Monday, July 31, 2006
Sleepless in PA
I haven't been sleeping well. It starts with my restless legs preventing me from getting to sleep. Then my back aches or my shoulder hurts or my hand goes numb and wakes me up. I finally took an Ambien Saturday night so I could get some good rest. It knocked me out quickly and gave me some deep sleep that I'd been needing. Sometime during the night, I awoke to Stef laying in my bed next to me, poking my face and whispering "mommy" to me. I vaguely remember taking her to her own bed and sleeping with her for some amount of time. It was getting light when I woke up again and went back to my own bed. I just find it funny that she was there with me for who knows how long, and then she decided it was time for mommy to wake up and pay attention. She's such a doll baby!
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Things I like about me
I don't know if you meant me Elisa, but it's a good blog topic:
-I like my hair. It's full bodied and wavy and a nice color.
-I love my eyes. They're even greener than my mom's eyes.
-I like my sense of humor, even if it's a litte off kilter sometimes.
-I like my commitment factor. When I commit to something or someone, I do so wholeheartedly, even to my own detriment sometimes.
-I like my cute little button-ish nose and am glad Stef inherited it from me.
-I like my hair. It's full bodied and wavy and a nice color.
-I love my eyes. They're even greener than my mom's eyes.
-I like my sense of humor, even if it's a litte off kilter sometimes.
-I like my commitment factor. When I commit to something or someone, I do so wholeheartedly, even to my own detriment sometimes.
-I like my cute little button-ish nose and am glad Stef inherited it from me.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Free half day
My office manager granted all the support staff a free half day of personal time for the summer. Other bigger offices' support staff get every other Friday off but we just can't handle that. The half day is great! I'm leaving at noon today and going home to install my DSL modem and do some sewing. If I have time, I'll do some more yard clean up work too. Yay for boss man!!!!
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Mama Bear Claws
I am so mad at my sister-in-law that I don't think it would be wise for me to even attempt speaking to her for several months. I'm really pretty darned sure that she coached her two daughters (ages 7&9) to ignore Stefanie. The last time they were together was about a month ago at Grandpop's house. SIL wasn't along for that trip and the girls all played together very nicely. This past Sunday, we were all together before the circus that Grandpop was taking us to and not only did SIL completely ignore Stef, but the girls did too. They didn't even say Hi to her. At one point, the girls were playing the "hand sandwich" game and Stef very timidly tried to be included, putting her little hands at the edge of the table they were playing on. Instead of adding Stef's hands to the pile, they moved their game further away where Stef couldn't reach. The hurt look in Stef's eyes was too much for me. I know it's just the first of many hurts she will have but I really had hoped she wouldn't have to worry about being hurt like that by her own family. What a bitch! Steve told me that while I was in the bathroom with Stef, one of the girls asked "So, we're all Jones's here?" Her mother said "Yes. Daddy and Uncle Steve and Grandpop are all Jones's . You two are Jones's. I'm a Jones by marriage. And Aunt Terri and Stefanie are Jones's by marriage". WTF!?! Stef is only a Jones by marriage??? (last names changed to protect against google searches)
I've been stewing about this for 3 days now. My sister has helped me get over it with the following: Wow, what a bitch. It must suck to be that miserable all the time. It's GOT to suck to be her and she has to be with herself 24/7.
On to a more serious note: My FIL had a toumour in his bladder checked out yesterday. The doc is pretty sure it's malignent. He has to go back next month for more tests and another surgery. He's pretty upset (understandably) and could use all the extra prayers he can get. More on that as I know more.
I've been stewing about this for 3 days now. My sister has helped me get over it with the following: Wow, what a bitch. It must suck to be that miserable all the time. It's GOT to suck to be her and she has to be with herself 24/7.
On to a more serious note: My FIL had a toumour in his bladder checked out yesterday. The doc is pretty sure it's malignent. He has to go back next month for more tests and another surgery. He's pretty upset (understandably) and could use all the extra prayers he can get. More on that as I know more.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
zzzzzzzzzzzz
If I don't get to go to bed at a decent hour tonight (and by that I mean 9 or 9:30pm) I'm gonna turn into a permanent zombie. Steve's union at Kellogg's got some new free benefits and the dude came over last night to go over it all and get our signatures. The appt was for 8:30, but Steve didn't get there til 8:40 or 8:45. The appt was only supposed to last 20-25 minutes. It was almost 11 stinking oclock til dude left! Then we still had to get the trash together for trash night and clean up the supper dishes. This truly is a full moon week. I'll be under my desk napping in case anybody is looking for me this afternoon.
