Another good email!
The many meanings of P-M-S:
1. P ass M y Shotgun
2.P sychotic M ood S hift
3.P erpetual M unching S pree
4. P uffy M id- S ection
5.P eople M ake me S ick
6.P rovide M e with S weets
7. P ardon M y S obbing
8 Pimples M ay S urface
9. P ass M y S weatpants
10.P issy M ood S yndrome
11.P lainly; M en S uck
12. P ack M y S tuff
.and my favorite one..
13.
P otential M urder S uspect
And as an example
Q: How many women with PMS does it take to change a light bulb?
A: One!!! ONLY ONE!!!! And do you know WHY?
Because no one else in this house knows HOW to change a light bulb!
They don't even know that the bulb is BURNED OUT!!
They'd sit there in the dark for THREE DAYS before they figured it out!!
And, once they figured it out, they wouldn't be able to find the light bulbs despite the fact they've been in
the SAME CUPBOARD for the past 13 YEARS!
But if they did, by some miracle of God, actually find the bulbs 2 DAYS LATER, the chair they dragged to
stand on to change the STUPID light bulb would STILL BE IN THE SAME SPOT!!!!!
AND UNDERNEATH IT WOULD BE THE WRAPPER THE STUPID LIGHT BULBS CAME IN!!!
BECAUSE NO ONE EVER CARRIES OUT THE GARBAGE!!!!
IT'S A WONDER WE HAVEN'T ALL SUFFOCATED FROM THE PILES OF GARBAGE THAT ARE A FOOT DEEP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE!!
IT WOULD TAKE AN ARMY TO CLEAN THIS DAMNED HOUSE!
I'm sorry.
What was your question?
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
10 Things to Ponder in 2007
Got this in an email and it's hilarious!
TEN THINGS TO PONDER FOR 2007
10.Life is sexually transmitted.
9.Good health is merely the slowest rate at which one can die.
8. Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.
7. Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.
6. Some people are like a slinky... not really good for anything,but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
5. Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital dying of nothing.
4. All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
3. Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars, and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents?
2. In the 60's, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
AND THE NUMBER ONE THOUGHT FOR 2007:
We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America , but we haven't a clue as to where thousands of Illegal immigrants and Terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration.
TEN THINGS TO PONDER FOR 2007
10.Life is sexually transmitted.
9.Good health is merely the slowest rate at which one can die.
8. Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.
7. Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.
6. Some people are like a slinky... not really good for anything,but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
5. Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital dying of nothing.
4. All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
3. Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars, and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents?
2. In the 60's, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
AND THE NUMBER ONE THOUGHT FOR 2007:
We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America , but we haven't a clue as to where thousands of Illegal immigrants and Terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Pajamas and Potty Training
So I just finished another pair of PJ's for my sister's birthday and sent them out today. They are so cute, I wish I would've made them in my size! I hope she likes them, I think she will.
Paige is off of the pullups now and only wearing cotton training pants! I want to take her shopping sometime to let her pick out her own big girl panties. She's staying dry during her naps, but still wears a diaper to bed. I think nighttime training is going to take a while, but I'm so excited at how well she's doing!
My dad's trial is now delayed until JUNE!!!! UGH!!!! I guess it's ok, because they are combining the two charges into one trial so we only have to go through this crap once. I just can't believe how slowly our legal system works. It will be a year and 3 months after the first charges by the time the trial starts.
Christmas and New Year's were so hectic with all the traveling so we are glad to be home. Christmas involved a lot more travel, on Christmas Eve, we went to 5 or 6 different houses and church. We spent New Year's weekend up north with Mike's family so it wasn't as much running around. Saturday at his moms, Sunday at his dad's and we got home on Monday afternoon. Paige did so well at all the places, she was very well behaved and did so good with the potty training. She didn't make a fuss about going in all these different places and didn't have an accident. She held up better than I did! She got quite a few presents so Mike and I spent last week Tuesday (a day off for both of us) cleaning out the clutter. Paige went to the sitter's so we packed up a bunch of old toys, moved her upstairs toys into the basement and kept her new toys in her room. We also took the changing table out of her room and it looks so much bigger now! We finally set up all that dolly stuff that we got her in the basement and made Paige her own little pretend house area. Her play kitchen, the dolly stuff, a pretend cleaning cart, a Little Tikes mailbox and a table and 2 chairs are all in a corner in the basement. She LOVES it! And I love not having her play kitchen and other toys in the living room! I actually have a toy free living room! It rules!!!! Well except for her art supplies box that we keep on a shelf in the entertainment center, but I can handle that.
I got a + ovulation predictor last week so Mike and I got after it. My boobs have been sore ever since and I have been a real bitch to everyone around me. I also almost puked when Paige pooped one day and normally it doesn't bother me that much. So of course I'm hopeful, but this 2 week wait is KILLING me!! I can't believe I have to wait another week to know. Grrrrr.....
I got a Magic Bullet for Christmas which is something I've been dying for ever since I saw the infomercial for it! I made a strawberry-banana smoothie today for breakfast and it was so yummy. I felt so healthy having 2 kinds of fruit for breakfast. It was a nice morning because Mike took Paige to Sandi's so I could get ready in peace and quiet. I think we might have to make that a permanent thing.
OK, yayas tell me if you're a good driver. Check out this website: http://www.107.peugeot.co.uk/peugeot.swf
It's a good waste of time!
Hugs and kisses!
Paige is off of the pullups now and only wearing cotton training pants! I want to take her shopping sometime to let her pick out her own big girl panties. She's staying dry during her naps, but still wears a diaper to bed. I think nighttime training is going to take a while, but I'm so excited at how well she's doing!
My dad's trial is now delayed until JUNE!!!! UGH!!!! I guess it's ok, because they are combining the two charges into one trial so we only have to go through this crap once. I just can't believe how slowly our legal system works. It will be a year and 3 months after the first charges by the time the trial starts.
Christmas and New Year's were so hectic with all the traveling so we are glad to be home. Christmas involved a lot more travel, on Christmas Eve, we went to 5 or 6 different houses and church. We spent New Year's weekend up north with Mike's family so it wasn't as much running around. Saturday at his moms, Sunday at his dad's and we got home on Monday afternoon. Paige did so well at all the places, she was very well behaved and did so good with the potty training. She didn't make a fuss about going in all these different places and didn't have an accident. She held up better than I did! She got quite a few presents so Mike and I spent last week Tuesday (a day off for both of us) cleaning out the clutter. Paige went to the sitter's so we packed up a bunch of old toys, moved her upstairs toys into the basement and kept her new toys in her room. We also took the changing table out of her room and it looks so much bigger now! We finally set up all that dolly stuff that we got her in the basement and made Paige her own little pretend house area. Her play kitchen, the dolly stuff, a pretend cleaning cart, a Little Tikes mailbox and a table and 2 chairs are all in a corner in the basement. She LOVES it! And I love not having her play kitchen and other toys in the living room! I actually have a toy free living room! It rules!!!! Well except for her art supplies box that we keep on a shelf in the entertainment center, but I can handle that.
