Well, nothing really new on this end. Except a bit of advice……kielbasa, angel hair pasta and pink lemonade, don’t taste good a second time when they come out of your nose. Tommy had gone to his mom and dad’s house to get some Tylenol because I had a monster headache. (they only had Tylenol arthritis, so he called and asked me if I wanted him to stop and get some more pink lemonade.) I said “no, we can pick it up tomorrow” and he said “ok, well I will see you in a couple minutes then.” I hung up the phone and felt really hot, so I went into the bathroom and sure enough Brandon was right at the door when I was puking. Tommy came home right after I had started to put water on my face. The rest of the night until we went to bed, if I sighed or something, he would go “are you okay?” Miraculously my headache went away after I puked. I am thinking it was all the sugar in the pink lemonade, because we have had kielbasa and angel hair pasta before and I never puked it up.

We also went out last night and picked up some birthday presents for Brandon. Good thing for gift cards!! We picked him up the moving “Finding Nemo” and a Nemo toy that has a birthday hat and birthday cake with it, that was from the Disney store. Then we went to JCPenny, and got him an outfit. Now, we are in the process of getting a hold of Brandon’s godmother that works at Dairy Queen to find out how much an ice cream cake would cost.

Brandon has turned into a little daddy’s boy the past couple of days. Where ever daddy is, that is where he wants to be. Which is a load of my shoulders because usually he has been my shadow!

Jane~ Sorry to hear about your BIL Jerry. I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers. Have fun with Mackenzie!

Terrie-Lee~ Mostaccioli (or however you spell it) is I think rigatoni noodles and sauce and meat all mixed together in a pot. We are going to have a different kind of spectrum for each little ones birthday. Brandon being in April and then the next little one being in October. Tommy already has told me, “well, if you go ten days late, then every year we can have people come over for trick or treating and also have a bash for his birthday.”

Anita~ Happy early birthday to your little one. Our next door neighbors, their son was born a week exactly before Brandon. The funny part…..they didn’t even know that she was pregnant! They went to the hospital on a Thursday because she wasn’t feeling good. Fifteen minutes after she walked through the hospital doors, their son was born. The even funnier part, since their son was early, they had to take him to the hospital when he was about 7 weeks old because he stopped breathing on them and turned blue, that was on a Monday. The Thursday of that same week, Brandon went into the hospital because he turned pale on us! And they were right around the corner from each other. You could see their room from our window. If I am not mistaken, they do get 1 year molars as well. I think I have seen some trying to come in in Brandon’s mouth. Brandon LOVES ducks, so we have been looking for local stores that have duck themed things. But he loves Elmo too, so maybe we will go with that since I can find that everywhere, or we might go with the run of the mill first birthday ideas. Thanks for the website!

Katy~ I will have to put some washcloths in the freezer. He liked the one I had on my forehead last night to cool my head off after puking.

Cristi~ They do have the duck theme, but we are unsure how much we would have to buy because the packages from Birthday Express come 8 to a package, and that is I think $40. And we know we would need more then that many….so we just might do a plain jane birthday theme or do a homemade ducky theme.

Good morning ladies,

Terri, I used to live in a small town,,,that grew and grew...till it was a large town. Things that I helped set up were, did you mention you had a hall? Cause what we did was used that hall for seniors walks,,during bad weather...they walk around and around the permeter of the room, talking,,,safe, no ice or rocks to slip or fall over. There could be a play group for the lil ones,,,everyone bring toys they no longer want or need,,,and then all the lil preschoolers can play. Moms can socialize too. Having craft days are great,,,for preschoolers,,,possibly getting the high school students to help...have different craft days for each age group. Plus don't forget the ladies in the community,,,Ladies Timeout was my godsend when I had Tanner,,,every week we had a get together with other ladies in the community,,,there was babysitting,,,(we charged .50 cents (dang Jane I forgot how to do the cent sign) and that would go to the babysitter and toys) and someone would be incharge of teaching us about whatever,,,how to grow a good garden to making wise money decisions,,,I taught crafts, (painting) I learned how to crochet from a woman who had been crochetting for about 60 years... someone always has something to offer,,,sometimes they don't know that,,,dig deep.

Jane, like I always feel that when someone is terribly sick and get better its usually the calm before the storm...my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Cristi, I laughed when I read Katy's Wally World Wednesday...cause thats what I think about on Wednesday...you shopping away...lol Did you get the furniture?

Marti, happy house shopping!

Susan, thats sweet about Doug and his lady friend...awwww The girls need to understand that ya hes their dad but he does have alife too....

Ellen....where are you? you know I can't do a poem to bring you out!

Hello to everyone else!

