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| 07:13pm 02/12/2009 |
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Babies badly burned by iron: 1
I am not putting her down for the entire rest of her life the week. |
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| 09:51am 02/12/2009 |
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Oops I forgot to post this, I totally meant to. This is one of my favorite pictures of all time.
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| 07:35pm 30/11/2009 |
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Today was shit.
I am so mad at Ty that I don't know what to do.
I hate this. |
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| 03:33pm 29/11/2009 |
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We had a really good Thanksgiving weekend. I am so sad that it is almost over.
( some pictures from Thanksgiving )
I am so glad that my kids already have a real live pet rat so they do not feel any particular need for those Zhu Zhu pets. There is no way I am paying $40 on ebay for something that costs $8 in the store. |
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| 11:26pm 26/11/2009 |
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I was right and nobody made me take off my slippers. Until it was time to go home and I walked outside and there was rain and wetness everywhere. And now I am sitting here with cold wet feet and soggy slippers in the hallway. LAME.
Stupid weather.
I think I may have consumed an entire house. Possibly with a family inside, I'm not sure.
I am sleepy but I don't want to go to sleep.
How the HELL is it 11:22 already?
I am going to enjoy my morning tomorrow by not getting up at 4 am to shove through hoards of cussing buttholes in order to get my hands on the last obsolete giant TV for 40% off or whatever. |
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| 09:54am 26/11/2009 |
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I got new slippers and you can't make me take them off.
Ha!
Happy Thanksgiving my LJ friends. ♥ |
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| 09:12am 25/11/2009 |
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| 09:39pm 23/11/2009 |
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I often think about past conversations and wonder why did I say that???
Then I feel like a bug. |
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| 11:29am 23/11/2009 |
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I forgot to post something that I thought was significant.
I think we have a good lawyer.
He asked me about my occupation in the following way: "Do you work outside the home?"
Do you work outside the home is a question from someone who understands that working is not limited to a job you get paid for.
I am always thankful for that kind of acknowledgment.
On that note, I'm off to finish straightening and start the laundry.
Oh, I have to take my camera to the shop today or tomorrow. I'm worried :( |
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| 02:50pm 20/11/2009 |
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All my posts lately seem to just be thought-diarrhea. Gross analogy :[
I'm getting us all ready to FOAO* tonight at Silver Bells.
I am thinking long underwear for all the kids, then their clothes, then coats/hats/gloves. That way, when we are all done, we can just take their coats and clothes off to put them in the car - they will fall asleep on the way home and POOF - asleep in their long underwear which are as good as pajamas in my book!
I was hoping it would be cold enough to snow but there is no hope of that. Cold rain is the worst :(
Well, Dominic just came in to tell me that Aria is "ignoying" him. Hahaha. The funny thing is that is exactly what he meant - "She is annoying because she won't TALK to me!"
Aria's bus was 45 minutes late today. I thought I was going to die from the worry. Even after I called the bus garage about 30 minutes in - they said that her bus was running late but was right down the street - and then it took another 15 minutes for her to get here!
Last night was Dominic's Thanksgiving Feast with the preschool. I made a stuffed turkey and carrots. It turned out ok :) It's always fun to get all the preschool people together in one place. The kids are all so cute and fun.
I am irritated with how much I suck at LJ lately.
*freeze our asses off |
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| 09:04am 17/11/2009 |
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I will probably offend someone with this, but it's been on my mind a lot with deer season and lots of men being out hunting and whatnot. I promise this isn't a response to anything anyone specifically said, since I can't recall anyone on my FL saying this, but I've heard it a lot of other places . . .
It annoys me when married moms say they will be "a single parent" for x days.
Even when Ty is gone, I am not a single parent. I have his paycheck, his cell phone number, his love, and his support whether he is here with me or not. Real single parents don't have all that.
I feel like it's disrespectful to act like the only difficult thing single parents do is parent without another adult physically present. I have no idea what it is really like to be a single parent, and I hope I never do. There is a lot more to it than just he is not here right now.
