I see people doing the different tag games on their blogs, but I've never tried it because I've never been tagged. (People probably realize correctly that I can be lame about that.) But I did my entry and then went looking at my other usuals, and noticed that Sarah Matson tagged me in hers on the 8 one, so what the hey!
8 TV shows I like to watch:
1. Gilmore Girls (Netflix, addicted)
2. The Biggest Loser (we get one channel on our rabbit ears, thank goodness it's NBC!)
3. I Love Lucy (DVD)
4. The Andy Griffith Show (have a few VHS episodes)
5. M*A*S*H (at parents' house, they have the DVDs)
6. What Not to Wear (can't, no cable)
7. The Simpsons (DVD)
8. Monk (can't, no cable)
(I realized I missed one category somehow and thought I'd add this in even though it's after the fact)
8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Bajio Mexican Grill
2. Johnny Carino's
3. Red Robin
4. Kim's Chinese in Rancho Cordova
5. Taco Bell (yeah-huh it's a restaurant!)
6. Las Cauelas Nuevas, an authentic Mexican place in La Quinta, CA whose name I just had to Google because I couldn't remember it for the life of me
7. Outback
8. Olive Garden
Okay, that sucked, because we can't afford to go out much and now I want to eat at all these places...
8 things that happened yesterday:
1. A co-worker gave me a 50-cents-off coupon for baby wipes.
2. Another co-worker and I pretended, yet again, that we didn't have a confrontation with each other the day before and nothing got resolved, but we got through the day.
3. We got frighteningly slammed, were ridiculously short-handed, and I did two intakes in a row, the bili blanket one started before I'd finished up the walker one.
4. I got approved to actually keep my hour and a half of overtime instead of having to work it off with longer lunches. Yay $16 extra.
5. I actually bought food on my lunch and discovered that I LOVE the turkey club pita roll-up at Arctic Circle. And I got to talk to Sam on my lunch hour.
6. We went to Idaho Falls after work, grocery shopped, and started our baby registries at Target and Wal-Mart.
7. I used the coupon and bought my first pack of baby wipes.
8. I discovered how confusing it is to try to make a registry when you don't know what you're going to need and the stores really don't have good selections!
8 things I'm looking forward to:
1. Having my baby here with me, finally getting to meet him, being a family with him and Jason.
2. Being done with my job FOREVER!
3. Going home and seeing family and friends Nov. 13, having my baby shower with my family Nov. 15!
4. Thanksgiving, Jason's parents and Janelle coming!
5. Christmas season! Christmas decorations! CHRISTMAS MUSIC! CHRISTMAS!!
6. 2nd baby shower with friends!
7. When Jason graduates and hopefully gets into the seminary program so we'll be more stable.
8. The BYU-I Symphony Orchestra Halloween Concert on Oct. 30!
8 things on my wish list:
1. To have a healthy baby naturally, close to or on my due date
2. To not look like I've had a baby after I have the baby
3. To be able to go to my parents' for Christmas with no problems
4. To have the time between now and when I'm done with work fly by
5. To live close to my family without going bankrupt or living in a ghetto, and while allowing my husband to have a career he will love
6. To be a good mom
7. To never have to work while we're raising our family
8. To never have to be without Jason in this life
8 People I am Tagging:
1. Christy
2. Crystal
3. Sam
4. Liz
5. Stacy
6. Adrienne
7. Anyone else who wants to!
8.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
About to hit 6 months
I've been thinking about it this week, and I need to say that I sincerely hope I didn't offend anyone in my previous entry by the way I expressed my beliefs. I can't take them back or change them, because they are indeed my beliefs, but I know I can be abrasive in how I express them sometimes. I know that I have a long way to go in showing more love and understanding, and less anger about issues like this.
I finally put up a new baby bump pic, but it doesn't show how big I feel sometimes. Some days I'll think, "haven't I always had a belly like this?" And other days I look in the mirror and just go, "?!?!" I still wake up nearly every morning and have to remember all over again that, holy cow, I'm pregnant.
