Well hello blog world! I'm on day three of my bed rest. I'm starting to feel much better, but I'm not sure if that's my attempt to not go stir crazy or not. I've had lots of random thoughts to share with you all.
I can't decide if I liked Grey's Anatomy last night. I did like the whole "holiday" vibe. It actually got me kind of excited for the holidays. But I'm not sure how to feel about some of the storyline developments. It was nice to see Hunt give Yang one of those hard core kisses that he gave her the first time we met him though!!
I've been wondering if Evelynn dreams when she sleeps. I asked Seth and he asked me what she would be dreaming about. I couldn't come up with anything good. What I do hope though, is that she isn't having some of the same strange dreams that I'm having. Good Lord. Two nights ago I dreamed a wildly inappropriate dream about Scott Bakula from Quantum Leap. And last night I dreamed that I was cooking this huge meal with Kathy in Home Depot and I would get mad when people would come by and try to eat from it. Also for some reason Willow was there and was making a ruckus and the Home Depot lady said if we didn't take her home then we had to go. And I was trying to figure out how to get all this food out of there. Strange.
I've been watching a lot of "True Life" on my bed rest. So far I've watched one about Steroids, one about homeless people, one about people who can't leave their boyfriends, and one about people with poor parents.
I also watched this really great HBO documentary on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. (I'm not sure if I spelled that right...spell check has no idea what I'm talking about...) How did I not know this happened? It was really enlightening.
I also watched the X-files 2 movie which was strange and terrible. I thought I missed something. I wasn't sure what was going on. All of the sudden Mulder and Scully are sleeping together talking about their dead kid (again with the dead kids-Oy!) and then the case wasn't really X-file-y. Lame.
Basically I'm waiting for the Criminal Minds marathon to start. I mostly spend the first part of the day searching for marathons. I have yet to stumble across another Gangland marathon, which is probably a good thing.
Last night Seth went thru all the black friday ads I had found on the net and made a list of what he wants to get. I'm pretty excited that he's excited about it. I think we may get a new TV for upstairs-finally!
SYTYCD is ruining commercials for me. I just found myself watching that weird GAP commercial and wondering if any of the people were SYTYCD contestants and if any of the choreographers I know from the show may have choreographed it.
I officially want those reebok shoes that are supposed to make your butt and thighs look better. Since I have to wear tennis shoes everyday anyway, and I haven't gotten a new nice pair my sophomore year in college, I think it's time. Plus they are cute and pink. I'm sure they are hundreds of dollars though.
The kidtens are driving me cuckoo bananas today. They are fighting and whining and meowing at the top of their lungs for water. It's cute though, they have been trading off who has to sit with me all day. And they bring me cat toys. Old scary ones I haven't seen in forever. Like Willow's original favorite toy "mousey" that Bagheera ate the face off of. So it's like the scariest toy ever, especially when you take a little nap and wake up and right next to your face or in your hand.
This weekend Seth and I are going up to see my Grandpa since we finally had our flu shots. The car ride isn't too long and I can lay back for most of it. Also I need to start building my stamina up so I can go back to work on Monday. Other than that its another weekend of letting Seth work on his Masters project. I want to go to the thrift stores and look to see if there is anything that we can use for a armoire/closet for Evelynn's room. There is this store called Thrift America that usually has lots of furniture. We have been watching the baby consignment stores, but so far the most they in furniture are saucers and high chairs.
Okay friends, that's all the randomness that I have for today. Maybe I'll have more later, but I've hit my limit on sitting up for now!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Love (that Thanksgiving is almost here!),
Carrie
Friday, November 20, 2009
A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
Hi all,
I'm home again. Seth and I decided that it is better that I stay home and rest for the rest of the week. I kind of got a little worked up last night about the pain. Plus I can't really sit up straight. I can do it for about 20 minutes before the burning pain starts again.
Evelynn is doing great though, she is squirming around. Next to the cats, she is some of the best company I've had to today, I can't wait until she gets here.
SYTYCD
I'm not surprised at all with who went home. Between Russell, Kevin, and Legacy one of the hip hoppers had to go. It's kind of like the tappers, it's time to start picking off the hip hoppers.
Castle
Castle was really great the other night. I really enjoyed it. That show has never let up.
Law and Order SVU
This show was also really great. It's scary to think that they could fabricate DNA evidence now.
Hmm what else?
What else can I talk about? Christmas is coming, that's stressful. Only because of the gift buying. I was talking to my mom about it and she told me that Jesus was the reason for the season. Ha. Touche Ma. Touche.
Okay well I'm sorry I'm boring at the moment. But I wanted to give the blog world a heads up and let you all know what was going on. Plus I've hit my sitting upright limit. I'll try to lay here and try to think about other witty things to tell you and sit up again visit you all.
Love (resting, but not daytime TV),
Carrie
I'm home again. Seth and I decided that it is better that I stay home and rest for the rest of the week. I kind of got a little worked up last night about the pain. Plus I can't really sit up straight. I can do it for about 20 minutes before the burning pain starts again.
Evelynn is doing great though, she is squirming around. Next to the cats, she is some of the best company I've had to today, I can't wait until she gets here.
SYTYCD
I'm not surprised at all with who went home. Between Russell, Kevin, and Legacy one of the hip hoppers had to go. It's kind of like the tappers, it's time to start picking off the hip hoppers.
Castle
Castle was really great the other night. I really enjoyed it. That show has never let up.
Law and Order SVU
This show was also really great. It's scary to think that they could fabricate DNA evidence now.
Hmm what else?
What else can I talk about? Christmas is coming, that's stressful. Only because of the gift buying. I was talking to my mom about it and she told me that Jesus was the reason for the season. Ha. Touche Ma. Touche.
Okay well I'm sorry I'm boring at the moment. But I wanted to give the blog world a heads up and let you all know what was going on. Plus I've hit my sitting upright limit. I'll try to lay here and try to think about other witty things to tell you and sit up again visit you all.
Love (resting, but not daytime TV),
Carrie
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
I am the worst pregnant lady ever
So I'm home. Around 2 last night I woke up with this pain under my boobs. It felt like a burning bruise. I was up and down all night trying to keep comfortable. I finally called the nurses line this morning around 7 and left a message. The band is sore to the touch. They said it is probably my abs separating to make room for the baby but because I was stressed out about it all night, they wanted me to rest today. They said as long as the baby was still moving she is okay. But it still sucks being uncomfortable all day.
I feel like a loser. Seth was having a super stressful running late morning. I was really trying to work a full week this week! But hopefully I can make up for some of it later this week. When it comes down to it though, I'm not willing to risk her health...
So anywhoo...it's just me and the cats hanging out. My mom is supposed to stop by tonite and hang out and look closer at Evelynn's room.
FYI most of day time tv sucks.
Although the ads for the shoes that make your butt and thighs look better I've seen so many times I'm almost sold.
Other than that...I don't have much to report. Hopefully tomorrow I will be back on my game!
Love (to have a normal day in pregnancy),
Carrie
I feel like a loser. Seth was having a super stressful running late morning. I was really trying to work a full week this week! But hopefully I can make up for some of it later this week. When it comes down to it though, I'm not willing to risk her health...
So anywhoo...it's just me and the cats hanging out. My mom is supposed to stop by tonite and hang out and look closer at Evelynn's room.
FYI most of day time tv sucks.
Although the ads for the shoes that make your butt and thighs look better I've seen so many times I'm almost sold.
Other than that...I don't have much to report. Hopefully tomorrow I will be back on my game!
Love (to have a normal day in pregnancy),
Carrie
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
Hi all, sorry about the delay in posting, I had a rough sleeping night, so I slept in. It’s crazy that now when I don’t sleep enough, it manifests itself to feel like I have the world’s worst cold. Pregnancy I guess.
