Everyday I learn something new about being a mom. Today I learned that if you are hungry but your baby is fussy, you starve. That's OK it will help me shed my baby weight, but I could just see with new found X-ray vison that there was delicious food in the fridge so I put Sadie in a hand-me-down maya wrap someone gave me as was able to eat a little. Wraps and slings seem to be a life saver, luckily I have a bunch of them.
I also learned that baby's seem to do what ever they want and they don't care about being consistent. Just when I think I know what she will do next she dose something totally different.
Another interesting fact is that when you hear a squirt in the diaper, don't run to change it just yet...wait a second because usually another squirt is on the way. A friend of ours named Kelly gave us a bunch of really great all in one cloth diapers and I love them, but it sucks to have to wash them so now I have a rule of Thumb that we have to wait when we hear the squirt.
Something Else I am loving is the fact that everyday my gummy bear tummy gets a little smaller. Last week when I left the hospital I looked 6 months pregnant. Now I look about 4 months pregnant, and like I had a boob job too.
I am dying to go for a walk.....the Doctor said Sadie could not go out places till she was 2 weeks old and I am going a little stir crazy. We are allowed however to go walking and outside. Physically I feel fine, not quite ready to run yet but definitely ready to walk. I think in about 2 weeks or so I will be running again. I guess everyone was right about working out while pregnant, makes recover easier and faster. So today I will attempt perhaps to put her in her stroller and take her on a little walk around the neighborhood.
Anyway that is all I have for the moment......I really miss eating mint coconut bars. I forgot how good I had it being able to eat Crispy Cats whenever I wanted.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Make like a fetus and head out.....
OK here is how it all went down......(my birth story)
So on Tuesday of last week my water sort of broke. I say sort of because it was not totally ruptured, just leaking. I called the Dr and went in and they were not sure if that was it but they told me to call back if I did not go into labor that night. Well, when I did not go into labor that night I went into work the next day. But when I called to tell my Dr that I did not go into labor they made me come into the office. They did some tests and sure enough it looked like my water was broken. It seems that the baby scratched a hole in the sack and the water was just leaking and that is why I was not going into labor. Now, to be fair we can't be sure that the baby caused the leak but that is what they think happened. Anyway much to my horror and shock they told me that I needed to get induced because I had been leaking for all most 2 days and the baby could get infected if I did not have her soon. I was devastated. My plan was to have a natural labor and delivery and I knew that when you get induced with pitiocine it is a different story as far as what the contractions and labor look like. So all teary eyed I called Teddy and we went to the hospital.
Well the long and short of it is that I labored for 12 hours. 7 of those hours were drug free. The evil medicine that they give you to induce your labor is so hideous and painful I can not begin to describe it. All I can say is that I went from no contractions to out of no where the worst pain I have ever experienced. Luckily I had my Douala and Ted there to help me. Poor Teddy, I puked in his face...more than once. The pain was so intense I was seeing double and thought I was going to pass out. Actually I was hoping to pass out because I thought then they might stop the piticone drip, I begged them to take that IV out but they were not into doing that, something about having to finish labor and all.
Eventually I gave in and asked for the drugs...I felt so defeated. I really wanted to do it naturally but like my Douala pointed out, having to be induced with drugs is not natural and the pain I was feeling is not how and normal labor feels. Normally the contractions build up gradually and there are breaks in between but with the piticone it just slams you all at once with out any real breaks to rest in between. So they came in and they gave me the drugs and I will be honest...I was so happy they did. The rest of the labor was much better and when it came time to push I pushed the baby out in 45 minutes.
When she came out and they put her on my chest, I forgot all about the labor pains, in fact I forgot about everything all I could do was cry as I held my little cone headed, blue skinned perfect little girl. It was the most life changing moment I have ever experienced. All those months spent miserable and pregnant were worth it. All those hormones that made me feel insane were gone and for the first time in 39 weeks, I felt really, really good. Just looking at this baby who looks just like Teddy was surreal and wonderful. Sadie lay skin to skin with me for the rest of the night and morning. She and Teddy bonded for a while while the nurse helped me deal with some other bloody, slimy business and then while Teddy slept I watched the sun come up over the mountains with my brand new baby.
Today Sadie is 5 days old. Its so weird but I can't really imagine life before her, it feels like she has always been here. Now that I am no longer pregnant I can say that I really did not like being pregnant. I did not want to say it before because I did not want Sadie to feel those vibes but the hormones and all that stuff was killing me. Being a mom is way better. I don't even mind being tired, it is all so worth it. I will take sore nipples and sleep deprivation over pregnancy woes any day of the week.
So that is the abbreviated story of how Sadie got here. I will continue to post while out on maternity leave. Stu is figuring out who won the contest and that person will get all there candy!! Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest!!!
