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Jennifer's spaceThe diary of a mom, wife, and friend November 12 Halloween up north Soooo I am a tad late in writing about our Halloween. No excuses I have just been terribly lazy lately. Forgive me :) Anyhoooo
On Halloween I had heard that the police station was having a barbeque and I thought it was a great idea. You know any night you don't have to cook is a good night. We head over there in the blowing snow...yes SNOW and it was coming down pretty good at that point. The people serving up the food had winter gloves on under their rubber gloves. It was just hamburgers and hot dogs so we got what we needed and headed back to the house where we were joined by Logans friend Max and his mom and Kaitlyns friend Lauren. Max's mom Bonnie was going to take the boys with her and Richard and I took the girls.
Well we all wolf down our dinner because the kids are in such a hurry to get out there and fill their goody bags. It was bitter cold so I put 2 pairs of tights on Kaitlyn, 2 shirts, and of course her costume. Logan had on 3 layers as well. We no sooner walked out of our driveway then Kaitlyns witchs hat blew right off her head. I had even bobby pinned it. We put it back on walked 2 more feet and off it went again, followed by Laurens who had the same costume. Then Logan comes to me and is complaining about how his mask is bothering him and he wants to take it off. Without the mask it doesn't look like much so I told him he should leave it on. He was mad about this and decided to sit down on the curb and stop trick or treating. All this before the 2nd house. Bonnie and I were laughing so hard at one point I thought I might pee my pants. Who the hell knew trick or treating was such hard work?
I didn't take pictures of the kids beforehand because we were in such a rush and figured I'd take them when we were all down. After the fiasco with the witchs hats the girls left them behind and just put on black winter caps and we took them home and put another layer on them. Then we were off to the Grandparents house. We went up and down their street and the girls were done at that point. That wind was terrible. I had on 3 pairs of pants and I was still freezing. We headed back to Grandma and Grandpas to wait for the boys figuring they wouldn't make it much longer but they were out till almost 9 o'clock. Logans bag weighed a TON. We weighed it on the scale and it was something like 14lbs. The kid has enough candy to last him until he graduates, but don't you know mom catches hell everytime I nab one piece.
So that was our night.....in 2 words....cold and miserable. I am definitely not looking forward to next year. Seriously contemplating just having a halloween party but I know as miserably cold as they were it probably wouldnt go over very well. We'll see I have a whole year to convince them. November 10 I am still aliveI feel so badly that I have been incognito with my blog and visiting everyone elses lately. I don't know what the heck is going on with me but it seems going back to work has caught up with me and is taking its toll. I'm exhausted all the time between working, cleaning house, taking care of the kids, etc, etc, etc..... I know excuses excuses but the blogging that I love so much just hasn't appealed to me in the least for the last little while. I do promise I will try from now on to write more and come visit all of my fellow blogging friends. For now though I only have a very short time till I am off to work again so I am going to cop out of having to come up with anything witty and interesting and go for another fun quiz. Thanks to all that have come by to check up on me :)50 things you could care less about1. How tall are you barefoot? 2. Have you ever skinny dipped? 3. Do you own a gun? 4. Who's your best friend? 5. Do you get nervous before "meeting the parents"?
7. What's your favorite Christmas song? 8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
10. Do you consider Pluto a planet? 11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? 12. Do you like painkillers? 13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex? Well I don't really have to worry about luring anyone anymore....I aught my big fish lol
14. Do you own a knife?
I should sooo be getting ready for work......The kids will be home from school in about 15 minutes.........I should be cleaning house 18. Name the last 3 things you have bought: 19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink: Coke, Crystal Light, and ie water (has to have the ice) 20. What time did you wake up today? 22. Current worry? 23. Current hate? 24. Favorite places to be? 25. Least favorite place to be? 26. Where would you like to go? 27. Do you own slippers? 28. What shirt are you wearing? 30. Favorite color(s)? 31. Would you be a pirate? 32. Last time you had an alcoholic drink? On my birthday, August 29th 33. What is the last song you listened to? 34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? 35. What's in your pockets right now? 36. Last thing that made you laugh? When Danni came into the restaraunt last night 37. Best bed sheets you had as a child? 38. Worst injury you've ever had? 40. How many TVs do you have in your house? 41. Who is your loudest friend? 42. Who is your most silent friend? 43. Does someone have a crush on you? 44. Do you wish on shooting stars? 45. What is your favorite book? 46. What is your favorite candy? Mmmmmm candy so many to choose from Milky Way for the chocolate side and Mike and Ikes for the fruity 47. What song do/did you want played at your wedding? 48. What song do you want played at your funeral? 49. What were you doing 12 AM last night? 