end of being pregnant

here is a picture of my pregnancy bump for all to see. soon it will be deflated. on wednesday january 31, 2007, i am checking into the hospital to be induced. it all came about yesterday when i went to my doctor's appointment, and she informed me that she was going to be out of town next week from monday through friday. as i was driving home i was thinking about "what if i go into labor while she's gone? then i just get some random on call doctor!" so i started freaking out a little bit. when i got home i called my doctor and asked her about inducing me. she talked with the hospital, and ... here we are ... they are going to induce me on wednesday night at 6pm. so by thursday i should have a little bundle of joy!! yeah! we are both really excited/scared/etc. so needless to say i probably wont be posting for a little bit. but i promise to get some pictures of him on here soon.

flylady.net

i don't know if any of you have heard about flylady.net, but i recently discovered her website and i signed up. my house is always a mess, and i figured that it couldn't hurt to try out her system. i've also decided that i need to try to get a routine down, or some sort of system in the works before this baby arrives and throws a new curve ball at me. the whole flylady system is based off of what she calls "baby-steps" and "routines" etc. and you get about 10 e-mails a day.

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so far i like her system. i don't follow it EXACTLY though. when she tells me to dress to my "lace-up shoes", i figure if i have flip-flops or heels on: i'm good. when she tells me to "shine your sink", i figured as long as my sink doesn't have dirty dishes in it: i'm good. i figure that anything is better than nothing, right?

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but i like using her principles and adapting them to fit my lifestyle and schedule. no my house isn't miraculously clean all the time. but it's better than it was. hey i had family over the other day and my apartment was actually pretty presentable.

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the e-mails can get kind of annoying sometimes. having to read through people "testimonials" about how wonderful her duster is, or how great the CD is (which i mostly view as marketing, "buy flylady merchandise -- but hey she offers her programs for free, can't blame a girl for trying). and i just delete the reminder e-mails when i do them or if i already did it for the day. some of the tesitmonials are great reminders, and some are just "my life was sooo bad until i met flylady, and now my life is wonderful." GAG ME -- delete!

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here's *some* of my routines:

• get up, make bed (haha), shower, get dressed, fix hair and face, start a load of laundry (wouldn't that be nice if i could get myself to wake up a little earlier to fit that in -- then i could switch it out when i get home from work -- maybe someday)
• swish and swipe (as in your toilet and counters, its amazing how doing this everyday for like 5 seconds makes it so it doesn't take 15 minutes when you never do it)
• 15 minute de-clutter (seriously, set a timer and just do it, when the timer dings stop. this is wonderful -- although i do it when i get home from work)
• check calendar and "to-do" lists. (i've become much more organized with my planner now, and i always know what's going on, and what needs to be done)

she also has a thing called "home blessing hour" which means you bless your home and family by cleaning, and it only takes ONE hour. that's my kind of cleaning, this usually gets done on saturday, or i break it down over the week. she also has a basic weekly plan which breaks down what needs to be done over the course of a week, weekly checklists, and a different "zone" for each week. (week 1: entrance, dining room, front porch, week 2: kitchen etc.)

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anyways, i would recomend trying it out if you have any trouble with housework, or you just like looking for new systems. i love her routines (morning and night) and i love how she breaks the housework down into mangable "zones". i've thought about setting up my own system so that i don't have to get a million e-mails that are sob-stories -- i know those probably help some people, just not me. i want just one e-mail a day. we'll see, if anyone else, want to work on trying to keep our houses clean together, let's do it.

basic truths about jack bauer

because of the 4 hour season premiere which continues tonight, i thought that i would pay tribute to jack. although i have to wait until hubby comes home from michigan to watch monday's two hour finale to the season premiere. dang. so without further aideu ...

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Killing Jack Bauer doesn’t make him dead. It just makes him angry.

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If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina Meyers, and he had a gun with 2 bullets, he’d shoot Nina twice.

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If you wake up in the morning, it’s because Jack Bauer spared your life.

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Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas.

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If it tastes like chicken, looks like chicken, and feels like chicken, but Jack Bauer says its beef. Then you better believe it’s beef.

