Teachbroeck

We had 2 days off....because it was -2349859456 degrees out...funny thing is we would have stayed home anyway. Kdog and I have the sickies....(this is my third time with cough/cold!!) Mine is mostly in my head and with the meds and the clutter you see below I can survive. K was just a cough.

NO fever

NO puking

NO headache

So I figured why take her in??? We did the vaporizer, cough syrup, warm liquid, cold liquid, hot baths before bed, Vicks, elevated head...hell I even tried Vicks on her feet which some people believe in...

SO after 2 days off last night she was up from 1:30am-3:00am...(*side note I was amazingly patient and calm..I must be getting ready for long nights!)

Tonight she has a B-day party, tomorrow a sleepover and Sat we are gong to see the new baby! Well I can't let her go these place SICK! AND COUGHING! So we need to cram a Dr. appointment in before the B-day party...if she is sick she can't go but if she is not I need some STRONG ASS COUGH MEDICINE for bedtime!!

I know lately I have been venting about K's behavior....2 days INSIDE -WITH THE DOG would normally have me heading for the anitdepressants, but it actually went really well... I think 7 to 8 is a hard year with some hormones coming in, wanting to be a preteen, testing out new words and eyerolls....

I tried really hard to be patient ( but not give in) the more UNreactive I am the more quickly she gets over things...I think somewhere deep down she WANTS a reaction out of me...not that she enjoys being yelled at or being disciplined but doesn't think far enough ahead to avoid that when trying to get me riled up!!

I read this AWESOME BOOK COMEBACK...and it deals with teens and drugs...and when they come home from rehab how the word "BUMMER" really works...like The other kids can go the party!!! It is not fair!" Parents just respond BUMMER! I am not comparing raising an 8 year old with drug use, but the word BUMMER just says to her...sorry about that, but I am not changing my mind....

Now I would like to add that me NOT reacting is HARD...I am a passionate person both in love and war, but the results have been paying off slowly. I am sure tomorrow will bring a new challenge and I may regret my actions again but for this moment even with the annoyingass cough...I feel good about my daughter and I.

Because someone PLAYED a gay man in a movie, you think he doesn't deserve to be buried and memorialized? Even if he was Gay....and his father and his mother were all gay too- who thinks they have the right to taint his life as a father, friend, actor, boyfriend, son etc???? I DON'T GET IT!!!
WTF
The church spearheading this does not represent the loving, caring God I know and love.

BEFORE
DURING
DONE!!!
DURING

DONE!

Dresser shot....and yes every drawer is filled with jammies, jeans, socks and onesies. MOST ALL HAND-ME-DOWNS! And there there is a little stash I J Dog's closet...and maybe some down in the coat closet =P

Thank you Jdog for the beautiful nursery...even though you did not want to paint the window frame or trim white...you did for me....I love you so much and you have come a long way as a handy homeowner since the days of using the grill spatula...although I think that is the same outfit you painted in...anyway tonight your reward will be sweet!

I had to WORK....yes WORK on Saturday ....curriculum junk. Then we had a Firefighters Christmas party later Saturday...not too fun or happening, but the free meal was YUM! Sunday I had a wedding shower (I am the personal attendant) the food was BEAUTIFUL but I didn't take any pictures. Sunday we watched our poor poor Packers bite the dust...I am not expert so I won't break down the game...in my eyes they played shitty and even when they had a huge gift in the end they BLEW IT!

The nursery should be done today!!!!! (J has the day off)
I have the worst heartburn EVER.
I want to buy this:

But...it is 369 bucks WITHOUT the ottoman!SO more realistically I will get this

PS I just started this: I don't have my mind made up yet...it is intriguing for sure!

PPS my TICKER SAYS 99 days to go!!! I never thought I would get under 100!!!!

-OLGY MEME! I shamelessly stole this from Kimblahg




MOUTHOLOGY

Q. What is your favorite fast food restaurant? TACO BELL!

Q. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Vino in Valley-anywhere where my Jdog looks in my eyes instead of the TV on the wall!

Q. On average, what size tip do you leave at a restaurant? Depends...I can be demanding...BIG TIP is they respond to me well...I always say when you HAVE TIME...if I sit a long time before service only 10%

Q. What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? Right now SNICKERS

Q. What are your pizza toppings of choice? Tomatoes, mushrooms and bacon
Q. What do you like to put on your toast? Umm Turkey?



TECHNOLOGY

Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer? A picture of Kdog hugging my stomach

Q. How many televisions are in your house? 3 but NOT one in K's room I REFUSE!


BIOLOGY


Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed? Right
Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body? Tonsils, a baby, infectes blob, eyebrows, hair, nails

Q. What is the last heavy item you lifted? My ass off the couch....

Q. Have you ever been knocked unconscious? I fainted one but I wasn't "knocked" by anything



BULLSHITOLOGY


Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? YES
Q. If you could change your name, what would you change it to? Lauren

Q. What color do you think looks best on you? Pink, black, brown

Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item by mistake? A quarter....it did not come out 2 dimes and a nickel

Q. Have you ever saved some one’s life? Not that I know of...maybe kids in the pool
Q. Has someone ever saved yours? My Heavenly Father -probably more than once



DAREOLOGY


Q. Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100? Probably for 10 bucks
Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000? YES!
Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000? YES!
Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000? HA! What magazine? Hefty Hotties?
Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? No the heartburn would not be worht it right now

Q. Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for $1,000,000? Not just for the money...but if they hurt my family or to protect myself I think I have it me



DUMBOLOGY



Q: What is in your left pocket? Nothink
Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie? NO
Q: Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house? both
Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower? Who sits?


Q: Could you live with roommates? I loved roomies....I liked feeling connected..

