Tasha's Post Baby Journal (Comments of course welcome!)

[Tasha+Scott]

Well, I am feeling really guilty right now. Last night Dh was late getting off work and my mom lives an hour away so it was late when we finally got here. I was doing well on my eating though. I had a salad but I felt like I was starving. So, I ended up eating junk food! I also was way too tired to even attempt to do any exercise! So I did terrible and feel terrible right now! On top of that we don't have enough money to pay our car insurance this payday (just found that out this morning) and I am feeling really stressed now! I am sure dh will come up with a way (he always does!) but I will stress until I know he has for sure! I could use any encouragement you want to give me!

The good news from yesterday is that Kylie didn't take a nap all day so she fell asleep in her bouncer while Scott and I were eating dinner. All I had to do was get her out of it after dinner and put her to bed. It's the first night I actually haven't had to put her to sleep by rocking her, etc. That was nice! Well, that's all for now ladies! I will be at my mom's until tomorrow afternoon!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Tasha!

I am praying that your brother's surgery goes well. What a blessing that after the surgery, he may be able to hear! Please keep us updated on how he is doing.

I am also praying that Scott will get his bonus today. My DH is still waiting too. The waiting part of all of this is so hard. It reminds me of the verse in Isaiah 40..."But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk, and not faint." I'm going to try and hold onto that promise today as we both wait for a blessing for both of our husbands.

Have a healthy and happy day, Tasha!

 

[joelyfaithsmommy]

hang in there Tasha...it'll all work out in the end!

and don't beat yourself up too bad for slipping, just saddle up, get back on that fish and swim like the wind!

hugs,
jen

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Thanks, Tracy! I am trying to be patient too but it is easier said than done!

I could really get used to having cable for my Internet like my mom does. It is sooo much faster than my pitiful dial-up connection at home!

I have a bit of a sticky dilemma I am facing here. My stepdad's cousin let his daughter move into their old house which is right next door to my mom. Well, she is my age but lives very irresponsibly. She has a son that was a result of a teen preg. that she doesn't take very good care of. She also does drugs and parties all night long. Since they have lived next door they have gone through owning quite a few dogs. All of the dogs either starve to death or get run over by cars. Now I am a HUGE animal lover so I can't stand to hear about it but witnessing it is much worse. They got a cute little puppy a couple of months ago. It is the sweetest thing but every time I see it it is skinnier than the last time! My mom told me that she kind of wishes that we would take it home with us so it won't die. I told her I would feel guilty STEALING someone else's dog. She said she understood but that it is literally starving to death and is going to die. She said she would take it if she didn't live next door and they wouldn't be able to find out she had it. Well, they are NEVER home and when they are they don't take care of it. I let my mom's dogs outside a while ago and the puppy came over and I about fainted. It is so skinny now it is nothing but bones! I did the only humane thing I knew to do and fed it! But now I am seriously considering taking the dog home with me! I don't know what would be the worse sin in this case: stealing someone's dog or letting it die knowing I could save it! Scott said that it's my call but he wants to save it. He figures that it will be weeks before the owners even notice it's missing and they will probably just assume it got hit by a car. We live an hour away so they wouldn't know we have it and it would grant me some peace of mind. Plus, even though we go through periodic rough pay periods we do get along pretty well most of the time and could easily care for it. If I wasn't a Christian I wouldn't even be wondering what to do. I would take it home. I guess I am wondering if God would forgive me for stealing if I was doing it for what I consider to be the right reasons. What do you think?

Okay, sorry for the long post but that is weighing heavily on me ever since I saw that the dog is literally starved!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Okay, I have decided my life is a soap opera! An hour ago I got a call from my stepdad's sister, looking for my stepdad. Apparently their mom isn't doing well and she was hoping to get my stepdad to come to the nursing home asap. Their mom is in her 90s and they have been expecting her to pass away soon for a year now but she hasn't yet. She has her good days and her bad but the way his sister made it sound she is on her deathbed right now. Hopefully I'm wrong but that's the way it sounded. I keep waiting for my mom to call and make sure everything is okay here but so far she hasn't and I don't know how to reach her since she didn't leave a number or anything. I hope his mom will hold on till he atleast gets to see her since they are very close and he usually visits her almost every evening. Her passing really won't come to a huge shock to anybody but it will be tragic if she passes during the one day my stepdad can't get to the nursing home to see her. Pray that doesn't happen please!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Okay, ladies, wish me luck! My weigh in is tomorrow. I have not done too well the last 2 nights since I have been at my mom's. She doesn't have anything healthy in her house right now and we are too broke to go get something if we don't have to. The good news is we did manage to come up w/the money for the car insurance but have nothing extra this payday and have very little for groceries but we do have enough to make do and next payday will be better so that's okay. I am going home tomorrow afternoon so tomorrow should be a pretty good day for me to get back on track again with the food and the exercise. I am hoping I will have lost something despite the past 2 days but I am not holding my breath!

