Sunday, February 24, 2008
Pregnancy Forgetfulness
So I was talking to Jen and had told her what I was going to blog about this weekend, however, I completely forget what it was. lol Everyone said I would get more forgetful as time went on, honestly, I never imagined it would get this bad! lol
I think it was about the Crib. I have finally found a crib! Jer and I had bid on one on Ebay and had one. It was going to cost us 206 dollars. Right after I found out I had won the bid, a girl from work, Steph, came up to me and offered her crib to me for FREE!!!! I said I'll take it. But then I had an Ebay problem. So I explained to the seller that I had just found out that I could get a crib for free and that while I thought the one he had built was beautiful, I would rather have the free one because of finances. He came back and said he completely understood and he sent a Mutal Agreement to Cancel, which will hurt neither of our scores and he can get his money back from putting the item up for sale. So crib problem is now solved!
Tonight, Jer and I have supper at my cousins place, and maybe we will pick the crib up afterwards or something, I will have to call Steph to find out what she is up to. Jer also has to drive back tonight, so hopefully we won't be too late.
Jeremy's Away! UGH!
I'm in my last weeks of pregnancy and they think now is a good time to send him away? I was livid, livid might be an understatement, I was PISSED!!!!! I couldn't believe that they could be so insensitive. Family is important to them my ASS!
I knew that when dating Jeremy there would be times I would be alone as he would be away, then when I got pregnant, I realized that there would be times when I would be a single mom. However, I did not in my life ever think that I would be going into labour by myself, or possibly having the baby with out him. I do have some cousins here who are willing to come to my rescue, and I do have some friends who will help out in a pinch. I just never thought of him not being here.
Not to mention, as far as we know, he gets 5 days off to be with me after the baby comes. After that I'm by myself all week with a newborn. As if the newborn isn't enough to think about and worry about, but I have all the household things to do on my own as well.
A friend of mine from back home, is thinking about moving in with us...well me really...from March until June, which will be a big relief for me. Jeremy's mom doesn't know about this yet, I'm sure she'll be concerned as well. My mom was supportive, but still wished she could have come out until after the baby is born. This would have been easier if I had of been due the end of June...lol
I've calmed down a lot since I found out the news of him going and him actually leaving. But I'm sure when those labour pains hit, I will not have nice things to say about his place of employment!
Let's all hope and pray that the baby makes his/her arrival on a weekend, rather then during the week! I know I will be discussing it with the baby every Friday and Monday! lol
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Random News
- Melissa is counting down to her trip, which in turn is counting down to my due date. 7 weeks left to go, scarey that I can count down now! While I'm either looking after a newborn, or giving birth Melissa will be preparing for a beach.....I think I'd like to trade with her! lol
- I seen a UPS truck in the ditch this week. I thought it was funny. The roads were quite bad tho, but it was on the highway on my way home from work. Melissa said I should have stopped and took a picture, I said yeah, and cause another accident! lol
- I had an ultrasound on Tuesday. Jeremy came along as well. This one wasn't quite as exciting as the first, but I did get pictures again. Jeremy left them at work, so I'll get them scanned and posted on here hopefully for next week. I think my baby has huge lips! lol Hopefully the rest of the face will even out before she's born...lol
- I had a dr appt on Thursday to meet my new dr or another dr. Dr Heard, my original dr is moving his mom and dad the week that I am due so if I go then he will be unavailable and I'll have to call Dr Azer. Dr Azer seems nice enough, more chatty then Dr. Heard, but he's not Dr Heard. lol
- Pregnancy thoughts. I've been blessed with a rather normal pregnancy, nothing out of the ordinary, no complications, but I have to say with 7 weeks left, I'm more then ready to have the baby. So I don't have a crib....the baby can sleep in a laundry basket just as comfortably as in a crib! lol I'm anxious to see what the baby will look like, what color hair, how long, how many pounds, will the baby be cholicy, will the baby have huge ass lips...lol
- With all that being said, I kinda wish I had more time. I have 10 working days left and then I am off for 10 months. Crazy to think that way. What am I going to do with myself for 10 months? Jeremy's decided to take a couple of months with me, so that all the parental leave gets used up. It'll be nice to have him around to help for those couple of months. I'm scheduled to be back to work Jan 1, 2009.
