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February 28, 2007
I wonder if I can get them to give her a syringe after she gets blood drawn next month
Jamie had her first dentist appointment today.
I had hyped it a little beforehand, and she was excited, the way she is about pretty much anything that involves getting out of the house. The office was a little concerned about her age, since they don't usually treat kids under 6 or 7, but I wasn't too worried. The kid has been excitedly telling me about the doctor's appointment, (shot included!) she gets to go to when she turns 4.
And well it went. She wasn't at all scared, but I let her sit on my lap and watch while I had my teeth checked. Then she went off and got her own X-rays while I got cleaned and polished. Then she got her teeth cleaned, while I was getting my wallet cleaned out. Not really, but they want to schedule me for a $600 crown. Yay.
Anyway, she did great, her teeth look good, and she was thrilled that she got a toothbrush. Better yet, she'll likely be thrilled the next time I tell herit's time to go to the dentist.
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One of the few ages when feather boas are totally appropriate
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February 27, 2007
Maggie, guiding us through the middle of nowhere
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TTS2: The Finale?
Once again, I thought we had gotten the last of our postcards, and then another one arrived yesterday. I'm going to assume this is it, and post the names and blogs of the people we got cards from.
Thank you everyone! My daughter has loved looking at the different locations on our map of the world, and can now point out where we live and where her Grandpa lives, at the very least.
Kate and Fizzy
Cheltenham, England
www.20six.co.uk/beautifulthings
Anne Margaret, Brendan and Erin
Richmond, VA
tentenspot.blogspot.com
thebrendanblog.blogspot.com
Steven, Cynthia, Kaylee and Titus
Osceola, IN
witmerchronicle.typepad.com
Palin
Dunedin, New Zealand
kiwiknitter.blogspot.com
Amanda and Max
Flagstaff, AZ
zhinkadinkadoo.typepad.com
Diana
Aurora, IL
papercrow.typepad.com
Nathan, Zoey and Allison
Center, TX
www.runwiththefishes.com
ETA:
Charity, Katie and Brian
Prince George, British Columbia
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February 26, 2007
Blogher '07
I might be going. Might.
Rex asked me if I wanted to go for my birthday present. Apparently, he's been looking into the details for months. I'm impressed, he doesn't usually manage to surprise me with his gift ideas, even when he has great ones.
Anyway, he's looked at airfare, he's seen the lodging choices, he's even looked at which days I would travel. I'm cool with all that. What I really need to know is, how much is the conference registration?
And also, I'm totally freaked at the idea of going to a conference where I'm supposed to talk and mingle and interact with a whole lot of strangers, all by myself. It's almost worse that I know some of the women through their blogs, because I feel like I know them on some level, but they will have absolutely no idea who I am. And unlike some bloggers, I haven't even developed a close email relationship with any of my readers. I barely get comments, and don't comment unless I feel like I have something truly useful or consoling to say. I'm a loner even on the blogsphere, it seems. Or at the very least shy.
Anyway, since registration information won't be coming for a month or so, I guess I have time to either get over my social anxiety, get hooked on some good meds, or give in and decide not to go.
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Bounce! Bounce!
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February 23, 2007
About as good as she gets with the hula hoop
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February 22, 2007
Love is...
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February 21, 2007
And I'm left wondering just how much these damn spots are worth
Last Friday, I went to a Sona MedSpa and had a free consult. I have some spots on my left cheek, and one on my right, that bother me. I don't mind my moles, freckles or wrinkles, but these spots make me feel old. At least, they do when I take the time to look in a mirror. I have yet to be bothered enough to wear makeup, but I think that's more a testament to the strength of my laziness than anything.
As part of the consult, they take two pictures of your face, one in the light, and one in the dark, maybe lit by UV? Anyway, the equipment identifies how many spots, wrinkles, etc you have above and below the surface of the skin. Then you sit down and discuss treatment options and how many of your children you have to cash in to pay for them.
