So.... I went out and got my fried chicken and biscuits from a place called Bojangles. It's similar to Popeyes if you have one of those in your area...I just like Bo better. They just taste better and everything doesn't have the cajun seasoning on it. Plus the biscuits are SO good.
Anyway... went out and bought some. Ate a biscuit (their biscuits are HUGE), chicken breast and a wing. Just checked my sugar and.......
109!! WOOOO!
OMG the entire 2 hours after eating I've been worried that I was going to have some super high number after eating what I did, but NOPE! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!
So stinkin happy and time to go eat some more b/c I bought a ton of it :P lol
Man that just makes me ridiculously happy though. I don't have to pass up rolls, or a small serving of rice, fries, etc. I can eat them and not feel guilty about it! YAY! Well... at least for now. I'm sure things can progressively get worse. Just have to keep pricking my finger and keeping up with better eating :)
Also... testing every 2 hours is making me REALLY want to snack during those 2 hours. I'm not even hungry, but just knowing I have to wait makes me want to eat. WTH? Stupid brain!
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Also stomach pains have subsided. It still feels bleh and off down there, but after I pooped for a 2nd time... the aching stopped. Thank goodness. This has been the first time for this type of gut pain which is why I didn't think it was. Just glad it's over with now and hope it doesn't happen again.
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Just saw that my state is #1 on worst drivers list. It is absolutely no shock to anyone that has been here.
Light just turned red and you have plenty of time to stop? Pfft, go anyway!
Turn signal? What's that??
Stop signs? They're optional.
Texting while driving? Absolutely!
Going 10mph below the speed limit in the fast lane... yes please!
And so on and so forth. Seriously, it's one of the reasons why I don't go out past a certain time usually and still hate going out early.
Friday, December 12, 2014
OW! WTH is going on now?
Not sure what is going on but I wish it would stop already.
Started up in the middle of the night. Woke up and I'm getting a continuous crampy feeling in the uterus all the way to the backside.
It was a constant aching but it eased up once I finally got up this morning, now it seems to be back.
Thought maybe I just had to poop (which I did), but that didn't seem to help anything. Maybe I still have to and this is all just some gut cramps or something. I dunno... whatever it is, I wish it would stop b/c it does not feel nice.
Thankfully baby boy was also moving around when I woke up last night so it distracted me enough so I could get back to sleep.
Pretty sure he had the hiccups. Didn't last for too long... not like when Zoe would get them.
He was a little wiggle worm. Not sure but I swear he was laying transverse... that's where they're laying sideways right? lol Too lazy to look it up right now :P lol
Anyway.... I was laying on my left side and I could feel him kicking on that side and on my right side at the same time. Well... however he was laying, he was having a good ole time in there. :)
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If this aching eases up, will be working more on the nursery walls. I just did one wall yesterday. Just didn't feel up to doing another for some reason. It will get done though. Not really looking forward to all the taping that's gonna need to be done, then touchups after painting... BLEH! lol
Still not sure how exactly I'm going to do the superheroes. Draw them up there and tape them off too probably. I think it would be too difficult to paint over the background color w/ crappy acrylic paint. Would require way too many layers trying to do that *nodnod*
We'll see.....
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So I was wrong yesterday.... my number after eating the one oatmeal was 87, not 82. Still not bad though.
My numbers yesterday were all pretty low actually. For lunch it was 70 and dinner was also low 80's.
Anywho... experimented again this morning with 2 packages of oatmeal instead of the one and my sugar still only came in at 98. I was sure it was going to be higher b/c that stuff is SUPER sweet. But nope... my body seems to be taking it all really well. YAY! :D
Loving this wiggle room. I love eating meat, but it does get boring after a while so knowing I could have a sandwich or something like that every once in a while is really nice.
Will be having something bad for dinner tonight so we'll see just how far I can go.
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Zoe has been spoiling me and not getting up until 8am in the mornings. Then, she usually just plays in her crib for a bit so I can doze off a little longer.
HEAVEN!
Going to enjoy it while it lasts. We've been so lucky with how well she does sleep.
I think putting her in an extra layer of PJs has helped too. Keeps her nice and warm so she sleeps better.
Her little butt is slowly healing too. She still has a red spot but no more irritating poops have caused it to get worse again thankfully.
We still need to take her to see Santa! DH has some nativity thing to do at his church this weekend. Thankfully only at night... and this is pretty much the last weekend we'll be able to do anything. Have to talk to him about it. First time I mentioned it was only just a couple of days ago. Just didn't even think about it until then. Woops... mommy fail.
Girl is going to be seriously spoiled with presents this year. She better appreciate it when she's older lol.
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We are broke broke broke. Had to fork over the rest of the money for the roof and getting the siding fixed. That's over 5k dollars that we'll never see again. Just thankful that we actually had it! Thank goodness for putting money in to savings b/c if we didn't... we'd be SCREWED.
Started up in the middle of the night. Woke up and I'm getting a continuous crampy feeling in the uterus all the way to the backside.
