Bath nightmare

I am a blog slacker again aren’t I! The holidays are just busy I suppose. Anyways- I do have a funny story. Well either a funny story or I am a mean mom story- I will let you decide!

So the other night I was trying to get Alex in the tub. You all either know or will soon know how difficult this can be. I don’t get it- I can NOT get her in the tub, but once she is in there I can never get her out either! Go figure… anyways- she was going on and on about how she didn’t want to get in the tub or take her clothes off. Then she kept saying she wanted to take a bath with her clothes on since she was cold and didn’t want to take them off. She had sweatpants, t shirt, sweatshirt and socks on. To a 3 year old, it is perfectly logical to take a bath with your clothes on apparently. So after what seemed like forever, I picked her up and put her in the bath fully clothed. She laughed for 2 seconds and then started balling! I kept telling her “well this is what you wanted isn’t it?” but she just kept saying that I ruined her clothes. So I am dying laughing, but she found no humor in this. I stopped laughing and got her clothes off, promising her I would wash them right away. When she got out later, she told Ryan that I was a mean mommy and put her in the tub with her clothes on. So of course, Ryan thinks I am nuts- but he didn’t know the full story. She BEGGED me for 10 minutes to get in the tub with her clothes on - I thought she would think it was funny!!!!

Stroller drama

It really is a blessing and a curse to be tall. For the most part, I have enjoyed being tall. It comes in handy. All the stuff- May Crowning and choir and all that, I always got to stand in the back. When I am in the grocery store, little old ladies as me to get stuff for them and then I feel useful. At home, I never have to ask Ryan to get stuff off the top shelf for me. Same at work- I don’t have to use the step stool to get into the top drawer of the filing cabinet. I don’t need a ladder or chair to put up holiday decorations or even the angel on top the tree.

Today however, it is a curse. I need to get a stroller that I can use Friday (black Friday- power shopping for 18 hours….). Ours is too short and I have to bend over to push it. I have been to every store under the sun and CAN NOT find one tall enough for me! Do only short people have babies? I think not! I realize that most of the time it’s mom’s pushing the stroller and not guys- hence the shorter stroller. What do the women in the WNBA do that have kids? Hell they are loaded, I am sure they have Louis Vuitton design them a stroller or something.

So my question to you is (well mostly pertaining to Jeremy and RJ) do you have a tall person stroller? If so, WHERE did you get it??? I have found some on line that have extendable handles, but I need it by FRIDAY and don’t have time to wait for it to be shipped.

SAW

I have not seen my child since TUESDAY! I am going nuts. I had to be out of town on a business trip this week so my parents have been watching her. She is having a great time there, but I miss her like CRAZY! We are headed to Streator tonight to pick her up- can’t wait to see her!

Ryan and I had a date night last night. Since we had no kid, we took advantage of that. We went to see SAW III. SO SUPER GOREY! It was good though- well what I watched anyways. I have to turn away for most of it. I really like the story line and twists and stuff on there. I have to ask this though- (it won’t give away the movie if you are planning on seeing it!) if your life depended on it and you HAD to get your leg out of a trap, would you saw it off or break the bones in it so you could slide it out of the trap? I am still torn on what I would do.

Nothing exciting to blog today. Alex has been sick, so we have not done much. I did get a big chunk of my holiday shopping done this weekend. I like to try to beat the crowds. Although I am one of the fools that shops on BLACK FRIDAY every year! That is more of a tradition thing though. All the women in my family go. Mom, grandma, aunts, cousins…. I even flew up from Florida when I lived there to join them. I will be 7 ½ months pregnant with a 3 year old shopping that day. Also- 2 of the women in the family that are going have not spoke to each other in months for a little feud they are having. I am expecting nothing short of a nightmare. The memories will make it all worth it though- I wouldn’t miss it for the world!
Do any of you go shopping that day?

RELIEF!

Ok so NBC isn’t on my hate list anymore. All is well in THE OFFICE world. I love how they worked that all out so Jim gets to come back. I am not happy that the new little chippy is tagging along with him, but I guess it all just adds to the drama. I LOVED the part where Jim stole Dwight’s letterhead and faxed him “messages from the future”!!! Then the thing with tackling the coffee- oh too funny I tell ya!!!

The other thing I wanted to blog about is blog titles. I HATE having to come up with titles. I feel boring just writing whatever and then I almost get stressed trying to be witty or creative with the title! I say leave it blank, read it and come up with your own title. It’s not like you are or are not going to read this based on the title you know!

DISTRAUGHT

I can not even begin to describe how upset I am! The SCRANTON branch of “The Office” is closing this week! Michael spends the whole 30 minutes trying to comfort the staff. Next week they “merge” with the Stamford branch- which means Jim and Pam will be working together again! What does this mean for everyone though? I can’t believe the office where THE OFFICE is is shutting down! That would be like Monica’s apartment burning down on Friends. That’s where the show is, you just can’t get rid of it! UGH! Are they all going to the new office in Stamford? I have so many questions NBC, why must you torment me so!

