I must be feeling a bit emotional today .. .
I can't stop thinking about her. When Mom,Stacey and I traveled to D.C. for the national History Day competition in 1996, we took a tour of the Capitol Building. I don't remember much about it, but I remember Jeanette Rankin. Each state was allowed to place two statues of influential people in the Capitol building and Montana chose her. Jeanette was the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, but I don't think that is the reason she has a statue. For some reason I have never forgotten that she was the only U.S. Rep who didn't vote to go to war for WWI or WWII.
I know that a lot of patriotic people would say that is terrible, but when it came time for her to vote she said, even thought you aren't suppose to speak, "I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war." I think that is the most amazing quote I have evern heard. Not because of the words, but because of the situation. Could you imaging saying that in front of a room full of men who you are voting against? I don't know that I would be that strong, but I would like to be.
But what amazes me more is that the next election, she didn't win, but as WWII began she was voted back into the House and again, she voted the only no, for entering war.
Could you imagine? Post-attack on Pearl Harbor she said no! That takes guts! She still didn't believe in war, but this time when she spoke out of turn, she said "As a woman, I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else." The second vote for war, she simply voted, "present" instead of saying no. What a woman! I just want to know when the movie will come out about her! I think is would go over very well right now with Hillary running for office and our troops over seas.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Someone have a case of the Mondays?
Oh yeah,
big time
I had a case of the Mondays yesterday. I didn't want to do anything, when in fact I got a load of laundry done, a load of dishes, and got Alaina bathed and in bed. It doesn't seem like much until I remember that she went to bed a 9 pm.
Daddy took the day off to work on the bedrooms. He sanded the mud and got almost completely done with the first coat. But he wanted to see Alaina before she went to bed so I kept her up late. I think the stars aligned just right because she was really good all night. Usually she is temperamental at best and won't let me leave her side. But I gave her an early bath after she fed herself (and her shirt) a fruit cup and a half of peaches and syrup, which I think she knows is a signal for bed, so every minute that she gets to stay up after that is icing on the cake because she knows its sleepy time. By the time Jeff said, Let's go to bed Alaina, she ran for the stair because she was so eager to sleep. She only made it through half of her usual three bedtime books before she pointed at her bed. Jeff was kind of sad to have story time cut short because its good snuggle time too.
Anyway about the weekend. Alaina stayed with Mimi and Papa and had a grand time. I bought all the supplies to stain and seal the trim for the rooms. I'll start probably next week, working in the garage with a heater after the little one's in bed. And the big news is we bought a truck. An old 1994 GMC to lug stuff around for the house and get Jeff to work during bad weather. And judging by the snow today, we got it just in time.
We also got to have a nice adults night out without having to worry about our babysitters driving home late. We went out for drinks where one of our friends is a bartender. It was nice, even though it was cold. Anyway, I'll try to get some pictures up for tomorrow.
big time
I had a case of the Mondays yesterday. I didn't want to do anything, when in fact I got a load of laundry done, a load of dishes, and got Alaina bathed and in bed. It doesn't seem like much until I remember that she went to bed a 9 pm.
Daddy took the day off to work on the bedrooms. He sanded the mud and got almost completely done with the first coat. But he wanted to see Alaina before she went to bed so I kept her up late. I think the stars aligned just right because she was really good all night. Usually she is temperamental at best and won't let me leave her side. But I gave her an early bath after she fed herself (and her shirt) a fruit cup and a half of peaches and syrup, which I think she knows is a signal for bed, so every minute that she gets to stay up after that is icing on the cake because she knows its sleepy time. By the time Jeff said, Let's go to bed Alaina, she ran for the stair because she was so eager to sleep. She only made it through half of her usual three bedtime books before she pointed at her bed. Jeff was kind of sad to have story time cut short because its good snuggle time too.
Anyway about the weekend. Alaina stayed with Mimi and Papa and had a grand time. I bought all the supplies to stain and seal the trim for the rooms. I'll start probably next week, working in the garage with a heater after the little one's in bed. And the big news is we bought a truck. An old 1994 GMC to lug stuff around for the house and get Jeff to work during bad weather. And judging by the snow today, we got it just in time.
We also got to have a nice adults night out without having to worry about our babysitters driving home late. We went out for drinks where one of our friends is a bartender. It was nice, even though it was cold. Anyway, I'll try to get some pictures up for tomorrow.
Friday, January 25, 2008
STARVING!!!!!
