here is a super quick layout I did earlier this evening...
and per mary's request...
the reason they were worried about toxemia is because of all the weight gain. i weighed myself this morning and i am down 5 lbs from where i was on monday morning. i think that watching my sodium will help as will drinking tons of fluids. my arms and legs don't HURT right now, like they have been. BUT i am still going to get the bloodwork done, hopefully tomorrow, so that we can make sure. i feel like i am going to the bathroom every 5 minutes. i woke up 3 times last night to go to the bathroom. i don't usually wake up during the night... all 5 or 6 hours that i actually get to sleep!
Traci Reed's Boy Theory at ACOTHannah and I got up this morning a little before 8 and got Thomas off to work and then came home and ran around like crazy to attempt to leave the house at 9:15... at 9:45, we finally left the house and ran up to Thomas' work to take him a drink and then ran by Walgreens because I suddenly had a terrible headache pop up and of course, I didn't have any sinus medicine with me. Then we went to the church and started redecorating the kids' Primary room. Our theme for this year is Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd. So, our room is decorated in red hearts and sheep. We cut out and stamped sheep on red pieces of paper, laminated them, and wrote each child's name on them. Then we hung them from the ceiling, suspended by red fishing line. It took longer than we expected, so we still aren't even close to being done. Our Primary room isn't big enough for all of our kids (we have an average of 75 kids each week) so we have to position our piano by the back door, facing into the room... makes it REALLY loud. So, we got some faux sherpa to cover the back of the piano and hopefully muffle the sound a bit. We also got some cream flannel to cover the front bulletin board. We have black gingham cardstock letters to decorate the bulletin board. We are also getting a black tablecloth for the little round table we have up front. If we have enough Sherpa left over we are going to cover the table, too. We'll see what happens. I think I have some red poppies somewhere that I may take in so that we have something for the table. Anyway... we had to leave the church just after one because today is an early release day at school and the other two ladies had to pick their kids up at school. Hannah and I got home and I fed Hannah lunch and then sat down on the kitchen floor with a sponge and a bucket of Mr Clean. I was going to just wipe down the floor because I haven't done it yet this week... big mistake! I was sitting there on the floor and glanced up at the cabinet and saw a drip of barbeque sauce from last night's dinner. I wiped it off and noticed that the entire cabinet was dirty. So, I cleaned it and then looked at the cabinet next to it. Dirty, too. I swear I just did this a couple of weeks ago! So, I ended up scrubbing the outsides of the cabinets from top to bottom, the underneath side of the over door... wow that gets nasty! The fridge and the counters. Then I started on the floor. The bucket of cleaner was still pretty clean, so I decided to clean the bathroom floors. Then i noticed how dirty my shower floor was. So, I scrubbed that, too. Then decided that even though I usually scrub my bathrooms on Thursdays, I could go ahead and do that today. So, I scrubbed both bathrooms from top to bottom. I glanced into Hannah's room and realized that I forgot to make her bed this morning. So, I went in and made her bed and noticed that her room really needs organized. Then I felt myself thinking about that book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" and I stopped! :) I sat down on the couch a few minutes ago and realized that I am EXHAUSTED! I still have a billion things to do, but at least I was able to cross a couple of things off my lists! And I organized my pantry yesterday! That was such a relief! Now I just have about 5 other closets to go! I'm getting there. I am really hoping that Hannah will fall asleep and then I can take a nap. She looks sleepy... We have to head back over to the church later and finish up the decorating.
I am going to be teaching a bunch of people here about digital scrapbooking. I am so excited. I have to figure out what to teach them first. I got a really cool new kit from Traci Reed yesterday. It comes out tomorrow at ACOT and I LOVE it. It isn't something I would ordinarily scrap with, but it was so much fun! It was perfect for our park photos from yesterday, too! I'll post a few layouts I did with it last night. I was able to get 4 totally different layouts from it... not something I am usually very good with.
Anyway... that's about it for now. Hope everyone is doing well!