Last night
I was so boring last night I don’t even want to tell you guys about it. I literally came home, lysoled the heck out of the bedroom, changed the sheets, and collapsed on the couch and slept until like 8 or 9. Then I took a bath and went to bed. Seriously, I’m a rockstar.
Evelynn’s Blog
Evelynn spent all of yesterday dancing with herself ala 80’s. She was pretty active. She’s been quiet most of the day, but I’ve only been awake for like 2 hours so…
I read yesterday that I should start being able to see her kick visibly on my stomach. So last night on our way to bed, after my bath, Seth and I both laid and watched my stomach for her kicks. Seth thinks it looks more like my stomach reacting to her kicks, like twitching, but it was still cool to watch and share that moment with Seth.
Thanks Google Reader Recommendations?
So Google has this new “recommendations” section in their google reader. It’s been pretty good and I’ve added some fun new blogs. But yesterday’s recommendations were all people with dead babies. What the hell google reader? Then on top of that, my cousin started a blog about being a surrogate and the family she is carrying for told a story about how she delivered at 28 weeks and how horrible it was but at least the baby survived in that story. The freaking internet is out to get me and up my anxiety meds dosage.
I was going to tell you a story
About the first time I got drunk, but age combined with pregnancy brain, I honestly can’t remember. I can tell you the last time I got drunk. July 4th, 2009. Why do I know this? Because a day later, I found out I was pregnant. Have I told this story? Well I need to fill space so here you go.
Seth and I were at the last chance saloon as far as conceiving naturally. As soon as I got my period this month, we would start the IUI process. I was pretty down about it. We decided to throw a super huge July 4th party. Complete with my over abundance of food, Seth’s second foray into rib making, and lots of fireworks. I also decided to drink, which is REALLY REALLY rare for me. But like I said, I was little depressed, and waiting on my impending period that was due to show up any second that weekend. In weeks earlier, Seth and I made several practice runs at rib making. I invited people from work to come to our party. Seth and I spent a completely sick amount of money on food and fireworks. I also bought special plates and cups and had my Dad bring our fest table over so everyone had a place to eat. We had YARD GAMES people.
The day of the party came and my parents, my brother, and my cousin showed up. We had invited pretty much everyone we knew. Later in the evening one person from work and his girlfriend showed up, and brought “River water”. I declared the party an utter failure and proceeded to get canned. I woke up the next morning with a torn shirt (that I had bought special for the party) and firework burns on my back (apparently I challenged my brother to a dance off in the middle of the street. My performance involved cartwheels with fireworks), and a wicked hangover. But no period. I was officially late. There wasn’t even the tale tale signs. Seth and I went to Walgreens and got a test. We knew from experience that the best time to take a pregnancy test is with your morning pee. So we waited until Monday morning at 6 am. We seriously couldn’t believe it. In fact I don’t think we did. We called our fertility clinic and arranged to have blood work done to confirm. Meanwhile, on my way to work I called my parents (at 6:30 am) and my mom started crying and my dad said “It’s a girl”. (how fortuitous is it that he was right?) I about burst with happiness. Seth remained cautious until about the third blood test. But anyway there is the story about how we found out we were pregnant and the last time I got drunk. The end.
So You Think You Can Dance
Hey! I’ll bet you would like some spoilers!! Here you go!
Kevin & Karen – Broadway – Spencer Liff
Ryan & Ellenore – Contemporary – Travis Wall
Nathan & Mollee – Pop Jazz – Laurieann Gibson
Russell & Noelle – Fox Trot – Eddie Simon
Legacy & Kathryn – Paso – Tony Meredith
Victor & Channing – Jazz – Tyce Diorio
Jakob & Ashleigh – Hip Hop – NappyTabs
Outtie!
Okay friends, I’d better work. I hope you all have a wonderful day!
Love (to get paid to sleep and watch tv),
Carrie
Last night
I was so boring last night I don’t even want to tell you guys about it. I literally came home, lysoled the heck out of the bedroom, changed the sheets, and collapsed on the couch and slept until like 8 or 9. Then I took a bath and went to bed. Seriously, I’m a rockstar.
Evelynn’s Blog
Evelynn spent all of yesterday dancing with herself ala 80’s. She was pretty active. She’s been quiet most of the day, but I’ve only been awake for like 2 hours so…
I read yesterday that I should start being able to see her kick visibly on my stomach. So last night on our way to bed, after my bath, Seth and I both laid and watched my stomach for her kicks. Seth thinks it looks more like my stomach reacting to her kicks, like twitching, but it was still cool to watch and share that moment with Seth.
Thanks Google Reader Recommendations?
So Google has this new “recommendations” section in their google reader. It’s been pretty good and I’ve added some fun new blogs. But yesterday’s recommendations were all people with dead babies. What the hell google reader? Then on top of that, my cousin started a blog about being a surrogate and the family she is carrying for told a story about how she delivered at 28 weeks and how horrible it was but at least the baby survived in that story. The freaking internet is out to get me and up my anxiety meds dosage.
I was going to tell you a story
About the first time I got drunk, but age combined with pregnancy brain, I honestly can’t remember. I can tell you the last time I got drunk. July 4th, 2009. Why do I know this? Because a day later, I found out I was pregnant. Have I told this story? Well I need to fill space so here you go.
Seth and I were at the last chance saloon as far as conceiving naturally. As soon as I got my period this month, we would start the IUI process. I was pretty down about it. We decided to throw a super huge July 4th party. Complete with my over abundance of food, Seth’s second foray into rib making, and lots of fireworks. I also decided to drink, which is REALLY REALLY rare for me. But like I said, I was little depressed, and waiting on my impending period that was due to show up any second that weekend. In weeks earlier, Seth and I made several practice runs at rib making. I invited people from work to come to our party. Seth and I spent a completely sick amount of money on food and fireworks. I also bought special plates and cups and had my Dad bring our fest table over so everyone had a place to eat. We had YARD GAMES people.
The day of the party came and my parents, my brother, and my cousin showed up. We had invited pretty much everyone we knew. Later in the evening one person from work and his girlfriend showed up, and brought “River water”. I declared the party an utter failure and proceeded to get canned. I woke up the next morning with a torn shirt (that I had bought special for the party) and firework burns on my back (apparently I challenged my brother to a dance off in the middle of the street. My performance involved cartwheels with fireworks), and a wicked hangover. But no period. I was officially late. There wasn’t even the tale tale signs. Seth and I went to Walgreens and got a test. We knew from experience that the best time to take a pregnancy test is with your morning pee. So we waited until Monday morning at 6 am. We seriously couldn’t believe it. In fact I don’t think we did. We called our fertility clinic and arranged to have blood work done to confirm. Meanwhile, on my way to work I called my parents (at 6:30 am) and my mom started crying and my dad said “It’s a girl”. (how fortuitous is it that he was right?) I about burst with happiness. Seth remained cautious until about the third blood test. But anyway there is the story about how we found out we were pregnant and the last time I got drunk. The end.
So You Think You Can Dance
Hey! I’ll bet you would like some spoilers!! Here you go!
Kevin & Karen – Broadway – Spencer Liff
Ryan & Ellenore – Contemporary – Travis Wall
Nathan & Mollee – Pop Jazz – Laurieann Gibson
Russell & Noelle – Fox Trot – Eddie Simon
Legacy & Kathryn – Paso – Tony Meredith
Victor & Channing – Jazz – Tyce Diorio
Jakob & Ashleigh – Hip Hop – NappyTabs
Outtie!
Okay friends, I’d better work. I hope you all have a wonderful day!
Love (to get paid to sleep and watch tv),
Carrie
Monday, November 16, 2009
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
Hi all! Glad to see you survived Friday the 13th. If you didn’t, please don’t haunt me, I have enough issues as it is.
