Back in my right mind

Sorry about the crazy post yesterday. It seems that some people get the easiest kids; the ones that sleep through the night when they are brought home from the hospital, the ones that are easy-going and come-what-may, the ones have no problem occupying themselves whenever and instinctively know how to sit still. This is not what the good Lord blessed me with. Mine are all strong willed, high energy, and seem to know exactly the moment when I am not looking to start to cause problems. With 4 kids, there is always 4 things going on at the same time, plus my own. Then of course the phone rings, the dryer or oven beeps, or some other something happens! Life gets even more complicated when I add in my oldest who has a combination of ADHD, Oppositional/Defient Disorder, and (now we are finding out) Asperger's Syndrome. He really changes the atmosphere of the group. He increases the tensions and energy, and is often the center of many fights and arguments. We are only just beginning to figure out what is going on with him as far as the Asperger's diagnosis and how to fix all the craziness that it brings into our home. I will say that is it something that we long suspected, but it does help to get the reassurance from medical professionals.
My kids truly are blessings, and I won't trade their personalities for anything. Their stong wills will be perservance later; their high energy will move mountains. They are all quite smart (even taking into account a bit of subjectivity!) I take my job of training, molding, and caring for these precious little ones very seriously. Sometimes so seriously that I feel like I am going to lose my mind-but I guess that I why God also blessed me with my great hubby who comes from his long hard day of work and picks up the pieces.

So enough of all of this stuff, and back to the good stuff next time. I have a tutorial on making a wool hand bag that I have photographed, but will put up when I have time. Right now, I need to get the littlest munchkin down for a nap.

Thanks for listening!!

Stress levels reaching max, patience reaching all time low....

Right now, I have a screaming headache. I could have something to do with my 3 year old running around making Jedi noises at the top of his lungs. The 1 year old has a love affair with the silverware drawer and has discovered how to get herself completely, and I do mean completely undressed, which she likes to do with a dirty diaper. My 7 year old is yelling about the Wii when he should be reading his book. My 9 year old has lost my guitar tuner, which he is blaming on anyone else, is refusing to practice his guitar and when he finally is coerced into playing, he is playing the wrong chords so as to make everyone who is within earshot cringe. My husband had a late meeting at work (although thank God he has one!) so his dinner is sitting out on the table and the little two are trying to eat it (and have managed to polish off all the cheese). I haven't gotten to the ol' list of presents that need to be made, so I have a bit of stored-up frustration there too. And if Hubby doesn't get home soon, I'm going to be late to church for choir practice-better hit Confession first!!! Let's hope the Motrin kicks in soon..... Tomorrow will be a better day!! (Or else!)