Summer has hit. Hit so hard. So, so hard. And of course, just as the late 90's hit, with heat indexes in the triple digits, my a/c in the van goes out. OF COURSE. Luckily, we know the issue, and it's an $8 fix. Unluckily, it's a 2 to 3 day project. Last week I didn't leave the house unless I HAD to. I planned on doing the same this week. But then of course I ran out of meter strips and my diabetes medication. Oh, and needed to get my kiddo's teachers flowers for the cute vases we made them. So I ventured out. I blame Walgreens. If they were able to have my meds ready at 6am, I could've had left before the scorching temps hit. But no. They couldn't have my shiz done until noon. So of course I was out in the midst of the hottest temps we've had so far this year.
It was SO. HOT.
It seriously took all I had to not drive into oncoming traffic. I wanted to cry. I was scared for Leah in the back because the rear van windows don't roll down. {I kept telling myself that there was once a time when cars didn't have a/c and that Leah wasn't going to die of heat exhaustion.}
By the time I made it home, I literally peeled my clothes from my body. Yuck. Gag. Yuck. I threw on a tee and a pair of Mel's boxers, turned the living room ceiling fan on high, and plopped into the recliner. Want a double gross factor? A couple hours later when I was collecting dirty clothes to do a load of laundry, my jeans were STILL WET. Ew. Ew. Ew.
I am seriously not leaving my house again until Thursday morning when I have a doctor appointment. And I'm HIGHLY considering either borrowing a car, or asking for a ride. Because pregnant and triple digit heat indexes DO NOT MIX. Do you know how bad I will stink by the time I rolled up into my docs office? EW. I could not go into public feeling that gross.
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My new obsession...
Do you Pinterest? {If you do, then you know. You soooo know.} Pinterest is a place to catalog things you love, like a virtual pinboard. Of awesomeness. I had heard the name once or twice, and then suddenly I was seeing it and hearing it everywhere I looked. Bloggers were blogging about it, tweeters were tweeting about it, friends were facebooking about it, people were talking about it. I took a glance or two, but didn't really get what was so great about it. I didn't really get what it was about. But I wanted to. So of course I browsed on over to the site.
I was totally bummed and a little put off that I had to wait for an invite to join in on the fun. What? I'm not good enough? It's invitation only? Well Pinterest can shove it! I pretty much forgot about it. Until a few days went past and I got my invitation. With a huge puffy sigh I went ahead and signed in, creating my account. I had to see what this was about. It was killing me. No lie. No exaggeration. I spent the next 4 hours glued to my laptop pinning away to my hearts content. I couldn't stop!
Next, I moved onto uploading my own pins. I don't know about you, but I'm a habitual right-clicking saver. If I see something I like, I save a pic of it, in a folder. I had a HUGE folder full of smaller folders of categories of all things I loved. Finally I got what Pinterest was, and what it was about. Why save all these things to my computer? When I can share them, and store them someplace else! I started uploading and didn't stop until all my files were uploaded. Then I deleted them from my computer and it was SO NICE freeing up all that space on my hard drive!
Pinterest has become one of my favorite sites. Now, instead of right click and saving things I love, I just pin them! I also get on the Pinterest site once a day or so to browse what others are pinning. I love that I can "like" others pins, repin them, comment on them, follow others pins, etc. It's pretty friggin' rad.
I am now a self proclaimed pinhead!
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What I'm craving...and can't have.
I've been hit with killer cravings again. Actually, I'm pretty sure they never went away. The sad thing is, everything on my list is completely unattainable. Well, for the most part.
Cake...
Mint & Dark Chocolate...
Cheese Enchilades...
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Cake...
Mint & Dark Chocolate...
Cheese Enchilades...
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{Late} Wordless{ish} Wednesday
I honestly thought today was Wednesday...it's not...
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I'm loving my husband a lot today...
Not too long ago, I did a post listing 100 Facts about none other than yours truly. Number 17 was as follows:
"17. I believe fully that I love my husband more than the average wife loves their husband."
It's very, very true that not only a} Do I truly FEEL that I love my husband more than anyone else loves theirs, but that b} I am quite certain I love my husband more than, well, at least most anyone loves theirs. Honest.
Sometimes I wish I could say that my husband was my first love. You know, do the whole cliche', "When my children ask me who my first love was, i want to look across the room at their father and say, 'He's sitting right there.'" Blah, blah, blah. But you know what? I'm thankful and glad my husband isn't my first love. He may not have been my first love, but I can guaran-damn-tee you, he is my greatest.
I would take being someone's greatest love, over being their first love, any day of the week.
I can honestly say, without a doubt in my mind, that Mel is the love of my life. {As well as my son Joshua, my daughter Hailey, my daughter Leah, and I'm sure as the sun, my son Grayson will also be the love of my life. Wait...can you have 5 loves of your life? Hmm...well back to it...}
He has loved me unconditionally. He has shown me unlimited patience, and kindness. He has never spoken to me in anger. He has never belittled me, never raised his voice at me, never humiliated me. He has shown me what true love is.
1 Corinthians 13:4 (New International Version)
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
That is everything our love is, and more.
Ephesians 5:25-27(New International Version)
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
That is how I am loved.
I've only been in two serious relationships in my life. Both have lead to marriage. One was everything love shouldn't be. {You can guess which one that was.} It breaks my heart because I see so many people in marriages identical to my first marriage. I see them tell themselves the same things I would tell myself. "Everyone fights, it's normal to fight.", "This is just how we are, we bicker, and don't get along, but we're the funny couple.", "It will get better the first year is always hard.", "They say the second year is harder than the first year.", "If we can just make it to year 5 we'll be so much stronger in our marriage!", "That's just not the way my husband is, some husband are like that, some aren't, it doesn't mean he loves me any less.", "He does his best.".
I could go on. But I'm sure you get it.