Monday, July 10, 2006
We interrupt this history lesson for the following current news
I don't have the energy right now to finish the BIL story but have things to share, so he'll just have to wait.
Steve was on call this weekend, which means he has to get up and go open the pool weekend mornings, then go close it again every night. While he was off doing that Saturday morning, I cleaned up the house. It's not clean by some people's standards, but I at least got all the floors vac'd & mopped, and the kitchen counters cleaned. The carpet dude came to fix the seam that was coming up. When Steve got home, we all ate lunch, then he had to run for an emergency call. So Stef & I went to the backyard and worked/played. She was in the baby pool and the sand table while I finished laying the pavers we bought LAST spring to extend our patio. No grass grows there anyway, so we may as well make it a usable space. It felt really really good to get that project as done as it can be until we buy more pavers. The patio looks better already.
We knew that my neice Sarah was singing with Shawn's band Freznel Lenz later that night so we hurried supper and got ready to go. Nobody seemed to know for sure if it started at 7 or 7:30, so we planned on 7. We had to go pick up my mom to bring her along. On the way, I called Von to confirm the start time (she was at the location by then) but it was 7:30! Crap! That meant we would have to go back and get the Vue and drive separately so Steve could leave to close the pool at 8. It all worked out well anyway. He didn't miss any of Sarah's performances. She only sings 3 songs with them for now.
Well Sarah was magnificent! What a voice! Even Steve commented about how well she'd done. We all really enjoyed the whole concert. Stef had refused her nap that day so I was worried how she'd behave, but she was totally into the music, dancing & running around. Couldn't have been better!
When Sarah went up for her 2nd & 3rd songs in the second set, Stef was calling for her like she didn't see her leave "Howsh? Howsh?" (we have no idea how Sarah became Howsh but that's what Stef calls her) I got Stef to follow my finger and she finally saw that Sarah was up on the stage. "Howsh!!! Howsh!!!" So I took her up closer to the stage. She just danced her little heart out thru both songs. Sarah even waved to her at one point but almost lost her place in the song, so didn't do that again. It was just SO darned cute! Sarah has her first groupie!!!
Shawn commented that Sarah performed better then than she had the previous 2 gigs. I know my grandfather is smiling down from Heaven seeing how Sarah's talent is developing, especially with this Christian rock band for now.
So it was great Saturday! Except.....Steve noticed water in the basement floor before we went to the concert. The less-than-6-yr-old water heater is rusted out and leaking slowly all over the basement! Sunovahutt!!! Sunday started out the same with him going to open the pool then going to buy a new water heater. I was lazy and just sat around with Stef and read the Sunday newspaper. I should have started the laundry but at least I got my shower before he came back and shut off the water. Steve has never worked with gas before but was assured that it was a pretty easy swap/install. In getting the old one out, he saw that the nipples were unable to be reused, so he had to run out and get new ones, along with some other pipes & stuff, most of which can now be returned. Meanwhile he had another emergency call. Stef was working on a 3-1/2 hr nap. I was doing some trimming in the yard. Finally at 6pm I woke Stef up so she'd go to sleep that night. I helped where I could in the basement, cleaned up water when I couldn't help, and chased Stef up and down the stairs too many times to count. I got her fed & to bed late (like 9:30pm) then came back down to see if we had hot water yet. No. But at least it's all hooked up so we have cold water again. Steve couldn't figure out why the burner wasn't coming on. He checked with a co-worker and apparently we need 3" exhause pipes instead of the 2" pipes from the old water heater. Okay, easy enough to do, but meanwhile I have a dishwasher full and 4 loads of laundry waiting, not to mention Stef's bath & Steve's shower.
