Sunday, May 30, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Baaad baby fever
Me: Not feeling like doing any office work at all today...I just wanna be a MOM.
May 25, 2:10 pm
Tiffany T: are you and rod trying to get pregnant?
May 25, 2:22pm
Erica H: It is the most amazing role you could have! You'll be a great mom Anne!! :)
May 25, 2:31 pm
Mark F: Is there some news camouflaged in that comment that Auntie Nancy and I should know??? 8-)
May 25, 3:32 pm
Heidi R: When the time is right you will be.
May 25, 3:41 pm
Elizabeth H V: Yay!!! :). I can't wait!! (though I hope you are getting all the sleep you can now!)
May 26, 4:58 pm
Robin P: is there some important information that you have kept from us?
May 25, 7:10 pm
Me: haha no no, i really should have been more clear... i am WANTING to be a mom but it's not close to happening yet :( another year or so if all goes as "planned"
May 25, 10:12 pm
Mark F: Auntie Nancy and I will add this to our prayers for you guys!
May 26, 9:38 am
Robin P: that would be awesome you let me know. I am excited for you
May 26, 4:52 pm
Tiffany T: Well that's cool!!! Why are you in such a hurry?
May 26, 5:35 pm
Me: I'm not in a HURRY really, or we'd be trying already. Just feeling the maternalness/baby fever extra today.
May 26, 7:05 pm
May 25, 2:10 pm
Tiffany T: are you and rod trying to get pregnant?
May 25, 2:22pm
Erica H: It is the most amazing role you could have! You'll be a great mom Anne!! :)
May 25, 2:31 pm
Mark F: Is there some news camouflaged in that comment that Auntie Nancy and I should know??? 8-)
May 25, 3:32 pm
Heidi R: When the time is right you will be.
May 25, 3:41 pm
Elizabeth H V: Yay!!! :). I can't wait!! (though I hope you are getting all the sleep you can now!)
May 26, 4:58 pm
Robin P: is there some important information that you have kept from us?
May 25, 7:10 pm
Me: haha no no, i really should have been more clear... i am WANTING to be a mom but it's not close to happening yet :( another year or so if all goes as "planned"
May 25, 10:12 pm
Mark F: Auntie Nancy and I will add this to our prayers for you guys!
May 26, 9:38 am
Robin P: that would be awesome you let me know. I am excited for you
May 26, 4:52 pm
Tiffany T: Well that's cool!!! Why are you in such a hurry?
May 26, 5:35 pm
Me: I'm not in a HURRY really, or we'd be trying already. Just feeling the maternalness/baby fever extra today.
May 26, 7:05 pm
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Another emotional venting post...
Getting involved with the good just makes it that much more painful seeing the bad... I keep asking myself: all those years, why couldn't I make more of an impact? If I had done something differently, been harsher, been gentler, tried harder...would it have helped more? The answer - I'm sure - is no, and I know that deep down.
Got to keep reminding myself.... getting involved with the good will only make it that much harder to watch the bad. And getting too close will just pain me, because I know deep down that I cannot help no matter how much I've tried and want to continue trying.
How do I go about this in the adult way? How do I "end things" with someone I care so much about (no, of course not my husband, fyi)?
Why is it so hard for me to keep friends? Lately, it's been hard for me to even make friends, and that was never a problem for me in the past until a few years ago. It could easily be because of poor self esteem. Will they not like me because I'm overweight? Am I too dull because I don't drink and I like to just hang around and don't always want to get up every night and do something exciting?
I really have fun with my friends but I feel like those I've made in the last few years haven't been the best quality, whether they don't treat me well or don't treat others well or both. I have made one or two real true friends, and a few more I thought were true friends, and then a few I really knew were not the best people for me to get close with but I did anyway because I was comfortable with them. Does this make me a bad person? Did I do something wrong?
This is a venting post, I apologize if it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Got to keep reminding myself.... getting involved with the good will only make it that much harder to watch the bad. And getting too close will just pain me, because I know deep down that I cannot help no matter how much I've tried and want to continue trying.
How do I go about this in the adult way? How do I "end things" with someone I care so much about (no, of course not my husband, fyi)?
Why is it so hard for me to keep friends? Lately, it's been hard for me to even make friends, and that was never a problem for me in the past until a few years ago. It could easily be because of poor self esteem. Will they not like me because I'm overweight? Am I too dull because I don't drink and I like to just hang around and don't always want to get up every night and do something exciting?
I really have fun with my friends but I feel like those I've made in the last few years haven't been the best quality, whether they don't treat me well or don't treat others well or both. I have made one or two real true friends, and a few more I thought were true friends, and then a few I really knew were not the best people for me to get close with but I did anyway because I was comfortable with them. Does this make me a bad person? Did I do something wrong?
This is a venting post, I apologize if it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Pain in the neck - I mean head
Headaches remind me why I avoid soda... and any other source of caffeine for that matter...
Monday, May 24, 2010
The Big 25!
♥ Happy 25th to the most incredible husband (and friend) a girl could ever ask for! I am so fortunate to have him today and every day. :) :) Looking forward to the rest of today.. time to sleep now, though finally!
Emotional Lately
Why do I care so much about people who don't care much about me?
Why do I get so involved in other people's problems when they themselves don't even realize them?
When will I realize I can't reach someone I feel needs saving, no matter how close I get?
When will I say it's enough and that I cannot sit and watch the awfulness continue?
