so pretty crazy day

first my cat was put to sleep

then we find out farrah fawcett died

then michael jackson dies

my poor little shotgun had to be put to sleep this morning

she'd been fighting some type of infection for the past 3 months

and for the past month she has been on a feeding tube 

she has a good 4 years though

very spoiled

she was tom's baby

i'll have to tell him the next time he calls

thats not going to be fun

only 14 more weeks to go

at the least

it could be one or two more though

but i hope not

my mom comes next week

that will be fun :)

thats all i have to say right now unfortunatly

are free movie tuesdays really worth it?

yes and no

today we got up early to go see a free screening of madagascar 2 at out local theater

we get there early because its first come first server

here in lies problem 1

they don't open the theater till 10 minutes before the first showing

so think 100+ tired restless kids

i did like that they had the movie on 2 screens

and that they sat larger groups in a separate theater

problem number 2 came when i promised jonas popcorn

only to get to the concession stand to find they do not take debit cards

and me only having 3 bucks in cash on myself

we go back to our seats and the lady behind us informs me that there should be an atm at the front

we push our way against the crowd only to find, they took the atm out

bummer

so jonas hayley and i push our way back to our seats

jonas tells me it is ok he didn't get popcorn

thankfully i had packed snacks and  drinks for jonas and he said he was happy with his gatorade and chocolate raisons 

about a minute after the movie starts the lady behind us leaves

she had told her son she would get him a drink and such after everyone was settled

when she came back, she stopped at our row and handed jonas a kids pack that has popcorn, a small drink and candy

i was speechless

i must of thanked he 100 times

she just smiled and told me it was no problem

i made jonas thank her after the movie was over

she again just smiled and told me it was her pleasure

i remember dozens of times, ive given up quarters for little kids who come up short at the candy machines

or when i would run concession at my brothers baseball games

some kids are grateful, they smile and say thank you, and run off to tell their parents 

some kids give i you a skeptical look and take the change

jonas being so young, of course didn't get the gesture

he just knows that i told him he could have popcorn and he did indeed eventually get popcorn

when he asked me where he got it from i told him that a very nice lady got it for him when she didn't have to.

that it was very nice of her to get this treat for him

and that just like she was nice and did something for him

we should be nice and do things for others

i sure hope that sticks

both jonas and hayley were good during the movie

but will i do this again...

maybe

i think next week is kung fu panda

waiting outside was the worst part

transformers starts tomorrow

but im skeptical about taking jonas

he saw the first one in the theaters

and about a million times afterwards

but ill probably wait till someone i know has seen it and can tell me what's up

borders has a sale on kids books

hmm

maybe later in the day

one week with out tom down

about 15 to go

every morning jonas wakes up and asks

'where's daddy'

but i'm not worried

he did that when tom was here

hayley can now stand up in both her crib

and her playpen

she had been having trouble with her playpen with it having mesh sides and all

but she figured it out

i've been making her little headbands and bandanas

they're pretty cutes

she gets complemented on them when we go out

so i guess i did a pretty job

i have no idea what to make for dinner tonight

without tom here

thats a pretty big challenge

you wouldn't think cooking for 2 people would be that big of a deal

but tom eats so much and then takes some for lunch the next day

i don't have him to clean up any leftovers

so poor jonas for the past 6 nights has had a side of left over pasta

that i made the last night tom was home

we still have some left

but i can't make him eat anymore

i really want papa johns pizza

maybe when my mom comes down

again we have the problem of tom not eating food here

i don't want half a pizza sitting in the fridge

jonas says he wants pancakes

i think i can do that

first weekend with out tom

so far so good

a little boring

a little quiet

the kids are sleeping

and  its hot

there is a bluegrass festival today

i would like to go

but its really hot

i don't want to take the kids out in the heat for a couple hours

plus it cost money

and i know jonas will want to eat there so thats more money

so me and jonas are going to make pizza when he wakes up

i have my new curtains up

i need one more set of the black out curtains

well i really need 3 panels 

but ill get those next pay day

and i put a fan in front of the bathroom door

its the coldest room in the house since it the smallest

im hoping it will draw cool air out into the living room

then maybe the a/c will cut off after 3pm

right now it runs from about 3ish till 10ish

its ridiculous that we only have 1 vent to cool such a large space , plus the downstairs

im hoping the new curtains will keep it cooler longer, or cool faster

they make the living room dark though

ive done sooo much cleaning today

but it looks like ive done nothing

i hate that

jonas has way too many toys

and we have too much junk and not enough storage

i might remedy the storage problem in a few days

we will see

so tom's gone

good news is, he's there and he's safe

the bad news 119 days to go...

or more

day one went well

jonas got a little weepy last night when tom left

but then he was ok

he has calendars over his bed that he puts a star on every night at bedtime

and he has a jar of candy, and he gets 'hug' and 'kiss' from daddy every night

im pretty sure he's going to be ok

thats one of my bigger fears

that jonas will flip out one day that tom isn't her

oy

its going to be a loooong 4 months

but we'll get through it

my new curtains are freaking awesome

but now i need a new curtain rod

pay day is friday

so we will look then

absent minded mommy moment

went to walmart to get milk, sunscreen, cat food to print out some pictures of tom for jonas' wall, and diapers.

jonas got a kick board and goggles for the pool

hayley got a tank top

we checked out, and left

as i pull up to the light next to rite aid

i realize that i didn't get the diapers

so that means i had to pull into the rite aid and get the diapers

go me

and because of that, i missed the UPS guy by like 2 mintues

that meant i know had to walk to main office with the kids and get our package (which was our curtains)

thank God for strollers

time to get the little man in bed

T-8 days till tom leaves

not looking foward to it

but ill get through

3-4 months is a long time

but it could be a whole lot longer

so im grateful that 3-4 months is all he will be gone

bah its going to feel like forever though

had a good trip to VA

it was great to see most of our friends

to bad all our friends live in so many different places

having our friends near by would make things easier for when tom leaves

moes for dinner tonight

yay for kids night

i love when places have kids eat free nights

it makes it less stressfull when jonas gets antsy

no one complains

except random idiots who come to a place, knowing it is kids night and then whine that its kids night

they usually whine more than the kids

that happens a lot at moes

also

i started a twitter page

i tried not to

but with the 100 people expecting me to tell them if i know how tom will be doing and if i have heard from him

this might be the easiest way

here is the link

http://twitter.com/tsjhgibson

if you want updates on tom

as i get them

you can check there

or here

im sure ill post on here too if i hear from him

time to get the kids cleaned up for dinner