Hope you have a wonderful day, Dad! Know that you are admired, appreciated and loved by many and I'm on the top of that list!
Friday, March 25, 2011
For my Dad!
Hope you have a wonderful day, Dad! Know that you are admired, appreciated and loved by many and I'm on the top of that list!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Crabby hat
So, I am pushing 17 weeks into this pregnancy and I have tried REALLY hard to be nice/pleasant/friendly up until now. I don't want to be known as the crabby pregnant lady, but I may have to accept that label graciously, esp. after this blog. I am so sick and tired of things happening on in my world and in the world in general. Let's start on a global level first.
Annoyance #1: Nuclear energy will be an end all be all for everyone and all. Japan, as I hope everyone knows of by now, suffered a traumatic earthquake followed by a pounding of tsunamis after. The big panic in the media right now is all the nuclear power plants having meltdowns and such. Now, while nuclear disasters are real and can be very scary, what is happening there is being blown out of proportion just a bit, I'd say. We have Congress reviewing nuclear energy in our own country and if it's really safe. Well, it is safe and it is efficient. Why the panic? "Natural disasters clearly make these power plants susceptible to catastrophe and we must stop the production of new sites and discontinue the operation of current plants." Here's the kicker, tho. Those power plants in Japan survived the earthquake just fine. The tsunami is what caused the current problems over there. Those plants were drafted and built by American companies who took into consideration the possible occurrence of an earthquake. When the Japanese hired the Americans to build these plants, precautions were taken for that event. None essentially were for tsunamis. Hence, our current situation. It was human error, not the nuclear plants is my point. And, by the way, in our sue-happy society, human error occurs on a daily basis. After being in Hawaii and seeing the waves on the North Shore (and being told they weren't that big, when to me, they were!) and how powerful water is, a tsunami is a big, big, BIG deal. Watch some video footage of those waves crashing inland. It took large yachts and tossed them like bath toys. So, hearings on potential nuclear power plants as a threat makes about as much sense as debating on wearing a harness bungee jumping. I tell ya, our government is CLUELESS right now!
Annoyance #2: We truly live in a society of hypocrites. Okay, so do you people want the budget balanced or no?! In one hand, they cry "make cuts! decrease taxes!", but then show up in droves and spew "don't cut education! don't cut welfare! not school lunch programs!" So, this is what we're left with. A culture of free-loaders, hands open, waiting for the next perk for doing nothing. And when one hears "make cuts" and tries, they're lambasted as heartless, greedy and selfish. Time to make people accountable again. Frankly, if you think you're responsible enough to reproduce and have no way of supporting your offspring, that is not up to the public to feed and cloth your kid. (Que in Beyonce, "all the single ladies, all the single ladies!") Be responsible. Get a job or 2. Or tie your tubes. Seriously. And if you reproduce again and again, you have to get a job for every kid you bring forth. I am not laughing. How do single parents who don't work at all afford to go to Hawaii?! My husband and I have 5 jobs between us and did go to Hawaii (and it was a working vacation for me!), but it wasn't thanks to mom and dad or welfare funding. Or the compassion of a local church you've figured out how to take advantage of. I am really tired of people who use God as their excuse to get what they want in life. Now, I understand %100 that God wants us to call on Him, but I also don't think he wants us to be passive in our assertions in life. "oh, God has called me to do this or that"... convenient little excuse, no? How can one argue with a statement that starts that way? Do I question their abusing God as an excuse to get something in life they may otherwise not get? Maybe. I'd sure like to have more money, so God has called me to put in for the lottery weekly. Thanks God! I am sick of that and of perfectly well intentioned, God-fearing people falling for that excuse.
Annoyance #3: If you don't do something on a consistent basis, don't expect rock star results. I had a very interesting, somewhat entertaining discussion with someone I care about very much recenlty. The gist of the convo. was he wants to run in a race next month (like exactly 1 month) and thinks he can kick out this crazy rock star time and he doesn't run except maybe a few times in the summer and has an elliptical machine (sorry not even close to simulating running in my book). I was trying really hard to hide my frustration with him, and probably failed miserably. I am all for doing your best and bettering one's self, but only when deserved. You may have been a good athlete like 5 or 6 years ago, but those days are gone! And you did NO running back in those days. Just be realistic. That is all I ask. Run a 5K, just be realistic about the outcome, not "I'm gonna be in the top 5 overall". Set your goals high, but not ridiculous, crazy high, cuz next thing we'll be doing is stroking your sorely bruised ego when you fall short. Just sayin', I'm trying to prevent the "well, good try" and head cocked to one side with the sad eyes, pity look. If you just say, I'm gonna run the 5K and have fun and who knows, maybe I'll do better than expected, your feelings may be spared and my sarcastic I'm sorry's can be spared for better use somewhere else. Or be a freak of nature and prove me wrong, I can admit when I'm wrong... sometimes!:)
Annoyance #4: If you think Obama is a better alternative to Bush, please get professional help! Obama most recent news worthy item: NCAA brackets. WHAT?! Libya, Japan, increasing gas and food prices, and his latest stance is basketball. Sorry, but he is way too under-qualified for this job... and he proves it daily. If you disagree, please, please introduce me to your magic unicorn and your money tree; it must be fun to live in a world of make-believe.