Stay tuned for more exciting stories about Sadie, the baby who sleeps 23 hours a day and stories about my right breast that used to have the nipple pierced back in the early 90's when that was in Vogue and how now breast milk shoot out of the holes where the ring used to be!
The world seemed right all of a sudden. Teddy and I spent the next day in the hospital and then asked to be discharged early, they said OK and we left.
So on Tuesday of last week my water sort of broke. I say sort of because it was not totally ruptured, just leaking. I called the Dr and went in and they were not sure if that was it but they told me to call back if I did not go into labor that night. Well, when I did not go into labor that night I went into work the next day. But when I called to tell my Dr that I did not go into labor they made me come into the office. They did some tests and sure enough it looked like my water was broken. It seems that the baby scratched a hole in the sack and the water was just leaking and that is why I was not going into labor. Now, to be fair we can't be sure that the baby caused the leak but that is what they think happened. Anyway much to my horror and shock they told me that I needed to get induced because I had been leaking for all most 2 days and the baby could get infected if I did not have her soon. I was devastated. My plan was to have a natural labor and delivery and I knew that when you get induced with pitiocine it is a different story as far as what the contractions and labor look like. So all teary eyed I called Teddy and we went to the hospital.
Well the long and short of it is that I labored for 12 hours. 7 of those hours were drug free. The evil medicine that they give you to induce your labor is so hideous and painful I can not begin to describe it. All I can say is that I went from no contractions to out of no where the worst pain I have ever experienced. Luckily I had my Douala and Ted there to help me. Poor Teddy, I puked in his face...more than once. The pain was so intense I was seeing double and thought I was going to pass out. Actually I was hoping to pass out because I thought then they might stop the piticone drip, I begged them to take that IV out but they were not into doing that, something about having to finish labor and all.
Eventually I gave in and asked for the drugs...I felt so defeated. I really wanted to do it naturally but like my Douala pointed out, having to be induced with drugs is not natural and the pain I was feeling is not how and normal labor feels. Normally the contractions build up gradually and there are breaks in between but with the piticone it just slams you all at once with out any real breaks to rest in between. So they came in and they gave me the drugs and I will be honest...I was so happy they did. The rest of the labor was much better and when it came time to push I pushed the baby out in 45 minutes.
When she came out and they put her on my chest, I forgot all about the labor pains, in fact I forgot about everything all I could do was cry as I held my little cone headed, blue skinned perfect little girl. It was the most life changing moment I have ever experienced. All those months spent miserable and pregnant were worth it. All those hormones that made me feel insane were gone and for the first time in 39 weeks, I felt really, really good. Just looking at this baby who looks just like Teddy was surreal and wonderful. Sadie lay skin to skin with me for the rest of the night and morning. She and Teddy bonded for a while while the nurse helped me deal with some other bloody, slimy business and then while Teddy slept I watched the sun come up over the mountains with my brand new baby.
Today Sadie is 5 days old. Its so weird but I can't really imagine life before her, it feels like she has always been here. Now that I am no longer pregnant I can say that I really did not like being pregnant. I did not want to say it before because I did not want Sadie to feel those vibes but the hormones and all that stuff was killing me. Being a mom is way better. I don't even mind being tired, it is all so worth it. I will take sore nipples and sleep deprivation over pregnancy woes any day of the week.
So that is the abbreviated story of how Sadie got here. I will continue to post while out on maternity leave. Stu is figuring out who won the contest and that person will get all there candy!! Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest!!!
Stay tuned for more exciting stories about Sadie, the baby who sleeps 23 hours a day and stories about my right breast that used to have the nipple pierced back in the early 90's when that was in Vogue and how now breast milk shoot out of the holes where the ring used to be!
The world seemed right all of a sudden. Teddy and I spent the next day in the hospital and then asked to be discharged early, they said OK and we left.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
SADIE IS HERE!!!!
On May 23 2008 at 3:06 am Sadie Sweeney came into this world! She weighed in at 7 lbs even and was 19 1/2 inches long. She is the most beautiful and precious baby I have ever seen and I am totally in love and bewitched by this little girl. I have never felt this way before and it is the best feeling I have ever experienced.
I am writing this while the little one naps and I was just sitting there staring at her on the couch obsessing about if she is getting enough to eat today because I nursed her awhile ago and she has been sleeping soundly ever since and I am having a hard time getting her to wake up. So I figured instead of just being a neuritic new mom I would let all the people know that she got here safe and sound. I will have someone from the office go into my computer to look at all the guess to see who the winner of our contest was. I will say that Jimmy Legs read my chart and told me that I would have this baby on May 23!!! He is a great astrologer so if you are in the market to get your chart read he is the man.
