ok here is another photo from my stash. I have not been able to get to my mom's house to grab my camera I left there.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Photohunt
This was suggested to me by my sister Kris. As many of you know, I'm getting back into my photography and even trying to start a small side business with it. This is something that has been going on for a few years through another blog. Here is is the link http://tnchick.com/pshunt
Each Saturday is a new theme. So here is my first photo for the theme CURVED. I'll have more this week but this is what I have in my stash right now. This photo was taken on the river front in Cincinnati Oh. We were up on the bridge walkway that takes you over to the Kentucky side of the river.
Friday, June 20, 2008
a long awaited blog post...
Well maybe not but here it is. LOL We are moved in. Almost everything is unacked. I still have some clothes on our bed to put away and a bunch to clean but that is about it right now. I'm enjoying living here imensely. It's been beneficial so far. I think we've eaten at each others houses most days this week LOL.
Today is the first day i've been able to relax for a change. We've been juggling our time between moving, my new job and the hospital where his grandfather is. Patrick has been really stressed. He's been at odds with most his family on the care that his grandfather should be getting right now. Unfortunately it makes him look bad and like he's giving up. Patrick would rather his grandfather (who's been a dad to him) come home and live the rest of his days where he would want to be. However, the rest of the family wants to give Chemo a try. Chemo at this point won't make the cancer go away and won't save him. The best it could do is possibly ease the pain and give him a few months. However, Fred is not a healthy person. SO his chances of Chemo helping him are very slim. Most likely it will only make him sicker and more miserable. The problem is that Patrick knows this and the rest of the family doens't. They are acting out of grief and he has a hard time understanding their reasoning. It's a stressful situation. Fred is at the Tiffin hospital today to go through a round of chemo and see how he takes to is and reacts. If he doesn't do well then he'll come home to hospice care and family till he leaves this world.
You know I've always known that this time would come and that I needed to be prepared for it. I knew how hard it woud be for my husband and I needed to be able to be there for him and to help him through it. I just never prepared myself for my own grief. I love my own grandparents but can't say I was ever really close to them. Fred however liked and accepted me from the start. Calling me little red short for Little Redneck due to the fact that I was catholic. We've spent many a day sitting in their back yard at the farm just chatting and I will miss that very much. They are truly my grandparents as well and I'm dealing with my own sadness as well as Patrick's. I know it will pass. I hope for the best cenerio in that Fred passes away with as little pain as possible.
Today is the first day i've been able to relax for a change. We've been juggling our time between moving, my new job and the hospital where his grandfather is. Patrick has been really stressed. He's been at odds with most his family on the care that his grandfather should be getting right now. Unfortunately it makes him look bad and like he's giving up. Patrick would rather his grandfather (who's been a dad to him) come home and live the rest of his days where he would want to be. However, the rest of the family wants to give Chemo a try. Chemo at this point won't make the cancer go away and won't save him. The best it could do is possibly ease the pain and give him a few months. However, Fred is not a healthy person. SO his chances of Chemo helping him are very slim. Most likely it will only make him sicker and more miserable. The problem is that Patrick knows this and the rest of the family doens't. They are acting out of grief and he has a hard time understanding their reasoning. It's a stressful situation. Fred is at the Tiffin hospital today to go through a round of chemo and see how he takes to is and reacts. If he doesn't do well then he'll come home to hospice care and family till he leaves this world.
You know I've always known that this time would come and that I needed to be prepared for it. I knew how hard it woud be for my husband and I needed to be able to be there for him and to help him through it. I just never prepared myself for my own grief. I love my own grandparents but can't say I was ever really close to them. Fred however liked and accepted me from the start. Calling me little red short for Little Redneck due to the fact that I was catholic. We've spent many a day sitting in their back yard at the farm just chatting and I will miss that very much. They are truly my grandparents as well and I'm dealing with my own sadness as well as Patrick's. I know it will pass. I hope for the best cenerio in that Fred passes away with as little pain as possible.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
we've got a wiggler
YAY, LOL I had my first (and last) appointment with my perinatologist this morning. He was a really nice guy and i'm kind of sad that I won't be able to stick with him. First they took my weight which was wayyyyy to high LOL but then I had jeans on so that accounts for something right?
