1. Birthdays:
I was wishing people on Fbook Happy Birthday this morning and it occurs to me that I turn 30 in a few short months. With the whole new baby thing, it has fallen to the back burner a bit.
I'm thinking that a party is probably in order at the house, since A. 30 is pretty big and B. we haven't had a "house warming party" as it were. Even though we have been here for two years.
I will consider it and see what I feel like doing. I suppose that it depends on how Ryan is going with sleeping and stuff. He'll be 5 1/2 months by then, so HOPEFULLY, he'll be a better sleeper than he is now.
2. Sleeping babies:
We've kind of gone backwards a bit with the whole sleep thing this week. He was going to sleep around 8 - 8:30 and sleeping until 4 generally. The past week, it's been a struggle to get him to sleep or stay sleeping -- like he'll fall asleep around 7:30, because he's so tired, but then he's up by 8:30 again, because he's hungry. Then, bottle and back to sleep. Then, back up at 2am for more food. Then, up before 6am, mostly because his diaper is soaked and that is uncomfortable. BLAH!!!
So, I'm tired, because I'm the one who gets up with him.
I've come to the conclusion that this was probably the worst possible timing to have a baby -- Jake has to work so hard in the summer and it was really difficult with Ryan being a newborn in the same time frame. By the time that Ryan is sleeping through the night and napping well, Jake won't be busy darn busy and tired all the time. Oh well. I've kind of started to plan the next one in my head and I'm thinking that Jan - Mar 2011 would be good.
3. F-ing Credit cards:
We'll probably try for the next one just as soon as we get rid of the stupid CC debt. Frickin' credit cards. And we haven't even been billed for Ryan's hospital bills yet. Which is another $1000.00 that we haven't got on our cards yet. I'm not even going to bother telling Jake, because it stresses me out and I don't want to talk about it. Oh well. We'll try our best to survive. A lottery win would be nice too though. :)
4. F-ing cats:
For some reason, the cat (little) jumped right on my face this morning. Causing me scratches and pain and yelling at 12:30am something along the lines of "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!?!". It hurt!! I have 5 little points from claws and a scratch right on the side of my nose. She didn't come back up to lay with us the rest of the night. I think I scared the crap out of her. I have no idea what the hell was going on. I wonder if she was running around in the dark and just flew up onto the bed and right onto my face. It sucked any way you look at it.
5. Getting rid of the shit in my house:
I really, really, really want to have a garage sale at the end of August to try and get rid of a bunch of our stuff (like sell it). Whatever is still here at the end goes to Goodwill. If we could get a car payment out of it or something, that would be sweet. Plus, there are SO many things that I can think of that I would like to get rid of. It would make me happier. Jake too, prolly. I started going through books upstairs in the bedroom. I want to put stuff somewhere when I decide that it will be apart of this garage sale, but where, I don't know. Maybe the Corolla will sit in the driveway for a couple of weeks and I'll borrow the tables from my parents and just put boxes on them, in the garage. I'll have to be careful, because I don't want stuff to start living in there. A couch from downstairs is also going -- the brown peacock one that I brought with us from college that Mariel left me. If we could make $200 - $300, that would be perfect for me. More is better. Less is okay, but I'm kind of hoping to get a car payment out of this. Or water bill payments to the city.
Well, I suppose that I should think about taking a shower and getting ready for the day. Jake will be up soon and he usually gets ready and runs away. I think that I'm going to attempt to go to the bank and close our savings account and open a new goal savings for Ryan and another just to have. He's sleeping right now. If he wakes up around 8 am, I will probably try to run up there around 9am, because then he'll be awake, but will have eaten. It's all about timing.
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
"2 month" check up and other things
Ryan had his 2 month check up today -- and let's face. 2 months sailed two weeks ago.
But, that's okay. She's got a busy practice. My next appt is 4 months, almost on the nose. Hmm...I wonder if that's okay for his next round of shots. I should ask.
But, it went as well as could be expected. He had 4 shots. He didn't like them. He cried, very pitifully. I felt terrible. But, he's better now.
He's 12 pounds on the nose and 23 1/2 inches long. Still long and skinny-ish. Quite a big boy now though. Now, we just have to work on those tummy times, getting him to lift that head and roll over. We kind of stunted him by not doing tummy times consistently when he was younger. But, she showed me how to teach him to roll over, so maybe he will learn that faster.
So, 60% for weight and 75% for height. He's good. He gets Tylenol every 4 hours for the next 24.
And, I didn't have to go back to work!
Speaking of work, they accidentally pulled too much money out of my paycheck, so I am supposed to be getting a check cut to me today for the difference. SWEET! $220 too much -- so I'm all about that. And I don't owe anything more for benefits, which is okay with me too. AND, I can keep the AFLAC insurance for our next baby. Because, $2000 free dollars -- I'm ALL about that. :)
Well..."Free"
But, I don't have the check yet. Which is dumb. Fedex hasn't been here yet, but I don't really know if they got my money out the door yesterday -- maybe it will not be here until tomorrow.
Well, I'm off to finish my project in our bedroom to get rid of books that I don't really care too much about, but want to keep. And here I go!
But, that's okay. She's got a busy practice. My next appt is 4 months, almost on the nose. Hmm...I wonder if that's okay for his next round of shots. I should ask.
But, it went as well as could be expected. He had 4 shots. He didn't like them. He cried, very pitifully. I felt terrible. But, he's better now.
He's 12 pounds on the nose and 23 1/2 inches long. Still long and skinny-ish. Quite a big boy now though. Now, we just have to work on those tummy times, getting him to lift that head and roll over. We kind of stunted him by not doing tummy times consistently when he was younger. But, she showed me how to teach him to roll over, so maybe he will learn that faster.
So, 60% for weight and 75% for height. He's good. He gets Tylenol every 4 hours for the next 24.
And, I didn't have to go back to work!
Speaking of work, they accidentally pulled too much money out of my paycheck, so I am supposed to be getting a check cut to me today for the difference. SWEET! $220 too much -- so I'm all about that. And I don't owe anything more for benefits, which is okay with me too. AND, I can keep the AFLAC insurance for our next baby. Because, $2000 free dollars -- I'm ALL about that. :)
Well..."Free"
But, I don't have the check yet. Which is dumb. Fedex hasn't been here yet, but I don't really know if they got my money out the door yesterday -- maybe it will not be here until tomorrow.
Well, I'm off to finish my project in our bedroom to get rid of books that I don't really care too much about, but want to keep. And here I go!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Decisions
Today, just now, while trying to keep Ryan calm -- he's been up a lot today and screaming a lot -- I decided a few things, which I hopefully will accomplish over the next year (god, I just wrote week! I wish!)
First:
1. Lose at least 50 pounds, if not 75.
Okay, I know this is really, really difficult, but I need to do it. I still have 15 pounds of preggo weight sitting on my frame and I probably could have lost 50 then. So, 50 to 75 anyway. I would like to be a normal size with room to spare the next time I am going to get preggo, so I have some room to get "fat".
I'm not really sure how I am going to do this, but I may go talk to my doctor, since I am having some other body problems and ask how I go about doing this task. My other body problems I think are cysts in my wrist and knee, both on the right side. The wrist doesn't hurt, it just looks like I have a bone in the wrong place. The knee hurts when I kneel on it and that sucks.
But, I know that I will need to do SOME sort of hard core exercise, I'm just not sure what. And I'd like to talk to a nutritionist, I think, to see what would be healthy to eat. I try weight watchers, but I have a tendency to not eat very healthy with WW. I can't follow the points thing anymore. In college, it was okay, but not now for me. I really need to be told what to eat. :)
Whoops. Jake and I both gave Ryan his meds within a 2 hour period. He'll be fine. Maybe he needed the double dose. :)
Anyway, I've been eating salads and stuff for lunch everyday, to trying to kick stuff my self, but, I really need to fit a aerobic activity that I enjoy -- running just isn't my thing, unfortunately. So, I've gotta find something. Rollerblading is out.
Here's why:
It's June 2005. I've been in River Falls for a month, by myself, while Jake is working in EC for the rest of the summer and I've started my crappy job at US Bank. I decide one night after work to go rollerblading around the area, to keep up what I had been doing in EC before the wedding. So, I put on my shorts and tank top and head out from the apartment. The apartment building is on a big ass hill, but I think that I will be fine. About half way down, I realize that I am in deep shit. So, I try to make it across the street and onto the grass of the people across the street. About 2 feet before I make the grass, my feet come out from under me and I land ass, elbows and head onto the pavement and SLIDE for a good foot on the pavement. There was a grease mark for MONTHS after. So, I crawled onto the grass, praying that nobody saw me do that, because I didn't have ANY clue what I was going to do at that point. I have NO idea what I look like, but I know that I hurt. I go back up the hill, into the apartment and call Jake, hyserical. I could barely talk. He hightailed it from EC to RF (which is an hour) and I laid on my stomach on our bed and tried not to think about it. My elbows were both bloody, my brain hurt and my butt was one big case of road rash. Jake did his place to clean me up and we went up to Hudson to find some bandages for me, but I was in rough shape. I woke up in the middle of the night that night and felt like I was going to fall over.
I couldn't go to work the next day, because I could barely sit. I had to go to the medical clinic in RF and I saw the doctor. Well, first the nurse took my temperature which was 102. My body was so traumatized, I actually had a fever. Crazy! They prescribed some medicines and treatments and sent me on my way. I spent that day laying on the couch at home. It took a good week or two for my butt to heal -- I remember showing my parents around the 4th of July in Green Bay what my rear looked like -- RIDIC!! My elbows took longer and the scabs ended up coming off at some point, so I have scars now from it. And a terrible fear of rollerblading. I tried in Tosa when we lived in the apartment there, but no go. Too nervous. The end.
And that's why rollerblading doesn't fly anymore. Too bad for that. I loved rollerblading around the bike path.
I guess I could take up biking, but I would need a new bike stat. Maybe for my birthday, but get it early -- like now, before winter hits. In the winter, I can always walk on the treadmill. I'll talk to Jake about it.
2. pay off our stupid credit cards -- they are a little ridic. The Cap One, we need to pay off before January 1st, because we have no interest for a year, but if we haven't paid it off by then, all the interest will accrue, which would be bad. The US Bank one isn't so bad, but paying it off is a slow process. So, we'll give it a year. Hopefully, this time next year, there will be less than $500.
I think that's it for now. those are sizable enough, I think.
First:
1. Lose at least 50 pounds, if not 75.
Okay, I know this is really, really difficult, but I need to do it. I still have 15 pounds of preggo weight sitting on my frame and I probably could have lost 50 then. So, 50 to 75 anyway. I would like to be a normal size with room to spare the next time I am going to get preggo, so I have some room to get "fat".
I'm not really sure how I am going to do this, but I may go talk to my doctor, since I am having some other body problems and ask how I go about doing this task. My other body problems I think are cysts in my wrist and knee, both on the right side. The wrist doesn't hurt, it just looks like I have a bone in the wrong place. The knee hurts when I kneel on it and that sucks.
But, I know that I will need to do SOME sort of hard core exercise, I'm just not sure what. And I'd like to talk to a nutritionist, I think, to see what would be healthy to eat. I try weight watchers, but I have a tendency to not eat very healthy with WW. I can't follow the points thing anymore. In college, it was okay, but not now for me. I really need to be told what to eat. :)
Whoops. Jake and I both gave Ryan his meds within a 2 hour period. He'll be fine. Maybe he needed the double dose. :)
Anyway, I've been eating salads and stuff for lunch everyday, to trying to kick stuff my self, but, I really need to fit a aerobic activity that I enjoy -- running just isn't my thing, unfortunately. So, I've gotta find something. Rollerblading is out.
Here's why:
It's June 2005. I've been in River Falls for a month, by myself, while Jake is working in EC for the rest of the summer and I've started my crappy job at US Bank. I decide one night after work to go rollerblading around the area, to keep up what I had been doing in EC before the wedding. So, I put on my shorts and tank top and head out from the apartment. The apartment building is on a big ass hill, but I think that I will be fine. About half way down, I realize that I am in deep shit. So, I try to make it across the street and onto the grass of the people across the street. About 2 feet before I make the grass, my feet come out from under me and I land ass, elbows and head onto the pavement and SLIDE for a good foot on the pavement. There was a grease mark for MONTHS after. So, I crawled onto the grass, praying that nobody saw me do that, because I didn't have ANY clue what I was going to do at that point. I have NO idea what I look like, but I know that I hurt. I go back up the hill, into the apartment and call Jake, hyserical. I could barely talk. He hightailed it from EC to RF (which is an hour) and I laid on my stomach on our bed and tried not to think about it. My elbows were both bloody, my brain hurt and my butt was one big case of road rash. Jake did his place to clean me up and we went up to Hudson to find some bandages for me, but I was in rough shape. I woke up in the middle of the night that night and felt like I was going to fall over.
I couldn't go to work the next day, because I could barely sit. I had to go to the medical clinic in RF and I saw the doctor. Well, first the nurse took my temperature which was 102. My body was so traumatized, I actually had a fever. Crazy! They prescribed some medicines and treatments and sent me on my way. I spent that day laying on the couch at home. It took a good week or two for my butt to heal -- I remember showing my parents around the 4th of July in Green Bay what my rear looked like -- RIDIC!! My elbows took longer and the scabs ended up coming off at some point, so I have scars now from it. And a terrible fear of rollerblading. I tried in Tosa when we lived in the apartment there, but no go. Too nervous. The end.
And that's why rollerblading doesn't fly anymore. Too bad for that. I loved rollerblading around the bike path.
I guess I could take up biking, but I would need a new bike stat. Maybe for my birthday, but get it early -- like now, before winter hits. In the winter, I can always walk on the treadmill. I'll talk to Jake about it.
2. pay off our stupid credit cards -- they are a little ridic. The Cap One, we need to pay off before January 1st, because we have no interest for a year, but if we haven't paid it off by then, all the interest will accrue, which would be bad. The US Bank one isn't so bad, but paying it off is a slow process. So, we'll give it a year. Hopefully, this time next year, there will be less than $500.
I think that's it for now. those are sizable enough, I think.
Monday, July 13, 2009
My "Clever" Ideas
the quotes are to insert Jake's opinion.
I have the great idea that we sell the house, get rid of all our stupid crap that we don't need and move into an apartment to save money. Then I don't have to work. ha ha!
Okay, it's not realistic.
I was talking with a friend this weekend and found out that Nathan Hale is actually a decent school...so, it might be worth just buying a bigger house right in the area where we are -- as long as it has room for a pool and has a fireplace. And a good kitchen. And a basement. Not too much to ask, right? Or, we could just add on to the house we have too. It's worth thinking about. We're not really going to move for at least 2 years. But, I like to plan ahead.
I think that my nesting is happening post-pregnancy. I think the house is so dirty and gross all the time, it drives me crazy. So, taking my dad's advice, since he just emptied out his house, pretty much, I decided that I'm going to find all the clothes that I have been meaning to give away and go through them all, to enter them into ItsDeductable to put them on next year's taxes. Once all the extra clothes are gone, I am moving onto the other random crap in the house. I want to get rid of half of the crap that we have, at least. And the brown couch. Once Ryan gets more big boy toys, etc, we will need the room, definitely.
Anyway, I should probably go to bed. I have to get up some time tonight with the baby, I'm sure.
I have the great idea that we sell the house, get rid of all our stupid crap that we don't need and move into an apartment to save money. Then I don't have to work. ha ha!
Okay, it's not realistic.
I was talking with a friend this weekend and found out that Nathan Hale is actually a decent school...so, it might be worth just buying a bigger house right in the area where we are -- as long as it has room for a pool and has a fireplace. And a good kitchen. And a basement. Not too much to ask, right? Or, we could just add on to the house we have too. It's worth thinking about. We're not really going to move for at least 2 years. But, I like to plan ahead.
I think that my nesting is happening post-pregnancy. I think the house is so dirty and gross all the time, it drives me crazy. So, taking my dad's advice, since he just emptied out his house, pretty much, I decided that I'm going to find all the clothes that I have been meaning to give away and go through them all, to enter them into ItsDeductable to put them on next year's taxes. Once all the extra clothes are gone, I am moving onto the other random crap in the house. I want to get rid of half of the crap that we have, at least. And the brown couch. Once Ryan gets more big boy toys, etc, we will need the room, definitely.
Anyway, I should probably go to bed. I have to get up some time tonight with the baby, I'm sure.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
It wasn't as bad as I thought!
I got up with Ryan at 4:30 this morning and he fell back to sleep long enough for me to shower and get stuff ready to take with me. Jake got up around 6:45 and I was out the door at 7. I wasn't even upset. Ryan slept fairly well last night, so that helped.
However, Jake had kind of a rough day with him. He pooped his diaper full, threw up and had a bath (for said throw up) all before 8 am! Jake did take him over to the Tosa store to meet them, since we didn't have a chance to do that before. Then, around 3pm, Ryan was SCREAMING!!! at him and he called to check with me to make sure he hadn't forgotten to do something. People at work could hear him screaming over the phone! Whoops! But, Jake just put the green soothie paci in his mouth and he took that like his life depended on it. Now, he's sleeping. I did get my dinner (salad with blueberries) and I have crackers if I am hungry later (which I will be). So, I'm just hanging out until he's awake again. Which, he probably will be shortly, since it's almost 5pm. He looks destroyed though. I hope he wakes up fairly soon, so i can feed him, change him and get him to sleep for the night.
Mom's first day tomorrow -- 7am (bright and early for her!). Jake just needs someone here, so he can finish getting ready for work.
Work was fine. No big deal. Just fell right back into step. I'll be taking all my work back tomorrow and figuring it out, so I can really go on Monday. The other ladies in my group all have time off this month, so I need to get up to speed pretty quickly.
I am hoping that Ryan will sleep until 5am for me -- 4:30 is just a might bit too early. I'm really tired right now and I have to keep going with him until he goes down for the night OR Jake gets home. He's sort of twitching, so I don't think it will be too long. And if I panic, I can always call my dad to see if he will come over.
Anyway, that's all for now. I'm off to finish my internets before he wakes up!
However, Jake had kind of a rough day with him. He pooped his diaper full, threw up and had a bath (for said throw up) all before 8 am! Jake did take him over to the Tosa store to meet them, since we didn't have a chance to do that before. Then, around 3pm, Ryan was SCREAMING!!! at him and he called to check with me to make sure he hadn't forgotten to do something. People at work could hear him screaming over the phone! Whoops! But, Jake just put the green soothie paci in his mouth and he took that like his life depended on it. Now, he's sleeping. I did get my dinner (salad with blueberries) and I have crackers if I am hungry later (which I will be). So, I'm just hanging out until he's awake again. Which, he probably will be shortly, since it's almost 5pm. He looks destroyed though. I hope he wakes up fairly soon, so i can feed him, change him and get him to sleep for the night.