I have lots of good news this round:
I don't know that I ever mentioned that only four weeks from today, I will get to have a baby shower with my whole extended family!! My Aunt Linda and cousins Heather, Julie, and Elizabeth are flying me out to California and giving me a shower! I am SO EXCITED! I mean, of course it's going to be great to get much-needed help on providing for the baby, but I also just can't wait to see everyone and to get away from work and Idaho for a few days! We have very few friends here, and no family whatsoever, so I just can't wait to be around people who actually care. I wish I could express how grateful I am to Aunt Linda, Heather, Julie, and Liz. I wish I could buy them a vacation home in Tahiti. I'm still trying to think of something I can do for them to show them, but so far I just keep praying that the Lord will shower them with blessings for how much they bless me. They are unbelievably wonderful! I can't say that enough!
Next big yay: Jason's parents and sister, Janelle, are coming to spend Thanksgiving with us, at our place! We were wondering what we'd do about TG so we wouldn't have to spend it alone, and we're excited that we actually get to host someone else for once. I feel like I lead dual lives, like a spy: I go home and stay at my parents', I see my friends, and they suppose I must have my own place somewhere, but no one in CA has ever seen any of the other places I've lived in. I've never gotten to show my friends my cute armchair, or that picture or that rug or whatever. And we can never contribute by hosting a holiday or even a gathering; so we're excited to be able to do that. I can't wait for my family to come up and see us when the baby's born, either. Anyway, Thanksgiving should be warm and cozy and full of good food (that I will not have to attempt making all by myself--Hallelujah!!), and then Robert and Cheryl said they want to take us baby shopping before they leave. Fun!!
Next: I got the week of Christmas off! I didn't think they'd let me! So I called the Sutter billing office in Sacramento and found out that--more great news--they have a provider number with Idaho Medicaid, so that if I happened to go into labor while at my parents', we wouldn't be stuck with a huge medical bill for the delivery! So basically, if we can get plane tickets with an airline that will still allow me to fly after I'm 36 weeks (I hit that mark on Christmas Eve, darnit), and if no complications arise before then, if I'm not dilated, etc., etc., WE CAN GO TO MY PARENTS' HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS!!!
See, I look forward to Christmas for months and months; I LOVE it. And I've never spent it anywhere but at home. The idea of being here, just the two of us, with no family for it...well, that's like a personal nightmare for me. (I love Jason, but we get to be "just the two of us" all the time. Don't worry, he gets it and feels the same.) So this was really, really great news. Now I just have fingers and toes crossed that my pregnancy will continue to go well so that nothing will get in the way of us and that plane!
So, I actually have some things to look forward to! A month or so ago, I really felt like there wasn't anything. We knew we couldn't go very far for Thanksgiving, and our last one really stunk (we both had to work). Christmas was a big fat question mark. (Still kind of is, but I'm trying not to think that way. Even if we can't go, at least we'll get to see both sets of parents beforehand.) When you're so far away from everyone, it means a lot to have opportunities like this.
As for the pregnancy, really can't complain. I've probably gained about 12 or 13 pounds by now, and in a few more days I'll hit the six months mark. Then I'll officially be in the home stretch! (With no marks to show it. None yet. Hope, hope, hope.) No swelling, only some achiness and tiredness if I overdo it, and my muscles pull easily. I've actually felt pretty energetic most of the time lately. That will probably dwindle soon; I'm having to use the bathroom more in the last week or so. Every single night, I dream about the kicks I feel becoming visual: I see an actual foot shape poking out of my abdomen, and in the dreams, I can actually grab the little foot through my skin. Then I can usually see in there, see the baby, which is what I wish could happen every day.
Last night, I dreamt that I could see him and he was a little light brown baby, because I had apparently married Barack Obama. I was very happy to see Jason and not Barack next to me when I woke up.
Wow, this has been long. I'm probably boring all you poor people to death.
