I missed our deadline.

I had said I would move my family blog to here when Princess Peanut had been with us for a full year.  I would make it more about our family, less about her in the spotlight (although she believes she should be in the spotlight).  I missed it.

It’s here.  I’m going to password protect certain posts here and there.  I will be trying to direct all traffic here.  I don’t have a plan for this yet, but I will.  I think I know.

It’s not going to be totally fun I’m sure.  I don’t like change.  I really don’t.  But family privacy MUST be maintained, well, perhaps.  The password protected posts will be of photos, of details about our lives, and if you are interested you will need to get the passwords.  I will still have photos, probably still have face shots as I’m not too paranoid about that sort of thing.  But there won’t be as many as before on my other blog.

If I can remember them all, which is a big if.

Links are going to be interesting as well.  No more singling out adoption links, and well…I’ve felt a huge change coming for awhile regarding those.

Did I mention I dislike change?  Yeah.  Thought so.

 

I had my feelings hurt

and honestly, it seems to be more indicative of how things are going lately.  Maybe I’m more aware of the ebb and flow of friendships lately, I don’t know.

I helped shoot a wedding 2 weeks ago, and while I made mistakes I thought things went well.  The person I helped shoot the wedding asked someone else to help her 2 times next year…I’m 1.5 hours from her this other person is about 9 hours.  Why?  I don’t know.  My feelings were hurt, I’m going to ask her WHY.

But, it reminds me that I do have an online friend that I felt pull away this summer.  I’ve had others that have pulled away in the past year as well.  I don’t know why.  It HURTS.  I know friendships ebb and flow, except for the “best friends” and these were some of the people I hoped to count in the best friends category.  I feel so insecure often, like I’m not loved or liked.  I’m not cool enough.  I’m not…well…ENOUGH.

Maybe I try too hard.  Maybe I care too much.  Maybe I’m not supposed to be their friend for some reason…but I wish I knew why it seems like this happens to me.  What is it about me that people don’t like?!  HUH?

I think it would be okay if I had “in real life” friends to do things with…but I’m a loser and don’t.    Seriously, I do have friends, we’re all just so busy.  It’s easier to stay caught up with online friends as I can catch up with them at my leisure…usually at midnight.  Perhaps that is the reason…I don’t make time during the day for them?  I dunno.

 

I went and disappeared again

but this time…well, same excuse.  BUSINESS.  LOL  I helped a friend shoot a wedding.  Lovely couple, so glad I got the chance to shoot them.

Gosh that just sounds sooo bad.

I have permission to share, so as soon as I get the images edited and find one that doesn’t show their faces as this blog isn’t connected to the business, well THEN I’ll share.

The other place that sucked me in?  Facebook.  Yeah, it finally got me.  See, I drug Dh along with me and sucked him in.  We’re currently competing for the most friends.  I’ve discovered it’s not fair that he went to a BIG high school while I went to a tiny one.  Oh well, I am still ahead…a little.

Back to the business thing, see I have 11 sessions this month.  Normal sessions per month for me is 4-6.  11 people.  With the house on the market.  Yeah.  What was I thinking?!  I guess you’ll see me more in November?  I’ve only got 3 sessions currently scheduled for November.

 

Princess Peanut’s New Clothes

Matilda Jane

I bought the following:

This DRESS for now

and then this SHIRT in 2t with these PANTS in 18months to wear now as well.  You’ll have to scroll down to see the pants.

Now, all of this will mix together in various ways to go with this DRESS in 2t for wearing…hopefully longer than this year.

If only October 20th would get here, then I could post photos of Princess Peanut in these clothes.  Thanks to the generosity of friends who have given her hand me downs, plus what I bought last year thinking it would fit last year (fits this year)…I could splurge like this.

Dh might shoot me though if I continue…I had to promise this was IT.  Well, until the next trunk show of boutique clothes.  Does anyone know how to block certain websites from my computer?  Or, rather, how to unblock them once Dh blocks them?!  LOL  Seriously though, I’m done with her. Clone1, on the other hand, is growing.  He’ll need a few jeans, a winter coat, and maybe a few shirts this winter.  Clone2 is good to go.

