Marching Towards Spring Share Cafe

Lindsay: When I was in US I went to a shoe store and they also asked me if I wanted to donate and that card, I felt the knot in my throat and of course I donate..... no this mom didn't said a word, I think that is more awkward she just started looking to the sides like finding a way to run away from me.....

Stacy: I have that microlife digital forehead thermometer, our ped said it was the best, so I bought it..... I had before that ear thermometer but now they said it is not accurate, and I am sure my kids have no patience with the mouth one.......and I am so scare to use the one the hospital gave us.... ugh what gross thing that pedi story..... I would have give you the "bad look" in baby class......

Lauren: glad your husband is taking the medicine and hope he is feeling better, my DH is in bed, with a bad flu......not so sure..... last night he had bad cough and fever....... I don't like to tell my story.... I don't like people feeling pity for me...... I can't stand that look.....but this mom was also telling me her hard time getting pregnant for a second time......

Liz: thanks for the tip..... Orlando..... so I will start saving my pennies........

Tracy_seems like your amnesia is contagious...... I went blank here..........

It felt so good to do some legal work back....pro bonus.....my neighbors must think I am a free lawyer, now I am doing some works for them, for free, 3 in fact but I think they are abusing...... but it felt good to do some legal papers, so I don't get so rusty....and to know that I still remember how it is done..... ok, ok, I called 2 of my colleagues just to double check that I was right .......Since I have been unemployed for 3 and half years, the Bar called me to make a revision of my notary work, since I have not done any legal work..... so I am gathering my papers.... it is like an audience were I have to state why I have not been working.....or my license can be revoke.......

Miss V has a zoo visit tomorrow with her school,but parents have to come, yes Tuesday it has to be..... I have my decoration class, I can't miss one class since it is little time and we have to cover a lot of things...... but I promise her I will take her Saturday......

S will start test in 10 days......ugh! I have to mentally prepare for that.......

Happy start of the week.....

Lorena

Hi Everyone! Can't believe I'm just seeing the new cafe! Can't believe how little spare time I have now. I miss you ladies, so I'll have to catch up later!

Fly by, Jackie??!! We miss you! Hope all is well.

Lorena - Parents *have* to come on the zoo trip? Strange. We have to have volunteers but not every parent on our field trips. Good luck with the Bar!

Sorry peeps - sick kids are all better but it's going to take a couple of days for my brain to recover.

Lorena, nice to see you still using the knowledge, even if it is for free. Good luck with the Bar. I'm sure Miss V will love the zoo on Saturday just as much as Tuesday.

Jackie, HI!!!

Donna, glad the kids are good. Have fun at the gym!

Back from the dentist. Good lord. I was there for 3 hours, the whole right side of my face is fixed!! Swollen and achey, percocets are kickin' in....bbl

hi girls,
just a quick hello from sunny florida. i'll check in more another day. i will say though that traveling with two small kids -- exhausting. Carseats, stroller, pump bag, backpack, my sister's cpl things ... ugh. A toddler who had to use the bathroom at least six times on the flight ... and a squirmy baby. I think my kids might be birth control for her.

will check in after we get back next week.

erin

Hope everyone is having a great week so far. I read something today that I thought was kind of fitting and inspirational for all of us...
Tough times don't last. Tough people do.

Chris, Ain't that the truth!

Erin, have fun in Florida!

I just posted on FB 35bucks for a onsie, and 20 bucks for a Pittsburgh Steeler isolette cover. Less than a half an hour, I made over 200 bucks for M4B. I stole the onsie idea from someone...not sure who...it rocks!! Thank you to the unknown!

Donna~ $50 for a thermomether??? Hmmm.....I'd have a hard time getting myself to spend that kind of money much less convincing anyone else that I needed to spend that kind of money!! Yikes!!!

Stacy~ Too funny on the hair part causing a temp increase!! LOL!! Never thought about it, but let's go with it! Maybe we can be on Dr. Oz one day or something!!

Gross on the chick sharing about her post nasal drip while you try to relax!!!! UGH!

Lindsay~ Ansley participates with the Lifetime Tennis program and the age groups (meet a different times) go all the way to adults. Maybe you can learn!

Liz~ Hope the dentist appt. didn't cause too much trauma!

Lorena~ Start charging those people for your services!! Makes some money on the side! Sorry for my amnesia rubbing off....

New class started tonight and I'm seriously going to have to stay on top of this to get everything done. I've had this professor during my Master's program and I enjoy her classes, but she's definately has the work laid out for us!!

