Friday, May 18, 2012
TGIF!!!
Only 3 more days left of school!!!
Shawn and I are watching Apollo 18 right now. Don't read any further if you don't want it ruined for you. I'm not going to lie, I've jumped several times. Darn alien movies freak me out. Especially when the alien has quite a few legs like spiders do. Ahh!!! Nate just got pulled down into the crater! I knew it was coming, but I still jumped. Ahhh! The rocks are really spider like creatures!!! I'm freaking out a little. Now they won't let the astronaut go back home.
We have deer that like to tease Lucy. They were up behind our house last night and tonight. We let her try and run them down. They wait until she gets pretty close before taking off. Do you know in the cartoons when the character run so fast, they stir up a cloud of dust? That's what it looks like when Lucy chases them. I need to take camera footage so you can see it. It's really dry out there! I need to go water my flowers in the dark as soon as this movie is over.
We finished filling our pool and started the pump yesterday. Wow is it disgusting! It's going to take a lot of work.
Here's some cottonwood from baseball games.
About it here.
Take Care!!!
~Sam
Shawn and I are watching Apollo 18 right now. Don't read any further if you don't want it ruined for you. I'm not going to lie, I've jumped several times. Darn alien movies freak me out. Especially when the alien has quite a few legs like spiders do. Ahh!!! Nate just got pulled down into the crater! I knew it was coming, but I still jumped. Ahhh! The rocks are really spider like creatures!!! I'm freaking out a little. Now they won't let the astronaut go back home.
We have deer that like to tease Lucy. They were up behind our house last night and tonight. We let her try and run them down. They wait until she gets pretty close before taking off. Do you know in the cartoons when the character run so fast, they stir up a cloud of dust? That's what it looks like when Lucy chases them. I need to take camera footage so you can see it. It's really dry out there! I need to go water my flowers in the dark as soon as this movie is over.
We finished filling our pool and started the pump yesterday. Wow is it disgusting! It's going to take a lot of work.
Here's some cottonwood from baseball games.
About it here.
Take Care!!!
~Sam
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Oh the drama!
Note: You should read this next line with some sarcasm.
I can't believe my husband could be so cruel to me! So horrible! Oh, the heartbreak!
Let me start at the beginning... Once upon a time, in the morning on her way to work, there was a lady who wanted to call her husband. She picked up her cell phone and dialed her loving husband's number. It rang once and then went straight to voice-mail. So she tried again. She wondered if maybe his phone was shut off on accident. She sends him a text message and gets a response after a while. At the end of the day on her way home, the caring wife tries to call her husband again. Yet again, it rings once and goes straight to voice-mail. The wife calls the house phone and her husband answers. She asks if his phone is shut off. He responds with a no. The concerned wife explains that she can't get a hold of him. He calls her phone with no problem. The wife gets home and they make several calls to see if they can establish the problem.
The husband calls his cell phone from the house phone. No problem. The wife called a few other people to see if it happened with other calls. No problem there either. Strange... The wife calls U.S. Cellular on the house phone to explain the situation. The tech had the wife try several things. Nothing was working. The tech informs the wife that an app she downloaded could be causing the problem. Battery savers have been known to cause such problems. As a last resort, the tech has the wife wipe her phone clean of everything except what was on her SD card. EVERYTHING! APPS, bookmarks, etc. The husband is in the background griping that she needs to just hang up and text him if she wants to get a hold of him from now on. He continued to gripe that they needed to get going to their son's baseball game. The wife explained to the tech that she needed to leave, so he explains the rest of the steps it takes to reset her phone and then re-enter her contacts from her SD card. The tech says he will call her back in a few hours if he is able to, to see if the problem has been solved.
