A little shocked

So as you all probally know this past September me and my husband got into a car accident. Well ever since then I have had really bad back pain. I have always had a little back pain after strenuous days nothing too serious though. After this accident it has been really bad. I have done physical therapy and all that the doc has said... I had xrays done all clear so I had no reason why my back should be hurting so bad. I have been takin vicodin for awhile now and it helps some but still hurts. So Saturday my doc sent me for a MRI to see if there is anthing more serious going on. Well turns out I have Degenerative Joint Disease in my spine. I really dont know what to think about this actually I am a wee bit in shock. I dident expect this at all. She said for my age its pretty bad and I have to get blood work done in the morn to see if they can see any underlying cause. I asked if it coud be from the accident she said probally not but it has definently been worsened and thats why I am in so much pain since the accident. Its almost like kickibg someone with a broken leg. I am a little scared but its not too serious I hope. Its not something that goes away but hopefully something I can learn to manage better. So ya its sucks its scary but its not life threatning so I will be ok.

Up and at em!

I have been a terrible blogger I apologize :( Anyways things have been great! Kids are awsome me and ramon are doing great. Things cant get much better actually. School starts today I am so ready. I am going during the day this semseter while Dominic is in preschool. I am doing a math class at school and the rest online. Closer and closer to my goal every semester even though it seems sooo far away. My hardest struggle is finding balance , but I know I can do it I have been doing it for years now. Since the new years I have been eating better and working out. I have already lost a few lbs and feel soooooo much better. My energy is way higher and I am feelin good. My health is whats important and I am feelin the effects of eating better and its worth it! Hope all is well with everyone :)

Hmmmm

I was sitting her this morning sick BTW :( and thinking man I wish I could get this , get that, go shopping here... ya know blah blah blah. I am always telling myself and my kids especially to be so grateful for all that we have god has blessed us so much and we are all so very lucky. So why do I always find myself thinking I want more and more. We are in no way shape or form living with little by any means. I mean we own a beutiful brand new house, nice cars, nice furniture, big flatscreen, xbox, two of them! We have a wii, internet,laptop, iphones, I mean come on! We have so many things luxury items I cant count! I guess I see other people who seem to buy what they want and have just such nice things and I think man why cant we be like that. Our house is so cute nicely decroated, but I see other houses sometimes and I think wow how beautiful if I only had the money to decorate my place like this! Why cant we go on yearly lavish vacations? I just gotta say we are not thoes people with all the money to spend and not worry or budget and thats not what lfe is about anyway. I am not afraid though to be honest and say I strugggle with it sometimes. I will get mad because I vant go do GAP and buy all my kids clothes I can only get some there because they are pricey so I go to Old Navy ect. Just dumb I know it and I am trying to work through it. Christmas is a struggle for us to come up with all that extra money for everyones gifts I just wish we had it ready to go and could just buy whats needed. I would def say we are middle class some would say upper middle class. I do struggle with going back to work soon too. I am in school I will be an RN within 3 years money will be no issue by then. I do wonder though if in about 6 months I should get a part time job just so its not so hard on my husband. It would be at night when the hubby is home of course. Its just really crazy how expensive California living is my husabnd makes by himself about what a 2 working family would make and its a struggle! I dont know do others feel like this or am I just being a whiner, or do you find yourself always wanting more and more??

