Heath & I decided that we would like to try to conceive another baby. We feel we are in a good position to add another family member. We finally have a house of our own and my car will be paid off in February. We still have the baby crib that Carleigh used as a baby as well as the stroller/car seat combo. Carleigh is going to be four in June, so we think it's the right time to
have a second child before there is a really huge age gap. If we are successful this month, the baby would be due in January. I do not expect the first month to be successful since I know conception can be a challenge. I am really hoping whenever I do get pregnant that it will be smooth and no complications. I've had a couple of miscarriages in the past before becoming pregnant with Carleigh. The miscarriage fear is always in the back of my mind.
Heath spent all of last week in Salt Lake City for work. He had to fly up there to train the guy at that location and clean up their shop. It is odd they would send a manager from Las Vegas to a location that isn't even his to train someone else. So I am hoping his company is looking at him as a possible district manager. The district manager for that location was just promoted, last week, to a higher district manager position. Not sure of the exact title, but that means the company probably needs to fill her old position. It would be nice if Heath received that job promotion. He would go strictly to salary, but at least it would be more money.
Carleigh starts her new preschool tomorrow. She is really excited about it. We went to the grocery store yesterday to pick out different foods she would like me to pack in her lunches for the week. It's such a change to pack her lunches for her since her previous preschool provided breakfast and lunch for us. Her new preschool only provides morning/afternoon snacks and milk or juice for lunch. Carleigh picked out a really cute Hello Kitty lunch bag, which I am sure she will want to show off to all of her new friends tomorrow. I cannot wait to ask her about her day tomorrow when we pick her up after work.
Since Heath's car is out of service right now (it needs a new radiator), I will be dropping him off and picking him up from work for a couple of days this week. The only positive I like about it is that he will be able to drop Carleigh off with me for her first day at the new preschool. The negative? Using all of my gas again. Right when I got Carleigh to a new daycare where I don't have to use so much gas, I still have to drive in that direction to drop Heath off. At least he works right off of the freeway I need to get to work. His radiator should be here by Tuesday. It's coming from Arizona. So let's hope it shows up when it says it will so I don't have to play taxi. Heath said he was going to use his floating holiday the company gave him for working so many hours last month to fix his car once the radiator arrives.
This post ended up being longer than I thought it would be. Please send your good vibes for the conception of our second child. Thank you!
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Happy Spring
It's so nice to have spring weather again. The only downside is the huge amounts of pollen in the air. When I went upstairs to wash my face last night, there was a green mucus that came out of my left eye. It was gross. I went downstairs and searched the internet to see what it could have been. Nothing really stuck out to me. I did see on one website that I could experience my eye getting stuck shut from the mucus. That did happen to me a few times last night. I woke up and my left eye felt glued shut. When I rubbed my eyes a bit, I could feel dried mucus or what felt like those "eye boogers". It really sucked. When I searched online this morning, a bunch of stuff about pink eye came up, but my eyes aren't pink/red. I'm thinking the eye irritation was caused by all of the pollen in the air. It was a little windy yesterday afternoon and we were outside pretty much all day. My eye seems a lot better this afternoon. I get the occasional blurriness. If I have the same problem tonight, with the mucus, I'll go see my optometrist. I need an eye exam anyway.
Last weekend, a co-worker of mine gave us her piano for free. She is moving to Montana as soon as her husband gets a job up there. It was so nice of her to give it to us. She didn't want to leave it in storage. It needs a little TLC and a slight tune. The tune might not be necessary as it sounds all right to me. Carleigh is so excited to have it in the house. I'd love to get her piano lessons so she can play us some tunes when she's older. It's a Melville Clark piano. It's a nice piece to have in our living room. I'm also fortunate we didn't have to pay a penny for it.
Carleigh starts her new preschool on the 22nd. It would have been sooner, but I couldn't find her original birth certificate. I know it's in the house, but it's in a super secret hiding spot and I cannot remember where that place is at the moment. I sent Heath to go pick up a copy of the birth certificate on his day off. Then Carleigh had to get a wellness check up done and a record of all of her immunizations. Heath dropped off all of the paperwork on Friday and now we are all set. Carleigh is really excited. I know the next two weeks at her current preschool is going go by so slow for her.
