I Miss my Mind the Most

I thought today would be a great day to blog a pregnancy update.  We are now at 13 weeks (I checked the calendar) which is 3 months for all you calendar challenged peeps out there.  My diabetes kicked in 2 months ahead of my mentaly prepared schedule, and I was not prepared for it.  Within my first two weeks of following my strict diet I have managed to lose 8 lbs.  I will be honest, I was starving for several of those first days.  The easy way to keep your blood sugars low is to not eat anything... but it's not healthy.  I was waking up in the middle of the night with my stomache SCREAMING for some sustanance.  Even with all the starving I was doing, my blood sugars are still way too high and they seem to creep higher with every passing day.  So I have started eating normally again.  I couldnt' take it any longer, I've decided that I'm not going to sacrafice nurtrition for better blood sugar levels.  Besides Starving sucks.  I'm starting insulin within the next week or so- yes the needles.  I wish it was today because I feel so tired and gross all of the time (due to high blood sugar, hypERglycemia).  The insulin needles really aren't that big of a deal and I am looking forward to starting it, just so I will feel better.
As for other pregnancy milestones, I've been feeling the pull of my abdominal muscles (yes I actually do have some down there, somewhere) so that baby must be growing big enough to need more living space.  I'm just taking it day by day, some days are great and other days I just want to stay in bed ALL day because I'm so bloody exhausted.  Paige is lucky that she can't drive because I would start sending her out on errands LOL!!

Well i should get back to my daily duties, my Mother in Law was kind enough to take my girl for the day and night to enjoy a sleep over with her cousin Caity.  I'm giddy with the anticipation of a night alone and perhaps some SOLID sleep???  I really need it and deserve it!!  Mr. Island is taking me out for dinner and a movie, what a wonderful man I have!!!  I'll catch up with ya'll soon,

~jen

 

I've tried to post a bloody blog on here all day, to no avail. Please check out [url=http://islandarts.blogspot.co...]BLOG SPOT [/url] again- It worked there the first time ~go figure~
~jen

tblog is pissing me off. I've tried all morning to post a bloody blog and NOTHING. Actually Tblog can be a stupid as they want to be, but I'm really pissed that I PAID for the PRO service that has not really helped me out much. If you want to read today's blog- head over to [url=http://islandarts.blogspot.co...]BLOG SPOT[/url] , it works.

I'm not gone for good but really bloody tempted today.

Good luck bloggin' peeps, Jen

Poor Perdita.  She had the gold medal in the bag, she was supposed to have it in the bag.  My hubby jinxed her, she didn't have a chance.  We were watching the race and about three seconds before the starting pistol fired Mr. Island said, "She's going to get tripped up on a hurdle and break a leg."  I laughed replying, "She better not!!".   As she approached the first hurdle, her lead foot hit the top of it and toppled over tripping Perdita up and throwing her into the next lane.  It was sad to watch- Sorry Perdita, It's all his fault. I promise that next time you race you'll be able to show everyone what you are made of because I'll duct tape Mr. Island's mouth closed for that entire day!  Even though it's probably only something that chronic losers (like me) say, You win some and you lose some.  Even though you didn't really lose this one because you didn't get a chance to cross the finish line.  You'll sock it to them all next time!!

I Love watching the Olympics, it's exciting watching atheletes do things I could only dream of.  The work for YEARS to get to the olympics with dreams of standing on the podium.  When you watch the few that actually manage to make it to this place it's an amazing sight.  No matter what country they are from you can feel proud for their acheivements and live a little vicariously through them.  I'm just about sad that it will all be over soon... Bring on the winter olympics!!

Soon I'm going to start some "Household Olympics" for myself.  Perhaps see if I can beat my own personal best time at cleaning toilets or finishing a pile of laundry.  I think the novelty would wear off quick when it became a weekly and in some cases daily competition with myself.  LOL!  Who am I kidding???  Maybe if I gave myself Gold foil colored chocolates as medals i could light a fire under my butt to get going???  Still, it just doesn't seem worth it, does it??  I could Paint my way to a gold medal but that would be just about TOO EASY wouldn't it???

