Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
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12:10 am - The main problem with teenagers is that they're just like their parents were at their age
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I want and need to remember the lessons Ive learned the past 3 weeks.
When I was a teenager one of the ways I got through all the shittyness, crap, emo, fucked up whatever I thought I had was knowing that eventually Id grow up, and grow out of it and be an adult and know how to handle all those emotions better. In fact I remember people telling me it was a teenager thing only really - and some people even said it was because my brain hadn't fully matured yet so I coldn't deal with those emotions.
The problem is - those emotions dont change - they just get more complicated.
No one prepares you to deal with those. I need to grow up. I need to find a way to deal with emotions in a healthy way.
More importantly - I need to instill in my kids the ability to handle these things waaay better then a did then and far better then I have lately.
current mood:  calm
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
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11:43 am - My Hair
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I know most of you have never seen me - so that'll make it more fun. Im conducting this poll in various places...and I Promise I will do the hairstyle that gets the most votes - no matter what it is (though I do have a preference..lol)
Poll #1457042 My Hair :)
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10What should my hairstyle be? (I current have slightly shorter than shoulder length fading red hair)
current mood:  curious
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009
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1:13 pm - mmmmmmmmmmm.....Muffins!
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Okay - I have a few bakers on my FL and Im lazy...so..whoever posted those blueberry applesauce muffins OMG - best muffins ever..seriously..ever. They are ridiculously yummy.
And on a second baking note...anyone know how to get muffins to *not* stick to the paper cup thingys. Id prefer not to use that spray stuff..it does leave a taste, I dont care what people say. Do those silicone cups work well?
current mood: creative
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
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9:59 am - Birth Story
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
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4:52 pm - Im Back!
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Havent had the internet for over a week! Stupid moving! but Im back! And with far less crap to do I shall be more involved...unless PiePants makes his appearance...
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
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2:47 pm - BANG!
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
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12:20 pm - Computer time....
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kahlan loves the computer...unfortunately our old broken one no longer suffices...We have downloaded toddler keys - but she is a little bored with the same pictures (even though there are 30 of them...) Anyways...any of you know some other young toddler friendly programs/sites/online games that I could get and use for her.
I like to let her explore and do the things she is interested it....but Im running out of resources for young toddlers on computers....
current mood: curious
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009
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12:04 pm - waaaaahoooooooo!
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“There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout:
This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision.
When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.”
Stacey Charter
I ran 6km today! holy crap batman!
current mood: accomplished
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
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6:27 pm - Am I crazy?
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To my lj friends...there is a post on P101 about a mama going out on new years and leaving her baby overnight...and after reading the comments I honestly wondered if I was crazy.
There are some mamas on there who have left there 7month old for a week, or babies as young as two weeks, or 8 weeks - some parents seem to do it several times a month. Most claiming its okay need a break (which is totally true - I just dont think breaks need to be overnight...yk?)
Anyways...at what age did you let your kids spend the night away from you? What factored into your decision to wait that long, or do it so soon? If you havent yet had a night away, why?
FWIW, Kahlan is 16months and still hasnt spent the night away....
current mood: curious
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
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2:23 pm - Potty Learning?
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I think I need a potty for Kahlan.....she didnt want to wear a diaper today - and I dont force the issue, generally after anywhere between 5 and 40 minutes she goes and gets one and wants to wear it - but not today. So Ive been taking her to sit on our toilet and she has peed in it twice (5 times on the floor), and pooed once! yay,,,she has no interest in it, just no interest in wearing diapers, but she may have an interest if she had one thats her size - she likes things that are her size.
I have a goal to avoid plastic contraptions, but I dont know that I can do that with the potty...so any recommendations? I like simple, and easy to clean....
current mood: curious
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
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2:37 pm - bored and frusrated meme
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Bold the ones you've done:
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee Jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (I've been there - but since 9/11 they dont let anyone inside her)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had Chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day
Stolen from various people.
current mood:  bored
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
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6:35 pm - motrin
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I will no longer buy motrin products - or tylenol - as they are all owned by the johnson & johnson parent company. They have a new ad campaign that pisses me off.
A little while ago they had one that implied using their product to drug your baby so that they would sleep. And made it seem that everyone does it so its okay - so that bugged me, but I tried to look the other way as there are TONS of parents who do it (*sigh*) so it wasnt factually incorrect.
Now however they have one regarding babywearing that is just so wrong, and so incorrect. And depicts moms as tired and crazy...
No more motrin products for me :)
Oh check out the ad: http://www.motrin.com/
current mood:  angry
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
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11:23 am - A Baby Story
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I gotta stop watching these shows - everytime I do they drive me nuts! Nuts! But they are doing a multiples thing it seems...and I have to wonder/ask how come multiples seem to always be delivered by c-section (they never say if its elective)..and today they did one where the woman was having triplets and they did an elective at 34 weeks...why! please someone tell me why! Why cant a multiples pregnancy go along and progress like a singleton one? I mean, if the labour starts early I can see the need to go to the hospital or if there are complications...but seriously...why cant they? multiples were born before we had hospitals were they not?
current mood:  confused
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
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1:19 pm - sad and confused
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Im not sure what to do.
I watch this little boy - who I love. He is great, normally, and me and his mom get a long fantastically. When I agreed to watch him she said it would be 3 days a week part time and maybe one day full time. It is now 4 days a week and one day full time. Which isnt too bad.