50. What was the First thing you thought of when you woke up?? October 29 The dirty thirty...sounds good doesn't it?? lolThe Dirty Thirty + (unknown facts/secrets about yourself): 1. In two words, explain what ended your last relationship? different personalities 2. When was the last time you shaved your legs? yesterday morning 3. What were you doing this morning at 8am? Hitting the snooze button (Logan was going hiking this morning)4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago? Watching Home made simple on TLC5. Are you any good at math? God no I'm terrible at math 6. Your prom night? I was with my kids' dad....need I say more?7. Do you have any famous ancestors? Not that I know of8. Have you ever taken out a loan to pay for school? No, never made it past the first semester of junior college when I got pregnant 9. Do you know the words to the song on your myspace profile? I can't figure out how to get the damn thing to work11. How many different beverages did you drink today? 2......Crystal Light and Coke12. Do you ever leave messages on people's answering machines? Only if I absolutely have to 13. Who did you lose your CONCERT virginity to? Styx and REO Speedwagon (they were playing together)14. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach? Might have when I was a kid 15. What's the most painful dental procedure you've had? Having 4 teeth pulled in preperation for braces 16. What is out your back door? The deck, backyard, Lake Superior 17. Any plans for Friday night? Working18. Do you like the ocean? Well we drove past the Atlantic but I've never been closer than that 19. Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different kinds of popcorn for Christmas? Yes I believe so MANY christmas' ago (must have been from someone that didn't know me very well...I don't like popcorn) 20. Have you ever been to a planetarium? Yes when I was in high school theater arts we took a trip to Chicago and went to the Aquarium and Planetarium 22. Something you are excited about? Only a month more to going back to Michigan...Yayyyyy 23. What is your favorite flavor of JELLO? Cherry 24. Are any of your great-grandparents still alive? no 25. Describe your keychain. The only thing I have on my keychain besides keys is a card for petsmart and the thing that unlocks your doors and opens your trunk 26. Where do you keep your change? Mainly in my purse but I have quite the collection going from my tips on the dresser27. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group of people? Hmm probably not since high school in Theater Arts28. What kind of winter coat do you have? A blue, grey, and black columbia jacket 29. What is your current relationship status? Married30. What are you wearing right now? Boxer shorts, t-shirt, and a long sleep button up (I'm in the downstairs and its collllddd) +. What is your current problem? Waiting for that damn Dr. of Kaitlyns to call again (he was supposed to call on Friday to change her meds) +. What do you love most? My kids +. Who makes you most happy? My Grandma +. Are you musically talented? Not even a little bit +. If you could go back in time, and change one thing, what would it be? I would give the kids' dad a broken nose as I walked out the door and left +. If you MUST be an animal for ONE day-what would you be? I'd like to be my cat. It would be interesting to see through their eyes and hear what they hear.+. Ever have a near death experience? No thank goodness+. Can you sing? Only when it's just me and the kids, much to their dismay lol +. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now? If I had a million dollars....I'd buy you a green dress, but not a real green dress thats cruel.......I love that song +. Who did you cut and paste this from? My fantabulous sister in law Cindy ;) +. Name someone with the same b-day as you: My Mom+. Have you ever destroyed someone's property? No, I have thought about it but have not done it. Well unless you want to count that time we sprayed ketchup all over my friends boyfriends (she found out he was lying and cheating) car.October 28 Men and Black Friday A usual night for Richard and I has come to be lying around in bed watching tv. Sad isn't it?? I know. Maybe I am just reading too much cosmo or something but I have come to the conclusion that the television needs to come out of our bedroom. Any of you who read any of these kind of magazines know why I mean....I will not elaborate because I have family that reads my blog and I don't want to cross that TMI line again.
Anywayyyys.....I was saying how nice it would be to find a REALLY reasonably priced LCD tv on Black Friday this year. For any of you who may not know what that is, it is a fantabulous day of sales the day after US Thanksgiving. I have been a loyal shopper on that crazy day for the last 3 years. The thing is...everyone knows Circuit City and Best Buy to be the worst for their line-ups on this day. Fortunately I have never wanted anything from their stores badly enough to go to that one. People honest to god go out there with chairs and blankets (this is Michigan people it'll be like 10 degrees out there) at like midnight to make sure they get a good spot in line for when the store opens at like 5 or 6 am. I REALLY don't want to do this but if they have a good enough deal on a super cool TV I might. Last year Richard and I waited outside the mall for an hour and a half at 4am for our 2 way radios (with a 10mile reception, supposedly) and Logans Nascar race track. Both for $10. Most of my family think I'm crazy doing this shopping but I am a sucker for a good deal and I think this day is crazy fun. I know, I'm nuts.
Okay on to the reason I am jonesing for a LCD tv. In our living room we have a big fireplace, a sliding glass door, and the enormous computer desk. There is no place for a tv. I would like to be able to sit it on the mantle. How cool would that be? When I was talking to Richard about this he seemed to be agreeing with me. When I brought it up yesterday he looked at me like I had 2 heads. Told me theres no way we're buying a new tv and acted like he had no idea about the conversation we had the other night. Damn men!!!! He was actively participating in this conversation not just zoning out with an occassional "uh huh" "ohhh". Soooo we'll just see who wins out on that one come Black Friday. I'm so excited already I can't wait.