Which is not to say that having him gone is not hard. It is. It's just not the same thing. |
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| 11:12am 16/11/2009 |
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So I've been not-so-good with being careful with what I eat and counting calories and whatnot. I was kind of terrified to step on the wii fit. I hadn't done it for 62 days apparently. Since September 15. I was so afraid to see how many millions of pounds I packed on.
Well, it was a whopping .4. Four tenths of a pound. I'm not even embarrassed to talk about numbers. I weigh 139 pounds. Down from 184 in April. I have been maintaining! I've achieved my goal, it looks like anyway. I have not gone overboard, even without keeping an eye on it every single day. I feel so happy right now.
The wii fit says my ideal weight is 129. I'm going to try to exercise more to see if I can get closer to that. But overall, I am pretty happy with what I weigh and how I feel.
We got the wii fit plus which is really neat - I can weigh the cats lol.
I don't know, I'm just really excited at the prospect of not having to try SUPER EXTRA HARD all the time. Just semi-trying kept me maintaining. Yay :) |
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| when you're a kid and you wanna go "weeeee" but you ain't got drugs yet |
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| 12:55am 13/11/2009 |
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For some reason the phrase "gonads and strife" popped into my head this evening.
So now Ty is watching all these horrible old internet videos (REALLY HORRIBLE) like from threebrain and magic butter. He is LHAO (haha look what I did) but I can't watch this stuff without feeling this queasy beer-and-smoke in my stomach blech. I could hardly stomach this stuff back then. Especially magic butter. EW. If you do not know what I am talking about, I advise you to not go looking.
This is hilarious. My browser underlines "internet" like it is a spelling mistake. I guess Internet is a proper noun? Really? I did not know that.
This is the most pointless post ever.
Except how Aria wrote this today on a piece of paper:
My KLaS IS WuNDrFaL . . . so cute! I am going to get her 1 million crayons tomorrow as a reward for her writing efforts. |
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| 01:39pm 06/11/2009 |
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First things first - pictures from Halloween:
( I put these on FB already )
I made pumpkin bread yesterday and I'm debating making almond poppy seed bread OR tart cherry almond bread. I am also debating being 400 pounds. Haha. No, I think I'm going to make stuff for Ty to take into work or something because I feel like baking but I don't feel like having something around that I have to pretend isn't there. I made Ty put the Halloween candy in his car. I cannot stay away from it. I am pathetic.
I remember someone once (can't remember who) asking me if, as a stay-at-home mom, Friday means nothing to me. Well, Friday is awesome. I may not GO to work, but my job is a heck of a lot easier when Ty doesn't either. That is an extra adult which means I might actually get to shower or go to the bathroom in peace. Not to mention actually spending time with him. An extra bonus would be not waking up for school or anything else (except ballet which isn't until 10:45). So TGIF. I love Saturday. I would not mind having 5 or 6 Saturdays in a row.
The other night, Ty was making dinner and Aria came up to him and said, "Daddy - I hate to burst your bubble, but . . . I'm STARVING." hahahahahahaha ridiculous.
Next Thursday they start practicing for the Christmas pageant at church. It sounded horrible at first - it's at 6:15 and because we have choir on Thursdays, I was thinking we would basically be there ALL NIGHT LONG. Which we will be. But they will do dinner at church, so I don't have to worry about it. Saves me all kinds of hassle. And if they go earlier, I don't have to worry about them being so tired in the car on the way there that they might fall asleep (pre-8:00 sleep is the DEVIL around here). Thursdays are a nightmare as it is, so it might as well be busier, I don't care.
Luisa is wearing the Spiderman costume I got yesterday at Meijer for super cheap. We call her Spidergoo when she wears it. It has the fake muscles and everything and looks HILARIOUS. I got that and a race car costume yesterday because I have 1 million ballerina and/or fairy and/or princess dress up things, but I need more stuff Dominic can play with. All he has is a cowboy costume. He used to like wearing the Cinderella dress, but it's falling apart. He doesn't like any of the other girly stuff. |
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| 05:15pm 29/10/2009 |
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I had no idea I would be going to the Country Mill so much this year! But both Aria and Dominic's classes had field trips there. I'm not complaining!