I sit here with a delicious bowl of creamy chicken and rice soup and a half a sandwich from Panera and I can't eat it!!! I am so hungry, but since I haven't eaten anything since 9 p.m. last night, my stomach has went on strike. I ate half of the soup and a few bites of the sandwich. It all tastes like nothing. Darn these tests that make me fast! They mess up my meals!
Anyway the Radioactive egg test went well. As usual, I waited over an hour to get to the testing area, waited to eat the nasty cold 'glowing' eggs, and then had to lie still for an hour and a half on an uncomfortable table. They turned the radio on for me, little did I know the station that started out playing some classic U2, was taken over by an evil leprechaun who played elevator music for the rest of the time I was there. Ick. I'm so shaky from not eating its hard to type so this will be short. Alaina goes back to party with Meme and Papa this weekend, which will hopefully give me time to make up some work and recover from my lack of energy. I need to pick up yoga or something. Maybe. The last time I tried it, I just aggrivated some sore spots. Who knew that my feet would complain so much about being flexed and unflexed?
Anyway the Radioactive egg test went well. As usual, I waited over an hour to get to the testing area, waited to eat the nasty cold 'glowing' eggs, and then had to lie still for an hour and a half on an uncomfortable table. They turned the radio on for me, little did I know the station that started out playing some classic U2, was taken over by an evil leprechaun who played elevator music for the rest of the time I was there. Ick. I'm so shaky from not eating its hard to type so this will be short. Alaina goes back to party with Meme and Papa this weekend, which will hopefully give me time to make up some work and recover from my lack of energy. I need to pick up yoga or something. Maybe. The last time I tried it, I just aggrivated some sore spots. Who knew that my feet would complain so much about being flexed and unflexed?
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Clean and Organized!
Upstairs before . . . .
Upstairs after . . .
My new scrapbooking area!
Sewing with Kitty
And best of all, a gift wrap area!
Upstairs after . . .
My new scrapbooking area!
Sewing with Kitty
And best of all, a gift wrap area!
Test results
The doc said everything looked normal yesterday, but they took some biopsies jus in case. He also scheduled me for a gastric emptying study, which means I go to the hospital on friday, eat some radioactive eggs and sit in a dark room so they can see where I'm glowing at. Just kidding about the dark room, but not about the radioactive eggs. I learned that getting blood drawn from your arm is much less painfull than having an IV put into your arm. I don't know why they don't use the hand like the hospitals do. I learned that I don't mind being knocked out, and I felt great coming out of my little medicinal sleep.
And I finished my upstairs organizing while I was home. I've tackled the rediculous task of organizing all my buttons . .wait, what? Yep you heard me, I have two lunch boxes full of buttons that my grandmother gave me and I went through and put all the matching ones together and then put then into tiny ziploc bags that you get in craft stores. Am I nuts for spending three hours doing this? Maybe, but now if I want to use some of them I have prematched sets to look at instead of a bucket to sift through. And do you have any idea how many different styles and sizes of buttons there are. Oh my gosh! I had fifteen little pearl grey buttons lined up and none of them matched even though there were about the same size, different color, some had pattern cut or carved into them, and some were four holed and some had two. Yikes!
And I put this on Tuesday's blog because I'm going to try and stick to some wordless wednesday posts.
And I finished my upstairs organizing while I was home. I've tackled the rediculous task of organizing all my buttons . .wait, what? Yep you heard me, I have two lunch boxes full of buttons that my grandmother gave me and I went through and put all the matching ones together and then put then into tiny ziploc bags that you get in craft stores. Am I nuts for spending three hours doing this? Maybe, but now if I want to use some of them I have prematched sets to look at instead of a bucket to sift through. And do you have any idea how many different styles and sizes of buttons there are. Oh my gosh! I had fifteen little pearl grey buttons lined up and none of them matched even though there were about the same size, different color, some had pattern cut or carved into them, and some were four holed and some had two. Yikes!
And I put this on Tuesday's blog because I'm going to try and stick to some wordless wednesday posts.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The twin connection!
So Stacey and I have never had one of those pinch her and I feel it type of twin connections, but we got to have a moment yesterday. She called to talk and mentioned a brother of a friend from Clay center (refered to as K). And I had to of course tell her that it was crazy that she would mention K because I had just had a dream that I ran into our friend and K at a coffee shop! Of course the fun part is that he was melded in my dream with a local boy who got caught in the middle of a fight and had his cheekbone broken and had to have surgery to fix it a few years ago, but that's beside the point. Neither of us have heard or seen him in years, but I dream about seeing him and she mentions him the next day. Wierd huh?