It was a constant aching but it eased up once I finally got up this morning, now it seems to be back.
Thought maybe I just had to poop (which I did), but that didn't seem to help anything. Maybe I still have to and this is all just some gut cramps or something. I dunno... whatever it is, I wish it would stop b/c it does not feel nice.
Thankfully baby boy was also moving around when I woke up last night so it distracted me enough so I could get back to sleep.
Pretty sure he had the hiccups. Didn't last for too long... not like when Zoe would get them.
He was a little wiggle worm. Not sure but I swear he was laying transverse... that's where they're laying sideways right? lol Too lazy to look it up right now :P lol
Anyway.... I was laying on my left side and I could feel him kicking on that side and on my right side at the same time. Well... however he was laying, he was having a good ole time in there. :)
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If this aching eases up, will be working more on the nursery walls. I just did one wall yesterday. Just didn't feel up to doing another for some reason. It will get done though. Not really looking forward to all the taping that's gonna need to be done, then touchups after painting... BLEH! lol
Still not sure how exactly I'm going to do the superheroes. Draw them up there and tape them off too probably. I think it would be too difficult to paint over the background color w/ crappy acrylic paint. Would require way too many layers trying to do that *nodnod*
We'll see.....
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So I was wrong yesterday.... my number after eating the one oatmeal was 87, not 82. Still not bad though.
My numbers yesterday were all pretty low actually. For lunch it was 70 and dinner was also low 80's.
Anywho... experimented again this morning with 2 packages of oatmeal instead of the one and my sugar still only came in at 98. I was sure it was going to be higher b/c that stuff is SUPER sweet. But nope... my body seems to be taking it all really well. YAY! :D
Loving this wiggle room. I love eating meat, but it does get boring after a while so knowing I could have a sandwich or something like that every once in a while is really nice.
Will be having something bad for dinner tonight so we'll see just how far I can go.
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Zoe has been spoiling me and not getting up until 8am in the mornings. Then, she usually just plays in her crib for a bit so I can doze off a little longer.
HEAVEN!
Going to enjoy it while it lasts. We've been so lucky with how well she does sleep.
I think putting her in an extra layer of PJs has helped too. Keeps her nice and warm so she sleeps better.
Her little butt is slowly healing too. She still has a red spot but no more irritating poops have caused it to get worse again thankfully.
We still need to take her to see Santa! DH has some nativity thing to do at his church this weekend. Thankfully only at night... and this is pretty much the last weekend we'll be able to do anything. Have to talk to him about it. First time I mentioned it was only just a couple of days ago. Just didn't even think about it until then. Woops... mommy fail.
Girl is going to be seriously spoiled with presents this year. She better appreciate it when she's older lol.
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We are broke broke broke. Had to fork over the rest of the money for the roof and getting the siding fixed. That's over 5k dollars that we'll never see again. Just thankful that we actually had it! Thank goodness for putting money in to savings b/c if we didn't... we'd be SCREWED.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Quickie quickie
So I decided that I was going to eat one of Zoe's oatmeals that I bought for her. It's just instant maple and brown sugar crap. Each pack is something like 32? g of carbs.
I wanted to see what it would do to my sugar and...... 82... that's actually lower than it has been the last couple of days. o_O
Not saying I don't have GD... but dang.... this at least gives me some wiggle room. YAY! :D
At least for now that is.
My fasting numbers have been good. It was a little bit higher this morning but still not over what it should be. I think it started this way with Zoe too. Ok for a while but just started creeping up sometimes. Oh well. We'll see what happens.
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Actually started working on the nursery walls. Outlined one of the cityscapes. Just have some finishing touches here and there and I can move to the other wall.
It's a bit higher than I had wanted, but it's where the crib will be and that sucker is pretty tall. Would look stupid if I were to make the cityscape shorter than the back of the crib. It should look ok with how I have it though.
The wall with the dresser should be a lot better. Not as high up as the other one.
Also sketched out a couple of superheroes. Only 4 of them, but I can't think of anymore to do that aren't the typical that everyone does. Hell, the ones I picked are pretty typical... Spiderman, Batman, Wolverine with the Phoenix being the only oddball one.
Wanted at least one girl hero up there that wasn't Wonder Woman and DH didn't want She Hulk either.
Phoenix goes with Wolverine though so it works.
There was a really cute style that I saw on pinterest that I'm trying to emulate with the drawings. Hopefully it translates well on to the walls.
Of course I'll post photos once there's something to show :)
Oh and the furniture is back ordered until MID January. Think I just said January before.
Still shouldn't be a problem even if , gawd forbid, he decides to come early. Would just like to have it though to see it in the room.
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Zoe's poor butt is so sensitive. It's been a while since we've had a bad rashy breakout, but give her some almonds and red rash butt hurt city. Poor girl. She's better now but it was looking so raw and bleh just a few days ago. Have since stopped giving her almonds since that is what seemed to cause the problem in the first place.