In my case, I have two options. Microdermabrasion/chemical peels or Advanced Fluorescence Technology (AFT). Naturally, the more expensive of the two is expected to give better results with fewer treatments. Unnaturally, the better treatment is almost $900 for the recommended three treatments, and that's AFTER the 25% discount. The MD/CP is slightly less than half the cost, but of course no one can tell me if it's only going to do half the job.
Anyone have any experience?
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Meow!
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February 20, 2007
I'll get another shot tomorrow
The Federal taxes have been filed. The partial Maryland taxes are giving me fits.
They are also the cause of a tiff between Rex and I that is going to result in him wondering why, once again, he isn't getting any.
Today was even more beautiful than yesterday. Temperatures in the 70's, sunny with only a light breeze. My mood was a little more stormy. The girls alternated crying fits this morning, but improved dramatically when I opened a box of toys I had Rex drag up from the garage. In fact, they were so enthralled they were quiet and happy from lunchtime until naptime. Bully for me.
I've had the door to the balcony open all day, and the cats are in love. The air, the birds, the bird that flew into the apartment and came dangerously close to being kibble, and the litterbox, for the one cat that refuses to use the new robot.
It's been an odd, up and down kind of day. Sort of a shame it's going to end on a down.
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Jump! Jump!
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February 19, 2007
Feeling like an idiot
A year and a half ago or so, I bought one of those two screen portable DVD players. We really only break it out for long trips, so it doesn't get used often, but when I do get it out, it's been a lifesaver. Like on the three day trip from Maryland to Texas.
I think the last time it worked was on our recon trip to Dallas, sometime in October. When we tried to hook it up for another trip, the port for screen 1 wasn't transmitting anything. I had Rex to try to return it to Target, but it had been too long. They gave us the phone number for the company that made it, and I've been meaning to call them since, oh, November.
Tonight, I finally found my can of compressed air and tried blowing out the port. It was a last ditch effort that I've been meaning to try for months and knew wasn't going to work. Then I hooked the whole system up, plugged it in, and hit what I thought was the power switch. Nothing happened, even on the good screen, so I looked at the "power" switch and discovered it was and audio/DVD switch, and there were two of them. I flicked both of them to DVD and POOF, it all works.
So I feel stupid that I didn't find the switch, but I'm thrilled that the damn thing works, and we'll be able to use it for the three long trips we have planned for this month.
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Proof they're trying to kill us
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February 16, 2007
Random updates and pictures to avoid words
We got TTS2 card #6 yesterday. I had just about given up on getting the rest, but now hope has been renewed.
I got the check for the house today. I'm not all that excited, and considering how much I love me some money, that's sad.
My Litter Robot arrived today. So excited. I'd be more excited if the cats would go near it.
The box was huge:
So exciting!
Tana was interested at first. I knew it was supposed to be big, but wow.
Really, really big. Maybe that's where I'll send the kids for time out from now on.
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Friendship
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February 15, 2007
But they just keep growing up
I need to get a video of Katie and Jamie playing hide and seek. We were sitting in Jamie's room, and Katie would come in, cover her eyes and say "Un, oo, ee, go!" and then take off looking for her sister. So cute!
I'm always amazed when she says a whole sentence of things I understand, and I know she's saying so much more that I just can't decipher. I have no doubt that she's saying real stuff, she just can't form a lot of the letter sounds yet. She still calls Jamie JG (which is exactly how Jamie used to say it).
I think 12-24 months is my favorite kid stage. Especially if Katie starts getting all freaky emotional on me like Jamie did. All of this is really making me want another.
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Still reliving the beautiful day
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Winter needs to be over.
When it's warm, the kids can run off their energy.
When it's warm, we can go to parks and playgrounds and walks and meet other people.
When it's warm, I cry less.
When it's sunny and green, anything seems possible.
Winter is cold and lonely and it's squeezing the hope right out of me.
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February 14, 2007
Uncle Bill
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So
We just sold my dream.
What the fuck am I supposed to do now?
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February 12, 2007
My very own little nut
"Sometimes you feel like a nut..."
