Monogrammed Mom

Tuesday's child

It snowed here again. Elisabeth was very excited for the snow.  She really wants to train Kona and Logan to pull her on her sled I told her about the big dog sled race in Alaska the Iditarod   Of course she wants to do that. I told her about getting the right dogs and training.  She told me that she's going to pack a tent and food and she's going to start training tomorrow.  I told her that she would have to move to Alaska and train away from Mimi and Pop. She started to cry and told me she doesn't want to move.  I think she'll be happy to train here on a much lesser level.  She has passion. I hope she never loses that.
I have my ultrasound on Thursday.  I also start taking Clomid that day. I'm getting excited.  I hope everything works out.  I was torturing myself by watching a tv show called Pregnancy for Dummies.  It was all about the second trimester.  I just really want this. I want to be pregnant so badly I can taste it.  I wish I had more control over getting pregnant. It's a crap shoot.  If it was a road race I can train, diet and prepare for it.  With all these preparations you just hope for the best.
I'm off to get ready for school.
I hope you all are well.

Hello and goodnight

I still have Christmas stuff to do. I'm a last minute Annie.  Some things never change.  Just a couple odds and ends.  Of course wrapping the gifts needs to happen. All in due time.
I'm very tired today. Aunt Flo should have been leaving today but she threw some fabulous (I'm being snarky) cramps that landed me on the couch with Advil and watching Aladdin.  Good times.
Elisabeth finally fell asleep.  I so wish I could bottle her energy.  The things I could get done..... 
I have a pork fetish. Especially bacon. I discovered a Bacon of the Month Club.  How cool is that? So if any of you are out there that don't have a clue for what to get me here you go!
I heard this crazy hippopotamus song on the radio two weeks ago.  It's really cute and funny.  Here it is with the song playing and lyrics to boot:  I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.
To sleep:  perchance to dream.

Halloween

Crazy day yesterday.  Elisabeth was Cinderella for Halloween.  She looked beautiful!!!  Elisabeth had her parade at school and they sang us songs.  Funny....when I ask her if Miss Marta taught them any songs she always says no. When asked if she learned anything in school she says nothing. 
At the Pittston Primary Center it was nuts too.  Families came to see their kids parade around the school. The PA band was there (I enjoyed that!) also.  Getting into the school was hard.  This is my second year as an aide and they still gave me a hard time.  Yahoos.  There was so much garbage:  peanut butter eyeballs, ice cream sundaes, jello jigglers, etc.  I could not believe my eyes.
Trick or treating was a good time.  We stayed mostly around our area.  We went with our friends/neighbors and were out until almost eight.  We wore them out. 
I forgot to log my weight on Monday.  145. Up one pound. I would like to be 140 by my birthday which is on Sunday.
Must be disciplined!!!

Our day in a nutshell. Or our day in a nuthouse.

It was a good day overall.  We went shopping for toilet paper, paper towels, stromboli ingredients, and tooth paste.  I helped Elisabeth make a gingerbread Halloween house.  I did some laundry and made the strombloli.  We took Kona and Logan on a walk. I went to school.
Typical day for us. Jam packed with stuff to do.
After I came home from school and ate dinner we went to return our library books.  We couldn't do that at our branch because it was closed.  They were having work done to avoid further flooding.  So we went to say hello to Kaitlin and Steven. They weren't home.  I know. We're doing really well here.  The lights were on at the West Pittston branch.  We got some new books and I asked if we could return our books from the other branch.  They said sure. I signed Elisabeth up for a Halloween party on Monday. I hope I remember to take her. 
We get home and there is a piece of cardboard on the floor by the table. Hmmm.....Logan got into the garbage can.  That piece of cardboard looks like.......what her Halloween house had been on.  Yes, the dogs ate the house. I'm on the phone with my Mom who is telling me not to laugh, Elisabeth is crying and I'm laughing.  I couldn't help it.  Elisabeth bounced back, ate her sugar ghost (which the dogs didn't eat. maybe they thought the house was enough), and was soon laughing. We will be buying her another one.  She didn't say anything about it after the initial response.  She found some coupons in her room from Nana and eagerly was sorting through them while I got her bath drawn.
We read two stories, Knufflebunny and Alice and Greta and she soon fell asleep.
I just got done with my bath.  I cleaned the shower curtain while I was taking a shower. Does anyone else do this?  I've done this for years.
My throat is sore. I took some Theraflu and I hope this helps. I can't be sick. I can't be sick.  I have to observe/be an aide tomorrow.  I also have work. 
Our Great Pumpkin Run is Saturday, 10:30 am, at the PP & L Riverlands.  Elisabeth I believe will be running as a ballerina and I have an idea for mine.  I have to find some last minute stuff to complete it though.
Come out and watch us run!!!!

