We are home and I'm trying hard to get my feet under me. I feel like I'm either still flying or on some wild roller coaster. Ever have that feeling?? I just feel so off balance.
C'man cried on the way home that he didn't want to come home. He woke up this AM crying 'I want to go back to Disney World'.
Miss A appears just fine. I think she's happy to be home. She fell asleep @ 545PM and slept till 630AM. She is having a hard time of making it to the bathroom to go potty. DARN IT!!
We all were happy to be back in our own beds but I'm missing the awesome pillows at the hotel. I guess you can buy them. I might just have to do that.
I got to have my coffee this AM and catch up with my friend Shannan. Actually I think I did 90% of the talking. But that was great talking to her again. I missed that.
Our 'banking' was totally screwed up while gone. I guess I thought I had it all figured out, guess not. I was over drawn in both my personal and business. HATE that b/c like I said, I thought all was figured out. Not sure what happened but i was po'd last night. I thought here we go off to DW and our finances aren't even in order here.
But it's all taken care of now. Oh and my credit card b/c of the mishap b/w Disney and us, not charging us our vacation till last minute. They charged us the going rate of the resort we stayed at but then AAA is cutting us a check for the difference b/w resorts. It's a pretty good chunk of money which caused my CC to freak out. SOOOO that's a mess too. Always something.
Granted none of this would have happened had the ethanol plant let DH deliver his corn this month instead of waiting till March. We are so nervous about it not paying for our corn. As some may know, the Ethanol industry is not doing to well. One near my hometown, declared bankruptcy.There is no telling when those farmers will get there money. We're not just talking $25g we're talking $50 g PLUS. So yeah, that has us nervous. Especially since the manager of the place we sold to, no longer works there (Larry, tell me everything will be OK)
SOOO anyway, we did have a wonderful time. The best was Meg being able to hang out with us. I REALLY enjoyed those 2 days. I feel I know her so much better and really like her. Not that I didn't before, but just a different level now. You're AWESOME meg and thanks for being our nanny:)
If any of you readers want to know more about DW in terms of rides, lodging, meal plans, please contact me. I'm really not going to go in to great detail on rides or probably any more of the trip. It's time to get back to the real world, and real world life dealings.
Like the Pre-School Advisory Board I was asked to be on, politics, life in general. But i would love to share any thoughts/opinions if you'd like to know. Just email me.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
I'm back here at our room with 2 sleeping children. DH is off to Hollywood Studios to see the Indiana Jones stunt show. We saw the Lion King show this AM @ Animal Kingdom and it was fabulous. It was a live show. Little to loud tho for the kids. We should have brought ear plugs for them. They spend more time with there hands over there ears then they don't. C'man will take the scariest ride as long as it's not noisy.
After our show we boarded the bus to head to Magic Kingdom. There DH and I did the swap pass and each got to ride with C'man on a roller coaster. It was quite 'calm' compared to the Everest one @ Animal Kingdom. It was thrilling for C'man. Miss A could have handled it too if she was taller.
After that we rode the Haunted Mansion. I remember that one from when I came. It was frightening for the little ones. Miss A said she liked it but C'man did NOT! We ate and then walked around a little more. It's so frustrating to see 30 min waits for the kids favorite rides, like Dumbo or the Tea Cups. The ride itself only last 3 min, if that.
We have many 'snacks' left on our meal plan so we got ice cream. What I'm about to tell you has probably been the part of the trip I have laughed the hardest. So there are these seagulls EVERYWHERE waiting to take your food. I refuse to eat outside anymore b/c of them. Well this little kid had an ice cream cone and as he was walking to his table, not once but TWICE, a bird came in and leveled off his cone. The look on his face was priceless. We so should have had the camera rolling. I about pee'd my pants! DH wanted to send c'man up to get ice cream and then tape him coming to us with it. I wouldn't let him. We had such a time watching and waiting, with our camera for the next unsuspected person to get attacked. The best was the man walking with an ice cream cone and a kid. Fortunately he stayed under the awnings. I missed the man (@ 30) with 2 cones get bombed but I did see his expression. I'm just laughing so hard as I re-tell all of this.
Who would have thought, but we saw people from our town today!! The odds of that happening I'd say are pretty rare.
In other thoughts, some people simply should not be allowed to re-produce while i see other families that are the nicest looking families I'm just like holy cows. Some are so nicely dressed that I can't help but wonder if they are more worried about appearance and have no idea that they are at DW, or is that just there 'culture' to appear put together. Then again, there are far more where you're like OK, it costs what $100+ to get in here and you wear that!?
I've heard many parents freaking out on there kids, begging them to eat, or have spats. I heard one mother and daughter (mother 65 daughter 40!?) in the biggest disagreement as to why they were here it made me realize i will NEVER come here as an entire family. (Mother felt she was just being told what and where to go, while daughter explained that they were 'here' for the dance team girls and they simply asked her parents to come). I just think to come as an entire extended family, would be to much. If the parents are footing the bill then the kids and g'kids feel obligated to do what they want, all while missing so many great things b/c the 'parents' are not wanting to walk and walk. My advice, give them money to come to DW and YOU stay home:)
OH and the other family I met. That was last night at the pool. They were one of those 'cute, nice looking' families. Mom, Dad and 2 daughters. They were from Canada and could totally relate to our cold weather we have back in Iowa. altho, they sound colder. They were a little disappointed in the accommodations here and got adv iced to do the 'deluxe' meal plan where they ALL got to to choose an appetizer, meal, drink, AND dessert. WAY to much food. The dad was a little fired up about it:) I don't blame him b/c even we had more then enough food and we just had the basic. He wondered if b/c they were Canadians they got suckered for more money. I said 'oh yeah you didn't get the AWESOME USA discount, that's to bad'. He about jumped out of his shoes. I quickly had to tell him I'm only kidding:)
Before I left I should have printed out cards with my blog on. They were another family that I told about my blog. She's a SAHM too!I think it's totally awesome that the last two families I've talked to, not even from the USA, are SAHM's. Oh our conversation last night did turn political. She said she followed our politics on the TV and when I asked who she would have voted for, she thought O'bama. REALLY!? I said. I then informed her of his liberal stance on issues such as abortion, gay marriage, health insurance 'ideas', taxes, etc. Said that most of his cabinet that he has appointed so far are some of the wealthiest democrats there are who have NOT paid there taxes. Amazes us that Democrats are for the 'working class' when our taxes are going to rise AND they aren't even paying taxes. what kind of example is that. She stated that she had no idea about all of that Being very pro life, she never knew anything about his stance on that. Ahhh HA it's b/c the media was so slanted in there views they only covered O'bama!!!!
Grrr....anyway, tomorrow we leave and I must admit, I'm ready. I'm ready to get back to our normal life. I feel like we are living in some fantasy land (I know we are) We go to bed late, eat horrible, ride rides, snack when we feel like it, swim, etc I think I'm going to have a rude awakening when i get back home with getting the kids back to eating healthy and taking naps!
After our show we boarded the bus to head to Magic Kingdom. There DH and I did the swap pass and each got to ride with C'man on a roller coaster. It was quite 'calm' compared to the Everest one @ Animal Kingdom. It was thrilling for C'man. Miss A could have handled it too if she was taller.
