So, we've had a lot of freezing rain and gusting winds--but not much actual snow, just lots of snow drifts. And as a result, we spent the day indoors--well, it's not like I don't do that everyday anyway. But today was very boring--which is funny because what can be boring about 4 kids and husband hanging around the house all day, right?
I'm in the middle of a knitting project for Omega--probably 20 minutes from being able to felt it, and I just haven't gotten up and done it, but I probably will now. Gotta go...finally some ambition.
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
a typical Sunday
Today was a Sunday school day and since P had to work this morning, I had all 4 kids at church by myself. I actually feel like I'm getting the hang of it a bit--even though I'd rather have help. Omega took his morning nap again during mass, CD only needed to go to the bathroom once, LE had Sunday school during the mass and was happy when he came back, and TO was my biggest problem. Evidently, sitting through mass is just too hard for my 8 year old. My 4 year old has no problem--it's my 8 year old who feels the need to chatter throughout the whole mass. LE was doing his best at behaving until TO moved to sit next to him. Then neither one of them could keep their mouths shut. Very frustrating to me, but in reality, it probably wasn't as bad as I'm assuming it was.
I finished another winter hat for Omega--and surprise, surprise--it's too big. Six attempts and 4 are too big and 2 are too small. I'm giving up and moving on to another project. I'm going to make a baby blanket for my friend M (due in Feb) or P's cousin (due in Mar). At least this project will be okay if it's a half inch too small or too big.
Tomorrow morning I have Omega's 9 month check up. I'm interested to see how much he's grown. In my opinion, he's really pudged up quite a bit. In the afternoon, I have a meeting with the counselor at the tech school. I've been accepted into the nursing program, now I need to see what the next step is. I know I won't get into the core classes for a few more semesters but I'll be able to take some generals in the mean time. Hopefully I'll find out enough to make my worries about the program go away.
I finished another winter hat for Omega--and surprise, surprise--it's too big. Six attempts and 4 are too big and 2 are too small. I'm giving up and moving on to another project. I'm going to make a baby blanket for my friend M (due in Feb) or P's cousin (due in Mar). At least this project will be okay if it's a half inch too small or too big.
Tomorrow morning I have Omega's 9 month check up. I'm interested to see how much he's grown. In my opinion, he's really pudged up quite a bit. In the afternoon, I have a meeting with the counselor at the tech school. I've been accepted into the nursing program, now I need to see what the next step is. I know I won't get into the core classes for a few more semesters but I'll be able to take some generals in the mean time. Hopefully I'll find out enough to make my worries about the program go away.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
stubborn one
So here it is half past midnight and Omega is still up. I put him in his crib about 30 minutes ago, and he's really pissed off right now. The down side is, I have to walk through his room to get to my bed. I'm not sure if I should do it while he's awake--and get his revved up to top pitch wail again--or wait until he's asleep--who knows what time I'll get to bed again.
It's so hard to listen to him cry. I know that he's not hungry--he's had 11+ ounces since 8pm--but I'm not sure what's wrong. In the past I've given him some tylenol and some orajel and eventually he nods off, but I don't like to keep doing that. I know that eventually he'll learn to fall asleep and stay asleep all night, but in the mean time, my heart is really hurting. He definitely has a way of making it sound like the worst, most dreadful thing that can happen. Sigh.
On a happier note, I've started yet another hat for him, and this one seems to be working a bit better. I actually bought him a hat at WalMart this afternoon. And I knew as soon as I bought one, I'd get one made. I'm kind of making up my own pattern again, but working from a pattern at the same time. I've given up on the elf style hat and I'm going to settle for a stocking cap with ear flaps. At least I hope I'll get the ear flaps on. I'm writing out the pattern as I knit it, in case it turns out super awesome and I want to make another one.
LE has wet the bed again tonight--so he's sleeping on the guest room bed. This is the 3rd time in the last week or so that he's wet the bed. He's not drinking copious amounts of water before bed, so I'm not exactly sure where this is coming from. He's been completely out of diapers--nighttime included--since he was 2.5 years old. I'm not sure how to handle this--other than lots of laundry and not making a big deal of it. Of course, he's the kid that likes to sleep under multitudes of blankets, so a wet bed equals lots of laundry, but...
It's so hard to listen to him cry. I know that he's not hungry--he's had 11+ ounces since 8pm--but I'm not sure what's wrong. In the past I've given him some tylenol and some orajel and eventually he nods off, but I don't like to keep doing that. I know that eventually he'll learn to fall asleep and stay asleep all night, but in the mean time, my heart is really hurting. He definitely has a way of making it sound like the worst, most dreadful thing that can happen. Sigh.
