I Don’t Know How Much More Snow We Can Get

So this has been one of the biggest winters we have had in the 4 years we have lived in Long Island.  I think our first winter here was like this it was just storm after storm.

In the last 2 weeks we have gotten about 20 inches of snow total, maybe more.   The snow piles are just so high.

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We still have a snow storm coming on Sunday and potentially next Wednesday. When will winter end? Soon I hope!

Finally Star Student

My son who is in Kindergarten this year, has watched his sisters get Star Student in school every year. So now that he is in school, he has waited tirelessly month after month for his name to be called.

Yesterday was the assembly to announce star students for December. My son was sad all morning, crying and saying he wouldn’t win. I told him it would be okay and he is always my star student.

Behold he came off the bus, wearing a medal and big smile. He won Star Student this month. He is so proud of himself, he refuses to take off the medal.

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Now my daughter i upset, because out of the three of them she is the only one who has not gotten star student this school year.

Just To Show You How Cold It Has Been Here. #PolarVortex

My kids forgot to put the lot on the outside toy box as they usually do when “Hercules” hit. The box filled with snow, and I was going to wait until everything melted or calmed down to clean out the box. So I go out there yesterday and see the box is filled with water, at least that’s what it looked like.

The entire box was frozen and all the toys frozen with it.

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My kids had so much fun breaking it up, but half the toys broke.

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I just hope that the weather warms up, I am so done with ice and snow.

Amazing How Fast the Weather Changes

We were hit by a blizzard Thursday night into Friday. The storm “Hercules” dumped a foot of snow in our area, and created big snow drifts.

The temperature was freezing the the single digits with wind chills below zero.

Today is Monday and the temperature is 50 degrees with rain, and the foot of snow is almost gone.

These was taken yesterday afternoon while my kids were playing

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Then this morning, in the same spot.

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Amazing how fat everything changes. Then again tomorrow we go back down to single digits.

Our Second Big Snow Storm

We just experienced our second big snow storm, and blizzard. While we have had a ton of small/medium storms, the big storms cause panic.

Our first big storm was in February of this year “Nemo”. That storm made me afraid of snow literally. We had about 30+inches and while the storm hit sooner than it was anticipated, I was stuck trying to get my kids home from school. I spent 6 hours in the car with 3 kids, before we got close enough just to abandon the car and walk home.

We have a older sedan that does horrible in the snow. Yes, that would make me fearful for the rest of my life.

This storm was not as intense, but still enough to keep me away from my car.

The storm “Hercules” brought blizzard conditions and on’t dropped about a foot of snow.

The roads were horrible, but the kids loved it. The biggest difference between the two was temperatures. With the most recent storm temperatures were in the single digits.

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Literally after 30 minutes of being outside my body just felt numb.

Did you get hit by the recent snowstorm?

Mirena IUD My Nightmare

I have 3 kids, and to be honest I never planned any of them. I wouldn’t change any of them, they are perfect.
After the birth of my son in 2007, I wanted to get on birth control to prevent any more pregnancies. I was still very young and the doctor wouldn’t even consider getting my tubes tied.

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The pill threw my body off and I kept forgetting to take it, so I opted for the Mirena IUD. It was explained to be easy and would last for 5 years. I thought how could I not like it.

From manufacture: Mirena is intrauterine birth control that’s over 99% effective at preventing pregnancy. It’s made of soft, flexible plastic and placed into your uterus by your healthcare provider during a routine office visit.
Mirena releases small amounts of hormone directly into the uterus
and lasts as long as YOU want, for up to 5 years.

The first few months were torture. It was like being on your period for 3 + months straight. Then I started losing hair like crazy. Luckily my hair is thick.

After that it seemed to get better, my period was shorter and lighter. This lasted the whole 5 years. The only downside during this time was I gained about 30 lbs.

I actually loved it, but when the 5 year mark hit I could start to feel my body change like it was going through withdraw.

I had Mirena removed in Feb. 2013. It was out of my canal so they had to use forceps, and it was the worst pain of my life.

First cycle after Mirena I felt like I was dying, I lost so much blood. Clots as big as golf balls. I was assured this was all normal, and my system was just clearing out. I guess that was true after all I did not have a period for 4 years.

Now it has been almost a year since I have had it removed. I feel like the effects have only gotten worse. I was told by my doctor that after a few months, everything would go back to normal.

I have lost 20lbs, by basically doing nothing, which is good. I am assuming that is going back to normal, since I have never weighed over 140. Even when I was pregnant.

I am still losing hair like crazy. Ask my family, my hair is everywhere.
The one thing that is driving me crazy right now is my menstrual cycle. My period now lasts 10-12 days and my cycle is shorter. In other words, I basically get my period every 2 and a half weeks. Plus I now have anemia from having that long of a period. Again, my doctor is advising that everything will eventually go back to normal. I can get on the pill to regulate my period, but no thanks.

It has been the nightmare of my life.

Goals For 2014

I don’t make resolutions, because honestly I have never kept one. I make goals that I try to achieve. This year I have one big goal…..

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That goal is to spend less time on the computer. Am I giving up blogging? No, of course not but am going to try and find a balance between blogging and family.

I spend a lot of tim on the computer and it has really cut into my personal life.

That is my biggest goal.

Other goals I would like to achieve are….

Cursing! Yes, I have a tendancy to curse a lot.

Be healthy! Am I going organic? No, but just more exercise and take care of myself.

Find a job! Yes, I love being a stay at home mom, but it’s not enough. So by the end of 2014 I would love to find a part time job. Even just a couple hours working at a retail store or something. Blogging is fine for now, but it’s not paying the bills.

What are your goals for 2014?

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