GOOD LUCK RABBIT!!!

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- Tech:balloons:

Helllo all!!!
DH left today and will be back Nov 1st...Kaleigh was cooperative and she is definately a she!!!!! Ms Priss weighs 4 and 1/2 lbs and I have gained 11 lbs total with about 7 weeks to go...My due date is now Dec 14 and she is talking about a week early...Now I know why I have such bladder pains with 5 lbs of baby inside!!!The MD wanted to know where she was hiding since my belly wasnt too large...HELLO!!!Large and uncomfortable to me!!!:lol: :lol: Her little face had chubby little cheeks!!!Dh's turned up nose but definately my cheeks!!!DH has thin bony features to the face(Norwegin descent)

Have a great evening..Single mom of 2 for now with one on the way and lots to do!!!
RR

Hi all. I had a very non-eventful day today. Just did some laundry and slept. I'm getting very lazy. I hope they let me go back to work next week. We got a lead on someone who wants a border collie so we may be able to get rid of Tripper. I hope we can find him a good home and not have to take him back to the Humane Society.

Lauren: Glad that your cat is doing better. Bummer about the medicine though. I know how hard it can be to pill a cat. I used to put the pills in cream cheese and just drop it in the back of the cats throat. The one of mine I was having to medicate would start hiding from me to keep from getting the medicine.

Rabbit: Sending best wishes with you!!

Hope everyone is having a great evening. I'm off to do the last little bits of tweaking to my program and then I'm done. NO MORE SCHOOL!!! Yeehah!! Tomorrow is my last night. I am so happy.

Karen, I missed that you were having problems with Tripper. We finally realized that Ginger was just not the right fit for our family. We all still missed Levi the golden retriever too much. Ginger was hyper and the boys were scared of her. My friend Jennifer really liked Ginger and now Ginger lives full time with Jennifer. I still find myself looking at www.petfinders.com to drool over all the pretty dogs but I realize that I just can't have a dog for now.

We just had some friends over for dinner. It was enjoyable. We just haven't had anyone here for along time due to our crazy schedule.

DH leaves tomorrow for a show in St Louis, he'll be back late Sat. night.

I think I'll pick up a few videos tomorrow and just be lazy. - jul

Hi All,

I'm having a rotten day...my company really sucks. My company is a business segment of the company that supplies our health insurance...you'd think they'd give us decent benefits!! :mad: They up'd our hospital co-pay from $100 in 2002, to $250 in 2003!! :eek: What the heck are they thinking!! I'm waiting for them to say, you have to have your baby on a lunch break, or a weekend, and come right back!! :censored: OH, but they'll let me pay extra with my pre-tax dollars to get 80% pay, instead of 60% for the 6 wks. they are giving me of STD!! :censored: This has just put me in the foulest of moods for the day.

Karen- I didn't know you needed to get rid of the border collie. Is he bad, or what? They're good babysitters when you're busy doing stuff around the house! My friend has one and she rounds up the kids for her!! :lol: It's her heard. Thankfully after seeing what he was like, they gave me Clavamox liquid for Zeus. He gets an eye dropper full (1ml) a day. We didn't do too bad this AM, he freaked a little when I grabbed him with the towel, but I think he was having flashbacks of the hospital!! :lol: We got it down no problem.

Jul- Bummer that you had to get rid of Ginger, what kind of dog was she? I understand missing Levi though, I sat in the hospital the other day waiting for Zeus, thinking about Niki. It'll be 2 yrs. in January and I still cry just thinking about her.

RR- Glad to here Kaliegh is still a she!! :lol: My mom insists on asking me if the tech was sure it's a boy, because she was soo sure it was a girl, and so was I! I keep telling her that I was soo sure because I wanted a girl, not because I really thought it was one!! :lol: How big does he think she's gonna be, if she's 4 1/2 now?!

Hi to everyone else!!

Thank you all for the warm welcome. Please bear with me as I try to get to know everyone.

As for my inlaws.....they are going out of town for the weekend. Yippee!!!:dancer: DH and I are going to rent movies and make sushi. I can't wait to have the house to ourselves. Anyone have any good tips on making children sleep for an entire weekend? Hehehe!!

Martha Stewart (who I dispise) had a lady on her show yesterday that demonstrated a few ab exersises. I think I can do these. I usually rely on the machines at the gym. Last night we met a couple and she was at least 5 months pregnant and I looked bigger than her. :(

I am starting a food journal today. I've started several of these in the past and I only keep tally for a few days then I quit. Not this time.

Well, I'm off to read bios so I can get to know yall.

Hi everyone, I'm having a fairly good day. I made the mistake and stepped on the scale this morning -- one pound loss. You'd think that would be good, right? Not for me, cuz now I can't stop snacking today. It's like seeing the loss allowed me to eat more today. I'm putting my scale away tonite. It just messes with my head.

We got some puppy pics developed yesterday and this one of Abby turned out so cute I had to make it my avatar. She doesn't look anything like that anymore. Three months later and she's all grown up and looks like a poodle -- no more tiny little fluff ball.

