Finally in text form, the infamous personal ad!
Read this in the frame of mind of a single female.. looking for a nice guy.. reading ad after ad of simple "SWM Seeks Down-to-earth, loving, woman, etcetcetc".. in their midwest singles paper.. and then...
this gem appears....
MAYNARD, MINNESOTA
The real Saddam Hussein is 'the king of the north' of Daniel chapter 11, verses 13-19. My text is always the beloved 1611 King James translation of the Holy Bible that was translated in the year 1611 by holy men of God. Hosni Mubarak is 'the king of the south' of those same verses. 'And in those time there shall many stand up against the king of the south:...' from Daniel 11:14. The key word is the word 'many'. Meaning that many nations shall stand up against Egypt. So Iraq will have ally nations on its side when Iraq attacks Egypt. I'm a SWM, 42, who wants to meet a SWF. I had a good time at Norsefest talent contest in Madison, MN on Nov. 12th. I got the correct answer when I squared a 6-digit number in my head without a calculator. That was my talent act that I did on stage. For background music: 'Cest la faute a la vie' by Patricia Kaas. It was recorded in 2003 in France. Another song that I like so much is 'Une question de temps...' Have a happy 2007 new year. I think so highly of Patricia Kaas. I've ordered alot more of her CD's including: 'Tour de charm'.
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I love how he just JUMPS out of the gate to catch your eye... goes on and on... then.. suddenly.. lapses into typical personal ad "I'm a SWM, 42, who wants to meet a SWF." before remembering that he has more interesting things to say.
As Cap'n John put it for the rest of the trip whenever he'd see a female human: "Hey baby.. I got the correct answer when I squared a 6-digit number in my head without a calculator. That was my talent act that I did on stage. Wanna make out?"
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
missoula...
the way to missoula was extremely smoky- you can see it in the picture above... we even pulled off for a bit to call marcella's friend there to see what was up with the area's forest fires...we stopped at the kum and go which was across from a pump and munch..hehe... so much innuendo in convenience store names hehe..
*(Don't forget the "Pump & Munch"! -Eric)
we got missoula in decent time and the hotel was okay....marcella stayed with her friend kathy and her boyfriend for the night... we went out to eat at a local place that was pretty good... then we went bowling and had to buy socks out of the vending machine hehe...missoula was pretty cool... there were fawns and a mama doe in front of kathy's house.... it was nice there... if i had to be somewhere in montana missoula would be it... there was a funny sign i tried to get a pciture of but couldn't get it in frame in time...it was a bank sign and it said "this loan int free" we thought it was funny...
*(Eric: actually the sign said "IST LOAN INT FREE" which is best said by Cap'n John in a loud, angry Montana voice)
oh and eric and capn picked up a copy of trucker singles...a personals type of paper for truckers and it's just hilarious... i will take a picture and post one of them...freakin scary and funny...mostly kind of scary...or sad?? i dunno but funny to talk about... if that makes any sense at all...hehe...
*(Eric: this was picked up on the way out of Minnesota and "Maynard" was our mascot for the rest of the trip, being quoted at least 15 times a day by John.. we will have a special post just about him soon.)
the drive from missoula to seattle was long but very pretty... i was certainly kind of tired of being in the car... we stopped at some crappy gift shop tourist thing... it was cheesy and i got a really bad montana trucker hat for 4 bucks...sylvan looks dapper wearing it hehe...we went through a lot of mountains that were beautiful and the part idaho we went through was just breathtaking... be a cool place to go back to... the drive through washington after spokane was not real exciting but okay... we did stop in george, washington hehe... we got gas there and there was a banner for a mexican restaurant there...i thought it was amusing hehe...
*(Eric: Wallace, Idaho is one of the coolest towns I've seen anywhere in a long while... mid/small-sized town.. clean.. all alone in the shade of mountains.. interstate highway goes over top of it on a bridge like it wasn't even there. Coeur D'Alene, Idaho was equally awesome overlooking a giant sparkling lake surrounded by more green mountains. Weeeee!)
the apartment is really nice... much nicer than i thought it would be actually.. we have a fireplace and a little back deck with a stream in the backyard... we are at the end of the row of condos sort of nestled in a wooded area...which is nice...not quite so blah...my neighbor seems cool... it's safe and no one breaks into my car which is nice!! heh....
*(Eric: Once I dam up the stream and create a big turtle pond, finish the babycage out back, build the loft/bunkbed, and get Mark to move back in with us.. then it'll be pretty near perfect.)
still getting adjusted to everything and i start work tomorrow...sheesh... time flies... i am sad i won't be home with pancake anymore during the day but at least he'll be with his daddy... and not in day care which i am happy about... my aunt and uncle and cousins are glad to be close and it's nice having family around!!
