We finally decided that Wyatt is ready for a dog.
So, here she is . . . introducing Daisy.
Monday, October 08, 2007
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
My karma needs a caffeine boost
Apparently, I have not been doing enough nice things lately. Today, my karma kicked my butt.
It started off with me hitting a rabbit on the way to Nana's. That's not enough to really make me think my karma is off kilter. I hit 3 squirrels in the last week too. Still didn't make me think about my karma.
However, when I went to the gas station to get my morning Mt. Dew, I picked up a cup, checked it to make sure there were no surprises in it (Don't ask, it's part of the OCD) and then decided to get something to eat while I waited for the pop machine to clear out a little. There were several people all trying to get their morning dose. Well, I whipped around and stepped towards the snacks and walked right smack dab into some guy's armpit. He apparently was right behind me and leaning (ever so quietly) over me to get a lid.
I got quite the laugh about it and STILL didn't think about my karma.
Then, I got into my car, drove a few blocks, picked up my styrofoam clad Mt. Dew (to hell with the environment, I like my pop REALLY cold) and the bottom cracked and broke. I managed to miss my lap with it, but the passenger side floorboard got quite the bath.
Oh well. I guess I need to be nicer.
It started off with me hitting a rabbit on the way to Nana's. That's not enough to really make me think my karma is off kilter. I hit 3 squirrels in the last week too. Still didn't make me think about my karma.
However, when I went to the gas station to get my morning Mt. Dew, I picked up a cup, checked it to make sure there were no surprises in it (Don't ask, it's part of the OCD) and then decided to get something to eat while I waited for the pop machine to clear out a little. There were several people all trying to get their morning dose. Well, I whipped around and stepped towards the snacks and walked right smack dab into some guy's armpit. He apparently was right behind me and leaning (ever so quietly) over me to get a lid.
I got quite the laugh about it and STILL didn't think about my karma.
Then, I got into my car, drove a few blocks, picked up my styrofoam clad Mt. Dew (to hell with the environment, I like my pop REALLY cold) and the bottom cracked and broke. I managed to miss my lap with it, but the passenger side floorboard got quite the bath.
Oh well. I guess I need to be nicer.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Things Done and Marked Off THE LIST
I keep a never-ending to do list in my mind. I try to put as much of it as possible on paper, but that would be one more thing to do . . . and doesn't usually happen except on the weekends. But, here is what I've done since Friday. WARNING: Not a whole lot of exciting things, but some good things.
1. Friday morning I got most of the way to Nana's and realized I didn't have my cell phone. No big deal since Friday's are a half day at work during the summer. EXCEPT, we were due to close on refinancing our house. So, in the spirit of not wanting to miss the person doing the closing if they called, I trucked back to the house, got my phone, and then decided to make a second stop at the gas station. The first was for gas. The second was because I needed some caffeine right away.
2. Worked. Ok, not exciting, but I did it.
3. Trucked BACK to Nana's. Said good bye to his great grandmother since she's been visiting with Nana all week.
4. Went back home, fed Wyatt, closed on the house.
5. Went to Martinsville and saw Trina's new house. It's great! Lots of space and a really awesome floor plan.
6. Went to Rural King to get two 6 volt batteries for the hubby. Don't ask.
7. Went BACK to Nana's to deliver the batteries to hubby.
8. Went BACK to Martinsville to pick up dinner.
9. Put the child to bed and fell into bed absolutely exhausted.
10. Saturday, I got up, did a load of laundry, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher. Did a few other random chores, started the vacuum robot and headed out to meet hubby at a friend's house for lunch. This friend lost his wife last year to cancer. He has a new girlfriend and it was my chance to meet her. It was also our friend's chance to see Wyatt for the first time.
11. Called my mom.
12. Came home and did more random chores, including washing the sheets and taking care of the child.
13. Made a coconut cheesecake, baked beans and deviled eggs for Sunday after running into town to the store.
14. Cleaned and put several bags of green peppers in the freezer.
15. Sunday I did some more chores, including unloading and reloading the dishwasher and and starting a load of laundry.
16. Went to Nana's for an awesome cookout. Besides what I brought, there were fresh green beans, ribs, deer meat, brats, mashed potatoes, blackberry cobbler and squash pie.