Kesco, have a great weekend!! How'd you learn to make sushi? I've never been brave enough to try that but I'd love to.

LBH, sorry your company is so crappy when it comes to insurance. It's never made sense to me why people in medicine have such terrible insurance. My office is horrible too but luckily I have the option of marrying someone with good benefits.

Jul, have fun watching videos. We watched Frailty last weekend -- strange, creepy, weird. I didn't like it much. But Matthew McConaughey is such a hotty!!

KK, Congrats on finishing school. Are you all done or just taking a break? Sorry you have to get rid of Tripper. I hope your lead works out and he goes to a good home.

RR, Good luck holding the fort down on your own.

Rabbit, Bye-bye and good luck!!

Tech, happy belated b-day. Good luck getting back on track.

Have a wonderful day!!
Liz

Hello All,

I'm supposed to be cleaning house and I'm procrastinating, so what's new. Was w/in points yesterday :D. Let's hope I can keep this up. I'm craving deep dish chicago style pizza, so I've been trying to find a recipie to make my own tonight, hoping it'd be lighter than Uno's (wouldn't take much) besides they closed the one near here. Anyway.....

LBH - Sorry about the benefits :( DH's aren't any better?

RR - Glad the u/s went well.

Karen - So why are you getting rid of your dog? Hope the line on a good home works out.

Jule - Dog's are a part of our family and loosing one is hard, although I was threatening to give mine away earlier, he was growling at the insurance inspector who happened to be afraid of dogs and here come our 2 70 pounders rushing the door. Sometimes they're lucky they're so cute.

Liz - That's exactly the reason I'm not looking at my weight at WW until Dec. Let's hope I make it that long it was easy at the start, but it's getting harder. But at least my pants are fitting better now.

Kesgo - have a great weekend w/o the inlaws. No way K and I could live with either of our folks w/o bloodshed :eek:

Well need to get busy. Have a great evening all.

- Tech :chef:

Hi All,

Boy, have I been a slacker today, I just can't seem to get motivated since my day got ruined this AM. I'm in I want to quit mode again. :(

Tech- No, unfortunately DH's insurance costs more than mine, and the coverage is worse!! He's actually on my dental, but his own medical, it just works out best that way. I was actually reading an artical recently, think it may have been on the Dollar Stretcher site, about how it's almost always cheaper for 2 working people who get married to keep their own insurance!

Liz- Abby looks like a real cutie!!

Kesco- WooHoo, a weekend alone!! Enjoy!! Can't help you on making the kids sleep through the weekend, but I may be looking for advice on that in a few months when I have a screaming newborn that doesn't understand the concept of sleep!!

Well..one day down and 8 more to go and I am hating it!!!Dh called from Seattle and then after 26hrs of flying around and hanging out in airports, he was at his hotel in China...My sugars are still good and I am trying to stay calm to keep them ok.I had to apply my own belly cream last night and tonight must wash clothes....Hmmmmm...wonder which button turns the machine on????:eek:

Lauren--She thinks probably 8lbs as long as I keep my diet under control and avoid the sweets, which I do...I go back to the MD on Nov 5th and we will discuss options..She is leaning towards C-sec and that is ok with me!!!She is soo active now, it is great to watch my stomach roll around..TOday..everyone laughed cuz a foot was sticking out in the front of my uniform and she left it there for a minute or two..It is the weirdest thing...When is your next sonagram????My friends are throwing me a shower Nov 9th!!!Cant wait!!!!

Tech--Hope the hunt for the healthy pizza works out!!!

liz--that is why I threw out my scale years ago.It just causes problems with the head and makes U frustrated!!!!

Have a great evening all!!!
RR

Hi all. SCHOOL IS OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeeeeehhaaaaaa!!! I passed the presentation and I have no worries about passing the project because I know it works. I even tried it out on another classmates computer to make sure it works on someone else's machine. I have to go by on Tuesday to pick up my grades. Then I never have to go to that place again. I'm SO happy.

We have to get rid of Tripper because he is so HYPER. Not that that is a bad thing, he just has way more energy than we do and he deserves to go to someone who can spend more time with him. He needs a lot of training to stay happy. He is very bored with us and therefore, he gets into trouble. He doesn't mind all that great either. And he is mouthy. He doesn't bite, he just puts his teeth on you. I understand that that is a border collie trait, but visitors don't. When we got him we were told he was a young adult and he was so placid, we thought he was going to be great for us. Turns out he was a 4 month old puppy with pneumonia. Go figure!! Also, the housekeeping chores are doubled with two dogs and DH doesn't help. So, two dogs, two cats and a baby just aren't going to work.

Lauren: That really sucks about the insurance. I haven't checked on what mine is going to pay yet. I'm still trying to get over having to use three weeks of sick time!! I was watching A Baby Story the other day and there was an accupuncturist on there. She said that if your pulse is stronger in your left wrist you are having a boy and right wrist means your having a girl. She said the accuracy rate is 90%. Of course, the lady she told was going to have a girl had a boy!! (Guess she was in the 10%!!)

Kesco: Yippee on the weekend alone. Hope it works out well. When you figure out how to keep the kids occupied all weekend, let us know. There are three of us on here who would love to know!!