*(Eric: I'm only babysitting Monday/Wed/Friday, Silas is babysitting Tues/Thurs.)
i hosted a meetin event too... and ..dude... i am soooo dumb sometimes it truly astounds me how i manage to get things done with brain so off sometimes hehe... i thought my event was on wed. so i went to the bar/restaurant and waited for like 3 hours and no one showed... i was ssooo sad... and then i came home and sent an email to attendees asking if i missed people or what and then several people responded like what?? i thought it was tomorrow?? hehe... i went on the wrong day like a douchebag hehe... ::shakes head::; moving has corrupted my brain... but it made for a good ice breaker the next day and the service was good cuz the waiter felt like i was a regular or something hehe.... the event went okay i think... the people were nice and i tried to offer tips to get more folks involved... ::shrug:: we'll see... unfortunately i just won't have the time to devote as i did in minneapolis but i will some stuff... it's nice to get out and the people were very cool i think...
*(Eric: I could go on about how sad she texting me from the restaurant all alone while I was watching the screaming baby, but I'll just simply say.... Liz is -so- dumb. Sooooooooooo... )
anyway... i miss minneapolis a bit... :( it was nice having friends around and be in a familiar place but i am excited to explore this place too..i like the weather so far...which has been cool and comfortable... we'll see what happens in the winter i guess hehe... everyone has to come visit and hopefully i'll get some ideas of where cool places are to go... i'd like to take some ferries out to the islands.. it's so nice ...
*(Eric: When we got here it was cold, dark, and rainy as expected... this continued on and off for the next few days. The recent outbreak of "sunshine" over the past few days has causes locals to hide indoors cowering at the strange glowing sphere hovering in the sky... Liz and I have taken the opportunity to loot/stock up on groceries.)
okay enough for now...must get stuff organized for work tomorrow...
tata
::poof::
*(Don't forget the "Pump & Munch"! -Eric)
we got missoula in decent time and the hotel was okay....marcella stayed with her friend kathy and her boyfriend for the night... we went out to eat at a local place that was pretty good... then we went bowling and had to buy socks out of the vending machine hehe...missoula was pretty cool... there were fawns and a mama doe in front of kathy's house.... it was nice there... if i had to be somewhere in montana missoula would be it... there was a funny sign i tried to get a pciture of but couldn't get it in frame in time...it was a bank sign and it said "this loan int free" we thought it was funny...
*(Eric: actually the sign said "IST LOAN INT FREE" which is best said by Cap'n John in a loud, angry Montana voice)
oh and eric and capn picked up a copy of trucker singles...a personals type of paper for truckers and it's just hilarious... i will take a picture and post one of them...freakin scary and funny...mostly kind of scary...or sad?? i dunno but funny to talk about... if that makes any sense at all...hehe...
*(Eric: this was picked up on the way out of Minnesota and "Maynard" was our mascot for the rest of the trip, being quoted at least 15 times a day by John.. we will have a special post just about him soon.)
the drive from missoula to seattle was long but very pretty... i was certainly kind of tired of being in the car... we stopped at some crappy gift shop tourist thing... it was cheesy and i got a really bad montana trucker hat for 4 bucks...sylvan looks dapper wearing it hehe...we went through a lot of mountains that were beautiful and the part idaho we went through was just breathtaking... be a cool place to go back to... the drive through washington after spokane was not real exciting but okay... we did stop in george, washington hehe... we got gas there and there was a banner for a mexican restaurant there...i thought it was amusing hehe...
*(Eric: Wallace, Idaho is one of the coolest towns I've seen anywhere in a long while... mid/small-sized town.. clean.. all alone in the shade of mountains.. interstate highway goes over top of it on a bridge like it wasn't even there. Coeur D'Alene, Idaho was equally awesome overlooking a giant sparkling lake surrounded by more green mountains. Weeeee!)
the apartment is really nice... much nicer than i thought it would be actually.. we have a fireplace and a little back deck with a stream in the backyard... we are at the end of the row of condos sort of nestled in a wooded area...which is nice...not quite so blah...my neighbor seems cool... it's safe and no one breaks into my car which is nice!! heh....
*(Eric: Once I dam up the stream and create a big turtle pond, finish the babycage out back, build the loft/bunkbed, and get Mark to move back in with us.. then it'll be pretty near perfect.)
still getting adjusted to everything and i start work tomorrow...sheesh... time flies... i am sad i won't be home with pancake anymore during the day but at least he'll be with his daddy... and not in day care which i am happy about... my aunt and uncle and cousins are glad to be close and it's nice having family around!!