So, I think my crabby pregnant lady hat looks good on me! Better out than in, right?
Annoyance #1: Nuclear energy will be an end all be all for everyone and all. Japan, as I hope everyone knows of by now, suffered a traumatic earthquake followed by a pounding of tsunamis after. The big panic in the media right now is all the nuclear power plants having meltdowns and such. Now, while nuclear disasters are real and can be very scary, what is happening there is being blown out of proportion just a bit, I'd say. We have Congress reviewing nuclear energy in our own country and if it's really safe. Well, it is safe and it is efficient. Why the panic? "Natural disasters clearly make these power plants susceptible to catastrophe and we must stop the production of new sites and discontinue the operation of current plants." Here's the kicker, tho. Those power plants in Japan survived the earthquake just fine. The tsunami is what caused the current problems over there. Those plants were drafted and built by American companies who took into consideration the possible occurrence of an earthquake. When the Japanese hired the Americans to build these plants, precautions were taken for that event. None essentially were for tsunamis. Hence, our current situation. It was human error, not the nuclear plants is my point. And, by the way, in our sue-happy society, human error occurs on a daily basis. After being in Hawaii and seeing the waves on the North Shore (and being told they weren't that big, when to me, they were!) and how powerful water is, a tsunami is a big, big, BIG deal. Watch some video footage of those waves crashing inland. It took large yachts and tossed them like bath toys. So, hearings on potential nuclear power plants as a threat makes about as much sense as debating on wearing a harness bungee jumping. I tell ya, our government is CLUELESS right now!
Annoyance #2: We truly live in a society of hypocrites. Okay, so do you people want the budget balanced or no?! In one hand, they cry "make cuts! decrease taxes!", but then show up in droves and spew "don't cut education! don't cut welfare! not school lunch programs!" So, this is what we're left with. A culture of free-loaders, hands open, waiting for the next perk for doing nothing. And when one hears "make cuts" and tries, they're lambasted as heartless, greedy and selfish. Time to make people accountable again. Frankly, if you think you're responsible enough to reproduce and have no way of supporting your offspring, that is not up to the public to feed and cloth your kid. (Que in Beyonce, "all the single ladies, all the single ladies!") Be responsible. Get a job or 2. Or tie your tubes. Seriously. And if you reproduce again and again, you have to get a job for every kid you bring forth. I am not laughing. How do single parents who don't work at all afford to go to Hawaii?! My husband and I have 5 jobs between us and did go to Hawaii (and it was a working vacation for me!), but it wasn't thanks to mom and dad or welfare funding. Or the compassion of a local church you've figured out how to take advantage of. I am really tired of people who use God as their excuse to get what they want in life. Now, I understand %100 that God wants us to call on Him, but I also don't think he wants us to be passive in our assertions in life. "oh, God has called me to do this or that"... convenient little excuse, no? How can one argue with a statement that starts that way? Do I question their abusing God as an excuse to get something in life they may otherwise not get? Maybe. I'd sure like to have more money, so God has called me to put in for the lottery weekly. Thanks God! I am sick of that and of perfectly well intentioned, God-fearing people falling for that excuse.
Annoyance #3: If you don't do something on a consistent basis, don't expect rock star results. I had a very interesting, somewhat entertaining discussion with someone I care about very much recenlty. The gist of the convo. was he wants to run in a race next month (like exactly 1 month) and thinks he can kick out this crazy rock star time and he doesn't run except maybe a few times in the summer and has an elliptical machine (sorry not even close to simulating running in my book). I was trying really hard to hide my frustration with him, and probably failed miserably. I am all for doing your best and bettering one's self, but only when deserved. You may have been a good athlete like 5 or 6 years ago, but those days are gone! And you did NO running back in those days. Just be realistic. That is all I ask. Run a 5K, just be realistic about the outcome, not "I'm gonna be in the top 5 overall". Set your goals high, but not ridiculous, crazy high, cuz next thing we'll be doing is stroking your sorely bruised ego when you fall short. Just sayin', I'm trying to prevent the "well, good try" and head cocked to one side with the sad eyes, pity look. If you just say, I'm gonna run the 5K and have fun and who knows, maybe I'll do better than expected, your feelings may be spared and my sarcastic I'm sorry's can be spared for better use somewhere else. Or be a freak of nature and prove me wrong, I can admit when I'm wrong... sometimes!:)
Annoyance #4: If you think Obama is a better alternative to Bush, please get professional help! Obama most recent news worthy item: NCAA brackets. WHAT?! Libya, Japan, increasing gas and food prices, and his latest stance is basketball. Sorry, but he is way too under-qualified for this job... and he proves it daily. If you disagree, please, please introduce me to your magic unicorn and your money tree; it must be fun to live in a world of make-believe.
