Ah finally, an extra day off! I can't wait!!! Only one more working day until a 3 day weekend with my daughter, boyfriend and kitty cat.... (better known as Pain in the Butt). This has been a crazy week....
Over the weekend, my car decided that I am not permitted to have a radio to drive with (it stopped working) so Tuesday it had to go to dealership. They told me the radio is shot and they have to order me a new one (yeah... new radio) but it'd take a week or so to get there (boo.... no radio for like two weeks)....
Tuesday I also attended a meeting for the Society for Professional Marketing Services - an organization I plan on joining through JMT. I checked out their new member breakfast and it totally rocked. I met some great connections and even one girl whom I've got a lot in common with (background in music... ended up in the A/E/C industry instead... ) kinda funny! Anyways, this organization is all around a great thing for me and I'm so stoked about joining.
I went to the dermatologist yesterday to try and get my acne under control. It's gone NUTZOID since I've been pregnant. My doctor had hoped it would have tamed itself after Aerie was born, but NOOOOOOOOOOOO (I'm sure the breastfeeding has something to do with it.....). So off to the Dr. I went to get something that would work since I can't take anything off the shelf with Benzolye Peroxide (which is pretty much 99% of acne control products over the counter).....
Tomorrow Leeanne and I are going to Saddle Ridge. It's been over 10 months since I've been there on a Friday. I'm so thrilled to go too! Leeanne's really getting into dancing and that rocks cuz now I've got someone to go with me. She really wants to learn and that is awesome! I'm ready to teach her!
Other then Saddle Ridge, I plan on spending my time with Aerie. We're just starting into a new book after finishing the Princess Bride last night. I let Matthew pick out the next book. His first choice was To Kill a Mocking Bird but I said no .... so then he Picked The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. Can't wait to start reading it tomorrow night!
Well, back to work.... lunch is over.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wow Time Flies
Can you believe Arie is exactly 7 weeks old today. Man, time's already flying!!! We've hit some milestones this week. On Monday she went to the doctors. She grew over an inch! She also weighs 9 pounds now. My gosh! I didn't realize she was so heavy. My arms knew it though! I need to start lifting weights or something. I am horribly out of shape again. I went from dancing constantly to dancing nothing :(.... I went to Saddle Ridge on Saturday with Leeanne and barely made it three hours without hurting. Gotta get myself back up to what I use to be! No worries there! Matthew is wonderful and doesn't mind watching Arie while I go get healthy and have some fun (plus I know he secretly is thrilled I'm no longer annoying him to go to Saddle Ridge with me)...
Moving on, this week marked Arie's first real Smile - no longer Gas smiles. She's only done it a few times but we know they are finally real smiles. The first one was Tuesday night with Matthew and then last night with me. Last night she even giggled a bit... well it was more of a squeal but it was a new sound for her we haven't heard. We're so happy!
Being back to work has been crazy. I called off Monday after an exhausting night with Arie... I believe the culprit was gas... and she just kept us up. It was fun being home with her after some well needed rest. Monday also marked a really funny moment. As I was sitting on the floor with her in the bouncing chair... I was gently bouncing her a bit when Artex decided he felt the need to be involved. After spending ten minutes nuzzling me on my lap he moved to the other side of the bouncy chair and watched as I gently pressed the chair down to make Arie bounce. After watching for a few minutes he started putting his paws on the chair and made it bounce himself. It was really cute. Then later when I was washing dishes and she was still in the chair, he did it again... unbelievable! Pets are truly amazing! Now if we could just teach him to change diapers we'd be completely set!!!
Saturday I think I'm going to take Arie to Boarders in south hills for their book event. A lot of the books they recommend for children will be on sale and some even read by celebrities .... I think it'll be fun to go and check it out. Saturday Toby tickets also go on sale. I'm so totally buying them the moment they go up. I've got two friends going with me too. I can't wait - should be a blast!
Well, I've got a million things to do...
