(the kids and i are still in wv on vacay. today's the first day we've been online since being here and while i'm sure i'll have lots to share w/ you about out trip later, i had to write this post now because i was reading some one's blog and this topic popped in my head.)
i am by no means psychic or talented in any of those ways, but sometimes i do get feelings about things and can guess or anticipate things that people very close to me are going to do or say (usually just the kids and the hubs). i think much of this comes from living w/ someone being close to them 24/7--like being able to finish the hub's sentence or knowing what gift he's going to give me before he gives it or something.
but, i have had dreams that have come true. these dreams have always been about pregnancies.
the hubs and i were married five years before the girl was born. we never used birth control because i wanted kids right then and there. we tried for five years (though we didn't start down the road of invitro or anything) and we're basically at the point of not trying any more because i was becoming a basket case.
one night, out of the blue, i had an incredibly vivid dream about holding a baby girl and i knew it was my daughter. the next day i stopped at the drug store after work and bought a pregnancy test. it was positive.
fast forward about a year. one night i had a dream that i was throwing a baby shower for a co-worker. we were pretty good friends and i was excited. the next day at lunch i laughingly told her this dream and she just stared at me. we were sitting in the lunch room w/ other people and she didn't say much. later she told me that they'd just recently found out she was pregnant and they hadn't started telling people yet.
fast forward again. i had a dream that a co-worker's wife was pregnant w/ twins. i can't remember the details of this one as well---when i told him about the dream i think he confirmed that she was pregnant but they didn't have any indication it was twins since it was so early. later she miscarried---twins. (happily they went on to have two very cute little boys.)
i haven't had a dream like that for a long time and it's not ever anything i plan or can control or realize is coming. however, my friends do ask me to tell them if i ever dream about them being pregnant.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
country roads
tomorrow morning the kids and i are off for five days in wv. i'm taking my laptop but am not quite sure if/when i'll have internet access, so if you don't hear from me until next weekend, don't fret.
we're going to do some camping, swimming, hanging out w/ some family and basically getting out of the house for a week.
we're going to do some camping, swimming, hanging out w/ some family and basically getting out of the house for a week.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
visualize this
penny in exile suggested i share pictures of my kitchen--the one i asked for help with. so, here are kitchen pictures, painted room pictures and more.
you can't really tell from this shot, but that green stripe? it's rag-roll painted or some other such thing. it will go away along w/ the border (once i decide what color to paint in here.)
and these are the cabinets. there are 31 in all. after reading all of your comments/suggestions i'm thinking painting the walls and updating the hardware is a good start. also, if you look closely, the backsplash is white tile w/ green accent tiles. i can get a special paint to cover the green right?
the boy deleted the "before" shots, but this is his new green room. it was purple.
this is the girl's room (it was pink). she's accented the walls w/ peel and stick polka dots and a slew of animal pictures already.
these are the girl's toes after her pedicure.
these are my toes after my pedicure.
this is a bad shot of the current hardware. i'm pretty certain this will be one of the changes we make.
this is the fruity border. the kitchen is as it was when we moved in the house--this is NOT my handiwork. this will come down, obviously.
you can't really tell from this shot, but that green stripe? it's rag-roll painted or some other such thing. it will go away along w/ the border (once i decide what color to paint in here.)
and these are the cabinets. there are 31 in all. after reading all of your comments/suggestions i'm thinking painting the walls and updating the hardware is a good start. also, if you look closely, the backsplash is white tile w/ green accent tiles. i can get a special paint to cover the green right?
the boy deleted the "before" shots, but this is his new green room. it was purple.
this is the girl's room (it was pink). she's accented the walls w/ peel and stick polka dots and a slew of animal pictures already.
these are the girl's toes after her pedicure.
these are my toes after my pedicure.
Friday, July 24, 2009
made giddy by iming
omg---i just had my first im chat w/ one of my blog friends! i am soooo excited and giddy like a school kid! LOL (thanks for making my day kristin!!)
we are also facelibre friends and i don't know why i never thought of chatting online. it is the first "live" contact i've had w/ any of my friends i've met online and i am beside myself w/ excitement! and, while we're on the subject--do you talk about your "blog" friends in real life? i mean i do and i always feel like a douche canoe for saying my blog friends or my friends i met online. really? why do i make that distinction? we're friends, regardless of how we met or whether we've ever actually spent time together. so, from now on i'm not saying blog friends or online friends.
i'm sure some of you are like...uh, dude? where the HELL have you been for the last, oh i don't know....5 year? this technology does exist. i know, i know. i've just never used it that much, the chatting thing i mean. sometimes on facelibre i chat, but not often, and other than that i'm not a big im-er. are you guys?
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also penny in exile suggested i take pics of the kitchen and i plan to do that and show you what i'm up against.
we are also facelibre friends and i don't know why i never thought of chatting online. it is the first "live" contact i've had w/ any of my friends i've met online and i am beside myself w/ excitement! and, while we're on the subject--do you talk about your "blog" friends in real life? i mean i do and i always feel like a douche canoe for saying my blog friends or my friends i met online. really? why do i make that distinction? we're friends, regardless of how we met or whether we've ever actually spent time together. so, from now on i'm not saying blog friends or online friends.
i'm sure some of you are like...uh, dude? where the HELL have you been for the last, oh i don't know....5 year? this technology does exist. i know, i know. i've just never used it that much, the chatting thing i mean. sometimes on facelibre i chat, but not often, and other than that i'm not a big im-er. are you guys?