Funny Alex stories

She is getting to that age where just about everything out of her mouth is hilarious! At least I think so. Here are a few of our recent conversations…

(this one lead up-long story- about me saying that I was lucky and married a good man)

A- YOUR MARRIED? To WHO?
B- Daddy
A- Oh- well I want to get married
B- Ok well when you get older you get to pick out a good person and then you can marry him.
A- Ok I want to marry grandpa (my dad)
B- (after much laughter) well grandpa is already married so you can’t marry him
A- well who is HE married to?
B- Grandma
A- WHAT? They aren’t married, they are just grandma and grandpa!
B- Yes sweetie, they are a lot of things. They are married and they are my mommy and daddy too.
A- NO THEY NOT!!! They aren’t a mommy and daddy- just grandma and grandpa- can I marry uncle Mike?
B- Well you won’t be getting married for awhile, I will explain it all to you when you get older. Uncle Mike is my little brother so you can’t marry him either.
A- WHAT? YOU not a big sister- you a MOMMY!!!
(LET me tell you- it’s hard explaining the family tree to a 3 year old!!!!)
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Ok here is another one we had (not funny, just cute)

B- Ok Alex if you could have anything on your list to Santa- just ONE of these things what would you pick?
A- A toy for the new baby

I thought that was adorable! Amoung all the Barbie, Dora, Polly pocket and princess stuff, she said if Santa brings one thing, she wants to make sure it’s a toy for her sibling! I hope that’s a sign of good things to come.
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Ok last one….

We just put twin size bunk beds in her room and took the toddler bed out. She isn’t too sure about them at this point and was looking for ways to get out of sleeping in there alone….

A- MOM! I have 2 beds now, so you can sleep in here!
B- Well, I have my own bed sweetie
A- but you have to share it with daddy!
B- Well I know, but that’s ok I don’t mind sharing.
A- well why don't you share with me then?
A- I can’t leave daddy alone –he is a big baby so I have to sleep in there with him.
A- Ok well you can share with me and daddy can sleep on the top bed so he isn’t scared!

This all made sense in her mind I am sure!!!!

TV review

Idiot!

Ok so I am one of the most non-political people you will ever meet. I am not Democrat or Republican, so I am not just taking sides on this new hot button either. Have you guys heard about what Sen John Kerry just said? The SAME John Kerry who just ran for President a few years ago?

Here is his quote:

“"You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."

I mean COME ON! How hard is it to know what is “politically correct” to say in public?!?!?! I can’t believe he said this. Wasn’t HE in the military??? So he is calling himself and idiot pretty much without even realizing it. MORON! I am just floored that not only did he say this, but that he feels that way. UGH! It really takes a lot to tick me off about political stuff, but this one just did it. I hope he never recovers from all the crap he is getting about saying this.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE MOMMA!!!!!

Hope you have a great day!!!!!

Baby room

We ordered the baby room stuff last night! I can't wait to start painting it and decorating.

(let's hope I can post this picture right)

Let me know what you think!!!

Your education for the day...

There are several phrases that I say and I was wondering today- “So where does that come from?” I know what context to use them and what they mean, but who was the 1st person to say it. Yes- I am bored at work today. I have a million things to be doing, but I don’t feel like doing them. So anyways- here are some sayings and their origins according to a website I found…

Pound Sand (one of my favorites)
The origin of the expression go pound sand is from a longer expression, not to know (have enough sense to) pound sand down a rathole. Filling rat holes with sand is menial work, and telling someone to pound sand down a hole is like telling them to go fly a kite. The expression dates to at least 1912 and is common in the Midwestern United States.

Three Sheets to the Wind
The phrase dates to 1821. The sheet is a reference to a rope on a sailboat. To have a sheet loose in the wind is bad seamanship, to have three loose means you are not capable of controlling the boat. Occasionally you will see one sheet to the wind meaning half-drunk.

Brownie Points
This term derives from the girl scouts. That organization had (has?) a system of points that the girls would accumulate toward advancement.
The phrase entered the general language from WWII in military slang. Uniforms, the army's tendency to have soldiers do things that seemed silly and child-like, and evocation of brown-nose all contributed to the popularity of the phrase.

Rain Cats and Dogs
A hard rain in London would drown many stray cats and dogs, making it seem as if they had fallen from the sky.
In Norse mythology, cats had an influence on the weather, and Odin, the sky god, was attended to by wolves.

Balls To The Wall (not at all what I thought this one was!)
The phrase balls to the wall, meaning an all-out effort, comes from the world of aviation. On an airplane, the handles controlling the throttle and the fuel mixture are often topped with ball-shaped grips, referred to by pilots as (what else?) "balls." Pushing the balls forward, close to the front wall of the cockpit increases the amount of fuel going to the engines and results in the highest possible speed.

I don’t wanna work, I just wanna bang on these drums all day

I am hoping that at least one of you know what song I am talking about. I have it stuck in my head because that’s really how I feel today. I feel like that most says, but today it really bad.
My parents are coming up tonight to spend the weekend here. There is a Czech-Slovak museum and village near here, so we are taking my dad there for his birthday. Should be fun, I hope. Alex will hate it I am sure, so that could be a challenge, but we will see. Also- my mom is going to help me on Sunday get the babies room ready. I was reading my book and it sad that starting now, I can have the baby and it could survive (in ICU and everything, but still) so now I have visions from what Dana said about coming back for buying paint for the room and going into labor! So I just want to get ready. Plus, with the holidays coming up it will be too hard to get that stuff done then.

