C and A have been gone visiting family since about 7:30 this morning and they are on their way home now (it's about 3:20pm). I miss them SO much and I've been ready for them to come home since about 10:30am.
I usually love my alone time but not today. Today I'm weepy and can't wait to see my family.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Venezie Bags contest!
Visit Venezie Bags and come up with a name for her newest bag style! And then visit her store and shop! Her bags are the best!
New Spring layout
I'm sick of winter and snow (and yes, we are due to get more snow today!). So I'm hitting the cheery spring layout early!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Saturday night . . .
and I'm home alone watching the Bruins and eating fried wontons. C had to go into work for a bit. We never had dinner so I'm eating leftover wontons. C suggested the other day that we get takeout tonight. At 5:30 tonight he says that he's waiting for me to decide where. Um, I didn't know I was deciding! So we never had dinner b/c by the time we would have made a decision and got the food, it would have been A's bathtime. So he said that if he finishes up early enough, he'll stop and get us something on his way home. In the meantime, it's wontons for me. He did make us a yummy homemade pizza for lunch. He rocks.
I took A out this AM so C could do some cutting of wood in the basement (she hates the sound of the saw). We started at the grocery store then on to get her hair cut then to Sears to get big girl underwear! I can't believe it's about that time! She picked out Minnie Mouse and Princess ones. I think we'll give this a shot next weekend as our only plans (right now) are her music class.
We came home and she ate lunch and went down for a nap. I actually got some Wii time. I never think to play it but C got a Tetris game and that was an addiction for me in college so I had to play a little. I also did 3 songs on Guitar Hero: Legends of Rock and played a little Super Mario Brothers (circa 1985ish - I remember playing it with my little brother when it first came out!) I left around 1:30 to go meet a Craigslister to buy this jogging stroller. It's brand new, still in the box and I snagged it for $70. Sweet! I'm SO looking forward to using it on maternity leave b/c the weather should actually be ok! I do not have an option but to get this weight off after Baby McQ#2 is born. It's a necessity for my health. So I will be walking as much as possible on ML and will also begin running again once I get cleared to exercise. I'm determined to be a healthy mom for my kids. I'm going to be 36 in 13 days and it's scaring me. It's scaring me to be that age and this weight. I'm just asking for trouble.
I have an extremely busy week ahead. It's a closing week at work so Mon and Tues will be nuts trying to finalize the financials and get them submitted on Wed. I also have dinner plans with my HS friend Ellen on Tuesday night. We don't get to see each other often b/c she lives over an hour away so I'm looking forward to it. On Thursday night, my lovely friend Meghan invited me to the Bruins game. The two preggos will be painting the town red! LOL We can't drink so we've already planned out our food. That's bad. LOL In the middle of all this, I have an OB appt on Tues and my mom is leaving at noon on Wed for a week. Her and my dad are going to see my little brother in San Francisco for a week.
Well now that I've seriously bored you to death, I'm out. I think I'm going to look for a new blog theme so stay tuned for changes!
xoxo everyone!
I took A out this AM so C could do some cutting of wood in the basement (she hates the sound of the saw). We started at the grocery store then on to get her hair cut then to Sears to get big girl underwear! I can't believe it's about that time! She picked out Minnie Mouse and Princess ones. I think we'll give this a shot next weekend as our only plans (right now) are her music class.
We came home and she ate lunch and went down for a nap. I actually got some Wii time. I never think to play it but C got a Tetris game and that was an addiction for me in college so I had to play a little. I also did 3 songs on Guitar Hero: Legends of Rock and played a little Super Mario Brothers (circa 1985ish - I remember playing it with my little brother when it first came out!) I left around 1:30 to go meet a Craigslister to buy this jogging stroller. It's brand new, still in the box and I snagged it for $70. Sweet! I'm SO looking forward to using it on maternity leave b/c the weather should actually be ok! I do not have an option but to get this weight off after Baby McQ#2 is born. It's a necessity for my health. So I will be walking as much as possible on ML and will also begin running again once I get cleared to exercise. I'm determined to be a healthy mom for my kids. I'm going to be 36 in 13 days and it's scaring me. It's scaring me to be that age and this weight. I'm just asking for trouble.