I did something productive today... I took Hannah to playgroup! The playgroup from church met at a park VERY close to my house, so I decided to just go. I am so glad that I did. There were several moms there who hadn't been before, so it was nice. Hannah didn't really play with any of the other kids, but she got to run and play for 2 hours while I chatted with other adults and played with my baby! So much fun! It was 80 degrees today and we both have a little bit of a sunburn. VERY NICE! Especially considering that we were freezing last week! and we haven't done anything else productive all day! :) hannah and i have been playing and she is currently napping. so i am catching up on my emails and blogging and watching tyra. okay, i really don't like tyra's interview skills, but she has interesting people on her show. AND I like that she is not ashamed of who she is and what she looks like. She looks amazing to me... she looks like a real person, with a little meat on her perfect bones. i guess it is just that her interviews are more like two girls just hanging out, rather than having much substance to them. I think I am too used to watching news channels. I have never been a talk show person. I like Ellen, too, though... not a huge Oprah fan.
I should probably be cleaning my house or doing laundry, but I really just want to chat! I have been looking at different apartments around here online. We just can't stay where we are next year. As much as I don't want to move, we just can't live on the second floor. Hannah loves to jump and dance and sing and she just can't do that. the nasty people downstairs starting banging on the ceiling the other night at 7:30pm... hello????? it's only 7:30! i can't even think about having to deal with keeping my 2 year old quiet all the time with a newborn to take care of. Who knows? Maybe we'll just bag it all and move to Utah! That is actually what I really want to do, but we have to do what is best for our family. But don't get too excited Chrissy and Leslie, if we did move out there, it would probably be to Provo or American Fork, somewhere cheap, close to BYU. Ugh! I hate Provo.
So, I have gained 10 lbs in 2 weeks... I have to go have kidney and liver function blood tests to make sure that everything is okay. and i am on a LOW sodium diet for 2 weeks to see if that helps. If not, they are going to have to start watching me for toxemia. The doctor was concerned because she thought I had gained 10 lbs in a month, when I told her that it had only been TWO WEEKS, she kind of freaked out on me. I got a major interrogation about my diet. I have actually been eating better. although I did have corndogs one night last week and I had fried rice another night (made with low-sodium soy sauce!) and then I had chicken nuggets another night... so I did have more sodium than usual, but not 10 pounds worth. I can totally feel the extra weight, too. When I kneel down on the carpet to pick something up, when I stand up, I have carpet marks on my legs for an hour or more. I don't really look swollen like last time, though. My arms and my thighs are swollen and my love handles are pretty big. but that could be from all the chocolate cake I ate! :) not much sodium there! BEWARE: KoolAid singles packets have splenda in them. I found that out today. I drank one at the park and have had a terrible headache all day from it.
Okay, I am going to stop rambling now and go make some dinner for Hannah and I. Actually I am going to go reheat what I made last night and didn't get around to eating. Feel free to chat back at me since I just keep on talking and talking and talking...
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I am loving collages these days! This layout is for the Sugar Free Challenge at The Sweet ShoppeOkay, I admit, I do it! I breastfeed in public. Well, I did when Hannah was a baby and I plan to do it again with this baby. And I find it offensive that other mature and responsible adults find it offensive. Check out this blog... I am not one of those whip out your boob and let it hang it out for ten minutes while you rummage through the diaper bag and then get around to feeding your baby kind of breastfeeding moms. I always make sure I am covered, but that the baby can breathe. You tell me, which is more offensive? a screaming child with a completely frazzled mother or a baby quietly eating with the slight chance of partially exposing my boob. PLEASE! People pay to see boobs, why are mine offensive? Because they are serving their actual intended purpose? Anyway... that's enough about that. I still have a while before I have to worry about "offending" people again.
Okay, this is a post for one of the digital scrapbooking stores/communities that I LOVE!
If you were a man, which SugarBabe or SSD designer would you want to take out on a date? Why? Where will you take her?
AMANDA ROCKWELL! I have no clue what she looks like and I have never had a chance to meet her or to even attend a chat with her. BUT, I love her designs and anyone who can come up with such beautiful designs must be an interesting person to get to know. And I would take her anywhere she wanted to go!
Amy Teets' Sublime Kit
I have been a busy little bee... scrapping like crazy whenever I can find a spare second! Hannah is keeping me CRAZY busy all the time, along with getting things organized for Baby 2! The ideas are just flowing, though and I am LOVING it!
I am going to post several layouts I have done in no particular order... probably order of photo date since that is how I organize them. Hope you like seeing all these photos! I may have posted a couple of these before... i can't remember!
thomas & i back when we were skinny and young and beautiful! :)
Amanda Rockwell's Back in Black 2 Collection: FlavorFull Kit at The Sweet Shoppe