Speaking of the wellness check up, Carleigh is very healthy. She is 38 1/4 inches tall and weighs 30.6 pounds. She is so small. The nurse drew some blood from Carleigh's fingertip to make sure she had no lead in her blood. Carleigh came out clear and she didn't cry at all about the finger prick. I'm so glad I have a brave and healthy little girl.
Last weekend, a co-worker of mine gave us her piano for free. She is moving to Montana as soon as her husband gets a job up there. It was so nice of her to give it to us. She didn't want to leave it in storage. It needs a little TLC and a slight tune. The tune might not be necessary as it sounds all right to me. Carleigh is so excited to have it in the house. I'd love to get her piano lessons so she can play us some tunes when she's older. It's a Melville Clark piano. It's a nice piece to have in our living room. I'm also fortunate we didn't have to pay a penny for it.
Carleigh starts her new preschool on the 22nd. It would have been sooner, but I couldn't find her original birth certificate. I know it's in the house, but it's in a super secret hiding spot and I cannot remember where that place is at the moment. I sent Heath to go pick up a copy of the birth certificate on his day off. Then Carleigh had to get a wellness check up done and a record of all of her immunizations. Heath dropped off all of the paperwork on Friday and now we are all set. Carleigh is really excited. I know the next two weeks at her current preschool is going go by so slow for her.
Speaking of the wellness check up, Carleigh is very healthy. She is 38 1/4 inches tall and weighs 30.6 pounds. She is so small. The nurse drew some blood from Carleigh's fingertip to make sure she had no lead in her blood. Carleigh came out clear and she didn't cry at all about the finger prick. I'm so glad I have a brave and healthy little girl.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Chillaxin' in the Backyard
I'm updating my blog from the comfort of our backyard on this 85 degree Saturday. Heath has the charcoal burning down in the grill. We have some steaks and corn on the cob about to be thrown on the grill. I'm drinking a Mike's Hard Winter Blackberry, Heath is drinking one of his IPA's. I love this time of year in Las Vegas. Not hot and not cold. It's perfect.
On Monday morning, we are having our soft water and reverse osmosis system installed at the house. The water in Las Vegas is horrible. The only times we get to use soft water is when we go back to visit family in Wisconsin/Illinois. It will be the greatest thing ever once our house has everything installed. My skin and hair will look and feel so much better.
After the installation is complete, I am taking Carleigh to the preschool around the corner from our house. Carleigh recently got a new teacher in her room at her current daycare and I do not like her at all. This young lady acts like a child and is a borderline bully when the children are having a tough time. She mocks Carleigh and the rest of the kid's in her room when they are crying after falling down or are just upset in general. It's just not something that is acceptable for me. We kept Carleigh at this daycare after we moved, even though it was way out of our way, because she had a really great teacher. Since that teacher moved on to a different job, it's just time for me to take Carleigh out of her current daycare and get her to a place that's much closer to home.
After work yesterday, Carleigh & I went into Target so I could buy The Sims 3. I've loved playing that game since the original game came out. I still remember playing the Livin' Large expansion. I have Sims 2, but it wasn't that fun at all. It was enough to cure your boredom for a short period of time. The Sims 3 is fun and time slips away from you quickly while playing. I was going to buy an expansion pack with the game, but decided not to at this time. I wanted to get used to the features of The Sims 3 before I bought anything else.
In other house news, we are going to paint Carleigh's room purple. She has been stuck on this idea for a month now. We brought home some of those paint sample sheets from Home Depot this afternoon. Carleigh is picking out colors that are just a bit darker than your normal lilac color, but not as dark as midnight purple shade. We also have plans to paint our half bathroom downstairs and the accent wall in our kitchen/dining room. Carleigh's room takes top priority. It will be a lot of fun painting her room since she chose purple.
That's all I have today. I'm going to enjoy the rest of my Winter Blackberry drink before our dinner comes off the grill.
On Monday morning, we are having our soft water and reverse osmosis system installed at the house. The water in Las Vegas is horrible. The only times we get to use soft water is when we go back to visit family in Wisconsin/Illinois. It will be the greatest thing ever once our house has everything installed. My skin and hair will look and feel so much better.