Mom's first day tomorrow -- 7am (bright and early for her!). Jake just needs someone here, so he can finish getting ready for work.
Work was fine. No big deal. Just fell right back into step. I'll be taking all my work back tomorrow and figuring it out, so I can really go on Monday. The other ladies in my group all have time off this month, so I need to get up to speed pretty quickly.
I am hoping that Ryan will sleep until 5am for me -- 4:30 is just a might bit too early. I'm really tired right now and I have to keep going with him until he goes down for the night OR Jake gets home. He's sort of twitching, so I don't think it will be too long. And if I panic, I can always call my dad to see if he will come over.
Anyway, that's all for now. I'm off to finish my internets before he wakes up!
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
And here we are...
Back to work tomorrow. I'm not sure why I'm still up now. Prolly trying to stave off the inevitable. Tomorrow will come, no matter if I'm ready or not.
I got all my stuff ready to go, pretty much. New pics to take back with me and other random stuff.
We'll see how it goes. I'll prolly cry a bit. I know I will. I cry at lots of things now. It's ridic. These hormones need to go away!
I'm sure I'll have more to bitch about tomorrow, after the day is over.
Cross your fingers for me. I'm going to bed.
I got all my stuff ready to go, pretty much. New pics to take back with me and other random stuff.
We'll see how it goes. I'll prolly cry a bit. I know I will. I cry at lots of things now. It's ridic. These hormones need to go away!
I'm sure I'll have more to bitch about tomorrow, after the day is over.
Cross your fingers for me. I'm going to bed.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Gearing up...
to go back to work!!! WAAAAAH!!!
I'm really not looking forward to it. From what the girls say, the new system that I have to remember how to use makes work go much, much faster. Like, they are finishing at noon, even with me not there. Oh boy. That's not good. We'll see what happens. Part of me is thinking of maybe just getting a job at Quad Graphics and working second shift or something. Then, I can walk to work and spend more time with Ryan. Especially since I think that Dad won't be working at our work much longer and I was not loving the place before I left.
Oh well. My first two days back are Thursday and Friday and I'm sure that those two days will be spent resetting passwords and reading emails from two months. I think that I'll be ready to go on Monday.
Ryan is quickly closing in 2 months and everything they say is true -- babies fussiness ramps up until 6 weeks and then it starts to drop off. It really is true. Ryan has gotten a lot better in the past week and a half. I'm not sure if we're just dealing better or if he's getting better -- probably both. And the past couple of days, he's started to sleep longer and take more naps during the day. Last night, he slept 6 1/2 hours at once! YAY!! Of course, I couldn't fall asleep until 10pm, despite being insanely tired. I think I was a bit overtired.
We were at Jim and Loni's new house, which was really, really nice. Makes me want to move right now and find a bigger house. With a pool. Jake now wants a pool. I know that they are difficult to keep up with, but that's okay. It's totally worth it in the summer. I have always wanted a pool, so this is really a good step in the right direction. And in theory, we could put one at the current house, BUT, the house is too small, so no deal. Jake's friend Kenny is selling his house, which has a pool, but it's a small pool and it's WAY over in Glendale. IDK. Maybe. I'd have to look at it again. I'd rather get something out in the sticks a bit more. Maybe out toward Sussex.
I really did want to move into Tosa before Ryan (and whoever else) was in school, but everything that I am reading about the Tosa schools does not make me feel like it's worth it anymore. I'm thinking that New Berlin (just going west and a bit south) would be good OR going out to Sussex area would be good. New Berlin might be more affordable. Well, I will probably be calling our real estate agent this winter and see what she thinks we might have to do to get the house sold quickly. It is a really nice house, but it is just so tiny. If we could do what my parents did and rip the roof off and slap on a new second story, with another bedroom and maybe two bathrooms -- one for a master suite and one to have and THEN a walk in closet, and add that pool, I would stay. But, I bet we could find a house like that for cheaper by selling and buying a new house, you know?
Oh well, they are just thoughts for the future. Maybe the nearer future. I would really like to move before we have another kid. Or before we even try for another. So, let's move now. ha ha! :)
Time to eat some breakfast, since the boy is sleeping.
I'm really not looking forward to it. From what the girls say, the new system that I have to remember how to use makes work go much, much faster. Like, they are finishing at noon, even with me not there. Oh boy. That's not good. We'll see what happens. Part of me is thinking of maybe just getting a job at Quad Graphics and working second shift or something. Then, I can walk to work and spend more time with Ryan. Especially since I think that Dad won't be working at our work much longer and I was not loving the place before I left.
Oh well. My first two days back are Thursday and Friday and I'm sure that those two days will be spent resetting passwords and reading emails from two months. I think that I'll be ready to go on Monday.
Ryan is quickly closing in 2 months and everything they say is true -- babies fussiness ramps up until 6 weeks and then it starts to drop off. It really is true. Ryan has gotten a lot better in the past week and a half. I'm not sure if we're just dealing better or if he's getting better -- probably both. And the past couple of days, he's started to sleep longer and take more naps during the day. Last night, he slept 6 1/2 hours at once! YAY!! Of course, I couldn't fall asleep until 10pm, despite being insanely tired. I think I was a bit overtired.
We were at Jim and Loni's new house, which was really, really nice. Makes me want to move right now and find a bigger house. With a pool. Jake now wants a pool. I know that they are difficult to keep up with, but that's okay. It's totally worth it in the summer. I have always wanted a pool, so this is really a good step in the right direction. And in theory, we could put one at the current house, BUT, the house is too small, so no deal. Jake's friend Kenny is selling his house, which has a pool, but it's a small pool and it's WAY over in Glendale. IDK. Maybe. I'd have to look at it again. I'd rather get something out in the sticks a bit more. Maybe out toward Sussex.
I really did want to move into Tosa before Ryan (and whoever else) was in school, but everything that I am reading about the Tosa schools does not make me feel like it's worth it anymore. I'm thinking that New Berlin (just going west and a bit south) would be good OR going out to Sussex area would be good. New Berlin might be more affordable. Well, I will probably be calling our real estate agent this winter and see what she thinks we might have to do to get the house sold quickly. It is a really nice house, but it is just so tiny. If we could do what my parents did and rip the roof off and slap on a new second story, with another bedroom and maybe two bathrooms -- one for a master suite and one to have and THEN a walk in closet, and add that pool, I would stay. But, I bet we could find a house like that for cheaper by selling and buying a new house, you know?
Oh well, they are just thoughts for the future. Maybe the nearer future. I would really like to move before we have another kid. Or before we even try for another. So, let's move now. ha ha! :)
Time to eat some breakfast, since the boy is sleeping.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
I should really just get used to the 5 AM wakeup
because in another week, that's probably when I'll be getting up. Especially since I doubt that Ryan will be sleeping throught the night yet. Unless a miracle happens. He sleeps pretty well from 8pm to about 3am (he will just wake up once in this time frame and eat for 10 mins or so and then back to sleep). After 3 am, all bets are off. I've never had him sleep past 5am, where I didn't have to get up, take him downstairs and swing him. Like now. And even then, he's grunting and squeaking in his sleep, because he's trying to fart and is not having an easy time of it. Poor baby.
I'm sure he'll have his daily poo this morning too, which is sort of what I am waiting for...
Fart, fart. Squeak. That's my morning so far.
We have plans to go back to Summerfest today. I did not get to look around on Sunday at anything, because my parents didn't want to leave until 1pm and then Ryan was being a hand full right up until Jake started to play. Then, he feel asleep for a couple of hours, but I was kind of stuck listening where I was until 4:30. Then, eating took place. Then, we left. I did get a t-shirt on Sunday, but I didn't get to do my usual look around of the whole grounds. So, I want to go back.
I was seeing what my dad was up to, but I think that he's going with work people, since he was trying to get me a ticket from work. He didn't say that specifically, up I inferred it from what he told me.
Fart fart fart. Squeal. Fart. Grunt. Squeak. Squeal.
So, Jake is going to leave work around 2 and we're going to head down together with Ryan. We'll probably try to meet Dad down there. They have a pretty good ticket deal today -- I just have to go back and buy another (hopefully) non-winning Summerfest lottery ticket. I guess if I win, I buy another, until I don't win anymore. Unfortunately, my mom isn't coming over today, because she's going to the baseball game, and Ryan is already pissing me off. I do everything I can think of and half the time, he is still screaming. I really hate it.
So, now he's crying, so I'll try something new. When I came downstairs, he was sleeping. Fucking jerk.
I'm sure he'll have his daily poo this morning too, which is sort of what I am waiting for...
Fart, fart. Squeak. That's my morning so far.
We have plans to go back to Summerfest today. I did not get to look around on Sunday at anything, because my parents didn't want to leave until 1pm and then Ryan was being a hand full right up until Jake started to play. Then, he feel asleep for a couple of hours, but I was kind of stuck listening where I was until 4:30. Then, eating took place. Then, we left. I did get a t-shirt on Sunday, but I didn't get to do my usual look around of the whole grounds. So, I want to go back.
I was seeing what my dad was up to, but I think that he's going with work people, since he was trying to get me a ticket from work. He didn't say that specifically, up I inferred it from what he told me.
Fart fart fart. Squeal. Fart. Grunt. Squeak. Squeal.
So, Jake is going to leave work around 2 and we're going to head down together with Ryan. We'll probably try to meet Dad down there. They have a pretty good ticket deal today -- I just have to go back and buy another (hopefully) non-winning Summerfest lottery ticket. I guess if I win, I buy another, until I don't win anymore. Unfortunately, my mom isn't coming over today, because she's going to the baseball game, and Ryan is already pissing me off. I do everything I can think of and half the time, he is still screaming. I really hate it.
So, now he's crying, so I'll try something new. When I came downstairs, he was sleeping. Fucking jerk.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Sleep is a pipe dream
No, really. Pipe dream.
Currently, I have been awake since 3:30am. I'm not sure how we get this baby to sleep during the night, instead of during the day. I really should be sleeping now, but it seems like the instant I lay down to sleep, the boy is awake. He knows....
I am really up because I was hungry, so I was eating some strawberries.
I spent most of yesterday working on some stuff for Brooke's shower on Saturday. I figured out how to make cut out chocolate chip cookies. I will share the secret soon. I also made the fondant hearts that I need for the cake. I hope that I made enough. I may need to make more today, so they can dry overnight. I still have oreo truffles to make (those are easy!) and more cookies to make (again, easy). I boiled my eggs for the deviled eggs and will probably make everything here and finish it in Luxemburg.
I also found M&Ms that are close to Brooke's color (turquoise), and so I bought $20 worth and made little tulle bags with M&Ms in them and tied them with turquoise ribbon. I will post pics, if I remember.
I also did a bunch of cleaning yesterday. There's more to go, but it can wait until next week.
I am going to the baseball game today and I don't really want to. I would rather just send Ryan with my mom (which was the original plan) and have the day to myself to get stuff done, but alas...
It should be fun, I am just tired. So, they'd better win and make it worth it.
I will probably make the truffle part of the oreo truffles before I go to the game and then coat them afterward. I need to test my coating with them to make sure it is okay. I may need to get white chocolate and dye that instead. I think the candy coating I have is vanilla. Which could turn out okay.
Okay, I'm going to attempt to go back to sleep for a bit this morning. I have a feeling, like I said, the instant I lay down to sleep, Ryan will wake back up. He really needs his medicine, but I'd rather let him sleep.
Oh, woe is me! :)
Currently, I have been awake since 3:30am. I'm not sure how we get this baby to sleep during the night, instead of during the day. I really should be sleeping now, but it seems like the instant I lay down to sleep, the boy is awake. He knows....
I am really up because I was hungry, so I was eating some strawberries.
I spent most of yesterday working on some stuff for Brooke's shower on Saturday. I figured out how to make cut out chocolate chip cookies. I will share the secret soon. I also made the fondant hearts that I need for the cake. I hope that I made enough. I may need to make more today, so they can dry overnight. I still have oreo truffles to make (those are easy!) and more cookies to make (again, easy). I boiled my eggs for the deviled eggs and will probably make everything here and finish it in Luxemburg.
I also found M&Ms that are close to Brooke's color (turquoise), and so I bought $20 worth and made little tulle bags with M&Ms in them and tied them with turquoise ribbon. I will post pics, if I remember.
I also did a bunch of cleaning yesterday. There's more to go, but it can wait until next week.
I am going to the baseball game today and I don't really want to. I would rather just send Ryan with my mom (which was the original plan) and have the day to myself to get stuff done, but alas...
It should be fun, I am just tired. So, they'd better win and make it worth it.
I will probably make the truffle part of the oreo truffles before I go to the game and then coat them afterward. I need to test my coating with them to make sure it is okay. I may need to get white chocolate and dye that instead. I think the candy coating I have is vanilla. Which could turn out okay.
Okay, I'm going to attempt to go back to sleep for a bit this morning. I have a feeling, like I said, the instant I lay down to sleep, Ryan will wake back up. He really needs his medicine, but I'd rather let him sleep.
Oh, woe is me! :)
Friday, June 19, 2009
Resting Baby, Peaceful Baby
So, Ryan ended up going to the doctor's office today and getting some meds for reflux. We gave him a dose around 6:30 and then he had some dinner until 7. He's been sleeping since. Really sleeping. He hasn't woken up once crying and/or screaming in the middle of sound sleep. I feel relieved for him.
We give him what amounts to Zantac three times a day, before he eats (or while he's eating).
Unfortunately, work did not turn my paperwork in on time and BCBS doesn't have him in their system yet, even though work has Ryan listed as a dependent. So, the prescription is $92.00. Which is doable. I'm a little frustrated with work for not turning stuff in on time for me. Very frustrated. Plus, they were emailing me at my work email, which I haven't checked (until today) for 2 months. The benefits person in FL claimed she didn't get my faxed paperwork, but my benefits are updated, so someone found them at some point. I know that the claims will be back dated to the date of service and he's covered since May 13, 2009, but I'm still frustated that now I have to tell the billing area at the pedi's office to hold off on sending claims until they get him in the system, or they will end up resubmitting everything.
Sometimes I hate insurance companies...
I am very happy about my sleeping baby. His little eyes were just red rimmed all the time -- like he couldn't get enough sleep all the time. So, we shall see what this does. Even if it cuts the screaming in half, it's totally worth every penny.
In other news, my little eating monster weighs NINE POUNDS SEVEN OUNCES!!!! He's gained close to 3 pounds since May 27th. That's ridic. Totally ridic. I'm very happy that he's gained a good amount of weight, but that's probably a little too much. And the doctor said that we may have to go to a bit more regemented on the eating and only feed him 3-4 ounces every 3 hours, just to slow down the eating. The poor baby wanted to eat all the time, to calm the acid -- like if you ever have drunk milk for heartburn. Poor little guy.
So, hopefully, his weight gain will slow down now, with the meds. I have my real doctor's appt on Monday with my pedi (I saw the doctor filling in for her today) and he has to get his next hepB shot. Poor little guy.
Well, I really need to go to bed now. Or at least go to sleep.
We give him what amounts to Zantac three times a day, before he eats (or while he's eating).
Unfortunately, work did not turn my paperwork in on time and BCBS doesn't have him in their system yet, even though work has Ryan listed as a dependent. So, the prescription is $92.00. Which is doable. I'm a little frustrated with work for not turning stuff in on time for me. Very frustrated. Plus, they were emailing me at my work email, which I haven't checked (until today) for 2 months. The benefits person in FL claimed she didn't get my faxed paperwork, but my benefits are updated, so someone found them at some point. I know that the claims will be back dated to the date of service and he's covered since May 13, 2009, but I'm still frustated that now I have to tell the billing area at the pedi's office to hold off on sending claims until they get him in the system, or they will end up resubmitting everything.
Sometimes I hate insurance companies...
I am very happy about my sleeping baby. His little eyes were just red rimmed all the time -- like he couldn't get enough sleep all the time. So, we shall see what this does. Even if it cuts the screaming in half, it's totally worth every penny.
In other news, my little eating monster weighs NINE POUNDS SEVEN OUNCES!!!! He's gained close to 3 pounds since May 27th. That's ridic. Totally ridic. I'm very happy that he's gained a good amount of weight, but that's probably a little too much. And the doctor said that we may have to go to a bit more regemented on the eating and only feed him 3-4 ounces every 3 hours, just to slow down the eating. The poor baby wanted to eat all the time, to calm the acid -- like if you ever have drunk milk for heartburn. Poor little guy.
So, hopefully, his weight gain will slow down now, with the meds. I have my real doctor's appt on Monday with my pedi (I saw the doctor filling in for her today) and he has to get his next hepB shot. Poor little guy.
Well, I really need to go to bed now. Or at least go to sleep.
Crazy Storms and Overtired Babies
Yesterday, our little screamapillar was back. He hasn't been around in a couple of weeks. He's still sort of around, but I am starting to think that he might be a little sick with something...his little head is SOOO warm -- I've not felt it that warm before. But, I don't have a good thermometer to take his temp right now and I'm not going to subject him and me to a rectal temperature taking. Besides, that will probably cause him to poop on me or something.
However, I am mostly thinking that he was just having a bad day yesterday. He was definitely overtired, because he didn't get his regular naps in yesterday in the morning or the afternoon...and he didn't fall asleep until almost 10pm last night. He was pretty good all night. And he's farting, so gas can't be too terrible for him.
The only other thing that I can think of is that he might have a little bit of silent reflux. He had reflux right when he was born, but most babies have that. But, he's been a little more "spitty" than usual the past couple of days. Among other things.
Then, the thunderstorms! They don't bother him -- he gets more fussy about his diaper and eating -- but they were loud! There was a crack of thunder that had to be right over our house last night. Lighting was impressive too. And there's water in the basement -- well, really, there was. Now, there's just wet carpets and a few wet boxes. I have to go turn on fans later today, to dry everything out. We really need to think about actually regrading the house, so the water runs away totally. We're on a hill, so it shouldn't be too bad with the water.
I got my hairs cut yesterday -- it's pretty short. Check out my facebook for pics! :)
However, I am mostly thinking that he was just having a bad day yesterday. He was definitely overtired, because he didn't get his regular naps in yesterday in the morning or the afternoon...and he didn't fall asleep until almost 10pm last night. He was pretty good all night. And he's farting, so gas can't be too terrible for him.
The only other thing that I can think of is that he might have a little bit of silent reflux. He had reflux right when he was born, but most babies have that. But, he's been a little more "spitty" than usual the past couple of days. Among other things.