Ohhhh and on a completely unrelated note......what are your opinions on blogspot? Is it easy to use?? I have started reading more and more blogs on there and its easy to leave comments but of course I know nothing about blogging on there. The thing is I am constantly freezing up visiting my blogging friends here on windows but when I go to the blogspot ones I never seem to have any problems. The pages load quickly and I never have to ctrl-alt-delete to get out of them. I may just switch if you all have good things to say about it. K thats it for me, for now. Let me know what ya think. October 25 Halloween here we come For those of you that don't know me well enough I am admitting it......I am a procrastinator. Usually the kids halloween costumes are not bought until sadly we have slim pickings and I am not one of those good moms that makes their kids costumes. That would require some crafting ability. Nope we go to the store and buy a $20 outfit that will get worn once and then hang in the closet for the rest of the year. I mean it's not like they can wear it to school or out to play with their friends or anything say in May. This year though we got to the store the day they put the costumes out and they picked whatever they wanted. The only reason I was so prompt this year is because the restaraunt that I work at is right next to the store that has the costumes and on my way out I spotted them. Either way I had to give myself a little pat on the back for getting it done right away, for once. Kaitlyn as usual wanted to be a princess again, she was a princess the last 2 years, so I told her to pick something else. She has decided to be a cute little witch. As for Logan he is at the age where it's no longer cool to wear some cutsie costume and he wanted something scarey. I don't know what you'd call him but it's pretty scarey looking. When the time comes I'll take pictures.
Tonight we carved the pumpkin. Unfortunately I wasn't so prompt on buying the pumpkin and we didn't get the best one but its not too bad except a fair size bruise on it's back side. I spent some time this afternoon printing out different pumpkin carving templates online and told the kids they could choose. Can anyone say mistake? Of course neither liked the same one and Richard had to begrudgingly be the deciding vote. He was also kind enough to help with the carving too thank goodness because part way through I thought my hand was going to fall off. It came out looking pretty darn good if I do say so myself and we took a few pictures so I'll add them on here within the next few days.
Logan loves pumpkin seeds. My Grandma made them for him a few years ago. Last year I was going to make them too but my lack of Susie Homemaker skills took over. To start I put them on paper towels to dry them out. When I went back to get them I had to scrape all the paper towels off that was stuck to what seemed to be every piece. After that I decided to just go ahead and stick them in a bowl and I would cook them the next day. Two days later I go to make them and they're covered in mold. The kids were not happy with me at all but what can I do. Tonight straight from pulling them out of the pumpkin and rinsing them off a bit I mixed them up with butter and garlic salt and stuck them right in the oven. I don't know how they taste yet because the kids were in bed when they were done and I'm not about to eat them but they look like they should so I might have just done it. Woo hoo!
K that's all for me tonight. I've been wanting to blog the last few days but had nothing to talk about and I didn't want to gross you all out again :P October 23 Ok maybe it was too much After viewing my statistics page there a few days back I seemed to have a record number of visits to my site, for me anyways. I was a little surprised to see no comments I thought maybe for some reason my site wasn't working right or something. I know I am soooo sad LOL. Then I came to the realization that that last blog might have been a little much.
Now at my job I was not scheduled there for a week and a half and to end that now they have me working Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. After not working for 2 years this is really taking its toll on me and I am practically a zombie after work sometimes. Other than work theres not one stinkin thing going on around here. Thus...nothing to blog about. I will try visiting you all and hopefully it will inspire me to come up with something really fantastic  Take care all.October 20 What do you do? A week or so back the kids and I went to the community pool here in town. While there we ran into my daughters previous Dr. We have since changed her family Dr. because this one didn't really seem to know what the hell she was doing, but I guess thats beside the point. The point of this story is this...........(and be warned it is of the graphic nature and may turn your stomach)
I will call her Dr. Z. There is an area at the pool that almost looks like a wheelchair ramp that goes down into the pool. A lot of times parents with very small children sit in that area with their babies because its so shallow. Dr. Z's husband was sitting there with their baby and after Dr. Z was done talking to us she got up to go over there too. From the looks of things shes pregnant again but I would never ask just in case, but that also is not the point. I know, I know its taking me a while to get there. When she was walking over there I looked over her way and about lost my dinner. It was one of the grossest things I have ever seen at the pool there. She had crazy bush (I saw these guys on Comedy Central call it that and even sing a song about it, wish I could find a link for it or something). I am talking about 6-8 inches down her legs she had pubes that were VERY noticable. I'm not talking about a little stubble. I'm talking about I have been on Survivor without a razor length. Now if she is pregnant I can ALMOST (and I stress that word) understand how this could happen. Lets face it, anyone thats been pregnant knows thats a very hard area to shave when you can't see it with the protruding belly, but this wasn't even in the area it should be. I am trying to be as gentle about this as I possibly can lol. Now you know her husband has to see this, seeing as how everyone else has been scarred for life by seeing it too. Has he said something and she doesn't care? Does he like this crazy bush and think everyone else will too? Or is he too shy to even tell his own wife shes looking like a cave woman down there? Either way I will never be able to look at her the same again, maybe I am being over dramatic (and thats quite possible) but it seriously was sooooo nasty.
Okay now for the reason I have told you all this story. It raised a question in my head. Now that I've moved her to podunk I don't really have any of those friends that you can talk to about anything. You know the ones I'm talking about. The one that knows all the dirty little details of your sex life, the one that knows all your exes and their secrets, the one that knows every sordid detail of your life that you would never dare tell anyone else. Every woman should have at least one friend like this.