 

I’ve not died or anything

Promise.  Business just got a little out of hand (tends to do that in the fall).  Homeschooling went crazy (also tends to do that when business gets out of hand).  Then throw in the fact that we put our house on the market today.  Yeah.  I kind of went a little crazy there.

Or I just don’t know my own limits.  Which, yes, I guess is true.  Only now I’m paying for it, in the form of 3 times as many zits on my face as normal.  That’s a lot by they way as normal is at least 3-5 zits at any given time.

I’m over 30 ya’ll.  I’m supposed to be DONE with acne.  DONE DONE DONE.  I’m not.  I’m over 30, I’m supposed to be looking into moisturizers, aren’t I?  I’m still with the teeny-boppers looking for something to dry the oil up.  Make up?  What’s that?  Heck, it just serves a purpose to join with the oils on the face to create a substance that is like mud, and  not that good spa kind either.  The “clog every dang pore” kind.

So…what did have I done lately?  Not a heck of a lot.

Clone2 and Princess Peanut both caught a cold, which led to CROUP this time!  Hey, we needed to shake things up a bit instead of jumping immediately to asthma.  Only, we ended up at the pediatrician’s office on Sunday morning.

*don’t you hate me now that my pediatrician office has office hours on Sunday? and Saturday?  and weeknights until 8pm?*

Our doc wasn’t there, saw the “on call” doc.  He gave Clone2 steroids….luckily not the last kind he had this past spring.  Clone2 can only have them 3 times a year, and we’re supposed to keep them in reserve for “trying to stay out of the hospital” kind of thing.  I didn’t share that info with “new doc” as watching Clone2 struggle to BREATHE in the middle of the night frightened us to death.  Plus it was only 2 days worth…not the full 10 day regime the asthma doc puts him on.

Croup.  Interesting illness.  Very interesting.  I never could figure out when my kids were no longer contagious, so I tried to keep them home until all coughing had ceased.

OOOOH, good news from that appointment – Clone2 had gained 1.5 pounds in a month and a half!!!  Reflux med must have done the trick to stimulate his appetite a bit better.  He has been growing as well, his shoe is now a size 12 (we jumped from an 11 this past spring to a 12 in August!).  Princess Peanut?  Well, she was at 21.4 pounds!!!!  Up from 19.5 on August 4th.  She’s 2 by the way to give you an idea on age vs. weight there.  Wooohooo!

told ya I’ve had a boring life lately.

 

I’m Quirky? No….

Three Channels tagged me in the Quirkiness Abounds meme…oh the JOY.  *you did catch that sarcasm right?*

So, since I’m new on this blog, and I’m dragging all the readers from my previous blog (no I’m trying to keep up with2…well 3 if you count the business blog as well), you get a lovely chance to find out all things quirky about me.

The RULES

1. Link the person who tagged you.  *check!*
2. Mention the rules on your blog. *check!*
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours. *check!*
4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them.
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged bloggers letting them know they’ve been tagged.

*crickets chirping*

I don’t think I have anything quirky….

1.  I have my “blankie” still.  I call it fuzzy.  It’s a bright orange-yellow color (think Pooh’s color on most stuffed animals).  I had to put Fuzzy “up” for safekeeping when I noticed it was threadbare, and I replaced it with a blue one exactly like that Dh had that his mom had given him/bought him when he moved into his first apartment.  Both blankets are queen sized.  I’ve had Fuzzy since I was 3.    That’s not quirky right?

2.  I’m slightly germ-o-phobic…but I really come by it honestly.    I do!  It comes from having children off the bottom of the weight charts and being told by doctors to NOT let  them lose weight.  So, if they caught a stomach virus…they’d lose weight…right?  Yeah.  LOTS of hand sanitizer.   It does not have anything to do with my fear of vomiting.  I hate it.  *I’ll just keep telling myself that, okay.*  Then, on the heels of this comes my two kids with asthma….which gets worse with any respiratory illness (yes colds).  LOTS and LOTS of hand sanitizer.

That’s not quirky at all is it?

3.  I have a high metabolism (don’t shoot me now…that can come later).  Extremely high, which is good since I have no will power to food.  I can eat whatever I want and not gain an ounce.  Drawback?  I have trouble ovulating because I don’t have enough fat.  This leads to infertility by the way.  I’d rather have to watch what I eat.