The truth is, I was wrong. I was lying to myself. Things were bad. And they were bad for so long that all trust was gone. Once trust is gone, it doesn't come back. You may try everything, and tell yourself, and everyone around you that you trust them, but somewhere, in the back of your head, you will always feel that doubt. It took along time to admit defeat and end my first marriage. I felt like a failure in many ways.
But ending that marriage was one of the best things I ever did for not only myself, but my children.
I was lead to Mel. We fit, like we were always meant to fit. We went together so naturally it was hard to imagine that we hadn't been together for years. I found everything I wanted and needed in him. I found things in him I didn't even know I wanted and needed.
Do we fight? No. And I say no, because when I hear the word "fight" I only think back to my first marriage. And we've never had anything so dysfunctional, we've never had any disagreement or argument lead to anything close to the kind of fights I had in that marriage. Do we disagree? Uh, yea, duh! lol Do we argue? Sure, if we're disagreeing on something. But we talk through it. Sometimes we come to a compromise. Sometimes we agree to disagree. But nothing ever heats up and boils over. Everything dissolves, and cools, and is the way things should be.
I wish I could tell everyone that their "Mel" is out there! That they don't have to hurt over their relationship. Love never equals pain. Never.
No point in this post today. I just wanted to shout from the mountain tops how much I love my husband, and how blessed I am to have him. And to let people know that this kind of love is out there for everyone, don't settle!
Just feeling extra lovey today I guess.
Here's a pic or two of my hairy mountain man!!! ♥♥
He's not normally this mountainy, or hairy. lol
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"17. I believe fully that I love my husband more than the average wife loves their husband."
It's very, very true that not only a} Do I truly FEEL that I love my husband more than anyone else loves theirs, but that b} I am quite certain I love my husband more than, well, at least most anyone loves theirs. Honest.
Sometimes I wish I could say that my husband was my first love. You know, do the whole cliche', "When my children ask me who my first love was, i want to look across the room at their father and say, 'He's sitting right there.'" Blah, blah, blah. But you know what? I'm thankful and glad my husband isn't my first love. He may not have been my first love, but I can guaran-damn-tee you, he is my greatest.
I would take being someone's greatest love, over being their first love, any day of the week.
I can honestly say, without a doubt in my mind, that Mel is the love of my life. {As well as my son Joshua, my daughter Hailey, my daughter Leah, and I'm sure as the sun, my son Grayson will also be the love of my life. Wait...can you have 5 loves of your life? Hmm...well back to it...}
He has loved me unconditionally. He has shown me unlimited patience, and kindness. He has never spoken to me in anger. He has never belittled me, never raised his voice at me, never humiliated me. He has shown me what true love is.
1 Corinthians 13:4 (New International Version)
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
That is everything our love is, and more.
Ephesians 5:25-27(New International Version)
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
That is how I am loved.
I've only been in two serious relationships in my life. Both have lead to marriage. One was everything love shouldn't be. {You can guess which one that was.} It breaks my heart because I see so many people in marriages identical to my first marriage. I see them tell themselves the same things I would tell myself. "Everyone fights, it's normal to fight.", "This is just how we are, we bicker, and don't get along, but we're the funny couple.", "It will get better the first year is always hard.", "They say the second year is harder than the first year.", "If we can just make it to year 5 we'll be so much stronger in our marriage!", "That's just not the way my husband is, some husband are like that, some aren't, it doesn't mean he loves me any less.", "He does his best.".
I could go on. But I'm sure you get it.
The truth is, I was wrong. I was lying to myself. Things were bad. And they were bad for so long that all trust was gone. Once trust is gone, it doesn't come back. You may try everything, and tell yourself, and everyone around you that you trust them, but somewhere, in the back of your head, you will always feel that doubt. It took along time to admit defeat and end my first marriage. I felt like a failure in many ways.
But ending that marriage was one of the best things I ever did for not only myself, but my children.
I was lead to Mel. We fit, like we were always meant to fit. We went together so naturally it was hard to imagine that we hadn't been together for years. I found everything I wanted and needed in him. I found things in him I didn't even know I wanted and needed.
Do we fight? No. And I say no, because when I hear the word "fight" I only think back to my first marriage. And we've never had anything so dysfunctional, we've never had any disagreement or argument lead to anything close to the kind of fights I had in that marriage. Do we disagree? Uh, yea, duh! lol Do we argue? Sure, if we're disagreeing on something. But we talk through it. Sometimes we come to a compromise. Sometimes we agree to disagree. But nothing ever heats up and boils over. Everything dissolves, and cools, and is the way things should be.
I wish I could tell everyone that their "Mel" is out there! That they don't have to hurt over their relationship. Love never equals pain. Never.
No point in this post today. I just wanted to shout from the mountain tops how much I love my husband, and how blessed I am to have him. And to let people know that this kind of love is out there for everyone, don't settle!
Just feeling extra lovey today I guess.
Here's a pic or two of my hairy mountain man!!! ♥♥
He's not normally this mountainy, or hairy. lol
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{late} my week in phone pics...
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
m: leah's ladybug friend.
t: daddy and his girls.
W: picking up the old sookie series to start it over again. {it's like reconnecting with an old friend}
th: an unflattering view of being 33 weeks pregnant {with a toothpaste covered mirror YUCK}
f: preparing for the zombie apocoplyspe sure to come saturday
notice how slack the pics got after Monday? lol no photoshopping for me this week folks.
linkin' up {super lateastic style} with
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Stuck in bed...
So, apparently I majorly jacked up my back yesterday. I didn't really feel it until I finally sat down around eh, 10:30pm, or so. The longer I sat, the more pain I felt come on. This wasn't good, because I had already taken extra strength tylenol. When I finally got up from the recliner to take my behind to bed, I could barely move. I knew I was in for it and decided to take half of a pain pill before it got any worse. I did my normal nightly routine, {Ow friggidy owing the whole time.} and then lay down with my book to read myself to sleep.
