7___Years

Today is our 7th wedding anniversary. Nothing special to celebrate except going out to eat. Which included taking the 4 year old. She was actually pretty good at the restaurant. And mommy even managed to take her cues and get her to the parking lot to throw up. LOL Guess the food was just so good she couldn't stop eating. For the most part the past 7 years have been great. But there are those days...........lol that's why I left the blank. But considering that we are both still alive I think we are doing pretty good. Now maybe I can talk him out of a back or foot rub?

First Day of Kindergarten

My baby started kindergarten this morning. It's bittersweet. I'm happy but then I'm sad because she is growing up. I swear it was just yesterday that they were telling me they had to deliver my baby 5 weeks early to keep me well and alive. Now here she is 4 years 10 1/2 months later starting kindergarten. Where does the time go?

Things went smoother than I thought. A few weeks ago I got all her supplies and we got a few new outfits. Our friends came in from out of town this weekend so I wanted to have everything ready and not wait till the last minute to get it together. So I had her backpack packed and ready to go this morning. We laid out the first day of school outfit and I cleaned her shoes. She has been wanting me to curl her hair but always waits till its to late to ask. I told her I would put her hair in curlers and roll it for today. After we ate supper last night we got ice cream then came home to roll the hair. Normally, she doesn't sit still for me to fix her hair. She did pretty good last night. I got it all rolled then I put her in the bed. She was excited but settled down easier than I anticipated.

I got up this morning and got ready then got her up. Getting her out of bed is like pulling teeth. I don't know where she gets it from ;o) I fed her breakfast then we headed up to get ready. I got her dressed then tackled the hair. She was posing all in the mirror like she was a model. Finally got her hair fixed and headed downstairs to get her book bag and head off to school.

We drive to school, find a parking space and get out. I wanted to get a picture of her getting out of the car but she wouldn't let me. We passed a few friends and their parents. We made it to the entrance of the school building and her true colors started showing. I knew they would come. It just shocked me that they waited this long to surface. The whining started about not wanting to go. She didn't want me to take a picture. She finally agreed to a picture and I tried my best to get her to smile. Then I decided she didn't have to smile in all of them. In fact if she didn't, it would be proof later that she wasn't always pleasant. Well there was a little smile, but she wasn't happy.

Then came the last leg. We walked to the classroom. We went in and after some coaxing got the book bag hung up in her cubby and I walked her to her seat. Then she really poured on the "please don't go'", "hold me mommy" etc. I picked her up and gave her a big hug and kiss and told her to enjoy her day that she was going to have so much fun. Her teacher put a name tag sticker on her. I tried to get her to sit down so I could take a picture of her at her table with her friends but she would have none of that. Finally, I told her bye and started to walk away. She started to cry and run after me but her teacher came over, took her hand and walked her over to see the snake.
I walked out and snapped this picture. No tears or crying or anything after that. Just my baby standing there looking so little yet so big at the same time. I hope she has a wonderful day. If not mommy will make it better with ice cream when I pick her up!

Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Would you believe me if I told you this is one watermelon plant? Would you believe me if I told you I , nor did anyone in my family plant that in my flowerbed?

Well it's true. We built the retaining wall for the flowerbed and a few weeks later this plant popped up. I didn't pull it up because I wanted to see what it would be. When the 3rd leaf appeared and I saw it was a watermelon, I left it. I figured we might get a good juicy watermelon out of it. The root is at the center of the walkway close to the steps and its right at the edge. I have done nothing special to the plant either. No miracle grow, heck I don't even water it. We did fill the bed with compost after we made it but had no clue the seed was there. I figure it was planted last summer/fall by someone who dropped a seed from their watermelon at lunch. As you can see it has almost completely filled the flowerbed. It actually has 5 watermelons on it. I'm not sure if they will ripen since it's so late in the season. I hope they do though! I guess God just didn't want my flowerbed to be empty and He knew we didn't have the funds to build it and fill it with flowers this year. Isn't that amazing?!?!

True friendship is....

....when you're best friend packs up her hubby and 2 of their 3 kids to drive 6 hours to spend a day and a half with you for no special reason. I love my friend! She is the best. I know I don't tell her that often enough. We met 13 1/2 years ago at college. Life has never been the same since lol! We spent about 2 years in college together then she moved back to her hometown. I transferred to nursing school back in my hometown, which at the time was about 8 hours away. (I'm so thankful that they have built new roads to shorten the drive). I think our friendship developed and strengthened more being away from each other than when we were together. Regardless, we have been there in some way shape or form for all major life events. I can't say that about some of my "best" high school buddies. Usually me and my hubby and daughter go visit her family once or twice a year. Their place is so much more exciting than here so we are always willing to go visit them. It's been a few years since they have been able to come here. We were talking the other week when I called for help trying to find a geocache. I told her they could come down the following weekend and we could go caching together. Well the planets and stars aligned and they head over Friday night. I rushed home from work and DH and DD and I spent hours cleaning the house and getting their beds ready (a futon and an air mattress). We finished as they pulled in the driveway around 10pm. It just brightens my heart to see them since we don't get to see each other often. We stayed up till about midnight watching the Olympics then we headed to bed. I was so excited they were here, I barely slept any that night lol!