She's been good other than that though. Downloaded her some new games on my kindle and she just LOVES scrolling through everything, clicking on everything and especially likes going to the app store :\
She surprised DH and I by figuring out and being quite good at a matching game. You know the type, pictures under cards and you have to match them. She's not perfect at it by any means but she does a lot better at it than we expected. :D
My baby girl is growing up so fast!
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Alrighty, think that's about it. Need to get back to work while Zoe is 'napping' aka playing in her crib.
I wanted to see what it would do to my sugar and...... 82... that's actually lower than it has been the last couple of days. o_O
Not saying I don't have GD... but dang.... this at least gives me some wiggle room. YAY! :D
At least for now that is.
My fasting numbers have been good. It was a little bit higher this morning but still not over what it should be. I think it started this way with Zoe too. Ok for a while but just started creeping up sometimes. Oh well. We'll see what happens.
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Actually started working on the nursery walls. Outlined one of the cityscapes. Just have some finishing touches here and there and I can move to the other wall.
It's a bit higher than I had wanted, but it's where the crib will be and that sucker is pretty tall. Would look stupid if I were to make the cityscape shorter than the back of the crib. It should look ok with how I have it though.
The wall with the dresser should be a lot better. Not as high up as the other one.
Also sketched out a couple of superheroes. Only 4 of them, but I can't think of anymore to do that aren't the typical that everyone does. Hell, the ones I picked are pretty typical... Spiderman, Batman, Wolverine with the Phoenix being the only oddball one.
Wanted at least one girl hero up there that wasn't Wonder Woman and DH didn't want She Hulk either.
Phoenix goes with Wolverine though so it works.
There was a really cute style that I saw on pinterest that I'm trying to emulate with the drawings. Hopefully it translates well on to the walls.
Of course I'll post photos once there's something to show :)
Oh and the furniture is back ordered until MID January. Think I just said January before.
Still shouldn't be a problem even if , gawd forbid, he decides to come early. Would just like to have it though to see it in the room.
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Zoe's poor butt is so sensitive. It's been a while since we've had a bad rashy breakout, but give her some almonds and red rash butt hurt city. Poor girl. She's better now but it was looking so raw and bleh just a few days ago. Have since stopped giving her almonds since that is what seemed to cause the problem in the first place.
She's been good other than that though. Downloaded her some new games on my kindle and she just LOVES scrolling through everything, clicking on everything and especially likes going to the app store :\
She surprised DH and I by figuring out and being quite good at a matching game. You know the type, pictures under cards and you have to match them. She's not perfect at it by any means but she does a lot better at it than we expected. :D
My baby girl is growing up so fast!
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Alrighty, think that's about it. Need to get back to work while Zoe is 'napping' aka playing in her crib.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Every 2 hours
Finally got the black key card thing for my glucose meter last night and so far so good.
All levels have been great so far and hopefully remain that way. My highest was from dinner last night and it was still only 92 so I think I'm doing good. We'll see what happens when I do eat something I shouldn't though. Not that I would eat a lot of it but I am interested to see what the meter will show.
Had a couple of teeny bites of some cookies DH made for his work's cookie exchange. Only small bites though b/c they were spiced rum cookies. They were good though. He found a good recipe :)
Going to suck when he brings home all of the cookies from the other people though. Guess we'll see what my sugar does if I eat one :P
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I mentioned that we bought a new carpet cleaner right? I don't like it.
It picks up the dog hair that vacuuming missed (which apparently is a hell of a lot), but it doesn't suck up the water it puts out very well. So gross when the carpet still feels sopping wet and takes forever to dry. I've only used it in the nursery even though the living room and rest of the house desperately need to be cleaned.
I got that nursery carpet as clean as it's going to get. It's still stained in areas, but not as obvious as it was before. It actually looks nice now.
I used the hand tool for the cleaner on the entire room b/c it's just better to get that deeper cleaning action. My poor back and lower bump were killing me. Thankfully the aching didn't last too long. Well.. my back is still a bit jacked up but it's not too bad.
Now I just need to get to work on the mural that I still haven't drawn anything out for.
I have an idea for 2 more super heroes... but not sure exactly where they're going. Will figure it out.
Oh and remember that Thor hammer wall night light thing I mentioned that we bought from Target online? Well, we had to go out and get another one b/c apparently, neither one of us looked very close at the shipping address. I went on FB and my cousin sends me an IM telling me thanks and how her son is going to LOVE his new Thor hammer /facepalm.
I would've asked it back, but she had just been telling me the other day how she was needing to sell some stuff to make ends meet so yeah... I wasn't about to tell her it was a mistake and to send it to us.
We're not rich, but we're not hurting for money either so we can afford to be out another $30 and to make her son's Christmas just a little more special.
Does make me feel bad though b/c she also has 2 girls. So it's going to look like we only bought something for one of her kids lol. I did send her a gift card too though so hopefully she'll at least think we didn't know what else to get so just sent that instead :P lol
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It really amazes me how easily and quickly Zoe picks up things... especially when it comes to technology.
