Girls Only Trip ~ OLD Thread, see link in first post for new one

[toocherie]

...they tell me I am expensive...sorry Mom!

but I'm sure worth every penny!!!

 

[jordansmomma]

Wow you guys have been chatty, chatty!!
I will try and catch up later.
Finals are over
Winter Break has now started!!!!

I was called about a job from Mc Cain Foods, similar to what I did before but the pay is sooooo good!! And way better than what Simplot paid.
I have to send them a resume. I have not ever written a resume before. I have never had a reason to. So I will be working on that tonight.

Then comes the dreadful interview. I have not had an interview in like 11 years. So that should be fun also.

to everyone who needs them.

 

[MommyWithDreams]

Thank you Cheryl for checking on that for me, I really appreciate it.

Beth, I've already gone in for a second opinion and it was the worst experience ever. My insc is changing as of 1/1/2010 anyway so I really don't have a lot of time to do that anyway.

I almost want to start from scratch and not even transfer my records over. I'm tired of no answers.

 

[DangerMouse]

Capri, sorry to hear about your dad's fall. My father in law has the same condition with his skin, and bruises and bleeds incredibly easily. I hope he checks out ok at the doctor, and that your mom's car is fixed soon so you can have your car back. In the meantime . . .

 

[DangerMouse]

Bree, AWESOME sub! I wanna come play in it!! Make sure you take pics of all the other props that are made for your Nemo project. What a fun class.

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

Thank you everyone for the get well wishes!

Bree, what an awesome SUB! I'm thinking of getting my degree in communications too!

Capri, I'm sorry about your Dad! I hope he gets well soon!

Janelle, to you for more vitamin D! Try not to worry too much.

Hi Cristabel! And Theresa! And Cheryl, Callie!

 

[MommyWithDreams]

Thank you everyone for the get well wishes!

Bree, what an awesome SUB! I'm thinking of getting my degree in communications too!

Capri, I'm sorry about your Dad! I hope he gets well soon!

Janelle, to you for more vitamin D! Try not to worry too much.

Hi Cristabel! And Theresa! And Cheryl, Callie!

Aw man Courtney did you come home from DL and get sick???

I'm in a bum mood today.....today is when we were supposed to leave for DL.

 

[Stacerita]

No quoting today....

Bree - adorable sub. You are so creative. And yes you are expensive, but worth every penny. I am sure your parents are proud.

Beth - thank goodness Rubuen wasn't hurt and that the kids weren't with him. But how crappy is it that the police won't do anything. Hit and run...hello!!!

Cheryl - sorry you won't be participating in MA this weekend. Hopefully you will be able to stop by RBT and meet up with us.

Capri - I am so sorry to hear about your dad. How scary. Its so sad that as we age, our skin gets so weak that it tears so easy. And then to have a bad fall just is awful. Hope the recovery and healing go well.

Janelle - i agree with that you need a second opinion.

Katie - I feel for you right now. It always seems like when it rains it pours. And reading your post, heck girl, you have had a hurricane. I have a feeling that 2010 will be a good year for you. It will be better. You have amazing kids who understand that Christmas isn't about what they are getting, but being together. Who can ask for more than that?

I know I am missing lots, sorry.

Thank you to those who asked about my health. Im doing what the doc ordered and it should all be good soon.

Now onto some good news.......I just gave my notice at my current job because I was made an offer at another hospital. I will be the new Director of Health Information Management. Its a huge step up for me. I am really excited and totally freaked out at the same time.

Hope everyone is enjoying their evening.

 

[MommyWithDreams]

Now onto some good news.......I just gave my notice at my current job because I was made an offer at another hospital. I will be the new Director of Health Information Management. Its a huge step up for me. I am really excited and totally freaked out at the same time.

Hope everyone is enjoying their evening.

Congratulations to you!!!

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

Aw man Courtney did you come home from DL and get sick???

I'm in a bum mood today.....today is when we were supposed to leave for DL.

Bleh, I guess. I washed my hands over there and hand sanitized a lot. Who knows what happened.

Aww,

Stacie, congrats! That's freakin' awesome! We're proud of you!

Beth, another change for us. Can you please take my Mom and I off for Jazz Kitchen on Friday night? We're planning on going to the Napa Rose (after she watched the Guy Fieri thing! Go figure! ).