Even though I do have one of these friends I have never brought up this question to her........How much of your legs do you shave? Do you shave only up to the knee all the time? Do you shaveup to the knee all the time and the rest once in a while? Or do you shave from ankle to hooch all the time?
I am definitely crossing the bordes on the TMI with this blog but I just have to know. I have to shave my legs every single day. The hair on my lower leg is so dark and grows so fast that at the end of the night I already have stubble. I only shave the top half of my legs once in a while because I don't want it to get it to be so dark and coarse that I have to shave it every day too. I just don't have this kinda time. I do often wonder though if people can see those light hairs when its been a little while and I'm embarassed. I don't want people to think that I am starting to have crazy bush too LOL, although I have never let it get even close to that far gone. I have considered waxing but am far too chicken. I actually have given a brazilian wax much thought but am more embarassed to have to sit there spread eagle to the lady doing the waxing than I am of the pain itself although believe me I am afraid my eye balls would pop out of my head when the wax was ripped off of that region. Anywayssss this was not supposed to be this long. It was supposed to be a short trip down memory lane about my traumatic experience at the pool and a question for all my lady blogging friends. Forgive me all for this blog I will try to keep my embarassing lady questions down to a minimum.
http://www.guzer.com/videos/bikini_waxing.php October 19 Another one of those quiz thingys I am sitting here at my computer in my jammies watching soaps (I am so frikkin lazy lately, I don't know whats gotten into me) with a complete lack of nothing original to blog about. Soooo I have decided to steal one of these quiz things from a blogging friend of mine (she has gone incognito lately so I will refrain from using her name.....you know who you are
 ). I guess it's not technically stealing since she invited everyone else to do it too but you know what I mean. Anywayyyys..........1. What is your favorite word? Love 2. What is your least favorite word? Stupid 3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually, or emotionally? Humor and spontanaiety are the biggest turn ons for me
4. What turns you off? Dishonesty
5. What is your favorite curse word? Hmm so many to choose from LOL...dammit 6. What sound or noise do you love? Peace and quiet around me while listening to my MP3 player
7. What sound or noise do you hate? My daughters back-talking and whining
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Does being a rich wife with a nanny and a pool boy count as a profession??
9. What profession would you not like to do? Any of the jobs on that show "Dirty Jobs"...now that stuffs just nasty
10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Theres been a mistake, we have to send you back home.
October 16 The things kids say..... Yesterday there were two moments here in our house.....one was a true "Uh Oh" moment and the other was just funny (to me anyways, I hope it is to you too).
Let me set the scene for the first one....Kaitlyn and I were in the living room and Logan was taking a bath and then the conversation went something like this....
Logan: Mooommm come here and see me.
Me: What is it that you want me to come see?
Logan: I have a huge beard of bubbles.
Me: I'm sorry Logan but I'm right in the middle of something I'll have to look in a minute.
Kaitlyn: Can I come see?
Me: Logan, are all the important parts covered too?
Logan: Just a sec, okay Kaitlyn now you can see.
Kaitln proceeds to go into the bathroom and ohhs and ahhs over what a grand bubble beard Logan has made and they have a good little laugh before Kaitlyn joins me again in the living room to ask me the following Uh Oh I am not ready for this question.
Kaitlyn: Mom?
Me: Yeah?
Kaitlyn: Does Richards pee pee look like Logans?
I wish I could describe to you the look that must have been on my face at the moment but I was too shocked to quite remember.
Me: Uhhh ummm hmmm well I really don't think thats a very good question for a little girl.
Kaitlyn: Well I just wanted to know because I've never seen Richards before.
Me: (trying to hide a laugh at this point) I don't think its something that you really should worry about until you get MUCH MUCH older.
Looking back I think there were probably better answers I could have given but as soon as that question left her lips my brain went on fast forward and garbled any sane answer I may have been able to come up with any other time. Oh god we are in soooooo much trouble when she gets older.
As for the funny story.......... Later on Kaitlyn decided that she wanted to brush my hair. I'm not sure why, but lately shes really enjoyed brushing and "styling my hair" and I am not to complain. I love to have my hair brushed. Anywho.....
Kaitlyn: What is that? (pointing to a mole on my forehead)
Me: It's a mole.
Kaitlyn: Oh. Will I get moles when I get bigger?
Me: I don't know, some people do but some people don't.
Kaitlyn: I hope I don't because their ugly.
Me: (laughing) Are you saying I'm ugly?
Kaitlyn: Nooooo. Your beautiful Mom even when you wear your overalls.
Me: Awww thank you Kaitlyn you are very sweet.
October 15 Move over Susie Homemaker Not a helluva lots been going on lately so as much as I would like to blogging I am at a loss for blog-worthy topics. I haven't worked since Wednesday and am not scheduled again til Friday which sucks the big one considering I am just getting back into the swing of working, but ah well it has proven to give me much time to try out some recipes.....