17. While at Nana's, got the chance to help with the garden. We picked corn, green beans and tomatoes.
18. Went BACK to Martinsville for baby supplies for Nana.
19. Came home and did more chores. That included the whole week's worth of clean laundry that needed to be folded or hung up and put away.
20. Packed Wyatt's bag for Nana's house today.
1. Friday morning I got most of the way to Nana's and realized I didn't have my cell phone. No big deal since Friday's are a half day at work during the summer. EXCEPT, we were due to close on refinancing our house. So, in the spirit of not wanting to miss the person doing the closing if they called, I trucked back to the house, got my phone, and then decided to make a second stop at the gas station. The first was for gas. The second was because I needed some caffeine right away.
2. Worked. Ok, not exciting, but I did it.
3. Trucked BACK to Nana's. Said good bye to his great grandmother since she's been visiting with Nana all week.
4. Went back home, fed Wyatt, closed on the house.
5. Went to Martinsville and saw Trina's new house. It's great! Lots of space and a really awesome floor plan.
6. Went to Rural King to get two 6 volt batteries for the hubby. Don't ask.
7. Went BACK to Nana's to deliver the batteries to hubby.
8. Went BACK to Martinsville to pick up dinner.
9. Put the child to bed and fell into bed absolutely exhausted.
10. Saturday, I got up, did a load of laundry, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher. Did a few other random chores, started the vacuum robot and headed out to meet hubby at a friend's house for lunch. This friend lost his wife last year to cancer. He has a new girlfriend and it was my chance to meet her. It was also our friend's chance to see Wyatt for the first time.
11. Called my mom.
12. Came home and did more random chores, including washing the sheets and taking care of the child.
13. Made a coconut cheesecake, baked beans and deviled eggs for Sunday after running into town to the store.
14. Cleaned and put several bags of green peppers in the freezer.
15. Sunday I did some more chores, including unloading and reloading the dishwasher and and starting a load of laundry.
16. Went to Nana's for an awesome cookout. Besides what I brought, there were fresh green beans, ribs, deer meat, brats, mashed potatoes, blackberry cobbler and squash pie.
17. While at Nana's, got the chance to help with the garden. We picked corn, green beans and tomatoes.
18. Went BACK to Martinsville for baby supplies for Nana.
19. Came home and did more chores. That included the whole week's worth of clean laundry that needed to be folded or hung up and put away.
20. Packed Wyatt's bag for Nana's house today.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Ok, so I WASN'T Back
Time flies . . . we went to the Indianapolis Zoo a few weeks ago. I'm going to post the pictures here. It was a beautiful day and we all had a lot of fun.
The new Waters building was a bit disappointing . . . and the petting zoo is gone, but overall it was a great day.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Ok, I'm back . . . I think
So, I've been feeling guilty the last several weeks for not putting anything on the blog. . . and lots of things have happened. But, I was having problems posting the rest of the pictures from the trip to the Children's Museum and my flash drive is full. I need to unload it on my computer but that means I need to properly label and file all of the things on it and it just seems like too much.
But, I'll do a quick fill in.
Last week, Wyatt appeared to come down with a pretty bad cold. We were due for a check up (post-surgery) with the pediatric urologist. And, since we see him in our pediatrician's office, I made an appointment to see the Nurse Practitioner right before seeing the "winkie" doctor.
The nurse said it's just a cold basically. Ok, nothing I can do but treat the fever and the cough/runny nose. By the way, that was on a Friday and the fever didn't break until Monday.
The "winkie" doctor said he was done with us. Everything looked great and he said that we had no more use for him. I felt like someone had just dumped me suddenly. But, it's a good thing. It was just weird walking out of the office knowing that we were done with something that took up so much energy in the worrying part of my life.
On Sunday night we got a call from Nana. Her dad was in the hospital again and they were sure he had spinal meningitis. Ok, so now we've all been exposed. Great.
I called into work to deal with Wyatt's fever and to await the test results on Scott's grandpa. It came back negative.