And to top it all off, the dream was completely surreal because it involved Transformers. Geez, I need to lay off whatever gives me these psycho dreams. I used to dream about running with donosaurs and being chased by my gym teacher who was the terminator. And what does that say about my mental health? :p
And to top it all off, the dream was completely surreal because it involved Transformers. Geez, I need to lay off whatever gives me these psycho dreams. I used to dream about running with donosaurs and being chased by my gym teacher who was the terminator. And what does that say about my mental health? :p
Busy weekend . .
The tastefully simple party that I went to Friday was wonderful. I got to see some people who haven't seen me since I was pregnant (two years!!) and bought some yummy seasonings. Everything was so good, if I knew enough people in the area, I'd become a rep to sell it. How can you not love products that you just add sour cream and you have an instant gourmet party dip? I'm such a big cooking person and these products are consumable, so I'd . . oh wait. I forgot I was saying I can't do this.
On Saturday, I got to sleep in. Jeff worked on the bedrooms, still mudding and taping, and Alaina and I worked on messing up and cleaning the house. Guess who did what?
Sunday was an interesting day. I cleaned and got ready to have friends over for supper. It was a belated gift exchange for Christmas. I hit the jackpot! They got Jeff and I a pair of Cutco shears. The kind that the demo people use to cut pennies. I was pumped!!!! Of course the tough part of the day was that I feel down the stairs. I'm not quite sure what happened all I know is that I was walking down after my shower and then I was skidding down the stairs on my backside. I wacked my elbows and head pretty good and the bruises are just showing up today.
Monday was the progress day. I went upstairs and tackled the evil that is my sewing craft area. The Christmas tubs finally got put away, don't get me wrong the decor came down Dec 31st. But the tubs hung around downstairs until Sunday. I went through two tubs of stuff Stacey left when she moved, and most of my sewing area. Inspired by Omaha Mama, I took pictures to post of the before and after. I've decided to use the desk Stacey left to organize my scrapbooking/stamp/craft stuff. And I'm still thinking I need to have that cardmaking party. (healthy snack are a must of course!)
I also went to a GI doctor yesterday. For those of you that don't know I had a nasty bacteria in high school and my digestive track has never been the same. My recent health problems seen to be anchored around heartburn/acid reflux. They scheduled an upper endoscopy for 11 am this morning. Aren't you all jealous? I get to be knocked out and have a tube shoved down my throat. Yay! The only good news is I took a ntoebook and worked on one of the many romance books that I have brewing in my head and since I had to sit in the waiting room for 45 mins, I got a lot written.
p.s. kitty is back to her old self and pestering us all. We're glad she's back!
On Saturday, I got to sleep in. Jeff worked on the bedrooms, still mudding and taping, and Alaina and I worked on messing up and cleaning the house. Guess who did what?
Sunday was an interesting day. I cleaned and got ready to have friends over for supper. It was a belated gift exchange for Christmas. I hit the jackpot! They got Jeff and I a pair of Cutco shears. The kind that the demo people use to cut pennies. I was pumped!!!! Of course the tough part of the day was that I feel down the stairs. I'm not quite sure what happened all I know is that I was walking down after my shower and then I was skidding down the stairs on my backside. I wacked my elbows and head pretty good and the bruises are just showing up today.
Monday was the progress day. I went upstairs and tackled the evil that is my sewing craft area. The Christmas tubs finally got put away, don't get me wrong the decor came down Dec 31st. But the tubs hung around downstairs until Sunday. I went through two tubs of stuff Stacey left when she moved, and most of my sewing area. Inspired by Omaha Mama, I took pictures to post of the before and after. I've decided to use the desk Stacey left to organize my scrapbooking/stamp/craft stuff. And I'm still thinking I need to have that cardmaking party. (healthy snack are a must of course!)
I also went to a GI doctor yesterday. For those of you that don't know I had a nasty bacteria in high school and my digestive track has never been the same. My recent health problems seen to be anchored around heartburn/acid reflux. They scheduled an upper endoscopy for 11 am this morning. Aren't you all jealous? I get to be knocked out and have a tube shoved down my throat. Yay! The only good news is I took a ntoebook and worked on one of the many romance books that I have brewing in my head and since I had to sit in the waiting room for 45 mins, I got a lot written.
p.s. kitty is back to her old self and pestering us all. We're glad she's back!