I couldn't get comfortable, every movement HURT. My hips and pelvis were in more pain than ever, and my back hurt so badly it brought me to tears with each movement. Even large breathes caused a lot of pain. I kept reading, waiting for the medication to start working. Eventually I grew sleepy enough to turn out my bedside light and try to sleep, but the pain really wasn't that much better. I tried finding the least painful position. It ended up being on my left side, and I was finally able to doze in and out of sleep. I never truly hit a real sleep though. I was still aware of everything going on, the pain was increasing so much there was no way I was sleeping through it. I couldn't help but wondering if I was having back labor. Every time a wave of pain would hit I would try and feel and see if my tummy tightened up. It didn't seem to be, so I felt less worried.
Exhaustion got the better of me and I dozed off again. Repeatedly coming in and out of sleep. I kept dreaming I was in labor, that's how much pain I was in. I felt like I was waiting for my water to break at any minute. I knew I wasn't in labor, but my semiconscious self interpreted the pain as labor so it's all I dreamt about when I was able to doze off here and there. When an extraordinarily painful wave would hit, I would come to and wonder if I should call my doctor. I knew I wasn't in labor, but didn't think hurting that badly could possibly be okay.
Finally I got up, used the bathroom and took another half of a pain pill. {They were prescribed to me while pregnant, and while I hated taking them, but at this point not taking them was no longer an option.} I laid back down, sipped some water and tried to get comfortable enough to fall asleep. I could tell when when the medicine began to kick in. It didn't stop the pain, but I was able to doze off again. I slept much better this time around, only waking in pain when moving. I slept until Mel came to tell me goodbye as he was leaving for work, shortly after 6. I told him that I was up all night in a ton of pain, but at that moment didn't feel too terribly bad. He left, I moved, and the pain came back.
Now here I am, explaining my night of pain while I half sit/half lie in my bed, still in a lot of pain. Still wondering if I should call my doctor. Still not knowing what to do. Wondering if it's normal to be fine all day, just a little sore, and then have the pain hit suddenly 10 hours after moving furniture. Trying to text someone, anyone to get an answer, and trying really hard to hold tears back. Most of all feeling really, REALLY dumb for overdoing it yesterday.
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I couldn't get comfortable, every movement HURT. My hips and pelvis were in more pain than ever, and my back hurt so badly it brought me to tears with each movement. Even large breathes caused a lot of pain. I kept reading, waiting for the medication to start working. Eventually I grew sleepy enough to turn out my bedside light and try to sleep, but the pain really wasn't that much better. I tried finding the least painful position. It ended up being on my left side, and I was finally able to doze in and out of sleep. I never truly hit a real sleep though. I was still aware of everything going on, the pain was increasing so much there was no way I was sleeping through it. I couldn't help but wondering if I was having back labor. Every time a wave of pain would hit I would try and feel and see if my tummy tightened up. It didn't seem to be, so I felt less worried.
Exhaustion got the better of me and I dozed off again. Repeatedly coming in and out of sleep. I kept dreaming I was in labor, that's how much pain I was in. I felt like I was waiting for my water to break at any minute. I knew I wasn't in labor, but my semiconscious self interpreted the pain as labor so it's all I dreamt about when I was able to doze off here and there. When an extraordinarily painful wave would hit, I would come to and wonder if I should call my doctor. I knew I wasn't in labor, but didn't think hurting that badly could possibly be okay.
Finally I got up, used the bathroom and took another half of a pain pill. {They were prescribed to me while pregnant, and while I hated taking them, but at this point not taking them was no longer an option.} I laid back down, sipped some water and tried to get comfortable enough to fall asleep. I could tell when when the medicine began to kick in. It didn't stop the pain, but I was able to doze off again. I slept much better this time around, only waking in pain when moving. I slept until Mel came to tell me goodbye as he was leaving for work, shortly after 6. I told him that I was up all night in a ton of pain, but at that moment didn't feel too terribly bad. He left, I moved, and the pain came back.
Now here I am, explaining my night of pain while I half sit/half lie in my bed, still in a lot of pain. Still wondering if I should call my doctor. Still not knowing what to do. Wondering if it's normal to be fine all day, just a little sore, and then have the pain hit suddenly 10 hours after moving furniture. Trying to text someone, anyone to get an answer, and trying really hard to hold tears back. Most of all feeling really, REALLY dumb for overdoing it yesterday.
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Today I am...
Today I am...
•Sore. Because a wild hair? Hare? got up my bum and said, "WE'VE GOT TO START GETTING READY FOR GRAYSON!!!!". So I ended up moving Joshua's desk, desk chair, 657lb. TV, entertainment stand, VCR, satellite box, and DVD player out of his room. Vacuuming it, and then half carried/half pushed the crib from my closet to his room and started putting it together. I half dropped the TV on my foot, and speculated for a few minutes if it was broken, slammed the desk into my grossly overgrown belly, and wondered if I murdered my unborn son, and came thisclose to breaking my right hip trying to get the entertainment stand into the living room.
•Frustrated. Because there is now a desk, desk chair, and entertainment stand in our living room. Accompanying our extra love seat we haven't moved out yet. After sweating, and cussing, and sweating, and scratching the crap out of my foot, and almost ruining it, I got the crib 2/3 of the way done before reaching the page that says, "This part takes two people to complete.". The manufacturers don't count preschoolers as another person, and Leah couldn't help support the weight of the crib so I could finish putting it together.
•Proud. Joshua had EOG's this week. He was SO, so nervous. Nervous to the point of having an upset tummy all 3 days. We got his scores this afternoon and he passed! Not only did he pass, but he received a 4 on his Math scores, the best score possible! He received a 3 on Reading. I am SO proud of him! We are taking him out to dinner tonight for steak and ribs. His fave.
