To shop or not to shop,,,,,,,,

My favorite sister and I, yes she my only sister too, just had a discussion about Black Friday and if we should go out at 4am Friday morning to shop. Well it wasn't really a tough decision, I mean who can pass up $10.00 free dollars for every $50.00 we spend at Kohl's. They open at 4am so that makes it even more of a no-brainer since it's before everyone else is open, woohoo!!. Last year we even managed to snag shopping carts in Kohl's, ok so I had to follow people to the register and snag them but hey we got them didn't we?

Does anyone know of any more really great shopping deals? Macy's faked me out with their $10.00 for $25.00 deal, I thought it was like Kohl's, if you spent 25 you got 10 to spend later but that wasn't the case, it was just 10 off of one 25.00 item.

Looking at http://www.theblackfriday.com/

Day 11 - A really good day and a really bad night!

So we had a great day!! Major progress at school by asking for a "self time out". School of course didn't give him major bonus points for doing it but when he got home I sure did! My wonderful sister and nephew got him off the bus yesterday so I could actually work a full day at the office. I got to their home to pick him up and he was happy and proud of his day. We got home, I made dinner while he jumped in the shower and cleaned his room all by himself! Dinner was eaten, reward system sheet done, dinner cleaned up, all smooth and happy. Then it's bedtime, he asks to go to bed (he will not sleep in his own room or be upstairs alone) so off we trudge to my bedroom. I was smart enough to put a lounger in my room which is where he has been sleeping. I tuck him in and give him his hugs and kisses and he eventually falls asleep. I get up, take a shower, clean up around the house and then it begins,,,,,,,,,

I hear the THUMP THUMP THUMP upstairs, he starts screaming for me, nothing he is saying is making any sense at all, he can not be consoled. He demands I turn off my television and go to sleep, then he continues to scream at the top of his lungs for the next 15 minutes. I am trying to talk to him, to calm him, to figure out what is wrong. I finally give up, crawl into bed and allow him to just scream for another 15 minutes while I pretend to be sleeping. And then just like it started it stops and he is snoring away. We did this 5 times throughout the night. In the morning he says he doesn't remember any of it,,,,,,, wow I sure do!!

This will be a point of discussion with the Dr tonight at our appointment. It as if we are back to Night Terrors of the 2 year old. Great day, bad night, hey it could be worse, bad day, bad night. Count the blessings of a great day!!

Day 10 - a long weekend and learning to say NO

Well we made it through our first weekend home after 6 weeks in the hospital. We are desperately trying not to regress to our old behaviors (at least I am). It's so much easier to say Yes to everything than it is to say No. Why is that? My persistant child is pushing every 10 seconds to get his own way and I have to stick to my guns and not give in. He seems to be much more stubborn than I am. I am starting to hate the word No, or at least hate the constant of trying to redirect him to another place. He always comes right back to what he wants. It's a learning process for us. I guess he's figured out that if he consistently drives me crazy with something he wants in the past I have given in just to stop the harrassment and now I am not giving in but he hasn't figured that part out yet. I have to untrain the peace keeper in me to just say no. It's not helping in the long run when I say yes even if it is an instant gratification thing for us.

Thought for the day "Just say No and stick to it"