I will do a post on my birth story when it doesn't hurt so bad to sit on a chair, and I hear the baby stirring so I need to cut this short. All I will say for now is that even though I did not have the labor and birth I expected I have never been happier about things not going how I planned. I wanted and was hell bent on a natural labor and birth but had to get induced when my water started to leak and then broke and I never went into labor. But its Ok because the universe knows what its doing and I don't know how I ever lived before this baby and she is not even 48 hours old yet. We opted to leave the hospital a little early because we were all doing great and I was sick of nurses "Checking my pad" gross.
More later, thanks to everyone that endured this blog turning in to a pregnancy blog, it was one of the most fun parts about being pregnant. I loved bitching and complaining, it was a lot of fun. By the way my post baby body is really messed up! Teddydigital is calling my belly the "gummy bear". If not for the fact that he helped make this beautiful girl I would have killed him, but for some reason the baby has put me into a feel good trance where I don't feel like killing anyone anymore. It might be the lack of sleep. Stayed tuned for when I tell my birth story!!!
I am writing this while the little one naps and I was just sitting there staring at her on the couch obsessing about if she is getting enough to eat today because I nursed her awhile ago and she has been sleeping soundly ever since and I am having a hard time getting her to wake up. So I figured instead of just being a neuritic new mom I would let all the people know that she got here safe and sound. I will have someone from the office go into my computer to look at all the guess to see who the winner of our contest was. I will say that Jimmy Legs read my chart and told me that I would have this baby on May 23!!! He is a great astrologer so if you are in the market to get your chart read he is the man.
I will do a post on my birth story when it doesn't hurt so bad to sit on a chair, and I hear the baby stirring so I need to cut this short. All I will say for now is that even though I did not have the labor and birth I expected I have never been happier about things not going how I planned. I wanted and was hell bent on a natural labor and birth but had to get induced when my water started to leak and then broke and I never went into labor. But its Ok because the universe knows what its doing and I don't know how I ever lived before this baby and she is not even 48 hours old yet. We opted to leave the hospital a little early because we were all doing great and I was sick of nurses "Checking my pad" gross.
More later, thanks to everyone that endured this blog turning in to a pregnancy blog, it was one of the most fun parts about being pregnant. I loved bitching and complaining, it was a lot of fun. By the way my post baby body is really messed up! Teddydigital is calling my belly the "gummy bear". If not for the fact that he helped make this beautiful girl I would have killed him, but for some reason the baby has put me into a feel good trance where I don't feel like killing anyone anymore. It might be the lack of sleep. Stayed tuned for when I tell my birth story!!!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Please get a life.
OK if you are a woman in your 40's and you are obsessed with your myspace page, please get a life. If you have the time and the intrest to change your background and your picture and your quotes almost daily than I think its time for you to perhaps look into getting a life. AND if Crispy Cat requests your friendship and puts nice comments on your relatively boring blog and you decided that you are too cool for us than I think you need to get some serious help. Obviously anyone that can't see how great of a company we are has a lot of problems and deserves our compassion and prayers, not our hate. So I will refrain from getting my hate on because I know how it feels to be a cuckoo cat lady. Can you tell I am a cranky pregnant lady whos due date is 5 days away.
Speaking of that this is my last week in the office and I am a little sad about it. But the time has come for me to go because I am so huge and I have lost the feeling in my right hand from pregnancy induced carpal tunnel syndrome and my right eye is really dry and it is messing with my contacts, oh and my Doctor and my Douala told me to stop working. So I guess that is that.
A lot of people entered our contest and so far a lot of people have been disqualified because the date they picked has come and gone and I am still pregnant. But we sure do appreciate everyone participating and there are still a lot of people who have picked dates that are later in the month so we just have to wait and see!
I will obviously keep everyone updated and I will be doing my blog on maternity leave as well so I can fill you in on my new life as a Mom!
Speaking of that this is my last week in the office and I am a little sad about it. But the time has come for me to go because I am so huge and I have lost the feeling in my right hand from pregnancy induced carpal tunnel syndrome and my right eye is really dry and it is messing with my contacts, oh and my Doctor and my Douala told me to stop working. So I guess that is that.
A lot of people entered our contest and so far a lot of people have been disqualified because the date they picked has come and gone and I am still pregnant. But we sure do appreciate everyone participating and there are still a lot of people who have picked dates that are later in the month so we just have to wait and see!
I will obviously keep everyone updated and I will be doing my blog on maternity leave as well so I can fill you in on my new life as a Mom!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Getting closer.....