•Hot. It's only 77° outside today. But my hormones think it's 97°. Even in with the A/C set to 71° {Don't judge.} I am sitting here sweating. It's awful. I feel gross. Like I need 3 baths a day. Or that I stink. I probably do. It's weird instead of hot flashes, I get cool flashes. I'm sitting here, hot, hot, hot, sweat, sweat, sweat, and then ahhhhh, I'm cool. For like 30min., then it repeats itself. Hot. Hot. Hot. Ahhhh. Hot. Hot. Hot. Ahhhh. It kind of sucks. No, it really sucks. Why does my body think I'm 80?
I am also thankful, happy, healthy, and strong!
What are you today?
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•Sore. Because a wild hair? Hare? got up my bum and said, "WE'VE GOT TO START GETTING READY FOR GRAYSON!!!!". So I ended up moving Joshua's desk, desk chair, 657lb. TV, entertainment stand, VCR, satellite box, and DVD player out of his room. Vacuuming it, and then half carried/half pushed the crib from my closet to his room and started putting it together. I half dropped the TV on my foot, and speculated for a few minutes if it was broken, slammed the desk into my grossly overgrown belly, and wondered if I murdered my unborn son, and came thisclose to breaking my right hip trying to get the entertainment stand into the living room.
•Frustrated. Because there is now a desk, desk chair, and entertainment stand in our living room. Accompanying our extra love seat we haven't moved out yet. After sweating, and cussing, and sweating, and scratching the crap out of my foot, and almost ruining it, I got the crib 2/3 of the way done before reaching the page that says, "This part takes two people to complete.". The manufacturers don't count preschoolers as another person, and Leah couldn't help support the weight of the crib so I could finish putting it together.
•Proud. Joshua had EOG's this week. He was SO, so nervous. Nervous to the point of having an upset tummy all 3 days. We got his scores this afternoon and he passed! Not only did he pass, but he received a 4 on his Math scores, the best score possible! He received a 3 on Reading. I am SO proud of him! We are taking him out to dinner tonight for steak and ribs. His fave.
•Hot. It's only 77° outside today. But my hormones think it's 97°. Even in with the A/C set to 71° {Don't judge.} I am sitting here sweating. It's awful. I feel gross. Like I need 3 baths a day. Or that I stink. I probably do. It's weird instead of hot flashes, I get cool flashes. I'm sitting here, hot, hot, hot, sweat, sweat, sweat, and then ahhhhh, I'm cool. For like 30min., then it repeats itself. Hot. Hot. Hot. Ahhhh. Hot. Hot. Hot. Ahhhh. It kind of sucks. No, it really sucks. Why does my body think I'm 80?
I am also thankful, happy, healthy, and strong!
What are you today?
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Don't Call It A Comeback!
♪♫"Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years!! Rockin my peers and puttin suckas in fear!"♫♪
In case you can't tell, that's a rapping cloth diaper.
Disposables were introduced sometime around the mid 1930's, but really didn't blow up until the 70's. But cloth diapers didn't go anywhere. They just flip-flopped roles with disposables, accounting for 1-5% of the diaper market. When my first two children were born, I didn't even know cloth diapers were still in existence. {Other than to be used as burp clothes.} Diaper pins had other uses, and plastic pants were for potty training purposes, not diapering. {Or so I thought.} I didn't know people still actually used them to diaper their babies.
I didn't know that there was a cloth diapering world out there until I became pregnant with Leah. To be honest, I'm not sure where I read/heard about cloth diapers making "come back". I'm not sure how I even knew about them...but I knew I was really intrigued, and really wanted to go that route with Leah. {A friend of my sisters used clothe, and I believe she may have been behind my inspiration. But honestly, I really don't know.}
Of course we know how that story ends, my idea was shot down, and I gave up without a fight.
Then I entered the blogging world. I started seeing more and more fluffy butts. These blogging moms weren't blogging about cloth diapering, but here they were posting pictures of their little one's in adorable fluffy prints and colors. People, a lot more people than I had ever imagined, were actually USING cloth diapers! They weren't buying stashes, and calling it quits. They weren't complaining of stinky houses, and millions of loads of laundry. But to be honest, if they had those complaints, I would never know it, because for some reason cloth diapering was never discussed.
Now I kind of know why.
People are so judgmental and critical of cloth diapering mama's!! I was shocked at feedback i was seeing on forums, and so surprised at the personal feedback I was receiving from family members when I talked about cloth diapering.
Anyway, my scrambled brain is throwing me off course with this post, and has me off the topic, which IS my friends, that cloth diapers never went anywhere! They've just been reinvented. In a world where "eco-friendly" is the way to go, and in an economy where people are having a hard time rubbing two nickles together, I can't think of a more appropriate time for CD's to reemerge.
To be honest, I don't understand how in this economy I see lower income families using WIC to pay for formula and charity's to provide disposables for their babies. It baffles my mind. You would think that there would be classes encouraging breast feeding and cloth diapering, incentives , tax breaks, or allowances, that would not only save our families money, but help in the ever expanding deficit that is our countries debt.
Anyhow, those are just my two cents.
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In case you can't tell, that's a rapping cloth diaper.
Disposables were introduced sometime around the mid 1930's, but really didn't blow up until the 70's. But cloth diapers didn't go anywhere. They just flip-flopped roles with disposables, accounting for 1-5% of the diaper market. When my first two children were born, I didn't even know cloth diapers were still in existence. {Other than to be used as burp clothes.} Diaper pins had other uses, and plastic pants were for potty training purposes, not diapering. {Or so I thought.} I didn't know people still actually used them to diaper their babies.
I didn't know that there was a cloth diapering world out there until I became pregnant with Leah. To be honest, I'm not sure where I read/heard about cloth diapers making "come back". I'm not sure how I even knew about them...but I knew I was really intrigued, and really wanted to go that route with Leah. {A friend of my sisters used clothe, and I believe she may have been behind my inspiration. But honestly, I really don't know.}
Of course we know how that story ends, my idea was shot down, and I gave up without a fight.
