Breaking through the Fibrofog…

Last weekend while in Ohio my sister in law made me a bracelet. I thought it was so cool that she could have a hobby like that while tending to three kids all day. She made it seem so easy. I knew I could probably do it but I have a horrible time tying tiny knots so other than that obstacle I thought it would be a fun hobby to take up. I loved the bracelet she made me. I am not a big jewelry person but I enjoy it, I just dont spend the money it on.

A few days after we were home, Caleb took back to trying to use the potty. I was happy since he hadnt tried since we went to Ohio. His favorite part is flushing the toilet. Well, I had let him hold my new “pretty” as he calls it, my bracelet, and sure enough before I knew what had happened he had flushed it down the toilet! If you ask him where it is now he will take you to the potty and point to it! I almost cried. Sure it wasnt a pricey gift, but to me it meant a lot. Not to mention I just loved the colors and patterns. Dean thought it was somewhat funny, but I am honestly still upset over it. but I know it is mostly my fault for entrusting it to Caleb’s care however breifly it may have been.

So last night we went to dinner w/ Dean’s co-worker and to Jo Ann’s Craft store to see what kind of beads and other jewelry making things they had. I found some great stuff and went home to make myself a bracelet to replace the one that got flushed. It wasnt too hard, but both Dean and I struggled w/ knotting it off, but finally we succeeded. I ended up making one bracelet and a necklace. I really like them both. Tonight we went to another craft store to get some different beads. We had never been to this store before and we were overwhelmed by how big it was. While in Ohio we were able to pick up my mother in laws sewing machine. Another hobby I’ve been wanting to pick up, we were just waiting to get the sewing machine. I never learned to sew in home ec or anything and ironically my hubby took several years of costuming courses so he was trying to show me how to work it. So while out tonight we found this store that had tons of fabric and even classes for sewing. I think I’d really like to make a quilt for Caleb’s birthday, nothing too heavy, but something that he can keep forever. So we went for beads, but looked at lots of stuff. Ending up spending $60 on tons of various things. Strangely though when I got home I was not at all motivated to bead anything, so instead I did something I have been slacking in for quite some time, I scrap booked. I stopped working on Caleb’s scrap book shortly after he turned one, I never even finished putting in his first birthday pics. So tonight I did. I cant do much else until I print out some digital pics because since then we dont have many actual hard copy pictures, everythings from the digital camera which makes scrapbooking hard. I am very motivated to get caught up on it before his second birthday rolls around. I like to be able to show my scrapbooks off when we have new friends over, and I think that is when it hit me. We had guests over this past Tuesday and I showed off the scrapbooks and Caleb’s was not complete. I have one that will go up until he turns one and then I started a new one w/ the pics from his first birthday party. So the first book is really focused on his newborn and baby stages whereas the second one will be his starting to be a toddler. I dont have any baby pics of myself so I feel a strong need to have something for Caleb when he is older that he can feel proud to show off to girlfriends and one day his own children.

meanwhile Dean is out clubbing, no really, well sort of. There’s a christian club in Bowie that a friend of ours is running and he went out there for the evening. Caleb didnt make it to sleep until well after 10, so since then I’ve been scrapbooking. I was amazed at how much I can get done w/ a little motivation!

We dont know what are plans are for the weekend, I want to get some of those digital pics printed out someplace so I can finish working on the scrapbook and get caught up to now, but thats 9 months worth of living to make up for! Shew , it’s so easy to get behind!

I have a drs appt next week to discuss how my medical conditions would affect having a second baby and if it’s possible to start working on that yet. I am very nervous about it and am afraid the dr will tell me we should wait. I was so car sick on the way to Ohio and sick while we were there that we thought maybe it was too late to ask for a drs opinion, especially when my period ended up being a few days late as well. But turns out we’re not preggo yet, which is probably good since I havent talked to the dr yet. Something I have been putting off, and really shouldnt be. It took us a long time to get preggo w/ Caleb and I dont want to have that struggle again, but I also know I should wait until my body is healthy enough. So we’ll see what the dr says next week. Did I mention I hate going to the dr!?