As I have mentioned before I am no Betty Crocker and if theres any pizzazz needed in a recipe it usually isn't for me. Also because the kids and I are such a picky bunch its hard to find recipes that even sound good. Soooo in my boredom I have found some good sounding recipes and they have turned out quite well if I do say so myself (said while giving myself a big pat on the back, what can I say its the small things that amuse me). I made pork tenderloin almost a week ago...you cut it into 1/4 in. slices and pound it thin, then put breading on it, give it a quick pan fry, and then throw it in the oven. It could use a little more oomph so I think I might add a few more spices next time but otherwise it was scrumpdiddaliumsious. Last night I made a new recipe for meatloaf using stove top stuffing and bbq sauce and my Grandma's recipe for twice baked potatoes and this afternoon I made apple crisp with caramel on top. I have yet to try the apple crisp but you better believe I will be having a little (or not so little) slice here shortly.
I was thinking about posting the recipes but didn't know if anyone would be interested so if you do want me to let me know and I will. It is such a sad life when I am posting recipes but I guess thats what I get for moving to a place where I can see the middle of nowhere from. I will just have to live vicariously through my blogging friends. :) October 12 NoooOOOooooOOOooo Okay so I went to yoga last night.......maybe it's just me but I wasn't really impressed and I really hate to say this because it's a friend of mine that does the class. Thank god she doesn't read my blog or I would have to keep this thought to myself. She's a great lady but her and I are extremely different. Anyways, now I feel like I have to go anyways because it's not like I'm going to tell her I didn't like it. It's my own fault anyways, I thought it was going to be kinda like a exercise but it's sooo not. It's a bunch of ladies sitting around in a circle in a dark basement listening to their own breathing and finding the light within and all that hoopla. I sooo hope that the next 8 weeks get better.
Onto the title of this blog......When I got out of yoga I am greeeted by *gasp* snowwww. Can you believe it?? I think mother nature hates us here in Northern Ontario. I mean geez all the leaves haven't even fallen off the trees yet and here we are with that white crap covering all the yards now. Can you tell I'm not a winter person? I wasn't even sure the kids boots still fit them but thank god they did or the teachers would have been wondering what kind of crap Mom I am for sending my kids to school in their runners (that's what they call tennis shoes here) with snow on the ground. Booo hooo I am so not used to this Northern Ontario weather yet even after being here for 2 years. Let's just hope it's gone by Halloween or they'll be wearing 3 pairs of thermal underwear underneath their costumes. October 11 I just don't understand Ok I have tried to answer comments just by adding to that blog because I have seen on other peoples sites where by the name of the blog it says Updated and theres a line going across in between the original blog and the updated part. How the heck do you do that? I previewed mine after adding to it and neither of those things happened. Hellllppppp.
And another thing and this is to anyone who knows more about this than I do but I have noticed that on Tinas and Mandys spaces they have really nice banners announcing their sites. Would you be so kind as to tell me what site you were able to make that on? I have tried making banners on a couple sites but never been able to find anything real nice like those and even when i did make the banner and follow all of the instructions on the help sites still couldn't get it to show up. I tell you I actually thought I was pretty good at this computer stuff until I started blogging. October 08 Appointments...... There are several things I thought I would blog about, but none are quite important enough for their own seperate blog. This weekend was my weekend to work so I haven't had a chance to before now.
First off would be Robin's (my orange male cat) appointment at the V E T. I was kind of afraid to say the word out loud for fear he would not come home in time, but he did. He doesn't mind the cat carrier, he actually went in there and laid down for a bit on his own. When it was time to get him in and put him in the car though it was a whole other story. I've never heard the sounds that he was making anywhere. He was yowling and crying so loud and freaking out so badly I thought he was going to puke right there in my car. The kids were just laughing so hard because of all the racket he was making. Well when we got to the vet he had to have his shots so I thought we were really in for a earful. Suprise, suprise he didn't make a sound and never even flinched when they gave him the shot. I was shocked to say the least, he must REALLY not like riding in the car.
My next appt. (the following day) was with my hairdresser. I am not 100% fond of her (shes pretty flighty), but she does a good job most of the time. Well she told me she could squeeze me in at 12:45 while the highlights were processing in another ladies hair. I get there at 12:40 and tells me she wasn't thinking and cut the ladies hair first so she was a bit behind and could I come back in a half hour. I wasn't real pleased but what choice did I have. I go home and decide to call before I go back, turns out she needs another 20 minutes. Soooo 50 minutes after my appointment was supposed to be I go back and she does a super fast half assed hair cut. The layers look like crap, but I don't know whether I'm going to go back and have her fix it yet or not. It is DEFINITELY time to find someone else though. Maybe I am overreacting but my hair is a very big deal to me. Tracey and Cindy....who did you guys go to when you lived here?
Last but not least theres Kaitlyns neurologist. He went on vacation 2 weeks ago yesterday. He told me he'd be gone 10 days and when he got back and he'd let me know what the radiologists report said, since he only took a quick look at the films himself. I have found it hard enough waiting the 10 days to find out but now I am again waiting for him to call. If you remember he is the same one that I had to call every day twice a day for 3 days before he returned my messages. He has until Tuesday after I get out of work, if I don't hear by then I will be tearing up the phone lines again. I am finding this very ridiculous. I understand he is a VERY busy Dr. but if you think you might not remember to call then make a note of it for gods sakes.