We made the most of Saturday. We cooked a big breakfast then headed out to the local park and did some geocaching. We had lots of fun and provided a free lunch for lots of mosquitoes. The rest of the day we just hung out and enjoyed our time together. All of the kids enjoyed themselves. They left yesterday afternoon to head back home. That always makes me sad because I wish they could stay longer. Even though it was just for a short weekend, I enjoyed the time we got to spend together.

First day on the "new" Job

Well I started my "new" old job today. It was great. I didn't realize how much I really missed it till I went back. I liked my previous job too, but the OR is completely different. Someone told me once the first time I went to work there that it would "get in your blood and you'll always want to do it". Honestly I thought they were crazy, since my clinical OR day of nursing school had to have been one of the worst clinical days ever. I swore I would never work in an OR. Over 2 years of med-surg nursing later I was ready to try anything. Even the sworn off OR. I worked in the OR for 3 years before I went to our birthing center to do mother-baby care. I liked it but my mind always went back to the OR. There's just nothing that compares to it. It's one of the few places where as a nurse I only have one patient to worry about at a time. I get to focus all my efforts on that one patient. Any fellow nurses out there will understand how important this is. Not only do I only have one patient, but that patient has only met me for all of 10 minutes before they are drugged and they have put their safety almost entirely in my hands. The down side to it is the patients don't remember it, so there's not much recognition afterwards from patients. But I know day in and day out that I make a difference in my patients lives.
So today was my first day back down there in 3 years. I had to do some paperwork then I got to hang out with my good friend I left. It was fun and I found myself asking, why did I leave. Now for most of you who know me, I'm more of a glass half empty kind of person. Today I wasn't and I am going to pray daily that I don't go back to that. I got lots of "glad you're back" and "good to see you"s but I got a lot of "do you know what you're getting into" or "why'd you come backs" too. It saddened me a little because the latter comments came from people who weren't necessarily happy in the job years ago when I left. I so don't want to turn into that down the road. As with any job, there are always going to be things you don't like about it. You pretty much have 2 choices. One is to quit complaining and focus your energy on work and be thankful to God that you have a job or find another job. If you're not happy in your job maybe you should weigh out your options. I had to do that and decided that the pros of changing jobs well outweighed the cons of staying put. They always say the grass is greener on the other side. That's just because you're too far away to see all the cow patties! They are everywhere, you just have to pray and ask God's guidance to avoid them so you don't stink too!
I might add it was nice to get off at 3pm instead of 730 tongiht. Now I actually have time to go to Sam's, get gas in the car, cook and play with my child. All before bedtime!

Here S/he Is

It's a bird. Not what some of you were thinking I know. my hubby mentioned to the little one about a bird, oh I dunno about 2 months ago. She has not forgotten that we said we would think about getting one. Every time we go out shopping we wind up at the pet store looking at them. Saturday we went to Petsmart and the local small specialty pet store. When we got to the latter, they both kept asking me if we could get one. I felt like my blood sugar was low and just wanted to get home to a snack and my bed before our company came over so I told hubby I didn't care what he did but he was responsible. You know having the equivalent of 2 small kids looking at you and saying please when you don't feel good and just want to get the heck out of dodge can prompt you to make rash decisions. So about 20 mins later, we were leaving like a convoy: Daddy with the bag, child with the cage (as big as she is) and mama with the bird. We are almost out numbered by pets. We don't know if its a boy or girl yet but its name is Daisy for now at least. It's wings were supposed clipped already but she has escaped and flown very high twice, but only when she got scared while the gate was open on the cage. So far it's been good but it's only been 2 days. I"ll keep you updated. Here s/he is:

Family Addition

There's a new addition to our family. I"m tired and my toe hurts so I'll let you ponder about it till tomorrow. Or whenever I get back to the blog ;o) Any guesses as to what it is?

Night with friends

We had some friends over tonight. It was nice. 2 of our kids are the same age and place great together. We had a good time. It was relaxing to sit and fellowship. We had a simple supper of hamburgers which my DH cooked and they were wonderful. Then we sent the kids to the playroom and the adults played cards. They brought a card game we've never played. It was odd at first but the longer we played the better it was. I can't remember the name though. Anyways. I love get together like that. The best thing, no TV was involved! My parents used to play cards with a few other couples when I was growing up. For a long time I knew what we would be doing almost every Fri and Sat night. The women played Rook and the men went out and did something or just talked and the kids played or swam. I always loved doing that. I hope we can continue to have get togethers like this so my child has something to look forward to.