Sunday, June 5, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
I'm back!!
I finally changed my blog background from a Christmas layout. Sadly, this was not the last of my Christmas decorations to be put away... We might still have our lights on the front of the house (I blame my husband...) and I still have some green garland in my entry way. At this rate, I might as well just leave everything and we'll have a head start for decorating next year, right? Meh.
There are so many things I want to get better at/start doing again. This is one of them. No idea how many people *actually* read this...but it's more for me anyway. I need to have one place that I can record all the things we do so when I eventually get around to scrapbooking about those events I have some type of journaling to go off of.
So I guess I'll just start with today...
I took the day off of work. At first it was mostly for my emotional health. After hearing the very limited options I had to deal with my kidney stone over the next 3 months at my doctor's appointment yesterday, I was having a hard time processing everything. I have pain pills to help manage the pain, but I'm trying to take them as little possible. As the day went on, the pain in my back got worse and the pain pills only worked about half the time. I ended up sleeping most of the day and I'm finally getting some relief tonight.
I never know when I'm going to have another attack, which is the most frustrating part. I guess I'll just have to take things day by day and see how it goes.
There are so many things I want to get better at/start doing again. This is one of them. No idea how many people *actually* read this...but it's more for me anyway. I need to have one place that I can record all the things we do so when I eventually get around to scrapbooking about those events I have some type of journaling to go off of.
So I guess I'll just start with today...
I took the day off of work. At first it was mostly for my emotional health. After hearing the very limited options I had to deal with my kidney stone over the next 3 months at my doctor's appointment yesterday, I was having a hard time processing everything. I have pain pills to help manage the pain, but I'm trying to take them as little possible. As the day went on, the pain in my back got worse and the pain pills only worked about half the time. I ended up sleeping most of the day and I'm finally getting some relief tonight.
I never know when I'm going to have another attack, which is the most frustrating part. I guess I'll just have to take things day by day and see how it goes.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Monday, December 6, 2010
Oh. Em. Gee.
I really need to get better about this. Seriously.
I'm a horrible blogger.
I promise...I'll post more often...because I'm sure all of my dedicated readers are SO concerned about this. Ha.
Ok, short post tonight, but hey! At least I let you guys know that I'm still alive. So stop worrying.
The end.
I'm a horrible blogger.
I promise...I'll post more often...because I'm sure all of my dedicated readers are SO concerned about this. Ha.
Ok, short post tonight, but hey! At least I let you guys know that I'm still alive. So stop worrying.
The end.
Monday, August 23, 2010
No binky!
Our big achievement....
Cooper went down for a nap yesterday and today with NO binky!!!! Yesterday there was not much crying and he fell asleep within his normal time. (He usually sits in his crib for up to a half hour or 45 minutes reading a book or talking to himself.) Today he was at Grandma & Grandpa Driscoll's and hardly cried either. I'm still letting him have his binky at night, but....
I'm so proud of him. :)
My big achievement....
I got a new job! Wednesday will be my last day at Plumas County Glass and Thursday I will start working part time (for now) in the Human Resources department at the courthouse. I'll still be working about 32 hours a week. They're going to be flying the position full time within the next couple of months. I'll still have to apply and what not, but I'm hoping to be there permanent/full time. We could really use the benefits, especially the dental and vision. $400 at the eye doctor for Chris and I to get exams and two boxes of contacts each is not exactly what I want to have to do every year. I technically need new glasses since my eyes changed BACK to what they were before I got pregnant.
My eyes + pregnancy = no astigmatism and a worse prescription
My eyes - pregnancy = astigmatism and a better prescription
Contacts were giving me a headache because the prescription was off since the last time I had an eye exam I was almost 8 months pregnant. Because my astigmatism isn't bad enough for those special contacts, I just wear regular ones. I still have pretty good vision, but it won't be 20/20. So, as soon as I get vision insurance I'm headed to the eye doctor for a new pair of glasses!!
Chris got lucky with his glasses. Cooper decided to test their durability one morning. Chris' glasses are bendable which we got with Cooper in mind knowing that he would somehow get a hold of them. They've lasted the year and a half Cooper has been alive...but this one particular morning he found their breaking point. Luckily, the way he broke them only required a $30 part. We were thinking we'd have to order all new frames...out of pocket!!
Other than that we're just trying to enjoy the last little bit of summer. With softball season over we've been able to spend a lot more time together as a family. We've been hanging out at Chris' parent's house and going to the park.
I'm excited for fall to come though. I love it!! The colors up here are gorgeous!!! But mostly, I'm excited for all my fall decorations to come out and an excuse for me to go buy some more!!! :)
Cooper went down for a nap yesterday and today with NO binky!!!! Yesterday there was not much crying and he fell asleep within his normal time. (He usually sits in his crib for up to a half hour or 45 minutes reading a book or talking to himself.) Today he was at Grandma & Grandpa Driscoll's and hardly cried either. I'm still letting him have his binky at night, but....
I'm so proud of him. :)
My big achievement....
I got a new job! Wednesday will be my last day at Plumas County Glass and Thursday I will start working part time (for now) in the Human Resources department at the courthouse. I'll still be working about 32 hours a week. They're going to be flying the position full time within the next couple of months. I'll still have to apply and what not, but I'm hoping to be there permanent/full time. We could really use the benefits, especially the dental and vision. $400 at the eye doctor for Chris and I to get exams and two boxes of contacts each is not exactly what I want to have to do every year. I technically need new glasses since my eyes changed BACK to what they were before I got pregnant.