- I've decided that to be on the safe side I'd like to get a tent thing that you can put over your crib, it's made of mesh and it's to keep animals out of the crib. I think that would work for keeping the damn cats out of it, which is a concern of mine.
- UPDATE: Tucker is no longer scared of the last 7 steps to get upstairs. Ok, it's not that he's not scared of them, but he will go up them now, which is nice, because there is no way I can carry him up..lol
- We had a few storms this week. They were small storms not amounting to very much, but we did get a little snow, which is now slowly turning to ice as it's been warm (10c or so) and the snow is of course melting and then freezing at night when the sun goes down.
I think that's it...Until next time!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Let's See How Long....
The latest flu that has been going around work is one that begins with a migraine (which I had on Friday) and progresses to the sinus. Let me tell you, I woke up yesterday, achy, tired and whiny. Poor Jeremy I really think this is the first time I have been this sick since I have met him.
Temperature outside yesterday was -36...in other words...FREAKING COLD!!!! We needed groceries, it was a we had to go yesterday or we would starve to death kinda situation. We went for groceries and I didn't think I was going to make it around the grocery store. We got home I curled back up on the couch only getting up to eat supper with Jer. This small amount of time away from my blankie on the couch made me freezing. I quickly ate "enough" and rushed back to my blankie and couch. Soon after I went to bed (I didn't get out of bed until 2pm and was back in bed by 730pm...lol) I woke up with the chills, I literally thought I was going to freeze to death! I didn't want to move out from under the blankets to put more on so I just wrapped my head in blankets and hoped that would help keep the heat it....and it worked, I fell back to sleep and woke up a little later sweating!
Today the temperature has been -18 (a nice improvement!) and I am feeling a little better. I am still cold a lot of the time. My head feels fuzzy and my legs get tired from the quick trips to the bathroom...lol
I asked Jer yesterday how long he thought I would be sick seeing as I can't take anything for it. Usually I knock the cold out of me by taking some cold medication and am all better within a day or two...this time...I think I'm going to be delivering my baby with the flu! lol He said I should be better in a couple of hours....I hate to tell him he is way wrong! lol I'm not sure he completely understood how sick I was yesterday, today he had to go to Canadian Tire to get stuff to fix his car....He said you want to come....I said do I have to? he said no. I went anyways, because I like to get out of the house sometimes!
How was that for a pitty post?! lol I really had nothing to write about and being sick is on the top of my mind...lol
Monday, February 04, 2008
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Time for an Update
***No pictures today as Jeremy's camera is on the base, so it will have to wait until Monday or Tuesday. I am guessing tho that I have grown a bit, as the girls at work are noticing more now. So pictures will come soon, I promise.
***Baby's been quite a squirmer...I might end up having my hads full when he/she arrives! I would say I'm carrying a soccer player, but really it's not so much kicking as it seems to be shifting positions, which causes butts, feet and arms to be shoved to the front of my uterus. None of this hurts of course, but definitely lets me know I'm not alone!
***Monday was cold at -35 when we got up, but my car started just fine. But I parked close to work as I wasn't walking 5 blocks in the freezing temperature! It cost me 10 dollars to park that close! Usually I pay 2.50 a day, so 10 dollars is quite an increase. Jeremy's car broke on him and the heater coil was frozen on him as well, so he had a very cold drive to work.
***Tuesday was even colder -43 when Jeremy and I got up. Pretty cold...actually so cold my car wouldn't start. I didn't know where the plug in was so it took all day to get the car going. I eventually found the plug in and after 4 hours the car gladly started for me. Since Jeremy's car was broken and he got sick from his cold drives to and from work, that left me to figure out the car by myself...pretty much, he did help a little bit, but he was freezing to death and then sweating, so he really wasn't of much use. I sent him back to bed. lol
***Wednesday, Cold, but not near as cold as -40. Jeremy and I car pooled to work. Was a pretty good day.
***Thursday, cold, I was so grouchy when I left work. I had a huge cry when I got to my car and if I could have strangled Jeremy I would have! lol Not that he did anything wrong, he just wasn't helping my mood. I was bitter that I had to walk in the cold. I took the Pedway (so I can walk inside most of the way) and ended up 3 blocks out of my way. I was just in an overall bad mood. Meanwhile, Jeremy was going to get picked up at the door and would only have to be outside for a few mins. Yeah....it was a bad day for me, however the mood did break. Why was I driving Jeremy to work you might ask? I work downtown, Jeremy works waaayyy at the North end of the city (I do mean WAY...lol) So instead of him fighting traffic 4 times a day downtown, it's easier and quicker for me to fight it twice instead.
