Thursday, August 27, 2009
Goodbye Wildblue, Hello Verizon DSL
It has taken two months to get our Verizon DSL hooked up and I am so much more happier now! This DSL is lightening fast compared to the Wildblue satellite service we had. Because this is a new development I kept getting the run around from Charter Cable and Verizon about us not having service in our area, when all the neighbors around us have Verizon for DSL. Mike was finally able to flag down a Verizon worker to release the peg (the little green thing in the front of the yard) so we could get service started. Yes, we have to pay a fee to disconnect early but every penny will be worth it. No more waiting for pages to load, or pages not loading because the file is too big, etc, blah, blah, blah!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Invaded by a frog
The Mommy frog has breached the perimeter of the house and it is in the garage, YUCK. Maybe it will eat the cricket that found it's way inside too. Hopefully Mike will be able to catch it because I know it will scare me speechless.
Ice cold lemonade & brownies for sale $.25
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sign making:
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sign making:
open for business:
satisfied customers:
profit:
quality time = PRICELESS
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Waiting game...
Have you ever seen a pregnant woman power walking/sprinting? Not a pretty sight. That was me this morning. Montana and I arrived at the hospital at 830am, at 852am we finally found a parking spot, a country mile away from the elevators. Scroll down and look at the picture of me that I posted yesterday, now picture me holding a 2 year old, a mini backpack, and a purse and power walking as fast as my feet would propel me towards the elevators. Not a pretty sight. Did I mention that my appointment was at 9am and you are supposed to check in 15 minutes beforehand. Not the way I wanted to start off the day.
Nonetheless we made it and I checked Montana into her classroom at 858am and power walked towards the main hospital doors to my elevator. By the time I reached the elevators my watch had already beeped for the 9 o'clock hour. I checked in at 903am and maybe I had this look on my face but the receptionist did not cancel my appointment, even though there is a big sign in bold letters saying that if you are late your appointment would have to be rescheduled.
So here's the scoop. The doctor will not do amniocentesis unless I become so big that the pressure from the excess fluid inhibits my normal breathing. He stated that the risk is too great of rupturing my membranes and would rather let my body go as long as it possibly can before exercising that option. The situation is not getting any better however, today my deepest pocket of fluid is measuring at 17, last week it was at 12. He also didn't tell me how big I was measuring until I asked and then he just said your close to full term. McKenzie's heart rate was fine this morning at 125, most likely because of the power walking. He thinks she may just have a low resting heart rate. The obstruction is still there and there was mention of surgery again for her after birth to clear it.
My goal I am shooting for is to go 3 more weeks, the 15 Sept. Sounds like a good day to me, 2 days after Montana's and 2 before Mike's. God may have other plans and I accept that, I just need to do my part to make sure I give her as long as I can inside the womb. My bed rest has been relaxed, but I will still take it easy. We are still going to start school next Monday as planned, and I still am going to take the girls to Chuck E. Cheese for their surprise as well. I will have them work on their All About Me Books for the first day while I am gone. Maybe, I can even get Marie to take pictures for me while I am gone.
Thanks for all of your prayers!!!
Nonetheless we made it and I checked Montana into her classroom at 858am and power walked towards the main hospital doors to my elevator. By the time I reached the elevators my watch had already beeped for the 9 o'clock hour. I checked in at 903am and maybe I had this look on my face but the receptionist did not cancel my appointment, even though there is a big sign in bold letters saying that if you are late your appointment would have to be rescheduled.
So here's the scoop. The doctor will not do amniocentesis unless I become so big that the pressure from the excess fluid inhibits my normal breathing. He stated that the risk is too great of rupturing my membranes and would rather let my body go as long as it possibly can before exercising that option. The situation is not getting any better however, today my deepest pocket of fluid is measuring at 17, last week it was at 12. He also didn't tell me how big I was measuring until I asked and then he just said your close to full term. McKenzie's heart rate was fine this morning at 125, most likely because of the power walking. He thinks she may just have a low resting heart rate. The obstruction is still there and there was mention of surgery again for her after birth to clear it.
My goal I am shooting for is to go 3 more weeks, the 15 Sept. Sounds like a good day to me, 2 days after Montana's and 2 before Mike's. God may have other plans and I accept that, I just need to do my part to make sure I give her as long as I can inside the womb. My bed rest has been relaxed, but I will still take it easy. We are still going to start school next Monday as planned, and I still am going to take the girls to Chuck E. Cheese for their surprise as well. I will have them work on their All About Me Books for the first day while I am gone. Maybe, I can even get Marie to take pictures for me while I am gone.
Thanks for all of your prayers!!!
I DO NOT heart FROGS
I do not like FROGS, at all! We have the same Mommy and baby frog come and sit on our front door step every night. And to top it off the Cousin frog as the girls call it sits on the back porch pad. GROSS! Madison wants Mike to catch it. Not sure what she is going to do with it once they catch it because it is NOT coming in the house. It's bad enough we have a cricket in the garage that plays his not so lovely music at night. As long as they, all kinds of bugs, reptiles, and amphibians stay outside, we are all good.
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