I got a + ovulation predictor last week so Mike and I got after it. My boobs have been sore ever since and I have been a real bitch to everyone around me. I also almost puked when Paige pooped one day and normally it doesn't bother me that much. So of course I'm hopeful, but this 2 week wait is KILLING me!! I can't believe I have to wait another week to know. Grrrrr.....
I got a Magic Bullet for Christmas which is something I've been dying for ever since I saw the infomercial for it! I made a strawberry-banana smoothie today for breakfast and it was so yummy. I felt so healthy having 2 kinds of fruit for breakfast. It was a nice morning because Mike took Paige to Sandi's so I could get ready in peace and quiet. I think we might have to make that a permanent thing.
OK, yayas tell me if you're a good driver. Check out this website: http://www.107.peugeot.co.uk/peugeot.swf
It's a good waste of time!
Hugs and kisses!
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Christmas Pictures
Ok, back at work today and trying to catch up from being gone for almost 2 weeks so a Christmas report will have to wait, but I want to post some (ok, alot) of pictures. Here goes:
Breakfast with Santa (a month ago):
Making an ornament at the Breakfast:
My Mom's Group Holiday Party:
The Bike that MIL gave her:
Christmas Eve:
Cars Sleeping Bag, Pillow and Lamp (her favorites!)
Christmas Day:
Shoveling:
More Bike Pix:
Sledding at MIL's:
Opening presents at FIL's:
(I look TERRIBLE, but I didn't feel like fixing myself up)
Playing with cats at FIL's:
FIL's dog:
PHEW!!! It was a very busy Christmas and we went to ALOT of people's houses. Next year, we are staying home. Paige held up very well, probably better than me, but we are relieved to be home!
Breakfast with Santa (a month ago):
Making an ornament at the Breakfast:
My Mom's Group Holiday Party:
The Bike that MIL gave her:
Christmas Eve:
Cars Sleeping Bag, Pillow and Lamp (her favorites!)
Christmas Day:
Shoveling:
More Bike Pix:
Sledding at MIL's:
Opening presents at FIL's:
(I look TERRIBLE, but I didn't feel like fixing myself up)Playing with cats at FIL's:
FIL's dog:
PHEW!!! It was a very busy Christmas and we went to ALOT of people's houses. Next year, we are staying home. Paige held up very well, probably better than me, but we are relieved to be home!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Busy Busy
I know I'm a huge slacker and I must update this more often so here goes. This will be totally random as the thoughts come to my head.
I'm so sick of making pajamas I want to shove them up someone's ass. I finished a pair for my sitter Sunday night and right away started on my sister's pants. I made good progress on hers until my sewing machine had enough. I started acting funky and after three attempts I said fuck it and went to bed.
I have about 6 presents left to wrap and no room for them under my tree. We wedged the tree in between the couch and loveseat in our tiny living room so there is no room for presents and I don't want to making watering the tree even more difficult by forcing the waterer to move a crapload of presents. The presents are of course all for Paige.
BIL is so rude and cheap. We've exchanged presents with him and SIL and their 2 daughters. Well a couple of years ago we decided to only exchange for our kids and not the adults. Fine by me, less money to spend. So we always go out and buy nice presents that their kids will like and he sends us crap from his cheap gift closet. This year he went over the edge. He told us the 7 year old likes Polly Pockets and the 3 year old likes puzzles. So after one of my moms get togethers I made a point to go to Target (at like 9pm) and spend about 30 minutes trying to pick the best PP and puzzles. I wrapped them, packaged them, and took Paige with me on Friday to mail them. Was Mike involved in any of this?!?!? NO!!!!! AND IT'S HIS GODDAMN FAMILY!!!!! In the meantime, the BIL calls Mike and asks if Paige likes Dora and Mike goes "stop right there BIL I know exactly where you're going with this and no she doesn't need the Dora roller skates or scooter that are on amazon.com for $5 a piece" Mike had seen them on amazon.com and knew BIL did to. So we get a package yesterday for them and Paige insists on opening it and guess what's in there? GODDAMN F'ING DORA ROLLER SKATES!!!!!!!!!! Mike wasn't home yet so I called him up and gave him an earful while Paige whined and yelled for me to open them up. I'm THIS CLOSE to sending them back to BIL and telling him we're not exchanging presents anymore at all. I'm so sick of spending my time and money and putting thought into nice presents that his girls will want and we get crap from them. A few years ago while the adults still exchanged presents we got BIL a $25 GC to Home Depot and SIL a $25 to Target and we got some piece of shit picnic basket that we'll never use. And BIL had the nerve to say he wasn't sure who to give that to but figured we get the most use out of it. I wanted Mike to call BIL yesterday and tell him we're not exchanging for the girls anymore but he's such a puss that he refuses to do that. Christ we got more thoughtful gifts from our friends on Saturday; a Little People movie (Paige LOVES those movies!) and a Little Einsteins sweatshirt with Paige's name embroidered on it because their little 2 y/o likes Little Einsteins. I just want those damn roller skates out of my house. Who sends a 2 1/2 year old roller skates anyway?!?! UGH!!!
OK that's out of my system...what else? Oh of course PAIGE IS POTTY TRAINING!!!!! On Friday she saw her stickers on the calendar for pooping on the potty and decided she wanted to pee on the potty. I stuck her on and she went!!! She's even gone on public toilets!!!! She's had a few accidents, but that's to be expected. She's been telling us that she has to go, but we ask too. She only wears diapers at night and has been wearing the cotton training pants with the thick crotch during the day. Sometimes pullups during nap or if we're going for a car ride. I'M SO EXCITED AND PROUD OF HER!!! She peed 5 times at her sitter's yesterday and had a good long pee at our house right before we left this morning. My baby is wearing panties!! It's crazy!!!
WW is going OK. I lost 8 pounds the first week, but haven't lost any the past 2 weeks. I'm definitely eating better, but still too many sweets. That damn cookie exchange was bad news. I have way too many sweets in my house. I sent about half of them with Mike to work and I think I'll have to send more. I'm exercising as often as I can and keeping in touch with my mom.
I'm supposed to get AF Thursday or Friday and having been taking HPT's since last week Friday and they are all of course coming back BFN. Sometimes I think I'm PG and then other times not so much.
I have a cold and my nose is so stuffy. I'm blowing it constantly and it's not helping. I'm stealing Paige's humidifier tonight to help me sleep.
Dad's trial is in a month and I have so many mixed emotions. I want it to be done and over with, but then I want to go back in time and spend more time with him because what if he's taken away from us. It's going to be a hard Christmas, we'll all be wondering if it's his last one with us. Of course we all know he's innocent, but will a jury of his peers think so?
Off to meet with a co worker. Hugs and kisses!