I have an extremely busy week ahead. It's a closing week at work so Mon and Tues will be nuts trying to finalize the financials and get them submitted on Wed. I also have dinner plans with my HS friend Ellen on Tuesday night. We don't get to see each other often b/c she lives over an hour away so I'm looking forward to it. On Thursday night, my lovely friend Meghan invited me to the Bruins game. The two preggos will be painting the town red! LOL We can't drink so we've already planned out our food. That's bad. LOL In the middle of all this, I have an OB appt on Tues and my mom is leaving at noon on Wed for a week. Her and my dad are going to see my little brother in San Francisco for a week.
Well now that I've seriously bored you to death, I'm out. I think I'm going to look for a new blog theme so stay tuned for changes!
xoxo everyone!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
I got nothing in way of a title.
Well it's been less than a week since my last post so I'm doing better! lol
A was sick all weekend and then her and I were home on Monday for the President's Day Holiday. We had a great playdate with Heather and Ryan and then we fought over naptime. Mommy eventually won :)
Now C and I are fighting her illness. I think I'm winning the battle better than he is which I'm going to selfishly say is good b/c he can take more meds than I can.
My life is boring lately so there isn't much to write about. Work blows and my boss quit so now I'm like a ship just floating all by myself out at sea. Lovely. Eh, either way I'll get through it. I don't have much of a choice!
We are trying to get our plumber over to do the rough plumbing for the upstairs bathroom. We cannot get the contractors in (or start the work ourselves if that is the route that we choose) until this is done. A needs to move into her big girl room at least a few months before this baby comes so she doesn't feel kicked out of her room. Her big girl room is part of the construction. I cannot believe she is ready for a real bed!!! Very scary!
We are also in the process of looking for rental property to buy and getting pre-approved for a mortgage for said property. The RE market is so down right now that it's the perfect time for someone like us to get in on it. C assures me that he is ready to be a landlord so it's full steam ahead. I have my concerns over how much time it will take on his part as he would be responsible for the repairs, etc and I would be responsible for the bookkeeping, etc. I just don't want it to take more time than he estimates and then for him to be bitter and pissed off that he's not home with the family. He assures me that this won't happen. I hope not. And obviously the more time he spends there puts an additional burden on me being home with 2 kids. So we are hoping that we can find a property that is pretty turnkey and will only require the occasional repair or maintenance. We shall see. And we will only buy something that is at least 2/3 occupied or fully occupied. I will not go through the hassle of trying to rent out an entire building. I saw what my MIL went through trying to rent the 2nd floor of her house and it sucked.
That's really it from here. I wish there were more exciting updates but really, my life is boring. lol
Next OB appt is Tuesday, Feb 24 with my fave OB, Dr F. I love her.
And congrats to Holly on the birth of her daughter! I'm so incredibly happy for her and her husband!!!
A was sick all weekend and then her and I were home on Monday for the President's Day Holiday. We had a great playdate with Heather and Ryan and then we fought over naptime. Mommy eventually won :)
Now C and I are fighting her illness. I think I'm winning the battle better than he is which I'm going to selfishly say is good b/c he can take more meds than I can.
My life is boring lately so there isn't much to write about. Work blows and my boss quit so now I'm like a ship just floating all by myself out at sea. Lovely. Eh, either way I'll get through it. I don't have much of a choice!
We are trying to get our plumber over to do the rough plumbing for the upstairs bathroom. We cannot get the contractors in (or start the work ourselves if that is the route that we choose) until this is done. A needs to move into her big girl room at least a few months before this baby comes so she doesn't feel kicked out of her room. Her big girl room is part of the construction. I cannot believe she is ready for a real bed!!! Very scary!
