So, there we are. My 2 lil boys and I driving south on the 101. We have a wide load 18 wheeler in front off us hauling a building or at least part of a building. We can't get around it.
Then is takes the same off/on ramp as we do to get on the next freeway. As it is doing this, right in front of me still. I think, "That is too big for the on ramp, what if it falls over or breaks down"
That's when it happened, a wheel comes rolling from the thing. Rolls right past me. I am still in denial that it is from the 18 wheeler till i see the smoke/dirt flying from behind it, then i see the pieces of another wheel come flying out from under it, all over the road in front on me.
I slow down, I wonder is it gonna stop and trap us all on the ramp or just keep going till it can pull over. With out obscuring traffic. It did the latter, by a hair. So everyone safely got to continue there journey. Nothing else exciting happened to the truck or the people driving it.
I felt so bad, I can't help but wonder if my negative thoughts had something to do with it. Kinda freaky, maybe I should be put away in a room with thick walls and no windows. I could become a menace to society.
On a more humours note, I email my beloved at work to tell him the story and the following is our email conversation
Beloved: "wow. that's kinda freaky. Are you stuck?"
Me: "Yes I got on the Internet from my car"
Beloved: "wow.....I guess that was a stupid question, huh?"
...and no I do not have a cell phone or palm pilot that can look at email or any of that stuff, just in case you were wondering. :)
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Sneaky vs. Picky
So today in an act of desperation I ordered "The Sneaky Chef" Book. I have read some rave reviews and the OT therapist recommended it.
My three year old will not eat most things, and even things he would eat before are being refused. His diet mainly, and please don't judge, consists of cereal, eggos, Yogurt, bananas, peeled apples, pop corn, pickles, rice, gold fish, raisins, milk, and juice. Sometimes crackers and sometimes chicken strips/nuggets and mac & cheese.
He has food sensitivities to some foods like strawberries and anything with red dye in it. Slowly we are weaning out any thing with dyes and most preservatives. But with his being picky it has been very hard.
He has learning and speech delays. He talks and behaves more like a 18-24 month old rather than a 3 1/2 year old. There has been much improvement especially since we removed the red dye. But I am so frustrated as well as woried that he isn't getting adequate nutrition.
I want him to eat but, I want him to try new things, he refuses even 1 bite of things he doesn't think he likes. Not even hot dogs, corn dogs, or pizza. I have sent him to bed hungry, and have let him eat cereal for Breakfast, lunch and dinner. I have tried everything in between.
So I will see how this helps, wish me luck and I will be sure update once we get the book and give it a try.
My three year old will not eat most things, and even things he would eat before are being refused. His diet mainly, and please don't judge, consists of cereal, eggos, Yogurt, bananas, peeled apples, pop corn, pickles, rice, gold fish, raisins, milk, and juice. Sometimes crackers and sometimes chicken strips/nuggets and mac & cheese.
He has food sensitivities to some foods like strawberries and anything with red dye in it. Slowly we are weaning out any thing with dyes and most preservatives. But with his being picky it has been very hard.
He has learning and speech delays. He talks and behaves more like a 18-24 month old rather than a 3 1/2 year old. There has been much improvement especially since we removed the red dye. But I am so frustrated as well as woried that he isn't getting adequate nutrition.
I want him to eat but, I want him to try new things, he refuses even 1 bite of things he doesn't think he likes. Not even hot dogs, corn dogs, or pizza. I have sent him to bed hungry, and have let him eat cereal for Breakfast, lunch and dinner. I have tried everything in between.
So I will see how this helps, wish me luck and I will be sure update once we get the book and give it a try.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Come On, Take a Swing
We have had political "discussions" already this morning. Beloved loves Huckabee, I don't trust him. I can't tell you facts why, just my gut feeling. Which we also had a "discussion" about my gut feelings, Beloved knows how much I can be right, but has dragged us through drama because he didn't trust me, and asked me not to trust myself. Why I let him tell me not to trust myself, (not in to many words, but that is what it comes down to) I don't know.
I just wonder after all these "discussions" so far this morning, what else today has in store.
...and poor Roomie has to sit here and listen to all our "discussions" He is smart enough not to interject, even though I am sure I have heard a few chuckles coming from his general direction.
Beloved and I don't really fight I guess we have arguments but I am not sure you can really call it that either. Half our disagreements are solved before either of us even open our mouths. We both "fight" each other in our heads. My Beloved just doesn't rise up into a real fight, which doesn't allow me to rise up either. This is really against my nature being a full fledge member of the Scorpio community.