I'm so sick of making pajamas I want to shove them up someone's ass. I finished a pair for my sitter Sunday night and right away started on my sister's pants. I made good progress on hers until my sewing machine had enough. I started acting funky and after three attempts I said fuck it and went to bed.
I have about 6 presents left to wrap and no room for them under my tree. We wedged the tree in between the couch and loveseat in our tiny living room so there is no room for presents and I don't want to making watering the tree even more difficult by forcing the waterer to move a crapload of presents. The presents are of course all for Paige.
BIL is so rude and cheap. We've exchanged presents with him and SIL and their 2 daughters. Well a couple of years ago we decided to only exchange for our kids and not the adults. Fine by me, less money to spend. So we always go out and buy nice presents that their kids will like and he sends us crap from his cheap gift closet. This year he went over the edge. He told us the 7 year old likes Polly Pockets and the 3 year old likes puzzles. So after one of my moms get togethers I made a point to go to Target (at like 9pm) and spend about 30 minutes trying to pick the best PP and puzzles. I wrapped them, packaged them, and took Paige with me on Friday to mail them. Was Mike involved in any of this?!?!? NO!!!!! AND IT'S HIS GODDAMN FAMILY!!!!! In the meantime, the BIL calls Mike and asks if Paige likes Dora and Mike goes "stop right there BIL I know exactly where you're going with this and no she doesn't need the Dora roller skates or scooter that are on amazon.com for $5 a piece" Mike had seen them on amazon.com and knew BIL did to. So we get a package yesterday for them and Paige insists on opening it and guess what's in there? GODDAMN F'ING DORA ROLLER SKATES!!!!!!!!!! Mike wasn't home yet so I called him up and gave him an earful while Paige whined and yelled for me to open them up. I'm THIS CLOSE to sending them back to BIL and telling him we're not exchanging presents anymore at all. I'm so sick of spending my time and money and putting thought into nice presents that his girls will want and we get crap from them. A few years ago while the adults still exchanged presents we got BIL a $25 GC to Home Depot and SIL a $25 to Target and we got some piece of shit picnic basket that we'll never use. And BIL had the nerve to say he wasn't sure who to give that to but figured we get the most use out of it. I wanted Mike to call BIL yesterday and tell him we're not exchanging for the girls anymore but he's such a puss that he refuses to do that. Christ we got more thoughtful gifts from our friends on Saturday; a Little People movie (Paige LOVES those movies!) and a Little Einsteins sweatshirt with Paige's name embroidered on it because their little 2 y/o likes Little Einsteins. I just want those damn roller skates out of my house. Who sends a 2 1/2 year old roller skates anyway?!?! UGH!!!
OK that's out of my system...what else? Oh of course PAIGE IS POTTY TRAINING!!!!! On Friday she saw her stickers on the calendar for pooping on the potty and decided she wanted to pee on the potty. I stuck her on and she went!!! She's even gone on public toilets!!!! She's had a few accidents, but that's to be expected. She's been telling us that she has to go, but we ask too. She only wears diapers at night and has been wearing the cotton training pants with the thick crotch during the day. Sometimes pullups during nap or if we're going for a car ride. I'M SO EXCITED AND PROUD OF HER!!! She peed 5 times at her sitter's yesterday and had a good long pee at our house right before we left this morning. My baby is wearing panties!! It's crazy!!!
WW is going OK. I lost 8 pounds the first week, but haven't lost any the past 2 weeks. I'm definitely eating better, but still too many sweets. That damn cookie exchange was bad news. I have way too many sweets in my house. I sent about half of them with Mike to work and I think I'll have to send more. I'm exercising as often as I can and keeping in touch with my mom.
I'm supposed to get AF Thursday or Friday and having been taking HPT's since last week Friday and they are all of course coming back BFN. Sometimes I think I'm PG and then other times not so much.
I have a cold and my nose is so stuffy. I'm blowing it constantly and it's not helping. I'm stealing Paige's humidifier tonight to help me sleep.
Dad's trial is in a month and I have so many mixed emotions. I want it to be done and over with, but then I want to go back in time and spend more time with him because what if he's taken away from us. It's going to be a hard Christmas, we'll all be wondering if it's his last one with us. Of course we all know he's innocent, but will a jury of his peers think so?
Off to meet with a co worker. Hugs and kisses!
Monday, December 11, 2006
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Been a Long Time
I can't believe it's been over a week since I last blogged. I have good intentions of keeping up, but work and home has been so busy, the time is flying by so fast!!!!
Last Friday I was on my way to a mom's group meetup and ended up in the ditch on the exit ramp about 5 minutes away from the place we were meeting. I've never gone in the ditch before so I was like "uh, now what?" Mike wasn't answering his personal cell, and my parents weren't home. I debated calling 911 but thought I'd sound stupid, so I called Spee Dee Delivery's main office because Mike has a work cell that only Spee Dee can call into. They hooked me up to his phone as he was battling a major snowstorm, bad roads and unplowed parking lots. He thought someone died so he was actually quite relieved when I told him I was in the ditch and a little bit like "what do you want me to do?" But luckily he had a Green Bay phone book with him and gave me a couple of tow truck numbers. The tow truck was there in less than 10 minutes, and as I was waiting for him, a cop shows up. I was like, oh shit, and tried to blow him off and hint that he should leave, not realizing he had to write a report. Duh. So after I'm pulled out, he writes me a warning. Not a big deal. Unfortunately, I looked at the bottom of the exit ramp and I see a mom from my group in her minivan that plowed over a stoplight. Luckily, her and her 2 kids were just fine. Paige and I were both fine too. There's very little damage to the front end of the car; we're not even going to get it repaired. And thank you to the portable DVD player inventor!!! Paige didn't make a peep the whole time because she was so engrossed in Blues Clues! A few times she'd tell me to "go Mama" and then "Mama's stuck in the edge" her word for ditch, but other than that she didn't whine or get cranky and stayed in her car seat the whole time!
On Saturday morning we went to a breakfast with Santa thing at our church. It was so fun! Paige sat in Santa's lap and snuggled right into him for pictures! We snapped only about 100 or so. She wouldn't really talk much, but sat there like such a good girl. Then we made a snowflake ornament and she got her face painted. We also bought some homemade candy and books. It was really fun. We didn't really do much the rest of the day.
Sunday we went to church and then grocery shopping and then home. Watched the Packers suck it up again. Paige woke up from her nap, came out in the hallway and announced "I awake" with rosy cheeks and wild hair. It was so darn cute! After her nap we ran back out to the place where we got our Christmas tree and bought a few more soy candles.
I have been sewing like a madwoman! I finished my mom's jammies and have the shirt done for step MIL, just need to start on her pants. Luckily pants are easy. I'm for sure making one more pair for my sitter and one for my sister. I might wait and give my sister her pair for her birthday in January just to give me more time.
