out with the awesomeness that is our local Octoberfest!! Truly the people of St Stephen are kick ass!! And my in laws (w/ the exception of my brother in law, are awesome)

Had a really great day with M-I-L and Granny, we had a lot baking to do for the festival. We had a pretty good time with the exception that our plans with the marshmallows and the Oreo's did not go too well. Screw it, we tried. We did end up with some pretty great shit though. We are the Bake Masters (lol), I am such a dork.

My sister has been put on bedrest because of pre-eclampsia, my nephew is later this month but the medical people say that they might have to take him next week if she doesn't get any better. The bed rest is going to drive her crazy. I'll probably drop by and see her this week. I can't wait to meet my nephew, the docs keep telling Em that he's growing perfectly, there's nothing wrong with his feet (something Em was really worried about). She's going to name him Charles Sebastian, I'll just call him Charlie!! He's going to be the most beautiful baby boy!! I'm going to spoil him so bad, finally I get to send loud toys and stuff to someone ELSES house!! MuHaHaHa, I'm evil, I know.

Ok, dudes, I've got to wake up the oldest gremlin for school in like two hours and I need some more coffee. Seeing the bottom of my over sized coffee cup is never a good thing.

Motherhood

The joys (and jobs) of motherhood are endless. From diapers to school plays and everything in between. I am mother hen to two small children, both girls. Makayla Ruth Wadford 3, and Sophia Wren Wadford, 11 months. And along with all of the joys come all of the jobs, no one will ever tell you how much they just loved changing their babies' diapers, or how the highlight of their week was when their toddler started throwing up in the middle of the night. Nurse is one of a mother's many subtitles.

These past two weeks it has been my main subtitle. My two beautiful daughters both had ear infections, sinus infections and Sophie had tonsillitis. On top of all of that, she was teething! Running 103.5 fevers (like this afternoon), coughing, and runny noses have been my constant companions. Thankfully with the help of my mother, a cool bath, some baby tylenol, and some witchhazel we were able to bring her fever down. I am on watch tonight to make sure it doesn't go up again. That means I will be nursing the coffee pot all night and probably all day tomorrow. I didn't get any sleep last night either, but I'll be fine. I just want my kids to get well. When they are sick it's awful. They have been on antibiotics and c-phen drops for the last week and a half now. Sophia has to go back to the doctor on Monday so he can check her tonsils and make sure they went back down to their normal size.

Thankfully the girls are sleeping now, I went to check on them a little while ago. Sophie's fever is still down, which I am grateful for. Hopefully they will get a good nights rest and feel better in the morning.

I am so frustrated right now!! I have been looking for a job for about two months now. Everything I come across requires either a degree or a certification. I have neither. I type well, I know how to use a computer and I have five years of customer service experience. I don't know why it is taking this long!!

I know millions of other Americans are in this same position. I lost my job back in April because I had to have emergency surgery and ended up in the hospital for three days and out for the next week. My boss didn't like that too much. Anywho, I got my GED in August and have been looking for a job ever since. The only downside to living in the country is that your so far away from everything, of course that's one of the upsides too. It is a great place to raise your kids, it's quiet, I don't have to worry about someone breaking into our home when my husband is at the fire department. I can let my girls play outside without fear of them getting run over (we live away from the highway). But because of all of this, finding a job that pays enough to make the commute worth it is very difficult.

On a different note. My house has morphed into a hospital these past few weeks. I have had to take the girls to the doctors twice this month. This last time the verdict was: two ear infections (both girls), two sinus infections (both girls) and my youngest Sophie had tonsillitis!!! Thankfully they are doing much better now. Sophie has to go back to the doctor on the fifth, he wanted to make sure her tonsils came back down to their normal size. I just want everyone to get better.

The Octoberfest is coming up in a week or so. I am very excited. I love our festivals and this year the St Stephen Volunteer Fire Department is running the Octoberfest!! I just know it's going to be great! These are wonderfully dedicated people, who love this town and what they do. I am really excited to see what band they have gotten this year, normally the music is really good, so I'm sure they won't dissappoint!!

My eldest daughter Makayla has started headstart. My mom had a fit because she didn't want her granddaughter to go to "that place". Turns out she loves that place. Her teachers are wonderful, she has a great time and she learns. What more can I ask for in a preschool?

A Different Kind of Animal All Together..

Ok, let us talk for a minute about deer and rabbits. (I know this is a bit off subject but go with me here.) This spring I decided to plant a garden. I was looking forward to juicy tomatoes, crisp greens, and fresh beans and peppers among other things.

Yesterday, however, I went out to check on my beloved garden and found that my entire row of black eyed peas had been eaten!!!! I could see where the plants had been, they all looked like little stubs sticking out of the ground! Needless to say I was very upset. Here I had tilled, and weeded and tended this garden and what do I get in return? I called my grandmother and everyone else I knew and got numerous responses as to how to keep rabbits and deer OUT of my garden.

