12:41 am

Vertical blinds hung- check (woo!!!)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9- check, 1, 2, 3, 4...

That's me playing my latest addiction- sudoku . (Thanks a lot Heather). It seems to be the craze that's hitting the nation. I've got a list a mile long of things I should be doing and plan on doing (hang my vertical blinds, paint my kitchen, organize my office, hang shelves in the garage, hang curtains, put stuff in garage on said shelves...) the list goes on and on. How is it that I let myself get sucked in?? I have no self control- there, I said it. I sit down to breastfeed Corinne and the best place to do that is somewhere with a comfy chair and entertainment at hand... the computer- my favorite place in the house. But and hour and a half later after she's done I'm still sitting here- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9- check 1, 2, 3, 4... here we go again.


P.S. Remember the dr. saying that there was no possible way that there was still a stone fragment left- that if there was Steve would be in excruciating pain? Remember me asking him if he was sure since there wasn't ever any pain to begin with and him treating me like a moron for asking? Well, guess what they found- a fragment left. Dumb dr. Anyway, we're pretty sure it's all passed now and Steve is feeling lots better. I've got my husband back and I'm grateful. He does a ton around here and having him incapacitated was enough to make me want to take up drinking.

P.S.

Corinne started 'really' crawling today. She's been getting around for about a month, doing a hop/skip/jump/wiggle/roll/shuffle thing that's just too cute. I put her down at my friend's house today to show her and Corinne took off doing a 'real' crawl and has been doing it ever since. Totally cute! I love that baby!

Things I've learned (about myself) this week.

1. I'm not cut out to be a single parent
2. I'm not cut out to be a nurse
3. I eat (lots of crap) under stress

So, last week (Thursday) Steve had a kidney stone 'blasted'. This is a description of the procedure:

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL)

Procedure - The patient lies flat on the lithotripsy table or partially submerged in a water bath in older models. The lithotriptor is then targeted to the stone using fluoroscopy, a low radiation energy. The stone is fragmented by high-energy shock waves that are generated outside of the body. Shock waves travel through the body very much like sound waves. The energy of the shock waves is delivered to the stone in focus and not to the surrounding tissue. The stone is fragmented to particles of a size that can pass spontaneously. An incision to remove the stone is thus avoided.

Sounds simple and painless ect right? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. They don't tell you that it's like being beat up. It's just 'shock waves' which are like 'sound waves' and it doesn't hurt. um, right. Also the anesthesia just might make you puke for 5 days. Lovely. Fabulous. So Steve's been out of commission for days. They told him that he'd be back to normal activity in 24-48 hours. At 48 hours he could hardly sit up without help. The dr. is concerned and ordered an ultrasound, which Steve had done today. Then they called and ordered at CT scan after seeing the results of the ultrasound- that's comforting. Really. Steve was finally able to go back to work today, but still is pretty weak and out of it.

I've tried really really hard to be a good wife and a good mom this week. I really have. I'm now ready for a vacation. I am terrified that they're going to tell us something really bad tomorrow. The dr. kept insisiting that there couldn't possibly be any fragments of the stones left. That if there were that Steve would be in extreme pain- but then he ordered the U/S anyway. So who knows, I guess we'll find out tomorrow.

So that's our crappy week in a nutshell. Steve went upstairs after the procedure on Thursday and didn't come back to the first floor until Tuesday when he went to work long enough for his boss to take one look at him and send him home. I've gone up and down our stairs more times then I'd care to remember- although my butt and hips definately needed the exercise- especially since I broke my until Valentine's day goal of no 'treats'. I've still not eaten fast food though (go me!) I'm for sure a stress eater though- no doubt about that after this week. Too bad I'm not a stress cleaner or a stress exerciser though huh?

What a week!

It's been a long (for me) and painful (for Steve) week. I don't have the energy to explain. More later- but for now I'll give you something to do. Apparently it's national de-lurking week (month? year?) Okay really it's just an excuse for us bloggers to boost our egos a little by knowing who's reading. (PS- for those that don't know, a lurker is someone who reads but never comments. ) So leave a comment so I know you've been here. I removed the login- so you don't have to login or have a blogger account. Just make sure and sign your name so I know who you are. For all your trouble here's a picture of my cute Corinne working on the crawling thing. She's kind of lurching herself around from the hands and knees position, but prefers the 'army crawl' the most. Super cute however she does it.






Anyway- more about us later when I can put two coherent thoughts together.

I found my camera! Woo! You know what that means right?

A very picture heavy post! First off- here is the update to my living room- my table, rug and the curtains I made (with lots of help- thanks Connie!) Yay! The rug wasn't what I thought it was going to be (I ordered it online)- but I like it better then what I thought I was getting- so that's good!

There is another set of long curtains on the dining room windows. I also painted on Monday! It's amazing how much paint and curtains can change a room!

The other night I set Corinne in her crib so I could get her pajamas and she immediately grabed onto the railing and pulled herself up! I ran downstairs to get the camera but by the time I got back upstairs she'd sat down again. I sat there waiting for her to do it again but she just kept getting madder and madder since I was sitting there and not picking her up! This was as good of a picture as I could get. For New Year's we went down to Phoenix to visit Katie and Gordon. We went to the Phoenix Zoo where they were having a Noon Year's Eve party. They'd brought in a bunch of snow for those poor deprived children from Phoenix who'd never experienced snow before. Ashley thought it was great- Megan and Annika weren't impressed with it because it was cold and wet... They also had vendors handing out stuff, the favorite was Krispy Kreme hats filled with dougnuts. Annika wasn't that impressed with the zoo. But I did get one picture of her smiling.
Corinne enjoyed herself! Isn't she just the cutest baby ever!?!

Here is Steve and Gordon (notice the hat) waiting for us outside the petting zoo with the sleeping children.

And here are Lily and Ashley brushing a goat.
Here is Megan being a bat or a bird or something (I don't remember)

Things I think about

How come I buy a 15 oz can of men's shaving cream and it cost $.94 but when I buy a 7 oz can of women's it costs $2.24?

Why is it that within the first hour of mopping my floor someone spills something sticky on it? This time is was apple juice.

I painted my living room and hung my (finished) curtains. It looks freaking awesome. I'd show you but I lost my camera. It's somewhere in my house (it has to be) but since I spent all week painting and hanging curtains I didn't accomplish much else. I'm working on it though and I'm promising pictures soon.