Evelynn’s blog
I’m leading with this because by far the most exciting/revolting part of my weekend was the development of two new pregnancy symptoms. I guess I should tell you first that the H1N1 flu shot is trying to kill me and I feel pretty sick and run down. I also made the mistake of cleaning my house this weekend and flared up mine and Seth’s allergies by dusting. I’ll bet you money we have sinus infections right now. Anyway, the fun part of being sick is the constant sneezing I’ve been doing. And the new pregnancy symptom is that I pee my pants when I sneeze, unless I cross my legs and squeeze before I sneeze. But let’s face it, sometimes sneezes catch you off guard, like when you are squatting trying to find a pan in the back of the dark hole that is your pan cabinet. (seriously, whose stupid idea was it to put a really long dark scary cabinet for pans, in this day and age that is the best pan storage technology we can come up with? Bar hanging it from the ceiling, Ikea hasn’t come up with anything more revolutionary either) So I’m back to wearing pads, and now live in mortal fear of sneezing.
The second pregnancy symptom is night sweats. There is nothing like waking up soaking wet. And when you’re pregnant, you have to pee, a lot, all night. And with the induction of temperatures in the lower 30’s this weekend, that means I come back to a cold wet spot in bed, and I’m usually freezing from sitting on the toilet to pee. Pregnancy is fun everyone!
I was ranting at work this morning about all this and the lady at work looked at me and goes “Aww Evelynn is going to be an only child!”. She may be right.
In happier Evelynn news, we went to Walmart to get various things, it was one of those Walmart trips where you unintentionally buy half the store but it’s all stuff you always needed and got a great deal on (like my new bathroom hardware), and they were also trying to clear everything out for Christmas so everything that was on clearance was a dollar. Including cute little baby clothes, so I bought Evie four adorable little outfits. Even Seth was picking some out for her and telling me to put the other ones back, even when I was like “BUT THEY’RE A DOLLAR!” I’m pretty excited about them. And I don’t even care that she will probably fit into them for five seconds.
Seth and I finally got her room put totally together on Saturday night, my computer is back up (but not running, I didn’t have time or energy to try it) and the “office” portion of her room is organized and put away. I hung her new little outfits from a screen that I had and am putting in her room to block the office from Evelynn’s room. (Those of you who knew me in college, this is the Chinese cherry wood and paper screen that used to be behind my TV)
Kathy brought her an adorable pink hat with a metallic lip print on it yesterday. I kind of love those little hats. And Pam emailed to tell me she bought her a gift too. Evelynn is a spoiled girl already!
Weekend review
Let’s see what did we do this weekend? Friday I got my H1N1 shot, I came home and Seth was already home because he hit his 40 hours at work and got the heck out of there to work on his project. I think basically I let him work on that all night and I watched TV and stayed out of his hair. I wasn’t feeling so hot so we went to bed around 12, which is unusual for us on a weekend.
Saturday we woke up late and I knew I had to get Seth to run errands before he hunkered down with his project. Kathy was supposed to stop by sometime and I wanted to get them done before that. Then my Mom called and she needed help picking out a suit for work and I was starving so I changed all my plans and went out with her. I called Kathy and arranged for her and Dan to come to family dinner I was throwing Sunday instead and let Seth work on his project and watch football. Mom and I went to the California Pizza Kitchen which was really good and we had a great lunch. Then we picked out some suits for her at Talbots and she took me home. When I got home Seth and I went out and did our errands as quick as we could, we went to Sam’s, got gas, went to Walmart, and went to Target to get our prescriptions. Then I came home and made chocolate chip cookies and spinach artichoke dip. Around 9 we went and got Taco Bell (Cheesy Gordita Crunch’s are on sale-whooo hooo!!!) and a Diet Cherry Limeade from Sonic (Evelynn literally danced when I drank it) and we watched some TV. Seth and I opened the new crockpot (ours broke so we had to buy a new and now bigger one) and we made the Tex Mex Chicken for family dinner on Sunday.
Sunday we woke up and I finished cleaning the house and Seth took care of the cat pan in our dining room (I’m so grossed out with myself that I have to do this, but there is literally nowhere else to put it. I’m not putting in my bedroom and I’m definitely not putting it in Evie’s room. We have one downstairs, but my handicat never uses it because it’s a hassle for him to get down the stairs with his bum leg) and I started getting all the condiments put in fancy bowls. I had a nice thought while I was preparing this meal that Seth and I have such nice things and we were so lucky that people loved us so much at our wedding to give them to us. Everyone had shown up around 1 and we had a lovely meal. By 2:30 everyone had left and Seth and I cleaned up the kitchen and watched the end of the Bengals/Steelers game (GO BENGALS!! WOOO! I only love them because I watched “Hard Knocks” on HBO so I know all their sob stories) and decided a little nap was in order because I was starting to feel run down again. Then we accidently slept until 6. Whoops.
We woke up and Seth was feeling awful. So we vegged in front of the TV and I ate some dinner (Seth didn’t feel like it) and basically I took a bath and we went back to bed.
Today
This morning I was terrified there was going to be snow and ice on the ground but the local area weathermen were right and it stayed south of us. I’m a terrible snow/ice driver. I love winter and all that snow and bad weather when I can stay home snuggled up with my man and kidtens and TV. So I was relieved that it hadn’t started yet, although I need to keep an eye on it because it’s supposed to. I also woke up and felt terrible and it’s getting worse as I sit here at work. If the pee sneezing starts I’m totally going home. I am trying to actually work a full week of work (I know, I know) but that flu shot weakened my immune system and I think a sinus infection creeped in.
Kathy bought me a bunch of fleece scarves at Old Navy and I’m wearing one today and I’m very glad for it because it is my official sneeze guard when I’m around people.
Off to catch up on blogs…I mean work
Okay I’m off to do…things. I hope you all have a Monday that flies by (at least that’s what I’m hoping for) and you are doing wonderful. Evelynn just did a little pirouette for you.
Love (to be feeling a little less deathy right now),
Carrie
Evelynn’s blog
I’m leading with this because by far the most exciting/revolting part of my weekend was the development of two new pregnancy symptoms. I guess I should tell you first that the H1N1 flu shot is trying to kill me and I feel pretty sick and run down. I also made the mistake of cleaning my house this weekend and flared up mine and Seth’s allergies by dusting. I’ll bet you money we have sinus infections right now. Anyway, the fun part of being sick is the constant sneezing I’ve been doing. And the new pregnancy symptom is that I pee my pants when I sneeze, unless I cross my legs and squeeze before I sneeze. But let’s face it, sometimes sneezes catch you off guard, like when you are squatting trying to find a pan in the back of the dark hole that is your pan cabinet. (seriously, whose stupid idea was it to put a really long dark scary cabinet for pans, in this day and age that is the best pan storage technology we can come up with? Bar hanging it from the ceiling, Ikea hasn’t come up with anything more revolutionary either) So I’m back to wearing pads, and now live in mortal fear of sneezing.
The second pregnancy symptom is night sweats. There is nothing like waking up soaking wet. And when you’re pregnant, you have to pee, a lot, all night. And with the induction of temperatures in the lower 30’s this weekend, that means I come back to a cold wet spot in bed, and I’m usually freezing from sitting on the toilet to pee. Pregnancy is fun everyone!
I was ranting at work this morning about all this and the lady at work looked at me and goes “Aww Evelynn is going to be an only child!”. She may be right.
In happier Evelynn news, we went to Walmart to get various things, it was one of those Walmart trips where you unintentionally buy half the store but it’s all stuff you always needed and got a great deal on (like my new bathroom hardware), and they were also trying to clear everything out for Christmas so everything that was on clearance was a dollar. Including cute little baby clothes, so I bought Evie four adorable little outfits. Even Seth was picking some out for her and telling me to put the other ones back, even when I was like “BUT THEY’RE A DOLLAR!” I’m pretty excited about them. And I don’t even care that she will probably fit into them for five seconds.
