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Friday lessons

This past Friday, before the day had truly gotten underway, I learned 2 lessons.  In hopes of others not having to learn the same lessons, I thought I would share.

First of all, diapers do have a capacity limit.  I knew this must be true, but I didn’t really know where that marker was.  Surprisingly, we haven’t had any wet diaper leaks.  (Don’t worry, we had our share of nursing blowouts).  When Savannah wakes up, it takes her a little while to embrace the day.  If we go to change her diaper immediately upon awakening, it usually isn’t a pleasant experience for anyone.  So we have gotten in the habit of waking, then cup of milk with some cuddle time, then diaper change. On Friday, our routine was no different. After cuddle time, I sat her down to let the dogs out.  When I came back and picked her up,  I found her literally sitting in a puddle.  This was not a ‘leak’, this was a diaper that had hit max capacity and was overflowing through and through. Needless to say, from now on, I think we will be a bit quicker to get to that morning diaper change.

This week I found a yoga class at the gym that I liked.  I decided that we would hit the gym before mom’s group.  I drop Savannah off at her class.  She loves her teacher by the way.  She actually reached for her when we walked up to the door.  I head to my class, walk in, and notice that instead of yoga mats, everyone is setting up for step class.  I step out and look at the schedule posted on the wall.  I had mis-read the schedule, and the class I was wanting to go to was not on Friday’s.  No big deal,  I’ll just take a step class, except…..I have flip flops on. Then I think, well, I could walk on the treadmill…no, not in flip flops.  I could?????? Ahhhh, do upper body lifting.  So instead of my greatly anticipated yoga class, I lifted weights in my flip flops.  I’m pretty sure that I was the only one in the gym wearing flip flops. I’m sure some people noticed, but thankfully, I’m getting better and better about not caring what or how I look in the gym. The lesson here is….even if you are going to yoga class, go ahead and wear your tennis shoes (just in case).

p.s. I love you

Be warned…some movies shouldn’t be watched when pregnant.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good movie, but I’m sure it would be much better if one isn’t hormonal and crying through the entire thing!

I know, I know!  I have taken a sabbatical from writing. It wasn’t really intentional, but there are so many things I think about blogging, and then I just never do it.  So I thought that I would start back with this random thought about a movie. Maybe next time I sit down to write, I won’t be bogged down with all that I had hoped to write, and just write.

As for the pregnancy, everything is going well. We are 16 weeks now!  The nausea has subsided, except for the occasional strong smell that can take me over the edge.  The fatigue seems to have improved, although I still feel like a nap is welcomed almost everyday.  The migraines though, are now annoying.  They aren’t as severe, but I will admit that I’m just tired of them.  Hopefully, they will just go away! Other than that, things are going well. Savannah is one now! I promise to post some pics soon.

Why women live longer than men…

I was trying to get caught up on my googlereader, and found this over at mommylife.  It’s pretty funny.

pet pe_ve

So I’ve found another pet pe_ve of mine.  If you are going to use cu_se words while writing, then you might as well use all the lett_rs. I typically don’t read a lot of stuff with c_rse words, but when I do read someone’s blog etc. and they have d_cided to use curse words, I just don’t g_t the purpose of leaving _ne letter out.  People know what you are saying, so you mig_t as well just say it.

Baby born with 2 faces

I read this article about a baby in India born with 2 faces. I will pause, as I’m sure you have already clicked on the link to see the picture……

I typically don’t post about stuff like this, but I found the differences in culture fascinating. If a child was born in America with 2 faces, it too would be newsworthy, but we would be seeing the story of all the surgeries needed and how the family/child coped with such a disability. In contrast, because of their belief system, the people of India consider her a reincarnated goddess, and are actually visiting her so they can touch her feet. The parents are so accepting of her disability they have even refused a CT scan to determine if her internal organs are normal. Talk about cultural differences…in our society, a parent would be charged with medical negligence if they made such a choice!

Stop, drop & roll

Stop, drop & roll

How ridiculous is this?

Bill Gates vs. GM

Mommylife posted this, and I thought it was just too funny!

Gates vs. GM

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on.

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,

“If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.”

In response to Bill’s comments, General Motors issued a press release stating:

If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part):

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash……..
Twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.

6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single “This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation” warning light.

I love the next one!!!

7. The airbag system would ask “Are you sure?” before deploying.

8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

10. You’d have to press the “Start” button to turn the engine off.

need your help!

Some friends of mine are working with a magazine targeted towards women. They are needing some feedback, if you can, take a moment to fill out this survey.

It would be greatly appreciated!

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Don’t know if the 55 out of 100 people part is true, but thought you might have fun sharing this. It really shows how flexible the human mind is.

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