So today we finally had 3 pumpkins to carve! Luisa actually told me she wanted a "suprised" face. She didn't say the word exactly, but I'm pretty sure that is what she was telling me (I did prompt her by asking). So cute! Aria drew her own face, but Dominic isn't quite there yet :P He can run and jump and hit a baseball with the best of them, but his fine motor skills are a little lacking.
Anyway, here are my little ( 'weeners ) |
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| 05:46pm 27/10/2009 |
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Aria's got a fever and a cough and says her throat hurts. She seemed really sick yesterday. The rest of us are ok.
Earlier, like 1-2 weeks ago, Ty had a bad sickness where he had a HORRIBLE sore throat and cough. I've heard the horrible sore throat thing has been going along with the H1N1, but none of the rest of us got sick when he did.
Do you think either of them has/had the swine flu? I wish I could just know because then I wouldn't have to worry about it.
I have some sort of volcanic zit forming on my forehead. It looks like I am growing a horn. When I said something to Ty about it he said, "I just pretended not to notice." LOL.
I also have the worst baby ever.
And finally, in conclusion,
ah ha ha haaaa |
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| 09:32pm 25/10/2009 |
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I just got rid of everything that does not fit me RIGHT NOW. PHEW now all my clothes actually fit in the drawers.
I've been doing laundry like crazy today, because it JUST NEVER ENDS. I always tell myself that I need to do it every day, but of course I never do. I think it is really because I don't actually have to do it every day - more like every other day. I am way better at remembering things I have to do every day (eat, etc) than things I do not have to do every day (shower, etc. I'm gross :P)
I took the kids to see Cathy Ryan today. I'd never heard of her before, but Carin & Jim & Clara had tickets that they couldn't use and it was a kids' thing, so the big kids & I used their tickets. I liked the music, and the kids did, too. Dominic just isn't always great at sitting still. Plus he was really tired. He kept being WILD in his seat, but I guess the people around me thought he was cute (HAHA) so it was not a big deal. I wanted to tie him up though!
Next week is going to be SO busy with Halloween parties, a field trip (AGAIN) to the Country Mill, and actual Halloween. And maybe we will go to Boo at the Zoo at some point and maybe we will go to the Impression 5 thing on the 30th. I don't know. But the kids are going to be wearing their costumes a LOT this week. I still need to finish Dominic's. Aria's is almost done (I need to spray paint her crown & practice her face makeup - she is a "princess zombie"). Dominic is going to be a football player. I need to fix his pants and get decals for his helmet. Luisa and Clara are going to be little pink fairies. Carin made all the girls' costumes and they are 100% pure awesome. Dominic's will be awesome, too, because it will make him so happy :)
I love how whenever facebook changes anything, there is OPEN REVOLT and like 236329473289432 "TURN FACEBOOK BACK TO NORMAL" groups for people to join until everyone gets used to whatever changed. Then it's all groovy until they change something else. |
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| 10:28pm 22/10/2009 |
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Yesterday...I made...mushroom turnovers.
Can you think of anything better? No.
Aria has her first girl scout meeting tonight. She is so excited. I just hope her scout leader is good. That makes all the difference. I know what part I'm excited about . . . samoas. Anyway, I honestly have no idea what to expect, I'm not even sure if I'm supposed to stay or not. I'm planning on it. I guess I'll take my knitting just in case.
Dominic's class took a field trip to the Country Mill today. It was kind of scary because I had Isabelle and Luisa and Dominic - they are all so little/independent/fearless. Luckily, some of the preschool kids had both parents there, so there were extra people to help take hands. And I actually remembered my babyhawk. I felt better while talking to the teacher about how Dominic got lost last time we went - she said she lost her son in the orchard when he was there with preschool. I know it happens to other people, but it's always nice to know for sure that it's happened to more responsible people :P
On the other hand, I was a huge failure because I usually pick Aria up from school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I knew I would not be home, so I told Ty to go pick Aria up FROM THE BUS STOP (she gets dropped off at our house whenever she takes the bus home), and I forgot to send a note to her teacher. Aria's teacher called me before the bus left and Aria got on okay. Except they had a substitute bus driver who got lost and she ended up being 30 minutes late (a very scary feeling when things plans are already confusing and weird).
