Some kind of luck.. and not the good kind...

I'm not sure what happened, but this last week as been one heck of a week... Its been one thing after another...

Tuesday morning on our way to work, we were stopped at a Red light... you know, like you're supposed to do? Well I'm not sure what happened, but the lady behind us ran right into us...
There is minimal damage to the car as far as we can see... but we haven't brought it into the shop yet to get an estimate...

I'm fine... I called my doctor and she wanted me to go in for an emergency ultrasound to make sure that the baby was alright... and everything looks fine...

Mike had a doctor's appointment that day as well.. a follow up to his ESI and to check on the progress of his loss of feeling/lack of stregnth in his leg... It had been getting worse so that led to an Emergency MRI... which we still haven't heard back from....

Wednesday our power went out... well it was Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning... So I got little to no sleep that night... It was so hot... and I was so worried about over sleeping... So that day was just pretty screwy....

Thursday was a sad day for the entire world... Michael Jackson died... but that's a whole other post... I'll post later about some of my memories regarding the King of Pop...


Friday, Mike's pants ripped at work, and I spent 20 minutes stitching a 6 in rip in jeans together by hand... My fingers still hurt...

Yesterday we thought the bad luck streak had ended... we had a pretty good day... We went out to lunch with a friend and then they played pool... and then we went to the movies... It was just what Mike and I needed.... we felt so refreshed...

Mike dropped me off at Momma's to pick up something she had bought for me... while he went to pick up Austin from his grandparent's house (they babysat during our little outing)... We were on our way home talking about how good our day had been and how the week had just been so weird...

...and then it happened...

You know right when you think nothing else can/will go wrong... and it always does?...

Yeah... that's what happened....

Our car died... in the middle of the road... The electrial stuff was still working... I didn't even notice that anything was wrong... Mike did...
We managed to coast our way into a parking lot... dug in the glove box and found the number to road side assistance... (thank god its still under warranty) and then proceeded to wait for the tow truck.... Mike's parents met us and his mom let us use her truck to get Austin home (it was nearly 10 pm...)

So now my car is at the dealership... waiting for them to open Monday morning, so that we can have some warranty work done to have whatever is wrong fixed... *sigh*

So now we are basically down to no car... Mike still can't drive his (its a standard) b/c of his leg... and I can't drive it... I never learned how...

I am so stressed out... I don't even want to think about what might happen next...

Saturday

Well, its Saturday...another week down...
I am 15 1/2 weeks pregnant... I've been feeling movemnet for a little over a week now...

Austin is doing great!
He's getting big, and is so smart!

The weather is hot... extremely hot... and I know its just going to get hotter...
We have been playing outside a little bit... but like I said its really hot... and I can't stand to be outside much lately...

Mike's still hurt... he seemed to be getting better, but this morning he's hurting about 20 million times worse...

My mom came by today for a visit and brought us some presents... Austin got some new paint pens... so he's having fun painting... It was good to see her...

Tonight I'm making burrito casserole... We are going to watch the LSU baseball game... I'm not feeling very excited about that, but that could be because I've got a horrible headache...

I guess that's about it... I'll try to post some pictures later!

Yummy

Last night we had burrito casserole for supper... It was fantastic!

TGIF!!

Its Friday!!
Can you believe it?

We've made it out of another week...

We don't have any plans this weekend... well I mean besides grocery shopping and cleaning... but that's just the normal stuff you know?

I've had an ok week... and by that I mean I've had a couple of days where I didn't feel like barfing all day... you'd think after all this time I'd be used to it... but I'm not...

Yesterday was Mike's birthday.. he's getting so old... lol

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Austin's been .... well.... Austin...
He's talking back, and arguing... and pushing all my buttons...
He's also been getting in trouble at school... *sigh*
although its nothing serious... Its just him and a friend lying under the table and not coming out when the teacher asks them too... It could be much worse... but its still a little frustrating...
What's funny is that when you ask him about it he QUICKLY explains that he doesn't feel good and can't talk about it right now... *rolls eyes*
He really is growing up way too fast!!

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I'm officially 12 weeks now... I have another doctor appointment on June 9th... seems like this one is going by much faster than it did last time... I'm still not feeling better yet... I did have a couple of days this week where I felt better... but it hasn't lasted...

I guess that's about it...

