by Sarah | Dec 16, 2007 | Uncategorized
*no spoilers, promise!*
Erik and I went on a date tonight!! We went and saw “I Am Legend” I’d have to say that even if the movie sucked…just seeing Will Smith working out – no shirt – would have made it worth it.
HOWEVER, it did NOT suck! It was actually a very good movie. Well made. It brought you so into Robert’s mindset that you were suspicious of an event that happened at the end yourself.
It was $40 spent…and not money I regret spending at all. It was good to get out with hubby and to see a VERY good movie (seriously at $10/ticket it would take a LOT to make it worth it to go to the movies…this one did). One we will be definitely getting when it comes out on video.
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Two side notes…
1.) Car has been marked as terminal. We’ll get a couple more months out of it…if we’re lucky. Considering we have no money and no other vehicle, this is very much NOT good. Applied for a mortgage refi (pulling out equity when we do) in hopes of not only getting funds to purchase another vehicle…but to also get a lower mortgage payment in the process!
2.) My parents (and bro/SIL) watched the kids tonight. Apparently the girls did wonderful. K didn’t throw ONE fit while she was there…until I showed back up. Yeah. Great to know I’m a catalyst. And apparently Molly was just an absolute doll…super loving and all over the place with talking! YAY!!
by Sarah | Dec 14, 2007 | Uncategorized
A more randomized post for your reading pleasure (or not). Much going on..
*Erik and I are going to go on a…brace for it…DATE! *Gasp* It will have to be a short one, as my mom “can’t stay up late because we are singing on Sunday” *sigh* BUT, we’ll get to go to the movies! We’re going to see “I Am Legend” (hopefully). Will Smith *sigh* He’s no Hugh Jackman, but he sure works in a pinch.
*Molly asked for help!! First time ever! YAY!
*I was up until 3AM last night. Yup, 3AM. Remember my list from yesterday? It took me 3 hours to knock out the “finish organizing my desk” bit. I worked on it from 12AM-3AM. Went to bed and spent the next 4 hours being woken up intermittently by Erik for either snoring or to ask me about the kids school stuff or some other random deal.
*I realized that I was not completely totally and absolutely done with Christmas last night. I have one nephew that I forgot to buy a present for. I hardly ever see my nephews (even though they live right here)…and he’s at that age where it’s starting to get tough to get presents.
*I have no toilet paper in my house. At all. This is not good. Must drag Erik and kids into Wal-Mart tonight. I cringe at the thought.
*My girls are such drama queens. Heaven help me.
*Have to pick up Erik from work. His coworker that he carpools with was up as late as me sewing…and since she’s already sick, she made herself sicker…
*SOCCER!!! Sorry, Backyardigans…Soccer Monster…Girls favorite episode…
*List is shrinking AND growing…how is that possible?!
*Playing a game. I could get addicted. Oy.
*DATE NIGHT! (nope, not excited)
*Is it bad to regift a gift you got 9 years ago for one of your kids that still works and isn’t available anymore…to your nephew? Because that’s what he’s getting for his birthday. It’s a Leap Frog toy…so that’s good, right?
*Virtual Christmas Cookies to anyone that made it this far 😛
*Must go get another task done on my list. Will likely post later!
by Sarah | Dec 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
I totally missed it and for that I feel shame. But I have to spam to mention it.
1 year ago on December 6th, my uterus, fallopian tubes, and one remaining ovary were cut from my body!! I have been in menopause a year. I’m 31 years old and on a menopause patch. Not as tragic as if I’d been 18, of course…or if I’d only had one child, not the 3 ring circus I do have…but still. It feels odd.
My consolation is that if I weren’t uterus free I’d still be dealing with spending money on pads/tampons…I’d have that gross sick mess that made me feel disgusting and dirty every month…and I’d still be in pain. The relief from the pain is the best part…even if it has been replaced with the hassle of patch-work on my ass.
