I'm a homeschooling mom of 2 great kids. I've been married to my wonderful husband since 1997. I love to crochet, knit, and digi scrap. So, you never know what I might post about!
Saturday, October 26, 2002
Well, I used my new clippers on B's hair today, and it doesn't look bad. Now that I know how to use the clippers, it should be great next time. We bought a guinea pig today, too. We've been thinking about it for about a year. We decided that when our last couple of fish died, we'd go ahead and get a piggy. B cleaned out the tank last night, and the last 2 fish died in the holding bowl before he could get them back into the tank. So, now we have Henry. He's almost totally black, except for a few places near his rear where his hair is brown, and one rear foot is brown and white. He's pretty small, just barely bigger than my hand, and is pretty skittish, but hopefully he'll calm down over the next few days/weeks and will come out of his hiding spot. If we can keep H from bugging him too much, I think he'll be fine. What else? Oh, my sister came over for an hour or 2 with her boyfriend. It sounds like they're getting pretty serious. They're talking about moving to Houston for a year after they graduate from college. They're both in nursing school. B, H and I all really like R, the boyfriend, and so does Mom. I haven't asked Dad what he thinks... We're borrowing an extra computer from a friend, so I'm hoping that we can get our scanner hooked up soon and I'll finally be able to use it. It won't work with XP, and it just kept locking up with 2000. But we know that it works with 98, and that's what's on the borrowed comp. I got to bed so late last night that I was too tired to think of a word for H to read this morning, and I didn't manage to do it this afternoon, either,so I'd better go think of one.
12:23 AM
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
Ok, so much for the VegSource ad. Apparently if you actually want to make a profit off your stuff, you have to pay a $22/mo fee. That's not going to work for my single $50 item. So, I guess I'll have to find another way to sell the blanket. It's pretty annoying that I bought the materials, spent the 80+ hours to make it, and now everyone wants a piece of the profit. Welcome to retail, I guess, huh?
4:57 PM
Speaking of VegSource, I went there and posted a baby afgan that I made. It's under Items to Sell: Misc. The site seems to be down today...just my luck. Anyway, if you are looking for a baby gift, Christmas present, baby/lap blanket/throw, or just want to help out a poor mom in desperate need of money, go check out my post. I've got another one that I'm almost finished with, but I ran out of blue yarn. Hopefully I'll get some this weekend and will be able to finish it. It's bright red, white, and royal blue.
It stopped raining yesterday morning and didn't rain again for the rest of the day, so B bugged me and bugged me to call the roofer and see if he would be able to come over. I finally broke down and called his office. The receptionist said she'd have him call me. He called this morning and left a message on the answering machine (because I was asleep and too out of it to answer) that said he has to wait 'till it stops raining because if he tears off the existing roof and then it starts raining, it will leak into the house (presumably more than it already does). I knew this, of course, but B is so impatient that I now look like a fool/anxious/trouble customer. I tried to tell him that they will get to us when they can, that their materials are already on our roof, so they're not going to forget about us, but he just wasn't going to be satisfied 'till I'd made myself look like an idiot. Rain is in the forecast all this week. Now he thinks that because it's not supposed to rain again 'till tonight that they should come do our roof today. I told them that he could call and tell them that if he wants to. He won't, of course, and only partly because he's at work. He has 2 weekdays off every week...Thurs and Fri...during which he can make all the business calls, etc that he needs to make, but for some reason, he always needs me to make them on Mon-Wed instead. Anyway, I'd better go see if VegSource is up yet.
11:33 AM
Monday, October 21, 2002 Here are a couple of links I ran across today that I thought were interesting. Not sure quite what to make of it, but worth a thought anyway.
Yesterday evening, after H and I were both home safe and sound (physically sound, anyway, if not mentally), I remembered that I'd told her I'd cut her hair. It was mid-back length, and the tangles were getting out of control. The last time we had her hair cut, the woman said that to get her hair to grow in thicker, we should have it cut to about shoulder length. She also said, "But don't do it yourself!" haha! Since then, I found a $15 haircutting set (clippers, scissors, comb) on VegSource. So, I cut her hair and it ended up a little bit shorter than her shoulders, but not quite chin length. It's very cute, if I do say so myself, and it was my first time cutting anyone's hair, ever. B's been bugging me to do his, so I guess I'll try the clippers soon.
