I bought a new pair of khakis today at JC Penney's and to my severe annoyance when I got home and was cutting tags off I discovered the ink tag still remained on them. Now I have to drive back and get them to take it off. This is one of my major pet peeves. I guess I should have looked to see if it had one, but isn't that kind of the cashiers job? Ugh.
It doesn't help that I'm just tired and crabby from a poor nights sleep. My dogs were restless, and I had a hard time falling a sleep, then my brother got into town at about 4 am, thus they went nuts. My mom let them out (which I didn't know at the time) and they were still whining and pitching a fit so I let them out (again). After that they settled down but I was awake. I finally get back to sleep and some time around 7 my mom came in to get my laptop for directions to the courthouse. So I'm awake again. Arg.
Apparently Avery had a bloody nose last night, but I didn't hear her wake up because she was sleeping in the guest bedroom at the time. She gets them every now and then, luckily not as much as I do. She pretty much slept the entire day away yesterday as her cold took hold. She was pretty miserable and wouldn't eat or drink. Thankfully today she's doing better. Is it summer yet?
Monday, March 9, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Still Chilly Out
So this morning I had the pleasure of standing in my garage with the dogs in my pajamas and fleece crocs. Tim had taken one of the spare keys when he brought Avery home Thursday while I was at school and hadn't given it back, and the other spare key was not where I thought it was so I was stuck. Luckily the crappy old rotary phone with the broken in half handset let me dial and I called Tim for him to drive the key over. Even though I was only out there for a few minutes it was cold! If you don't turn the doorknob just right after you unlock it, it just locks again and thats what happened. Avery was inside watching cartoons on the couch half asleep. So onward with my fun week!
I did laundry pretty much all day, and Avery and I watched part of Fox and the Hound while I walked on the treadmill. We went to Joanne Fabrics to get a pillow form for the fleece tie pillow thing Avery had gotten with Robin on Friday. The pillow form costs more than fleece precut thing! Then we went to McDonalds (always a bad choice but Avery wanted to) then came home and cut the fleece and made the pillow. There is also fabric for a Little Mermaid blanket, but that one I haven't attempted yet. Pictures are up of the pillow.
As for yesterdays sickness, it was over as quickly as it started. She's been fine all day, eating and drinking and not feeling sick. So it must have been something she ate, but Robin had all the same things and wasn't sick except for this strawberry milk. Things were uhmm...pink last night so I'm thinking maybe that just upset her stomach? I dumped it all just in case it was bad somehow even though it smelled normal. Oh well! At least its not the flu. And thats it for today.
I did laundry pretty much all day, and Avery and I watched part of Fox and the Hound while I walked on the treadmill. We went to Joanne Fabrics to get a pillow form for the fleece tie pillow thing Avery had gotten with Robin on Friday. The pillow form costs more than fleece precut thing! Then we went to McDonalds (always a bad choice but Avery wanted to) then came home and cut the fleece and made the pillow. There is also fabric for a Little Mermaid blanket, but that one I haven't attempted yet. Pictures are up of the pillow.
As for yesterdays sickness, it was over as quickly as it started. She's been fine all day, eating and drinking and not feeling sick. So it must have been something she ate, but Robin had all the same things and wasn't sick except for this strawberry milk. Things were uhmm...pink last night so I'm thinking maybe that just upset her stomach? I dumped it all just in case it was bad somehow even though it smelled normal. Oh well! At least its not the flu. And thats it for today.
Friday, March 6, 2009
A tough week
So while my parents are soaking up the sun in Mexico I'm stuck here all week which is turning out to be a doozy. Lets see...
Tuesday: I woke up in the morning unable to lay on my left side- as my ear hurt too much. It wasn't too horrible, but I thought perhaps an ear infection was brewing. I had class that night (so I thought) and didn't make an appointment for it as I didn't think I would have time to go. Turns out I didn't have my first night class so I went to the urgent care and found out I had an infection in the canal of my ear. Which is better than the inner ear, but still painful. So I got some medicine for that and it has been clearing up. I thought that both night classes were canceled for our "Student Success Day" but that was untrue. It was only the first one, and I missed review and a test in my Spanish class.
Thursday: Ran on very little sleep, as Avery kept me up from about midnight to 2am, not wanting to sleep. Long day, very glad to get some rest at the end of the night.
Today: Very annoyed with co-worker who tends to think she is my boss and doesn't listen to the opinions of mine that she asks for. I went to the library after work to return a book and bumped someone in the parking lot. No harm was done, and I'm not entirely sure it was my fault as I was looking when backing up because I know that people are nutjobs in that parking lot. But the lady insisted it was my fault and I gave her my insurance and got out of there.
Then I was supposed to dye my hair but Tim went to a movie and didn't feel like telling me when it got done as was planned. Whatever I wasn't in the mood anyway.
Avery got home around 9 and was crying because she was woken up when getting out of the car. She fell asleep on the couch with the exception of crying when I put on her pajamas. When I woke her up to put her in my bed she said her tummy hurt, and I thought it was because she hadn't gotten her Miralax for the last day. She proceeded to get sick all over herself and the bed.