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Jack Bauer once forgot where he put his keys. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until he gave up the location of the keys.

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1.6 billion Chinese are angry with Jack Bauer. Sounds like a fair fight.

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Let’s get one thing straight: the only reason you are conscious right now is because Jack Bauer does not feel like carrying you.

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Jack Bauer was never addicted to heroin. Heroin was addicted to Jack Bauer.

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Jack Bauer played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.

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When life gave Jack Bauer lemons, he used them to kill terrorists. Jack Bauer hates lemonade.

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Jack Bauer once won a game of Connect 4 in 3 moves.

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Osama bin Laden’s recent proposal for truce is a direct result of him finding out that Jack Bauer is, in fact, still alive.

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Jack Bauer is the leading cause of death in Middle Eastern men.

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Jack Bauer doesn’t miss. If he didn’t hit you it’s because he was shooting at another terrorist twelve miles away.

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When Jack Bauer was a child, he made his mother finish his vegetables.

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Jack Bauer killed 93 people in just 4 days time. Wait, that is a real fact.

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Simon Says should be renamed to Jack Bauer Says because if Jack Bauer says something then you better do it.

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Jack Bauer won the Tour de France on a unicycle to prove to Lance Armstrong it wasn’t a big deal. He thinks yellow wristbands are gay.

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When Jack Bauer pees into the wind, the wind changes direction.

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Jack Bauer’s favorite color is severe terror alert red. His second favorite color is violet, but just because it sounds like violent.

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When you open a can of whoop-ass, Jack Bauer jumps out.

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When Google can’t find something, it asks Jack Bauer for help.

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You can lead a horse to water. Jack Bauer can make him drink.

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Jack Bauer can get McDonald’s breakfast after 10:30.

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When the boogie man goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Jack Bauer.

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Every mathematical inequality officially ends with “

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In 96 hours, Jack Bauer has killed 93 people and saved the world 4 times. What the heck have you done with your life?

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Jesus died and rose from the dead in 3 days. It took Jack Bauer less than an hour. And he's done it twice.

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Jack Bauer killed so many terrorists that at one point, the #5 CIA Most Wanted fugitive was an 18-year-old teenager in Malaysia who downloaded the movie Dodgeball.

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In kindergarten, Jack Bauer killed a terrorist for Show and Tell.

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What color is Jack Bauer’s blood? Trick question. Jack Bauer does not bleed.

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Guns don’t kill people, Jack Bauer kills people.

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If Jack and MacGyver were locked in a room together, Jack would make a bomb out of MacGyver and get out.

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People with amnesia still remember Jack Bauer.

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Sun Tzu once wrote, "If your enemy is weaker, conquer him. If he is stronger, join him. If he is Jack Bauer, you're dead."

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Jack Bauer literally died for his country, and lived to tell about it.

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Jack Bauer has been to Mars. That’s why there’s no life on Mars.

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Superman’s only weakness is Kryptonite. Jack Bauer laughs at Superman for having a weakness.

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When Batman is in trouble, he turns on the Jack Bauer signal.

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It took Jack Bauer two minutes to beat a confession out of OJ.

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If Jack Bauer was gay, his name would be Chuck Norris.

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The bumper sticker on Jesus's car reads, "WWJBD?"

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Jack Bauer was conceived by torturing the other sperm until they gave up the location of the egg.

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After 7 minutes of interrogation at the hands of Jack Bauer, Tom Cruise admitted that he was gay.

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Jack Bauer’s family threw him a surprise birthday party when he was a child. Once.

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found at: http://boortz.com/more/funny/jack_bauer_truths.html

acceptable things to say

(lori, john and me with my baby bump)

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before we get to the meat of the post, please stop by the following site:
http://www.baskinrobbins.com/IceCream/coupon/bogo_sundaes0107.html
its a coupon for buy one get one free sundaes at baskin robbins. mmmmm, my favorite.
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you're welcome!
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for all of you people who will ever interact with a pregnant woman, let this be a lesson on things that are NOT acceptable to say, and things are ARE acceptable to say.
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ACCEPTABLE

1. Wow, you only have 4 more weeks left, you still look so tiny.

2. You have a cute little baby bump.

3. You are absolutely glowing/radiant/beautiful (etc.) today.

4. You are the cutest pregnant lady ever!

5. When I am preganant I hope I look as good as you look.

any variation of any of the above sentances.