I've been doing WW again the past week. My parents and I had a long talk on Thanksgiving where they told me how concerned they were about my weight and I confessed how out of control my eating was. So I've been tracking my points and trying to exercise almost every day. I email my mom my progress every night to keep me accountable. If she doesn't hear from me for 2 nights, she calls to check on me. I need someone constantly monitoring me. It hit me not too long ago that I've been eating and shopping compulsively to help me deal with this crap with my dad.
So the exercising, sewing, WW points entering, and emails every day have been keeping me busy at night! Plus Paige doesn't go to bed until around 8:30pm, so my time at night is limited. I haven't been getting to bed until around 11pm and then sleeping until 6:30am which has made me late for work for the past few months. Luckily no one has said anything to me about it.
Happy St. Nick's Day everyone! We're not doing it in our house this year, but probably next year.
Last Friday I was on my way to a mom's group meetup and ended up in the ditch on the exit ramp about 5 minutes away from the place we were meeting. I've never gone in the ditch before so I was like "uh, now what?" Mike wasn't answering his personal cell, and my parents weren't home. I debated calling 911 but thought I'd sound stupid, so I called Spee Dee Delivery's main office because Mike has a work cell that only Spee Dee can call into. They hooked me up to his phone as he was battling a major snowstorm, bad roads and unplowed parking lots. He thought someone died so he was actually quite relieved when I told him I was in the ditch and a little bit like "what do you want me to do?" But luckily he had a Green Bay phone book with him and gave me a couple of tow truck numbers. The tow truck was there in less than 10 minutes, and as I was waiting for him, a cop shows up. I was like, oh shit, and tried to blow him off and hint that he should leave, not realizing he had to write a report. Duh. So after I'm pulled out, he writes me a warning. Not a big deal. Unfortunately, I looked at the bottom of the exit ramp and I see a mom from my group in her minivan that plowed over a stoplight. Luckily, her and her 2 kids were just fine. Paige and I were both fine too. There's very little damage to the front end of the car; we're not even going to get it repaired. And thank you to the portable DVD player inventor!!! Paige didn't make a peep the whole time because she was so engrossed in Blues Clues! A few times she'd tell me to "go Mama" and then "Mama's stuck in the edge" her word for ditch, but other than that she didn't whine or get cranky and stayed in her car seat the whole time!
On Saturday morning we went to a breakfast with Santa thing at our church. It was so fun! Paige sat in Santa's lap and snuggled right into him for pictures! We snapped only about 100 or so. She wouldn't really talk much, but sat there like such a good girl. Then we made a snowflake ornament and she got her face painted. We also bought some homemade candy and books. It was really fun. We didn't really do much the rest of the day.
Sunday we went to church and then grocery shopping and then home. Watched the Packers suck it up again. Paige woke up from her nap, came out in the hallway and announced "I awake" with rosy cheeks and wild hair. It was so darn cute! After her nap we ran back out to the place where we got our Christmas tree and bought a few more soy candles.
I have been sewing like a madwoman! I finished my mom's jammies and have the shirt done for step MIL, just need to start on her pants. Luckily pants are easy. I'm for sure making one more pair for my sitter and one for my sister. I might wait and give my sister her pair for her birthday in January just to give me more time.
I've been doing WW again the past week. My parents and I had a long talk on Thanksgiving where they told me how concerned they were about my weight and I confessed how out of control my eating was. So I've been tracking my points and trying to exercise almost every day. I email my mom my progress every night to keep me accountable. If she doesn't hear from me for 2 nights, she calls to check on me. I need someone constantly monitoring me. It hit me not too long ago that I've been eating and shopping compulsively to help me deal with this crap with my dad.
So the exercising, sewing, WW points entering, and emails every day have been keeping me busy at night! Plus Paige doesn't go to bed until around 8:30pm, so my time at night is limited. I haven't been getting to bed until around 11pm and then sleeping until 6:30am which has made me late for work for the past few months. Luckily no one has said anything to me about it.
Happy St. Nick's Day everyone! We're not doing it in our house this year, but probably next year.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Christmas Spirit
I'm having a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit this year. I'm sure it has a lot to do with what's going on with my dad and that sucks. Paige is at such a fun age for Christmas, so I just have to start to get in the spirit of things. We've done a couple of fun things and have a few more lined up to make this a fun Christmas.
Yesterday since it was so nice out we went and cut down our own Christmas tree. It was a really cool tree farm that had free hot chocolate and popcorn, a lady that helped the little ones make a free ornament, and horse drawn wagon rides and a bunch of super cheap soy candles and Christmas decorations. The owners and everyone that worked there was so nice. I think we're going to go back again and go for a wagon ride and some hot chocolate. Should be fun.
We brought the tree in the house last night and put the lights up tonight. We'll put up the ornaments tomorrow. We're decorating in phases!
We're taking Paige to Breakfast with Santa at our church this Saturday. We're hoping that goes well. She seems a little friendlier now and not so afraid of new people. Hopefully Santa won't scare her!
We had pictures taken this morning at Sears. We had one of the first appointments which really helped. We had a 9:30am apt. and didn't get out of there until 11am! It took me FOREVER to pick out the sizes and pictures that I wanted. We got family pictures and a few of just Paige in her Christmas dress. They all turned out SO GOOD!!!! We ended up spending $250 on the pictures, but that includes 40 greeting cards too. I'll try to post them here. Paige did so good. She was so well behaved and the lady that took them was good too. She was actually posing Paige and Paige was going with it. She listened so well and actually smiled when she was supposed to! I couldn't believe it! They are so super cute. Then we went to the mall so I could get a gift card to Kohl's and to Bath and Body Works for the 5 for $10 antibacterial stuff. I stocked up on a bunch of soaps...they are good presents. Mike stayed with Paige in the play area while I shopped.
Off for more sewing!
Yesterday since it was so nice out we went and cut down our own Christmas tree. It was a really cool tree farm that had free hot chocolate and popcorn, a lady that helped the little ones make a free ornament, and horse drawn wagon rides and a bunch of super cheap soy candles and Christmas decorations. The owners and everyone that worked there was so nice. I think we're going to go back again and go for a wagon ride and some hot chocolate. Should be fun.
We brought the tree in the house last night and put the lights up tonight. We'll put up the ornaments tomorrow. We're decorating in phases!
We're taking Paige to Breakfast with Santa at our church this Saturday. We're hoping that goes well. She seems a little friendlier now and not so afraid of new people. Hopefully Santa won't scare her!
We had pictures taken this morning at Sears. We had one of the first appointments which really helped. We had a 9:30am apt. and didn't get out of there until 11am! It took me FOREVER to pick out the sizes and pictures that I wanted. We got family pictures and a few of just Paige in her Christmas dress. They all turned out SO GOOD!!!! We ended up spending $250 on the pictures, but that includes 40 greeting cards too. I'll try to post them here. Paige did so good. She was so well behaved and the lady that took them was good too. She was actually posing Paige and Paige was going with it. She listened so well and actually smiled when she was supposed to! I couldn't believe it! They are so super cute. Then we went to the mall so I could get a gift card to Kohl's and to Bath and Body Works for the 5 for $10 antibacterial stuff. I stocked up on a bunch of soaps...they are good presents. Mike stayed with Paige in the play area while I shopped.