Oh! One more! Sam and Christy want to give me another shower for my friends when (if :S) I'm home for Christmas! How fun will that be! I miss all my friends so much, it will be awesome! And they are so awesome for wanting to do that for me!
I am so blessed. I have wonderful, amazing family and friends, I have the Lord, I have an incredible husband...I'm so blessed.
I finally put up a new baby bump pic, but it doesn't show how big I feel sometimes. Some days I'll think, "haven't I always had a belly like this?" And other days I look in the mirror and just go, "?!?!" I still wake up nearly every morning and have to remember all over again that, holy cow, I'm pregnant.
I have lots of good news this round:
I don't know that I ever mentioned that only four weeks from today, I will get to have a baby shower with my whole extended family!! My Aunt Linda and cousins Heather, Julie, and Elizabeth are flying me out to California and giving me a shower! I am SO EXCITED! I mean, of course it's going to be great to get much-needed help on providing for the baby, but I also just can't wait to see everyone and to get away from work and Idaho for a few days! We have very few friends here, and no family whatsoever, so I just can't wait to be around people who actually care. I wish I could express how grateful I am to Aunt Linda, Heather, Julie, and Liz. I wish I could buy them a vacation home in Tahiti. I'm still trying to think of something I can do for them to show them, but so far I just keep praying that the Lord will shower them with blessings for how much they bless me. They are unbelievably wonderful! I can't say that enough!
Next big yay: Jason's parents and sister, Janelle, are coming to spend Thanksgiving with us, at our place! We were wondering what we'd do about TG so we wouldn't have to spend it alone, and we're excited that we actually get to host someone else for once. I feel like I lead dual lives, like a spy: I go home and stay at my parents', I see my friends, and they suppose I must have my own place somewhere, but no one in CA has ever seen any of the other places I've lived in. I've never gotten to show my friends my cute armchair, or that picture or that rug or whatever. And we can never contribute by hosting a holiday or even a gathering; so we're excited to be able to do that. I can't wait for my family to come up and see us when the baby's born, either. Anyway, Thanksgiving should be warm and cozy and full of good food (that I will not have to attempt making all by myself--Hallelujah!!), and then Robert and Cheryl said they want to take us baby shopping before they leave. Fun!!
Next: I got the week of Christmas off! I didn't think they'd let me! So I called the Sutter billing office in Sacramento and found out that--more great news--they have a provider number with Idaho Medicaid, so that if I happened to go into labor while at my parents', we wouldn't be stuck with a huge medical bill for the delivery! So basically, if we can get plane tickets with an airline that will still allow me to fly after I'm 36 weeks (I hit that mark on Christmas Eve, darnit), and if no complications arise before then, if I'm not dilated, etc., etc., WE CAN GO TO MY PARENTS' HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS!!!
See, I look forward to Christmas for months and months; I LOVE it. And I've never spent it anywhere but at home. The idea of being here, just the two of us, with no family for it...well, that's like a personal nightmare for me. (I love Jason, but we get to be "just the two of us" all the time. Don't worry, he gets it and feels the same.) So this was really, really great news. Now I just have fingers and toes crossed that my pregnancy will continue to go well so that nothing will get in the way of us and that plane!
So, I actually have some things to look forward to! A month or so ago, I really felt like there wasn't anything. We knew we couldn't go very far for Thanksgiving, and our last one really stunk (we both had to work). Christmas was a big fat question mark. (Still kind of is, but I'm trying not to think that way. Even if we can't go, at least we'll get to see both sets of parents beforehand.) When you're so far away from everyone, it means a lot to have opportunities like this.
As for the pregnancy, really can't complain. I've probably gained about 12 or 13 pounds by now, and in a few more days I'll hit the six months mark. Then I'll officially be in the home stretch! (With no marks to show it. None yet. Hope, hope, hope.) No swelling, only some achiness and tiredness if I overdo it, and my muscles pull easily. I've actually felt pretty energetic most of the time lately. That will probably dwindle soon; I'm having to use the bathroom more in the last week or so. Every single night, I dream about the kicks I feel becoming visual: I see an actual foot shape poking out of my abdomen, and in the dreams, I can actually grab the little foot through my skin. Then I can usually see in there, see the baby, which is what I wish could happen every day.
