~Turny thoughts & Ferny thoughts: May04 Mamas in Feb07~ - Page 9

[orangecanoe]

Renae---omgosh...I love you!! I had written off the Mexico trip, but had totally forgotten about the tax return as trip fundage angle. Dh even told me I could take a trip with my fun money. Hmmmm.... If Elsanne can travel solo with two girlies, I might be able to try....

pt/ot for girlies today. wee little bit of snow coming our way and I'm hoping it sticks long enough for C to play in it a bit. She's getting so tired of our fickle PA snows.

[fiddlefern]

Our tax return will be used to pay L's for Music Together classes. If there's anything left after that, we will stash some for our driving/ camping trip on the coast this September, and use the rest to help pay W's health insurance for a month or so. Fun times.

Why is it that I've been up since the 5 am nursing (he didn't fall back asleep for 2 hours), and yet _I_ am the one taking care of the toddler while dh sleeps in with the newborn? Well, the answer is that dh seemed at the end of his rope last night and I decided to give him a break. Still, a little part of me is irritated. He could have at least asked me. W will wake up soon and then I'll ask for my turn with a nap.

Jacq- I think it's so cool that you do the gardening thing with the preschool. What do you do in the winter when it's rainy/snowy out?

Renae- hope the Mexico trip is in your future!

Miss Juice- I always love the way you throw words together in fun/ poetic ways. Sorry about the basement.

KK- wow. Sounds like a major household overhaul. My packrat side and my super-organized side are always fighting.

Elsanne- ooooooooooh I am so jealous of your job.

Claudia- Would you like some extra milk just for back-up in case you need it? I have 12 oz stashed in the freezer so far that I don't need. Pm me if ya want it and we canl set up a way to meet.

Jstar- it also drives me crazy when L undoes cleaning I have just done. The laundry thing would definitely bug me.

OK, I'm gonna sit down with my little big guy before babe wakes up.

[KKmama]

Ack, Juice, you had the water through the ceiling, too? I'm posting to see my new avatar. More later.

[jstar]

mornin' ladies.

juice, what happened???????? isaac spilled a bunch of water and it dripped through the floorboards into our basement recently. but that doesn't soudn comparable to your waterfall!

i hope you get your nap ff

i've been on a purging mode too. but definitely not as impressive as yours KK! i have 4 garbage bags for goodwill in my trunk right now. one i'm going to try to sell first at a 2nd hand store. mine has been motivated by getting baby's room ready. it looks soooooooooooooooooo cute. makes me so excited in any case...i find this part of pregnancy to be the most fun

here is how much of a packrat nut i am. i got out my crib bedding this weekend and kept thinking i need to order the curtain to match it. just waiting until i had the money. so i got into my baby boxes in the basement to dig some stuff out and lo and behold i already have TWO of the curtains. albeit they are a million inches long but i totally forgot that they were on clearance for some ridiculously cheap price in the longest length and i bought 2 of them for future use. great memory of mine : so all i had to do was hem them. phew. so glad i stumbled on those before i bought another one. usually i pride myself on knowing exactly what i've packratted away doh

claudia - i'm sorry you're having nursing stress. hopefully it is just the teeth and a short phase and he'll be back to normal soon. i don't have any milk to offer yet.

[Jacqueline]

First off, I must say that dh and I have always owned Macs and love 'em. They rock. We thought about going over to the other side once (briefly) but just couldn't bear to do it. Now, we'd never think of switching. It's one of the ways we fight the dominant paradigm

Oh, and we don't get tax refunds any more. Now that dh is a clergy member, we have to pay our own taxes each quarter and I would be ecstatic if we break even come end of the year (last year we had to pay extra on April 15). It's not the income tax, it's the self-employment tax. It sucks. So, that's our sad story

Fiddle, I'm amazed you're keeping up with everyone so well. You're inspiring!

Claudia-I need to give you a . Hang in there. And share with us whenever you need to.

