Yeah we have Heat!!

Yeah we finally have heat. Our heat kept acting up...but if you turned the thermostat off and back on (it is a computer control thing) it would kick the furnace back on. Well Thursday night the furnace went out and would not come back on.....so we were cold all day Friday and last night. Well a repairman came out and it turns out thecontroller in the furnace went out. So $280 later we have HEAT!!

Man its chilly

For some reason our furnice seems to be acting up. It works great then out of the blue it won't stay on. So it is chilling in this house. Thank gosh we have a fire place and wood.

I need sleep

Poor Anna was up all night screaming. I think she is constipated, she is tooting but has not pooped in 3 days and if you push on her gut she screams even louder. The only time I got her to sleep was for about 30 minutes at 6:30 am when I just cuddled her. So needless to say I am tired!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Turkey Day. Or should I say Ham day in our case.

We had a great Thanksgiving. My mom and pops came over, we also had Russ and Gretta from church over. We had a wonderful dinner. We used the formal dinning room, with our kitchen chairs, since the formal ones are not here yet.

We had Honey Baked ham, Garlic/Parmesan mashed potatoes, Mashed sweet potatoes, Zesty Green Beans, Corn ball things (my mom made them), Green jello salad, orange jello salad, Cesar salad, butternut squash soup, rolls, cranberries, pickles and olives, deviled eggs, pecan pie, double layer pumpkin pie, and pear torte. Needless to say we have TONS of left overs!!

It was funny we cleared the table from eating and it dawned on us we never took any pictures. SO I took some while we had desert, but they are on the regular camera so I have to wait to get them developed.

Let it snow let it snow let it snow

We woke up Wednesday morning to snow. We ened up getting 7 inches, it was soo beautiful. I took pictures and will get them uploaded shortly, then I will added them.

Catherine played with Bri in the snow, they built a snowman and just played and played.

While she was playing I set out to clean the drive way and sidewalks....an hour and half later I was finally done!! Talk about long. But hey it was done.

We went to the Thanksgiving Day service at church, it was ok. One cute thing I they asked you to write down something you were thankful for. SO I gave my sheet to Catherine and told her to draw what she thankful for...so she drew first a Rock, then a person and said the person was here, then finally another person and she said it was me. So she was Thankful for Rocks, Herself, and Mommy.

After church we went to Target because I found out they have Edamame, japanese soy beans...they are soo wonderful. So I bought two bags of them. We also got a step stool for the bathroom for Catherine, since I took her potty chair away, which is what he used for a step stool.

From there we came home and finished cleaning the house!

We have music!!

Well I finally got music added to my Message board!! Right now it is play el shaddi.

The next trick is to learn how to make it play through my music library I put on my server.

And to think when Christmas rolls around I will put on Christmas Music!! heheheh I can't wait the little things that excite me!!

No Swimming

Well Pop's just called, I guess Catherine was the only person who signed up for Swimming this go around at the hospital. So they called and said it was cancelled, must have at least 6 people (3 kids and 3 parents) in order for swimming to take place. So for the next 6 weeks no swimming.

So he is planning a fun time with Catherine. Tonight they are going to Union Station and see a movie about 3-D movies, then out to dinner. So she is all dressed up ready to hit the down with her Grandpi.

Worried about my mom

I finally got my mom to open up and tell me what is going on. I knew something was going on, because she kept having Doctor appointments. Well today she told me. We were trying to plan how to do something for her birthday tomorrow (Thur) she said she has yet another Dr. visit.

I finally said "look I know something is going on, please tell me when you can" Since she is at work I did not want her to tell me while she was there, if she did not want to.
Well they physically have found a lump in her left breast. They did an ultrasound and memogram on her breast and can see nothing, yet they can feel it.

So she has an appointment with a Dr. on Thursday to find out what they want to do ect.

She says she thinks it is nothing and she does not want to be cut open for them to tell her it is nothing.

I do hope she is right and it really is nothing.

FEAR FACTOR!!!

UMYF (it is combined 6th - 12th grade.) we did Fear Factor. Talk about a great hit and a great mess.

Our events were:
Toothpaste game - you have one person laying on the floor and one person on a chair above their head. The person on the chair is blind folded and squirts toothpaste into a cup in the mouth of the person on the floor.

Spam Scarffing - see who can eat a can of spam the fastest. Oh my gosh I got generic spam and it smelled soo gross.

