Google Problems

We have our computer back
But
Our computer won't let me do anything from Google
No emailing out
No changing screens
No Google Reader

Google Chrome pretty much does not work at all anymore on our computer
Internet Explorer lets me do minimal stuff


I have Google Reader, but it does not let me update or link to any blogs

My husband thinks it has something to do with Google and our computer
We had it checked and de-virused and it's still doing it

He wants me to open a Yahoo account for email
But
That's like moving
I have to move all my contacts
I have to let everyone know I've moved (when I do it)

And
what about Google Reader?
Is there any other kind of reader out there?  (for blogs that is)

Anyone else have problems with Google?

Strawberry Slushies

This is a good day for

an original made up recipe by me, when I was 18!

(the heat index is 100+ today)

Frozen Strawberries

Diet 7-up

Sweet-n-Low

Put in the blender, and drink in the shade!

*This counts as 1 (!) Weight Watcher point, if you are counting!

My Boys

 This was going to be a "Wordless Wednesday" post,

but

I think my computer is going to crash soon

and won't make it to Wednesday

I can only read like 2 blogs

and

I can not send emails....

Well, sometimes it lets me and sometimes it doesn't.

It keeps crashing, it needs to go to the doctor!

I'll be out for a while

Maybe, if we can get this thing in...

 Close up on this one, you can see the drool just steaming out of Sim's mouth!

(Not Jedi's)

Little Red needed some sunglasses, that bright sun just makes his eyes water like crazy!

I think he just looks the coolest!

Thankful Thursday

 Oh, look at this sweet little boy!!

Thankful he'll be 6 months on Friday!

(He's 12 lbs 3 oz now)

I have to admit, I'm not feeling thankful today,

which means, I need to try to find those things.

When life seems as you can take no more

When your faith is tested

Not my religion, but my faith

I have this on going picture in my head of the devil,

discussing me with God.

The devil is saying, "Oh, yeah, well, give her this!"

and God says, "Fine, she is my good and faithful servant"

(I can only hope He is saying that)

But anyway...

I look at my sweet baby, the baby who

I now take out after staying in (for fear of RSV) for 5 months,

and I protect him,

when people come up to see "the baby"

(strangers)

I stop them, before they say something stupid, because they will, they have that look,

 and I say,

"He has a cleft lip and palate, and had surgery a month ago."

But sometimes, I can't protect him or the other children

from things people say.

One new friend of my daughters

said in the van on the way to our house,

"Ewwww Gross!"

Upon explaining (educating) her on why he looks this way,

she says it again.

"Oh, gross, I mean, it's just gross"

My oldest son says,

"Mom....Mom", with tears in his eyes.

I stay strong for the kids, I explain to her

it's the way God made him and it's not gross.

I also explain that that hurts our feelings,

because we don't think it's gross, we love him, we think he's beautiful.

And then

I cry while I feed him that night.

He's also had these clogged tear ducts since he's been born,

all 6 months except the 2 weeks after his surgery.

I've been begging God to take it away

(I know about warm washcloths and pressing, etc...etc...)

I ask and pray every time I wipe his eyes

Many, many times a day.

I pray again when I try to clean the dried lashes with joboba oil

and I ask God "why?" 

"Doesn't he have enough?"

I'm like a spoiled child.

Because there is so much to be Thankful for

My faith is tested.

I wonder where and how is this glorifying God?

I trust.

I know somehow it is.

I know deep in my heart,

it is not all in vain.

I pump breast milk and feed a baby that needs to be fed special

and Oh, how I love this baby.

But

How must the rest of our family suffer while we endure this year

and all future surgeries he will need?

Jedi wants to have a Ninjago tournament with his friends

Rosie wants to have a sleepover with her friends

They ask daily

"what are we going to do today?"

I want to and do yell

"Nothing!!"

"I'm doing what I do every day!"

"Every day is the same!"

I am barely surviving here,

just getting through my day,

doing normal things

like laundry, potty training, cooking,

and cleaning.

Going from need to need.

Yesterday, I wanted so badly to kneel down

to beg God's mercy, alone,

but when I went upstairs to do so,

4 kids followed me, each needing something.

I laugh

I say "God doesn't really want me to pray."

He does

I know He does

but sometimes

my desperate prayers

are my vocation,

where I am in life right now.

My work, my struggles,

they are all prayers for our Heavenly Father.

They all glorify Him.

Even when I don't handle it very good.

Even when I figure it all out, right now, while I'm typing.

And so,

I will be Thankful

for my faith, my husband, my family

and

 Beautiful babies, with soft, kissable toesies--Oh, I could kiss and gobble up these toes all day.

(and I do)

 Thankful for butt sleepers, now isn't that adorable?

Thankful  for our new 6 year old, who poses in front of the Irises that always bloom on her birthday!

(June 1) 

 Thankful her "fish" birthday turned out great!

 Thankful Grandma and Grandpa gave her money and she had just enough to get this bike!!

 Thankful for ice cream cones and 2 year olds!

Thankful she is potty trained finally, but not poopie trained

 Thankful for cute little baby boy sun hats

 Thankful there is such a thing as a "sewing camp"

otherwise my daughters would never learn how to sew.

She just finished her camp today, and now has a new pair of shorts

and some bean bags and the excitement to keep sewing!

 Thankful that I am able to pump breastmilk for my baby,

that he is getting the best I can give him,

but

I am also Thankful I have 6 months down and only need to do it til his next surgery....

(next year sometime?)

 Thankful for beautiful blooming roses, and Thankful

for perennial flowers, because it's all I've got t his year!!

I just don't have the time to take care of any annuals!

 Thankful for teething babies!!

I took him to the doctor Monday, because he had a fever since Saturday night,

but he's just teething, Thankful for that!

(we call him "Little Red")

 Thankful I've always got kitchen helpers, as hard as it is for me to let go

and hand over some of the control and perfectionism I have,

I am Thankful for it!

 Thankful for my favorite First Holy Communion picture of Mary Hannah

Thankful for my husband, the father of my children,

Thankful for all the sacrifices he makes for us.

There will always be hard things in our lives to deal with, to struggle through,

but with God,

we have the grace

to be

Thankful.

Got Ripe Bananas?

Make ice cream!!!!

(click on that)

It works, it really works, we just made it and the girls loved it!

What a great way to use up old bananas!



Reply!

I'm liking this new "Reply" thing in the comments!!

I will try to reply better to your comments.  I just finished replying in the last post!

Please don't get mad at me if I don't reply though...

Baby Food!

I am getting ready to start feeding Simeon baby food!!

I usually start with Rice cereal and then gradually add

veggies....then fruit.

I don't do the dessert fruits.

I don't make my own either.

With Jedi, I started at 4 months.

With the others, I waited til they were 6 months.

 When do you start?

What do you do?

and

Why?

Just curious, because everyone does something different!

Simeon's doctor just told me to do what I'm comfortable with, what I usually do.