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Daily Ooo's: Thursday October 28

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The Loopy-O
CHEERY O
well, I knew it was going to happen. All of my relaxation from Spa Day went out the window within in minutes of me waking up yesterday. :flypig:
I was so cranky all day. I got a lot done, but much of it was accompanied by huffing and puffing and sighs and grumbles.

It started out when I had to touch base with my mom about the "baby shower." Some of you know that my brother and SIL are in the process of adopting a baby. She is due Nov 22. My brother is keeping things very low key (almost obsessively!), but I can't really blame him. They were scammed by a birth mother last year and he's just very nervous that this b-mom could change her ind. On top of that, he is Old School Italian and my family doesn't do the "baby shower celebrations" until they baby is born. I had a baby shower for Scott, but the little old Italian relatives all gave me a check, no specific gifts.

Long story short- SIL'd friends are planning a shower for her on Dec 12. Yes, the baby is due right before T-day. The b-mom has 72 hours to change her mind, then the state takes 7-10 business days to finalize the paperwork before my brother can even leave the state to bring the baby home. There is a possibility that they won't even be back by Dec 12. Or even more likely, they might be home, but who wants to take a newborn out under those conditions?

When I was approached (not even my mom was consulted- and she is the sole grandmother), I said that i didn't think it was a good idea- that they would need time to relax, bond, get their feet ont he ground etc. I was told that the baby would "need things." WTH does a newborn baby need? Diapers, formula, and a crib. The big stuff can wait, right?

I suggested to wait until after the holidays when everyone can enjoy the party. "No, then it can't be a baby shower." WTH does that even mean? You can't welcome a baby if its over 6 weeks old??

The last thing that is annoying me is that I feel bad for my brother.
He has gotten little to no recognition that he is goign to be this baby's father. I suggested that we have a "couples party" so that he can be honored as well. No, they want it to be women only.

This is going to make me crazy. my mom feels the same as i do. My brother already said he doesn't want this to be in Dec, but it looks like it is going ahead anyway. My mom is really upset b/c my brother hasn't even given her the green light to tell any of the relatives. So they have no clue that my brother is going to be a father, but oh yeah, BTW, bring a gift.... :mad:

whew! I needed to get that off my chest, didn't I?

So that kind of tinged my whole day. Then I was just tired and achy and felt completely overwhelmed by life.

I am have my :tea: and putting a smile on and sticking it with Crazy Glue. :becky:

:Thanks for listening!
 
Personals:

Katrina- I think that is a great gift. I try to do similar ideas too. What can i buy at this point for people that they either don't already have or that is in my very limited price range? Scrapbooks are always very appreciated.
I can't remember who said it, but ITA with just moving stuff around or resizing stuff until it looks "right." Try templates and scraplifts too. I saw some of your work- you are doing an amazing job!!

Oh meg said it! Yup yup, listen to that very talented girl!

Meg- i don't know if there are any Bass pro shops here, btu I am goign to have to keep my eyes open, I am really short and I have a hard time finding jeans that fit me too. I hope that you are feeling better today. Do you think that being away from home threw your body off a bit?

Trudy- good for you getting housework done. That is on my list for tomorrow. (ugh. Can you and YMG please come down and help? Can I bribe you w/ Faery-Wings products?? LOL)

DAWN!!!!! *pounce again* Sorry to hear that you are not designing any more. You really were doing an amazing job with it. But I am glad that you are coming back to the O!!!!

ME- How are you feeling? So glad to have you back with us as well!!

Laurie - hope that you got off ok! Enjoy that weather!

Okie- I am posting this, then I am reading my darling Clara's novel LOL
 
Oh Clara- I just loved what you wrote! I could have written it all myself!! Thanks for being you- it is so good to know that someone out there is so much like me (maybe that isn't good?? LOL)

I am glad that you slept in. Your body obviously needed it. You did a lot of running, and you had readjusted to West Coast Time (you traitor hahahah!!)

Ad for the DH's.... I can relate to that too!
Hope that today is a great day for you hon!


xoxoxo and loves to my O-Fam!!!!
 
Good Morning ladies!!

The week is almost done.......Looking forward to some QUIET time on Saturday....getting my hair done too....who knows...maybe I will get all ME ME ME and get me a pedicure....Chris...your spa day has me wanting MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not too chatty ladies....so I will just do some quick personals..