Moving on, this week marked Arie's first real Smile - no longer Gas smiles. She's only done it a few times but we know they are finally real smiles. The first one was Tuesday night with Matthew and then last night with me. Last night she even giggled a bit... well it was more of a squeal but it was a new sound for her we haven't heard. We're so happy!
Being back to work has been crazy. I called off Monday after an exhausting night with Arie... I believe the culprit was gas... and she just kept us up. It was fun being home with her after some well needed rest. Monday also marked a really funny moment. As I was sitting on the floor with her in the bouncing chair... I was gently bouncing her a bit when Artex decided he felt the need to be involved. After spending ten minutes nuzzling me on my lap he moved to the other side of the bouncy chair and watched as I gently pressed the chair down to make Arie bounce. After watching for a few minutes he started putting his paws on the chair and made it bounce himself. It was really cute. Then later when I was washing dishes and she was still in the chair, he did it again... unbelievable! Pets are truly amazing! Now if we could just teach him to change diapers we'd be completely set!!!
Saturday I think I'm going to take Arie to Boarders in south hills for their book event. A lot of the books they recommend for children will be on sale and some even read by celebrities .... I think it'll be fun to go and check it out. Saturday Toby tickets also go on sale. I'm so totally buying them the moment they go up. I've got two friends going with me too. I can't wait - should be a blast!
Well, I've got a million things to do...
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Now I'm Exhausted!!!!
Wow, life just became a blur! I feel as though rest is not in my vocabulary anymore! Back to work is quite a change. It feels as though there are not enough hours in the day - of course it doesn't help that I have a 45 minute commute each way to work and have to get up extra early to pump and feed Arabella and somewhere in the mix find time to eat and shower... what a morning routine! And then if Arabella wakes up even earlier, it throws everything off course.... like my sleep!!!!!!!
Speaking of sleep, it seems as though the only way I'm getting any is by going to bed at 9pm. I hope this won't last forever because I feel as though life is passing me by completely. I'm missing my shows (Thank God for DVR) and I'm missing out on time with Matthew because he's barely home from work and I'm ready to crash for the night. I know it's going to get easier, but my gosh!!!
So Saturday is the big day! We finally get the view Arabella's pictures at Brownlees! I am so excited! I just know they are going to be gorgeous!!! It was such a thrilling experience going there. I don't want to go anywhere else to have her photos done because they are simply beautiful!!! She's so creative and pleasing!
I can't believe it's only Monday .... if feels like I've been awake for days. I think it's the lack of sleep because of all the pumping and if I don't pump it hurts sooooooooooooooo much. I would just love to sleep for 8 hours and be done with it.... but I can't :( gone are those days , at least until she starts solids and I don't have to make as much milk!
Arabella goes to the doctors on Monday for shots. This should be an interesting experience. I'm both excited and nervous. I'm excited to see how much she's grown but scared to see her get those painful shots! I hate needles so I'm sure she's not going to want to see them either. My poor baby.
If you haven't checked out the pictures recently of Arabella, defiantly do so. There's a really cute one of Artex looking at her in her playpen (which finally got built). Artex is such a great big brother. He even wakes me up at night when she's fussing. I think it's more because he can't sleep with her crying... but it's still sweet.
I won a phone on the radio yesterday. Really made my day too! Unfortunatly, It's a sprint phone (I didn't hear that part of the contest) so now I gotta figure out what I'm going to do with it. It's a Palm Centro phone retails for like $200-$300. I think I'm going to try and sell it and then take the money to get myself something nice and then put the rest away for something useful (like more pictures of Arabella since she goes back every 3 months). I may just save all of it for the pictures and use it towards getting what I want. Anyone interested in buying it??? It's pink so guys, be warned!
Leeanne and I are planning on going to Saddle Ridge on Saturday. It'll be the first time I've been out dancing since August. God I've missed it. I heard they remodled the place... should be interesting. I'm itchin for some dancing.... SERIOUSLY!!!
Well my time is up. Enjoy the new photos.
Speaking of sleep, it seems as though the only way I'm getting any is by going to bed at 9pm. I hope this won't last forever because I feel as though life is passing me by completely. I'm missing my shows (Thank God for DVR) and I'm missing out on time with Matthew because he's barely home from work and I'm ready to crash for the night. I know it's going to get easier, but my gosh!!!