Then, the thunderstorms! They don't bother him -- he gets more fussy about his diaper and eating -- but they were loud! There was a crack of thunder that had to be right over our house last night. Lighting was impressive too. And there's water in the basement -- well, really, there was. Now, there's just wet carpets and a few wet boxes. I have to go turn on fans later today, to dry everything out. We really need to think about actually regrading the house, so the water runs away totally. We're on a hill, so it shouldn't be too bad with the water.
I got my hairs cut yesterday -- it's pretty short. Check out my facebook for pics! :)
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Happiest Baby on the Block
OMFG...most amazing book evah!
So, yeah, if I know that you are having a baby (whoever "you" is), you are totally getting this book from me. I wish I had had it right from the beginning. I bought it from Target yesterday and I have had a pretty content baby since I read it.
Of course, I did change his formula back, so that is probably a contributing factor as well.
But, the book has a really great method for calming colicky, fussy babies, which works even for my mildly colicky baby. The basic theory is that babies, due to having to have a large head to contain a large brain to survive infancy, are born about three months too early and have to go through this period of the "fourth trimester". They aren't really ready to live outside the womb, but if we were preggo 12 months instead of 9, babies wouldn't fit through the pelvic opening because of their heads. It's a squeeze at 9 months, you know? So, the whole idea to surviving the first 12 weeks with any baby is to imitate the womb as much as possible, after their other needs are met (eating, changing, etc.).
I have to re-read my copy of the book, because I just sped through it yesterday afternoon, getting the main points. Now, I have to go back and gleen the finer details. However, right now, it's 1:15am, so I should probably go back to sleep.
So, yeah, if I know that you are having a baby (whoever "you" is), you are totally getting this book from me. I wish I had had it right from the beginning. I bought it from Target yesterday and I have had a pretty content baby since I read it.
Of course, I did change his formula back, so that is probably a contributing factor as well.
But, the book has a really great method for calming colicky, fussy babies, which works even for my mildly colicky baby. The basic theory is that babies, due to having to have a large head to contain a large brain to survive infancy, are born about three months too early and have to go through this period of the "fourth trimester". They aren't really ready to live outside the womb, but if we were preggo 12 months instead of 9, babies wouldn't fit through the pelvic opening because of their heads. It's a squeeze at 9 months, you know? So, the whole idea to surviving the first 12 weeks with any baby is to imitate the womb as much as possible, after their other needs are met (eating, changing, etc.).
I have to re-read my copy of the book, because I just sped through it yesterday afternoon, getting the main points. Now, I have to go back and gleen the finer details. However, right now, it's 1:15am, so I should probably go back to sleep.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The trouble with formula...
So, I was thinking that Ryan was a little too fussy and gassy on the Good Start Gentle Plus, so I changed to Enfamil Gentlease last week. He proceeded to have a really good day on Friday -- was farting all day, had a good poop, etc. Then, Saturday rolled up. Good lord -- he hasn't been this screamy since the breastmilk.
So, basically, fuck Enfmail. Besides, Nestle sends me $11 coupons. I have big plans to run to Target this morning, as soon as Ryan goes to sleep long enough to let me shower, and get a can of Good Start again. I will probably try to find a can of the Protect Plus, which has some cultures in it and stuff, and see if that will help with anything, but if I can't find that, I'm just going back to what we had and good from there.
I wish there was a way to flush out his system to get all the stuff that's making him feel yucky before I start the stuff that he was okay with. And if I have to run to Target unshowered, then I do. I won't be the end of the world. I'm going to have to run in sweatpants anyway. It's the only pants that I have that aren't maternity jeans.
I tried to go to Old Navy and buy bigger stuff yesterday, so the only good thing were said sweatpants. so, I need to get working out. Jeez.
But, I just don't know what to do for this gassy baby. I wish he could just have a gigantic poop plus fart. That would be awesome. Even if we were in public. I'd be okay with that. I just got a burp out of him, so maybe that will help.
I also finally figured out how to get his cloth diapers on him, so I think that we're done with the disposables now. I need to put in the big insert, instead of the newborn, because his legs are so skinny. This creates the bulk needed to get the elastic around his legs tight. He looks a little ridic, but they fit now, so I'm okay with it. ha ha!
Okay, he's quiet for now, so I'm going to hit the shower before he decides that he's going to scream more.
So, basically, fuck Enfmail. Besides, Nestle sends me $11 coupons. I have big plans to run to Target this morning, as soon as Ryan goes to sleep long enough to let me shower, and get a can of Good Start again. I will probably try to find a can of the Protect Plus, which has some cultures in it and stuff, and see if that will help with anything, but if I can't find that, I'm just going back to what we had and good from there.
I wish there was a way to flush out his system to get all the stuff that's making him feel yucky before I start the stuff that he was okay with. And if I have to run to Target unshowered, then I do. I won't be the end of the world. I'm going to have to run in sweatpants anyway. It's the only pants that I have that aren't maternity jeans.
I tried to go to Old Navy and buy bigger stuff yesterday, so the only good thing were said sweatpants. so, I need to get working out. Jeez.
But, I just don't know what to do for this gassy baby. I wish he could just have a gigantic poop plus fart. That would be awesome. Even if we were in public. I'd be okay with that. I just got a burp out of him, so maybe that will help.
I also finally figured out how to get his cloth diapers on him, so I think that we're done with the disposables now. I need to put in the big insert, instead of the newborn, because his legs are so skinny. This creates the bulk needed to get the elastic around his legs tight. He looks a little ridic, but they fit now, so I'm okay with it. ha ha!
Okay, he's quiet for now, so I'm going to hit the shower before he decides that he's going to scream more.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
WAAAAY overtired
I hate it when I get overtired AND Jake is overtired the same night. Makes me want to smother my child. Okay, not really, but it's really hard spending 24 hours a day with him. If we didn't have Jake's parents around the week of the 4th of July, I might just go back to work on June 25th, since I'll be cleared to return on the 24th. But, I'll take all the time that I wanted to take. We'll make it through.
Dang it, he's awake again! Jake got him to sleep around 8 and now he's alive again. Darn it. Oh well, I suppose that I should feed him again. He didn't have much between 6 and 8 and he's probably fairly hungry. I'll just have to wait until he's yelling at me to get him up. Sometimes, he just grunts for a while and then goes back to sleep.
I think that I've decided that I want to put peony bushes where the rose bushes are out front. I just don't want the rose buses around that much. Maybe. I'm not sure. Seems like a lot of work right now.
Okay, he's getting to the point where he's really awake. Off I go!
Dang it, he's awake again! Jake got him to sleep around 8 and now he's alive again. Darn it. Oh well, I suppose that I should feed him again. He didn't have much between 6 and 8 and he's probably fairly hungry. I'll just have to wait until he's yelling at me to get him up. Sometimes, he just grunts for a while and then goes back to sleep.
I think that I've decided that I want to put peony bushes where the rose bushes are out front. I just don't want the rose buses around that much. Maybe. I'm not sure. Seems like a lot of work right now.
Okay, he's getting to the point where he's really awake. Off I go!
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
New baby, new life, NEW LOOK!
Okay, so I am combining everything here. I even made a fancy banner. It doesn't look amazing?! :)
I really do have to thank Julia for pointing me toward the website where I got the new template -- but, I only found the website because I did "view source" on her webpage to see if I could figure out where she got the template. I think that I may have picked the same one.
I'll be adding lots of fun, fancy things as I can. :)
I really do have to thank Julia for pointing me toward the website where I got the new template -- but, I only found the website because I did "view source" on her webpage to see if I could figure out where she got the template. I think that I may have picked the same one.
I'll be adding lots of fun, fancy things as I can. :)
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Thinking of combining everything together...
Since my life as a pregnant person is done for now, I was thinking of combining my blogs, while leaving the pregnancy once for posterity. What I really should do is print out all my posts and put them in Ryan's baby book, so we have them for always. So I have them for always.
My life and my life as a mom are pretty much one and the same now, so I guess I could just go with this blog and do some updating. Maybe I will do it in bits and pieces, of course. Having Ryan does not always equal a lot of time to get things done, you know?
Poor Ryan is slumped over with his head equally slumped over right now. I should probably go fix him. There, all fixed. Hopefully, he will sleep for an hour to two. He seems like he's going to be awake, which is FINE with me -- it means that he sleeps tonight, which means that I sleep tonight!
He's definitely getting a bath tonight. He's peed on himself 3 times today and pooped on himself once. A bath is in order. Plus, it seems to calm him down to go to sleep for more hours than just 2.
Having a baby is definitely a TON of work, and I do miss my life previous to having him, but you have to get the new "normal" and go with that. I still am the same person I was before, but now I have this little person that I have to take care of who depends on me. I'm not too used to such a thing -- having someone really dependent on me for all their needs, but it's slowly getting to the point where I am adapting.
I am actually really surprised that I don't have PPD -- I thought for sure that I would have it. I definitely had the baby blues, but I am doing pretty good. Having a happy baby is a plus and really helps with the blues too. Some days are harder than others and nighttime is really hard for both Jake and I -- we were REALLY used to sleeping for a long time and neither of us handle it well some days.
I'm going to stop by work tomorrow to show him to everyone and also to fax some paperwork to Jacksonville, FL (which is where my work HQ is). I know that I'll have to take him around everywhere, so I'll probably be there for a while. Oh well. Dad will want to show off his grandson to everyone. I should probably just bring him in the stoller, so I don't have to carry him around the whole time tomorrow.
My life and my life as a mom are pretty much one and the same now, so I guess I could just go with this blog and do some updating. Maybe I will do it in bits and pieces, of course. Having Ryan does not always equal a lot of time to get things done, you know?
Poor Ryan is slumped over with his head equally slumped over right now. I should probably go fix him. There, all fixed. Hopefully, he will sleep for an hour to two. He seems like he's going to be awake, which is FINE with me -- it means that he sleeps tonight, which means that I sleep tonight!
He's definitely getting a bath tonight. He's peed on himself 3 times today and pooped on himself once. A bath is in order. Plus, it seems to calm him down to go to sleep for more hours than just 2.
Having a baby is definitely a TON of work, and I do miss my life previous to having him, but you have to get the new "normal" and go with that. I still am the same person I was before, but now I have this little person that I have to take care of who depends on me. I'm not too used to such a thing -- having someone really dependent on me for all their needs, but it's slowly getting to the point where I am adapting.
I am actually really surprised that I don't have PPD -- I thought for sure that I would have it. I definitely had the baby blues, but I am doing pretty good. Having a happy baby is a plus and really helps with the blues too. Some days are harder than others and nighttime is really hard for both Jake and I -- we were REALLY used to sleeping for a long time and neither of us handle it well some days.
I'm going to stop by work tomorrow to show him to everyone and also to fax some paperwork to Jacksonville, FL (which is where my work HQ is). I know that I'll have to take him around everywhere, so I'll probably be there for a while. Oh well. Dad will want to show off his grandson to everyone. I should probably just bring him in the stoller, so I don't have to carry him around the whole time tomorrow.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
4 years!
Jake and I have been married for 4 years today! Holy crap! And due to Ryan's recent arrival, I barely remembered that today was our anniversary. I doubt very much that it's even on Jake's radar. That's okay. He'll feel guilty.
Ryan is very awake this morning...
I can't believe that it's been 4 years. Seems long and short, like always. I'm already making plans for 5 years next year, when Ryan is 1 and can handle a weekend with Grandma and Grandpa while Mom and Dad maybe take a weekend trip somewhere fun. We'll, I'm dreaming of doing that anyway. Making plans might be stretching it.
I'm trying to think of something simple to get Jake today, but I don't know if anything will come to me. Once mom gets here this morning and I get a nap in, I'll probably take an hour and run over to Target and then to the grocery store by myself. And it will probably be amazing. But, I should probably make sure that Ryan has something to eat while I'm gone. Just in case he freaks out hungry while I'm out.
I wish I had more to say on this day about marriage and all that, but my mind is totally destroyed by baby stuff. And by baby stuff, I mean, lack of sleep. Being married is good. The first year in the hardest (especially if you haven't lived together before) and after you get past that first year, things seem to get easier, IMO. But, Jake and I lived through the most ridiculous first year any couple could have probably have. So, after that, everything seems easier, no matter what, because it's not as bad as Fall 2005 through Spring 2006.
I'd really like to go to upper Michigan next year. I've never been up that way, and it looks pretty good. Plus, they have cherries. :)
Ryan is very awake this morning...
I can't believe that it's been 4 years. Seems long and short, like always. I'm already making plans for 5 years next year, when Ryan is 1 and can handle a weekend with Grandma and Grandpa while Mom and Dad maybe take a weekend trip somewhere fun. We'll, I'm dreaming of doing that anyway. Making plans might be stretching it.
I'm trying to think of something simple to get Jake today, but I don't know if anything will come to me. Once mom gets here this morning and I get a nap in, I'll probably take an hour and run over to Target and then to the grocery store by myself. And it will probably be amazing. But, I should probably make sure that Ryan has something to eat while I'm gone. Just in case he freaks out hungry while I'm out.
I wish I had more to say on this day about marriage and all that, but my mind is totally destroyed by baby stuff. And by baby stuff, I mean, lack of sleep. Being married is good. The first year in the hardest (especially if you haven't lived together before) and after you get past that first year, things seem to get easier, IMO. But, Jake and I lived through the most ridiculous first year any couple could have probably have. So, after that, everything seems easier, no matter what, because it's not as bad as Fall 2005 through Spring 2006.
I'd really like to go to upper Michigan next year. I've never been up that way, and it looks pretty good. Plus, they have cherries. :)
Friday, May 22, 2009
I'll update here too!
So, I did get a good chunk of wedding invites done before Ryan arrived. I have the invite part glued into the fold-y part and glued the jewel decorations on each. I also printed out the enclosure tops and the RSVP card and all of that is stamped.
I just need to wait until June to get the final information for the invites and finish printing and getting them together. Which is good, because I don't think that I would have been able to do this, if it would have been needed to be finished sooner that the beginning of July.
My STD insurance is odd, but they are paying me. I'm just not sure for how much -- probably four weeks and then 3 prorated days, it seems. They said I'm approved from May 25th to June 24th. Which is like four full working weeks, plus a day or two. We'll see what I get paid for.
I guess I don't get my first check until the 15th of June, except I'm pretty sure that the note said my first check was being sent on June 5th, so who knows! It's all a mystery. But, if you managed to go three weeks overdue on this insurance, you would be paid for a lot longer. Today is the last day of my 21 day elimination period, which is why I start getting paid Monday. However, since I didn't give birth until May 13th, there's extra play in the numbers, seemingly. Like I said, we'll see what happens.
So, when I was home Wednesday (the 13th) with my early labor pains, our neighbor's garage was broken into and I heard the assholes doing it -- I just thought it was our neighbor messing around, since it was right around the time he usually leaves. I did ask Jake about his door and Jake did go shut it before he left for work that day and managed to scare whoever was stealing stuff, but they still got away with a ton. I felt really badly about it -- any other day and I would have been all over that like stink on a monkey. Sigh.
Okay, I really need to get a move on the day and then probably take a nap.
I just need to wait until June to get the final information for the invites and finish printing and getting them together. Which is good, because I don't think that I would have been able to do this, if it would have been needed to be finished sooner that the beginning of July.
My STD insurance is odd, but they are paying me. I'm just not sure for how much -- probably four weeks and then 3 prorated days, it seems. They said I'm approved from May 25th to June 24th. Which is like four full working weeks, plus a day or two. We'll see what I get paid for.
I guess I don't get my first check until the 15th of June, except I'm pretty sure that the note said my first check was being sent on June 5th, so who knows! It's all a mystery. But, if you managed to go three weeks overdue on this insurance, you would be paid for a lot longer. Today is the last day of my 21 day elimination period, which is why I start getting paid Monday. However, since I didn't give birth until May 13th, there's extra play in the numbers, seemingly. Like I said, we'll see what happens.
So, when I was home Wednesday (the 13th) with my early labor pains, our neighbor's garage was broken into and I heard the assholes doing it -- I just thought it was our neighbor messing around, since it was right around the time he usually leaves. I did ask Jake about his door and Jake did go shut it before he left for work that day and managed to scare whoever was stealing stuff, but they still got away with a ton. I felt really badly about it -- any other day and I would have been all over that like stink on a monkey. Sigh.
Okay, I really need to get a move on the day and then probably take a nap.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Time off from work is good
I like being home. I wish I could be home all the time. That would be sweet. My mom and Jake are not going to want to do that trade off thing forever, so maybe it's worth the investment to try and have me stay home for him (and whatever other children may come along).
I am thinking of maybe taking courses in medical transcription and doing that from home part time, for extra money. And maybe, if it was worth it, working full time at home.
I would like to find a job that I'm not an independent contractor for, like my mom. That's too much. I would want a job where I was an employee.
But, we'll see. The program I found online that a girl I knew from college did (which I should ask her about) is $3000 and comes with a free lappy, which would be sweet. I certainly couldn't use my Mac, but if I was doing that sort of thing, I would want a separate lappy anyway.
The one my Mom did is $3800 and does not feature a free lappy. But, her program was very good and very hard.
So, I'm just not sure. I feel like maybe I should just do traditional classes for that sort of thing too. IDK. Just something I'm thinking about while I'm at home. Maybe I'll go do some more research right meow.
Got nothing better to do.
UPS tried to deliver the rest of Brooke's wedding invite stuff, but we were at the doctor. They will try again tomorrow, but I am thinking of just going to pick it up tonight. Better to have it in hand, since this is the biggest part of the order.
Okay, off to do more things.
I am thinking of maybe taking courses in medical transcription and doing that from home part time, for extra money. And maybe, if it was worth it, working full time at home.
I would like to find a job that I'm not an independent contractor for, like my mom. That's too much. I would want a job where I was an employee.
But, we'll see. The program I found online that a girl I knew from college did (which I should ask her about) is $3000 and comes with a free lappy, which would be sweet. I certainly couldn't use my Mac, but if I was doing that sort of thing, I would want a separate lappy anyway.
The one my Mom did is $3800 and does not feature a free lappy. But, her program was very good and very hard.
So, I'm just not sure. I feel like maybe I should just do traditional classes for that sort of thing too. IDK. Just something I'm thinking about while I'm at home. Maybe I'll go do some more research right meow.
Got nothing better to do.
UPS tried to deliver the rest of Brooke's wedding invite stuff, but we were at the doctor. They will try again tomorrow, but I am thinking of just going to pick it up tonight. Better to have it in hand, since this is the biggest part of the order.