I am 10 days away from one of my due dates now. However I have been going by my later due date which is May 30th so according to that due date I am 38 weeks today. According to my other one I am 38 1/2 weeks. Dumb I know. My Dr. told me I am the only person in the office with two due dates. Last night I had some cramps that were strong enough to wake me up, I got up out of bed to discover that Inky had peed all over our bedroom. I was so tired that I decided that I could only deal with one thing at a time and so I decided to deal with the pee and let Inky out into the yard to pee again. Every since he has been on that heart medication, which is a diuretic he has been a drinking and peeing machine. After I let him back in and tucked him back in to his bed I fell back asleep and since I woke up and was still pregnant I guess they were gas pains or something. Needless to say that today I am so tired I feel like the walking dead. After work I am going home putting on my pajamas and letting the dogs wait on me for a change.
We have so much drama at meal time in our house. Inkys anorexia is so unpredictable and annoying and Petuinas compulsive over eating and obsession with food combined with Otto's inability to fend of Petunia from eating his food is a little much. I have to watch Inky eat and coax him and beg him and make sure that Petunia, who is always hoovering near by dose not steal his food and his medication. She scarfs her food so fast and then watches the other dogs eat. The other day she pushed Otto aside and was eating his food and I had to pull her away and put her in the yard. He just stood there like a big dope letting her eat his food. Otto is 85 lbs and Petunia is 15 lbs. So this morning when I was not in the mood for dog hijinks's there I was begging Inky to eat and scolding Petunia and protecting Otto. These spoiled pups are in for a rude awakening when the baby comes. Teddydigital will be taking over the pup duty's for a while and who ever else comes to help. That is what I really will need help with, the care of my precious dogs and cat. Though Bigs I will say is very easy and requires little, he just wants his food left our for him and to be able to come and go as he pleases. He has much more of a life than the dogs. Bigs actually has friends outside of our little tribe, this also could be because he is allowed to go out on his own and the dogs are not allowed to run the neighborhood loose and care free.
Anyway that is all that is going on here. I am just waiting until I pop and passing the time. My life as I know it is about to change forever. I am looking forward to this new life, I just wish it would hurry up already and get here already.
We have so much drama at meal time in our house. Inkys anorexia is so unpredictable and annoying and Petuinas compulsive over eating and obsession with food combined with Otto's inability to fend of Petunia from eating his food is a little much. I have to watch Inky eat and coax him and beg him and make sure that Petunia, who is always hoovering near by dose not steal his food and his medication. She scarfs her food so fast and then watches the other dogs eat. The other day she pushed Otto aside and was eating his food and I had to pull her away and put her in the yard. He just stood there like a big dope letting her eat his food. Otto is 85 lbs and Petunia is 15 lbs. So this morning when I was not in the mood for dog hijinks's there I was begging Inky to eat and scolding Petunia and protecting Otto. These spoiled pups are in for a rude awakening when the baby comes. Teddydigital will be taking over the pup duty's for a while and who ever else comes to help. That is what I really will need help with, the care of my precious dogs and cat. Though Bigs I will say is very easy and requires little, he just wants his food left our for him and to be able to come and go as he pleases. He has much more of a life than the dogs. Bigs actually has friends outside of our little tribe, this also could be because he is allowed to go out on his own and the dogs are not allowed to run the neighborhood loose and care free.
Anyway that is all that is going on here. I am just waiting until I pop and passing the time. My life as I know it is about to change forever. I am looking forward to this new life, I just wish it would hurry up already and get here already.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Mary Kate Olsen and my brother's ass
I saw some pictures of the hideous little gal going by the name Mary Kate Olsen today. Can she stop already with the FUR. I don't get how people can still wear fur. Even if you hate animals aren't you embarrassed to walk around wearing something that most people associate with evil? Not to mention that it looks horrible, gross and tacky but then again MK is all of those very things by nature. I just feel so baffled by humans, how can a person not be bothered by the atrocious nature of the fur industry. How can they wear the skins of animals that suffered so horribly and not feel in any way bothered or concerned? I just don't understand, if I see her walking around I am going to yank the fur right off her puny little body and pummel her with it. Lucky for her that she lives in LA and I live in Asheville. I don't actually think a pummeling from fur would really hurt though. Perhaps a pack of wild minks will see her and descend on her and eat what little meat she has on her bones....one can only hope.
Update on Tom's bleeding ass:
At approximately 11 am I received a call from my brother Tom about the status of his ass.
Apparently he had just finished working out and called to tell me that he had found a solution to his dilemma. He started his first set of 100 crunches and after 3 or 4 was in agony so he thought perhaps what his ass needed was some sort of lubrication. He said he used some body butter that he had, lubed up his cheeks and was good to go. Tom was able to finish all the crunches sans blood. Good for you Tom for living in the solution instead of the problem.
In other news I am 38 weeks pregnant and ready to have this baby.
My back doesn't hurt that badly today and my mood is not homicidal so that is good. But I need to talk to Joel about putting into place a mouth noise policy in the work place. I can't handle mouth noises right now they send me over the edge. I know......I know......
Update on Tom's bleeding ass:
At approximately 11 am I received a call from my brother Tom about the status of his ass.
