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Getting a new cell phone! :-)
I just have to brag – I’m getting a new cell phone! (see picture) I wanted to get a new Treo but even with my available upgrade credit, it would add an additional $350 to our cell bill. So not worth it and I really don’t want to wait until Christmas to make the switch. I needed a PDA phone last week. The phone I have now is ok but I really need to make the jump to a PDA keeping in consideration how busy I’m getting and how much I need to keep track of and be able to access in a flash.
So the phone I’m getting is the new Palm Centro, once we can figure out how to actually order it from our cell carrier’s website. I tried several times night but was unable to get the transaction to go through. Even my husband, the computer genius, was unable to get it to go through. Hopefully we’ll be able to get it to work soon or I suppose we’ll just have to call them. And we all know we’d just rather not deal with customer service unless we have to!
Project I’m thinking about…
I am not much of a sewer. I’m creative. I can thread a needle and make basic projects but I don’t like to follow directions or use specific techniques. I like to figure things out on my own. I won’t be able to do this with the project I’m thinking about though… I’m going to need some help.
This idea popped into my head last night as I was drifting off to sleep. That’s usually when i come up with my best ideas. Most of them are lost by the next morning but sometimes they stay with me. Fortunately, this one did.
The idea is for a “Ray of Hope” Quilt that would feature scraps of fabric sent in by survivors of PPD from all across the nation (or world for that matter). The general picture I have in my head is a sunrise pattern with rays going to the edge of the quilt. Don’t even have a color scheme or anything in mind yet – so I don’t even know what colours to ask for yet. And frankly, not sure I want to initiate it right now when I’m due the first week of January with my third child. So right now it’s just an idea and I wanted to get it down somewhere before I forgot it. Lucky you!
Anyone who has sewing experience or would like to help me out, feel free to comment and I’ll get in touch with you. Keep in mind that I more than likely won’t be starting this anytime soon!
It’s been awhile
I was doing so well there for a bit – posting almost every day. Then Life got in the way.
On Friday, September 21, I found out that I had failed my one hour Glucose test. UGH. Went ahead and scheduled my 3 hour test for Monday the 24th just to get it all over with. After my three hour test, I didn’t feel so hot. I drank three instant breakfasts and ate two bananas before I stopped sweating and shaking. Barely made it through lunch with the girls and then I sacked out for the rest of the afternoon. I laid down on the couch at noon and didn’t wake up until four or so.
Wednesday the 26th was my birthday. On the 27th, we found out that a friend of ours had tragically lost his wife to a drowning accident. I was not doing well at all that evening and have been in a funk this entire week. Her viewing was Monday evening. I went and was prepared to go in, even if it was open casket (I’ve never ever been to an open casket anything). But then I picked up the “In remembrance of” pamphlet only to discover that she had died on my birthday. Well that just hit me like a ton of bricks and I let my husband go in by himself while I waited outside. We had discussed that I hadn’t really made up my mind yet about going in to see her.
I’ve been wanting to call my therapist all week and have been of course doing a LOT of praying. I have therapy tomorrow and can’t wait to go.
Alli’s been up and down this week too with her behaviour – I think she’s feeding off my negative energy and that’s made for a pretty difficult week. Charlotte’s teething too and for added fun she threw up the day before yesterday. Quite the busy week around here.
Chris surprised me last night with a bottle of my favourite chocolate milk in the world. It’s from a quaint dairy named Homestead Creamery in Burnt Chimney, VA, which is near where my family lives. Funny thing is I have YET to visit the Creamery whenever I do make it home but I just LOVE their products. Gotta love the “global” economy.
He also surprised me by getting dinner from a new pizza place nearby called Fox’s Pizza Den. There was one of these in the town I went to college in and I haven’t had their food since college (so it’s been about 7 yrs). He got me their garlic parm wings and half of a pizzaroni sub. YUM! 
And yes, there has been chocolate ice cream and whipped cream in the house since last thursday. I think that’s a depression food requirement for me. I know, I know, I shouldn’t be eating to be happy but hey, I can work it off later. Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do, right? 😉
And about my pelvic pain – PT is over so of course I hurt again. My brother graciously bought me a support belt for my birthday so I am anxiously awaiting it’s arrival. In the meantime, I am so sore that I was SUPPOSED to go to the grocery store this morning but being that I can barely walk, that’s out of the question. I go to bed every night hoping that tonight will be the night. Not so far… still waiting. So of course that’s frustrating. What’s really frustrating is that last friday was my last day in the pool and I was out of alignment when I went so I was thrilled to be going. I felt SO much better after going too. Then I got home and during quiet time, I had a tangling up of sorts with a baby gate and a toddler rocking chair. Didn’t fall face first but my legs did get spread out and wham! right back out of alignment. I took some tylenol immediately and prayed a LOT. I did feel better but now, not so much. Chris asked me this morning if there was anything he could do to make it better and I replied – “Yeah, snap your fingers and make it January” nothing happened when he snapped his fingers.
So maybe if we ALL snap our fingers together on the count of three…..
one
two
three….
(I’ll be waiting!)
Remembering Today
I feel that I would be remiss if i didn’t talk about what today means to me.
If you feel that this post may be a trigger for you, please skip it.
I am originally from NJ and went on several trips growing up to NY or Philly. My roots are still up North even though they’ve been stretched down south for much longer. I’m still a true blue Mets, Giants, and Knicks Fan. Yes, I said Knicks.
When the first Tower was hit, I was in the middle of a job interview. (No, didn’t get the job.) I remember being shown into a co-worker’s office to see the online video. My first thought was of family friends we had in NY – a few of whom worked in the financial district of NY. My cousin also went into NY just about everyday for school. As I drove home, I wasn’t really at the wheel. Somehow I got home. And when I did, I turned on CNN and just sat there, dazed. I SAW the second plane hit in real time. It was then I realized along with the rest of the world we were indeed being attacked and let me tell you – I had never been more scared of anything. Later that same day, my now husband and I were outside trying to get my car started. We realized there was an eeriness to the world – and then we pinpointed that eeriness. No planes. Just as when you are injured, you don’t realize how attached to everything else the spot of injury is until it isn’t working properly. Growing up, we had never lived a day without planes flying overhead.
After 9/11, I wanted to go to NY. I wanted to help, to do something. I was angry, and felt helpless – much like the rest of America. I didn’t go – I’m sorry to say, but God clearly had other plans for me.
We discovered at our wedding that my cousin had been on the train headed into NY that day and had watched everything happen from right across the river. And yet another family friend had been in the towers the DAY BEFORE! God works in mysterious ways.
If you have read this post, please pause for a moment – Remember the heroes who sacrificed their lives, Remember the victims who were so carelessly murdered that day. And Remember the Families who were so tragically affected by the events of that day. Keep them in your hearts and your prayers. And never forget.