Bawl Baby

My parents left last night and from noon on I just kept breaking down. I couldn't even think about them leaving. I am a very independent person and do fine with no family around, I think but it's not until you have family here do you realize how wonderful it would be to have someone live a little closer especially your parents. Here I just moved to this new area where I don't know a soul and that is fine it's going to take awhile to make friends. It was so nice to be able to go run errands without any kids with me. She would look at me and say Amy you need to get out, I'll watch the kids for awhile. I wish I would have taken more opportunity to go out with Neil while they were here but there was always just too much to do. It was great to have someone else cook for my family. You know my mom always cooks so good and different from me. The best part was my mom and dad could just see what needed to be done and would do it. So often people ask how they can help and it's hard for me to say well actually . . . but my parents would just jump in there whether it was changing a diaper or doing the dishes. My mom has always put her children first in her life and because of that I know she loves me and my children so much. I know she would do anything for me. One nice thing about living so far away, the only way to justify buying a ticket is to stay for a couple weeks or more. They were here a month and it seems like just days to me. My mom knows and understands me often better than Neil because she lived and put up with me for 18 years and knows what I am thinking just by looking at me. I can never thank them enough for all the help they have given during this stressful time in my life. It means the world to me. Sammy walked around the house all day looking in all the rooms saying with hands in the air where nana, where poppa go?

I spent all day doing laundry. It's been almost 3 weeks, except for a few things here and there. I finally got around to cleaning the jetted tub. I found some cleaner for the jets, and then I bleached it and then I used a bathtub cleaner and then rinsed is it in clean water. I was filling the tub up but it takes along time so I went downstairs and started dinner forgetting about tub and Conner comes down screaming mommy you've got to turn the water off. Oh no I forgot. I got up there and it was literally 1/4 inch from overflowing. Phew.

I did get two great deals on KSL today, a queen boxspring and roll top desk. I can scratch those two things off my list. Too bad the day after my parents leave I finally get a boxspring. They have been sleeping on a mattress on the floor. Just so you know I have a guestroom with a queen bed, a queen hideabed, a twin mattress, a toddler mattress as well as inflatable matresses so if anyone ever needs a place to spend the night up here just let me know. You are always welcome.

Since I'm new to this blog world I don't know how to respond to comments. Is there an easier way to read comments than reading them from the blog? Is there a way to get them all together? When I have time to sit down and really figure this blog site out I'll respond.