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Midnight feeding
I had Jeff update me on Kitty when he came to bed last night. He said it looked like she was trying to get up, so he moved the little nest I made for her to the floor so she woulnd't fall. I'm not sure when time he woke me up. But about 2:30 am I heard a noise and got worried so I got up and saw kitty manning her post by the foot of the stairs. In the mornings, she is always sitting there waiting for us to get out of bed, I think she wakes with the first alarm to go off and moves into position. anyway, I crouched down to see how she was doing and she drunkenly stumbled over to see me. She could barely stay upright, falling over every few seconds. I carried her upstairs so I could see how she looked. She kept wandering in circles like the cages tigers at the zoo. every few steps she would fall over and sometimes not get up for a while. I almost cried it was so sad.
She and I laid on the kitchen floor together in front of the fridge (I think she was enjoying the heat coming from underneath it.) She would tap my hair everynow and then, like she wanted to play and couldn't. After about 45 minutes, she started to perk up a bit. I got her to walk around after a toy on a string, but she kept going back to her food and water dishes. She coudln't open her mouth yet, so she must have been pretty hungry. I soaked some kitty food in water to soften it and mashed some cheese and added water to make it kinda soupy. by the time I went to bed, she was able to lick some of the food up, but not drink or chew. She laid down on my soft robe that I set out for her, and I shut to door so she couldn't get downstairs. I'm still not sure if she fell or stumbled down them.
Anyway, she was still a little woozy this morning, but she could 'talk' a little and was a lot more agile. Go kitty!
She and I laid on the kitchen floor together in front of the fridge (I think she was enjoying the heat coming from underneath it.) She would tap my hair everynow and then, like she wanted to play and couldn't. After about 45 minutes, she started to perk up a bit. I got her to walk around after a toy on a string, but she kept going back to her food and water dishes. She coudln't open her mouth yet, so she must have been pretty hungry. I soaked some kitty food in water to soften it and mashed some cheese and added water to make it kinda soupy. by the time I went to bed, she was able to lick some of the food up, but not drink or chew. She laid down on my soft robe that I set out for her, and I shut to door so she couldn't get downstairs. I'm still not sure if she fell or stumbled down them.
Anyway, she was still a little woozy this morning, but she could 'talk' a little and was a lot more agile. Go kitty!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
You know you love your cat . . .
When you drive through a snow storm, get a warning for speeding, and stay up half the night with her because she's still out from the anesthetic.
Kitty had her womanly bits removed today. I took her down to the shelter in Auburn to get it done because I'm a farm girl at heart, and spending over $100 to get it done in Lincoln seemed silly.
She didn't like the ride and told me so every chance she could from the back seat. (BackSeat Driver!) When we got there, I got lost because I forgot to double check the directions I printed from online. They didn't recognize the address, so they sent me to the exact center of the zipcode I entered. Ick.
After dropping her off in my new yuppy style cat carrier which looks like black shiny alligator skin, I ran into the first wind of snow about ten miles from Lincoln. Yikes! I didn't think they were serious about that! Since the weather people usually lie, I ignored the warning. By 2:30 p.m. I was panicking and left work earlier than usual to get kitty. I didn't want to use my cruise control because the wind was so unpredictable. Of course my nervousness about the weather and lead foot led me to being pulled over. Fortunately, the State P took pity on me and only gave me a written warning. Thank you! And that is why I love cruise control, It prevented the same fate from happening on the ride down there.
When I got tot he clinic, they handed me her bag with a white towel inside. I waited for them to bring kitty out, and when they realized I was clueless, they pointed out that she was wrapped in the towel. She was still out cold and would be until late tonight into tomorrow morning. Poor Kitty! I'm suppose to keep her warm, but honestly, how do I know if I keep her too warm? I'm glad I only have to do this once. I probably won't sleep much tonight out of worry. I just sit beside her, watching her twitch as the meds slowly fade. sniff sniff. Did I mention when they put cats under, their eyes stay open? So I can't tell if Kitty can see me, but I hold her paw and talk to her, just in case. I hope she perks up quickly tomorrow because I stress to much about these things!
Kitty had her womanly bits removed today. I took her down to the shelter in Auburn to get it done because I'm a farm girl at heart, and spending over $100 to get it done in Lincoln seemed silly.
