Daisalana

I definitely think Sugar knew she lost no matter what, her demeanor and answers at the jury tribal were like "Whatever". I was shocked. But yeah, poor Maddy he would have won if she hadn't done that. I was also surprised Bob also won player of the season, so he got ALL the money. I'm glad though, I was really hoping he'd win!!! Ok the end of the saga, she wrote back.. And what's weird is, she has a daughter going to college, so this is like it could be MY mom being so stupid, it cracks me up. And for the record, I do have the e-mail where she said she was coming last week, so I don't know what she's talkin' about. This was my only response.. Could have gone on about her English skills and maybe needing her own college years, but.. I'm done with all that. I actually logged in to show ya'll, I made the wall hangings!!! I told ya no one has the wall hangings that go with the set, so I bought an extra valance and cut it up and stapled it to canvas boards.. I'll post the pics in a few, uploading them now. They turned out GREAT!! Took the fabric... Stapled it to canvas boards.. and... TADA! Here's some pics from my friend's party.. I was a dealer (frumpy me, and then some sexy girl in front) And me and Russ.. he just won't smile for pics :thumbup:

Hehehehe my friend, after tellin' her the story she checked with her sister (who just moved in with a b/f) if she wants em.. she does, and said she can come tonight. I told my friend "Is she 100% sure? Let her know if she says she is coming tonight--and doesn't come.. the Wrath of LaLa may fall upon her..." Same friend that let me use her car tonight to move the boxes.. yay.. boxes & furniture gettin takin care of tonight, OR ELSE. Last thing is the nursery crap that needs moving.

I can't wait for a fill after baby. Going to be losing weight with baby in tow.. wee. Gosh I wish this story wasn't so complicated to tell, I am rolling on the floor and want to tell everyone but it's so complicated.. let me see if you guys can follow and have a good laugh with me. Terry-- Short answer is no, none of our charity places will pick up, in fact everytime I go to drop off clothes they aren't taking donations in general (very odd, eh? our charities are spoiled I guess). Ok so last week Lady 1 (responded first) told me how her daughter would love the tables for college blah blah, I wrote her back yeah these were my college tables, they're great! Can you pick them up tomorrow (which was last Tuesday) at 6pm? She said yes I'll be there. Tuesday came & went. Around 9pm Tuesday night I wrote her and said "I am staying up late waiting for you, please let me know if you're still coming???" No answer. 2 days later I even wrote and said "Are you still planning to get the tables?" no answer. I reduce the price on Craigslist this weekend. Yesterday another person asks for them, they said they are 2 hours away and blah blah.. and Lady 1 also wrote me again (she lives!) and she says she wants to come pick them up. I wrote Person 2 back and said, let me find out if original buyer is coming, if I don't hear back from them I will let you know. I write Lady 1 back last night and said.. I will be home from work after 6pm, if you can come pick them up then. Please let me know ASAP because someone else wants them and I need them out of my house. If I don't hear from you by 2pm tomorrow--I will let the other person come get them. So 2pm comes--no answer, so I let the other person know, come get them at 7pm (by this time I find out DH & Dad are making me go to a movie tonight at 5pm). Lady 2 CALLS me at 3pm. I told her, I already told someone else to come--they have not responded, so let me see where they stand.. then she says "But you told me last night I could come get them" and I reminded her, I gave her a cut off time, etc.. She started getting MEAN.. so I ALSO reminded her I wasted a whole night waiting for her to come get them- or at the very least LET ME KNOW she wasn't coming. She starts being flat out bitchy, so I said ya know what, forget about it, this isn't going to work out. She says FINE and hangs up. Seriously folks, this is all for some CHEAP ASS TABLES ON CRAIGSLIST. The plot thickens. I think it's all over, then I get an e-mail... Yeah this lady is all kinds of victim. Here was my response.. Can you imagine the fun I am having here?

LOL you guys crack me up. I wish I had something sweet to eat!!! Had a couple shrimp from a skewer for lunch (not very good).. I want cheesecake.. or ginger snaps.. or icing.. icing is fine.