Then she called to say that the hospital called to say he probably wouldn't make it thru the night and for the family to come say their last goodbyes. I couldn't take Wyatt because he was sick.
And, he wasn't responding to anyone, so I felt it would be a moot point. I told Scott to go if he wanted and I would stay home with Wyatt. He chose not to go.
Tuesday I finally got back to work and found out that his grandfather had lived thru the night, but is living on borrowed time.
I picked Wyatt up from Nana's on Tuesday and she thought he had the chicken pox. I called the urgent care clinic and they said it was probably chicken pox and it would just run its course. I wasn't so sure that it was chicken pox.
So, I ran home, got a bottle and headed to the clinic. They made us go thru the back door and stay away from all of the other patients.
It's hives. The child has encountered something that he's allergic to. I can't for the life of me figure out what it is except that they gave him Albuterol to soothe his cough. I only gave him one dose of it.
So, no chicken pox.
On a lighter note, I have decided to join the scrapbooking world. I bought a magazine and spoke to a coworker about what I needed to get started.
I made a trip to Hobby Lobby during their 50% off sale and bought quite a bit to get me started.
And, she was selling some stuff so I bought quite a bit from her.
Now all I need is the time and space to get started. . . we'll see.
But, I'll do a quick fill in.
Last week, Wyatt appeared to come down with a pretty bad cold. We were due for a check up (post-surgery) with the pediatric urologist. And, since we see him in our pediatrician's office, I made an appointment to see the Nurse Practitioner right before seeing the "winkie" doctor.
The nurse said it's just a cold basically. Ok, nothing I can do but treat the fever and the cough/runny nose. By the way, that was on a Friday and the fever didn't break until Monday.
The "winkie" doctor said he was done with us. Everything looked great and he said that we had no more use for him. I felt like someone had just dumped me suddenly. But, it's a good thing. It was just weird walking out of the office knowing that we were done with something that took up so much energy in the worrying part of my life.
On Sunday night we got a call from Nana. Her dad was in the hospital again and they were sure he had spinal meningitis. Ok, so now we've all been exposed. Great.
I called into work to deal with Wyatt's fever and to await the test results on Scott's grandpa. It came back negative.
Then she called to say that the hospital called to say he probably wouldn't make it thru the night and for the family to come say their last goodbyes. I couldn't take Wyatt because he was sick.
And, he wasn't responding to anyone, so I felt it would be a moot point. I told Scott to go if he wanted and I would stay home with Wyatt. He chose not to go.
Tuesday I finally got back to work and found out that his grandfather had lived thru the night, but is living on borrowed time.
I picked Wyatt up from Nana's on Tuesday and she thought he had the chicken pox. I called the urgent care clinic and they said it was probably chicken pox and it would just run its course. I wasn't so sure that it was chicken pox.
So, I ran home, got a bottle and headed to the clinic. They made us go thru the back door and stay away from all of the other patients.
It's hives. The child has encountered something that he's allergic to. I can't for the life of me figure out what it is except that they gave him Albuterol to soothe his cough. I only gave him one dose of it.
So, no chicken pox.
On a lighter note, I have decided to join the scrapbooking world. I bought a magazine and spoke to a coworker about what I needed to get started.
I made a trip to Hobby Lobby during their 50% off sale and bought quite a bit to get me started.
And, she was selling some stuff so I bought quite a bit from her.
Now all I need is the time and space to get started. . . we'll see.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Monday, May 07, 2007
This weekend
I got up Saturday morning and randomly decided that we should go to The Children's Museum in Indianapolis.
After some frantic packing (having Wyatt on milk instead of formula throws everything off), we set out around 10 am.
We got there and had lunch in the food court and toured the museum. Most of the stuff is really geared for closer to 3 and up. But, we had fun as a family. Daddy even turned off his cell phone after taking 2 phone calls before we got out of the food court and into the museum.
We stopped at the museum gift shop on the way out and bought Wyatt a stuffed dinosaur. I have pictures of the trip to the museum (just a few) but need to get them off of the camera.