Banana Legs - you put a pantie hose over your head (we used knee highs) and try to eat a banana through it.

Kool aid chug - if each youth a packet of unsweetened kool aid and they use their finger to eat it.

Alka Seltzer contest - you put an alka seltzer tablet in your mouth and drink a swig of sprite. See who can keep the foam in their mouth the longest. Note - it will start coming out their nose if they get alot of foam going.

Pop contest - see who can drink a can of coke the fastest. Man some of the youth started burping soo hard.

Twinkie contest - the youth had to eat three twinkies as fast as they could. The trick is the third twinkie was not filled with cream but with stuff like pickle relish, jpapolinos, bbq sauce...etc.

Mystery Drink - the activities were planed by our UMYF president and vice presdent and they got to make the drink. WE gave them a blender and safe food and they had at it. The drink had: Spam, chocolate syrip, bacon bits, peperika, m&m's, sprite, coke, hot sauce.

This whole night was made even better because a parent brought their camcorder and make a DVD of the event so when it was all over we watched it.

Here are the pictures if you want Fear Factor Pictures

Side note: the issue that was going on with Youth A and YOuth B is totally weird. They both showed up to UMYF and acted like nothing was wrong. I don't get it at all but hey something I guess are not ment to be understood.

I can't believe this is happening!!!

Today is the first of the month...and with each first of the month we had our staff meeting. The meeting went good, which was normal.

Following the meeting I had to sit through a meeting with our minister and our Director of lay ministry. I guess it is easier if I put it this was...we have a young person in our youth who has told our minister that I told another youth that their father should get off his lazy A$$ and get a job. First off..I don't talk like that, second the day they said this happened the youth was in a parade and not at church, third the youth who said I said this was at work that day. THis young person also clams they are scared of me, becuase they are afraid to get on my "bad side", that they don't want to be excluded from things. She referenced the fact that I will not allow a youth to stay at my house for lock-ins (coudl it be because this person has stolen from me, and others in our church)...plus I have talked to this youths family and they understand.

So I guess the next step is our minster is having this youth write down all that they say has happened and goign to turn it over to our parish committee (this is the committee that deals with hiring and firing and staff issues). So I guess I will have to sit down and explain myself to them.

I can not believe this is happening. I guess what gets me is this is the family that Tony and I have bent over backwards for. We are the ones who get them to and from church, who feed them and who have paid for stuff for them.Part of me just wants to quit soo bad as youth director. I can not belive that this youth I loved and care so much for would try to hurt me like this. I know I am just very emotional right now and don't need to make decisions like this being so emotional. Plus quiting right now would convay a sence of guilt to them. So I guess I am just going to wait this crap out and see what becomes of it.All I can say is another teenager is not coming over to my house...and I not opening my self up to another teen again.

Oh gosh writing this is making me cry again.

Thank God I have a family who loves me.

Half done

Well tonight we put the changing table in Anna's room. I need to wash it down and get a new changing pad for the top of it. We are going to try to put the crib up tomarrow I think. However who knows when she will go there, but it will be set up.

I have folded 6 loads of laundry....talk about alot of clothes.

Catherine crashed about 6 pm and I am just letting her sleep. I think this cold is more then she bargened for.

TGIF

LOL what a funny title for today. I saw a hoody the other day that said "TGIF - Thank God I'm Female!"

Today I woke up to Catherine crying, she decided to get a knife and try to cut up a pear and ended up cutting her thumb. Not bad at all, but yet she was freaking out. So Catherine learned why we always say no sharp knives.

So we got Anna up, feed her and Catherine and Anna played in the family room while I started cleaning. Catherine must have worn Anna out because she rolled over and went to sleep.

So today is the day to get the front room ready for Anna. I am moving out the blue chair and outmon so we can put her crib and changing table in. I am goign to unpack all the 3-6 month clothes and get them washed, because her 0-3 are starting to get short on her. I looked 3-6 clothes start at 12 pounds and Anna weighs 11, so she will need them soon.

Election is over!!

Oh my I am soo thankful this election is over!! It has been the longest election campain I think I ever recall, so ugly and so just so tireing.

Bush did win, which I am soo thankful for. Personally I was so against Kerry, he scared me, he was soo crazy in my oppion.

Now I pray that everything that was said will come to be, and I have faith in God and that it will.

I pray that everything is Iraq gets resolved and that the people of Irauq continue to be free and begin to run their own country.