*(Eric: I'm only babysitting Monday/Wed/Friday, Silas is babysitting Tues/Thurs.)
i hosted a meetin event too... and ..dude... i am soooo dumb sometimes it truly astounds me how i manage to get things done with brain so off sometimes hehe... i thought my event was on wed. so i went to the bar/restaurant and waited for like 3 hours and no one showed... i was ssooo sad... and then i came home and sent an email to attendees asking if i missed people or what and then several people responded like what?? i thought it was tomorrow?? hehe... i went on the wrong day like a douchebag hehe... ::shakes head::; moving has corrupted my brain... but it made for a good ice breaker the next day and the service was good cuz the waiter felt like i was a regular or something hehe.... the event went okay i think... the people were nice and i tried to offer tips to get more folks involved... ::shrug:: we'll see... unfortunately i just won't have the time to devote as i did in minneapolis but i will some stuff... it's nice to get out and the people were very cool i think...
*(Eric: I could go on about how sad she texting me from the restaurant all alone while I was watching the screaming baby, but I'll just simply say.... Liz is -so- dumb. Sooooooooooo... )
anyway... i miss minneapolis a bit... :( it was nice having friends around and be in a familiar place but i am excited to explore this place too..i like the weather so far...which has been cool and comfortable... we'll see what happens in the winter i guess hehe... everyone has to come visit and hopefully i'll get some ideas of where cool places are to go... i'd like to take some ferries out to the islands.. it's so nice ...
*(Eric: When we got here it was cold, dark, and rainy as expected... this continued on and off for the next few days. The recent outbreak of "sunshine" over the past few days has causes locals to hide indoors cowering at the strange glowing sphere hovering in the sky... Liz and I have taken the opportunity to loot/stock up on groceries.)
okay enough for now...must get stuff organized for work tomorrow...
tata
::poof::
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
okay starting in bismarck....
bismarck is a dismal place... very small town...not especially friendly feeling... just kind of blah...i certainly don't think i'd make a concerted effort to go there again that's for sure... the drive there wasn't too bad...we thought silas cat would be meowing and we'd have to drug him but he was great... just went to sleep and was not a problem at all... ::phew:: the "feasta villa" was okay place to eat and the super cool "Jamaican meh crazy" band was outside when we got there... not one of whom are jamaican... hehe...
then the next morning we were off to billings montana... the drive there was fun and yet it was mostly thorugh boring parts of north dakota... but marcella banana and i stopped to the world's largest holstein cow in salem ND her name is salem sue...she has very realistic veiny udders... hehe... pancake slept through seeing her unfortunately... we ran into eric and cap'n down the road a bit at a gas station... they apparently had a fun experience in richardton (?) ND looking for a coffee shop ...they did not go see the cow... for shame... ::shakes head::
we then went down the "enchanted highway" which was not really exciting... very misleading name... lots of hay... there were supposed to be large metal sculptures but we only saw one that you see on the interstate and then one smaller one that looked like a deer... ::shrugs:: not too exciting...the landscape got nicer toward the western side of ND more hilly and pretty... we went through the "vacation destination of north dakota!" called medora a cheesy western themed tourist trap but it was kind of neat as it was just stuck in the mountains and you could horseback ride and stuff... i guess that'd be fun... if you were from ND... and there wasn't anything for like another 300 miles...
the hotel in billings was pretty cool...it was newer and had free cookies and a little waterpark pool... i thought it had hot breakfast but it was the next hotel that did... i got a lot of flack for that...
billings is also a place i don't really want to go back too... kind of a sad industrial oil town.,.. lots of poverty and just overall kind of blah... cap'n truly believes motley crue was playing some cheesy block party there at a place called the wagon wheel..::shrug:: we can't find any info to tell us otherwise.. a discussion of cheesy 80's music ensued...
then onto missoula...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
moving trip abbreviated... i will write a full write up when i get to seattle
okay so off to seattle and the packing commenced with some wonderful friends that came over and lended their brute strength or pancake wielding skills ... thanks everyone!! :)
wooo... we are in... bismarck....
so lets see.... capn john and eric are in the the big truck and me and marcella banana and sylvan pancake and silas the cat are in the echo... phew... i am soo tired....the drive was okay but of course we got off to a later start than planned
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we ate at the "feasta villa" ... jamaican me crazy was outside smoking... bismarck is a crap hole blah... anyway... i will write more and add my comments to the pics....ttooo tired...