Seth and I finally got her room put totally together on Saturday night, my computer is back up (but not running, I didn’t have time or energy to try it) and the “office” portion of her room is organized and put away. I hung her new little outfits from a screen that I had and am putting in her room to block the office from Evelynn’s room. (Those of you who knew me in college, this is the Chinese cherry wood and paper screen that used to be behind my TV)
Kathy brought her an adorable pink hat with a metallic lip print on it yesterday. I kind of love those little hats. And Pam emailed to tell me she bought her a gift too. Evelynn is a spoiled girl already!
Weekend review
Let’s see what did we do this weekend? Friday I got my H1N1 shot, I came home and Seth was already home because he hit his 40 hours at work and got the heck out of there to work on his project. I think basically I let him work on that all night and I watched TV and stayed out of his hair. I wasn’t feeling so hot so we went to bed around 12, which is unusual for us on a weekend.
Saturday we woke up late and I knew I had to get Seth to run errands before he hunkered down with his project. Kathy was supposed to stop by sometime and I wanted to get them done before that. Then my Mom called and she needed help picking out a suit for work and I was starving so I changed all my plans and went out with her. I called Kathy and arranged for her and Dan to come to family dinner I was throwing Sunday instead and let Seth work on his project and watch football. Mom and I went to the California Pizza Kitchen which was really good and we had a great lunch. Then we picked out some suits for her at Talbots and she took me home. When I got home Seth and I went out and did our errands as quick as we could, we went to Sam’s, got gas, went to Walmart, and went to Target to get our prescriptions. Then I came home and made chocolate chip cookies and spinach artichoke dip. Around 9 we went and got Taco Bell (Cheesy Gordita Crunch’s are on sale-whooo hooo!!!) and a Diet Cherry Limeade from Sonic (Evelynn literally danced when I drank it) and we watched some TV. Seth and I opened the new crockpot (ours broke so we had to buy a new and now bigger one) and we made the Tex Mex Chicken for family dinner on Sunday.
Sunday we woke up and I finished cleaning the house and Seth took care of the cat pan in our dining room (I’m so grossed out with myself that I have to do this, but there is literally nowhere else to put it. I’m not putting in my bedroom and I’m definitely not putting it in Evie’s room. We have one downstairs, but my handicat never uses it because it’s a hassle for him to get down the stairs with his bum leg) and I started getting all the condiments put in fancy bowls. I had a nice thought while I was preparing this meal that Seth and I have such nice things and we were so lucky that people loved us so much at our wedding to give them to us. Everyone had shown up around 1 and we had a lovely meal. By 2:30 everyone had left and Seth and I cleaned up the kitchen and watched the end of the Bengals/Steelers game (GO BENGALS!! WOOO! I only love them because I watched “Hard Knocks” on HBO so I know all their sob stories) and decided a little nap was in order because I was starting to feel run down again. Then we accidently slept until 6. Whoops.
We woke up and Seth was feeling awful. So we vegged in front of the TV and I ate some dinner (Seth didn’t feel like it) and basically I took a bath and we went back to bed.
Today
This morning I was terrified there was going to be snow and ice on the ground but the local area weathermen were right and it stayed south of us. I’m a terrible snow/ice driver. I love winter and all that snow and bad weather when I can stay home snuggled up with my man and kidtens and TV. So I was relieved that it hadn’t started yet, although I need to keep an eye on it because it’s supposed to. I also woke up and felt terrible and it’s getting worse as I sit here at work. If the pee sneezing starts I’m totally going home. I am trying to actually work a full week of work (I know, I know) but that flu shot weakened my immune system and I think a sinus infection creeped in.
Kathy bought me a bunch of fleece scarves at Old Navy and I’m wearing one today and I’m very glad for it because it is my official sneeze guard when I’m around people.
Off to catch up on blogs…I mean work
Okay I’m off to do…things. I hope you all have a Monday that flies by (at least that’s what I’m hoping for) and you are doing wonderful. Evelynn just did a little pirouette for you.
Love (to be feeling a little less deathy right now),
Carrie
Friday, November 13, 2009
A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.
Happy Friday the 13th everyone! I know it’s supposed to be this big spooky day, but so far, for me, the day is going a-okay. And I even got a shot! So you know I’m doing good.
H1N1 Vaccinated!
The ladies at the clinic were super super nice. They even gave Seth a shot. He was considered high risk too because he almost died of the flu four years ago, has asthma, and is living with a pregnant lady. We were talking to the nurses and we learned about a free program that our county does that has a registered nurse and breastfeeding specialist come into your home before and after the baby is born to help you out and make sure everything is going okay. I met the nurse who would come and she is really great and I kind of love her. I was pretty excited about it because I have like 6000 questions about breastfeeding and pumping. Pays to check out the free county services in your area!
This weekend
We really don’t have much on tap this weekend. Kathy is going to swing by to drop off some scarves she got me and see Evelynn’s room. My parents might be coming over Sunday for lunch. Mostly Seth is going to be working hard on his project and I’m going to be working hard on relaxing. Just the way it should be!
Last night
I was a good wife last night and stopped on my way home at Target to get our prescriptions filled. I also got a vat of coco butter lotion, the new Disney movie UP (with my 20 dollar gift card from Target for opening a registry, technically the movie is for Evie, so I used it for her), a container for my food at work to keep the mice from getting at it, and a new collar for Willow since she lost hers. When I came back to pick up the prescriptions, there was a huge mess. Seth was out of refills for his ProAir (his inhaler) and he’s been having trouble with the increased allergens in the air so he was pretty much out. They couldn’t read my doctor’s handwriting on my Zoloft so they gave me five pills to tied me over until they could contact my doctor. They could fill the heartburn medication with no problem, and the gel was over the counter so they just gave me my prescription back. I have to go back today to get Seth’s inhaler and the Zoloft. Nuts to that.
Then I had to stop at the post office and get stamps. Our local post office is majorly creepy so stopping there sucked. I was just waiting for someone to walk in with a gun. The line was super long and I was hoping they just had one of those credit card machines to get the book of stamps, but of course they didn’t so I had to wait in line. I got home and Seth went running and I started French Fries. Then I went downstairs to wait for them to cook and to watch the rest of Law and Order:SVU. Seth came back and I was just drained. He brought me dinner downstairs and that was super sweet. Then we watched Top Chef while waiting to get ahead in Grey’s.
Grey’s was SUPER GOOD I thought. I thought the revelation about the Chief was shocking and perfect for the storyline. I love when you find out that for many episodes now, the writers have been setting you up and will explain the weirdness that has been happening and causing you to question a character.
I hate that they are messing with Owen and Christina. Lame.
The Alex and Izzie stuff was good, but I’m totally on Alex’s side.
And as always, I love Bailey.
Oh and I love Kim Raver too, I’ve loved her since Third Watch. I’m glad to have her on here, I hope she stays a while.
And on the way home from work, I thought, wouldn’t it be great it Jon Bon Jovi was some kind of guest star? I’m going to officially request it on Shonda Rhimes twitter.
Evelynn’s blog
Evelynn is jumping and jiving today! She’s been active since about 7. (I got to sleep in this morning-YIPEE!!) It’s so nice to have her moving around in there. I have a lot of questions about who she is going to be, but my biggest question, one I think about DAILY is what color are her eyes and hair going to be? It’s like I can look at her sonogram picture all day, but what would really make her a person for me, is knowing that. I hope she has blue eyes and strawberry blond hair. There is a chance for that since my mom has blue eyes and Seth has blue eyes and I think his mom has blue eyes. Red hair also runs on both sides of our family. But seriously, it something that I like can’t stop thinking about and want to know so bad!