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NOT ACCEPTABLE
1. Wow, you're HUGE!
2. Are you sure you're not having twins.
3. You look like you're ready to pop any day now.
4. You still have 4 more weeks left, how can you get any bigger?
5. You are going to go into labor early, because that baby has to be about 10 pounds.
any variation of any of the above sentances.
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yes people, i know i'm not having twins, there is this crazy contraption called a "sonogram" which shows a picture of the baby, if there were 2 we would have SEEN them.

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no, i'm not "ready to pop". i still have 4 more weeks left, okay?

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how would you like it if i pointed out how "huge" your nose is, or your double chin, or those nasty ankles? i'm pretty sure you already know you have a "huge" ____ and you don't need to be reminded. yes, i know that i'm pregnant and i have a bigger belly than usual, but i beg to differ and it is in NO WAY "huge!" so leave it alone, okay? (seriously is my bump *that* big?)

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woman who are pregnant are already in a fragile state, please remember this and only say COMPLIMENTARY things, or don't say anything at all. i don't care how big/small you were when you were pregnant. i don't care how big/small i am compared to your friend/daughter/sister/mother. i don't care. and NO, you may not rub the tummy. okay? deal with it.

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okay if you feel like reading something funny instead of a rant, head on over to scott adams' blog, although he does use the synonym for "donkey" like in every sentance. but it's histerical nonetheless.

http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/01/the_ultimate_te.html

little baby brother

here is a picture of my family when i was just a leetle tike. (i'm the one in the red frilly dress) and my little baby brother (the one with the red bow-tie). he is growing up, no scratch that, he IS all grown up.
here is my little brother (although he's much taller than me now) with his fiance. yup, that's right. he asked his girlfriend to marry him yesterday night. i'm going to have a sister-in-law. my brother is going to become a husband and eventually a father. total crazy madness. i'm so excited for him, and i really really like her. i'm so proud of him, and i think it's appropriate that he asked her at the temple that they are going to be sealed together for time and all eternity. wow, i'm just so happy for him and that he is making righteous choices in his life.

frustrations at baskin robbins

yesterday as i was driving home from my doctor's office i passed by the baskin robbins that i used to work at. i thought that i would stop by and grab something cool (as it's been super hot in cali lately).

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here in the convesation that then ensued...

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me: i would like a regular caramel cappuchino blast, but can you substitute extra caramel instead of the cappuchino? (knowing full well that they can, as i used to make them all the time)

baskin robbins (br): *blank stare*

me: just make it exatly as your would a caramel cappuchino blast, but leave out the cappuchino and put in extra caramel.

br: * blank stare* ... but it's a cappuchino blast, i has to have cappuchino in it.

me: i'm pregnant, i can't have cappuchino, i just want caramel.

br: but it comes together (for the record they are two separate ingredients)

me: i worked here for four years, i know you can make it. i can walk you through it if you want.

br: *calls magager over*

br manager (brm): can i help you?

me: i would like a regulard caramel cappuchino blast, but substitute extra caramel instead of the cappuchino.

br: we can't do that.

me: FINE! *and then i stormed out!*

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i then proceeded to go out and buy a blender (yes i know i never got one when we got married, and i never bought one. so we needed one anyways). then i went to stater bros. and bought some vanilla ice cream and some caramel. i then went home and made my own. dang stupid workers at br. maybe i'm just getting cranky from being pregnant (ahhhh, only 4 weeks until my due date), or maybe its from working too long at br (i'm very particular about how i like my ice cream, and actually it drives hubby crazy too).

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but on the upside now i can make my own caramel blasts whenever i want without getting attitude from the workers at br. plus i can make it as caramel-y as i want, and i don't have to change out of my comfy preggie clothes and drive anywhere.

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now if only i could teach hubby how to make them so i wont even have to get off the couch ...