Ponderings of today

So my 4 year old is sleeping in my bed tonight. Is he scared of something? No. Does he just love me to death and always want to be by my side? Again, No. Truth is his mom does not want to sleep alone, I hate when Tom is gone overnight. I just dont feel safe without him here.

I was going through my address book tonight(out of boredom i might add.) and I noticed that over half of my contacts have been crossed out. Most of them being long time girlfriends of my brother in law, friends that move every year, or relatives that I just dont keep in contact with. Im thinking its time for a new one. I got to see my cousin Shane tonight for about an hour or so. That was really nice. I didnt speak to him really growing up because he was so much older than me. Its different now, which makes it strange...but now that we are "adults" age dosent really matter. I found it really nice. But being around him really made me miss my aunt Char(his mother), She passed away a week after luke was born.

Now that my HS reunion is this year, I feel very blessed to have married my high school sweetheart. I went through all my "mementos" of High school and I am trying to scrapbook them. Tom is in almost all of my pictures. That makes it nice and It will make a wonderful story to tell my children with pictures. Truth be told...there are alot of people I dont really want to see at this reunion. But alas....tom wants to go, so we are going.

Kid stories of the day........
Lucas poured ground ginger all over my couch and then fingerpainted in it. Shortly after that Boston put a clothes pin onto his weiner and went screaming naked through the house for me to get it off...yet he never stopped running for me to catch him. This was a 10 minute process to remove the clothespin from his skin. Why would a kid do that??? Seriously!

Its been slow.....

So I'm procrasinating.

I do not want to do laundry. I've been avoiding it all day and I know that it needs to be done. Ugh.

On to better things. I made sugar cookies today, they were super good. There used to be this place in the Wenatchee mall (back when it was an "inside"mall) called "shellys" I believe. They made the best sugar cookies ever! I have been trying to recreate that recipe for a long time and I think that I've finally got it. Again, they are huge....Im not a fan of small cookies. So here you go.

Alicia's Sugar Cookies

1C powdered sugar

1C sugar

1C butter

1C oil

2 eggs

1t cream of tartar

1t baking soda

1t salt

4 1/2 C Bread flour (you can use AP if you want, I just like the texture of bread flour better)

1t vanilla extract

Mix sugars, butter, oil, and eggs together. Add dry ingredients and vanilla. Refrigerate until firm.

Scoop into balls using a #20 disher (about the size a "normal" ice cream scoop produce, not a cookie baller) Roll balls in granulated sugar or dip tops in coarse sugar. Bake at 325 for 18 min. These are big! Dont let them brown or they will change flavors.

Talk less....Listen More

That will be my new goal.

I have really noticed that I dont let other people speak.This is not a good thing. I am going to give it my best to really work on listening more and then follow up on what I am hearing.

Wish me luck! This will not be easy for me.....

Finally!

It looks as if we are finally all well here! Whew! The Flu really took alot of effort for us to all get over, I thankfully never got it. Thanks to Tamiflu, a prescription medication that our Dr. gave to me to prevent me from getting it. It worked amazingly well seeing as I never got sick. Someone had to take care of the Sick-uns. But it was $96.00 after my insurance! Sheesh! The price you pay to stay well! Oh well, Its done and gone and everyone is better.

I had a PTA meeting at 8:30 at one of the local coffee shops this morning and I took the boys with me. They were really good for the 1st 45 min or so. Then Boston(4) had a meltdown. The hyperventilate himself kind. I had to leave early because of it. I felt so awful seeing as I am the Secretary and was supposed to take notes on the whole thing to type into an e-mail. Thankfully everyone understood. =) God bless Moms! I took away his Wii rights for the day. Now he is acting good as gold to try to earn them back for tomorrow. He is just like me sometimes, I just have to remember that.

My kids love eachother so much. Its cute to watch Luke and Boston just run up and hug eachother. Luke more so than Boston, but its just sweet.

Really?

Have you ever taken a big swig out of your water glass only to breathe out and notice that your breath is "crisp linen" fresh?

I have.

Thank you Lucas for the febreeze in mommy's water.

Tough last few days....

Sorry again. My family has NEVER been this sick. Everyone but me has an 100 degree fever at least, so I have been the family "rock" for the last few days. Ive only been able to get on the computer every now and then and not at all long enough to actually blog. I was hoping that at least Natalie would be well enough for school but Im thinking that its not really going to happen. She has been sick the longest. I'm scared that its going to turn into something worse. Prayer would be much appreciated.