The wife hangs up, jumps in the vehicle with her phone in pieces. The back is off, the itty bitty SD card is out to make sure it doesn't get erased, and the battery is also out. Her husband peels out of the driveway to ensure they are not late while the wife tries to put her phone back together. She finally gets it all together, turns it on, and calls her husband. What do you think happened? You guessed it. Rang once and went straight to voice-mail. The wife had no more time to deal with it because they had arrived at the ballpark. The husband is grouchy to the wife. The coach overhears and directs a question to the wife. He asks if the husband is hungry, because that's how he acts when he's hungry. The husband admits he is hungry and frustrated. The coach informs the couple that he's also had cell phone issues.
The couple leave the cell phones alone for a while. After the game, the couple, their children, and the grandparents decide to get a bite to eat. The wife complains because she wants to avoid carbs as much as possible. She is on a low carb diet. They settle on Subway where the wife has a salad. While there, this very nice coach from the opposing team asks them if their son was the catcher. We tell him he is correct. The nice gentleman tells them their son is a very good catcher and that he was impressed. The parents are very proud of the son!
After eating, they head home. Both cell phones are dying, so the wife plugs them in as soon as she gets in the house. The tech does not call back, so the wife places another call. She gets another tech and explains the situation. This tech says she thinks the problem stems from the husband's phone. She made sure the wife was on the house phone, the husband's phone, and the wife's phone were in hand. She has the wife go into the husband's contacts. She has the wife look to see if he has any blocked callers. Oh, you guessed it! The husband has the wife blocked! Out of the 100or so contacts, the husband accidentally blocked his wife while his cell phone was in his pocket. This tech informs her it is a common occurrence and that another couple had called in earlier with the exact same issue. The wife was not pleased that she erased EVERYTHING from her phone only to find out the issue was that simple. The wife spends the rest of the night half-watching Ghost Hunters (Grant's last episode) while re-downloading all her apps, setting her passwords, etc...
Moral of the story, make sure someone isn't blocked before erasing everything. Men!
;-)
Take Care!
~Sam
I can't believe my husband could be so cruel to me! So horrible! Oh, the heartbreak!
Let me start at the beginning... Once upon a time, in the morning on her way to work, there was a lady who wanted to call her husband. She picked up her cell phone and dialed her loving husband's number. It rang once and then went straight to voice-mail. So she tried again. She wondered if maybe his phone was shut off on accident. She sends him a text message and gets a response after a while. At the end of the day on her way home, the caring wife tries to call her husband again. Yet again, it rings once and goes straight to voice-mail. The wife calls the house phone and her husband answers. She asks if his phone is shut off. He responds with a no. The concerned wife explains that she can't get a hold of him. He calls her phone with no problem. The wife gets home and they make several calls to see if they can establish the problem.
The husband calls his cell phone from the house phone. No problem. The wife called a few other people to see if it happened with other calls. No problem there either. Strange... The wife calls U.S. Cellular on the house phone to explain the situation. The tech had the wife try several things. Nothing was working. The tech informs the wife that an app she downloaded could be causing the problem. Battery savers have been known to cause such problems. As a last resort, the tech has the wife wipe her phone clean of everything except what was on her SD card. EVERYTHING! APPS, bookmarks, etc. The husband is in the background griping that she needs to just hang up and text him if she wants to get a hold of him from now on. He continued to gripe that they needed to get going to their son's baseball game. The wife explained to the tech that she needed to leave, so he explains the rest of the steps it takes to reset her phone and then re-enter her contacts from her SD card. The tech says he will call her back in a few hours if he is able to, to see if the problem has been solved.
The wife hangs up, jumps in the vehicle with her phone in pieces. The back is off, the itty bitty SD card is out to make sure it doesn't get erased, and the battery is also out. Her husband peels out of the driveway to ensure they are not late while the wife tries to put her phone back together. She finally gets it all together, turns it on, and calls her husband. What do you think happened? You guessed it. Rang once and went straight to voice-mail. The wife had no more time to deal with it because they had arrived at the ballpark. The husband is grouchy to the wife. The coach overhears and directs a question to the wife. He asks if the husband is hungry, because that's how he acts when he's hungry. The husband admits he is hungry and frustrated. The coach informs the couple that he's also had cell phone issues.