Saturday, August 11, 2007
moving
well pancake is not quite 5 months old now... sheesh... and things are good.,..busy but good...
the move will commence on wednesday and hopefully we will be in seattle unscathed by saturday!! :) i will post as we go....
yay watch and wait...
the move will commence on wednesday and hopefully we will be in seattle unscathed by saturday!! :) i will post as we go....
yay watch and wait...
Monday, March 19, 2007
waiting is over!!
well here is sylvan pancake-adventure mcfarland's first picture!! he came into the world via a c section march 15th at 12:47 at 6pounds 12oz. and 19 3/4 inches long... he was rated with 9's on his APGAR scores- a test they give babies right away and 5 minutes after birth measuring basic things like alertness and color... i don't think anyone gets a 10... but he was beautiful and pink and yelling when he was born....
it was a long birthing process as i went in for a routine check up on Tuesday the 13th and the doc told me i had protien in my urine and wanted me to go in for some tests... i went in and then and they decided my blood pressure was going up and i was heading into mild pre-eclampsia so they were going to try to get me to go into more labor as i was having irregular contractions and was a bit effaced and dilated already so they gave me some goo to make me more effaced and hopefully to bring more regular contractions and the stuff takes 12-24 hours to work... so that started everything and i had to be put on several IV fluids and one made me very sick and woozy feeling...then i got to about 7cms dilated and totally effaced and they gave me an epidural and then things just stopped...my epidural eventually wore off and i felt pretty awful for many hours and was in quite a bit of pain then they decided to go ahead with a c section as i was so exhausted and nothing was working even adding pitocin to my meds wasn't speeding anything up and pushing was starting to be out of the question...
the c section went okay... i got kinda sick from the anesthesia but other than that i felt weird but fine... he was born quickly and eric got to see him quickly... eric did a great job and tried to be very supportive even though we were both pretty freaked out...
i was just so happy he was healthy and okay!! he looked beautiful and healthy right away and the doctors all said he was super cute...even for a newborn who aren't always super cute hehe...
it was a long hospital stay and lots of drugs and etc to get him here but once he was born all was good...
we are finally home - we were let go yesterday from the doctor and all is well!! he has his first peds. appt. tomorrow for his check up and hopefully all will be well... he seems good..a little mixed up on sleeping but hopefully we'll get that straight soon...eric and i are pretty tired from trying to soothe him at 4am...but so far he's doing well... and all of the tiredness will wear off as we sink into family life hehe...
it's just totally surreal...
dude
i am a mom!!
crazy!!
Saturday, March 10, 2007
waiting
well i am waiting now....just sort of in this holding pattern... he's not as giant as they were worried about which is good but he's still on the big side about 8 pounds... if he gets really big then a csection will be scheduled for the weekend of the 23rd (which is eric's birthday)...and if he is measuring really big in general they may just give me a csection if i go into labor too... they just won't let me progress if he is looking too big... they are worried about his shoulders being too big and him getting stuck... i don't really care how they get him out at this point just so that he's safe and healthy and out of my body!! hehe ...i am getting tired of being preggers but still quite scared about bringing him home and being his mom!! so many things to consider.... but i know he'll be fine and so will i... just makes me a bit nervous...and excited... anyway...hoping to get through one more week of work if possible...i think it would be nice to get paid for one more week... but if not it will be fine...it's up to him now when he wants to put in his first appearance to the world... but all is well...i am no longer horribly sick and i my blood sugar has been good and my blood pressure good... i have my energy spurts and my exhausted spurts but overall doing well... that's good... trying to get stuff done i won't be able to do soon... got to get some homework done too... my work paperwork stuff is pretty wrapped up which is super nice...my sub should be able to breathe a bit easier.... anyway...
not much else happening just waiting now... lalalalalalalala
not much else happening just waiting now... lalalalalalalala
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
sickness and health?
well i went to the doctor's again today... i live at fairview..
i got pink eye medicine beause my eye is running and crusty as of last night... so that's great...
anyway... baby is doing really well... i am apparently a couple centimeteres dilated and somewhat effaced- she didn't give me the exact effacement percentage but she said i am getting ready and baby is head down and getting into position...sheesh... almost time!! so we'll see...
she also said that if he is getting super big by next week's measurement..if he's around 8 pounds or so then we are going to schedule a c-section...which is a little nerve wrecking but in some respects i'd rather have that have hi shouldrs get stuck during delivery cuz he's too big... i am actually losing weight being sick...i have lost 8 pounds this week from just eating soup and tea and cocoa and an occasional snack of whatever...been so blah...food have been not too important... hopefully i will feel better soon though...supposed to stay home from work tomorrow too but i may go in if i can finally sleep tonight....and if i feel even a touch better iw ill go in.... although the doctor recommended i should stay home at least one more if not the rest of week!!! what the heck..if only i were rich.... if i felt better i would have been in already!! egads... oh well it's just money...that's all i can worry about now...i cant worry too much right now... it will work out...