Then I entered the blogging world. I started seeing more and more fluffy butts. These blogging moms weren't blogging about cloth diapering, but here they were posting pictures of their little one's in adorable fluffy prints and colors. People, a lot more people than I had ever imagined, were actually USING cloth diapers! They weren't buying stashes, and calling it quits. They weren't complaining of stinky houses, and millions of loads of laundry. But to be honest, if they had those complaints, I would never know it, because for some reason cloth diapering was never discussed.
Now I kind of know why.
People are so judgmental and critical of cloth diapering mama's!! I was shocked at feedback i was seeing on forums, and so surprised at the personal feedback I was receiving from family members when I talked about cloth diapering.
Anyway, my scrambled brain is throwing me off course with this post, and has me off the topic, which IS my friends, that cloth diapers never went anywhere! They've just been reinvented. In a world where "eco-friendly" is the way to go, and in an economy where people are having a hard time rubbing two nickles together, I can't think of a more appropriate time for CD's to reemerge.
To be honest, I don't understand how in this economy I see lower income families using WIC to pay for formula and charity's to provide disposables for their babies. It baffles my mind. You would think that there would be classes encouraging breast feeding and cloth diapering, incentives , tax breaks, or allowances, that would not only save our families money, but help in the ever expanding deficit that is our countries debt.
Anyhow, those are just my two cents.
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Getting to Know You!
The Questions
1. have you ever gone to see a movie by yourself?
2. would you rather go through a tornado or a hurricane?
3. have you made summer vacation plans?
4. what's your favorite accessory?
5. have you ever been thrown a surprise party?
6. are you friends with your neighbors?
7. what's the last movie you saw in the theater?
8 who's your favorite food network chef?
My Answers...
1. Can't say I have! Not that I wouldn't, I just haven't.
2. Definitely a hurricane.
3. Having a baby! That's enough for me! No family vaca's this year sadly, we'll be enjoying our new little nugget at home.
4. My kids! Ha! JK I don't really 'do' accessories.
5. Nope. I have never been thrown any sort of party.
6. Some of them. Some keep to themselves. We actually mostly keep to ourselves too...
7. Uhhh...geeze. I think Eclipse! 0_o I need to get our more.
8. Guy Fieri. He rocks my socks.
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Repeat...
I know I've said this, time, and time again. But I really, re-he-heally, need to start breaking out my 50D more. Poor thing just sits these days. Unloved. Uncared for. Alone. I would say collecting dust, but I keep it in a bag...but my camera bag is SO collecting dust.
I love my camera. Dearly. So dearly that I think perhaps I baby it too much. If I kept it with ALL the time I would be and could be capturing SO much.
I partly blame my camera phone. It's SO much easier to whip out my phone and snap a pic! Especially since my phone is ALWAYS on me. It's such a poor, poor replacement though. And to be honest, I've even been slack at taking phone pics recently. {No "Week in Phone Pics" post for me this weekend. :( }
Another guilt factor, I feel like, no it's not just a feeling, I take WAY more pics of Leah! Not purposely at ALL of course. I'm with her allll day while the kiddos are at school. And that's when most picture taking occurs. Once Joshua and Hailey are home it's a whirlwind of homework and afternoon snacks and then they're outside playing until bath time and dinner time, then bedtime. {Or they're in their rooms playing while I'm doing laundry, dishes, or preparing dinner.}
I hate that I don't have more pics of them. Phone pics or not. I hate it. I feel like their left out of so many posts. {I fear once G's here it will get even worse, and more airtime will go to him then any of the other kiddo's.}
So my photog friends, how do you do it? I read so many blogs with so many awesome pics of their kiddos. ALL their kiddos. Do you have any tips for me?
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I love my camera. Dearly. So dearly that I think perhaps I baby it too much. If I kept it with ALL the time I would be and could be capturing SO much.
I partly blame my camera phone. It's SO much easier to whip out my phone and snap a pic! Especially since my phone is ALWAYS on me. It's such a poor, poor replacement though. And to be honest, I've even been slack at taking phone pics recently. {No "Week in Phone Pics" post for me this weekend. :( }
Another guilt factor, I feel like, no it's not just a feeling, I take WAY more pics of Leah! Not purposely at ALL of course. I'm with her allll day while the kiddos are at school. And that's when most picture taking occurs. Once Joshua and Hailey are home it's a whirlwind of homework and afternoon snacks and then they're outside playing until bath time and dinner time, then bedtime. {Or they're in their rooms playing while I'm doing laundry, dishes, or preparing dinner.}
I hate that I don't have more pics of them. Phone pics or not. I hate it. I feel like their left out of so many posts. {I fear once G's here it will get even worse, and more airtime will go to him then any of the other kiddo's.}
So my photog friends, how do you do it? I read so many blogs with so many awesome pics of their kiddos. ALL their kiddos. Do you have any tips for me?
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One Month Down
Tomorrow marks 1 month of pricking my finger 4 times a day, changing my diet, counting carbs, and depriving myself of 99% of my cravings.
1 month since I said "So long..." to crunchy cereal floating in ice cold milk, scrumptiously moist cupcakes covered in heavenly icing, and hearty and filling pastas.
1 month since my finger tips didn't ache. {That's 120 pricks under my belt by the way.}
This feels like a grand accomplishment, yet at the same time it feels effortless. The month has literally flown by. And I'm not complaining! I can only imagine that the next month will fly by as well.
Again, I can't say it enough, I am SO, so, so, so, SOOOO grateful that this is temporary, and not something I have to do for the rest of my life! {Yet, anyway.} I feel like every time I've complained I've slapped someone with Type I or Type II diabetes in their face.
I'm also SO blessed to not have to take {multiple} daily injections of insulin. I've been coasting by with just one teeny tiny little pill at night!