After that we rode the Haunted Mansion. I remember that one from when I came. It was frightening for the little ones. Miss A said she liked it but C'man did NOT! We ate and then walked around a little more. It's so frustrating to see 30 min waits for the kids favorite rides, like Dumbo or the Tea Cups. The ride itself only last 3 min, if that.
We have many 'snacks' left on our meal plan so we got ice cream. What I'm about to tell you has probably been the part of the trip I have laughed the hardest. So there are these seagulls EVERYWHERE waiting to take your food. I refuse to eat outside anymore b/c of them. Well this little kid had an ice cream cone and as he was walking to his table, not once but TWICE, a bird came in and leveled off his cone. The look on his face was priceless. We so should have had the camera rolling. I about pee'd my pants! DH wanted to send c'man up to get ice cream and then tape him coming to us with it. I wouldn't let him. We had such a time watching and waiting, with our camera for the next unsuspected person to get attacked. The best was the man walking with an ice cream cone and a kid. Fortunately he stayed under the awnings. I missed the man (@ 30) with 2 cones get bombed but I did see his expression. I'm just laughing so hard as I re-tell all of this.
Who would have thought, but we saw people from our town today!! The odds of that happening I'd say are pretty rare.
In other thoughts, some people simply should not be allowed to re-produce while i see other families that are the nicest looking families I'm just like holy cows. Some are so nicely dressed that I can't help but wonder if they are more worried about appearance and have no idea that they are at DW, or is that just there 'culture' to appear put together. Then again, there are far more where you're like OK, it costs what $100+ to get in here and you wear that!?
I've heard many parents freaking out on there kids, begging them to eat, or have spats. I heard one mother and daughter (mother 65 daughter 40!?) in the biggest disagreement as to why they were here it made me realize i will NEVER come here as an entire family. (Mother felt she was just being told what and where to go, while daughter explained that they were 'here' for the dance team girls and they simply asked her parents to come). I just think to come as an entire extended family, would be to much. If the parents are footing the bill then the kids and g'kids feel obligated to do what they want, all while missing so many great things b/c the 'parents' are not wanting to walk and walk. My advice, give them money to come to DW and YOU stay home:)
OH and the other family I met. That was last night at the pool. They were one of those 'cute, nice looking' families. Mom, Dad and 2 daughters. They were from Canada and could totally relate to our cold weather we have back in Iowa. altho, they sound colder. They were a little disappointed in the accommodations here and got adv iced to do the 'deluxe' meal plan where they ALL got to to choose an appetizer, meal, drink, AND dessert. WAY to much food. The dad was a little fired up about it:) I don't blame him b/c even we had more then enough food and we just had the basic. He wondered if b/c they were Canadians they got suckered for more money. I said 'oh yeah you didn't get the AWESOME USA discount, that's to bad'. He about jumped out of his shoes. I quickly had to tell him I'm only kidding:)
Before I left I should have printed out cards with my blog on. They were another family that I told about my blog. She's a SAHM too!I think it's totally awesome that the last two families I've talked to, not even from the USA, are SAHM's. Oh our conversation last night did turn political. She said she followed our politics on the TV and when I asked who she would have voted for, she thought O'bama. REALLY!? I said. I then informed her of his liberal stance on issues such as abortion, gay marriage, health insurance 'ideas', taxes, etc. Said that most of his cabinet that he has appointed so far are some of the wealthiest democrats there are who have NOT paid there taxes. Amazes us that Democrats are for the 'working class' when our taxes are going to rise AND they aren't even paying taxes. what kind of example is that. She stated that she had no idea about all of that Being very pro life, she never knew anything about his stance on that. Ahhh HA it's b/c the media was so slanted in there views they only covered O'bama!!!!
Grrr....anyway, tomorrow we leave and I must admit, I'm ready. I'm ready to get back to our normal life. I feel like we are living in some fantasy land (I know we are) We go to bed late, eat horrible, ride rides, snack when we feel like it, swim, etc I think I'm going to have a rude awakening when i get back home with getting the kids back to eating healthy and taking naps!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Wow, i just don't know where to begin posting. We actually are back at the hotel tonight at a reasonable hour. The kids even went swimming. Only 'Mid-West' people, and Canadians, are brave enough to be swimming when it's like 50 outside. Well, maybe it's our kids that our crazy enough b/c I sat on the side wrapped in towels. To the defense of the people swimming, the water was like a hot tub once in, it was just getting out that you realized how crazy cold it was out.
Today we went to Animal Kingdom in the AM. I enjoyed it a little bit more, but I must say, it's not my favorite. This time tho we hit the 'big' rides. DH and I took turns riding the Mountain Of Terror roller coaster. I think I'm surprising myself on this trip in the amount of roller coasters I've ridden, and enjoyed! This was no exception.
After break here at the hotel for Miss A, and DH, to nap, we headed to Hollywood Studios. We had a supper reservation there. That park is probably my least favorite. That's why we got back here at a reasonable time.
Tomorrow we hit Magic Kingdom of which I'm looking forward too. The kids continue to do great. Miss A will fall asleep in her stroller, or take a nap very easily. C'man doesn't want to nap but then falls asleep in the back of the bus going to the park. We can take him out, put him the stroller and walk all thru the park AND eat supper, and he doesn't so much as move!
On a 'social' note, I have met some really neat people/couples/families. Sunday it was a very nice family from England. Here for THREE weeks! I can't imagine. I talked to her for oh about 30-45 min. I found out that she, Jewel I believe, is a SAHM of 3 adorable, beautiful children. The English accent is AWESOME. Her husband is a Diamond Buyer. She likes to make cards! AND I'm hoping she'll pop on my blog here b/c she too has a blog. They saved for 3 years for there trip. That's great, b/c will probably be paying for it for 3 years.
I'll tell you about the next family another post. The kids are supposed to be sleeping. They are so off schedule it's not even funny. I hope we don't pay physically, and mentally, for this for the next 3 years. As niece Meg says, they ll probably think they can walk in to any store and want whatever. Or I'm worried about the eating. They have not been eating worth a darn. As a result, C'man is constipated and at night, like now, is complaining about how his tummy hurts. Me on the other hand, oh my GOSH. My knee is hurting so unbelievably bad that those wheel chairs are looking quite tempting. WOW i hope i haven't done something really bad to it. I also had blisters on my little toes. I'm a wreck on the physical side of things. Another thing Meg says is you'd think sneakers would be comfortable! We even swapped sweating hot shoes yesterday.
OK my friends, MUST get to sleep. So is anyone reading this and finding it entertaining? Learning anything? Bored?? It's been awhile since any comments.
Today we went to Animal Kingdom in the AM. I enjoyed it a little bit more, but I must say, it's not my favorite. This time tho we hit the 'big' rides. DH and I took turns riding the Mountain Of Terror roller coaster. I think I'm surprising myself on this trip in the amount of roller coasters I've ridden, and enjoyed! This was no exception.
After break here at the hotel for Miss A, and DH, to nap, we headed to Hollywood Studios. We had a supper reservation there. That park is probably my least favorite. That's why we got back here at a reasonable time.
