Tuesday, September 30, 2008

month end

i really have month end. all the people that call in wanting to cancel their accounts, and then getting mad that they still have to place an order cause their letter had to be in by the 25th. everyone that waited until the last minute to place their orders and call in their enrollments. everyone that thinks they are the exception to every rule and policy in the book. i get really tired of dealing with idiots. then those that call into the english line, when they obviously should have called a language line. like the korean lady i had today! but, this is my last month end, so i'm not complaining too much, just about the times that i had to be there. 7a to 1:30p, and then 5:30p to 10:30p. i requested a split shift cause i just can't sit there for 12 hours straight.
so, i go for a followup with the diabetes thing tomorrow and then i go see the midwife on thursday. we'll see how things are going to progress from here. my best days have been when i haven't eaten a whole lot. imagine that!
anyway, it's late, and i'm VERY tired so i'll try to post again when i'm more coherent.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

three going on 13?!

we do sunday night dinners with the neighbors downstairs. sometimes his brothers and their wifes come too.
so, we're downstairs talking after dinner, and elizabeth comes and asks me for some water and ice. i told her that she would have to ask brent, the guy downstairs. in true elizabeth fashion, she whines that she can't. then she noticed that there was a pen on one of the side tables, and takes it over to brent. she hands it too him and says that it's his. they have a short conversation about the color being blue, and then she says she wants some water and ice. this is not something that she should have knowledge of at 3 years of age! this is something that preteen and teenagers do, not 3 year olds. we had a good laugh about it though. i think when she starts dating, we may need to invest in a gun!

Saturday, September 27, 2008


this is the newest picture we have of our family. sadly it's almost 2 years old! but those are some cute kids!!!

anyone want to trade days?

what a day! i washed the sheets, and got a flood. then all the drains backed up too. ok, so, the house is old, the drains are also old, some of them have been replaced though. and we consistently have troubles with the pipes. shaun was asleep, so i ran downstairs and got brent, the owner. we ended up putting half a bottle of draino down the drain pipe for the washer, half a bottle down the kitchen sinks, and half a bottle down the tub. then we filled sinks and tub with HOT water and then let them drain and push things down. we finally got every cleared up. and it only took us a half hour!
then, was making dinner, and the stove decides to go on the fritz. we only had 3 burners to begin with. one of the large burners was already dead. however, i'm down to just the two little burners now. so, i have meatloaf cooking on the stove, and the burner stops working, i tried again, and still didn't work. about an hour later, i finally move it to the small burner and it actually starts cooking this time. then, after shaun gets up, he fixes the big burner so that it's working, and puts the pot back on it. it cooked a little too well. we either had burned or raw meatloaf; there was nothing in the middle. needless to say, i was a little upset. i'd been hungry for this meal for about 2-3 weeks, and now i wasn't going to be able to eat it! so...we went out to eat. i had balanced the checkbook, and we had just enough to go out.
i did get bread made, and the kitchen partially cleaned up. i had gotten some humanitarian clothes to sew, and i was able to get those done. i went to start on pajamas for christmas, and found that i still need a few things. i have some interfacing, i'm just not sure where it is at the moment. and as my corner needs to be straightened again, i didn't feel like trying to find it at the moment. the house didn't get cleaned for sunday though.
but, we survived, the kids are in bed, and as soon as i finish this, i'm also headed in that direction.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

lovely children

so, i had my two weeks notice already to turn in. it was signed and dated and everything. then the children found a pen and the only paper available to them was my two weeks notice! i get to reprint it before i can turn it in!

gestational diabetes

just got back from my diet planning session with the diabetic dietician. and i was right, there wasn't much they told me that i didn't already know, or had figured out on my own. however, i did learn a few things: like during pregnancy they like blood glucose levels to be lower than normal people. so, my fasting # of 101, was abt t20 pts higher than they were looking for. and my 1 hr level of 170 was abt 30 -40 pts higher than they wanted. which is why it only took the 1 hr test to diagnose me. they did give me a meter and teach me how to use it. after watching my mother-in-law for 7 years, i knew the basics.
i'm supposed to keep track 3 times a day, and keep track of my carbs as well. turns out, carb counting isn't hard at all. a tuna fish sandwich only has abt 30 carbs. mayo amd relish are free, and meats don't have carbs, just protein. the only carbs are in the bread. even the peaches g-ma brought me, have abt 7.5 carbs each (they are really small peaches). so my lunch had abt 45 carbs today. not bad if i do say so myself.
the midwife is going to call in an rx for the supplies i need for the meter. and cause it's pregnancy related (obviously!), the medicaid will cover it!

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

potty success

so, i've been trying to potty train elizabeth. so far, it's not been terrible. it does help that any time she goes potty, she gets candy. but any incentive is helpful. i used to give it her if she just sat on the toilet, now i've gone to she has to do something on the toilet to get it. i got home from work tonight and was getting the kids ready for bed and things settled for the night. i sent her in to go potty before we put pajamas on. she pooped on the toilet!!! i was so excited, and so was she.

rocky start

well, i create this blog on sun, and didn't have time to do anything more with it. on mon i get an email from the "webmasters," i guess, and they tell me that my blog has been labeled as spam. how does that work! i haven't posted anything to it, i wasn't even able to add anything to it. i just got it created. so, i requested that they look into it, and tell me my blog was fine. so far, i haven't heard anything yet. we'll see what happens.
on a different note, i finally heard from the hospital for my diet planning. for those of you who don't know, i have gestational diabetes. i have 9 weeks until my due date, and it took them a week to get me into see the dietician. i think it's cutting things a little too close. i was told that it would be about a 2 hour meeting. what can i do for 2 hours?! i already know i need to avoid sugar and watch my carbs. learning how to use the meter will take like 5 min at most. what else is there? course, it's possible that they are literally going to plan menus with me, but i doubt that. we'll see what happens on thurs.