The couple leave the cell phones alone for a while. After the game, the couple, their children, and the grandparents decide to get a bite to eat. The wife complains because she wants to avoid carbs as much as possible. She is on a low carb diet. They settle on Subway where the wife has a salad. While there, this very nice coach from the opposing team asks them if their son was the catcher. We tell him he is correct. The nice gentleman tells them their son is a very good catcher and that he was impressed. The parents are very proud of the son!
After eating, they head home. Both cell phones are dying, so the wife plugs them in as soon as she gets in the house. The tech does not call back, so the wife places another call. She gets another tech and explains the situation. This tech says she thinks the problem stems from the husband's phone. She made sure the wife was on the house phone, the husband's phone, and the wife's phone were in hand. She has the wife go into the husband's contacts. She has the wife look to see if he has any blocked callers. Oh, you guessed it! The husband has the wife blocked! Out of the 100or so contacts, the husband accidentally blocked his wife while his cell phone was in his pocket. This tech informs her it is a common occurrence and that another couple had called in earlier with the exact same issue. The wife was not pleased that she erased EVERYTHING from her phone only to find out the issue was that simple. The wife spends the rest of the night half-watching Ghost Hunters (Grant's last episode) while re-downloading all her apps, setting her passwords, etc...
Moral of the story, make sure someone isn't blocked before erasing everything. Men!
;-)
Take Care!
~Sam
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
My boyfriends!
Don't tell Shawn! LOL!
As usual, things have been crazy busy! The usual, baseball, cheerleading, etc. On Saturday, Shawn and I went to the Lauren Alaina, Luke Bryan, and Jason Aldean concert in Fort Wayne. We had a blast!
Here is my boyfriend Jason Aldean!
Here is my boyfriend Luke Bryan! Wow, can he shake it!!!
My Boyfriend Jason Aldean again...
The view from our hotel window!
At the baseball field in Delphi, the cottonwood trees have been shedding cotton lately. Here is a pic of it on my leg after only 10 minutes. You can't really see them well though... Of course, this makes me think of the Luke Bryan song called Drunk on You. The first line is: Cottonwood falling like snow in July... It's only May though...
I have determined that I listen to way too much music. Nah! That can't really happen. I sang almost every Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean song word for word. I listen to all kinds of music. These are the stations programmed in my Durango:
Z92.5 WZWZ Kokomo
93.5 KHY
94.7 Q95
Z96.5 WAZY
Shine 99
100.5 WWKI
102.3 Mix 102
B102.9
103.3 X103
103.7 Hoosier Country
105.3 K105
106.7 K-LOVE
Yes, I do have them in order in my Durango as well... Mentioning stations. Did you know that Fort Wayne has a B102.9 and well as a K105 (105.1)??? Strange, huh?
I drive Shawn crazy because I am a channel flipper. If its something I don't like or they start talking, I flip the channel. I can't help it!
The Yankees lost by 1 point tonight. It was a good game! Go Zac!!! They are now 1-4. They are so close every game. I can't believe the growth they have shown since the first game... Better yet, the first practice! Go Yankees!!!
That's about it here. Take Care!!!
~Sam
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
What do you think?
I really don't like looking at pictures of me from last summer. They look like this:
It's kind of embarrassing.
The picture below was taken this morning. I'm 20 pounds lighter now!
Let this be motivation for me to continue this diet and exercise!
~Sam
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Spiders Must Die!
I am about out of spider spray, so I asked Shawn to get me some tomorrow. The only problem with spider killer is the picture on the can. I solved that problem last year. Like my work of art?
And I think this is true!
Is it irrational to dislike spiders that much? I can't help it. They freak me out!
Take care and beware of spiders!
~Sam
Weekend!!!
It's been a great weekend! The poor Yankees lost both their first and second games, but oh well! I LOVE being a mom! Shawn and I were talking last night about how thankful we are for the lives we have. We were discussing what we probably would have been doing had we not gotten the kids. It seemed pretty boring. Instead our days are filled with baseball practice, cheerleading, girl scouts, etc. We wouldn't trade it for the world!
