New Clorox Bleach Commercial

I don't know if anyone else has seen this new Clorox bleach commercial. It's been on for a couple of months but I just saw it again and it infuriates me! 90% of poisoning deaths each year are from children in their own homes. This commercial shows basically a mom and a baby and her using the bleach to wash bottles and such. I think we are in an age were we all at least know we don't wash our children's products in bleach no matter what kind of cleaners you use. But are you kidding me. This is horrible. I waited to say anything and my husband usually doesn't get in a huff about things like this but when he happened to see if and say something about it I knew I wasn't over reacting. This is awful. I googled it on the Internet and apparently I am not the only one mad about it. But I just had to vent. I think Clorox needs to stop this campaign! Find the right market to market your product to!

That was my vent for the month..

Crazy Weekend

So we got some snow and ice today and it's insane. My brother in law has been snowed in for 3 days in Greensburg, KS where he works. A friend of mine in OK was snowed in and couldn't get out of her house. This weather is insane. Seriously. It's the major ups and downs I don't get.

So we have had a good weekend so far. Jennifer took the kids to see Monsters vs Aliens at the imax theater and they stayed the night. She was cracking up because she put a PS2 in their room...yes they have a room there and they both sat on the couch and played on her iphone for hours until they fell out asleep.

One of Jackson's friend's Carson..his little brother had a birthday party at the YMCA today, a swimming party. Nothing like swimming in a snow storm. So we went to that and wow was Jackson happy to get out of the house. We stoped at Redbox and got some movies...how about that Redbox..wow love that. $1 to rent a movie, you can't beat that.
Here are some pictures of the kids swimming. I left Jackson at the party on purpose to see how he would do. I took my cell phone and went to the grocery store right up the road because it was so bad, of course it had all stopped (the snow) by the time I got back to the party. But I left for about an hour and he did good. Shelby was with him though and I don't realize because of the regular sibbling fighting how much she nurtures and cares for him. I know she really does love him, even though no sibling wants to say that. I caught some great pictures while they weren't looking.

Tomorrow is my cooking for the week day and getting all the clothes out for the week so I don't like Sundays too much but everyone is excited I am making fried pork cops and cheesy potatoes. It takes forever but they love it...heck I love it but it's so dang bad for you.

My CD player quit working in my car and wow do I feel like I am back in the old days, can't find my ipod, no cds..what's left radio...who listens to the radio..lol. So I gotta find something to listen to.

I'm Going To Be An Aunt Again

I am so excited I am going to be an aunt again. Christopher (my little brother) is having a baby...well his girlfriend is...we don't want to end up on 20/20! They thought she was due in Dec...but she is due in August...wow. But it's a baby girl!!

I am so excited for them. I am so excited for a girl! I love all my nephews to death but it's time for girl for god's sake. I have had 3 boys added to my family in the last year! Shelby and Annie are so far apart too, it's not like they are that close..I am so excited.

I love spending time with Annie, it reminds me of Shelby when she was little..so I'm excited for another baby girl...again love my nephews and my son though:)

We Are Back....Sick

So we made it back from Wichita on Saturday...yes that was a few days ago. CJ's grandma all of the sudden took a turn for the better. Which is great. She went from them talking about hospice to them sending her to a regular room.

I hope that it all works out. She does have congestive heart failure so I know over time it's going to be harder for her to come out of these episodes. But she is ok for now.

So.....we were heading home Saturday and Jackson stayed over with his grandparents Tom and Mary. When we figured out that Jackson's allergies were not caused by dust, they were caused by household cleaners most of us switched our cleaners, Mom did, CJ's parents and I kept hinting to Tom and Mary...but you don't want to tell someone how to live in their own house..

So Saturday Jackson comes back and his eyes are watering..by today it's back to the old days. He has bronchitis and almost double ear infections. So we have inhalers, puffers, and antibiotics. So tonight I called Mary and told her what happened. What is wierd is that she said Tom had been worried about Jackson, he even had a dream about him. I told her I didn't care I would buy the stuff, but they had to switch. I explained it all. She totally understood. I explained it doesn't work unless you get rid of everything when you switch. If you still have those toxins in your home. So I talked to her and she totally understood. I don't know why I was so worried. She said of course the health of our grandbaby is the most important thing..plus Chase my nephew has horrible asthma and a lot of that comes from cleaners too, so it will help him too.

So I feel a lot better I was worried...really worried..why do we stress so much about the dumbest thing.
I gotta go bcz I have been so excited to watch In The Motherhood..we will see if it's any good.

Made It To Wichita

Hey everybody,
We are in Wichita. We made a last min. trip because CJ's grandma got sick and is not doing well. So.....we are here and I will update you and let you know how it goes. Please keep us all in your prayers. She is older, but I will say she is like Granny Shuler in some ways where she seems to have 9 lives.

CJ left yesterday and we decided today that me and the kids would come down. So we will be heading back either Saturday unless something happens we are staying for a while.

I will keep you all updated.

Love,
Karen

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Happy St Patrick's Day

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Love,
Karen

Winter? Is it?

So it's MO for sure around here lately. Here are some pictures of Jackson playing in the snow last weekend, then the next day, yes the next day it was almost 70. It's insane.

So basketball ended tonight and Shelby's team took 1st place for the year. Pretty soon it will be time for softball. I am not sure if Iam going to have Jackson play tball this year. He's just not that in to it. He has a little too much energy. He really wants to play football and soccer, so I think I may wait and do that. He wants to wait and it makes life so much easier when you don't have two kids in a sport at the same time. You can give more time to each kid. It works out good if I do it that way because their seasons don't overlap that much with the different sports. The only time I really would have two is when Shelby is doing Volleyball and Jackson has soccer. I just at least like to have family dinner a few nights a week. I prefer every night. It hasn't been that way with basketball season.

Shelby is a big sister again. Aaron's girlfriend had a baby girl yesterday. They named her Morgan Sue Kelly. She is such a cutie and looks just like Shelby did when she was a baby.

Last week would have been my wedding anniv and I was pretty down. So I was trying to think of something to keep myself occupied that day. I didn't feel like working and I REALLY didn't feel like sitting. So I made this pretty cool coupon organizer. If anyone is intersted I will pass on the info to you later. I'll take some pics and put it together. It's come in really handy!!

I hope you are all doing well. And will talk to you soon