Scariest Day Of My Life...

I have had enough of emergencies. I just can't take another one...and if they come in threes then I have filled my quota.

2 weeks ago I messed up my knee (still not fully recovered), last week BD fell and broke his leg (home healing and 1 more person to be taken care of), yesterday I had to rush the baby (3) to the hospital becuase he kept going into this weird state where he would glaze over and become unresponsive. I really freaked out and took him to the ER after calling and talking to his pediatrician.

They took blood (he took that like a champ and didn't even whimper - the nurses were so giddy about that), did a heart trace, and a urinalysis. The ER doc said that it was probably a sezuire or a vaso vagel response to nausea, but likely a sezuire. Unless he had another episode in the ER there was really no way to definitively say what it was. It could have been a one day thing and whatever was cuasing it had passed. After being there for almost 6 hours they sent us home. No answers...no reasons...nothing.

He's fine now...the first thing he did when we got into the house was walk over and kick his brother in the leg. Ahhh...sweet sibling love. Right up there with having an anuerism. Then he wouldn't let me take his hospital bracelet off becuase he said it made him better when they gave it to him. It was cute when he said it...but it kinda freaked me out as well....so attached to a bracelet. A couple of hours later he did come over and ask me to cut it off...so I guess he felt better.

So I have decided I can't do drama.....we are now living in a no drama zone....my heart can't take anymore...neither can my head. I am throwing in the towel........

It's been a whole week....

One week since I did in my knee. I did end up at the ER on Thursday morning. It looked pretty bad that morning when I woke up and it was numb. It's been a week of limping and whining....and it's still numb...and looks pretty gruesome as well.



The top part in between the ugly bruise and the knee cap area where it's just a little off color...you see that part? Where it looks like it's still natural skin colored? That is where it is still numb. I can feel pressure when I touch there...but nothing else...I even tried poking myself with a pin and it didn't hurt. I hope that goes away soon. I thought after a week the bruise would be much further gone than this...but ce la vie!! I will survive!!

Another year down....

Last night TT#1 graduated....... Preschool anyways. It was so nice. They did a musical program that covered all the songs they learned this year while going through the alphabet. They had them get into caps and gowns after that and did the walk. They got their diplomas and then they filed out while the director read the Last Will and Testaments. It was so nice to see the slideshow that they presented to all the parents featuring each of the children in the graduating class. Being a sub there, I have gotten to know each of the children and seen them grow up over the years....it will be strange next year to see a whole new Bear Class at the school. We had to duck out early on the after party since it was storming pretty badly and the dogs were outside when we left for the ceremony. They did give us all CDs with the slideshow and a mini album of photos of the kids from over the years. Such special keepsakes.

Congrats to the Class Of 2007!!!

Dirt in the skirt baby!!

or in my case dirt all over....tonight I played softball. I know I know.....what is a fat gal doing running around in the dirt?? Well after tonight I would have to say - I have no freakin clue!!

I decided to play ball for Big Daddy's work team when he said they might need a second female to cover some games since you can't play unless you have two females. The first game of the season we had to forfeit since we didn't have enough players show up. The second game Big Daddy plays and I take care of the TTs. We ended up watching the game from the van since the TTs couldn't seem to sit and watch and wanted to run amok instead. The third game I had book club that night so neither of us went....then came tonight.

Since BD went and busted his knee during the last game trying to slide into second, I played tonight. Did I mention that I haven't touched a ball since the 3rd grade? Did I also mention that when I was in 3rd grade it was Tball and I was much thinner and more coordinated? Just thought I'd clue you in on that....

So anyway back to the game. We started at bat...I didn't make it during the first inning. They put me at catcher (wth??) a position that I really don't have any idea what is expected of me. Catch right?? Kinda....I guess you are supposed to know the rules and what not as well as catch....silly me. I did learn however that you don't try to slow the ball down with your right hand if your left hand is the one in the glove...just in case you wondered if that was a good idea - it's not.

The second inning I did get to bat....hit a pretty good line drive to third...and I was out. I completely blame the out on the bruise that was developing on the thumb on my right hand. The ump did say it was a good hit though...so I guess it was okay.

Then the field time on the second inning was like getting spanked like a red headed step child. I don't think we could have let more runs through than we did. I think I got to see everyone in their lineup at least once...some twice. One guy...he reminded me of pigpen. Everytime I saw him he was in a cloud of dust. I almost tagged him out...but I think the ump got some dust in her eye and called him safe.