Well one of my friends has offered to let us use her car tonight to get rid of the big boxes. The 2 people on craiglist that both are wishy washy about tonight, looks like they both might be flaking out (AGAIN!!!!!). It's all I can do not to cuss them both out. I'm just desperate for someone to come get the tables, so I just hate these people now internally. I've told them both I would take lower offer if they can come pick them up ASAP, I need them gone.. then they don't answer for days, then say "So are the tables still available?" "Yes please come get them".. days pass "So are the tables still available". !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Someone here at work made the Velveeta fudge once.. I did try it, and I did taste the Velveeta (which I don't like in anything).. so wasn't for me. Definitely worth a try though, could be your new favorite fudge! So far today I have had about 6oz of Mello Yellow (I need caffeine) and 1 bottle of water. Stomach hurts, felt like a big gas bubble, and then felt Carson kick me.. Not sure what that was about. I don't know if the nesting stuff makes it worse, but I am getting really annoyed with my house.. The new coffee tables came in HUGE boxes--that won't fit in my car. My sister said she'd come pick them up for me--but she's not, and she doesn't answer my texts (which means she is trying to get out of doing it). So they are taking up a lot of room.. then the old coffee tables, several people on craiglist keep saying they are coming--then they don't. So I keep having to 'reschedule' with the next person, and it's going in a full circle. It's been over a week dealing with the same folks. I'm so frustrated, pick up the damn tables, I am selling 2 end tables & 1 coffee table-perfect condition (I just hate glass top!) for $50.. just $50!!! If goodwill would pick them up, I'd let them take them for free. And then the furniture in the nursery that needs to be moved to the computer room that Russell's brother kept flaking out on. I hate having to rely on ANYONE to do anything for me--for this very reason. I hate coming home right now and seeing all this crap and knowing I can't do anythinig about it.

I never had the 'what the hell did I do' stage. I remember reading about that stage in blogs before my surgery, it made me extremely nervous.. But I was so dang excited about being banded, it never hit me like that.. that I made a mistake. LOL about Macy, that is funny about her wanting everything on TV.. I remember those days!! A friend of ours has a 6 year old son, who was going through a catalogue of toys and would go "Dad, is this for a boy?" and he'd say "Yes" and he'd go "Ok good, I want this." If it was for a girl, he would keep looking.. lol. Oh Russ & I got our Christmas bonuses at work last night. What does he want to do? Spend it on some electronic toy WE DON'T NEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He frustrates me.. on our way home from the party he asks if we can use the money to buy a FLAT SCREEN TV.. for the BEDROOM. Seriously?! WHY?!!?!? A month ago (our current one is not flat screen, but it's big and admittedly it does have a broken edge on the top, where there's squiggly lines across the top.. it only sucks when we have weather warnings, they are squiggled out..) anyway.. he said we should get a new TV and I immediately said no. Now we get the bonuses and he wants to spend it.. not only on a new TV.. but a ridiculously unnecessary expensive new TV. That's what gets me the most. Spend $200 on another TV like we have.. why do we have to pay $800 for a flat screen? Just stupid.

Well I'm a huge pregnancy gainer it seems.. My only support would be to tell you what I keep telling myself. As soon as I have the baby, I will get my good fill back and lose it all over again! I gained really quick right after I found out, plateaud for a month (3rd or 4th month) then started gaining again recently. Started 212lb and now I'm up to 235lb :/

Which DVD set did she get Pam? Seinfeld? Hehehe.. I always watch costs of DVD sets, it fascinates me.. Going into work, was just going to read before going in but had to ask...

Piehole report was pretty good because we went to Taco Bell.. I got the new Deluxe nachos or something, and it was a disgusting mess. No nachos, just the taco shell with a bunch of cold goop in it (suppose to have meat & beans!!). I argued with the girl at the window about it, till DH got mad at me for causing a stink so we left.. I threw it away. Had a hot chocolate, a chocolate milk, and lots of water.. Got so hungry, finally broke down and bought a Reese Cup and some "Hot Fries" (yuck) from the vending machine..ate the Reese's and a couple of the fries. Oh my god, about to blow my brains out, got a customer of a customer that I'm not even suppose to talk to, being an ass and being unreasonable.