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also penny in exile suggested i take pics of the kitchen and i plan to do that and show you what i'm up against.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
words on thursday
i have title block so eh, words on thursday is the best i could do.
sooo, what's going on around here? let's see.
monday the hubs had some major oral surgery. the hubs is a total bad ass. seriously, sometimes his badassery frustrates the hell out of me, although his rebellious nature and badassness are parts of the reason i married him. but i digress. dude thought that he'd go in for this surgery monday morning and then go to work in the afternoon despite the fact that i told him he'd be out of it most of the day. i could speak from experience seeing as how i had my wisdom teeth removed last summer and was out for 3 days.
and i was right : ) he has fuzzy memories of that day (he was fully sedated for the procedure) and i kept him loaded up w/ his prescribed vickies every 4 hours because when he was awake he was an ass. the hubs does not follow rules, like oh, you can't smoke the day you get gaping holes in your mouth?? yeah. so he was cranky. and belligerent. and remembers very little of it. plus, it has been since sunday since he's eaten any meat for god's sake, and the man loves him some meat.
yesterday i started painting the hallway---most of the primer coat is finished. it was orange folks--the hubs' choice several years ago---i should have taken a picture! now it will be a nice tannish hue.
next week the kids and i are going on a road trip to wv to hang out w/ one of my aunt's for the week. she's a teacher so aside from the unemployed she's one of the few people who have summers off : ) it will be great to get out of the house, because, as much as i feel like i'm getting things done that i've wanted/needed to do? i'm fucking bored out of my damn mind. and, being w/ the kids 24/7 since the beginning of june is starting to do me in. everywhere i turn they are there.
i now know that i would have made a horrible, horrible sahm when they were younger. i have the utmost respect and admiration for women who can do this. i've always thought it was hard and respected them, and i realize that being home w/ a 9 and 12 year old is nothing like having babies or toddlers or more than 2 but holy hell. i am a person who likes to be alone sometimes. even if that alone time is just driving to work. or being at work for that matter. there is some separation. the boy says i have turned into more of a hard ass since i got laid off. that i'm stricter. hmmm.
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totally off whatever topic i thought i was on but i'd like your opinion on something.
wood kitchen cabinets----paint them or not? the very least that will be done to the kitchen for now is a paint job (it is the only room in the house that hasn't changed since we bought it 7 yrs ago and green stripes and a fruit border are just not me) and new hardware. eventually there will be upgraded counter tops and a tile (not laminate like it is now) floor, but that is for the day we are rolling in the dough. i'm really afraid of painting the cabinets. and don't suggest switching out the doors for glass doors cos i certainly don't want people looking into the cluttered confines of my cabinets.
sooo, what's going on around here? let's see.
monday the hubs had some major oral surgery. the hubs is a total bad ass. seriously, sometimes his badassery frustrates the hell out of me, although his rebellious nature and badassness are parts of the reason i married him. but i digress. dude thought that he'd go in for this surgery monday morning and then go to work in the afternoon despite the fact that i told him he'd be out of it most of the day. i could speak from experience seeing as how i had my wisdom teeth removed last summer and was out for 3 days.
and i was right : ) he has fuzzy memories of that day (he was fully sedated for the procedure) and i kept him loaded up w/ his prescribed vickies every 4 hours because when he was awake he was an ass. the hubs does not follow rules, like oh, you can't smoke the day you get gaping holes in your mouth?? yeah. so he was cranky. and belligerent. and remembers very little of it. plus, it has been since sunday since he's eaten any meat for god's sake, and the man loves him some meat.
yesterday i started painting the hallway---most of the primer coat is finished. it was orange folks--the hubs' choice several years ago---i should have taken a picture! now it will be a nice tannish hue.
next week the kids and i are going on a road trip to wv to hang out w/ one of my aunt's for the week. she's a teacher so aside from the unemployed she's one of the few people who have summers off : ) it will be great to get out of the house, because, as much as i feel like i'm getting things done that i've wanted/needed to do? i'm fucking bored out of my damn mind. and, being w/ the kids 24/7 since the beginning of june is starting to do me in. everywhere i turn they are there.
i now know that i would have made a horrible, horrible sahm when they were younger. i have the utmost respect and admiration for women who can do this. i've always thought it was hard and respected them, and i realize that being home w/ a 9 and 12 year old is nothing like having babies or toddlers or more than 2 but holy hell. i am a person who likes to be alone sometimes. even if that alone time is just driving to work. or being at work for that matter. there is some separation. the boy says i have turned into more of a hard ass since i got laid off. that i'm stricter. hmmm.
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totally off whatever topic i thought i was on but i'd like your opinion on something.
wood kitchen cabinets----paint them or not? the very least that will be done to the kitchen for now is a paint job (it is the only room in the house that hasn't changed since we bought it 7 yrs ago and green stripes and a fruit border are just not me) and new hardware. eventually there will be upgraded counter tops and a tile (not laminate like it is now) floor, but that is for the day we are rolling in the dough. i'm really afraid of painting the cabinets. and don't suggest switching out the doors for glass doors cos i certainly don't want people looking into the cluttered confines of my cabinets.
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