Apparently he had just finished working out and called to tell me that he had found a solution to his dilemma. He started his first set of 100 crunches and after 3 or 4 was in agony so he thought perhaps what his ass needed was some sort of lubrication. He said he used some body butter that he had, lubed up his cheeks and was good to go. Tom was able to finish all the crunches sans blood. Good for you Tom for living in the solution instead of the problem.
In other news I am 38 weeks pregnant and ready to have this baby.
My back doesn't hurt that badly today and my mood is not homicidal so that is good. But I need to talk to Joel about putting into place a mouth noise policy in the work place. I can't handle mouth noises right now they send me over the edge. I know......I know......
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
A watched pot never goes into labor
Well I have been gone from work for the last 4 days so I came into an ass load of emails that I need to respond to. However I wanted to take a moment to post on my blog because I told myself I would still post even when I am not working and I have not been doing that so since I am feeling a lot of discomfort I figure I would blog now while I still have it in me.
First off my lower back is hurting me in a new way. Starting yesterday I began having this awful pain in my low back, sitting is pretty uncomfortable and so is walking. I take all pain as a good sign that this is almost over and by this I mean pregnancy and by pregnancy I mean the longest experience in the world. I just wish that the discomfort was not accompanied by homicidal feelings. I have refrained from killing anyone but if this is how I feel now when I am not in labor, well I just feel so bad for Teddydigital and my Douala. Actually anyone that is going to be near me, I should just make my amends now in advance. Since I am already complaining I just want to say that my right contact has decided that it no longer wants to work and so my computer screen is blurry and that is really on a nerve as well. I have heard that your contacts can act up when you are pregnant so I am resisting the urge to toss my contacts and put in a new pair. That would really bother me if I wasted a new pair of contacts just to find that the right eye sucks with a new pair as well.
On a nicer note Teddydigital and I have gotten most of what we need to do done for the baby. We went and got all the supplies we will need and we put together our stroller and the co-sleeper and washed everything that needs to be washed. I am feeling ready for the most part. I just want to deep clean the shit out of my house and then I think we are set.
I saw my brother yesterday. I don't write about him a lot because he is sort of touchy and might not like it if I told the whole world stories about him but he gave me permission to write about what I saw yesterday. First of all a 2 second background on my brother Tom....he is my younger brother and I have total mind control over him..just kidding OK he is also a retired Marine. And he did 2 tours in Iraq. He is a very intense guy in some ways and in other ways he is really goofy. A paradox if you will....so he is really into exercise and fitness, that seems like it would be normal and healthy. That is unless you are dealing with the people in my family who are real freaks about exercise. My mother is the only one normal about exercise. One year my dad decided to run about a million marathons, and he did, and then he blew out his knee. My Grandma who is 89 years old just got a walker so she could exercise in the halls of her retirement community. Anyway I went over to my parents house for diner and I was walking up the stairs behind my brother and I see blood all over the back of his shorts. Now, just the night before I was watching Law and Order SVU and there was a kid who showed up to school with blood all over the back of his shorts, in the same spot as Tom and it was because he was raped by another kid. So naturally I was concerned that perhaps Tom was raped and so I asked him why his ass was bleeding...was an older kid trying to hurt him? What he told me was even more disturbing. He said he that had a rug burn on his ass from doing crunches on a dog bed in his basement.....he said he did so many that he made his ass bleed!! He was actually really proud of this accomplishment. He informed me that that was getting' some....compulsively doing crunches till your ass bleeds. He then explained to my father why his ass was bleeding and my fathers response was that there is no circumstance where a man's ass should ever bleed. It didn't matter to Tom, he was proud of his bleeding ass and bloody shorts. I find it amazing that Tom thinks my huge belly is gross but will walk around in blood stained shorts with out a second thought.
First off my lower back is hurting me in a new way. Starting yesterday I began having this awful pain in my low back, sitting is pretty uncomfortable and so is walking. I take all pain as a good sign that this is almost over and by this I mean pregnancy and by pregnancy I mean the longest experience in the world. I just wish that the discomfort was not accompanied by homicidal feelings. I have refrained from killing anyone but if this is how I feel now when I am not in labor, well I just feel so bad for Teddydigital and my Douala. Actually anyone that is going to be near me, I should just make my amends now in advance. Since I am already complaining I just want to say that my right contact has decided that it no longer wants to work and so my computer screen is blurry and that is really on a nerve as well. I have heard that your contacts can act up when you are pregnant so I am resisting the urge to toss my contacts and put in a new pair. That would really bother me if I wasted a new pair of contacts just to find that the right eye sucks with a new pair as well.
On a nicer note Teddydigital and I have gotten most of what we need to do done for the baby. We went and got all the supplies we will need and we put together our stroller and the co-sleeper and washed everything that needs to be washed. I am feeling ready for the most part. I just want to deep clean the shit out of my house and then I think we are set.