Ahhhhh what a week, please excuse my venting. Hopefully its all out of my system now. Have a good one all.
To Cindy.....Yes your Mom does still go to Kim, I didn't realise you had also gone to her too. I'm not sure when I switch though that I would switch to someone else at the same place. Even though Vicky did such a crappy job I would feel guilty. I had someone else tell me that she goes to the place in the same mall as Saan, she said they do a good job and I really like her hair so I might try them out.
As far as the Dr. goes.....I have been a little lax myself the last couple days. I worked 9-2ish the last two days so by the time I got home the kids were almost home and I lost all memory of the phone call I was supposed to make. I will have to make sure I call tomorrow though.
To Missy.....That's funny that your dog does that too, maybe its just being stereotypical (can you be in the canine sense?) that I thought pretty much all dogs loved to ride in the car. He must know where hes going lol.
I haven't decided yet whether I actually am going to go back although by now its probably getting too late to do so. I let her cut quite a bit off this time and I'm just afraid that for her to fix it she might have to take even more off. I guess I'll just let it grow out a bit and then find someone else.
Soooo many doctors it seems have such bad bad manners. My grandma used to go to this doctor after she broke her shoulder, and I took her to one of her appts. while we were down. I forget what time her appt. was but we waited for almost 2 hours. I was irrate. It is ridiculous that they have SO many people scheduled that they get that far behind, and at every appt. I just wonder what the response would be if you made up a mock bill and sent it to them explaining that you feel you should be paid for the time you have to wait in their office everyime.
To Darlene.....Well well well I guess now that your such a cutie with a booty you've got all the hotties flocking to you. I have to say I am a little jealous LMAO.
My hump day has been hmmmm, not too bad. The lady I work with is a real sneaky bitch and I had to work with her today until 2 but I am home now and the hub is watching the kids while I go to yoga tonight :)
Oh and one more thing...I am FINALLY almost done with that damn duck badge....10 more left to go. That poker one last week took forever too but at least it wasn't quite as bad. October 04 Blogging buddies As you may have noticed I changed how I link you all on my blog and added a little blurb about you all (I didn't like how the list looked before). I really had a tough time with some of you knowing the right little tid bit to say to describe your blog best. If you have a better idea of what you would like yours to say or have any suggestions about it at all please don't hesitate to let me know. I will not be at all offended if you have a better idea for what I should say about your site then I have right now. Heroes Okay I am wondering.....Did anyone else watch that new show called Heroes the other night? I was flipping through the channels because I couldn't find anything else that I wanted to watch on and I landed on that because it looked interesting. Now usually Richard won't watch what he calls my crap TV and there are very few shows we agree on (CSI, Survivor, Big Brother, America's Funniest Videos), but he sat down and watched Heroes with me. I guess it must have caught his eye too.
The reason I am asking you all if you saw it is because I could not figure it out. It was a good story line with a lot of different plots and different people but I had a little bit of a hard time following it because the stories weren't seeming to connect in any way. Here I was thinking, I'll watch it until the end, I'm sure it'll explain itself. Not a chance, we were left wondering what in the world was going on. Soooo if any of my readers out there watched it I would be real curious to know what you thought of it.
I never thought that the subject of cabbage patch dolls would create so many comments. Thank you all. I have seen a lot of other people respond to other peoples comments under the comments themselves and I am thinking of doing that myself. I often feel like I should answer questions asked or just somehow respond but are not sure where to do it, so I just wanted to let you all know that if you leave a comment with a question or anything else that you think might warrant an answer to check back under comments and I will respond there. October 02 Recovery Time What do you get when you cross nine 8 year old girls with a boatload of sugar (i.e. cake and ice cream) in a church basement? A headache.
It has taken me the weekend to recover. Honestly it really wasn't that bad, she invited 15 girls and only 8 showed up. I've never been more thankful, it was crazy enough with the 9 of them. Thank goodness I wasn't the only adult there so I had a lot of help. My husband, mother and father in law, sister in laws, and one of the moms were there to help.
The kids seemed to have a great time. Kaitlyn got a lot of really nice gifts. My mom bought her a cabbage patch kid. Let me tell you I think I was more excited about it than she was. You see when I was young and the cabbage patch kids came out they sold like hot cakes. My Grandma went to get me and my 3 other cousins one and there were none anywhere. My crafty wonderful Grandma then took it upon her self and make the 4 of us cabbage patch kids. Not to say that we all didn't love those dolls, we did, but oh how I always wanted one of those sought after dolls with Xavier Roberts signature on the butt. Anyways I digress. The kids got more money than should be allowed for an 8 year old ($110), 3 barbies, a Bratz blanket, a Pixel Chix, and the list goes on and on. We still haven't opened everything up, much to her dismay. I mean "Mooommm why can't we open every single one of my toys the very second we walk in the door and play with everything all at once??"
