Surfing Sunday 5.02
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Camera Bag Giveaway
HEY! Check out MckMama's website at http://www.mycharmingkids.net/ to see this awesome Kelly Moore camera bag giveaway she is having! (or not... I wanna win it) LOL!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Valentine's Day Extravaganza, Day 4!
Today's topic is "What is your favorite memory from your wedding day"
Join in over at Mama M's site for details
My wedding day... it definitely had its ups and downs. (There was one point when I told Bill I wasn't going to be there at 4:00, and he could find some other moron to marry) My favorite part though had to be one of two: First would be walking down the aisle and seeing the look on his face. I loved my dress, and looked beautiful in it (something I don't ever say about myself) so it was nice to finally let him see it. Second was hearing the pastor introduce us to the church -- it was so cool to be Mrs. Rodney at that point :-).
Well, there you go... my favorite memories from that day.
Link up to Mama M to join in the fun!
Join in over at Mama M's site for details
My wedding day... it definitely had its ups and downs. (There was one point when I told Bill I wasn't going to be there at 4:00, and he could find some other moron to marry) My favorite part though had to be one of two: First would be walking down the aisle and seeing the look on his face. I loved my dress, and looked beautiful in it (something I don't ever say about myself) so it was nice to finally let him see it. Second was hearing the pastor introduce us to the church -- it was so cool to be Mrs. Rodney at that point :-).
Well, there you go... my favorite memories from that day.
Link up to Mama M to join in the fun!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Valentine's Extravaganza, Day 3
Link up with Mama M to join in on the fun!
Today's topic is Engagement Stories!
I wish I has a really good engagement story... but I really don't. We were driving out to a dog breeder's house to pick up Bill's American Bulldog Odin, and we just started to talk about when we would like to get married and what we wanted the wedding to be like. That was in August. It wasn't until October that Bill really asked me to marry him. We were at my parent's house, and he decided that it was time to let Odin practice being the ring bearer (Yes, we had a 140lb dog as our ring bearer) and put the ring on his collar to bring to me. It was corny but sweet.
So there you have it... Our engagement story.
Link up with Mama M. if you wanna join in!
Today's topic is Engagement Stories!
I wish I has a really good engagement story... but I really don't. We were driving out to a dog breeder's house to pick up Bill's American Bulldog Odin, and we just started to talk about when we would like to get married and what we wanted the wedding to be like. That was in August. It wasn't until October that Bill really asked me to marry him. We were at my parent's house, and he decided that it was time to let Odin practice being the ring bearer (Yes, we had a 140lb dog as our ring bearer) and put the ring on his collar to bring to me. It was corny but sweet.
So there you have it... Our engagement story.
Link up with Mama M. if you wanna join in!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Valentine's Day Extravaganza, Day 2
Hi there! I am linking up with Mama M again for the Valentine's Extravaganza.
Today's topic is "Your Favorite Date Story"
Probably my favorite date with Bill would be anytime that we get to stay in, make pizzas and have movie night. I know, we aren't much fun, but I love to snuggle up on the couch with him and watch a new movie. We don't get to pass off the munchkin much, so it's nice to relax after bedtime with my hubby.
Well... that is it for me today! Link up over at Mama M's site for all of the details if you wanna join in the fun!
Today's topic is "Your Favorite Date Story"
Probably my favorite date with Bill would be anytime that we get to stay in, make pizzas and have movie night. I know, we aren't much fun, but I love to snuggle up on the couch with him and watch a new movie. We don't get to pass off the munchkin much, so it's nice to relax after bedtime with my hubby.
Well... that is it for me today! Link up over at Mama M's site for all of the details if you wanna join in the fun!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Valentine's Day Extravaganza, Day 1
Hi! I am joining in on Mama M's most recent blog hop for valentines day. If you are interested check out her site for all the rules/ daily topics.