The next inning I didn't make it to bat again...but that was okay...I was wheezing from the dust and needed a drink. I really needed a beer...but water sufficed. Another round of watching the other team round the bases was fun...okay not really.

The 4th inning was where I really shined. I got up to bat...hit the ball...started running...and BAM!! down I went like a sack of potatoes!! I swear there was a hole in the first base line...and that's the story I'm sticking with! I did limp away with a swollen left knee and a bruised right knee. We'll see in the morning if they are still as bad off as they are now.

The only bad part that I can tell is that I have a numb spot on my left knee which is my bad knee that I injured in high school running track. I was in an immobilizer and on crutches for 6 months that time...and it was not fun. I'm hoping that it gets better so I don't have to go to have it drained or anything...that part was never fun...big needle no pain killer. I'll just have to see what happens...

The rest of the game went pretty smoothly....I really didn't feel the injuries from the fall until I tried to get out of the car at the house. I guess everything settled from not moving for a while and now I'm feeling it....

and it's making me cranky.....

and I still have to finish teacher's gifts since tomorrow is the last day of school and TT#1's graduation....damn....

It Pays To Be A News Whore

I am an admitted news whore...I flip between news channels like there's no tomorrow. Today I was watching the local noon news...to see if the rain was going to stop anytime soon. They had a prize pack to giveaway for Panoply. I of course shipped an email out to put my name in the hat...and I WON!!!

So now we have a 4 pack of weekend tickets...we'll have to take the TTs over there either friday or saturday....cause sunday is their party and I'm not going to be up for anything after that!!

We decided this year to do the TTs party as one big one since their birthdays are so close to each other. So I made and sent out 54 invites...yep 54. Handmade.....54 of them.....and I can guarantee that the TTs won't give a rip.

With that many kids coming (though not all are able to make it - yay!) we are doing a gymnastics party...they get to tumble and run for 2 whole hours....yahoo!!! Well ... so many things still to do....the cake...the goody bags....the valium - oh wait those are for me...

TTFN people!!

I can't believe that Easter is over

This year has been flying by so quickly. Next thing the TTs will be out of school and I'll be trying to find activities for them to do for 3 months until school starts again. I can't wait until TT#1 starts school. I look forward to being able to volunteer and be involved in the "school family" that we have.

I also look forward to the boys having lives apart. They have been together for everything for so long I think that will take a big adjustment for them. TT#2 going to preschool alone everyday...and TT#1 having to be in school all day 5 days a week. That is going to be a big adjustment for everyone. My friends say I'll cry....I think not.

Off like a dirty shirt....

Well this weekend is my yearly trek to Pheonix City to my SU! retreat. I am so stoked. In packing up though I realized just how much stuff I own....and how much I can stand to get rid of. I see a yard sale in my future.

This weekend will be filled with talking and eating and classes...and maybe a little scrapping and stamping thrown in for good measure.

Ohhh...almost forgot...every man's dream has come true.

Fight Like A Girl

Now if they were having cosmos and braiding each other's hair...BD would have season tickets.

Have a nice weekend!!

Anyone want something to help them waste a few hours?

The Impossible Quiz

A Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

That's what I think Spring Break is. A conspiracy by teachers to rally parents to vote them raises....after spending an entire week with your children and having to come up with countless ways to entertian them like a trained monkey....you'd think they deserve more money too!!!

As you guessed the TTs are on spring break this week....I think that we will do a trip to the aquarium...and the zoo...the outlet mall (maybe find some kick butt clearance stuff)....and who knows what else....

well the boys bellow...so I must go....

Way to go Alabama....Good Old Boys Strike Again!!

The Alabama State Legislature used a voice vote to grant themselves a 62% pay raise. Gov. Riley is going to veto it...but it will probably be passed anyway when that veto is overturned. This move has been compared to a smash and grab robbery. I kind of agree with that analogy.

Luckily there has been some press on the issue so it is NOT going unnoticed. There are even plans for a march on Montgomery on Tuesday March 20 at the State House. So anyone who would like to take a stand and say that they are not going to accept this...check out the following links and make a point to be there on Tuesday!!

Huntsville WAFF News Story

Birmingham NBC13 Story

Birmingham News (newspaper) Story

I hope they get a few thousand people there...but chances are it's not enough time to get that large of a group. Make sure you pass the word to your family and friends....get as many people there as possible and get this shot down!!

