Tonight

I'm going to Pronto! with my brother and some of his coworkers. Paul's working tonight too, so I'll get to see him and he says it's Karaoke night, should be fun! I don't do karaoke, but I do find it amusing! I can't wait to get some Hummus and that yummy green drink!

Tattoos

Yes, I'm addicted and I just scheduled an appointment for another one on Monday November 10 at 8:30pm, but Jesse's being a butt about me leaving class an hour early. He wants me to reschedule for a different day.

Drum Roll Please...

I got a C on my humanities mid term AND got my outline done on time and handed in! Now I need to write my paper for my english class.

I need a breastpump!

So my goal was to wean Dylan before the crop, well, we're not ready to wean or it would have happened already! So I need a pump for that weekend and I really want to get a double electric pump so I can pump quickly and effectively. I don't want to spend over $50.00 though. I wonder how much it would cost to rent on from the hospital. I don't want to buy it because I don't need to pump on a regular basis.

My weekend . . . at the library!

Friday wasn't so bad, Mikey got 2 tickets to the Wings game from work and gave them to me. So Jesse and I went downtown to the game. We left after the 2nd period. I couldn't follow the puck because of a headache. The Wings were up by a few goals. We decided to go to Chili's for dinner and a drink and we watched the rest of the game from there.

Saturday we went to the chiro and all got adjusted then off to the library I went! I was there all day researching for my paper. After I left I went Salvation Army hopping and found Ashlyn and wicker baby changing table for 7.99 - 30% off. I also found a cute little jewelry box and I'm not sure which one of the girls I will give it to. Then I found an Elmo phone new in the box from another S.A. for Dylan and a couple of cute outfits.

Then I hit our brand new Target!! I thought it was 2 stories, but it has parking on the lower level. It is so cool although it's just like the new Targets. Much better than the crap hole by the Scummit Place "Mall". I'm so glad I won't have to shop their anymore. There selection was horrible and don't have a lot of the stuff the new ones have. I got Ayden the GeoTrax GeoAir Airport that Ayden is asking for. I've only bought 2 Christmas presents retail. I'm trying so hard to be cheap this Christmas! lol

Yesterday morning I headed to Cranbrook for my humanities field trip for extra credit. It was very interesting and beautiful! Then I headed to the library and spent the rest of the day there. Got home after 5pm and continued working on my paper. I got my outline done although I think I'm going to change it up some. I need to type it up still. I got my thesis paragraph written and just need to do my works sited page and bibliography. Tonight I hand it in and see what I got on my midterm and quiz.

My comment to Dr. Phil

He's looking for mother's who regret their homebirths.

I had a homebirth with my last child, my only regret is having my first three at the hospital! I should have had them all at home! Since when is having a baby at a hospital " tradition"? For millions of years woman gave birth to their children at home because there were no hospitals or the hospitals were and still are for SICK people! Sure some woman that are high risk should give birth in a hospital. But healthy woman who choose to have home births should be able to do so without being looked down upon! Many say home birthing is dangerous and mother and/or child could die. That is true for any birth in a hospital or at home. Chances of getting an infection leading to death is more common in the "sterile" environment of a hospital. Home birthers typically don't just jump on the home birth band wagon until they are educated enough to understand all the possibilities and many of them accept that things could go wrong and that a transfer could be necessary. The home birthers that regret their home birth are usually those that jumped into the decision or had high expectations and didn't take into consideration the possibility of transfer. Plain and simple, births can go wrong no matter where you are having it. Unfortunately the focus is on the home birthers while the hospitals, American hospitals, have the highest infant/mother mortality rate in the world. So instead of "picking" on home birth, lets try to fix that problem!

Complete Shock!

I got my Englist mid term back tonight and to my complete and utter amazement, I got a B!!!!!! No idea how I pulled it off, but I did. Now I have to concentrate on my thesis and my paper for English.

Kailey's New Do!

I just cut about 4" off of Kailey hair. Doesn't look too bad. Her hair is just like mine, one side goes under and the other side flips up!

Exhausted!

I don't know if Dylan's teething, having a growth spurt, or just doesn't want to sleep. He's waking up multiple times a night again and I'm wiped out. He did this Sunday night as well so last night I was hoping he would sleep. Nope, Ashlyn, Kailey, and Ayden were up at midnight. Once they finally fell asleep an hour later Dylan woke up. Maybe I'll run him to the chiropractor after Jesse gets home.

I am BLEEPED!