I got to have an ultra sound. it was cool. Probably the best one I've ever had in clarity. They had a tv screen in front of me so I could watch and not have to share the monitor on the machine. Baby is right on track for 11 weeks so my due date is still and will stay Christmas Day. This little booger was moving all over the place LOL. It was really cool. I wish Patrick could have been there. I do however have tons of pictures which is cool. The HB was 167 and that is good.
I do however have a headache i've been dealing with for 2 days. I had these with Rhayan so i'm hoping they don't stick around as long as hers did.
I got to have an ultra sound. it was cool. Probably the best one I've ever had in clarity. They had a tv screen in front of me so I could watch and not have to share the monitor on the machine. Baby is right on track for 11 weeks so my due date is still and will stay Christmas Day. This little booger was moving all over the place LOL. It was really cool. I wish Patrick could have been there. I do however have tons of pictures which is cool. The HB was 167 and that is good.
I do however have a headache i've been dealing with for 2 days. I had these with Rhayan so i'm hoping they don't stick around as long as hers did.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Sisterly love???
I must say that I get along with my sisters very well. We usually don't have too many issues with each other and when we do we tend to get over them fairly quickly. This, however, is a complete 360 from when we were younger LOL. I'm sure if you asked me when I was 13 if I liked my sisters I probably would have rolled my eyes.
So it would come to a complete shock to my 13 year old self that I'm actually very excited that we may have a chance at living only 4 houses down from my sister Becky. We used to fight all the time yet also seemed to get along in the weirdest way.
Patrick I and the kids are moving back to Fremont. To a town that we swore we would never return too. LOL I should have known better than to make that promise. Well I was at my moms house on Sunday when my sister Becky called me to tell me that the house down the street was now for rent. I jumped and called the phone number listed. All is looking good and we will meet them at the house on Monday the 9th to see it and hopefully get the ok to rent it. It's a pretty good rent for a large house. I'm also very sure that my husband and Becky's husband will now get into all sorts of trouble once he gets back from Irag in January. Now the question is, will Becky and I be able to handle that LOL.
So it would come to a complete shock to my 13 year old self that I'm actually very excited that we may have a chance at living only 4 houses down from my sister Becky. We used to fight all the time yet also seemed to get along in the weirdest way.
Patrick I and the kids are moving back to Fremont. To a town that we swore we would never return too. LOL I should have known better than to make that promise. Well I was at my moms house on Sunday when my sister Becky called me to tell me that the house down the street was now for rent. I jumped and called the phone number listed. All is looking good and we will meet them at the house on Monday the 9th to see it and hopefully get the ok to rent it. It's a pretty good rent for a large house. I'm also very sure that my husband and Becky's husband will now get into all sorts of trouble once he gets back from Irag in January. Now the question is, will Becky and I be able to handle that LOL.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
I really need a new job
Not that I don't like my current one. It's fine. It's not hard and pays well for the most part. But normally I don't have enough to do so I'm twiddling my thumbs. That's not the only reason why either. THe family and I are leaving. We are moving back to the town where we swore never to return. LOL It's amazing how your perceptions are skewed. The grass is always greener on the other side untill you get there. After realizing that we hated London Ohio and wanted to move back, something happened here that kicked that into overdrive.
While we were away the weekend of Mother's Day there was a shooting in our apartment building. We live in apartment F on the second floor. The shooting happened in Apartment D which is below and off to the side of us. This apartment was known to us as drug dealing. It's fairly obvious to anyone paying any attention. Well, the dumb asses who were there got into an argument over a card game and one shot the other. We came home that Sunday night though and didn't know that anything had happened. We did notice new neighbors across the hall from us in APT E. Patrick then noticed then doing a drug deal himself as he was getting the rest of the stuff out of the truck. So on monday I get home from work and Rose who lives below us asked to speak with me. She's a nice girl who has 3 boys that my kids play with. We are two totally different people but we get along rather well. She procedes to tell me about the shooting that weekend. At first the cops had mistaken the apartment as being hers. So I came upstairs and told Patrick. We decided then and there it was time to wash our hands of this. We got a hold of the management office and they are letting us out of our lease with no penalties. Yes we got that in writing as well
So now I'm job searching an unfortunately it's not going the best. I did apply for a job at Tiffin U but was told they had done some interviews already so we'll see if I even get called. We would like to leave by the end of June and there is a house in Fremont that looks promising if we could secure it and get jobs. Wsh us luck.
