Wednesday, February 24, 2010

I’ve got mad fever!

No, I am not talking scarlet fever or hay fever… It’s SPRING fever around here! Thankfully we’ve kicked our cold (I should say E and I kicked it, N might be coming down with it now). So things are more productive here especially since the weekend was warmer than usual, basically it was NOT jacket weather [...]

I’ve got mad fever!
Sunday, February 14, 2010

The day of red

18 months ago, thanks to my Fertility Awareness Method charting I knew I was pregnant, before I’d even missed my period. Now, over a year later I am back in the world of fertile women and am reminded of how bad it sucks to have “that time of the month” again… Oh and we have to [...]

The day of red
Monday, January 25, 2010

Road trip adventures Everly enjoyed.

Whew! After a week on the road we needed a day to decompress after getting back to Evansville. Yesterday we sat around in our PJ’s, did many loads of laundry, scrubbed cat vomit from the carpets, cleaned cat boxes… You know all the chores and stuff that go undone while you are away. Everly was a [...]

Road trip adventures Everly enjoyed.
Friday, January 22, 2010

The last time I showered in New Mexico…

What is it with shower situations in New Mexico? We are spending the night in Tucumcari, NM this time around. We got a cheap hotel to spend the night in and unfortunately it only has a shower. You see it’s a cheap hotel, tiny, clean and shower-less with a super loud heater… You get what you [...]

The last time I showered in New Mexico…
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Forging ahead – Bringing our car home from Arizona

We are on the road in our newly fixed car! After flying here and hanging out with family and friends it’s now time to make the trip back home, in our car. We spent much time this morning debating weather or not it was a good idea to make the trek up north to I-40 [...]

Forging ahead – Bringing our car home from Arizona
Friday, January 8, 2010

Live Blogging: Cat Swallows Needle

Here are my tweets as they played out during the night and early hours of the morning. I didn’t realized it would reach so many people. At first I was just tweeting so my husband would know what was going on, then I kept tweeting to be sure I didn’t leave anyone in the dark. [...]

Live Blogging: Cat Swallows Needle
Monday, January 4, 2010

Dazed, anxiety ridden and plagued with ham disease.

It’s true. N and I got the holiday ham that keeps on giving. It seems we have food poisoning or something… It’s been an ongoing thing for over a week now. We just tossed several pounds of ham leftovers after we figured it was the culprit, also tossed the spinach salad just for good measure. [...]

Dazed, anxiety ridden and plagued with ham disease.
Sunday, December 27, 2009

Christmas 2009 as parents.

I never thought I would be such a gingerbread cookie fiend! Last week we made up a ton of cookies to get in the holiday spirit and also so N would have cookies to take in to work for everyone. We’d been trying different gingerbread cookie recipes each year, nothing was particularly impressive and I thought [...]

Christmas 2009 as parents.
Sunday, December 20, 2009

Someone is excited about the holiday!

She’s not even walking yet and she’s already being a stinker about opening gifts early. After her gift snagging earlier in the week we moved all the gift bags and stuff with ribbon away from her reach. We thought the paper and curly ribbon was attracting her attention. Looks like she’s smarter about this gift [...]

Someone is excited about the holiday!
Saturday, December 19, 2009

A twitter addiction? Confessions and talk of loss.

I have a confession. I am fairly certain twitter is killing my creativity! I’ve been having issues with blog content since Everly’s birth. Sure I am a busy mom who is working part time in addition to caring for a new baby. Yeah, computer time is limited these days… The thing is it’s not the time that [...]

A twitter addiction? Confessions and talk of loss.
Friday, December 4, 2009

Baby leg warmers crochet fun

I’ve been working on making E a pair of baby legwarmers since October. I just finished them today which is kind of a big deal. You see I tend to start and never finish my knit and crochet projects… Today will probably be the only day she’ll wear them since it took me two months to [...]

Baby leg warmers crochet fun
Friday, November 20, 2009

Sunday Stealing: The Dating Profiles Meme

Welcome to The Dating Profiles Meme . This meme is based on a feature from WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Either you have used sites such as Match.com or Yahoo Personals or you’ve read them right? Well The Dating Profiles Meme scours those on-line dating sites, weekly so we can to respond to them. Well, [...]

Sunday Stealing: The Dating Profiles Meme
Friday, November 20, 2009

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans…

All the trees are naked and it is very close to freezing at night now. Thanksgiving is just right around the corner and we aren’t really sure where the year has gone. Life is blowing by so fast and it just feels like we are standing here in a blur while it all swirls around us [...]