 

[21yankees]

Just a quick recap of the last 5 days:

-Had to take the baby to the emergency room. She hit her head REALLY hard on our ottoman (made out of solid wood) & got a concussion. It was scary because she couldn't even walk anymore & when she tried, her balance was so off she would just fall over. They had to monitor her for 24 hours. But thank God she is fine now.

-While at the hospital, I found out our insurance was no longer valid . My lovely DH forgot to tell me that his former job cut the benefits in October & he didn't want to pay for it . So my whole family doesn't have insurance. The hospital is just going to bill me, but I already know it's going to be at least $2,000 since she was in their overnight .

-My husband went to court on Monday & he will be in jail for 4 months. So he will be missing the baby's 1st birthday. They did say he will probably get released early since the county jail is so over crowded & he's offensive isn't a serious one.

-Someone ran into my car while I was shopping & didn't leave their information. So the back of my cars is broke. The bumper is broke & there is a huge dent. I got and estimate of $546 to fix and since my insurance deductible is $500, it's not worth going through insurance. I don't have the money to fix it, so I have to drive around with a messed up car.

-And last, my dryer broke. This isn't major but just the icing on my crap cake. I've been having to do laundry at the laundry mat which has it's pros and cons. Pros being, I can do all my laundry at the same time . Cons, everything else. I don't have the funds to buy a new dryer right now so I'm going to try to see if it's cheaper to repair. I have a repair man coming on Friday, so I pray it's not too much $$$$.

Sorry to babble about my problems, but I'm seriously in trouble financially. As of January 8th, I'll have no income . I'm praying that a job will come through or that unemployment decides to do another emergency extension. Otherwise I'm in deep doo-doo.

I'm having to forego Christmas and Laila's 1st birthday. I've already talked to the kids and they seem fine with it. I'm still going to do stockings for them & I let them each pick something special they'd like to eat to cook (Devin picked fried chicken & Adara picked perogies). So we are going to do a movie day instead. It should be fun.

Uh oh, I was babbling again . Thanks for letting me vent. It feels good to get everything off my chest.

Katie I wish I knew what to say. Just know you and your family are in my family's thoughts and prayers.

Good morning ladies.

I’m sick, again. I really don’t know what’s going on. Right now I just have a head cold, I feel fine. Hopefully it doesn’t get any worse and I’m praying I don’t get a cough and congested in my lungs!

Cheryl, thank you for the link for Dawn’s memorial. I will make a donation after the holidays as well.

Beth, so scary!! Thankfully Ruben is okay. I hope they find that guy soon! Would your insurance go up even though it was the drunk driver’s fault?

Linda, you and your family are in my prayers. I hope your hubby’s episodes go away soon. And I hope Breezy finds a wonderful full time job soon! She will!

Katie, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. That just sucks, all of it! Pixie dust to you that 2010 will be a 100% better year for you. And thank goodness your little one is okay! Poor thing.

Hope you're feeling better soon.

I'm sorry to hear of all your problems Katie! If the insurance was COBRA eligible, it will be retroactive if you get it now. It's expensive though, and that might not be an option for you.

It seems like so many of us are in need of prayers this holiday season.

Beth, I'm so glad DH is ok. How scary and maddening!

Today is the Christmas party at the boy's preschool. I'm excited to see what they do. They kids are so cute and sweet. We have our final eval after school for speech...thank you Jesus!! I feel like I've been torn in 5 different directions lately.

OK, I'm off to feed myself. I hope everyone has a great day.

Heather

I hope your boys had a fun time at their Christmas party. How are you feeling?

Wow, I just can't believe all the tragedy that is happening to so many of us. I am thinking of and praying for all of you! I have gone through some really rough times but right now things are not so bad, just the economy but we at least still have jobs and our health and a safe and warm place to live. It is 19 degrees and I hope my pipes don't freeze and break now that I have said that!

I'm off to work to try to get everything done as quickly as possible so I can get home to get ready for my trip tomorrow.

Keeping good thoughts that your pipes do not freeze. Make sure you leave one faucet on the smallest drip (some where in your home) it helps keep your pipes from freezing.

Good morning and Happy Hump day!!

Stacerita I am glad you got in to your doc and I hope that these meds help and that sucks about having to take your bp so much but as they say it is prob best so take care of yourself. I am on BP meds as well but I take it for my migraines. I take Propanolol you? It is weird because I already had pretty low bp to start with and now this makes it SUPER low so I am cold a lot and tired. Just fyi some possible side effects you might have. Anyway be well!!