She didn't like the ride and told me so every chance she could from the back seat. (BackSeat Driver!) When we got there, I got lost because I forgot to double check the directions I printed from online. They didn't recognize the address, so they sent me to the exact center of the zipcode I entered. Ick.
After dropping her off in my new yuppy style cat carrier which looks like black shiny alligator skin, I ran into the first wind of snow about ten miles from Lincoln. Yikes! I didn't think they were serious about that! Since the weather people usually lie, I ignored the warning. By 2:30 p.m. I was panicking and left work earlier than usual to get kitty. I didn't want to use my cruise control because the wind was so unpredictable. Of course my nervousness about the weather and lead foot led me to being pulled over. Fortunately, the State P took pity on me and only gave me a written warning. Thank you! And that is why I love cruise control, It prevented the same fate from happening on the ride down there.
When I got tot he clinic, they handed me her bag with a white towel inside. I waited for them to bring kitty out, and when they realized I was clueless, they pointed out that she was wrapped in the towel. She was still out cold and would be until late tonight into tomorrow morning. Poor Kitty! I'm suppose to keep her warm, but honestly, how do I know if I keep her too warm? I'm glad I only have to do this once. I probably won't sleep much tonight out of worry. I just sit beside her, watching her twitch as the meds slowly fade. sniff sniff. Did I mention when they put cats under, their eyes stay open? So I can't tell if Kitty can see me, but I hold her paw and talk to her, just in case. I hope she perks up quickly tomorrow because I stress to much about these things!
Monday, January 14, 2008
Colors suck!
One picture ruined it all. I obtained fabric samples that I liked, added paint samples and only needed to throw them together in the perfect combination, when I saw a picture of the dead on balls acurate (my coisin vinny) colors that I wanted! And I had to start all over! Rats!
Of course I can only find these colors in satins and silky suit fabric, but even though the rest of the world and all its retailers use non-cotton thread for comforters these days, I think that I'll look like a fool with them on my bed. Rats again!
This is too hard I think, but even after I buy the silky fabric, I'm probably still saving half of what it would cost to get a comforter with the colors that I really only kinda want. If I could just find some trim or ribbons that go with what I want, I'd be set. The good news is that the fabric I'm looking at is 60 inches wide whic even though it costs more a yard, I get more fabric that with cotton because they only come in 45 inches wide. Now the question is . . . What pattern?
Monday blah's
Feeling especially blah today. It was a busy weekend, the party I wasn't in the mood to attend was fun and tiring. I was ready to head home and sleep at about 10 pm but toughed it out until midnight. Its not that I wasn't having fun, I just tire early. Papa and Mimi (the grandparent formerly known as Nana) came up for a while and so did Scott. He crashed at our place so that he could ride back with Alaina and I to a fundraiser for a sick family member. They had a raffle and a silent auction. I put lots of tickets out not planning on winning anything, but when I went to get a clean diaper from the car, I won a gift with bubble bath and a soft blanket. Alaina was so excited to hold the blanket that she ran around with it the rest of the night. On the way home to Lincoln, she kept trying to wrap up the stuffed Ozzie that we brought home from Mimi and Papa's house. She refused to give it up before we left. I seen to have a whole bunch of toys to return to their house that Alaina won't leave without. She chatted the whole way back and made Uncle Scott laugh when she shoved cookies in her mouth and blew raspberries, spitting cookie everywhere!
But the busy weekend wasn't over yet. Jeff and I had made plans to go out with his cousin and her new fiance to the parthanon. I was very tired and crashed about 10 last night. I didn't intend to go to sleep, so when I woke up this morning I realized I fell asleep with my contacts in. Oh well.
But the busy weekend wasn't over yet. Jeff and I had made plans to go out with his cousin and her new fiance to the parthanon. I was very tired and crashed about 10 last night. I didn't intend to go to sleep, so when I woke up this morning I realized I fell asleep with my contacts in. Oh well.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Working for Life
I'm a committee member. It doensn't matter what the committee is, I'm on it at work. My strengths are brainstorming, I'm great with ideas and enthusiasm. Right now I'm on the Worklife committee, booster club, AmeriSTARS and anything else that strikes my fancy. Yesterday was Worklife's meeting and our focus is health. Overall health. This is the group that shells out reimbursements for Gym memberships and endorses the weight watchers and the health fair. It makes me realize that I'm in terrible shape, ick. But I hit the jackpot when I mentioned for prizes that we shoudl raid the dollar section at Tar-get. All these cute little books "ten minute tone ups for dummies" and $2.50 sets of hand weights now belong to us! 61 books and 20 sets of weights in all. I cleaned out the Lincoln stores so sorry if you went looking and couldn't find any! Next I'm going to check Walgreen's they sometimes have great dollar sections!