And, heather, re: colloidal silver--I don't know much about proper dosage. I have used cs once in my life (just one of the many things I tried to get rid of yeast on my breast last year) and my naturopaths gave me my dosage. I have read to go easy on cs as you don't want to give too much, but I don't know what that would be. Sorry I'm not more help! I have heard it's good for throat stuff, though.

Renae-sorry you had to go through all that drama the other day. Maybe it's better I don't know many people here yet Sounds like you're now in a better place about it, though.

I know I've missed some stuff, but this will have to do for now!

[jstar]

i'm dying to know what our tax sitch will be this year. DYING. i haven't mailed everything into our accountant yet though but i am getting it ready. last year we got a giant return. i am hoping and praying for a return but wouldn't be surprised if we somehow owe 10K this year or something. we shouldn't but since it is all tied to the business now there is no way for me to gauge how it will come out. in any case i am praying we don't owe. any return is all bonus

[elsanne]

Alrighty gals, we're live online! Here it is!

[Miss Juice]

Is it really already Wednesday? Or is it really ONLY Wednesday? This week has made my head spin. The water in the basement was a burst pipe - so thing BIG waterfall, saoked carpet, 2 inches of standing water that did eventually drain away. Now we wait for a water extraction crew to be able to get to us - with the backlog (we weren't the only ones with a burst pipe, surprise) and the snow, we don't know when that will be. It was very stressful yesterday but today I'm over it, what happens will happen.

Then last night my babysitter, who drives my girls to school two days a week and picks them up one so I can work, called to say she got a fulltime job and her last day with us is a week from tomorrow. Creek, paddle, some kind of fine cliche is appropriate but I'm too : to figure it out.

I'm recovering, though. And today is a REAL snow day, so I'm home in my jammies with all three of my kids. My crazy DH insisted on going to work this morning, then called me to say all the federal offices are closed, and for some reason there's nobody downtown, so he might be coming home soon. Silly! There are 12 inches of snow on the ground!

Originally Posted by nuggetsmom

We had to get a new computer and we ended up getting a Mac. Since I am a PC girl I am getting used to the controls here, and I feel frustrated most of the time.

We've always had Macs and love them. The transition is tough, because no matter how great it is, it isn't what you're used to. It'll get better, I promise!

KK - love the avatar. And your senior title. If it was always like that and I'm just noticing, then will your name turn pink too?

Jstar and KK I am jealous of your purging. Though our basement is getting a major overhaul right now - I suspect a LOT will be tossed.

elsanne, that place looks awesome. Every time I convince myself there's no way I could go (there really is no way I could go, no tax return to be had here) I keep a glimmer of hope...

[Mama Faery]

Miss Juice is in the running for the "Morning Goddess" tiara now!
I was trying to figure out what we were going to do this morning, my friend M is NOT coming over today, because of the freezing rain and wintry yuckiness which is Rhode Island right now, so I don't get my morning off. Totally understandable, but sucktastic nonetheless.
Rowan is in super-comfy clothes, I'm still in my jammies, and I am washing diapers. Whee. Clifford is on PBS and I am going to go help Rowan set up his train set in a second.

Today is going to be a slow, easy, lazy day 'round here.

I hope everyone enjoys the snow (or lack thereof)...I am actually kinda disappointed, this is not snow we play in. Yuck.

DH and I are going to order takeout from our favorite sushi place after Rowan is in bed though! Yay!
And tomorrow, it's ALL about the discount candy!

Happy Hearts Day, mamas!

p.s. check the YG for your special Valentine!

[KKmama]

I thought *our* water problem was fixed (and yeah, I did write about it yesterday I think in my blog), but then this morning, there was a bit of water dripping through to the kitchen when dh showered, through one of the holes I poked on Sunday. From the looks of things, this has probably happened before, and there was such a small amount of water that it never made its way through. (But now that there's a little hole, the flow is easier.) My best guess is that there is some tiny leak (not related to Sunday's problem) somewhere around the shower. Loose caulking? Who knows. Sigh. This will involve calling someone and some $$$$, I believe.

Juice, so sorry about your pipe. It sounds much worse than our problem. I *just* changed the sr. title... the change was subtle enough that I wasn't sure anyone would notice--good eyes! I sent an email to an admin asking why my name isn't pink... Ack, what happened to 2 wks notice re your babysitter???