We went out for my little sis' 21st birthday Friday night. We had a blast!
Now I'm attempting to tackle laundry and work on my RISE binder. Fun, fun...
After church this morning, the kids and I ran into someone. This person had an "open mouth, insert foot" moment. Oops! I'm not mad, but sometimes we should think before we speak. I have the chorus to Gotye - Somebody that I used to Know running through my head now. I'm not a big fan of that song, but its there, nonetheless.
Well, I better run. Take care!!!!
~Sam
We went out for my little sis' 21st birthday Friday night. We had a blast!
Now I'm attempting to tackle laundry and work on my RISE binder. Fun, fun...
After church this morning, the kids and I ran into someone. This person had an "open mouth, insert foot" moment. Oops! I'm not mad, but sometimes we should think before we speak. I have the chorus to Gotye - Somebody that I used to Know running through my head now. I'm not a big fan of that song, but its there, nonetheless.
Well, I better run. Take care!!!!
~Sam
Friday, May 4, 2012
Time...
Oh, how I wish it would slow down a little. Better yet, a lot!
A couple of coworkers and I went to the funeral home last night to show support for our mutual student. It was a new experience for me.
I just started supper. We're having mushroom artichoke pork, roasted pecan & garlic brown rice, and winter blend (broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower). Sound good?
I've had toads swimming in my pond singing every night. They were driving me crazy every night. Now I have tree frogs in my swimming pool! And they won't hush up either! That's okay! I love living with all of this nature around me!
My little sister turned 21 on Tuesday. I feel so old now!
Take Care! I hope to write more tomorrow!
~Sam
A couple of coworkers and I went to the funeral home last night to show support for our mutual student. It was a new experience for me.
I just started supper. We're having mushroom artichoke pork, roasted pecan & garlic brown rice, and winter blend (broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower). Sound good?
I've had toads swimming in my pond singing every night. They were driving me crazy every night. Now I have tree frogs in my swimming pool! And they won't hush up either! That's okay! I love living with all of this nature around me!
My little sister turned 21 on Tuesday. I feel so old now!
Take Care! I hope to write more tomorrow!
~Sam
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Extremely Long and Very TMI...
I have so much running through my head right now.
I am extremely sad for one of my students. He is going through something very difficult right now. I pray God comforts him! Please send him your prayers! He needs them! I pray he realizes that this was not something he could control and that it is not his fault!
I would like to share an article with you titled Infertility: 16 Things You Should Never Say To A Woman Who Is Childless But Not By Choice
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tracey-cleantis/infertility-16-things-you_b_1449350.html?ref=fb&icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl19%7Csec1_lnk3&pLid=155871&src=sp&comm_ref=false
In the article, there is a section that says: "...things best not to say to women who have been pumped full of mind-altering hormones and endured an alphabet soup of invasive procedures (ART, IVFs, ICSI's, IUI's), miscarriages and/or had failed adoptions."
I've experienced all of these, except for the adoption. Thank God our adoption was successful!!!
I hear this one the most: "If you would just quit trying you would get pregnant," or, "If you would adopt you would get pregnant."
When someone says these things to me, I want to say, "Really?!?! I have adopted, but not for that reason. An you're saying egg and sperm quality have nothing to do with it? You're telling me everyone could get pregnant without help? And where did you obtain your medical degree?" But that's mean, so I'll never say it.
When it comes to painful things, its hard for me to share that with others. I am going to try and open up some right now. I hope it helps me heal. Sharing my journey through IVF was easy, but talking about the miscarriage is difficult for me. After it happened, I went right back to work and resumed life as if nothing happened. I basically tried to ignore it. I guess that was denial???