Bad news for Kitty. She's getting fixed next Wed. Poor girl. I'll call in a babysitter so that I can pick her up after work, she'll want to be home. I feel sad about doing it, I love little kitties, but all in all its for the best.
This weekend will be busy. Nana and Papa are coming up so that Jeff and I can go to a holiday party. I'm not sure if I'm excited to go yet, but I'll be glad when I'm out of the house. I'm just lazy I guess. Have a great weekend y'all!
Bad news for Kitty. She's getting fixed next Wed. Poor girl. I'll call in a babysitter so that I can pick her up after work, she'll want to be home. I feel sad about doing it, I love little kitties, but all in all its for the best.
This weekend will be busy. Nana and Papa are coming up so that Jeff and I can go to a holiday party. I'm not sure if I'm excited to go yet, but I'll be glad when I'm out of the house. I'm just lazy I guess. Have a great weekend y'all!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
updates
I keep thinking I need to save a big chunk of time to update, but I had better just start writing and get something down before I start getting the dreaded snarky comments on my last post. . .
Jeff had picked up a part time job in the mornings during the week. Many reasons for this, experience, financial, opportunities etc. He will be helping PhD students with their research projects.
He is now mudding and taping the drywall in our rooms. I had better settle on the colors I want asap. I just can't decide!
Work has been keeping me very busy. Year end reviews will occur next week sometime, I'm nervous, I feel like I can't get ahead and that will be reflected in my review. I even came in Friday for four hours to try and catch up.
Alaina is growing to fast. She likes to put up her letter and number magnets on the fridge. I realized last night that she knows the letter H because whenever she pulls it out of the container, she has to hug it tightly before putting it up because of course, H stands for Hugs! We went out to eat with The darlings last night, it was a great time!
I found out we have been over paying daycare since Dec, her rates went down she she moved up to the 18 month- 24 month room. Can you believe in four months she'll be two? Yikes! She needs to stop growing, her pjs don't fit as it is!
I was Stacey's date to her work formal on Saturday. It was awesome. Nice to get out of the house, have a few drinks and socialize with adults. I know a few of her co-workers, so I walked around chatting and one of them is married to an old school friend so I got to see him too! Anyway, I'll try to get some new pics up of the house and such soon. Maybe I need to do wordless Wednesdays to get my pics flowing!
Jeff had picked up a part time job in the mornings during the week. Many reasons for this, experience, financial, opportunities etc. He will be helping PhD students with their research projects.
He is now mudding and taping the drywall in our rooms. I had better settle on the colors I want asap. I just can't decide!
Work has been keeping me very busy. Year end reviews will occur next week sometime, I'm nervous, I feel like I can't get ahead and that will be reflected in my review. I even came in Friday for four hours to try and catch up.
Alaina is growing to fast. She likes to put up her letter and number magnets on the fridge. I realized last night that she knows the letter H because whenever she pulls it out of the container, she has to hug it tightly before putting it up because of course, H stands for Hugs! We went out to eat with The darlings last night, it was a great time!
I found out we have been over paying daycare since Dec, her rates went down she she moved up to the 18 month- 24 month room. Can you believe in four months she'll be two? Yikes! She needs to stop growing, her pjs don't fit as it is!
I was Stacey's date to her work formal on Saturday. It was awesome. Nice to get out of the house, have a few drinks and socialize with adults. I know a few of her co-workers, so I walked around chatting and one of them is married to an old school friend so I got to see him too! Anyway, I'll try to get some new pics up of the house and such soon. Maybe I need to do wordless Wednesdays to get my pics flowing!
Friday, January 4, 2008
Icky days are here again
Well yesterday started with a bang, and it was the sound of our garage door hitting the ground as it refused to go up. Turns out, both of the big springs were broken, which means very costly repairs. I mean really 'ouchy' costly. The hopes of finishing up the bedrooms in a timely manner has just shot out the window as the hopes of getting carpet anytime soon fly away, not to mention fabric for a new bed spread, bed skirt and curtains.