Chris....glad to hear spa day was FABULOUS (and holding you to spa day together win you win that millions) Oh and I hear you on getting someone else to do something for you!!! You know me...I am always the one doing...but once in a blue moon....ya know??? It would be nice for them to do something for US!!! Well...maybe a little more often than the blue moon!! HEHE!! Sorry about all the stuff with the baby and your brother...this stinks....I am sorry it has to be so difficult and that ALL PEOPLE DON'T THINK AS WE DO...SENSIBLE!! HAHA!! Really...though it does seem silly that they think you can't do a shower after Christmas....I had a friend who had a friend that adopted....she wouldn't do the baby shower until the baby was several weeks old...she did not want to expose the baby to the germs and stuff....and even then she did not want to have the baby at the shower. I hope it all works out sweetie!!

Katrina....yes digi gifts are WONDERFUL!!!!! and as for the clustering....I have just finally started to somewhat get the hang of it myself...I USE TEMPLATES!!!!!! I do some on my own but I don't like them as much as when I use a template...but it's just like anything else....practice makes perfect, except for those who are JUST PLAIN DOWN RIGHT TALENTED AT IT!!!!

Meg...oh sorry you are not feeling too well....and ahhhh the BASS PRO....I love the clothes they have but I don't buy...because DH tends to spend QUITE A LOT when we go there!!! Thank goodness there is not one any closer than 4 hours to us!!!!! and OH MAJOR THANK GOODNESS THERE IS NO CABELAS within 7 or 8 hours!!!!!! Awe...your furbaby should love that cute little duck!!!

Trudy.........YAY for sleeping in!!!! and COMPUTER TIME!!! I need to go to the gallery today and see who has created what!!!!

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNN!!! ((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))))))))) SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU SWEETIE!!!! Tell US ALL ABOUT YOU!! NEW JOB?? NO MORE DESIGNING??? DETAILS SWEETIE!! and how is Amanda??

ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow we are blessed with both of you in one day!!!!!!! What is going on in your's and C's world???

Laurie....have a great trip sweetie!!!!!

Clara....I am sorry about all the airport business and poor Ethan!!! Oh my ....I can't believe you slept so long!!! I was always TERRIFIED to sleep with the kids awake in the house....figured they would burn it down!!! HAHA!!! and as for Ethan fixing something to eat for them....they aren't going to do it....that's just kids... Oh and I am feeling your pain about the house...MEN!!! What do we do with them???
 
Good morning! See, I made it back 2 days in a row. LOL

I have butterflies in my stomach this morning. We have our 20 week ultrasound appointment this morning. Can't wait to see the baby again. Hoping everything is okay with the babe and that we can find out the gender. DH and C are convinced it's a girl, but I am thinking boy. It's crazy to think in a little over 4 hours we will know. :becky:

Chris - sorry to hear about the stress the baby shower is causing. Praying for your brother and SIL that it all goes smoothly. A good friend of mine just adopted and brought her baby girl home last month, after a failed adoption earlier in the year. Her family is just now planning the welcome home celebration since they were so worried about everything working out smoothly and now they can really celebrate that she's home.

Linda - I want a spa day too. Can I join you? I have Tuesday off from work so I am thinking I am going to treat myself to a pedi. Sounds soo good.

Hope you all have a great Thursday!!
 
Morning everyone:wave: Have to head out to work this morning, but have to have my :tea: and see what's happening here first right?

Chris - That really is a shame about all this baby shower fuss!! They really should be more understanding about it all. Linda is right they should think more sensibly like us LOL. I would hop on a plane today if I could and come and help you out with things around the house but hubby is not the best flyer:plane: I have a hard enough time getting him to get on a plane to see the kids and to do this vacation to Orlando in January. My dreams of us travelling when he retires is quickly going out the window :cry:

Nana Linda - Yea on getting your hair done and a pedi sounds wonderful too!! I have missed seeing you in the gallery, you always leave such wonderful love on my LO's.

Me - Good Luck with your ultrasound, I am sure everything is going along just as it should! Hope to see much more of you in the chat forum!!

Have a wonderful day everyone:wave:
 
Chris -- I'm on your side!!!! With my wedding, when it came to those things it felt like even though the showers were for us -- we weren't being considered what so ever. Specifically, our insane schedules. I hope your brother and SIL don't get trampled with this -- lol, if I were them, I just wouldn't show up!
Bass Pro Shops are few and far between -- I think there's only two in California. I absolutely love all of their women's clothes, but they're super expensive... except for the jeans!

