So it's quite possible that we may be horrible parents. This morning, at approxamately 7:50am, Ali pulled her bulletin board down and knocked some of the thumbtacks off. We could not find one of them....so we had to call the doctor. Fortunatley, we were able to go to the Dr's office instead of ACH. I didn't really want to have to wait at the ER for an x-ray. We were pretty sure that she didn't swallow the thing, but we had to be sure.
We get to the Dr's office, and they listen to her chest to hear her breath sounds and she sounds good. Down to x-ray we go. Somehow, it has never occured to me that little kids must sit incredibly still for CXRs. I have never thought about a squirmy child sitting for an x-ray before. Well, they have. They had this interesting contraption left over from medieval torture days called a Pigg-O-Stat (I have no idea about the name). Poor Ali had to be strapped in with her arms up over her little head. Edward stayed with her (they made me go behind the lead wall), but she cried and cried. I know that she was not hurting, but she still looked really unhappy.
Due to the modern miracle of technology, we were able to see the films asap. Digital radiography is so cool. No wait time. No Tack, either. We still have not found that little bugger, either. I'm hoping to find it soon. Before the dogs do. They don't sit still for x-rays, either.
Pigg-O-Stat. Such a funny word. Dang. I should write about more. I am trying to fill up the time until Grey's Anatomy. I guess I could do something else that may in fact be constructive, but I refuse. Oh well. I'll go watch Ugly Betty instead. I hope it's good.
CMD
28 September 2006
26 September 2006
Cousins
I have learned so much about genealogy tonight. My daughter has a 2nd cousin that is also her 5th cousin. I guess, techincally, her daddy is also her 4th cousin, once removed. It's crazy. I didn't know how all of that worked until I actually looked it up on Genealogy.com. This was all spurred by a funeral that I attended today.
My grandmother's sister (My great-aunt) died this weekend and the funeral was today. I saw relatives that I haven't seen in years. I was having a problem figuring out who was who and how I was related. See, my great aunt was older than my grandmother, and she had her children earlier in life than my grandmother did. This means that my mom and her brother are quite a bit younger than their cousins, in turn, making the generations kind of staggered in age. My mom is probably closer in age to her second cousins than her first cousins. So I tend to get confused easily.
I came home and promptly made a chart to help me figure it out. I understand things much better now that I have a visual aid!!
The funeral was in PB, so I got to take Ali and visit Grammy. She had a blast in the new toy room with all the things to play with. Grammy and I were both exhausted! Grammy even volunteered to play with her while we went to the funeral. By the way, if you have to go to an Episcopal funeral, call me. I'll tell you all about it. Let's just say I was not expecting what we were in for.
So we had a good trip, and I learned an interesting bit of information about relatives. Ask me if you have any cousin questions. I'll be glad to help sort it out!
CMD
My grandmother's sister (My great-aunt) died this weekend and the funeral was today. I saw relatives that I haven't seen in years. I was having a problem figuring out who was who and how I was related. See, my great aunt was older than my grandmother, and she had her children earlier in life than my grandmother did. This means that my mom and her brother are quite a bit younger than their cousins, in turn, making the generations kind of staggered in age. My mom is probably closer in age to her second cousins than her first cousins. So I tend to get confused easily.
I came home and promptly made a chart to help me figure it out. I understand things much better now that I have a visual aid!!
The funeral was in PB, so I got to take Ali and visit Grammy. She had a blast in the new toy room with all the things to play with. Grammy and I were both exhausted! Grammy even volunteered to play with her while we went to the funeral. By the way, if you have to go to an Episcopal funeral, call me. I'll tell you all about it. Let's just say I was not expecting what we were in for.
So we had a good trip, and I learned an interesting bit of information about relatives. Ask me if you have any cousin questions. I'll be glad to help sort it out!
CMD
23 September 2006
I think I need a Hobby.
I have decided that I need a hobby. Television is not a hobby--it's a sick obsession. I admit it. I am a TV Junkie. I need it to function. The month of September signals the end of summer for most people, but for me, it means the beginning of the fall television season. Old shows that left me to wonder all summer long about their eventual outcome return to ease my anxiety and further endear me to their characters. New show premiere, filling me with a sense of curiosity not only about the plot and characters, but also whether or not they will make the cut. This past week has been a blur of loose ends being all sewn together and the beginning of a glorious new fray.