After the installation is complete, I am taking Carleigh to the preschool around the corner from our house. Carleigh recently got a new teacher in her room at her current daycare and I do not like her at all. This young lady acts like a child and is a borderline bully when the children are having a tough time. She mocks Carleigh and the rest of the kid's in her room when they are crying after falling down or are just upset in general. It's just not something that is acceptable for me. We kept Carleigh at this daycare after we moved, even though it was way out of our way, because she had a really great teacher. Since that teacher moved on to a different job, it's just time for me to take Carleigh out of her current daycare and get her to a place that's much closer to home.
After work yesterday, Carleigh & I went into Target so I could buy The Sims 3. I've loved playing that game since the original game came out. I still remember playing the Livin' Large expansion. I have Sims 2, but it wasn't that fun at all. It was enough to cure your boredom for a short period of time. The Sims 3 is fun and time slips away from you quickly while playing. I was going to buy an expansion pack with the game, but decided not to at this time. I wanted to get used to the features of The Sims 3 before I bought anything else.
In other house news, we are going to paint Carleigh's room purple. She has been stuck on this idea for a month now. We brought home some of those paint sample sheets from Home Depot this afternoon. Carleigh is picking out colors that are just a bit darker than your normal lilac color, but not as dark as midnight purple shade. We also have plans to paint our half bathroom downstairs and the accent wall in our kitchen/dining room. Carleigh's room takes top priority. It will be a lot of fun painting her room since she chose purple.
That's all I have today. I'm going to enjoy the rest of my Winter Blackberry drink before our dinner comes off the grill.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Mind Your Own Business
One thing that really gets under my skin are people who try to tell you how to handle your life. I work with this woman who feels the need to criticize anything and everything I do. At lunch, she will take a look at my food and say things like, "You're eating pasta? That's going to make you fat." This woman is at least 80 lbs overweight. So for someone who weighs far more than myself, don't give me nutritional advice. I count my calories on a daily basis and know what I am eating. I do not judge her for eating those sodium-loaded Ramen Noodle cups every single day. If someone wants to live off of Ramen Noodles, go for it.
This woman also tells me instead of driving to San Diego, our family of three should fly because it would be cheaper. I'm not sure what planet she lives on, but it costs so much more to fly then to drive. Even if gas was $5 a gallon, it would be far less expensive to take the five hour car ride then to get on an airplane and pay $465 round trip for the three of us. I get it, the plane would get us there faster, but why spend hundreds of more dollars when it's easier to take a car? I'm not a fan of getting groped by the TSA agents. And has anyone flown with a pre-school aged kid? It's not exactly fun...
I am the only person she criticizes on a daily basis. I'm not exactly sure what I ever did to her, but it has gotten so annoying. I'm not sure if it's jealousy or what. She never acts this way towards the other woman we eat lunch with. If she doesn't stop with her nastiness, my inner bitch is going to come out and she's not going to ever want to be in the same room as me. I could stoop to her level, but what would that prove. It wouldn't be too hard to move my lunch schedule around and go at 12:30pm instead of 12pm, but it would suck because I really do enjoy eating lunch with the other two women. Since I don't feel a workplace should be treated like high school, I'm not going to put the other two in a position where they have to chose who to sit with at lunch. That's just childish.
If I don't show up at lunch, maybe she will start judging and criticizing someone else. Her toxic behavior will slowly start to infect everyone else. I can't avoid her completely because we are on the same team. So I have decided that the best way to avoid any of her bullshit is to take a later lunch.
This woman also tells me instead of driving to San Diego, our family of three should fly because it would be cheaper. I'm not sure what planet she lives on, but it costs so much more to fly then to drive. Even if gas was $5 a gallon, it would be far less expensive to take the five hour car ride then to get on an airplane and pay $465 round trip for the three of us. I get it, the plane would get us there faster, but why spend hundreds of more dollars when it's easier to take a car? I'm not a fan of getting groped by the TSA agents. And has anyone flown with a pre-school aged kid? It's not exactly fun...
I am the only person she criticizes on a daily basis. I'm not exactly sure what I ever did to her, but it has gotten so annoying. I'm not sure if it's jealousy or what. She never acts this way towards the other woman we eat lunch with. If she doesn't stop with her nastiness, my inner bitch is going to come out and she's not going to ever want to be in the same room as me. I could stoop to her level, but what would that prove. It wouldn't be too hard to move my lunch schedule around and go at 12:30pm instead of 12pm, but it would suck because I really do enjoy eating lunch with the other two women. Since I don't feel a workplace should be treated like high school, I'm not going to put the other two in a position where they have to chose who to sit with at lunch. That's just childish.