Nana Linda -- I'd LOVE a pedicure!!!!!! I haven't even had time to give myself one, and my husband stole my ped egg.
HOORAY for BPS & Cabela's being far away! Bass Pro is about 2 hours away (still close, but far enough...) and I think the nearest Cabela's is in Reno!!! If we're financially sound in March, we're going to be going to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's conference in Reno... I have a feeling there will be a Cabela's trip!

Mei -- Nice to meet you!! My theory is if you've got terrible morning sickness -- it's a girl, but if the pregnancy is easier -- it's a boy!

Trudy -- Pass some of that coffee, will you? lol! Have fun at work!

Clara -- Hooray for all the sleep!!!! When I was finally able to fix myself my meals, I definitely felt a little more grown up and independent. Now I know it was just so my mom could get me off her back, lol! I bet you're glad the whole airline stuff is over with!

OK -- On to me -- Well, my FIL has been hitting the pavement dropping off applications and filling them out online. He also wants me to show him how to make some crafty stuff to sell online for Christmas -- but I feel like there's so much competition on etsy that unless you're well known or market like mad, he wont sell much. I just hope the cameras sell, and Jeff's business takes off.
Today I'm skipping my yarn group and trying to get back into the swing of working. Tonight I'm making my shop go live, so I've got to be ready for that!
 
Chris-that bites about the shower. In a way I see the mom's side, she probably wants it to feel as if it were a traditional
baby shower. That said, around here lots of times the dads are involved as well. It's sad they aren't considering dad's feelings though :(.

Katrina, Laurie, Meg, Trudy-hi there, nice to 'meet' you! I can't wait to get to know y'all!

Mary Ellen-what's been happening with you over the last yr(LOL nevermind I just read about your 'butterflies'!!! congrats!!!)? Glad we both made our way back to the O!

Linda!!!!!!!!!!!!eeek!!!!(Nana)-Yup, new job(I looove it so far!). Amanda is so-so LOL. DS just rode cross-country to Phoenix on his Harley to attend Motorcycle Mechanics Institute for the next 15 months. No more
designing, with the new job, health issues (UGH) and joining a gym(!!!!) there's just no time and I'd rather scrap in my free time LOL. How's your fam? Tracy and all the grand-brood?

Clara---Hey girlfriend! I thought I'd find you here hehehehe.

I'll post a little bit about my past year in a separate post. It's been kinda uneventful LOL.
 
Okie, here's a little about my past year.............y'all might wanna :ban: me after I finish yacking buuaaahahahaha.

Most of y'all know I lost my previous job(after almost 8 yrs) last September. I started designing to support my scrap habit while I did the job hunt(half-heartedly LOL). I had a lot of fun designing and learned a lot about PS, PSE, AI, quality control, and so much more, I'm really happy I did it.

I had a blast being home for the first 8 months or so cause Davy(my precious bunny...RIP) and I were together almost 24/7 and it rocked, she had such an amazing little personality. Then in July she got sick and we had to say goodbye, I tried and tried to nurse her back but it wasn't to be. The day she was put to sleep there was a lady at the vet's office and her nephew had a Netherland dwarf bunny, 4 yrs old, that he wanted to give away to someone he knew would take good care of him.....she was hesitant to say anything to me at the time because I was obviously very upset (I cried for over a wk over her and anytime I think of her I still get teary but I wouldn't trade my time with her for anything in the world)...anyway, the morning after Davy died the vet's office called and told me the boy would give me the bun, Frisky. I went to meet him and although it wasn't love at first sight I knew I would be a good Mama to him. He is a little nut, not very affectionate but he loves his head rubbings, carrots, and eats and poops much better than Davy ever did. He's a very healthy little guy. I really think that Davy must've had something go wrong in her surgery when she was spayed because that's when she started having probs. So, I've had little Frisky since July 18 this year and we've bonded pretty well...I've got tons of little Frisky stories to share LOL, I definitely love the little 'bunnunnie' as I call him...Davy was always 'bunny butt' haha. I've never had to shut Frisky up in his cage, he is very well-behaved (most of the time LOL) and never has accidents out of his litter box, so he's free in my room all the time and in the living room a lot as well. Nobody can pet him but me though and he chases the cats and won't let them in 'his' room.