4.  My Disney plans send most people running for the hills because of the extreme planning I do.  One trip, on a word document, was 16 pages.  It was mostly bulleted lists.  I have it down to “rough estimates” on times.  Like we’ll arrive at the Magic Kingdom no later than 8:30, go to THIS spot for rope drop, then head to Space Mountain with Dh.  Get a Rider Swap pass, then I take the passes to get fast passes, then run to Buzz Lightyear to ride with “non-space mountain riding” kids…repeat Buzz until Dh catches up with me.  Ride Astro Orbiter.  Walk up to Fantasyland, ride Pooh, get FP for Peter Pan if it’s time for that, ride Snow White, ride Tea Cups…it should be roughly 10am by this point.  Goofy’s Barnstomer…then over to Big Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain, then Pirates…fast pass and rider swap whatever we can….back to Fantasyland, ride Peter Pan with fast pass, small world, should be 11:30 and time for lunch by now.

see…NOT quirky. 

*I can’t be at 5 already can I?*

5.  I adore Sci-Fi shows and movies.  ADORE them.  We watch mainly Sci-Fi channel (well we did until we cut cable, now we watch it off the internet).  In addition to this, I like action/adventure movies.  Dh brags on this to his friends (they’re all geeks as well).  Well, to further push me into “quirky” side of things, I like to “game” and “role play”…you know Dungeons and Dragons kind of thing (only not D&D, more GURPS or ROLEMASTER or something).  I’m not into World of Warcraft, but I’m sure I’d like if it I even looked into it.  I do want to go to DragonCon sometime, and I love me a good Renaisaance Faire! I don’t think this even quirky, but more ensuring my place in “geekdom.”

6.  I refuse to think I’m even at 6….*sigh*

I maintain 3 blogs fully, lurk/random post on a 4th, AND am on Facebook.   Someone stop me now!!!

I’ll have to think who I’m going to tag.  LOL  Get back to that…promise.

 

Oh NO! Disney rumors are getting to me

We’re a Disney family.  We love going to Disney.  Absolutely love it, and the kids?  they’re already thrill ride junkies (might have something to do with sensory seeking stuff?  maybe?).

So, Clone2 is just about 44 inches, meaning he can FINALLY ride Space Mountain!!!  That quintessenial rollercoaster of Disney.  Just thinking about it makes me SMILE.

I read last night, while planning, that as of January 2009 they are closing it for renovations…for a long time.

Our next trip?  February 2009.

*gasp, choke, faint*……*SOB*

Clone2 will NOT get to ride Space Mountain, the classic Space Mountain…EVER!  Never ever.

So…what are we doing?  We’re in the midst of building a house, saving frantically for downpayments, and we’re looking into going to Disney during December for a quick trip…the in-laws live about 4 hours from Disney.  We *could* make it down there for a short trip so that Clone2 can ride Space Mountain.  He just HAS to ride Space Mountain, and I can’t have him wait until our next trip…I mean that would be like making him wait to ride Space Mountain for a whole 12-18 months LONGER!  *blush*

BTW, Disney is REALLY crowded the week of Christmas.  Really really crowded and that is the only thing stopping us at this point.  We never go when it’s crowded, we love going with only 10 minute MAX waits.  Not to mention financing the trip…hmmm…so much to think about!

 

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Oh my word….it doesn’t stop!

C1:  You know, I think that that if you went fast enough you could go back in time.

Me:  I don’t think so.

C1:  Well, if you go faster than the speed of light you should be going backward in time.  B-b-because at the speed of light time stands still. *pause*  I think at least.  So-so if you go faster than that you will be moving back in time.

Me:  I don’t think so.  *help!*   Dh?!  HELP!!!!  Your son is discussing theorectical physics again!

Now, Dh and I have had a long discussion in the car about the viability of an FTL drive (faster than light), and moving through “hyperspace” and I know clone1 and clone2 were watching the dvd movie with headphones on.  Oh, we discuss things like that instead of listening to the radio on long trips.  Doesn’t that make you want to travel with us?!

 

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