We had a pretty good Valentines day. I made pancakes, bacon, and eggs for breakfast and I put little heart sprinkles on the pancakes to make them festive. They were really cute. I wish I wouldve taken a picture. I also made everyone their own 5 inch tall mini layer cake. Pink with heart sprinkles. They devoured them, nothing like excess sugar to a bunch of sick sauvageaus'. We drove to Larry's Chicken in East Wenatchee and had a valentines day Lunch/dinner so I didnt have to cook. It was worth it! I love Larry's Chicken.
Tom got me a card and chocolate flowers. It was sweet, I wasnt expecting anything like that. I love that man. ( I got him a card too =) ) I love cards, I keep all of them too. I have the one from our very 1st valentines day in 1998. Wow....I am feeling old. Im going to stop while I'm ahead. Talk to you all soon!

10 Today

Sorry all for not posting as much lately. My kids are sick with fevers and coughs and they need their mama away from the computer for a bit. =)

I did however find time to be able to do this little random thing.

1. I love livercheese lunch meat. There is nothing that I would rather have a sandwich made out of. However, If I eat it my husband will not come near me cause he thinks that It smells bad and it makes him sick.
2. I admire people who homeschool. Its just not for me, or my kids. Maybe later...but not anytime in the near future.
3. I am the most spastic person I know.....next to my dad that is. I cannot sit still and pace everywhere. I think that Tom finds it entertaining sometimes.
4. I would love to own a horse, but secretly they are very large animals and that kind of scares me.
5. Even though Tom has had a vasectomy, I do not think that our family is complete. Who knows.......
6. I ALWAYS greet my husband at the door when he gets home. Its just a good habit i guess. He loves it.
7. I have a candle addiction...Yankee Candle "Red Apple Wreath" is my signature scent.
8. I watch "the Biggest Loser" like an addict. I LOVE it! I cry at the end of every episode when you see the "After" person.
9. I miss Karalee.
10. My 2nd toe on each foot is longer than my big toe by 1/2 inch. Messed up huh!

I caught him RED HANDED!

I caught Luke in the office today and he had found Tom's RED stamp ink and decided to play in it. There were bright red handprints on the desk, the copy machine, the windowsill, not to mention himself. It looked like a crime scene! I believe that this qualifies for one of my "joys of Boys" postings.

Blogging traffic.....

You know....as you can probably tell i have a little tracker on my blog that says where people are looking at my blog from, no names or anything but i get blown away when I hear randomly "Oh Alicia! I read your blog!" from people that I just happen to run into around town. Talk about flattering! But I have no real idea of who actually comes and visits. Whenever you see Cobden, Illinois thats me. That is where my internet connection is based from. I dont actually know anyone from IL. I get lots of tri cities visitors, but I only know Beth and Karalee that live down there and respond to me. I love this though. I love being able to share my life with others even if it is only an internet connection keeping me connected to the rest of the world. But I personally would LOVE to see who else is reading....so just as an experiment (and to humor me as I try to do for you) when you read this post could you drop just a "hello" to my e-mail alicia_sauvageau@hotmail.com . I think that would just make my day!(possibly month)

3 weeks and $13.89 later......

I now have the medical information that I sent for. I got 12 records and had to pay $0.96 each and on the very last sheet its listed. Ashlynn Marie weighed 7lbs 7oz at birth. I called her to tell her and she was so happy and sincerely grateful. I am going to make copies and send them to her. I also scrapbooked it. I know that it sounds weird, but I feel like some HUGE hole has been filled. I can even picture holding this little 7lb bundle of baby girl with dark curls and big brown eyes. It almost makes me cry just thinking about it, And i'm not even her mother! I wish more than anything that I had a newborn picture of her for my wall with my other 3. The earliest that i have is when she is about 8 months old. I hope that I can track something down somewhere. Any ideas?

"I did not poop my diaper!"

Is what I hear from a VERY proud naked Luke.

Well at least he wasnt lying to me.

• He pooped in a box.
• Then left the box on the couch for me to find.
• Then wiped his butt with my silicone pastry brush.
• And left that on the counter for me to wash.

I quit.

Ok, so I dont really quit. Sometimes it is just exasperating with what they can come up with. I'm pretty sure that I cannot be suprised or grossed out anymore. I think im numb to it =).