Liz: OMG!! That is the absolute cutest picture of your dog!! I love it. She's adorable. Get off the scale and put those snacks down. Right now!!

Tech: Procratinating on cleaning the house? You mean you don't just leap up to do it right away? :D I've done so much of that lately that my table looks like it's moving it has so much junk piled on it.

RR: Hey, at least one day is gone!! I bet the kids will keep you so busy during the day and the baby will keep you so busy at night that the time will fly by!! (Well, I'm trying anyway!!) DH has to go to freakin Maryland next week and I was so worried but they think they caught the snipers so I am feeling a little better. I still want him to wear a bullet proof vest and a kevlar helmet. I would feel better.

OK, guess I will go for now. I've typed a whole novel here!! Have a great evening.

Well it's Friday and I woke early this morning and cleaned the house so this afternoon when I get home from errands, I will come home to a clean house and will just relax. I can't wait to spend this evening alone with my husband!

KK- Are Border Collies normally hyper? They are Dh's fave breed. When he lived in CA he used to rescue them. Anyway, I've never been around one (partial to Boxers myself). Congrats on school.

LBH - sorry about the ins. I used to work for a financial advisor. We specialized in managing retirement accounts. Do you think my boss could manage to 401K program for us? No!!

Liz - throw the scale out!! They are the devil! Your dog is so cute. Oh, DH is one who makes the sushi. We went to World Market this summer and boiught the seaweed sheets and the rolling mat thingy and he just read the instructions we found in Cooking Light magazine. They turned out really good.

Tech - Good luck keeping the points thing going. I assume you are speaking of Weight Watchers.

RR - Why is your hubby in China? What part? I went there when I was 5 mnts pg with my oldest son. It is so dirty. Yuck. The rest of his visit will fly by and he'll be home before you know it. I know how hard it is to have your husband gone from home.


Sorry if I've missed anyone. Still using the "newbie" thing as an excuse ;)

Hi All,

Well, I'm feeling much calmer today, I'm actually in a pretty good mood...it is FRIDAY, you know!! :D

Kesco- What I know about border collies, yes, they're naturally high strung. If you think about what they're original purpose in life is, it makes sense. They're supposed to round up sheep and things for the farmer, and they do that by nipping ankles. They do the same thing with humans, especially when you have a large group at your house, they'll circle around and try to round everyone up, it's a natural instinct!! :lol: I think they're good with kids, but they have to be trained.

Karen- Hope you find a good home for him. DH and I always said we wanted one, and we definitely have the perfect yard for one right now, but no room in the house. :( Glad class is over and you passed. LOL, so much for the accupuncturist theory!! Actually, the MW suggested that as a possibility for pain relief, but again, it's needles!! :fr:

RR-WOW, :eek: 8 lbs.!! I am hoping for a 7 lb'er myself, I don't blame you for wanting a C/S for an 8 lb'er!! You're tiny to begin with, you need to have a 6 lb'er. :lol: I have my GTT tomorrow AM and I'm stressing. How quickly does the sugar leave your system? Do you think it would be better if i had eggs for breakfast tomorrow, instead of Cheerios? She said to have a normal breakfast, just not a lot of OJ, or anything sugary. I don't put sugar on my cereal, but I'm thinking it's carbs, therefore sugar, right?

Have a great afternoon all! I'm in semi-crunch mode here with audit stuff.

Hi all. Had a good doctor's visit today. He used the ultrasound to see Peanut's heartbeat, so I got to see him again. Couldn't really see much though, just the little heart beating. He's going to let me go back to work. Yipee. I can also take Sudafed now so I am going to be able to breathe at night. Maybe I can get some sleep now.

Kesco: Hope you have a nice evening with hubby. Yeah, like Lauren said, Border Collies have LOTS of energy. They were bread to be able to run 25 miles/day. Course, when we got him I didn't know what kind of dog he was. I would never have gotten him if I'd known. That's what I get for picking with my heart!! He was so darn cute.

Lauren: Good luck on your test tomorrow. Hope it goes well. I have an appt for an amnio on Nov 19. I'm already nervous.

OK, gonna go play with the poor neglected dog. Have a nice evening all.

Lauren--MIlk is a no no for me due to the fact it makes my sugars crazy...I would do the protein thing and leave the milk alone..I have to admit, being on a restricted diet, and being totally faithful is what has limited my weight gain soo much...I went to Babys R Us and completed my registry..I think..I have 2 showers comming up and must have it all done...It is sad when they know U by name at that place cuz I "nest" there daily!!!! :D :smug: I was even proud that I wear a size 4 maternity pants!!! I have to send U the belly pic..OMG too funny!!! Dh will show me how to post it!!!!

Kesco--Welcome!!! DH is on a ChemE Technical conference in Shanghi..He said the same thing about dirty city...I just hate him gone--first time in my marriage he has left me!!!:( Life is stressed cuz I am a fulltime mom of his 2 children and 8 months pg....

Karen-Yeah on sneaking a peak!!!

Hello all and I am off to bed!!!!!
RR
7 more days to go and DH is home!!!