On a happier note, I've started yet another hat for him, and this one seems to be working a bit better. I actually bought him a hat at WalMart this afternoon. And I knew as soon as I bought one, I'd get one made. I'm kind of making up my own pattern again, but working from a pattern at the same time. I've given up on the elf style hat and I'm going to settle for a stocking cap with ear flaps. At least I hope I'll get the ear flaps on. I'm writing out the pattern as I knit it, in case it turns out super awesome and I want to make another one.
LE has wet the bed again tonight--so he's sleeping on the guest room bed. This is the 3rd time in the last week or so that he's wet the bed. He's not drinking copious amounts of water before bed, so I'm not exactly sure where this is coming from. He's been completely out of diapers--nighttime included--since he was 2.5 years old. I'm not sure how to handle this--other than lots of laundry and not making a big deal of it. Of course, he's the kid that likes to sleep under multitudes of blankets, so a wet bed equals lots of laundry, but...
Thursday, October 28, 2010
a bit of...
I have to admit that these last few days have been particularly hard on me, and I'm not 100% sure why. Physically, I haven't been feeling up to snuff--which I'm sure is the result of being off the ww wagon. The only thing better than carrot cake with cream cheese frosting is Ben & Jerry's Carrot Cake ice cream--with a cream cheese frosting swirl! But, I digress. I'm finally feeling like I should start counting points again, and am just wondering when would be the best time to start. Yeah, yeah, no time like the present, and all that crap. I need time to plan, time to get the food in the house. And, maybe most of all, I need time to prepare my mind--to get it out of the deprivation mindset that it automatically sinks into anytime the word "points" comes up. I'm also fairly nervous about getting back on the scale. I know that I'm still fitting into the size-smaller jeans that I got before vacation, but they are fitting a bit tight. And, I'm wondering just how much damage I managed to do while enjoying the jalapeno poppers, chili and carrot cake ice cream.
Mentally, I have not been at the top of my game either. I'm still taking a nap almost every morning. And while I tell myself that it's just because I'm still getting up with Omega during the night, part of me wonders if it isn't a bit of depression setting in. Things are so lonely here during the day. And now with Omega so mobile and getting into everything, I'm having to leave the computer off while he's awake. I'm realizing just how much time I spent on the computer every day.
I was an avid FrontierVille player on facebook, but I started having a lot of problems with the game--the internet needing to refresh all the time, etc. And I realized that I was spending up to 2 hours a night (not counting anytime during the day) just getting the basics of the game done. Not to mention that I needed lots more friends to make the game play easier--and I refused to friend people I didn't know. So, I gave up--I gifted all the items that I could to my friends that play and have unliked the application and blocked all the posts from my newsfeeds.
I've chatted up everyone that I could about our trip, which now leaves me with not much to talk about--and I don't feel that I can pester my few friends that often without too much going on. And I'm definitely getting the feeling from my mom that my phone calls are coming at inopportune moments--namely any time of the day. So, I'm really feeling cut off from grownups--which is just kind of feeding the depression issue.
I am currently on my 3rd attempt to knit a hat for Omega--and I tried the bottom on him today--which was a struggle considering the needles and yarn were still attached. And it's looking a little big. I'm really getting ready to throw the towel in and just buy the poor kid a hat. Pretty soon, he's not going to be able to get by with just the hood on his jacket. But, I really wanted to make him a hat--so maybe I'll have to start over from scratch and use some yarn that I'm more familiar with--something that's more uniform.
For TO's halloween costume (she was a witch), I needed a length of rope or twine to tie around her waist. And of course lacking that, I looked up some instructions on how to "finger knit." I was able to make her belt (big enough to tie around me) in under 10 minutes. Now I'm debating about teaching TO how to do this--it was extremely easy--and see if she would want to make a big long chain to use as garland on the Christmas tree this year. The instructions for finger knitting are here--I used the photos, not the video--which did not match the photos, and for the belt--and garland--I only used 2 fingers.
I currently have 3 packages that I'm waiting for in the mail. Snow pants for TO from P's mom. Evidently she shipped them to the wrong address--again. I thought we had gotten that corrected the last time it happened, but evidently everything that she sends to our house has been addressed to the wrong address. Somehow the post office gets it here (and of course, I haven't noticed the incorrect address because when something shows up in my mailbox addressed to me, I don't stop to read the address too), but UPS gets it screwed up every time--meaning they aren't mind readers and deliver it to the address on the label. Or, at least this is the gist of the 30 minute lecture that I got on the subject--like it's my fault.