::deep breath into paper bag::
hehe
okay...going to rest now.... cross your fingers i feel better and i have a little while before having this baby!!!
i got pink eye medicine beause my eye is running and crusty as of last night... so that's great...
anyway... baby is doing really well... i am apparently a couple centimeteres dilated and somewhat effaced- she didn't give me the exact effacement percentage but she said i am getting ready and baby is head down and getting into position...sheesh... almost time!! so we'll see...
she also said that if he is getting super big by next week's measurement..if he's around 8 pounds or so then we are going to schedule a c-section...which is a little nerve wrecking but in some respects i'd rather have that have hi shouldrs get stuck during delivery cuz he's too big... i am actually losing weight being sick...i have lost 8 pounds this week from just eating soup and tea and cocoa and an occasional snack of whatever...been so blah...food have been not too important... hopefully i will feel better soon though...supposed to stay home from work tomorrow too but i may go in if i can finally sleep tonight....and if i feel even a touch better iw ill go in.... although the doctor recommended i should stay home at least one more if not the rest of week!!! what the heck..if only i were rich.... if i felt better i would have been in already!! egads... oh well it's just money...that's all i can worry about now...i cant worry too much right now... it will work out...
::deep breath into paper bag::
hehe
okay...going to rest now.... cross your fingers i feel better and i have a little while before having this baby!!!
Monday, February 26, 2007
jeebus
i am sick and this sucks...
i have been sick now for a week and just sooo tired... i went to the doctor last tuesday and she said it was just a viral cold thing and just to ride it out... i called the doctor and friday and they said just keep doing what i am doing- drink fluids, rest, etc. and then today i went back to the doctor because i just can't breathe and the coughing is killing me and apparently i have a bad case of viral bronchitis...there is nothing a preggers woman can do about it... the treatments they could give me i can't take during pregnancy... so i just get sit and suffer and try not to die....the doctor said i am not allowed to work for a few days because technically i could spread it around plus i can't freakin breathe...i guess its better than pneumonia... but i dunno...
grrr
i go to my regular OB appointment tomorrow and have my weekly ultrasound... yay...i actually have to get an internal exam too..yum... so i have to lay down and be probed while trying not to cough my lungs out...greaaatt....but i guess at this point when i feel so crappy one more thing bothering doesn't really matter...
poor eric has to come with me to the doctor just to translate what i am saying because my voice is so bad at its best and sometimes completely nonexistant or just a barely audible whisper...
i am so tired but can't sleep... so much work to do but can't focus... cleaning/moving around too much makes so tired and wheezy...TV is driving me insane and i can't even talk on the phone or anything because i can't breathe and have no voice!! cripes... this really sucks...
i think work is pissed at me...i have had to take so many days for various doctor's appointments and ailments.... i am supposed to be so cautious... it sucks though cuz they haven't said not to go work entirely but i am supposed to take all this time to "rest" christ!! it sucks for my students and my staff and i know my principal thinks it sucks... just what i need is to get fired... i keep trying to stay ahead and then get whacked with something else...
this baby is coming soon too... so that could be anytime something can happen... egads...
so much stress... and feeling shitty doesn't help at all...
blah
i hope it doesn't take another week to get over like the doctor said today...she said it could be for a whole other week before i get some relief... i will go crazy....
ok
i am done complaining now... i know i am big whiner... sorry....
just have to feel sorry for myself a bit right now... will update tomorrow after appointment if anything of note happens...
i have been sick now for a week and just sooo tired... i went to the doctor last tuesday and she said it was just a viral cold thing and just to ride it out... i called the doctor and friday and they said just keep doing what i am doing- drink fluids, rest, etc. and then today i went back to the doctor because i just can't breathe and the coughing is killing me and apparently i have a bad case of viral bronchitis...there is nothing a preggers woman can do about it... the treatments they could give me i can't take during pregnancy... so i just get sit and suffer and try not to die....the doctor said i am not allowed to work for a few days because technically i could spread it around plus i can't freakin breathe...i guess its better than pneumonia... but i dunno...
grrr
i go to my regular OB appointment tomorrow and have my weekly ultrasound... yay...i actually have to get an internal exam too..yum... so i have to lay down and be probed while trying not to cough my lungs out...greaaatt....but i guess at this point when i feel so crappy one more thing bothering doesn't really matter...
poor eric has to come with me to the doctor just to translate what i am saying because my voice is so bad at its best and sometimes completely nonexistant or just a barely audible whisper...