Other than that, she is 23 weeks tomorrow and growing like a weed! Kathy ordered the invites for the Jill/Jack shower she is throwing for Seth and I and I’m so excited to see them! They kind of inspired the theme we went with in Evelynn’s room.
I hung up the sonogram pictures of Evelynn (not the lady bits ones) in my cube at work and whenever she kicks I look at them and smile. I’m starting to dig this Mommy thing, it’s becoming less and less daunting every day.
Nap…uh I mean Work time!
Alright friends! I hope you have a fantastic weekend. If I can think of anything exciting to take pictures of, I will post them for you this weekend. But other wise I will see you all Monday-fingers crossed this flu shot doesn’t put me on my back all weekend like the last one did!!
Love (days that just feel good),
Carrie
H1N1 Vaccinated!
The ladies at the clinic were super super nice. They even gave Seth a shot. He was considered high risk too because he almost died of the flu four years ago, has asthma, and is living with a pregnant lady. We were talking to the nurses and we learned about a free program that our county does that has a registered nurse and breastfeeding specialist come into your home before and after the baby is born to help you out and make sure everything is going okay. I met the nurse who would come and she is really great and I kind of love her. I was pretty excited about it because I have like 6000 questions about breastfeeding and pumping. Pays to check out the free county services in your area!
This weekend
We really don’t have much on tap this weekend. Kathy is going to swing by to drop off some scarves she got me and see Evelynn’s room. My parents might be coming over Sunday for lunch. Mostly Seth is going to be working hard on his project and I’m going to be working hard on relaxing. Just the way it should be!
Last night
I was a good wife last night and stopped on my way home at Target to get our prescriptions filled. I also got a vat of coco butter lotion, the new Disney movie UP (with my 20 dollar gift card from Target for opening a registry, technically the movie is for Evie, so I used it for her), a container for my food at work to keep the mice from getting at it, and a new collar for Willow since she lost hers. When I came back to pick up the prescriptions, there was a huge mess. Seth was out of refills for his ProAir (his inhaler) and he’s been having trouble with the increased allergens in the air so he was pretty much out. They couldn’t read my doctor’s handwriting on my Zoloft so they gave me five pills to tied me over until they could contact my doctor. They could fill the heartburn medication with no problem, and the gel was over the counter so they just gave me my prescription back. I have to go back today to get Seth’s inhaler and the Zoloft. Nuts to that.
Then I had to stop at the post office and get stamps. Our local post office is majorly creepy so stopping there sucked. I was just waiting for someone to walk in with a gun. The line was super long and I was hoping they just had one of those credit card machines to get the book of stamps, but of course they didn’t so I had to wait in line. I got home and Seth went running and I started French Fries. Then I went downstairs to wait for them to cook and to watch the rest of Law and Order:SVU. Seth came back and I was just drained. He brought me dinner downstairs and that was super sweet. Then we watched Top Chef while waiting to get ahead in Grey’s.
Grey’s was SUPER GOOD I thought. I thought the revelation about the Chief was shocking and perfect for the storyline. I love when you find out that for many episodes now, the writers have been setting you up and will explain the weirdness that has been happening and causing you to question a character.
I hate that they are messing with Owen and Christina. Lame.
The Alex and Izzie stuff was good, but I’m totally on Alex’s side.
And as always, I love Bailey.
Oh and I love Kim Raver too, I’ve loved her since Third Watch. I’m glad to have her on here, I hope she stays a while.
And on the way home from work, I thought, wouldn’t it be great it Jon Bon Jovi was some kind of guest star? I’m going to officially request it on Shonda Rhimes twitter.
Evelynn’s blog
Evelynn is jumping and jiving today! She’s been active since about 7. (I got to sleep in this morning-YIPEE!!) It’s so nice to have her moving around in there. I have a lot of questions about who she is going to be, but my biggest question, one I think about DAILY is what color are her eyes and hair going to be? It’s like I can look at her sonogram picture all day, but what would really make her a person for me, is knowing that. I hope she has blue eyes and strawberry blond hair. There is a chance for that since my mom has blue eyes and Seth has blue eyes and I think his mom has blue eyes. Red hair also runs on both sides of our family. But seriously, it something that I like can’t stop thinking about and want to know so bad!
Other than that, she is 23 weeks tomorrow and growing like a weed! Kathy ordered the invites for the Jill/Jack shower she is throwing for Seth and I and I’m so excited to see them! They kind of inspired the theme we went with in Evelynn’s room.
I hung up the sonogram pictures of Evelynn (not the lady bits ones) in my cube at work and whenever she kicks I look at them and smile. I’m starting to dig this Mommy thing, it’s becoming less and less daunting every day.
Nap…uh I mean Work time!
Alright friends! I hope you have a fantastic weekend. If I can think of anything exciting to take pictures of, I will post them for you this weekend. But other wise I will see you all Monday-fingers crossed this flu shot doesn’t put me on my back all weekend like the last one did!!
Love (days that just feel good),
Carrie
Friday the 13th post coming!
Hey all, I had to go in and get my H1N1 shot this morning so I'm late into work. But don't worry! I will post! I will just be posting in the afternoon once I get caught up at work and eat some lunch.
So come back and see me then!
Love (late starts to the day),
Carrie
So come back and see me then!
Love (late starts to the day),
Carrie
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Hey! Afternoon Randomness from Carrie
Things I forgot to comment on…again.
They cancelled Dollhouse, which I’m sure is a surprise to no one, not me, I tried to dump it a couple weeks ago. I’m sad for Joss Whedon. Buffy and Angel were his only series Fox ever gave him a chance on. Why does he keep going back to Fox? He needs to take his talent to a cable network.
I didn’t get an H1N1 shot, they are completely out. I’m supposed to call every Monday and Friday now to see if they have them. Lame. I have a sneaking suspicion that Seth will make me go stand in line at the Civic Center this Saturday and get one. There is a clinic in Blair today, but really don’t want to go to Blair. I’ve had an aversion to it since I moved away. Too many bad memories there of ex boyfriends and bad decisions. I feel sick to my stomach if I have to drive thru it. My mom’s friend suggested we call Douglas County and get an appointment. The other thing is, I’m not in a big hurry to get another shot. Veto, so if Seth thinks it’s that important, he can find one for me.
I’ve been getting the itch to go redhead again. Seth says no. Apparently last time I went redhead and it started to fade and then the horrible process of switching back to blond, I told Seth to shoot me if I ever say I want to go red again. I need to get into the world of wigs.
That Carrie Prejean chick is starting to get on my nerves, or at least the media giving her more attention is. The worst part is Perez Hilton, an adamant hater of her, feed the fire the most. If he really wanted to hurt her, he’d stop talking about her. Did you guys hear about her on Larry King Live last night? Jebus. Girl needs to get go away, I’m adding her to my list of celebrities that need to be shipped to an island and left there.
Apparently the surviving real life “Band of Brothers” the men who the book and amazing HBO mini series was based on are having a charity dinner in Omaha where you can meet them. Because one of them lives in Omaha, or something. Anyway I’m such a huge nerd I want to go. But tickets are 100 bucks. Trying to convince my husband to spend 200 bucks (because I can’t go alone) to meet some old soldiers I’m mildly obsessed with. (Usually in the winter, I watch the entire Band of Brother’s series at least once, and cry like a baby)
People keep stealing books from my library that I have to update. It really pisses me off more than I let on. Who steals books? The real kicker is everything that is in the library is available online and is guaranteed to be the most updated version of the procedure. But these dinosaur people refuse to go and get it from the website and instead steal my books and it drives me CRAZY.