I pray that the terrist who hate us so much will get touched by God and that their hearts will be changed and they will see the errors of their ways and have a total change.

Election Day

Happy November 2, 2004....the emfoumouse Election day.

I woke up this morning and my cold is getting worse...turning into a full blown head cold :( I guess it is par for the course.

Well today is Election day at our house...Catherine is doing activities that deal with elections. We are going to leave here in about 20 minutes so she can learn how voting works.

It was soo funny. I went to go vote today and so I sat at a table with Catherine and read her the ballot, I wanted her to see what this voting thing was all about. Well we got to the president question...So I read her the four choices (we had four on our ballot)...she said kinds loud....Vote for Bush I want Bush! THe people waiting in line to get their ballots busted up laughing. I was soo embarished...I was like "Catherine you need to talk quetly just whisper to me".
It was funny guess you had to be there.

(going to work on getting all my on-line diary stuff moved to this format.)

All Saintes Day!!

Happy All Saints day! Today is offically All Saint's Day.

Today I went out with the girls and went fabric shopping. It was a good time. I think. I ended up buying fabric for their Christimas Dresses and also other cool fabric, some fall and halloween to be used next year. I am such a dork!!

Catherine and I did some of her school work, we finished the letter Dd and started the letter Pp. We never got to our math work, because she was being goofy.

I am still fighting my cold but that is ok.

The wood man showed up to give us a bid for taking down our front tree that died after the tornado. Well he want $385 to remove it. My mom and I think that is a great price, but I have a feeling my dad thinks other wise. My dad said he will let me know what to do in a few days. The tree turns out to be a pin oak tree (learned something new).

I guess I should get started on the girls dresses, will start in the morning.

Happy Halloween!!!!

Well is Sunday and it is Halloween!!!

We did the normal, picked up Stephanie and Mindy for church, did Sunday School and worship.

Then came UMYF Halloween Party. Each year our UMYF throw the children's Halloween Party and this year was no exeption. We had approximatly 25 children there!! The youth did a great job. The only issue we had was because it was on Halloween a lot of youth split when it was over and thus clean up was a pain. NOTE TO SELF: Next time the party is on Halloween it will end earlier so we don't have this issue!!

This year Catherine was an orange, it was a costume of mine from High School, my dad made a frame for it so it would stay poofed out for her. I made Anna a Banana this year. Needless to say Anna did not like her costume, she screemed everytime she was in it. It rained while they went trick-or-treating, so they only went to like 4 hours, but they got a ton of candy.

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Here is our web page for Halloween this year http://www.dragonvale.net/personal/halloween04.htm

28 week check-up

Well let's just say I left my Dr. visit feeling like I accomplished nothing. I had my visit with Dr. Fitch (big mistake - this is the same Dr. who when he could not find the baby's heart beat via Doppler at 12 weeks, thought nothing about it - I made him do an u/s then). Well I was not thinking when I made this appointment and that is who I made it with.

So I got there at 9:30 am because I was doing my glucose test while I was there. First I check in and they try to tell me I owe $60 in back visits. I told them I talked to the billing company and that they have the $20 copy for those 3 visits but that they did not apply them yet...and so the lady in charge of billing in the office, looked it up. Finally said she would get back to me before I left.

So I walked back to the lab and got my glucose drink. I HATE THAT STUFF...I guess it is worse since I don't drink regular pop at all, and only drink 1 diet pop a week. But I got it down. While waiting for my 10 am appointment I pulled out my check book and found the check #'s for the those three visits so I was ready to go if I had to fight them on it.

THe nurse came, my favorite nurse, she in normally Dr. Spell's nurse (My favorite Dr.). So first she weighed me. I gained 1 pound. So now I am down only by 5 pounds total. I was hoping to stay the same or be down another pound..but oh well. The nurse then had me pee in the cup..and my urine came back just fine...no traces of anything. Then we took my blood pressure...it was 110/68 (right on track for me). Then she asked me how things where going, I told her about the diarrhea I have been having, she asked what vitamin I was on...because some of them have a stool softener, but mine does not...plus if that was the case it should have started from the beginning not just with in the past 2 weeks.

So then I waited for the Dr. He came in...then it hit me I was with the jerk. He asked me if I was doing my glucose test, I said YEP. Then he said ok let's check the babies heart beat. He used the Doppler, to be honest I think he found my heartbeat not the babies..but he said it was the babies. Then he had me sit up. I had to ask him if he got a heart beat rate...he said "ahh it is about 150"....to which I thought...about what the hell does that mean.