Yesterday we spent around the house doing not a lot of anything. We did drop Wyatt off at Nana's for about an hour while we went fishing. I can't say that the fishing was that great. It was really windy and the fish weren't biting a whole lot. I took a couple of pictures and then just sat there and vegged out for a while.
Last Thursday we took Wyatt to get his 1 year shots. He weighs not quite 24 pounds and is a little over 32 in. tall. Since he's walking, I'll call it tall and not long.
Other than that, it wasn't a very exciting week. Hopefully this week will be quiet too. I think we might go to the zoo this weekend . . .
After some frantic packing (having Wyatt on milk instead of formula throws everything off), we set out around 10 am.
We got there and had lunch in the food court and toured the museum. Most of the stuff is really geared for closer to 3 and up. But, we had fun as a family. Daddy even turned off his cell phone after taking 2 phone calls before we got out of the food court and into the museum.
We stopped at the museum gift shop on the way out and bought Wyatt a stuffed dinosaur. I have pictures of the trip to the museum (just a few) but need to get them off of the camera.
Yesterday we spent around the house doing not a lot of anything. We did drop Wyatt off at Nana's for about an hour while we went fishing. I can't say that the fishing was that great. It was really windy and the fish weren't biting a whole lot. I took a couple of pictures and then just sat there and vegged out for a while.
Last Thursday we took Wyatt to get his 1 year shots. He weighs not quite 24 pounds and is a little over 32 in. tall. Since he's walking, I'll call it tall and not long.
Other than that, it wasn't a very exciting week. Hopefully this week will be quiet too. I think we might go to the zoo this weekend . . .
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
The Swing Set
Daddy decided that Wyatt needed a swing set . . . after I suggested that we just buy a swing for outside. So, off he went to the store and spent an entire day getting everything and putting it together. Here are some of the pictures of Wyatt taking it for a test drive and just wandering around the yard.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Today's Thought . . . and Rant
Ok, so I'm not a person who is technologically-deficient. However, I DO have my limitations. I love being able to LEAVE voice mails . . . I hate GETTING voice mails. I love taking digital pictures, but don't sort or label them very well. And, if it hadn't been for the Geek Squad suggesting a backup drive, I would never have backed up my personal computer in my life until a few months ago. Now, it backs up my computer nightly for me. I loathe checking my personal emails and keep it to a minimum. But, I have been working hard at "improving" my blog. In other words, I'm cluttering it up but feeling like I'm finally catching up to the rest of the world. There are still several things that I have seen on other blogs that I think are totally cool but haven't figured out how to accomplish yet. And, since I'm the QUEEN OF PROCRASTINATION (those of you know me well, stop laughing and continue reading), I always put off learning how to do those things. But, I'm working on it. Seriously. Stop laughing again, MICHELLE.
And, speaking of Michelle, she is responsible for me not only starting this blog, but surfing other blogs, reading Stephen Brust's books . . . which has become an addiction and teaching me to love my jump drive and to carry it with me every day. Yes, in my pocket (along with my pocket knife) I carry my jump drive. I'm becoming a pseudo-geek. It's kind of like being a closet Trekkie. I'm not one of those people who dress up and go to the conventions. I don't read the books . . . although I read the book that Leonard Nimoy wrote about doing Star Trek. And, I don't schedule my life around Star Trek series or movies. But, if I'm flipping thru the channels and there is one on, I'm apt to watch it.
Anyway, that's today's thought. I'm becoming a techno and blog junkie. That little Next Blog button calls my name whenever I log in.
And, last week I was indulging in that vice (one of many) when lo and behold, what should pop up but a blog from a person who was commenting on something happening in their small town. I started perusing thru it and found it funny, touching and . . . ummmm, interesting. As I was scrolling thru the posts, I saw one that talked about going to a certain southern city for vacation. It had a picture with it. When I looked at the picture, I thought that the person in it looked a lot like a co-worker at my former place of employment. The next picture showed someone that looked a lot like ANOTHER co-worker at my former place of employment. It had a caption with it and gave the first name of the person. The name was the same as the person that I was thinking of. I enlarged the picture, went back to the first picture, enlarged it and then had to pick up my jaw from the floor. IT WAS THEM! I had accidentally stumbled upon the blog of a former co-worker. I am not naming names because the person has a blog title that obviously keeps them from being identified unless you really know them.
