Duct Tape & WD-40

What if you offered a class and no one came???

Well that is exactly what has happened.  My "Time for a Break" class on Thursday morning has been cancelled because only one person signed up for it.  That was really shitty news to go with an already bad day.

I'm trying noT to take it personally.  I think it was too broad.  I am proud of the layout.  But I think I tried to appeal to too many people.  I mean, I didn't want it to be too girly or too boyish.  It was suppose to be a layout you could use for Spring Break or, if you didn't have kids on Spring Break, just a general vacation/getaway page.

What is wrong with me?  I am not a middle of the road, please everyone person.  I have strong opinions on just about everything.  I would rather appeal to only six moms who did something special on Spring Break than lots of people with a vague layout.

I will also discuss it more with Liz, Denise, Jessica and Tina.  I'm sure they will have a lot of suggestions for me.

What else contributed to my bad day?  Did taxes - owe lots of money.  Strangely income is significantly less and I still owe a lot of money.

Luke was sick again today.  Had to take sick boy to accountant with me.  He threw up in my truck somewhere around Paramore (a bad area of town).

Almost set fire to house by sitting groceries on top of toaster and accidently hitting toast button.  With that incident, I choose to look at it with a thankful heart.  If I hadn't gone back inside the house and caught the problem, I really would have burned down my house.

Tomorrow will be better.  All kids healthy (as of 10:00 p.m.). Should be able to run some errands, do some work at the office and get a PEDICURE.

A Mom Moment

Tuesday night I took the boys to the Mall to get new shoes. We got to Stride Rite and I told them to take off their grungy, dirty, torn sneakers. When the salesperson started helping them try on their shoes, I discovered that Jack was wearing Cole's socks. That means they were WAY too big for him. Then I saw that Lukie was wearing two different blue socks. Oh yeah, I'm so in control of this Mom thing.

Money Shot

This is it. This is the money shot. Went with Cole to see Luke play soccer at pre-school today. 72 photos later and I get this. Yes there are some other great ones, but this is by far my favorite.

Here is another one.

This is a picture of Cole cheering Lukie on. Cole made a little sign that said "Go! Luke!". All of Luke's friends read it and started chanting "Go Luke! Go Luke". Sometimes Cole comes up with really sweet ideas. Other times he just hates his brothers!

Tomorrow I have my three week check-up with the Dr. Rotatori. I must say that I am getting a little impatient. I am still quite swollen on top. I thought I was going to be much smaller. I tried on my "before" bra the other night and it still fit. Actually, it was a little tight! So, I will be discussing this with him. Otherwise I am very pleased with everything. I guess if they don't get smaller, at least they are higher. Maybe I should consider change of career. Pole dancer, maybe????

Been working on my next class for Memory Lane. It is a two page layout called "Time for a Break". It uses lots of transparencies and painting. Kind of proud of it. You can see it on March's calendar at www.memorylaneorlando.com. Sorry, but I don't know how to create links from this browser. Anyway, the class is only running once - next Thursday.
I have also been working on April's class. A graduation layout on 12x12 canvas. It's going to be personalized with the graduate's school colors. Cool new technique - collage using newspaper and acrylic gel medium. I have to complete it by next Thursday, so check out April's calendar soon to see it.

As promised, here is a picture of my last class. Only two students, but very fun. These ladies are very creative and cool. They even let me tell a dirty joke!

****MARIA**** I am so sorry I keep missing your calls. I miss you! Thank you so much for the candy. I love the chocolate covered coffee beans. The boys love the fruity candy. I keep catching Jack sneeking some! Please comment on here and let me know how to get in touch with you.

Here are some more pictures for you.

Jack's 4th birthday party

Jack just being silly.

Love The Way Kids Think

So, I am walking around my house as poor pitiful surgery girl. I have two drains in my abdomen that help draw out of the surgical fluid (blood and orange colored stuff - way gross.) These drains are two long rubber tubes with two rubber collection containers on the ends that look like hand grenades. I'm not making this up. So, for obvious reasons, I am trying to hide this from my three young sons.