Was letting her play with my kindle yesterday, she hands it to me b/c she had apparently stumbled upon the app store and was trying to download a free toddler puzzle game lol.
I got it for her and she was enjoying it. She got a big frustrated so DH showed her that she had to match the shapes to solve the puzzles. After that... smooth sailing. Plus on this game, you have to drag the X to a box to exit out of it and she figured that out all by herself.
Just so amazing how fast she picks things up.
Oh and I finished her dragon today. That thing man... PITA!! And it didn't turn out exactly how I wanted but Zoe seems to love it. It's a bit heavy so she has some difficulty carrying it lol. While I was sewing it's head on to the body, she kept hugging and kissing it and calling it her hippo :P lol
I took some photos that I'll post later.
All levels have been great so far and hopefully remain that way. My highest was from dinner last night and it was still only 92 so I think I'm doing good. We'll see what happens when I do eat something I shouldn't though. Not that I would eat a lot of it but I am interested to see what the meter will show.
Had a couple of teeny bites of some cookies DH made for his work's cookie exchange. Only small bites though b/c they were spiced rum cookies. They were good though. He found a good recipe :)
Going to suck when he brings home all of the cookies from the other people though. Guess we'll see what my sugar does if I eat one :P
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I mentioned that we bought a new carpet cleaner right? I don't like it.
It picks up the dog hair that vacuuming missed (which apparently is a hell of a lot), but it doesn't suck up the water it puts out very well. So gross when the carpet still feels sopping wet and takes forever to dry. I've only used it in the nursery even though the living room and rest of the house desperately need to be cleaned.
I got that nursery carpet as clean as it's going to get. It's still stained in areas, but not as obvious as it was before. It actually looks nice now.
I used the hand tool for the cleaner on the entire room b/c it's just better to get that deeper cleaning action. My poor back and lower bump were killing me. Thankfully the aching didn't last too long. Well.. my back is still a bit jacked up but it's not too bad.
Now I just need to get to work on the mural that I still haven't drawn anything out for.
I have an idea for 2 more super heroes... but not sure exactly where they're going. Will figure it out.
Oh and remember that Thor hammer wall night light thing I mentioned that we bought from Target online? Well, we had to go out and get another one b/c apparently, neither one of us looked very close at the shipping address. I went on FB and my cousin sends me an IM telling me thanks and how her son is going to LOVE his new Thor hammer /facepalm.
I would've asked it back, but she had just been telling me the other day how she was needing to sell some stuff to make ends meet so yeah... I wasn't about to tell her it was a mistake and to send it to us.
We're not rich, but we're not hurting for money either so we can afford to be out another $30 and to make her son's Christmas just a little more special.
Does make me feel bad though b/c she also has 2 girls. So it's going to look like we only bought something for one of her kids lol. I did send her a gift card too though so hopefully she'll at least think we didn't know what else to get so just sent that instead :P lol
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It really amazes me how easily and quickly Zoe picks up things... especially when it comes to technology.
Was letting her play with my kindle yesterday, she hands it to me b/c she had apparently stumbled upon the app store and was trying to download a free toddler puzzle game lol.
I got it for her and she was enjoying it. She got a big frustrated so DH showed her that she had to match the shapes to solve the puzzles. After that... smooth sailing. Plus on this game, you have to drag the X to a box to exit out of it and she figured that out all by herself.
Just so amazing how fast she picks things up.
Oh and I finished her dragon today. That thing man... PITA!! And it didn't turn out exactly how I wanted but Zoe seems to love it. It's a bit heavy so she has some difficulty carrying it lol. While I was sewing it's head on to the body, she kept hugging and kissing it and calling it her hippo :P lol
I took some photos that I'll post later.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
So much left
So we went out and bought a new carpet shampooer last night. Still a Hoover like our other one. Hopefully not a giant piece of shit like the other one, but we'll see.
Still have so much left to do in that nursery concerning the carpet.
We had those big plastic mats down where our desk chairs were and right at the edge of mine is where one of our dogs always used to lay. Well there is a nice gross outline of the mat with a nice gross layer of caked in dirt in the carpet.
I didn't know it was there until after I had shampooed it the other day so I've been having to wait for it to dry which is taking forever b/c it's cold and that room door is usually closed.
Have our space heater in there pointed at it to hopefully speed things up.
Then I have to take a fork... yes... a fork... to try to loosen all of the dirt to vacuum up.
My ass and lower back ache so much from doing some of that yesterday.
Other than the aching though... strangely enough.. I actually kinda enjoy doing it. It sucks that the dirt is there and it's a PITA, but loosening up the dirt and knowing I'm doing something just feels nice.
I'm getting that floor as clean as possible damnit!
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So we told DH's family yesterday at lunch baby boy's name. We've definitely settled on Oren Bishop.
They did not like it, but thankfully they have enough sense to not actually make rude comments lol. You could tell they didn't like it though, but oh well. They'll get used to it.