Fun stuff and not so fun stuff

Lets start with the fun stuff.My Dominic started preschool this morn! He did so well no tears he was all smiles! I was almost positive he would cry. He was super excited and even hugged his teacher! I was so happy he was happy made it alot easier on me too! I cant beleive my lil guy is already 3 and in school. Its so sad how fast your kids grow before you know it they are all getting so big and becoming little poeple with their own ideas and opinions. Well this weekend we did alot of shopping for the kids. They needed alot of winter clothes so we got alot done. There are just a few more things we gotta get but nothing big. My husband got an iphone this weekend for his bday and i fell in love with it! So what did he do he got me one of course! I love it and I was due for an upgrade on a phone anyway so really its just the media package that is extra every month. Its so neat though I am OBsessed! On the sadder side out cat died yesterday. This is very weird how it happened to... she was outside and we heard a loud thump like someone hit the house on the front porch. My husband looked at said its the cat I dont know what she did. So I thought that was strange I got up and looked she was laying on the porch and I dident see she was breathing. I walked out and she was not breathing. I looked like she was just laying there but she was gone. She was still warm and must have just died. I have no idea what happened she was just fine a bit ago she ate her big bowl of food and all. She had no marks on her like she was hit or anything and after she was laying thre for a few minutes
(i am standing there in shock looking at her) she starts to bleed out of her nose. I just am shocked as to what happened. I put her in a bucket and covered it and put her in the garbage can until I find this morning where I can take her to dispose of her body. Its just so sad... the kids do not know I will just tell them she ran away I guess. I cant bear to tell them she died:(

"Can I take my packpack"

Thats what my son asked because he is going to preschool!!!!! After 5 month of searching I finally found a preschool that is not only great but affordable! It is a private Catholic school about 8 minutes up the highway. It has private school all the way up to 8th grade so it is a long established school. We are not catholic, but it is a preschool based for all religions. They are so young so what they teach religion wise is nothing more than bible stories, prayer time, and general discussion of why god loves us and why we love him. This is fine with me because I prefer him to go to a religious school, and these are acceptable teachings for whatever religion that believes in god right!. Adriana went a religious preschool and did awsome and learned alot of general facts about the bible. The class room is huge and packed with tons of cool stuff for them to do and the pkayground is really neat too! He will be going Mon, Wed, and Fri. from 8-11:15. His teacher seems like such a warm person and has been teaching for 30 years. My good friend here in town is starting her lil one too so I am gunna drop them off and she will pick them up so its gunna work out perfect! I am so excited for him he is such a big boy now and now he is going to preschool CRAZY! I am just happy I found a place that fits us and we can afford. He starts Monday so I will be posting pics!

Costumes are so expensive!

I am trying to be better with money so when I put the kids costumes in out online cart it kinda sucks that the total is 90 bucks! Gosh it just seems like alot of money for costumes they will wear for a few hours. I have 3 kids so ya i know its not gunna be super cheap, but nearly a 100 bucks ouch!. They are all being superheros so nothing spectacular. I think I am gunna maybe try and shop around at a few discount stores. I just dont want to end up like last year crazy searching through a flood of people for dang costumes! We will see what I come up with isnt that a bit pricey?

What a crazy day in the valley..

Today I had a ton of running around to do and the valley was getting pounded by a storm! I am a California girl we hardly ever get really bad Storms which actually irratates me! I LOVE this weather actually I have lived here all my life so I guess its one of thoes things you want what you dont have. i really want freezing weather with storms, but some people would kill for California weather! Anyways i will say it was a little difficult to do all my shopping with Dominic in this weather. My suv was gettin pounded it was crazy! I had a doc apt. in town so i dident wanna go to town twice so I just did all my shopping today I went to a handful of places I was so pooped when I got home. Then Dominic did not wanna take a nap because he fell asleep in the car for a bit so I am soooooooo tired today. I was on a roll now I am tired...LOL. I cleaned my huse spotless yesterday now my fridge is stocked , and I even made a pot on homemade chicken noodle soup today! I feel like the rest of the week is gunna be a low key one! The girls got their progress reports today Adri is doing great, but Storm is struggling. So I am getting with her teacher to come up with a plan for me to do with her to get her ahead and where she needs to be.It seems she has struggled since she started school so if she isnt at where she needs to be by the end of the year I am going to consider home schooling her. I am my childs advocate so if the public school system isnt giving her the education she needs then I will step in and do my best to do so.Well I am gunna clean up a bit and watch 90210...LOL. Its mommy alone time soon!