Anyway, the funny thing was to be able to read things from their personal point of view. There were things in there that I knew. Things that I was not surprised by. There were nicknames galore, but I think I decoded several of them since I know that person . . . but there were things there that totally shocked me. . . personal things. Nothing about me . . . things about that person. In particular, there was a list of "Things about Me". You know, those lists where you tell so many things about yourself that others may not know . . .or things that you think are important to your personality. There were things in that list that I think that person would not necessarily want shared with the people they work with . . . I don't know, I could be wrong. But, let's say I had a love for . . . . oh. . . "adult entertainment". I'll leave the rest up to your imagination. I wouldn't necessarily want to share that with my co-workers. Now, I know the odds of someone he/she didn't want to see that stumbling upon it by hitting the Next Blog button are not very good. But, it happened.
The blog also had some great entries that I enjoyed. It would be a blog I would LOVE to have a link to so that other people could share it. But, I obviously don't want to jeopardize that person's privacy. So, I keep the blog in my memory (what there is left of it) and check it out every few days.
Which leads me (in my roundabout way) to my rant . . . about technology.
If there's one thing I can't stand . . . and I know it's the "in" thing . . .it's text messaging. I hate it for a couple of reasons. One, can you not just pick up the phone and call the person? Even I (who hates to talk on the phone) will eventually give in and pick up the phone if I need to speak to someone.
The other thing I can't stand about it is that it's giving a whole generation a serious lack of personal interaction (which I think is important to your growth) and spelling! Ok, I'm not the world's best speller . . . but I'm pretty good. And, even I make typos and I totally understand that other people do too . . . even with spell check. But I can't stand all this short hand that they use. It's used in instant messaging too. I hate that too, for the same reasons. I'm sure everyone thinks that instant messaging is old-fashioned now.
Now here comes the part where I am a total hyppocrite because I am blogging this . . .
PEOPLE - GET OUT FROM BEHIND YOUR STUPID COMPUTER AND INTERACT WITH SOME REAL PEOPLE!
Ok, enough said. I'm stepping down from the soapbox . . . with egg on my face as a blog addict.
And, speaking of Michelle, she is responsible for me not only starting this blog, but surfing other blogs, reading Stephen Brust's books . . . which has become an addiction and teaching me to love my jump drive and to carry it with me every day. Yes, in my pocket (along with my pocket knife) I carry my jump drive. I'm becoming a pseudo-geek. It's kind of like being a closet Trekkie. I'm not one of those people who dress up and go to the conventions. I don't read the books . . . although I read the book that Leonard Nimoy wrote about doing Star Trek. And, I don't schedule my life around Star Trek series or movies. But, if I'm flipping thru the channels and there is one on, I'm apt to watch it.
Anyway, that's today's thought. I'm becoming a techno and blog junkie. That little Next Blog button calls my name whenever I log in.
And, last week I was indulging in that vice (one of many) when lo and behold, what should pop up but a blog from a person who was commenting on something happening in their small town. I started perusing thru it and found it funny, touching and . . . ummmm, interesting. As I was scrolling thru the posts, I saw one that talked about going to a certain southern city for vacation. It had a picture with it. When I looked at the picture, I thought that the person in it looked a lot like a co-worker at my former place of employment. The next picture showed someone that looked a lot like ANOTHER co-worker at my former place of employment. It had a caption with it and gave the first name of the person. The name was the same as the person that I was thinking of. I enlarged the picture, went back to the first picture, enlarged it and then had to pick up my jaw from the floor. IT WAS THEM! I had accidentally stumbled upon the blog of a former co-worker. I am not naming names because the person has a blog title that obviously keeps them from being identified unless you really know them.