We are also in the process of looking for rental property to buy and getting pre-approved for a mortgage for said property. The RE market is so down right now that it's the perfect time for someone like us to get in on it. C assures me that he is ready to be a landlord so it's full steam ahead. I have my concerns over how much time it will take on his part as he would be responsible for the repairs, etc and I would be responsible for the bookkeeping, etc. I just don't want it to take more time than he estimates and then for him to be bitter and pissed off that he's not home with the family. He assures me that this won't happen. I hope not. And obviously the more time he spends there puts an additional burden on me being home with 2 kids. So we are hoping that we can find a property that is pretty turnkey and will only require the occasional repair or maintenance. We shall see. And we will only buy something that is at least 2/3 occupied or fully occupied. I will not go through the hassle of trying to rent out an entire building. I saw what my MIL went through trying to rent the 2nd floor of her house and it sucked.
That's really it from here. I wish there were more exciting updates but really, my life is boring. lol
Next OB appt is Tuesday, Feb 24 with my fave OB, Dr F. I love her.
And congrats to Holly on the birth of her daughter! I'm so incredibly happy for her and her husband!!!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Finally!!!
I can come out of the pregnancy closet :) Baby McQ #2 is due on August 20, 2009. We had our 2nd ultrasound today and all is well. I am currently 13 weeks so just heading into the 2nd trimester. I was stupid and didn't scan the u/s pics when I was at MIL's this afternoon so I need to do that. Although we are breathing more comfortably after today's u/s, we could still use all the thoughts and prayers that you have!
Now that that little piece of news is out, I'll be blogging more. It was so hard to write about stuff when most of it revolved around the pregnancy or how absolutely shitty I felt during the first tri! lol This pregnancy has been much more difficult than A's (at least it feels that way now) but I think I'm starting to feel human again finally.
A has been a sick little girl all week and I'm just hoping that she can get some sleep tonight. Her and I were up all night Sunday night and her and Daddy were up most of last night because of her cough. We did go see the pedi yesterday and she thinks it's just a bad cold but if her fever isn't gone by Sunday, I need to bring her back on Monday. Now C is getting it and I'm pretty achy too. C is sleeping downstairs sans monitor tonight and I"ll do A duty. God, I hope she sleeps fairly well! At least if she doesn't, it's the weekend and we don't have to trudge through work on no sleep (like I did on Monday!).
I have so, so, so much to do and not an ounce of time to do it. I need to get to the outlets to exchange a pair of jeans by tomorrow, drive to Wellesley to have bloodwork done tomorrow, grocery shop, get my hair cut and colored, hit Barnes & Noble for a lapdesk so maybe my stupid neck will stop hurting, go to the library to get a book, go to the bank, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things! lol Oh and my insane husband and I are looking at rental property to possibly purchase on Sunday afternoon. Seriously, what are we thinking??? lol
Now that that little piece of news is out, I'll be blogging more. It was so hard to write about stuff when most of it revolved around the pregnancy or how absolutely shitty I felt during the first tri! lol This pregnancy has been much more difficult than A's (at least it feels that way now) but I think I'm starting to feel human again finally.
A has been a sick little girl all week and I'm just hoping that she can get some sleep tonight. Her and I were up all night Sunday night and her and Daddy were up most of last night because of her cough. We did go see the pedi yesterday and she thinks it's just a bad cold but if her fever isn't gone by Sunday, I need to bring her back on Monday. Now C is getting it and I'm pretty achy too. C is sleeping downstairs sans monitor tonight and I"ll do A duty. God, I hope she sleeps fairly well! At least if she doesn't, it's the weekend and we don't have to trudge through work on no sleep (like I did on Monday!).
I have so, so, so much to do and not an ounce of time to do it. I need to get to the outlets to exchange a pair of jeans by tomorrow, drive to Wellesley to have bloodwork done tomorrow, grocery shop, get my hair cut and colored, hit Barnes & Noble for a lapdesk so maybe my stupid neck will stop hurting, go to the library to get a book, go to the bank, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things! lol Oh and my insane husband and I are looking at rental property to possibly purchase on Sunday afternoon. Seriously, what are we thinking??? lol
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know . . .
It's been a while. Well, this is just a tease post to tell you to check back later tomorrow for a much better post :)
In the meantime, I'll leave you with these recent pics of the cutest little girl in the world. She's been sick lately, poor little thing.
In the meantime, I'll leave you with these recent pics of the cutest little girl in the world. She's been sick lately, poor little thing.
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