All that being said, I have decided that I need a hobby. One that does not take much time or MONEY to get started. One that also does not require the full attention of my mind. I also would like a quiet hobby. Being the musician that I am, I am tired of disturbing others when I want to play. I can't play anything while Ali sleeps, and this is a problem. For this reason, I think that I would like to give knitting/crocheting a try. A friend of mine recently told me about a program that AR Children's Hospital is running called "Knitting for Knoggins" where they want people to make hats to ensure that all kiddos go home with a warm hat this winter. It interested me. I have crocheted in the past, but it has been a very long time. I think that I might give it a try. Plus---I can always knit/crochet WHILE watching TV. Isn't that sneaky!
If any of you have better suggestions for a hobby....please feel free to let me know. I'm out of ideas.
CMD
Oh yeah, just in case you are wondering...here is a list of the shows I TiVo'd this week:
(*indicates brand new shows)
Sunday:
Simpsons
Family Guy
(This week we add Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters)
Monday:
*The Class
How I Met Your Mother
Two and a Half Men
The New Adventures of Old Christine
*Vanished
*Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Tuesday:
Law and Order: SVU
The Unit
*Standoff
Wednesday:
*Justice
Thursday:
*'Til Death
*Ugly Betty (Starts this week)
The Office (In the interest of full disclosure, I have not watched this show's previous seasons)
Grey's Anatomy
ER
*Six Degrees
Friday:
Law and Order
Saturday:
Since when did Saturday become "recap night"?
And you can't forget Sesame Street, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, each weekday!
I'm telling you. I need a real hobby.
All that being said, I have decided that I need a hobby. One that does not take much time or MONEY to get started. One that also does not require the full attention of my mind. I also would like a quiet hobby. Being the musician that I am, I am tired of disturbing others when I want to play. I can't play anything while Ali sleeps, and this is a problem. For this reason, I think that I would like to give knitting/crocheting a try. A friend of mine recently told me about a program that AR Children's Hospital is running called "Knitting for Knoggins" where they want people to make hats to ensure that all kiddos go home with a warm hat this winter. It interested me. I have crocheted in the past, but it has been a very long time. I think that I might give it a try. Plus---I can always knit/crochet WHILE watching TV. Isn't that sneaky!
If any of you have better suggestions for a hobby....please feel free to let me know. I'm out of ideas.
CMD
Oh yeah, just in case you are wondering...here is a list of the shows I TiVo'd this week:
(*indicates brand new shows)
Sunday:
Simpsons
Family Guy
(This week we add Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters)
Monday:
*The Class
How I Met Your Mother
Two and a Half Men
The New Adventures of Old Christine
*Vanished
*Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Tuesday:
Law and Order: SVU
The Unit
*Standoff
Wednesday:
*Justice
Thursday:
*'Til Death
*Ugly Betty (Starts this week)
The Office (In the interest of full disclosure, I have not watched this show's previous seasons)
Grey's Anatomy
ER
*Six Degrees
Friday:
Law and Order
Saturday:
Since when did Saturday become "recap night"?
And you can't forget Sesame Street, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, each weekday!
I'm telling you. I need a real hobby.
11 September 2006
Five Years Later
As is the trend with many of the other blogs, I have written up my memories and thoughts about 9/11--five years later.
9/11/2001
On the morning of 9/11/01 I awoke in my normal fashion. I was in my last semester of college. Senior-itis had set in particularly bad. I had other things on my mind, like planning a wedding. I had a pretty good routine, honed down to only the most important steps. Every morning I would wake up and hit the snooze button on the alarm two or three times before actually venturing out of the bed. This bad habit inevitably left me rushing to get out the door in time to make class.
The class that I had on Tuesdays and Thursdays was a Public Speaking Class. It wasn't your typical speech class, either. It was a very small class and the President of the University was the instructor. Because of this, we were able to meet in his office suite. I will never forget walking up the staircase to his office that day. I turned the corner in his office and his secretary motioned me into a different room than we normally used for class.