Okay, off to do more things.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Summer...to Spring? ish?
So, our gutters on the north side were clogged. Again. For the second year in a row.
So, how many times will it take us to remember to clean out the gutters on the first nice day we have in the Spring?
Next year, I hope I will remember standing out in the pouring rain, under an umbrella, holding the ladder for Jake while he tries to clean out said gutter. It was cold. And I was wet. Plus, he tried using the hose to spray the crap through, which it was too clogged for and then he threw the hose on the ground still on, which I proceeded to accidentally spray myself with.
Whoops!
In other news, the Brewers have been good the last three games and it makes me happy! I def enjoy the games more when they win. As is true with most things in life -- when you win at things, life is better. ha ha!
I also started and finished my last mock-up for Brooke's wedding invites. I want to have most everything sitting here and waiting for me to print out and cut and paste together when I'm home for 9 weeks, just watching a baby. So, I think that I have most of it completed -- there are a few things here and there that I need more information for, but I can still ask for that and go to town. I think that I'm going to have to take the printer upstairs, because it's kind of loud and if it keeps waking the baby up, that will piss me off. Or I could go downstairs. Either way.
I think that they are pretty cool, BTW. I wish that I would have done something like this for mine, but that's okay. They are def more formal that causal, but when the wedding is a church wedding plus reception at a different venue, I think that calls for a more formal invite. They are also simpler -- I don't have the tools to do something more elaborate, you know? if I had a super nice printer and a good graphic design program, I could potentially make something more fancy. I'd need a lot of practice and learning for the design part though. Maybe someday, I'll take the time to learn. I guess I could use GIMP, but it's SO not user friendly. Too bad Photoshop is so DANG expensive!
I almost wish it would be something I could do for a living -- making wedding invites, but I don't have enough graphic design background to do really cool things. I wish I did. Oh well. I'll just keep doing what I'm doing. :) For now. I can dream! :)
So, how many times will it take us to remember to clean out the gutters on the first nice day we have in the Spring?
Next year, I hope I will remember standing out in the pouring rain, under an umbrella, holding the ladder for Jake while he tries to clean out said gutter. It was cold. And I was wet. Plus, he tried using the hose to spray the crap through, which it was too clogged for and then he threw the hose on the ground still on, which I proceeded to accidentally spray myself with.
Whoops!
In other news, the Brewers have been good the last three games and it makes me happy! I def enjoy the games more when they win. As is true with most things in life -- when you win at things, life is better. ha ha!
I also started and finished my last mock-up for Brooke's wedding invites. I want to have most everything sitting here and waiting for me to print out and cut and paste together when I'm home for 9 weeks, just watching a baby. So, I think that I have most of it completed -- there are a few things here and there that I need more information for, but I can still ask for that and go to town. I think that I'm going to have to take the printer upstairs, because it's kind of loud and if it keeps waking the baby up, that will piss me off. Or I could go downstairs. Either way.
I think that they are pretty cool, BTW. I wish that I would have done something like this for mine, but that's okay. They are def more formal that causal, but when the wedding is a church wedding plus reception at a different venue, I think that calls for a more formal invite. They are also simpler -- I don't have the tools to do something more elaborate, you know? if I had a super nice printer and a good graphic design program, I could potentially make something more fancy. I'd need a lot of practice and learning for the design part though. Maybe someday, I'll take the time to learn. I guess I could use GIMP, but it's SO not user friendly. Too bad Photoshop is so DANG expensive!
I almost wish it would be something I could do for a living -- making wedding invites, but I don't have enough graphic design background to do really cool things. I wish I did. Oh well. I'll just keep doing what I'm doing. :) For now. I can dream! :)
Monday, April 13, 2009
Easter Fun!
Okay, most of my fun is derived from eating at this juncture, so this post will be devoted solely to the amazingness that is brunch at Brocach Irish Pub.
They have two locations -- one in Mad-town, which is kind of a dark little hole in the side of a building, very close to Monona Terrace (which means that next time you're at State Music Convention, it's probably worth a stop by) and the second in downtown Milwaukee. The Milwaukee is much, MUCH lighter and brighter than Mad-town and it's in a developing area right on the river on the slight north side. It's about 1800 Water St. If you know where Trocadero is, then, Brocach is about two blocks up.
The menus are different at both places and I DEF prefer the Milwaukee brunch menu -- more choices that don't involve meat. I like meat, but sometimes I like a good mushroom. Like yesterday. Biscuits with mushroom gravy for me!
It was a giant butter biscuit, cut in half and covered with mushroom gravy, two scrambled eggs (or whatever choice of egg you like), and potatoes. It was SO good! If only I could have had the mimosa with brunch. It was a real one too -- Trocadero last year made theirs with WINE and OJ. Wine? Really? Where's the champagne baby?
I can't wait to go back again for brunch. I don't know when that will be, but it will be sometime, for sure.
I totally could have eaten all of my food at breakfast, but I saved half the biscuit and three potatoes to take home. And I had them for lunch today at work. Guess what?! It was still JUST as amazing as when it was cooked. You know how gravy can separate a bit? Not this gravy. Oh my gosh. I'm drooling just thinking about it now.
So, anyway, it's a little pricey, but it's not any worse than, say, Red Lobster. Plus, it's much more delicious.
They have two locations -- one in Mad-town, which is kind of a dark little hole in the side of a building, very close to Monona Terrace (which means that next time you're at State Music Convention, it's probably worth a stop by) and the second in downtown Milwaukee. The Milwaukee is much, MUCH lighter and brighter than Mad-town and it's in a developing area right on the river on the slight north side. It's about 1800 Water St. If you know where Trocadero is, then, Brocach is about two blocks up.
The menus are different at both places and I DEF prefer the Milwaukee brunch menu -- more choices that don't involve meat. I like meat, but sometimes I like a good mushroom. Like yesterday. Biscuits with mushroom gravy for me!
It was a giant butter biscuit, cut in half and covered with mushroom gravy, two scrambled eggs (or whatever choice of egg you like), and potatoes. It was SO good! If only I could have had the mimosa with brunch. It was a real one too -- Trocadero last year made theirs with WINE and OJ. Wine? Really? Where's the champagne baby?
I can't wait to go back again for brunch. I don't know when that will be, but it will be sometime, for sure.
I totally could have eaten all of my food at breakfast, but I saved half the biscuit and three potatoes to take home. And I had them for lunch today at work. Guess what?! It was still JUST as amazing as when it was cooked. You know how gravy can separate a bit? Not this gravy. Oh my gosh. I'm drooling just thinking about it now.
So, anyway, it's a little pricey, but it's not any worse than, say, Red Lobster. Plus, it's much more delicious.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Pet Peeves
I will just say that the misspelling of a proper noun (specifically a NAME) is liek at the top of my list.
that is all.
that is all.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Less grumpy post
Okay, just trying to get my big ole complaining post off of here.
Plus, Nims is here and it's totally AWESOME!!!
I had another week from hell at work. I mean, I get paid overtime and stuff, but it still sucks shit. Especially when you are working your butt off and your boss acts like you're in her office bothering her every 5 mins about everything. F that.
Luckily, I already had a half day planned yesterday, to watch basketball and hang out with Nimbies, which was very much needed. Jake has a thing that I have to take him to on Monday, so I have a half day MOnday too. Unfortunately, I have to work 4 hours on Sunday to make up the time. And, freaking boss had her door closed, so I couldn't bring the stupid laptop home to just work at home. So, I have to go in and work at my desk. Which is really okay, because sometimes that's easier.
Plus, Jake is going to help Jim and Loni move tomorrow and since I'm relatively useless in that area nowadays and I have to make up time, I'll just go to work and get it done. I'm not sure if I will work all 4 hours tomorrow or if I will use other time to make up for an hour or so. I don't know. We'll see how I feel about it when I get there.
We watched teh Marquette game yesterday and then went over to feed my parents' cat and then went to Red Lobster, which was sweet. We only go there when Nims is in town. And it's always delicious. They drank booze and such. I couldn't stay up for the Wisconsin game, which was sad, because I missed the really good games last night.
Okay, so there was a little complaining there, but not too bad. And it's my blog and I'll cry if I want to. ha ha! :)
Plus, Nims is here and it's totally AWESOME!!!
I had another week from hell at work. I mean, I get paid overtime and stuff, but it still sucks shit. Especially when you are working your butt off and your boss acts like you're in her office bothering her every 5 mins about everything. F that.
Luckily, I already had a half day planned yesterday, to watch basketball and hang out with Nimbies, which was very much needed. Jake has a thing that I have to take him to on Monday, so I have a half day MOnday too. Unfortunately, I have to work 4 hours on Sunday to make up the time. And, freaking boss had her door closed, so I couldn't bring the stupid laptop home to just work at home. So, I have to go in and work at my desk. Which is really okay, because sometimes that's easier.
Plus, Jake is going to help Jim and Loni move tomorrow and since I'm relatively useless in that area nowadays and I have to make up time, I'll just go to work and get it done. I'm not sure if I will work all 4 hours tomorrow or if I will use other time to make up for an hour or so. I don't know. We'll see how I feel about it when I get there.
We watched teh Marquette game yesterday and then went over to feed my parents' cat and then went to Red Lobster, which was sweet. We only go there when Nims is in town. And it's always delicious. They drank booze and such. I couldn't stay up for the Wisconsin game, which was sad, because I missed the really good games last night.
Okay, so there was a little complaining there, but not too bad. And it's my blog and I'll cry if I want to. ha ha! :)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Le sigh
So, finally, I have my wedding album back. And now, I can write my letter to them, expressing my disgust with their professionalism, service, quality, etc. etc. So, if you're getting married in the Greater EC area (or know ANYONE who is) DO NOT use Van Helden Photography. Under any circumstances. Spread the word.
They fucked up everything possible -- the guy was using a digital camera for the FIRST time on our wedding -- and they didn't even offer us a discount or a deal, since he was learning to use digital photography instead of the regular kind of camera. The woman was fine -- she had used the digital camera before. The proofs -- and they took 800 pictures (I know, b/c I asked) -- were only 250 or so and they were really the best they took and some of them were TERRIBLE. Blurry on the edges, some were completely out of focus. Which if he took two seconds, he would have noticed and taken a second pic.
Finally, when we did order pics from them, the prints (which were upwards of $5) had a stupid orange line on them, which they did manage to eliminate. But, too much money, too much time, too much effort on my part. 3.5 years is WAY too long to complete a wedding album. Which, as almost a final insult to me, they ordered the wrong fucking color. It's ivory with gold trim. We wanted the white, which would have matched our proof album.
Luckily, we have a good scanner and photo printer now, so I don't have to order pics ever again from them.
And I pretty much have plans to just disassemble the album they sent and make my own. The pictures that I picked I really love, but the ivory is horrible! I might still take her to work tomorrow, just to show people. Why not? I'm only having a baby in the next month and a half. Why not show off my wedding pics? ha ha.
So, long story, short: Find a friend or a smaller operation that gives you your proofs on DVD or CD, so you can print your own. And doesn't cost $1300.00. I have always said I would have rather given $1300.00 to Amy Bowen and had her do our photography. Or, do better research and make sure that the style of the photographer is something that gels with your style. And if you want something REALLY cool, check out the blog on the side, entitled "A Life in Transition". This is a friend in town, Julia, who makes wedding albums like books for a very reasonable price. I believe her business is J.Lorene Design. I don't know if she's taking new orders right now, but kept it in mind for the future. :)
Photos were one of my most important things I wanted for my wedding and I totally made a snap decision. Still, service and satisfaction are everything. And I really shouldn't have to DEMAND that the people return my photos after trading emails for 2 YEARS.
So, le sigh.
This, seriously, has been the LONGEST week ever. I swear the full moon was out to get me this week. I had one crazy thing at work after another. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday. I'm thrilled about that. :)
Nims is coming down for basketball a week from tomorrow. That means basketball, Red Lobster and totally sweet times. I even took at half day on the 20th to hang out, since if def will not be a snow storm this year. I can tell. I'm sure it will be, like, warm and 60. Maybe. That would be sweet.
Not much else going on. I just want to rage about the wedding album, because it was ivory. And I'm good at raging nowadays. All those horomones. :)
They fucked up everything possible -- the guy was using a digital camera for the FIRST time on our wedding -- and they didn't even offer us a discount or a deal, since he was learning to use digital photography instead of the regular kind of camera. The woman was fine -- she had used the digital camera before. The proofs -- and they took 800 pictures (I know, b/c I asked) -- were only 250 or so and they were really the best they took and some of them were TERRIBLE. Blurry on the edges, some were completely out of focus. Which if he took two seconds, he would have noticed and taken a second pic.
Finally, when we did order pics from them, the prints (which were upwards of $5) had a stupid orange line on them, which they did manage to eliminate. But, too much money, too much time, too much effort on my part. 3.5 years is WAY too long to complete a wedding album. Which, as almost a final insult to me, they ordered the wrong fucking color. It's ivory with gold trim. We wanted the white, which would have matched our proof album.
Luckily, we have a good scanner and photo printer now, so I don't have to order pics ever again from them.
And I pretty much have plans to just disassemble the album they sent and make my own. The pictures that I picked I really love, but the ivory is horrible! I might still take her to work tomorrow, just to show people. Why not? I'm only having a baby in the next month and a half. Why not show off my wedding pics? ha ha.
So, long story, short: Find a friend or a smaller operation that gives you your proofs on DVD or CD, so you can print your own. And doesn't cost $1300.00. I have always said I would have rather given $1300.00 to Amy Bowen and had her do our photography. Or, do better research and make sure that the style of the photographer is something that gels with your style. And if you want something REALLY cool, check out the blog on the side, entitled "A Life in Transition". This is a friend in town, Julia, who makes wedding albums like books for a very reasonable price. I believe her business is J.Lorene Design. I don't know if she's taking new orders right now, but kept it in mind for the future. :)
Photos were one of my most important things I wanted for my wedding and I totally made a snap decision. Still, service and satisfaction are everything. And I really shouldn't have to DEMAND that the people return my photos after trading emails for 2 YEARS.
So, le sigh.
This, seriously, has been the LONGEST week ever. I swear the full moon was out to get me this week. I had one crazy thing at work after another. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday. I'm thrilled about that. :)
Nims is coming down for basketball a week from tomorrow. That means basketball, Red Lobster and totally sweet times. I even took at half day on the 20th to hang out, since if def will not be a snow storm this year. I can tell. I'm sure it will be, like, warm and 60. Maybe. That would be sweet.
Not much else going on. I just want to rage about the wedding album, because it was ivory. And I'm good at raging nowadays. All those horomones. :)
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Always a Bride, never a bridesmaid (matron?)...
Until now.
Because I get to be in Brookie's wedding, which I am very excited about. And she picked out a fabulous dress last night, which I LOVE!!! It's totally better than any dress I had looked at so far. Click here and pick the blue/black combination.
It's really "I just had a baby" friendly, plus, it will look cute on the skinnier girls too, I think. IDK, I have plans to go look in person. I can't really try it on right now. It wouldn't make sense. We might just have to visit GB sometime soon and I'll drag Kristine down to Appleton to look at said dress.
Plus, Brooke is going to let me make her invites (as a gift, of course). I have several ideas (side note: I just got kicked in the ass from the inside) already, but it really involves buying things, which I should wait a bit on that. However, I'm thinking that it would be good to have everything that I will need by June 1, so I can get to work in the times that Ryan is sleeping.
Well, it's a good Saturday. I slept pretty well and there's LOTS of day to get stuff done today. :)
Because I get to be in Brookie's wedding, which I am very excited about. And she picked out a fabulous dress last night, which I LOVE!!! It's totally better than any dress I had looked at so far. Click here and pick the blue/black combination.
It's really "I just had a baby" friendly, plus, it will look cute on the skinnier girls too, I think. IDK, I have plans to go look in person. I can't really try it on right now. It wouldn't make sense. We might just have to visit GB sometime soon and I'll drag Kristine down to Appleton to look at said dress.
Plus, Brooke is going to let me make her invites (as a gift, of course). I have several ideas (side note: I just got kicked in the ass from the inside) already, but it really involves buying things, which I should wait a bit on that. However, I'm thinking that it would be good to have everything that I will need by June 1, so I can get to work in the times that Ryan is sleeping.
Well, it's a good Saturday. I slept pretty well and there's LOTS of day to get stuff done today. :)
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Random Thoughts
It occurred to me today, while on my daily perusal of F-book that I turn frickin' THIRTY this year. Geezus.
Thank god that I'll be able to drink. I certainly couldn't drink last year. And really all I did for my birthday was lay on my parents couch and eat the first real food that I'd eaten in a very long time. I was just glad not to feel like death for once.
I think my birthday is on a Tuesday this year? Or Monday? Mondays suck. And I can't even take it off, because I have no time left. Well, I am taking time right before Labor Day weekend, for Brookie's wedding (which I am IN! sweet!), so I need to try to conserve as much as possible.
I was also thinking this morning that I would never feel like I had slept well ever again. With the baby coming in May, it's probably true. Makes work really hard though. Seems like our tech lead (the position I had applied for back last summer and went to someone who was MUCH MUCH more qualified than I was) is thinking about retiring a year earlier than she thought, because her parents left her a nice inheritance that she can use to supplement her income for the year before she turns 65. So, she turns 62 in April, so she'll probably retire in 2011. Which is only two years away and frankly, it will probably be right around the time that I am ready to move up again. Although, I may get frustrated with the current job and look for something I can do part time at home, if need be.
The cat is perfectly fine again. We weighed him last week and he was 20.8 pounds, which is down a whole pound from when he had his teeth out. And you can REALLY tell the difference. A lot. He's much easier to pick up. I will probably make a habit of weighing him on the weekends, so we know where he is. Losing a whole pound in a month for a cat really is not good, but he was sick, and now we're just trying to keep the trend going. If he weighs 19 pounds by the end of the year, I think it will be a good thing. I'm really going to try hard with him now.
So...we're under a Winter Storm warning today. I didn't even know it was supposed to snow! oops! Oh well. What can you do? Jake went up to GB last night, to hang out with Josh. So, now he'll have to drive back through the snow. At least he has the good car for that sort of thing. Really test out that all wheel drive on that Saturn.
I suppose I should call him to see when he's headed out. I bet that he doesn't know that it's only going to get worse as he comes back south.
Thank god that I'll be able to drink. I certainly couldn't drink last year. And really all I did for my birthday was lay on my parents couch and eat the first real food that I'd eaten in a very long time. I was just glad not to feel like death for once.