Off for more sewing!
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Here's the Original Letter
I'm almost ready to puke:
http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061110/APC0601/611100695/1036/APC06
I am THIS CLOSE to writing a letter myself. People are so judgemental and self-righteous. I've dealt with sexual assault center workers before and they are so annoying, I guess the idea that someone is lying their pants off never enters their mind. GRRRRRR........
http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061110/APC0601/611100695/1036/APC06
I am THIS CLOSE to writing a letter myself. People are so judgemental and self-righteous. I've dealt with sexual assault center workers before and they are so annoying, I guess the idea that someone is lying their pants off never enters their mind. GRRRRRR........
There Are Good People Out There!
Check out this letter that a friend wrote in support of my dad in their local paper:
http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061121/APC0601/611210556/1036
It's about damn time! I guess some chick from a sexual assault center wrote in about how brave crazy bitch was to come forward and how she had to live with the shame at the hands of "Coach Janssen." So a friend of the family wrote this letter in support of my dad. A few people have commented to my parents that it's about time for someone to do this and it's like well why didn't you write or call in? DUH!!!! But it's a positive thing and I guess we'll focus on that after the crappy day I had. Will update about that later. Paige is watching Cars and I need to start cooking supper!
http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061121/APC0601/611210556/1036
It's about damn time! I guess some chick from a sexual assault center wrote in about how brave crazy bitch was to come forward and how she had to live with the shame at the hands of "Coach Janssen." So a friend of the family wrote this letter in support of my dad. A few people have commented to my parents that it's about time for someone to do this and it's like well why didn't you write or call in? DUH!!!! But it's a positive thing and I guess we'll focus on that after the crappy day I had. Will update about that later. Paige is watching Cars and I need to start cooking supper!
Monday, November 20, 2006
Bye Deer
So how many of you can say that you saw a dead deer in your garage this morning? I DID!!! Mike shot a little one last night and it's in the back of our truck. It was kind of weird, but I'm glad he shot one. As we were leaving, Paige said "Daddy got a deer...bye bye deer!!""
Paige and I went to the Fox Cities Children's Museum in downtown Appleton on Saturday morning. It was supposed to be a meetup with my mom's group, but we all got separated. Paige LOVED it!!!! It is the coolest place, we're definitely going back again.
My sister picked out new bridesmaid dresses, they're Alfred Angelo in style #6128 and the color is butter. I really like them alot, I think they are very flattering. Now the big dilemma is finding a flower girl dress for Paige that Kristin likes and won't make me go broke. Any suggestions, let me know. She's still not sure about the date, either June 30 or July 14th. I really want to be pregnant soon, but don't want to be pregnant at the wedding. I guess I'll just have to suck it up. I was going to be the fat bridesmaid anyway, hopefully I'll have an excuse.
Took a couple of pregnancy tests the past few days and they are negative. I really think we BD'd while I O'd, but it's probably too soon to test. I'm not expecting AF until this weekend sometime.
We're going to my grandma's for Thanksgiving so we're taking a 3 hour car ride on Wednesday afternoon. Mike has to stay here because he has to work the day after Thanksgiving. I feel kinda bad about leaving him alone, but he said he doesn't mind. He's going to cut up the deer, so he'll be busy most of the day. Hopefully the ride will go well with just me and Paige. I bought an extender for the DVD car charger tonight, it wasn't quite long enough and the battery only lasts 2 hours.
OK, off to my pajama making. I'm hoping to finish the shirt for my mom's jammies tonight. WHO HOO!!!!!!!
Paige and I went to the Fox Cities Children's Museum in downtown Appleton on Saturday morning. It was supposed to be a meetup with my mom's group, but we all got separated. Paige LOVED it!!!! It is the coolest place, we're definitely going back again.
My sister picked out new bridesmaid dresses, they're Alfred Angelo in style #6128 and the color is butter. I really like them alot, I think they are very flattering. Now the big dilemma is finding a flower girl dress for Paige that Kristin likes and won't make me go broke. Any suggestions, let me know. She's still not sure about the date, either June 30 or July 14th. I really want to be pregnant soon, but don't want to be pregnant at the wedding. I guess I'll just have to suck it up. I was going to be the fat bridesmaid anyway, hopefully I'll have an excuse.
Took a couple of pregnancy tests the past few days and they are negative. I really think we BD'd while I O'd, but it's probably too soon to test. I'm not expecting AF until this weekend sometime.
We're going to my grandma's for Thanksgiving so we're taking a 3 hour car ride on Wednesday afternoon. Mike has to stay here because he has to work the day after Thanksgiving. I feel kinda bad about leaving him alone, but he said he doesn't mind. He's going to cut up the deer, so he'll be busy most of the day. Hopefully the ride will go well with just me and Paige. I bought an extender for the DVD car charger tonight, it wasn't quite long enough and the battery only lasts 2 hours.
OK, off to my pajama making. I'm hoping to finish the shirt for my mom's jammies tonight. WHO HOO!!!!!!!
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Bridesmaid Dresses
Forgot to mention in my previous novel that my sister has picked out a couple of bridemaid dresses and wanted my input. I think she has it narrowed down to one or two, but if you want to take a look at them, go to the Bari Jay website (I just googled it, I'm sure it's barijay.com) and look at styles 244, 305, 306, 310 and 744. I guess she's thinking about the moonglow color. I love the light blue (cloud), but she doesn't want blue. I'm going to look huge in these dresses, especially if I'm preggo.
Bridesmaids dresses have changed so much from when I got married! Mine were navy blue, floor length, A-line and flowy with spaghetti straps, a scarf and a row of rhinestones across the top of the chest. They really were pretty, especially with the white and yellow calla lilies that the girls carried.
She's already having wedding planning drama with her soon to be MIL. MIL wants a fancy schmancy place and my sister and her fiance don't, so they keep going back and forth. I don't envy her at all!!!!
I found a Willow Tree wedding figurine on ebay last night so I think I'm going to give them that as part of their wedding present.
OK, I have to finish checking my email and re-open my pajama sweatshop!!!
Bridesmaids dresses have changed so much from when I got married! Mine were navy blue, floor length, A-line and flowy with spaghetti straps, a scarf and a row of rhinestones across the top of the chest. They really were pretty, especially with the white and yellow calla lilies that the girls carried.
She's already having wedding planning drama with her soon to be MIL. MIL wants a fancy schmancy place and my sister and her fiance don't, so they keep going back and forth. I don't envy her at all!!!!
I found a Willow Tree wedding figurine on ebay last night so I think I'm going to give them that as part of their wedding present.