Too funny not to post it...

Okay...now I've never been one to post things that are too revealing about my boys...but this was too funny to keep to myself....

Picture this...potty training....sitting on side of tub while TT#2 is attempting his business....

"The pee pee comes out of here (poking himself)"

"Yes, that is your penis"

"It's not a peanut, it makes pee pee!"

"No honey, not a peanut, a penis. That is where your pee comes out and the thing you push down so you don't pee on the floor is called a penis"

*laughing at me* "No mommy, I told you it's NOT A PEANUT!!"

"Yep...not a peanut".

I had to leave the room....two year olds are too cute sometimes...

BTW...we did have a successful trip to the potty today....he even did #2 in the potty!!!! WTG buddy!!!

Let's chalk up the past month....

as a bad dream....we'll just move on from here....it's been too stressfull and too complicated to even post about.....but life is better now.

Today was my best friend's baby shower. She is on boy #3 and not having a good pregnancy...but she looks fabulous!!! She is due in a month and has that wonderful glow about her (she'll tell you it's indigestion). Three of us did the shower for her...I did the invites and the party favors (since I'm known in our group as the "crafty one")...and the other two pretty much did everything else.

We had a great time just the girls. I did the photos (again...I'm the "shutter bug")...but I used the camera that Jen won at Draw Down last weekend...lucky duck...she bought 2 $10 Bingo cards and wins a brand new Rebel XTi with a 2G card and lens kit. She had been eyeing my Rebel 350D....so at least she got a camera that she will use!!! I hope that the photos come out okay for her...I'll have to get copies from her...

We are now going to start the countdown to D-day .... D for Delivery that is!! 4 weeks and counting!!!

Oh what a week....

When it rains it pours...

Last week BD had to go on a last minute trip to MA....he left on Friday...returning on Monday. Sunday I get a phone call that his mom is in the hospital and we need to get someone there to take care of his dad. His dad is handicapped and needs someone with him most of the time.

Well fast forward to today...

Mom is still in the hospital...no one is telling us anything. I call and the nurses don't have any information for me. They even transferred her and didn't tell anyone. Then when I called this morning they thought that I was off my nut. I said that I didn't realize that she had been moved...and the nurse said that I had already called there this morning and didn't I remember that? I told her no...I didn't call....it must have been her other daughter.....which then confused the nurse. But still no information about how she's doing. I wish I was there to talk to the doc face to face and find out what is going on...why does it have to be such a huge secret? I just don't understand...

Dad is here at my house with our family so that he has someone to take care of him. We are just trying to slip him into our daily schedule...make him feel like our lives are not getting disrupted with him being here. He always feels like a burden since his stroke....and it's so hard to explain to him that he's not a burden...it just takes an adjustment period to get everyone used to new arrangements...

We are planning on him being here permanantly and ideally bring mom down here as well. I don't know how realistic that is....but I can hope and pray that it's possible.

Well enough of being a downer....I need some coffee....

I have started a new SU! blog!!

To showcase my SU! side of life...so this will be my homelife and when I want to bitch blog...and the other one will be about my business and my classes and whatnot...

check it out at

Inksanity

A new year ... a new me?

Probably not. I say every year that this will be the year...the year that it all changes...the year I get the old me back. It never happens. I'm still the same old me...the boring me...the fat me. I get rid of my skinny clothes....and buy more fat clothes. Every year. The fat clothes then become the skinny clothes.....and then I have to buy fatter clothes. It is horrible.

I can't even shop in regular stores anymore unless it's Wally World and even then I usually can't find anything that fits. I hate having to shop in "plus size" stores. They don't carry fashionable clothes...or if they do carry them they expect you to pay twice the amount that they should be priced at just because you relaly have no other choice unless you are going to make your own things. Why they think that it's justified to charge $80 for a shirt I have no idea....and when did denim get so expensive that you have to pay $100 for a pair of plain old jeans? Maybe I'm cheap...who knows.

So maybe this will be the year....the year that I don't make any promises that I know that I'll break....the year that I don't compare myself to all my skinny friends....the year that I don't base my self worth on my dress size.....

maybe this will be the year....

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

What a great night!!