So I have my humanities mid term tonight. Jesse helped me study like crazy last night with flash cards and all that fun happy crap. If I don't fail this mid term I'll stick out the course, if I do, I'll drop it. Which brings me to my outline for my THESIS that is due next week. A thesis for a freshman course. I'm so freakin' scared about this as I haven't written a research paper since 1997 and that didn't involve all the thesis steps! I have the MLA Handbook and you'd think that would help, but it doesn't. AND I have another research paper rough draft due on Thursday for my English Composition class. Luckily she only wants 2-4 pages with cited work. The humanities class - 9 pages, a 10 minute oral presentation with powerpoint show. I'm screwed!

Guilt and other stuff

I'm going to sell my new Coach purse because I feel guilty for buying it. I'm going to keep the small clutch purse I bought with it and just sell the Carly.

Tonight I should be sleeping in Georgia but since gas prices were outrageous, we cancelled our Disney trip - now gas prices are a whole dollar less! Needless to say, I'm very bummed out.

I went to Jackie's Pampered Chef party today and got some kitchen goodies and bought Jesse's mom a car opener for Christmas. She came with me and I told her I was going to get her something for Christmas and that's what she picked out! We're also going to get her a digital camera.

Oh boy!

Dylan took his first step tonight!! I'm a little excited about him walking but I know it's going to make everything trickier!

Not sure what to do...

Jesse gave me the option of dropping my humanities class last night. It's an elective that he talked me into taking and now he's feeling horrible because I'm not doing so well in it. I'm having a hard time retaining the information since there is so much. But if I drop than I see it as being a failure, but dropping is better than getting anything other than a C. My Eng. Comp. class is a requirement, so I have to do well in that class, but after last nights mid term - YUCK! I've never taken a test like that before. And the things she told us to know wasn't even on the test, so on some of the questions, I didn't have answers for. And all the answers were in eassy form. I'm feeling like a big fatt failure today.

Mid Terms!!

Tonight I have my English Comp mid term and I have to re-read all the short stories that I've had to read to date. The test will contain essays and I think some multiple choice. I also need to go over all my notes. I hate tests! Then on Monday I have my mid term in my humanities class and I need to get atleast a B on it. I bombed 2 tests so far because all the content is just not sinking in! There is so much stuff and I have issues craming. So I'll be at the library all weekend studying. Other than the 2 field trips, I think I'm going to have to ask how I can get my grade up. OH crap! AND I have an outline due next week. I forgot about that.

Having a "Woe Is Me" Day.

I'm feel very frumpy, plain, and in need of some pampering. I have 30lbs to loose that won't come off for the life of me. I feel like I'm going through puberty all over again. I'm very sick of my hair and thinking about matching my eye brows which are dark. I'm sick of wearing glass, but contacts bother my eyes - although they weren't too bad Saturday night. I would like to go on a clothing shopping spree, but clothes are only cute when they are a size M or an 8. I'm very ready for my "baby bump" to go away since there's no baby in there to explain the bump!

I treated myself last night

My brother and I took the girls to Bronners and got our Christmas ornaments and afterwards I hit the Coach Outlet! I got a Carly, I've been wanting one for months now! It's not exactly the one I wanted, but I couldn't beat the price.

Sippy Cup!

Dylan took a half sippy cup of rice milk a little while ago!!

Weaning

I'm pretty sure I'm going to, but I feel so sad about it. I picked up some Aquaban to help me dry up, but as I'm looking at the box, I'm so sad! I love nursing him and even though he still wakes at night, I still love it. I don't mind him waking. I also have a weekend crop coming up in a few weeks and I would love to be there and enjoy it rather than needing to pump and worry about how Dylan is being with Jesse. I bought him some Rice Milk the other night and he did drink some, but not enough. I don't know.

Last Night!

My reunion started out pretty plain. In true form Andy and I headed straight to the bar to sit and let our classmates come up to us! LOL I saw some of my awesome high school friends, some which I didn't think would be there. It wasn't too bad then I felt a hug from behind. Low and behold it was Paul, and then Jason walked up and about killed me with his hug. I thought he was still in Cali. Then Kristina and Amanda came up and our group was almost complete from our 6th grade circle of friends. Only 2 or 3 people were missing. Kristina and I have known each other since preschool and she just lives up 59 from me! Paul is living up the street from his dad's business and Jason lives in Redford now. Paul talked me in to coming with them to Pronto! which is a gay bar - I had so much fun!! The food was awesome as well, definitely loved my green drink and hummus! Paul works there as well as his boyfriend, so we went up there for Pauls birthday and to bring his man some donuts and cider. So much fun, I hope to get together with all of them soon.

