A great big pickle...sigh.

[Grace&Carolinesmom]

Holy Schmoly! 13 kids...that must have added another hour onto your Christmas card list. Good luck remembering all those names along with their spouses, kids, divorces, stepkids, ailments, quirks, birthdays, jobs, ....need I go on???? Quite the can of worms.

OK--If you are going to do one measley chapter a day sister you better start increasing the length and content of your chapters. This could go on to labor day....


ETA: Can't help you with the rubber room. Closest thing I have is a package of Trojans from 1999.

 

[LuvvsMickey]

Holy Schmoly! 13 kids...that must have added another hour onto your Christmas card list. Good luck remembering all those names along with their spouses, kids, divorces, stepkids, ailments, quirks, birthdays, jobs, ....need I go on???? Quite the can of worms.

OK--If you are going to do one measley chapter a day sister you better start increasing the length and content of your chapters. This could go on to labor day....


ETA: Can't help you with the rubber room. Closest thing I have is a package of Trojans from 1999.

Bwahahaha! Oh boy...you have NO IDEA what a can of worms it is. I have to screen my calls. There be some mighty fine crazies in his birth family. So glad we live 12 hours away!!

Hrm...1999 you say? Yanno... You could make mucho $$$ listing them on EBay. Vintage items are a hot ticket right now. Cha ching!!!!

 

[Grace&Carolinesmom]

Bwahahaha! Oh boy...you have NO IDEA what a can of worms it is. I have to screen my calls. There be some mighty fine crazies in his birth family. So glad we live 12 hours away!!

Hrm...1999 you say? Yanno... You could make mucho $$$ listing them on EBay. Vintage items are a hot ticket right now. Cha ching!!!!

Somehow I think I would be party to a paternity test on Jerry Springer that involves a baby mama, 3 daddies, and a vintage Trojan wrapper as proof the daddy used protection......I can't risk being exposed on national TV


Sigh....no need for those since 2000 as I had my plumbing removed during an emergency c-section/hysterectomy when youngest DD was born in 2001. It's not all bad. I have no need to walk down the awkward feminine needs aisle in the grocery store

 

[LuvvsMickey]

My babylicious was an emerg c section too, in 2000. She was bagged over two minutes to get her breathing. Good thing I was out cold. Not sure how I would have handled that. She's my miracle baby. I spent my entire pregnancy on bed rest with that munchkin. She OWES me for the rest of her life.

Aw man, never thought of the possible Jerry Springer fiasco. Ja... that would certainly cause an uproar. We can't have that. Pretty sure the judge wouldn't grant you a pass to visit Disney.

I should be watching the hockey game... but I'm skeered!

 

[karibritt01]

I should be watching the hockey game... but I'm skeered!

I'm no longer interested in hockey since my precious Canes got whooped. Is your team in the playoffs for the cup?

 

[LuvvsMickey]

I'm no longer interested in hockey since my precious Canes got whooped. Is your team in the playoffs for the cup?

Negative. We were smoked a loooooong time ago. Diehard Toronto fan here. My second team is Boston and third is Pittsburgh - but only 'cause Sydney is from our neck of the woods. We are rootin' for him!


ACKKKKKKKKK! 51 more days?!?!?! *runs around screaming in circles* I better step up the diet/exercise or Ima gonna DIE from the heat.

 

[Minnie&Nana]

My babylicious was an emerg c section too, in 2000. She was bagged over two minutes to get her breathing. Good thing I was out cold. Not sure how I would have handled that. She's my miracle baby. I spent my entire pregnancy on bed rest with that munchkin. She OWES me for the rest of her life.

Awww, bless your hearts!!! What a scare...and you on bed rest the entire pregnancy. Gee.....you must be old.

 

[KatMark]

I'm no longer interested in hockey since my precious Canes got whooped. Is your team in the playoffs for the cup?

I hate hockey. But DH got me hooked, but our team was knocked out by the dreaded Red Wings in the conference championship!

 

[LuvvsMickey]

Awww, bless your hearts!!! What a scare...and you on bed rest the entire pregnancy. Gee.....you must be old.

Yeppers. At week, 7 I was confined to bed rest until I was induced because my blood pressure sky rocketed. I had an embolism behind the placenta and a tear in it too. I was hospitalized a couple of times too. Blech. She truly is a miracle.

 

[LuvvsMickey]

The Red Wings are EVIL!! Grrr. I just know they're going to win, which makes me more mad! LOL

 

[LuvvsMickey]

Is it wrong to be eating macaroni casserole right now... you know, for breakfast?

 

[KatMark]

Is it wrong to be eating macaroni casserole right now... you know, for breakfast?

I don't know that I'd say it is wrong, but perhaps a little odd!

 

[karibritt01]

our team was knocked out by the dreaded Red Wings in the conference championship!

The Red Wings are EVIL!! Grrr.

That's who got us, too. And it only took them 4 games to do it.

Is it wrong to be eating macaroni casserole right now... you know, for breakfast?

Might as well... I am about to make myself some eggdrop soup and a grilled cheese sandwich!