I think my birthday is on a Tuesday this year? Or Monday? Mondays suck. And I can't even take it off, because I have no time left. Well, I am taking time right before Labor Day weekend, for Brookie's wedding (which I am IN! sweet!), so I need to try to conserve as much as possible.
I was also thinking this morning that I would never feel like I had slept well ever again. With the baby coming in May, it's probably true. Makes work really hard though. Seems like our tech lead (the position I had applied for back last summer and went to someone who was MUCH MUCH more qualified than I was) is thinking about retiring a year earlier than she thought, because her parents left her a nice inheritance that she can use to supplement her income for the year before she turns 65. So, she turns 62 in April, so she'll probably retire in 2011. Which is only two years away and frankly, it will probably be right around the time that I am ready to move up again. Although, I may get frustrated with the current job and look for something I can do part time at home, if need be.
The cat is perfectly fine again. We weighed him last week and he was 20.8 pounds, which is down a whole pound from when he had his teeth out. And you can REALLY tell the difference. A lot. He's much easier to pick up. I will probably make a habit of weighing him on the weekends, so we know where he is. Losing a whole pound in a month for a cat really is not good, but he was sick, and now we're just trying to keep the trend going. If he weighs 19 pounds by the end of the year, I think it will be a good thing. I'm really going to try hard with him now.
So...we're under a Winter Storm warning today. I didn't even know it was supposed to snow! oops! Oh well. What can you do? Jake went up to GB last night, to hang out with Josh. So, now he'll have to drive back through the snow. At least he has the good car for that sort of thing. Really test out that all wheel drive on that Saturn.
I suppose I should call him to see when he's headed out. I bet that he doesn't know that it's only going to get worse as he comes back south.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
So, I have this cat...
So, the cat was doing okay over last weekend and then on Sunday -- not eating, just sitting under the table looking sad. So, Monday, I go into work for a few hours and then come home, so I can sit with him and watch him and stuff. We ended up taking him back to the vet on Monday afternoon. He was feeling so poorly that he didn't put up much of a stink, even for having his temperature taken! I was shocked. The infection that was his teeth spread to systemic, so they gave us different antibiotics and more pain meds. Pain meds = good at reducing fever. New antibiotics = bad. Gel consistency and tuna flavored = Mitchell spits back out
So, I had to get regular pills, which I have a much easier time trying to force down his little throat. And it's easier on him too.
But, he has lost weight. Like I would say another pound or two at least. I keep meaning to have Jake hold him and get on the scale and then just weight himself to see where Mitchell's weight is at.
So, he has cost us another $100. Plus, my mom was nice and picked up and paid for his new pills yesterday. Which are nicely coated -- not like the sample that we got before -- WTF? Why wouldn't they just give us the same? Whatev. We're considering trying a new vet next year for shots and check ups and stuff. There's one very close to our house, so it makes sense, instead of having to drive all over freakin' town. Maybe not so expensive.
I like the doctor at the current one, she's really nice, but the drive and the expense so far has not been good. BUT, $1000.00 for not having taken in the cats for a teeth clean in years, probably isn't too terrible. I just have to keep up on them more now. Well, Boo will probably be ok for 2-3 years, but Mitchell...not so much.
In other news, I figured our taxes wrong when I was guesstimating and we don't owe money!!! YAY!!! In fact, we are getting what I would consider a nice chunk of change back. And most of it goes right on the ol' credit card. Which is a good thing.
I am currently looking like I haven't slept in days. Which isn't true. The cat woke me up at 4am! (it's time for the gate to go back up at night) But, he doesn't need me to fill his bowl -- there's already food in there. He just needs me to pretend like I'm filling his bowl and then he'll eat. GRRR!!! So, then I couldn't fall back asleep. So, I laid in bed until 5:15 and then got up. Yuck. It's almost 7 and I feel pretty destroyed.
Big plans for the weekend though. Putting together a real closet for Ryan's room and possibly cutting into the wall in the back room to make a new utility closet for the vacuum and other stuff. We'll just leave a little space for towels and stuff in the bathroom. At a later date, we'll go back and cut a new linen closet into the space that we're not using from the old utility closet (but from the other side). My parents have a dumpster from the remodel on their house (which is AMAZING!), so we can dump the garbage in there. woot!
Last Monday, my parents had no roof on their house for a day. Last weekend, we checked it out and they had a roof back on and all the new outside walls framed. It was pretty impressive. As I've said before, I lived up there almost my whole life and I barely recognized it. Well!
Last night, we went back and they have 3 (?) skylights in the upstairs, 3 windows facing south and the framing in for all the new walls upstairs. It's amazing. Their bedroom is going to be huge, they are having a good size walk-in closet, a pretty sweet bathroom, featuring toilet closet (water closet?) and a HUGE second bedroom upstairs. It's giant. The bedrooms upstairs are bigger than the downstairs. The plus side is, if they wanted, they could make one a nursery/playroom for Ryan full time. One of the old ones, downstairs, I would think. Whenever they decide to give up the ghost and sell that place, I would probably buy it. Seriously. I never minded that house, the backyard is really nice and now that it has 2 bathrooms, it's amazing.
Too bad that by the time they sell, we will have our own sweet house and wouldn't be able to afford it anyway. haha.
I should probably start comtemplating what I am going to do on my cleaning binges today. I have been nesting EARLY. I don't know if it's so much nesting as just totally be frickin' annoyed by all the crap that is everywhere in the house.
So, I had to get regular pills, which I have a much easier time trying to force down his little throat. And it's easier on him too.
But, he has lost weight. Like I would say another pound or two at least. I keep meaning to have Jake hold him and get on the scale and then just weight himself to see where Mitchell's weight is at.
So, he has cost us another $100. Plus, my mom was nice and picked up and paid for his new pills yesterday. Which are nicely coated -- not like the sample that we got before -- WTF? Why wouldn't they just give us the same? Whatev. We're considering trying a new vet next year for shots and check ups and stuff. There's one very close to our house, so it makes sense, instead of having to drive all over freakin' town. Maybe not so expensive.
I like the doctor at the current one, she's really nice, but the drive and the expense so far has not been good. BUT, $1000.00 for not having taken in the cats for a teeth clean in years, probably isn't too terrible. I just have to keep up on them more now. Well, Boo will probably be ok for 2-3 years, but Mitchell...not so much.
In other news, I figured our taxes wrong when I was guesstimating and we don't owe money!!! YAY!!! In fact, we are getting what I would consider a nice chunk of change back. And most of it goes right on the ol' credit card. Which is a good thing.
I am currently looking like I haven't slept in days. Which isn't true. The cat woke me up at 4am! (it's time for the gate to go back up at night) But, he doesn't need me to fill his bowl -- there's already food in there. He just needs me to pretend like I'm filling his bowl and then he'll eat. GRRR!!! So, then I couldn't fall back asleep. So, I laid in bed until 5:15 and then got up. Yuck. It's almost 7 and I feel pretty destroyed.
Big plans for the weekend though. Putting together a real closet for Ryan's room and possibly cutting into the wall in the back room to make a new utility closet for the vacuum and other stuff. We'll just leave a little space for towels and stuff in the bathroom. At a later date, we'll go back and cut a new linen closet into the space that we're not using from the old utility closet (but from the other side). My parents have a dumpster from the remodel on their house (which is AMAZING!), so we can dump the garbage in there. woot!
Last Monday, my parents had no roof on their house for a day. Last weekend, we checked it out and they had a roof back on and all the new outside walls framed. It was pretty impressive. As I've said before, I lived up there almost my whole life and I barely recognized it. Well!
Last night, we went back and they have 3 (?) skylights in the upstairs, 3 windows facing south and the framing in for all the new walls upstairs. It's amazing. Their bedroom is going to be huge, they are having a good size walk-in closet, a pretty sweet bathroom, featuring toilet closet (water closet?) and a HUGE second bedroom upstairs. It's giant. The bedrooms upstairs are bigger than the downstairs. The plus side is, if they wanted, they could make one a nursery/playroom for Ryan full time. One of the old ones, downstairs, I would think. Whenever they decide to give up the ghost and sell that place, I would probably buy it. Seriously. I never minded that house, the backyard is really nice and now that it has 2 bathrooms, it's amazing.
Too bad that by the time they sell, we will have our own sweet house and wouldn't be able to afford it anyway. haha.
I should probably start comtemplating what I am going to do on my cleaning binges today. I have been nesting EARLY. I don't know if it's so much nesting as just totally be frickin' annoyed by all the crap that is everywhere in the house.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Poor, expensive kitty
The cats needed their teeth cleaned. It's been a while for Mitchie and never for Boo. So, I make the appt and take them in.
I call around 2pm to find out if they did okay. And they did, the vet said. I make the appt to pick them up around 5:30pm.
We show to pay the bill. Which was $850.00. ...the hell?
Turns out, just like humans, animals can have terrible teeth too. And Mitchell is one of those cats. So, both canine teeth on the left side of his mouth are gone, plus one from the back. Plus, the 4 teeth the other vet had pulled out years before. Total of missing teeth: 7. The cats got their annual check ups, shots and stuff, plus the teeth cleaning. Boo cost us about 350.00 or so. That's okay. Mitchell was the 500.00 cat. Yikes. I'll remember this for next time. And by next time, I mean, Mitchell is going to have to have his teeth looked at every year.
Boo's teeth were fine. Coated with crud that they cleaned off, but fine.
So, they were bring the cats out to clean them up and pull off their bandages and stuff and they put Boo in her carrier -- which she HATES. HATES. So, she got pissed, which set Mitchell off and he freaked out. So, they couldn't clean him up. So, basically, they had to bring him out coated in his own gore, from the teeth that they pulled and had to leave the wound open a bit, because his teeth were SO infected. The doctor said that they were oozing pus when they went in. YUCK!!!!
Oops. I'm terrible. On the plus side, Mitchell was down a pound from the last time he was in and his bloodword was totally normal. Now, we just have to work on getting him down more. Under 21 pounds for next year. Cats shouldn't lose too much weight. I remember the summer I was gone in Shell Lake and Jake fed him for me. He lost like 2 pounds in a year or something and the doctor yelled at me for that. This is the point at which I gave up worrying about his weight. It was damned if you do and damned if you don't.
I have to give the Mitchell antibiotics for several days to clear up any remaining infection. But, since the teeth are gone, the infection will stop raging in his mouth, I'm sure.
I think the part that I feel the worst about is that his snaggletooth is gone. For those of you who have ever seen him, he used to have a tooth that hung out of his mouth all the time. That's one of the ones that got pulled out -- that was probably the worst infected tooth actually. I miss it. It gave him that "I'm a dumb kitty" look all the time. Now, he just looks normal.
Oh well. I'll get over it.
In other news, we have a pretty good plan in place for starting to pay off the ol' credit cards. I know that I write about money in the baby blog when I should be writing about baby stuff, but I can't help it.
Maybe I'll go write about finishing our registry today. Maybe.
I call around 2pm to find out if they did okay. And they did, the vet said. I make the appt to pick them up around 5:30pm.
We show to pay the bill. Which was $850.00. ...the hell?
Turns out, just like humans, animals can have terrible teeth too. And Mitchell is one of those cats. So, both canine teeth on the left side of his mouth are gone, plus one from the back. Plus, the 4 teeth the other vet had pulled out years before. Total of missing teeth: 7. The cats got their annual check ups, shots and stuff, plus the teeth cleaning. Boo cost us about 350.00 or so. That's okay. Mitchell was the 500.00 cat. Yikes. I'll remember this for next time. And by next time, I mean, Mitchell is going to have to have his teeth looked at every year.
Boo's teeth were fine. Coated with crud that they cleaned off, but fine.
So, they were bring the cats out to clean them up and pull off their bandages and stuff and they put Boo in her carrier -- which she HATES. HATES. So, she got pissed, which set Mitchell off and he freaked out. So, they couldn't clean him up. So, basically, they had to bring him out coated in his own gore, from the teeth that they pulled and had to leave the wound open a bit, because his teeth were SO infected. The doctor said that they were oozing pus when they went in. YUCK!!!!
Oops. I'm terrible. On the plus side, Mitchell was down a pound from the last time he was in and his bloodword was totally normal. Now, we just have to work on getting him down more. Under 21 pounds for next year. Cats shouldn't lose too much weight. I remember the summer I was gone in Shell Lake and Jake fed him for me. He lost like 2 pounds in a year or something and the doctor yelled at me for that. This is the point at which I gave up worrying about his weight. It was damned if you do and damned if you don't.
I have to give the Mitchell antibiotics for several days to clear up any remaining infection. But, since the teeth are gone, the infection will stop raging in his mouth, I'm sure.
I think the part that I feel the worst about is that his snaggletooth is gone. For those of you who have ever seen him, he used to have a tooth that hung out of his mouth all the time. That's one of the ones that got pulled out -- that was probably the worst infected tooth actually. I miss it. It gave him that "I'm a dumb kitty" look all the time. Now, he just looks normal.
Oh well. I'll get over it.
In other news, we have a pretty good plan in place for starting to pay off the ol' credit cards. I know that I write about money in the baby blog when I should be writing about baby stuff, but I can't help it.
Maybe I'll go write about finishing our registry today. Maybe.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Okay, now that the holidays are over, I'm tired of winter
It can go away now. I just wanted it to come out and play for the holidays. White Christmas and all that jazz.
Taxes officially suck this year. We usually get a large chunk of money back from WI and the Fed and this year, it looks like we will owe the Fed $200 and get $900 back from WI. So, net effect is that we win, but we were thinking that it would be like LAST year, when we were sitting on 3k, plus the stimulus. And we pissed it all away on stuff, instead of paying things off and spending wisely. Well, we were having a tough time last year, I suppose. And that was a big influence too. Who wants to just pay things off when you feel cruddy?
So, I guess that we'll just have to get used to being middle class now.
Once we get all our paperwork and everything, I'll review it all to make sure I didn't miss anything, but that's really how things are looking as of today.
So, I'll file WI pretty soon and then wait for the refund to come and then file Federal and pay them. Boo.
I also have decided that I want to start making/keeping a list of things we want in the next house. Plus, I have also been thinking about staying on the West side of Tosa...maybe even in the "West" part of the school district. There's no reason to move north now. It would make Jake's drive to work an hour on the best days, I think.
So, I'm thinking that staying around Wisconsin Ave and 80's or 90's -- close to the hospital area, I think. I mean, this is a few years away, but it's okay to start planning ahead. :)
AND, if we can find a house over there AND it's in the "East" part of the district, that's okay too. :)
Taxes officially suck this year. We usually get a large chunk of money back from WI and the Fed and this year, it looks like we will owe the Fed $200 and get $900 back from WI. So, net effect is that we win, but we were thinking that it would be like LAST year, when we were sitting on 3k, plus the stimulus. And we pissed it all away on stuff, instead of paying things off and spending wisely. Well, we were having a tough time last year, I suppose. And that was a big influence too. Who wants to just pay things off when you feel cruddy?
So, I guess that we'll just have to get used to being middle class now.
Once we get all our paperwork and everything, I'll review it all to make sure I didn't miss anything, but that's really how things are looking as of today.
So, I'll file WI pretty soon and then wait for the refund to come and then file Federal and pay them. Boo.
I also have decided that I want to start making/keeping a list of things we want in the next house. Plus, I have also been thinking about staying on the West side of Tosa...maybe even in the "West" part of the school district. There's no reason to move north now. It would make Jake's drive to work an hour on the best days, I think.
So, I'm thinking that staying around Wisconsin Ave and 80's or 90's -- close to the hospital area, I think. I mean, this is a few years away, but it's okay to start planning ahead. :)
AND, if we can find a house over there AND it's in the "East" part of the district, that's okay too. :)
Thursday, January 08, 2009
We'll call it Ryan's car
We purchased a "new" car. A used 2005 Saturn Vue. It's pretty nice. Big windows, so you can see everything, heated seats, and lots of storage. Plus, room for a baby seat.
And much safer than the stupid Jeep. I hated that thing since the moment Jake bought it. And, oh wait! We're still paying for it, because technically, it's part of his student loans from college. Grr...
The bad part is because neither of us had bought a car before (and I didn't know that this sort of thing mattered) and had no "car credit" (because the fact that we pay a gigantic mortgage with no problems isn't the same somehow), our interest rate is through the roof. 9.35% APR. Yikes. In this market?! That's highway robbery.
Oh well. A couple years of paying it down and we'll refi to get a better rate. I hope. 9.35 is ridic.
But, I still love the car. And it's SO much safer than that Jeep was.
So, now I feel much better about life. Now, it's just a matter of making the payments. Thank goodness they are due on the 22nd of the month -- we can save up at the beginning of the month and pay everything at the end. I should probably map that out, however. My paychecks are going to go down, because I have a few more insurance type things coming out of my paychecks. Oh well. We'll survive. Just can't go out for dinner as much. Which isn't really a bad thing.
We'll take pics when it's brighter out and I'll post them. Maybe. We'll see. I'm pretty tired today, so I'm about ready for bed here at 8:30 or so. It's been a long week.
And much safer than the stupid Jeep. I hated that thing since the moment Jake bought it. And, oh wait! We're still paying for it, because technically, it's part of his student loans from college. Grr...
The bad part is because neither of us had bought a car before (and I didn't know that this sort of thing mattered) and had no "car credit" (because the fact that we pay a gigantic mortgage with no problems isn't the same somehow), our interest rate is through the roof. 9.35% APR. Yikes. In this market?! That's highway robbery.
Oh well. A couple years of paying it down and we'll refi to get a better rate. I hope. 9.35 is ridic.
But, I still love the car. And it's SO much safer than that Jeep was.
So, now I feel much better about life. Now, it's just a matter of making the payments. Thank goodness they are due on the 22nd of the month -- we can save up at the beginning of the month and pay everything at the end. I should probably map that out, however. My paychecks are going to go down, because I have a few more insurance type things coming out of my paychecks. Oh well. We'll survive. Just can't go out for dinner as much. Which isn't really a bad thing.
We'll take pics when it's brighter out and I'll post them. Maybe. We'll see. I'm pretty tired today, so I'm about ready for bed here at 8:30 or so. It's been a long week.
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Holy Frick! It's 2009!
I can't believe that it's 2009. I feel like I was just ringing in 2008 and making my goals for the year. I guess I should evaluate those goals. Let's see...I'll have to go get them.
I found them, after I re-read about our trip to Florida last year in January...I love Disney World.