I saw my brother yesterday. I don't write about him a lot because he is sort of touchy and might not like it if I told the whole world stories about him but he gave me permission to write about what I saw yesterday. First of all a 2 second background on my brother Tom....he is my younger brother and I have total mind control over him..just kidding OK he is also a retired Marine. And he did 2 tours in Iraq. He is a very intense guy in some ways and in other ways he is really goofy. A paradox if you will....so he is really into exercise and fitness, that seems like it would be normal and healthy. That is unless you are dealing with the people in my family who are real freaks about exercise. My mother is the only one normal about exercise. One year my dad decided to run about a million marathons, and he did, and then he blew out his knee. My Grandma who is 89 years old just got a walker so she could exercise in the halls of her retirement community. Anyway I went over to my parents house for diner and I was walking up the stairs behind my brother and I see blood all over the back of his shorts. Now, just the night before I was watching Law and Order SVU and there was a kid who showed up to school with blood all over the back of his shorts, in the same spot as Tom and it was because he was raped by another kid. So naturally I was concerned that perhaps Tom was raped and so I asked him why his ass was bleeding...was an older kid trying to hurt him? What he told me was even more disturbing. He said he that had a rug burn on his ass from doing crunches on a dog bed in his basement.....he said he did so many that he made his ass bleed!! He was actually really proud of this accomplishment. He informed me that that was getting' some....compulsively doing crunches till your ass bleeds. He then explained to my father why his ass was bleeding and my fathers response was that there is no circumstance where a man's ass should ever bleed. It didn't matter to Tom, he was proud of his bleeding ass and bloody shorts. I find it amazing that Tom thinks my huge belly is gross but will walk around in blood stained shorts with out a second thought.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Something for nothing...you know you love it
OK people one of my due dates is a mere 18 days away.
Have you submitted your guesses yet? If not go ahead and do it what have you got to lose? You can win 3 free cases of candy!!! I am forever getting emails from people who want samples, well now you can have 36 samples, just for entering our contest. All you have to do is send your guess for when you think the baby will be born to ann@crispycatcandybars.com if you also guess on the height and weight you stand to win even more.
By the way this is be kind to animals week. Well if you ask me it is a sad state of affairs when animals only get one week. I think it goes with out saying that every week is be kind to animals week but some people can only handle one week a year.
If you see or suspect animal cruelty or abuse PLEASE report it.
Morgan and I ran into a bad situation with a sick injured stray dog yesterday.
This poor old guy was either hit by a car or dying of a disease that made his back legs shake. He happened to wander into a yard with 3 other dogs in it and ended up getting attached. Lucky Morgan ran in a saved the day. Five grown men did not have the balls to get this dog but Morgan did. She went right in, got the dog and tried to get him into her yard. Unfortunately he tried to bite her and she let go and he ran off into the woods, but he came back that night and she was able to get him into her yard where he could be safe until the appropriate people could come and take care of him. Morgan was definitely the animal lover of the day yesterday, she made sure that the pup had food, water, a safe place to sleep and most of all a kind person looking out for him. Maybe we can't save all the animals but we change the life of every animal we do save.
Speaking of saving an animals life, Inky finally ate last night and this morning. Hurray!!! Of course he only will eat expensive, organic cat food, but at least he ate. I guess I don't have to check him into Renfru after all.
Have you submitted your guesses yet? If not go ahead and do it what have you got to lose? You can win 3 free cases of candy!!! I am forever getting emails from people who want samples, well now you can have 36 samples, just for entering our contest. All you have to do is send your guess for when you think the baby will be born to ann@crispycatcandybars.com if you also guess on the height and weight you stand to win even more.
By the way this is be kind to animals week. Well if you ask me it is a sad state of affairs when animals only get one week. I think it goes with out saying that every week is be kind to animals week but some people can only handle one week a year.
If you see or suspect animal cruelty or abuse PLEASE report it.
Morgan and I ran into a bad situation with a sick injured stray dog yesterday.
This poor old guy was either hit by a car or dying of a disease that made his back legs shake. He happened to wander into a yard with 3 other dogs in it and ended up getting attached. Lucky Morgan ran in a saved the day. Five grown men did not have the balls to get this dog but Morgan did. She went right in, got the dog and tried to get him into her yard. Unfortunately he tried to bite her and she let go and he ran off into the woods, but he came back that night and she was able to get him into her yard where he could be safe until the appropriate people could come and take care of him. Morgan was definitely the animal lover of the day yesterday, she made sure that the pup had food, water, a safe place to sleep and most of all a kind person looking out for him. Maybe we can't save all the animals but we change the life of every animal we do save.