No news is still good news on the work front. I had to speak to my principal about something today though and it was really nothing that was pressing or required him to do anything, but I could tell he was/is really near the breaking point. I can't imagine the stress that they're under knowing that they're making decisions regarding someone's job.....life as they know it. Please keep them in your thoughts as they're having to go through this again.

Lindsay: Hugs!!! You got a good pair of Hollywood glasses?

Lorena: Lol! No one was any the wiser, I kept his nose wiped as soon as his nose started running!

Jackie: Hey!! Hope all is going great with the new job!

Donna: Hope you get some great sleep tonight so you can recuperate from the kids being sick!

Liz: Glad that you survived the dental trip!!

Erin: Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip!!

Tracy: That must be a heartbreaking decision for him to have to make on who goes and who stays especially when I'm sure he thinks everyone deserves to stay.

After yesterday I was pretty sure Elim had another ear infection, and sure enough he did, his dang right ear keeps causing all this trouble. We're going to try him on some zyrtec to see if that helps with preventing ear infections any, this time we only lasted two weeks since stopping the antibiotics before he got another one.

Tomorrow I think I'm going to take him to an art class in the morning depending on what time he gets up! I think it'll be fun, no idea what we'll be doing but they said there's some age appropriate stuff for him.

Stacy - Art class sounds like fun!! Fingers crossed it's not another ear infection for little man.

Tracy - Oy on the lots of work for that class. Still praying on your job!

Chris - AMEN!!!

Erin - Sigh...hope you can relax and recover from your vacation.

Got some sleep last night. Hair appointment this morning - YAY! Need to cover up those grays.

Stacy, cool on the art class, I wish we had something like that around here.
Donna, I say, Gray gives me character...Enjoy the hair appointment!!

Where is everyone? I hope you are all well.

Busy day today. Nutrition at 9am, OT at 10, then developmentalist at 11. Ate lunch then Tori, Mike and I walked our whole neighborhood with the wagon and Raskal. Then we ditched Daddy and Tori and I went to the park and had so much fun. I stuffed her, Elmo, Dolly, baby,(her baby dolls) and her zoe/abby purse(can't forget her purse!) in the radioflyer wagon and off we went. I pulled for 2 miles, then on mile 3 we went exploring...leaves, sticks, puddles, the creek, rocks, blooming daffodils and admiring herself on the ground from her shadow. It was FANTASTIC. I always forget, how smart she really is.

I won't lie, my face hurts. It hurts less than it did before I went to the dentist, but it aches and I'm hungry.

bbl...

Liz - I wish I could look at my gray hair that way. I'm not going down without a fight as far as looking anything close to my (old) age. Sounds like a fabulous day (once the appts were done)!!!

So Ethan's birthday is in two weeks+. For months he was saying he wanted an Angry Birds birthday party. I was so on it. Now he wants a dragon party. Grrrrrr......Trying to come up with ideas. Would you believe Cricut (die-cut machine) does not have a cartridge with any kid-friendly dragons? Sheesh. Any ideas?

Liz: How did the nutrition appointment go? Is Tori feeling any better? Glad that you had a fantastic day! I'm excited for when I can go out with Elim like that! Right now the stick would go straight to his mouth, urgh, lol

Donna: Dang him for changing his mind! I'm fresh out of ideas for that one.....

Art class was a no go, Elim had a poopsplosion right at the time I was planning on leaving, and cleanup lasted until five minutes after we definitely had to leave to make it on time. I wasn't gonna show up late to his first class, luckily they weren't expecting us anyway.

Poor bubba's fever is worse today than before starting on antibiotics, hopefully it's his body picking up the pace to fight off the ear infection with the help of the meds. I'm giving it till tomorrow night or Friday morning before calling back, not playing the wait a week and see what happens game again in case the meds aren't doing the trick already. He's fussier today too, which is not a good sign.

donna: did yo try oriental trading company?
stacy: hope Elim is feeling better soon!!!!
Liz: gray haits ugh, I am getting them at 28, time to break out the hair dye!!!

so tomorrow is my first mini goal 6 weeks!!! had bloodwork today! u/s monday cant wait to see my little gummy bear!

Sam, very excited for this pregnancy for you I'm not sure why, but I'm sending as many positive vibes as possible!

As for the gray hair....bah...it started back in '04(I was 27), got signifigantly worse with Tori in the hospita(age 33)l, and now, I just look at it with pride. People comment on it, I say, every gray hair has a story to tell.

Family day at the Children's Museum on this ugly rainy day. Might as well spend it in doors with my favorite gal pal!