Tomorrow we hit Magic Kingdom of which I'm looking forward too. The kids continue to do great. Miss A will fall asleep in her stroller, or take a nap very easily. C'man doesn't want to nap but then falls asleep in the back of the bus going to the park. We can take him out, put him the stroller and walk all thru the park AND eat supper, and he doesn't so much as move!
On a 'social' note, I have met some really neat people/couples/families. Sunday it was a very nice family from England. Here for THREE weeks! I can't imagine. I talked to her for oh about 30-45 min. I found out that she, Jewel I believe, is a SAHM of 3 adorable, beautiful children. The English accent is AWESOME. Her husband is a Diamond Buyer. She likes to make cards! AND I'm hoping she'll pop on my blog here b/c she too has a blog. They saved for 3 years for there trip. That's great, b/c will probably be paying for it for 3 years.
I'll tell you about the next family another post. The kids are supposed to be sleeping. They are so off schedule it's not even funny. I hope we don't pay physically, and mentally, for this for the next 3 years. As niece Meg says, they ll probably think they can walk in to any store and want whatever. Or I'm worried about the eating. They have not been eating worth a darn. As a result, C'man is constipated and at night, like now, is complaining about how his tummy hurts. Me on the other hand, oh my GOSH. My knee is hurting so unbelievably bad that those wheel chairs are looking quite tempting. WOW i hope i haven't done something really bad to it. I also had blisters on my little toes. I'm a wreck on the physical side of things. Another thing Meg says is you'd think sneakers would be comfortable! We even swapped sweating hot shoes yesterday.
OK my friends, MUST get to sleep. So is anyone reading this and finding it entertaining? Learning anything? Bored?? It's been awhile since any comments.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Disney
WOW I've just been to dang exhausted to blog lately. Saturday and Sunday were to HUGE days for us here at DSW. Niece Meg's was with us so we were able to go more. Makes a BIG difference having an adult that can stay with Miss A while we go on rides and then we'd do a rider switch.
I only have a couple min b/c it's late and I have DH snoring on one side of me, and C'man on the other. ANNOYING!! I have to just quickly post that the monorail here stopped working while we were on it!! THEN once it got going the side of the car we were on, the doors wouldn't open. I'm not kidding there was a brief moment where i thought we were forgotten. They didn't even tell us they'd be back. Nothing. I thought oh my gosh we're doomed. Altho DH did climb over the seat and we could had done that if we had too but with 2 strollers that wasn't to doable.
Then both kids said they had to go potty. Miss A potty'd on the floor. Sorry folks.
When we finally got off they wouldn't' let the small group of us go anywhere. Management was on there way. They offered us Fast Passes to 'a' ride. That was OK I guess. I just really wanted a ride to our bus:) I was exhausted. Not to mention the fast pass didn't do Meg's any good since she wasn't coming back tomorrow (of which I think she's probably happy to go back to work and sit).
We asked if he could write her a doctors note to skip work Monday:) BUT then as we were leaving he secretly handed her something. It was pretty subtle and i wouldn't have even known about it accept i heard another employee say 'wow you are feeling generous'. I'll let you guess what it was, and no it wasn't his phone number. Altho i did think that for a moment or 2:)
We have had an excellent time these last two days. Saturday we spent all day at Magic Kingdom. We rode on some great rides, including a little roller coaster that I still managed to scream on like no tomorrow. Oh that also was the ride C'man said he had to go potty and we couldn't get out of line to do anything about it. I had him do it in a water bottle. Hey what was a mommy to do!? We also caught the parade and he really loved that. I tell you, watching these kids faces on just about anything we do, is priceless.
Miss A is having her fair share of fun. She loves the 'Dumbo' ride and the Tea Cups. We took her on that again but we rode with Meg and myself rather then DH who spins the living 'cream' right out of you:) Haha. It's amazing what I can come up with at 1120 PM after miles and miles of walking.
Today, Sunday, we hit Epcot. I really kind of like that park. It's not as busy and there are some pretty good rides. We did Soarin again and then Test Track where it's like a test track for cars. It's pretty awesome. We were going 65mph around curves!
Ok sorry i have got to post this. DH is snoring on one side of me and C'man on the other and it's driving me NUTS!
I only have a couple min b/c it's late and I have DH snoring on one side of me, and C'man on the other. ANNOYING!! I have to just quickly post that the monorail here stopped working while we were on it!! THEN once it got going the side of the car we were on, the doors wouldn't open. I'm not kidding there was a brief moment where i thought we were forgotten. They didn't even tell us they'd be back. Nothing. I thought oh my gosh we're doomed. Altho DH did climb over the seat and we could had done that if we had too but with 2 strollers that wasn't to doable.
Then both kids said they had to go potty. Miss A potty'd on the floor. Sorry folks.
When we finally got off they wouldn't' let the small group of us go anywhere. Management was on there way. They offered us Fast Passes to 'a' ride. That was OK I guess. I just really wanted a ride to our bus:) I was exhausted. Not to mention the fast pass didn't do Meg's any good since she wasn't coming back tomorrow (of which I think she's probably happy to go back to work and sit).
We asked if he could write her a doctors note to skip work Monday:) BUT then as we were leaving he secretly handed her something. It was pretty subtle and i wouldn't have even known about it accept i heard another employee say 'wow you are feeling generous'. I'll let you guess what it was, and no it wasn't his phone number. Altho i did think that for a moment or 2:)
We have had an excellent time these last two days. Saturday we spent all day at Magic Kingdom. We rode on some great rides, including a little roller coaster that I still managed to scream on like no tomorrow. Oh that also was the ride C'man said he had to go potty and we couldn't get out of line to do anything about it. I had him do it in a water bottle. Hey what was a mommy to do!? We also caught the parade and he really loved that. I tell you, watching these kids faces on just about anything we do, is priceless.
Miss A is having her fair share of fun. She loves the 'Dumbo' ride and the Tea Cups. We took her on that again but we rode with Meg and myself rather then DH who spins the living 'cream' right out of you:) Haha. It's amazing what I can come up with at 1120 PM after miles and miles of walking.
Today, Sunday, we hit Epcot. I really kind of like that park. It's not as busy and there are some pretty good rides. We did Soarin again and then Test Track where it's like a test track for cars. It's pretty awesome. We were going 65mph around curves!