So really, can I complain? Not in the slightest. But will I be ever-so-joyful when it's over? You betchya! I only wish I could give that day to every diabetic.
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1 month since I said "So long..." to crunchy cereal floating in ice cold milk, scrumptiously moist cupcakes covered in heavenly icing, and hearty and filling pastas.
1 month since my finger tips didn't ache. {That's 120 pricks under my belt by the way.}
This feels like a grand accomplishment, yet at the same time it feels effortless. The month has literally flown by. And I'm not complaining! I can only imagine that the next month will fly by as well.
Again, I can't say it enough, I am SO, so, so, so, SOOOO grateful that this is temporary, and not something I have to do for the rest of my life! {Yet, anyway.} I feel like every time I've complained I've slapped someone with Type I or Type II diabetes in their face.
I'm also SO blessed to not have to take {multiple} daily injections of insulin. I've been coasting by with just one teeny tiny little pill at night!
So really, can I complain? Not in the slightest. But will I be ever-so-joyful when it's over? You betchya! I only wish I could give that day to every diabetic.
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Changing
I am 32 weeks pregnant today. I know I vowed to keep the blog depregafied, but once you hit the 3rd trimester, being pregnant is all you can think about. Because there's a baby literally kicking your laptop off your lap, or your back hurts, or your trying to breathe through {fake} contractions {that really hurt} while compiling a post, or you're DYING of heartburn, or you're completely exhausted, or you can't stop thinking about everything that needs to be done/bought/put together/cleaned in the next few months.
I hit the 3rd trimester over 4 weeks ago, and in those 4 weeks have experienced all of the above. Plus some. The more babies you have, the more uncomfortable you feel, and the earlier you feel it. When you combine that with carrying a babyzilla, and measuring a month ahead, you've got one uncomfortable mama. Doing pregnancy math, I'm really like 36 weeks along, I feel like I'm pregnant in dog years or something.
I sit here and look at my three kiddo's, and all I can think about is what life is going to be like once G is here. What will change? And more importantly, how much? Is Joshua going to feel pushed aside and forgotten, not as special because he's no longer the older boy? Will Hailey feel ignored? Will Leah feel abandoned as she passes on the "baby" title to someone else?
Are they going to hate me for changing their lives?
They didn't ask for a baby to come disrupt their lives, and change everything. And I can't help but feel guilty. I do, however see the excitement in their eyes when we talk about how much longer it will be before their little brother is here. And seeing that makes my heart soar! I can only hope and pray that they feel that Grayson will add to their lives and make their lives fuller, and not take away from it.
I can't help but feel like our family will be complete. That once he's here we'll all feel in someway different because we'll all be in our final roles. Mel and I will be the parents of 4, Joshua the big brother, Hailey the big sister, Leah the baby sister, and Grayson the baby brother. And we'll forever be in those roles, never changing again.
It's SO freaking hard not to be consumed by thinking and wondering and imagining right now.
It's making it hard to blog. Especially about anything else.
1 month, 2weeks, 5 days of obsessing left to do.
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RTT: Random Tuesday Thoughts
Another Random Tuesday Thoughts post! Still waiting on The Unmom to return as host, but until then I will be linking up with Jamie from TaterTwins.
{Pepperoni monster!}
Leah is ADDICTED to pepperoni right now. It's hard to keep her out of the fridge! It's her go-to snack, and it's hard to sneak in cheese, fruit and crackers because all she wants is PEPPERONI. She's always asking for pizza, but she only ever eats the pepp off of it, and if you give her plain cheese she is NOT happy.
I spent my pregnancy with Leah waiting for Breaking Dawn to finally come out. Now I'm spending this pregnancy waiting for the movie! I'm reading the book for the 47th million time. {Okay, honestly it's probably the 8th or 9th time. Ah, pathetic.} I read Breaking Dawn for the first time when I was just a little further along with Leah than I am now with G. {It came out August 2008, Leah was born September 8th, 2008.} So it's kind of surreal to be all big and preg and uncomfortable and reading it again.
I had this oh-so-adorable diaper custom made for G! And I LURVE it. It came in the mail yesterday! I ordered it from Three Monkey's Cloth Diapers. I also got 10 awesome custom made cloth wipes with it. GO FLUFF!
Joshua is having a hard time in school right now. His grades are great, but one of his A's went down to a B, and I was bummed about that. {If he was anyone else I wouldn't care a bit, but I know what he's capable of.} He's just unhappy and I hate seeing him unhappy. It breaks my heart. I'm glad that there is only 6 weeks left, I think he's ready for summer break.
It's hard to not notice the crazy weather, storms, tornadoes, and flooding that's been hitting our country like ca-razy. It's freaky. And it makes me nervous. We don't have a basement, cellar, or storm cellar. I don't feel anywhere in our house is safe if a tornado were to hit us. NC doesn't normally get tornadoes, but they've hit all over our state like crazy. I can't help but wonder what our Summer's thunderstorms will bring. I know SEVERAL people that have had vehicle damage from hail, and that have had to replace their roof because of storm damage. I feel REALLY lucky and blessed to not have any damage so far. {Eek, knock on wood!!!}
I tried recreating an awesome print I found on etsy. {I posted about it HERE.} I think I had semi-success! It's a lot harder than it looks! I want all of the kiddo's names done and plan on asking the seller if they could do other sizes besides 8x10. I'd love posters made!
I am SO PROUD of my Hailey! Her grade level has gone up in EVERY subject, and she is doing SO, SO well reading! She's really soaring in school and I couldn't be happier. She's not the bookworm that her brother and I are, but she's a great reader none-the-less. I hope to start reading more books with her in hopes of sparking an interest in reading. I'm going to be on the hunt for Beverly Clearly books. I loved her when I was Hailey's age.
