Monthly Archives: November 2007

Happy Early Thanksgiving!

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I will not be online tomorrow so I am posting my Thanksgiving wishes now. This past week I have been talking with Alli about the pending holiday. I asked her what she was thankful for and her immediate response was “Splashing in Puddles!” Shoulda known. The girl LOVES rain. Wish we had gotten more of it the past year.

I have a lot to be thankful for this time of year.

My husband

a roof over my head

two precious happy and healthy little girls

a healthy baby boy on the way

overcoming PP OCD

God’s blessing upon my work with other women suffering from PPD

I think that sums it all up. I am also amazed that in just 8 short months of starting this blog, I’ve had nearly 6500 visitors. When I started in no way had I ever imagined I would have that many people read my story. But yet here we are and bits and pieces of my life have been read by nearly 6500 people. This blog has played a huge role in my positive view of this pregnancy. If I had done this without blogging, there is no telling where I would be mentally. It has helped to keep me focused on the positives instead of the negatives yet has also forced me to admit when I am not doing so well and examine the reasoning behind that as well. And for that, I am also thankful.

Enjoy the day tomorrow – eat, drink, be merry. But do not forget to give thanks – even if it is for the simplest thing – like splashing in puddles.

Moving the girls in together

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I am nervous about this! Alli seems to think that Charlotte is a toy sometimes and will get frustrated when she doesn’t do what Alli wants her to do. Come Sunday, they’ll be sharing a room and Charlotte will be moving from a crib to a toddler bed.

Alli got her twin big girl bed this past Sunday and is looking forward to sharing her room with Charlotte.

Charlotte knows she’s going to be moving in but I’m not sure she fully understands.

I’m concerned mostly about the sudden sharing of a room and the introduction of a toddler bed to Charlotte at the same time. Hopefully I’m worrying about this more than I need to be and things will go a lot smoother than I’m expecting although I have a feeling I’ll be doing a lot of praying the next couple of weeks.

Honey, Please tell me you put these in my purse!

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Cleaning out my purse the other evening, I found 4 small York peppermint patties.

And the first thing that came to mind was, “Oh my gosh. Did I shoplift these? Did my kids shoplift these???” because I had NO earthly idea where they came from.

At that time, my husband walked into the room and I picked up the candies and said, “Honey, Please tell me you put these in my purse!”

Luckily, the answer was a resounding YES. Turns out he had gotten them from his parent’s house and put them in my purse, forgetting to tell me about them.

PHEW!

I then told him the whole story of what I had initially thought and we had a great laugh over the whole situation.

So.. the Democratic Debate

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Honestly? I wasn’t really impressed by any of the candidates last night. It was the first debate I watched and while Hillary seemed pretty zealous, her performance didn’t make me want to change my mind about who I’m going to vote for, provided he gets the nomination. (but hey, at least Hillary managed to actually LOOK happy for once) I also liked the set up of the debate. It was very casual, laid back, and provided there weren’t any “planted” questions, I even liked the Q&A session during the second hour.

I’m coming out as a Barack Obama Supporter. I like him because he’s a breath of fresh air. He doesn’t seem to be making empty promises that he can’t keep – unlike most candidates. I also like his fundraising methods. He strikes me as realistic and trustworthy which is something we desperately need in this country after Bush’s atrocious terms. And my support of Obama was strong even BEFORE he signed on as a co-sponsor of The MOTHER’S Act (of course that action did strengthen my support for him as a candidate!)

Sorry I didn’t get around to blogging this last night when it would have been more apropros but my ISP has been horrible lately and I’ve about had it with them. Hopefully we can get that situation fixed here pretty shortly. It’s annoying to have internet service for ten minutes, get into the middle of something and then WHAM! no service. UGH!