R has been looking at vegetable catalogs recently to see what he might plant this summer. Tonight at supper, I asked the little one if we should plant brussel sprouts.
M, "No Mom, we burp those up." and then I received the visual.
Too funny!!
LOL,
CDR
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Thoughts
I have to say that over the past few months I have not really felt motiviated to write on any real issues until now... the mother of 14 in California.
First of all, I can't imagine taking home eight newborns to meet the six older kids. It makes me want to hide in the closet. We were exhausted with one and she was/still is a good sleeper. I question lots of things about this:
1. Did she lie to the doctor about her life in general? He/she knew she had children.
2. Did she supply her own medication and a sample of swimmers for herself and got "lucky?"
3. Did the doctor only transfer two or three embryos and nature did the rest?
4. Why would she even have been a candidate for any kind of infertility treatment? She obviously was fertile indeed!
I just don't get it. We had to work so hard for our one little miracle. Quite frankly, she makes me very angry and I hope that once the entire story comes out, my anger will subside.
CDR
First of all, I can't imagine taking home eight newborns to meet the six older kids. It makes me want to hide in the closet. We were exhausted with one and she was/still is a good sleeper. I question lots of things about this:
1. Did she lie to the doctor about her life in general? He/she knew she had children.
2. Did she supply her own medication and a sample of swimmers for herself and got "lucky?"
3. Did the doctor only transfer two or three embryos and nature did the rest?
4. Why would she even have been a candidate for any kind of infertility treatment? She obviously was fertile indeed!
I just don't get it. We had to work so hard for our one little miracle. Quite frankly, she makes me very angry and I hope that once the entire story comes out, my anger will subside.
CDR
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Absenteeism
OK, so it's been three months since my last blog entry and I have a confession, I haven't had much to say.
You would think that in three months, there would be things to discuss, and there may have been, but now it would seem pointless to dig that deep to remember. I have been on Facebook, which is probably why I'm not in here anymore. However, I thought it was time to get in and write.
August - in a nutshell
We went on vacation to the Wisconsin Dells and had a fabulous time until the last day, on the way home. Traffic in the Windy City was not pretty and I lost my temper, Mom was crying, Mallory was having nightmares and I was insulting R. Other than that, the trip was great. I would highly recommend it if you really like water parks.
School started.
September -
Work, work, work, Mallory's dance class, Mallory's soccer practice, economy goes in the crapper, politics, 4th birthday party preparations, 4 year pictures, work, work, and more work.
October -
4th birthday party with family and friends was a big hit. Rained out field trip to pumpkin patch was a bummer. Mallory is going to be Minnie Mouse for Halloween. We are going back home to make Applebutter this weekend. Oh, yeah, more working.
I'm certain there are tales to tell and funny anecdotes to share, but it's all a blur now.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Socializing
Well, I took the plunge and finally joined Facebook. I haven't done it before because I figured that if someone wanted to find me, they would eventually either call or email. The problem is that so many people from my past, don't have my number or my email. Many in fact have probably forgotten me until they were like "hey, I know that person" and asked me to be their friend. Here is another concept that I find funny. I have to ask people to be my friends and people have to either accept or decline and vise versa. I know this is the safest way for us all to socialize, but it's so elementary and amusing to me. Another dilemma was that students could be on there and I don't really want them to find me.
Another funny tid bit is that I can't get husband to sign up on his own. (Plus, I can't have two accounts going to the same email.) He is so scared that someone weird might find him and this could be true. Especially since I was doing a search for graduates from his year of college and did find some people who we have not spoken to since our wedding, 13 years ago. I think some of you may know who I mean. I'll just say, there was a bit of a ruckus after our reception in the hotel. Fortunately, husband and I were NOT involved at all and were clueless in the morning about the whole thing. I thought about asking them to be my "friends" but husband wouldn't let me.
We went to husband's 20th high school class reunion (yes, he is that old, not me) this past Saturday and everyone there kept asking if we were in Facebook. I told his friends that I would sign him up, but he wouldn't let me. However, I made sure to mention him a lot so people would be able to find him through me. Some of his classmates have already friended me so I guess it will work.
Look me up if you get the chance.
LOL,
CDR
Another funny tid bit is that I can't get husband to sign up on his own. (Plus, I can't have two accounts going to the same email.) He is so scared that someone weird might find him and this could be true. Especially since I was doing a search for graduates from his year of college and did find some people who we have not spoken to since our wedding, 13 years ago. I think some of you may know who I mean. I'll just say, there was a bit of a ruckus after our reception in the hotel. Fortunately, husband and I were NOT involved at all and were clueless in the morning about the whole thing. I thought about asking them to be my "friends" but husband wouldn't let me.