It can drive me crazy, makes me feel like a caged tiger, pacing, just looking for something to unleash my fury on. I think that is why I like WoW so much. I get to blow up, beat up and kill things. It satisfies my violent nature in a safe environment. But there are a few times when unsuspecting people, like my sister and every now and then my kids or the cats that get stung.
I think it is time Beloved stepped up to the plate and took a few punches himself. Let go of his Tauren nature and just let things fly...for me.
Poor, poor roomie, joining our lil domestic clan at such a time.
I just wonder after all these "discussions" so far this morning, what else today has in store.
...and poor Roomie has to sit here and listen to all our "discussions" He is smart enough not to interject, even though I am sure I have heard a few chuckles coming from his general direction.
Beloved and I don't really fight I guess we have arguments but I am not sure you can really call it that either. Half our disagreements are solved before either of us even open our mouths. We both "fight" each other in our heads. My Beloved just doesn't rise up into a real fight, which doesn't allow me to rise up either. This is really against my nature being a full fledge member of the Scorpio community.
It can drive me crazy, makes me feel like a caged tiger, pacing, just looking for something to unleash my fury on. I think that is why I like WoW so much. I get to blow up, beat up and kill things. It satisfies my violent nature in a safe environment. But there are a few times when unsuspecting people, like my sister and every now and then my kids or the cats that get stung.
I think it is time Beloved stepped up to the plate and took a few punches himself. Let go of his Tauren nature and just let things fly...for me.
Poor, poor roomie, joining our lil domestic clan at such a time.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Completely Random
I really need a hair cut, I am stating to look like I tried to give my self a mullet. A few or 6 months back I cut myself some bangs, and now it has grown out. I wasn't completely happy with what I did, it wasn't what I envisioned. Part of me wants to try again and part of me wants to go see what a professional can salvage. I would post a picture but I am not that brave.
In other news, I feel better today than I have in over a week. The pain is almost gone, I just have some tension that goes through my jaw line and neck. But even that is better today.
So hopefully I will get off my ever expanding but and get something done around the house today. Maybe even take the kids out to the park. It is suppose to be 65 today, I have lived here for over 10 years (off and on) and I still can't get over the weather. Part of me thinks I need to live some where, where there is real seasons for a year or 2. Because where I grew up in west Texas, it wasn't too much different than this. We did get snow and better rain storms but that is about it.
As you can tell, I had no set topic for this blog. Just felt like sharing. I hope everyone is having a good day, and I will think of something better to write about soon. But I have 30 mins left to get stuff done, before WOW is done patching and Roomie (I guess that I what I will call him) can play.
In other news, I feel better today than I have in over a week. The pain is almost gone, I just have some tension that goes through my jaw line and neck. But even that is better today.
So hopefully I will get off my ever expanding but and get something done around the house today. Maybe even take the kids out to the park. It is suppose to be 65 today, I have lived here for over 10 years (off and on) and I still can't get over the weather. Part of me thinks I need to live some where, where there is real seasons for a year or 2. Because where I grew up in west Texas, it wasn't too much different than this. We did get snow and better rain storms but that is about it.
As you can tell, I had no set topic for this blog. Just felt like sharing. I hope everyone is having a good day, and I will think of something better to write about soon. But I have 30 mins left to get stuff done, before WOW is done patching and Roomie (I guess that I what I will call him) can play.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Pity Party
I am gonna throw myself one, as soon as I can eat brownies :)
I have more than a few bad teeth that need root canals. It is a long, stupid story as to how it ever even got to this point. But Now it is just money and open appointments and people to watch the kids, that are keeping us from getting them all done.
I had an emergency one done Yesterday morning because i was barely alive all weekend and the Vicodin and 800 mg of Ibuprofen wasn't even touching the pain, but here I am 2 days later still in pain. It still hurts as does the tooth next to it, and my ears and throat, and tongue where it got cut and lips where my son head butted me and busted them.
So I am drugged up and constantly washing my mouth with salt water and Listerine. I have even tried a few home remedies like drops of warm olive oil in your ear and swishing vanilla extract on your teeth and nothing is really helping. Between chasing kids, getting house "clean" for our new room mate and trying not to move more than the children force me, I am at a loss for distractions from the pain.
Games online don't work, by the way I have learned that I am not smarter than a 5th grader, reading isn't bad but I don't get very far before a kid has me up and going again.
I feel so bad because nothing is getting done, I feel like hell cause i can't eat and empty tummy and meds don't mix, my temper is short. and I have been head butted, kicked, punch and slapped in the mouth at least 1x each in the last few days.
