Elsy’s Stay at Home Mom Blog

As a parent it is very difficult to have your little ones with the flu. My kids are so small that I feel so helpless when they are sick. Dan II has been very ill for the last 3-4 days. He was very congested and could not sleep very well because he could not through his nose. Sometimes the flu comes on so strong that sometimes ear infections follow and that is exactly what happened to my little baby.

He had a sore throat, low grade fever, nasal and chest congestion, ear pain, hungry and tired but could not do either because of his congestion and sore throat.  As a parent this is what drains us, not being able to comfort them and not being able to take their aches and pains away.

Taking him into the bathroom while the hot water was running seemed to help with his congestion a lot. The new “Tylenol Plus Cold” helps a lot.

His Doctor prescribed antibiotics and ear drops and that is helping also.

I am happy he is playing and smiling now. God knows I’ve missed that smile!

Exactly one week from today is Fathers’ Day and I am not sure what to get my husband. XBox or Bike. He loves to ride bikes but he has been wanting an Xbox for some time now and I just don’t know. One is more expensive then the other and I just don’t know what to get him.

Maybe for his birthday I can get him which ever thing I don’t get him for Fathers’ Day.

Well as some of you know I work for a tax service place and right now during the off season I only work 8 hours a week. To bring extra play money I have signed up with Google adsence. My husband makes good money with Adsense and I want extra money as well.

If I can make an extra $100-$150 a month, I will be content. This would be totally passive money making which is great. The other thing I am looking into doing is to sell likes off my site. I am just waiting for some changes that needs to happen to my website for that. Hopefully my husband can help me out with those changes.

All in all I am looking to make between $200 to $250 from those two things alone. In the future I would have to see where I go from there.

The PayPer Post I used to do does not thrill me any more because a lot of the stuff there is just spam. Not interested in that any longer. My husband is making more then $400 a month of this passive income. Not really doing anything just writing here and there about what interest him.

I figure, if he can make money like that so can I.

My parents and I decided not to wait to start the vegetable garden. We wanted to eat vegies this summer so we went ahead and planted several plants a couple of months ago and hold and behold we have vegies. I have made chicken soup with some of the veggies from our garden about 3-4 different times.

The green beans taste wonderful. I have bell peppers and hot peppers as well. The squash has not grown yet but we are waiting. The tomatoes have flowers but no tomatoes yet. I really want to make that area really nice. Little by little I’ll get there.

This is one of those things that make a house a real home.

I need a better way to do this, like not doing it at all if you know what I mean. I never realy enjoyed doing laundry. My husbands helps me sometimes and he does it so quick. I just don’t like doing it.

I have tried many ways to make it easy on me like putting the hangers in the laundry room to hang the clothes are I take them out of the dryer but I always drop something behind the machines. I tried folding in the kids rooms so I can put things away at the same time and the kids think it’s play time and make a mess of my piles and stuff.

There is just no easy way to do this.

The party was a success. Everything was perfect. The kids had lots of fun. The parents seemed very happy and relaxed. The food was great.

Family came from Houston and stayed over the weekend. We cooked for them today and they were very happy. As much as I like to plan parties, I think I am done until December. I have about 5 months of relaxation.

Everything gets crazy again about mid October and right before Halloween. Thanksgiving will be next. Mikey’s Birthday Party will follow. My Dads’ birthday party is before Christmas and Mom’s birthday party is before new years.

Yep, better enjoy it while it last!

My husband was eating at Rudys the other day and got a phone number to this place that rents moonwalks here in Round Rock. The name of the Company is Jump 4 Less and their phone number is 512 818-5111. The deal that I got was a 13×13 moonwalk plus two tables and 12 chairs for $110. The size of the moonwalk is perfect for my toddlers and their little friends. Last time, the moonwalk was big which was nice but not needed. What I did need was more eating and sitting places which did not have.

For Genesis’ birthday I have plenty sitting area outside where parents can eat and watch their little ones as they themselves relax and chat.

I really do like to entertained and want everything to be just right!

We had an old bench outside and decided to refinish it. My husband went to Home Depot and got paint for metal. He was also able to find some type of chemical that takes away the ugly brown and black water damage from wood.

After we sanded down the wood and the metal, we painted the metal a shiny black and stained the wood to match the fence. The cherry red looks wonderful. The bench now looks brand new.

The chair itself is not an expensive one but we can now get twice the use from the bench for minimal cost.