i am so tired but can't sleep... so much work to do but can't focus... cleaning/moving around too much makes so tired and wheezy...TV is driving me insane and i can't even talk on the phone or anything because i can't breathe and have no voice!! cripes... this really sucks...
i think work is pissed at me...i have had to take so many days for various doctor's appointments and ailments.... i am supposed to be so cautious... it sucks though cuz they haven't said not to go work entirely but i am supposed to take all this time to "rest" christ!! it sucks for my students and my staff and i know my principal thinks it sucks... just what i need is to get fired... i keep trying to stay ahead and then get whacked with something else...
this baby is coming soon too... so that could be anytime something can happen... egads...
so much stress... and feeling shitty doesn't help at all...
blah
i hope it doesn't take another week to get over like the doctor said today...she said it could be for a whole other week before i get some relief... i will go crazy....
ok
i am done complaining now... i know i am big whiner... sorry....
just have to feel sorry for myself a bit right now... will update tomorrow after appointment if anything of note happens...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
chunky monkey!!!
he's 6lbs and 11oz. now!!! ohmigod!!
he's gained over a pound in two weeks!! i am going to have the world's biggest baby!!!
the doctor seemed to think i will be having him within the next couple of weeks... i mean of course my due date hasn't officially changed but she seemd to think along the same lines as i do that i won't make until the end of march... maybe mid march...maybe st. patrick's day.... who is starting a baby pool?? hehe
we still need a a name...poor child will be nameless... hopefully we can get that figured out soon or at least have a handful of names that we can pick from... and look at him and say he looks like a ...... whatever...
baby seems to be okay though...fat and happy.... hopefully he stays that way...
doctor seemed to think i am doing everything right and that he'll be just fine and all seems well... she also said that say i do go longer than two or three more weeks and he's getting into the 10 pound range they will probably give me a c-section... i would really prefer that not to happen but is it does then ok... just want him to be safe and me to be okay....
okay now for serious stuff... when i have the baby i do not want flowers- i want marshmallow peeps, and chocolate and real cocacola...preferably cherry coke or dr. pepper... not DIET!! i hate diet... but i have had to settle for the occasional diet with the stupid diabetes...blech... the splenda isn't too bad but still not as good as sugar!! that's so sad but i think i will have to stock up for when i get done with being preggers and off course i won't overdue it since i will be nursing but you know i can have an extra cookie or some hot chocolate or some spaghetti and not be paranoid i am hurting the little guy....stupid diabetes...
it surely makes me want to really get healthy when i am done though... as much as i say i want crappy junk food... i want to be around and healthy for my child a lot more... plus it just sucks to be so fat... blah... it will be good to kind of be more aware of what i am eating afterward and maybe that will help with losing the baby weight a bit quicker... we'll see.... maybe he really will be the freakin 60 pound baby like jenny mcarthy jokes about on the weight watchers commercial... he's working on it...but between eric and i it wouldn't surprise me he'll be a good eater... hehe... eric the buffet champ and me with chef... hehe...
speaking of chefdom... i just got anthony bourdain's new book and a book called heat that's upposed to be good.,... dunno when i'll have time to actually read them... but it will be fun... when i do....also i got all inspired to make baklava... you should come and have some this weekend....i figured that's when i'd make it as i certainly can't eat very much...maybe a bite i can have but not really much more than that but it's been awhile since i have actually made that... i am wondering if i can maybe get some cake business going on the side while doing the baby thing this summer.... maybe i won't have time...i dunno but i hate being financially worried...so a bit of extra income always makes me feel better... plus having cake around the house can't be too bad hehe.... baby weight coming off?? hehe
we had a mardi gras party for my students at school today.... they had fun... didn't understand a bit of why we were having king cake that mom sent up...or why they were wqearing beads and what the heck the deal with purple green and gold was but it fun... we made feather masks and jester hats and ate kind cake and threw beads around a bit... but not too much... i don't think they understood it at all.... but it was fun... they all thought the idea of a baby hidden in a cake was really cool and they all liked the cake.... even my pickiest eater asked for another slice!!! can't beat a cinnamon roll basically!! they had a lot of fun..... and it was nice to share that with them...made me even a bit homesick for new orleans.... but then i think of the hassle and stuff and go...eh.... visiting is nice.... hehe
so many loose ends to tie up at school and with my last online class... almost done with things but still have paperwork stuff to finish up...meetings that need to be held and all that... and gotta get sub. stuff together so the person who comes in after me is able to get stuff done with my kids.... sheesh....