We finally went to bed around 11:30pm but just then, a storm hit. Of course the thunder woke Stef and I had to go comfort her for about 45 minutes. At 12:15 I finally hit my own pillow but couldn't close my eyes! I know better than to drink coke with caffeine after lunch time but ignored that rule then paid for it for about another 2 hours of sleeplessness. So I'm really tired today, but still have to go for groceries & hopefully get some laundry & dishes done tonight. Ugh.
Steve was on call this weekend, which means he has to get up and go open the pool weekend mornings, then go close it again every night. While he was off doing that Saturday morning, I cleaned up the house. It's not clean by some people's standards, but I at least got all the floors vac'd & mopped, and the kitchen counters cleaned. The carpet dude came to fix the seam that was coming up. When Steve got home, we all ate lunch, then he had to run for an emergency call. So Stef & I went to the backyard and worked/played. She was in the baby pool and the sand table while I finished laying the pavers we bought LAST spring to extend our patio. No grass grows there anyway, so we may as well make it a usable space. It felt really really good to get that project as done as it can be until we buy more pavers. The patio looks better already.
We knew that my neice Sarah was singing with Shawn's band Freznel Lenz later that night so we hurried supper and got ready to go. Nobody seemed to know for sure if it started at 7 or 7:30, so we planned on 7. We had to go pick up my mom to bring her along. On the way, I called Von to confirm the start time (she was at the location by then) but it was 7:30! Crap! That meant we would have to go back and get the Vue and drive separately so Steve could leave to close the pool at 8. It all worked out well anyway. He didn't miss any of Sarah's performances. She only sings 3 songs with them for now.
Well Sarah was magnificent! What a voice! Even Steve commented about how well she'd done. We all really enjoyed the whole concert. Stef had refused her nap that day so I was worried how she'd behave, but she was totally into the music, dancing & running around. Couldn't have been better!
When Sarah went up for her 2nd & 3rd songs in the second set, Stef was calling for her like she didn't see her leave "Howsh? Howsh?" (we have no idea how Sarah became Howsh but that's what Stef calls her) I got Stef to follow my finger and she finally saw that Sarah was up on the stage. "Howsh!!! Howsh!!!" So I took her up closer to the stage. She just danced her little heart out thru both songs. Sarah even waved to her at one point but almost lost her place in the song, so didn't do that again. It was just SO darned cute! Sarah has her first groupie!!!
Shawn commented that Sarah performed better then than she had the previous 2 gigs. I know my grandfather is smiling down from Heaven seeing how Sarah's talent is developing, especially with this Christian rock band for now.
So it was great Saturday! Except.....Steve noticed water in the basement floor before we went to the concert. The less-than-6-yr-old water heater is rusted out and leaking slowly all over the basement! Sunovahutt!!! Sunday started out the same with him going to open the pool then going to buy a new water heater. I was lazy and just sat around with Stef and read the Sunday newspaper. I should have started the laundry but at least I got my shower before he came back and shut off the water. Steve has never worked with gas before but was assured that it was a pretty easy swap/install. In getting the old one out, he saw that the nipples were unable to be reused, so he had to run out and get new ones, along with some other pipes & stuff, most of which can now be returned. Meanwhile he had another emergency call. Stef was working on a 3-1/2 hr nap. I was doing some trimming in the yard. Finally at 6pm I woke Stef up so she'd go to sleep that night. I helped where I could in the basement, cleaned up water when I couldn't help, and chased Stef up and down the stairs too many times to count. I got her fed & to bed late (like 9:30pm) then came back down to see if we had hot water yet. No. But at least it's all hooked up so we have cold water again. Steve couldn't figure out why the burner wasn't coming on. He checked with a co-worker and apparently we need 3" exhause pipes instead of the 2" pipes from the old water heater. Okay, easy enough to do, but meanwhile I have a dishwasher full and 4 loads of laundry waiting, not to mention Stef's bath & Steve's shower.
We finally went to bed around 11:30pm but just then, a storm hit. Of course the thunder woke Stef and I had to go comfort her for about 45 minutes. At 12:15 I finally hit my own pillow but couldn't close my eyes! I know better than to drink coke with caffeine after lunch time but ignored that rule then paid for it for about another 2 hours of sleeplessness. So I'm really tired today, but still have to go for groceries & hopefully get some laundry & dishes done tonight. Ugh.
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