The sad thing is, this little boy, who is only just turning two in like 2 weeks, is clearly going through really bad separation anxiety. He cries all the time, sometimes so hard he vomits. Nothing can distract him, and some days he hardly eats anything. I have tried the park, toys, games, singing, dancing, music, food, and even the dreaded tv..trying to help him. I know he likes me, and I dont ignore him at all - I just dont know what to do. He was fine at first, but now the novelty of hanging out with Kahlan and me has worn off.
I want to tell his mom that he isnt ready to be away from her for so often. But also know that she has to go to work. So I would rather he be with me than with someone who wont be so caring with him. I cuddle him to sleep, and am really attentive. I think its important he get that, and I dont want to put him in a place where he will be even worse.
So Im not sure what to do. His unhappiness is draining on me, and not fair to Kahlan - and definately not fair to him.
Note: its not that I cant handle children crying. It really doesnt bother me in that angry way. I am just so sad for this little man.
current mood:  discontent
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
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9:01 pm - Halloween
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Am I the only one who doesnt really care? I mean, when Kahlan is older and we are living in a house I will probably do it, and take her (and pie pants...yes thats what we are calling baby to be..actually craig is calling it blister (craig is over my shoulder saying he doesnt mean the name in a gross puss oozing sort of way...but more the way a father makes weird names up for his child sort of way..fine he says its the combination of brother and sister since we arent finding out the gender)..but I digress). Kahlan just wouldnt get it - and Im not investing the time to make a costume and then take her out door to door...But it seems a bunch of people are taking their LO's..like really little one's out - even though they have no older kids as well.
Not that I am judging anyone who does...but why? Why do you take your little tiny child, who doesnt even know what halloween really is out? seriously...what am I missing..?
current mood: confused
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
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11:46 am - And the rage takes over...
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I've been working on this sweater forever now...with occassional help (okay..I lie..quite a bit of help) from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) latemove. I finished the body, finished the sleeve - I now HATE magic loop with every fibre of my being - and I go to transfer the sleeve to the body using the stitches I have on the stitch holder. I do all that, think Im doing an Awesome job - and am quite proud of myself for doing this step w/o needing help...
but...
I go to admire my handy work..and I have attached it upside down...ARG! so Im trying to undo all the stitches I just did - when I realize that in order to detatch the sleeve, and re-attatch the other side I need to transfer those stitches back onto the stitch holder..yeah needless to say that didnt go well - and everything is a BIG FAT MESS and I am angry. Iam considering cutting the yarn and being done with it and moving on to another project.
current mood: angry
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
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6:49 pm - Thanksgiving...
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...is my favourite holiday of the year. It is one of the few where you are not expected to get gifts, or do anything really. There are no pre-concieved notions of what its supposed to be. Its just about having a good meal, with any family you chose, and having a good sleep afterwards. Plus the hubby has monday off...woot!
However...this year I have to spend it with the inlaws...and I dont even get a dinner. We have to go to a stupid restaurant (ABC restaurant), and I get to listen to my SIL tell everyone that she is pregnant (got preggers 6months after her son was born, stopped nursing her son...1 reason was so she could get preggers..and many other things that frustrate me..) and then I am going to get all the looks about why Im not pregnant, and how if I stopped nursing...and all that fun stuff. And NO MEAL! I love my mashed taters, and carrots, and corn, and stuffing, and pistaschio salad...*sigh* now I have to wait until next year.
current mood:  thankful
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
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10:12 am - bad spellers
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I'm all okay with typos - everyone makes them. I'm okay with proper compu lingo: lol, zomg...etc...
It just drives me nuts when people say "u" instead of "you" or "no" instead of "know" or "ure" instead of "you're, your..etc"...gah! It is a couple of extra letters people...! lol..
current mood:  annoyed
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
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10:15 pm - OUCH
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I got a wisdom tooth pulled today. When i got two pulled while pregnant with Kahlan it didnt hurt this much. He had to cut it into several pieces, drill and cut some jaw bone, b/c it was wedged in there - and yank and pull...and now that the freezing has worn off I hurt - and I am SOO SOO hungry and thirsty. I can't even lie down with Kahlan because lying down hurts and makes my mouth throb. It won't stop bleeding, and I am out of gauze - I cut a cloth into eighths. I just want to sleep - but I know Kahlan will get up and then Ill have to sleep in her room - so I wont sleep..and I have Evan tomorrow...I just wish I could tell craig to stay home from work, and tell Tracy that i cant watch Evan, and lie in bed and sleep and then eat...or a combination of the two...and stop hurting...and maybe swallow...*sigh*
*note- there is no mood button for in pain*
current mood:  uncomfortable
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
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12:43 pm - Things are on the way...
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So I have purchased...lol...on its way to me are...
1)6 skeins of yarn from threeirishgirls (to be fair two of those skeins are for a friend whom I making longies and a hat for)
2) a pretty wahm wet bag
3) a blueberry diaper cover, bamboo shorties, luxe shorties, wahmies pail liner
4)12 diapers with liners and some different sized covers (gift from a mom in my mom's group)
and in my posession I have
1)diaper soap
2) 2 bamboozles, a berry plush cover with two minkee inserts, plain white cover, 10 plain cotton inserts
what I'm still looking for
1) ER or EJ 4.6 old style girasol
2) some fuzzibunz mediums
3)some sort of mama necklace.
On a completely unrelated note: I'm having a sad day. Thought I might be preggers no such luck...There are people who are pregnant who do not make me upset at all - because I know they *deserve* (isnt the right word but I dont know what is) their kids, and I know they will be good mom's. But then there are people who tell me they are pregnant who just shouldnt be...why just have kids for the sake of having kids, to show them off - not for the joy of being a mom, and the priviledge of raising them - its those people who make me angry, and jealous. and sad....but yay for fluffies!
current mood:  blank
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