If I don't show up at lunch, maybe she will start judging and criticizing someone else. Her toxic behavior will slowly start to infect everyone else. I can't avoid her completely because we are on the same team. So I have decided that the best way to avoid any of her bullshit is to take a later lunch.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Potlucks
We had our potluck at work yesterday. I had entirely way too much to eat, but couldn't resist trying at least one bite of everyone's dish. Since I had too much to eat yesterday at lunch, I barely touched my dinner. I found a Grape Salad recipe on Pinterest and brought it as my dish. I wanted something simple to bring and this was it. You more than likely already have all of the ingredients in your home to make this. I stuck to the basics. Cream cheese, sour cream, vanilla extract, and sugar. I only used red grapes this time around. Once I was done mixing everything together, I added the crushed Butterfingers. The Butterfingers give this salad the extra crunch. Once I brought my dish into our meeting room and took the tinfoil off, everyone went crazy and wanted to know what I had made. After everyone gave it a try, I had everyone telling me they wanted the recipe. Not bad for having never made this before and taste testing it on my co-workers.
This Grape Salad will probably turn into my next comfort food. Yeah, it's not the healthiest thing in the world to eat, but what's the fun in life if you never eat something like this once in awhile? One of my co-workers suggested using yogurt and crushed graham crackers in the recipe which would work really well too. I'll give that a try next time.
With all of the overtime I worked last week (17 hrs), it was nice to end my week with a potluck. My manager informed us that we will still have voluntary overtime available next week too. Definitely going to take advantage of that. I had my performance review earlier in the week and it went well. My manager did mention she wanted me to take on more leadership roles, but did not go into detail as to what she would like me to do exactly. I hate taking charge of something because it might step on the toes of another person. I'll figure something out while I work on my portion of the review which is due on March 7.
I hope everyone enjoys their weekend.
This Grape Salad will probably turn into my next comfort food. Yeah, it's not the healthiest thing in the world to eat, but what's the fun in life if you never eat something like this once in awhile? One of my co-workers suggested using yogurt and crushed graham crackers in the recipe which would work really well too. I'll give that a try next time.
With all of the overtime I worked last week (17 hrs), it was nice to end my week with a potluck. My manager informed us that we will still have voluntary overtime available next week too. Definitely going to take advantage of that. I had my performance review earlier in the week and it went well. My manager did mention she wanted me to take on more leadership roles, but did not go into detail as to what she would like me to do exactly. I hate taking charge of something because it might step on the toes of another person. I'll figure something out while I work on my portion of the review which is due on March 7.
I hope everyone enjoys their weekend.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
It's Been Too Long
Happy 2013!
It's been way too long since I have updated my blog. My sincerest apologies. I lost interest in my blog and realized I needed a topic/subject that will keep me motivated to blog about. Over the past month, I've really been into trying new recipes found on Pinterest. I'd love to start reviewing some of these recipes on my blog. We have a potluck at work this Friday and I found a delicious looking recipe for Grape Salad. Since I've never made it before today, I'll be using my co-workers as my taste testers.
Speaking of work, we are back on voluntary overtime. Since I am addicted to overtime, you know what I'm doing from 5am-5pm Monday-Friday. The extra money is so nice. Especially while saving up money for our landscaping in the backyard. I'm really tired of looking at dirt and rocks. I will never understand how people can live in a house for years and never do anything with their backyards.
The weather is getting nicer here and I'm really looking forward to spending a majority of our days outdoors. Heath & I are going to buy a Weber grill next pay period. We would have bought one sooner, but the Jaguar needed new tires and an alignment this weekend. Since we don't put cheap junk tires on our vehicles, the new tires ate up pretty much my entire paycheck. The car rides so much smoother now with the new tires. The alignment was all out of whack from the previous owner, so I am so glad we were able to get this all taken care of this weekend.
I'm really looking forward to blogging more often. Not once a month or once every six months. There are so many recipes and DIY projects I want to do this year. It will keep me busy and give me something to blog about.