Last night, I dreamt that I could see him and he was a little light brown baby, because I had apparently married Barack Obama. I was very happy to see Jason and not Barack next to me when I woke up.
Wow, this has been long. I'm probably boring all you poor people to death.
Oh! One more! Sam and Christy want to give me another shower for my friends when (if :S) I'm home for Christmas! How fun will that be! I miss all my friends so much, it will be awesome! And they are so awesome for wanting to do that for me!
I am so blessed. I have wonderful, amazing family and friends, I have the Lord, I have an incredible husband...I'm so blessed.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Prop 8: More Important Than I Even Realized
I think before, I figured, I'm not in California, so I won't bother saying anything about Prop 8 on here. I'm not in the middle of it.
The fact that Church (LDS) leaders have asked members who don't even live in California to get on their phones, call CA residents, and ask them to vote yes on it, is a big clue to just how important it is.
I wish I knew how to write something really impressive; all I can say is that I have always firmly believed that no matter what new "if it feels good, it must be right" philosophy the adversary plants in people's heads, homosexuality is still absolutely, irrefutably wrong. Giving it any kind of leeway, rights, or tolerance (notice I said "it," not "them") only suggests that it might be acceptable in the smallest way, which it is not. Besides this, giving it tolerance only gives it a chance to get stronger, poison more minds and spirits, and find a way to not only make a mockery of the ways of the Lord, but to attempt to take away the freedoms and blessings He has given to those who strive to follow Him. It disturbs me to the core to read about the possible ramifications if Prop 8 doesn't pass.
I know that the work of God won't be stopped by any unhallowed hand, but those hands could certainly make life a lot more difficult for His followers, and lead this nation to a very frightening place. I personally do not want my children being taught in school (and this would be a requirement for teachers) that two women or two men marrying is just as good as a man and a woman. No. No, no, no. My child will not believe that mommy could do just as well if she were daddy. The very idea is beyond ludicrous. Unthinkable. Horrifying. UNACCEPTABLE.
If this measure doesn't pass, I have absolutely no doubt that Satan will be DELIGHTED and at the same time, laughing scornfully at those who voted it down, after he told them to. He laughs at those who listen to his lies and fall into the traps that he sets for them, but that they choose to be caught in. That's the horrible irony.
"For behold, at that day shall he rage in the hearts of the children of men, and stir them up to anger against that which is good." (2 Nephi 28:20 in the Book of Mormon.)
For some very straightforward and informative facts on the potential ramifications of Prop 8, please look at www.whatisprop8.com and don't let our nation (starting with CA) sink this low.
The fact that Church (LDS) leaders have asked members who don't even live in California to get on their phones, call CA residents, and ask them to vote yes on it, is a big clue to just how important it is.
I wish I knew how to write something really impressive; all I can say is that I have always firmly believed that no matter what new "if it feels good, it must be right" philosophy the adversary plants in people's heads, homosexuality is still absolutely, irrefutably wrong. Giving it any kind of leeway, rights, or tolerance (notice I said "it," not "them") only suggests that it might be acceptable in the smallest way, which it is not. Besides this, giving it tolerance only gives it a chance to get stronger, poison more minds and spirits, and find a way to not only make a mockery of the ways of the Lord, but to attempt to take away the freedoms and blessings He has given to those who strive to follow Him. It disturbs me to the core to read about the possible ramifications if Prop 8 doesn't pass.
I know that the work of God won't be stopped by any unhallowed hand, but those hands could certainly make life a lot more difficult for His followers, and lead this nation to a very frightening place. I personally do not want my children being taught in school (and this would be a requirement for teachers) that two women or two men marrying is just as good as a man and a woman. No. No, no, no. My child will not believe that mommy could do just as well if she were daddy. The very idea is beyond ludicrous. Unthinkable. Horrifying. UNACCEPTABLE.