Linda I am so sorry about your dh. I will be praying for him and you and Bree. Again I am so glad you felt able to share this and you all will be in my continued thoughts and prayers!

Beth that is terrible! I truly hope you guys can track this jerk down and that your ins goes after him AND the cops for hit and run!

You guys going to MA are going to have a blast! So jealous! Take lots of pics k?

Cristabel sorry you are not feeling well. Hope you start feeling better soon.

Steph that sucks about your car window! I SO know what you mean about crap happening at bad times. It really stinks! ((Hugs))

Donna that's too bad about your drains. My parents have an older property and their's gets tree roots in it all the time so they have had to do the rooter a few times so I know how expensive that can get. Hang in there!!

Well hopefully I didn't miss anyone but if not ((hugs)) and good vibes to all!

Yesterday went fairly well. It was SO good to see my girls again and their conferences went well. They only have a few areas that they need to work on so in general they are right where they should be. Then they begged me to let them get an ice cream for getting a good report card so I went ahead and let them have one. For anyone who like candy canes and chocolate DQ has a new blizzard right now that is SUPER yummy. Even if you aren't a real fan of candy canes this is REALLY good!

Then we just came home and last night we went to dinner at Elephant Bar. We got a gift card LAST year from our soccer team for Shane as coach and I have just never got around to using it. (not my fav place to eat). I was thinking it might be 20 or 30 bucks but it was 60!!! So it paid for all but 7 bucks of our meal! I was really happy about THAT! And Shane decided to buy himself a new phone and wanted me to get one too so we are on the same network and it isn't costing us a ton to call eachother so we switched to verizon. So I have a new number if we are doing the phone lists again this year. Plus if anyone tries to call my old one that is why it is disconnected.

Anyway we had a good talk with the girls and I think at least for now things are going fairly well. Shane and I had a LONG talk about how things are going to be around here and HOPEFULLY we can stick to that!

Today I have to go in to work for about an hour and the girls are still on min days for the rest of the week and then tonight the girls have church. Then tomorrow I was finally able to get my doc to do the 2nd swine flu shot so now I don't have to go to the stupid clinic! I also have a stupid bump on my leg with a bruise and my whole calf on the other side and going down my leg is numb so I worry about blood clots since I take the pill and that is a side effect. So when I take the girls in tomorrow I am going to get it looked at.

Then Fri we are doing the holiday lights tour with the scouts and Sat Katy has another soccer game. We were SUPPOSED to do a fun gingerbread house making thing at church on Sunday but we didn't go last week so I never got us signed up. But based on everything that happened it is prob good we just stay home and get things arranged and relax!

Anywho that's bout it for me. Hope everyone has a better day today! TTYL

Glad to hear things are going okay. Continuing to keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers in hopes that they continue to stay well.

I love NyQuil!!
Rain, rain stay away!!! Good luck on MA! I know the Dashing Divas will kick butt.









Not at all. I love your attitude and it's one I'm trying to take on as well. I mean, really what choice do we have other than to chose to stay positive? It's either that, or sit around and cry and feel sorry for ourselves which will get us no where.

Did you see the story on that one Biggest Loser contestant who's husband, 5 year old daughter and 2 week old son were all killed in a car crash?? She was on Ellen and was saying how she didn't know how she was going to go on, but she made the choice to keep living, and keep having her faith, and keep spreading happiness to those around her. Amazing. I'm not sure I could have if I was in her shoes. kwim??

I have this hanging in my room, and I'm always reading it to my kids hoping to drill it into them. Doesn't always work, on them or me, but I do like it and find it to be true. If only I can just learn to apply it more often in my own life and stop being such a grouchy, mean, ***** all the time.

ATTITUDE
by: Charles Swindoll

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude, to me, is more important than facts.
It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.
It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.
We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.​

Okay, that's enough out of me. I promise!!!

Thank you so much for that inspirational paragraph.



steph
(going back to continue catching up)

 

[disney-super-mom]

Thanks everyone for the well-wishes for my dad. I hope he does recover, but this time it is going to be tough. My mom can't get the bleeding to stop (he takes meds to keep his blood thin), and on top of that, he has diabetes, so he doesn't heal well anyway. I just feel terrible for my poor dad and my mom.

 

[21yankees]

Thanks everyone for the thoughts & prayers. They mean more than you know to me . I really don't have any one to talk to (except my younger sister) so it's good to know you guys are here to listen.