Today topic is "how did you meet the love of your life"
Bill and I met through a friend in February of 2006. He was in Iraq and I was in medical school. Our wonderful friend Kayla told him that he should check out my myspace page and say hi... so he did. For the rest of the time he was in Iraq we talked either via email or on the phone daily. 5 months later we met when his unit came back from Iraq. He was coming in to Michigan, so he flew me up there to meet him. That meeting went great, and the rest as they say is history!
If you want to share the story of you and the one you love, head on over to Mama M's blog and link up!
Today topic is "how did you meet the love of your life"
Bill and I met through a friend in February of 2006. He was in Iraq and I was in medical school. Our wonderful friend Kayla told him that he should check out my myspace page and say hi... so he did. For the rest of the time he was in Iraq we talked either via email or on the phone daily. 5 months later we met when his unit came back from Iraq. He was coming in to Michigan, so he flew me up there to meet him. That meeting went great, and the rest as they say is history!
If you want to share the story of you and the one you love, head on over to Mama M's blog and link up!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Birth Story
Well... Mama M. has started a blog hop on birth stories. You can link up over here if you want to.
Ok, on to my munchkin's birth story...
To start off with, I had a rough pregnancy. I was sick every day from 6 weeks until AFTER monkey was born. I was borderline pre-eclamptic (had elevated blood pressure even ON blood pressure meds) and put on bedrest at 33 weeks. At 35 weeks I spent a night in the hospital on terbutaline and mag sulfate trying to stop early labor. At nearly 37 weeks I went in and the doctor decided to induce me. I never wanted to be induced, I wanted things to happen naturally -- but when monkey was in trouble I said go for it.
So on that Monday (3/24/08) Daddy and I loaded up in the car and headed to the hospital. We got there around 3:30, got checked in and hooked up and they started the pitocin about 6:00. I was having contractions, but I had been for like a month (this was trip number SIX to the hossy... I told the doc that if I wasn't going home with a baby this time, I wasn't going to the d*$# hospital)... so I didn't notice much of a difference at first. Watched TV with Bill and my mom, rested some, had a visit from big brother, and generally waited. The doc came in and broke my water around 12:30 and I remember the nurses and doctor saying "Holy crap, its like a flood" and it was. Literally.
I was ok after that for about an hour, then with the upped pitocin and lack of water my contractions got pretty bad (I'm a wimp.... so don't take my word for it. They were probably normal) At that point I asked for an epidural. I was at like 5cm, and I didn't think I could take it much longer. I still hate myself for asking for it. But I'll get to that in a minute. Back to the epidural... it worked great on my right side. Only partially on my left. Lovely. Anyhow, after that (at about 3 AM) I was able to get a little sleep....
Until about 7:30, when the new nurse on the shift came in, literally laid my bed down to where my head was as low as it could go and shoved (and I mean SHOVED) me onto my left side. The ONLY thing she said to me when she was in there was "don't move". The b$*&% didn't even tell me WHY I wasn't supposed to move. That royally p&*(#$# off my husband, who went to the nurses station and demanded an explanation. Apparently my blood pressure was "very high" and they needed to get it down.
So I spent from 7:30 until 10:00 when they finally let me push stuck on my left side. Not normally an issue, but they wouldn't let me take my acid reflux medicine. I have horrible acid reflux when I am not pregnant - so you can imagine how it is at 9 months pregnant with the baby taking up my whole abdomen. So I was MISERABLE.
I finally made it to 10cm at about 10:00 and started pushing. I wish I had thought to ask them to turn off the epidural, because I couldn't feel anything, so I don't know if I ever pushed correctly. At about 12:00 the doctor rushed in and I got an episiotomy so they could get monkey out quickly. (His heart rate was apparently dropping EVERY time I pushed and had been the entire time -- Wish I had known that then -- but that goes back to the b$*(& of a nurse. I still don't know her name -- she never once introduced herself) Once he did the episiotomy we saw the problem. The cord was around his neck THREE TIMES. So every time I tried to push him out he was being strangled. Talk about scary. But with the episiotomy the doc was able to get the cord untangled so he could come out.
