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What's on your mind today?
Mrs._F
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer

Re: Ten Things Tuesday
1. The house is awesome!
2. I'm trying to go from vegetarian to vegan but it's tough when people constantly question my diet and health.
3. We need a flatscreen to hang above the fireplace.
4. The time change has been wonderful, I feel so rested.
5. Paranormal Activity wasn't all that great.
6. I need some yoga DVD's, I haven't updated my collection from VHS. Sad.
7. My birthday is in 5 weeks! Getty Villa here we come!!!
8. I want to see Kooza so badly but no one is a Cirque nut like I am.
9. I need to put the diningroom table together (picnic bench) so we have somewhere to eat.
10. My IL's have been a big help in the last few weeks, I appreciate that.
Two Mommies Healing Hearts
1. i will reply this week! and i will do it on tuesday!
2. omg, i can't believe we're less than 2 weeks from the due date. i'm seriously going crazy right now!
3. so is my wife. we had a bit of a meltdown yesterday.
4. i'm thoroughly impressed that she's still working at this point, especially considering her job.
5. although the only reason she's still working this week is because they told her she could sit on her butt all night and not worry about anything.
6. this is her last week. the doctor is going to write her off at the appointment on thursday and wanted to write her off last week.
7. is this going to be all baby-related? i suppose that makes sense since that's really all i'm thinking about at this point...
8. i have so much to do at work to get ready for being gone. now if only i got actual maternity leave like everyone else instead of having to use my own leave to stay home with my new baby.
9. i can't wait to meet him!
10. i like cheese. see? not all baby.
1. I would like to go home and climb into bed. Tired today.
2. I give Preggie Pops a thumbs up. Helped me with feeling queasy yesterday afternoon and this morning.
3. I need maternity camis for layering - mine are always riding up over my belly now!
4. I am so not into this "work" business today.
5. Someone at work is sick and I'm afraid to catch it!!!
6. I want to go Xmas gift wrap shopping (this years color scheme - olive green and Xmas red!).
7. It smelled like winter outside on my walk into work this morning.
8. I wish C didn't have class tonight.
9. Just found out last night that I'll get to see one of my best friends (haven't seen since August) in a few weeks! So excited!
10. We might get some snow here later this week.
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer
1. Can't decide if I should unpack all my new wedding gift dishes, or keep them nicely packed till I move next year.
2. Thinking about where I want to buy a house/condo around here, to put above mentioned wedding dishes.
3. Dreading the scale at weight watchers this afternoon.
4. Looking forward to watching The View, since it's my day off today.
5. Trying to decide if I should vote on my way too or from the gym this afternoon.
6. Finishing this crazy new Swedish book "The Unit" I just got out of the library.
7. Writing thank you notes.
8. Stalking my wedding photographer's website to see if her pics are up yet.
9. Already planning one month anniversary gift for DW.
10. Quality time on the couch with a cup of tea.
1. My head is spinning. There is no way i'm getting anything productive done today.
2. I can't wait to call my mom!
3. I might have a child tomorrow. or this weekend. or for the holidays
4. I'm scared by how happy/excited I am.
5. Every time the phone rings, I jump.
6. I really need to focus and get some work done.
7. we might be able refi our low rate into an even lower rate! thank you Pres. Obama!
8. I cant wait to "virtually meet" Blue's little man!!
9. is it time to go home yet?
10. i'm really not excited about the healthy choice meal i have for lunch
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1. I stayed home with Carter yesterday and we had a great time. He was so sweet and so well behaved. Then Gray got home from school and things went crazy. They just torture each other and get each other going. And it makes me nuts. My FB status says, "Having one child at home is like Leave it to Beaver. Having two children home is like The Osbornes."
2. I have so much to do at work from not being here most of last week and then not being here yesterday. And yet, I am dragging my feet doing it.
3. I have found a new delicious drink. Simply Made limeade with a bit of Diet Sierra Mist for some sparkly. I bet it would be better with some citrus vodka.
4. L feels like she is getting sick and is really stressed about some work stuff. Not good b/c of the health issues she is having right now.
5. I can't believe it is November. Where is the time going?
6. While I HATE it being dark so early, it make getting the kids to bed earlier a breeze. For the last 2 nights, they were asleep by 7:30. Whoo Hoo! I love having the evenings to do what we need to do, rest/relax and still go to bed at a decent hour.
7. I actually felt pretty well rested this morning. It was a nice (and unusual feeling!)
8. My office is FREEZING. I am so cold.
9. I am embarrassed to say that I actually watched some of Kate Gosselin's interview last night. That whole thing is such a 3 ring circus.