My eyes + pregnancy = no astigmatism and a worse prescription
My eyes - pregnancy = astigmatism and a better prescription
Contacts were giving me a headache because the prescription was off since the last time I had an eye exam I was almost 8 months pregnant. Because my astigmatism isn't bad enough for those special contacts, I just wear regular ones. I still have pretty good vision, but it won't be 20/20. So, as soon as I get vision insurance I'm headed to the eye doctor for a new pair of glasses!!
Chris got lucky with his glasses. Cooper decided to test their durability one morning. Chris' glasses are bendable which we got with Cooper in mind knowing that he would somehow get a hold of them. They've lasted the year and a half Cooper has been alive...but this one particular morning he found their breaking point. Luckily, the way he broke them only required a $30 part. We were thinking we'd have to order all new frames...out of pocket!!
Other than that we're just trying to enjoy the last little bit of summer. With softball season over we've been able to spend a lot more time together as a family. We've been hanging out at Chris' parent's house and going to the park.
I'm excited for fall to come though. I love it!! The colors up here are gorgeous!!! But mostly, I'm excited for all my fall decorations to come out and an excuse for me to go buy some more!!! :)
Monday, August 2, 2010
Two days in a row...wait what??
Don't get too excited. I'm sure this is just a fluke......But I'm back for the 2nd day in a row. Woo!!
Cooper went down for a nap about 1230 and is STILL asleep. Since he has fallen asleep I have successfully disinfected almost everything in the bathroom. Why haven't I been using Clorox Bleach this whole time?? I got rid of some rust stains on the bathtub when our faucet was leaking months ago. I disinfected the entire tub, the counters and even Cooper's bath toys.
I am definitely a happier person when things are clean.
I'm leaving for Utah on Wednesday for a friend's wedding. I'm so excited!!! I can't wait to see her. We've been friends since middle school and while we weren't always the best of friends and lost touch at some points, she is still one of the few people I actually send a birthday card to every year. Not even some of my family gets cards from me. :) She is going to be one awesome, gorgeous bride!
My sister, brother-in-law, niece, and little brother are coming up to help me with Cooper during the wedding and to go to the reception with me. I'm excited to hang out with them! After the reception we'll head down to my grandparent's house where my mom is going to meet us. This weekend is going to be awesome. :)
Cooper went down for a nap about 1230 and is STILL asleep. Since he has fallen asleep I have successfully disinfected almost everything in the bathroom. Why haven't I been using Clorox Bleach this whole time?? I got rid of some rust stains on the bathtub when our faucet was leaking months ago. I disinfected the entire tub, the counters and even Cooper's bath toys.
I am definitely a happier person when things are clean.
I'm leaving for Utah on Wednesday for a friend's wedding. I'm so excited!!! I can't wait to see her. We've been friends since middle school and while we weren't always the best of friends and lost touch at some points, she is still one of the few people I actually send a birthday card to every year. Not even some of my family gets cards from me. :) She is going to be one awesome, gorgeous bride!
My sister, brother-in-law, niece, and little brother are coming up to help me with Cooper during the wedding and to go to the reception with me. I'm excited to hang out with them! After the reception we'll head down to my grandparent's house where my mom is going to meet us. This weekend is going to be awesome. :)
Sunday, August 1, 2010
I'm back!
And hopefully for good this time...
I just spent an hour and a half fixing the layout, adding things, changing text colors, etc and now I don't really feel like typing out a blog entry. Blah.
I decided that I want to keep this up more frequently than I have been. Once every four or five months just isn't going to cut it anymore. My sister told me she wanted to start updating her blog at least every Sunday, so...I'm going to try that too. We'll see if I can do it. :)
Some facts about Cooper:
He's 18 months old now.
He loves to color/draw and pretty much knows he's only allowed to color on paper.
He still only says 'dada' and 'mama' but is starting to point at the things he wants and mumble his cute baby mumbling.
He really isn't a baby anymore. :(
He runs. Everywhere.
He loves watching Blue's Clues. Thankfully it's on NickJr from 6-630 which gives me enough time to either fix dinner or clean up dinner depending on what time we ate. And yes, we do try to plan dinner around Blue's Clues.
That's about it for now. Hopefully I'll be better at updating this...and hopefully I'll actually have interesting things to say!
I just spent an hour and a half fixing the layout, adding things, changing text colors, etc and now I don't really feel like typing out a blog entry. Blah.
I decided that I want to keep this up more frequently than I have been. Once every four or five months just isn't going to cut it anymore. My sister told me she wanted to start updating her blog at least every Sunday, so...I'm going to try that too. We'll see if I can do it. :)
Some facts about Cooper:
He's 18 months old now.
He loves to color/draw and pretty much knows he's only allowed to color on paper.
He still only says 'dada' and 'mama' but is starting to point at the things he wants and mumble his cute baby mumbling.
He really isn't a baby anymore. :(
He runs. Everywhere.
He loves watching Blue's Clues. Thankfully it's on NickJr from 6-630 which gives me enough time to either fix dinner or clean up dinner depending on what time we ate. And yes, we do try to plan dinner around Blue's Clues.
That's about it for now. Hopefully I'll be better at updating this...and hopefully I'll actually have interesting things to say!
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