Thanks :confused_smile: I just felt him kicking for the first time (where I knew for sure that's what it was) on Saturday. I was laying in bed, felt the weird sensation so I put my hand there and felt an actual kick against my hand. I pushed back a few times, and he kicked back 3 times. It was awesome. DH was asleep, and I couldn't get a repeat performance for him by time he got up.

Many people have gone through completely banded..

Tonight is the company christmas party, woowoo. Hah coworkers sent me this, simon says, he does whatever you tell him to lol. http://www.simonsezsanta.com/index.php

Denise- Waitaminute, he wore a pink floyd tee to a metallica concert?!?! Terry- No I meant to record that HBO series, my dad said he recorded the marathon last night and it looks good. It's a BALMY 60 something degrees here today, not sure what happened! Didn't even need my hoodie today. A customer sent me this today, thought it was cute.. "HOLIDAY EATING TIPS" 1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls. 2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. It's rare.You cannot find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-alcoholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas! 3. if something comes with gravy, use it.That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat. 4. as for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission. 5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating.The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello? 6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do.This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog. 7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention.They' re like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again. 8. Same for pies. Apple, Pumpkin, Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day? 9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards. 10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Re-rea d tips; start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner. Remember this motto to live by: "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"

Woohoo that was so cool!!! I slept in late, and when I woke up I still laid in bed watching tv.. and I felt what could be kicking, or a muscle spasm.. so I put my hand there and I felt a distinct kick, not a muscle spasm.. and so I pushed back a couple times, and then he kicked me 3 times!! I almost squealed, so I called my mom and told her and then texted ya'll. In my groggy haze this morning the dog was whining to go out, so I let her out and left her there an hour (she is indoor dog, so she gets pissy about being outside, but I was too tired).. Day went on and neighbor came to the door and asked "Do you have a brown boxer?" (Same neighbor that I had to ask him to stop letting his dogs crap in my yard).. so I moved and showed him Cassy who was sitting behind me. He said "Oh.. there's a brown boxer in my fence, I can't figure out how it got there and it can't get out". How weird?? I've not seen any other boxers in the neighborhood and I can't imagine how it got in his fence, we have the wood privacy fences and I don't see any gaps in them. My heart raced for a second, I was like crap what did she do in ONE HOUR?! Whew. The party last night went great, everyone was about 40 minutes late to a surprise b'day!! I was like where is everyone, I asked for a head count ahead of time and 24 people said they were coming and not a soul was there.. luckily my friend was an hour late, it ended up being a bad wreck on the interstate so everyone was stuck in traffic. Everyone ended up getting there before she did, which was a relief. Everybody got SMASHED. So fun to be the sober folks amidst a big group of drunk people! Our mutual friends kept hugging me and saying how much they loved me and I just laughed, and someone said "Aww it sucks you can't be drunk" so I immitated them and stumbled around the room hugging everyone and babbling about loving everybody lol. Russ didn't drink either, so I at least had company. 2 of the husbands were the angry drunks, they are good friends but at some point they kept slapping each other and wrestling and yelling.. and I'm trying to make sure they don't break anything in the nice house. Around midnight I was so exhausted and I felt like I was going to get sick if I didn't go to bed.. party pooper I am. I hid everyone's keys and we came home. Went well though, I'm pleased with my first (and last) party! Tonight is nutcracker, one of our coworkers is the lead male dancer. Same coworker who found out his wife is pregnant and they had no idea. I don't like nutcracker, I got roped into this somehow.. going to be a loooong night.

I wanna color and have Ms. Pam give me smiley faces.