So, I think my crabby pregnant lady hat looks good on me! Better out than in, right?
Sunday, March 13, 2011
For my 5 year old!
Five years has just flown by! March 14 marks Aria's birthday and this year she's 5! Lots of milestones are set for this year: She'll be a big sister, she'll start kindergarten, on top of what new things she'll learn and do as well. I still remember March 14, 2006 like it was yesterday. That morning, we went in for a check-up, just to see how things were progressing. At that time, I was kind of planning on a March 17- a St. Paddy's Day baby- as the doctor was planning to induce me that day. However, while waiting for the doctor to come into the room, I started feeling a very strong, cramp like feeling across my stomach. As the doctor came into the room, I was having Tony feel my stomach. The doctor sent me to the OB room and hooked me up to the monitor. I was starting to have contractions. I had an IV placed in my hand, and a catheter placed as I was going to have a c-section as I wasn't dilating at all. The epidural wasn't bad and before long, I was laying on the OR table, tho I felt like my legs were at a 90 degree angle as I was sitting when the epidural was given. The last memory my brain had before I lost feeling was of my legs in a sitting position, so that's how my legs felt until the numbness wore off. Tony was in the OR with me, an anesthesiologist, 2 doctors, 1 PA, and 2 RNs. I worked with all of the people except the anesthesiologist. It was kind of a fun day in that regard! I remember as they were pulling Aria out, I couldn't feel it, but I could tell it was a lot of work to get her out of there. "She has some blond, curly hair!" The doctor said as she came out. It took like just a second or two and she began to cry. I remember such a feeling of relief hearing that cry. The doctor held her so I could see her and all I said was how beautiful she is. They took her out of the room to clean her up and I was being stitched up. They rolled me out of the OR and it was one of the most memorable moments: I worked at the same place where I delivered Aria and almost all of my co-workers were in the hallway oohing and ahhing over Aria in the nursery and congratulated me as I was rolled to my room. It was such a lovely, overwhelming feeling to have them there for that moment. It had to have been about an hour or more since I had last seen Aria. Probably everyone in the surrounding area had been able to see or hold her. They got me settled in the room. I still have no feeling from my abdomen down. My mother-in-law came into the room and shortly after, the CNA came in with Aria. The CNA said, "Well, time for mom to hold her!". I was thinking she meant my mother-in-law, and so did she, I think. Tony said, "No the other mom", meaning me! I was a mom. In that moment, it hit me: I am a momma. For the rest of my life, I am a mom! And her she was. As the CNA handed Aria to me, I literally was speechless. No words came. I just looked at her and cried. She was perfect. It was a moment of pure joy, relief, and contentment. The first night I didn't sleep much. The nurse brought Aria to feed and I kept her with me for hours and just stared at her. She's all mine! Look at what I did! I can't believe she's mine! I memorized her every feature. By the time I took her home, I knew her every sound and cry. It was amazing how fast the parenting instinct set in. It was really natural. We have watched Aria grow into a smart, funny, literal, thoughtful, loving little girl. Each birthday that has gone by, I tell myself it can't get any faster, but it does! Now, we're here celebrating her 5th birthday and I can't believe it! She has been so fun to watch grow. I'm so proud and honored to be her momma. Can't wait to see what this year has in store for my little Pooker/Pookie/Bugga/Bubba/Honey. I love you, Aria and Happy Birthday!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
What are you doing August 26, 2011?
"Buying presents for the baby" is the correct responce to the question posted on this blog! I kid, I kid :)
Time to make it offical: Baby Miller #2 is due August 26! I'm at about 14.5 weeks right now. The above ultrasound was taken at 13 weeks. I'm feeling, well... not good, but not bad. It's mostly just terrible tiredness. People say "oh enjoy that!" and "you won't be able to rest like that after baby comes!". I am not a nap person. I hate naps. They waste away a perfectly good day. After Aria was born, I rarely napped. Nap time for Aria meant me-time for momma! It's why I hated working nights. It just doesn't feel right sleeping during the day, I don't care what kind of excuse one makes for it. But I know the comments are well intentioned. I've been pretty moody lately too. My energy level has been pretty minimal. I am in the 2nd trimester, but I'm still waiting for that good feeling to return. We will find out if this one is a boy or girl. We have a feeling it's a girl (and I recieved a huge basketful of baby girl items already!), but one never knows. Some of my symptoms are similar from my first pregnancy and some are different. Either way, we are excited and Aria can't wait to be a big sister!
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