I have a toe thumb on my right hand. It’s a thumb that looks like a toe. Everyone makes fun of it. I’ve learned to live with it. Recently, my toe thumb grew its thumb nail much faster and stronger than the rest of my nails. (the rest of my nails broke off in the last week leaving my toe thumb to look even bigger than it was) in the waiting room yesterday Seth told me it was gross. I had it in my mind that it drew less attention to the toe thumb because it made the thumb look taller. Plus it was fun to pick at things with the super long nail. Anyway point is this morning I came in and trimmed it down and now my toe thumb looks like an angry Marine from a comic strip or something. It looks like it got a crew cut. A bad crew cut. And now I can’t pick off pieces of tape on paper anymore.
I’m excited to watch Top Chef when I get home tonite because I heard it was a really good elimination challenge.
I also am excited to finish Law and Order: SVU because I started it while waiting for Seth to finish talking to his Mom and the first 15 minutes were super good. Elliot’s son goes missing. Man that kid has grown up, if you watch L&O:SVU on USA in some episodes he’s like 2.
My mom says if Sarah Palin gets elected as president she will move to Europe. Is it wrong I’m secretly hoping she does now so I can have an excuse to go to Europe and visit my parents?
We were supposed to get “special outage gifts” today and so I walked to another building to get it, and it was a freaking pen and sticker. In years past we have gotten food days, ice scrapers, gifts for our car. But no, it’s a pen. I was so excited, for a pen. Budget cutbacks indeed.
I hate wearing my rubber fingers at work because they make my hands smell like condoms. Also sometimes I forget to take it off to go the bathroom and that is a shock, let me tell you.
My husband is all into Black Friday sales this year. He is talking about getting a paper and everything. I should see what Babies R Us and the Baby Depot are doing in case I need to go get a stroller cheap or something. I don’t like Target’s strollers so I’m not going to put one on my registry.
I keep forgetting to get stamps and its totally pissing me off.
I think tonite I’m going to have French fries and asparagus with my Grey’s.
Oh look! Lunch time!! I’m off to eat lasagna.
Love (food),
Carrie
They cancelled Dollhouse, which I’m sure is a surprise to no one, not me, I tried to dump it a couple weeks ago. I’m sad for Joss Whedon. Buffy and Angel were his only series Fox ever gave him a chance on. Why does he keep going back to Fox? He needs to take his talent to a cable network.
I didn’t get an H1N1 shot, they are completely out. I’m supposed to call every Monday and Friday now to see if they have them. Lame. I have a sneaking suspicion that Seth will make me go stand in line at the Civic Center this Saturday and get one. There is a clinic in Blair today, but really don’t want to go to Blair. I’ve had an aversion to it since I moved away. Too many bad memories there of ex boyfriends and bad decisions. I feel sick to my stomach if I have to drive thru it. My mom’s friend suggested we call Douglas County and get an appointment. The other thing is, I’m not in a big hurry to get another shot. Veto, so if Seth thinks it’s that important, he can find one for me.
I’ve been getting the itch to go redhead again. Seth says no. Apparently last time I went redhead and it started to fade and then the horrible process of switching back to blond, I told Seth to shoot me if I ever say I want to go red again. I need to get into the world of wigs.
That Carrie Prejean chick is starting to get on my nerves, or at least the media giving her more attention is. The worst part is Perez Hilton, an adamant hater of her, feed the fire the most. If he really wanted to hurt her, he’d stop talking about her. Did you guys hear about her on Larry King Live last night? Jebus. Girl needs to get go away, I’m adding her to my list of celebrities that need to be shipped to an island and left there.
Apparently the surviving real life “Band of Brothers” the men who the book and amazing HBO mini series was based on are having a charity dinner in Omaha where you can meet them. Because one of them lives in Omaha, or something. Anyway I’m such a huge nerd I want to go. But tickets are 100 bucks. Trying to convince my husband to spend 200 bucks (because I can’t go alone) to meet some old soldiers I’m mildly obsessed with. (Usually in the winter, I watch the entire Band of Brother’s series at least once, and cry like a baby)
People keep stealing books from my library that I have to update. It really pisses me off more than I let on. Who steals books? The real kicker is everything that is in the library is available online and is guaranteed to be the most updated version of the procedure. But these dinosaur people refuse to go and get it from the website and instead steal my books and it drives me CRAZY.
I have a toe thumb on my right hand. It’s a thumb that looks like a toe. Everyone makes fun of it. I’ve learned to live with it. Recently, my toe thumb grew its thumb nail much faster and stronger than the rest of my nails. (the rest of my nails broke off in the last week leaving my toe thumb to look even bigger than it was) in the waiting room yesterday Seth told me it was gross. I had it in my mind that it drew less attention to the toe thumb because it made the thumb look taller. Plus it was fun to pick at things with the super long nail. Anyway point is this morning I came in and trimmed it down and now my toe thumb looks like an angry Marine from a comic strip or something. It looks like it got a crew cut. A bad crew cut. And now I can’t pick off pieces of tape on paper anymore.
I’m excited to watch Top Chef when I get home tonite because I heard it was a really good elimination challenge.
I also am excited to finish Law and Order: SVU because I started it while waiting for Seth to finish talking to his Mom and the first 15 minutes were super good. Elliot’s son goes missing. Man that kid has grown up, if you watch L&O:SVU on USA in some episodes he’s like 2.
My mom says if Sarah Palin gets elected as president she will move to Europe. Is it wrong I’m secretly hoping she does now so I can have an excuse to go to Europe and visit my parents?
We were supposed to get “special outage gifts” today and so I walked to another building to get it, and it was a freaking pen and sticker. In years past we have gotten food days, ice scrapers, gifts for our car. But no, it’s a pen. I was so excited, for a pen. Budget cutbacks indeed.
I hate wearing my rubber fingers at work because they make my hands smell like condoms. Also sometimes I forget to take it off to go the bathroom and that is a shock, let me tell you.
My husband is all into Black Friday sales this year. He is talking about getting a paper and everything. I should see what Babies R Us and the Baby Depot are doing in case I need to go get a stroller cheap or something. I don’t like Target’s strollers so I’m not going to put one on my registry.
I keep forgetting to get stamps and its totally pissing me off.
I think tonite I’m going to have French fries and asparagus with my Grey’s.
Oh look! Lunch time!! I’m off to eat lasagna.
Love (food),
Carrie
The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
Hey there blog world! Happy Grey Day! I hope your Thursday goes by fast so you can rush home, get a fantastic dinner, and settle in to watch Grey’s. Okay that’s what I hope for myself anyway.
Evelynn’s a pistol
So we went to the doctor’s appointment yesterday. My daughter is trouble already. First she wasn’t moving around much in the afternoon so I had a mild panic attack. Then we went to the doctor’s office and lo and behold, we had to wait FOREVER. I realized I had the worst Cheese-it breath in the history of the world and dug thru my purse to find anything to counteract it. All I found were gummy worms. So I ate some of those, and guess who decided to join the waiting party? That’s right, Evelynn Ann. We finally got around to being seen by our doctor (who is fantastic even though she makes me wait forever) and for the first time the doctor pulled out the measuring tape to measure me. Then she told me that I was carrying this pregnancy really well and she couldn’t believe how big I wasn’t. Also, I only gained the requisite four pounds required and admissible by the doctor’s office, so I did not get scolded or told my weight in a judgy voice. Huzzah. But anyway, for the first time I got to be “taped”. I have no idea what I was because I was distracted by the fact that my daughter, very obviously, kicked the doctor for poking her. The doctor even reacted. Next we went over our test results for the down’s/ spina bifida thing and I tested negative so that was super. Then she read over the results of my ultrasound and declared mine and Evelynn’s progress as GREAT! I was pretty pleased with my life creating capabilities. My doctor also noticed the complete change in me and my attitude, indicating that the Zoloft was really helping. We decided to stick with the small dosage I was on, since that seemed to be working fine. Next we went to hear her heartbeat with the Doppler thingy. Of course, of course, Evelynn was a stubborn mule. She wiggled away from the Doppler, repeatedly kicked the Doppler wand and the doctor, and made it all but impossible to find her heartbeat. The doctor commented again on us having our hands full. We finally found it and she let us listen for about half a second before she squirmed around again to get away. Our doctor was rolling, I was trying not to have a complete meltdown.
