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 Carol's Thoughts My thoughts on life as we wait for the arrival of our first child, Katey... (and a few other odds and ends)! |
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Tuesday, January 30, 2001Okay, the results are in. I am 22% bitch. Hmmm...
Not much happening today in my world. I'm so hungry that I can hardly stand it, although I'm trying to control it the best I can. I've gained 6 pounds in less than 2 weeks! Everyone keeps saying that it's just the baby going through a huge growth spurt, but puh-leeze...I think it's a little more than that! LOL Karen - Love your new graphics. Maybe I'll post more later, that is if anything exciting happens to me. My mood matches the weather outside again...no sunshine.
What a crazy weekend. I was a real party girl, well as least as much of a party girl as you can be with a huge basketball in your stomach, drinking 7-UP and keeping your eyes peeled for the nearest bathroom in case you have to pee (again!). :-) Went to a birthday party for a friend on Saturday. Rich and I didn't know anyone but the birthday guy. It's always so tempting to make up really outlandish stories about ourselves, since we're never going to see any of them again, but alas, we were good this time and kept to the boring truth. *g* Spent most of the time watching this really drunk woman sit on the lap of every man in the room. Hoo-boy... Went to a Superbowl Party last night. That was a lot more fun, because we knew everyone there. Loved the commercials, but I confess I also watched the game. I'm a huge sports fan, almost every sport, so it was fun to see the game, although I would have liked a closer score. I'm not even going to mess with trying to do the fancy links today. Here are just some of my thoughts: Shana - thought of you while I watched the game. Have you ever been to that football stadium? I thought the pirate ship thing in the end zone was pretty cool. Deb - hope you have a great week at training. We'll miss you! Leigh - hope you had a good weekend. :-) Cathy - I'm still rocking over the latest DL installment. Go Trix! Misty - I'll have to try the June Cleaver approach to housework sometime. Does it help when you hate to cook and clean? :-) Kyrie - hope you're feeling better. I've started a "how-to do the job" book here at work for whomever will be my successor when I leave in about 6 weeks. This is going to take a lot longer than I thought. Boring! Have a good night all.
I promised an update on what I tried to post on Wednesday when my computer crashed. Talk about crazy. I took the afternoon off, because our baby furniture was being delivered. Well, on Monday and Tuesday we had new carpet put down on the main floor of our house. I got home late Tuesday night to find out that the carpet layers hadn't picked up one single carpet fiber in the whole house. There were literally thousands of fibers all over my whole house. So... I called the guy who sold us the carpet and told him that I wasn't cleaning that up, especially since his guys also broke the door to our laundry closet AND put huge scratches and gouges into the paint on our walls. He agreed and came out to vacuum everything up himself. While he's there, the junk man arrives. I had forgotten that I called to see if they could pick up a huge load of junk in our garage, from when we cleaned out the basement on vacation. So I'm trying to show the junk man what needs to go, the carpet salesman is vacuuming, when here comes my baby furniture! LOL It was like a 3-ring circus, with me running around trying to help everyone. :-) Everything turned out fine in the end and the nursery looks awesome! Now I'm really getting excited...6 weeks from today! Another busy weekend coming up. We've got tons of errands to run tomorrow, then we're going to a surprise birthday party for a friend at night. Sunday is the big Superbowl Party with our friends from church, so looks like we'll be coming and going again. Hope you all have a great weekend. I'll try to check-in tomorrow some time if I can. :-)
Thanks for the additional help, Deb. You continue to amaze me, Oh Queen of Kindness! Today's been an insane day here at work. I've got so much to share, but not enough time to give a good update today. I promise a good one tomorrow for sure. I was bummed to miss chat the other night. Sounds like it was a blast. More tomorrow I promise! :-)
I'm actually on my way out the door to a meeting in Detroit, which is a 2 hour drive from Kalamazoo. Won't be back until late tonight. I guess I'll have to spend more time catching up tomorrow. Got new carpet in my house yesterday. I know, I know...who gets brand new carpet before having a baby! LOL The answer is me, because the stuff we had was falling a part and it was creame-colored no less. :-) The new stuff looks good, although I'm having a hard time getting used to the darker color. I'll post more tomorrow. Have a good day all!
Whew! What a weekend... Rich and I took our pre-natal birthing class all day on Saturday (8:30 - 4). It was interesting though, and I feel better now that I know exactly where I'll be going in the hospital. Gotta tell you one funny thing though. We were watching this movie of a woman giving birth. The poor thing is just in agony. She's leaning over the bed, in the middle of this serious contraction. The nurse says sympathetically, "Are you feeling nauseous, honey?" The woman can barely nod her head. So her husband leans over, pats her on the back and says, "Must've been that big 'ole steak and cheese sub you had before you came!" I thought the nurse was going to slap the guy! LOL Then a little later the woman is in the shower, trying to find relief from the pain. Her husband is spraying her with the water hose, when suddenly out of nowhere he starts singing, "She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes!" Maybe you had to be there, but I couldn't stop laughing. Talk about some strange support from your husband! LOL After the class we went out for Mexican food and to a hockey game to celebrate Rich's birthday. I know, I know...I'm a mean wife to make him take a birthing class all day on his birthday! :-) Yesterday we spent most of the day whining about the fact that we had to go back to work today. It actually hasn't been that bad. I'm happy because I'm back to my computer here at work, which is a zillion times better than our set-up at home. I can't participate in the cost of living question, because I really don't know the answers. Isn't that pathetic? I don't pay the bills in our family, so I really don't pay attention to stuff like that. Very bad, I know! :-( Sounds like you all had good weekends though. Hope the same is true of your week ahead!
