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Jen's Jabber JamThe inner workings of my mind..oh and my family too! November 08 Hello Hello! Wow, it's been a while since I've posted on here. I figure it's about time to post something. This one's for you Pap Pap! I need to plan a time to come take you out and visit for a while. I still owe you a Birthday dinner! The boys school pictures were taken last week so I'll have those mailed out to family and friends (if they want them) as soon as I get them. So....it's been a busy few months around here! Halloween was fun as always though it was wet and rainy. I ended up being a drenched fairy but the boys didn't even notice the rain! Sam was a mummy and Adam was a clone trooper but would not wear the mask. I told him it would be a problem but he insisted on having that costume anyway. That's Adam for you. Won't listen to me at all. I just got back today from Faerie Con 2009. It's a convention for all things fairy. I figured that it would be fun to dress up and go to masquerade balls. And it was! I went with my friend Marie and the first night was the Good Fairy ball where I was actually bad and drank myself till I was totally smashed. I woke with the worst hangover and ended up not drinking one drop at the Bad Fairy ball! I'm all backwards! I'll post some pictures. I'm soooo going back next year. It was great! So now back to normalcy and tommorrow is Monday...yuck....Oh well. Christmas is coming and I love that! Guess that's all for now! February 11 The new me.So if you didn't already know I went in for surgery on February 2nd. I had a full tummy tuck, liposuction and a breast lift. I didn't add or subtract anything from the boobs. I just had them put back where they are supposed to be. Everything went great. I have a super fantastic wonderful plastic surgeon in Bethesda by the name of Dr. Roger Friedman. I'm still swollen but my tummy is flat and my boobs are like an 18 year olds! Yay!
So mainly I had to go in and have the tummy tuck because of the way my stomach ended up after my two C sections. I won't go into details because I find them embarrassing but I will say that I'm really happy to have it corrected.
Recovery is slow and more tender than anything. They squeeze you into this post surgery garment that makes you feel like you are living with a permanent vise wrapped around your body but that is to help shape your figure while the swelling goes away. I can deal with it. So....soon I'll post pics for you though they will NOT be naked. :)
Oh, and if you are a woman and have ever considered just having a breast lift and not having anything added...do it. I felt no pain with that at any point in time. It was the easiest of the procedures to deal with. It was nada. That's about all! The dog didn't work out. :(If anyone wants a sweetheart of a dog and does NOT have cats then I have a great dog for you. He is at the HART90 website under Puppy - Toby 2. I love this dog. He's such a sweetie and I wish we could have kept him. He has a little bit of terrier in him though and that translated into a total fixation on my cats. He would whine and bark at them for hours because he could not understand why they would not play with him. So we had to give him back and I'm looking now at the prospect of starting with a puppy. I was hoping not to because of the whole housetraining thing but oh well. I'll commit to it.
So that's where we are at with the doggie situation. January 17 New dog is stressing me outSo we got a new dog from the Hart rescue group. His name is Toby and he's really cute. He's housetrained and knows basic commands for the most part. He does well on a leash though he doesn't heel or anything like that. He's a great dog in so many ways. We enjoyed a really good day with him but only for one reason....my cats stayed holed up in our bedroom. The minute Toby sees a cat he goes insane. He hasn't out and out attacked them but he harrasses them and barks and whines and is obsessive. We put up a gate at the bottom of the stairs and twice he's just jumped right over it. Once with a large box in front of it! The cats hate him and I feel bad that they feel like hostages in their own home. I tried everything I could think of to distract the dog but he loses interest in everything except the cats once he's seen one. I'm actually physically tired from trying to hold him back for the past two hours so the cats could come downstairs. We finally had to crate him and shut a door to that room. I wish we didn't have to. So I'm stressed out that this might not work even though he's a such a great dog. I'm going to call a dog trainer out and see what they think. If this is a behavior that can ultimately be changed or not. *sigh*
   January 07 Look! Look! I'm updating my blog! lolSo I talked to Kelly today and she asked me if I was ever going to update my blog. Yeah, I know, I've been a slacker. It just seems that there are always a zillion things to do and not much time to sit and blog. Anyway...here's how things have been for me and mine.