In this room, we had a television with a cable hook-up. I remember sitting in the floor with some of my other classmates, the President, his staff, and various other people from the building. Aaron Brown was on CNN desperately trying to keep everyone up to speed with what little information he had been given. There had been a commercial airplane crash into the side of one of the World Trade Center Towers. All aspects of the story were sketchy at this point. There were also (what turned out to be false) reports of fires sweeping the Mall in D.C. I had arrived just in time to see the second attack on the World Trade Center. I will never forget screaming when we saw that. We all realized that we were watching live television, and it was terrifying. I remember the silence in the room being overwhelming. The television was the only sound. The reporter tried with all of his might to keep his composure. We just sat in silence, punctuated by occasional sniffles and sobs, trying to grasp the seriousness of what we were witnessing. We then learned about he attack on the Pentagon, as well.
At OBU, we always had Chapel on Tuesdays. This met directly after my first class. As we all assembled, there was a somber feeling among everyone in the auditorium. Fortunately, the powers-that-be decided that no one was in a a state of mind to endure a full chapel service--we basically prayed and got out of there. I found Edward first, then I found a TV.
For hours, no, days, I remember being glued to TV. Most of the other classes for the day were canceled, so I had plenty of time to watch. I watched as many channels as I possibly could. When reports of gas shortages came on, I rushed to the gas station and waited to fill my tank. I ran to the grocery store and got staples. Like many people, I was just doing the things that I thought I should do. In reality, there was no need to do these things, it was just all that we knew to do.
Like many Americans, I was so steeped in the news coverage that I didn't sleep well for weeks. We didn't know what was going to come next. None of us had ever been through something like this, therefore we didn't have any idea how to cope. I remember a few times waking up in the night, shaking, because I was so scared. I dreamed of the news coverage that I saw. I had seen the images of the towers fall over and over again on television, and now in my sleep.
I finally had to turn off the television. To this day, I am still not ready to watch much coverage on 9/11. The movies that have come out are far to real for me to watch. Even re-broadcasts of things that I have previously seen are too much for me. Perhaps the worst thing, however, is the 911 tapes that have been released. I just can't listen to these tapes without getting a real sense of fear all over again.
For the days, weeks, months, and now years afterwards people have been telling the American Public that we should just go on with our lives and not let "the terrorists" get to us. That seems to be what we should do. I want to do that. But how do you do it? How do you put aside every fear in your mind and go on with life? Just this morning, I was watching Rudy Giuliani being interviewed on "Today" by Ann Curry. He made no attempt to gloss over his opinion that there will be another terroristic attack on American Soil. With comments like this, how do you ignore "the threat" and go on? When is it safe, and when is it not? I am just not sure that we will ever know for sure. Actually, I'm not sure if we ever knew for sure.
9/11/2001
On the morning of 9/11/01 I awoke in my normal fashion. I was in my last semester of college. Senior-itis had set in particularly bad. I had other things on my mind, like planning a wedding. I had a pretty good routine, honed down to only the most important steps. Every morning I would wake up and hit the snooze button on the alarm two or three times before actually venturing out of the bed. This bad habit inevitably left me rushing to get out the door in time to make class.
The class that I had on Tuesdays and Thursdays was a Public Speaking Class. It wasn't your typical speech class, either. It was a very small class and the President of the University was the instructor. Because of this, we were able to meet in his office suite. I will never forget walking up the staircase to his office that day. I turned the corner in his office and his secretary motioned me into a different room than we normally used for class.
In this room, we had a television with a cable hook-up. I remember sitting in the floor with some of my other classmates, the President, his staff, and various other people from the building. Aaron Brown was on CNN desperately trying to keep everyone up to speed with what little information he had been given. There had been a commercial airplane crash into the side of one of the World Trade Center Towers. All aspects of the story were sketchy at this point. There were also (what turned out to be false) reports of fires sweeping the Mall in D.C. I had arrived just in time to see the second attack on the World Trade Center. I will never forget screaming when we saw that. We all realized that we were watching live television, and it was terrifying. I remember the silence in the room being overwhelming. The television was the only sound. The reporter tried with all of his might to keep his composure. We just sat in silence, punctuated by occasional sniffles and sobs, trying to grasp the seriousness of what we were witnessing. We then learned about he attack on the Pentagon, as well.
At OBU, we always had Chapel on Tuesdays. This met directly after my first class. As we all assembled, there was a somber feeling among everyone in the auditorium. Fortunately, the powers-that-be decided that no one was in a a state of mind to endure a full chapel service--we basically prayed and got out of there. I found Edward first, then I found a TV.