I just checked my main page and the links that I created are there, but when I click on them it says that the document is empty. Does this happen to you when you click on them, or does it take you to those other sites? I'm SO close to getting this and then you can stop hearing me whine all the time! LOL
Had my 32nd week check-up today. All is looking good, except that I have to go see an ears, nose and throat doctor next Friday. I have this sore spot on my throat that won't go away, and my OBGYN wants it checked. If it's not one thing, it's another, right? :-) Got to have lunch with Rich afterward. It was tuna salad day at Sandwich Express. This is like a must-do in Kalamazoo on Fridays. The place has the best tuna salad. It's just this little shop and people line up down the street to get in line for their sandwich. What can I say...it doesn't take much to excite us here in Michigan during the winter! LOL Tomorrow's his birthday, and we're spending it by going to our one and only prenatal birthing class. What fun for him, huh?! I'm positively dreading the movie, but I guess I'd better get used to it.
Oh a sex question...I love those! ;-) Thank YOU for asking. At our house, days 1-3 are out, because I'm usually writhing around in pain. That's one thing I'm NOT looking forward to as far as having this baby...going back to periods! :-( The rest of the time is fair game. We usually do it in the shower, but a towel works as well sometimes. My philosophy is to just "go with the flow" - pun intended! LOL
But wait...is it possible that I might be among the "linking literate"? Let's see, shall we? I tried to do this all in one big long post before, but Blogger crashed on me, so I'm going to try it in smaller bites. Firstly, thank you Kyrie for linking me to that primer for HTML. I think you're right; this is how I'll have to do it, since I didn't have those symbols on my screen...just post and post & publish. And Tina it's nice to have a soul sister in trying to figure this all out!
Sorry, Deb...as you can see it's still a no-go on the linking business. I tried the "Shift", "Control", "A" thing and nada. I'm using Netscape, so maybe that has something to do with it. I tried looking through Blogger's site for hints, but didn't see anything. I'll keep searching... BTW, hope you're feeling better today. Oh...and I learned that I'm a true Golden Retriever. Maybe that's why our dog Bud is a golden lab/retriever mix? The old kindrid spirits thing. Hmmm... Welcome Heather! Not much happening today on day 4 of vacation. Rich is cleaning the basement, while I plead medical disability because of my feet! LOL I have a feeling that I'm going to get stuck with grocery shopping though, so I'm not sure which is worse. Does anyone else despise grocery shopping? I always manage to get a defective cart! The San Antonio trip sounds pretty fab, ladies. BE GOOD! Then again....nah! HAVE FUN! :-) Guess it's time for another feeding. I swear that I feel like I'm a pig going off to the trough lately. My appetite is immense. *g* I hope Katey decides to make an appearance soon, or else I'll be like Violet in "Willie Wonka" and turn into a giant ball of food. Say, is anyone else planning to watch that on Sunday night? It's one of my favorites. Take care, all!
Speaking of which, I owe a big thanks to Deb and Kyrie for trying to straighten me out on this linking business, but as you can see I still have no links. You both gave me the same instructions, but the only world symbol I have in the righthand corner has a symbol of a bunch of files over it. It's called "What's Related". When I click on it, a menu of options for going to other Blogger sites comes up, but no spot to type in a URL. AARGH! Am I on a different page than all of you? Sheesh, I know I sound stupid, but I'm really not....HONEST! LOL By the way, Deb, congrats on keeping up your exercise routine so well. I admire your motivation! Also, cool new graphics, Shana. If I can ever figure out the linking lesson, maybe I'll progress to New Graphics 101! :-) Oh...and Danielle - Shana's right. There are quite a few of us who've gone through the whole infertility business. If you ever have any questions about anything...the drugs, procedures, etc., feel free to e-mail me. I'd be happy to listen and/or share things I've learned through my journey. Okay, so here's the quick scoop on my vacation woes. Hope I don't gross anyone out with this. :-) Yesterday, I went to see a podiatrist, because my one big toe had been hurting. Well after an examination, I learn that BOTH of my big toes had immensely ingrown nails, so the doctor suggests that we remove the ingrown parts permanently. I'm like "sure", thinking this is going to be a simple thing, right? WRONG! I am not kidding you when I say that I still cannot even walk across the floor, because the pain is so intense. I had to scoot on my butt all the way downstairs to even get to the computer today! LOL The doctor had to deaden both feet, then do this procedure that was still painful despite the local anesthetic, then wrapped up both my feet in these huge gauzes, so that I can't even get shoes on! :-) Had I known it was going to be like this, I would have told him just to do the one foot, in hopes that I might at least be able to limp around. But NO! Did I even think to ask any questions? Stupid, stupid, stupid... The good news is that Rich is now playing nurse. (Gosh that tight nurse's uniform looks great on him!) Oops! Just kidding... He HAS been taking good care of me though and hopefully I'll be able to walk again soon, so that we can at least enjoy the rest of our vacation. Hope you all are having a better day! Talk with you later...