Christmas was fine. It was a strange year for me. I feel like it came up so fast that I barely had time to prepare for it. I don't think I listened to hardly any Christmas music or did anything especially Christmasy. Christmas day was fun and the boys had a blast. They got too much per usual and that's okay because I have stopped buying them toys in between birthdays and Christmas. I received wonderful gifts and was very surprised. Mat got me a jewelry armoire, jewelry, a Felix the Cat clock that is awesome, a Felix DVD set, and the sweetest gift was a book that he had made that stars me as the main character. He is cast as my love of course. :) It was so thoughtful and sweet. He gets really really big wifey credit for that one. :) I got him Rosetta Stone for Hebrew, a powerdriver and drill set, and some other small things. He seemed really happy with them. I hope he was.
Our New Years was fine. We went to the neighbors who had a "Can't stay up till Midnight" party. I got really drunk. I only had to walk next door to get home so it was no biggie. Mat had a pretty hardcore buzz going on too. We were home at 10:30ish and stayed up to watch the ball drop. We were in bed by 12:05. hehe We are such party animals!
So I've lost a total of 47lbs. I have decided to have a tummy tuck and boob lift. I'm scheduled for February 2nd. Originally the days they had available were January 29th which is my son Adam's birthday or February 12th. I'm a little superstitious about both of those days actually because if something went terribly wrong (which it won't) then my son's birthday would forever be ruined and as for Feb 12th...that's the day my mom went into the hospital that started her fateful decline. So I rejected both days and they came up with the 2nd. Fine by me! I have no superstitions attached to those days. I'm so excited and at the same time extremely nervous about the pain I'll be in for the few weeks afterwards. I know having kids is hard on a woman's body but I was shocked when the doctor marked where my nipple was actually supposed to be sitting! It was like 2 1/2 inches higher! I was appalled. I always thought I have pretty nice boobs. lol So anyway, they are going to be put back where they are suppsed to be and my tummy is going to be fixed along with a bit of lipo here and there. It should be an interesting experience.
What else is going on? Oh, we are thinking of getting Adam a dog for his birthday. The kid adores dogs and I feel bad if I deny him that whole boy and his dog experience. I want to train the dog to sleep in his bed and am hoping that it really gets attached to him. I'm excited too of course. I don't think I want a puppy that I have to housetrain. I won't be up for it with my surgery and all.
So that's all for now. I'd write about my brother but his baby isn't here yet. Any day now. I'm excited to have a nephew from him. He's going to be a great Dad and Jill (his wife) is going to be an awesome Mom.
That's about all. :) I'll try to be better about posting. No promises though.
November 05 Trees! Glorious trees!We have lived in our house for over 8 years now and until yesterday our backyard remained a big empty slate. I hated it but never knew quite where to start or what to do. Yesterday was a big day not only because of the election but because Meadows Farms Nursery came out and planted trees! Lots of nice trees! It's so wonderful and makes me so happy! I can't wait till the spring now to see some of them bloom and get all green! Yay for trees! Our HalloweenOkay, just to catch up anyone who is interested... :P Our Halloween was okay. It wasn't glorious or anything but I guess we can't complain. I was really bummed out because I wanted to have a big Halloween party this year but all my decorations and stuff were tucked away in storage and I tried to find them in the mess but couldn't. So all I got to decorate with this year was one carved pumpkin. If you know me you would understand how depressing that is for me. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and I love to go overboard with it. We just walked the neighborhood but I think it will be the last year we do that. I don't know if it was the economy or what but more houses than ever had their lights off. I think it may be time to switch to the local community Halloween parties.
Sam went as a skeleton this year and Adam went as a dragon. Note to self: Don't let the boys dress up with anything that has a mask to it. Sam's glasses got in the way of him wearing the mask alot. Adam didn't have a mask and was fine.
So all in all..it was and okay Halloween. :) |
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