Hugs and Medals
~jen

I've been having the worst problem with damn pop-ups on my computer.  I was starting to worry it may be tblog that was causing this since I read rumors about tblog being infested with spyware and the like.  You may remember awhile back that my sister was here to visit, what you probably are not aware of is that she is a complete MSN chat FEIND!  She had the chat program open on my computer for the entire duration of her visit and would check it WAY too often.  Whatever, we all have our vices- but not too long after she got here we started having pop ups appearing on our computer every 10 mintures even when we weren't on the internet!!!  How annoying!  I ran Adaware 3 times a day and tried every virus scan I could find to no avail, this particular pop up was nasty considering I have a pop up blocker and a FIREWALL installed!!!.  FINALLY it occured to me; restore the system to a date before Jessica got here and if she infected me, it should dissappear.  Well I did that, and Yes, the pop ups are GONE.  Praise the lord of Computers for smiling down on me finally. 
If you have windows XP and don't have your system restore tool turned ON, you better get on it, if you don't have XP, my condolences.  This tool has saved me from some nasty viruses and now the most dreaded pop ups known to man.  If you are one of those computer geeks that likes to do everything 'manually' and you hate XP, that's great- don't bother me with your problems.  I think XP is wonderful for people like me who don't want to do everything by hand on this cryptic devil machine.  Just wanted to cover my ass with that comment, I always get drilled by the geeks about XP.
Now that I have filled you in on my morning computer adventures... I'm going to go back to bed if I can Get my rotten toddler to cooperate.  There is nothing like waking up at 5 in the morning to a SPRY two year old to make a person Love life.
On a COOL note, I've been feeling kinda artsy fartsy lately and may acutally paint something in the next couple days.  Wouldn't that be exciting to see?  Some art on my ART blog, what a novel idea. LOL~

Hugs and XP

~Jen

I am so In love with the buckets and buckets of rain we are having.  I want to run around the neighborhood in my undies, singing glorious praises to the gods of rain.  I have been able to wear my Long pants today and socks (if I wanted) as well as Long sleeve shirts with an additional SWEATER!!!  It's so wonderful!  There is the minor downside of the fact the Paige can't play outside today BUT I really don't care, I may wrap her up in garbage bags and send her out to run around anyway.  Can you tell that I'm sick and tired of the heat wave we've had this entire summer????  I LOVE IT.

Tblog is still screwed with the commenting, so rest assured, if you are unable to leave a comment I know that you all still love me.  Feel free to send me a tmail I believe that option is still working.
Hugs & gumboots,

~jen

Sorry to the folks who have been commenting on my blog, I've been posting reply comments but tblog won't seem to register them!  What's UP!?!?!?!?

Another great day in the Island Household.  Mr. Island and I 'tag teamed' the household cleaning duties today and it only took us a couple hours to get it all done.  Sure feels nice to look at a clean toilet bowl again.  It was hot and muggy again today, so much for our 'cooling off period' I'm still hoping for buckets of rain and cloudy skies for tomorrow but I think I've got better luck of winning the lottery (and I don't buy tickets).  I'll still be hoping for rain... and in a few months I'll be blubbering about no sun and too much rain, remember that I told you this so you can have loads of fun throwing it back in my face. 

Well I should get busy making beds and finishing off the dirtiest of the dirty work, yes you know it, the laundry.  I hate laundry, If they made disposable clothes that were somewhat fashionable, I'd Wear them and then I'd be the first the throw them away!!  How much fun I would have!!
Good night all,
Hugs and Sunlight

~jen

 

What the heck was I thinking, taking a 2 year old with me to get groceries???   I Should have my head examined for thinking I could deal with a toddler in a public place.  The last few times I've attempted it, I nearly stopped in the gardening section and clubbed myself to death with a Shovel.  Today wasn't much different.  Paige is usually pretty well behaved (for a 2 year old) but take her into any retail space and she turnes into a little monster, refusing to ride in the cart, wandering off, taking things off the shelf and trying to open the packages- opening the packages and spilling the contents onto the floor, you name it she wants to do it.  Some people think that putting harnesses on children is cruel, well they obviously NEVER HAD ANY CHILDREN of their own.  Harnesses are the best idea anyone has ever though of, hell, I've got one for the dog and my dog listens BETTER than my toddler!! 
I'm going to have to think on this one some more, perhaps price out some different restraining devices and such.  I'll keep you updated on my findings and post pictures of Paige in her new harness.

