continuation of last post

so on with the week...i was a wicked mom who had to pry off gage's coat and sleeve to get his flu vaccine...note to self...have the coat already off, and let the older kid go first...he saw how addi reacted when she got her shots and had a melt down...it was sad and it almost made me cry, but he will at least be protected now...after the long 3 hour wait we went to dairy queen and had super and ice cream, since the kids were such good sports...i felt really bad and it ate me up inside for that whole night...i do hope gage forgets the pain when he has to go and get his next one...and that is in 3 weeks...we are moving with such speed these days, that everything is a blur to me...the next day was joyschool, gage is learning about feelings and what they are... when gage leaves the van and goes to school, addi repeats his name over and over, you can tell she misses him when he's gone...jim continued to work on the basement after work, his dad came out to help...and then the missionaries came by and gave a lesson on how we need prayer,scriptures,and church to have balance...we need all three and can't just have one or 2...or one without the other...i have been working out 2wice a week...sometimes we sculpt the muscles...other times we do cardio...i am working out with some friends...it's really fun and i am feeling great and eating what i want and not feeling guilty...this week we worked on the finishing touches to the basement...the trim and cleaning and shampooing the carpets, getting rid of the drywall dust...man that stuff gets everywhere and fast...and it lasts and lasts...we finally were able to go to leth and look for a couch...we got rid of the sectional we got from jims parents like 3 years ago...and the fancy pink couch from jims gramma went to the thrift store...we are excited to say that after going to 5 furniture stores we found one that will suit us just fine...we had our japanese exchange student with us helping us look for couches...he was a huge help with watching the kids while we(jim and i) shopped...what a trooper...once we found the couch and bought it, it was late and i had brought the kids' pj's with us so we dressed them into their pj's at the store...it was kind of strange but it worked...we just pretended it was our house...we found a couch and voila...home!...now today is friday oct.29, 2009...the basement is back to normal and the tv is working with all our little game's...ninetendo...atari...n64...the satellite and the dvd...wires everywhere...but you can't see them...that's the cool part...hence the electrician who lives here...handy, dandy...today i found out that jim is going to go to fort mac on the 9th of nov...a 2 week on 1 week off shift until about feb...so we are excited that he gets to stay with pyramid corp...but sad that he has to leave...we told gage tonite and he had a really sad face...but gage was happy when dad told him that we would talk on the computer every nite...so lets hope that will make the time pass more quickly...oh ya...ever since gage got his 'flu shot', every time we drive by the place where it was he asks me if we are going to get the 'flu shot' and i say 'no, not today' and he says 'ok, tomorrow?'...and so i just tell him it's closed everyday so maybe he will forget about it all together and put it in the past...cross fingers...we do have to go and get a booster for the kids in 3 weeks...but then i heard today that there may not be enough vaccine and that they are saving it for the comprimised and that they may not even need the booster...hooray to that!!!...gage had fun tonite baking and decorating halloween cookies with his friend evan...they had a sugar high...holy cow...supper hyper!...but fun...will post pics when i know how...well it think that's a week in a nut shell...now lets hope i can keep up to this blog thing!