Ok sorry i have got to post this. DH is snoring on one side of me and C'man on the other and it's driving me NUTS!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday afternoon we went to Epcot. We had a lot of fun there. So much fun that we didn't leave till 11!!!!! That's PM::) We had supper at Mexico. It was inside this huge bldg. The atmosphere was awesome. It was dark with a volcano in the background that would erupt. There was a pyramid too. The food was good and the kids did great:) After that we took a ride in a boat that was inside the restaurant. enjoyed that greatly!!We rode lots of rides that had LONG waits. The last one we rode was a 60 min wait. I must not have been paying attention when DH and C'man stood in line that it was that long. Miss A was to short so we had to do the switch off. But the ride was called 'soaring' and you sat in what felt like a hang glider. You literally soared across the country. We soared over the ocean, mountains, golf courses, etc it was AMAZING. C'man LOVED it. He even went twice. He was more brave then i was. I screamed. DH informed me that know one screamed when they rode it. Of course if the guy sitting next to me would have been a man, he would have let me clench the arm rests!Was it worth the 60 min wait?? I think so. We caught the fireworks at Epcot and they were awesome!! We had 'late' park hours b/c of staying here at the resort. We rode Nemo, and as we were leaving we rode the ride in that big golf ball looking thing. Sorry neither of us remember what that's called. It was really really neat.So yeah, at the moment that I'm typing this it's 745AM and Miss A has been awake for a/b hr and C'man is trying to wake up. They continue to be awesome. the guys in front of us when C'man and I rode the Soar, said he acted better then most of the older kids they've seen. TODAY we are going to hang with niece Meg. We are so excited to spend today and tomorrow with her. We're not sure if will take a break for naps or let Miss A sleep in the stroller. Will play it by ear. They will be excited b/c they'll get to ride dumbo and the tea cups, or 'coffee cups' as she calls it.
Oh one of the first things we did @ Epcot was see the 3D movie of 'Honey I Shrunk The Audience' the kids didn't like it. To scary. A cuddled up in my arms and kept saying 'noooo'. At one point tho they put a mouse in this machine where it makes more of whatever you put in. Yeah, it made mice and they got released in to the audience. I'm not sure how they did it, but it felt like there was mice hitting your feat. I heard people screaming and i figured that's what was happening. Then WHAM it hit me. I screamed like no tomorrow. That was pretty good!
I must get the gang going.
Oh one of the first things we did @ Epcot was see the 3D movie of 'Honey I Shrunk The Audience' the kids didn't like it. To scary. A cuddled up in my arms and kept saying 'noooo'. At one point tho they put a mouse in this machine where it makes more of whatever you put in. Yeah, it made mice and they got released in to the audience. I'm not sure how they did it, but it felt like there was mice hitting your feat. I heard people screaming and i figured that's what was happening. Then WHAM it hit me. I screamed like no tomorrow. That was pretty good!
I must get the gang going.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Animal Kingdom
We are back from our AM at Animal Kingdom. Miss A is sleeping in her stroller, DH in bed and C'man and I are up. We were @ AK when it opened @ 9AM. We rushed off to hit the Safari ride. The wait time was minimal and it was fun. The kids really liked it. Miss A screamed in delight at any sighting of birds. We saw hippos, elephants, giraffes, rhino and many more exotic animals all while on this safari vehicle. We ended up getting the Fast Pass for the 2nd ride b/c they kids wanted to go back.
We ate breakfast at the Tusker House with the characters. As expected they kids were scared. Especially Miss A. C'man liked goofy and we did get a picture with him.
We rode a train ride there too before heading back to the hotel.
I didn't particularly care for AK. It was super crowded, which I have a feeling will be now that the weekend is here, and it was a rain forest. So the trees were tall, lots of brush, African buildings, etc and i just felt confined. You had to take trails so so many things that were dark and you couldn't see.
After everyone is rested will head to Epcot where we have dinner reservations. Oh yesterday afternoon was Hollywood Studios. It was fun. We did some fun rides there. BUT our meal took forever. We ate at this 50's Diner. The atmosphere was great but the staff and wait time was horrendous. The food itself had a lot to be desired. But yeah, it sufficed us. We couldn't wait to get out of there b/c it was getting late and cousin Meg was going to be bringing us our groceries.
Alright I guess it's time for little C'man and I to take a walk. He apparently isn't going to sleep. He's watching me type away!
We ate breakfast at the Tusker House with the characters. As expected they kids were scared. Especially Miss A. C'man liked goofy and we did get a picture with him.
We rode a train ride there too before heading back to the hotel.
I didn't particularly care for AK. It was super crowded, which I have a feeling will be now that the weekend is here, and it was a rain forest. So the trees were tall, lots of brush, African buildings, etc and i just felt confined. You had to take trails so so many things that were dark and you couldn't see.
After everyone is rested will head to Epcot where we have dinner reservations. Oh yesterday afternoon was Hollywood Studios. It was fun. We did some fun rides there. BUT our meal took forever. We ate at this 50's Diner. The atmosphere was great but the staff and wait time was horrendous. The food itself had a lot to be desired. But yeah, it sufficed us. We couldn't wait to get out of there b/c it was getting late and cousin Meg was going to be bringing us our groceries.
Alright I guess it's time for little C'man and I to take a walk. He apparently isn't going to sleep. He's watching me type away!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Disney Day 1
We made it here! I'm actually typing this while in bed:) We are back for some downtime. Miss A is fast asleep and Mr C'man is sitting beside me coloring.
Before I get going you know our life is full of adventure and this will be too. We had no problems with getting to the airport, flight, etc .TILL we landed. I thought the airport seemed kind of small and I sure wasn't seeing all the Disney information that I thought I would see. Upon further investigation it was determined we were at the WRONG airport to take advantage of the shuttle services. SOOO after a slight panic at finding out taxi's were @ $120 to get us to our lodge, we called our niece Meg's.
Meg to the rescue. God bless her soul, heart, feet, you get the idea. AND she was only about 2o min from the airport and could come get us. PRAISE JESUS!! I remember tho her telling me 'now you're sure your travel agent knows you're flying to this airport right??'
I responded, yes b/c I gave her our flight information. So yeah, slight miscommunication BUT it all worked out. She brought us here to our beautiful hotel. Did i mention she had left over pizza in the car that C'man and I promptly scarfed down on! Oh and that we didn't have carseats with us!! We just buckled them. shhh
When we arrived I can't remember now what C'man said, but it was pretty funny. Something about being at Disney. Meg you remember?? They both were asleep but only Miss A remained asleep. In fact, she remained asleep during the entire check in, finding room, and I even got her in her jammies with so much as a stir. How wonderful is that.
C'man informed us he wasn't tired and wasn't going to bed. I just let him tell us that, b/c of course, we had different ideas. DH grabbed us supper and there we sat eating on the bed. We thought we were pretty cool. After all, it was 1030 and there we sat eating in bed. (Miss A still asleep)
Eventually everyone was asleep dreaming about the big day to come. Today we headed to Animal Kingdom. We got there @ 9 and stayed till @1230. In that time we saw a musical, parade, rode Dumbo, Merry go round, the tea cups (WHICH by they way, I'm still spinning from. DH thought it would be hilarious to spin the living daylights out of us. I have a video of it and I'm quite sure just me alone, is drop down hilarious), It's A Small World, which hasn't changed since i rode it years and years ago, Peter Pan and I think that's it. We grabbed a bite to eat, hopped on the bus, and now here we are.
After Miss A, and DH, wake up, we will be heading to Hollywood Studios, i believe, where we have supper reservations. Meg will meet up with us later this evening as she has made a trip to Target to get goodies for us (water, milk, etc)
Our room is great. The hotel is amazing. we were watching Zebra's on our way over here. We can see them too when they are near our hotel room, from our balcony. Everything is so animal kingdom. Very authentic. As of right now, I would only recommend staying in lodge. The amenities are amazing.
Till next time....
