Can I have some?

welcome to my blog.

a place to post. a place to eat oreos. a place to vent. a place to heal.

i started this blog so i could use a different outlet besides munching on fattening oreos. as if that has done any good... *mind wanders to oreo package in the house...*

then i realized that oreos can be semi symbolic. if you are are that crazy about oreos that is. which... i am.

eating oreos is therapeutic for me. when i am struggling or when i need a pick me up. they have chocolate. and sugar. both of which help lift my mood. not to mention that i eat them soaked with milk, which is my miracle drink.

i post my posts to not only get stuff out. there may be people who read my blog who have been in the same kind of situations as i have. i hope reading them and knowing that others have gone through things like i have, will be to you what eating oreos does to me.


and yes. i didn't capitalize anything in here. i just felt like it. deal with it.


munch up.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Imagination

Can be good or can be bad. Why bad you ask? Well... let's just say that it can run away with you and make you scared over nothing.

Today I woke up with a whimpering toddler. I went to console him and was slightly upset that he was like this because I was hoping to sleep in today. It was too late to put him back to sleep though, so I had to settle for it. After a while of crying/whimpering (I don't think he was actually shedding tears, but he sounded like he was crying) when he started to calm down a little I tried to get out of him what was wrong, this isn't really normal behavior for him.

All I could really get was that his closet door made a low sound. He likes to point out that he knows the difference between high sounds and low sounds. It is a common thing for him, so the low had to be included. After another little crying/whimpering fit he went on to talk about something that I had no idea what he was saying. It was pure babble. He moved my hand up to my mouth to demonstrate what he was talking about but I still didn't get it.

Anyway... so yeah. It is so cute to see him play with imagination... just wish it didn't affect his dreams.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Computer problems

Ok. So. Here you go. Very long post, so if you aren't all that interested in my computer problems, don't read it. And don't worry. I don't know a lot about processors and long words and the technical words that deal with computers so this is dumbed down for those of us who those words go in one ear and out the other.

A while ago, I was having a problem with my computer. Pretty much the only real problem was a full C drive. I had a D drive as well, but my C drive was about 20 gigs, two of which were empty. My D drive was about 100 gigs? Not really sure. As you could guess... my D drive I got later than my C one. I didn't want to deal with wiping my C drive and changing them at that point, and it didn't seem to really matter.

ANYWAY... so yeah. My C drive was full and I couldn't download anything anymore, and plus, it kept being weird with the problem with the fact that there was hardly enough room in the C drive to even operate the computer. We decided to get a new hard drive.

This new hard drive is 700. Though I didn't really want to deal with copying files, wiping and starting from scratch again, I knew I would regret not making the 700 hard drive my C drive. After we put an operating system on the 700 drive, I have been working on that since. I for the most part put all the programs and things that I had on my other drive and have it running almost to my liking. Only thing is it would do funny things and take forever and a day to start up if I turned it off. So I would put it on sleep mode every night to conserve energy yet not completely turn it off.

We woke up yesterday to my computer still running on a dos screen that said "detecting array". No idea what that means, only that it didn't go on sleep mode like it was supposed to, or sometime during the night it came off sleep mode. In any case, I had to restart my computer. I did so. It would not turn on. At all. It got to the screen where it would boot from a CD if it had a bootable CD in the drive. I did have a CD in there and thought it was confused. So I took it out and tried again. This continued for a while while Rocket Scientist and I were trying to find a reason for this, and trying different things. At one point my CD drive caused problems so we tried unplugging it. It still tried to boot from CD. We changed the priority for what the computer should try to boot from. Nothing did any good.

I unplugged all the drives but the 700 gig one. It wouldn't work. Then I plugged in the other two drives that were priviously my C and D drive. It worked. All day yesterday I was under the impression that my brand new 700 gig drive was bad. I was certain it would still be under warrenty, but I was vexed that I couldn't access it. I had done a lot of work on my story on that drive and hadn't backed it up figuring that since it was brand new, it wasn't as important.

I'm babbling too much. I'm sure most of you could care less. In any case, yesterday I went through the whole day without a CD drive. I didn't care that much. I had opened up my computer enough that day for my enjoyment for years to come. I was depressed the whole day because of the possibility that we couldn't get the files off the drive at all seeing as it wouldn't turn on at all if the drive was connected.

Rocket Scientist had the idea of using a operating system that runs off the CD drive then it would boot from the CD drive like it was trying to do, but we could maybe (main word... MAYBE) have the 700 gig drive plugged in and be able to at least access the drives to copy them to a different drive.

To try this, I opened my comptuer once again this morning to plug in the CD drive. While in there, I had the thought that perhaps it might be the cords to the 700 gig drive that were messed up. I felt it was at least worth a shot seeing as we shouldn't condem the drive to be the problem if we hadn't tried every aspect of it. Thankfully, we had different cords that would go into it, and Rocket Scientist plugged them in. While doing so, he blew a little bit every once in a while. Dust is a big problem in computers.

