An update on Pam

My sister Pam had her surgery today and it went very well. Thanks to everyone who said a prayer for her. She seems to be doing well, and I just got an e-mail from my brother-in-law with a message form her...

'Hey everybody just wanted to show you my new trophy!!! Surgery went well. It took about an hour and twenty minutes. They completely put me under. The first thing I said when I woke up was, "I dreamed about web sites". :) I'm in a little pain now but I have a very good care-taker at home with me.

By the way, notice the very sophisticated "exercise device" they attached to the cast. It's a rubber band tied to my fingernail with sutures. Nice, huh? The doc who did the surgery is great...I was glad we had him.

Love you all,

Pam--'

Here's the picture I took with my crummy camera phone to send to Pam's phone when she was waking up in the hospital.

For those of you who don't know, she had a freak (very freak) accident earlier this week. She had opened a can of chicken to make chicken salad and when she was cleaning up, she picked up the can to throw it away and the lid was so sharp it immediately sliced through the inside of her little finger. She said it barely bled, but hurt like crazy and when she went to try to bend it she could not. She went to the ER and they gave her 3 stitches, but after two days she still could not move it. She went to a specialist yesterday where it was determined that she had severed both tendons in her finger and they had recessed back towards her hand. The Doctor immediately scheduled surgery for today during his regular lunch hour. She has to stay bandaged for several weeks, and then has to undergo months of therapy. I told you it was freak!! Anyway, she is doing well, and hopes she will be able to get back to her job as web designer soon. Thanks again for all of your prayers!!!

The New, Used Fall Wardrobe...

Well, the sale was a success! I bought all kinds of stuff for the kids, but nowhere close to what I usually buy. I actually got out for about $120 this time which is crazy-low for me. I always come home with way more stuff than I need and toys that I have no place for! This time I knew I was on a strict time schedule so I had to get down to it and get my happy self a place in line.

I found shirts and pants for both Allie and Wyatt, and even a few pairs of brand new shoes. One was a pair of Stride Rite boots that still had the tags attached and I got them for $2.00! Another was a pair of Robeez (which I am totally obsessed with and have way too many of) that looked like they were worn maybe once at most. I got them for $3.00 and they were perfect! I found Allie a new pair of Elefanten Mary Janes that are precious. I think they are pretty well set... just a few things here and there, but over all... not bad for a days work!

Here's a few pics of my finds...

Wyatt's shirts

Wyatt's pants

Allie's shirts

Allie's pants
I also found Allie a doctor's kit and she totally loves it

Oh, and I ran in to Andrea there! Or, I guess I should say she ran in to me. I haven't seen her since her baby shower, so it was so nice to get to see her and her sister! I was so hot and sweaty and looked like total crap, but somehow she got me to take a pic with her. Bloggers... ya know...

So what, you might ask, were the kids doing while I was taking pictures of all the new clothes to stick on this here blog? Well, they were playing nicely together with Allie's dolls. I won't worry about that too much until he's a little older...

O.k., wait a minute... What's wrong with this friggin' picture?
And here?!? What's he doin' now?!? This picture was taken about 2 minutes later! What the freak??? Is he trying to mess with my mind???

The bottle days have come and gone...

Well, the bottle days are over. Well, I guess I should re-phrase that... the one and only time he took a bottle is over. Ummmmm, yeah. He did it that one and time and now...NOTHING! It's like he never did it at all. I myself had to refer to the pictures to make sure I had not dreamed the whole thing up. Damnitol! (oh yeah... check me out using the little click-here-reference thingies. I figured it out all by my little myself!!) Anyway, sorry y'all... I know you all are probably sick of hearing about my bottle woes, but as I have stated before... blogging is cheaper than therapy. I would just love to get to go have a day to myself!! I do, however have another plan up my sleeve. If it works I'll let you all know. If not, well... crap on it all. I'll just continue to live my life in 3 hour increments.

On a brighter note... my favorite sale of all, the annual Kidsignments sale is here again!! I love this sale and I look forward to volunteering at it every year! I am a little bummed because I can't work my usual shifts because... well... you know... someone is all friggin' anti-bottle and all, but I digress. I am going to get to work one shift. Anyway, back to the sale... I am all about a bargain and this sale is full of them! I love to buy clothes and things for the kids and this is a great way to do it if you have time to spend and patience. It is major packed and the lines are long, but well worth it! If you have never checked it out you may want to.

No other major issues to blog about. School starts back for Allie in a week and I can't wait!!! Then I'll have some interesting stuff to blog for sure!

The day has come!!! It has happened!!!

He took a bottle!! A real bottle!! He actually drank it... like...all of it!! Can you tell I am excited?? We have been trying for 7 months to get him to take an occasional bottle with NO luck! So... over the course of the past 7 months, I have invested in almost every bottle they make....

1. The Playtex Nurser Bottle
2. The 'Traditional' Bottle
3. The Nuk Bottle
4. The Soothie Bottle
5. The HealthFlow/ TriFlow Bottle
and finally this little beauty...

6. The Adiri Breast Bottle
(yes, this is the entire bottle... it looks like a big ole' boob!!)

After all that... he decides to go with option 1. The Playtex Nurser Bottle. You know... the kind I have 25 of... the ones I've had all along that Allie took with NO problem. UUUGGGGHHH!!! But who cares?!?! I can actually leave him for more than 3 hours now! Oh, sweet freedom!!!

Wyatt says "This totally BITES, man!"