My mom called and my brother's surgery went well. He has to get his bandages checked and removed in the morning. And it will be atleast 4 weeks of letting the scar heal before they can do the "mapping" and before he will be able to start using the implant to hear. But so far everything is going according to plan.

My mom also has a nice, big garden tub in her bathroom. We already knew Kylie likes baths but she has never been in anything other than her baby bath. Well, Scott and I took a bath in my mom's garden tub with Kylie and she LOVED it! She kept smiling, cooing, giggling, and splashing. We stayed in it for about 45 min. with her and I don't think she was ready to get out even then. She is definitely like me with the water. I was a water baby too and still am!

 

[toystoryduo]

and prayers for all that is going on right now, Tasha. Take good care of you!

 

[keenercam]

Good morning, Tasha! Wow! You have so much to deal with right now. First of all, I don't know that any of us is in a position to judge which is the sin, but I would have to take the dog home, even if it was for the purpose of getting it healthy and finding a new home for it. BTW, I don't even know Scott and I adore him for wanting to save the dog. He's a keeper.
Second, I hope everything is okay with your stepfather's mother. Did you get to talk to him when your mom called?
I am so glad that things seemed to go well for your brother. How exciting to think in 4 weeks his whole world will be different!
I hope your weigh in goes well this morning. You had 5 good days in the past week, right? Even if the weigh in doesn't go great, you have established healthy habits and know how to implement them going forward. Good luck!
Thinking of Kylie's first "swim" in the garden tub makes me smile. I bet she was adorable! Geez, I miss those days. Hey, maybe that is why my daughter takes 20 minute showers now! Maybe we should not have cultivated her love for water when she was a baby!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Thanks Tracy and Cam!

We didn't get home until nearly 6 p.m. First things first...my weigh in. I forgot to weigh this morning since we did a lot of visiting w/my family and running errands. I weighed this evening and I haven't lost but I haven't gained either. Of course I normally weigh early so it may not be what it would've been had I weighed earlier. I will weigh again next Fri. and hope for better results.

As for the dog situation...well, I am sure God will forgive me (considering the circumstances) and I brought her home with me. She is "getting to know" my other 2 dogs and sleeping with them right now. She is a very well-behaved, sweet puppy. We have decided to name her Penny b/c she is an auburn colored Dachsund and it made me think of the coppery color of pennies. My other 2 dogs are a miniature pinscher named Sassy and a beagle named Trixie. They are all very sweet and so far all 3 dogs are getting along great and my cats aren't having any problems either. She fits in rather nicely with our family so far and her and Kylie seem to like eachother too. I know this dog is going to be much happier, much better off this way.

I was at my mom's house when they got home and witnessed part of the situation w/my stepdad's mom. Apparently my stepdad visits his mom every single night except these past few nights when he was in Memphis b/c of db's surgery. Well, the night he left some new nurse's aid decided to switch his mom's medicine b/c she freaked out when his mom started yelling "Mommy, help me!" When they don't give her her medicine on time she doesn't know who she is or where she is or anything. The medicine keeps her mind at least a little normal. So the nurse's aid didn't know what was going on and did something to her medicine that made his mom start urinating on herself and she went pretty much into a catatonic state which freaked stepdad's sister out. Well, when he got home he called to get it straightened out (I witnessed the conversations he had) and the one woman was very friendly and said she would take care of it. Ten min. later the phone rang and another woman asked my stepdad what gave him the right to demand they fix her medicine?! Oh, that was not very smart. So, anyway, I got to witness my stepdad blow up and screaming at this witch of a woman (they have had other problems with this same woman in the past) for several min. Finally, she told him she couldn't care less whether his mom stays there or not. He had enough and asked for the nursing home's owner's phone number. She refused to give it to him and hung up. He called a lawyer and they are meeting Mon. or Tues. and they promised to help get the phone number for him and get everything taken care of. He was headed to the nursing home ready to cause a scene when Kylie and I left so I don't know what happened with that. I am sure my mom will call me tomorrow and let me know what's going on. But basically his mom was fine until they messed with her medicine and will probably be fine if they straighten it out. I'll let you know what happens.

As far as our financial burden...God is so good! I received a check in the mail from a company that I take surveys with. That helped a lot even though it wasn't much so we're okay now!

Kylie and I took another bath together at our house tonight. She is so much fun to give baths to. LOVES the water! She is almost too long for her baby bath now and probably won't fit in it anymore in a couple of weeks so I think I am going to start giving her baths this way from now on...atleast until she can sit up by herself. It was easier and it was relaxing for both of us. Well, I need to go to bed but thought I would give you an update. We are going to Dh's grandmother's tomorrow so I'll try to post more and get to journals tomorrow night!

 

[Cruise04]

Glad to hear you finally got some funds and that it's going to help you out. Sorry to hear about your stepdad's mom - that is horrible.

