I asked some of the yaya's yesterday in chat, but let's see what the rest of you think. MIL told me and Steve that she thinks Stef is getting very friendly with strangers lately and she wants to know how we want her to handle it - because there are so many creeps and pervs out there.
I had to ask for clearer clarification as to what she meant by "very friendly". She said, "Well, she's going up and talking to the kids more now. And she's been talking to the parents and adults more lately too" (I'll have to assume she means at Gymbo class or storytime) I could tell by the look on her face as she was saying it that she could hear just how ridiculous it sounded. I mean, come on. My 2 yr old is talking to kids **GASP** and their parents in a familiar, controlled, supervised environment.
Steve and I talked about it last night. His point to his mom was "well aren't YOU watching her? you're supposed to be right there with her at Gymbo and storytime" I haven't actually responded back to her yet other than "let me think on it and talk to Steve" I totally agree with arming Stef with protective information. But we both agree Stef is too young to understand that stuff yet. I plan to teach her about not allowing anybody to touch her private parts, but I really think we should wait til after she's potty trained or she'll be yelling at US for wiping her at diaper changes.
What do you all think?
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
questionaire
1. FIRST NAME. Terri
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My great-aunt's middle name was Tressa, so my mom borrowed the spelling a little bit for Terrisa and my grandmother's and aunt's middle name is also my middle name.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? When I dropped Stef off with MIL this morning
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? usually
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? honey ham
6. KIDS? 3 if you count the furbabies (I do)
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? absolutely
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Just this blog
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? all the time
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Nope
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Not only no, but Hell no !
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Apple Cinnamon Cheerios
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Yes, emotionally for what I've lived thru and physically fairly strong (I came in 2nd place in the Basewide Arm Wrestling competition/females category in 1993)
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Reese's PB Cup (Breyer's brand)
16. SHOE SIZE? 9-1/2
17. RED OR PINK? pink
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? my weight
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? living - my friend Judy from B'more; passed - my grandparents
20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Don't matter I love these no matter what
21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? black pants black shoes.
22.WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? shredded wheat with banana on top and skim milk
23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? 101 WROZ
24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? purple
25. What is your FAVORITE SMELL? hyacinth
26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? I don't even remember - probably a client, but maybe a co-worker
27. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? smile
28. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yes :)
29. Favorite drink? hot chocolate - Swiss Miss Fat Free Marshmallow Lovers
30. FAVORITE SPORT? none really
31. EYE COLOR? green
32 DO YOU EMBRACE THE NEW TECHNOLOGY? yes
33. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? I used to but my allergies are too bad now, so it's just glasses
34. FAVORITE FOOD? chocolate
35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Happy
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? ummm - some DVD we got for Christmas.....I can't remember
37. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? brown with a black jacket
38. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer
39. HUGS OR KISSES? hugs
40. FAVORITE DESSERT? Pellman's peanut butter pie
41. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? All yaya's likely will do this, we're freaks.
42. Least LIKELY TO RESPOND? anyone who already did it.
43. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Star Wars (of course) Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines
44. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? our Christmas family picture
45. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Deal or No Deal and the beginning of Heroes
46. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Stef's laughter
47. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles!
48. THE FURTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Panama or Germany - not sure which is further away
49. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I can sew
50. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? 1965 Columbia PA
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My great-aunt's middle name was Tressa, so my mom borrowed the spelling a little bit for Terrisa and my grandmother's and aunt's middle name is also my middle name.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? When I dropped Stef off with MIL this morning
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? usually
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? honey ham
6. KIDS? 3 if you count the furbabies (I do)
7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? absolutely
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Just this blog
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? all the time
10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Nope
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Not only no, but Hell no !
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Apple Cinnamon Cheerios
13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Yes, emotionally for what I've lived thru and physically fairly strong (I came in 2nd place in the Basewide Arm Wrestling competition/females category in 1993)
15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Reese's PB Cup (Breyer's brand)
16. SHOE SIZE? 9-1/2
17. RED OR PINK? pink
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? my weight
19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? living - my friend Judy from B'more; passed - my grandparents
20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Don't matter I love these no matter what
21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? black pants black shoes.
