Saturday, December 31, 2005
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Christmas Flash
This is a cute flash for Christmas. Watch it all the way through!
~Merry Christmas
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~Merry Christmas
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Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Happy Holidays
I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday Season. I also hope that everyone gets in life what they truly and ultimately deserve.
*!~Merry Christmas~!*
*!~Merry Christmas~!*
Monday, December 05, 2005
Birth Order
HOW THE BIRTH ORDER OF YOUR CHILDREN CHANGES THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE:
Your Clothes:
1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy.
2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.
Preparing for the Birth:
1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously.
2nd baby: You don't bother because you remember that last time, breathing didn't do a thing.
3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month.
The Layette:
1st baby: You pre-wash newborn's clothes, color-coordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau.
2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains.
3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can't they?
Worries:
1st baby: At the first sign of distress--a whimper, a frown--you pick up the baby.
2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your firstborn.
3rd baby: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing.
Pacifier:
1st baby: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until you can go home and wash and boil it.
2nd baby: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it off with some juice from the baby's bottle.
3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.
Diapering:
1st baby: You change your baby's diapers every hour, whether they need it or not.
2nd baby: You change their diaper every two to three hours, if needed.
3rd baby: You try to change their diaper before others start to complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.
Activities:
1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and Baby Story Hour.
2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.
3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.
Going Out:
1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home five times.
2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached.
3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.
At Home:
1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.
2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.
Swallowing Coins
1st child: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the hospital and demand x-rays.
2nd child: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the coin to pass.
3rd child: When third child swallows a coin you deduct it from his allowance!
Your Clothes:
1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy.
2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.
Preparing for the Birth:
1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously.
2nd baby: You don't bother because you remember that last time, breathing didn't do a thing.
3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month.
The Layette:
1st baby: You pre-wash newborn's clothes, color-coordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau.
2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains.
3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can't they?
Worries:
1st baby: At the first sign of distress--a whimper, a frown--you pick up the baby.
2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your firstborn.
3rd baby: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing.
Pacifier:
1st baby: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until you can go home and wash and boil it.
2nd baby: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it off with some juice from the baby's bottle.
3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.
Diapering:
1st baby: You change your baby's diapers every hour, whether they need it or not.
2nd baby: You change their diaper every two to three hours, if needed.
3rd baby: You try to change their diaper before others start to complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.
Activities:
1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and Baby Story Hour.
2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.
3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.
Going Out:
1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home five times.
2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached.
3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.
At Home:
1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.
2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.
Swallowing Coins
1st child: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the hospital and demand x-rays.
2nd child: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the coin to pass.
3rd child: When third child swallows a coin you deduct it from his allowance!
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Insightful
The post I made last night gave me even more insight into things at present. I didn't realize fully until this morning, having thought about my last post through the night, that I am truly okay with myself. When my ex-husband had first left I thought for sure I wasn't going to be able to make it on my own. There were many self doubting thoughts, some including: How do I make it on my own. How do I raise these children on my own. If he didn't want me, what makes me think another man would. No one would want all this responsibility, I'll always be alone.
Before the ink was even dry on the paperwork, I was in another relationship. It wasn't a physical one, but it was one I held very dear, and would have been with him still today, had things not ended. That is how I am. Committed. I put all of myself into a relationship and I wear my heart on my sleeve, ready to give my heart, my mind and my soul to someone who will just love me in return. Over the years, I realized that I needed the time that was forced upon me by life's deeming (often meddling) fingers. And that time gave me insight into me. Who I am. Who I am with Me.
And I'm still single, and my fears about men not wanting to be with a single mom was relevant and present. But that is okay. I made myself realize that it would take someone very special to be with me and the life I come with. And it's a good life. It's not without its problems, come on even Eden had it's problems too. But such wonderful people in this family, all wanting a friend, ready to accept the right person in our fold. And that feels pretty damn good, to know that it isn't something wrong with me. If someone doesn't want to take the time to get to know me, and to know them, to give something a chance, they weren't worth the time to begin with.
I will probably always struggle with self esteem. People who are 100% okay with themselves and just love themselves to death are either on some really strong Lithium, or just so conceited that they outta just marry themselves and live a happy happy joy joy life looking in the mirror. I am who I am. And in any relationship it shouldn't be what you can change about someone, but how you can enhance their life, and them enhance your own, sharing a journey together and truly embracing the learning experience that all that entails.
I'm not getting any younger, or thinner, and that is that. It doesn't mean my soul and my heart are any less of worth. Today is much brighter then last night, finding the silver lining in there somewhere, and being grateful to find a silver lining at that.
I read someone's journal recently and they were discussing the fear of people not liking what they get for Christmas, being worried that it wouldn't be enough, or good enough. I think so many people need to realize that Christmas isn't about the quality or quantity, but the reason you choose to give a gift at all. It's from the heart. Don't do it if you're heart isn't in it. Have fun. Listen to the little whisper inside of you that says enjoy the season, enjoy giving, even if it is something small and inconsequencial. It'll mean the world to the person receiving it, and if it's not good enough, it's on their greedy backs and not your own.
Let Your light shine through.
Before the ink was even dry on the paperwork, I was in another relationship. It wasn't a physical one, but it was one I held very dear, and would have been with him still today, had things not ended. That is how I am. Committed. I put all of myself into a relationship and I wear my heart on my sleeve, ready to give my heart, my mind and my soul to someone who will just love me in return. Over the years, I realized that I needed the time that was forced upon me by life's deeming (often meddling) fingers. And that time gave me insight into me. Who I am. Who I am with Me.
And I'm still single, and my fears about men not wanting to be with a single mom was relevant and present. But that is okay. I made myself realize that it would take someone very special to be with me and the life I come with. And it's a good life. It's not without its problems, come on even Eden had it's problems too. But such wonderful people in this family, all wanting a friend, ready to accept the right person in our fold. And that feels pretty damn good, to know that it isn't something wrong with me. If someone doesn't want to take the time to get to know me, and to know them, to give something a chance, they weren't worth the time to begin with.
I will probably always struggle with self esteem. People who are 100% okay with themselves and just love themselves to death are either on some really strong Lithium, or just so conceited that they outta just marry themselves and live a happy happy joy joy life looking in the mirror. I am who I am. And in any relationship it shouldn't be what you can change about someone, but how you can enhance their life, and them enhance your own, sharing a journey together and truly embracing the learning experience that all that entails.
I'm not getting any younger, or thinner, and that is that. It doesn't mean my soul and my heart are any less of worth. Today is much brighter then last night, finding the silver lining in there somewhere, and being grateful to find a silver lining at that.
I read someone's journal recently and they were discussing the fear of people not liking what they get for Christmas, being worried that it wouldn't be enough, or good enough. I think so many people need to realize that Christmas isn't about the quality or quantity, but the reason you choose to give a gift at all. It's from the heart. Don't do it if you're heart isn't in it. Have fun. Listen to the little whisper inside of you that says enjoy the season, enjoy giving, even if it is something small and inconsequencial. It'll mean the world to the person receiving it, and if it's not good enough, it's on their greedy backs and not your own.
Let Your light shine through.
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