It's a different name, but it's not like it's some super weird one.
They'll learn to love it like we do... and if not, well then they can turn back time and have a baby and name it whatever they want :P lol
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It has been SO difficult this time eating well. I REALLY want some sweets, but it hasn't been too hard to avoid them. It's just finding something filling and satisfying to eat. Especially now since beef is so gawd damned expensive so all we have is chicken chicken and more chicken. So damn tired of frickin chricken.
I just know this OB is going to ask why I hadn't been testing. That thing I need for my monitor better arrive tomorrow or Tuesday. If it doesn't, I'll just have to suck it up and call my doc office to get a new one.
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Zoe just loves the Christmas tree... which is expected. She loves looking at all of the ornaments, but especially the Darth Vader one we have lol.
I don't know why she gravitates towards that character so much. Yes, we're huge nerds and all but we never pushed her in to liking just him or anything.
Maybe b/c he's so recognizable that's why she likes him?
It's pretty cute though. Will have to get video of her saying Darth Vader and doing his breathing sound lol.
Oh and whenever we ask her "What's your brother's name?" She just shakes her head and says "No" lol. Oh she's going to be in for a rude awakening in just a few months.
She will say his name though. Most of the time correctly (for the most part), but sometimes she'll say Oren as Orange. So cute :D
Not so cute though..... the girl whines and cries about EVERYTHING. Not sure how to get her to stop. We've tried the whole "use your words" thing to her and yeah... that doesn't work lol.
Still have so much left to do in that nursery concerning the carpet.
We had those big plastic mats down where our desk chairs were and right at the edge of mine is where one of our dogs always used to lay. Well there is a nice gross outline of the mat with a nice gross layer of caked in dirt in the carpet.
I didn't know it was there until after I had shampooed it the other day so I've been having to wait for it to dry which is taking forever b/c it's cold and that room door is usually closed.
Have our space heater in there pointed at it to hopefully speed things up.
Then I have to take a fork... yes... a fork... to try to loosen all of the dirt to vacuum up.
My ass and lower back ache so much from doing some of that yesterday.
Other than the aching though... strangely enough.. I actually kinda enjoy doing it. It sucks that the dirt is there and it's a PITA, but loosening up the dirt and knowing I'm doing something just feels nice.
I'm getting that floor as clean as possible damnit!
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So we told DH's family yesterday at lunch baby boy's name. We've definitely settled on Oren Bishop.
They did not like it, but thankfully they have enough sense to not actually make rude comments lol. You could tell they didn't like it though, but oh well. They'll get used to it.
It's a different name, but it's not like it's some super weird one.
They'll learn to love it like we do... and if not, well then they can turn back time and have a baby and name it whatever they want :P lol
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It has been SO difficult this time eating well. I REALLY want some sweets, but it hasn't been too hard to avoid them. It's just finding something filling and satisfying to eat. Especially now since beef is so gawd damned expensive so all we have is chicken chicken and more chicken. So damn tired of frickin chricken.
I just know this OB is going to ask why I hadn't been testing. That thing I need for my monitor better arrive tomorrow or Tuesday. If it doesn't, I'll just have to suck it up and call my doc office to get a new one.
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Zoe just loves the Christmas tree... which is expected. She loves looking at all of the ornaments, but especially the Darth Vader one we have lol.
I don't know why she gravitates towards that character so much. Yes, we're huge nerds and all but we never pushed her in to liking just him or anything.
Maybe b/c he's so recognizable that's why she likes him?
It's pretty cute though. Will have to get video of her saying Darth Vader and doing his breathing sound lol.
Oh and whenever we ask her "What's your brother's name?" She just shakes her head and says "No" lol. Oh she's going to be in for a rude awakening in just a few months.
She will say his name though. Most of the time correctly (for the most part), but sometimes she'll say Oren as Orange. So cute :D
Not so cute though..... the girl whines and cries about EVERYTHING. Not sure how to get her to stop. We've tried the whole "use your words" thing to her and yeah... that doesn't work lol.
Friday, December 5, 2014
I just want to relax!
So, we bought my mom's car today. Refinanced so we're not paying 500 a month, but we still had to pay property tax on it which was $700!! WTF??
We had to drive all over creation to get it all situated... but it's finally done.
Anywho, it's not exactly what we were wanting, but it was too good of a deal to pass up, plus we'd be helping my mom out by getting rid of at least this one bill.
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My carpet shampooer is broken! *CRY*
DH Finally cleared the nursery and BOY is the carpet in there nasty. The amount of dust collected under out desks.... nevermind the wear and tear of the carpet... bleh!
So I was in there sitting using the hand tool on the shampooer to really get a deep clean and try to remove as much of the staining as possible and the damn thing has sprung a leak :(
Oh well... I was overdoing it a bit anyway. SO achy after scrubbing not even half of the room. Still have a lot more of it to do. Want to get a hard bristle brush to try to loosen up the deep down dirt that I've seen in a few spots.