Hugs and LOVE (can't you feel the love??)

~jen

Okay, I've tried several templates this evening (having a bout of insomnia again) and nothing will seem to work quite the way i like.  I've contacted a cool template designer for some assistance... we'll see what comes of it.  FOR THE MEANTIME... fishy is back.  YOu'll see fishy on some other blogs, but Mine is still best.  I'm thinking I may keep fishy but rework him into a different template.  If it's DOable.  Keep your eyes peeled anyway... I've managed to find some AWESOME blogskins, let me know if you are a pro user and would like to see some of them.  I'm happy to share but please don't pick the same one as me for GAWD sake, there is more than enough templates to go around out there... Check out www.blogskins.com/url great site.

Well I must be off to bed.
Hugs and templates to all
~jen

I knew it would happen eventually,  My blog has lost its 'originality' to others on tblog.  So it's time for me to go out shopping for a new template!!  I'm a creative gal and I've actually wanted to change it up for a while now- but haven't found anything that measured up as well as the Fishy template.  I've got a few templates in mind- this butterfly girl is one of them... but I'm not sure... I may just try a few out over the next couple days to see which one blows up my skirt the most.  I want to tweak this one up a little, and with Ally's help (if she is OK with it) I think it may be ok.  Keep dropping by and see what other eye candy I splash up on here, let me know if you like any of them!!

Thanks guys I knew I could count on you!

~jen

I don't know if I have mentioned how much I love my Neighbors and my new neighborhood.  In this short life of mine, I've lived alot of places and I've never been quite as happy in one place as I am here.  Don't get me wrong, we've got a couple wing-nuts in the 'hood but fortunately they usually stay close to home unless it's a full moon (seriously).  It is so nice to know you have someone that you can borrow an egg from, or Mustard- even a copy of MS Office if you need it!!  The comfort level I feel here is like nothing I've experienced before and it's all thanks to my great neighbors.  Our children are all in the same age range and play together on a daily basis.  We've knick named the grassy, hilly area outside my front door the 'grassy knoll' and spend hours out there chit chatting, watching out kids play together and catching up on the neighborhood drama.  I feel very lucky to be surrounded by great friends and beautiful surroundings on a daily basis and what better day than today to blog about it!  Perhaps I'm having this moment of thankful clarity because i'm feeling so DOGGONE GREAT, who knows but I'm enjoying it.
Here is a picture of Paige playing on one of the light stands in the grassy knoll.  I keep telling her that dogs pee on those things, but she doesn't seem to give a care! 

My best friend Tanya will be coming up for a visit in late November.  I'm so excited to see her, it's been so bloody long!  I think she's going to enjoy a Nanaimo November compared to a Calgary November.  It's so great to have a friend who doesn't put the 'pressure' on or 'Dump' you if you haven't been able to keep in touch very well.  Tanya has always been very patient with me that way and vice versa.  No matter how busy we get and side tracked we become, eventually we always get back together and laugh about the between times.  Hence, we've been friends for 10 years.  It's nice to know she's there, even if I haven't been able to drop her a line in awhile.  She's hooked up with a link to this blog now so at least she can see my latest gripes and baby adventures while she's fighting crime in Cowtown.  Can't wait to see you Tanya, bring ear plugs because Paige can get loud at times... you may want to bring handcuffs too in size 2 (just kidding!!  sort of)

Well Peeps, I should make hay before i hit the sack, I have two doc appointments tomorrow and I need to make sure I have something to wear.
Catch up with ya'll soon!