***Friday, Jeremy was exhausted and still not feeling well so he came home and went to bed. I stayed up with the animals to give them some attention, as they have been alone all day and probably pretty bored...lol I couldn't imagine not getting out of the house. I bought a new purse today. Imagine that girls...Lisa carrying a purse! LMAO. I figure since I'm going to be a mom I should get used to the whole purse idea. I got it at Winners, it's a Tommy, it's pretty big, I could probably fit a couple of diapers and some other baby things in them for those short trips where a diaper bag is really too much.
***Saturday. I got up and took Tucker for a drive to the store, ok I wanted to go to the store and he wanted to go in the car...lol it was a win win situation! I cooked breakfast for Jeremy and I and then I had a nap! We got up and headed into Fort Sask to browse through some shops. We found a second hand store and let me tell you was it ever packed with stuff in there. We did get 1 pair of mitts for the baby so he/she doesn't scratch his/her face, 6 pairs of baby socks (too cute!), Jeremy insisted on the pair that says "I love Daddy". They had a few crib sheets and what not, but Jeremy said let's wait until we get a crib. Then he said you haven't bugged me about that lately. I said well that's because if we don't have a crib by the first of March I'm just gonna go buy one. Ohh he said. We went to Canadian Tire and got the stuff to change the oil in our cars and tired to get a treadmill again but no luck, but we'll have one soon. We went to The Source and found a boombox for the Sirus radio, however it's not compatiable with Jeremy's so it will be going back. I rearranged the baby's room in the evening trying to get it organized for the arrival. I started by emptying the shelves, boys are there ever a lot of books in this house! lol I definitely want a 3 bedroom next time, so that we can have one bedroom as an office and the baby will have their own space. Because it really sucked trying to figure out where to put everything, since the room is an office/baby room. Ahh well next time will be better. So I think I have it set up the way I want it, however I still don't have a crib or a rocking chair yet. lol so I'm sure once those things arrive I will want to rearrange again.
***In other news, my 100 lbs baby with fur named Tucker is all the sudden scared to climb the last 7 stairs to put him upstairs with us. For two nights Jeremy carried him up, and last night I slept on the couch, otherwise he would whine all night. I have no idea how to fix this problem, I don't want to make the situation worse, I've tried bribing him with cookies, but he just won't come up those last 7 stairs! lol Poor Pup.
***On the agenda for today, Cook breakfast, clean up afterwards, return boombox, I'd like to go into Edmonton to browse some shops in there, but Jeremy's been invited to some superbowl thing, so I'm not sure if he's going to go to that or not, he's not much of a sports fan. Ohh yeah and Jeremy's changing the oil i n the cars.
***My dad has had his first week of radiation treatment. It was a bit rough, lessons were learned and hopefully next week will go easier and better for him. I'm so glad that the treatments are working, it's very hard to be this far away at these times. And I'm glad the postal service found the parcel I sent out and got it to mom and dad. I was worried that it was lost forever.
I think that's all from now...over and out in Alberta! lol
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Baby Stuff
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Almost Forgot

Saturday, January 05, 2008
28 Weeks



Painting Frenzy!!!
This is the livingroom wall that he has finished. he put the last coat on it today and then hung everything back up while I had a nap.
Here is the back entry way. Tucker always wants his picture taken when he sees the camera come out, so I figured I would make him take his picture where it would benefit me too! lol

New Years Eve
Jeremy and I went to the events in Downtown Edmonton. There was live music and crafts for the kids, out door skating and a bunch of other things, ending with Fireworks.
Jeremy didn't take any pictures of the fireworks, however I have found a video on youtube of them. I added them here incase anyone wants to have a look at them. It is a 7 min long video, and there is a "part 2" on youtube as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_XbQ3LLr5E
Flowers For After Christmas!

Edmonton Snow
I thought these two trees in the next picture were pretty so I snapped a picture and decided to put them on here too. To give you an idea of how little snow we have (not that I am complaining!), twice today we have had to clean the mud off Tuckers paws before he could come in the house! He's dug through the snow into the mud, somewhere in the backyard.
