Welcome back Mr. Draper

So after what seems like forever one of my favorite shows finally has returned. Welcome back MAD MEN! My friend Stacy and I have been talking about this past Sunday for weeks now. We even had hopes to have a little Mad Men party for the return ..sadly it did not happen as we hoped. I did however make it a little festive for us. House Party supplied us the goodies, ( I almost didn't think I would receive but finally Fed Ex came through) which included a very cool mini-cocktail shaker.



We prepared for our evening with some yummy mudslides while we watched the previous seasons' finale. Mainly to catch up since it has been so long.................,Participated in a little "Dra-ping".
My form was totally off ,Ha!
 

                                               
It was a great evening with a great friend.We all ready started planning a season finale party to make up for not getting it together for the premier.

       So what are your thoughts about the new season of Mad Men ? Were you as excited as us?

Always trust your insticts Weekend Recap

I'm gonna start this off with the heavy emotional part of my weekend.  Early Saturday morning I almost lost a dear friend who might as well be a sister to me. Danielle, was very pregnant and  any day was about to give birth. Early Saturday morning she thought that it was that time but very quickly she had this feeling that something was not right. Danielle, had her husband get their other children up and ready to go to the hospital but in those few moments her placenta ruptured and she started to bleed out on her bathroom floor. Thankfully, they live close to the hospital and by close I mean minutes away,because the nurses said minutes were all momma and baby had.

  My dear friend ended up having an emergency C-section. So emergent they couldn't even wait to g give her all the normal drugs for the C-section. The baby was delivered and whisked away. No cries were heard and my friend had to see her baby taken away without even getting to hold his little hand. Momma is dealing with some major pain and the separation from the baby has not been easy(baby is in a hospital over an hr away). He is now breathing by himself and the NIC nurses say he is a super feisty one. All good signs.  SO..when something doesn't feel right trust your instincts you never know if those few moments might could make a huge difference in the outcome.

Baby "B" day 2

Baby "B" day 1

Welcome to the world Baby "B". I love you all ready and I can't wait till you get to come home with your momma!







                                                                                                                                                                      You would think with all that going on that there would have been little else going on but it was a surprisingly jammed pack weekend. Thankfully there was a lot of good things blended with the heavy moments.

Shhh there might be a monster in the room

       Sorry for not being more attentive to you my little blog.Things have been insane in a good and bad ways,but I will not rehash all that. All things have settled down now and I can give you the attention I believe you deserve.Having a new lap top that finally works properly helps out too :)

       I think I have created a monster! I really have no one to blame but myself. My child is nearly eleven and has never had any real chores...ever. Lately, I have felt overwhelmed with life and found myself saying, " Kid, you need to help out more around the house'. I can not be annoyed by her lack of doing things when I have never let her let alone really ever asked her for help.

      She is a wonderful child.She keeps her room (fairly) clean.Her grades are great and she is complimented daily on her manners. I fear that she will continue to get older and just assume or expect things to be done with her, and like I stated before it would be my own fault.

      I'm a single parent so I work all day and then come home and continue my other full time job. I feel like I am always playing catch up on the house work. It seriously affects the quality time me and the Kid get to spend with each other. More fun time is needed. I just need some help!

       I'm not big on giving allowance. I kinda feel like no one is paying me for keeping the place tidy so why should I?! I know, very grown up of me. I have been scoping ideas that friends have posted in their homes as well as the many ideas I have seen on the web for chores/chore/charts.  I just don't know how I feel about the exchange of money for helping keeping OUR home clean.


     I guess my 2 main questions are:

             1- Is it too late to start a chore chart?

             2- Be honest...Am I just being cheap?