I thought I told ya'll my plan for the nursery? Well I just ran to Babies R Us to see if they had any left over of the discontinued line I want (nope DANG) but I shopped their clearance, got some cute outfits for 0-3 months.. my mom laughed and said "not quite the pink frills we were looking at" because I got this cute khaki overalls with bugs on it LOL and it says "Bug Buddies". It was 2 bucks and oddly enough it IS cute hah. Anyway, I am buying all the nursery stuff and keeping it in the nursery closet (which is the size of a small room, I've already been storing baby stuff in there--diapers, wipes, etc.) we will get the furniture in early which is generic.. and a month before I am due I will set up the nursery and keep the door shut. He is pretty strong willed, since he doesn't want to know--he won't peek. The walls are a cream color, not going to paint the room.. but going to put the border that comes with the set (I found on Ebay) on the walls, and if I can ever find the wall hangings for the set I will get those too..otherwise I will try to find another Noah's Ark wall hanging that matches.

A still shot I got from one of the videos, I love it.. all curled up :wink2: And because I'm silly...

YAY Tracy! Haydee- No, i think that's normal.. Or at least I hope it's normal!! :wink2: Here are the 5 videos.. it's one long video but some reason it broke it into 5 videos. A lot of stuff not worth watching, can just ffwd through. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0fI0K089oY]YouTube - Baby Barlow V.1 of 5[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvB8SxFlApE]YouTube - Baby Barlow 21w V.2 of 5[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOh8Sp-oUeU]YouTube - Baby Barlow 21w V. 3 of 5[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl9JA4UYauE]YouTube - Baby Barlow 21w V. 4 of 5[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgtJLHiKZh0]YouTube - Baby Barlow 21w V. 5 of 5[/ame] Leave it to me to make my life difficult, I finally found a nursery set I LOVE.. the websites I've been looking at had the set for $150-180.. so I found this one place having a sale this week only on that brand, and got it for $80. After that, as I go to find the coordinates like Mobile, wall hanging, etc.. it's a discontinued line! ARGH! I was able to find wall border & extra sheet on ebay, but I can't find the rug or mobile and some other small stuff. What a pain in the butt.. Now I gotta try to find another noah's ark that matches..

Russ stays up all night sometimes, and I get up all throughout the night and notice it.. well tonight I get up and he's not here.. not here.. at some point I got annoyed he turned the tv off (around 6am) so I turn it on and he left a post-it on the tv. He went to work early.. well roads are iced over, all the schools are closed.. so I call his cell & work and he doesn't answer. MEN. So I am panicky, and decide I'm going to have to go to work early to make sure he's ok.. and luckily he was on his MSN messenger.. Can't believe he did this, tonight is the party I'm throwing for my friend and he's going. He's going to be a zombie. Yesterday at lunch we talked more about adopting. We had always said we want 1 natural, and we'd adopt 2nd. So we talked about it yesterday and still want to do it, but I looked online to get info, it costs 20-30k. Wow? That could be a deal breaker, can't ask my parents for a loan for a child, and can't imagine being able to afford that, especially while raising 2 kids!!!! Oh, it's on my mind because I had a dream about it.

Boy :wink2: And he has all his body parts! And he was wiggling and kicking the whole time. So the lack of feeling anything isn't from him not trying!

Working on uploading the ultrasound videos to youtube. It's 14 minutes total in 5 videos, so I'll link you guys when they finish uploading if you want to scroll through them. I am taking screen shots of good pieces (I wasn't real impressed with it since the tech wouldn't stop and let me look at it!!) but so far I did find a good pic of the baby, can see his face and everything, and his body is curled up, can see both arms and legs.. weee. I'll post them tonight depending on how long youtube takes, otherwise I'll get to it tomorrow..

Yup I'm having kids just so they can do my dishes & mow the lawn :wink: Some schools around here closed early, we have a lot of flooding rain and it was suppose to get cold.. I didn't think to look at the thermostat in Russ' car.. it was 40 this morning, but it's gotten a LOT colder since then. Careful waiting Jenn, an attack can turn bad.. I was looking at nursery room stuff, can't decide.. just don't go "OH I LOVE THAT" with the boy's stuff like I did with the girl's stuff.

Yeah maybe it is a boy :wink: I just had my 20 (technically 21) week ultrasound, and it's a boy.. and everything is normal and healthy, so my lack of morning sickness didn't mean anything about his health.

LOL I see him clearly but I didn't know if it's just because I watched him moving in those pictures.. And get this MY mom's name is.. BELynda.