You know what I can't figure out with this blogger business? How do you get someone's name to make a link like I've seen you all do? I can't seem to find the little paperclip thingy that allows you to attach things. Hmmmm... You have no idea how glad I was to read that DQ has qualms about mopping her floor. I get hysterical over stuff like that too...mopping is a big one and so is ironing. My mom can take something, whip the iron over it and it looks like it's brand new. Me? I even touch an iron to fabric and it has more wrinkles than when I started. That's why I buy mostly dry-clean only or wrinkle-free stuff. I haven't read a really good book lately, so I've been liking all the suggestions that have been coming in. I am into this stage right now in my pregnancy where all I think about it food. Any food - doesn't matter what it is. I seem to live from one meal to the next. :-) I'm trying to be good, since I'm so close to the end, but it seems like I'm hungrier now than I've ever been. Of course all the things that really sound good are not so good for me! LOL Did any of you mothers have this problem? Steph - I was glad to hear that you were able to enjoy yourself at Comiskey Park. I confess that I had a good time too the one time that I ventured over to Wrigley Field. And how excited am I to know that we can meet on common ground at the United Center to watch the Hawks, although they aren't giving us much to cheer for this year, huh?! I suppose that I'd better venture back into the junk room for round 2. Catch you all later! :-)
Well...POOP! I just typed this nice long message and the whole thing disappeared on me! Hope I can remember it all again. Firstly, I wanted to thank all of you for welcoming me into your little neck of the woods. I can't talk about baby stuff now though, because I've got to answer this cool "did you know" question instead. Hmmm...let's see... DYK - that I once sang the National Anthem at a Detroit Tigers game? DYK - that my husband and I are reading the Trixie series through together? We're on #4 "Mysterious Visitor" right now. Hey "he likes it, he likes it"! :-) DYK - that, like Shana, my husband and I honeymooned at Disney World? It was incredible. DYK - that, speaking of husbands, I was the "other woman". He was engaged to be married to another girl, when we were JUST FRIENDS, but he realized that he was in love with me and broke the engagement. Oops! DYK - that when I was 21, I had my own little miracle? I was diagnosed with a rare tumor in the thigh of my right leg. They were preparing to amputate it, when they ran one more test and found that it wasn't cancer, but instead a rare thing that 1 in 2 million people get called an intercortical aneurysmal bone cyst try saying that 5x fast!). Basically it was a grapefruit-sized aneurysm that had wrapped itself around my femur bone. They surgically removed it, I was on crutches for 6 months and had to learn to walk again. The doctor's said that it was definitely cancerous, so hmmm...I don't know! :-) DYK - that I am a real "party gal"? Actually, I plan parties as part of my job as assistant director for Alumni Relations at Western Michigan University, my alma mater. In the 5 years that I've worked here, I've planned and attended more than 200 parties for alumni. Whew! No wonder I like to hang out in my sweats and do nothing whenever I'm home. LOL DYK - that, like Tina, I'm addicted to board games? Scrabble is my all-time favorite! DYK - that my dog Bud is deathly afraid of the water? He's a Labrador Retriever for crying out loud! He's also afraid of the vacuum, any kind of smoke, stairs and cement. But I still love him! :-) I guess that's all for now, except to tell Sue that I'm also a Partridge Family and JD Robb fanatic!
Hey everyone...welcome to my new pad! Deb sent me a message yesterday to see if I'd be interested in keeping a blog, and now BOOM! Here it is! Isn't she just the coolest? Hopefully I won't bore you all to death about the last days of my pregnancy (8 weeks to go...woo hoo!), but Deb suggested that it might be a neat way for me to be able to record all of my thoughts - and fears - as I get closer to experiencing motherhood for the first time. Hopefully I'll be able to make sense, as all my thoughts seem to keep swirling around in my brain without any rhyme or reason these days. :-) Knowing me...I'll probably have about a thousand other things to gab or gripe about, so all in all this should be good therapy for me! Just as a quick background...this baby that I'm carrying is one of those miracle children that you read about. My husband and I had tried for 4 years to get pregnant, before we learned that I had a number of different problems that would prevent us from ever having success. After consulting with a fertility specialist, we then embarked on a highly emotional two year journey, using every almost every possible method available to us...surgery, fertility drugs, insemination and finally invitro-feritilization. We tried two separate attempts with the IVF, and amazingly the 2nd transfer was successful. We found out last July, and I don't think you could have found two more stunned people than Rich and I. Thanks again, Deb, for the wonderful and selfless gift you've just given me. I feel so honored! :-)
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