A Shout Out

Just to say Happy Birthday to my cousin Jody(aka: Jode as my oldest likes to refer to her). Today, my little cuz turned 24. Even though she will probably never see this, since she doesn't even know I have this blog, nor does she probably even know what a blog is. Nonetheless, Many happy returns of the day, "Jode"!!!

It's Fall!

And you know what that means? It's time to turn over a new "leaf". What leaf will I turn over? WELL, I'M MAKING A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO STOP YELLING SO MUCH! Especially at my kids. I find myself yelling at them all the time. Many-a times a day. They, too, have picked up on this bad habit and yell at each other a lot. So our home is all too often filled with the unjoyful sounds of yelling. Let's see if we can make this a quiet zone. So what leaf are you going to turn over in your life? Anybody with me in trying to change something about your personality? Or anything about yourself that you don't like and want to change? Leave me a comment and let me know.

This Land

A friend of mine showed this to me the other day. If you haven't seen it, check it out, it's rather amusing. www.jibjab.com

Here are my "blogger's studio" answers...

In response to my hubby (guru7777)'s blog today, here are my answers.

What is your favorite word? yes
What is your least favorite word? no
What turns you on? being made to feel attractive
What turns you off? bad breath
What is your favorite curse word? d@mn it
What sound or noise do you love? rain, while I'm falling asleep
What sound or noise do you hate? the alarm clock
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? acting
What profession would you not like to do? mortitian
If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? “Well done, my good and faithful servant.”

Five Months Already!

I cannot believe it! My baby boy is already 5 months old today! Time is simply flying. Where did my newborn go? Soon he'll be crawling and talking (he's already trying to do these things) and then walking and running, oh, dear! He may be my last baby, and so soon, he's already almost not a baby anymore. Boo Hoo! I love babies. Yes, they are hard work, but I just love the baby stage. It's going away all too quickly!!! I'd post a pic of my cute little man, but stupid photobucket is experiencing difficulties. O well, maybe tomorrow...It's only a day away, ya know! (Yes I was watching Annie tonight.)

Frozen Coffee Drinks

I like 'em, I love 'em, I want some more of 'em.

What a blessing!

I'm just sitting here thinking about what a blessing I have with my 3 kids! They're all so beautiful and healthy and smart. I know I have a short fuse and get frustrated a lot with being a mother, but there are so many people in the world who cannot have children and desperately want them. People who try and try and just can't get pregnant. I was blessed in that I never had any problems in getting pregnant or problems in any of my pregnancies. I delivered three, full-term, healthy babies. With all of the things I have to complain about, this is not one of them. And for that, I am truly thankful!

Bush/Cheney 2004

Go Bush! Yeah!

Oops, I did it again....

O.k. I took back the travel system. I really liked it. It was so nice. But it just doesn't make since to get it when the baby is already almost 5 months old. I just wish I would have gotten it right before or after he was born. O well. I've decided to just get a convertible car seat for now. (well, I'm gonna wait til he can sit up by himself first, so it'll be a couple of months probably). I'm just not looking forward to not being able to carry him around in the carrier anymore. That means if he falls asleep in a restaurant or a store, I'll have to hold him the entire time. Or if he falls asleep in his seat, I'll have to wake him up to get him out. Ugh! It's a lose/lose situation I suppose. Have I mentioned that I'm a moron?

Well, I did it...

I broke down and bought a new travel system for the little man. There are so many things I hate about the old one. The handle is loose and cannot be tightened, the handle is also a pain to put down, the umbrella won't stay up, not to mention that it looks ancient compared to all the other ones you see out and about. Here is a link to the new one I bought. Like it? Am I stupid for buying a new one this late in the game? Should I return it and go with plan B? (buying a convertable car seat and a lightweight stroller?) Let me know, before I continue using the carseat. I hate not being able to make decisions. I HATE that about me. If I'd originally gone with plan B I'm sure I'd be regretting it right now too. arrrrgh! Please let me know what I should do here! I'm a moron!

Unhealthy Obsession!