Anyway, here's what I said:
Anyway, I think that I'll set some goals for myself this year (1 & 2 are kind of contradictory, but that's okay)
1. Have my first child
2. Lose 20 pounds over the course of 2008 (see? they contradict)
3. Keep running/walking
4. Pay off the tuition credit card
5. Save $1000
So, what did I accomplish:
1. This was really just bad luck. Considering I'm 22 wks right now, without an issue, I would say that we just had to have a couple of restarts. Either that or Jake and Josh cannot do ANYTHING separately. Married same year, bought house same year, having first baby, same year (hell, it's probably going to be in the same month).
2. Well, this didn't happen, for reasons relating to #1.
3. I tried. I really did. But, then I gave up.
4. YES!! I DID DO THIS!! Sacrificed #5 to do it, but my last payment for this month is $66.50 or so! WOOT!
5. I had saved $1000. Then, I decided that paying off stuff before we have the baby is more important. We'll get there eventually.
Okay, NEW GOALS FOR 2009!!!!
1. Pay credit card down under $3000
2. Lose 20 pounds (why not?)
3. Pay off remaining student loan that is not rolled up into my consolidation loan (stupid loan that I forgot about!)
4. Get rid of all the misc. shit that is cluttering up my house. Okay, I guess that could be, get more organized.
5. Save $500
We'll see. I don't really have good goals this year.
Man, that trip to Florida was amazing! I wish we were there right now. Oh well. In the future.
I found them, after I re-read about our trip to Florida last year in January...I love Disney World.
Anyway, here's what I said:
Anyway, I think that I'll set some goals for myself this year (1 & 2 are kind of contradictory, but that's okay)
1. Have my first child
2. Lose 20 pounds over the course of 2008 (see? they contradict)
3. Keep running/walking
4. Pay off the tuition credit card
5. Save $1000
So, what did I accomplish:
1. This was really just bad luck. Considering I'm 22 wks right now, without an issue, I would say that we just had to have a couple of restarts. Either that or Jake and Josh cannot do ANYTHING separately. Married same year, bought house same year, having first baby, same year (hell, it's probably going to be in the same month).
2. Well, this didn't happen, for reasons relating to #1.
3. I tried. I really did. But, then I gave up.
4. YES!! I DID DO THIS!! Sacrificed #5 to do it, but my last payment for this month is $66.50 or so! WOOT!
5. I had saved $1000. Then, I decided that paying off stuff before we have the baby is more important. We'll get there eventually.
Okay, NEW GOALS FOR 2009!!!!
1. Pay credit card down under $3000
2. Lose 20 pounds (why not?)
3. Pay off remaining student loan that is not rolled up into my consolidation loan (stupid loan that I forgot about!)
4. Get rid of all the misc. shit that is cluttering up my house. Okay, I guess that could be, get more organized.
5. Save $500
We'll see. I don't really have good goals this year.
Man, that trip to Florida was amazing! I wish we were there right now. Oh well. In the future.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Happy Holidays!
I finally took the time to edit my blog(s) a bit to make them a little more design-y. As it were. The thanks really have to go to Julia for pointing me in the right direction of how to do it.
I enjoy it. I'm going to edit Ryan's blog a bit more, since it's not my favorite design right now, but it was my experiment.
I'll add the couple of websites I used to find backgrounds and the instructions. And if you have more html knowledge than me (which, despite getting an A- in the stupid 4 credit class my last semester of college, I have not retained any knowledge of), then you could probably do much better.
Now what I need is a good graphic design program (like Photoshop) for my lappy. Actually, I could use a new lappy too -- maybe a slightly better Mac than the 4 (almost 5!) year old lappy I currently use to check email and hack the web. I could be doing that on my old Bondi Blue Original iMac if I wanted. That was the greatest Chritmas present EVER! (like that Lexus commerical, except I'm not getting a Lexus) Especially right before I went to college.
Jake is getting sick, mostly from working his partially sick body (as it has been all year) to the limit trying to shovel, mostly because I couldn't shovel. We really need a snowblower. Badly. It's probably time to try to find a used one from someone around these parts. We just don't have $350.00 to plunk down on the cheapest new one.
I'm not totally sure of what the exact plans for Christmas are, but I have a rough estimate of what is happening.
Dec. 23, 24: Me = off; Jake = worky work
Dec. 24th - going to my aunt and uncle's business in Brookfield to see them and my cousin, his wife and their kids with my parents for a while. Then, we'll probably come home and just hang out, open presents and such.
Dec. 25th - going to Mom and Dad's house for more presents, snack and I choice Italian food for Christmas dinner. Poultry has not been doing well with me and I figure that Dad probably doesn't want to do a terrible amount of cooking.
Dec. 26th - day off to rest and chill out; probably drive up to Luxemburg? Not sure.
Dec. 27th - Christmas with Jake's fam? Not sure the schedule for this either. Def coming home this night though.
Dec. 28th - Spending time with my other aunt and uncle and cousins at their house in Elm Grove; we usually do this every year, usually the Friday before Christmas, but this year, it's at the end, just because of the way that Christmas falls. This is usually just relaxing and hanging out. Which is good, b/c I will have to go back to work the next day (Jake too). Some day, I will have enough vacation to take off the two weeks at the end of the year.
I have to work Monday and then I am off the rest of next week. It will be AMAZING! I haven't had a vacation since July! Seriously. I wish I hadn't wasted sick time/vacation in May -- I took an extra day vacation (which I could have used for next week) and a whole sick day for no reason when Josh was down for the day. It was fun at the time, but now, when I could really use the extra time to carry over to next year, I don't have it. I just went off on a big rant there, and then I realized -- GET IT OVER!! Some women don't get jack squat. Be glad you get to take 6 weeks off with your new baby.
We have plans to Christmas shop today, but we'll see. I wanted to get out kind of early and it's 20 mins to 9 right now. I don't want to go out with all the crazies, esp. since it snowed yesterday and nobody was out.
I enjoy it. I'm going to edit Ryan's blog a bit more, since it's not my favorite design right now, but it was my experiment.
I'll add the couple of websites I used to find backgrounds and the instructions. And if you have more html knowledge than me (which, despite getting an A- in the stupid 4 credit class my last semester of college, I have not retained any knowledge of), then you could probably do much better.
Now what I need is a good graphic design program (like Photoshop) for my lappy. Actually, I could use a new lappy too -- maybe a slightly better Mac than the 4 (almost 5!) year old lappy I currently use to check email and hack the web. I could be doing that on my old Bondi Blue Original iMac if I wanted. That was the greatest Chritmas present EVER! (like that Lexus commerical, except I'm not getting a Lexus) Especially right before I went to college.
Jake is getting sick, mostly from working his partially sick body (as it has been all year) to the limit trying to shovel, mostly because I couldn't shovel. We really need a snowblower. Badly. It's probably time to try to find a used one from someone around these parts. We just don't have $350.00 to plunk down on the cheapest new one.
I'm not totally sure of what the exact plans for Christmas are, but I have a rough estimate of what is happening.
Dec. 23, 24: Me = off; Jake = worky work
Dec. 24th - going to my aunt and uncle's business in Brookfield to see them and my cousin, his wife and their kids with my parents for a while. Then, we'll probably come home and just hang out, open presents and such.
Dec. 25th - going to Mom and Dad's house for more presents, snack and I choice Italian food for Christmas dinner. Poultry has not been doing well with me and I figure that Dad probably doesn't want to do a terrible amount of cooking.
Dec. 26th - day off to rest and chill out; probably drive up to Luxemburg? Not sure.
Dec. 27th - Christmas with Jake's fam? Not sure the schedule for this either. Def coming home this night though.
Dec. 28th - Spending time with my other aunt and uncle and cousins at their house in Elm Grove; we usually do this every year, usually the Friday before Christmas, but this year, it's at the end, just because of the way that Christmas falls. This is usually just relaxing and hanging out. Which is good, b/c I will have to go back to work the next day (Jake too). Some day, I will have enough vacation to take off the two weeks at the end of the year.
I have to work Monday and then I am off the rest of next week. It will be AMAZING! I haven't had a vacation since July! Seriously. I wish I hadn't wasted sick time/vacation in May -- I took an extra day vacation (which I could have used for next week) and a whole sick day for no reason when Josh was down for the day. It was fun at the time, but now, when I could really use the extra time to carry over to next year, I don't have it. I just went off on a big rant there, and then I realized -- GET IT OVER!! Some women don't get jack squat. Be glad you get to take 6 weeks off with your new baby.
We have plans to Christmas shop today, but we'll see. I wanted to get out kind of early and it's 20 mins to 9 right now. I don't want to go out with all the crazies, esp. since it snowed yesterday and nobody was out.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
All christmas'd up
First, I would like to congratulate Josle and Liz on their engagement! I am very happy for you both! :)
Second, we have, since my last post, which was a long azz time ago, Christmas'd up the house. We have our tree, sporting several shiny ornaments, stockings are hanging from the coat rack, the top of the TV is all decorated with holiday stuff. I also have my Christmas village out on the table and a small set from my Grandma in the bay window. I have pics, but I'm too lazy to post at the moment.
Snow, snow and more snow around here. It's ridic. Seriously. The pattern that we have from the beginning of the year hasn't changed one bit. Snow squall/storm after snow whatever keeps passing over.
We did put up Christmas lights on the front porch in the freezing cold on Saturday and put them on the deck today. It was slightly less cold, since it was cloudy.
We also have a Christmas present or two purchased. I didn't want to go crazy this weekend, since we're a little bit tight on money right now. We have to wait until I get a paycheck on Thursday to really purchase gifts. Then, we have to make sure we're going to make all our payments for the month. I'm not too worried about it, but there is always that concern.
St. Nick brought Jake a new coffee grinder. He really likes it. If you use it on the counter, it sounds like a jet engine taking off.
Second, we have, since my last post, which was a long azz time ago, Christmas'd up the house. We have our tree, sporting several shiny ornaments, stockings are hanging from the coat rack, the top of the TV is all decorated with holiday stuff. I also have my Christmas village out on the table and a small set from my Grandma in the bay window. I have pics, but I'm too lazy to post at the moment.
Snow, snow and more snow around here. It's ridic. Seriously. The pattern that we have from the beginning of the year hasn't changed one bit. Snow squall/storm after snow whatever keeps passing over.
We did put up Christmas lights on the front porch in the freezing cold on Saturday and put them on the deck today. It was slightly less cold, since it was cloudy.
We also have a Christmas present or two purchased. I didn't want to go crazy this weekend, since we're a little bit tight on money right now. We have to wait until I get a paycheck on Thursday to really purchase gifts. Then, we have to make sure we're going to make all our payments for the month. I'm not too worried about it, but there is always that concern.
St. Nick brought Jake a new coffee grinder. He really likes it. If you use it on the counter, it sounds like a jet engine taking off.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
I suppose....
A post is in order.
Actually, I was reading a friend's blog and she is very crafty. In reading her blog, it reminded me of the time right before the wedding back in 2005 when I was in the FARTS compy lab working on my programs and was going to test print a few to make sure they were going to work out before I printed them at home. Okay, truth is, I was probably going to print them all in teh compy lab, but not all at once. I was really just going to test a few and be done.
I had special ordered paper -- a very cool iridescent purple -- from this craft/scrapbook place in Rice Lake that I frequented when I was working for the summer in Shell Lake. It was ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS for said paper. I got it in the summer of 2004, so I had managed to hang on to it for the whole year, unscathed.
When I got to the compy lab, I set the bundle of paper down next to the printer and was working at the computer. Some lab workers came in to tape a new sign to the printer and decided that they were going to take the whole thing of paper. I still have NO idea what happened to it, to this day, because they fucking lied about taking it!!! I even sent Jake and probably Josh over to teh main lab office to talk to the guys. And they didn't even admit taking the paper. I even went up to the campus police the next day to file a police report, because it was $125.00!! They couldn't do much, but I felt better about things. At least if the lab workers showed up with the paper, there would be a case open.
I don't know who else would have taken it. It wasn't worth anything to anyone. Maybe they didn't take it, but I never found it in any trash. Maybe I'll blame the person who called Maggie a whore on my "The Knot" website. Which I was sorry that I had to delete before I could have The Knot trace who had posted it. I have a few guesses who could have done it. Andrea did ask the main suspect, who said she hadn't done it, but she was a pathological liar, so who knows?
Up until this point, I had totally forgotten about it. Seems like a different life, you know? :)
I have so many projects that need my attention right now. I could use a month off from work. Baby cross stitching projects, crafty projects, a room that is going to have to be turned into a nursery, etc.
But, alas, work is work. As long as I don't have to work more than 40 hours this week, I'll be totally okay. But, I am really far behind with my shit at work and when I had just caught up, I got all behind again. Plus, my apathy for that place really makes it hard to be there and do stuff. I would really like to change departments, but there really isn't much that I would be good at doing yet, other than what I am doing. Once we get the new person in the mix, I think that things will be better.
Le sigh. I really need to not think about work. Maybe I'll just go work for Yakob at his Starbucks store. They have good benefits, don't they?
Actually, I was reading a friend's blog and she is very crafty. In reading her blog, it reminded me of the time right before the wedding back in 2005 when I was in the FARTS compy lab working on my programs and was going to test print a few to make sure they were going to work out before I printed them at home. Okay, truth is, I was probably going to print them all in teh compy lab, but not all at once. I was really just going to test a few and be done.
I had special ordered paper -- a very cool iridescent purple -- from this craft/scrapbook place in Rice Lake that I frequented when I was working for the summer in Shell Lake. It was ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS for said paper. I got it in the summer of 2004, so I had managed to hang on to it for the whole year, unscathed.
When I got to the compy lab, I set the bundle of paper down next to the printer and was working at the computer. Some lab workers came in to tape a new sign to the printer and decided that they were going to take the whole thing of paper. I still have NO idea what happened to it, to this day, because they fucking lied about taking it!!! I even sent Jake and probably Josh over to teh main lab office to talk to the guys. And they didn't even admit taking the paper. I even went up to the campus police the next day to file a police report, because it was $125.00!! They couldn't do much, but I felt better about things. At least if the lab workers showed up with the paper, there would be a case open.
I don't know who else would have taken it. It wasn't worth anything to anyone. Maybe they didn't take it, but I never found it in any trash. Maybe I'll blame the person who called Maggie a whore on my "The Knot" website. Which I was sorry that I had to delete before I could have The Knot trace who had posted it. I have a few guesses who could have done it. Andrea did ask the main suspect, who said she hadn't done it, but she was a pathological liar, so who knows?
Up until this point, I had totally forgotten about it. Seems like a different life, you know? :)
I have so many projects that need my attention right now. I could use a month off from work. Baby cross stitching projects, crafty projects, a room that is going to have to be turned into a nursery, etc.
But, alas, work is work. As long as I don't have to work more than 40 hours this week, I'll be totally okay. But, I am really far behind with my shit at work and when I had just caught up, I got all behind again. Plus, my apathy for that place really makes it hard to be there and do stuff. I would really like to change departments, but there really isn't much that I would be good at doing yet, other than what I am doing. Once we get the new person in the mix, I think that things will be better.
Le sigh. I really need to not think about work. Maybe I'll just go work for Yakob at his Starbucks store. They have good benefits, don't they?
Sunday, October 26, 2008
29 years old
Not much different than 28.
However, I said that all I wanted to do is make it to my birthday and I would feel okay about things. And I did. So, officially, Jake and I are having a baby...again. No problems on that "making" part. ha ha. I'm 12 weeks along now and it's still going okay, so I feel relatively confident that things will turn okay. I do most of my writing about it on a different blog, so just check my side bar for the link, if you feel like reading about it.
So far, I have received a gift card to Joann Fabrics from Jake's mom and dad, plus a card; and a card from Jake's Grandma. Oh, plus, a picture frame from Jake -- a digital picture frame. I wasn't expecting it, so I was quite surprised, but it has really grown on me, and I love it. It's pretty sweet. And it will display baby pictures every well, when we have them. :)
I don't know that I will be getting much from my parents other than dinner. They didn't ask me if I wanted anything or not. Some years, they ask me what I want and other years, it's just dinner out.
The only bad thing about getting dinner for my birthday is that I've been pretty nauseous for the past 6 or 7 weeks, so eating is really limited. I haven't really gained any weight and my tummy is a fairly decent size at this time. I mean, I think that if you saw me, you'd just think "fatty", but me, myself can tell that it's really baby. So, I'm hoping that I won't gain a terrible amount of weight. I had pretty much to begin with. I want to be one of those women that lost 30 pounds after baby comes. But, I think that dinner will have to wait until after I am feeling better.
But, I'm not "really" 29 until 2:06 pm. So, I'll enjoy my last couple of hours of being 28. ha ha. :)
However, I said that all I wanted to do is make it to my birthday and I would feel okay about things. And I did. So, officially, Jake and I are having a baby...again. No problems on that "making" part. ha ha. I'm 12 weeks along now and it's still going okay, so I feel relatively confident that things will turn okay. I do most of my writing about it on a different blog, so just check my side bar for the link, if you feel like reading about it.
So far, I have received a gift card to Joann Fabrics from Jake's mom and dad, plus a card; and a card from Jake's Grandma. Oh, plus, a picture frame from Jake -- a digital picture frame. I wasn't expecting it, so I was quite surprised, but it has really grown on me, and I love it. It's pretty sweet. And it will display baby pictures every well, when we have them. :)
I don't know that I will be getting much from my parents other than dinner. They didn't ask me if I wanted anything or not. Some years, they ask me what I want and other years, it's just dinner out.
The only bad thing about getting dinner for my birthday is that I've been pretty nauseous for the past 6 or 7 weeks, so eating is really limited. I haven't really gained any weight and my tummy is a fairly decent size at this time. I mean, I think that if you saw me, you'd just think "fatty", but me, myself can tell that it's really baby. So, I'm hoping that I won't gain a terrible amount of weight. I had pretty much to begin with. I want to be one of those women that lost 30 pounds after baby comes. But, I think that dinner will have to wait until after I am feeling better.
But, I'm not "really" 29 until 2:06 pm. So, I'll enjoy my last couple of hours of being 28. ha ha. :)
Thursday, October 16, 2008
3 years is too long and too short
I feel fortunate on this day that I can pretty much go see Branden whenever I want. or at least shout out a "hi" to him as we drive by. We live a mile or two away from the Cemetery.
It's amazing to me that it's been three years. I can't believe how different I feel about life compared to three years ago.
I miss you Branden. Very much.
If I could have a drink for you tonight, I would. I'll drink to you in spirit.
I heart you all.
I wish that I could slow down to remember that a little bit more.
It's amazing to me that it's been three years. I can't believe how different I feel about life compared to three years ago.
I miss you Branden. Very much.
If I could have a drink for you tonight, I would. I'll drink to you in spirit.
I heart you all.
I wish that I could slow down to remember that a little bit more.