Speaking of saving an animals life, Inky finally ate last night and this morning. Hurray!!! Of course he only will eat expensive, organic cat food, but at least he ate. I guess I don't have to check him into Renfru after all.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The Hops new deal, Inkys anorexic and Ted ran 34 miles.
For all the people who live in the Asheville area, the Hop is now offering to put Crispy Cats in their ice cream and their vegan ice cream as well. So if you want a Crispy Cat milk shake or a Crispy Cat Sunday you can now get one at the Hop in Asheville. The Hop is where Joel originally started selling the bars. They make great vegan ice cream and other delicious vegan treats. So if you are a local or you come visit us check out The Hop.
On Sunday Teddydigital ran a 34 mile race. I am really proud of him and totally impressed and inspired. I wish I could have been there to see him cross the finish line but the race was 2 hours away and it took him all day to run it. It would have been a LONG day of just sitting there doing nothing and I can only imagine my mood once he finally finished. It would be fowl for sure. When he came home I was laying on the bed feeling sorry for myself. But that washed away when I saw his finishers metal, I just was so excited for him that he did it that I was able to stop the pity party for a few seconds. I sat in the bathroom and timed his ice bath for him and then we went to the store and got a ton of fruit and some cake. All day I had been feeling sort of sorry for myself. I decided to write a book about it called The Lonely Whale. I never thought that pregnancy would make me feel different from my friends but is some ways it has. I'm not in the same place as all my friends who are already moms and I am in a totally other universe from my single friends who aren't married and don't have kids. Not to mention that I can't really stay out late hanging out nor do I want too, because by the end of the day I am totally exhausted. Well, that's life and I wouldn't trade this experience for all the hanging out in the world. Especial when I lay eyes on the cutest baby in the world, one of my due dates is only 19 days away!
So Teddydigital is a brave soul who ran 34 miles in the woods and up hills and through horse poo and near snakes and he made it home in one piece.
This morning I had to take one of my dogs to the vet. Inky is my oldest dog, he was a rescue that I took in when I lived in NYC. He is a tiny little guy about 10 or 12 years old and about 10 lbs. He is so feisty, he will totally attack and kill you over just one look. Well he started doing a weird cough this week and his breathing was labored and it sounded like was about to die. Then when he stopped eating I started to think something was wrong. Not just regular old dog stuff. He is the only dog in the house who gets wet food, he has had some teeth pulled so he can't really chew. When he did not want his wet food I knew it was bad. Especial since Petunia and Otto were freaking out at every meal because Inky would just sit there and not eat his yummy wet food while they had crappy all natural dry food.
So this morning I said eff the gym and took Inky to the vet. Turns out he had congestive heart failure and get this....anorexia!!! WOW I never thought a dog could have anorexia but they totally can and Inky has it. He has always been a really thin dog...I wonder if he looks at his reflection and worries about being fat? Dose he count every chunk of his wet food and write it down and calculate the calories. Is the reason he keeps running up and down the stairs because he wants to lose more weight? He dose have a bad attitude a lot and it could be because he is hungry and freaking out about weighing more than 10lbs perhaps he is trying to diet down to 8lbs? Well I tried to talk to him about it but he was not willing to discuss it, I think I will just give him some space. I am going to buy him some cans of wet cat food. I know he won't be able to resist.
That is a little wrap up of what has been going on.
In short......
1.The Hop is doing cool stuff with Crispy Cats
2. Teddydigital ran 34 miles and lived to tell the tale
3. Inky has an eating disorder and I may have to take him on the show Intervention.
On Sunday Teddydigital ran a 34 mile race. I am really proud of him and totally impressed and inspired. I wish I could have been there to see him cross the finish line but the race was 2 hours away and it took him all day to run it. It would have been a LONG day of just sitting there doing nothing and I can only imagine my mood once he finally finished. It would be fowl for sure. When he came home I was laying on the bed feeling sorry for myself. But that washed away when I saw his finishers metal, I just was so excited for him that he did it that I was able to stop the pity party for a few seconds. I sat in the bathroom and timed his ice bath for him and then we went to the store and got a ton of fruit and some cake. All day I had been feeling sort of sorry for myself. I decided to write a book about it called The Lonely Whale. I never thought that pregnancy would make me feel different from my friends but is some ways it has. I'm not in the same place as all my friends who are already moms and I am in a totally other universe from my single friends who aren't married and don't have kids. Not to mention that I can't really stay out late hanging out nor do I want too, because by the end of the day I am totally exhausted. Well, that's life and I wouldn't trade this experience for all the hanging out in the world. Especial when I lay eyes on the cutest baby in the world, one of my due dates is only 19 days away!
So Teddydigital is a brave soul who ran 34 miles in the woods and up hills and through horse poo and near snakes and he made it home in one piece.
