Last night DD had her 1st honest to goodness stomach bug, complete with puking every 10-20minutes. It was horrible, it was messy and I was pretty sure my heart was going to break watching her like that.
Here's what I learned though.....I guess I am a REAL Mommy! I never thought that I could hold someone while they puked, clean them up, clean the mess up, hold them and hug them, without getting sick myself. Or at the very least resent them for making me clean it all up...Not so with DD. My heart broke each time I felt her little stomach tighten. I didn't give a second thought to holding her, cleaning her and the mess. I prayed each time that that would be the last...Not because I didn't want to deal with it again, but because I didn't want HER to go through that again. She was so frightened each time it happened...
Friday, January 27, 2006
Catch-up
Its been awhile since I've been here...Hmmmm, what's been going on?? :? Not much. I've started Weight Watchers and am on the Core plan!! It rocks and I lost 5.6 pounds my first week!!!! It does get a little getting used to. Its all whole grains, nothing refined, no sugar. I bought something called Wheatena, and um, ya, if that was all I could eat, I'd DEFINITELY hit goal weight quickly..It was like eating a bowl of sand. Not saying that I've eaten sand, but DD has, and even she wouldn't eat this stuff!! YUCK! Oh, well, live and learn!
Wow, I like !!!!, huh?
Oh, cable - Ya, digital channels STILL don't work. Getting royally pissed about that.
Not much else, here. I'm bor-ing today, huh?
To make up for being so boring, here's a funny LO I did of DD...
Wow, I like !!!!, huh?
Oh, cable - Ya, digital channels STILL don't work. Getting royally pissed about that.
Not much else, here. I'm bor-ing today, huh?
To make up for being so boring, here's a funny LO I did of DD...
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Cable TV is driving me to drink!
Evil, Charter Cable is pure evil. So Dh now has his BIG screen TV setup and running. Oh Yay! Whatever, I'm over that now. All excited, we'll get to watch the SuperBowl in High Definition TV! (Go Pats!!!)...
So we make an appt for the Charter latchkey to come out and "install" (used incredibly loosely here)our High Def/DVR cable box. First off, the guy somehow, KILLS DH's receiver. Dead, won't turn on, all she wrote. Unfortunately, its our word against his that it was working before he came, so there goes another $200, not even worth the aggrevation (and if we're keeping score, and I am, DH is up around $3000K now for this TV of his!). Hooks up the box and announces that it doesn't work, there's no sound (um, ya, maybe because you broke it?!) He then a just walks out of the house, leaving the door WIDE up...Um, hello??!! 3 INDOOR cats and a toddler??!! And, are ya done? Are you coming back? What do we do?
Back in he comes, toting another box. Phew. Installs that, nothing. Hmmmm, beginning to wonder if this guy actually works for Charter, or if we're just letting in any ole person off the street. Tells Dh that he'll either have to accept:
1) A HD Box without DVR
2) A DVR box with No HD
0r
3) Call and make another appt.....
Thanks, great...Ok, so we can either "accept" what we don't want or wait some more. Dh asks "Can I take an HD box now AND make an appt to have someone come out and bring an HD/DVR box" (How foreward thinking my DH is). This apparently blows this guys mind, looks at him like DH has a frog doing a soft-shoe performance on his head) "ug" That's the response we got "ug" What the hell does that mean???
Charlie "The Caveman" Installer leaves again (with the door wide open). While he's off at his truck doing lord only knows what, DH hits the POWER button on the supposedly "broken" box and VIOLA we have cable (no sound, cause ya know, he killed the receiver, but again, I'm not bitter). We thank the man, and send him packing.
DH leaves on his expedition to buy a new receiver (not hiding his glee at his unexpected good fortune of getting to go electronic shopping too well) and DD and I watch our new HD tv.
But wait...Where are the HD channels that we're paying $13.99/month more for...Call Charter. Listen to horrid music for 23 minutes...HD channels are in the 800's. Ok, go there, we get 3, yes 3!! HD channels..WTF??!! When DH talked to the Charter rep, who was very happy to upgrade our service, we were suppose to get HDNet, Discovery, PBS, NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN, and Fox all in HD. What we actually get, that is ACTUALLY available in our area - Fox, ESPN, and Discovery (which plays Sunrise Earth approx 23 of the 24 hours each day).
No HD SuperBowl for us, or so I think!! No, no, no....DH is undetered...Off to Circuit City he goes again, this time to buy an HD antenna. Somehow this all seems very wrong to me. We've spent $3,000 to go back to rabbit ears????
That's not even the best of it. Ever since we've "upgraded" our digital channels have been whacked out. They'll work for while in the morning, then they'll start blacking out, eventually completely going black. This wouldn't be such a horrible thing except Noggin, as I've stated before, is god's gift to parents.