You can see our neighbours house in this one. These ones are to the left if you are looking at the house. They have two dogs, who Tucker likes to play with by running up and down the length of the fence with them. They seem to have a good time, hard to say how things would go if we let them play together where there was no fence. He'd probably love it and play the dogs out!
Friday, December 28, 2007
Christmas Bed!
Step One: Let Jeremy and Margo do all the hard work! I just took pictures, until I handed that job off to Jeremy as well! lol
Step Two: I did help with this a little bit, but really I was a spectator!
Step Three: The bed with out a mattress, again I was a spectator! lol It's great to just be able to watch!

This is the finished product!! All we need now is a queen sized mattress to fit the queen size bed frame we bought! LOL ohh yeah and some queen sized sheets and blankets!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Random Pictures
Almost a Month Since my Last Post?!?!!
Nov. 30th - I got to meet the other officer wives at the Wine and Chocolate party. What a spread of Chocolate, there were chocolates, cheesecake, other cake, and other chocolately goodness there waiting for us. Lisette, the CO's wife was very nice and she really enjoys my email address. I think she remembers me by my email not my name. lol, either way I left an impression. I think it's all because I emailed her in regards to attire for certain events. I needed an explanation of all the different types of formal...lol Did you know that casual does not mean jeans unless specified?! I did not know this! I met quite a few people at the party, it was nice...kind of a sophisticated evening. I felt out of place because I had sneakers on. I figured if I could wear jeans that must mean sneakers are ok too right....WRONG!!!! lol try hiding your feet for two hours with a bunch of women! LOL
Dec 1st - Jeremy had a party with the guys. I dropped them off at a strip club (yes it was all clothes off...someone had asked me if it was). Jeremy said it wasn't too bad of a club, but he's been to better. I was supposed to go hang out with Andrew Gray and his girlfriend (friends from UPS), however I wasn't feeling well, so I cancelled and decided to stay home and make the christmas balls I had bought the stuff for. I stopped at walmart on my way home and purchased a bone for Tucker and a few other things. At 5pm I got a call from Jeremy, who said he was having a great time, but that he would want to come home at the end of the evening and wanted to know if I would pick him up if he called me at like 1am. I told him that I would, as next year I would probably be a little less likely with the baby. As both of us would have to get dressed to go outside. I puttered around the house, not in a big hurry to get the chores done as Jeremy wouldn't be calling until late. WRONG! He called at 9pm asking me to go get him. He wasn't feeling well. I told him that in order to go get him I needed to know where he was. He told me he didn't know. I said well someone there should know where they are. He was in St. Albert. I headed in that direction and just before the lights to go straight to St. Albert or turn left to go to Edmonton, Jeremy called again to tell me he wasn't in St. Albert and that he was going to Tony's house. As if I know who Tony is...lol. I spoke with Tony and got directions. However, his directions sucked and I ended up on the right street, but one of those weird streets that starts then stops and then picks up again....so I was not in the right area. (this is what happens when you take directions from a drunk person...lol) 2 hrs after I left the house, Jeremy and I were on our way home, he was passed out before we even got out of Edmonton. He did have a good time, he just had a little too much to drink.
Dec. 2nd - Jeremy and I went into Edmonton and met up Andrew and Sarah to go to the Festival of Christmas Trees. It was a good time, it was really good for me to see a familiar face. Jeremy and Andrew hit it off well and spent a good amount of time chatting. Later, Jeremy told me that he had a better time on Sunday then he did on Saturday.
Dec 8th - Christmas Galla on base. Jeremy and I got all dressed up (and there is no proof..lol) and went into the Officers Mess for the dinner. It was a good time. I seen some familiar faces as I had met them at the Wine and Chocolate, however there were more unfamiliar faces! lol I met some of the guys that Jeremy works with and for...I met the CO and spoke with Lisette again, who remembered my email address...but not my name...lol. It was a pretty good evening, I had lots of comments on my hair and I did it myself...lol and it didn't take me too long to do either. It was a really nice dinner and we sat at a table of interesting folks. One lady was trying to help Jeremy and I name the baby, no conclusions were made that night...lol...but she did have some good names. I was pretty tired by the time we got through all the toasts, so we searched out his boss and excused ourselves. It was still past midnight by the time we got home.