Hope you have a good rest of the weekend.

Keep on
Chris

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Hi, everyone! Well, it is almost midnight so I won't be on here long. Just wanted to let everyone know that today went very well for me. We went to Dh's grandmother's for a few hours this afternoon, then went grocery shopping. Then, I cleaned Kylie's room and packed up the clothes that are too small for her now. Tonight is the first night that she is sleeping in her own room. She usually sleeps in the bassinet beside my bed but she turns too much in her sleep and the bassinet isn't big enough for all of the tossing and turning she does. So far it is going well with her in her crib.

It has been 100 degrees here today (not counting the humidity!) so it has been too hot to work out until 11 p.m. and even then it was still 85 degrees. It is supposed to get up to 105 tomorrow!!! Anyway, I am so proud of how well I did today. I managed to walk for 30 min. on the treadmill tonight and walked 1.68 miles and burned off 133 calories. I am really proud that I was able to get back on track after being gone for 3 days and not working out those days. In the past, if I missed a day or 2 it would really mess me up which is why I am proud that it didn't this time.

The new puppy is very smart and is easy to housebreak so far...no accidents at all yet! I am really glad b/c I was dreading the stress of puppy "accidents" and it looks like it isn't going to be that bad so far!

Scott weedeated at his work this morning (yes, in 100 degree weather! ) so he added 60 min. to his July challenge min. bringing him up to 435/540 and his walking to Disney challenge he is at 13.49/722.32. You can look in my siggie to see what I am at. But I do believe I will not only make my goal but surpass it!!! I think Dh will too!!! I am hoping for great results during weigh in this Friday. Wish me luck! It is late but I will try my best to get to journals tomorrow. I have a lot of cleaning to do but surely I can find some time...hopefully!

P.S. Tracy, we STILL haven't heard anything about dh's bonus! How about you?

 

[Cruise04]

Good golly - sorry to hear you still haven't heard anything on your dh's bonus. WOW. Hang in there!!!

And good job on getting back on track - it is a hard thing to do!!!!!

Keep on
Chris

 

[lillygator]

Hi!! With all that heat it sounds like you are in Florida!! Great for you getting back on track... Have a great week!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

lillygator~ I used to live in Florida...that's where my family is from. It is just as hot here as in Florida but it seems more humid here! I actually prefer the Florida heat to this believe it or not! It was 110 with the heat index yesterday! It is supposed to be somewhere in that range today too!

Well, yesterday wasn't as good with the exercise for me. Our electricity kept going out for some bizaare reason. With the temp. being 110 degrees and the electricity being out (which meant NO a/c!) we decided to go to my mom's so Kylie wouldn't get too hot. By the time we got home it was late. So I didn't get to exercise and I didn't get any cleaning done either! I will try to do some of both today.

Kylie's pictures that I had made earlier this month should be ready today. Right now Kylie is sleeping in her crib. Although it sounds like she is starting to wake up. Whenever she gets up we will go get her pictures.

The puppy had a couple of minor accidents in the house yesterday, nothing major. Dh isn't used to housebreaking another dog since our other 2 are 2 and 3 years old now. I told him that the puppy is going to have a few accidents but at least they aren't too bad and that he better get used to it since Kylie will have to be pottytrained eventually too!

Anyway, I have a lot to do today (weather and electricity permitting!) so I probably won't get to journals today, but I will try to get to them tomorrow! Have a great day everyone!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hey Tasha!

I hope that the electricty stays on for you today! I can not imagine 100+ degree heat w/out an air conditioner! Whew!

On Saturday, DH's boss told him that as soon as the work is completely done, he will receive a bonus. No word on how much. The thing is.... it's really not my DH's fault that the job isn't completely finished. It's a matter of waiting on others at this point. So, we are continuing to keep praying and believing that God will bless us with this. Any news on Scott's bonus yet?

I hope you have a wonderful day today! Will you be posting Kylie's new pictures?

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Tasha,

I meant to post in your journal on Friday, but it was a crazy day!!!! For that I apologize.

Way to go on getting back on track this weekend!!! You are really doing a great job

I hope eveything works out, weather and electricity so that you can get everything done today.

Have a great day!

 

[Cruise04]

Hope your day is going well and staying out of the heat and in someplace cool is more important than trying to get exercise in. Glad you were able to be someplace cool!!!!!

Keep on
Chris

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Here are the pictures I had taken of Kylie at 2 months:

 

[Cruise04]

What great pictures. She has got the widest eyes. I couldn't help but make this comment because I was laughing - in that second picture it looks like she's trying to have a BM - the look on her face is priceless!!!!!!

You have a cutie there!

 

[Tasha+Scott]

LOL, Chris! Kylie makes that look a lot! She does it every time something interests her or catches her attention. She does have huge eyes and the photographer cracked up when she made that look and said she had to take that pic! Well, I will update more later, but right now Kylie is demanding food...sigh...kids these days!