Before I get going you know our life is full of adventure and this will be too. We had no problems with getting to the airport, flight, etc .TILL we landed. I thought the airport seemed kind of small and I sure wasn't seeing all the Disney information that I thought I would see. Upon further investigation it was determined we were at the WRONG airport to take advantage of the shuttle services. SOOO after a slight panic at finding out taxi's were @ $120 to get us to our lodge, we called our niece Meg's.
Meg to the rescue. God bless her soul, heart, feet, you get the idea. AND she was only about 2o min from the airport and could come get us. PRAISE JESUS!! I remember tho her telling me 'now you're sure your travel agent knows you're flying to this airport right??'
I responded, yes b/c I gave her our flight information. So yeah, slight miscommunication BUT it all worked out. She brought us here to our beautiful hotel. Did i mention she had left over pizza in the car that C'man and I promptly scarfed down on! Oh and that we didn't have carseats with us!! We just buckled them. shhh
When we arrived I can't remember now what C'man said, but it was pretty funny. Something about being at Disney. Meg you remember?? They both were asleep but only Miss A remained asleep. In fact, she remained asleep during the entire check in, finding room, and I even got her in her jammies with so much as a stir. How wonderful is that.
C'man informed us he wasn't tired and wasn't going to bed. I just let him tell us that, b/c of course, we had different ideas. DH grabbed us supper and there we sat eating on the bed. We thought we were pretty cool. After all, it was 1030 and there we sat eating in bed. (Miss A still asleep)
Eventually everyone was asleep dreaming about the big day to come. Today we headed to Animal Kingdom. We got there @ 9 and stayed till @1230. In that time we saw a musical, parade, rode Dumbo, Merry go round, the tea cups (WHICH by they way, I'm still spinning from. DH thought it would be hilarious to spin the living daylights out of us. I have a video of it and I'm quite sure just me alone, is drop down hilarious), It's A Small World, which hasn't changed since i rode it years and years ago, Peter Pan and I think that's it. We grabbed a bite to eat, hopped on the bus, and now here we are.
After Miss A, and DH, wake up, we will be heading to Hollywood Studios, i believe, where we have supper reservations. Meg will meet up with us later this evening as she has made a trip to Target to get goodies for us (water, milk, etc)
Our room is great. The hotel is amazing. we were watching Zebra's on our way over here. We can see them too when they are near our hotel room, from our balcony. Everything is so animal kingdom. Very authentic. As of right now, I would only recommend staying in lodge. The amenities are amazing.
Till next time....
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Disney Is Coming
In 24 hours from me posting this, we will be at the airport checking in. Assuming of course, all goes as planned. THAT the icy/wintery mix misses us, that we get out of here on time and that I get our luggage packed. Why oh why is it taking me forever to do this.
Oh yeah, I know why.
Because I need to wash undies and socks.
Realized that instead of bringing just one pair of jeans, we should bring more. Niece Megs says it gets chilly at night.
I have many Republican obligations I have to get done before leaving for an event that will take place the Friday night we get back (at the moment I'm wondering why on earth the invite I made on my scrapbook program, will not save as a PDF. Everything else I did, did.)
Have to get our Certificate of Good Standing for the CCC off to be considered for grant moneys.
I'm sure I'll be up late tonight getting everything packed while the little ones dream about Disney and my husband sleeps in the chair dreaming about how nice it is that his lovely wife is taking care of all the preparations (until we get there and he realizes he has no undies hehehe).
I had a purse party last night back in my hometown, about hr away from here. Before getting there we made what was supposed to be a quick trip to the doc to have ears checked. HA we didn't get in till 45 min AFTER our appointment. The appt itself lasted a whopping 5 min of which Miss A screamed the entire time and C'man was busy jumping off the exam table. I couldn't wait to get out of there. Ears are still a little red and he said to give them benadryl last night and tonight and then tomorrow. I hate that stuff but will abide b/c i need my kids as close to 100% as I can get them.
The party itself was great. It was so crazy busy. Fun!! Ladies and purses everywhere. When I get back, I'm going to work real hard at taking pictures of what's left and offering them very cheap. So stay tuned!
Well as C'man would say 'only one more dream before Disney' that next time I post should be from Disney. We are taking the lap top and hopefully I'll have time to post. I will be accepting drinks at our room, heck I'd even walk to the bar, anytime b/w 11-3 so feel free to send me some:)
Oh yeah, I know why.
Because I need to wash undies and socks.
Realized that instead of bringing just one pair of jeans, we should bring more. Niece Megs says it gets chilly at night.
I have many Republican obligations I have to get done before leaving for an event that will take place the Friday night we get back (at the moment I'm wondering why on earth the invite I made on my scrapbook program, will not save as a PDF. Everything else I did, did.)
Have to get our Certificate of Good Standing for the CCC off to be considered for grant moneys.
I'm sure I'll be up late tonight getting everything packed while the little ones dream about Disney and my husband sleeps in the chair dreaming about how nice it is that his lovely wife is taking care of all the preparations (until we get there and he realizes he has no undies hehehe).
I had a purse party last night back in my hometown, about hr away from here. Before getting there we made what was supposed to be a quick trip to the doc to have ears checked. HA we didn't get in till 45 min AFTER our appointment. The appt itself lasted a whopping 5 min of which Miss A screamed the entire time and C'man was busy jumping off the exam table. I couldn't wait to get out of there. Ears are still a little red and he said to give them benadryl last night and tonight and then tomorrow. I hate that stuff but will abide b/c i need my kids as close to 100% as I can get them.
The party itself was great. It was so crazy busy. Fun!! Ladies and purses everywhere. When I get back, I'm going to work real hard at taking pictures of what's left and offering them very cheap. So stay tuned!
Well as C'man would say 'only one more dream before Disney' that next time I post should be from Disney. We are taking the lap top and hopefully I'll have time to post. I will be accepting drinks at our room, heck I'd even walk to the bar, anytime b/w 11-3 so feel free to send me some:)
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Update
We are back from the Cura Quick clinic. C'man does have a pretty good ear infection and a swollen lymph node. Dang it, I know it's b/c I didn't stay on top of his decongestant. I just hate medicating with stuff like that. Miss A's ear is clearing up.
Afterwards they got a donut and Valentine balloon (I lucked out, they picked out $1.50 balloons). Then while getting the meds an employee brought suckers for ALL the kids waiting to get in to see the doc. (there were at least 5 adults and 5 kids!) C'man let go of his balloon for the sucker. I probably could have jumped up and grab it, but i didn't want to make a scene. They brought me a chair.
Then as we walked out, Miss A decided she didn't' want to leave. I had C'man standing on the curb and her inside the store. I'm holding 2 balloons, bag of groceries and 2 packages with there donuts. Then 3 adults were trying to come in. One man held the door, the other man tried to convince C'man to come back and the lady just chuckled at our sight I'm sure. Eventually Miss A came out (she was looking for a garbage) she proceeded to hand that man her sucker wrapper. Oh good grief i said. At home she just throws stuff on the floor and now she wants some stranger to take her wrapper.
Thank goodness that everyone thought it was cute and told me to not worry about it. It really was refreshing ,b/w yesterday's trip and today, I can not tell you how many compliments I got on both kids. From being cute, to well behaved.