So after Davy was gone I started having lots of troubles keeping occupied at home...then DS(Johnie) decided to go to school cross-country....financially I needed to go back to work. Soon as I got serious about finding a job and sending out my resume I started getting lots of calls. The 3rd interview was the one. I am working for a family medicine/sports medicine doctor and there are only 5 of us. It is a very laid back office and so far I'm working 24-32 hrs a wk which is all I want haha.

During my time off I gained a LOT of weight...something about sitting at the puter all day and snacking all day haha. I had a huge reality check last wk at the doctor's office when my bp was 184/112. Plus, my acid reflux has gotten out of control, even taking Prilosec twice a day isn't helping...usually around 11-12 every night I have a bad spell and have to get up for a while and eat a few Rolaids. Plus my ankles, knees, and low back are hurting all the time....sooo weight has got to go. I'm feeling very, very motivated and positive about it but I know that the only way I will stick with it will be joining a gym so Amanda and I are doing it. I'll start next wk, I would've already but I had to get several suspicious lesions removed yesterday and today(insurance wouldn't pay to have more than 3 at a time done?! LOL). One lesion was on the bottom of my foot and ooooh my gosh it is hurting now that the lidocaine has worn off. While the doctor was working on me yesterday she asked 'Have you ever had melanoma???' in a very ominous voice that kinda scared me LOL. Anyhow I'll find out in a couple of wks, if not sooner, if they were benign or what. So, I'm off work this afternoon and tomorrow to allow my foot to heal a bit before going back to work.

Other than all of that I'm pretty boring.........unless you wanna hear all about how my DH is a PITB now....he's taking DS leaving very hard.

Shew, I think that's enough about me LOL.
 
BTW, Chris, or somebody, can y'all change my little tagline(under my user name) to Frisky's mama? It kinda breaks my heart to see Davy's mama :(.
 
Nice to meet you Dawn!!!

We lost my DH's dog he had since he was 13 last summer... it took him a month or so before he would consider getting another dog. When I brought home Riley two months later, he wouldn't give her any attention -- but now they're best friends!! I can't wait to hear your Frisky stories!!!

I totally feel yah on the gaining wait since working from home -- so that's why I started this:
https://ozone.oscraps.com/forum/showthread.php?p=253655

I went from walking several miles a day to just walking around the house, when I finished school, opps!
 
Evening all - left Kentuky (where we stopped the night before) at 8am and got to Orlando a 9pm with one stop for dinner and several gas/pee breaks. It is humid and very warm. Tomorrow we shall see what the relaxation opportunities are. I have my EHD incase I get lots of scrap time. We shall see.
 
I have been checking in all day but just haven't written all day. Love you guys though. i will write tomorrow. I have been so bad about the dailies. BUT - I have been a gallery surfing fool. Don't think I'll make my goal but have still posted more in a month than ever so that is awesome. Anyway, I will be in tomorrow after our field trip to the PowWow. Today was me just buzzing around the house being pissy with DH all day. I swear every where I turned was another reason to get revved up. Ugh!! So, tomorrow...
 
Oh and Chris...why don't you and your mom plan your own welcome home - forever family day celebration for after the beginning of the year? Then you can invite who you want to, your brother and sil can be vague about their list of people and keep the shower small and have a getting started baby shower for diapers and formula. I know I had 3 showers for Ethan so there's nothing wrong with having more than 1 shower. That's my thought for you. Adoption is a HUGE deal and is a whole family affair and is not the same thing as having a baby and while their life should be treated like regular life their birth is special and should be treated accordingly and since her family doesn't get it then you can get it and try and fix what they seem to have broke. Hugs!! This is why we are soul-sisters. :)
 
clarabear said:
Oh and Chris...why don't you and your mom plan your own welcome home - forever family day celebration for after the beginning of the year? Then you can invite who you want to, your brother and sil can be vague about their list of people and keep the shower small and have a getting started baby shower for diapers and formula. I know I had 3 showers for Ethan so there's nothing wrong with having more than 1 shower. That's my thought for you. Adoption is a HUGE deal and is a whole family affair and is not the same thing as having a baby and while their life should be treated like regular life their birth is special and should be treated accordingly and since her family doesn't get it then you can get it and try and fix what they seem to have broke. Hugs!! This is why we are soul-sisters. :)
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That's a great idea!!!

Chris, I don't know how it works in your state -- but is there an "official" day where the little one is theirs, permanently? Here there's a day in court, I believe. I think it might be nice to tie that day in with a shower, if it's far enough along from the actual gotcha day for them to be ready for a shin-dig.
 
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