I had a great Mother's Day, even though it didn't go necessarily as planned. :) The kiddos had handmade gifts for me that I will treasure always! Mel planned to take me to breakfast but EVERYthing was packed. I ended up with a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit from McD's, but no complaining there! We ate in the car on the way to Ikea. {I LOVE Ikea.} After walking around the show room floor for about an hour, and taking lots of breaks, we picked up the kiddos from the kid drop off and enjoyed a YUMMY Ikea lunch! Then we visited the Furniture Row Sofa Mart across the street just for fun. For dinner Mel tried again and this time we were able to get into Cracker Barrel. It was a great Mother's Day. :)
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{Pepperoni monster!}
{After 82,569 pepperoni's, her mouth gets "hot" and she's gotta have her juice!}
Leah is ADDICTED to pepperoni right now. It's hard to keep her out of the fridge! It's her go-to snack, and it's hard to sneak in cheese, fruit and crackers because all she wants is PEPPERONI. She's always asking for pizza, but she only ever eats the pepp off of it, and if you give her plain cheese she is NOT happy.
I spent my pregnancy with Leah waiting for Breaking Dawn to finally come out. Now I'm spending this pregnancy waiting for the movie! I'm reading the book for the 47th million time. {Okay, honestly it's probably the 8th or 9th time. Ah, pathetic.} I read Breaking Dawn for the first time when I was just a little further along with Leah than I am now with G. {It came out August 2008, Leah was born September 8th, 2008.} So it's kind of surreal to be all big and preg and uncomfortable and reading it again.
I had this oh-so-adorable diaper custom made for G! And I LURVE it. It came in the mail yesterday! I ordered it from Three Monkey's Cloth Diapers. I also got 10 awesome custom made cloth wipes with it. GO FLUFF!
Joshua is having a hard time in school right now. His grades are great, but one of his A's went down to a B, and I was bummed about that. {If he was anyone else I wouldn't care a bit, but I know what he's capable of.} He's just unhappy and I hate seeing him unhappy. It breaks my heart. I'm glad that there is only 6 weeks left, I think he's ready for summer break.
It's hard to not notice the crazy weather, storms, tornadoes, and flooding that's been hitting our country like ca-razy. It's freaky. And it makes me nervous. We don't have a basement, cellar, or storm cellar. I don't feel anywhere in our house is safe if a tornado were to hit us. NC doesn't normally get tornadoes, but they've hit all over our state like crazy. I can't help but wonder what our Summer's thunderstorms will bring. I know SEVERAL people that have had vehicle damage from hail, and that have had to replace their roof because of storm damage. I feel REALLY lucky and blessed to not have any damage so far. {Eek, knock on wood!!!}
I tried recreating an awesome print I found on etsy. {I posted about it HERE.} I think I had semi-success! It's a lot harder than it looks! I want all of the kiddo's names done and plan on asking the seller if they could do other sizes besides 8x10. I'd love posters made!
I am SO PROUD of my Hailey! Her grade level has gone up in EVERY subject, and she is doing SO, SO well reading! She's really soaring in school and I couldn't be happier. She's not the bookworm that her brother and I are, but she's a great reader none-the-less. I hope to start reading more books with her in hopes of sparking an interest in reading. I'm going to be on the hunt for Beverly Clearly books. I loved her when I was Hailey's age.
I had a great Mother's Day, even though it didn't go necessarily as planned. :) The kiddos had handmade gifts for me that I will treasure always! Mel planned to take me to breakfast but EVERYthing was packed. I ended up with a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit from McD's, but no complaining there! We ate in the car on the way to Ikea. {I LOVE Ikea.} After walking around the show room floor for about an hour, and taking lots of breaks, we picked up the kiddos from the kid drop off and enjoyed a YUMMY Ikea lunch! Then we visited the Furniture Row Sofa Mart across the street just for fun. For dinner Mel tried again and this time we were able to get into Cracker Barrel. It was a great Mother's Day. :)
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Musical Monday #6
I can't remember if I first heard this song in a commercial, on a television show, or in a movie. I think it was a commercial. The last time I heard it, I was sitting in a TCBY with one my bestest of friends enjoying a white chocolate mousse froyo. It was playing over the speakers and I noted that I LOVED this song. My bfff whipped out her nifty smart phone and got the name of it and the name of the band. Flash forward a few weeks and I remember the song! But for the LIFE of me, I couldn't remember the name of the song OR the band. Only that it had the word "temper" in it.
I googled. And googled. Then I googled some more. I listened to a few bands and a few songs with no luck. Then suddenly, BAM I press play and there it is! MY SONG! THIS SONG!!
Without further ado, I give you...
Sweet Disposition-The Temper Trap
♫♪"Songs of desperation
I played them for you
A moment
A love
A dream
Aloud
A kiss
A cry
Our rights
Our wrongs"♪♫
A moment
A love
A dream
Aloud
A kiss
A cry
Our rights
Our wrongs"♪♫
It's beautiful! I love it. The video is really great too. I love watching it with the song. What are you listening to this May Monday???
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Here's to you ma!
I love my mom. Of course I do! She's my mom! She gave birth to me. So in honor of Mother's Day I am posting someecards just for her. I wish Hallmark sold these cards. She and I would get a good laugh out of them! If you have a not-the-best mother it's nice that at least you can both laugh at it. Not-the-best or not I love that woman more than she knows!
Here's to you ma!
No, I'm not heartless, I really do love my mom. We have issues, but we can talk about them, and I can joke about them. And I think that's saying something. And these cards really do say it best when it comes to my mom!
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Here's to you ma!
HAPPY♥MOTHER'S♥DAY!
No, I'm not heartless, I really do love my mom. We have issues, but we can talk about them, and I can joke about them. And I think that's saying something. And these cards really do say it best when it comes to my mom!
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♥Mother's Day 2011♥
♥Mother's Day 2011♥
Joshua 8 Years
What is your favorite thing about your mom?