Yesterday, Jack, my four year old, catches me on the potty. He looks at my hanging hand grenades and asks, "Mommy what are those things?" I look him straight in the eyes and say, "It's fruit punch."
"Oh" he says and then runs away calling for Luke to play cars with him.

I love that he can so easily accept that. I love that he thinks mom just carries fruit punch around in her pants.

Really getting a serious itch to scrapbook and create, but I tire so easily. I am breathing hard by the time I reach my scrapbook room and open the door!

Still quite swollen. I'm trying to drink lots of water. See the doctor tomorrow for my one week check up. Drains come out. I.V. Hep-lock comes out. Tomorrow looks to be a good day.

Bring Out Your Dead -- but i'm feeling much better!

Oh my, oh my. They tell you what to expect, but it still can't really prepare you.

First of all, my surgery went great. Everyone was a little freaked out about this Humate P (a drug to treat a bleeding disorder that I have) but we all survived. Apparently, the Humate P costs about $6,000 PER DOSE! So the blood bank won't even take it out of the freezer until they see my smiling face. Also, it seems that not very many medical people have heard of such a thing, so I was the talk of the pre-op area. Everyone knew my name. But, like I said everything went great.

Things weren't so great for my doctor. He jabbed himself with a suture needle while sewing me up. Now hospital procedure made us both get tested for HIV and hepatitus. Also, poor guy, has to get retested several times and go on prophalactic HIV medicine. I assured him that he had nothing to worry about. He says that he is not worried at all, but the hospital is making him follow the rules.

Back to ME - I spent Friday night at the hospital and left about noon on Saturday. Saturday was by far the most miserable day. I had been battling terrible headaches since I got out of surgery (probably due to the anethesia). I swelled everywhere. My hands looked like that of a two year old and my fingers were like sausages. It hurt. I couldn't make a fist! I was so uncomfortable and miserable. I couldn't even sleep.

I knew that it was going to get better soon. Every minute that passed was a minute closer to recovery. Sometimes on Saturday, I just watched the clock ... 4:16, 4:17, 4:18 ... thinking "there goes one minute. There goes another minute."

I felt better on Sunday. I felt even better on Monday. And look, I am even posting to my blog on Tuesday.

So, how does it look????? Well, the doctors and nurses are very careful to tell you that you can't judge in the begining because you are still swolen and bruised. I think my breasts look like they did when I first gave birth and my milk came in. They are swollen, hot, hard and sore, but I know they are getting better every day.

I am going to stop now and take a nap. Your body heals when you are sleeping, you know. More later.

A Few Random Thoughts

Like the new banner? Well, I will be under construction on Friday, March 2. That's right, I am getting cosmetic surgery. After three kids, it's time to give the ladies a raise. I have been looking forward to this for a long time. Nervous??? Oh yeah. It's hard to know that you are intentionally going to put yourself in pain. But, I had my pre-op appointment with the doctor yesterday and I got excited again. I'll post some (Tasteful!) picures.

Taught my second BE Yourself class last night. Met two great gals, Pat and Kim. I made sure to take a picture so I can post, but my Mac has been coughing up furballs. I can't upload the photo. I got and new hard drive and the latest copy of the operating system. I did the upgrade, but nothing is happy. I need to just erase the hard drive and start over again. But WHAT A PAIN!

I hate computer problems. It makes me just want to throw the thing off the roof. But, of course, I really need it.

Anyway, I really enjoyed meeting those two ladies. It was nice only having two students. I really got to know them and I got to create with them.

My next class is a two page layout called - Time for a Break. Kind of a spring break or vacation thing. I plan to use lots of transparencies.

So, I'll be a little out of touch (with the whole world) for the next several days. I'll post some photos as soon as I can.