While we were away the weekend of Mother's Day there was a shooting in our apartment building. We live in apartment F on the second floor. The shooting happened in Apartment D which is below and off to the side of us. This apartment was known to us as drug dealing. It's fairly obvious to anyone paying any attention. Well, the dumb asses who were there got into an argument over a card game and one shot the other. We came home that Sunday night though and didn't know that anything had happened. We did notice new neighbors across the hall from us in APT E. Patrick then noticed then doing a drug deal himself as he was getting the rest of the stuff out of the truck. So on monday I get home from work and Rose who lives below us asked to speak with me. She's a nice girl who has 3 boys that my kids play with. We are two totally different people but we get along rather well. She procedes to tell me about the shooting that weekend. At first the cops had mistaken the apartment as being hers. So I came upstairs and told Patrick. We decided then and there it was time to wash our hands of this. We got a hold of the management office and they are letting us out of our lease with no penalties. Yes we got that in writing as well
So now I'm job searching an unfortunately it's not going the best. I did apply for a job at Tiffin U but was told they had done some interviews already so we'll see if I even get called. We would like to leave by the end of June and there is a house in Fremont that looks promising if we could secure it and get jobs. Wsh us luck.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
oh the joys of pregnancy
I really hadn't intended this blog to be so much about my pregnancy but it seems to be heading in that direction. I think it's because there really isn't anything else exciting going on in my life so it's something for me to talk about.
So far everything is good. I got to see and hear a heart beat last Thursday and should be able to do the same this Thursday. I will then be referred to a high risk ob. That will be a new experience and i'm not sure how different it will be from a regular ob.
So I've been dealing with the monster called morning sickness. Now this is something I should actually be happy to be having. It means that everything is going ok and that my HCG levels are rising like they should. HOWEVER..... I have never had morning sickness like this. OMG...... I only had it a little bit with Robert and none with Rhayan. I feel absulutely miserable most of the day. I had to call in sick monday as I felt so bad and had a migraine on top of it all. I also seem to have gotten what I call teenage face. For the first time since I was a teenager I have broken out in horrible acne. Uhhh LOL
On the good side though, everything is going fine. I did have a minor anxiety session the other day and thought OMG what am I doing having a third baby. LOL too late for that huh? It's kind of neat this time around. I feel completely new at this since it's been 5 years since I've had a viable pregnancy. I have my friend Lindsay who is due with a boy in September. My sister BJ is also pregnant and due in November. I am due on Christmas Day :) Should be an interesting time come the holidays this year. Anyone want to join us?
So far everything is good. I got to see and hear a heart beat last Thursday and should be able to do the same this Thursday. I will then be referred to a high risk ob. That will be a new experience and i'm not sure how different it will be from a regular ob.
So I've been dealing with the monster called morning sickness. Now this is something I should actually be happy to be having. It means that everything is going ok and that my HCG levels are rising like they should. HOWEVER..... I have never had morning sickness like this. OMG...... I only had it a little bit with Robert and none with Rhayan. I feel absulutely miserable most of the day. I had to call in sick monday as I felt so bad and had a migraine on top of it all. I also seem to have gotten what I call teenage face. For the first time since I was a teenager I have broken out in horrible acne. Uhhh LOL
On the good side though, everything is going fine. I did have a minor anxiety session the other day and thought OMG what am I doing having a third baby. LOL too late for that huh? It's kind of neat this time around. I feel completely new at this since it's been 5 years since I've had a viable pregnancy. I have my friend Lindsay who is due with a boy in September. My sister BJ is also pregnant and due in November. I am due on Christmas Day :) Should be an interesting time come the holidays this year. Anyone want to join us?
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