I love it! I just can't get enough of it. If I'm not doing it, I'm thinking about doing it. It takes over my brain at times. I believe that I may, quite possibly have a mental condition that is causing my obsession with it. What's my problem? I am not normal! I want it all the time!! At all times of the day and night. Some days, it's all I can do not to do it all day long. Though, I do give in to my longing for it on a daily basis, I still do not get it as much as I desire it. I will often get more of it than a lot of people I know. Still, I can't help but want more. It is hard to find the time to do it with three young children who won't give you any "alone" time to do it. I'm sure my bed is getting tired of me doing it there so much. But I just can't get enough sleep! What? What did you think I was referring to? Get your minds out of the gutter, ya sickos! Heehee!

What should I do with my hair?

Maybe I should just shave it all off!! Whadya think? I loved my haircut when I first got it done 3 months ago. But now it's at an awkward stage of growing out where it's difficult to fix without taking a long time on it. Not to mention that I'm not the greatest at doing my own hair as I cannot see the back, and I only have 2 hands. I need a "do" that I don't have to mess around a lot with. Something where I can just wet it down, put some mousse in it and go. The only time I ever had a hair-do that I could do that with is when I had a perm a couple of years ago. That was super easy to do, however, I can't afford to keep it up to where it'll look good, and when it starts growing out, it's a disaster!! I just don't know. Any suggestions?

A Sad Day!

As some of you may know I belong to an online board at www.babycenter.com. I have been somewhat following a story about a baby girl named Allie. (I say somewhat because I haven't read all of the posts about her because it is just too painful to read). Anyway, I woke up this morning and checked babycenter for an update on Allie. The update confirmed my fears. She passed on last night. This news has had me down all day! I get teary-eyed just thinking about it. This poor little baby was born just 9 short months ago and spent about half of her short life in a hospital, undergoing chemotherapy, being in pain, etc. My heart truly goes out to this family. In one of her posts, Jenny, Allie's mother, stated that last mother's day (2003) she found out that she was expecting Allie. This mother's day she had just found out the terrible news that her precious little baby had cancer!! If you are interested in this story, their website is www.scotthousehold.com. Just be prepared to have your heart torn in two as you read about her. It's like a train wreck though, you don't want to see, but you just can't look away. I so badly want to do something in little Allie's memory. I didn't know her personally, but I feel like I did from just reading about her. Please, please pray for the Scott family in dealing with this. On top of going through all of this, Jenny and Andrew are expecting another baby. I don't know exactly when this baby is due, like I said, I haven't read everything, but I've read enough to know this information. I don't understand why the good Lord lets these things happen. I know he has an ultimate plan that we as mere humans cannot fathom it all, and we just have to trust Him. (I know this is easier said than done!) It makes me appreciative of my family and their good health. Please, if you have children, love them a little extra today!!!

Anniversary # 6!

Well, today is my 6th wedding anniversary. We went out to lunch at Spageddies with the family (also in honor of my brother's birthday which is in 2 days and my grandfather's birthday that was on the 1st). After lunch we came home and the girls went outside to play, Pete took a couple hour nap while I fed the baby, then I took a nap too. Then later this evening I took my walk and came home and we ate dinner. Then Pete "played" on the computer while I watched serendipity on TBS. Good movie, I hadn't seen it in a while and had been looking forward to watching it again since I saw a preview for it last week. Now the kids are all asleep and getting ready for school tomorrow. My younger daughter is very excited to be starting preschool tomorrow. The baby will need fed one more time before I hit the hay, so I'll be off to do that shortly. Just thought I should blog about something today. Though I lead a pretty pathetic and boring life so there's not much really to blog about every day. Well, I guess that's it for me as I am very sleepy, though since I had a nap today, I will probably have a difficult time getting to sleep. Ah, such is life, I guess!

It's Fatday, uh, I mean Friday!