This morning, I woke up to a little voice saying "Kay-y . . . Kay-y" I opened my eyes and there were these big blue Baby Goo eyes right in my face. I said, "are you calling me Kelly?" She said, "Yes. Mama." Then she said, "Potty." So I took her & she went.
She is starting to say things and mean them. Like when she says she is "HUNGY" and wants "PEEZA" (oops). Oh and "Moys" which is what Aria used to say when she wanted more. It's fun to see where she takes after her siblings and where she is just totally different than either of them (mostly it's that). I wonder what she's going to be like. She plays with more of Dominic's toys than Aria ever did but I wonder if she is just copying him. The other day, she was driving a car on a football.
On the other hand, I could do without the "MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE" I'm hearing at the moment.
------I have a bad habit lately of writing entries and then not posting them until way later. It's annoying me!-----
The girl scout thing was great. There are only 3 girls so far, but the leader is trying to get more. The girls got along well :) The leader is a new leader and it's a new troop I guess. Troop #44. Cute. I have to go get her a little daisy scout apron. One of the other moms is actually a mom of a girl who graduated with Emily. She has a 25 year old, a 19 year old, and a 5 year old. I like hanging out with older moms. They have so much experience to share, and yet it's so great to be able to relate to things that are still a mystery, even after years and years of motherhood. It makes everything more and less scary at the same time.
Honestly, I would never have encouraged her to join girl scouts, but she was just SO excited about it. And I really do think she'll have fun. It's good to have activities outside of school, and I love the focus on personal responsibility and whatnot.
Emily turns 26 in 10 minutes. Happy Birthday Emily! We miss you ♥ |
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| 09:51pm 19/10/2009 |
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Elizabeth reminded me that I forgot to post about how Dominic's appointment went.
He is amazing. He did so well. He did not have to be held down at all. He didn't cry at all for the first couple shots, but he was pretty much losing it at the end (he needed something like 15 or so! I can't blame him at all). I was sneaking him M&Ms and he was watching the portable DVD player we borrowed from my parents and the Cars movie we also borrowed. Dominic had his little mini Lightning McQueen which is one of his favorite possessions but it was heartbreaking because he couldn't hold it - his hand hurt too much (he had 3 on one hand and a ton on the other).
Like I said, though, he did amazing and even the doctor was impressed. He got to pick out a little monster truck toy from the box but he couldn't play with it because he couldn't move his hands :(
I let him sit with the DVD player on his lap on the way home, and we just drove around a bit so he would be sitting and resting but also distracted. Then we got him ice cream.
I know we were totally indulgent but it was a nightmare for him. It's impossible for something like that to not be traumatic I think. I've been keeping band-aids on him for the whole weekend, but today, I haven't been replacing them as they fall off. His spots still look horrible, but they need some air so they can scab over.
He's got school tomorrow and he's definitely still favoring the one hand, so I will have to make sure his teacher knows that it might be hard for him to color/draw/eat. He's getting better though, and it doesn't seem to have slowed him down much.
I also took my band-aid off today. My finger is very gross. Because the wart I had was growing under my fingernail, and because I had had it removed 4 times already, and because it was clearly pretty deep, I have a fairly sizable portion of finger that IS NO MORE. I don't think my finger will ever look the same again. It's sad. Graphic description ahead ---- you can see the layers of skin that got burnt away in like a black, charred ring pattern. The burn goes really deep - past the bed of my fingernail, so you can see below where the fingernail comes out. It's really really gross. About 1/5 or so of my fingernail had to go, too. I'd post a picture, but you would barf - it looks like a zombie finger.
The cute part is I called mine my zombie finger and now Dominic has been referring to his "zombie hand." :)
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