I only got to hold him for a second before they started sewing me up -- they must have turned off the epidural at some point, because I felt every bit of that. Once everything was done and I was able to sit up I started throwing up and couldn't stop, so I was given some phenergan. This of course knocked me out for like four hours, and Daddy had to give monkey a bottle while I was knocked out. I am certain this is why he wouldn't breastfeed no matter what we tried.
When I finally woke up, the nurse was packing all of my stuff up and they were rushing me up to the postpartum ward. On the way up they almost ripped my IV out because they didn't get the cord out of the way of the wheel chair. My dad was walking up with us at that point and I could see him getting more and more angry with the blunders that they were making.
Fast forward to the next day, when I couldn't even lay down because my back hurt so bad, and I couldn't sit up because of the episiotomy... and everyone thought I was a total wimp. Until Bill looked at my back -- and was like "s*$& Dana, your back is burned"... at which point he called the nurse in and she looked. Sure enough I am allergic to something that they sprayed on my back to glue down the epidural and I had chemical burns on my back. The night nurse apologized profusely for not believing me when she finally saw it.
Needless to say I had a really crappy pregnancy and delivery, but I have the most wonderful little monkey laying in his newly converted toddler bed upstairs to show for all of the crap. I do know that I will never use the OB's office that I was using, nor will I go back to that hospital again. But I will have another little one someday.
If you made it all of the way through that post you deserve a reward -- so here's a couple of pictures
Ok, on to my munchkin's birth story...
To start off with, I had a rough pregnancy. I was sick every day from 6 weeks until AFTER monkey was born. I was borderline pre-eclamptic (had elevated blood pressure even ON blood pressure meds) and put on bedrest at 33 weeks. At 35 weeks I spent a night in the hospital on terbutaline and mag sulfate trying to stop early labor. At nearly 37 weeks I went in and the doctor decided to induce me. I never wanted to be induced, I wanted things to happen naturally -- but when monkey was in trouble I said go for it.
So on that Monday (3/24/08) Daddy and I loaded up in the car and headed to the hospital. We got there around 3:30, got checked in and hooked up and they started the pitocin about 6:00. I was having contractions, but I had been for like a month (this was trip number SIX to the hossy... I told the doc that if I wasn't going home with a baby this time, I wasn't going to the d*$# hospital)... so I didn't notice much of a difference at first. Watched TV with Bill and my mom, rested some, had a visit from big brother, and generally waited. The doc came in and broke my water around 12:30 and I remember the nurses and doctor saying "Holy crap, its like a flood" and it was. Literally.
I was ok after that for about an hour, then with the upped pitocin and lack of water my contractions got pretty bad (I'm a wimp.... so don't take my word for it. They were probably normal) At that point I asked for an epidural. I was at like 5cm, and I didn't think I could take it much longer. I still hate myself for asking for it. But I'll get to that in a minute. Back to the epidural... it worked great on my right side. Only partially on my left. Lovely. Anyhow, after that (at about 3 AM) I was able to get a little sleep....
Until about 7:30, when the new nurse on the shift came in, literally laid my bed down to where my head was as low as it could go and shoved (and I mean SHOVED) me onto my left side. The ONLY thing she said to me when she was in there was "don't move". The b$*&% didn't even tell me WHY I wasn't supposed to move. That royally p&*(#$# off my husband, who went to the nurses station and demanded an explanation. Apparently my blood pressure was "very high" and they needed to get it down.
So I spent from 7:30 until 10:00 when they finally let me push stuck on my left side. Not normally an issue, but they wouldn't let me take my acid reflux medicine. I have horrible acid reflux when I am not pregnant - so you can imagine how it is at 9 months pregnant with the baby taking up my whole abdomen. So I was MISERABLE.