then there's researching moving if that's what eric wants to do... but that is going to be his job mainly.... to do intesive research on possible places to go and jobs and schools and such.... we'll see... i have looked into seattle a bit and into northern arizona-flagstaff area... both have good ed. psych. programs i could go into and have environmental type stuff for eric.... cost of living not too terribly bad comparatively.... we'll see...much more looking it needs to be done....
anyway... i need to go to bed... eric comes home from vegas tomorrow!! yay!! makes me relax a bit knowing he'll be home tomorrow in case i need him... plus i gets lonely a bit hehe....
he's gained over a pound in two weeks!! i am going to have the world's biggest baby!!!
the doctor seemed to think i will be having him within the next couple of weeks... i mean of course my due date hasn't officially changed but she seemd to think along the same lines as i do that i won't make until the end of march... maybe mid march...maybe st. patrick's day.... who is starting a baby pool?? hehe
we still need a a name...poor child will be nameless... hopefully we can get that figured out soon or at least have a handful of names that we can pick from... and look at him and say he looks like a ...... whatever...
baby seems to be okay though...fat and happy.... hopefully he stays that way...
doctor seemed to think i am doing everything right and that he'll be just fine and all seems well... she also said that say i do go longer than two or three more weeks and he's getting into the 10 pound range they will probably give me a c-section... i would really prefer that not to happen but is it does then ok... just want him to be safe and me to be okay....
okay now for serious stuff... when i have the baby i do not want flowers- i want marshmallow peeps, and chocolate and real cocacola...preferably cherry coke or dr. pepper... not DIET!! i hate diet... but i have had to settle for the occasional diet with the stupid diabetes...blech... the splenda isn't too bad but still not as good as sugar!! that's so sad but i think i will have to stock up for when i get done with being preggers and off course i won't overdue it since i will be nursing but you know i can have an extra cookie or some hot chocolate or some spaghetti and not be paranoid i am hurting the little guy....stupid diabetes...
it surely makes me want to really get healthy when i am done though... as much as i say i want crappy junk food... i want to be around and healthy for my child a lot more... plus it just sucks to be so fat... blah... it will be good to kind of be more aware of what i am eating afterward and maybe that will help with losing the baby weight a bit quicker... we'll see.... maybe he really will be the freakin 60 pound baby like jenny mcarthy jokes about on the weight watchers commercial... he's working on it...but between eric and i it wouldn't surprise me he'll be a good eater... hehe... eric the buffet champ and me with chef... hehe...
speaking of chefdom... i just got anthony bourdain's new book and a book called heat that's upposed to be good.,... dunno when i'll have time to actually read them... but it will be fun... when i do....also i got all inspired to make baklava... you should come and have some this weekend....i figured that's when i'd make it as i certainly can't eat very much...maybe a bite i can have but not really much more than that but it's been awhile since i have actually made that... i am wondering if i can maybe get some cake business going on the side while doing the baby thing this summer.... maybe i won't have time...i dunno but i hate being financially worried...so a bit of extra income always makes me feel better... plus having cake around the house can't be too bad hehe.... baby weight coming off?? hehe
we had a mardi gras party for my students at school today.... they had fun... didn't understand a bit of why we were having king cake that mom sent up...or why they were wqearing beads and what the heck the deal with purple green and gold was but it fun... we made feather masks and jester hats and ate kind cake and threw beads around a bit... but not too much... i don't think they understood it at all.... but it was fun... they all thought the idea of a baby hidden in a cake was really cool and they all liked the cake.... even my pickiest eater asked for another slice!!! can't beat a cinnamon roll basically!! they had a lot of fun..... and it was nice to share that with them...made me even a bit homesick for new orleans.... but then i think of the hassle and stuff and go...eh.... visiting is nice.... hehe
so many loose ends to tie up at school and with my last online class... almost done with things but still have paperwork stuff to finish up...meetings that need to be held and all that... and gotta get sub. stuff together so the person who comes in after me is able to get stuff done with my kids.... sheesh....
then there's researching moving if that's what eric wants to do... but that is going to be his job mainly.... to do intesive research on possible places to go and jobs and schools and such.... we'll see... i have looked into seattle a bit and into northern arizona-flagstaff area... both have good ed. psych. programs i could go into and have environmental type stuff for eric.... cost of living not too terribly bad comparatively.... we'll see...much more looking it needs to be done....
anyway... i need to go to bed... eric comes home from vegas tomorrow!! yay!! makes me relax a bit knowing he'll be home tomorrow in case i need him... plus i gets lonely a bit hehe....