If this measure doesn't pass, I have absolutely no doubt that Satan will be DELIGHTED and at the same time, laughing scornfully at those who voted it down, after he told them to. He laughs at those who listen to his lies and fall into the traps that he sets for them, but that they choose to be caught in. That's the horrible irony.
"For behold, at that day shall he rage in the hearts of the children of men, and stir them up to anger against that which is good." (2 Nephi 28:20 in the Book of Mormon.)
For some very straightforward and informative facts on the potential ramifications of Prop 8, please look at www.whatisprop8.com and don't let our nation (starting with CA) sink this low.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Halloween Overhaul/The Great Earthworm Massacre of 2008
You like? And is not Judy Garland singing the purple people eater song unexpected and somewhat hilarious?
YAY SEPTEMBER IS OVER! Halloween decorations and music, WOO!
So this morning (and I mean morning) at about 2:45 a.m. I woke up and could not get back to sleep. When the clock was near 4 and I started to get hungry, I decided to get up, eat something, read a little, and try for more sleep later. I went downstairs, and what did I discover but an EARTHWORM, in disgusting pieces, sitting on the carpet by our completely closed back door! (It's been raining here.)
How it got into pieces was no mystery. Both kitties were sitting by, gawking at the remains with their tails twitching. I picked it up with a paper towel and threw it away, had my snack, read some, and went back to bed, wondering how the darn thing got in in the first place. Before I went back upstairs, I noticed Sammy camped out right in front of the door, with his nose practically in the crack. Hmm.
Got up a few hours later and went down again, and it looked the beaches of earthworm Normandy.
Actually, there were probably only two or three, but for how many pieces they were in...
And did you know earthworms aren't like other insects who just seem to have beige-colored guts? They bleed, bright red, and it will get on your carpet. Very inconvenient of them.
So Jason helped me clean it up, and I got to thinking that I felt kind of bad for them. They thought they were getting refuge from the storm, and they come in to face to giant, uncaring, mischievous beasts! I mean, I don't want them in my house, but they're drowning, they escape that, and can't you just see Father Earthworm leading the kids through that crack?
"This way, children. Everything will be all right. We'll be safe in he--[looks up, horror]--go back!!"
"I can't, Daddy, half of me is still outside!"
"GO BACK!! GO BA--AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!!"
Yeah, I know I'm weird, but just be glad I didn't take pictures! :)
YAY SEPTEMBER IS OVER! Halloween decorations and music, WOO!
So this morning (and I mean morning) at about 2:45 a.m. I woke up and could not get back to sleep. When the clock was near 4 and I started to get hungry, I decided to get up, eat something, read a little, and try for more sleep later. I went downstairs, and what did I discover but an EARTHWORM, in disgusting pieces, sitting on the carpet by our completely closed back door! (It's been raining here.)
How it got into pieces was no mystery. Both kitties were sitting by, gawking at the remains with their tails twitching. I picked it up with a paper towel and threw it away, had my snack, read some, and went back to bed, wondering how the darn thing got in in the first place. Before I went back upstairs, I noticed Sammy camped out right in front of the door, with his nose practically in the crack. Hmm.
Got up a few hours later and went down again, and it looked the beaches of earthworm Normandy.
Actually, there were probably only two or three, but for how many pieces they were in...
And did you know earthworms aren't like other insects who just seem to have beige-colored guts? They bleed, bright red, and it will get on your carpet. Very inconvenient of them.
So Jason helped me clean it up, and I got to thinking that I felt kind of bad for them. They thought they were getting refuge from the storm, and they come in to face to giant, uncaring, mischievous beasts! I mean, I don't want them in my house, but they're drowning, they escape that, and can't you just see Father Earthworm leading the kids through that crack?
"This way, children. Everything will be all right. We'll be safe in he--[looks up, horror]--go back!!"
"I can't, Daddy, half of me is still outside!"
"GO BACK!! GO BA--AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!!"
Yeah, I know I'm weird, but just be glad I didn't take pictures! :)
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