So much to say! January 30, 2006

Oh, my! I’ve got a lot to share; where do I start?

Should I talk about how my doctor moved my due date up a week at my weekly appointment Friday? (can I get a whooo-hoooo!!)

Should I talk about how pissed I am that I tried to take one of the 2 bouncy seats back to Tar*get Saturday night to exchange one for a jump-up thingie, only to find out that those dern bouncy seats (if they were still in the store) are now marked down to $9.99? I have to track down a receipt from one of the 2 people who gave it to me (which is kindof embarrassing… “hey, thanks for the gift, I’m returning it though”) because I know they spent almost thirty dollars on it.

Should I talk about how my son’s 4th birthday party is Saturday, and my house is such a wreck in some places that my dad has offered to have someone come clean it for me, which is GREAT except for all the cleaning I have to do for her to be able to come clean. Why hasn’t this so-called “nesting phase” hit me? All I’ve been hit with is uncontrollable bladder and lower back pain phase.

Should I talk about how I have 3 weeks worth of papers to grade and post because parent*teacher conference is next week…and I have NO interest in doing it. I can’t help but wonder what would happen if I went in labor without getting this done, but that still hasn’t motivated me to do it.

Should I talk about how I don’t have a bag packed for the hospital yet, because I don’t know what to put in it. Somehow I packed a bag the first time I had a child, yet it seems I can’t get my shit together enough to put more than a gown and a robe in the bag. ANY SUGGESTIONS?

I think what I’m really going to talk about is my scary moment Friday evening.

Thursday Thirteen Number 2 January 26, 2006

Thirteen Things Southern Mom is trying to do AT THE SAME TIME 1. Make maternity leave plans 2. Pack a bag for the hospital 3. Think about vacuuming the floors 4. Make and send my son’s birthday party invites 5. Explain to my son that his baby sister will not “come out AT his birthday party” 6. send notices out for a meeting I have to attend next week 7. Call my maternity substitute 8. Figure out how many sick days I can use for maternity leave 9. try to get my husband to understand that even though I won’t be riding the school bus to the ballgame I still have to follow it…in other words DON’T BE LATE LIKE LAST WEEK!!!! 10. update my homework hotline message because I haven’t done so since March of 2005! 11. go to the bathroom OVER AND OVER AND OVER 12. try to restrain myself from smacking the next person who says “are you still pregnant?” 13. Drink this yummy cappuccino because the baby (OBVIOUSLY) wants me to. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!) 1. Mrs. Flinger

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36 wks. and I am about to bust! January 23, 2006

I have the bestest news (well, in my opinion)! I have finally finished the nusery! Yay me! (I suppose it is beside the point that my thighs are so sore I can barely get myself off the toilet, do ya think?) My mom and I have scrubbed carpet until I just want to rip the junk out, and I still need an area rug. Why anyone would wnat to put down white carpet is beyond me. Of course the lady that owned the house before we bought it obviously did NOT have any children! We have hardwood in the majority of the house, but the main hallway, the new nursery, and our bedroom is this blasted carpet! Since we don’t have the spare funds to replace it anytime soon, I guess we’ll have to make do with area rugs over the really bad places. I’ve got some (not very good quality) pictures in the extended, so take a peek if you wanna…

What is wrong with this picture? January 21, 2006

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This is actually on the cooler at the dairy*queen in my town!

My First Thursday Thirteen January 19, 2006

Thirteen Things Southern Mom has been thinking this week… 1. Can an unborn baby actually do gymnastics while in utero? 2. Why do I feel compelled to eat the rest of the cake left over from my baby tea Sunday ALL BY MYSELF?? 3. If I hear the theme music from the Lego Star Wars game boy game ONE MORE TIME I’ll………. 4. Why oh why can’t I finish decorating the nursery? 5. How in the world can one person (me) collect so much “stuff?” 6. Just what did I do with my son’s newborn clothes? 7. Why yesterday, on the one and only time it has snowed this year, did we have to go to school? 8. I have got to mount that XM radio display; I can’t just let it sit there in the car. 9. Hmmmm…I didn’t know that if you accidently washed a pantiliner with your undies it would actually come clean. 10. If I can just make it though these last three ballgames, I will no longer be cheerleading sponsor! Can I get a YIPPEEEEEEE! 11. I do not know why I try to tinker with the “insides” of my blog. I always end up screwing something up. 12. Just let me sleep a few more minutes…taking a shower is overrated anyway. 13. You know, this baby could be doing wild and crazy gymnastics BECAUSE I ate all that leftover cake…… Links to other Thursday Thirteens! (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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The post that (kindof) sums it up January 17, 2006

Have you ever thought “I really need to do [fill in the blank with whatever]” but you just lacked the motivation? Yeah. That’s been me. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thought I’d like to blog about something, but the chore of actually logging in to MT was just too much to overcome. Still it’s not an excuse for blog abandonment, and that’s what I am, an abandoner.
A long time ago, I remember reading and enjoying a blog I found through another blog (isn’t that how we find them all? Really.), and this woman went on a vacation to Mexico…but she never posted again. I mean, is she still in Mexico? Almost 2 years later? Probably not, since her husband is still blogging strong.

At first it was easy to just put if off, I was SICK, then school started, then football season started, then basketball season started (remember I’m the cheerleading sponsor). Now it’s to the point of ridiculousness. I couldn’t figure out HOW to come back. I felt like I couldn’t just pop in one day and post something. I have randomly lurked at my favorite blogs for months, but I haven’t even had the guts to post a comment. Truthfully it took R*belle’s post (I think she lost it in the big deletion debacle at the beginning of the year) about blog dumping back at the beginning of December for me to get my butt in gear.

So now here I am…at a new place of residence with a snazzy new facelift (thanks Daisyhead and Upsy Daisy Productions!).
I hope you stop by and visit…I’ve got a LOT of catching up to do!