The doctor also gave me a gel to put in my nose for the nosebleeds, but unfortunately, can do nothing for the headaches since its inflammation and I can’t take anything, like ibuprofen to help the inflammation. That information is not going to go over well with my boss. Hopefully since most of the harvesting is done around here and the weather is starting to cool off they will taper off.
I also asked the doctor if the burning band of ow under my boobs was Evelynn starting to squish all my parts into my chest and she was like, “uh no, that’s heartburn”. Never having heartburn before I had no idea. So I also got whatever the prescription for heartburn medicine is. Zantac or something? It will be nice to have it in the house since Seth is the king of heartburn.
Speaking of my boobs-HOLY HELL. I thought they were done expanding. I’m about out of my new bras I bought. I’ve had to go down to the last latch. Even Seth commented on how much bigger they had gotten in the last week. I’m like all boobs right now. I bet if I went into Victoria’s Secret to get measure they would say I’m a D cup easy. I always wondered what this life was like. Although, with the baby belly, they aren’t as fun as I want them to be. Don’t worry, I’ve been slathering lotion on them like it’s my job.
So anyway, long story short, Evelynn is doing great-but she is already trouble. My mom and I were talking and she had a whole bunch of my old baby clothes cleaned and she was like, should I bring them to you? And I was like no, knowing my luck, she will hate wearing clothes and take them off all the time and be naked, so you should probably keep some at your house for her. Or she will be an exploding goo baby and we will need lots of clothing changes.
What else I did last night
When we got home, I, in my glowing only four pounds glory, decided to go on a brisk walk with Seth before the sun went down. Holy Mac and Cheese. I about passed out. But I finished and I was super proud of myself. If it wasn’t getting colder I’d make a commitment to do that a lot. Since I can’t convince Seth to buy me a new TV in the living room, he’s promised to move my Denise Austin pregnancy workout video to the bedroom so I can do it. I finally find myself with enough energy to do things like that again.
After that Seth did some working from home and I watched Ghost Adventures, which is like the funniest creepiest ghost hunting show ever. Then we ate dinner and we watched HIMYM, Castle (OH LOVED) and Criminal Minds (I am really liking the new storyline of Morgan taking over for Hotch and last night’s episode/criminal mind squicked me out so much at one point I hid behind my blanket and vowed I would have nightmares).
While Seth was on the phone with his Mom, I fast forwarded thru SYTYCD to see who got kicked off. I have to say, I'm suprised at the guy. I was suprised at the bottom three, really. How were Mollee and Nathan not in that!?!?
When we started to shut down the basement for the night, I got an email from Amazon saying the new Bon Jovi CD was on sale (download only) for 4 bucks. So of course I ran upstairs and downloaded it and made copies for my friends. I mean, I made copies for my car.
Then I took a bath and we went to bed.
Now that is an evening worth talking about.
When you come to the end, stop.
Well since that’s about all I have for you at the moment, I’ll leave you to chew on this entry for a while. Maybe I’ll be back this afternoon if I get bored!
Love (when the weather gets colder),
Carrie
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Happy Veteran’s Day everyone! A big huge thank you to all of our Vet’s. I am truly blessed to have many Vet’s in my life, most importantly, my mother. I still think it’s criminal and rude that we don’t get this day of to honor and celebrate the sacrifices they make.
Doctor’s Appointment!
We have a doctor’s appointment today. I get to ask why my head explodes and my nose bleeds every other morning and then they will tell me its allergies. I also get to hear Evelynn’s heart beat-which is the best of all. The not fun part is peeing or “voiding” in a cup and getting weighed. I don’t mind gaining weight, but I mind the nurse and doctor’s judgey reaction to how much I have gained. Jerks. Seth says I’m imagining things. Whatever.
After the doctor’s appointment we have to go to the grocery store. Seth has today off of school because of Veteran’s day. I’m pretty excited about that. Partly because AGAIN last night Chet was over for homework help and hogged him all night. But also because it’s trash day and there is a TON of trash to drag to the curb, including Evelynn’s crib box, so I’m glad he will be home for that.
Last night
Last night like I said, Chet was over, so I basically hung out by myself. Willow escaped into the neighbor’s yard by clean jumping the fence and lost her collar so she’s not going out again for a while. She came right back when I called her and went hot tailed into the house because she knew she was in BIG TROUBLE. No one felt like cooking so Seth let me go get Jimmy John’s and fries from Runza. I messed up my sandwich because I NEVER go to Jimmy John’s, Seth always does it. So I pouted about that. I watched SYTYCD and here are my reactions:
Nathan & Mollee - Salsa – Terrible, they should be voted off, but probably won’t be because they have a huge fan base, if they were still letting they judges vote I bet Mollee for sure would be gone.
Ryan & Ellenore - Krump – Also terrible, I couldn’t even watch the whole thing. I fast forwarded. I don’t know if the outfits helped either. It made me sad because I love Ellenore.
Victor & Channing - Contemporary – I didn’t really like this either, something about Channing rubs me the wrong way. And her dress didn’t fit up top.
Peter & Pauline - Quickstep – I thought this was pretty good. I like Peter more than I liked Pauline. It kept me interested.
Russell & Noelle - Afro Jazz – Really good, but then, you know I love Russell
Kevin & Karen - Hustle – It was okay, I hate when they draw disco or hustle because it always seems so cheesy
Jakob & Ashleigh - Jazz – Really good, I really liked this one.
Legacy & Kathryn - Broadway – I liked Legacy a lot, but I agreed with the judges, Kathryn was kind of hard to watch.
After I watched that I came upstairs and helped Seth pay some bills online (including my hospital bill for the last blood test we had) and then got in the bath and went to bed. I was so excited to be going to bed early. Seth was all about it too. We are getting so old. Either that or we know the end of sleeping is coming.
Speaking of Evelynn Ann
Last night for the first time, I was wholly uncomfortable. And I noticed in the mirror, while getting into the bath, just how pregnant I’ve become. She is moving higher and higher and last night she was really testing her boundaries, pushing on the bottom of my lungs it felt like. I felt very round and huge. I’m pretty sure I waddled too. And my indigestion was a freaking nightmare. For some reason the only thing that helped was pressing my heating pad underneath my boobs. Then my heating pad died. Seth tried to fix it but I think I’m just going to have to suck it up and get a new one. She seems to understand that I’m a chronic worrier though, because every time I have a little panic in my head like, “is she okay in there?” she gives me a little movement and reassures me. Look she is already helping deal with her Mommy’s crazy.
Fairly Odd Mother
I just saw that as a comment on someone’s blog as their name and I want to steal it. Best Mommy name ever. It could be because I love the cartoon “Fairly Odd Parents”.
Speaking of cartoons
Do you remember the cartoon Doug? Or Rugrats? I can still sing the theme songs to those cartoons. They need a nick at night for old cartoons so I can watch them with my daughter. The new cartoons scare me. Especially the anime ones.
Last birthday
This year will be my last birthday as a not mommy. We are celebrating it with my family the day we celebrate Thanksgiving. We usually celebrate it with Seth’s family the day before we do Thanksgiving since we usually spend the night up there for that. I get a special cake and it is fantastic. Last year my DAD made me a birthday cake, which is pretty huge since I think it’s like the second time ever my Dad has made a cake. And he frosted it. And it was delicious.