She hasn't thrown up since she was a baby, so she was absolutely hysterical. I cleaned her up as fast as I could and got clean pajamas on her and put her back to sleep on the couch. I threw everything in the wash (including a very messy bear) and its all going right now. I'm tired, but I want to get all the laundry washed because I don't want it to sit there and smell. So here I am!
Too bad I'm not in Cancun. *sigh*
Tuesday: I woke up in the morning unable to lay on my left side- as my ear hurt too much. It wasn't too horrible, but I thought perhaps an ear infection was brewing. I had class that night (so I thought) and didn't make an appointment for it as I didn't think I would have time to go. Turns out I didn't have my first night class so I went to the urgent care and found out I had an infection in the canal of my ear. Which is better than the inner ear, but still painful. So I got some medicine for that and it has been clearing up. I thought that both night classes were canceled for our "Student Success Day" but that was untrue. It was only the first one, and I missed review and a test in my Spanish class.
Thursday: Ran on very little sleep, as Avery kept me up from about midnight to 2am, not wanting to sleep. Long day, very glad to get some rest at the end of the night.
Today: Very annoyed with co-worker who tends to think she is my boss and doesn't listen to the opinions of mine that she asks for. I went to the library after work to return a book and bumped someone in the parking lot. No harm was done, and I'm not entirely sure it was my fault as I was looking when backing up because I know that people are nutjobs in that parking lot. But the lady insisted it was my fault and I gave her my insurance and got out of there.
Then I was supposed to dye my hair but Tim went to a movie and didn't feel like telling me when it got done as was planned. Whatever I wasn't in the mood anyway.
Avery got home around 9 and was crying because she was woken up when getting out of the car. She fell asleep on the couch with the exception of crying when I put on her pajamas. When I woke her up to put her in my bed she said her tummy hurt, and I thought it was because she hadn't gotten her Miralax for the last day. She proceeded to get sick all over herself and the bed.
She hasn't thrown up since she was a baby, so she was absolutely hysterical. I cleaned her up as fast as I could and got clean pajamas on her and put her back to sleep on the couch. I threw everything in the wash (including a very messy bear) and its all going right now. I'm tired, but I want to get all the laundry washed because I don't want it to sit there and smell. So here I am!
Too bad I'm not in Cancun. *sigh*
Friday, February 20, 2009
I did it!
Pictures are finally up. With red eye fixed even! Its funny though, some of the pictures that I used the red eye tool on make the people look like they have glaucoma, or are blind or something to that extent. Which isn't really funny I guess...but well you know!
Not too much excitement going on. Avery started a drawing class on Tuesday mornings at the Oakdale Recreation Center, which she has missed on out of 3 so far because she was incredibly sick last week. She's doing better now. We went to Kozlaks for Valentine's Day brunch last Sunday which was delicious as always. And that's about it!
Not too much excitement going on. Avery started a drawing class on Tuesday mornings at the Oakdale Recreation Center, which she has missed on out of 3 so far because she was incredibly sick last week. She's doing better now. We went to Kozlaks for Valentine's Day brunch last Sunday which was delicious as always. And that's about it!
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Windows Vista= le crap
So after all birthday fun was done as of last night at Deanna's for dinner, I uploaded the pictures off my camera onto my removable hard drive. I do this via my old laptop because it is much more user friendly with the picture dealings. When I plugged my hard drive into my new(er) laptop and attempted to rotate the pictures to right side up, it wouldn't let me. There was no reason for it, it wasn't in "read only" or being used by any other program so Vista telling me that those things are happening is a LIE. So I have to go fix them on the old lap top and then upload them to the website after that. Its a pain in the hiney. See this is why I never upload pictures. Anyway- birthday recap.
Feb 3rd, a Tuesday, was Avery's actual 4th birthday. I still went to work, but took school off for the night. When I got home Avery had received a card from my Grandma & Grandpa Fowler with 10 dollars for her to get a toy, and we had a 3 dollar off coupon for ToysRus so we went there to get a fairy from the Tinkerbell movie. Then we met my parents at McDonalds (Avery's choice) for dinner. Afterwards we came back and opened presents until she was sick of it, like Christmas. We had cake and icecream, but she wasn't interested.
Wednesday was her party with her friends at Pump it Up. Tierney, Cece, and Mikai were the only kids who came. Hannah and Gunther had the flu and Lexi's dad never answered me. But in the end it turned out to be the right number, any more and I would have been too overwhelmed. They had a ton of fun playing at the jumpy place, and were quite tired and hungry at the end of their hour and 45 minutes give or take. We went to Pizza Hut for the lunch buffet where my dad met us, and we all chowed down. Then we had her princess cupcake/cake and opened even more presents. After all was said and done I was sure we were in for a nap, but no such luck.