- Pee around your garden (believe it or not this was one of the top answers I got!! Apparently there's something about the scent.)

- Tie grocery bags around your garden - the noise when the breeze blows them scares away all pests.

- Sprinkle human hair (like from the barber shop) around the outside of your garden.

- Mix one tablespoon Tabasco with one gallon of water and pour around the outside of your garden.

Does anyone have any more ideas on how to keep rabbits and deer away from the garden?

Recovery

Well, today was ok. My stomach looks like someone kicked the crap out of it, bruises and such. But all in all the pain isn't that bad. After all it wasn't like I lost anything truly valuable lol. My dad made my husband take me and the girls over to my mother's house today so that they could help with the kids since I couldn't lift them or anything. But I'm staying home tomorrow so I'll see what I can get done and if Lance fusses when he gets home because I was cleaning the house then there's nothing that he can do about it because it will already be done.

I've quit my part time job in favor of finishing my GED and taking care of the girls. Really when I sat back and looked at it I realized that unless I can find a job that will pay enough to put both of the girls in daycare then it's really not worth it right now. Mak just turned three and Soph is only six months. Past sitters have been unreliable with the exception of one, but I am hesitant about that because of several different things. So I either find a job that pays well, or I wait until both of my children are in kindergarten......yeah, that's a good long while.

A bit of good news, the garden is growing well, I've only gotten to take a quick look since we've been home but tomorrow I'm going to go out there and give it a good once over. It looks like it hasn't been weeded and I've not been able to water it for the last three days because I wasn't here. Mak and I planted tomatoes (which I have to replant and stake), bell peppers, eggplant, squash, lima beans, blackeyed peas and string beans. So I'm really hoping that everything grows well and that we will have a good turn out from the garden. This is the first year I've ever done anything like this and I'm really excited. Mak was mostly just happy to be able to play in the dirt!!

YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, where do I start? The beginning is always good. LOL, ok really, not that funny.

This week has been really hectic. I work part time at our local grocery store, in the meat department. I also have two children, one three and one six months. My husband and I do not make enough money to put them in daycare so that I can work full time, so my mother has kept them whilst I worked after having my youngest, Sophia. Well, on Friday she called me right as I was about to go back to work from lunch telling me that I had to come get the girls. She couldn't stop Sophie from screaming (teething) and Makayla wasn't listening to her! Take note here that I was late to work Friday morning because my alarm clock did not go off that morning (thankyou stupid thunderstorm) so my boss wasn't exactly happy with me to begin with. I had to call him and tell him that I had to leave work for the rest of the day to go and get my children. So I go and do that and get everyone home and settled. Later that afternoon I start getting stomach pain. I thought I had a run of the mill stomach virus and thought nothing of it until later when it got so bad that I couldn't even stand up. The nausea itself was terrible!!! My darling husband had to call 911, wake our girls and follow the ambulance to the emergency room. After finally getting checked out by the doctor they ruled all viral causes out and ordered a cat scan of my abdomen. They then found that it was my appendix and I was rushed down to Roper hospital for a Laparscopic Appendectomy (forgive me if I spelled that wrong) that was 1 am Saturday morning I think ( I was a bit out of it as I think that they gave me something for the pain after they found out that it was my appendix). I was rushed down there and they got me ready for surgery I don't remember much but I do remember that they strapped my arms and legs down to the table before surgery ( did not like that part one bit) then they put the little anesthetic face mask thingee on me and it felt like it stayed on there for a while and it felt like it wasn't working. I started to freak out thinking that they were going to start the surgery on me before I was out. Like I said I don't remember much before they brought me round after the surgery.

After I woke up my vision was really blurry but they said that it was because of the gel stuff that they put on my eyes pre op, my throat was really sore but that was because of the tube that they put down my throat (not sure what that part was for) and I was really sore from my ribcage up especially on my right side. Oh, and sometime before I was really awake my iv burst and soaked my left arm and hospital gown with iv fluid and blood (really not cool). I'm home now and recovering thankfully. Everything is still really sore and I'm kindof scared to take a shower because all they put on my insicions (which there are three) is this clear derma bond stuff) and I'm scared it's going to dissolve or something. I'm going to call the dr in the morning.

I'm going to be at my mother's house for the next day or so until I can start lifting again. The doctor said that I can't really lift anything over three pounds for the next two weeks so it's going to be interesting to see how my mother and I get on. We love eachother better from our own houses.

Oh, I got a new puppy!!! I almost forgot about him. He is sooo wonderful. He's a daschund chiuahha mix and black and tan. So completely cute and loyal. He has stayed with me all day since we got home, and he will be going with me and the girls when we get to my mothers. Oh, his name is Maximillon Wadford. The newest addition to our family.