We went to husband's 20th high school class reunion (yes, he is that old, not me) this past Saturday and everyone there kept asking if we were in Facebook. I told his friends that I would sign him up, but he wouldn't let me. However, I made sure to mention him a lot so people would be able to find him through me. Some of his classmates have already friended me so I guess it will work.
Look me up if you get the chance.
LOL,
CDR
Friday, July 04, 2008
Randomness
Whew, what a month. School got out, we went right into a summer project, then VBS, then a trip to see the folks, then it's already the 4th of July. Summer is going by way too fast and I don't have time to do my home projects.
I thought that with my degree done, I would be able to read more, scrapbook more, spend more time with family and traveling. I find that I'm super busy and tired AND I don't want to do a thing. I just want to sit. I don't even want to read. I think I'm burned out because of all the reading I did last summer and over the last three years. I know it sounds funny for a Media Specialist to not want to read, but I just can't do the in-depth reading that I had hoped to do. I have been scrapbooking a bit, but I want to do more. The problem is that I really don't have a great space to do it. I plan on going out to do more and I've asked for a table for my birthday so I can leave out my stuff and scrapbook when I want to.
In family news, M and I went to see my family, a four hour trip. R stayed home because he had to work and he is able to get home projects done when we are gone. He did accomplish stuff, but not nearly what he could have. I think he relished in the fact that he was alone. (Don't blame him there.) We had a great time with my family. M was able to see the cows and LOVED it. She was also able to go to another zoo and ride a camel. I will have to post a picture later. She had a blast with her cousins and then we were able to visit with our friends who moved too far away. That's OK though, because we are vacationing with them later.
I also have to mention that the new owner of my Grandpa and Grandma's house moved in this past Monday. I'm OK with this, but I don't plan on driving by or visiting. My family knows him, he's a bit younger than I am and I know he will take good care of the house. I was told that he is planning on having a tree removed from right behind the house and this bothers me more than anything. This is the three with a cement break wall around it that, as kids, we all sat on and husked corn, ate watermelon, and played. It's a huge shade tree and it's sad to see it go. I decided some time ago that I don't mind getting older, but I don't like to see change back home. My dad is now the elder and that freaks me out.
Anyway, enough randomness for today.
LOL,
CDR
I thought that with my degree done, I would be able to read more, scrapbook more, spend more time with family and traveling. I find that I'm super busy and tired AND I don't want to do a thing. I just want to sit. I don't even want to read. I think I'm burned out because of all the reading I did last summer and over the last three years. I know it sounds funny for a Media Specialist to not want to read, but I just can't do the in-depth reading that I had hoped to do. I have been scrapbooking a bit, but I want to do more. The problem is that I really don't have a great space to do it. I plan on going out to do more and I've asked for a table for my birthday so I can leave out my stuff and scrapbook when I want to.
In family news, M and I went to see my family, a four hour trip. R stayed home because he had to work and he is able to get home projects done when we are gone. He did accomplish stuff, but not nearly what he could have. I think he relished in the fact that he was alone. (Don't blame him there.) We had a great time with my family. M was able to see the cows and LOVED it. She was also able to go to another zoo and ride a camel. I will have to post a picture later. She had a blast with her cousins and then we were able to visit with our friends who moved too far away. That's OK though, because we are vacationing with them later.
I also have to mention that the new owner of my Grandpa and Grandma's house moved in this past Monday. I'm OK with this, but I don't plan on driving by or visiting. My family knows him, he's a bit younger than I am and I know he will take good care of the house. I was told that he is planning on having a tree removed from right behind the house and this bothers me more than anything. This is the three with a cement break wall around it that, as kids, we all sat on and husked corn, ate watermelon, and played. It's a huge shade tree and it's sad to see it go. I decided some time ago that I don't mind getting older, but I don't like to see change back home. My dad is now the elder and that freaks me out.
Anyway, enough randomness for today.
LOL,
CDR
Friday, June 06, 2008
The List
Reasons that I haven't blogged in, well, forever:
1. I have been rearranging two libraries at work and would have had to do three, but my elementary aid is super. I am exhausted from this and dirty. You might be amazed at how much dust collects on those book shelves, yuck. Plus, I have been weeding the collection of all the 1930s materials, yes 1930s. What a crazy mess?!?