22.WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? shredded wheat with banana on top and skim milk
23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? 101 WROZ
24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? purple
25. What is your FAVORITE SMELL? hyacinth
26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? I don't even remember - probably a client, but maybe a co-worker
27. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? smile
28. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yes :)
29. Favorite drink? hot chocolate - Swiss Miss Fat Free Marshmallow Lovers
30. FAVORITE SPORT? none really
31. EYE COLOR? green
32 DO YOU EMBRACE THE NEW TECHNOLOGY? yes
33. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? I used to but my allergies are too bad now, so it's just glasses
34. FAVORITE FOOD? chocolate
35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Happy
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? ummm - some DVD we got for Christmas.....I can't remember
37. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? brown with a black jacket
38. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer
39. HUGS OR KISSES? hugs
40. FAVORITE DESSERT? Pellman's peanut butter pie
41. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? All yaya's likely will do this, we're freaks.
42. Least LIKELY TO RESPOND? anyone who already did it.
43. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Star Wars (of course) Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines
44. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? our Christmas family picture
45. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Deal or No Deal and the beginning of Heroes
46. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Stef's laughter
47. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles!
48. THE FURTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Panama or Germany - not sure which is further away
49. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I can sew
50. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? 1965 Columbia PA
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Mary
I'm feeling quite disturbed by this story. Meredith - the only reason I thought of you when I heard this is because of foster care. Anyway, here goes...
My 14 yr old neice Sarah has a best friend, Mary, 15 yrs old. A few weeks ago, Mary's little sister came to my sister's house around 6am asking her to please call the police because her dad was beating Mary all night long. Of course my sister called. They came and put the dad in jail and took Mary out of the home. Turns out, he'd beat her with a belt for 2 hours and she had cuts all over her legs from it. Not knowing that the police would do so, Sarah gave her digital camera to the little sister to take pictures of Mary's injuries.
After my sister spoke to a detective on the phone, she explained about the camera and that Sarah was afraid to call or go down there to get it back. The detective assured her that it should be okay, so Sarah called and asked if they could come get the camera back. After the little sister said it would be okay, that they could do a drive-by pick-up, the mom got on the phone. She doesn't speak English very well (the whole family are naturalized citizens originally from Egypt) but kept asking Sarah "Why you mom call police have my daughter taken away?" Sarah simply told her she wouldn't discuss it with her (yay Sarah).
Then they drove down to get the camera. Well, here comes the mom and she started in on my sister with the same line. She ended up having to have the little sister come out and translate the conversation. Poor little thing (11 yrs old I think) was terrified. My sister's answer was simply "Because your husband was beating on her with a belt. I did what you should have done. I protected your daughter. You should be ashamed of yourself" At first the mom denied even knowing about the beating, which was a total lie because it was the mom who told the dad that Mary had been talking to a boy on the phone, knowing full well he'd beat her for it. Then she changed her story saying, "He no hurt her bad. Just a little; here (pointing to her butt)" My sister asked her to explain the cuts on her legs then. "Well, no bad. Just a little. He had to or Mary end up pregnant at 16" (Gee - if I'd know THAT'S how you get pg, I wouldn't be wasting all this time and money on infertility treatments!!!) The conversation just kept going in the same cirlces, so they took the camera and drove off.
Meanwhile, Sarah found out that the dad was threatening to shave off all Mary's hair and slice her face up and if he couldn't do it, he'd send her back to Egypt so they could do it there. He made bail and was talking about taking the whole family back to Egypt. My sister passed that info on to the detective.
As disturbing as all that is, last night put the icing on the cake. I was at my sister's for my monthly massage and Sarah was on the phone in the kitchen when we came downstairs. She's not what you could call a quiet talker so we overheard everything she said. The first thing we hear is "You went all the way?!?!?!? Ewwwwwwwww! With Kevin??!!?? Dude! You've only known him for 3 months!" So my sister went into the kitchen and quietly asked Sarah about it. She confirmed that it was Mary and that she did indeed say she went all the way. My sister asked if she had at least used protection. Sarah mouthed "probably not". My sister came back in to talk to me and said that was the only thing she didn't like about Mary, how boy-crazy she always was. Apparently her parents had something real to worry about with her, but tried to resolve it in all the wrong ways. The last thing I heard from Sarah was "NO! I do NOT want to know what it felt like" at which point my sister went back to talk to Sarah some more. As I was going out the door, I heard "I won't, mom! I'm not stoooopid!"
Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Just plain disturbing.
