Long time no blog!

Well I guess it is about time I update my blog. We have been so crazy busy around here I am not sure which end is up. The newness of my oh so great routine is wearing off quickly, and the thought of walking every morning is a dreaded event. So I have just decided to go to the beach more instead because tanned fat looks better. School is still going great though and I am very glad we decided to homeschool. It seems to be suiting us just right.

Rufus's newness is beginning to wear off too and it is a good thing he is cute because this potty training thing definitely isn't. He is making strides but not fast enough for this little poop scooping mama. The vet gave me some tips but it sounds like allot of hard work and dedication, and well that is just not really my thing. I will just pray for a miracle!

So we have started packing up boxes. We move in on October 12th, so I figure if I pack a few boxes a day by the 12th everything will be done and it won't feel so overwhelming. I have three pieces of furniture I have to paint before we move as well. It is really hard for me to concentrate when my house is in shambles, but I am trying to concentrate on the big picture.

So remember awhile back when I wrote about my dream couches? Well my dream couches became my dreaded couches. I loved the look of them but they were wearing very quickly. The first time I called the furniture store and after many complaints and games of phone tag they replaced all the cushions, saying it was some freak thing and should not happen again. Well guess what...It did. We had the new cushions for two months and they were beginning to wear like the old ones. So I whined like the little princess that I am, got my husband to get on the horn again, and they took the couches back with a full refund. So we got to go couch shopping again! We ended up picking a gorgeous set of leather couches. I am usually not one for leather b/c I think it looks to office-ee, but the ones I picked are pretty formal. Besides I am going for durability this time, and leather just looks better over time. So it turns out they had the couch in stock but they had to special order the love seat(6-8 weeks). So we got the couch delivered on Saturday and they unwrapped it in all it's glory to discover there was a big gash going along the bottom rail in the wood. So now I have to special order an new couch as well. They are letting us keep the other one until they get in and then they will do the switch-a-roo. So that kind of works out good because the new ones will be delivered to the new house and we will have one less thing to move. Also we kind of get to test drive the new couch without having to worry about messing it up.

Ben found out this week where he will be deploying for 4 months, and I probably should not announce it on blog but it is not Iraq (sp?) so that is a blessing. However by the time I am left with four kids on my own for 4 months my house might look like somewhat of a war zone itself. I took the kids (3 as of now) to the grocery store and to run errands the other day when Ben was at work and it was exhausting. It was hot, they were done, we had a few minor injuries, and I was ready to pull my hair out. It made me fear and dread the upcoming months that I will be having those days every day, only with a new infant on top of it all. Yikes. I have also come to the conclusion that I will no longer have any friends. Well I will have friends I just won't be spending any time with them. It will go something like this. "hey I should call Alyssa and invite her out to lunch, oh but wait she has four kids that come along with that package, ah forget it I will just call Sally instead, she only has one." I have to say however that my kids are pretty easy and more behaved then allot of people's one, but I am afraid the quantity will turn people off. I already get weird looks when I go out and people see my protruding belly and my three little ducklings trailing behind. It makes me feel like I have to act extra composed, like three kids at the grocery store is a breeze, so people don't think I am absolutely crazy. Really I feel more sorry for them then they do for me because they don't get to experience the joy those three sets of blue eyes bring into my life. Yes sometimes it is hectic and I want to pull my hair out, but when I tuck them all in bed everynight and they say "mommy I love you" it is so worth it. So even though I am truly scared about the upcoming months I know that we will get through and maybe even prevail with some tid bit of sanity intact. Do keep us in your prayers because they will most certainly be needed. If you are unsure what to pray you can say something like this...."Please turn Alyssa into super mom with the power to make breakfast and clean a toilet bowl at the same time. To teach school, while changing a poopie diaper in the blink of an eye. The power to turn the scent of that poopie diaper into a flower garden. To think that her kids are still cute when they are all screaming at the same time. And most of all to not call her husbands name in vain when he is watching movies and taking afternoon naps! AMEN!

Well I think that is the latest and greatest at the Turner household. I bid you farewell!