Just a giant PITA. I do like shampooing though. It's just so satisfying to see an actual change and see the dirt being cleaned. Just wish there was a way to make it work better b/c damn do our carpets need it.
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Forgot to mention this before.
We made ourselves wishlists on Amazon for DH's friend that lives overseas atm. Just crap we'd like for Christmas.
Well I put a bunch of stuff that I know Zoe would like on it and DH sends his friend the list.
This was pretty much the reply he got
"So, are these things Zoe wants or things that YOU want Zoe to have."
WTF kind of response is that? She's 2..... of course we're going to put shit on there that we would like her to have b/c we know she would love them. Just ugh... that really rubbed me the wrong way.
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Zoe man... she's spending the night with aunt so they can go to some small parade tomorrow. We needed the break though.
We have been ALL over the damn place so she's gotten out of the house plenty this week, but MAN is the toddler-tude rearing its ugly head.
Toddlers definitely test your patience and you are going to crack every once in a while.
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So much to do still. I really need to start on the sketches for the nursery. Figure out which heroes we want on the wall and all of that. Was going to start it the other night but something else came up so didn't get around to doing it. Same with tonight.
We finally put the Christmas tree up then I started vacuuming which led to the carpet shampooing.
It's 2:23am right now and the adrenaline I was running on earlier is finally wearing off. Can't believe I was such a nght owl before. Staying awake past 10pm now is rare lol.
We had to drive all over creation to get it all situated... but it's finally done.
Anywho, it's not exactly what we were wanting, but it was too good of a deal to pass up, plus we'd be helping my mom out by getting rid of at least this one bill.
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My carpet shampooer is broken! *CRY*
DH Finally cleared the nursery and BOY is the carpet in there nasty. The amount of dust collected under out desks.... nevermind the wear and tear of the carpet... bleh!
So I was in there sitting using the hand tool on the shampooer to really get a deep clean and try to remove as much of the staining as possible and the damn thing has sprung a leak :(
Oh well... I was overdoing it a bit anyway. SO achy after scrubbing not even half of the room. Still have a lot more of it to do. Want to get a hard bristle brush to try to loosen up the deep down dirt that I've seen in a few spots.
Just a giant PITA. I do like shampooing though. It's just so satisfying to see an actual change and see the dirt being cleaned. Just wish there was a way to make it work better b/c damn do our carpets need it.
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Forgot to mention this before.
We made ourselves wishlists on Amazon for DH's friend that lives overseas atm. Just crap we'd like for Christmas.
Well I put a bunch of stuff that I know Zoe would like on it and DH sends his friend the list.
This was pretty much the reply he got
"So, are these things Zoe wants or things that YOU want Zoe to have."
WTF kind of response is that? She's 2..... of course we're going to put shit on there that we would like her to have b/c we know she would love them. Just ugh... that really rubbed me the wrong way.
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Zoe man... she's spending the night with aunt so they can go to some small parade tomorrow. We needed the break though.
We have been ALL over the damn place so she's gotten out of the house plenty this week, but MAN is the toddler-tude rearing its ugly head.
Toddlers definitely test your patience and you are going to crack every once in a while.
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So much to do still. I really need to start on the sketches for the nursery. Figure out which heroes we want on the wall and all of that. Was going to start it the other night but something else came up so didn't get around to doing it. Same with tonight.
We finally put the Christmas tree up then I started vacuuming which led to the carpet shampooing.
It's 2:23am right now and the adrenaline I was running on earlier is finally wearing off. Can't believe I was such a nght owl before. Staying awake past 10pm now is rare lol.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Everywhere and back again
Can't remember if I mentioned this or not, but DH is off the whole week this week which means we've been going everywhere to try to get as much done as possible while he's off.
We have the paint ready for the nursery.
He's moved his computer in to the living room temporarily.
We had eye exams... he has a dentist appointment... etc etc etc.
Feels like we haven't actually relaxed at home for more than just a few minutes which is why I haven't posted in a bit.
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Had to call my doctor's office for the results of my 1hr glucose test and I failed it, but just barely. Cut off was 130 and I was at 134.
But with how I failed the 3hr before, they're allowing me to skip doing it and just start checking my sugars.
BUT that's not going to start until I get some black code key thing for my tester which I hadn't needed before but apparently do now. I'll get that in about a week probably. Hopefully my doctors won't give me any shit for starting a little late. I'm not going to be stuffing my face full of bad shit until then or anything so don't see a problem.
But I remember how one of the doctor's there was... just had an air of condescension whenever she saw that I had off sugar levels bc of things I had eaten. Her look and tone was as if she was talking to a child. Didn't like her much, but thankfully I don't have to see her that often. I do think I see her my next appointment though... bleh. BUT I get another u/s then so WOO :D
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Have to get used to my computer being in the living room now. Thankfully have internet on it again (WOO), but since the monitor or in this case the tv, isn't right in my face, it's a bit more difficult to see all of the smaller text. Tried making everything larger but it screwed with the resolution too much. Oh well... not a huge problem.