He asked me if everything was ok...I told him about the diarrhea issues. He asked me if I had been out of town, NOPE. Asked me if I was drinking tons of milk, Nope one maybe 2 glasses a day. He told me no milk or cheese for 2 days to see if that helps (hello I have been drinking milk the whole time..why would it do something now). Then he asked me who my primary Dr. was. I told him well it use to be Cicero (who has since lost his medical license for selling drug samples)...and since he stopped practicing I have gone to the Northland Group, where Cicero was, but I don't care for them so i guess I don't have one. His response was....well having diarrhea like you are is not normal...you need to see a Dr. HELLO WHAT THE HELL IS HE??? MOST DR'S WON'T TOUCH A PREGGY WOMEN WITH A 10 FOOT POLL IF THEY CAN HELP IT!!!

So with that I gave up. He said any other questions, I was like "no" and I left. As I went to check out the receptionist said they took care of the billing problems..and i own nothing..it was all a mistake. Next visit is in 4 weeks...my 32 week check up. Which surprised me..I thought I would go back in 2 weeks...guess not. Not sure how they will handle the c-section stuff..because they said I had to set they date at 30 weeks..but I won't see them till 32 weeks. Oh well at this point I don't give a rats butt.

So after my blood was drawn I left. That a waste of a morning.

Dr. Visit!!!!!

OK I went to the Dr. today. New Dr. in my OB/GYN clinic. Her name is Dr. Spell. Turns out in talking she was studing to be an RE when she decided to be an OB/GYN so she could deliver babies.

She stat and we talked for 2 hours!!

She went over all the results of all the test that the other Dr. had done and looked at all my temp charts. She said basicly only one cycle of all my charts did I even really show good ovulations. And of course this cycle and last I have never ovulated. She said that she read about my u/s and it bothered her that nothing more was done. She showed me the report which states: "Tiny follicles cysts in both ovearies but normal size ovaries" She said that alone the other Dr. should have started me on meds for PCOS...or sent me to teh RE. She was mad that he did nothing except offer me clomid. She asked what BCP I was on before TTC, I told her "Ortho Tri-Cycline" she told me how she hates those pills and has seen tons of trouble with ladies comeing off of them.

She then told me I have two choices. She can put me Glucophase and monitor me for a month or two then send me to RE if no results...or send me to an RE now. I told her how I would like to wait for the RE till January becuase of insureance and deductables. She told me all of the sideffects of glucophase and what to do if I have any problems.

She then did a pelvic exam to check my ovaries and said that my right ovary is starting to get enlarged. She said one or two more cycles like I ahve been having and it would really be bad.

She sent me to get lab work before I start Glucophase (i have the script, she will call me and tell me to fill it or not after the lab work is in).

I go back in 6 weeks to see her, with temp charts to see if the glucophase is helping. Also I go back to the lab after 4 weeks of glucophase to draw for blood work to make sure all is good.

She gave me a box of Prometrium to take to kick start me. ANd I take it, again, for 10 days then I should have my period.So that is teh scoop on the poop.

I offically have PCOS, mild but there.Editied to say: I forgot I have lost 10 pounds since my last Dr. visit...so I now way less then I did when I was PG with Catherine!!!

Happy Friday

Well today has been great!!! and the cramps have chilled!!

I helped my mom cut the grass at what will be our new house. Then my mom and I went out to lunch. Then to Hobby Lobby, because my mom wanted some fabric. Then to the cemitary to put new flowers out for my Grandma and Grandpa.

Then I went to church to print bulletins.

Then came home fixed dinner. Then I worked on Emoticons! We have over 180 now!! And I keep getting more and making more! I sure hope you ladies love them as much as I do.

I am tempped to test tomarrow if my temp is back up. So we will see. My nipples hurt soooo bad!! I mean they freaken hurt!!!!

Happy Wednesday

Well Wednesday has been a good day!! I did some cleaning around the house, I seem to never be able to keep up with the cleaning. I am on CD 58, today I have some mild pressure it hurts if you push on my gutt. I spotted a little bit today but not to bad. only twice on the TP.

Stephen Ministry was good tonight..it was about using the Scriptures to help people. We also talked about praying for people and with people. How to find out what their prayer needs are and then praying with them. Over all it was good.