I ate Chipotle for dinner tonight with the girlies. I hadn't had one of their burritos in such a long time and I've been craving one for a while. Pete, however, had it for lunch today, so he stayed home with the baby and the girls and I went out for dinner. Tomorrow is a Buckeye football Saturday and Pete will be going over to my brother's house to watch the game, as this has been a tradition every football season for the past few years. Football is always better on a 50" screen. But first, we'll be heading to Hometown Buffet for breakfast with my dad. I love their breakfast bar. I generally don't eat breakfast, but I just really like their breakfast buffet. I don't know what my problem is, I just love to eat! I'm addicted to food. I used to be able to go the whole day on like an apple and 3 saltine crackers or something crazy like that and work out every single day! Not anymore, I just have zero willpower. Of course back then, I did not have 3 kids to take care of and I had a "diet buddy" where we called each other every day and sort of competed as to who ate less and worked out more. It kept me motivated. I don't really have any friends that I can do that with now. And Pete is not interested in dieting right now. I'm also suffering from a bit of depression, and just asked the dr. today at the baby's appointment if there was something I could take for it while I'm still breastfeeding. He's gonna call me on Monday and let me know. I just can't seem to stay motivated. I'll start and be good for like a day, and then I just go back to eating too much. I'm such a loser! And the fact that I'm depressed most of the time doesn't help keep me from binging, kwim? I know, it's no excuse. I need to just do it! I always dread this time of year also, as it starts getting dark between 5:30-6pm. It makes the days seem sooo short and causes me to fall into a deeper depression where all I ever want to do is eat and sleep and nothing else. I also miss being able to go out at least once a week with my hubby. My mom was my babysitter, and took the girls as often as she could (generally every Friday night). She just loved having them around. I guess I kind of took that for granted, now I don't have anyone to take the kids off my hands as often as she would. It's amazing how it has affected my relationship with my hubby. With absolutely no alone time together, we have been drifting apart. But I suppose that is to be expected. Well, enough complaining for me tonight. I'll stop now.

Ready for Preschool

Well we went in Tuesday evening to find out who my younger daughter's preschool teacher will be and it is the same teacher that my older daugher had 3 years ago! We are happy about that. She is getting really excited. She kept asking me today if she was going to preschool today. Nope, she's gotta wait til Monday. She's got new shoes that I told her she had to wait until she goes to school to wear, so that could be part of her excitement. Both my girls are very much "girly girls" and are already way into shoes and clothes. What am I in for?!!! Here's a cute pic of my girlies, the oldest with her brand new spectacles...

Making progress

Well the G/I dr. appt went well. I have to get a couple more "poo" samples to be evaluated. That's always fun times. But the dr. didn't really seem to think there was a reason to be concerned, which is good. I weighed him today on our old school baby scale and it appears that he is over 15 lbs, with his clothes on. So I am hopeful that at his appt on Friday he will be over 15 lbs with his clothes off. I really don't understand how the kid is gaining weight at all when he doesn't eat. I'm not exaggerating when I say that he had maybe 10 oz of fluid yesterday total. Me thinks that if he ate like he should, he would be so fat you wouldn't be able to bend him!!! My hubby guru has my favorite picture of him up on his blog. I'll share a different pic of him here and you can jump over and visit his blog to see the other one. This is a pic of the little man and me. Don't laugh, it's a bad one of me as I am wearing no make-up and I took it myself. (not so easy to do while holding a wiggly baby).

Missin' Mommy

My mom passed away this past January at the young age of 45. She had been pretty sick with diabetes and was in and out of the hospital a lot. Lost a lot of her vision. Just had some major health problems. But she had a heart attack in her sleep and went to be with the Lord. I'm missing her badly today. I came across this poem on the board that I frequent on babycenter and it just got me thinking about her and missing her. Just thought I'd share.

God saw her getting tired,
and a cure was not to be,
so He put His arms around her,
and whispered "Come home to Me."
With tearful eyes we watched her,
and saw her slip away.
Although we loved her dearly,
we could not make her stay.
A young heart stopped beating,
a tireless hand at rest.
God tested our hearts to prove to us,
He only takes the best.