So Saturday is the big day! We finally get the view Arabella's pictures at Brownlees! I am so excited! I just know they are going to be gorgeous!!! It was such a thrilling experience going there. I don't want to go anywhere else to have her photos done because they are simply beautiful!!! She's so creative and pleasing!
I can't believe it's only Monday .... if feels like I've been awake for days. I think it's the lack of sleep because of all the pumping and if I don't pump it hurts sooooooooooooooo much. I would just love to sleep for 8 hours and be done with it.... but I can't :( gone are those days , at least until she starts solids and I don't have to make as much milk!
Arabella goes to the doctors on Monday for shots. This should be an interesting experience. I'm both excited and nervous. I'm excited to see how much she's grown but scared to see her get those painful shots! I hate needles so I'm sure she's not going to want to see them either. My poor baby.
If you haven't checked out the pictures recently of Arabella, defiantly do so. There's a really cute one of Artex looking at her in her playpen (which finally got built). Artex is such a great big brother. He even wakes me up at night when she's fussing. I think it's more because he can't sleep with her crying... but it's still sweet.
I won a phone on the radio yesterday. Really made my day too! Unfortunatly, It's a sprint phone (I didn't hear that part of the contest) so now I gotta figure out what I'm going to do with it. It's a Palm Centro phone retails for like $200-$300. I think I'm going to try and sell it and then take the money to get myself something nice and then put the rest away for something useful (like more pictures of Arabella since she goes back every 3 months). I may just save all of it for the pictures and use it towards getting what I want. Anyone interested in buying it??? It's pink so guys, be warned!
Leeanne and I are planning on going to Saddle Ridge on Saturday. It'll be the first time I've been out dancing since August. God I've missed it. I heard they remodled the place... should be interesting. I'm itchin for some dancing.... SERIOUSLY!!!
Well my time is up. Enjoy the new photos.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Back to work
Ah back to work. It's actually not so bad. I did enjoy the reutn to chaos and over 200 unread emails! That was a fun sort at 8am yesterday morning.... took over an hour to filter through them and I'm still reading some.... I may be reading emails until next week!!!
Arabella's adapting well to life with Grandparents! I'm glad too! I got through yesterday well. Everyone told me it was going to be the longest day of my life, but it raelly wasn't that bad. I didn't have time to think about anything other then work and that actually isn't a bad thing - made the day fly by!
I'm joining a marketing association at work. I just picked it out today - the Society of Marketing Professional Services. Sounds like fun. They have lunches and seminar and all kinds of interesting Marketing related things! I'm looking forward to joining. My first meeting with SMPS is going to be on May 20th for the New Member Breakfast! I might take the seminar on the 21st too but I haven't decided yet. I need to talk to my boss about it and it's potential to really have value in my job (which I think it does).
This weekend is going to be nice and quiet. We don't have anything planned and I aim to keep it that way. Leeanne is coming over tonight but then I'm relaxing for the weekend before going back to work 5 days for the first time in over a month.
Well time to get things done! Later all!
Arabella's adapting well to life with Grandparents! I'm glad too! I got through yesterday well. Everyone told me it was going to be the longest day of my life, but it raelly wasn't that bad. I didn't have time to think about anything other then work and that actually isn't a bad thing - made the day fly by!
I'm joining a marketing association at work. I just picked it out today - the Society of Marketing Professional Services. Sounds like fun. They have lunches and seminar and all kinds of interesting Marketing related things! I'm looking forward to joining. My first meeting with SMPS is going to be on May 20th for the New Member Breakfast! I might take the seminar on the 21st too but I haven't decided yet. I need to talk to my boss about it and it's potential to really have value in my job (which I think it does).
This weekend is going to be nice and quiet. We don't have anything planned and I aim to keep it that way. Leeanne is coming over tonight but then I'm relaxing for the weekend before going back to work 5 days for the first time in over a month.
Well time to get things done! Later all!
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