I finally made it to 10cm at about 10:00 and started pushing. I wish I had thought to ask them to turn off the epidural, because I couldn't feel anything, so I don't know if I ever pushed correctly. At about 12:00 the doctor rushed in and I got an episiotomy so they could get monkey out quickly. (His heart rate was apparently dropping EVERY time I pushed and had been the entire time -- Wish I had known that then -- but that goes back to the b$*(& of a nurse. I still don't know her name -- she never once introduced herself) Once he did the episiotomy we saw the problem. The cord was around his neck THREE TIMES. So every time I tried to push him out he was being strangled. Talk about scary. But with the episiotomy the doc was able to get the cord untangled so he could come out.
I only got to hold him for a second before they started sewing me up -- they must have turned off the epidural at some point, because I felt every bit of that. Once everything was done and I was able to sit up I started throwing up and couldn't stop, so I was given some phenergan. This of course knocked me out for like four hours, and Daddy had to give monkey a bottle while I was knocked out. I am certain this is why he wouldn't breastfeed no matter what we tried.
When I finally woke up, the nurse was packing all of my stuff up and they were rushing me up to the postpartum ward. On the way up they almost ripped my IV out because they didn't get the cord out of the way of the wheel chair. My dad was walking up with us at that point and I could see him getting more and more angry with the blunders that they were making.
Fast forward to the next day, when I couldn't even lay down because my back hurt so bad, and I couldn't sit up because of the episiotomy... and everyone thought I was a total wimp. Until Bill looked at my back -- and was like "s*$& Dana, your back is burned"... at which point he called the nurse in and she looked. Sure enough I am allergic to something that they sprayed on my back to glue down the epidural and I had chemical burns on my back. The night nurse apologized profusely for not believing me when she finally saw it.
Needless to say I had a really crappy pregnancy and delivery, but I have the most wonderful little monkey laying in his newly converted toddler bed upstairs to show for all of the crap. I do know that I will never use the OB's office that I was using, nor will I go back to that hospital again. But I will have another little one someday.
If you made it all of the way through that post you deserve a reward -- so here's a couple of pictures
Friday, January 15, 2010
Five Question Friday
Woohoo it's Friday! That means its time for me to join in to a new blog hop, hosted by Mama M. over at My Little Life. If you wanna join in head over there and link up... If she tops 100 links today she's going to do a giveaway, so let's help her out.
Questions for 1/15/10:
1. Worst trouble you ever got into as a teenager?
I was a good kid -- probably the worst trouble I got into was going to the mall with a friend and our boyfriends in 8th grade and not telling my mom that the guys were going with us. We met at walmart and when she was leaving the guys were walking in... BUSTED.
2. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Can I pick middle of the day? Frankly, I am not really either. Some days staying up late is easy, other days getting up early is easy.
3. Are you a one-handed or a two-handed Texter?
With my old flip phone I was def one handed. Now that I have a pantech matrix I have to use 2 hands because it is way faster.
4. Democrat, Republican, or Independent..or maybe even Green Party (whatever that is).
Definitely conservative. I align more with the Republicans, but don't mind thinking outside the box if that solution is better.
5. Are you a pet person?
if said pet is cute and snuggly and I don't have to clean up after it... oh yeah. Otherwise not so much.
Ok now it is your turn! Head over to see Mama M. and link up!!
Questions for 1/15/10:
1. Worst trouble you ever got into as a teenager?
I was a good kid -- probably the worst trouble I got into was going to the mall with a friend and our boyfriends in 8th grade and not telling my mom that the guys were going with us. We met at walmart and when she was leaving the guys were walking in... BUSTED.
2. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Can I pick middle of the day? Frankly, I am not really either. Some days staying up late is easy, other days getting up early is easy.
3. Are you a one-handed or a two-handed Texter?
With my old flip phone I was def one handed. Now that I have a pantech matrix I have to use 2 hands because it is way faster.
4. Democrat, Republican, or Independent..or maybe even Green Party (whatever that is).
Definitely conservative. I align more with the Republicans, but don't mind thinking outside the box if that solution is better.