For hours, no, days, I remember being glued to TV. Most of the other classes for the day were canceled, so I had plenty of time to watch. I watched as many channels as I possibly could. When reports of gas shortages came on, I rushed to the gas station and waited to fill my tank. I ran to the grocery store and got staples. Like many people, I was just doing the things that I thought I should do. In reality, there was no need to do these things, it was just all that we knew to do.
Like many Americans, I was so steeped in the news coverage that I didn't sleep well for weeks. We didn't know what was going to come next. None of us had ever been through something like this, therefore we didn't have any idea how to cope. I remember a few times waking up in the night, shaking, because I was so scared. I dreamed of the news coverage that I saw. I had seen the images of the towers fall over and over again on television, and now in my sleep.
I finally had to turn off the television. To this day, I am still not ready to watch much coverage on 9/11. The movies that have come out are far to real for me to watch. Even re-broadcasts of things that I have previously seen are too much for me. Perhaps the worst thing, however, is the 911 tapes that have been released. I just can't listen to these tapes without getting a real sense of fear all over again.
For the days, weeks, months, and now years afterwards people have been telling the American Public that we should just go on with our lives and not let "the terrorists" get to us. That seems to be what we should do. I want to do that. But how do you do it? How do you put aside every fear in your mind and go on with life? Just this morning, I was watching Rudy Giuliani being interviewed on "Today" by Ann Curry. He made no attempt to gloss over his opinion that there will be another terroristic attack on American Soil. With comments like this, how do you ignore "the threat" and go on? When is it safe, and when is it not? I am just not sure that we will ever know for sure. Actually, I'm not sure if we ever knew for sure.
08 September 2006
Highlights of the Week.
Highlights of the week.
Saturday
Boo-hoo: The Hogs. Their loss agains USC was terrible. That being said, it wasn't as bad as last year though!
Yay: Hanging out with friends. While we were watching the massacre on TV, we did have a good time with our friends. Some of them even brough new people! We like new people. In the end, we played Catch Phrase....which we always do! Not your normal kind of Catch Phrase, either. It's kind of a no-holds barred, psuedo-full-contact, Catch Phrase. Intense.
Sunday
Yay: Dinner with Friends. A good friend was in town and we were all excited about that so we went out to dinner. Fun times. I'm just glad my baby was having a good day!
Yay: Little Miss Sunshine. Ed was kind enough to let me go and see a movie Sunday night with "His" friends. It was great. I know I posted about it last time, but I felt it was worth mentioning again.
Monday
Boo: Our Friend had to go home, but not after a delightful meal with everyone again!
Boo: I'm sick. Ali's Sick. Looks like Double Dr's Appts Tomorrow.
Tuesday
Boo: The Family Clinic on Rodney Parham. I started going there because of a certain doctor. She is no longer with that practice, but my records are. They also have walk-in hours where you are seen fairly quickly. I have never needed them for something too serious, but when I got sick over Labor Day Weekend, I was sure I needed to go to the doc. They got me in fast, but the diagnosis was a little sketchy.
Boo: Sick Baby. Ali's got the same thing that I do...two Dr's Appts in one day. You haven't lived until you have taken your child into TWO germ infested areas back to back.
Wednesday:
Boo: Missing Mom's Birthday. We are too sick to visit Nana on her birthday. Poor Nana. I know she would like her present.
Boo: Missing Reece's First Birthday. Too sick to play with Reece on his first b-day. I am really upset about this too. It looks like we may even miss his real party on Saturday.
Boo...no, Make that a Hiss: Walgreen's. Oh. I can't even begin to express how angry I am with this company. Their store is ALWAYS slow. I had a prescription called in by my Dr. at 3pm. at 9pm, it STILL was not ready. They said it would be another 45 minutes. I slammed my wallet and keys on the counter and told them, very sternly, "NO! I am NOT waiting 45 minutes." They had it ready in 5 mins. Needless to say, I think I need to find another pharmacy. Do they spit in things like waiters do?After all that, the drug barely helps. I am so pissed.
Thursday:
Yay: Quiet Day! I totally needed a quiet day. Ali was pretty good...she is definately feeling better. Though I did not get to rest the way that I wanted, I did get to rest my throat. It is still hurting--worse than I think it ever has.