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Eye exam today was typical. MAN I hate those drops they put in your eyes. Not that they hurt or anything, I just hate drops in the eyes. I ALWAYS spaz out and start blinking like crazy and can't hold still. Such a PITA lol.
Thankfully my eyesight hasn't changed though and I get a spiffy new pair of glasses :D
Of course I had to pick out the most expensive pair they had (without realizing it), but also thankfully we have 1k left to spend on our insurance so we're not really paying anything OOP for our new glasses :)
I love my current glasses though. They're light weight, frameless and stay on my head well. Only thing that is a problem is that you need 2 hands to put them on b/c they spring back to a closed position automatically. You can't just flip one thing open at a time.
Oh welp.... these new glasses that I got are pretty nice. The frame around the lenses are silver and the uhm.... side ear piece part is this pretty lavender color with a butterfly on one side. Seriously... WTH is the name of that part of glasses? o_O
Anyway... I wanted something different and a bit flashy. They had these cute blue ones last year but didn't have them this year :(
I wanted some vintage looking cat eye type of style ones, but they didn't have many of those. The ones they did have were too small for my face :( Damn you big round face and big head!!
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Our poor cat. One of his really bad paws (one of his back paws), the pad burst open and he's getting blood everywhere. He irritates it whenever he walks around so there are blood spots everywhere. Need to get him in to the vet so they can at least take a look and I dunno.... see what we can do to try to help.
I wish the meds we could give him weren't so expensive and was guaranteed to work to fix his paws.
Anywho... it looks so gross. The outer skin split and the inner part is bulging out. I can't imagine that it feels good at all to walk on it. I want to wrap it up but he would freak out and would probably chew it off in no time.
Anyone with cats know how they are though. Could be in the worst pain ever, but they would never let you know it.
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Can't remember if I mentioned this before, but DH and myself finally felt baby boy from the outside! I'm sure I could have before, but finally caught him moving at the right time and in the right spot.
Still feeling most of the movement down low but I am getting more frequent movements up higher.
And I'm pretty sure we've decided on a name. It's about 99% at this point. I think DH still wants to look through the rest of the baby name book, but we always come back to the same name.
Oren Bishop. We've even gotten Zoe saying the name. She still doesn't understand what it's for though lol.
Bishop isn't the first name like I had originally wanted, but I think it flows really nice this way. And I'm pretty sure we're going with that spelling of Oren.
So YAY on a name... or what it will most likely be :D
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We bought a few things for the nursery too :D
Bought a superhero rug (DC heroes), and this really cool Thor's Hammer night light decal thing.
http://www.target.com/p/the-avengers-3d-wall-art-nightlight-thor-hammer/-/A-14542616#prodSlot=medium_1_4&term=thor
They have a few other ones... like ninja turtles, iron man, etc. Very cool I think :D
Also got a print for the room and uhm... I think that might be it for now.
Target also had a DC or Avengers blanket too that we'd like to get.
Just have to figure out the city scape tape everything and just yeah... a lot of work. Also have to figure out which heroes I'll be painting on the walls and sketching those out. I found a photo of a really cute style I'd like to try to mimic... just have to get around to doing it. Will have to when Zoe is down for a nap and bedtime though. She'd see my sketchbook and would want to start doodling in it herself lol. I'll start on those tonight probably.
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Zoe's attitude man... she is definitely in to the terrible two's. Good lord she is in full on toddler mode.
I know I've said that before but it just keeps escalating lol. It's like it can't get worse and then BOOM, she's doing something that's making us groan. lol
I'm sure it could be a lot worse but it's still very.... very frustrating at times.
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And finally... we're getting new phones! YAY! Not that I'm a big phone person though. I just want one with a better camera. My current one is SO damn slow taking photos that by the time it takes it, it's missed the moment I had wanted to capture. Getting an LG something something lol. Tested it out and the camera seems to be pretty fast and decent quality. Everything else... again, I could care less about. I am not a person with their nose in their phone all the time.
The only times you'll see me with my phone out in public is to check the time, if someone calls, if I've lost Dh in a store and I'm texting him to see where he's wandered off, or if we're looking up prices really quick on something.
Call me old fashioned but I just can't see how people constantly have their attention on their phones as much as some people do. Look up and see the world damnit!
We have the paint ready for the nursery.
He's moved his computer in to the living room temporarily.
We had eye exams... he has a dentist appointment... etc etc etc.
Feels like we haven't actually relaxed at home for more than just a few minutes which is why I haven't posted in a bit.
____
Had to call my doctor's office for the results of my 1hr glucose test and I failed it, but just barely. Cut off was 130 and I was at 134.
But with how I failed the 3hr before, they're allowing me to skip doing it and just start checking my sugars.
BUT that's not going to start until I get some black code key thing for my tester which I hadn't needed before but apparently do now. I'll get that in about a week probably. Hopefully my doctors won't give me any shit for starting a little late. I'm not going to be stuffing my face full of bad shit until then or anything so don't see a problem.