My 14 yr old neice Sarah has a best friend, Mary, 15 yrs old. A few weeks ago, Mary's little sister came to my sister's house around 6am asking her to please call the police because her dad was beating Mary all night long. Of course my sister called. They came and put the dad in jail and took Mary out of the home. Turns out, he'd beat her with a belt for 2 hours and she had cuts all over her legs from it. Not knowing that the police would do so, Sarah gave her digital camera to the little sister to take pictures of Mary's injuries.
After my sister spoke to a detective on the phone, she explained about the camera and that Sarah was afraid to call or go down there to get it back. The detective assured her that it should be okay, so Sarah called and asked if they could come get the camera back. After the little sister said it would be okay, that they could do a drive-by pick-up, the mom got on the phone. She doesn't speak English very well (the whole family are naturalized citizens originally from Egypt) but kept asking Sarah "Why you mom call police have my daughter taken away?" Sarah simply told her she wouldn't discuss it with her (yay Sarah).
Then they drove down to get the camera. Well, here comes the mom and she started in on my sister with the same line. She ended up having to have the little sister come out and translate the conversation. Poor little thing (11 yrs old I think) was terrified. My sister's answer was simply "Because your husband was beating on her with a belt. I did what you should have done. I protected your daughter. You should be ashamed of yourself" At first the mom denied even knowing about the beating, which was a total lie because it was the mom who told the dad that Mary had been talking to a boy on the phone, knowing full well he'd beat her for it. Then she changed her story saying, "He no hurt her bad. Just a little; here (pointing to her butt)" My sister asked her to explain the cuts on her legs then. "Well, no bad. Just a little. He had to or Mary end up pregnant at 16" (Gee - if I'd know THAT'S how you get pg, I wouldn't be wasting all this time and money on infertility treatments!!!) The conversation just kept going in the same cirlces, so they took the camera and drove off.
Meanwhile, Sarah found out that the dad was threatening to shave off all Mary's hair and slice her face up and if he couldn't do it, he'd send her back to Egypt so they could do it there. He made bail and was talking about taking the whole family back to Egypt. My sister passed that info on to the detective.
As disturbing as all that is, last night put the icing on the cake. I was at my sister's for my monthly massage and Sarah was on the phone in the kitchen when we came downstairs. She's not what you could call a quiet talker so we overheard everything she said. The first thing we hear is "You went all the way?!?!?!? Ewwwwwwwww! With Kevin??!!?? Dude! You've only known him for 3 months!" So my sister went into the kitchen and quietly asked Sarah about it. She confirmed that it was Mary and that she did indeed say she went all the way. My sister asked if she had at least used protection. Sarah mouthed "probably not". My sister came back in to talk to me and said that was the only thing she didn't like about Mary, how boy-crazy she always was. Apparently her parents had something real to worry about with her, but tried to resolve it in all the wrong ways. The last thing I heard from Sarah was "NO! I do NOT want to know what it felt like" at which point my sister went back to talk to Sarah some more. As I was going out the door, I heard "I won't, mom! I'm not stoooopid!"
Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Just plain disturbing.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Old age
One of my clients told me the other day that her mother always said "Old age is a curse, but what the hell else is there??" I only quote her now because I couldn't get into make comments or update here at all on Tuesday and now, for the life of me, I can't remember what I was going to write about. LMTO!
I just called and bugged the insurance company. They say it will take 14-21 days for the claim to be finalized. I will just keep following it online until Jan 26. If it's not updated by then, I'll be calling again. Because my biological clock is ticking like THIS!
The boss came around with the "notifications" this morning which just means he told us all how much our raises and bonuses are this year. 3% raise for da GEEK! Yay! and the bonus is up about 10% over last years, so I'm pleased with that. My rating for the year is a 4 (on a scale of 1-5) Last year it was 5 but EVERYBODY was getting a 5 unless they were screwing up. So they re-skewed the scales again, back to where they are supposed to be. 3 is a good employee. 4 is a super star. 5 is a super duper rock star. I'm okay with being a 4 in that case.
Nothing else new. I'm still having back spasms. Steve is enjoying his new job (he's doing the same thing, just for a new company). Stef is super cute as ever.
I just called and bugged the insurance company. They say it will take 14-21 days for the claim to be finalized. I will just keep following it online until Jan 26. If it's not updated by then, I'll be calling again. Because my biological clock is ticking like THIS!