Friday we went to Deanna and Bob's for Avery's birthday dinner. Avery developed a nasty cold/thing over the past couple days so she just picked at her food. We had lasagna, home made mac and cheese, and garlic bread. Steve had made a bear shaped cake for her and Robin made icecream. MORE presents and then we headed home.
So thats the scoop on the 4th birthday extravaganza. ;)
Feb 3rd, a Tuesday, was Avery's actual 4th birthday. I still went to work, but took school off for the night. When I got home Avery had received a card from my Grandma & Grandpa Fowler with 10 dollars for her to get a toy, and we had a 3 dollar off coupon for ToysRus so we went there to get a fairy from the Tinkerbell movie. Then we met my parents at McDonalds (Avery's choice) for dinner. Afterwards we came back and opened presents until she was sick of it, like Christmas. We had cake and icecream, but she wasn't interested.
Wednesday was her party with her friends at Pump it Up. Tierney, Cece, and Mikai were the only kids who came. Hannah and Gunther had the flu and Lexi's dad never answered me. But in the end it turned out to be the right number, any more and I would have been too overwhelmed. They had a ton of fun playing at the jumpy place, and were quite tired and hungry at the end of their hour and 45 minutes give or take. We went to Pizza Hut for the lunch buffet where my dad met us, and we all chowed down. Then we had her princess cupcake/cake and opened even more presents. After all was said and done I was sure we were in for a nap, but no such luck.
Friday we went to Deanna and Bob's for Avery's birthday dinner. Avery developed a nasty cold/thing over the past couple days so she just picked at her food. We had lasagna, home made mac and cheese, and garlic bread. Steve had made a bear shaped cake for her and Robin made icecream. MORE presents and then we headed home.
So thats the scoop on the 4th birthday extravaganza. ;)
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Cakes and Such
Today was fairly eventful in getting the last of the birthday stuff arranged. I went to ToysRus and found more Snap N Style clothes for Avery's dolls which I have been looking everywhere for, then I went to Party Warehouse and got her plates, cups and napkins for her meal at home and ordered her balloon arrangement to be picked up the day of.
After my mom got home we went to Kowalskis and ordered a cupcake arrangement with the Disney Princess theme. The cupcakes are for the party so I'm making a cake for her birthday at home. I bought the stuff to make the cake but decorating it is a different story. I attemped to go to Sweet Celebrations/Maid of Scandanavia in Maplewood only to discovered they went out of business but still have all the signs up. So now I had to search around for another cake-candy supply store and found one off of University that I will attempt to find tomorrow after work. What I am hoping to find are edible cake images of preferably the Little Mermaid. We'll see how that goes. Otherwise I might be winging it.
All I know is, today I spent a lot of money and used a lot of gas!
After my mom got home we went to Kowalskis and ordered a cupcake arrangement with the Disney Princess theme. The cupcakes are for the party so I'm making a cake for her birthday at home. I bought the stuff to make the cake but decorating it is a different story. I attemped to go to Sweet Celebrations/Maid of Scandanavia in Maplewood only to discovered they went out of business but still have all the signs up. So now I had to search around for another cake-candy supply store and found one off of University that I will attempt to find tomorrow after work. What I am hoping to find are edible cake images of preferably the Little Mermaid. We'll see how that goes. Otherwise I might be winging it.
All I know is, today I spent a lot of money and used a lot of gas!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Plans are set
This is what Avery's 4th birthday extravaganza looks like. We have a inflatable play place called Pump It Up reserved from 10:45-12:15. 6 kids have been invited; hopefully everyone can show up. Since we can actually have up to 14, I'd like to get as many there to play as possible since we're paying for it anyway. There are 2 play arenas and the kids get 30 minutes in each then 30 minutes in the party room where we'll do presents and cake. I'm thinking afterward we might go to McDonalds or Pizza Hut to get some lunch since we won't have time to do that in the party room. Either that or see if we can get a few more minutes in each play room and then do the cake after lunch which would be more reasonable.
I put the invitations in the mail today, and I've already bought party favors and the bags. Presents have been taken care of since Christmas, so I think we're all set besides actually ordering the cake which I figure I'll do a week or so before the actual party.
After 3 nights of my parents being gone and Avery sleeping with me because she doesn't like being upstairs alone, I'm pretty tired. I haven't had a good nights sleep since. Sleeping with Avery is difficult as she takes up a lot of room and is incredibly warm. My back tends to hurt the morning after but I think thats from trying not to smoosh her. Anyway today when she takes a nap so am I. And in about an hour seems like a great idea. *yawn*
I put the invitations in the mail today, and I've already bought party favors and the bags. Presents have been taken care of since Christmas, so I think we're all set besides actually ordering the cake which I figure I'll do a week or so before the actual party.
After 3 nights of my parents being gone and Avery sleeping with me because she doesn't like being upstairs alone, I'm pretty tired. I haven't had a good nights sleep since. Sleeping with Avery is difficult as she takes up a lot of room and is incredibly warm. My back tends to hurt the morning after but I think thats from trying not to smoosh her. Anyway today when she takes a nap so am I. And in about an hour seems like a great idea. *yawn*
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