Our new roommate will be here in like 13 hours or so and I am so not ready. I m such a mess.
This isn't the way I planned to kick off my New Years resolutions at all. Now that I have moaned and groaned too much, I will go and attend to my kids needs again. Times like this i really want my mommy.
I have more than a few bad teeth that need root canals. It is a long, stupid story as to how it ever even got to this point. But Now it is just money and open appointments and people to watch the kids, that are keeping us from getting them all done.
I had an emergency one done Yesterday morning because i was barely alive all weekend and the Vicodin and 800 mg of Ibuprofen wasn't even touching the pain, but here I am 2 days later still in pain. It still hurts as does the tooth next to it, and my ears and throat, and tongue where it got cut and lips where my son head butted me and busted them.
So I am drugged up and constantly washing my mouth with salt water and Listerine. I have even tried a few home remedies like drops of warm olive oil in your ear and swishing vanilla extract on your teeth and nothing is really helping. Between chasing kids, getting house "clean" for our new room mate and trying not to move more than the children force me, I am at a loss for distractions from the pain.
Games online don't work, by the way I have learned that I am not smarter than a 5th grader, reading isn't bad but I don't get very far before a kid has me up and going again.
I feel so bad because nothing is getting done, I feel like hell cause i can't eat and empty tummy and meds don't mix, my temper is short. and I have been head butted, kicked, punch and slapped in the mouth at least 1x each in the last few days.
Our new roommate will be here in like 13 hours or so and I am so not ready. I m such a mess.
This isn't the way I planned to kick off my New Years resolutions at all. Now that I have moaned and groaned too much, I will go and attend to my kids needs again. Times like this i really want my mommy.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Friday Night Highlights
Hubby who I will call Beloved from here on out, got home a bit late, and bedtime is his time with the boys. The 3 of them are in there giggleing WAY too loudly to be getting ready for bed. It just occurred to me as i started writ ting this, that they haven't brushed their teeth yet. I think I will let it slide, I don't want to interrupt them or get them out of bed.
Beloved is reading them the Narnia Series. They have already read The Hobbit. Actually Beloved read the Hobbit to Aidan while he was still in my tummy. Then they went slowly through the Lord of the Rings and some if not all of The Silmarillion. Some Harry Potter, The 2 Eragon books out, and I know I am missing something but I am not sure what.
I am sometimes jealous of this time, but I am with them ALL day and not only is this my quiet/clean up time. It is also special to Beloved. He shares his love of reading and they say their "prayers" (I will expand on the quotations at another time, I mean no disrespect or offense, but we have a slightly different out look on this, from most people and from each other)
Here is a Pic of them getting ready to crawl in bed, sporting their new PJ's and Slippers from YaYa (Grandma).
Now hubby is popping popcorn and we are gonna be lazy and watch Resident Evil 3, he has been waiting along time to see it. We never made it to the theater, I am sure those of you with kids understand.
Life is good, even with all the things I griped about today and all the things that didn't get done, that fell about, the bruises, the toothaches and the bills. I could go on but I am sure you get the picture. Life is sweet and Life is not how I ever pictured it but oh so much better. It really is a wonderful life, and I love that the most exciting this I did this Friday Night was take a moment to soak in the blessedness.
Thank You for allwoing me to share.
Beloved is reading them the Narnia Series. They have already read The Hobbit. Actually Beloved read the Hobbit to Aidan while he was still in my tummy. Then they went slowly through the Lord of the Rings and some if not all of The Silmarillion. Some Harry Potter, The 2 Eragon books out, and I know I am missing something but I am not sure what.
I am sometimes jealous of this time, but I am with them ALL day and not only is this my quiet/clean up time. It is also special to Beloved. He shares his love of reading and they say their "prayers" (I will expand on the quotations at another time, I mean no disrespect or offense, but we have a slightly different out look on this, from most people and from each other)
Here is a Pic of them getting ready to crawl in bed, sporting their new PJ's and Slippers from YaYa (Grandma).
Now hubby is popping popcorn and we are gonna be lazy and watch Resident Evil 3, he has been waiting along time to see it. We never made it to the theater, I am sure those of you with kids understand.
Life is good, even with all the things I griped about today and all the things that didn't get done, that fell about, the bruises, the toothaches and the bills. I could go on but I am sure you get the picture. Life is sweet and Life is not how I ever pictured it but oh so much better. It really is a wonderful life, and I love that the most exciting this I did this Friday Night was take a moment to soak in the blessedness.
Thank You for allwoing me to share.
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