The boss came around with the "notifications" this morning which just means he told us all how much our raises and bonuses are this year. 3% raise for da GEEK! Yay! and the bonus is up about 10% over last years, so I'm pleased with that. My rating for the year is a 4 (on a scale of 1-5) Last year it was 5 but EVERYBODY was getting a 5 unless they were screwing up. So they re-skewed the scales again, back to where they are supposed to be. 3 is a good employee. 4 is a super star. 5 is a super duper rock star. I'm okay with being a 4 in that case.
Nothing else new. I'm still having back spasms. Steve is enjoying his new job (he's doing the same thing, just for a new company). Stef is super cute as ever.
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Christmas pix
This is my new fave pix of Stef
Here she is in her "clubhouse" with all her goodies
acting like she's in the WWE
with her spotting scope
how cute is this glove/hat set?
Good pix of my mom and aunt
why do men think this kind of picture is funny?
Here she is in her "clubhouse" with all her goodies
acting like she's in the WWE
with her spotting scope
how cute is this glove/hat set?
Good pix of my mom and aunt
why do men think this kind of picture is funny?
Against direct orders...
Here I am at work again after a lovely 4 day weekend. Stef told me this morning "No work mommy! Jammers!" meaning I was supposed to be in my PJ's and staying home with her again. LOL. She cracks me up and makes it really hard to be sad about anything. Yesterday, she called me out to the kitchen and said "Look! Balloons!!" as she pointed to the kitchen ceiling. Next it was "Here mommy. Cake. Blow candle" She had her own invisible cake and candle too. When we both blew out our candles, she told me "Happy Birthday!!" What a super sweetheart! I've been telling her my birthday is coming soon (tomorrow) and so she threw me a surprise party!
She was "writing" on a piece of paper yesterday afternoon and handed it to me to write on too. So I wrote Stefanie Jaina Hohn and read it to her. She flipped the paper over and "wrote" some more then passed it back to me so I wrote Mommy and read it to her. She looked at it and said "Mommy Jaina Hohn" LMTO! I love her little mind.
She was "writing" on a piece of paper yesterday afternoon and handed it to me to write on too. So I wrote Stefanie Jaina Hohn and read it to her. She flipped the paper over and "wrote" some more then passed it back to me so I wrote Mommy and read it to her. She looked at it and said "Mommy Jaina Hohn" LMTO! I love her little mind.
Friday, December 29, 2006
UltraMan vs. the kitty
ROFLMTO!!!!!!! I bought the DVD set of Ultraman http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/u/urutora.htm
Steve and I both LOVED this cheesy Godzilla type TV show when we were little kids. We started to watch it a little last night. Steve was worrying that it would give Stef nightmares so he started calling the monster a big kitty. So then she was worrying about the kitty - where did kitty go? Eventually, Ultraman showed up and started fighting with the "kitty", sort of wrestling style. So Stef says "Oh look. He hugging the kitty!!" I laughed so hard I almost pee'd my pants.
The stock markets are closed Tuesday for President Ford's funeral, so ML is closed too. Yippee!! A 4 day weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve and I both LOVED this cheesy Godzilla type TV show when we were little kids. We started to watch it a little last night. Steve was worrying that it would give Stef nightmares so he started calling the monster a big kitty. So then she was worrying about the kitty - where did kitty go? Eventually, Ultraman showed up and started fighting with the "kitty", sort of wrestling style. So Stef says "Oh look. He hugging the kitty!!" I laughed so hard I almost pee'd my pants.
The stock markets are closed Tuesday for President Ford's funeral, so ML is closed too. Yippee!! A 4 day weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Great weekend
Stef just makes it way too hard to be sad. We had a great Christmas weekend, despite having to endure my evil SIL and her 2 passive aggressive brats. My absolute favorite moment was at MIL's on Christmas Eve. Stef had a gift bag to open and took the tissue paper out and gasped "PINK PAPER!!" Then she was dancing around the room with it. ROFLMTO! She thought the paper was the gift and was LOVING it!!
Do we have to hire a realtor to find out how much the deserted island for evil SIL's will cost? AGH! I really really can't stand her. Steve was shocked as we were driving home last night talking about the evening. It's no secret that he can't stand her, but he said "wow! You really don't like her do you? I thought you could get along with anybody" I told him I could be civil with her, but that's about it.