Last class of Excel tonight, off next week, start up advanced excel the following week. YaY!

bbl...

Hey Ladies! Check out our second part of our four part series on Grief over in the community blog! Leave me some love!

Evolution of Grief After Losing a Child

Donna: Tell me about it, those gray hairs are killing me and breaking my savings, I am going to learn how to it at home...... the worst part is that they just show on the front, back I have none....... Yes each parent had to go, since they are toddlers I assume the school was not taking the risk to take 50 kids.....but they rent buses, and parents went along with the kids......

Liz: ugh hope your pain is gone..... I am not so proud of my grey hair, but I am sure each has a story....... congratulations on your excel class ...wow advanced.....

Erin: Enjoy your vacations, and profit on your sister, that is what single sisters are for...... I remembered I helped my sisters with their kids since I was single, but since I was the last no one has help me........

Stacy: poor Elim, hope he is feeling better soon......that Murphy law, I can't never get out of my house with my kids on the planned hour, something always happen......Art lessons for Elim??? just to think I have to wash all that painted clothes ..... yes you can tell I am getting old.....less enthusiastic with kids.....

Samantha: Good luck with your Dr. appointment today..... I will be thinking and praying for you.......please keep us posted......

Tracy: I am sure I will not like to be in that principal's shoes...specially in a small town, were I assumed everyone knows each other....... I am sure you will stay....... I can't charged them, I want out of it, I did the job as an urgent favor, but now they want me to continue with their "problems".... I have not the time or the will.........

Jackie: hope you find sometime to join in here .....we surely miss you......

Ugh that Bar audience was boring and long.... and I trying to look *Smart* and very professional went with my high heels shoes, I didn't assume I was going to stay standing so long, I could barely walk back to parking lot, it was quick the revision and just few questions, why I was not working, If I had a public job, I just told them I was on a long maternity leave, unpaid of course...... glad it was women the ones that held the audience.......

Lauren: how are you guys doing......hope you are fine, and healthy.....preparing for the WE......

Weather is crazy here, cold mornings and nights, hot, very hot during the day but the wind is cold..........

Happy Thursday everyone.....

Lorena

Stacy, nutrition went okay. She gained 8oz's.
Lorena, sorry your feet hurt....ouch!

Fun day today, check her out!!

Liz: Tori surely had a great day.... amazing what things made a child smile.......it reminds us of simple little things.....that is a huge wheel.... I am so glad she enjoyed and also for her weight gain.....

L.

Samantha: Woohoo for being almost to your first mini goal!!

Lorena: Haha! There's only fingerpainting sometimes. She said a lot of it is sensory type stuff like a water table or cottonballs to play in and stuff like that when they're so little!

Liz: Yay for gaining some of those ounces back! Looks like a fun day!

We went to music class....I may try the older one next week that is supposed to be for 14-something month olds, I think the 6-13 month old one was too boring for him, he wasn't interested at all and I don't blame him because it wasn't all that great! I figure challenge him rather than bore him might be the idea.

I called the nurse, 48 hours post starting antibiotics and we've still got a fever and his night wakeups are getting worse (three times last night!). I know it usually takes 2-3 days for them to start working, but I'm worried he's already resistant to the bactrim since it took just once for the ear bug to be resistant to omnicef. I played the wait it out game for a week last time and was right that it wasn't working then, wish I had gone in sooner.

Lorena - glad the Bar audience went well. Ouch on the shoes though. I'm going to the Zoo tomorrow with Ethan's class. Thankfully I don't have to ride on the bus though. Been there, done that, and had the two-day headache to prove it!

Liz - Love the Children's Museums. Fabulous. Go you with the advanced class!!

Stacy- Boo! Hiss!! Poor baby boy can't catch a break.

Samantha - Yep, Oriental Trading is one of the first places I go when working on one of the kid's parties. My amazing nephew blew up my FB page with ideas yesterday. It's coming together! I always say I'm not going to go overboard, and then end up doing just that. Pretty sure I'm compensating with Ethan since he doesn't have a huge amount of friends he's inviting, and because it's been a rough year. Yahoooooooo for six weeks!! Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.

Report cards came home today. So proud of my babies. All three rocked it. Okay, so Ethan has some stuff (not academic) but it's all stuff we're working on and is to be expected. Taking them out to dinner to celebrate.

Donna~ Have you tried Pinterest? If there are ideas out there, then they'll be posted there!! Woohoo on great report cards!!!

Lorena~ Glad the meeting went well. Maybe if you leave the lights off, the neighbors won't know you're at home!! LOL!