OK, I have to finish checking my email and re-open my pajama sweatshop!!!
This Will Be a Long One!
OK, I have not updated in a while, so here goes!
Friday: it snowed! Went to a mom's club lunch at another member's house. My parents were up for the day so I left Paige with them. It was probably more fun without her there because the LO's were giving their mommies a hard time and I'm sure Paige would have been too! Drove home in the snow, Ma and Pa left and Paige and I played outside in the heavy, wet snow. It's all melted now. Mike's dad and stepmom came up that night. I was downstairs watching Law and Order and didn't go upstairs to greet them until it was over. Rude, yes, but I really didn't care.
Saturday: Mike's SM (stepmom) went to Green Bay to hang out with her two daughters all day leaving me, Mike, his dad and Paige. A recipe for disaster. So I skipped out of there and went fabric shopping. I bought fabric for 5 pairs of jammies. I didn't get home until suppertime and Mike's dad had turned our kitchen into a war zone. He cooked spaghetti and veggies and you'd think he'd never cooked before. He used oil and butter on everything and used every pot and pan in our cupboards. I'm surprised we all didn't croak of clogged arteries after supper. That man drives me bonkers, but more on that.
Sunday: Mike's dad and SM leave around lunchtime and the house is QUIET. It was so nice! We put Paige to bed, watched the Packer game, had a little fun during halftime and watched the rest of the game. Watching football naked in your bed after just having sex while your child is napping...it really doesn't get much better!!!! We were bums the rest of the day.
Mike's dad drives me nuts. He is just SO MUCH!!!!! He stole my recliner from me on Friday night and claimed it for his own the rest of the weekend. Seriously. I got up from the chair Friday night and when I got back in the LR, he was sitting in it. He might as well have peed a circle around it because it was HIS all weekend. Drove me nuts. It's my chair! He kept telling Paige to come up and sit on his lap and she wouldn't. It made me chuckle to myself. I finally said "she doesn't SIT!" and I must have activated my superhuman strength of an invisible voice because no sooner were those words out of my mouth he said it again. GRRRRR.... He's diabetic and all weekend he ate: pancakes, bananas, apples, pretzels and spaghetti. Good food for a diabetic, huh? He laid on MY chair and snored all weekend. And I'm talking snore so loud you can't even be upstairs when he's snoring. He sleeps all day then takes food to bed at night and lays awake and eats all night. Thank god they left when they did.
I kind of put my foot down about not going up to his family's for Christmas this year. It's a 4.5 hour drive and his parents live a half hour apart from each other and it's a pain running back and forth. This is Mike's busy time of the year so he gets home late at night. Last year we didn't leave to go up there until 7:30pm, it was a LONG ride. It's just absolutely insane that they expect us to drive that far with a 2.5 year old when they could much more easily come and see us. Mike's arguement is that his mom works weekends but I could give 2 shits about that. If she wants to put work before seeing her grandchild, there's nothing I can do about it. She's only been here 3 times since Paige was born: for her baptism, last year January foe Christmas and her birthday this year. His dad's been here a few more times but only because his stepdaughter goes to college in Green Bay. I guess I'm refusing to go this year, if Mike wants to go up with Paige he can, but I'm not going. We'll see where this takes us.
I'm starting my own pajama making sweatshop!!!!! I'm making jammies for my sister, my mom, my sitter, Mike's mom and stepmom. Picking out fabric for everyone took FOREVER, but I think I made some good choices. I just hope they all turn out and everyone likes them.
I think Mike and I had sex when I was ovulating, so I'm waiting to take a pregnancy test! I don't know what we were thinking, but oh well! The only bad thing is that I'm feeling the same pelvic pain I felt when I had my ovarian cyst almost 2 years ago. I really hope that won't be a problem.
Paige has been so sassy and defiant lately. She bucks everything and every move I make. It's starting to really wear me out. Terri recommended the book 1 2 3 Magic so I'm checking that out on ebay right now. It looks like there is a 1996 and a 2003 version. Terri, what are you using? The 1996 is quite a bit cheaper. LOVE ebay! Just got 2 cute pairs of Arizona jeans for $8, shipped.
Work is SO BORING!!! I'm just killing time right now.
Congrats to Koren who welcomed baby Owen into the world on November 12th!!!! Hope all is well with you guys and looking forward to seeing pix of your new handsome little man!!!
OK, that's enough rambling. Back to killing time for another hour!!!
Friday: it snowed! Went to a mom's club lunch at another member's house. My parents were up for the day so I left Paige with them. It was probably more fun without her there because the LO's were giving their mommies a hard time and I'm sure Paige would have been too! Drove home in the snow, Ma and Pa left and Paige and I played outside in the heavy, wet snow. It's all melted now. Mike's dad and stepmom came up that night. I was downstairs watching Law and Order and didn't go upstairs to greet them until it was over. Rude, yes, but I really didn't care.
Saturday: Mike's SM (stepmom) went to Green Bay to hang out with her two daughters all day leaving me, Mike, his dad and Paige. A recipe for disaster. So I skipped out of there and went fabric shopping. I bought fabric for 5 pairs of jammies. I didn't get home until suppertime and Mike's dad had turned our kitchen into a war zone. He cooked spaghetti and veggies and you'd think he'd never cooked before. He used oil and butter on everything and used every pot and pan in our cupboards. I'm surprised we all didn't croak of clogged arteries after supper. That man drives me bonkers, but more on that.
Sunday: Mike's dad and SM leave around lunchtime and the house is QUIET. It was so nice! We put Paige to bed, watched the Packer game, had a little fun during halftime and watched the rest of the game. Watching football naked in your bed after just having sex while your child is napping...it really doesn't get much better!!!! We were bums the rest of the day.
Mike's dad drives me nuts. He is just SO MUCH!!!!! He stole my recliner from me on Friday night and claimed it for his own the rest of the weekend. Seriously. I got up from the chair Friday night and when I got back in the LR, he was sitting in it. He might as well have peed a circle around it because it was HIS all weekend. Drove me nuts. It's my chair! He kept telling Paige to come up and sit on his lap and she wouldn't. It made me chuckle to myself. I finally said "she doesn't SIT!" and I must have activated my superhuman strength of an invisible voice because no sooner were those words out of my mouth he said it again. GRRRRR.... He's diabetic and all weekend he ate: pancakes, bananas, apples, pretzels and spaghetti. Good food for a diabetic, huh? He laid on MY chair and snored all weekend. And I'm talking snore so loud you can't even be upstairs when he's snoring. He sleeps all day then takes food to bed at night and lays awake and eats all night. Thank god they left when they did.