I'll try to get pix uploaded soon.
Do we have to hire a realtor to find out how much the deserted island for evil SIL's will cost? AGH! I really really can't stand her. Steve was shocked as we were driving home last night talking about the evening. It's no secret that he can't stand her, but he said "wow! You really don't like her do you? I thought you could get along with anybody" I told him I could be civil with her, but that's about it.
I'll try to get pix uploaded soon.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Oh well
The blood test is negative. I'm not pregnant. There is no way they've made a mistake. My baby boy (yes, we know it was a boy because of the genetic test) just didn't want to stick around this time.
At least we know I still have some good eggs in there. I'm willing to try again, but only if the insurance ends up covering the genetic testing. If they don't, we're finished because we just don't have $5000 to lay down on the table again. I'm pretty sure they will cover it - 90% anyway. But meanwhile I'm hating sitting here waiting for the insurance company to piss. Waiting for them means losing the January cycle and probably the March cycle too. So we're looking at June probably. I'll be going on the Nuvaring as soon as I get AF (probably Monday) so my system stays regulated so we don't have to jump thru that herdle (or is it hurdle?) again.
I'm okay. Disappointed and a little sad, but okay. I might have a meltdown later when I have Steve to hold me thru the sobbing.
At least we know I still have some good eggs in there. I'm willing to try again, but only if the insurance ends up covering the genetic testing. If they don't, we're finished because we just don't have $5000 to lay down on the table again. I'm pretty sure they will cover it - 90% anyway. But meanwhile I'm hating sitting here waiting for the insurance company to piss. Waiting for them means losing the January cycle and probably the March cycle too. So we're looking at June probably. I'll be going on the Nuvaring as soon as I get AF (probably Monday) so my system stays regulated so we don't have to jump thru that herdle (or is it hurdle?) again.
I'm okay. Disappointed and a little sad, but okay. I might have a meltdown later when I have Steve to hold me thru the sobbing.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Is it Friday yet?
I can hardly wait to hear the results of tomorrow's bloodwork. I might poas tomorrow morning, but it's probably too soon for even a FRED to register.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
AAGGHH!!!
Somebody must have flunked or totally skipped MIL 101. I had Steve pick up Stef last night. MIL was wondering to him how Stef got her cold. She seems to think it's because Stef wasn't dressed right. It pissed him and I'm freaking furious. Why would you say something like that??? WTF?!?!
Stef caught a cold because she came in contact with a germ that she has no immunity to. I know a family in B'more that has this same cold, and someone in FL too for that matter. I could think of some more if I really thought about it hard. It's GOING AROUND RIGHT NOW!!! Steve thinks she got the cold from when we were at HersheyPark Christmas CandyLane. She was all sweaty from running and bouncing then we put her coat back on her and went straight outside. I agree that could lower her resistance a bit, but she caught a cold because a virus found her for crying out loud!!
Nothing like questioning your son and DIL's parenting abilities to fuel the Christmas cheer!
Stef caught a cold because she came in contact with a germ that she has no immunity to. I know a family in B'more that has this same cold, and someone in FL too for that matter. I could think of some more if I really thought about it hard. It's GOING AROUND RIGHT NOW!!! Steve thinks she got the cold from when we were at HersheyPark Christmas CandyLane. She was all sweaty from running and bouncing then we put her coat back on her and went straight outside. I agree that could lower her resistance a bit, but she caught a cold because a virus found her for crying out loud!!
Nothing like questioning your son and DIL's parenting abilities to fuel the Christmas cheer!
Monday, December 18, 2006
Christmas status
We went to a local paint your own pottery place Saturday to make a gift for Grandma and Omi. Stef had a great time but was not cooperative at all about the handprint thing this time. She just wanted to paint freestyle. Fine. Have at it. I just wish I hadn't let her get near the black paint. Oh well, they turned out great anyway. We shopped for most of the rest of the family then and planned to finish up Sunday. Ha!
I wanted to get started early but that never happens. I got out the door to drop Stef off with my sister around 11:45. Kmart sucked the life out of me, the Circuit City had a line that went on forever. I only spent about 20 minutes in Barnes & Noble, and had had enough. I headed back to pick up Stef since I told my sister it would only be a few hours. Stef hadn't napped and it was about 4:00. She offered to keep her longer if it would help me, so I tried to nap her, but no luck. She was definately getting buggy tired and was acting out a bit, trying to steal cooling cookies and the like. I was still going to take her with me, but Stef said she wanted to stay with Aunt Lissa. Naturally 5 minutes after I left, she was asking for me.