This is unacceptable, unimaginable, and been ongoing for over a week now. 2 calls (both with 30+ wait times) and where did we get......No cable.
Cables out, been out since last night. Not a single channel works, no analog, no digital, no HD. Thank God for rabbit ears.
So we make an appt for the Charter latchkey to come out and "install" (used incredibly loosely here)our High Def/DVR cable box. First off, the guy somehow, KILLS DH's receiver. Dead, won't turn on, all she wrote. Unfortunately, its our word against his that it was working before he came, so there goes another $200, not even worth the aggrevation (and if we're keeping score, and I am, DH is up around $3000K now for this TV of his!). Hooks up the box and announces that it doesn't work, there's no sound (um, ya, maybe because you broke it?!) He then a just walks out of the house, leaving the door WIDE up...Um, hello??!! 3 INDOOR cats and a toddler??!! And, are ya done? Are you coming back? What do we do?
Back in he comes, toting another box. Phew. Installs that, nothing. Hmmmm, beginning to wonder if this guy actually works for Charter, or if we're just letting in any ole person off the street. Tells Dh that he'll either have to accept:
1) A HD Box without DVR
2) A DVR box with No HD
0r
3) Call and make another appt.....
Thanks, great...Ok, so we can either "accept" what we don't want or wait some more. Dh asks "Can I take an HD box now AND make an appt to have someone come out and bring an HD/DVR box" (How foreward thinking my DH is). This apparently blows this guys mind, looks at him like DH has a frog doing a soft-shoe performance on his head) "ug" That's the response we got "ug" What the hell does that mean???
Charlie "The Caveman" Installer leaves again (with the door wide open). While he's off at his truck doing lord only knows what, DH hits the POWER button on the supposedly "broken" box and VIOLA we have cable (no sound, cause ya know, he killed the receiver, but again, I'm not bitter). We thank the man, and send him packing.
DH leaves on his expedition to buy a new receiver (not hiding his glee at his unexpected good fortune of getting to go electronic shopping too well) and DD and I watch our new HD tv.
But wait...Where are the HD channels that we're paying $13.99/month more for...Call Charter. Listen to horrid music for 23 minutes...HD channels are in the 800's. Ok, go there, we get 3, yes 3!! HD channels..WTF??!! When DH talked to the Charter rep, who was very happy to upgrade our service, we were suppose to get HDNet, Discovery, PBS, NBC, CBS, ABC, ESPN, and Fox all in HD. What we actually get, that is ACTUALLY available in our area - Fox, ESPN, and Discovery (which plays Sunrise Earth approx 23 of the 24 hours each day).
No HD SuperBowl for us, or so I think!! No, no, no....DH is undetered...Off to Circuit City he goes again, this time to buy an HD antenna. Somehow this all seems very wrong to me. We've spent $3,000 to go back to rabbit ears????
That's not even the best of it. Ever since we've "upgraded" our digital channels have been whacked out. They'll work for while in the morning, then they'll start blacking out, eventually completely going black. This wouldn't be such a horrible thing except Noggin, as I've stated before, is god's gift to parents.
This is unacceptable, unimaginable, and been ongoing for over a week now. 2 calls (both with 30+ wait times) and where did we get......No cable.
Cables out, been out since last night. Not a single channel works, no analog, no digital, no HD. Thank God for rabbit ears.
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Men and Their Toys
What is it with guys and toys that are expensive, BIG and highly breakable by toddlers?
DH "finally" got his big screen TV on Monday. 46" inch Samsung DLP. Of course with the new, BIG (read $$), TV came the need for a new entertainment center (read more $$), and oh hey we also "need" a new DVD player that can upconvert from 760p to 1080i (read even more $$) and to actually have that conversion take place we need a $120 cable (a little piece of wire costs $120??!!!!!)...Oh and by the way, the playstation2 looks like crap on the big TV, so we need to buy a component cable to help fix that, but lucky me, Playstation3 (when released) will have all its games in at least 760p...Joy of all Joys!! How I ever got this lucky I'll never know!!
Of course my life is now filled with "No Allison, don't touch, that's Daddy's" The new entertainment system has no doors, so there's LOTS of shiney things that have lights on them for her to touch! Do manufacturers HAVE children??!! Seriously, WHY would you illuminate the power button of a DVD player in blue? Why not just give me a big, blazing arrow that blinks "PUSH HERE ALLY!"
Men! Can't live with them, and they can't live at Circuit City.