Of course, my metabolism became shot in this. I now weigh what I did when I was 9 months pregnant with my girls and have that sick gross loose skin that two years of being pregnant twice in a row can put on you.
But I am free of the pain of chronic cysts. When I was 20 I developed a cyst. I was told it would burst. I got pregnant, the cyst was still there…I was told it would shrink. It didn’t. A year later my 5 pound cyst was removed. We say “along with the ovary”…but there was no ovary left…just a mass. From that time on I had regular pain…painful periods…random pain when I would stand, lift, bend over…it didn’t matter.
At 28 I knew I had another one. I was blessed with a doctor that immediately did an u/s instead of arguing with me…and offered to remove it, or try to make it shrink first. I took blood thinners for a month and thankfully it dissipated. From there I was blessed with two pregnancies.
After K was born I knew it was happening again. I went to my OB, he did an u/s because of my history. A cyst was there but they believed it to be functioning…so I was told to just relax it would go away. Two months later I went back and demanded another u/s. The cyst was now 2 inches (not huge, but big). He offered to just remove the cyst, I said no. I didn’t want it to ever happen again. I’d had 3 kids and wasn’t interested in ever having anymore (If I do “have” more kids I’d adopt)…and could he please take it all out?
He informed me it would send me into menopause.
I told him my mother went into menopause at 33. I have always followed my mother in the reproductive aspects of my life (she had cysts too, but PCOS, not my issue)…so I knew I would. I also informed him I was relatively sure I was in pre-menopause already.
He agreed and a week later I was without my womanly parts. I felt better than I had in years…well, except the extreme surgery pain *lol*
So just a quick memorial for the things I lost…and a happy joy that I’ve made it a year, and still feel better than I ever did in my fertile years!!
by Sarah | Dec 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’m feeling mildly accomplished today. Only mildly…but accomplished none the less.
I just confirmed an order on Amazon.com that will complete my Christmas shopping for the year!! The kids have been done for a week and a half, but I had to purchase one final thing for Erik. It’s all done now!
Now I just have a bit list to complete….
1. Dishes (seriously, my kitchen’s a pit right now)
2. Laundray (ongoing forever and ever)
3. Finish organizing my desk (another mild pit)
4. Sewing (purses must be finished)
5. Knitting (must finish mom’s sweater by christmas)
6. Wrap presents
7. Bake second round of cookies
8. Insurance paperwork (and all other applicable paperwork found on desk)
9. Put away girls’ clothes (currently piled in laundry baskets in living room)
10. AmVets comes on 12/20 for outgrown girls clothes (including the most adorable jacket ever *pout)
The list is ever growing…we’ll see how I knock it out!!
by Sarah | Dec 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
I stole my husband’s phone from him.
Several weeks ago we went to the AT&T store to get new phones. They only had one in stock of the one I REALLY wanted, which was an update of my phone, the walkman phone…the Sony w550i:
The new one is really nice, sleek. You can bump up your memory with a card to put more songs/pictures on it…take pictures in B&W. They have it in white, but you can’t get the white one anywhere but online (or apparently Best Buy). It’s quite depressing, actually…but, still, it’s nice in black, too, see:
So, anyway, the store only had one. Erik wanted it…so I didn’t fight, and let him have it. I bought the Samsun SYNC. I took it back two days later. HATED it. I went back to my old version of the walkman.
Last night I switched phones with Erik. He’s been pestering me for the past couple of weeks knowing I wanted it…so last night I did it. I stole his phone.
BAD wife.
He says he’ll get a razr in the spring, which is what he really wanted anyway (not sure why he didn’t get one then). He doesn’t like the walkman so much because it doesn’t come with a custom case…and he LOVES the custom cases. So, that’s why he wants the razr. Silly boy 😛
by Sarah | Dec 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
I posted the cookie recipes over at Side Dishes!!!
Yes, the Polish Apricot ones are there 😉