Next I went to Weis Market to get pet foods for Omi, since she's not able to drive right now (she just had surgery on her hands to release her trigger fingers), then dropped it off to her and took out her trash. Then I went to Giant for our groceries. By this time Steve was finished so he picked up Stef. She fell asleep in the car. So he got to snuggle with her on the couch while she finished her very very late nap while I unloaded the groceries and started making cookies. As I was mixing the first batch, I realized I hadn't bought enough butter. I was too tired to make more than that first batch anyway.
And I still need to find 2 more gifts for Steve plus think of something for Stef's godparents. And I'm still working on Christmas cards. I'll probably be wrapping stuff very late on Christmas Eve. Is it Friday yet?
I wanted to get started early but that never happens. I got out the door to drop Stef off with my sister around 11:45. Kmart sucked the life out of me, the Circuit City had a line that went on forever. I only spent about 20 minutes in Barnes & Noble, and had had enough. I headed back to pick up Stef since I told my sister it would only be a few hours. Stef hadn't napped and it was about 4:00. She offered to keep her longer if it would help me, so I tried to nap her, but no luck. She was definately getting buggy tired and was acting out a bit, trying to steal cooling cookies and the like. I was still going to take her with me, but Stef said she wanted to stay with Aunt Lissa. Naturally 5 minutes after I left, she was asking for me.
Next I went to Weis Market to get pet foods for Omi, since she's not able to drive right now (she just had surgery on her hands to release her trigger fingers), then dropped it off to her and took out her trash. Then I went to Giant for our groceries. By this time Steve was finished so he picked up Stef. She fell asleep in the car. So he got to snuggle with her on the couch while she finished her very very late nap while I unloaded the groceries and started making cookies. As I was mixing the first batch, I realized I hadn't bought enough butter. I was too tired to make more than that first batch anyway.
And I still need to find 2 more gifts for Steve plus think of something for Stef's godparents. And I'm still working on Christmas cards. I'll probably be wrapping stuff very late on Christmas Eve. Is it Friday yet?
Friday, December 15, 2006
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Normal
My ovaries are normal. My uterus is normal. I feel completely and totally normal. But I suppose I wouldn't get any symptoms for a few weeks either way.
I had some weird cramping yesterday that scared me, but the RE said it didn't mean anything - except maybe implantation! Woohoo! I haven't seen any spotting yet. She also recommends that I refrain from picking up anything (including Stef) or carrying anything heavy until at least after the blood test next week. Well, her exact words were "don't do anything you might regret until after the blood test". Nuff said.
Stef has a cold. She's been sleeping poorly (understandably so) which means I end up in her bed for most of the night. Normally, I lay on a little 12x12 pillow and she has her regular bed pillow. Well, last night, she insisted on sharing the 12x12 with me. So here's miss snotty face in my face, playing with her hair so that it tickles my face, with her little arm wrapped so sweetly around me or on my face or holding a chunk of my hair - all so she will know if I try to get up and go back to my own bed. It was a looooonnnggg night last night. I think she's over the hump of the cold and seems to be getting better now. But she's still all about Mommy. Daddy isn't even allowed to kiss her right now. She was telling MIL around 11:30 that she's ready to go home now with Mommy. She doesn't usually start that until around 4. I love it, but it's very tiring too.
I had some weird cramping yesterday that scared me, but the RE said it didn't mean anything - except maybe implantation! Woohoo! I haven't seen any spotting yet. She also recommends that I refrain from picking up anything (including Stef) or carrying anything heavy until at least after the blood test next week. Well, her exact words were "don't do anything you might regret until after the blood test". Nuff said.
Stef has a cold. She's been sleeping poorly (understandably so) which means I end up in her bed for most of the night. Normally, I lay on a little 12x12 pillow and she has her regular bed pillow. Well, last night, she insisted on sharing the 12x12 with me. So here's miss snotty face in my face, playing with her hair so that it tickles my face, with her little arm wrapped so sweetly around me or on my face or holding a chunk of my hair - all so she will know if I try to get up and go back to my own bed. It was a looooonnnggg night last night. I think she's over the hump of the cold and seems to be getting better now. But she's still all about Mommy. Daddy isn't even allowed to kiss her right now. She was telling MIL around 11:30 that she's ready to go home now with Mommy. She doesn't usually start that until around 4. I love it, but it's very tiring too.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
picture of the embryo
This is my little 8 cell blob - before they transferred back to me.