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And they smell better than preschoolers
I ditched the Yaz. After two days of breakthrough bleeding, I decided that a pill that let's me bleed mid-month just isn't worth it.
And also? We're thinking of going for three.
Up until yesterday, when I got Rex's acquiescence, I was pretty sure I was ready to fight for this. Then I got agreement, and now, suddenly, I'm terrified. I had this same feeling as soon as Rex and I started trying for Jamie.
We were driving back from Houston last night, and I was thinking of all the reasons our family was complete. I have two arms, there are two adults, we have two girls. Three is uneven. We could get two, I could get stretch marks this time, we're getting close to having two in preschool.
But damn, babies are so CUTE.
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I can't wait for another day like this
For Best Shot Monday at Picture This.
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February 10, 2007
I just spent $350 on an automatic litter box. It better be the motherfucking bomb.
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February 8, 2007
The closest she comes to a pose
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The girls better behave, or they might be next
Kate at Beautiful Things has made a pledge to throw out/get rid of something every day this year. That sounded like a pretty good idea, although most of the stuff I might want to get rid of is packed in boxes, so I've been making an effort to get rid of some of the piles of stuff around here. I'm not going to go so far as to commit to a thing a day, but so far I haven't been doing too badly.
Today, I threw out a painted metal spatula that the psint was chipping off of. It came with Rex, and it still seemed useful, but I never used it, so today I threw it out.
Yesterday, I recycled our old cell phones.
The day before that, I went through all the boxes of books I could easily reach (they're all packed in the garage, I don't think I'll be able to get to the pile of books I know I'm ready to part with) and pulled out a book to pitch and four more to donate. I can alreayd hear the thanks of our future moving men.
Tomorrow: the gingerbread house that's been floating around here since Christmas, waiting for me to choose the best way for it to leave this planet. I'm leaning toward plunging off the balcony, myself.
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February 7, 2007
Like a handful of diamonds, sprinkled across the water
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Taxes
Driving me insane.
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February 6, 2007
And don't forget the upgrade!
I've finally started (and completed!) a defensive driving course for the ticket I got in November. It's a nice weight off my mind.
Now, who wants to come help me decipher my taxes?
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The crane! The crane!
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February 5, 2007
Here daddy's eyes
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More TTS2
Oh, lord. We got two more TTS2 cards today. Well, one was a card, the other is an envelope that I'm waiting on Jamie to open. Suffice it to say, my slackerishness looks much more magnificent when compared to what we've received. The envelope looks like it has a full sheet of paper in it!
If you make it to Richardson, I'll be the woman hanging my head in shame.
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TTS2
On Saturday, we received our first postcard and now I'm feeling like a total slacker.
Our first card was from Cheltenham, England. Kate sent a card covered in pictures of their area, and with WRITING on the back. Hell, I didn't even remember to put my blog info on ours, and Kate described the pictures she and her daughter took for a Geography project.
Do the minimum, apparently, that's my motto!
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February 3, 2007
After finding a penny in a parking lot
"Did someone put that penny there for a kid who has a piggy bank?"
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February 2, 2007
She just saved a ton of money on car insurance
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February 1, 2007
Texas star
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Snow, no-go, and blow
It snowed again today.
Including yesterday's "wintery mix" (MAYBE and hour of flurries), that makes four snows this year. This place is not endearing itself to me.
It already feels like it's been winter forever. The cold, the gray, the dead trees and grass. I'm ready for a little green in my life again, and for once I don't mean cash.
I took my dad to the airport this morning. I've only been there once before, so I was relying on Maggie (the navigation system I got for Christmas) to get us there as smoothly as possible. Only Maggie is dead. I got in the van, and her screen remained blank. Thank goodness for service plans!
Katie has had some serious gas today. This is really unusual. Jamie could fart enough to keep a hot air balloon flying, but Katie is generally nearly anti-flatulent. This afternoon, in a two hour period, Katie farted so often that she learned to say excuse me at the appropriate time.
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