So big a problem that there is a possibility of it slipping between the connection between pluggies and where the pluggies go. That was the either the problem or it was the cords. In any case, it is NOT the drive that is the problem. I am very relieved. It worked. I could open my computer and it is just like it was before. I am very glad that I don't have to worry aobut contacting Samsung and finding out where to send the drive and then wait to find out what they would say about it. I knew I wouldn't be patient enough for that.

Anyway, so yeah. That is my long story about computer problems. And since the CD drive was plugged in when I turned it on, I could get the ultrasounds pics on my computer and post them for you. *whew* I'm glad my drive still works.

Ultrasound Pics

Ok, well here they are. I'll give you a detailed account of my computer problems in the next post. This one is dedicated to our new little boy.

The classic profile (we had a really hard time getting this... you could hardly see it most of the time because he had his face squished against the placenta, the flat gray thing at the top):


















And like I said, he didn't have any problem showing this off...




















This is probably my favorite. Yet, it was hard to get as well seeing as the majority of the time he had his face hidden from either squishing it against the placenta or covered with his arms.


















Another show off... oh, and if you can kind of tell... his feet are crossed. Seems to be a common thing with our kids. They are just kids that kick it back... I guess... lol

















And uh... if anyone can figure out this one, they get the prize of the day.... uh.... a virtual high five?? lol. Here's a hint: across the left side of the picture is his arm. I think.... lol

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Oh... more pictures. Well... just one I guess

Oh, so I have been wanting to post these pictures. They were from last Saturday. Lately Bug has been wanting to help make dinner, so we have accommodated. Only to a point though...

So last Saturday we had breakfast for dinner. We had pancakes. They were really good. In any case... at one point of making them, I was washing dishes (remember how messy our kitchen was??) Rocket Scientist was buttering the latest pancakes. Bug was watching the stove. Or at least we thought... Don't worry, he didn't burn himself. Rocket Scientist did a very good job of teaching him not to touch hot things.

I suddenly hear Rocket Scientist exclaim something and I turn around. Bug had apparently put another pancake in the pan. And it needed to be turned over. The batter and the pan were in his reach so he just did the honors for us. We let him eat it, since it was fine and not burnt or anything.

Anyway... after all that babbling... here is the picture I wanted to show you. Bug's first pancake! With how good it turned out, maybe he'll be a chef? I doubt I could make a bunny shaped pancake! (oh, it is the darker one... if you couldn't guess...) Click on it to make it bigger to see better.

So you've all been waiting in anticipation right?

To see our Groundhog's day pictures! Yay!!! ^_^































Just out of sheer curiosity, the second one is from last year. Just thought I'd put them together to compare how much he has changed. Looks like he is looking more and more like a boy... *sigh. My little bug is growing up.

Well, I guess that is it for the day. Wait? What? You wanted to see something else? BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh... what is the baby? Oooooh... so you didn't really want to see my groundhog pictures? Aww, how sad. Well...... I guess I can accommodate... just this once though. (are you looking ahead yet? *cackles evilly....) It's a.... OH, have I ever told you that I have a short attention span? Oh, right, the sex of baby. A lot of my friends have just said that it just feels right to say "she" or "girl" when talking about baby. I felt the same way. It just felt right. I have been imagining making cute little pink blankets and everything. It pleased me. Because "girl" just felt so right. We were all stumped. "Feeling right" and "mother nature" were conflicting. That's right. We are having another boy. Thanks Deanna for that great blog name that we could have used for a girl. I really loved it. Maybe his blog name will be Bugglet? Lol... who knows. Anyway, I guess I'm done being evil now. I would post pictures of the ultrasounds (he certainly wasn't shy to show us his parts, yet his face he was covering like crazy) but due to computer problems (curse you!!!!) my CD drive is currently not connected. So I guess you'll just have to wait for that. My apologies. I hope you'll forgive the lack of pictures and my evilness. I was just in the mood I guess.

Happy February to all and hope you all ate your groundhog! (shame on you Excelente!)

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Lazy day

Yesterday we had a pretty lazy day. It was nice, yet shouldn't happen on the day I have the most chores. Still... it was nice to have a relaxing day. At least we did all the dishes from the sink and the cupboard and the stove and the table where they were piling up so much we couldn't even eat without moving things around to a non-existent part of the kitchen because there was just SOOOO many dishes.

Oh, random thought: have you heard that if you keep something up for 21 days it becomes a habit? So yeah, we are trying it out. Today was the first day of washing the dishes right after we used them. We are motivating ourselves by putting tick marks on the days we did it. Usually there will only be 3 tick marks, but there will probably be extra ones depending on what we ate and when. We were 100% successful today. I'll keep you updated on that.

So yeah. Yesterday was a lazy day of enjoying one another's company and all that. It was nice. Even though laundry needed to be done and the kitchen was a mess. (we washed all the dishes around dinner-time when we realized we couldn't eat without cleaning SOMETHING...)