I kind of put my foot down about not going up to his family's for Christmas this year. It's a 4.5 hour drive and his parents live a half hour apart from each other and it's a pain running back and forth. This is Mike's busy time of the year so he gets home late at night. Last year we didn't leave to go up there until 7:30pm, it was a LONG ride. It's just absolutely insane that they expect us to drive that far with a 2.5 year old when they could much more easily come and see us. Mike's arguement is that his mom works weekends but I could give 2 shits about that. If she wants to put work before seeing her grandchild, there's nothing I can do about it. She's only been here 3 times since Paige was born: for her baptism, last year January foe Christmas and her birthday this year. His dad's been here a few more times but only because his stepdaughter goes to college in Green Bay. I guess I'm refusing to go this year, if Mike wants to go up with Paige he can, but I'm not going. We'll see where this takes us.
I'm starting my own pajama making sweatshop!!!!! I'm making jammies for my sister, my mom, my sitter, Mike's mom and stepmom. Picking out fabric for everyone took FOREVER, but I think I made some good choices. I just hope they all turn out and everyone likes them.
I think Mike and I had sex when I was ovulating, so I'm waiting to take a pregnancy test! I don't know what we were thinking, but oh well! The only bad thing is that I'm feeling the same pelvic pain I felt when I had my ovarian cyst almost 2 years ago. I really hope that won't be a problem.
Paige has been so sassy and defiant lately. She bucks everything and every move I make. It's starting to really wear me out. Terri recommended the book 1 2 3 Magic so I'm checking that out on ebay right now. It looks like there is a 1996 and a 2003 version. Terri, what are you using? The 1996 is quite a bit cheaper. LOVE ebay! Just got 2 cute pairs of Arizona jeans for $8, shipped.
Work is SO BORING!!! I'm just killing time right now.
Congrats to Koren who welcomed baby Owen into the world on November 12th!!!! Hope all is well with you guys and looking forward to seeing pix of your new handsome little man!!!
OK, that's enough rambling. Back to killing time for another hour!!!
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Car Seats
I wanted to put out some info on car seats that keep kids harnessed beyond 40 pounds so here you go:
(RF=Rear-Facing, FF=Forward-Facing)
1. Cosco Apex 65 FF only 22-65 lbs. harnessed, 40-100 lbs. booster; $139 available at www.amazon.com (titled Alpha Elite Apex Booster Car Seat)
****This seat can only be used in cars that have a high headrest. Once your child (harnessed or not) gets tall enough that his/her tops of ears are level with the top of your vehicle seat’s headrest, you must discontinue using the seat. Cosco has stated that the headrest is merely for the child to rest their head and was not designed to serve as a safety device of any kind.
****Also available at www.walmart.com for $100. May be available in stores.
2. Britax Marathon RF 5-33 lbs., FF 20-65 lbs., $249
3. Britax Boulevard RF 5-33 lbs, FF 20-65 lbs; $299
4. Britax Decathlon RF 5-33 lbs, FF 20-65 lbs; $285
5. Britax Regent FF only 22-80 lbs; $249
***all Britax seats available at www.elitecarseats.com
6. Sunshine Kids Radian RF 5-33 lbs, FF 22-65 lbs. and 49 inches, $199 available at www.go-baby.com
7. Nania Airway FF only 22-50 lbs. harnesses, 20-80 lbs. booster; $119, available at www.familyonboard.com
8. Fisher Price Safe Voyage RF 5-33 lbs., FF up to 55 lbs.; $180, available at www.burlingtoncoatfactory.com, click on “Baby Depot”. Also available at www.elitecarseats.com.
9. SafeGuard Go; combination vest and booster. Harnessed FF vest 30-60 lbs., booster 40-100 lbs.; $179 available at www.safeguardseat.com. (Tether required with harnessed FF use.)
10. Team Tex America Legend FF only 22-65 pounds harnessed, 30-100 lbs. booster; $129 available at www.team-tex.com
****Expected to be available late 2006
If your car is a 1999 or newer and your kids are forward facing, USE THE TETHER STRAP AND ANCHOR!!!! It is so important to use that to help reduce how far forward your child's head will go in a crash. It offers so much head protection.
Anyway, hope some of my ya yas find that helpful! I have to update from the weekend, but I just got into work. I should be productive for a little bit!!!!
(RF=Rear-Facing, FF=Forward-Facing)
1. Cosco Apex 65 FF only 22-65 lbs. harnessed, 40-100 lbs. booster; $139 available at www.amazon.com (titled Alpha Elite Apex Booster Car Seat)
****This seat can only be used in cars that have a high headrest. Once your child (harnessed or not) gets tall enough that his/her tops of ears are level with the top of your vehicle seat’s headrest, you must discontinue using the seat. Cosco has stated that the headrest is merely for the child to rest their head and was not designed to serve as a safety device of any kind.
****Also available at www.walmart.com for $100. May be available in stores.
2. Britax Marathon RF 5-33 lbs., FF 20-65 lbs., $249
3. Britax Boulevard RF 5-33 lbs, FF 20-65 lbs; $299
4. Britax Decathlon RF 5-33 lbs, FF 20-65 lbs; $285
5. Britax Regent FF only 22-80 lbs; $249
***all Britax seats available at www.elitecarseats.com
6. Sunshine Kids Radian RF 5-33 lbs, FF 22-65 lbs. and 49 inches, $199 available at www.go-baby.com
7. Nania Airway FF only 22-50 lbs. harnesses, 20-80 lbs. booster; $119, available at www.familyonboard.com
8. Fisher Price Safe Voyage RF 5-33 lbs., FF up to 55 lbs.; $180, available at www.burlingtoncoatfactory.com, click on “Baby Depot”. Also available at www.elitecarseats.com.
9. SafeGuard Go; combination vest and booster. Harnessed FF vest 30-60 lbs., booster 40-100 lbs.; $179 available at www.safeguardseat.com. (Tether required with harnessed FF use.)
10. Team Tex America Legend FF only 22-65 pounds harnessed, 30-100 lbs. booster; $129 available at www.team-tex.com
****Expected to be available late 2006
If your car is a 1999 or newer and your kids are forward facing, USE THE TETHER STRAP AND ANCHOR!!!! It is so important to use that to help reduce how far forward your child's head will go in a crash. It offers so much head protection.
Anyway, hope some of my ya yas find that helpful! I have to update from the weekend, but I just got into work. I should be productive for a little bit!!!!
Monday, November 13, 2006
Monday, November 06, 2006
Another Weekend Report
Friday: had a playdate at a Burger King with my mom's group. Most of them have a child Paige's age or younger and then a baby and are SAHMs. Paige had a BALL giving all the baby's hugs and kisses. The play area got a little crazy because a lot of other kids came, but we still had lots of fun. Paige actually got off my lap and played in the play area! WHO HOO!! She's coming out of her shell! I also got her home in time for lunch and a nap. She got out of bed, opened her door and yelled down to the basement for me to come and rock her, but after that one time she stayed in bed and has gotten out since for naps or bedtime.