DH "finally" got his big screen TV on Monday. 46" inch Samsung DLP. Of course with the new, BIG (read $$), TV came the need for a new entertainment center (read more $$), and oh hey we also "need" a new DVD player that can upconvert from 760p to 1080i (read even more $$) and to actually have that conversion take place we need a $120 cable (a little piece of wire costs $120??!!!!!)...Oh and by the way, the playstation2 looks like crap on the big TV, so we need to buy a component cable to help fix that, but lucky me, Playstation3 (when released) will have all its games in at least 760p...Joy of all Joys!! How I ever got this lucky I'll never know!!
Of course my life is now filled with "No Allison, don't touch, that's Daddy's" The new entertainment system has no doors, so there's LOTS of shiney things that have lights on them for her to touch! Do manufacturers HAVE children??!! Seriously, WHY would you illuminate the power button of a DVD player in blue? Why not just give me a big, blazing arrow that blinks "PUSH HERE ALLY!"
Men! Can't live with them, and they can't live at Circuit City.
Friday, December 30, 2005
Sick Again, Sick again.....
Ugh, this winter its been one darn bug after another! What is going on? I'm now hacking my lungs out and sound like Jack Klugman.
My kingdom for some sleep!! I spent all of last night either coughing myself into a fit, or waking myself up with my own snores :shock:..The night before was the mother of all nightmares....Full night of killer, 6-foot, talking, Pink Rabbit. Horrible, scared the crap out of myself all night, and seriously, you'd think Bunny, Pink..How scary can that be?? Pretty damn when its bigger then you and can tell you that its gonna chop you and your DH and DD up for its version of "Rabbit Stew". And to think I don't even eat rabbit!
Praying that DD doesn't get this one. The last thing she needs is to get sick again. We're just finally getting some weight back on to her.
My kingdom for some sleep!! I spent all of last night either coughing myself into a fit, or waking myself up with my own snores :shock:..The night before was the mother of all nightmares....Full night of killer, 6-foot, talking, Pink Rabbit. Horrible, scared the crap out of myself all night, and seriously, you'd think Bunny, Pink..How scary can that be?? Pretty damn when its bigger then you and can tell you that its gonna chop you and your DH and DD up for its version of "Rabbit Stew". And to think I don't even eat rabbit!
Praying that DD doesn't get this one. The last thing she needs is to get sick again. We're just finally getting some weight back on to her.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Health Insurance SUCKS! But what's the alternative?
ARGH!!! Why can't insurance companies get on the damn boat and realize that living with diabetes is annoying enough. They really don't need to add extra crap! DH just got a new job FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANY and now I guess I'm going to have to change all of my meters. My freakin pump comes with a built in meter that takes ALL the work out of correcting my blood sugar. You'd think that the isurance company would love this, right? NOOoooooooOOOOOOOoo. I can't use the strips that that meter takes (well I can, but I will have to spend approx the GNP of a small Latin American Country on copays for them).....ARGH!!
To top it off, I'd bet good money that the only test strips that are on the "cheap" prescription list (if $50 can be called "cheap")will be the basic ones and so help me, I am NOT going back to the basic "it needs more blood then the Red Cross takes during a donation" model....Nope sorry, looks like I'm gonna have to figure out that GNP and which country it is, cause I'm gonna be forking over big time!!
To top it off, I'd bet good money that the only test strips that are on the "cheap" prescription list (if $50 can be called "cheap")will be the basic ones and so help me, I am NOT going back to the basic "it needs more blood then the Red Cross takes during a donation" model....Nope sorry, looks like I'm gonna have to figure out that GNP and which country it is, cause I'm gonna be forking over big time!!
Monday, December 12, 2005
Being sick sucks
Ok, so I suck at updating this, but I have my reasons!! Mainly an incredibly sick child who hurled every last virus at her momma!! Last Thursday I was praying for that bright light to take me away! I hurt in places I wasn't sure I could hurt. My fingers hurt, my back hurt, my toes hurt, my head hurt....you get the point.
Poor little Ally hasn't faired much better. We've had a cold, a stomach bug, and now the mother of all illnesses, THE FLU...dum, dum, dummmmmm. We ended up at Urgent Care yesterday morning and then at the hospital to have some bloodwork done...Thankfully nothing is wrong, other then her being plain sick, but holding your child through another blood-draw was not what I had on my agenda for a relaxing Sunday (the two things on that agenda was breakfast out and getting the Christmas tree - all assuming Ally was feeling better).
On the way home from the Hospital, I very causally mentioned that maybe we should just forget about a tree this year. DH, apparently, valiently fought off losing control of the car and having a heart attack. Poor DH still hasn't had the Christmas Tree shopping experience he's always wanted. Poor guy is delusional that one day we will all go out drinking hot cocoa, singing Christmas carols while we snowshoe into a beautiful snowy meadow to cut down that perfect tree.....Instead, he brought us home, left the 2 of us on the couch while he trudged to Home Depot, fought the crowd and bought the first tree that wouldn't give Charlie Brown's a run for its money......Ahhh, the holiday memories to cherish at Home Depot.