The show is almost done! YA Im tired,,,having to be there hours ahead to plaster them fairies with dust and all is taking its toll on me...lol I swear I have fairy lung! (black lung) All the hairspray and glitter,,,making me hack...lol

my washing machine broke! *gasp I know mount washmore is HUGE! for someone who does 2 loads a day,,,this past week has been like no fun. Monte said its not worth fixing...its old. ok so we went to SEars,,,the outlet store and bought a marked down washer,,,front load...it has a dent on the side and scratches on it,,,no big deal right? wrong,,,there is soemthing wrong with the machanics of it. Put a load in at 4:30 right before I ran out the door to theatre,,,got home at 11 pm still running,,,thinking wow thats nice someone put a load in for me,,again wrong. Same load,,,going and going and going...thankgoodness I still have clothes. So Im thinking I put the dial wrong,,,there is a time delay. So I put another load in at 11:30 woke at 7...still going,,,and going arghh Houston we have a problem. So because I had to wait till 10 to call Sears, Im doing the laundry but turning the dial,,,,what a desperate woman will do to have clean underwear! So far Im load 4 out of 10...and we aren't even talking sheets yet! I have to call a junk place to come and pick up my old washer,,,feel like white trash right now with a washer on my front step. The only thing I can be thankful for,,,all the jeans that have been washing for the last 8 hours are all the style of looking washed out! Just call me Mis Sunshine,,,finding the good in everything...lol

Talked with me mom about the family this mornings too, just realized thats where the phone is,.... on the washer. Anyways two of my cousins are expecting babies,,,well their wives are. One is due in 3 montsh and the other is 3 months along,,,but they have found a problem with the baby...she goes tomorrow for another test...and were told that they have to have a decision of keeping the baby or not..?? I guess in our family we don't think that way,,,to abort a baby cause of problems they may have..we wouldn't have some loved ones with us today if that was the case.

Well I gotta finish my cardio,,,running up and down the stairs with laundry....and need my phone.
have a great day ladies!

Hiya ladies~

Angie~I think that's why I dread Wednesday's now-I too think of it as being Wally World Wednesday! Hope you get the washer fixed. I can't imagine not being without one or having to do what you are having to do-and ten loads! YIKES! Also, hope everything goes well with your cousins baby. That would be terrible to have to abort. Was watching Primetime once about multiple births and the one couple aborted some of the babies so that the others could live. That would just be horrible to have to make a decision like that. Sounds like you are needing a much needed rest from the theatre. Didn't get the furniture. We are going to get it Saturday because the $100 check can only be used on the 8th & 9th for some reason, and V has to work late Friday. It's on sale till Sunday so we will still get the $300 off with the check.

Terri~haven't seen the baby einstein movies. Wonder what it was that scared her, poor baby. I think chat time would be 3:00 pm your time-are you eastern time zone? I am central and it being noon west coast (pacific) time it is 2:00 pm my time and I think the east coast is an hour ahead of us.

Hi to everyone else. :wave:

Had some errands to run this morning and did a little cleaning before I left. Getting in my mood where I can't leave the house unless it is clean. Guess that's a good thing. Trying to find V stuff for his birthday Monday. What do you buy a man that doesn't need anything? Including tools! LOL Anyway, that's about all I have. Gotta go look up a few things and then do a load of laundry.

Have a good day ladies :p

Hi ladies,

Just a quick pop in. Busy. busy. This week has been a write off exercise wise. I started out great but have fizzled out these last couple of days. At least I've been realtively healthy about my eating so hopefully I won't be forestalled.

TERRI Joycelyn loves the Baby Einstein's. Which one in particular are you talking about. She loves them all, and I've found nothing that upsets her yet. Some good one's are Baby Noah, and Baby Gallileo.


TTFN will write later

Anita

Hello girls--

So much to catch up on...lets see if I can do it!

Mindee--Just about anything can make a pregnant girl ill. Hope you start feeling better soon.

Jane--My thoughts are w/you and your family today! I'm so sorry to hear how your BIL is doing. It seems that my grandma went through the same a couple weeks before she went. Why is that?? Hugs to you!!! (((((HUGS))))))

Terri--I had never been a good sleeper either until I met James. He always saw how I struggled at work w/little sleep (before we got together) and he just wanted me to get healthy and told me to sleep. And I have...and after 6yrs of being spoiled........this wacky sleeping is taking it's toll on me! I have never seen any of the baby Eistein movies....poor baby, wonder what was on that frightened her?

Anita--Get yourself in a routine at work again before you can work in some exercise. It will come. You have to get adjusted. And let others help...you don't need to do it all....listen to your DH and don't be so hard on yourself. I hope you were able to get your bath! Soaking in a tub is so relaxing!!

Cristi--I am excited about the house shopping. I had called my sister yesterday and was telling her about it, and she told me that she and her DH are putting there house up for sale this month. I was just waiting to hear her ask me if I want to buy it....knowing all the flaws!! Don't get me wrong...it's a beautiful house, nice yard....just the location is NOT for me. It's right next to a BUSY road. It's like a freeway but it's not....so much traffic and soooo many accidents every year. Anyway, she never did ask and I was relieved!

Angie--OMG!! Your electric and water bill are going to be high! You should send the bill to SEARS when you get it! :D I love your ideas you have for Terri's neighborhood. My town is a town of 8,000 (although I have no idea where they are all at!!) and we don't do much. They are trying to dress up the town a bit though and I suppose it's a cute town to retire in.....
I'm glad that your show is almost over so you can start breathing fresh air again!! Send me a photo of the cast of fairies if you have one. Would love to see your art work!!

Hello to anyone I may have missed.

I believe I got TOO much sleep last night. I skipped ALL cafeine products yesterday so I could sleep. I even worked an hour overtime last night. When I got home I tried to get on here...and it wouldn't let me so I went right to bed and what do you know...instant sleep!! James called me up a couple times to let me know he was on his way home and he MIGHT be home before I go to work. I hope so.

Ok ladies...I hope you all have a great day...it's raining out!! Where is my SUN!????


Hugs to you all!