I have posted some pictures of the party and of Cindy's visit. There were a lot more pictures of the party but I didn't want to get myself in trouble by posting pictures of other peoples kids on the net. Wasn't sure how people would feel about that, so I thought I better just play it safe. September 30 TaggedTHREE NAMES THAT YOU GO BY: 1. Jen 2. Mom 3. Baby THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD, INCLUDING THE ONE YOU NOW HAVE: 1. Jenthemom 2. this_tootsies_taken 3. jenthemom76 THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF: 1. My hands (I've always been told I have nice hands (long slender fingers) 2. I am a hard worker 3. How much I care about other people (friends and family) THREE THINGS YOU HATE/DISLIKE ABOUT YOURSELF: 1. My acne (I am 30 when is it going to go away???) 2. My weight 3. I tend to talk too much sometimes THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE: Who threw this question in here anyways?? Heck I really don't know THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU: 1. Something bad happening to my kids or husband 2. Something bad happening to me 3. Bees THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS: 1. Chocolate!!!! 2. Telling my kids and husband that I love them a gazillion times a day 3. Detangler (my hair is crazy tangly) THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW: 1. My super comfy Old Navy heather grey lounge pants 2. A oversized old grey t-shirt 3. Granny panties, I cannot sleep in a thong THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS: (OR SINGERS) 1. Nickelback 2. Shania Twain 3. Journey THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS: 1. Finding a way to help my daughter control her mood swings without losing it myself 2. Losing some of this extra poundage I've put on 3. Saving some money so we don't have to live paycheck to paycheck anymore THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP: 1. Comfort ( I dont know if I could go back to no burping, farting, or just plain looking like crap whenever I need to) 2. Honesty and Trust 3. Knock your socks off sex TWO LIES AND A TRUTH 1. I parents held me back in the 4th grade 2. I would like to have plastic surgery 3. I can speak french fluently THREE THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU: 1. Sense of humor, this is a BIG one for me 2. Butt 3. The way they treat me and my kids THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO: 1. Roll my tounge (you know where the sides go up and it looks like a taco) 2. Understand algebra 3. Keep a uncluttered house for more than a couple days THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES: 1. Computer (emailing, blogging, pogo, etc...) 2. Television 3. Cross-stitching THREE MSN BLOGGERS YOU WANT TO PARTY WITH: 1. Darlene 2. Thystle 3. Dawn (I wanted to say you, Cindy and Mindy, but I figured it should be people I know just through blogging) THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW: 1. Go to sleep (waiting for the hubby to call) 2. Eat some Deans french onion dip and wavy Lays ( I'm all out 3. See my family and friends in Michigan THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING: 1. Photographer 2. Fundraising coordinator 3. Porn star (LMAO....I am SO kidding, I just couldn't come up with anything else) THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION: 1. California 2. Beaches resorts 3. On a disney cruise THREE TRUE LOVES: 1. My two beautiful children 2. My loving, sweet husband 3. One of the greatest ladies I know, my Grandma THREE FAVORITE ANIMALS: 1. Cats 2. Dolphins 3. Rabbits THREE REASONS WHY YOU'RE DOING THIS: 1. One of my favorite blogging gals Darlene tagged me 2. I'm bored 3. I like all these quiz thingys THREE PEOPLE WHO MUST TAKE THIS QUIZ (You’ve gotta tag two or three others.) 1. Mindy (gotta give you something to blog about 2. Cindy 3. Missy (and of course anyone else who would like to!) September 24 Much more interesting than the usual set of questionsI copied and pasted from Miss Thystle so I guess I am a thieving copier, forgive me and read on. 1. If you were to kill a man, horror movie style, which kitchen utensil would you use? Ohh so many to choose from....I'm going to go for Drano. I don't think I'd be able to handle all the blood the rest would cause. 2. Did you ever swallow a coin? Not that I can remember 3. What was the worst gift you've ever received? I plead the 5th on this one, many people that have given me gifts read my blog so I think its safer this way 4. What is your most embarrassing childhood memory? I hate to sound like a copycat (even though I am copying this from Miss Thystle) but mine is the same as Darlenes. Isn't this every girls nightmare? Walking around with a big bright red stain on the back of your pants while the rest of the weasel, rotten little brats laugh behind your back. 5. How many kids do you want? I'd like to have 3 but because my husband is a stubborn mule I will have to stick with the 2 I already have 6. Whats your moms middle name? Jo 7. Have you ever operated a fire extinguisher? No I have not 8. Worst car you ever had to drive and why? Boy again so many to choose from. I'd have to say my last one. A 87 Bonneville....it had holes in the doors from all the rust, a big crack through the windshield, all the liner on the ceiling (do they call it that in a car) had fallen and was being held up by tacks. Yeah she was a beauty. 9. who do you hate? My childrens father, what a no good for nothing sorry piece of $hit he is. 10. what do you hope to have accomplished by the end of this year? To be in a better place financially 11. do you have any reallllly crazy relatives? Oh lord which side of my family. I have crazies on all sides. Maybe thats my problem?? 