Howdy

I was reading the news and found out that French mime Marcel Marceau died.  I had the pleasure to see him at the F.M. Kirby Center.  I went with my Mom and Nana.  My Mom and I got the whole mime part. Not my Nana.  She thought he was goofy and couldn't figure out what he was doing.  It was interesting, but not an experience that I care to repeat.

My parents have gone to the Brimfield Antique Show many times.  They never found a skeleton.  If I've read the article correctly a few vendors were selling the bones.  Yuck!!  Now there's an antique I have no interest in.  Here's the article:  Brimfield skeleton story.

Elisabeth went to the fair yesterday and had a really good time. I can't wait to hear all about it.  She ate good food, saw the animals and enjoyed her time with Mimi and Poppy.  We are taking her tomorrow. I really like the fair.  Good (bad) food like hot sausage with peppers, deep fried oreos, Kohr's orange drink and whatever else catches my fancy. I like going into all the buildings and I usually run into people I went to school with. 
Tomorrow I have my weigh in.  Stay tuned for all the details!!!

I'll catch you up

It's been busy here at the Lampman household.

Last week me and Michael went to see Buffett in Camden.  We made a mini vacation out of it. We stayed two nights at Casa de Chachi's. We had a good time at the concert and with Chach.

We ate at a restaurant called P.F. Chang's . Excellent Chinese food:  honey shrimp, chicken lo mein and lettuce chicken wraps. My stomach's growling just thinking about it. We were waited on by a former fellow OG. How's that for a small world?

We went on a coal mine tour at McDade Park. It was a very informative tour that gave us insight to the conditions that our grandfather's and other family members delt with.  Poor lighting, poisonous gases, cramped quarters (the spaces were so tight that they had to crawl), 30 tons of coal above their heads that can give at any time, mules that didn't want to pull carts and being the door boy (opening one door to another shaft.  these boys were eight years old and if they fell asleep or weren't paying attention they could be killed by the coal carts weighing six tons).  All to put food on the table for their families and provide shelter and clothing.  Amazing.

We watched fire works last night from the Water Street bridge in Pittston. Along with the Nowak family. I was worried that Elisabeth wouldn't like them because of the loud bangs. But she really enjoyed them and marveled at the colors and shapes. She smiled the whole time. I think I watched her reaction more than the fireworks themselves. To be a child again where everything is new and wonderous.

 

Elisabeth and I made her birthday invitations. I mailed them out today.  She is having a birthday luau. I bought her a grass skirt. I don't think she'll wear coconut bras.  I bet her Chach will.  I ordered her cake from the Cake Lady.  This woman makes cakes that are decorated with such detail and creativity.  Elisabeth wanted a Hello Kitty cake.  I tried to talk her out of it. She wouldn't have it.  So the Cake Lady said she could do hibiscus flowers on it and possibly give Hello Kitty a grass skirt and coconut bra. It was a compromise.

I returned clothes today, an extra booster seat, went shopping for t.p. and dishwasher soap and party decorations. I bought my sister-in-law her birthday present:  a gift card to Bath and Body Works. It was a marathon day. I started some laundy and the dishwasher. It's going to be a relaxing night for me and Michael. Maybe a movie and some ice cream?

I hope all is well with you!!

Hello everyone!

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. Life. You know.  Trying to reread all my Harry Potter books because the new one is coming out July 21.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.  I'm so excited. 
Elisabeth and I have been playing outside since her school left out.  She is in the basement right now with our next door neighbor Sarah.  I can't blame them.  It's so humid out.
I had a good night last night at the OG.  It's so easy. And the money is good.  It's good to be back.
I'm off to finish reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.  I'll see you soon!

I don't know what to think

What til you hear this.  I love Tracy. She is one of my closet friends (other than Chachi, Julia and Ellen).  I have been having a hard time with jobs since I left the OG. I called her today to tell her that I was passed up again to go on the bar at my current job.  Well, she just talked to Peter and he said I could come back to serve.  I asked about going on the bar and she said he just said I could serve. Before I make a decision I will ask him if I would ever be allowed to go onto the bar. If the answer is no, then I will decline the offer. I was offered to serve before and I said no. Maybe he softened up with time. I don't know. I'll keep you posted. 

Kudos to Tracy for talking to management for me. That was very nice of you!!!