Isn't it cute??
Isn't it cute??
Monday, December 11, 2006
superquick update
We got ONE good oocyte!!!!!!!!!!!!! The transfer will be today around 12:30! Then it's 24 hrs of bedrest and the dreaded 2 week wait.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Wednesday update
Well, Meredith, I'll see what I can about the every day thing, but here's a start. Last night I was supposed to take my HcG injection at EXACTLY 7:30pm. Well it ended up more like 7:45 and I confessed that to the RE's office this morning. She said that if it's a problem, Michelle will call me. Now I'm jump with fright everytime my boob vibrates. So far, no call from Michelle. It was only 15 minutes late, mostly because Stef was STILL asleep at my mom's at 7:15 last night. That was a marathon 4 hr nap!!! She must be growing again or something.
The next step then was to take a HPT this morning with FMU. It was supposed to be positive due to the HcG shot from last night. It was BFP, but that is just plain MEAN to make me do that!!!! I took my doxycycline this morning and one more tonight. Then no food or water after 11pm tonight. We need to show up at 7am tomorrow morning to get the show on the road. I'll give another update tomorrow if I'm up to it. The whole needle in my ovaries thing scares me a little, but I'll do whatever it takes.
Stef update....Ang will recognize where this one comes from (probably). MIL called this morning and said Stef is running around chasing Daisy (the boxer) saying "I gonna kick you butt" I'm totally mortified. MIL said "I thought it sounded like something you would say". Sure enough, I've told Presh for years that I'd kick her black furry butt, usually for having her face on the table looking for food or for having something forbidden in her mouth. I should have known to filter that phrase out of my vocabulary. Son of a Hutt! LMTO.
Weird full moon thing from yesterday....a client came to the window with a deposit. He's been a "difficult client" in the past, but not so bad lately. We had a few run-in's because he didn't like our no-cash policy or our no-3rd-party-checks policy. So he actually had the audacity to say to me yesterday "You know, dear, I have to hand it to you. When I first started coming in here, you had a horrible personality, but now you've totally turned that around" WTF is somebody supposed to say to that??? Thanks??? I just blurted out "Well, I think we just had some misunderstandings on the policies back then" What a complete and total Neimoidian thing to say!!!!
The next step then was to take a HPT this morning with FMU. It was supposed to be positive due to the HcG shot from last night. It was BFP, but that is just plain MEAN to make me do that!!!! I took my doxycycline this morning and one more tonight. Then no food or water after 11pm tonight. We need to show up at 7am tomorrow morning to get the show on the road. I'll give another update tomorrow if I'm up to it. The whole needle in my ovaries thing scares me a little, but I'll do whatever it takes.
Stef update....Ang will recognize where this one comes from (probably). MIL called this morning and said Stef is running around chasing Daisy (the boxer) saying "I gonna kick you butt" I'm totally mortified. MIL said "I thought it sounded like something you would say". Sure enough, I've told Presh for years that I'd kick her black furry butt, usually for having her face on the table looking for food or for having something forbidden in her mouth. I should have known to filter that phrase out of my vocabulary. Son of a Hutt! LMTO.
Weird full moon thing from yesterday....a client came to the window with a deposit. He's been a "difficult client" in the past, but not so bad lately. We had a few run-in's because he didn't like our no-cash policy or our no-3rd-party-checks policy. So he actually had the audacity to say to me yesterday "You know, dear, I have to hand it to you. When I first started coming in here, you had a horrible personality, but now you've totally turned that around" WTF is somebody supposed to say to that??? Thanks??? I just blurted out "Well, I think we just had some misunderstandings on the policies back then" What a complete and total Neimoidian thing to say!!!!
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Goodbye Doofus
My mom's 17 or 18 yr old kitty named Doofus crossed over today. She was never very friendly and always sort of on the wild side, but Omi loved her (more than she deserved sometimes) and cared for her til her last breath. Stef just thinks Kitty Doofus is sleeping. Omi will bury her in the yard once Stef leaves for the day.
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