It worked for 3 months before it hit me. I imagine someone is reading this and thinking, "Get over it. It happened almost 4 months ago. It's not as if you held the baby." Until you've been in this situation, its hard to explain. I'll give it my best, though. Imagine trying to have a baby, but it just isn't happening. I know someone on her 3rd child, and we have yet to have one. Imagine trying for over 6 years. Imagine giving yourself shots every morning and night. Imagine the hormones you are injecting making you crazy. Imagine spending thousands of dollars trying to get that baby. Imagine having 14 eggs retrieved. Imagine 8 of them fertilizing. Imagine 4 of them surviving to day 3. Imagine only 2 making it to day 5, the day of the embryo transfer. Imagine having none to freeze. Imagine all your hope on those 2 little embryos. After waiting years, literally, you finally see 2 lines on that beautiful test. Imagine thinking, "I'm going to finally have a baby." You get to see that baby on the ultrasound. You get to see its little heart flicker on screen. Imagine giving yourself (or the hubby giving you) intramuscular injections for 9 weeks to make sure the baby stays put. Imagine those years of hopes and dreams for that baby. Imagine talking about baby names for 11 weeks. Imagine going in for that next ultrasound to find out that your baby probably wouldn't make it. Imagine the next ultrasound where you find out that your baby had died. Imagine waiting for a couple weeks to miscarry. The baby is gone, but a "missed miscarriage" occurs. Your body doesn't realize the pregnancy is no longer viable. You don't want to admit it either.
The actual miscarriage was painful as well. I probably shouldn't share this, but I'm going to anyway. Imagine getting to hold your baby (well gestational sac) in the palm of your hand afterwards. I can say I held my baby. I never felt it move, but I got to hold him/her. All those years of hopes, dreams, baby names, hormones, money, gone. What would you do?
It would have been one thing to do IVF and it not work. It is totally different when it works, but ends horribly. I know these experiences have changed both Shawn and I. Oh my! Yes, people do change, and its not always a bad thing! Thank God for Shawn! I would be lost without him! He knows when I need comfort, a hug, or even a simple touch. He can make me feel better with just a look. I am so lucky to have him!
I have been hurt deeply by others in the past. Especially within the past few years. It makes me want to avoid feeling hurt, ever again. So I tried to ignore it. It didn't work. At some point, we all must deal with the things that hurt us. A wonderful friend invited us to go to her church. I hadn't been since I miscarried. I hadn't found the right church for me, so I sort of, gave up. We started going to this church Easter Sunday. That wasn't long ago, but it has definitely helped me. Hence, why I'm opening up now. Every week, the pastor captivates me and his messages hit home. I usually go home and cry after church. I can finally talk about it and write about it. I think I am finally starting to heal. Sunday in church we talked about the 5 stages of grief. They are: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. I think I am finally accepting it. I know I will always carry this with me. I will always miss our baby. I pray that time continues to heal both Shawn and I.
I am so thankful to have Zac and Abby. They are wonderful! Okay, yes, they are not perfect. Yes, they do get into trouble, but I wouldn't trade them for the world! They bring so much joy to our lives. Shawn and the kids were in the kitchen the other day while I was folding laundry in the other room. Hearing Shawn talk to the kids and explain things to them was good for my soul. He is such an amazing father!
Thanks for reading!
Take Care!
~Sam
I am extremely sad for one of my students. He is going through something very difficult right now. I pray God comforts him! Please send him your prayers! He needs them! I pray he realizes that this was not something he could control and that it is not his fault!
I would like to share an article with you titled Infertility: 16 Things You Should Never Say To A Woman Who Is Childless But Not By Choice
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tracey-cleantis/infertility-16-things-you_b_1449350.html?ref=fb&icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl19%7Csec1_lnk3&pLid=155871&src=sp&comm_ref=false
In the article, there is a section that says: "...things best not to say to women who have been pumped full of mind-altering hormones and endured an alphabet soup of invasive procedures (ART, IVFs, ICSI's, IUI's), miscarriages and/or had failed adoptions."
I've experienced all of these, except for the adoption. Thank God our adoption was successful!!!