Hug your Neighbor (if they aren't a jerk)
~jen

Remember the other day when i mentioned that my crampy illness wasn't 'terminal'??  I was mistaken.  After feeling quite awful for a week I noticed that I was developing quite a high temperature yesterday and my normal dose of pain killers didn't seem to be cutting the mustard.  After waking up from my nap feeling worse than i had  before I decided to drag my sick arse to the emergency room.  I HATE going to the ER because there is nothing worse than sitting in a crowded waiting room for 6 hours when you are feeling like death warmed over already.  My lucky day though, It was totally DEAD in there (sorry for the bad pun) and I was able to get right in (if you consider 2 hour wait, getting 'right in') after a barrage of tests.  The doctor informed me that he suspected that I had a bladder infection that has now turned into a kidney infection and was causing me alot of my back and abdominal pain he also was suprised that I didn't feel alot more ill than I did, I think it shows my high threshold for pain.  He also said that kidney infections are serious, and in pregnant women even more so because "treatment can get complicated".  Because I am so early on in my pregnancy he didn't feel the need to admit me to the hospital and instead I was given one round of Intravenous antibiotics a perscription for more antibiotics and sent on my merry way.
Last night was my first night of SOLID sleep for days... I didn't wake up with any aches and pains (if you don't include Paige at 3 o'clock and again at 4 o'clock) and could have stayed in bed all day today.  Thank goodness for the Gift of antibiotics and the wonders of modern medicine.  This gives you an idea of what my pregnancies are like and how the next 7 months are going to go... rough.
The diabetes clinic called me the day after my Gross Glucose Test... apparently I failed it (suprise) and they want to see me to set me up with the nutritionist and such.  Funzies.  I'm used to it now and since I have started getting serious about watching what I eat (wednesday) I have been feeling A HELL of a lot better.  Of course getting rid of the kidney infection helped too.

Well I should go get a nap while the getting is good...
Hugs all around,

~jen

For this blog to make the MOST sense for those of you out there I have to start by telling you that I USED to be good in the kitchen.  Most things that I tried to bake or cook came out well and if they didn't, a little gravy or ice cream usually hid the minor imperfections.  I may have worried about using too much baking powder or over cooking something but I can honestly say I never even entertained the thought of BURNING DOWN MY KITCHEN.  That is until we moved to the new house (about 9 months ago) Since then I have managed to boil 2 pots dry, light my pressure cooker ablaze and today, melt my frying pan.  I know that i am distracted by Paige sometimes, one time I was cooking when i should have been sleeping and the other time... oh enough with the excuses- you probably won't believe me anyway.

So Today I put a pot on the stove to boil water for my world famous Kraft Mac'n'cheese.  I walked 5 steps to read my blog comments and such on the computer to wait for the familiar hum and bubble of the water boiling.  after a bit I could smell something cooking but I didn't hear the water boiling.  I walked the five steps around the corner to see this:

It took my brain a few minutes to register what exactly I was seeing. I had accidentally turned the Back burner on instead of the front one- it just so happened that I had my empty frying pan sitting there. When i lifted the frying pan off the red hot burner the molten metal from the pan poured all over the stove top.  It left some dark splooges on the white top that have only slightly lightened when I scrubbed them with an SOS pad.

The metal cooled quickly and I was able to pick it up and throw it out.  I put the frying pan outside on the BBQ because it was popping, pinging and making funny sounds as it cooled.  

The funniest part of this story is this:  I rarely use that burner and when I attempted to use it a couple days ago I realized that it wasn't warming up.  I took it apart and found out that the connecting wires were broken inside and then I continued to FIX IT.  If I had left them disconnected I would not have melted my only good frying pan today.  Ugh, I'm just not lucky in the kitchen any more.

The good news is that I was STILL able to quickly make Mac'n'cheese and stop my daughters persistant hollering while I cleaned up my molten mess.  The burner is actually melted to the drip tray underneath so I guess I'll be shopping for that tomorrow.  I'm tempted to bring the burner in the shop with me to give everyone in there a good ol' knee slapping, finger pointing chuckle.  My Hubby is a real trooper... I was worried he'd freak out because A) this is the third piece of my BRAND NEW pot set that I've managed to ruin and b) I could have burned the house down- but he knows me well and just laughed and Boy, did he laugh hard.  I'm glad :0)

Well that is my Stupid story for the day... HOw is your day going??