Liz~ Gray hairs = character?????? I like that!! I'm seeing character popping out all over my head lately!!

Stacy~ Boo on Elim's ears!!! My nephew had ear issues constantly it seemed, and they went with tubes and he was SO much better afterwards!!! Hopefully it won't come down to that with Elim.

Today is definately an early to bed kinda night! It's been a LONG day!!!!!!!

hi all,
i'll catch up with everyone later. wanted to post a few pix from our trip. having fun for the most part -- with the exception of Kaelin's tantrums since she's around her daddy again. Oi.

weather is awesome!

erin

Oh Erin!!! I'm so jealous!!!! By the way....I saw on the news the other night that a fan of the Pirates was enjoying a day at spring training when she went into labor!!! Yeah!!! She ended up naming the little guy after the field that the team was playing at.

Ya'll must've found some fun for today! There is only one post to catch up on.

I can honestly say that I'm more than happy that it's FRIDAY!!! I've had a rough week and the stressed out administrators make walking on eggshells a reality. Nobody means to be snappy, but it happens and therefore the weeks seems loooonnnnnggggg!

Hope all the little ones are feeling better and the weather allows for some time outside in the fresh air! We were pretty rainy most of the day, but this afternoon brought us sunshine!!

Don't forget to SPRING FORWARD with your clocks this weekend!

Erin: Lovely pictures!!!! The girls look like having fun and so you.....wow wild tan girl........ enjoy!

Tracy: Sorry for that rough week, hope you enjoy and rest this WE.... how is going your training...... everytime I see ppl walking around I think of you......

ok next week is test week, urghh...... I am already stressed out..... just to think about it...... S problem is that he just reads the first few words of the questions and answer, specially if it is multiple choice, and sometimes at the end of the questions they have tricky words..... and then he got them wrong, I have explained and explained to him is not a horse race, but it is so frustrating, and me not being there to slow him down....... just 4:30 pm here, too early for a glass of wine? ( or a bottle..... ).

Happy Weekend, specially to Lauren and Ellen, enjoy your vacations........ oh Samantha how it went with your Dr???

Lorena

Donna: Awesome that you've gotten some good ideas for Ethan's party! I went totally overboard too, it was fun! Congrats to all the kids on fabulous report cards!!

Tracy: All rested up? Elim woke up twice last night but slept in so I was able to finally get caught up a little! Ugh, any idea when they'll come out with who stays and who goes to end it?

Erin: Aww, looks like you're having a blast!!

Lorena: Just wait a half hour, at 5 pm you're good to go with a glass of wine! Ever heard that song it's 5 o'clock somewhere? At least I think that's the name....

The nurse called back and the pediatrician agreed he's probably resistant to the bactrim so she gave me the option of trying Suprax or bringing him in for a shot. I chose the suprax, I didn't feel like driving up there. If that doesn't work I bring him in Monday for a shot. I've scheduled an appointment on Friday with the pediatrician to check his ears before my road trip up to Illinois (and flight back), want to make sure his ears are pristine before the plane ride. Also going to request her to put in a referral to the ENT so if(when) he gets another ear infection insurance will have processed it so we can just go ahead and schedule an appointment.

What's everyone up to this weekend? Charles and I are going out to a movie and then dinner while my parents watch Elim for us! Tomorrow is church and then I'm not sure what.

Stacy: that sounds like a great WE, what movie are you going to watch? why kids have to get sick on We when there is no Dr. or nurse.....hope Elim is better

Donna: I forgot to congratulated you for your kids cards, I can imagine how proud you must feel....so how was dinner out?? Where did you went???

I have no plans, this is going to be a long, long weekend studying with S for his unit exams this week....... ..... Math and Social Studies are getting little hard, there are things in Math I don't remember and Social Studies he has to memorize a lot of things, like capital of countries, currencies, and some other words......

So it is going to be a boring long WE............ by the way I don't drink alone, not at home, so the wine thing was just a joke......

hope everyone has a great WE
Lorena

Well, everyone went home from the card party about an hour ago. On Wed I had 20 people RSVP'ed. Today 5, yes 5, actually showed up. Part of me is very angry and hurt and the other part is just glad it's over. I did a ton of work getting ready and I could have just left everything as it was - we all fit around my dining room table

The good news is we are $130 closer to our goal. We broke $500 today, which is good.

Erin Love the pictures! Looks like fun!

Very excited about SU this year I guess everyone will be planning trips with the family around it!

Thinking of kate and Kyle and their family! I look at that sweet boys face every morning and remind my self Live life for today!