Of course the icing on the cake was coming home to this sight:
Afterwards they got a donut and Valentine balloon (I lucked out, they picked out $1.50 balloons). Then while getting the meds an employee brought suckers for ALL the kids waiting to get in to see the doc. (there were at least 5 adults and 5 kids!) C'man let go of his balloon for the sucker. I probably could have jumped up and grab it, but i didn't want to make a scene. They brought me a chair.
Then as we walked out, Miss A decided she didn't' want to leave. I had C'man standing on the curb and her inside the store. I'm holding 2 balloons, bag of groceries and 2 packages with there donuts. Then 3 adults were trying to come in. One man held the door, the other man tried to convince C'man to come back and the lady just chuckled at our sight I'm sure. Eventually Miss A came out (she was looking for a garbage) she proceeded to hand that man her sucker wrapper. Oh good grief i said. At home she just throws stuff on the floor and now she wants some stranger to take her wrapper.
Thank goodness that everyone thought it was cute and told me to not worry about it. It really was refreshing ,b/w yesterday's trip and today, I can not tell you how many compliments I got on both kids. From being cute, to well behaved.
Of course the icing on the cake was coming home to this sight:
Both kids are now sleeping. I laid down with C'man and he said 'sing a song to me mommy'. I sang Jesus Loves Me and other songs. When I'd stop he's sing 'please sing that to me again'. Awwwww
My Nose
Real quick as we're getting ready to head out the door again. C'man has an ear infection. He was up early today crying, holding his ear, telling us how it hurt, etc. I tried an ear candle, did this 'Hear No Evil' herbal treatment which smells HORRIBLE. It required a bath. More crying, fussing, just crabby.
Miss A finally seems to be on the mend from her recent ear infection. But she still has a runny nose and will find me where ever I'm at telling me 'my nose, my nose' to which i wipe and send on her way. She's been up early and been crabby this entire last week.
I think she also has a yeast infection. How is that possible??? Of which I also think I have. Lovely, just what you came over on my blog to read right!?
THEN on Thursday i believe it was, we got an email regarding our Disney trip and that some how it got cancelled!!!!!!! Long story short the lovely Emily got it all fixed for us. We are now staying at Animal Kingdom in a MUCH better room!! There is live animals I guess right there! I checked out the rooms and must admit, I'm so excited!! We will never want to go back to Disney and have to stay at anything any less. This kind of stuff always happens to us. I really didn't panic TO much b/c i knew it wasn't our problem and that Disney/Emily would make it right. Therefore, if you have any travel plans coming up, contact Emily!
So now we are off to the local CuraQuick clinic. I need to get us ALL better. I have 4 days to do that. We are running to the doc Monday afternoon for an ear check on both now.
Never a dull moment here I tell you!!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Amazing Amazon
How many of you shop at Amazon? I do!!! I love it too. As you see, I'm making some updates to my blog to include things that I enjoy. Besides pictures of the kids, music, there are google ads and now Amazon. I'm hoping I can remember to include to the right, the items I've bought from Amazon as well as a critique about them. Maybe you'll find these useful, maybe you won't even pay attention. If you see it beneficial, will you let me know? Feel free to click on any of the items I review to see more information from Amazon. Tell me, and other readers, what you buy from Amazon and what your experience has been.
So continue to watch that side bar for the latest items I've bought.
So continue to watch that side bar for the latest items I've bought.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
8 Baby Chick
The house is quite as DH has taken the kids to the farm. That means they'll come home crabby, hungry and covered in mud. But I have a quite house. I might actually be able to do a decent post for once. Sorry if my posts seem so disorganized. I really enjoy blogging but having to go back and re-read it, etc just doesn't work for me.
I think it's time I jump on the band wagon with my thoughts about the young mom who had 8 baby's. When I first heard the story I thought WOW. Great, overwhelming, I hope they are all healthy and thought I'd try to hear more in the days to come. But then, it all started:
Single mom with 6 OTHER kids
I believe it's 3 of them are special needs
Lives with her parents
No dad
a result of IVF.
The last point makes me sick and probably the one that I harbor the most frustration with. Once again IVF is going to get a bad 'rep' by the media. It's not enough that in the last 3 years we have Hollywood starts doing IVF right and left, having twins, etc and it seems to be this trend to do IVF, but now we have this single mother having 8 babies.
I'm disgusted with the doctor that did this. No way in HECK should more then what 3 embryo's had been placed in this lady. No way jose. What was he thinking!? Ahh yes but then there's the it's her right to do with her body as she wants. (an entire different 'political' post about that) But look, now society is going to be raising these kids. YOUR tax dollars will be hard at work raising them. I'm telling you, she will live a better life then me and my 5 closest friends combined. She even said in an interview that she's going to go back to school b/c she can get financial assistance and use it to raise the children. I can't remember who was doing the interview, but they asked, 'Do you think that's right?' she replied 'It works'.
Infertility is a tough disease. I've been there, done that. Many of my blog readers/'followers' (i sound like i'm referring to those people that think Obama is our savior, please don't ask me for a new kitchen) have or currently suffering thru infertility. But my doctors (RE-Reproductive Endocrinologists) that Ive seen at each transfer will advice me how many to put back, we actually discussed this before we even started infertility treatments. I'm not sure if there is any legal issues with how many to put back, obviously there's not, but I think most clinics have general guidelines on it. Of course I never created enough good embryo's to have to decide how many.
I think the doctor in this case, should be held responsible to some point. In what way should he be? I'm not sure maybe he should give her his house that he lives in from making his millions treating infertile couples. Maybe he should help babysit/care for them. Mostly I guess he should have his license taken away. He can go practice out of his garage.
I guess I'm not sure how anyone can be held accountable b/c it doesn't matter at this point. The baby's are here, we as a society will raise them, and at some point life will move on and in 5-15 years they will be forgotten.
I'm mostly hurt/frustrated at the image of infertility is once again slighted. We want people to be aware of the disease. But then something like this happens and the next time you try to talk to someone about infertility there first question will be, 'Will you have 8 babies by doing this?' No that does not need to happen. A responsible RE will make sure they do not put you at risk of that. A healthy 32 yr old women, that has produced a good amount of embryo's could be successful with 2 or 3 transferred.
You know I just had a thought, sooner then later, I bet we're going to find out that the sperm donor is some 21 year old college kid just trying to make some money to put himself thru college, and now he'll want a piece of the media pie to tell his story. Goll darn. That is what will happen. See how media works!!
I think it's time I jump on the band wagon with my thoughts about the young mom who had 8 baby's. When I first heard the story I thought WOW. Great, overwhelming, I hope they are all healthy and thought I'd try to hear more in the days to come. But then, it all started:
Single mom with 6 OTHER kids
I believe it's 3 of them are special needs
Lives with her parents
No dad
a result of IVF.
The last point makes me sick and probably the one that I harbor the most frustration with. Once again IVF is going to get a bad 'rep' by the media. It's not enough that in the last 3 years we have Hollywood starts doing IVF right and left, having twins, etc and it seems to be this trend to do IVF, but now we have this single mother having 8 babies.