What I've learned about illnesses with a 1 year old......
1) Noggin is god's gift to parents. It didn't matter how hard she was crying if I put Noggin on, all would be right with the world (her's not mine....I, personally, want Franklin to die and have serious doubts about the intelligence level of Dora since she never seems to see that sneaky Swipper and couldn't find the 3 bunches of bananas hanging right over her head without our help.)
2) Oatmeal looks the same coming out as going in.
3) Jack's Big Music Show ROCKS!!!!
4) My DD loves seltzer water. Why, you ask, would I give her selzter water (soda water)? I didn't, my mom did and I still haven't gotten the whole story as to why, but at that point all I cared was that she had actually drank something.
5) No one can explain the difference between a warm mist and cool mist vaporizer.
Poor little Ally hasn't faired much better. We've had a cold, a stomach bug, and now the mother of all illnesses, THE FLU...dum, dum, dummmmmm. We ended up at Urgent Care yesterday morning and then at the hospital to have some bloodwork done...Thankfully nothing is wrong, other then her being plain sick, but holding your child through another blood-draw was not what I had on my agenda for a relaxing Sunday (the two things on that agenda was breakfast out and getting the Christmas tree - all assuming Ally was feeling better).
On the way home from the Hospital, I very causally mentioned that maybe we should just forget about a tree this year. DH, apparently, valiently fought off losing control of the car and having a heart attack. Poor DH still hasn't had the Christmas Tree shopping experience he's always wanted. Poor guy is delusional that one day we will all go out drinking hot cocoa, singing Christmas carols while we snowshoe into a beautiful snowy meadow to cut down that perfect tree.....Instead, he brought us home, left the 2 of us on the couch while he trudged to Home Depot, fought the crowd and bought the first tree that wouldn't give Charlie Brown's a run for its money......Ahhh, the holiday memories to cherish at Home Depot.
What I've learned about illnesses with a 1 year old......
1) Noggin is god's gift to parents. It didn't matter how hard she was crying if I put Noggin on, all would be right with the world (her's not mine....I, personally, want Franklin to die and have serious doubts about the intelligence level of Dora since she never seems to see that sneaky Swipper and couldn't find the 3 bunches of bananas hanging right over her head without our help.)
2) Oatmeal looks the same coming out as going in.
3) Jack's Big Music Show ROCKS!!!!
4) My DD loves seltzer water. Why, you ask, would I give her selzter water (soda water)? I didn't, my mom did and I still haven't gotten the whole story as to why, but at that point all I cared was that she had actually drank something.
5) No one can explain the difference between a warm mist and cool mist vaporizer.
Monday, November 21, 2005
My Rambling World
Well here I am. My very first blog entry and what to write about? Should I bore you with my endless tedium of work (which prompted my foray into blogging)? Or I could devote this blogg to diabetes, nah, I'd bore myself with then. I guess I'll just start at the beginning and introduce myself.
**standing, waving**** Hi, my name's Sarah and I'm a closet blogger.
My life, according to my friends, is hilarious, but I doubt that any of it will translate as funny here. I've got stories galore, but no idea where to start. Should I begin with the night I accidently spent on a mountain, or the time I knocked myself out swimming....oh,oh How about the time, while marching with the band that I ended up at the hospital with injuries more severe then the football players??
I guess for now, I'll just start with the boring details...I'm Sarah, I've got an incredibly boring job that leaves my mind lots of time to wander, I'm happily married and the proud momma of a 1 year old girl. I'm a type 1 diabetic. Anything else you'd like to know...Pets? I've got 3 psychotic cats - Trinity (aka The Princess), Newton (aka The Pee'er) and Einstein (aka The Pet Slut).
I guess that's about it for now.
Filed under General & Diabetes
**standing, waving**** Hi, my name's Sarah and I'm a closet blogger.
My life, according to my friends, is hilarious, but I doubt that any of it will translate as funny here. I've got stories galore, but no idea where to start. Should I begin with the night I accidently spent on a mountain, or the time I knocked myself out swimming....oh,oh How about the time, while marching with the band that I ended up at the hospital with injuries more severe then the football players??
I guess for now, I'll just start with the boring details...I'm Sarah, I've got an incredibly boring job that leaves my mind lots of time to wander, I'm happily married and the proud momma of a 1 year old girl. I'm a type 1 diabetic. Anything else you'd like to know...Pets? I've got 3 psychotic cats - Trinity (aka The Princess), Newton (aka The Pee'er) and Einstein (aka The Pet Slut).
I guess that's about it for now.
Filed under General & Diabetes
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