Hugs and Extinguishers

~jen

Well I went in to visit the Doc today, you know, about those crampy feelings I was having.  The good news is, it's not terminal and the bed news is that they found sugar in my urine.  This means that I have to go in for the dreaded 3 hour glucose test.  What is that you ask??  Well you fast for 10 hours and arrive at the lab first thing in the morning.  They take your blood and make you drink a glass full of orange syrup. You wait and hour, they take your blood and give you more syrup. This same thing follows 2 more times and then you are allowed to leave.  During the test you are not allowed to walk around or be out of the nurses sight really- they don't want your body to metabolize the sugary syrup and skew the test readings.  It is one of the worst tests out there.  I already know I'm going to be diabetic so this test seems like a complete waste of time for me... but i have a different doctor for this pregnancy so she wants me to get tested.  Yahoo for me.  The fact that I'm already showing signs of the gestational diabetes means that I'm going to feel like sleeping and/or throwing up for the entire duration of the three hour lab test.  Taking Paige with me for this would be completely assinine so I'm going to have to call in a favor of my in-laws I think.  Another one of my favorite things LOL!  But this is only the beginning of the fun.  Soon I'll be going to the doctor twice a week for check ups- they really like to keep an eye on the 'high risk' pregnancies around here.  It's fine by me, at least I'm never wondering if everything is OK with the baby.  But enough baby talk... can anyone tell me how this went from being my ART blog to being my BABY blog???

Today I watched my 5 year old niece for most of the day, she's great but man can that child TALK!  I didn't realize how much i did NOT feel like talking today until you have a little one constantly on your jock with, "Auntie, Auntie? Auntie?"  I managed to zone alot of it out LOL.  I'm sure she thinks I'm the worst auntie on the planet- I fed them Mac N' Cheese for lunch and even though she said she liked it she didn't eat it.  I made her a ham sandwhich and she ate the ham out.  She asked for another ham sandwhich for supper and again she only ate the ham????  Oh well, she did eat alot of crackers, at least I have something good for kids to eat!  She won't go home starving.  I don't even want to think about what she's going to tell Grandma about her stay here today... she can be quite articulate when you least expect it.  We did play outside alot today, alot more than I'm used to... 5 year olds have FAR too much energy, or maybe I'm just too fat, not sure ::wink::  Anyway...

I should be off to entertain the troops-

Hugs and twizzlers

~jen

I was thinking this evening, as I was trolling through the categories looking for some blogs to read, We need a new category!!  How many times have I written blogs about Paige or my garden???  I'm sure it's been too many times to keep my blog interesting, but a blogger has to do what a blogger has to do.  Everytime i write a blog about my girl, my dog, or my garden I am always left with no other category to file it under- other than Miscellaneous.  Miscellaneous is fine if you want to blog about your drug habit, your boyfriend or lack there of, the last test your wrote or other types of stuff but Family is a very common topic of blogging, I beleive it should have it's own category!!  I think it should be named "Family & Home" or vice versa.  I have already sent a tmail to Rocky to let him know about my brilliant idea... if you like my idea, please drop him a line and let him know too!!  If they can make the posting engine this fancy they can add a new bloomin' category!!!!

Other than my brilliant idea, nothing else much is new.  I'm feeling gross lately, I am thinkin that this will be a feeling that will last throughout this pregnancy.  I'm one of those people who has horrid pregnancies, if anything can happen to me it WILL!!  Right now I'm thinking I either have a really bad bladder infection, OR a kidney stone or infection, or there is somthing else wrong 'down there' causing me to have nasty cramp like pains that spread around to my lower back.  Heck I wouldn't even narrow out an appendix attack, that would be just par for the course.  I was watching an episode of 'Baby Story' on TLC today (because Paige was gone and i had the TV to myself!!) anyway this woman was having a 'natural' delivery and it brought back some very vivid memories for me.  They say you forget how bad it hurts.  Well, I must have a damn good memory because I DID NOT forget and when i think about it, I shake my head and wonder what the hell I've gotten myself into!?!?!?!   :::sigh:::  Oh well, no going back now LOL I'm on this roller coaster to the very end!  