I'm sorry you're having a relapse. Try to get some sleep & take care of yourself .

I looked into COBRA, but for a family, the cost is redonkulus . I'm applying for "Healthy Families" for my kids, which is a State subsidized program. The monthly fees and co-payments are really inexpensive, so I hope it works out. I won't have insurance, but at least the kids will .



Thanks Beth. I'm very thankful the baby is okay & the brain swelling went down on it's own. It was very scary & I thought Adara was going to have a breakdown she was so scared.



I LOVE your positivity Beth.

I'm still remaining optimistic! I may have a few more bumps & struggles the next few months, but I believe we will survive no matter what happens.

Oh, and on the laundry mat I felt the same way you did about lugging the baby and all the laundry back & forth. But like you said, at least I had a car to help me out. And I was grateful that I got all my laundry done in under 2 hours instead of an all day event .



I don't know why problems happen all at once, but I'm a firm believer that God doesn't give you more than you can handle, so I'm sure I'll be fine. Yes, it's not fun & my life right now is far from where I thought I'd be at this point in my life, but at least I have my kids to help keep me from going insane .

Devin is 14, Adara will be 13 in February & Laila will be 1 on Dec. 29th.

It's a good year to sort of skip Christmas because Devin & Adara are old enough to understand and the baby has no idea what's going on anyway . Devin's just excited I'm making him fried chicken .

Glad to hear your kids are understanding and more importantly that Adara is doing well.

I've got roto rooter here. The good news is he says that it's not the main line unless both the shower and tub are not draining! Yea! He is outside trying to do the drains there (which are not draining at all but it's a separate line). They won't charge inside the house if they don't repair it but outside it's a flat fee regardless. But he's giving it a good college try! Thank you Kelly, Callie, Stacie, for your kind thoughts, I think they worked! (and anyone I missed!).

Grateful that it's not raining today and the hillside can dry out!

Hope it all works out for you.

I'm only hoping we can finish the hunt! We got the free hotel room, who knows maybe we'll win the shirt competition! What more could we ask for??

I know Carol has a team going as well, so the competition is ON!

I'm sure you all will do well!

Hi Divas! I hope everyone is having a marvelous week so far! I know I posted telling you about my submarine so I wanted to show you how it turned out...

It is for my final in my children speech arts class. I am doing the story of Finding Nemo. There will be a lot more props but the submarine was what I was in charge of. I think it turned it pretty neat...what do you think?

Love the submarine.

My poor dad fell in the shower yesterday evening. His skin is so thin that it just takes a little bump and it rips right off, so you can imagine how much skin ripped off when he fell. My mom couldn't get him up, so she had to call my brother to come over to lift him up off the shower floor. My brother said dad was all cold and shivering, blood just pouring out of him, and that he is TORE OPEN.....almost his entire arm and the front side of one leg.....and looks really bad.....sigh.

And my mom's car is messed up (shop changed the battery in it, which somehow messed up the programming of the security system and the car's computer system), so my mom has no car while her car is getting fixed. My parents' other car is down in Lake Havasu.....they had to leave it down there because they needed to get my dad home (to Spokane) right away to see his cardiologist, so they didn't have time to drive up.

My brother is in town for some court stuff (he's getting a divorce), so he's using Justin's car to get to/from all his appointments. Justin is using my Escape to get to/from work. So that leaves me with no car either.

Hmmmmmm......where's that bottle of peppermint schnapps?

Hope he heals quickly.

steph
(continuing to catch up)

 

[disney-super-mom]

DEBRA.....

Hey babe, I have a little problem. With my brother in town using Justin's car, and Justin using my car, and my parents' car in the shop getting fixed......I don't have a way to get to Red Robin to meet for lunch tomorow. Well, actually, my brother said he could drop me off for lunch, but he has to be in court at 1:00pm, so he can't pick me up.

Ummmmm, so......do you want to give me a ride home? You don't have too if you don't want to or if you don't have time. Seriously, we could do lunch another day if it's not possible. But I thought I would ask.

 

[21yankees]

Hi everyone.

I am days behind on posts but I need some help and hopefully someone here can help me out.

Does anyone have any experience with being Vitamin D deficient? My levels were low in June, so I was put on a supplement. I've been taking that for 5 months. I just had my levels tested again this week and they are LOWER than they were in June. I'm really worried about this.

Now my Dr wants to put me on 50,000IU once a week for the next 8 weeks.