5. Are you a pet person?
if said pet is cute and snuggly and I don't have to clean up after it... oh yeah. Otherwise not so much.
Ok now it is your turn! Head over to see Mama M. and link up!!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Almost over...
Those of you who might be in northern states will probably laugh about this, but my vacation due to about 1 - 1.5 inches of snow will end tomorrow... We've been out of school since last Thursday... and until today I got nothing done -- what a bad mommy I am! But, Bill and I were able to get the tree down today (ok, who am I kidding -- Bill took it down AND rearranged some of the living room) and I found the floor of my bedroom. Yes, for those of you who know me well I have a floor in my bedroom... AND I can see it right now! So at least today was productive.
Send up a prayer for me that I am able to get up our small icy hill on the driveway in the morning so I can get in for the meeting I have. Still no kids at school, but I do have a workday.
Send up a prayer for me that I am able to get up our small icy hill on the driveway in the morning so I can get in for the meeting I have. Still no kids at school, but I do have a workday.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Pull Up Hats and More
Well, I am going to try a "Not Me Monday" post today, since I am home.
This is a blog carnival started by MckMama, so if you want to join in the fun hop on over there.
I most certainly did NOT pray for snow so that I could get some more time off from work this week... not me!
I did NOT sit around on the snow days doing nothing around the house and have loads of cleaning to do today... not me!
I did NOT let John put a pull up on his head this morning and take pictures of him before explaining that they go on our bottoms, and I most certainly wouldn't be posting the evidence on my blog now... not me!
Now it's your turn! What have you NOT been doing this week?
To join in on the "Not Me Monday" fun, check out MckMama's blog!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
First Blog Hop
Ok, I am going to try my first blog hop out.
I am going to join in on Keely's Getting to Know YOU.
If you want to participate as well you can find Keely at:
1. If you were stranded on a desert island and could pick one person to be stranded with you..Who would you pick? Family members not included. Hmm... just one person? and it can't be family... I'd have to say my very best friend Susan then.
2. Do you read celebrity gossip? I love Trent @ pink is the new blog, but other than that just what happens to be on news websites or on the cover of mags at the store
3. Favorite show you're waching this season? probably Fringe. I love that show. I also really like Secret Life of the American Teenager.
4. How tall are you? I am 5'3" on a good day.
5. What was the last book you read? Vanishing Acts, by Jodi Piccoult
6. Flats or heels? I love heels, but since I teach it's hard to stand all day in heels.
7. If you had to choose one natural disaser to go through, what would you choose..Earthquake, Tornado, or Hurricane? Can I go with Blizzard? If not, then hurricane I think
8. Thong, panties, or (gasp) granny panties? Panties, sometimes thongs.
Now it's YOUR turn -- Answer the questions and link back to Keely's blog. And head on over to get to know some other great ladies this week.
Now it's YOUR turn -- Answer the questions and link back to Keely's blog. And head on over to get to know some other great ladies this week.
Snow Pictures
Here are some of the snow in GA pictures (or noes... as John calls it.)
Our house
John and Daddy checking it out
all bundled up and loving it!
What kinda trouble and I get in here?
Snowy Feet
mmmmm... snow tastes good!
He's definitely my kid -- I love to eat snow :-)
Trying to get his shadow in the picture
Do we have to go in mom?
no no no, I don't wanna go in!
Oh alright -- if Daddy goes with me.
Friday, January 8, 2010
snow... in GA?
Ok, so it happened. We really got snow. In GA. A whole inch :-). That is more snow than we have had in like 4 years. It's enough that we are stuck at home today (we live on a hill that is rather icy right now...) It also means that John got to bundle up and go out for a little while, so I will post some pics of munchkins trip later today. We may venture out again, but it is awfully cold out there.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Christmas and New Year
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas/holiday and a Happy New Year! I will post some Christmas pics as soon as I get them all downloaded and edited!
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