I'm disgusted with the doctor that did this. No way in HECK should more then what 3 embryo's had been placed in this lady. No way jose. What was he thinking!? Ahh yes but then there's the it's her right to do with her body as she wants. (an entire different 'political' post about that) But look, now society is going to be raising these kids. YOUR tax dollars will be hard at work raising them. I'm telling you, she will live a better life then me and my 5 closest friends combined. She even said in an interview that she's going to go back to school b/c she can get financial assistance and use it to raise the children. I can't remember who was doing the interview, but they asked, 'Do you think that's right?' she replied 'It works'.
Infertility is a tough disease. I've been there, done that. Many of my blog readers/'followers' (i sound like i'm referring to those people that think Obama is our savior, please don't ask me for a new kitchen) have or currently suffering thru infertility. But my doctors (RE-Reproductive Endocrinologists) that Ive seen at each transfer will advice me how many to put back, we actually discussed this before we even started infertility treatments. I'm not sure if there is any legal issues with how many to put back, obviously there's not, but I think most clinics have general guidelines on it. Of course I never created enough good embryo's to have to decide how many.
I think the doctor in this case, should be held responsible to some point. In what way should he be? I'm not sure maybe he should give her his house that he lives in from making his millions treating infertile couples. Maybe he should help babysit/care for them. Mostly I guess he should have his license taken away. He can go practice out of his garage.
I guess I'm not sure how anyone can be held accountable b/c it doesn't matter at this point. The baby's are here, we as a society will raise them, and at some point life will move on and in 5-15 years they will be forgotten.
I'm mostly hurt/frustrated at the image of infertility is once again slighted. We want people to be aware of the disease. But then something like this happens and the next time you try to talk to someone about infertility there first question will be, 'Will you have 8 babies by doing this?' No that does not need to happen. A responsible RE will make sure they do not put you at risk of that. A healthy 32 yr old women, that has produced a good amount of embryo's could be successful with 2 or 3 transferred.
You know I just had a thought, sooner then later, I bet we're going to find out that the sperm donor is some 21 year old college kid just trying to make some money to put himself thru college, and now he'll want a piece of the media pie to tell his story. Goll darn. That is what will happen. See how media works!!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Sick Kids
Typical 'mommy' post here folks. My baby's are sick. Miss A for over a week now and C'man for a couple days. I'm SO glad we didn't go to MN this past weekend, sister is cross with me tho. Both kids were running pretty good temps by Saturday evening. Needless to say we didn't go out to eat either. I went and got take out. I'm waiting for the doc office to call me back. Hate to rush in there only to find out it has to run it's course. I'm not a big fan of antibiotics either, I'd like to avoid them if at all possible. My friend Shannan is taking her kids to Dr Miller. I'd do that but when!?
Oh and Miss A will NOT take any form of medicine. She screams 'no mommy, no mommy'. It's just lovely around here i tell ya. BUT the weather is like Spring. It's raining out! AND its @ 60.
Cow's are loving it. They frolic around the field. Kicking there heels, running, just really fun to watch them. Although a couple hours ago one was standing in our yard. I yelled at it and it went back to the field. Dirty little bugger. Oh and the pigs!! They are still around. DH was very cross with them yesterday and they just about became pork chops today. He went to feed the cows and the pigs are in with them. Well the pigs got out and he had to chase them thru mud, snow, water, you get the idea.
Speaking of that all, did i mention that a couple weeks ago i got my first chicken egg. I've always been scared of chickens ( i don't like birds). No amount of convincing from my sister or niece would led me in to the coupe. Well C'man had brought me an egg one day when i was at the farm helping with cows. I thought that was so darn cute. SO i followed him back to the coupe. I imagined him talking to the chickens, and being all cute. In the coupe he went. I cautiouslly followed. It wasn't to bad. BUT i had him to distract them while i looked for eggs in the nests. It also helped that none of them were sitting in the nest. For sure then, i wouldn't have attempted. They peck you then. One of them ever pecks me, i'll break there neck. We only got 2 eggs b/c they'd been picked alread that day, but none the less, in the 10+ years i've been on the farm i finally did it. I'm not even 30% sure i want chickens at our place yet, we're still working on that. (the poop, and cleanliness of it all, freaks me out)
In other news:
A young family came and looked at the van yesterday. We're 75% sure it's sold. Will know when we have the cash in hand, which should be Thursday evening. What a relief it would be to have that sold.
Armstrong update:
Well it is not even Noon yet and we are wrestling with what might be some really bad news.
They have taken Armstrong off of his chemo and stopped his radiation. Hopefully only for a short period while they figure out what type of infection he has. :(
The doctor also signed the order for Army to get his wheel chair. This all just feels really bad. We are trying to keep our hopes up the best we can. It hasn't even been 3 months since he was diagnosed.
We just feel like we want to at least have a chance to fight this thing. And when they take away the chemo and radiation we are so helpless to this horrible illness.
I really have nothing more to say after that. I'm feeling very scared, helpless, for them all.
Oh and Miss A will NOT take any form of medicine. She screams 'no mommy, no mommy'. It's just lovely around here i tell ya. BUT the weather is like Spring. It's raining out! AND its @ 60.
Cow's are loving it. They frolic around the field. Kicking there heels, running, just really fun to watch them. Although a couple hours ago one was standing in our yard. I yelled at it and it went back to the field. Dirty little bugger. Oh and the pigs!! They are still around. DH was very cross with them yesterday and they just about became pork chops today. He went to feed the cows and the pigs are in with them. Well the pigs got out and he had to chase them thru mud, snow, water, you get the idea.
Speaking of that all, did i mention that a couple weeks ago i got my first chicken egg. I've always been scared of chickens ( i don't like birds). No amount of convincing from my sister or niece would led me in to the coupe. Well C'man had brought me an egg one day when i was at the farm helping with cows. I thought that was so darn cute. SO i followed him back to the coupe. I imagined him talking to the chickens, and being all cute. In the coupe he went. I cautiouslly followed. It wasn't to bad. BUT i had him to distract them while i looked for eggs in the nests. It also helped that none of them were sitting in the nest. For sure then, i wouldn't have attempted. They peck you then. One of them ever pecks me, i'll break there neck. We only got 2 eggs b/c they'd been picked alread that day, but none the less, in the 10+ years i've been on the farm i finally did it. I'm not even 30% sure i want chickens at our place yet, we're still working on that. (the poop, and cleanliness of it all, freaks me out)
In other news:
A young family came and looked at the van yesterday. We're 75% sure it's sold. Will know when we have the cash in hand, which should be Thursday evening. What a relief it would be to have that sold.
Armstrong update:
Well it is not even Noon yet and we are wrestling with what might be some really bad news.
They have taken Armstrong off of his chemo and stopped his radiation. Hopefully only for a short period while they figure out what type of infection he has. :(
The doctor also signed the order for Army to get his wheel chair. This all just feels really bad. We are trying to keep our hopes up the best we can. It hasn't even been 3 months since he was diagnosed.
We just feel like we want to at least have a chance to fight this thing. And when they take away the chemo and radiation we are so helpless to this horrible illness.