Friday
Super Tremendous Yay: My Dear Sister-in-Law, Shannon. Ed called her to see if she could watch Ali for an hour or two to allow me to take a shower and mabye a little nap. I am exhausted, I guess because of being sick. She actually took all three kids (her two boys and Ali) to the Zoo! I can't believe what a super brave woman she is!!! Needless to say, I was thrilled. I got to take a nap!
So, there's your run down on this week's events.....just in case you were wondering.
Just for the record....all y'all Texarkana folks, have a great time getting lei'd this weekend. I wish we could be there, but it looks like I won't be going anywhere this weekend.
Saturday
Boo-hoo: The Hogs. Their loss agains USC was terrible. That being said, it wasn't as bad as last year though!
Yay: Hanging out with friends. While we were watching the massacre on TV, we did have a good time with our friends. Some of them even brough new people! We like new people. In the end, we played Catch Phrase....which we always do! Not your normal kind of Catch Phrase, either. It's kind of a no-holds barred, psuedo-full-contact, Catch Phrase. Intense.
Sunday
Yay: Dinner with Friends. A good friend was in town and we were all excited about that so we went out to dinner. Fun times. I'm just glad my baby was having a good day!
Yay: Little Miss Sunshine. Ed was kind enough to let me go and see a movie Sunday night with "His" friends. It was great. I know I posted about it last time, but I felt it was worth mentioning again.
Monday
Boo: Our Friend had to go home, but not after a delightful meal with everyone again!
Boo: I'm sick. Ali's Sick. Looks like Double Dr's Appts Tomorrow.
Tuesday
Boo: The Family Clinic on Rodney Parham. I started going there because of a certain doctor. She is no longer with that practice, but my records are. They also have walk-in hours where you are seen fairly quickly. I have never needed them for something too serious, but when I got sick over Labor Day Weekend, I was sure I needed to go to the doc. They got me in fast, but the diagnosis was a little sketchy.
Boo: Sick Baby. Ali's got the same thing that I do...two Dr's Appts in one day. You haven't lived until you have taken your child into TWO germ infested areas back to back.
Wednesday:
Boo: Missing Mom's Birthday. We are too sick to visit Nana on her birthday. Poor Nana. I know she would like her present.
Boo: Missing Reece's First Birthday. Too sick to play with Reece on his first b-day. I am really upset about this too. It looks like we may even miss his real party on Saturday.
Boo...no, Make that a Hiss: Walgreen's. Oh. I can't even begin to express how angry I am with this company. Their store is ALWAYS slow. I had a prescription called in by my Dr. at 3pm. at 9pm, it STILL was not ready. They said it would be another 45 minutes. I slammed my wallet and keys on the counter and told them, very sternly, "NO! I am NOT waiting 45 minutes." They had it ready in 5 mins. Needless to say, I think I need to find another pharmacy. Do they spit in things like waiters do?After all that, the drug barely helps. I am so pissed.
Thursday:
Yay: Quiet Day! I totally needed a quiet day. Ali was pretty good...she is definately feeling better. Though I did not get to rest the way that I wanted, I did get to rest my throat. It is still hurting--worse than I think it ever has.
Friday
Super Tremendous Yay: My Dear Sister-in-Law, Shannon. Ed called her to see if she could watch Ali for an hour or two to allow me to take a shower and mabye a little nap. I am exhausted, I guess because of being sick. She actually took all three kids (her two boys and Ali) to the Zoo! I can't believe what a super brave woman she is!!! Needless to say, I was thrilled. I got to take a nap!
So, there's your run down on this week's events.....just in case you were wondering.
Just for the record....all y'all Texarkana folks, have a great time getting lei'd this weekend. I wish we could be there, but it looks like I won't be going anywhere this weekend.
03 September 2006
Everybody just pretend to be normal, okay?
So, I think that will be my new tagline. I went with some friends this evening to see Little Miss Sunshine. It was great! The characters were interesting and quirky--the plot was hillarious and dark at the same time--and I liked the actors very much. Go see it if you can.
Sadly, that is all that I have to report on. No interesting anecdotes or anything. I'll try and come up with something soon. The new fall TV line up is getting ready to start. I will have lots to talk about with that!
CMD
Sadly, that is all that I have to report on. No interesting anecdotes or anything. I'll try and come up with something soon. The new fall TV line up is getting ready to start. I will have lots to talk about with that!
CMD
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