Dec 9th - Jeremy and I decided to take Tucker hiking on a 3km trail we found in the near by National Park. This turned out to be a bad idea for two reasons, one we hadn't brought Tuckers booties, so his feet kept icing up on us so we were always picking the snow out of his feet..poor little guy...two...pregnant women have to pee a lot, and there are no bathrooms in the middle of the trail. I've decided that from now on I will be unable to go hiking, walking around town no problem, walking in the woods with out a bathroom, bad idea...lol I had to pee so bad it hurt by the time we got to the car, there is a bathroom by the car, but still I thought we would never make it there.
Dec 14th - Starting at Noon, Jeremy is on his month christmas leave. I felt good leaving work, so Jeremy suggested that we go see a movie at the cheapy theater. But by the time, we cooked supper I was exhausted and opted for going to bed rather then pay for a movie I'd sleep through.
Dec. 15th - Jeremy and I went to the West Edmonton mall with JP and Kelly (friends of Jeremy's). I think we were there too long and I was really tired. I was cranky too...ok REALLY cranky! We were in and out of stores and we watched the Sea Lion show. It was pretty cool. I was looking at maternity clothes and Jeremy was looking for a suit. I didn't buy anything, and Jeremy came home with treats for the dog and a new keychain for him. We met back up with JP and Kelly and they weren't ready to leave yet (but I was past due...lol...damn this whole tired thing!) Jeremy wanted to go back to a hobby store we had passed to see if they had a model he wanted to do. I browsed the shop for a bit, and then went to sit down and watch the people skate at the indoor rink. Jeremy came out and we started to leave when he found the keychains. He asked if I wanted one, but I didn't really have a need for a keychain, as I have one or more already. While Jeremy hung out at the keychains, I wondered around to other stores and eventually ended up in a Jewellery store, where I was looking at the sapphire rings. I tried a couple on and talked to the sales lady, and then she cleaned my rings for me and then Jeremy called looking for me. Jeremy asked what I was looking at, I told him Sapphire rings, he said how come, and I replied with...that's a stupid question, why do you think I was looking at them? lol See cranky! He laughed because when he's cranky and I ask a "stupid" question that's the exact same response he would give me. We headed towards the door when Jeremy wanted to stop and look at mens rings in Peoples. He's been trying to decided if he is a ring kinda guy or not. We went in and looked and sat down (loved that they had chairs!). Jeremy was trying to figure out if he is a plain ring or a stone ring kinda guy. No one came to ask if they could help. Eventually, Jeremy said let's go. So we started out of the store, when a girl behind the counter said have you been served? I shurgged and Jeremy said nothing we continued walking (I should mention that the store was kind of busy) the girl asked again, to which I replied "Too late now". Jeremy said you didnt have to say that Lisa. I said she didn't have to wait until we were leaving the store to ask if we needed help either. Jeremy replied with well I'd rather this mood be directed at her then me. lol. So yeah, I think we stayed too long at the mall yesterday. It was fun as it always is when we go to the mall, but we really needed to leave a few hrs before we did...lol
That catches us up to today, where I have nothing to report. It's almost noon, I'm still in my PJ's and I'm rather liking the relaxing day. I've done some laundry, I've swept the stairs and kitchen and I've made breakfast. Later on Jer and I are going to head into The Fort to get some baking supplies for me to make cookies, as I have to make them for work, and I really want something sweet to eat!
Monday, November 19, 2007
Evening Gown Shopping.

This is the Sears dress. I paid 50 dollars for this one. But it's not what I was thinking of...and look at the cleavage!!! UGH!
This is the Mariposa Dress I paid 95 dollars for this one! This is the one we are going with. I like it, it fits well, and well I'm allowed to look a little fat in it, I'm pregnant afterall! lol
My Office Place
I work in the Melton Building on Jasper Ave in Edmonton. This is the back of the building in the smoking area.
This is the front of my building from across the street. Pretty big eh?!
This is the view from the smoking area.
This is my work group part one. Teri and Jean sit at these desks. I took the picture at lunch time so they were both gone.
This is the other part of my work group. This is Jennie's desk and an empty one, or at least I think it's empty, no one has sat at it since I started working there.
And last but not least, this is my very own desk. I do not share it with anyone, and everything on it is my very own! lol. I have my own phone with my own extension and my own voicemail. That's just to rub it into any UPSers who read this! haha!