Everything I'm reading about says this is not a good idea. It can spike my levels too much.

Just hoping someone can give me some advice on this.

I wish I had some advice but if you don't feel comfortable with it maybe you both and come to some sort of agreement (something like a slow increment?

Wow you guys have been chatty, chatty!!
I will try and catch up later.
Finals are over
Winter Break has now started!!!!

I was called about a job from Mc Cain Foods, similar to what I did before but the pay is sooooo good!! And way better than what Simplot paid.
I have to send them a resume. I have not ever written a resume before. I have never had a reason to. So I will be working on that tonight.

Then comes the dreadful interview. I have not had an interview in like 11 years. So that should be fun also.

to everyone who needs them.

Good luck with your resume and your interview, I'm sure you'll do great!

Now onto some good news.......I just gave my notice at my current job because I was made an offer at another hospital. I will be the new Director of Health Information Management. Its a huge step up for me. I am really excited and totally freaked out at the same time.

Hope everyone is enjoying their evening.

Congrats!


steph
(I think I'm all caught up for the moment.)

 

[Queenbillabong]

Thanks everyone for the well-wishes for my dad. I hope he does recover, but this time it is going to be tough. My mom can't get the bleeding to stop (he takes meds to keep his blood thin), and on top of that, he has diabetes, so he doesn't heal well anyway. I just feel terrible for my poor dad and my mom.

Capri, did your dad not go to the hospital? With the bleeding plus blood thinners plus the slow healing that comes with diabetes, that is not a good equation to deal with without medical intervention. Slow bleeding can be dangerous because it is insidious and you are not sure exactly how much is lost, but it does add up.

 

[stacielee]

Now onto some good news.......I just gave my notice at my current job because I was made an offer at another hospital. I will be the new Director of Health Information Management. Its a huge step up for me. I am really excited and totally freaked out at the same time.

Hope everyone is enjoying their evening.

So cool! Congratulations!! You'll do great!!

And cool for you, too, Deb! I'm sure you'll do fine as well!! Hopefully you and Capri can still go to lunch, I think you guys should get a great big table and pretend all the Divas are there with you!!

 

[DangerMouse]

Now onto some good news.......I just gave my notice at my current job because I was made an offer at another hospital. I will be the new Director of Health Information Management. Its a huge step up for me. I am really excited and totally freaked out at the same time.

Hope everyone is enjoying their evening.

Hey! You snuck that in on the bottom and I almost missed it! Kuddos to you on a new position! Sounds like a really great move and opportunity for you. Is it a much farther commute for you?

 

[toocherie]

Now onto some good news.......I just gave my notice at my current job because I was made an offer at another hospital. I will be the new Director of Health Information Management. Its a huge step up for me. I am really excited and totally freaked out at the same time.

Hope everyone is enjoying their evening.

Awesome awesome awesome!! I assume it has more "normal" hours??? I'm so happy for you.

Hugs to all the Divas who need them.

Janelle--I did check and I DO take 50000 IU of Vit. D once a week and so far (a year and a half) no ill effects. Plus I do take 1,000 IU every day. When I was diagnosed with low Vit. D (and exhausted at the time) my doc said I had one of the lowest levels he had ever seen in his career!

 

[jordansmomma]

Thanks everyone for the well-wishes for my dad. I hope he does recover, but this time it is going to be tough. My mom can't get the bleeding to stop (he takes meds to keep his blood thin), and on top of that, he has diabetes, so he doesn't heal well anyway. I just feel terrible for my poor dad and my mom.

Hey has your dad seen the doctor yet for this? I know at my work we have this special bandaid stuff that is made for the thin skin and this type of issue. If not you guys need to get him into the doctor have this checked out.

DEBRA.....

Hey babe, I have a little problem. With my brother in town using Justin's car, and Justin using my car, and my parents' car in the shop getting fixed......I don't have a way to get to Red Robin to meet for lunch tomorow. Well, actually, my brother said he could drop me off for lunch, but he has to be in court at 1:00pm, so he can't pick me up.

Ummmmm, so......do you want to give me a ride home? You don't have too if you don't want to or if you don't have time. Seriously, we could do lunch another day if it's not possible. But I thought I would ask.

Don't be silly, doesn't Spokane have public transportation?
Take the bus.......................





Just kidding, of course I can give you ride home.
I will be walking around Target and the stores around the area if you would like to come early.


Ok I still need to catch up.

I am watching A Christmas Story...I totally love this movie!!