If you were driving in the recent snow storm and you were driving behind me, I sincerely apologize. I was that person driving 20 mph in a 45mph zone with my hazards on. That was only to prevent my car fishtailing into a ditch 0ut in the middle of nowhere.

Yours always,

Rosemary

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Here in northern Illinois we haven’t had much snow. We’ve had some really warm weather actually. Just yesterday it was 56 degrees! Today we had our much anticipated winter storm. You know the one that closes down schools, airports, whole cities, etc. Everyone talked about it for weeks in casual conversations. “We’ve had such nice weather, but wait until we get that snow we are waiting for!”

My normally 15-20 minute drive to work took almost 40 minutes tonight. I slipped, fishtailed, and cursed all over the road. My neck muscles are feeling very tight right now (another excuse for a massage *wink*) from clenching them the whole way home. Why must I drive with my neck muscles ?

Funny story: My car door wouldn’t open when I arrived home. I thought for sure it was frozen so I tried using my shoulder strength to open it (my poor neck muscles!) but it still didn’t open. I tried using my foot to kick out the door but that didn’t work either. I climbed out the passenger side door after having just the slightest bit of a panic attack. It turns out there was a piece of ice wedged between the door and the handle preventing me from using the inside lever… Of course! I knew that all along. Silly door. I really hope the roads will be clear and safe enough to run all the errands I need for Mr. G’s 1st birthday this weekend. It shall be fun!

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These are pictures that I took on my phone in November. Last time I checked there were about 700+ pictures on there….

His favorite book to “read”.

His face cracks me up! Those Fisher Price apps are intense.

He started standing up on his own now. He’s not too stable right now. It freaks me out thinking he’s going to fall back and crack his head open on the crib.

My darling husband thought it would be awesome to make candy sushi. I think it consisted of fruit roll ups, rice krispies and Swedish fish.  I never did try one and I had no desire to…

A latest addition to my family’s clan. My mother sister had her baby. He’s a cutie pie!

I truly despise the WordPress app for Android.  Can other’s format their photo’s and content on the WordPress app? I can’t figure it out.

Here is where I stand:

I AM NOT ONE BIT CLOSE TO ANY OF MY GOALS.

Of course, I’m very disappointed in myself. To be honest I’ve been really hard on myself about slacking off overall in a lot of aspects in life.

Then I have to remember that I need to stop beating myself up.

I need to regroup, regain my focus and start living again.

I need to remind myself what I have worth living for.

There are bigger and better things going on in my life than what is going on in others.

My life isn’t perfect.

There are tons of bumps, dips and spills, but it is mine.

I wouldn’t change it for the world.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal:it is the courage to continue that counts.”

 ~Winston Churchill

]]> http://lupakitty.com/2011/11/friday-update/feed/ 0 http://lupakitty.com/2011/11/health-and-stuff/ http://lupakitty.com/2011/11/health-and-stuff/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:58:09 +0000 lupakitty http://lupakitty.com/?p=622 It’s been pretty quite here on Lupakitty.com, but Casa de Bridges has been a big hustle and bustle.

So far this year,
•I had Mr. G
•Mr G is growing so fast (he’s almost a year)!
• I went through a really rough couple of months healthwise.
•We had a very scary ambulance ride to the ER for Mr G.
•We’ve been laying low and taking as many breaks as to not burn out (ie, changing jobs, not worrying if something isn’t clean, enjoying our little one).
•We’ve been battling what seems like the plague over here.

I will get it in me to type it all out. I’m just trying to enjoy life before I share my life.

If everyone would be so kind as to send them your thoughts and prayers, it would mean so much to me.

I have to agree with her whole heartily.

It seems like every time I talk to another mother they ask the same questions:

Did you have a C Section and are you breastfeeding?

Yes, I did have a C Section. No, I am not breastfeeding..

I then feel like I have to go into full detail to defend my reasons for doing so, but their eyes start to glaze over. Usually they will interrupt me to start talking about how their sister’s best friend’s cousin had the most amazing water birth experience and just how easy it was for them to breastfeed.

New mothers are under an incredible amount of stress anyway, why add more to their load?

I tried to breastfeed, it didn’t work out. There was lots of crying and turmoil on my end because I set my heart to do it.

I remember one day when Gabriel was almost a month old, we went on a family trip to BabiesRUs to find a better bottle. He was hungry so I went to the nursing room to feed him. There was already another woman there changing her baby. I asked her if it was alright if I feed the baby and she said of course. She seemed nice.

I did my thing: poured in the formula, shook it up, pressed out the air (Playtex Drop-in’s are the worst by the way) and started to give him his bottle. There I was minding my own business, when the lady lets out a huge sound of disgust. She sat down across from me (all while starting me down), whips out her boob and starts feeding her baby (still staring me down). As she was leaving she got a call (from her husband I’m guessing) and says something like, “I’m just finishing up. I wanted to breastfeed my son because I could.”

I waited till she left the nursing room to call my husband bawling.

From that day on I learned how snarky and mean other woman can be.

Can’t we just all get along?

The skies are finally clear of rain and thunder (for now). The sky above kinda had a toilet bowel look to it… Gross right? That was the first thing that came into mind when I saw the picture later.

Was I the only person to own a Andriod who didn’t know the pictures upload automatically from the phone and onto Picasa? That means I don’t have to attempt to use the poorly designed WordPress App from my phone. Most of my pictures are taken on my phone mostly because I don’t download the pictures off the camera until a month or two later. That is a huge breakthrough for me.

Next week I start a new job that’s closer by to home but I can never leave where I am now. I am officially a working mother, working two jobs. When am I going to get anything done?

I heard the cicadas loud and clear yesterday. I also heard the back to school sales on the radio this morning. Summer is almost over… I’m still as pale as I was this winter. Now what’s wrong with that picture?

What are you planning to do before summer ends?

Two years ago today you and I both…

…vowed to honor and love each other.

… you showed off your humor.

…we had our crazy loving family and friends fill us with their love.

…we then snuck off into the night to start forever together.

Everyday we learn something new about each other but always remember that I love you.

Photos courtesy of Brianne Bradbury

Thank you for clearing up the itchy, watery nose. You almost have the eyes itchy free but no dice.

I have a bone to pick with you… why must you put me in a drowzy haze? I can’t enjoy my newly found allergy free symptoms while I’m stumbling around like drunken fool. (I don’t enjoy drunken foolery)

The husband and I had to make a pact tonight: he will get up with baby right away if he hears him or if I hear him I will smack him in a stupor across the chest. Or where ever my hand shall fall… he’s going to be so mad at me.

So thanks a lot Allergy Pill for potentially ruining my marriage.

Your slightly comatose friend,
Rosemary

I found these workbooks when I was helping clean out my aunts house. These were my cousins from her Kindergaten days. She’s a junior in high school now. 
Seems like dinosaurs were a big deal back in 2000.