I had to take some pictures for a girl down in Atlanta today, so I dropped the kids off at my parents so they could watch them for me. I was gone several hours and when I returned home I found this...


Cute, huh? Well... look a little closer...



Um, yeah. See that? The mark on his chubby little cheek that strangely resembles the size and shape of say... a three year olds mouth??? Yeah, that.

I was like "Mom, what the frick happened to his cheek?!?! Did Allie... did she bite him????" and she was like "Ummm, well.... she's already been punished for it." I was so mad. I mean, what the frick would possess her??? Mom said they were just playing happily and rolling around on the floor when he suddenly screamed bloody murder. At first mom thought she had accidentally hit him and made his cheek red, but the longer she rocked him the more visible the little dots became.

I still have no idea what made her do it. I don't think she meant to hurt him at all. She's never done this before, and never been bitten herself. Mom said that she seemed totally shocked and confused when she told her that biting hurts. She said Allie immediately teared up and hugged Wyatt while apologizing repeatedly. I kinda felt bad for her when I heard that. Who knows. I'm sure this won't be the last thing she pulls that leaves me wondering...

Anyway. In other news... I know that I have neglected to post updates in awhile. Let me start to fix that now. Wyatt can now sit well on his own and has been able to for several weeks now. He's not smiling here because... well... he's still miffed about the bite.

But as you can see here... he gets over it quickly.

He has one tooth on the bottom that he got over a month ago. We're still wondering if he has another inside his gums anywhere. He is rolling all over the place and is starting to try to scoot a little. I have a feeling life is about to get waaaaaaaayyyy hectic. Oh, and if you are wondering... he still gets up anywhere from 3 to 7 times a night AND still refuses to take a bottle.

Could someone please pass the Damnitol??

Let me start this post by saying that my intention when I started blogging was not to have a place to vent, or bee-otch and moan about all of life's little frustrations... but lets face it... it's rapidly becoming just that. Hey, it's cheaper than therapy. Anyhoo... things have been so crazy. I've been so crazy. If you have a moment and want to read about the reasons that Damnitol is needed (btw...thanks for the prescription, Katie) keep reading. If not, be patient...I promise that my next post will be more positive!!

Common indications you might need one... or four of these powerful little pills...



1. You are shooting over 400 family pictures in 3 days by yourself for the church directory (maybe I should get 'Darnitol' for this since it does have to do with the church and all...)

2. Your husband gets sucked in to doing a out-of-town boat show the same week you have to shoot over 400 family pictures for the church directory.... and you have no family that live near you to help... and all of your babysitters are out of town or at band camp (o.k., I can't help but think "there was this one time...at band camp...")

3. You finally get your two kids in bed and get to enjoy a quiet bath... and get to shave your legs- uninterrupted- only to find out that you must have nicked your ankle and not known it until you start finding red dots on the carpet... 17 of them to be exact... that show you that yes, indeed you did cut yourself and you are tracking blood all the frick over your rug.

4. You don't realize that you are out of toilet paper. And I mean not just in the bathroom that you are in... but in the whole friggin' house. I mean not even a partial roll shoved a closet or under a cabinet... nope, notta, nothing. And the other bathroom?? It was left high and dry as well. Just a lone cardboard tube on a roll. Nice... (we resorted to baby wipes...)

5. A guy shows up on your doorstep with a bag full of about 40 golf balls and demands to know if it is "your husband who is responsible for driving golf balls into his pasture and almost hitting his mini-horse" (um...oops... my husband and about 4 other neighbors. The friggin' pasture was no ones until about a month ago when it finally sold. They have all been hitting balls out there for like 7 years now. There's probably 4000 balls out there! (and no... thank God it was not my husband that day!)

and last but not least...

6. Your brand new car... the one you've had only 8 weeks... that still has that heavenly new car smell...that you special ordered way back in February and waited so patiently for... gets side-swiped in the church parking lot while you are shooting said directory pictures. Yea... still waiting on the insurance guy to come and assess the total damage.

Yes, friends... this has been my week.

Damnitol!

My Aliases...

Well folks... things have been slow here in blogging land. Nothing too spectacular has happened. I've been so busy with work I have not had much time. Oh, one crazy thing...my identity got stolen... yea!!! Fortunately the credit card flagged it before they bought too much. Only about $700 dollars worth of crap from some super saver sofa place and somewhere called Slumber Parties. (Yea..I have no idea what they sell...) $700 wasn't too bad...it's a far cry from the $9200 someone spent on Michael's when his identity was stolen late last year. Good times... Good times. Some people are total freaks! Thank goodness we aren't responsible for the charges.

I figured I'd do the name-thingy on Katie's blog since I don't have anything groundbreaking to blog about. Sorry... I'll work on finding some interesting stuff soon.


1. REAL NAME: Caron

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus "-izzle"): Carizzle

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color and favorite animal): Purple Cat

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name and current street): Jennifer Bradford

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom's maiden name): Ric-Ca-Cas

6. YOUR SUPER HERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Teal Amaretto Sour

7. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother's middle name and father's middle name - switch if you are male): Jane Wilton (Katie, Michaels Grandpa's name was Marian!! LOL!)

8. YOUR GOTH NAME: ("Black" and the name of one of your pets): Black Turner

9. YOUR PORN NAME (name of your first pet + first street you lived on): Punkin Bonnie... You like that one, don't ya! Oh, and Katie... Punkin was a sausage, too!!! So that's two weird things we have in common... go figure.

Y'all have a great week!