Now, don't you wish there was a 'family & Home' category i could have filed this Blog under???  Then you may not have been subjected to all my belly aching... well, Then you probably would have read about someone elses belly aching and heck, my blog is pretty to look at LOL~

Hugs and Advil

~jen 

I have talked before about my Love of tea.  Recently the weather has taken a turn for the cooler and I have been enjoying my tea once again.  This morning i thought I would blog about my love of tea... an ODE TO TEA if you will.  My Daughter's new favorite song has kept my mind from wandering too far from my mug of warm tea: "I'm a little teapot, short and stout.  Here is my handle, Here is my spout.  When i get all steamed up, Hear me shout!  Tip me over and pour me out."  Everytime we sing that song i want to rush to the kitchen and put the kettle on, really, I do.  Mr. Island has always been a big tea drinker.  We even received a 'Mrs. Teapot' for a wedding gift.  Incase you've never heard of a 'Mrs. Teapot' it is a teapot that is styled like an automatic drip coffee pot.  Mr. Island is a fan of the regular orange pekoe style tea where as I have a wide variety of tastes.  Which brings me to my list of favorite teas...

Stash, premium tea in Licorice Spice. The description on the box says, "Naturally sweet, dessert-like tea, flavored with pure spices and licorice."  My description is something more like, "Pure nectar of the gods".  The longer you let this tea steep the sweeter the taste... it's blissfull, and good for the digestion!  Often i will put the used tea bags in the bathroom as a room freshener, yes, it smells that good!

A Recent addition to my favorite list is Tetley's new flavor of 'Earl Grey vanilla'.  I normally HATE Earl grey tea.  Bergamot (the herb used to flavor earl grey) tastes like something you would find on an old ladies perfume counter.  Tetley has done something to this tea though, mixed it with VANILLA.  The redeeming qualities of vanilla have seemed to cancel out the repulsive qualities of the bergamot... it's wonderful and smells so heavenly!

A couple of days ago i was invited to my neighbors home for some 'Adult conversation'.  Being an adult that enjoys talking about things other than 'Dora the explorer and Bear in the big blue house' I was eager to take her up on her invitation.  Upon arrival, she offered me a cup of tea.  This cup was so good I NEVER wanted it to stop!!  The spices were so rich and sweet, it reminded me alot of my top fave, licorice spice.  This one has a creamy side to it that seems like caramel... I love it.  The best part, it is caffine free too!!  You would think that a tea that tasted this good would have to have some down sides, I haven't found any yet and I have even visited the Celestial seasonings Website.  Next time you go shopping, Get yourself a box of 'Bengal Spice' You won't regret it.  If by some chance you do regret it, tmail me and I'll give you my address- I'll help you dispose of that tea, no problem.  I've only enjoyed it once, but I can already tell it's going to be a favorite of mine for years to come.

Well that is my top three favorites at the moment, there are many more teas in my collection but these are the top ranking ones that I couldn't live without.  It's been fun getting that out of my system, I've been wanting to blog about it for ages... perhaps next time I'll blog about my other beverage love- Coffee. Aren't you excited???

What's your favorite Tea??  Hate tea?  What hot beverage do you like???  I'm always game to try something new so hit be with your best shots people!!

Hugs and Tea bags,

~jen

 

Everyone loves to be good at something.  It's human nature, we love to feel important and valued.  My whole life I've been good at one thing and you all know that is drawing and painting etc.  But once in awhile i will come upon a new fleeting passion that I dive headlong into and try to be really good at that 'thing'.  Take computers and the internet for example.  I started out not being comfortable turning the system on, now I am rather knowledgable on the 'devil machine' as I fondly refer to it.  Of course since I've been out of the working world (I used to be a graphic designer) I have slowly fallen out of the loop which is easy to do when it comes to technology.  But I still catch on fast, never let technology intimidate me, and love to learn knew things all the time.  I'm proud of that.  The day will come soon where I'll have to scratch computers off of my list of 'Things I'm good at',  But I'll be a granny by then and will probably have new things on the list like "Knitting and needlework".  Actually, that reminds me, I LOVE to embroider and I'm good at it... you prolly didn't know that about me.  School was never easy for me, well really, I only had problems with Math.  That has always been a really embarassing thorn in my side.   Artists are not usually known for their math skills unless you are Leonard Da Fricken Vinci (lucky bastard with Math skills AND artistic talent!!) so I'm not too hard on myself. 

