diamonds and trees

Trying to be optimistic



A family came and looked at our home yesterday. They are deciding between ours and another in Virginia Beach. The one in Virginia Beach is closer to the place of employment. However, we hope the price of ours beats out the location... we shall see



so, ha ha... have to laugh

My friend Audrey has blocked me from reading her journal. She is a fair weather friend. Only good when I am there for her. Since I am not getting involved in the tift between she and Jessica, she has decided to write me off as well... oh well... what can you do?

While writing this, I just realized... I have been there for her, but never asked her for anything for me. Perhaps this friendship was one sided... hmmm... oh well... whatever



So, Lucy from Lucy in the sky with diamonds has passed. She suffered from lupus. She was 46. I wonder if that is how long I will live. I should research to find out the average age of death for someone who suffers from lupus. It is sad... If I die at that age, Lily will only be 16.

I am just thinking about that because I have not been feeling very well. My body is in so much pain. I find it difficult to breath at times. But I don't want to worry anyone, so I come to work with a smile on my face and a sunny disposition. Most days I just want to stay in bed.



Did I write about this season? It shall be busy. Starting this weekend.

Lily has swim class on Saturdays until November and I just may reenroll her again. So, this Saturday, we have swim class, craft in pink camp, and a baby shower. On Sunday, I want to go to Newport News to the folk fair. Next weekend, I might go visit Jessica. I hope to, it depends on how I am feeling and if Rob says I can go. The following weekend, I want to go to the outlets. Lily needs some clothes for the cooler weather. She only has dresses and onesies. Then the 25th, we are going to the Hampton Convention center to the paper and scrap fair to buy tons of supplies. I think I am going to give myself $100 spending limit. I think there are a few craft fairs in November as well. We also want to go to Busch Gardens for the Christmas thing. Whew... so much...

I want to get Lily those babylegs. They are leg warmers for babies. That way she can still wear dresses in the winter and it will be easy to change her diaper. In addition, when she starts crawling, she won't hurt her knees on our wood floors.



So, this is what I think I want for Christmas...

more calendars... I like funny stuff

2010 insert for my franklin covey planner... I mainly want the calendar, I don't need all the days... that is too thick

new mp3 thing for the car, since I gave mine to Rob

A house

and that is all I can think of for now

nom nom

Lily trying butternut squash

Lily has been eating since she was 4 months old. She has tried bananas, apples, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, turnips, and butternut squash. Today was her butternut squash day. She seemed to enjoy it.

I have been making most of her food. I enjoy being able to do this and it is so easy and cost effective. For the butternut squash, I just cut it into small cubes and boiled the cubes. I drained after the cubes were soft and blended with breast milk. I put the excess in an ice tray and will put them in baggies once they are frozen.

... and one more thing...

I forgot to mention the stats for Lily's 6 month appointment

She weighed 17 pounds and 6 ounces, so she is in the 80th percentile

She is 25 3/4 inches, so she is in the 75th percentile

yeah, my baby girl is big

But she is happy and healthy and will probably thin out once she becomes mobile

and her daddy's side of the family is tall, so she may tower over me

is it war and peace?

Man, I suck at updating!!

Lily is 6 months old and has a tooth. She can sit unassisted and likes her exersaucer. We went down to Florida for a vacation and for Lily and Rob to meet my side of the family. Lily's grandparents and Great-grandparents were so happy to meet her. Lily shares her birthday with a cousin. I am not sure how it works... but my cousin's daughter shares the birthday with my daughter... are they cousins? I don't know...