This morning I had to take one of my dogs to the vet. Inky is my oldest dog, he was a rescue that I took in when I lived in NYC. He is a tiny little guy about 10 or 12 years old and about 10 lbs. He is so feisty, he will totally attack and kill you over just one look. Well he started doing a weird cough this week and his breathing was labored and it sounded like was about to die. Then when he stopped eating I started to think something was wrong. Not just regular old dog stuff. He is the only dog in the house who gets wet food, he has had some teeth pulled so he can't really chew. When he did not want his wet food I knew it was bad. Especial since Petunia and Otto were freaking out at every meal because Inky would just sit there and not eat his yummy wet food while they had crappy all natural dry food.
So this morning I said eff the gym and took Inky to the vet. Turns out he had congestive heart failure and get this....anorexia!!! WOW I never thought a dog could have anorexia but they totally can and Inky has it. He has always been a really thin dog...I wonder if he looks at his reflection and worries about being fat? Dose he count every chunk of his wet food and write it down and calculate the calories. Is the reason he keeps running up and down the stairs because he wants to lose more weight? He dose have a bad attitude a lot and it could be because he is hungry and freaking out about weighing more than 10lbs perhaps he is trying to diet down to 8lbs? Well I tried to talk to him about it but he was not willing to discuss it, I think I will just give him some space. I am going to buy him some cans of wet cat food. I know he won't be able to resist.
That is a little wrap up of what has been going on.
In short......
1.The Hop is doing cool stuff with Crispy Cats
2. Teddydigital ran 34 miles and lived to tell the tale
3. Inky has an eating disorder and I may have to take him on the show Intervention.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Saved by Murry
Today was Thursdays with Murry. I love to make up a plan for how things are going to go and then the universe loves to change those plans with out any notice.I planned on going to the gym this moring and then on Friday I was going to take a rest day because I have a doctors appointment and a Douala appointment. I really liked this plan. So I get up this morning and even though I was tired and did not want to go to the gym I reminded myself of my plan and I put on my ill fitted work out clothes and went. Well, 5o minuets later I am still not at the gym. Why? Traffic. Horrible slow, evil traffic and I am just sitting there dying a spiritual death because I want to kill someone because I think that I know what the plan is and it pisses me off that it is not happening.
After an hour it becomes apparent that I am not going to work out before work. But I still need to shower and get dressed for work and I don't want to go into that hideous valley of nakedness that they call the gym locker room. Murry lives right down the street from the gym so I give her a call hoping that she is awake. Just my luck..shes up!! I tell her my dilemma and she invites me over.
Let me tell you, I had a lot of fun this morning. I went over and Murry and I had tea and we did some laughing and talking and she offered me some cake that I declined because I have eaten so much cake already. And we just had a nice time over all, a very pleasant way to start my day. Much more fun than being a compulsive stress head at the gym. The only thing that sucks is that Murry's shower is narrow and right now I am rather wide so it was a little tricky, but I managed to do it and get clean enough to come to work.
Now I have a date with Sarah after work to go to the gym, so I get to see 2 friends in one day.
That's a pretty good deal if you ask me. And a much better plan than I made up, the universe knows what its doing.
By the way I am 36 weeks pregnant today so time is running out for our contest. Well, not really but still you should take advantage of the chance to win 3 free cases of free candy. I mean its not that often that I push a kid out and we get to have a contest so take advantage while you can.
Oh and just one more by the way...I am huge. Just in case you didn't know and just in case I forget the women at the gym always remind me. Thanks ladies at the Y for your astute comments about my body.
After an hour it becomes apparent that I am not going to work out before work. But I still need to shower and get dressed for work and I don't want to go into that hideous valley of nakedness that they call the gym locker room. Murry lives right down the street from the gym so I give her a call hoping that she is awake. Just my luck..shes up!! I tell her my dilemma and she invites me over.
Let me tell you, I had a lot of fun this morning. I went over and Murry and I had tea and we did some laughing and talking and she offered me some cake that I declined because I have eaten so much cake already. And we just had a nice time over all, a very pleasant way to start my day. Much more fun than being a compulsive stress head at the gym. The only thing that sucks is that Murry's shower is narrow and right now I am rather wide so it was a little tricky, but I managed to do it and get clean enough to come to work.
Now I have a date with Sarah after work to go to the gym, so I get to see 2 friends in one day.
That's a pretty good deal if you ask me. And a much better plan than I made up, the universe knows what its doing.
By the way I am 36 weeks pregnant today so time is running out for our contest. Well, not really but still you should take advantage of the chance to win 3 free cases of free candy. I mean its not that often that I push a kid out and we get to have a contest so take advantage while you can.
Oh and just one more by the way...I am huge. Just in case you didn't know and just in case I forget the women at the gym always remind me. Thanks ladies at the Y for your astute comments about my body.
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