I'm also waiting for Omega's snowsuit--I had returned the ones that my step-mom sent me and am waiting for the correct ones to be sent to us (a cute bear one for this year--built in feet and mittens--and a polar fleece one for next year). I'm not really hopeful of a quick turn around time, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed--snow could be coming any day now--and as mentioned before, the poor kid doesn't even have a hat!
The third package is my birthday present/Omega's Christmas present. Perhaps I should preface this with--I told P that I wanted a birthday gift this year--we've been married 8 years now and have never exchanged presents--for birthday or Christmas. And this year--I just really wanted a birthday present to open--don't ask why, I'm not really sure that I know. I told him he has a chiropractor appointment on my birthday and that he should just stop after he was done and pick something out. So the other day he took LE and CD out for supper and it was taking them a really long time to get home. Turns out they were birthday shopping for me. They brought home a new dual handset cordless phone. And I'm not trying to sound bitchy--but it's my blog and you can stop reading if you want to--1) I really wanted something on my birthday, 2) I kind of feel like it's more for him than for me--he's the one that's been missing the cordless since it broke a few months ago, and 3) isn't it kind of like getting a vacuum? While I'm glad I got a gift, I can say I wasn't really excited about it--but honestly I'm not sure what I was expecting him to get for me anyway.
But, back to my 3rd package. I got a facebook post from Nicki's Diapers today about a new diaper that they had stocked--basically like the ones that I use and love--only with prints! Rock on! I'd been wanting prints for so long--that's the best part of cloth diapering--being able to put really cute prints on your kid's bottom. Anyway...I checked out their website and ended up ordering 2 really cute diapers--with kangaroo print! Actually kangaroos wearing diapers. Kangaroo diaper seen here. I was only $10 away from the free shipping and when I calculated the shipping--it was going to cost me $10.10. So, I went back to the site and found some inserts and bought enough to equal the $10. If I had to spend the $10 either way, I might as well get something, right.
Something completely off topic that maybe considered gross--but again, it's my blog. About 8 years ago, I started using the Keeper during my periods. And as grossed out as I thought I'd be, I really liked it. Combined with some cloth pads that I washed with the cloth diapers--I was set. Then sometime in the last move, I lost my Keeper--my apologies to whoever runs across it. I went through 2 periods using the disposable products that I had managed to collect and move over the last 8 years--of course, it couldn't be them that I lost--and hated every day of it. So after my last period, I broke down and spent the money to get a new one. However, I had trouble finding the Keeper at a reasonable price, and I decided to try the Diva Cup seen here. And after using it, I have to say, I like it a lot better than the Keeper. It seems softer, more flexible and it has a few raised rings/ridges at the base to help with removal. The site says that it needs to be replace about once a year, but I also ran across sites that had reviews from women who have used the Diva Cup for years. So, I guess I'll just see how it's doing after a year. Again the whole above paragraph was probably TMI, but again--my blog. And as long as I'm TMIing, I use the FuzziBunz Comfort Pads seen here.
I have been reading up a storm lately--probably due to the less computer time. And, I've finally caught up on the flux of books that accidentally all came in at the same time about a month ago--apparently there just aren't too many holds on older romances. So, I'm reading Master of Fire by Angela Knight right now--and the only thing I have left here at the house is Death's Excellent Vacation a compilation of short stories by various authors. I got it for the Jim the demon dog short story by Katie MacAlister, which was hilarious by the way. I still have all the other short stories to read in that book yet. Now I need to get back on the library's website and reserve some more books. And they'll probably all come in at the same time again, and I'll be right back in the same boat again.
Well, I think that's enough babbling for tonight.
Mentally, I have not been at the top of my game either. I'm still taking a nap almost every morning. And while I tell myself that it's just because I'm still getting up with Omega during the night, part of me wonders if it isn't a bit of depression setting in. Things are so lonely here during the day. And now with Omega so mobile and getting into everything, I'm having to leave the computer off while he's awake. I'm realizing just how much time I spent on the computer every day.
I was an avid FrontierVille player on facebook, but I started having a lot of problems with the game--the internet needing to refresh all the time, etc. And I realized that I was spending up to 2 hours a night (not counting anytime during the day) just getting the basics of the game done. Not to mention that I needed lots more friends to make the game play easier--and I refused to friend people I didn't know. So, I gave up--I gifted all the items that I could to my friends that play and have unliked the application and blocked all the posts from my newsfeeds.