Bug said the cutest thing though. Around lunch-time I gave him a little fruit cup to start with before we got him the main part of lunch. A baked potato if memory serves. Anyway, I was gathering some potatoes, and he was wanting me to open up his fruit cup. I was on the ground. No where near anywhere to put his fruit cup where it wouldn't spill on carpet. They fill those things to the brim with juice. I was hesitating, and Bug was babbling trying to explain to me to open it. Then he handed it to me, then he made an explosion type gesture with both hands saying "Pslssssh!" at the same time. I gazed at him for half a second then burst out laughing. How could I not? Not only had he just told me very explicitly what he wanted, but he had a very serious look on his face.

Between chuckles I told Bug to tell the same thing to Rocket Scientist. He was around a corner and wouldn't have been able to see had Bug repeated himself right next to me. He did, and I burst out laughing again when I heard the "Pslssssh!" I just couldn't help it. In any case, Rocket Scientist accordingly got his fruit bowl open for him (he was in a better position to do it anyway) and we began lunch. It was a cute thing that I didn't ever want to forget so I am putting it on here for the rest of you to enjoy.

I would have put all that in the "Wise sayings" section of my blog but I knew it needed much more explanation then I would have put on there. Oh, and here's a little plug for that section. I just added some "Wise sayings" so be sure to check it out.

A-Z

I've been tagged!!! I'm SO excited! ^_^

A--Attached or Single: ~Attached. Most definitely attached.
B--Best Friend: ~Celise, Cat, Madi, Lil... Rocket Scientist, Jesus... I have so many good friends. <3
C--Cake or Pie: ~PIE all the way. And any day.
D--Day of Choice: ~Sunday, I love going to church and being with my many friends and great ward members.
E--Essential Items: ~Shoes, clothes... diapers.
F--Favorite Color: ~Blue, but I have also been leaning to pink as well. Does that mean I'm having a girl?
G--Greatest Accomplishment: ~Taking care of myself. Without blame. Still working on it, but I know it will be a great accomplishment.
H--Happiest part of the day: ~Quiet time. I get a quiet house to do whatever I want. Including nap.
I--Indulgences: ~Cross-stitch, story writing, Oreos (of course...), naps, warm/hot baths... any other kind of pampering. (massages, manicure/pedicure, getting hair done at a salon)
J--January or July: ~January
K--Kids: ~Bug, Little Angel, and Little nudger (that is at least until we know the sex. Only 2 more days!!! ^_^)
L--Life is incomplete without: ~Music. Chocolate. Music and chocolate. Well... make that dark chocolate.
M--Movie favorites: ~Pride and Predjudice (A&E version), Princess Bride, You've got Mail, Hoodwinked. Just a few. There are so many that I just love.
N--New car: ~Pontiac G6, but since that probably isn't plausible, Honda CR-V
O--Oranges or Apples: ~Oranges
P--Phobias or fears: ~Spiders freak me out, but I'd say my worst fear is not living up to the standards I need and not being able to spend eternity with the ones I love and some that I already miss dearly.
Q--Quotes: ~Funny: "Never put off til tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow." No idea who came up with it, we found it painted on a wooden board at DI and we bought it. Serious: "Remember, the worth of souls is great in the sight of God." D+C 18:10
R--Reasons to Smile: ~Plan of Salvation, To lift another's spirit, Oreos, Dark chocolate, Bug, Rocket Scientist
S--Season: ~Fall. I just love sweater weather and all the good fruits and veggies that are ready to harvest.
T--Tag 5 Friends: ~Madi, Cat, Lisa L., Lisa S., Excelente, and really, anyone who wants to. There are so many blogs that I read that this would be fun to read about the people who write them. Five just isn't enough.
U--Unknown fact about me: ~I can shake my eyes. Ask me sometime. I'll show you.
V--Very favorite store: ~I used to think Target, but I went to Kohl's the other day to get matunity clothes (sure, this is my third pregnancy, but for the last two, I could still borrow from family... the only two I can borrow from are both pregnant now.... lol), and I absolutely loved pretty much everything I saw. It might slowly become my new favorite clothes store.
W--Worst habit: ~Worst? Uh.... laziness?
X--X-ray or Ultra Sound: ~I'll have to say Ultra-sound today seeing as I'm really anxious to find out the sex of this baby. ^_^
Y--Your favorite food: ~Oreos!!!!! Ok, just kidding. Well... maybe a little. Uh... Tacos? I don't really have a favorite. My appitite changes so much these days. But the weirdest thing happened at church today. I was walking down the hall and I could smell tacos. Serious. It was fast Sunday and someone was making tacos somewhere. I wasn't the only one smelling it either. It made me want tacos really bad so we are having that tonight. Ok... that was really random.
Z--Zodiac: ~Uh...... Gemini? I think?