I really have nothing more to say after that. I'm feeling very scared, helpless, for them all.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Shop It To Me
OK so here's the deal. I got sent an 'invitation' to join this shopping network from Jen. I went ahead and joined and then sent invitations to others. WELL for every 10 people that signed up I get a $10 gift card. Guess what came in the mail today? A $10 gift card to Starbucks.
I'm pretty excited b/c I'm actually enjoying this shop it to me. You sign up for notices to be sent to you when items/brands/sizes/etc come on sale. For instance I marked 'Uggs', Girls 3t, Boys 4 & 5T clothing, shoes in my sizes, and on and on, in my profile. I choose to get notifications weekly and i've seen some pretty good deals come thru. The bad part is that when i clicked on the size 3T coat for $8.99 it was already gone. HOWEVER they hook lined and sank me b/c I ended up going shopping @ Old Navy/Gap and buying a hefty load of items.
Regardless, I'm in love. More of the fact that people signed up and I got a gift card, but none the less i like to shop for bargains.
I'm going to paste the html here for you to sign up. You can sign up and then unsign yourself right away if you'd like. The people that sign up via this blog, when it gets over 10 I will use that as a give away card. What a cheap skate i am. No really, I'll throw something else in too. Here it is, sign up and the next card I get, will have a drawing!!!
Click here (come on, it's safe. PROMISE!!!)
I'm pretty excited b/c I'm actually enjoying this shop it to me. You sign up for notices to be sent to you when items/brands/sizes/etc come on sale. For instance I marked 'Uggs', Girls 3t, Boys 4 & 5T clothing, shoes in my sizes, and on and on, in my profile. I choose to get notifications weekly and i've seen some pretty good deals come thru. The bad part is that when i clicked on the size 3T coat for $8.99 it was already gone. HOWEVER they hook lined and sank me b/c I ended up going shopping @ Old Navy/Gap and buying a hefty load of items.
Regardless, I'm in love. More of the fact that people signed up and I got a gift card, but none the less i like to shop for bargains.
I'm going to paste the html here for you to sign up. You can sign up and then unsign yourself right away if you'd like. The people that sign up via this blog, when it gets over 10 I will use that as a give away card. What a cheap skate i am. No really, I'll throw something else in too. Here it is, sign up and the next card I get, will have a drawing!!!
Click here (come on, it's safe. PROMISE!!!)
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Indecisive-Who Me?
We are home this weekend and we weren't supposed to be. cry cry We planned on heading to Minnesota to see my niece play hockey. But Miss A got a cold earlier this week and then C'man got it last night. But what sucks about this all is my indecisiveness.
That is a characteristic of myself that i do not like. Here's what happens. We had plans for weeks to head to MN. Then child gets sick AND a request came for DH to deliver mail today. We left it at if kid(s) aren't better by Friday, he'll work. He goes ahead and works. If they had fevers and puking, heck there'd be no question about going or staying. But a cold?? Then Miss A seems to be better yesterday and the, 'what to do' kicks in.
Then last night when C'man went to bed I heard him start coughing. Call sister and say we're not coming. But being that she knows how i am with my indecisiveness she asks 'are ya sure??' Ahh I think I am, but i guess we could wait till AM to make sure.
Ahhh dang it why can't I just make a decision and stick with it.
Forward to this AM. I go ahead and decide we're going. What's a minor cold and cough. There are 100's of people that have them and the kids don't act like they feel like crap. C'man repeatedly tells me we're going to see JoJo play hockey and continually is practicing his latest moves.
I load car up, Miss A starts coughing a little bit more. Hmmmm ok we're not going. C'man responds 'No Mommy, I have to get out of this house' (hmm wonder where he's heard THAT before)
Lots of do we go, do we not, continue on. Me throwing hands up saying 'we're staying home'. C'man giving me the oh so disappointed look, and I say ok hurry up. Then Miss A starts coughing, nope lets stay home. AHHHH. I really need to implement what my friend does of not telling her kids anything till the AM of when they leave. (remember tho i can't keep surprises/secrets/etc so yeah, that just wouldn't work) I eventually pull the plug and say we're staying home. You can watch movies, eat the snacks we would have ate and will just hang out at HOME. (puke)
But what drives me further nuts is why do i feel guilty for such a decision. Is it b/c I'm worried my sister, parents, will be mad/hurt that we couldn't come? do they believe me when i say my kids are sick (parents do) or they think I'm making some sort of excuse.
Ahh little C'man just asked me 'Mommy can we watch JoJo play hockey?" Ahhh man how tempting to hop in the car and go. If it was only 2 hours away vs 3 1/2 we'd be going.
Are any of you indecisive?? Or what characteristic do you have that drives you nuts?
My dad reminded me that this is no life or death decision. There will be more hockey games. Correct, but what would i do if i was face with a life or death decision. I'm actually fairly sure i'd be able to make that decision easier then these 'smaller' one.
That is a characteristic of myself that i do not like. Here's what happens. We had plans for weeks to head to MN. Then child gets sick AND a request came for DH to deliver mail today. We left it at if kid(s) aren't better by Friday, he'll work. He goes ahead and works. If they had fevers and puking, heck there'd be no question about going or staying. But a cold?? Then Miss A seems to be better yesterday and the, 'what to do' kicks in.
Then last night when C'man went to bed I heard him start coughing. Call sister and say we're not coming. But being that she knows how i am with my indecisiveness she asks 'are ya sure??' Ahh I think I am, but i guess we could wait till AM to make sure.
Ahhh dang it why can't I just make a decision and stick with it.
Forward to this AM. I go ahead and decide we're going. What's a minor cold and cough. There are 100's of people that have them and the kids don't act like they feel like crap. C'man repeatedly tells me we're going to see JoJo play hockey and continually is practicing his latest moves.
I load car up, Miss A starts coughing a little bit more. Hmmmm ok we're not going. C'man responds 'No Mommy, I have to get out of this house' (hmm wonder where he's heard THAT before)
Lots of do we go, do we not, continue on. Me throwing hands up saying 'we're staying home'. C'man giving me the oh so disappointed look, and I say ok hurry up. Then Miss A starts coughing, nope lets stay home. AHHHH. I really need to implement what my friend does of not telling her kids anything till the AM of when they leave. (remember tho i can't keep surprises/secrets/etc so yeah, that just wouldn't work) I eventually pull the plug and say we're staying home. You can watch movies, eat the snacks we would have ate and will just hang out at HOME. (puke)
But what drives me further nuts is why do i feel guilty for such a decision. Is it b/c I'm worried my sister, parents, will be mad/hurt that we couldn't come? do they believe me when i say my kids are sick (parents do) or they think I'm making some sort of excuse.
Ahh little C'man just asked me 'Mommy can we watch JoJo play hockey?" Ahhh man how tempting to hop in the car and go. If it was only 2 hours away vs 3 1/2 we'd be going.
Are any of you indecisive?? Or what characteristic do you have that drives you nuts?
My dad reminded me that this is no life or death decision. There will be more hockey games. Correct, but what would i do if i was face with a life or death decision. I'm actually fairly sure i'd be able to make that decision easier then these 'smaller' one.
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