Q: How many pairs of flip flops do you own? 12?

Q: Last time you had a run-in with the cops? When I got pulled over for a headlight being out
Q: What do you want to be when you grow up? I don't want to grow up, but I wouldlove to be a photographer

Q: Last Friend you talked to? coworker in the hall

Q: Last person who called you? Rubyjane
Q: Person you saw? Coworkers /Students


FAVORITOLOGY


Q: Number? 23,12
Q. Season? Summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Q: Missing someone? My grandparents....my friends Jaki and rubyjane who I was suppse to see this weekend for the first time with the new baby!
Q: Mood? Lighthearted....I worry too much

Q: Listening to? My baby's heartbeat

Q: Watching? Kdog when she doesn't I am
Q: Worrying about? MONEY, THE BABY, BEING A GOOD MOM, LIFE, HAPPINESS



RANDOMOLOGY


Q: First place you went this morning? the bathroom
Q: What can you not wait to do? go home and put my PJ pants on

Q: What’s the last movie you saw? THE KINGDOM
Q: Do you smile often? ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MOST THE TIME...
Q: Are you a friendly person? yes, but not very approachable sometimes

Some of you asked for some other names in the running:

Titan....Ty for short

Blaise....I love the way this one looks but everyone says "BLAZE OF FIRE!"

Tristan is OUT....I have one in class this year =(

Noah is OUT ....JDog's one VETO (we each get an F no veto)

Parker floats in and out depending on the day

Randoms:
Briley
Jaylan
Jayce
Asher
Reece


we have played around with K names....like Kdog

Kade ( i love this)
Koben
Kael
Kalen
and of course Karter

PS I love suggestions, but I will be honest on my feelings towards them!

It is foggy and muddy here. I love the 40 + temperatures, but the mud and the wet dog- EWW!

I have no idea how my comments got turned off for that last post. Some of you sent emails instead. THANK YOU=)


According to the local news a St. Paul MN hospital reported their most popular names of 2007 were

Start Wed night:
I was having some pain and pressure in the uteral area (is that a word) area....I had some water, put my feet up and went to bed early. Throughout the night I had some pains and discomfort.

Thursday: By lunch I was UNCOMFORTABLE. I called the Dr. talked to a few people at the clinic they said come in.

12:50: Call our school secretary tell her I need to leave. Call other 3rd grade teacher (we split for core classes otherwise I have them all) and ask if my half can come over to her room for Reading. She is due in March as is a doll about it!Text my husband I am not feeling good. Get my class out of the room. Miss 3 husband calls. Text him it could just be a bladder infection...no worries. Remember my vehicle could be gone because in our nice small town the mechanic comes to the school parking lot and picks up or car for us and returns it with a bill. Text Jdog to find out where my vehicle is. Thank god it is still there. I am on empty! I have 40 bucks in checking (I got paid today- Christmas backlash) Call bank transfer money as I am pumping gas.

1:00 YES ALL THAT HAPPENED IN 10 minutes! Try to call Jdog..no answer meanwhile he has left me a message WHY Aren't YOU ANSWERING.....ummm see above. Finally get a hold of J on my cell

him:"Are you in pain?"
me: "Yes"
him:"NICE!" in a sarcastic tone
me:"Nice????" I did not just call you to tell you I blew a tire.
I hangup.

I needed him to show concern, support....not feel that I inconvinced his day or upset HIM.
Played phone tag I talked to him long enough to figure out if he could pick Kdog up from school and then told him I need to cool down and drive. I may have added that in crisis people show there true colors and he was not stepping up. I wasn't really mad I was stressed. It wasn't a crisis yet. I was just scared. In moments like that I need a calm, loving husband but he was just as scared as I was so I just cooled down and tired to keep my car on the road for the 45 minute drive in 50 mph winds (that is probably an exageration but whatever)

1:50 Check in...go to lab first to pee in a cup. The waiting room is packed. Amazingly they calls "teachbroeck" ((I have a VERY ,VERY COMMON FIRST NAME)) right away...before I can heave my aching pelvis off the chair some other girl follows the lab tech. Soon after she comes back ...wrong girl! Wow her cut fingers and my pee could have been very confusing for one of us!
2:00 Walk over to Ob/Gyn waiting are. Nurse calls "teachbroeck" again. I go. She looks at me funny. She is my usual nurse, but my Dr is on surgery rounds that day. She says I look familiar. I told her I come her every 4 weeks. She says I have no record of seeing my Dr before. WRONG TEACHBROECK! Back out the waiting room I go....a different girl named "teachbroeck" gets up ***NOT THE SAME ONE FORM THE LAB WAITING AREA!

2:10 By now I am nervous , laughing, and in walks a girl from my dinky ass town with her newborn. I GO 45 minutes away to get away from TOWN PEOPLE. She sites down DIRECTLY BEHIND ME IN THE ALMOST EMPTY waiting area...our pony tails are almost touching! Meanwhile the whole time a "challenged person" is bellowing and screaming for over 30 minutes between the 2 waiting area which are open air. I would never ever judge or wrinkle my nose at someone with special needs but it was SO loud...I got the giggles and worried I was going to start crying. If had been assisting that person to their appointment I would have asked to be place in a room so kids wouldn't stare.

Do I say hi?
Can She tell I am upset...?
Should I just pretend I didn't notice?
So I turn and say hi....ohh and ahh over her little boy. Then I get called in.

2:15 Get hooked up to heartbeat and movement monitor.
ALL IS GREAT! NO Contractions NO Stress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could be Ligaments.
Could be Bowel. (whatever that means)
I don't care how much pain I have as long as my son is healthy.
Thank you God for protecting him.
All turned out well.