12. Did you ever wake up under the influence of NyQuil, completely unable to move? You know I have not, nor have I known anyone else that this has happened to but I wonder if this question is one here how big of a problem this must be 14. Did you own a Lite-Brite? Oh yes, didn't we all? And my kids have one too, although they've gone all fancy shmancy now, they have the lite bright cube. 15. Can you dive? I imagine I could if I had to but I am not friendly enough with the water to want to. 16. Do you own a mouthpiece for anything? Umm no 19. Who was the most creative bum you've ever met, trying to get some money from you? Well it was not very creative but the ONLY bum I have ever met was when I was a teenager. My friends and I were at the mall and this bum asked us for some money to buy some fried chicken. We told him we didn't have any money but he could have some of our tacos we had just bought. Well he went on and on about how it had to be kentucky fried chicken. Oh really cause I didn't know they sold rot gut at KFC. 20. Whats your favorite Jelly Belly jelly bean flavor? Black Licorice 21. favorite food you CRAVEEE? Deans chip dip and Wavy Lays. I can only get the dip in the states and I'm all out :( 22. When was the last time you pulled lint out of your bellybutton? I have an outie so I don't have that problem 23. Did you ever use someone else's toothbrush? Sure did back in the day when I was staying the night at my boyfriends house. 26. If you were on Double Dare, would you take the physical challenge? Well it depends on what I get for doing it but yeah probably 27. What's the largest living organism that you killed? Boy I don't know, I've never killed any animal besides a bug 28. Did you ever take a lighting bug and smear its guts on your arm so you get a cool glowing effect like war paint? I didn't even know this was possible 30. if you could be anywhere in the world doing anything right now what would it be? Somewhere with no fighting children (make that no kids period), a really hot guy (guess I'd have to not be married in this fantasy world too), some really yummy food, and all the pampering and relaxation a girl could ever dream of. Ok back to reality, I'd like to be visiting my family in Michigan. Back in the workforce again Richard and I have been talking for a while about me going back to work. When I still lived in Michigan we decided that when I moved here I would stay home to be able to be with the kids, but for financial reasons that house not been going so well. We have bills coming out of our ears it seems and not enough money to pay them, so it was decided that once the kids went back to school I would look for work. Since I don't have any college or training I knew whatever job I would get would be in waitressing or retail. Soooo I went to Job Connect (a place that helps you build a resume and find a job) and believe it or not I got a job before I even applied anywhere.
My sister in law Terry works at a restaurant in the "mall" here in town and she told me about the job and then told her boss about me. I talked to Paulette (the boss) Thursday night and by Friday afternoon I was no longer unemployed. It is a waitressing position, about 25 or so hours a week.
Started yesterday and it went really well. The lady that was training me is super nice and she let me know that i had done much better than she expected. Today they had me in there at 10 (when they opened) pretty much by myself. The boss was there but she wasn't waiting tables. I was really a bit nervous. Even though I have waitressed before every place is different. It went really well, the morning was slow until noon when Chu (I don't know if thats how you spell her name or not its pronounced Chew) came in and it was busy, busy, busy. I was only in for 4 hours today but I was running my butt off. I really like the job a lot but these first 2 days have been hard on me after being unemployed for over 2 years.
I have my fingers crossed that the very little eating I am able to do before and while working and the fact that I am getting more excersize than I have in years will melt away all of my belly jelly. Heres to wishful thinking ;) September 21 Battle of the bulge Well as I'm sure every other mother (except for those lucky so and so's who come away unscathed) agrees children has left it's signs. Although I am not going to lie I was thinner right after I had my babies than I am now. Sad isn't it? Before I evergotpregnant with Logan I was about 110lbs. To say I am no where near that now would be an understatement. I have never weighed this much when I wasn't pregnant, I gained 60lbs. with Logan.
I stayed at a pretty good weight, I was still a little pudgy but happy in general until about 2 years ago. I hated my job working at Herman Miller but I have to say it allowed me to eat all the crap I wanted and still stay the same weight. I mean is that the life or what? Well since I have moved here to Canada and not been working I have gained over 20lbs !!! My junk food has turned on me. Coke (the pop not the drug) used to be my dear friend, but I was able to go from drinking nothing but coke everytime I drank anything (I'm talking like 5 cans a day) to 1 a day (if that). The rest is water or crystal light. Here I thought though that cutting out all that pop would at least help me drop a few pounds. No such luck.
As some of you might know we bought an elliptical towards the beginning of the year. I wanted one SO badly. Richard made me swear that I would use it often and it wouldn't become a very expensive coat rack. I did so well there for a while using it every day, going 4-5km until Kaitlyns first seizure and then everything went to hell. It seems our daily routine was thrown into a blender. Soooo to make a short story long I have made friends with my elliptical again. I've used it everyday for the last 3 days. I will admit I haven't gone any 4km though, I think it's punishing me for staying away so long. After I do 1.5 km I have a river of boob sweat and my knees have turned to jello, but I will fight it and hopefully have the willpower to keep with it.
It seems everyone I know, either through blogs or personally has been shedding the pounds lately. I want to be part of the lose your blubber club too. Hey that's kinda catchy, maybe I should start my own club. Anyways wish me luck and hopefully I will be on my way to getting skinny with the rest of you.
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