I've chatted up everyone that I could about our trip, which now leaves me with not much to talk about--and I don't feel that I can pester my few friends that often without too much going on. And I'm definitely getting the feeling from my mom that my phone calls are coming at inopportune moments--namely any time of the day. So, I'm really feeling cut off from grownups--which is just kind of feeding the depression issue.
I am currently on my 3rd attempt to knit a hat for Omega--and I tried the bottom on him today--which was a struggle considering the needles and yarn were still attached. And it's looking a little big. I'm really getting ready to throw the towel in and just buy the poor kid a hat. Pretty soon, he's not going to be able to get by with just the hood on his jacket. But, I really wanted to make him a hat--so maybe I'll have to start over from scratch and use some yarn that I'm more familiar with--something that's more uniform.
For TO's halloween costume (she was a witch), I needed a length of rope or twine to tie around her waist. And of course lacking that, I looked up some instructions on how to "finger knit." I was able to make her belt (big enough to tie around me) in under 10 minutes. Now I'm debating about teaching TO how to do this--it was extremely easy--and see if she would want to make a big long chain to use as garland on the Christmas tree this year. The instructions for finger knitting are here--I used the photos, not the video--which did not match the photos, and for the belt--and garland--I only used 2 fingers.
I currently have 3 packages that I'm waiting for in the mail. Snow pants for TO from P's mom. Evidently she shipped them to the wrong address--again. I thought we had gotten that corrected the last time it happened, but evidently everything that she sends to our house has been addressed to the wrong address. Somehow the post office gets it here (and of course, I haven't noticed the incorrect address because when something shows up in my mailbox addressed to me, I don't stop to read the address too), but UPS gets it screwed up every time--meaning they aren't mind readers and deliver it to the address on the label. Or, at least this is the gist of the 30 minute lecture that I got on the subject--like it's my fault.
I'm also waiting for Omega's snowsuit--I had returned the ones that my step-mom sent me and am waiting for the correct ones to be sent to us (a cute bear one for this year--built in feet and mittens--and a polar fleece one for next year). I'm not really hopeful of a quick turn around time, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed--snow could be coming any day now--and as mentioned before, the poor kid doesn't even have a hat!
The third package is my birthday present/Omega's Christmas present. Perhaps I should preface this with--I told P that I wanted a birthday gift this year--we've been married 8 years now and have never exchanged presents--for birthday or Christmas. And this year--I just really wanted a birthday present to open--don't ask why, I'm not really sure that I know. I told him he has a chiropractor appointment on my birthday and that he should just stop after he was done and pick something out. So the other day he took LE and CD out for supper and it was taking them a really long time to get home. Turns out they were birthday shopping for me. They brought home a new dual handset cordless phone. And I'm not trying to sound bitchy--but it's my blog and you can stop reading if you want to--1) I really wanted something on my birthday, 2) I kind of feel like it's more for him than for me--he's the one that's been missing the cordless since it broke a few months ago, and 3) isn't it kind of like getting a vacuum? While I'm glad I got a gift, I can say I wasn't really excited about it--but honestly I'm not sure what I was expecting him to get for me anyway.
But, back to my 3rd package. I got a facebook post from Nicki's Diapers today about a new diaper that they had stocked--basically like the ones that I use and love--only with prints! Rock on! I'd been wanting prints for so long--that's the best part of cloth diapering--being able to put really cute prints on your kid's bottom. Anyway...I checked out their website and ended up ordering 2 really cute diapers--with kangaroo print! Actually kangaroos wearing diapers. Kangaroo diaper seen here. I was only $10 away from the free shipping and when I calculated the shipping--it was going to cost me $10.10. So, I went back to the site and found some inserts and bought enough to equal the $10. If I had to spend the $10 either way, I might as well get something, right.
Something completely off topic that maybe considered gross--but again, it's my blog. About 8 years ago, I started using the Keeper during my periods. And as grossed out as I thought I'd be, I really liked it. Combined with some cloth pads that I washed with the cloth diapers--I was set. Then sometime in the last move, I lost my Keeper--my apologies to whoever runs across it. I went through 2 periods using the disposable products that I had managed to collect and move over the last 8 years--of course, it couldn't be them that I lost--and hated every day of it. So after my last period, I broke down and spent the money to get a new one. However, I had trouble finding the Keeper at a reasonable price, and I decided to try the Diva Cup seen here. And after using it, I have to say, I like it a lot better than the Keeper. It seems softer, more flexible and it has a few raised rings/ridges at the base to help with removal. The site says that it needs to be replace about once a year, but I also ran across sites that had reviews from women who have used the Diva Cup for years. So, I guess I'll just see how it's doing after a year. Again the whole above paragraph was probably TMI, but again--my blog. And as long as I'm TMIing, I use the FuzziBunz Comfort Pads seen here.