Re purging... I'm going to go through the stuffed animals today. I *can't* *wait*. And Jess, I feel like a total doofus, because when I was going through the boys' closet yesterday, I found a quilt that my grandma made that was *perfect* for Z's bed, forgot that I tucked it away. He was *so* excited about his "new covers". So you're not the only one!

I need to go wipe everything down... I made peanut butter last night, and today, a friend whose dd has a life-threatening peanut allergy is coming over, spur of the moment.

Oh yeah, it snowed again, and *verrrrrry* cold. It's not really melting anymore. We've had snow on the ground for over 2 months now. I have *never* experienced this before in my life (and frankly, I don't much like it).

[jstar]

brrrrrrr i just watched the snow in the east on the news. 2 months straight of snow is : and back east it looks like everyone should be having a jammie day!

woe on the water woes. that all sounds :

isaac and i made valentine's last night for his little class exchange today. i felt like writing 'i'm sorry i bite you' i need to go wake him up in a minute.

my dh's perspective on the mexico thing is that if it isn't on the beach he isn't interested. i actually think that bodes better for me to be able to go because it would be mucho cheaper without him plane ticket-wise! but i still don't know for sure. the place looks fabulous.

happy valentine's day everybuggy!!!

[Sarah'sMama]

Hello everymama!

So sorry to hear of the plumbing woes plaguing some of you. :

Renae, I hope you can come to an amicable solution to your raisin friend. I definitely agree that playdates aren't a good idea right now.

Heather, when is E's birthday? I was waiting for a reminder on Yahoo, then thought maybe you hadn't updated us or something? I want to make a smilie parade for her, but don't know when. HOpefully I haven't missed it already!

KK, I'm digging your blog. I think L is absolutely the sweetest! And I agree, she does resemble you in your younger years. And T's science fair project! For Kindergarten? Man, I'm in trouble next year!:

24-30 inches of snow falling today! Snow day! Dh is going to have to dig out the grill so he can grill the steaks I bought for Valentine's day! Going to stay inside, read some new books to the kids, make some cookies and hang out with my girls.

Happy Valentine's Day to All!

[Sarah'sMama]

Originally Posted by jstar

isaac and i made valentine's last night for his little class exchange today. i felt like writing 'i'm sorry i bite you' i need to go wake him up in a minute.

:

Oh my! I was laughing at this one! You're too funny!

[Mama Faery]

Originally Posted by jstar

isaac and i made valentine's last night for his little class exchange today. i felt like writing 'i'm sorry i bite you' i need to go wake him up in a minute.

That is so awesome.
Tierra Adentro looks AMAZING. Really. I'm bookmarking the site for DH to look at tonight!

Rowan is dressed (but only because his diaper leaked) and I changed my shirt (because there was peanut butter all over it from Rowan's breakfast) but we are in total comfy mode. I lit candles and the house feels warm and bright, despite the coooooold day!

Hope all with water woes work it out soon! Our basement used to leak a LOT so I understand in some way. I should go down there and check it out, come to think of it...

Okay, off to read books with my little Pooperton! Have a great day!

[orangecanoe]

Sherri---E's bday is tomorrow---742pm precisely. She is very intrigued by the computer so I'm sure she will marvel at any/all smilie art!

Renae--how much snowy snow do you guys have up there? We have about 2-3inches of ice crusted snow.

KK---I've been wanting to comment on your blog, but can't figure out how you login to wordpress...I'm gathering you have to already use wordpress to have an acct? I made some decluttering strides in the past couple weeks, but have lost interest of late :


Well silly me went out in the snow to the chiro's office for our appt. this morning to find it closed. I was a little bit annoyed as the receptionist made a point of calling last night to see if I wanted to reschedule adn said that the chiro would be there regardless. Since we live .5 mi away and have AWD I said I'd be there. Find out later she had called at 9 while I was in the shower and of course I hadn't checked messages because no one ever calls me. Well...was fun driving around in the snow anyway...