It's been way too long since I have updated my blog. My sincerest apologies. I lost interest in my blog and realized I needed a topic/subject that will keep me motivated to blog about. Over the past month, I've really been into trying new recipes found on Pinterest. I'd love to start reviewing some of these recipes on my blog. We have a potluck at work this Friday and I found a delicious looking recipe for Grape Salad. Since I've never made it before today, I'll be using my co-workers as my taste testers.
Speaking of work, we are back on voluntary overtime. Since I am addicted to overtime, you know what I'm doing from 5am-5pm Monday-Friday. The extra money is so nice. Especially while saving up money for our landscaping in the backyard. I'm really tired of looking at dirt and rocks. I will never understand how people can live in a house for years and never do anything with their backyards.
The weather is getting nicer here and I'm really looking forward to spending a majority of our days outdoors. Heath & I are going to buy a Weber grill next pay period. We would have bought one sooner, but the Jaguar needed new tires and an alignment this weekend. Since we don't put cheap junk tires on our vehicles, the new tires ate up pretty much my entire paycheck. The car rides so much smoother now with the new tires. The alignment was all out of whack from the previous owner, so I am so glad we were able to get this all taken care of this weekend.
I'm really looking forward to blogging more often. Not once a month or once every six months. There are so many recipes and DIY projects I want to do this year. It will keep me busy and give me something to blog about.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Visitors (Family)
My in-laws are in town until Thursday. They got in late Friday night, around midnight. It's been a hectic weekend here. Every time they come out, we do a lot of shopping. We didn't do too much shopping this time around. At least not yet anyway. We went to Target for a Halloween costume for Carleigh and a couple of decorations for the house. We had lunch at Cabo Wabo inside the Planet Hollywood and also checked out the conservatory at Bellagio. This morning, we went up to Mount Charleston to enjoy some gorgeous views and good food at the lodge. My in-laws have never been to Mount Charleston and it's something you want to skip when you're visiting.
Heath is on PTO all week while his parent's are in town. I didn't have enough PTO yet, so I will be back to work tomorrow morning. No big deal to me. Everyone wants to run here, run there and it gets exhausting after awhile. We are a chill family and have no problem hanging out at home. So it is a huge change for us to go to a bunch of different places in one day. My in-laws also rented an annoying minivan and crawling in and out of that thing is a pain in the ass. In order for me to grab the seat belt, I have to be some kind of contortionist just to get buckled in. I can't wait to drive my Jaguar and ride in something comfortable tomorrow.
Our TV currently has a football game on. Packers vs Houston, I think. We are not a football family, but my father-in-law loves his football. I'll share my TV this week. I usually have reruns of Bridezillas on while waiting for the new episode at night. Football is much calmer than a bunch of screaming, crazy ass bitches. Just not as entertaining.
Carleigh went out and bought a bike this afternoon. She has a pink & purple Barbie bike with purple tassels and basket, a bell and of course training wheels. We also got her a purple helmet. We are going to take her out after dinner to ride her new bike. She was riding it around Walmart, but was getting in the way of all the people who were trying to shop.
The rest of this week is pretty much go-with-the-flow. Not sure what we will end up doing. I'm working 6am-2:30pm to make sure I have more time to spend with family.
Heath is on PTO all week while his parent's are in town. I didn't have enough PTO yet, so I will be back to work tomorrow morning. No big deal to me. Everyone wants to run here, run there and it gets exhausting after awhile. We are a chill family and have no problem hanging out at home. So it is a huge change for us to go to a bunch of different places in one day. My in-laws also rented an annoying minivan and crawling in and out of that thing is a pain in the ass. In order for me to grab the seat belt, I have to be some kind of contortionist just to get buckled in. I can't wait to drive my Jaguar and ride in something comfortable tomorrow.
Our TV currently has a football game on. Packers vs Houston, I think. We are not a football family, but my father-in-law loves his football. I'll share my TV this week. I usually have reruns of Bridezillas on while waiting for the new episode at night. Football is much calmer than a bunch of screaming, crazy ass bitches. Just not as entertaining.
Carleigh went out and bought a bike this afternoon. She has a pink & purple Barbie bike with purple tassels and basket, a bell and of course training wheels. We also got her a purple helmet. We are going to take her out after dinner to ride her new bike. She was riding it around Walmart, but was getting in the way of all the people who were trying to shop.
The rest of this week is pretty much go-with-the-flow. Not sure what we will end up doing. I'm working 6am-2:30pm to make sure I have more time to spend with family.
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