The house is still for sale... We noticed that the lady with all the kids ... well, the kids were not hanging out anymore. I asked my neighbor and he said that she moved... she has 8 kids! Yikes. I knew she seemed to always be pregnant.
Well anywho... Rob and I were just thinking how the kids and mister forty were not around and that would make the neighborhood not look so bad... We spoke too soon. All of a sudden a bunch of teenage boys are loitering in the cul de sac. These boys don't live on our street. And they look like hoodlums with the clothes falling off and the foul mouths. They don't know what a garbage can looks like. They think the world is their garbage can. Totally pisses me off.
Well, the other day, someone wanted to look at the house... and what do you know, the kids are loitering about and the cul de sac is a parking lot. There is a man working on about 3 cars in the street. If we were the potential buyers, I would not have even stopped the car. I would have kept on going. But these people came in the house.
We have lowered the price once again. We really want out of there. We like the house, we just don't like having to park on the street and how the street becomes a parking lot. We don't like the kids disrespecting property by breaking people's things and leaving garbage all over the place. We are ready for a detatched home in a nice neighborhood. We don't want to go any lower because we need to pay off Rob's car in order to take on a larger mortgage payment and not give up the lifestyle we have now. I am going to go over our budget and really not spend too much. Put the extra money towards paying the car off sooner. It sucks because Christmas is just around the corner. But, we are not going all out. Lily is too young, so we are only going to get her a few things. I am going to get Rob a few games and maybe a light sabre. I am not posting what I'll be getting my siblings, since they read this... LOL
Liz informed me last night that she is leaving in December. It totally threw me off guard. I realize she is unhappy and I hope this is the right decision for her. I really enjoyed having her around.
Well, I was thinking about making another blog for my crafty stuff. We shall see. I was not sure if I should mix family with crafting...
So, Audrey and Jessica are not friends anymore. Jessica got sick of Audrey's shenanigans. Audrey was selfish with her time here. The two of them shared a hotel room while they were down for the shower and planned on doing the girlie things at night. All Audrey did was talk on her cell phone to the guy she was having an affair with. She'd stay up on the phone until 2 or 3 in the morning. And then Audrey started ignoring Jessica. She did not allow her to be friends on facebook and some other stuff. Jessica got pissed and sent an email. Audrey sent an email "apologizing" for the behavior. But it was not an apology, it was a pity thing agreeing that people were mad at her... but she was not sorry. She has her head up her ass. All she cares about is herself. She is the "grass is greener" person. She had an emotional affair several times with David. The only reason why she did not leave Jay for David is because David does not look good in a uniform. Yeah, she only cares about appearances. She is always commenting on brand names and prices... I am glad David found someone who loves him for who he is (nerdy and all) and happy for him and his growing family. I was a little jealous at first that they got pregnant so quick. But, I am so happy. Lily was totally worth the wait.
oh yeah, got distracted. Audrey is realizing that maybe divorcing Jay and marrying Eric weeks later was not such a good idea. That her libido was telling her they were soul mates. Now she can't stand Eric's neediness and she has the mother in law from hell... LOL. I am so thankful Rob's mom is not like that. She tried to say that she was doing the same thing as me... I was like... Umm NO! I was not cheating on my husband and then get married weeks later. My marriage was over way before Rob and I got together and we had no intentions on getting married. Things just happened to work the other way. We have been married for 8 years.
Speaking of the other life... Liz and I ran into him the other day. He came up to me and I put my hand out to shake his hand, but he grabbed me and hugged me. A little awkward. Liz gave him the evil eye. She hates men and hold grudges. I am past it. I am in a great relationship with the man I love. and a little part of me takes happiness in knowing the ex just had his 3rd divorce... I know that is evil
So, I've been casually looking at jobs. I think I am overqualified for my current position and there is no possiblity of promotion in this position. I would like challenges and more money. I like my supervisors and the flexibility. Well anywho, a colleague from Yorktown told me about two positions opening up there soon. I am going to apply. They both pay more than what I am making now and I won't be the copy girl. When the job gets posted, I will find out more info. And if I get selected for an interview I'll find out about teleworking and how flexible they are since I do have an infant and will be about an hour away from her. I know most of the people who work there and like them, so that is a good thing.

Ok, I guess this is a good enough update.

the (in)sanity

Just posting this for my memory later

started my first period post partum today

nearly 6 months after the birth of Lily

and NO! I did not have a mess

shhh, the baby is sleeping

so, we have plans for going to Florida next weekend. It is a bit sooner than planned.

I read from Judy's blog, that grandmother is on hospice after being told she had a while. My heart is breaking. I have known some people who have died, however it never really affected me. Maybe because we are related. 

My father says they don't think she'll make it past this weekend. But Robert is unable to take leave on short notice and grandparents do not count for emergency leave. If she does not make it through the week, then I hope having Lily around the family will make things a little better. 

Grandma is someone who could not see bad in anything, she always had a smile and something nice to say. I know, we all know, those are the people who are usually the saddest. I am sure during this whole ordeal, she remained positive.

Since this is the first time in a while I have been able to post, I am going to have a lot to say. Lily is sleeping for now...

I just finished a card front swap and should recieve the other swaps this weekend. 

I think I might bring some crafting stuff with me to Florida to share with Judy.

Liz can't come with us because she does not have the money and can't take the time off. In addition, she loves to talk about "familiarity breeding contempt" and frankly being stuck in a car for 13 hours, I might commit homocide... LOL. But, since she quit her second job, she can stay at the house and watch the dogs, which relieves us from paying for kennel fees and the boys don't like going to the vet if they don't have to. Plus she gets to get away from her place for a while and use a kitchen and have a clean house. We just have to tell her how to take the boys out. Since we installed the storm door and have new neighbors with a dog, our dogs are ummm, a bit wierd. We have to encourage them to go potty and if they don't, they go back into their room. We have learned that they will go in the house

The house is still for sale... big surprise there... LOL. But we are not stressing it. We have a very small mortgage and our house is fine. We just wanted to have a detached home closer to work. We decided we won't lower the price again unless Rob has orders out of the area and we need to sell. But, that probably won't happen.

Some things I am looking forward to when we go to Florida are the warm beaches and seeing family. I have some family from my father's side that live in the same town. We are staying in base lodging while we are there. It only costs $27 a night. I think some of the rooms have internet, if ours does not, it is not a big deal. We can always use my parents... LOL. Can't go without my facebook and coastie chicks

Just a brief update

well, it has been a while since I last posted.
Our home is on the market! We hope it sells soon. The main reason why we are moving is because of Lily. We want more space.
Here are some of the homes we are looking at. However, we have decided to wait until we get a contract until we really start looking.
We really wanted to get the Cape Lookout, but we are worried about the timing. The builder won't start building it until we have a contract on our home and then it could take about 4 months. And what if the new owners want to move in right away. We are in a good school system.
so, onto other things

Lily is 4 months! She had her well baby check up and weighs 14 pounds and 15 ounces and is 25 inches long. She is growing so fast. She has started cereal which she seems to enjoy.




Here is a photo of Morgan, Lily, and Bishop


And I found some old photos of me and I guess Lily does favor me.



Sunshine in 1979



Lily in 2009