10. What to have for lunch? That is the question. I wish the cafeteria would have good soup today. It is a soup kinda day.
1. I am so excited for CT to get her first placement!
2. I called licensing and asked about taking a third child.
3. I am crazy- see above
4. I am insanely excited for these girls to get spoiled rotten this holiday season.
5. LMC's therapist will be here soon, no doubt with her ass hanging out of her pants, as usual. GET A BELT!
6. I have become "that mom". I am convinced that PBS is a total genius and ooh and ahh over everything she does.
7. I am really hungry and nothing sounds appetizing so I am crunching on ice instead.
8. I wake-up everyday unsure if these girls will be here forever and it makes me so sad and nervous
9. I am trying to figure out how to print my own wrapping paper but I am not having much luck.
10. I love my wife and my girls and am so lucky to have them.
1. Just finished my response paper for class in between to recruiting class visits (for my position I recruit prospective students for my program and the other grad program in the department).
2. Our inspection went well, we asked for a new water heater, documentation of oil tank decommission and the rest of our closing costs covered (to put toward minor repairs) and the accepted all of it!
3. My dad is flying up the day we close (11/20) and staying for a week--including Thanksgiving--to help us do most of the work ourselves (or himself!).
4. We also have friends coming for Thanksgiving. Hopefully we'll get everything done by Wednesday, if not, they're understanding.
5. Then on the weekend my family will come down to see the new house.
6. All this looking ahead to mid-month makes me realize I need to focus on the this week and all the stuff I have to do now.
7. But it also (hopefully) makes the tww seem to go a bit more quickly. (CD 18 and 3dpo.)
8. I keep going between "it was too early" and "there's still a good chance" for this cycle.
9. Tuesdays are my long day. I don't get home until 10:30pm tonight.
10. This time next month we'll be in our new home!
1. Today is our staff day so I've been up and on my feet all day which makes for a sore back.
2. I think my u/s appt is Thursday not Friday - I need to confirm that.
3. K is going to a baby shower with me! Willingly!
4. I ate two slices of pizza for lunch but I also had a huge salad so that makes it balanced, right?
5. I start a night job again tomorrow and I'm not looking foward to it.
6. Because of #5 I'll be leaving the house at 8am and not returning until 11pm.
7. The night job is only 3 weeks long and we've decided we'll use the money for nursery furniture. So maybe when the job is over we'll go register.
8. I wonder when the first snow fall will hit?
9. I switched managers within my property management company. My previous manager emailed me asking what she had done wrong. I emailed her a detailed list of the stuff I felt wasn't up to my standard of customer service. I haven't heard back from her. I kind of feel bad but then again I don't.
10. My mom's birthday is this week and I've yet to get a gift or card in the mail - oops!
1. Have to go out of town friday without the wife. I always get anxious before trips without her
2.I need to get the ball rolling on opening up my own dance school. Times wasting
3.I really hope we can start the process of of trying to have a little one by the beginning of the year
4. Is it almost Thanksgiving already??!!
5.We need a car
6.Glad I'm off today.
7. Have to get off my rump and go vote
8. Feeling guilty about REALLY not wanting to go out of town this weekend.
9.Stressing about paying for my ballet teaching certification. Why would it cost so much??!!
10. Did i mention I'm glad im off today!!!!
1. I think I need a mental health day.
2. I have done almost no work today. And have about 4 dozen new emails.
3. I am really ready for a new job.
4. I am SO nervous we won't be able to sell our house at the right price next year.
5. I kind of regret not applying for FT PhD programs.
6. I am tired.
7. I had a brownie, donut, a cake on top of my food yesterday.
8. I need to get back on track.
9. I am REALLY worried about paying for daycare.
10. I really want a new job.
1. Today was my last day of sitting in a classroom as a student.
2. Thursday is the first day of standing in a classroom as a teacher (intern).
3. I have a tension headache.
4. Work is a mad house right now and I feel obligated to go in and help out (by my co-workers and my checking account balance).
5. I'm worried about my car...something is amiss. We need it to last until at least April.
6. My SIL is due today! Or maybe Thursday! I can't remember. How bad is that...
7. I am hungry, but nothing sounds good even though I just went grocery shopping yesterday.
8. My dogs are jumping in leaf piles in our backyard. I should record it...
9. I am So HAPPY for CTBride!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait for the first placement.
10. I am nauseated thinking about all the changes that are occurring right now. I feel unprepared for student teaching! Maybe its just nerves. I don't know but I want my mommy.