Any Valentine's plans? We're so boring. I'm cooking one of DH's fave dinners and that's it.

Claudia--how are you and S doing??

[elsanne]

Originally Posted by jstar

isaac and i made valentine's last night for his little class exchange today. i felt like writing 'i'm sorry i bite you' i need to go wake him up in a minute.

my dh's perspective on the mexico thing is that if it isn't on the beach he isn't interested. i actually think that bodes better for me to be able to go because it would be mucho cheaper without him plane ticket-wise! but i still don't know for sure. the place looks fabulous.

happy valentine's day everybuggy!!!

Hi jstar! the valentine thing made me : Hope you can come to mexico!

[TurboClaudia]

about snow and non-snow, just heard the weather report for the portland area and it's supposed to be 60+ degrees on both saturday AND sunday! yahooey! garden work, here we come!

happy valentine's day!

we are doing non-nfl admissions on the crazy long portland chat thread in finding your tribe, so here are some of mine:

I LOVE...

starbucks decaf soy lattes & their chocolate donuts
celebrity-babies.com
my television

...and I'm not going to feel guilty about it anymore!

~claudia

[jstar]

i was reading those on the portland thread and surprise surprise have many of the same ones : starbucks decaf mochas for me. loooove donuts. and right now i'm eating newman's minty Os because 2 pieces of toast just didn't cut it for breakfast. i love mcdonalds breakfast sandwiches and almost any french fry or potato chip. and picking at isaac's scalp like monkey-mom. all the good ones celebrity babies too

[emmalola]

Okay, I was in another car accident this morning. I don't know what it is about me. I'm a driving dolt since i got pregnant. This time it was in a hospital parking lot, and when they found out I was pregnant they called the paramedics over to check on me. It was a big scene. Way too big a scene for a fender bender. But nobody was hurt, everything is fine, and I'm a little less freaked out as I was last car accident. The baby is surrounded by a lot of padding, you know? It's about the only time I've ever been happy to have a little belly fat.

Happy valentine's day!

NFL loves? ummmmm
starbucks anything
campbells soups. These sustain me through the first trimester. Worked last time too.
Television, although we don't watch it because comcast is total crap and they still haven't fixed our cable (it's going on two months, people!)
driving in my car by myself. is that not NFL? I love to drive. (although now I'm on rental car #2 while my original car is in the shop from the first accident.)
donuts
anything chocolate, really.

I realized this morning that we sent the lentil off with valentine's for his whole class, but we had forgotten to have him sign them. So his whole class will get cards from their secret admirer.

I'm tempted to write a valentine to sweets saying "I sorry I bite you" but it would be woefully inaccurate.

Hey- go me! 12 weeks today!

[mcsarahb]

Hi mamas-

EL, sorry to hear about car accident #2. Hope this is the last. 12 weeks, wow! Hello, 2nd tri.

Snow sound yucky to me, too. Sorry to those of you dealing with wintry crap of whatever ilk. I am glad we are getting rain now, after that weird period of dryness, although my friend visiting from eastern WA is getting antsy. I am trying to convince her to move here, and the weather isn't helping. :

I have been reading but not posting due to extreme busy-ness. My friend arrived on Sunday, and this is midterm week. Luckily today is last day of class for the week (altho have clinic on Friday) and I have a crafty girls' night tomorrow and a party on Friday. We're getting a babysitter for that one; yay!

Also can't remember if I shared that we are starting Operation W (to steal a line from jstar) by cutting down to once a day. It's going pretty darn well so far. We've told Lily that nursing will be done when she's three. So a couple more months of once a day. I am so much happier and she is seeming to take it mostly in stride. Maybe I'll share more on the YG about why, how, etc. if anyone's interested.

Claudia, I'm thinking of you a lot and hoping you're doing ok. Keep us informed and please let me know if I can do anything.

I am really enjoying school right now, especially being in the clinic, and learning so much. It's amazing how much I'm learning just from doing it now; all the classes up until now have taught me just a fraction of what I've gotten in the past 5 weeks. Love it. So nice to be with pregnant mamas.

OK, class starting...mucho love to the MMs.

Sarah