So what is everyone up to this weekend?

I'm the next guest star on "Without a Trace"

It’s just been crazy around here. This customer today on the phone told me that if I ever showed up in his town I would turn up missing and my family would never see me again. I can’t believe how upset customers can be! I get pretty mad, pretty easy at companies and businesses but I would NEVER be so upset as to threaten them with murder! Come on now! He was about 107 and had nothing better to do I am sure then sit on the phone and threaten me. Nice.

Today I have my gestational diabetes test. It’s funny to me that Sarah was all worried about the taking blood part of the test. I could care less about that, I hate the drinking the orange stuff! I have a super sensitive gag reflex and can’t even drink flat or warm soda with out gagging. It’s hard for me to choke down this orange stuff. I will just pretend it’s a big mimosa and try to gulp it down quick. I also have another ultra sound today so I will let you know how that goes. No- we still aren’t going to find out if it’s a boy or a girl though. We will know in February!

So our weekend wasn’t that exciting. No cruises or installing corn fireplaces, but it was a good weekend none the less. Usually EVERY weekend is spent going to visit family for some event (birthday party, new baby, shower… something) or we have family coming here. I don’t mind it, I love it. That’s why we moved back to the Midwest in the 1st place. Anyways- so this past weekend was a rare one that we had no where to go and no one to visit us. The last time we had a free weekend was Aug 12th. Our next free weekend isn’t until December 2nd, but I am sure something will come up that weekend since it’s December. Again- NOT complaining at all, I love that we get to see family and friends so much.

So anyways- Friday we just went out to dinner. Alex announced LOUDLY that the people next to us were a grandma with her daughters. All 3 women were the same age, but one had gray hair. I wanted to crawl under the table and hide. Saturday, we had to deal with a nightmare of getting cable internet installed and it not working and being on hold forever with a help desk, but once that was resolved we did some shopping. Sunday, we went out to breakfast then did a little more shopping. Went home, made some cookies and a pie. Both new recipes- both very good. The cookies were chocolate with white and cinnamon chips- yummy! The pie was called “harvest moon pie” it had pumkin, cream cheese, and cool whip in it- also yummy. Then we carved a pumpkin and had a nice big dinner while watching some football. It was a boring, but nice relaxing weekend.

So is everyone ready for Halloween?

Bueller....Bueller....

So as part of my job, I have to teach the new-hire training classes and some refresher classes for our employee’s. Some of the information is REALLY boring. Just #’s and laws and boring stuff like that. I really do try to liven it up the best I can, but the material really is boring stuff. So today I go over there and about 10 minutes into it I start asking some questions (trying to keep them engaged you know) they all just look at me the kids on Ferris Bueller. I honestly almost starting saying “Bueller, Bueller…anyone, anyone…..” but then I figured these young kids (21ish) probably don’t even know who Ferris Bueller is!!! So I just did the best I could. THEN 3 of them fell asleep a little while later! Now I know they all went out last night and were hung-over, it was 8am and I was teaching them about state laws, but COME ON KIDS! This isn’t school, it’s your CAREER! You can’t just fall asleep!!! I started calling them out, but they didn’t seem to care. I would say “Hey Brian, wake up and tell me what the liability limits are in Illinois”. I would get the shrugged shoulders and “ugh, ah, oh” (slurred version of “I don’t know”). Nice. I was really irritated, but now I have been back to my office for while and I don’t know if it’s the rain or what, but I feel like I could drift off at any minute too. I guess I can’t get too mad at them. It’s just one of those days that everyone feels like sleeping I guess.

Hence- why I am blogging right now- TO STAY AWAKE!!!

Ok so hopefully I am back on the bandwagon with the blogs. What a mess. Anyways…

How was everyone’s weekend? Mine was pretty good. We went to go visit Ryan’s sister, they just had a new baby. She is adorable. Not as cute as Emmerson, but cute though. I totally lucked out too. His sister is now going to be a stay at home mom, so she gave me ALL her work maternity clothes! She had a TON since this was her 3rd girl. I have more clothes hanging in my closet now than I know what to do with! She is about the same size as me and I always love her clothes, so I really lucked out on that one. It makes me want to have a 3rd one just so I can wear all those clothes!!! Ryan said he would buy me a new wardrobe of none maternity clothes if he can schedule his vasectomy the day after the baby is born! Hahaha!

Did anyone see the Bachelor last night? I am not too into that show, but those stupid girls on there are freaking hilarious! Drunk and passing out and one- honestly wears a tiara all the freaking time because she thinks she is a princess! It’s so funny to watch the stupid girls.

UGH

I am OVER this stupid blog thing. So when I set up the stupid new blog with beta, they failed to mention that anyone who wants to view it also has to do the same. So I just set up a new one. Let me know when and if you get to see this!!!