Saturday: worked at a car seat check in Green Bay and then to the mall to make a bunch of returns at Old Navy and Kohl's. The mall was swamped. I had to stalk people walking out of a store to their car and wait for them to pull out so I could get a spot. It was like the weekend before Christmas or something! I'm like, WTF?, it's the first weekend of November! But it was crappy out and now that Halloween is over, the Christmas rush is officially on. Bath and Body Works had BOGO free on their Body Butters, but it was asses and elbows in there and the line was super long so I left after about 30 seconds. Came home, then went out for pizza with some friends who have a 2 1/2 year old girl too. Paige was not very well behaved. Kinda whiny and clingy and wouldn't eat. She normally loves pizza, but only ate salt and pepper and a few of the mints. Yep, salt and pepper. She'd shake it onto my plate or hers and lick it off her fingers. Ugh.
Sunday: took Paige to church and was forced to sit in the very front row because church was crowded. It's never like that so I don't know what that was about. Came home and went all Elisa =) on my house. I vaccuumed my house and furniture really good, vaccuumed the corners of my kitchen, the swiffered and mopped them and washed down the outside of my kitchen cupboards, dishwasher, oven, etc. It took an hour and I was sweating. Not fun, but I was sick of my dog hair covered house. That damn hair is EVERYWHERE!!!!! Watched the Packer game and did some laundry and went to Green Bay after Paige's nap to visit some friends who have a 5 week old baby boy. He is so cute and I held him almost the whole time we were there. Well actually, Paige and I fought over holding him. She held him for almost a half hour and just loved it. She would put her head by his, pat him and give him little hugs. It was so darn cute. Came home, gave Paige a bath, put her to bed, ate some cereal for supper, showered, checked email and then finally watched Desperate Housewives that we taped. OMG! That was the most intense episode ever. The writing is so much better this year. They got the writers from Frasier and you can tell the show is just so much better.
Now I'm bored at work and looking forward to leaving in a half hour. Have to stop at the grocery store on my way home and try to figure out what to cook for supper. I hate cooking supper!!!
Saturday: worked at a car seat check in Green Bay and then to the mall to make a bunch of returns at Old Navy and Kohl's. The mall was swamped. I had to stalk people walking out of a store to their car and wait for them to pull out so I could get a spot. It was like the weekend before Christmas or something! I'm like, WTF?, it's the first weekend of November! But it was crappy out and now that Halloween is over, the Christmas rush is officially on. Bath and Body Works had BOGO free on their Body Butters, but it was asses and elbows in there and the line was super long so I left after about 30 seconds. Came home, then went out for pizza with some friends who have a 2 1/2 year old girl too. Paige was not very well behaved. Kinda whiny and clingy and wouldn't eat. She normally loves pizza, but only ate salt and pepper and a few of the mints. Yep, salt and pepper. She'd shake it onto my plate or hers and lick it off her fingers. Ugh.
Sunday: took Paige to church and was forced to sit in the very front row because church was crowded. It's never like that so I don't know what that was about. Came home and went all Elisa =) on my house. I vaccuumed my house and furniture really good, vaccuumed the corners of my kitchen, the swiffered and mopped them and washed down the outside of my kitchen cupboards, dishwasher, oven, etc. It took an hour and I was sweating. Not fun, but I was sick of my dog hair covered house. That damn hair is EVERYWHERE!!!!! Watched the Packer game and did some laundry and went to Green Bay after Paige's nap to visit some friends who have a 5 week old baby boy. He is so cute and I held him almost the whole time we were there. Well actually, Paige and I fought over holding him. She held him for almost a half hour and just loved it. She would put her head by his, pat him and give him little hugs. It was so darn cute. Came home, gave Paige a bath, put her to bed, ate some cereal for supper, showered, checked email and then finally watched Desperate Housewives that we taped. OMG! That was the most intense episode ever. The writing is so much better this year. They got the writers from Frasier and you can tell the show is just so much better.
Now I'm bored at work and looking forward to leaving in a half hour. Have to stop at the grocery store on my way home and try to figure out what to cook for supper. I hate cooking supper!!!
Friday, November 03, 2006
Update and Correction
OK, I read the news wrong about my dad. There WILL be a 2nd trial for crazy bitch #2, but that's all we know right now. It's still to be determined if the charges will be combined or tried separately. The news released this yesterday so I will too, crazy bitch #1 and #2 are sisters...their family is WACKO. CB (crazy bitch) #2 lied on the stand for 2 hours...she couldn't get her facts straight and kept backing herself into a corner, but the judge still ordered a trial. And get this, the superintendant of the school was at this hearing too! I want his job...he must not have enough to do if he has the time to drive into downtown Appleton from Hortonville (probably 1/2 hour drive) sit in a 2-3 hour hearing and then drive back. This is after Hortonville school has had 3 bomb threats in 6 weeks. Don't ya think he'd be spending his time ensuring that his students and staff are SAFE rather than wasting time at hearings for a FORMER employee who hasn't worked there in almost 8 months? This is a fucked up world, I tell ya.
On a happier note, Paige and I had a playdate this morning and it was lots of fun! I even got her home in time for lunch and a nap. It's her first time napping at home in her big girl bed and she escaped once for more rocking with me, but now it's quiet on the monitor. I hope she takes a good nap. Mama needs some down time!
On a happier note, Paige and I had a playdate this morning and it was lots of fun! I even got her home in time for lunch and a nap. It's her first time napping at home in her big girl bed and she escaped once for more rocking with me, but now it's quiet on the monitor. I hope she takes a good nap. Mama needs some down time!
Thursday, November 02, 2006
214
That's my total cholesterol level. Just got a call from my friend whose the nurse of the dr. I saw on Monday and my cholesterol is 214. Ugh. I know they want it below 200 and I knew it was going to be a little high because I've let myself get so fat. Maybe this will be the wake up call I need to lose weight. Heart disease runs in my family so I should do something about it. He wants me to come back sometime and have a fasting lipid panel done to get my good and bad cholesterol levels checked. Maybe my good cholesterol is high? That would be nice! I really don't want to run all the way down there for a fasting lipid panel first thing in the morning. It's WAAAYYY over on the east side of Green Bay. OK, I'm outta here now.
Keeps Getting Worse
A separate trial for the 2nd charges, which is the worst outcome of this:
http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061102/APC0101/61102062/1979
I've lost faith in our justice system. This is supposed to be such a good time in our lives with having Paige and my sister's upcoming wedding and all we can think about is the fact that he might not be at her wedding and Paige might grow up with out her grandpa. I just have a bad feeling about this now...I've been fairly optimstic until now but I think the worst is going to happen now and we're going to lose him.
http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061102/APC0101/61102062/1979
I've lost faith in our justice system. This is supposed to be such a good time in our lives with having Paige and my sister's upcoming wedding and all we can think about is the fact that he might not be at her wedding and Paige might grow up with out her grandpa. I just have a bad feeling about this now...I've been fairly optimstic until now but I think the worst is going to happen now and we're going to lose him.
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