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Glad that I had the chance to go
It was worth the entire $135 I had to spend on the tickets/parking pass. Even with the loss. Because they fought to the bitter end. Well, ok, not Sup. But, everyone else showed up and was a gamer.
Because, even, with a loss, I may never have a chance to say that I went to a Brewers playoff game. I mean, my dad made the most sense to me today, in that, during his life time, the Brewers were in the playoffs 3 times (including 2008, obviously). 2008 was the first time he got to go. They couldn't afford to go in 1982 (with a 2 year old and all...) and Dad was 5 or 6 in 1956 and 57.
I just wanted to stand in the stadium for as long as I could. I even had a little tear in my eye. The whole stadium cheered even at the end, when they lost. As the bullpen was walking in from center field, Torres raised his hat and then threw it in the stands. I wish more players had come out and just waved to everyone at the end. I'm sure they were too upset. They didn't want to be done, I'm sure. It's going to be a long off-season for some, I think.
So, here are a couple of things that I hope for next year:
1. Give Sveum a year at coaching. See what he can do.
2. MARK!! Open up your checkbook and pay CC! We want him back. DIDIMAO!!!!
I really wish Jake and I could splash out on a 9-pack of tickets for next year, but it's too much money. Maybe someday. When we pay off the credit card and get more financially stable. Not that we aren't now, but there's more that can be done.
I have a cold this week and it really sucks hardcore. I don't remember the last time I was sick with a cold like this. Sore throat, cough, stuffed nose. Ugh. This week is going to be LONG....I'm dreading it already.
Well, I'm going to enjoy having the cats sit with me and possibly some Cherry sugar-free Jello. If it's ready.
Because, even, with a loss, I may never have a chance to say that I went to a Brewers playoff game. I mean, my dad made the most sense to me today, in that, during his life time, the Brewers were in the playoffs 3 times (including 2008, obviously). 2008 was the first time he got to go. They couldn't afford to go in 1982 (with a 2 year old and all...) and Dad was 5 or 6 in 1956 and 57.
I just wanted to stand in the stadium for as long as I could. I even had a little tear in my eye. The whole stadium cheered even at the end, when they lost. As the bullpen was walking in from center field, Torres raised his hat and then threw it in the stands. I wish more players had come out and just waved to everyone at the end. I'm sure they were too upset. They didn't want to be done, I'm sure. It's going to be a long off-season for some, I think.
So, here are a couple of things that I hope for next year:
1. Give Sveum a year at coaching. See what he can do.
2. MARK!! Open up your checkbook and pay CC! We want him back. DIDIMAO!!!!
I really wish Jake and I could splash out on a 9-pack of tickets for next year, but it's too much money. Maybe someday. When we pay off the credit card and get more financially stable. Not that we aren't now, but there's more that can be done.
I have a cold this week and it really sucks hardcore. I don't remember the last time I was sick with a cold like this. Sore throat, cough, stuffed nose. Ugh. This week is going to be LONG....I'm dreading it already.
Well, I'm going to enjoy having the cats sit with me and possibly some Cherry sugar-free Jello. If it's ready.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
VOLKSWAGON....
I had Arby's for dinner and I ate WAAAAAAAY too much. Sick.
I feel like throwing it all up and starting over. gross.
Nothing new in the world. Mark and Josh Lee stayed here twice on their way to/from Detroit. That was fun. Saturday, GNate came over and Yakob, whom I forget is in town now. They also stayed last night, just for the night.
Work is work is work. Always a challenge to make it to the end of the day. Its been very quiet and very boring around work. Hopefully, they will hire a new person and we can change around some of the stuff we are doing. Phyllis does SO much right now that things are not evenly divided and while she has work to do all day, none of the rest of us do. Well, okay, I don't and that sucks.
It's still for suckers.
And this concludes the weekly (or semi-weekly) waste of internet.
I feel like throwing it all up and starting over. gross.
Nothing new in the world. Mark and Josh Lee stayed here twice on their way to/from Detroit. That was fun. Saturday, GNate came over and Yakob, whom I forget is in town now. They also stayed last night, just for the night.
Work is work is work. Always a challenge to make it to the end of the day. Its been very quiet and very boring around work. Hopefully, they will hire a new person and we can change around some of the stuff we are doing. Phyllis does SO much right now that things are not evenly divided and while she has work to do all day, none of the rest of us do. Well, okay, I don't and that sucks.
It's still for suckers.
And this concludes the weekly (or semi-weekly) waste of internet.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Longest week EVER
I swear. I'm thinking that some of it might have had to do with the fact that this should have been my last week before maternity leave was going to start, but that ship sailed. So, I'm bitter.
That and dealing with stupid people. Ugh!
At least my headache from work goes away when I get home and settle down. I'll probably go get food with Jakie when he gets home and maybe go to Target.
Nothing going on this weekend. Maybe get our trim for the basement and paint that tomorrow, so if the Packer game is boring on Sunday, we can install it.
And this concludes this waste of bandwidth.
That and dealing with stupid people. Ugh!
At least my headache from work goes away when I get home and settle down. I'll probably go get food with Jakie when he gets home and maybe go to Target.
Nothing going on this weekend. Maybe get our trim for the basement and paint that tomorrow, so if the Packer game is boring on Sunday, we can install it.
And this concludes this waste of bandwidth.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
I guess it's been a bit here...
The sinus thing is gone. Hooray for drugs!
However, I am convinced that the drugs mimicked the symptoms of pregnancy for a while, making me think that I was, even though there wasn't too much of a chance for that. V. weird though. I am still in the middle of my longest cycle EVER but expect it to be over soon. Then, back to trying. I think that if I'm not knocked up again and a good way into a pregnancy by the end of 2008, I'm going to put things on hold for a bit and train to run the 1/2 marathon up in EC...but, it's hard to sign up for it when you don't read the future.
I think that there's a good chance that we will be by the end of the year though, so I'm not too worried about that. I think that we've got the timing down to an art now. Plus, it really helps to do all that charting and shit that you can do to tell when the best time is to "go".
Going up to the Netherlands this weekend. Luxemburg. Should be good. My only request was to go to Hobby Lobby in Green Bay on Saturday. Other than that -- nothing else. I don't care what we do.
The printer is awesome. It inspired me to get my wedding scrap book out and actually pick out paper for the backgrounds and keep it downstairs so I can use it when I get my pictures sorted out.
We're quickly coming up on the due date of the first baby. I'm not sure if it makes me sad or not. I'm more consumed with trying again than worrying about the past. I hope. I tell myself that, but...you know. I do think sometimes that I really should be sitting here, over 8 months, with a cute little nursery to create, but that will come in time. It really will. I know it.
Oh! And I went to the new doctor -- he's really great. Older and pretty good. Knows what he's talking about, which is always good. He said that he believe that the 'heart-shaped' thing wasn't an issue, esp. since they didn't notice it during the first pregnancy in February, but did notice it in July. Made him think that it corrects itself in my case and probably shouldn't be an issue. He said that he could do thyroid testing and some other tests, just to make sure that everything is a-ok, but he also said that the second time was just a blighted ovum -- in other words, just shitty luck. However, he's much closer to home, so I feel good about that. And, they have later appts and the office was MUCH MUCH quieter. He thought that the next time, I would be just fine.
So, my thoughts are that we'll go one more time here and see what happens. If we lose it again, I think that we will probably proceed with testing me to make sure my thyroid is working right and I don't have auto-immune disorders or a clotting issue or something that could be treated and worked on.
So, let's all cross our fingers that the third time is the charm!
However, I am convinced that the drugs mimicked the symptoms of pregnancy for a while, making me think that I was, even though there wasn't too much of a chance for that. V. weird though. I am still in the middle of my longest cycle EVER but expect it to be over soon. Then, back to trying. I think that if I'm not knocked up again and a good way into a pregnancy by the end of 2008, I'm going to put things on hold for a bit and train to run the 1/2 marathon up in EC...but, it's hard to sign up for it when you don't read the future.
I think that there's a good chance that we will be by the end of the year though, so I'm not too worried about that. I think that we've got the timing down to an art now. Plus, it really helps to do all that charting and shit that you can do to tell when the best time is to "go".
Going up to the Netherlands this weekend. Luxemburg. Should be good. My only request was to go to Hobby Lobby in Green Bay on Saturday. Other than that -- nothing else. I don't care what we do.
The printer is awesome. It inspired me to get my wedding scrap book out and actually pick out paper for the backgrounds and keep it downstairs so I can use it when I get my pictures sorted out.
We're quickly coming up on the due date of the first baby. I'm not sure if it makes me sad or not. I'm more consumed with trying again than worrying about the past. I hope. I tell myself that, but...you know. I do think sometimes that I really should be sitting here, over 8 months, with a cute little nursery to create, but that will come in time. It really will. I know it.
Oh! And I went to the new doctor -- he's really great. Older and pretty good. Knows what he's talking about, which is always good. He said that he believe that the 'heart-shaped' thing wasn't an issue, esp. since they didn't notice it during the first pregnancy in February, but did notice it in July. Made him think that it corrects itself in my case and probably shouldn't be an issue. He said that he could do thyroid testing and some other tests, just to make sure that everything is a-ok, but he also said that the second time was just a blighted ovum -- in other words, just shitty luck. However, he's much closer to home, so I feel good about that. And, they have later appts and the office was MUCH MUCH quieter. He thought that the next time, I would be just fine.
So, my thoughts are that we'll go one more time here and see what happens. If we lose it again, I think that we will probably proceed with testing me to make sure my thyroid is working right and I don't have auto-immune disorders or a clotting issue or something that could be treated and worked on.
So, let's all cross our fingers that the third time is the charm!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Pictures and other things
So, we got this printer on Woot. Kodak EasyShare 5300. 45.00 plus 5.00 for shipping.
We wanted something that would print pictures easier than the one that's in the basement. And it SURE DOES! :) However, it's a refurb and the printer has problems with the printhead, so we immediately had to get a new one and now it works fine. It prints really nice pictures too. Jake is testing it.
So, I did get drugs for a sinus infection and I have felt better. My cheeks still hurt a bit from time to time, but I don't have the constant sinus headache anymore. Hooray! Thank you drugs.
I also have an appointment with the doctor that my GP recommended. It was kind of strange/funny. His assistant called and just gave me the name of the person that he recommends for high risk patients to go to. D'oh! Oh well. I kind of knew that I would be high risk, but to hear it out loud...blah. But, there was a cancellation, so I have an appt on Thursday afternoon at 3:30pm, so that's really great. I don't really know what's going to happen at it, b/c once I told the appt lady that I had been referred by Dr. Olson and that I had m/c's this year, she didn't really ask many questions, which makes me think that they knew the basic reason why I was calling.
We'll see what happens. More updates to follow. For now, off to try to stay awake until 10pm.
We wanted something that would print pictures easier than the one that's in the basement. And it SURE DOES! :) However, it's a refurb and the printer has problems with the printhead, so we immediately had to get a new one and now it works fine. It prints really nice pictures too. Jake is testing it.
So, I did get drugs for a sinus infection and I have felt better. My cheeks still hurt a bit from time to time, but I don't have the constant sinus headache anymore. Hooray! Thank you drugs.
I also have an appointment with the doctor that my GP recommended. It was kind of strange/funny. His assistant called and just gave me the name of the person that he recommends for high risk patients to go to. D'oh! Oh well. I kind of knew that I would be high risk, but to hear it out loud...blah. But, there was a cancellation, so I have an appt on Thursday afternoon at 3:30pm, so that's really great. I don't really know what's going to happen at it, b/c once I told the appt lady that I had been referred by Dr. Olson and that I had m/c's this year, she didn't really ask many questions, which makes me think that they knew the basic reason why I was calling.
We'll see what happens. More updates to follow. For now, off to try to stay awake until 10pm.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Make it stop...
So, on Friday, while at work, I started feeling yucky. My head hurt, I felt like I had a fever, sick to my stomach...all that crap.
It was on and off Saturday, but Sunday it was back and hasn't really left.
So, now I'm worried that I have the dreaded sinus infection that doesn't seem like a sinus infection. Plus, another girl at work has a sinus infection, so I'm a little worried. I'm going to the doc Thursday AM though.
And I get to have a cavity filled tomorrow! FUN! *roll eyes*
And finally, in the world of doctors, when I was making the appt with my GP, I checked to see if they had received my records yet and they hadn't...curious.
So, I called the old place and they finally called me back after 5 hours to tell me that they never got my release form. WTF!!!! So, I asked if I could just pick everything up -- which I can do (and if they told me that, I would have just done that last week!!!), so I'm picking that up Thursday afternoon and will attempt to drop if off on my way home...we'll see. I will probably ask about making an appt for the next appt -- like when I should make one for, so I have it set up. Hooray. Maybe we can get somewhere here. I'm not waiting for #3 to happen before I get tested for stuff. Two is two too many.
The Olympics are pretty sweet. And now my sudafed has worn off (after an hour), so I will go to the place where I don't have to think anymore.
It was on and off Saturday, but Sunday it was back and hasn't really left.
So, now I'm worried that I have the dreaded sinus infection that doesn't seem like a sinus infection. Plus, another girl at work has a sinus infection, so I'm a little worried. I'm going to the doc Thursday AM though.
And I get to have a cavity filled tomorrow! FUN! *roll eyes*
And finally, in the world of doctors, when I was making the appt with my GP, I checked to see if they had received my records yet and they hadn't...curious.
So, I called the old place and they finally called me back after 5 hours to tell me that they never got my release form. WTF!!!! So, I asked if I could just pick everything up -- which I can do (and if they told me that, I would have just done that last week!!!), so I'm picking that up Thursday afternoon and will attempt to drop if off on my way home...we'll see. I will probably ask about making an appt for the next appt -- like when I should make one for, so I have it set up. Hooray. Maybe we can get somewhere here. I'm not waiting for #3 to happen before I get tested for stuff. Two is two too many.
The Olympics are pretty sweet. And now my sudafed has worn off (after an hour), so I will go to the place where I don't have to think anymore.
Saturday, August 09, 2008
It seemed like a good idea at the time
So, I just moved my grandmother's desk that I inherited in 1999. It's a "real" piece of furniture -- you know, solid wood. Well, mostly anyway. It's really heavy.
The worst part of moving it was that I have really strong legs, but am totally unable to transfer as of that force to my arms, so I have to solely use my legs to move the darn thing.
But, it's moved. Yay! And I don't have to run today! Now, I can move the glasses cabinet to where the desk was in the guest room and put the extra end table in there for the TV. I decided to move it in there, b/c it just takes up room in the living room and we could move the couches more toward the TV. But, I'm think that the end table might be too big for the room, so it might not work out that way.
I'm really happy with the guest room at the moment. It's a lot more empty -- it's a room instead of a room that the junk was going into. Having the basement really helps a lot.
I'm considering having a kind of housewarming party (finally!) around my birthday. We can really get everything to where we want it and have enough room to have more than two people over. Okay, well, maybe not that far into the future, since the deck would be unusable at that point, probably, but soon. I think.
It's been a long year.
So, yesterday, it was determined that the reason that Jake has been feeling so horrible for months on end is not depression or anxiety or a virus or whatever. He's had a sinus infection! For months! The ENT doc took about 2 seconds to figure it out. So, he's on the antibiotics and feels a TON better, b/c he knows that he's not going crazy. Now, you're probably wondering why he didn't notice he had a sinus infection, as I did. B/c it's not in his front sinuses, where it would really be noticeable and would really hurt. It's all in the back, clogging his throat and ears and making him feel yucky all the time. Crazy. I've never heard of such a thing. I, however, feel that if he didn't blow his nose so hard, it wouldn't force all that crap back into those back sinuses and ears. That's probably why this happened this way. Oh well. What can you do? At least he'll get better now! yaay!!! :)
I don't know what project will be next around the house. Maybe attempting to refinish the guest room wood floor, as a test to see if we could do the living room floor. I think that re-doing the bathroom might be next summer. I know that Jake owes Josh some help in Luxemburg with their bathroom, whenever that happens. I'm mostly handy with a paint brush. But, I want a new bathroom.
A project this winter may be fixing the back splash in the kitchen. Which would involve ripping of that crap back wall (whatever that shit is) and putting new drywall up, patching and tiling whatever we decide to tile. A trip to HOBO might be in order to look at tile again. I found some sweet tiles there that I would really like for the bathroom. So, there must be other stuff there too. I think that eventually, we will redo the kitchen floor with cooler tiles as well. We know there's a good sub floor down, so all we would need is new, nicer tiles.
My final thoughts for today are that when making blueberry pancakes, you should always ALWAYS use real fresh blueberries. No frozen. I disliked blueberry pancakes until this morning, when I made pancakes and threw in fresh blueberries for Jake. They were amazing!
The worst part of moving it was that I have really strong legs, but am totally unable to transfer as of that force to my arms, so I have to solely use my legs to move the darn thing.
But, it's moved. Yay! And I don't have to run today! Now, I can move the glasses cabinet to where the desk was in the guest room and put the extra end table in there for the TV. I decided to move it in there, b/c it just takes up room in the living room and we could move the couches more toward the TV. But, I'm think that the end table might be too big for the room, so it might not work out that way.
I'm really happy with the guest room at the moment. It's a lot more empty -- it's a room instead of a room that the junk was going into. Having the basement really helps a lot.
I'm considering having a kind of housewarming party (finally!) around my birthday. We can really get everything to where we want it and have enough room to have more than two people over. Okay, well, maybe not that far into the future, since the deck would be unusable at that point, probably, but soon. I think.
It's been a long year.
So, yesterday, it was determined that the reason that Jake has been feeling so horrible for months on end is not depression or anxiety or a virus or whatever. He's had a sinus infection! For months! The ENT doc took about 2 seconds to figure it out. So, he's on the antibiotics and feels a TON better, b/c he knows that he's not going crazy. Now, you're probably wondering why he didn't notice he had a sinus infection, as I did. B/c it's not in his front sinuses, where it would really be noticeable and would really hurt. It's all in the back, clogging his throat and ears and making him feel yucky all the time. Crazy. I've never heard of such a thing. I, however, feel that if he didn't blow his nose so hard, it wouldn't force all that crap back into those back sinuses and ears. That's probably why this happened this way. Oh well. What can you do? At least he'll get better now! yaay!!! :)
I don't know what project will be next around the house. Maybe attempting to refinish the guest room wood floor, as a test to see if we could do the living room floor. I think that re-doing the bathroom might be next summer. I know that Jake owes Josh some help in Luxemburg with their bathroom, whenever that happens. I'm mostly handy with a paint brush. But, I want a new bathroom.
