Tagged

I was tagged by Alayna. So here is the fourth picture in my fourth folder. This is a picture of Kayla and her cousin Natalie from January of 2007. This just shows how their relationship has continued to grow, they play together but MUST fight over the same toys, lol

I tag: Lizzie, Jackie, Lala and Shemaine. Lets see the fourth picture in your fourth folder.

"All Jacked Up"

Emily is here for the night and while we were getting her pjs out of her suitcase we found her doll. The dolls hair is messy...as they always seem to be. When she saw her doll Emily said "Her hair is all jacked up, cause mommy tried to give it a hair do". I couldnt help but laugh...I havent heard her say 'all jacked up' before, they dont tend to slang. LOL!

Leftovers

I really do like leftovers, most of the time anyway. BUT there are some leftovers that I could just do without!

My least favorite leftovers are those from my car accident. Today was the first time in a long time that I had a muscle cramp and boy was it a doozy! It just cramped down on my back and I was stuck bent over at the foot of my bed until it let up enough that I could move at all.

YIKES!!

I'm just grateful that they are few and far between now. I think tonight is a muscle relaxer night though since I have to work tomorrow and I dont want to be hurting by then. 'Cause the worst part about them is they seem to linger forever...

Alright thats all my griping for now!

The Girls

This weekend I had the girls over for Friday night and it was more of a whirlwind than usual. For some reason I felt the need to jam pack every single second they were here, I almost forgot to stop and enjoy having them.

Let's see what all did we do?

Friday-they came over around 3, and hour earlier than I was expecting them so I was already behind because of that. First they went straight to the toy spot and started playing, the toys that are there must be better than I think cause they always do that but those toys seem SO boring to me. After they settled in we made dinner together, mini pizzas. Then we played games for a little while before we left for the store. I took them to Toys R Us cause I forgot to pick up a second Barbie for them. Its so much fun to go with them to the toy store cause they are so excited to pick stuff out. And they are soooo polite its amazing! They say thank you for every single thing, and not just to me they thank the cashier, the waiter etc. So we came home from the store and they took a shower and played with their new toys while I cleaned up.

We played more games...Big Trouble, Operation, Five Little Monkeys and then started up the Wii. The girls had fun with the Wii although Maddie managed to throw the remote (on accident of course) and it hit my brand new TV! Thank goodness it's okay, my heart about flew out of my chest...yikes!

By the time we finished playing games and watched a movie the girls didnt go to bed until 1130 which is the latest they have ever stayed up at my house. I know its the weekend when they stay with me but by the time we get to bed time Im usually so tired Im ready for them to go to bed by 9 lol.

So all of that was just day one!

On Saturday the girls managed to sleep in, or at least Chloe did. Maddie is really quiet when she wakes up and just plays or reads a book so when I woke up she was in the living room playing with the Barbies. After breakfast we went to the children's museum around here that was okay, kinda young for Maddie's age but they still managed to have fun. We went from there to Red Robin for lunch, where I got 'ma'am'd UGH!! Im sure its because they are getting older so it looks like I must have to be old to have 2 kids their age. After lunch we went to the IMAX theatre and saw Deep Sea which was a very beautiful film with actual ocean footage. Chloe landed in my lap though because they kept having fish flash in front of the screen and making her jump.

After all that I took them home and got to see Emmy and Abbey while Abbey opened her birthday present. She was so cute with her new toy. I bought her a My Little Pony that talks and crawls and she loved it. She kept squeezing it with a big smile while she felt the legs move, lol. Poor kid though she has to keep trying to get it back from her big sisters who want to play with it too. Being the oldest makes me wonder what its like to be the youngest of 4 girls...gotta me pretty busy fighting your way to the top all the time.

So after all of that I sat down on my couch and just sat and sat... It's so quiet at my house after they leave.

Oh I forgot the most exciting part of the weekend. When we were leaving and I was locking the front door I turned around to see Maddie straddling the stair banister and getting ready to slide down it. I almost had a heart attack!! I very calmly said "Maddie, please get down" after she did I hugged her and told her to PLEASE never do that again! These stairs are outside so they are over both stone and cement...all I could picture is guts...awful! The funny part about it is Madison is the perfect child, I pretty much never have to correct anything she does. The most serious thing I ever have to get on to her about is to not jump on the floor cause I have people living below me. So for her to do something like that... Though of course she was by no means doing it to be 'bad' she is just the one who likes to do things that require balance.

Of course she broke the one and only rule I have "If you can get hurt doing it you cant do it" but at least now I know my heart works...lol stopped then started all on its own.

All in all it was a great weekend. But in the words of Chloe "Why did it have to go so fast?"

Oh the Places We Will Go!!

Lately I have had the desire to 'go'. Just about anywhere shopping, traveling concerts, comedy etc. So this week I made plans for a lunch date for Sunday *crossing my fingers* and bought tickets to do see Phantom of the Opera at our local art center. I haven't seen it before and I thought it would be a fun outing. I'm taking my g-ma with me who I know will love it since she has seen it before and going to have fun!