Friday, February 16, 2007
blah blah blah
well eric is in vegas this weekend and i am off of work friday and monday... ::sighs::
very bored...
of course i got all emotional when eric left- you would think he was leaving forever ...cripes..
but i can cry over breat cancer commercials or random things on the radio or anything happy or sad or that could potentially be happy or sad hehe...
i guess i should be happy to be at home alone as mark is in miami too
it's weird having time to myself...but i guess i shouldn't get too comfy with it as i know as soon as pancake arrives i will no longer have a lot of time to myself... but it's weird...
anyway
bored bored bored...doing laundry and cleaning up the house more...eric did a bunch of cleaning and arranging and organizing as my valentine's gift which was very cool... very helpful....
but still feel like so much left to get done!!
very bored...
of course i got all emotional when eric left- you would think he was leaving forever ...cripes..
but i can cry over breat cancer commercials or random things on the radio or anything happy or sad or that could potentially be happy or sad hehe...
i guess i should be happy to be at home alone as mark is in miami too
it's weird having time to myself...but i guess i shouldn't get too comfy with it as i know as soon as pancake arrives i will no longer have a lot of time to myself... but it's weird...
anyway
bored bored bored...doing laundry and cleaning up the house more...eric did a bunch of cleaning and arranging and organizing as my valentine's gift which was very cool... very helpful....
but still feel like so much left to get done!!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
i am a lemming...
everyone has a blog so here i have one too so nyah ::pbbt::
i figured with up the impending birth of Pancake i will post updates and random thoughts as i go through the last bits of my preggerness and start my new path of punkymommyhood...
so i will just say i am pretty ready to have my body back to myself...i am stick to tears of doctor's offices and appointments and feeling sluggish and randomly ill or achey...
i have felt fairly well throughout my pregnancy i think but doctor's are overly vigilant or maybe just routinely vigilant i am unsure as i have not done this before....
i will let those readers here who may not know that i previously had high blood pressure before becoming preggers and have since been diagnosed with gestational diabetes... i have been doing fine with both "ailments" and baby is busy and active and getting to be a chunky monkey... but i have missed a ton of work (as a teacher this sucks- my poor assistants and kids!! i rely so heavily on them being able to cope with my annoying absences) and know more about the clinic(s) i have to go to than anything- all of the nurses and doctors know me by name...::blushes::
it's scary....it's a huge clinic not a quaint personal type of clinic where that should naturally occur... but it seems if i can do something spastic (like slip on ice and fall face/belly first in the middle of the parking lot at school) or have weird random occurrences (like slight bleeding or weird stomach ailments) i will... planning seems to mean little these days...
but... on the good side... i have tried to remain very positive and i try to generally feel good as much as i can and pancake seems to be doing well..i hope he remains that way!! ::crosses fingers::
i had an ultrasound yesterday and he wouldn't sit still!! eric and i are still looking for the perfect name so we'll see what happens... no real big winners yet... poor pancake...might get stuck being just pancake hehe.... ::shakes head:: :)
i have felt horrible today and i am going to bed...hopefully i will be able to sleep tonight!! more to come as "interesting" things come up!!
i figured with up the impending birth of Pancake i will post updates and random thoughts as i go through the last bits of my preggerness and start my new path of punkymommyhood...
so i will just say i am pretty ready to have my body back to myself...i am stick to tears of doctor's offices and appointments and feeling sluggish and randomly ill or achey...
i have felt fairly well throughout my pregnancy i think but doctor's are overly vigilant or maybe just routinely vigilant i am unsure as i have not done this before....
i will let those readers here who may not know that i previously had high blood pressure before becoming preggers and have since been diagnosed with gestational diabetes... i have been doing fine with both "ailments" and baby is busy and active and getting to be a chunky monkey... but i have missed a ton of work (as a teacher this sucks- my poor assistants and kids!! i rely so heavily on them being able to cope with my annoying absences) and know more about the clinic(s) i have to go to than anything- all of the nurses and doctors know me by name...::blushes::
it's scary....it's a huge clinic not a quaint personal type of clinic where that should naturally occur... but it seems if i can do something spastic (like slip on ice and fall face/belly first in the middle of the parking lot at school) or have weird random occurrences (like slight bleeding or weird stomach ailments) i will... planning seems to mean little these days...
but... on the good side... i have tried to remain very positive and i try to generally feel good as much as i can and pancake seems to be doing well..i hope he remains that way!! ::crosses fingers::
i had an ultrasound yesterday and he wouldn't sit still!! eric and i are still looking for the perfect name so we'll see what happens... no real big winners yet... poor pancake...might get stuck being just pancake hehe.... ::shakes head:: :)
i have felt horrible today and i am going to bed...hopefully i will be able to sleep tonight!! more to come as "interesting" things come up!!
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