Well, its finally the weekend and for once we dont have a zillion things to do. So with any luck we’ll sit back relax and maybe get some things done around the house. but before Dean left he was already making plans to be up and out of the house early tomorrow, crazy man, staying out late and getting up early, but I know him well enough to know it’d take a lot to get him out of bed early on a Saturday, esp. after he’s been out late. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Still alive folks, just been busy. When we got back from Ohio we didnt have internet access because a certain someone forgot to pay the bill before we left even after his wife told him to a zillion times. Took a day to get it back up and running. Since then we’ve had a busy week. Spent monday trying to recooperate, we are still tired from all the running and traveling last week. On Monday I mowed the lawn for the first time ever. Caleb played while I mowed. Got half way done the front yard and the mower ran out of gas! I was so frustrated. So on Tuesday I had my brother in law get us more gas and fill it for me as I have no clue how that all works, let alone how to buy gas when not putting it directly into your car at the pump. So that day we spent a lot of time outside, both Monday and Tuesday really. Yesterday Caleb had a drs appt for a rash which ended up being molloscum contagiosum, which may last for a year! Lovely…Then we went to visit Caleb’s great grandmom and eat lunch out. It was a busy morning so we napped most of the afternoon to catch up.

Today is the day to veg out, I am worn out still and so is Caleb. He’s been waking up earlier and earlier every day. So today is a lazy day for us and I am loving it! Well I need to work on lunch and hopefully muster up some energy to take Caleb for a walk since it’s going to be nice out this afternoon. I’ll try to catch up w/ this later….

I think Spring has sprung and w/ it commences Spring Cleaning. I hate to be doing so much right before we leave town but we’ve had a growing ant problem and over the weekend it just got unbearable since we had guest in and out all weekend and even yesterday and today. Started my cleaning once they headed out today, but think they may be coming back by before heading home. I have tons of laundry to do so I can start packing for our trip. I am so excited. Tomorrow evening we’ll be on our way to Ohio for a long weekend. Between now and then I’ve lots to do but all I really want to do is catch up on sleep and get to enjoy this lovely weather. I probably wont update until next week, although I’ve tons to write about these last few days that we spent enjoying family and having money for once! It’s a long story and nows not the time , well it might be time to explain it but I dont have time to do so. So until next week I hope everyone enjoys family friends and great weather! I may post a few more pics from this weekend if I get time before we leave, but if not see you all next week!!

Caleb sporting his Easter outfit Caleb and Mommy

It’s been a day or two since I’ve blogged but I dont really have much to say. Still sick, as always. Caleb is doing better though and his runny nose is subsiding finally. Dean is just tired but I think that has to do with staying up too late and having to get up early. It’s finally Friday! We’ll be spending this evening at my moms so we can make candy for Easter, we were supposed to last week but I was too sick. There for a while this morning I thought we’d have to cancel again but after I emptied my stomach contents(which wasnt much as I’m not eating much these days) several times I think I am doing much better. A little tired but nothing new there. No plans for tomorrow, if we had a sitter we would be going out but we dont. Sunday is church and then out to lunch w/ the other 20 somethings. Sometime Sunday my brother and his family is arriving to stay the night so we can spend time together on Monday. Then on Wednesday night we’re off to Ohio. So needless to say we’ll be pretty busy for the next week or so. but other than that, nothing new really.