Last night was BD's company party. We got all gussied up...left the TTs with a friend...and headed out to the club. They had the party at a private club downtown. It was decorated very nicely with lighted garland and holly up the grand stairs - which BD pointed out are the stairs in the house of my dreams...and he's right. The stairs went from a large grand staircase to a landing where the stairs split and went up to the second floor....it was gorgeous. They had a photographer in the front room taking photos of the couples as they arrived in front of the tree...we should get a copy of that in January some time. We went and collected our name tags (ugh) and drink tickets (yay) and headed upstairs so that we wouldn't have to hobnob with the execs.

The food was good...prime rib...shrimp...vegetables...cheese....it was a good selection..the spinach spanikopitas were delightful...the prime rib wasn't bad...but a little tougher than I like...and the shrimp was bland...but that's okay cause the sauce was spicy.

We got to see most of our friends that BD work with.....and a few that aren't friends but we saw them anyway. Ever have one of those people in your life that every time you see them they tend to just hover around you....you try to end a conversation and they still talk to you...it's enough to drive you crazy...but after a few drinks it's much easier to tolerate.

We had a good time...with only one small moment of oddity. While I was standing in line to get a refill on my beverage...a woman got in line behind me. She remarked that she saw me in the other room and loved my top. I thanked her. She then proceeded to tell me that she just had to come over and pet me....then she actually petted my arm!!! It was strange and amusing at the same time...BD came over and asked me if I knew her...I did not. I told him that I guess it was nice to have someone who wants to pet you. It was so strange...I've never had anyone tell me that they wanted to pet me before......I guess there's a first for everything!!

We had a few more drinks....chatted with a few more people we knew....and then we went home. It was a nice night out...and a virtually painless work function experience!!

Here's something I haven't done in a long time....

tried out for a DT.....and not just one...but 2...both calls ended today. One is a kit club and the other is a manufacturer. I've been in such a slump lately that I'm sure that I'll get passed over for both of them...but I figured I had to at least apply since one is my favorite company and the other is my favorite embellishment!!

On another stressfull note tomorrow is BD's company christmas party. Luckily I know a few of the wives that will be there so I won't be there alone wondering who the hell everyone is. It should be fun...and the menu is amazing!!! I think that I'll be eating about $50 worth of prime rib....and the spinach spanikopitas - I'm drooling already....I can't wait.

I bought a shirt for the party...it's silver and sparkly...one of my gals said she's going to put me in the middle of the dance floor and spin me...like a disco ball!!! I'm afraid that it might throw off the earth's gravitational pull if we do that..but she seems to be secure in the thought that we will be safe....goof.

I'm not done my christmas shopping...and I'll burn in hell for all eternity for not doing it before now...but I am so over the whole christmas thing right now...it's hard to stay in the spirit when they started christmas before halloween this year.

The in-laws land in T minus 5 days.......that's a whole nother post...I'm glad that BD is going to have his family here for the week.....the kids are going to be thrilled when they find out who is coming (they don't know that they're going to be here)...but it is also very sad for me because my mom won't be here...

I hope that everyone is having a happy holiday season....

things that make you go DUH!!

BD and I have often talked about the stupid things that people do that make you want to ram your head repeatedly against a wall. Making a left turn from the right lane....asking if you want an order to go when you are in the drive thru (nope think I'll eat it here thanks)....well today was my day.

I was prepared to go and get some running around done while the TTs were in school and BD was at work...before everyone is home for christmas break and all. So after dropping the kids in car line I head to BK for some much needed energy in a styrofoam cup. Their coffee is like motor oil so always get a bag of sugar and creamers to put in it. So I'm in the drive thru and I get my coffee...I pull away from the window and pull into a parking space so I can fix my coffee. I'm putting the sugar in...then start adding the creamers....I add one...throw the container in the trash bag....add another...throw the container in the trash bag....add another....and another....and then I took one...dumped the container into the bag instead of the cup...throw the container away.....duh....I started stuffing napkins into the bag so that the creamer wouldn't get through the bag and onto the carpet in my car....arghhhhhh.

Stupid...party of one...your table is ready.

Wow...is it december already??

I can't believe that it December...when did November get so short? We just had Halloween didn't we? Oh yeah...we did have Thanksgiving in there didn't we....

Well the lights are up and you can see the glow from the highway. We've had people stop and see the lights...no accidents yet..but we still have a good month before they come down.

We are slowly getting the decorations up inside...that should be done by the weekend.

Christmas cards are made...addressed...stamped...and ready to mail. I'm behind the game this year...but at least they were done before Christmas.

Well it's a short and non-informative one for now....ttfn!!