The roofers came by this morning and piled pallets (squares, I think they're actually called) of shingles on our roof. They didn't come to the door or anything, just put them up there and left. So, they should be back to work on it as soon as the rain stops. I'm hoping that will be tomorrow, but there's rain in the forecast all week! It leaked a little in the dining room, so I'm hoping the rain will stop soon before we have to start swimming again.
5:56 PM
I took a shower today... Before I went to the bathroom, I gave H a banana and started a video for her. After a few minutes, she started banging on the bedroom door, which she often does. I thought she must have realized that I couldn't hear what she wanted and decided it could wait 'till after my shower. (This happens every time I take a shower...4-year-old attention span, you see.) Near the end of my shower (it takes me about 1/2 an hour to shower, so this was about 25 min into it) there was more knocking, 3 or 4 quick raps. That's not how H knocks, but I figured she had a toy she was hitting the door with, or something. A tiny whisper of every mother's greatest fear flitted through my mind. I got out of the shower, got dressed, came out of the bedroom, and went looking for H to find out what she had wanted. She wasn't in the kitchen (the kitchen is directly across the hall from my bedroom). I went to the living room...no H. I checked her bathroom...no H. Her bedroom? No H. Oh, of course, she was in the dining room on one of the computers playing a game. Nope, no H. I turned my head and my eyes zoomed in on the sliding glass door, which was open about 3 inches. That's a little strange, but if she went out back to play, it's possible that she would forget to close the door all the way. So, maybe the backyard? Well, she apparently wasn't in the house. I went out to the backyard, and still no H. I was starting to get worried now, but I noticed that the back gate was closed. I went back inside knowing that she likes to hide behind the rocking chair in the living room sometimes, especially when she knows she's done something that she might get in trouble for. As I walked back into the living room, I noticed that the video was over but hadn't shut off yet. Still not in panic mode, I pushed Stop on the VCR and continued looking for her. I checked her bedroom and bathroom again, thought about checking her cubby hole in the hallway, but somehow knew she wasn't there. By this time I was calling her name. I checked the backyard again, knowing that she still wasn't there, went out the back gate and looked up and down the alley behind our house. That's when I started panicking. I went back through the house, opened the front door to look out there, thinking that I needed to AIM B at work and let him know H was missing, that he needed to come home and call the cops and start a major search for her. I could just imagine myself as that mother on the news crying and begging someone to bring her baby back. She wasn't in the front yard or on the street. I went from one end of the house to the other looking in rooms I'd already looked in, calling my child's name in ever more panicstricken whimpers, still not finding the child I was now desperately searching for. I finally collected myself enough to stop and put my shoes on so I could do a more extended search of the neighborhood, since she obviously wasn't within earshot of the house. I figured I'd better at least start this search before AIMing B, just in case my worst fears hadn't come true, so he wouldn't have to leave work for nothing. So, I went back through the back yard, back through the back gate, and looked up and down the alley again. The first time I'd been out there, the man who lives across the alley had been outside putting things in his truck. He wasn't there now, but his truck was, and I had a feeling he hadn't seen her anyway. I turned right and started down the alley, calling her name. There was an older couple outside 2 houses down, and I was just about to ask them if they'd seen her when the woman asked if I was looking for a little girl. I said that I was and she said, "She's right here." H came out of their garage still holding the banana I'd given her, with the peel still just open enough for 4-year-old hands to peel it back independantly, still uneaten. I broke down and cried and thanked the woman profusely. Apparently, this is what happened while I was obliviously showering: H decided that she needed something to drink, and couldn't find me. I don't know how she didn't hear the shower running, but that's her story and she's stickin' to it. So, she figured I was at the mailbox. She went down the alley to the mailbox and when she saw that I wasn't there, she found the couple a few doors down and hung out with them. She told them she didn't know where I was. They asked her where her daddy was and when she said he was at work, they asked her if she knew his phone number. She doesn't. I don't, for that matter. She needed to use the potty, so they let her use theirs, and kept her with them, wondering what had happened to me. She told them I was gone. She told them I was on the potty. They came and knocked on the door, which of course, was what the quick raps were. Then they called the police. Meanwhile, I'm taking my shower, not knowing my daughter's missing. As H and I turned to head back home, the woman said she'd go call the police back and let them know we were ok. A few minutes later, an officer knocked on the door wanting to make sure everything was fine. I explained that I had been in the shower, and H came to the door to say, "Hi," to him. He could see we were safe. The officer was polite, told H she'd done the right thing, and left. I filled B in, and had a calm discussion with H about why she should never leave the house, even if she can't find me, because I'll always be right back. So, how was your day?