Breakfast with CA girl was great especially because the third musketeer from my high school days made it too! We chatted and all the good stuff, then I hauled off to work. Everyone kept greeting me "happy anniversary!" It took me a bit to realize that I've been at my job for two year. The best was John upstairs who said "Congrats on being out of Walmart for two years!" Now that's my kind of thing to celebrate! In the last six months, I've had one slip-up in my personal boycott of the big bad Mal-Wart. I was desperate for beading needles on a Sunday so I spent just over $3 at the evil empire. Maybe this next time, I'll go a year!
Anyway, I also got called into testing at the docs office and told they were going to schedule an appointment to a GI for me. My mom is probably jumping up and down right now. Jan 22nd Mom, I'm there!
And for the weekend. Party time! I get to be Sis's date to her company party, I think mostly because I'm ditchable if I'm irritating or in a bad mood, but it should be fun! I have to do some editing of Stacey's dress tonight, so here come someof that sewing I wanted to do.
Breakfast with CA girl was great especially because the third musketeer from my high school days made it too! We chatted and all the good stuff, then I hauled off to work. Everyone kept greeting me "happy anniversary!" It took me a bit to realize that I've been at my job for two year. The best was John upstairs who said "Congrats on being out of Walmart for two years!" Now that's my kind of thing to celebrate! In the last six months, I've had one slip-up in my personal boycott of the big bad Mal-Wart. I was desperate for beading needles on a Sunday so I spent just over $3 at the evil empire. Maybe this next time, I'll go a year!
Anyway, I also got called into testing at the docs office and told they were going to schedule an appointment to a GI for me. My mom is probably jumping up and down right now. Jan 22nd Mom, I'm there!
And for the weekend. Party time! I get to be Sis's date to her company party, I think mostly because I'm ditchable if I'm irritating or in a bad mood, but it should be fun! I have to do some editing of Stacey's dress tonight, so here come someof that sewing I wanted to do.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
New Year Happy?
My new year hasn't kicked off so good. I haven't eaten out yet, does that count as good? New years eve I had to head home for some much needed rest before lunch. I couldn't even focus. I ended up napping with Alaina (no daycare Monday) and watching her so Jeff could work on drywalling our new bedrooms. Today he's almost done with the walls in the second room. Saturday his Dad and Mom are coming up so that the guys can put the drywall on the ceiling. After a fiasco Jeff had a few years ago, he's decided he'll do all the mudding and taping himself. And then, finally!, paint and trim! This may be the only remodeling we get done for a long time, so I'm excited to see how it turns out!
As for the taking care of myself and my home, I'm off to a rocky start! Laundry needs to be done, and some mending. I did well on not eating out the last few days. We had steak with a wonderful Manhattan sauce (courtesy of Rachel Ray) on New Year's Eve with Stacey. I'm proud of myself for getting my act together and cooking yummy porkchops and rice for Jeff and I last night, too. Today begins the big test, trying not to get takeout when I'm so tired. Alaina astounded Jeff and I by eating a cop of fruit last night, but she would only eat when Aunt Stacey served it to her. I'm going to try and reorganize my cupboards before next week because she's figured out where all the treats are stored and she snacks when I'm not looking.
I've got another call into the doctor's office for him to return on Friday. He's out on vacation, but I'm hoping to get somemore testing done to figure out what's what. Tomorrow, I'll drum up all the energy I have to have breakfast with a good friend who's back from California for a post holiday holiday! Stay Happy and Stay Healthy everyone!
As for the taking care of myself and my home, I'm off to a rocky start! Laundry needs to be done, and some mending. I did well on not eating out the last few days. We had steak with a wonderful Manhattan sauce (courtesy of Rachel Ray) on New Year's Eve with Stacey. I'm proud of myself for getting my act together and cooking yummy porkchops and rice for Jeff and I last night, too. Today begins the big test, trying not to get takeout when I'm so tired. Alaina astounded Jeff and I by eating a cop of fruit last night, but she would only eat when Aunt Stacey served it to her. I'm going to try and reorganize my cupboards before next week because she's figured out where all the treats are stored and she snacks when I'm not looking.
I've got another call into the doctor's office for him to return on Friday. He's out on vacation, but I'm hoping to get somemore testing done to figure out what's what. Tomorrow, I'll drum up all the energy I have to have breakfast with a good friend who's back from California for a post holiday holiday! Stay Happy and Stay Healthy everyone!
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