She likes zombies like me.
What do you love most about your mom?
She's a lot like me and likes the stuff I like?
What would you get your mom for Mother's Day?
All the zombie movies that she doesn't have, AND a gun so she can go hunting with my dad.
All the zombie movies that she doesn't have, AND a gun so she can go hunting with my dad.
Hailey 6 Years
What is your favorite thing about your mom?
She gives me ice cream.
What do you love most about your mom?
The nice things she does for me. Like doing what I say.
What would you get your mom for Mother's Day?
A chocolate heart.
A chocolate heart.
Leah 2.5 Years
What is your favorite thing about your mom?
Cake.
What do you love most about your mom?
My mom is my favorite zombie.
What would you get your mom for Mother's Day?
Deodorant.
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a week in phone pics
flowers on a May Monday Morning...
the weather was simply GORGEOUS Monday morning, Leah and I enjoyed sitting out enjoying the beautiful spring breeze
little G's quilt in the making...
this awesome fabric set arrive Tuesday! my mom and I are going to be making a quilt for Grayson using {THIS} tutorial from BIJOU Lovely. ^_^
there's not much cuter than little mini chucks...
these chuck taylors were Hailey Jo's, then were passed on to my niece Brinley, and have now made it back to Leah bug. they finally fit her and are her {and my} FAVORITE shoes!
i love seeing my baby girl mesmerized by The Wizard of Oz {bedhead and all}
Leah has been asking to watch our DVD of TWoO almost everyday; it seriously makes my heart soar every time she asks to watch it.
mmmmm a yummy Friday lunch of chick fil a
i took the little one to enjoy a chick fil a lunch of chicken nuggets! she loves their fries and fruit cup and chocolate milk and eats it ALL. i love everything there! but enjoyed nuggets and a diet coke this time around.
we didn't do too much this week so i didn't have too many pics to share. i'm hoping to get more next week! {I'm loving this link-up!}
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cup♥cakes
I can't stop thinking about cupcakes.
Literally. Can't. Stop.
{Vanilla Vanilla Cupcake from SAS Cupcakes}
{Margarita Cupcake from Cupcake Mondays at The TomKat Studio}
More than any fancy cupcake, I'm craving a Funfetti Cupcake MOST OF ALL!
{Confetti "Funfett" Cupcake from Baking Bites}
I think I'm going to make cupcakes for all of the nurses at the hospital and for the visitors. Instead of cigars, we'll have "It's a Boy" cupcakes!
Sounds good to me!
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Thursdays Likes...
I haven't posted a food love post in a few weeks! Because of the darn diabeetus I don't get to eat what I love or crave anymore. {Do you hear the sad violins playing?} I basically eat the same crap over and over. And I wouldn't even say that I "like" all of the foods I'm eating. Some I'm just tolerating, or eating to fill me up so I can stop thinking of things like frosted flakes, and cupcakes, and my beloved turkey subs.
So in longing remembrance of the day where I craved, and indulged in carbohydrate filled foods, I will instead make a list of foods that I don't necessarily want, but CAN HAVE!
Tuna- I've actually been really liking tuna sandwiches, and tuna on crackers. {It's gotta tons of mayonnaise and just a wee bit of dill relish.} I've been eating the sammiches on hamburger buns. It makes them yummier for some unknown reason.
Cheese- I'm eating a ton of cheese because it's one of the few things I can eat as much as I want! I cut it up and eat in in cubes, or shred it and put it on everything.
Bacon- I eat a shiz load of bacon. I actually LOVE bacon. It's yum. And it's really nice to be able to eat as much of it as I want.
Eggs- I'm over scrambled eggs, so I've been enjoying them fried. And I love deviled eggs, I ate the heck out of them Easter. {I should probably eat more.}
Whole Wheat Cracka's- In my case, saltine's. I eat 'em with pimento cheese, and tuna salad, and peanut butter, and make little tiny cracker pizzas.
Graham Cracka's- Just a couple squares is all I can have. It's usually my go-to "dessert" or snack. Love it with peanut butter.
Cheese Quesadilla's w/ Sour Cream and Salsa- I eat these a lot because they're fast, easy, and yummy.
In small doses- Banana w/ peanut butter, and/ or applesauce.
Obviously I can eat more than that. But that's pretty much all I like. It gets boring eating the same things over and over. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks I pretty much eat the same crap again and again in rotation. My dinner's I switch it up a bit.
It sucks I won't be able to do any more cravings posts. I mean, duh, I could but why would I want to torture myself that way? Right?
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So in longing remembrance of the day where I craved, and indulged in carbohydrate filled foods, I will instead make a list of foods that I don't necessarily want, but CAN HAVE!
Tuna- I've actually been really liking tuna sandwiches, and tuna on crackers. {It's gotta tons of mayonnaise and just a wee bit of dill relish.} I've been eating the sammiches on hamburger buns. It makes them yummier for some unknown reason.
Bacon- I eat a shiz load of bacon. I actually LOVE bacon. It's yum. And it's really nice to be able to eat as much of it as I want.
Eggs- I'm over scrambled eggs, so I've been enjoying them fried. And I love deviled eggs, I ate the heck out of them Easter. {I should probably eat more.}
Whole Wheat Cracka's- In my case, saltine's. I eat 'em with pimento cheese, and tuna salad, and peanut butter, and make little tiny cracker pizzas.
Cheese Quesadilla's w/ Sour Cream and Salsa- I eat these a lot because they're fast, easy, and yummy.
In small doses- Banana w/ peanut butter, and/ or applesauce.
Obviously I can eat more than that. But that's pretty much all I like. It gets boring eating the same things over and over. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks I pretty much eat the same crap again and again in rotation. My dinner's I switch it up a bit.
It sucks I won't be able to do any more cravings posts. I mean, duh, I could but why would I want to torture myself that way? Right?
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