Anyway, the funny thing was to be able to read things from their personal point of view. There were things in there that I knew. Things that I was not surprised by. There were nicknames galore, but I think I decoded several of them since I know that person . . . but there were things there that totally shocked me. . . personal things. Nothing about me . . . things about that person. In particular, there was a list of "Things about Me". You know, those lists where you tell so many things about yourself that others may not know . . .or things that you think are important to your personality. There were things in that list that I think that person would not necessarily want shared with the people they work with . . . I don't know, I could be wrong. But, let's say I had a love for . . . . oh. . . "adult entertainment". I'll leave the rest up to your imagination. I wouldn't necessarily want to share that with my co-workers. Now, I know the odds of someone he/she didn't want to see that stumbling upon it by hitting the Next Blog button are not very good. But, it happened.
The blog also had some great entries that I enjoyed. It would be a blog I would LOVE to have a link to so that other people could share it. But, I obviously don't want to jeopardize that person's privacy. So, I keep the blog in my memory (what there is left of it) and check it out every few days.
Which leads me (in my roundabout way) to my rant . . . about technology.
If there's one thing I can't stand . . . and I know it's the "in" thing . . .it's text messaging. I hate it for a couple of reasons. One, can you not just pick up the phone and call the person? Even I (who hates to talk on the phone) will eventually give in and pick up the phone if I need to speak to someone.
The other thing I can't stand about it is that it's giving a whole generation a serious lack of personal interaction (which I think is important to your growth) and spelling! Ok, I'm not the world's best speller . . . but I'm pretty good. And, even I make typos and I totally understand that other people do too . . . even with spell check. But I can't stand all this short hand that they use. It's used in instant messaging too. I hate that too, for the same reasons. I'm sure everyone thinks that instant messaging is old-fashioned now.
Now here comes the part where I am a total hyppocrite because I am blogging this . . .
PEOPLE - GET OUT FROM BEHIND YOUR STUPID COMPUTER AND INTERACT WITH SOME REAL PEOPLE!
Ok, enough said. I'm stepping down from the soapbox . . . with egg on my face as a blog addict.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The Tractor
We got Wyatt this little tractor for his birthday. He likes to "work" on the wheels. When you open up the seat, there are 4 little farm animals in it. When you "plug" one into the little spots under the seat, it makes the animal sound. It's pretty cool!
Birthday, balloons and bubbles
The balloons tied to the bottles of bubbles were a huge hit!
Since it was a last minute thought, I had no idea that they
would go over so well, but they did. Wyatt had lots of fun
chewing on the bubbles and popping the balloons.
Since it was a last minute thought, I had no idea that they
would go over so well, but they did. Wyatt had lots of fun
chewing on the bubbles and popping the balloons.
The Dynamic Duo
Here is the Dynamic Duo in action. The boy in the striped shirt is Michael. He lives across the road from us and is about 8 weeks older than Wyatt.
The Ultimate Wagon
Grandma and Grandpa Freeman got Wyatt the ULTIMATE WAGON (and a trike) for his birthday. This thing is the Cadillac of wagons. Here's a picture of Grandpa pulling Wyatt in the wagon and also a picture of the wagon being used to haul off Wyatt's birthday loot.
The Birthday Cake
Here is Wyatt's big cake and the small cake that we got just for him.
He played in his personal cake for a few minutes and then was done.
The party's over . . . YAY!
Friday I spent the day getting some last minute errands done to get ready for the party.
First, since I had the day off, I had our new refrigerator and stove delivered.
Then, I was off to the bank and to a customer's to pick up a check.
Then, I went to the Factory Card Outlet to get the bow, ribbon, wrapping paper, birthday sign and streamers that I needed. While I was there, it dawned on me that I could use small bottles of bubbles to anchor down the baloons. I got the idea when I passed by an endcap that had 6 packs of bubbles.
I also took some time to clean out my car and go thru the car wash.
First, since I had the day off, I had our new refrigerator and stove delivered.
Then, I was off to the bank and to a customer's to pick up a check.
Then, I went to the Factory Card Outlet to get the bow, ribbon, wrapping paper, birthday sign and streamers that I needed. While I was there, it dawned on me that I could use small bottles of bubbles to anchor down the baloons. I got the idea when I passed by an endcap that had 6 packs of bubbles.
I also took some time to clean out my car and go thru the car wash.
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