bikinis.
went to silverwood yesterday and saw lots and lots of people in bikinis. lots. 99.5% of these people should NOT have been wearing bikinis. which got me thinking. did they just not care what they looked like? or did they just not care what everyone else thought? here are what other people are thinking.......if you care: if you're a supermodel - wear a bikini, everyone else - don't. on the positive side, after seeing all those people yesterday, I feel way better about myself. :) and that's what I'm thinkin' about today.
leftovers.
I know people who will not eat them. don't count me among that group. I love leftovers. LOVE. what could be better than being hungry and opening the fridge just to find last nights' yummy meal. you get to enjoy it all over again, only you don't have to spend all day cooking it! (who am I kidding? do you really think I cook all day? no.) the only thing better than that is restaurant leftovers. one of my favorite things in the world is going out to eat and I am the queen of stretching out that meal as long as I can. seriously, even french fries can be hot and crispy again in the right temp in the oven. you can enjoy that restaurant food all over again all without have to get dressed. (I was gonna say you don't have to do your hair and put on makeup, but again, I don't really do hair and makeup these days. if I have 15 extra minutes, I'm sah-leepin'.) the only thing not good about leftovers is that one gladware that got shoved in the back and discovered 2 weeks after the fact. I don't want to waste it, so I try to salvage it and regret it. every time. anyway, I had me some yummy leftovers yesterday left over from daddy-o's birthday. so, happy birthday, dad, and thanks for being born so we could celebrate. :)
leftovers: it's the gift that just keeps giving, and it's what I'm thinkin' about today.
bubbles.
bubbles don't seem that scary to me. first of all, it's just plain fun to say.......bubbles, bubbles, buuuuubbbbbbblllllllessssss........they're light and fluffy and airy and floaty and happy......... get a whole bunch together and it's one big fun party. a super fun bubble party. well, my 2 year old does not feel this way. he screams like a little girl when you pour thomas the train bubble bath into his bath water. he is sooooooo dramatic - standing up, not wanting any bubbles touching him anywhere. I think it may be the cruelest thing I've ever done to him. I know, it's so mean. is this bubble bath phobia normal?
bubbles......it's what I'm thinkin' about today.
I have two 2's! a 2 year old and a 2 month old! and they are two super cutes.
the wind.
"hey, it's your mom outside."
me and the wind have had oodles of time to get to know each other. we have a love-hate relationship.
love - that I don't have to do my hair on windy days, that's just awesome.
hate - that the same hair whips into my face and eyes when I'm trying to walk, that's just annoying and it hurts! it also looks kinda funny when you're doing a little head flip and dance just to see to walk into wal-mart.
{side note} I had a wind-inspired hair-do in high school. my very long, very thick bangs stood straight out to the side with a little aqua net harispray. I'm sure I was so cool. I had a perfect hair day the day we took a track picture for the paper. (you know sometimes you just have good hair days.) when you looked at me it looked like the wind was blowing hard, but it wasn't.........
love - that I live in an area that is perfect for flying kites.
hate - that I haven't flown a kite for at least 20 years.
love - that if I have any garbage in my yard, I don't have to pick it up! I just have to wait for the wind to carry it off.
hate - that I have to pick up my neighbors' garbage.
love - that the wind sometimes brings clouds and rain and even thunder and lightening sometimes.
hate - that usually that weather comes on a day we have something planned........
love - that a slight breeze keeps all the mosquitos and little bothersome bugs away.
hate - that it's always more than a "slight" breeze.
love - that I don't live in a tornado area. (see, it could always be worse.)
hate - that there were rumors of a tornado touch down yesterday. great.
do you have a love/hate relationship with the wind?
a little yard work.
maybe a little more than a little, ok, maybe a lot of yard work. we've been neglecting it lately. I'm not so much doing it as I am watching it being done right now. yep, life is rough.
cho-co-late.
my mom's strawberry pie.
cupcakes.
reese's peanut butter cups.
baskin robins' chocolate blasts.
a sugar cookie with lots of pink frosting and sprinkles.
costco million-calorie muffins.
crunchy no-bakes.
oatmeal raisin cookies from mcdonald's.
king-sized kit kat (the chocolate to wafer ratio is just better).
dairy queen blizzards.
dairy queen peanut buster parfaits.
jeremy's favorite strawberry dessert.
m&m's.
tag along girl scout cookies.
brownies.
ferrero rocher's.
salted peanut chews.
russell stover's easter eggs.
whipped cream from a can on top of waffles with strawberry jam.
tillamook udderly chocolate ice cream.
aunt mel's peanut butter bon-bon's.
white chocolate covered oreos.
chocolate chip cookies.
s'mores.
go away you naughty, naughty cravings!!!!
leave a comment and tell me what you crave. do it now.
I had a couple of free hours yesterday and found myself in an interesting dilemma:
should I be skinny and exhausted -or- fat and rested? (in other words: exercise -or- nap?)
I opted to exercise. but I didn't lose any weight, so today I will be napping.
is this already going by fast?
haha. what a good joke. here I am at home, still pregnant. I had a plan. everything was in order from cy to the hospital. the first thing that went wrong was that cy woke up saturday morning sick. that shoulda been my first clue that things weren't going happen they way I planned.
I went to the hospital saturday night contracting on my own. they gave me cervadel and said that people usually don't go into labor with that by itself, but it might with me since I had already started things myself. after a very painful night of no sleep and contractions they started the pitocin to give me a little help with labor. they started on the very lowest dose (1 mL) and my contractions were 1-2 minutes apart. They said we won't even have to go to the highest dose (20 mL) cause I'm already doing my thing. (did I mention I was in pain?) we will have the baby by noon. the problem was with my cervix. it just wouldn't dilate. I never got past a 3. I was supposed to get an epidural at 4. which I really wanted. also, the baby was too far up, he wouldn't come down. (I think that he was hanging onto my lungs for dear life because he didn't want to come yet!) luckily I had the best OB and the best nurses taking care of me, who gave me great advice. otherwise, I might have had to have a c-section. so here we are at 3 or 4pm, at the full dose of pitocin, not ready to deliver. there were THREE other girls who had come in after me and was having their babies or in labor. THAT was hard. so, we unhooked everything.......my blood pressures were pretty good - for the most part - during the whole process.......and we made the decision to spend the night, get really good sleep (YAY drugs) and see if anything happens during the night.
we woke this am feeling great and no change, the baby hadn't dropped and I hadn't dilated anymore. so, we came home. now, we just wait and see what happens. oh, goody.
really, though, I am happy with the decisions we made and after a good nights' sleep, I'm feeling good about everything. he just wasn't ready to come yet. and, I think forcing things too much is not good for me or the baby. and that's the whole story!
today is the day! the plan is for me to get induced this evening (saturday). my blood pressure has been high and there was protein in my weekly "sample" so my OB said it was time. you would think I would be super excited, but here I am not able to sleep, anxious and nervous. perhaps 2 years and 3 months was not enough time to forget what happens during the whole birthing process.
I really am so excited to hold my new little baby, I can't believe the day is finally here. today our lives will totally change again. we are praying that everything goes well! until next time ~