I hear this one the most: "If you would just quit trying you would get pregnant," or, "If you would adopt you would get pregnant."
When someone says these things to me, I want to say, "Really?!?! I have adopted, but not for that reason. An you're saying egg and sperm quality have nothing to do with it? You're telling me everyone could get pregnant without help? And where did you obtain your medical degree?" But that's mean, so I'll never say it.
When it comes to painful things, its hard for me to share that with others. I am going to try and open up some right now. I hope it helps me heal. Sharing my journey through IVF was easy, but talking about the miscarriage is difficult for me. After it happened, I went right back to work and resumed life as if nothing happened. I basically tried to ignore it. I guess that was denial???
It worked for 3 months before it hit me. I imagine someone is reading this and thinking, "Get over it. It happened almost 4 months ago. It's not as if you held the baby." Until you've been in this situation, its hard to explain. I'll give it my best, though. Imagine trying to have a baby, but it just isn't happening. I know someone on her 3rd child, and we have yet to have one. Imagine trying for over 6 years. Imagine giving yourself shots every morning and night. Imagine the hormones you are injecting making you crazy. Imagine spending thousands of dollars trying to get that baby. Imagine having 14 eggs retrieved. Imagine 8 of them fertilizing. Imagine 4 of them surviving to day 3. Imagine only 2 making it to day 5, the day of the embryo transfer. Imagine having none to freeze. Imagine all your hope on those 2 little embryos. After waiting years, literally, you finally see 2 lines on that beautiful test. Imagine thinking, "I'm going to finally have a baby." You get to see that baby on the ultrasound. You get to see its little heart flicker on screen. Imagine giving yourself (or the hubby giving you) intramuscular injections for 9 weeks to make sure the baby stays put. Imagine those years of hopes and dreams for that baby. Imagine talking about baby names for 11 weeks. Imagine going in for that next ultrasound to find out that your baby probably wouldn't make it. Imagine the next ultrasound where you find out that your baby had died. Imagine waiting for a couple weeks to miscarry. The baby is gone, but a "missed miscarriage" occurs. Your body doesn't realize the pregnancy is no longer viable. You don't want to admit it either.
The actual miscarriage was painful as well. I probably shouldn't share this, but I'm going to anyway. Imagine getting to hold your baby (well gestational sac) in the palm of your hand afterwards. I can say I held my baby. I never felt it move, but I got to hold him/her. All those years of hopes, dreams, baby names, hormones, money, gone. What would you do?
It would have been one thing to do IVF and it not work. It is totally different when it works, but ends horribly. I know these experiences have changed both Shawn and I. Oh my! Yes, people do change, and its not always a bad thing! Thank God for Shawn! I would be lost without him! He knows when I need comfort, a hug, or even a simple touch. He can make me feel better with just a look. I am so lucky to have him!
I have been hurt deeply by others in the past. Especially within the past few years. It makes me want to avoid feeling hurt, ever again. So I tried to ignore it. It didn't work. At some point, we all must deal with the things that hurt us. A wonderful friend invited us to go to her church. I hadn't been since I miscarried. I hadn't found the right church for me, so I sort of, gave up. We started going to this church Easter Sunday. That wasn't long ago, but it has definitely helped me. Hence, why I'm opening up now. Every week, the pastor captivates me and his messages hit home. I usually go home and cry after church. I can finally talk about it and write about it. I think I am finally starting to heal. Sunday in church we talked about the 5 stages of grief. They are: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. I think I am finally accepting it. I know I will always carry this with me. I will always miss our baby. I pray that time continues to heal both Shawn and I.
I am so thankful to have Zac and Abby. They are wonderful! Okay, yes, they are not perfect. Yes, they do get into trouble, but I wouldn't trade them for the world! They bring so much joy to our lives. Shawn and the kids were in the kitchen the other day while I was folding laundry in the other room. Hearing Shawn talk to the kids and explain things to them was good for my soul. He is such an amazing father!
Thanks for reading!
Take Care!
~Sam
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