To wean or not to wean, that is the question

I feel like I've posted this before! lol I'm starting to feel that it's time to wean, but not sure how or if I'm really ready. I wouldn't even know how to go about doing it especially since Dylan doesn't drink cows milk, he won't touch it and he doesn't really like sippy's, just the straw cups. I don't know. I would really love 10 hours of straight sleep though!

Our Shed!!

They are installing it tomorrow! I'm so excited to get all the kids toys and bikes out of the back yard! Friday night I have to get the paint we want. We picked it out Tuesday night and it's the color that we will paint the house next summer.

Twilight

Shopping

I went shopping last night, got a pair of boots, and an outfit for my reunion. I'm just going to wear jeans, cami, and a sweater jacket over that. I also picked up a TWILIGHT calander with shots from the movie on it. Speaking of the movie, the trailers premiere tonight!!!! So excited!

10 Year Reunion

So I'm trying to figure out what I should wear. I went shopping on Friday and found a cool pair of knee high boots. Jesse liked them a little too much! lol But I don't know what to wear with them. I was tell my best friend Andy about my boots - I called him to complain about not knowing what to wear since I'm going with him - I told him about the boots and got the same reaction from him as I did from Jesse! lol Not good! lol So I'm going to wear pants with my awesome boots so I don't get 2 of the 4 favorite men in my life all hot and bothered! ROFL So I still don't know what to wear.

My Creative Scraps

I started a scrapbook blog for myself. :) I'm going to post my new layouts, scraproom, new scraproom progess and everything else scrap related.

The Goal

Is to drywall and finish the laundry room, get cabinets, and turn it into a real scraproom by the end of the year!!!

My Christmas List

LOL - yes, Mommies get to have one too! ;)

1. Inspiron Mini 9
2. Scraproom
3. Uggs

It's not a long list. I really want the laptop!!

Not sure about camping

I have homework and an outline due in a couple weeks about the culture during Cleopatra's lifetime and also need to read a chapter and do my vacab terms. So it really looks like I'll be camping out at the library this weekend. I also have a final copy due for my English class. Speaking of that class, I got an A on my paper I turned in last week!! My midterm is in a couple weeks to and need to study for that as well.

Mom and Dad ordered our shed last night. Lowes will be calling us today to set up an installation date!

ANTS!

We seem to have ants this year...I don't understand why, there is nothing on the floor - it must be because the weather changed so fast! Now tonight I need to get some ant traps before my class tonight. Such a PITA! And I think I may crawl under the house to get the Little People's out and list a couple things on Craigslist. I really want to change the living room around to. So much to do, no time at all!

Doh! I forgot...

November 8th, Andy and I are going to Alan Jackson with Jesse's mom and step dad!! I can't wait! I've never seen Alan Jackson before. I told Terry (my step father in law) that I would love to seem him in concert, well when Terry heard he was coming to the Palace, he remembered me!! So Dianna called me and asked if Jesse and I would like to go. I laughed so hard when she said that, I think she thought I was nuts. I told her that I go to country concerts with Andy and to get me 2 tickets! Don't worry, she knows Andy - he's my best guy friend and has been since 6th grade! Heck Dylan's middle name is Andrew after Andy. So when Jesse got home from work I asked him if he wanted to go and he laughed at me and told me to call Andy. I'm so excited!! :D

A New Shed!!

My Mom and Dad just practically bought us a 10x10x10 shed! We only paid 700.00 and they picked up the remaining 2/3rds of the cost and it will be installed!! We're so excited!! I can't wait to get Jesse's tools out of the laundry room!

Sunday while they were here for Dylan's party they kept saying we needed a shed. So that started the ball rolling for Dad. I'm completely shocked. They've never done anything like this before. I'm completely blown away.

My 1 year old Dylan

Sorry, I didn't upload them into flickr to edit them yet.

Camping this weekend!!!

YAHOOO!!! We've haven't been camping in a couple months and can't wait to go! We'll definitely need to fill up the LP tanks for heat! And we'll be taking our little heater to keep in the EZ room.

1 car family!

We got rid of Jesse's car last night and we'll be only using my truck for awhile. For some reason I'm a little happy about that! It will more than likely save us on gas. The only problem is the girls have dance on Tuesday nights at 4:30, so I'll have to take Jesse to work that day.