But I remember how one of the doctor's there was... just had an air of condescension whenever she saw that I had off sugar levels bc of things I had eaten. Her look and tone was as if she was talking to a child. Didn't like her much, but thankfully I don't have to see her that often. I do think I see her my next appointment though... bleh. BUT I get another u/s then so WOO :D
____
Have to get used to my computer being in the living room now. Thankfully have internet on it again (WOO), but since the monitor or in this case the tv, isn't right in my face, it's a bit more difficult to see all of the smaller text. Tried making everything larger but it screwed with the resolution too much. Oh well... not a huge problem.
____
Eye exam today was typical. MAN I hate those drops they put in your eyes. Not that they hurt or anything, I just hate drops in the eyes. I ALWAYS spaz out and start blinking like crazy and can't hold still. Such a PITA lol.
Thankfully my eyesight hasn't changed though and I get a spiffy new pair of glasses :D
Of course I had to pick out the most expensive pair they had (without realizing it), but also thankfully we have 1k left to spend on our insurance so we're not really paying anything OOP for our new glasses :)
I love my current glasses though. They're light weight, frameless and stay on my head well. Only thing that is a problem is that you need 2 hands to put them on b/c they spring back to a closed position automatically. You can't just flip one thing open at a time.
Oh welp.... these new glasses that I got are pretty nice. The frame around the lenses are silver and the uhm.... side ear piece part is this pretty lavender color with a butterfly on one side. Seriously... WTH is the name of that part of glasses? o_O
Anyway... I wanted something different and a bit flashy. They had these cute blue ones last year but didn't have them this year :(
I wanted some vintage looking cat eye type of style ones, but they didn't have many of those. The ones they did have were too small for my face :( Damn you big round face and big head!!
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Our poor cat. One of his really bad paws (one of his back paws), the pad burst open and he's getting blood everywhere. He irritates it whenever he walks around so there are blood spots everywhere. Need to get him in to the vet so they can at least take a look and I dunno.... see what we can do to try to help.
I wish the meds we could give him weren't so expensive and was guaranteed to work to fix his paws.
Anywho... it looks so gross. The outer skin split and the inner part is bulging out. I can't imagine that it feels good at all to walk on it. I want to wrap it up but he would freak out and would probably chew it off in no time.
Anyone with cats know how they are though. Could be in the worst pain ever, but they would never let you know it.
____
Can't remember if I mentioned this before, but DH and myself finally felt baby boy from the outside! I'm sure I could have before, but finally caught him moving at the right time and in the right spot.
Still feeling most of the movement down low but I am getting more frequent movements up higher.
And I'm pretty sure we've decided on a name. It's about 99% at this point. I think DH still wants to look through the rest of the baby name book, but we always come back to the same name.
Oren Bishop. We've even gotten Zoe saying the name. She still doesn't understand what it's for though lol.
Bishop isn't the first name like I had originally wanted, but I think it flows really nice this way. And I'm pretty sure we're going with that spelling of Oren.
So YAY on a name... or what it will most likely be :D
____
We bought a few things for the nursery too :D
Bought a superhero rug (DC heroes), and this really cool Thor's Hammer night light decal thing.
http://www.target.com/p/the-avengers-3d-wall-art-nightlight-thor-hammer/-/A-14542616#prodSlot=medium_1_4&term=thor
They have a few other ones... like ninja turtles, iron man, etc. Very cool I think :D
Also got a print for the room and uhm... I think that might be it for now.
Target also had a DC or Avengers blanket too that we'd like to get.
Just have to figure out the city scape tape everything and just yeah... a lot of work. Also have to figure out which heroes I'll be painting on the walls and sketching those out. I found a photo of a really cute style I'd like to try to mimic... just have to get around to doing it. Will have to when Zoe is down for a nap and bedtime though. She'd see my sketchbook and would want to start doodling in it herself lol. I'll start on those tonight probably.
____
Zoe's attitude man... she is definitely in to the terrible two's. Good lord she is in full on toddler mode.
I know I've said that before but it just keeps escalating lol. It's like it can't get worse and then BOOM, she's doing something that's making us groan. lol
I'm sure it could be a lot worse but it's still very.... very frustrating at times.
____
And finally... we're getting new phones! YAY! Not that I'm a big phone person though. I just want one with a better camera. My current one is SO damn slow taking photos that by the time it takes it, it's missed the moment I had wanted to capture. Getting an LG something something lol. Tested it out and the camera seems to be pretty fast and decent quality. Everything else... again, I could care less about. I am not a person with their nose in their phone all the time.
The only times you'll see me with my phone out in public is to check the time, if someone calls, if I've lost Dh in a store and I'm texting him to see where he's wandered off, or if we're looking up prices really quick on something.
Call me old fashioned but I just can't see how people constantly have their attention on their phones as much as some people do. Look up and see the world damnit!
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