A project this winter may be fixing the back splash in the kitchen. Which would involve ripping of that crap back wall (whatever that shit is) and putting new drywall up, patching and tiling whatever we decide to tile. A trip to HOBO might be in order to look at tile again. I found some sweet tiles there that I would really like for the bathroom. So, there must be other stuff there too. I think that eventually, we will redo the kitchen floor with cooler tiles as well. We know there's a good sub floor down, so all we would need is new, nicer tiles.
My final thoughts for today are that when making blueberry pancakes, you should always ALWAYS use real fresh blueberries. No frozen. I disliked blueberry pancakes until this morning, when I made pancakes and threw in fresh blueberries for Jake. They were amazing!
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Feeling inspired...
So, I just added some "new friends" on f-book yesterday. Mostly kids from the neighborhood that I have known since I was 6 years old. One girl that I was friendly with in HS and was a fellow horn player. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed talking to her and hanging out with her. Also, the wife of one of those friends, whom I feel that I have a lot of stuff in common with, yet, we're completely different. I am feeling inspired by her adventures since she has moved up here. Makes me want to do lots of things. Creative, crafty things.
One of the things she did was make her own upholstered headboard for their bed. And now I want TWO! I have a guest bed downstairs and our bed upstairs that could both use one. Maybe a project for after I move all my sewing shit downstairs into the new room. Which I am thinking would be a good project for this weekend. I have some shelves I want to build to put down there -- I don't want to store all my stuff in plastic tubs anymore.
Also, I want to have a garage sale to get rid of all this extra shit we have -- which includes clothes, shoes, misc. kitchen stuff, and other random stuff that is just taking up space and frustrating me.
In the world of fertility/infertility news...
Just waiting for my records to get sent to Dr. Olson this week. They only send them once a week, so it won't be Thursday, possibly Friday until they are sent out. I'm assuming that they get mailed over to him, so it will be Monday or Tuesday before he gets them. I wish that I would have asked if I could just come out and pick them up and deliver them myself...oh well. They are my records. I still could, I suppose. Tomorrow is only Wednesday. But, I will call next Tuesday and see if he received anything from them and to ask about the next appt. with him. I have all the other info that I need. And I have a strong feeling that I've said all this already. HA! I just checked, I didn't! I want to get this show on the road. Although, we're not really "not trying", so...whatever happens, happens.
Also, I'm considering starting a separate blog about this whole journey towards having a baby. What a journey it has been so far. Perhaps I will not feel so bad having more "graphic" contact there too. I sometimes hesitate at putting the "gory" details here, as it were. If blogger had cuts OR if I knew how to use this thing better, maybe I could win at this game. Not that I want everyone to read the gory details, etc., but this is real stuff that is happening and sometimes I need to get it out in the open to move on. Plus, I'm crazy. Ask Jake.
I've got nothing else new. I wish that I would have done some sort of exercise tonight. Maybe I could go downstairs and trying to see if the Playstation is really hooked up right and play DDR. Maybe....I've lost the "baby weight" from this last PG so far, so now we're on the next 4 pounds. If I wasn't terrified of mosquito bites, I would probably go outside and run in the evening.
I love how much Ned Yost hates the media. It makes me giggle. And I really dislike Trenni on FSN.
Okay, I have to get this lappy off my legs. I'm burning up.
One of the things she did was make her own upholstered headboard for their bed. And now I want TWO! I have a guest bed downstairs and our bed upstairs that could both use one. Maybe a project for after I move all my sewing shit downstairs into the new room. Which I am thinking would be a good project for this weekend. I have some shelves I want to build to put down there -- I don't want to store all my stuff in plastic tubs anymore.
Also, I want to have a garage sale to get rid of all this extra shit we have -- which includes clothes, shoes, misc. kitchen stuff, and other random stuff that is just taking up space and frustrating me.
In the world of fertility/infertility news...
Just waiting for my records to get sent to Dr. Olson this week. They only send them once a week, so it won't be Thursday, possibly Friday until they are sent out. I'm assuming that they get mailed over to him, so it will be Monday or Tuesday before he gets them. I wish that I would have asked if I could just come out and pick them up and deliver them myself...oh well. They are my records. I still could, I suppose. Tomorrow is only Wednesday. But, I will call next Tuesday and see if he received anything from them and to ask about the next appt. with him. I have all the other info that I need. And I have a strong feeling that I've said all this already. HA! I just checked, I didn't! I want to get this show on the road. Although, we're not really "not trying", so...whatever happens, happens.
Also, I'm considering starting a separate blog about this whole journey towards having a baby. What a journey it has been so far. Perhaps I will not feel so bad having more "graphic" contact there too. I sometimes hesitate at putting the "gory" details here, as it were. If blogger had cuts OR if I knew how to use this thing better, maybe I could win at this game. Not that I want everyone to read the gory details, etc., but this is real stuff that is happening and sometimes I need to get it out in the open to move on. Plus, I'm crazy. Ask Jake.
I've got nothing else new. I wish that I would have done some sort of exercise tonight. Maybe I could go downstairs and trying to see if the Playstation is really hooked up right and play DDR. Maybe....I've lost the "baby weight" from this last PG so far, so now we're on the next 4 pounds. If I wasn't terrified of mosquito bites, I would probably go outside and run in the evening.
I love how much Ned Yost hates the media. It makes me giggle. And I really dislike Trenni on FSN.
Okay, I have to get this lappy off my legs. I'm burning up.
Friday, August 01, 2008
Feeling better about lots of things...
Many things have happened since last week...I finally miscarried, which was hands-down the worst pain I have ever felt in my whole life. It was much, much worse than the last time. Jake said he came home and I was yellow, white and blue. My jaw was yellow, cause I had just thrown up, white for the same reason and pain and blue b/c I had huge bags under my eyes. I'm not sure how I made it through it all, but if Jake hadn't been there, I probably wouldn't have.
But, the blood draws are going well. On the 22nd, I was still around 5,000. But, I m/c'd on the 25th and by the 29th (this past Tues.), I was only at 178. My next draw is on Aug 12th and I would think that I will be at the "not-pregnant" state by then. woot!
But, I am manifesting my sadness about this m/c differently than last time -- this time, I can't ever stop doing stuff. It's weird. I was super busy at work, which was great, and if I sat around for an hour at home, I would get really upset. Better to just keep moving. I am trying to start running again. We went once for a short run a week and a half ago and that was hard. Then, on Tuesday, I went out at about 8pm, b/c I couldn't watch the Brewers any more. I ran for 3/4 of a mile w/o stopping. Just me and the sound of my footsteps. Oh, and the occasional car or truck. Trying to lose that weight!
I also made an appt to talk with my GP today to get an idea of where to go from here. He wanted me to get my records transferred to him (easily done), find out what kind of infertility coverage I have (it's 100% covered after the deductible is met!) in case some testing of that sort needs to be done, and find out what doctors in the area are covered (most of them). I feel much, much better about everything too. It's amazing. I almost just needed someone to tell me what to do, b/c I wasn't getting that from the other place. It was great. So, as soon as he looks at my records from the other place, he can determine where we need to go from here -- if he can treat me as is (I'm starting to think that I'm skewing towards high risk more than not) or if he needs to refer me to a high-risk OB full time. At least he can help me make a good decision. If he can be my OB/GYN as is, great! If not, at least he can help me make an informed decision about my care, instead of picking and choosing, like last time. Because that worked out oh-so-well.
I also have an appt with a doctor that a few of the women at work go to see Aug. 27th, but I may end up canceling it if stuff works out with Dr. Olson. I hope it does. It took me about 10-15 mins to get from my work to his office. Sweet.
Anyway, enough wasting of bandwidth here. Just have to spew this all out, so it's out of my brain! :)
But, the blood draws are going well. On the 22nd, I was still around 5,000. But, I m/c'd on the 25th and by the 29th (this past Tues.), I was only at 178. My next draw is on Aug 12th and I would think that I will be at the "not-pregnant" state by then. woot!
But, I am manifesting my sadness about this m/c differently than last time -- this time, I can't ever stop doing stuff. It's weird. I was super busy at work, which was great, and if I sat around for an hour at home, I would get really upset. Better to just keep moving. I am trying to start running again. We went once for a short run a week and a half ago and that was hard. Then, on Tuesday, I went out at about 8pm, b/c I couldn't watch the Brewers any more. I ran for 3/4 of a mile w/o stopping. Just me and the sound of my footsteps. Oh, and the occasional car or truck. Trying to lose that weight!
I also made an appt to talk with my GP today to get an idea of where to go from here. He wanted me to get my records transferred to him (easily done), find out what kind of infertility coverage I have (it's 100% covered after the deductible is met!) in case some testing of that sort needs to be done, and find out what doctors in the area are covered (most of them). I feel much, much better about everything too. It's amazing. I almost just needed someone to tell me what to do, b/c I wasn't getting that from the other place. It was great. So, as soon as he looks at my records from the other place, he can determine where we need to go from here -- if he can treat me as is (I'm starting to think that I'm skewing towards high risk more than not) or if he needs to refer me to a high-risk OB full time. At least he can help me make a good decision. If he can be my OB/GYN as is, great! If not, at least he can help me make an informed decision about my care, instead of picking and choosing, like last time. Because that worked out oh-so-well.
I also have an appt with a doctor that a few of the women at work go to see Aug. 27th, but I may end up canceling it if stuff works out with Dr. Olson. I hope it does. It took me about 10-15 mins to get from my work to his office. Sweet.
Anyway, enough wasting of bandwidth here. Just have to spew this all out, so it's out of my brain! :)
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Same old, same old
Just wasting bandwidth here.
Nothing new to report. Everything moving along smoothly with everything. I'm starting to have my doubts about my OB/GYN's office again. I was okay again, but I had my first blood check on Tuesday and they didn't call me back about it. And they haven't called to see how things are going (btw, the answer is slowly...)
The tech lead position opened in my area yesterday and I'm going to apply for it. I don't know if I'll get the job, b/c I assume that there will be others interested, and they have been there for longer than I. But, I know that if I don't get the job, I'll probably be moving on from my current job soon. I can't stay and do that job forever. I'll go insane.
And, like everything I do in life, with out more responsibility, I stop caring about improving. I can think of many instances where this is true.
Well, the Today Show is on now, so I should probably go to work. There's a big lunch and meeting today, so I don't have too much time to actually work today. But, free lunch! From Saz's! :)
Nothing new to report. Everything moving along smoothly with everything. I'm starting to have my doubts about my OB/GYN's office again. I was okay again, but I had my first blood check on Tuesday and they didn't call me back about it. And they haven't called to see how things are going (btw, the answer is slowly...)
The tech lead position opened in my area yesterday and I'm going to apply for it. I don't know if I'll get the job, b/c I assume that there will be others interested, and they have been there for longer than I. But, I know that if I don't get the job, I'll probably be moving on from my current job soon. I can't stay and do that job forever. I'll go insane.
And, like everything I do in life, with out more responsibility, I stop caring about improving. I can think of many instances where this is true.
Well, the Today Show is on now, so I should probably go to work. There's a big lunch and meeting today, so I don't have too much time to actually work today. But, free lunch! From Saz's! :)
Monday, July 14, 2008
Round Two...
Has ended (or will end) the same as round one. Bleech. I'm really not looking forward to it.
I was, or I guess, I am 8 1/2 weeks pregnant, but this one will end the same as the last. However, the difference with this one is that we ever saw anything that resembled a baby with a HB this time, so it seems less painful. I'm just waiting for everything to happen now. And since I can stop my progestrone drugs, it will probably kick in pretty quick, which is a good thing. No need to drag everything out for weeks and weeks on end. I think that if I hadn't been on those drugs, it would have started for us already...
They found the HB at 7 weeks, but nothing ever after that.
At least I can drink beer again for the rest of the summer. Kind of looking forward to that. AND trying to start exercising and lost some of this weight that I put back on this year.
Plus, they are going to refer me to a clinic that is much closer by to have my blood taken, so I don't have to keep driving out to Waukesha. However, I am also going to change to my GP doctor, who also delivers babies, for the next time, b/c he's much closer to our house and he also delivers at Waukesha Memorial as well. I do like the place I go, but they treated me very strangely this last time, which I thought was odd. After the m/c is complete and everything is okay with that, I will probably tell them that I am going to switch docs and have my records transferred. No reason to do it right now.
So, what can you do? Nothing. We're kind of stretched for money right now too, so I'm thinking that it would be an okay thing to wait a bit longer...whenever it happens, it happens. :)
However, on top of all that news today, I think that I have food poisoning too, from something I ate over the weekend. My stomach is Killing me and I feel like I haven't slept in days. It's not good. I'm just trying to eat something of substance, so I've got some sort of energy. I'm hoping that by nightfall, I will be feeling better. Cross your fingers for me.
laters.
I was, or I guess, I am 8 1/2 weeks pregnant, but this one will end the same as the last. However, the difference with this one is that we ever saw anything that resembled a baby with a HB this time, so it seems less painful. I'm just waiting for everything to happen now. And since I can stop my progestrone drugs, it will probably kick in pretty quick, which is a good thing. No need to drag everything out for weeks and weeks on end. I think that if I hadn't been on those drugs, it would have started for us already...
They found the HB at 7 weeks, but nothing ever after that.
At least I can drink beer again for the rest of the summer. Kind of looking forward to that. AND trying to start exercising and lost some of this weight that I put back on this year.
Plus, they are going to refer me to a clinic that is much closer by to have my blood taken, so I don't have to keep driving out to Waukesha. However, I am also going to change to my GP doctor, who also delivers babies, for the next time, b/c he's much closer to our house and he also delivers at Waukesha Memorial as well. I do like the place I go, but they treated me very strangely this last time, which I thought was odd. After the m/c is complete and everything is okay with that, I will probably tell them that I am going to switch docs and have my records transferred. No reason to do it right now.
So, what can you do? Nothing. We're kind of stretched for money right now too, so I'm thinking that it would be an okay thing to wait a bit longer...whenever it happens, it happens. :)
However, on top of all that news today, I think that I have food poisoning too, from something I ate over the weekend. My stomach is Killing me and I feel like I haven't slept in days. It's not good. I'm just trying to eat something of substance, so I've got some sort of energy. I'm hoping that by nightfall, I will be feeling better. Cross your fingers for me.
laters.
Monday, June 23, 2008
We have an another room!
Yay! It's painted and everything. Includes working lights and electrical outlets too. I'm really excited. The electrician came on Saturday and did the finishing work and he's supposed to get back to us about moving the meter and the outlet for the air conditioner. We just need to contact an HVAC person to move the air conditioner. But, everything is looking good.
We are going to start putting the flooring down (for under the carpet) and the lattice that we are going to use on the ceiling is on sale this week, so I think that we'll be pretty well settled in with everything by next week.
I don't know when we'll have the final inspections or anything -- we're kind of waiting for the electrician to call the electrical inspector to find out if he needs a new permit or if we can use the old one. I should have Dad call him tomorrow (b/c he's going on vacation Wed) to see if he found the answer out. Otherwise, I'll have to write a letter or call the inspector to get an extension on the "due date". ha ha.
I'm really ready to empty out the downstairs bedroom and some stuff from upstairs to that room. Then when Jake wants to hang out with people and I'm doing something else, he can hang out downstairs.
Otherwise, nothing much going on. Count down to my vacation: 4 days! woot.
We are going to start putting the flooring down (for under the carpet) and the lattice that we are going to use on the ceiling is on sale this week, so I think that we'll be pretty well settled in with everything by next week.
I don't know when we'll have the final inspections or anything -- we're kind of waiting for the electrician to call the electrical inspector to find out if he needs a new permit or if we can use the old one. I should have Dad call him tomorrow (b/c he's going on vacation Wed) to see if he found the answer out. Otherwise, I'll have to write a letter or call the inspector to get an extension on the "due date". ha ha.
I'm really ready to empty out the downstairs bedroom and some stuff from upstairs to that room. Then when Jake wants to hang out with people and I'm doing something else, he can hang out downstairs.
Otherwise, nothing much going on. Count down to my vacation: 4 days! woot.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
We almost have another room!
The basement has begun to move along nicely since the inspections were finally done at the end of May. In fact, my dad is downstairs right now, sanding the second layer. Then, we can get the finishing parts in there and make everything smooth and nice. The drywall still needs to go on the back side and stuff, but that can be done anytime before the final electrical inspection.
We got the letter regarding the placement of the electrical meter and the air conditioning unit and I'm still not sure what the hell any of it means. I'm hoping that Jake's dad might have more insight into electrical codes for meters and such, but I'm STILL not sure what we have to do to fix it. The letter was incredibly vague (first of all) and second: the idiot at the City sends the letter June 11 and tells us that we have until July 3! to fix it. JULY 3RD!!! Are you fucking kidding me? That's less than 3 weeks from the date that I received the letter -- how the fuck are we supposed to get all of that fixed in three weeks -- especially since the letter says that we have to move the air conditioning unit and the meter? Or something. I'm not really sure to be honest -- like I said, it's really vague, for something so specific.
And on top of that, my dad STILL hasn't called the electrician about it!!! Geez. We've know since the inspection -- if it were me, I would have called right away to find out what the fuck we were supposed do. I'm so frustrated with all of this. If it were just us, we would have just done all this sans permit.
Anyway....
Angrybot.
I have 10 business days left until vacation -- I don't count the weekends, because I don't have to do anything. ha ha.
I have a countdown on my computer at work.
Nothing much else going on. Just here to express my frustration at the whole permit situation in the City of West Allis. :)
We got the letter regarding the placement of the electrical meter and the air conditioning unit and I'm still not sure what the hell any of it means. I'm hoping that Jake's dad might have more insight into electrical codes for meters and such, but I'm STILL not sure what we have to do to fix it. The letter was incredibly vague (first of all) and second: the idiot at the City sends the letter June 11 and tells us that we have until July 3! to fix it. JULY 3RD!!! Are you fucking kidding me? That's less than 3 weeks from the date that I received the letter -- how the fuck are we supposed to get all of that fixed in three weeks -- especially since the letter says that we have to move the air conditioning unit and the meter? Or something. I'm not really sure to be honest -- like I said, it's really vague, for something so specific.
And on top of that, my dad STILL hasn't called the electrician about it!!! Geez. We've know since the inspection -- if it were me, I would have called right away to find out what the fuck we were supposed do. I'm so frustrated with all of this. If it were just us, we would have just done all this sans permit.
Anyway....
Angrybot.
I have 10 business days left until vacation -- I don't count the weekends, because I don't have to do anything. ha ha.
I have a countdown on my computer at work.
Nothing much else going on. Just here to express my frustration at the whole permit situation in the City of West Allis. :)
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