Another thing I have planned way into the future came from watching Jon & Kate +8. They took the girls to the American Girl store and it looked like fun so I looked up where they are located. Unfortunately there isn't one anywhere around here so I cant take Maddie and Chloe who love AG. BUT there is one in CA so I can take Kayla! Yay! After looking at the site its obvious its geared for girls 6 and older but I think Im going to take her when I go home before the end of the year. This time will be more for me than for her but still fun. I just wanna get a feel for it for now. Hopefully, Kayla will love AG and will want to go when she gets older. She wont get an AG doll for a while since they are pricey and something that I feel she should be able to take care of before she gets. Who knows maybe she will get her first doll on a trip to the store. Guess we will just have to see.

Obviously AG are something that I just love. I don't know if AG wasn't around when I was little or if I just didn't know about it but wow what a fun concept "Just Like Me" dolls etc. I soooo hope Kayla things they are as awesome as I do! Maddie and Chloe really like them so it gives me hope :)

Now what am I going to plan next??

Freaked out

I went to Walmart this evening and while there I noticed the guy looking at me and he immediately gave me a weird feeling. I acted like I didnt notice and kept shopping. When I came out of the next isle he was standing in the middle of the main isle, obviously waiting for me to come out. He said "Hi, how are you doing?", I said "Fine, thanks" and kept walking. A few more times while I was shopping he kept turning up, every time just walking around, nothing in his hands and not looking at any products.

Eww!

He gave me the creeps enough that I was watching for him when I left and I planned to ask security to walk me out if I saw him near the door. I'm not one to freak out about that kinda stuff or over-react so when I was nervous like that it was strange, and not something I want to do again!

But here I am, home safe and sound with a Hershey melting in my mouth...perfect!

Shopping..Again!

Tonight I felt like spending more money so I hit the stores, Toys R Us, Best Buy, and Barnes & Noble. Toys R Us was a lot of fun. I bought Abbey her birthday present (crawling baby Pony), Kayla a purple wig for the dress up clothes I have started collecting (bring on the after Halloween sales!), Matthew a Gator Golf game for either Christmas or his birthday, Five Little Monkeys game (for Emmy when she comes over), Big Trouble (for the girls when they come over), "Baby Doctor" Barbie for when the girls come over (I already have one for Kayla when she gets bigger), and 2 baby gifts for people that I know that are expecting.

After all that I hit up Best Buy! I bought a Wii fit (fun!), 2 Wii games for the girls and the first season of Nip & Tuck to see if I like it. Of course I couldn't pass up the book store since I new the new Lori Foster book was out, and bonus ! a new Iris Johansen too. After all that I skipped the grocery store though. Guess that will be on the to do for another day.

All and all it was fun....now Im off to read before I hit the sack.

Seriously! WOW!

So yesterday before work I was complaining about how tired I was blah blah blah right?

Well I went to work and WOW what a night! When I got there I ended up being L&D back up (which means I go down on deliveries if needed) and first non-vent (older than 34-35week) admit. When the night started we didnt have any planned admits. 2-3 hours into the shift we heard we had 2 deliveries to attend, a 31 weeker and a 35 weeker. Practically as soon as the 31 weeker was being admitted (the MD was still working on him and writing orders) the nurses went down on a 27weeker delivery. When they came back from that they let me know we had to go on a scheduled c-section (we attend them all). We attended that-healthy baby who stayed in the newborn nursery downstairs. About an hour later we went down on the 35weeker which could have gone either way, stayed downstairs or came up with us.

He ended up coming up with us which made him my admit. He was my first admit so I pretty much had no idea what all I was supposed to do. One of the nurses that was helping me said "Is your baby breathing? is it pink? then your doing fine" So very nice of her to kinda give me that boost of just remembering what is most important and that everything else will come along.

So all in all at the end of the night we went to a total of 5 deliveries (3 for me) and admitted 3 babies, in 12 hrs. Thats the busiest night I have worked so far.

Oh and crazy me! I volunteered to be first non-vent admit again just to get more experience. One thing someone told me that I really took to heart was that when your new take all the new experience you can so that you can learn. People are much more open to the "I dont knows" when you havent worked there very long. And therefore much more willing to help. Plus when your first admit you have much more help cause everyone runs in to assist you but when your number 3 or something else everyone is already busy helping with the others and so your much more on your own.

Off to night number 3!

Emotional Mess!

This night shift thing is really getting to me. I have tried to keep my chin up and a positive attitude about it but its not so easy. Going back and forth between sleeping during the day and trying to sleep at night sucks.

Even though last night was an easy night I still fill emotionally a wreck which is a sure sign Im exhausted and probably need a better diet. Im on the verge of tears every moment even when Im not sad. Something has to give. I'm so hoping to get this 6 on 8 off schedule. Chances are I won't but I really really need it!

Either way Im going to have to start working out on my days off to get my energy up and eat better of course. Not so much fast food and/or skipping meals.

PS-Im using my blog to whine so no one in the 'real world' has to listen to me lol.

Me me me me It's All About ME!

LOL!

Yesterday I went shopping for me for once! I didn't buy Kayla one thing! I got clothes, shoes, undergarments the whole shebang! It felt good to finally spend some of my hard earned money on myself.

Some of my loot...

Shoes (1 of 2 pairs)


Pants (4 pair)


Tops (2 of the 3 purchased)


Jacket (1 of 1)


Oh and did I mention I bought it all at Macy's? I knocked that one store out! LOL The only thing I wanted that I didn't buy was this adorable COACH purse. Sigh....but I can't have everything I want can I?