I have no idea what anyone is getting me for my birthday or Christmas this year. I’ve requested some of the TV on DVD Seth wouldn’t let me buy like Heroes and Grey’s Anatomy, but I swear I put about 1000 DVD’s on my birthday/Christmas list ever year and the only person who gets me them are Pam and Jason because they understand deep down how ESTATIC it makes me to round out my TV on DVD collection. I’m hoping Seth’s family will get the hint as this is the fourth year I’ve had a list made up almost entirely of TV on DVD. I also figure this is the last year I will really get gifts of any substance. Next year all of people’s attention and gift giving majority will go to my daughter, which I’m totally fine with. I have NO idea what Seth is getting me. I thought he would let me go run wild at Books a million since I’ve been complaining that my stack of books is grossly depleted. But he seems to have something up his sleeve so I don’t know…
I complained earlier about how I didn’t want my last holiday season to be gifts for the baby, but since I’ve registered for her, I’ve changed my mind. I want to finish her room and sit in there and rock in her new chair and think about what it will be like when she’s here. Right now I have a empty crib which is kind of depressing.
What I’m reading
My mom just gave me this book to read, it is pretty good but a little wordy and quotes a lot of other books. A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller by Frances Mayes
I’ve also been reading some old Vanity Fairs that someone at work gave me, and I have to say, if I was going to get any magazine subscription these days, besides my Parenting magazines, I would totally get Vanity Fair. The articles are so well written and most of the magazine are these big articles that are really informative. Last week I read all about the terrorist attack on the Taj in India, which I knew nothing about. This was like their 9/11 and I was clueless about it.
Okay on with the show
I’m off to work! I’ll be back tomorrow with tales about the inappropriate things I said to my doctor and freaked her out with. Hopefully they will give me an H1N1 shot, otherwise I have a sneaking suspicion that Seth will make me stand in line at the Civic center all day Saturday to get one. Boo.
Have a great day all!
Love (hearing Evelynn’s little heartbeat),
Carrie
Doctor’s Appointment!
We have a doctor’s appointment today. I get to ask why my head explodes and my nose bleeds every other morning and then they will tell me its allergies. I also get to hear Evelynn’s heart beat-which is the best of all. The not fun part is peeing or “voiding” in a cup and getting weighed. I don’t mind gaining weight, but I mind the nurse and doctor’s judgey reaction to how much I have gained. Jerks. Seth says I’m imagining things. Whatever.
After the doctor’s appointment we have to go to the grocery store. Seth has today off of school because of Veteran’s day. I’m pretty excited about that. Partly because AGAIN last night Chet was over for homework help and hogged him all night. But also because it’s trash day and there is a TON of trash to drag to the curb, including Evelynn’s crib box, so I’m glad he will be home for that.
Last night
Last night like I said, Chet was over, so I basically hung out by myself. Willow escaped into the neighbor’s yard by clean jumping the fence and lost her collar so she’s not going out again for a while. She came right back when I called her and went hot tailed into the house because she knew she was in BIG TROUBLE. No one felt like cooking so Seth let me go get Jimmy John’s and fries from Runza. I messed up my sandwich because I NEVER go to Jimmy John’s, Seth always does it. So I pouted about that. I watched SYTYCD and here are my reactions:
Nathan & Mollee - Salsa – Terrible, they should be voted off, but probably won’t be because they have a huge fan base, if they were still letting they judges vote I bet Mollee for sure would be gone.
Ryan & Ellenore - Krump – Also terrible, I couldn’t even watch the whole thing. I fast forwarded. I don’t know if the outfits helped either. It made me sad because I love Ellenore.
Victor & Channing - Contemporary – I didn’t really like this either, something about Channing rubs me the wrong way. And her dress didn’t fit up top.
Peter & Pauline - Quickstep – I thought this was pretty good. I like Peter more than I liked Pauline. It kept me interested.
Russell & Noelle - Afro Jazz – Really good, but then, you know I love Russell
Kevin & Karen - Hustle – It was okay, I hate when they draw disco or hustle because it always seems so cheesy
Jakob & Ashleigh - Jazz – Really good, I really liked this one.
Legacy & Kathryn - Broadway – I liked Legacy a lot, but I agreed with the judges, Kathryn was kind of hard to watch.
After I watched that I came upstairs and helped Seth pay some bills online (including my hospital bill for the last blood test we had) and then got in the bath and went to bed. I was so excited to be going to bed early. Seth was all about it too. We are getting so old. Either that or we know the end of sleeping is coming.
Speaking of Evelynn Ann
Last night for the first time, I was wholly uncomfortable. And I noticed in the mirror, while getting into the bath, just how pregnant I’ve become. She is moving higher and higher and last night she was really testing her boundaries, pushing on the bottom of my lungs it felt like. I felt very round and huge. I’m pretty sure I waddled too. And my indigestion was a freaking nightmare. For some reason the only thing that helped was pressing my heating pad underneath my boobs. Then my heating pad died. Seth tried to fix it but I think I’m just going to have to suck it up and get a new one. She seems to understand that I’m a chronic worrier though, because every time I have a little panic in my head like, “is she okay in there?” she gives me a little movement and reassures me. Look she is already helping deal with her Mommy’s crazy.
Fairly Odd Mother
I just saw that as a comment on someone’s blog as their name and I want to steal it. Best Mommy name ever. It could be because I love the cartoon “Fairly Odd Parents”.
Speaking of cartoons
Do you remember the cartoon Doug? Or Rugrats? I can still sing the theme songs to those cartoons. They need a nick at night for old cartoons so I can watch them with my daughter. The new cartoons scare me. Especially the anime ones.
Last birthday
This year will be my last birthday as a not mommy. We are celebrating it with my family the day we celebrate Thanksgiving. We usually celebrate it with Seth’s family the day before we do Thanksgiving since we usually spend the night up there for that. I get a special cake and it is fantastic. Last year my DAD made me a birthday cake, which is pretty huge since I think it’s like the second time ever my Dad has made a cake. And he frosted it. And it was delicious.
I have no idea what anyone is getting me for my birthday or Christmas this year. I’ve requested some of the TV on DVD Seth wouldn’t let me buy like Heroes and Grey’s Anatomy, but I swear I put about 1000 DVD’s on my birthday/Christmas list ever year and the only person who gets me them are Pam and Jason because they understand deep down how ESTATIC it makes me to round out my TV on DVD collection. I’m hoping Seth’s family will get the hint as this is the fourth year I’ve had a list made up almost entirely of TV on DVD. I also figure this is the last year I will really get gifts of any substance. Next year all of people’s attention and gift giving majority will go to my daughter, which I’m totally fine with. I have NO idea what Seth is getting me. I thought he would let me go run wild at Books a million since I’ve been complaining that my stack of books is grossly depleted. But he seems to have something up his sleeve so I don’t know…
I complained earlier about how I didn’t want my last holiday season to be gifts for the baby, but since I’ve registered for her, I’ve changed my mind. I want to finish her room and sit in there and rock in her new chair and think about what it will be like when she’s here. Right now I have a empty crib which is kind of depressing.
What I’m reading
My mom just gave me this book to read, it is pretty good but a little wordy and quotes a lot of other books. A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller by Frances Mayes
I’ve also been reading some old Vanity Fairs that someone at work gave me, and I have to say, if I was going to get any magazine subscription these days, besides my Parenting magazines, I would totally get Vanity Fair. The articles are so well written and most of the magazine are these big articles that are really informative. Last week I read all about the terrorist attack on the Taj in India, which I knew nothing about. This was like their 9/11 and I was clueless about it.
Okay on with the show
I’m off to work! I’ll be back tomorrow with tales about the inappropriate things I said to my doctor and freaked her out with. Hopefully they will give me an H1N1 shot, otherwise I have a sneaking suspicion that Seth will make me stand in line at the Civic center all day Saturday to get one. Boo.
Have a great day all!
Love (hearing Evelynn’s little heartbeat),
Carrie
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