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans…
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Today we are proud home owners!

Well, we’ve done it! Several years of planning and thousands of dollars later… We are now the proud owners of our own home! N was bummed that we had no “sold” sign to pose with out on the front lawn though… We may just have to stage it anyway, kind of like this: We went in [...]

Today we are proud home owners!
Friday, November 13, 2009

Sigh… Rest and recuperation are in order.

This will be the first weekend in probably a month or so that we’ll have to relax and get caught up on things. Marching season has come and gone, my 9th marching season is now over. Sure winterguard plans and ideas are in the works but it wont be until January when the performance madness picks [...]

Sigh… Rest and recuperation are in order.

A lazy weekend, what is that?

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We had 2 whole days to stay home and chill this last weekend. Friday night to Saturday morning it snowed 3 inches. Apparently it was lots of snowfall for the area… 2nd highest snowfall record according to the National Weather Service.

It’s nothing compared to the roof collapsing snow we dodged on our way home from Arizona though. Anyway, the lack of snow removal resources here in Evansville means it’s best to stay home and off the roads whenever it snows. So we had 2 whole days home to chill.

Of course we didn’t chill. We’ve still got boxes to unpack from our move 10 months ago and there is always cat piss to mop, litter boxes to clean, laundry to wash, hairballs to vacuum etc.

We did sit down and play Wii for a portion of one evening after E was asleep. She’s weighing in at 15.5 lbs according to Wii Fit Plus and we also learned the weights of all our cats. Gabby is the lightest at 8.5 lbs and Jack is the heaviest at 16 lbs, that is basically more than Everly weighs!

Speaking of Gabby. I’ve been removing her staples a few at a time over the course of a week. Yeah, call me crazy but I am cheap and broke. We can’t afford to pay another $300 to have stinking staples removed and I’ve removed my own stitches (and N’s) so what is the difference in removing a cats staples?

I looked online to find different videos on removal techniques for pets and humans. I determined the staples either needed to be clipped, pried apart or both… After some messing around with Gabby’s staples I learned hers were the pry apart kind. So easy!


Armed with two sets of needle nose pliers I began gently prying staples apart and removing them. N held gabby and all went great! She still has about 5 staples that are really wedged in a thick, hard scab in the center of her incision site. We are applying antibiotic cream to the scab to speed healing and to get it to fall off sooner. As soon as the scab is gone I can remove the remaining staples. Yay for DIY home vet skills!

Oh, we also tried out EC (Elimination Communication) with E after her pooing overreaction last week. She’s got some clear “I am trying to poop now” signals and she seems to hate having the poop touch her so we figured EC would be something to give a go while she’s still young. Here she is trying out some different EC poses on the toilet.

I broke down and ordered The Potty Patty Potty Seat II online for toilet training convenience and I even busted out her leg warmers to make things easier.

Searching for her leg warmers helped me discover some baby headbands and glasses that we promptly modeled and played with. It was entertaining and fun for all, even made for some fun pictures.


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5 Comments

  • maiden53 maiden53 says:
    February 1, 2010 at 9:32 pm

    will be posting pics of OUR collapsed barn roof soon…. been busy clearing what is left of the roof and digging out one of the barn doors.

    looks like you guys had a great weekend, despite the kitty messes and box unpacking!
    .-= maiden53´s last blog ..Conan’s Inspirational Farewell =-.

  • Donna B. Donna B. says:
    February 1, 2010 at 10:04 pm

    I’m sure she has her moments otherwise, but Everly is such a happy active baby. So sweet and so beautiful!

  • Talina Talina says:
    February 1, 2010 at 10:33 pm

    Donna,
    Yes! She sure does have her moments. Mostly when we are being stupid and ignoring her subtle cues. Like yesterday when I was vacuuming and she was in her exersaucer. She was sleepy and the vacuum sound was relaxing her, then N came along- got in her face smiling all big and talking to her. She just had a meltdown and wouldn’t stop screaming till we wised up and realized she just wanted to be put in her crib and left alone. Reminds me of something I wanted to blog about actually.
    As long as she gets what she needs/ wants she’s gravy :-P
    That’s redheads for ya!

  • Donna B. Donna B. says:
    February 2, 2010 at 12:23 am

    Haha… I’m sure she’ll get y’all trained eventually!

  • Karen Karen says:
    February 9, 2010 at 1:38 am

    she is still so cute. I love that look on her face in the one of her with that orange thing.
    .-= Karen´s last blog ..Boring Blogging? or Gluten Free And Loving It! =-.

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