I'm not really sure where this blog entry was going... But I have really been thinking about the talents that I'm proud of and that consistently give me a feeling of accomplishment.  It's good for a person to do once in awhile, because it's easy to forget the things that make us special and beautiful people.  Go ahead, start thinking- Everyone has something they are 'Good at', What's your talent?????

I want all the dirt on this one people, fork it over!

Hugs and talents

~jen

Okay, I have no idea why this happens to me, but again, I typed out an entire blog only to have it disappear when I tried to add a fricken smiley to the bottom.  Cripes, it's enough to drive a woman to drinking!!   Anyway, I had blogged about missing my sister and her able hands to fold laundry for me.  Even though it was a short trip this time, it was nice to see her again.  I'm kinda chaffed that I didn't get to eat one of her famous queisadilla's that she brags about.  Next time, next time!!  Jess also introduced me to Vietnamese cuisine which is VERY much worth a try.  It's alot lighter, tastier and fresh than chinese food.  I used to eat at EDO Japan alot, and it really reminded me of japanese.  If you are looking to try something new- Do Vietnamese!!  Yes, incase you are wondering- project Eat@Home was blown out of the water while Jessica was here.  But we are back on the band wagon, we aren't going to let one week of slip ups put us on the wrong track again.

I have recently come to the realization that I am nowhere close to being the hottest blog in the universe.  Some of you may remember the days (in July) when i was in the top ten hot blogs.  Well, those days are no more.  I may regain my former glory if I can get my daughter to entertain herself with hours of childrens TV programming in the mornings but so far she's not going for it.  I blame it on the nice weather we've been having, the crazy kid wants to be outside All day!!  What's wrong with kids these days?!?!  I'm kidding, I need the fresh air and exercise more than she does.   Winter will be here soon enough and then i'll whip out the big guns, Barney on DVD.  All of the current hot blogs better watch out when that happens... I'll be visiting you back at the top once again!!

Until then,

Hugs and Typos

~jen

Hello eveyone, it's been quiet back here on the ranch so i thought I'd check in and let you all in on the latest comings and goings. Ken has been on holidays and will be until next tuesday which is great, except he'll spend a good portion of the time helping his parents fix up their revenue property. Paige has been having fun in the sun, spending 3 days last week out on the beach with her friend Elizabeth. Paige also learned how to open the bedroom & refrigerator doors by herself... neither of which is a good thing with the exception of her new talent of bringing daddy a beer (No, we didn't teach her this- she learned it on HER OWN- scary).
My dog has developed some kind of aggression problem as of late and has nipped two children and one adult this last week! Sorry, Lori and Suz- she won't be out with the kids anymore. I've been reading up on it this evening and think part of the problem is the fact that I keep Piper too hungry. Apparently that can trigger irritability in dogs... Ya'll know that my dog doesn't have a regular feeding time because I'm forgettful as hell. I'll start changing that as well as calling the vet for some names of a trainers to teach ME what I'm doing wrong. I LOVE my dog but I'll be the first to send her away if she's going to start biting children.
My sister has been out for a visit, she was distracted by her pending visit to Vancouver to see her online 'mate' for the first time. She's now there but will be returning sometime tomorrow. It's been kind of a 'half visit' but what are ya going to do??? Maybe i should take her to a trainer too.... hmmmm that might not be such a bad idea. If you are wondering where all the dang pictures are, She's been using her camera and she didn't bring her hotwire to transfer pictures so I have to wait until she gets home before I get my copies of the PICS!! Then, watch out- you'll be getting more pictures than you ever cared or wanted to see.
On the baby homefront: I've been feeling a little better, I have about 1 or 2 really bad days a week, but hopefully the morning sickness on it's way out now. I'm sleeping better too which is nice. As far as I'm concerned- if I'm getting 8 to 10 hours of uninterupted winks... I'm in heaven.

Well there you have it, I'll be working on being a little more 'regular' with my bloggin'. I miss my tblog peeps!!

I'm off to hit the sack,
Hugs and lemonade
~jen