I have been reading up a storm lately--probably due to the less computer time. And, I've finally caught up on the flux of books that accidentally all came in at the same time about a month ago--apparently there just aren't too many holds on older romances. So, I'm reading Master of Fire by Angela Knight right now--and the only thing I have left here at the house is Death's Excellent Vacation a compilation of short stories by various authors. I got it for the Jim the demon dog short story by Katie MacAlister, which was hilarious by the way. I still have all the other short stories to read in that book yet. Now I need to get back on the library's website and reserve some more books. And they'll probably all come in at the same time again, and I'll be right back in the same boat again.
Well, I think that's enough babbling for tonight.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
falling off the ww wagon
So today has been a terrible day weight watchers wise. I really just want to give up all together, but feel guilty for wanting to--after all, I've actually had some success--25 pounds of success. Today, I took a day off, and I'm sure I'll pay for it tomorrow on the scale.
Patience-wise, today has been terrible. I actually told TO to "bite me" this morning. I'm pretty sure the Carol Bradys and June Cleavers of the world would not recommend this course of action. I'm sure that TO was pretty confused and had no clue what the meaning really was, but did finally do her chores after I asked her one more time.
LE is feeling tons better today--and is showing it by antagonizing the girls. And while I'm glad that he's feeling better, I sure wish that he wasn't quite so naughty about it. There has to be a happy medium, doesn't there?
CD is back to her old habit of pooping in her pants again. She actually went on the toilet once today and I tried really hard to be enthusiastic about it, but it gets hard to pretend--knowing that it's probably going to happen again tomorrow.
Omega has started really moving around the house now--he's able to move his walker on the carpet and he can be right where he wants to be pretty quickly now. His favorite is electrical cords--like the computer cords, the tv cords and the telephone cords. He disappeared when I was making supper and I found him behind my recliner pushing buttons on the telephone (he had pulled on the cord until the phone fell off the end table). I sure hope I don't end up with some international charges...
I'm trying to knit a hat for Omega. I thought that I had done a good job picking out a substitute yarn for the project, but evidently not. So far, it's looking like it could easily fit CD. Not that she needs another winter hat. Now, I need to decide how to approach the project. I want the hat to look the same, but I can't shrink the pattern down enough. The earflaps would turn into blinders. I may need to rework the earflaps, but until I get the hat knit, I'm not sure how best to do that. I guess it will be a trial and error kind of deal. I'll work on it tonight while I'm watching a movie we dvr'd during our free HBO weekend. Gotta love free HBO.
Patience-wise, today has been terrible. I actually told TO to "bite me" this morning. I'm pretty sure the Carol Bradys and June Cleavers of the world would not recommend this course of action. I'm sure that TO was pretty confused and had no clue what the meaning really was, but did finally do her chores after I asked her one more time.
LE is feeling tons better today--and is showing it by antagonizing the girls. And while I'm glad that he's feeling better, I sure wish that he wasn't quite so naughty about it. There has to be a happy medium, doesn't there?
CD is back to her old habit of pooping in her pants again. She actually went on the toilet once today and I tried really hard to be enthusiastic about it, but it gets hard to pretend--knowing that it's probably going to happen again tomorrow.
Omega has started really moving around the house now--he's able to move his walker on the carpet and he can be right where he wants to be pretty quickly now. His favorite is electrical cords--like the computer cords, the tv cords and the telephone cords. He disappeared when I was making supper and I found him behind my recliner pushing buttons on the telephone (he had pulled on the cord until the phone fell off the end table). I sure hope I don't end up with some international charges...
I'm trying to knit a hat for Omega. I thought that I had done a good job picking out a substitute yarn for the project, but evidently not. So far, it's looking like it could easily fit CD. Not that she needs another winter hat. Now, I need to decide how to approach the project. I want the hat to look the same, but I can't shrink the pattern down enough. The earflaps would turn into blinders. I may need to rework the earflaps, but until I get the hat knit, I'm not sure how best to do that. I guess it will be a trial and error kind of deal. I'll work on it tonight while I'm watching a movie we dvr'd during our free HBO weekend. Gotta love free HBO.
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