We finally got fish for our aquarium. Caleb loves it. He sits and stares at it w/ his face right up to the tank. We are trying to teach him not to be loud around the fish but I think that just makes him yell louder! We are just using our old little tank for now until we get the money to replace our 20 gallon tank. I cant wait until we do, I just love having the tank set up. I’d love a dog too but thats just too much for me to put up w/ all day here alone w/ Caleb. I love dogs in moderation. Caleb is the same way. Dean I think would benefit the most from a dog, and I hope one day to get one. Maybe when Caleb is older.

well I’ve got a new recipe I am testing out cooking in the oven, if it works out I’ll share it. I know Dana is still waiting for my peppered steak recipe but I hate to say theres no real recipe usually when I cook , I tend to make it up as I go and mostly get great results. But we’ll not mention how that worked out for dinner last night, all I will say is yuck! but I actually used a recipe for that and it was someone elses so thats not really my fault! Have a great weekend folks!

It’s Wednesday, this time next week we will be on our way to Ohio for our Easter visit. We are all excited about it. Tonight for dinner we had Skyline Chili, from a can, and are looking forward to the real stuff next week. It’s one of those Cincinnati things! We do miss being there, and not only for the food. Hopefully by then we’ll all be rid of this flu and ready for some visiting w/ family and friends.

We went to Waffle house this past Sunday night on the way home from the shore, and it was odd to be there when it’s not smoke filled. In Ohio theres no law against smoking in restaurants so we got used to the smokiness there. It was much better not having to deal with the smoke, especially when you already have sinus problems.

My sister in law quit her job and is enjoying her time as a stay at home mom for the first time this week. I keep wanting to call her now that she’s home during the day but it’s a long distance call, they live on the eastern shore. Dean already got on me cause I called her last night and we just saw them on Sunday and talked to my brother on Monday! We’re hoping to be able to get together once in a while now that she’s home during the day. It will be good for the kids if we can, and well for us too!

I’m so excited, Dean actually is talking about baby # 2, well in his own way. It’s odd to see him change his mind about waiting, but I dont think he ever wanted to really wait, it’s just the money factor that keeps him wanting to wait. We find it hard to talk about really serious things but well Dean is just not a serious kind of guy. In our small group we are doing a marriage study and there are communication exercises and we just cant do it. Well I cant. Dean tries but it’s so hard for me to take him seriously because he’ll try so hard to look sincere or he’ll say stuff like ” so you are saying that you dont like it when blah blah blah….is that right” I cant help but smirk. Ok, that might not sound good on my part, but if you knew him like I do, you might understand. I’m so used to him making me laugh or making jokes of things that I find humor in his seriousness, or attempt at it. So lets just say the topic of babymaking is hard to discuss, but we try. Despite our crazy communication style, we do pretty good, with the not so major stuff. We do actually find it helpful to try real conversation if it’s truly important, or something that will set one of us off. yeah, I know babies are serious decisions, but when you know that you both want more children and the question is just when it’s not really that serious. It’s not like I have a career to worry about or anything. So all that said, who knows when we’ll have another baby, but the thought that my nephew just turned 3 and Caleb will soon by 2 makes me realize the sooner the better. I always wanted to have another one before Caleb turned 3 but when I think it’s not that far away when you consider he’ll be 3 in 18 months and a pregnancy is about 10 months, you have to give yourself time to try and with us that might take a while since it did with Caleb. As you can see I have thought about it, and I thought for sure we’d already be preggo w/ #2 by now, or at least been trying a while, but neither is the case. We are still in the thinking about it stage, but I think that may change soon. So with any luck….now for all those relatives out there reading, dont get too excited, we are still THINKING about it. I think! I find his sudden change in attitude odd, but maybe it has to do with his sudden “emotional” problem he talks about here. Oh no, maybe he’s preggo!!! That would be interesting…

Dana where are you!! Missing you girl!

For those of you just dying to know what happened w/ my friend, here’s her side of the story. I’ve yet to talk to her on the phone, and dont have the energy to today. We’re still down and out w/ a horrible cold. Is it really possible that I have been sick for almost 4 months straight? Guess going to the dr would help, oh yeah, wait we cant. I feel so horrible I could just scream , if only someone would come keep Caleb busy so Dean and I can get some rest. Yeah, Dean caught it too, he’s home sick again today. this sucks!!