OK... we waited ALL NIGHT to find out what the 13 scary, evil siblings have to do with your airline pickle. Eat your casserole and get to steppin' sista!

 

[KatMark]

The Red Wings are EVIL!! Grrr. I just know they're going to win, which makes me more mad! LOL

I agree. I wanted to jump through the television when they knocked one of our players out of the game with what was definitely a CHEAP shot!

 

[LuvvsMickey]

That's who got us, too. And it only took them 4 games to do it.

Ja, that *was* a bad one. I cringed. Sorry. Cookie?

Might as well... I am about to make myself some eggdrop soup and a grilled cheese sandwich!

Ooh oooh!! I lubs me a grilled cheese sammich. Yum! Wait. How come you're eating weird stuff for breakie?

OK... we waited ALL NIGHT to find out what the 13 scary, evil siblings have to do with your airline pickle. Eat your casserole and get to steppin' sista!

Okay okay! I was just waiting on my coffee, or cawfee as my BFF says. I need to get the creative juices flowing... My memory took a beating this past year so it takes me longer than normal peoples.

 

[karibritt01]

Ooh oooh!! I lubs me a grilled cheese sammich. Yum! Wait. How come you're eating weird stuff for breakie?

Cause I ate an omlet for dinner last night!

ETA: Have you ever tried a grilled cheese sandwich with onions in it? I know it sounds gross... but we have a little diner here that makes them that way. It is delicious! Once you go onion, you never go back!

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Sheesh, y'all have been chatter bugs while I was out this morning!

So disappointing - we went to my absolutely most dreaded stores: Walmart & K Mart to look for a toy for Sophia. Little Tyke used to make them (I had one for about 15 yrs, the things never wear out, so why did I donate it??)...anyway...it's that heavy plastic (nothing is BPA free like that), it's round, has a hole to climb through on either side, one step on the outside on one side and a teeny slide on the other (about 12/18 inc).

It is absolutely perfect for a crawling baby all the way up to 4/5 yrs....as little munchkins they crawl through the holes, learn to do the step, learn to go down the slide (head first until sturdy toddlers, but it's so short it's safe) and then as they get older, they love to cover it with blankets and make a tend. Sooo cool!!!

Well, don't think anyone makes 'em these days. Slides are too tall (2/3 ft) and steep, the things have doors (not safe for little fingers) and the holes are too high for a toddler to climb through.

We've been to Target, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart and L Mart and I've looked on line (these are considered outdoor play toys, but I only used it indoors). Don't know where else to look..and here in the tiny metropolis there's not much. It'd be an hour drive to Raleigh/Durham which we might not find it anyway.

What to do????

 

[LuvvsMickey]

Cause I ate an omlet for dinner last night!

ETA: Have you ever tried a grilled cheese sandwich with onions in it? I know it sounds gross... but we have a little diner here that makes them that way. It is delicious! Once you go onion, you never go back!

Dude... I put onions in/on EVERYTHING. Srsly.

 

[LuvvsMickey]

NANA!!! I have zero clue what you are trying to describe. Then again, it is possible that we didn't have those things here up in the frozen tundra. We are behind the times, you know! Maybe try eBay? They have everything. Ja.

 

[LuvvsMickey]

Hubby was so excited to find his real family. Finally, the hole in his heart would start to mend. He was nervous about calling his mommy, mainly because of the things he had heard (totally wrong) growing up as to why everything happened the way it did. First off, his mom had her first child at age 14. She was 23 years old with 8 children. Yup... you do the math. Anyhow, she was in an abusive marriage, got divorced, remarried, he died, got remarried, he was super duper bad and she just couldn't handle everything. She had a nervous breakdown and was admitted to a mental hospital. The kids were placed anywhere and everywhere. My hubby remembers mostly his little sister, Cheryl. He cried and cried the day they were taken from each other. The whole story is gut wrenching, really.

So... he gathers the nerves to call his mom. She is over the moon to hear from him. She expected a very bitter and angry man on the other end of the phone. Not my hubby at all. She explained to him the entire story and that there hasn't been a day in her life that she had never thought of him or regretted everything that happened. She would tell him stories that he would recall and some that he didn't. The little stinker and his sister actually stole a christmas tree from somebody's front lawn at 6 years old and drug it home! I still smile at the image. So sweet and innocent. They talked for over two hours. They talked about his siblings, crazy people, half siblings, crazy people, aunts, uncles, crazy people, divorces, crazy people, jobs... everything!

They were dirt poor. She can remember one winter night being pregnant and lying on the wooden floor of the house trying to sleep, and she could see snow through the cracks of the floor. I cannot imagine the struggles she had. She was only a baby herself. She was asking him what he looked like, talked like, smelled like, everything. She wanted to know every single detail about him. Her last image of him was a quiet, little white haired boy who always had a smile on his face. His hair was so blond, it was white. The pictures of him are absolutely adorable. They discussed a plan to meet with each other and actually came up with a family reunion type thing for her birthday in the summer. There would be many many more phone calls and letters to come...as the conversation ended, she whispered, "I love you, my sweet baby boy." OMG... can you say puddle? I can still hear her words to this day.

Next, sister number one....to be continued...