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I put up a Blog Frog widget... It shows all my visitors... I was SHOCKED to see that my first visitor since putting it up was MckMama herself... I feel so honored!!
I hope that you are still praying for her and her little MckMuffin... who is doing much better...
Although they have just discovered that he is still having SVT even now that he's home... Head over to her blog to find out more...

almost 12 weeks

I'm having such a rough time this pregnancy... I mean medically things are fine... but oh my gosh! I have been sick morning, noon, and night...

I feel horrible for my husband because most night I can't even manage to make myself cook... The smell of the meat makes me sick... nothing sounds good.... it all makes me want to puke!
Austin doesn't seem to mid... He would gladly eat "Cars Soup" every day... throw in the occasional grill chesse or Peanut Butter Sandwich and he's a happy camper...

Unfortunately (though understandibly) Mikey is not so happy... He's tired of eating out... or of having to throw something together... I get it... I really do... I'd be happy with a salad or carrots... or even a bowl of cereal... because nothing sounds good... except those things and chocolate...

Mikey is being very understanding... and he's trying really hard to help me and do what he can to make it all easier... I just wish that i could find a way to cook for my family... i'm tired of the junk food... I want to make a nice meal...

Other than that things have been ok for us... Mike hurt his back somehow... but he finally went to the doctor and got a muscle relaxer, so he's feeling better...

Austin twisted his ankle last weekend, but its doing much better now... not bothering him at all...

The puppies are all doing well... puppy things.... they are usually digging and covered in mud/dirt... which doesn't make me happy... but they seem to be happy....

I had a doctor appointment Tuesday... things are moving along just like they should be and I got to hear the heartbeat again! Such a wonderful sound...

Other news.... My momma wassick and in the hospital this week... but she is fine and back home now...

I guess that's it...

Mother's Day

I had a good one...
We went to IHOP and had breakfast... just what I wanted... :)

Austin made this for me at school

and I love it!!! I'm very impressed with how well he is coloring!

Here he is after we spent part of the afternoon swimming... yes I know he has no clothes on... but what would a Mother's day post be without a picture of my boy... He is after all what makes me a mother... besides... I had to sneak up on him to even get these pictures... so I'm posting them... you know since I had to work so hard to get them ;)

I am really excited because this weekend I had the first two flowers bloom on the lilies down by the driveway... I think they are just beautiful!

Mikey cleaned the house for me today... and it looks so nice... see

I know its only the living room... but its just so pretty! I wanted him to know I appreciate it!

I also got a patio Tomato plant today... I'm hoping it does alright... I can't wait to eat the yummies it will make!! So wish me luck... I don't have the greenest thumb... so I'm hoping I manage to get at least one or two off of it... we'll see I guess... Here's a shot just because I know you are all dying to see what exactly a Patio Tomatoe Plant looks like...

Well, that's about it...

I hope that all the mommies out there had a great Mother's Day!!

This is Insane

I just saw on Fox News about the "Swine Flu Pandemic"

seriously... explain to me how 300 confirmed cases over the world qualifies something as a pandemic...

Now I'm not great with words, so just to be certain, I did a bit of research... and by research, I mean I looked up the word pandemin to see what exactly it meant, because I thought it meant something horribly bad...

According to Merrian-Webster a pandemic is

Main Entry: 1pan·dem·ic
Pronunciation: \pan-ˈde-mik\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandēmos of all the people, from pan- + dēmos people — more at demagogue
Date: 1666
: occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population

So again, I have to ask how the heck 300 confrimed cases of Swine Flu qualify as a pandemic outbreak... Ok, I'll give it the wide geographic area ... but it is certainly not affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population...

This is crazy!!

The media is causing hysteria...
People are seriously terrified that they are going to die...

More people die from the "regular" flu every year than people who had gotten swine flu so far... People don't panic over that... People aren't terrified then...

Yes I know that there are a large number of suspected Swine Flu deaths in Mexico, most of them have not been confirmed as of yet, and even then, people die from the flu every year... that's nothing new... pair that with the poor health care in Mexico and BAM everyone who gets it dies... I'm sorry... but I don't see how I need to panic over this...

Seriously, this is insane! I'm tired of hearing about it, and I know that by posting this in some way I am falling into to all of the hype over it... but I've got to get my opinion out there...