2:02 AM
Sunday, October 20, 2002
I see you out there! Leave some comments! :)
1:43 AM
Ok, I'll do one of those questionnaires for you that everyone's doing. Maybe it'll help you get to know me better. Or maybe it'll just bore you out of your mind. This one has 50 questions and I got it here.
1. Your name spelled backwards
Godretaw
2. Where were your parents born?
Freeport, TX...all 4 of 'em
3. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer?
E-mail
4. What's your favorite restaurant?
Joe's Crab Shack
5. Last time you swam in a pool?
Last summer sometime
6. Have you ever been in a school play?
No, not a school play.
7. How many kids do you want?
2
8. Type of music you dislike most?
cRap
9. Are you registered to vote?
Yes
10. Do you have cable?
Yes. .
11. Have you ever ridden on a moped?
No, but I have ridden on a few motorcycles
12. Ever prank call anybody?
Yes
13. Ever get a parking ticket?
Parking, no
14. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving?
No, not on purpose
15. Furthest place you ever traveled:
Cancun
16. Do you have a garden?
No
17. What's your favorite comic strip?
Peanuts
18. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem?
Yes
19. Bath or Shower, morning or night?
Shower, afternoon.
20. Best movie you've seen in the past month?
Jonah
21. Favorite pizza topping?
Pepperoni
22. Chips or popcorn?
Chips
23. What color lipstick do you usually wear?
I usually don't wear any, but when I do it's kinda mauve
24. Have you ever smoked peanut shells?
Uh, no.
25. Have you ever been in a beauty pageant?
No, even though my grandpa used to say I should
26. Orange Juice or apple?
Apple
27. Who was the last person you went out to dinner with and where did you dine?
B, H and I went with some couple friends of ours (one couple, both friends of ours) to CiCi's Pizza last night
28. Favorite type chocolate bar?
Snickers.
29. When was the last time you voted at the polls?
Nov 2000
30. Last time you ate a homegrown tomato?
Never. I don't like tomatoes
31. Have you ever won a trophy?
Yes.
32. Are you a good cook?
I think I'm becoming one. I haven't burned anything yet.
33. Do you know how to pump your own gas?
Yes.
34. Ever order an article from an infomercial?
No.
35. Sprite or 7-up?
Sprite
36. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to work?
No. Unless a smock counts
37. Last thing you bought at a pharmacy?
Birth control pills. I also picked up some hotdog buns on that trip, so those 2 things.
38. Ever throw up in public?
Yes.
39. Would you prefer being a millionaire or find true love?
True love
40. Do you believe in love at first sight?
Not really.
41. Ever call a 1-900 number?
Yes. I was a curious kid.
42. Can ex's be friends?
If they try hard.
43. Who was the last person you visited in a Hospital?
My father
44. Did you have a lot of hair when you were a baby?
No.
45. What message is on your answering machine?
"Hello. This is B and L's answering machine. If you are also a machine, sorry, they're not home. If you're an actual person, go ahead and leave your name and one of them might pick up. Thank you."
46. What's your all time favorite Saturday Night Live Character?
I couldn't possibly choose just one.
47. What was the name of your first pet?
Funnyface. Female Springer Spaniel
48. What is in your purse?
I haven't carried a purse since before I started carrying a diaper bag, so probably nothing. Even if it has something in it, I don't know where it is.
49. Favorite thing to do before bedtime?
Read
50. What is one thing you are grateful for today?
My family
1:38 AM