2. I don't have classes any more, so actually getting online isn't as frequent while I'm home. I mean why bother? I don't have to check Blackboard or chat or type a paper. Ahhhh, freedom!
3. It's nice outside and that's where the little one likes to be. (For those of you who know me well, I mean really well, you know that it kills me to be outside. I would so much rather be watching a movie or reading.)
4. It's retro night on WGN and they are showing great shows from our childhood. WKRP in Cincinnati is on tonight.
5. Did I mention exhaustion?
That pretty much sums things up for me. The family is doing well and only three more days of school, officially.
LOL,
CDR
1. I have been rearranging two libraries at work and would have had to do three, but my elementary aid is super. I am exhausted from this and dirty. You might be amazed at how much dust collects on those book shelves, yuck. Plus, I have been weeding the collection of all the 1930s materials, yes 1930s. What a crazy mess?!?
2. I don't have classes any more, so actually getting online isn't as frequent while I'm home. I mean why bother? I don't have to check Blackboard or chat or type a paper. Ahhhh, freedom!
3. It's nice outside and that's where the little one likes to be. (For those of you who know me well, I mean really well, you know that it kills me to be outside. I would so much rather be watching a movie or reading.)
4. It's retro night on WGN and they are showing great shows from our childhood. WKRP in Cincinnati is on tonight.
5. Did I mention exhaustion?
That pretty much sums things up for me. The family is doing well and only three more days of school, officially.
LOL,
CDR
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Sorry for the delay
I hadn't realized it had been a month since my last post, whoops.
Things are busy and there have been no more serious pony tail incidents to speak of. We are having a garage sale this weekend and that has been taking over our lives this week. I asked Mallory if she wanted to sell anything in the sale and she started to tell me what things she would sell. When I told her that to sell it meant that it would be gone forever, she started crying. Therefore, there won't be loads of her things in the sale, only things I can sneak past her.
Work is good, but busy. Last fall, after working for about a day, I was asked to hire an aid. We did and she is really great at the job. In fact, she does too much, things she isn't supposed to do because she is not a certified teacher. Any way, she has loads of ideas which leads to more hassles for me. Every time I turn around, she wants me to purchase something for the library. It's not that I don't want to buy things, I spent all of my budget this year for all three buildings and will do so again next year and every year that follows. However, I don't have a huge budget to work with and I have to be somewhat creative. I could have it way worse, but I want to make sure that I buy what we need and not just what we want. She is driving me a bit crazy, but she means well.
Only a few more weeks and summer vacation starts. :-) :-) I can't wait to not have to work or study or do anything that I don't want to do. My plan is to catch up on my scrapbooking and small things around the house, while spending quality time with Mallory. Oh, and I plan on sitting on my large booty as much as possible, drinking my coffee and reading, reading, and reading. Girlfriends who live in this same town need to be seen as much as possible. You know who you are. Let's make sure to set things up. Those girlfriends who aren't as close, let me know when we can come visit.
LOL,
CDR
Things are busy and there have been no more serious pony tail incidents to speak of. We are having a garage sale this weekend and that has been taking over our lives this week. I asked Mallory if she wanted to sell anything in the sale and she started to tell me what things she would sell. When I told her that to sell it meant that it would be gone forever, she started crying. Therefore, there won't be loads of her things in the sale, only things I can sneak past her.
Work is good, but busy. Last fall, after working for about a day, I was asked to hire an aid. We did and she is really great at the job. In fact, she does too much, things she isn't supposed to do because she is not a certified teacher. Any way, she has loads of ideas which leads to more hassles for me. Every time I turn around, she wants me to purchase something for the library. It's not that I don't want to buy things, I spent all of my budget this year for all three buildings and will do so again next year and every year that follows. However, I don't have a huge budget to work with and I have to be somewhat creative. I could have it way worse, but I want to make sure that I buy what we need and not just what we want. She is driving me a bit crazy, but she means well.
Only a few more weeks and summer vacation starts. :-) :-) I can't wait to not have to work or study or do anything that I don't want to do. My plan is to catch up on my scrapbooking and small things around the house, while spending quality time with Mallory. Oh, and I plan on sitting on my large booty as much as possible, drinking my coffee and reading, reading, and reading. Girlfriends who live in this same town need to be seen as much as possible. You know who you are. Let's make sure to set things up. Those girlfriends who aren't as close, let me know when we can come visit.
LOL,
CDR
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