WHEN will I realize that it's out of my control?
It's been over three years already.
It hurts so much because I've put so much in emotionally and I am just now realizing I have to get out...
I think it will take some time, but please just keep reminding me it's what's best.
Why do I get so involved in other people's problems when they themselves don't even realize them?
When will I realize I can't reach someone I feel needs saving, no matter how close I get?
When will I say it's enough and that I cannot sit and watch the awfulness continue?
WHEN will I realize that it's out of my control?
It's been over three years already.
It hurts so much because I've put so much in emotionally and I am just now realizing I have to get out...
I think it will take some time, but please just keep reminding me it's what's best.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Things You Should Know but Probably Don't
I got this e-mail forward from my godmother that I thought was really interesting. I'm sorry, I don't know the source information on who originally wrote this.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T
1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton. (Didn't know, but makes sense. I don't know which is better for the environment...probably cotton?)
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper. (Hmm!)
3. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a 'tittle.' (Never knew this.)
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. (Useless piece of information, but interesting nonetheless.)
5. Susan Lucci (Who?) is the daughter of Physllis Diller. (Who?)
6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals. (This is surprising to me.)
7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. (That's reassuring..)
8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino. (Seriously?)
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily. (This is extremely upsetting to me.)
10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister. (OK.)
11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small-sized dog. (I did know this one, but not the specifics.)
12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. (That's awful, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.)
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales. (Yum! Glad I don't wear lipstick.)
14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. (Give me a break.. It's a duck, not even a human!)
15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine. (What?!)
16. Upper- and lower-case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters. (That's really interesting!)
17. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time, hence multi-tasking was invented. (Nice.)
18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. (Cool!)
19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. (Don't want people to see how much time they're wasting, I'm sure.)
20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before! (I like this fact... very interesting. That's the same with Olivia from Shakespeare. I checked this with behindthename.com and apparently it was very rarely used before 'Peter Pan' as a nickname for Gwendolen.)
21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange and purple. (I knew this one.)
22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips. (Are you serious?! I don't know if you know, but that original painting is also very - surprisingly - small.)
23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (I wonder who figured this one out. And that's sad... even if they are vicious, dangerous little creatures.)
24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white. (Hmm.)
25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. (Useless piece of information, haha.)
26. By raising your legs and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand. (I knew this one.)
27. The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. (I think I'd heard this. There are a lot of crazy things like this.)
28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola. (Cool.)
29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples. (Are you sure with apples? That's sweet, though.)
30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying! (Neat!)
31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher. (Certified, even. That's good.)
32. Guiness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. (That's great!)
33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it. (Interesting!!)
34. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart, "Boy, I feel a lot safer now that she's behind bars. O.J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant are still walking around; Osama Bin Laden, too, but they take the ONE woman in America willing to cook, clean, and work in the yard, and they haul her off to jail." (Hahaha.)
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T
1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton. (Didn't know, but makes sense. I don't know which is better for the environment...probably cotton?)
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper. (Hmm!)
3. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a 'tittle.' (Never knew this.)
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. (Useless piece of information, but interesting nonetheless.)
5. Susan Lucci (Who?) is the daughter of Physllis Diller. (Who?)
6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals. (This is surprising to me.)
7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. (That's reassuring..)
8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino. (Seriously?)
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily. (This is extremely upsetting to me.)
10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister. (OK.)
11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small-sized dog. (I did know this one, but not the specifics.)
12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. (That's awful, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.)
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales. (Yum! Glad I don't wear lipstick.)
14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. (Give me a break.. It's a duck, not even a human!)
15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine. (What?!)
16. Upper- and lower-case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters. (That's really interesting!)
17. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time, hence multi-tasking was invented. (Nice.)
18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. (Cool!)
19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. (Don't want people to see how much time they're wasting, I'm sure.)
20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before! (I like this fact... very interesting. That's the same with Olivia from Shakespeare. I checked this with behindthename.com and apparently it was very rarely used before 'Peter Pan' as a nickname for Gwendolen.)
21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange and purple. (I knew this one.)
22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips. (Are you serious?! I don't know if you know, but that original painting is also very - surprisingly - small.)
23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (I wonder who figured this one out. And that's sad... even if they are vicious, dangerous little creatures.)
24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white. (Hmm.)
25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. (Useless piece of information, haha.)
26. By raising your legs and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand. (I knew this one.)
27. The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. (I think I'd heard this. There are a lot of crazy things like this.)
28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola. (Cool.)
29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples. (Are you sure with apples? That's sweet, though.)
30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying! (Neat!)
31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher. (Certified, even. That's good.)
32. Guiness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. (That's great!)
33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it. (Interesting!!)
34. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart, "Boy, I feel a lot safer now that she's behind bars. O.J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant are still walking around; Osama Bin Laden, too, but they take the ONE woman in America willing to cook, clean, and work in the yard, and they haul her off to jail." (Hahaha.)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Parents' travels
Text messages from their journeys:
From: Dad
Estamos in Iquitos. We made it. luv u
May 15, 2:45 pm
From: Dad
Leaving Amazon had a great time on to Lima and the coast love M & D
May 18, 12:27 pm
From: Dad
Estamos in Iquitos. We made it. luv u
May 15, 2:45 pm
From: Dad
Leaving Amazon had a great time on to Lima and the coast love M & D
May 18, 12:27 pm
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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