TKers Take the Fifth!

[racetrack18kb]

LITC, don't you ever, ever feel bad about coming here to complain. We have plenty of love to go around to everyone. I'm sorry things are going bad for you right now. I wish I could help with your husbands job. And with the feeling sick part, remember your body is changing everyday. I've known quite a few woman who have been sick their whole pregnancy and the baby was just perfect. You really need to take a deep breath. I know it's hard but you will get through it.

 

[Pikester]

I hope I dont sound like to much of a complainer right now, especially with so many others experiencing so much worse but it's been a yucky week.
I have been feeling sick allot this week, and I thought that part was long over. So in addition to the backaches and achy knees and hips now I am feeling nauseous again.
Also DH is going through some stuff at work ( too much to type all out here) but it could go as far as him losing his job. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Here we are less than two months from becoming parents, I am not working the second job anymore due to it being to much on my body right now, and this could happen? I only make half of what he brings home and my company does not even offer health insurance. Not to mention that I realy really wanted to try to stay home after the baby is born, and this probably absolutely outs that out of reach for us. Because even if he stays employed with the company he will be changing positions and losing a significant amount of his salary. I'm absolutely sick about all of this. This morning when I found out I just broke down. I am actually afraid of being this upset and nervous, I am afraid that I am hurting the baby.

Feel free to complain all you want. There is more then enough room for all of us!

 

[LivinInTheCastle]

Thanks Race and Pike! I dont even know how I am feeling right now. I can't even concentrate on trying to dis right now. I have so much stuff I need to get done and I cant get my booty off the couch. I just feel like a brick wall fell on me..

 

[racetrack18kb]

You don't have to worry about getting on here. You can always find me at facebook or email me if you want.

And things will get done. I always seem to wait until the last minute to get ready for the baby. But I did it and you will to. One day, you will be filled with all kinds of energy and preparations will just fly.

Hey Pikester! You know if there is anything I can do for you and/or Sukie, just let me know.

 

[Pikester]

Thank you racetrack!

I wish my Mom was here. She will be back on Sunday but not until 9 or 10 at night. I called Beana's husband to see how he is doing and to ask him if he needed anything but he said that he was all set for now. He plans on calling a big family meeting so that he can get some help with the different decisions that need to be made.

I'm still feeling weird though. I get teary-eyed now and then but for the most part I'm calm. Maybe it's because I feel the need to be my "Mom" or something.

 

[LivinInTheCastle]

Hey Pike, just realize that you should grieve however it feels normal to you. You may still be in that "shock" of it happening so recently. I know for me I cry immediately at news like that, then I am calm as can be throughout preperations, then a week or two after everything has settled I lose it.

 

[racetrack18kb]

Of course you are feeling weird. I had so many mixed emotions when my grandmother died. Mad one minute, sad the next, and add in trying to hold it in for my kids so they wouldn't see I was a wreck inside.

How are your kids doing?

 

[mariezp]

Pikester, I am so sorry to hear about your Beana. Sending prayers and hugs your way.

LITC, I will be hoping and praying that things settle down for you. Now is a really crappy time to be stressing out over DH's job.... not that any time is good. Just try to remind yourself that things will all work out.

 

[Pikester]

DS11 was still awake last night when I got home from the hospital so I told him what had happened. He got a little teary-eyed but all he said to me was "So that's where you have been". I told DS8 this morning and he asked me if it was the grammy that lived across from G.G. (GG is Sukie). I was like nope honey and then he said "Oh, it's the one that lives in that house". Even though I was sad I just had to .

 

[LivinInTheCastle]

Hey all-everyone take good care of yourself. I am going to turn in. Since I took this entire evening to try to get my head together, I have lots to do tomorrow and I want to attempt an early start! Good night.

 

[racetrack18kb]

Pikester, kids always seem to know what to say at the right time to lift our spirits without even trying.

Night!

LITC, don't you push yourself too much tomorrow. We worry, ya know.

Take care and get a good nights rest.

 

[DL55]

Good morning everyone
LivinInTheCastle
I hope everyone's day goes better than the past few days.

 

[Pikester]

Good afternoon Tkers!

Having a quiet time right now before DS11 has a friend coming over to camp out in the back yard tonight. We are going to go out to dinner and then let the boys entertain themselves. Hopefully they do a good job of it.

Thank you everyone again for the hugs and kind words. I'm still feeling weird but am hoping that once my Mom gets home things will start processing.

I hope everyone is having a good day.

 

[LivinInTheCastle]

Hey everyone, Just checking in. I feel a little better today but I think my mind has probably been to busy to think about the things I dont want to think about! Haven't gotten nearly 1/2 the stuff done I wanted to, but I'm ok with that. I'll have all evening to do stuff once DH leaves for work shortly. Hope everyone is having a great day.

 

[disney54us]

Disney54us: Glad your ds was open and said he didn't like his school. It's hard enough to go through those years. Liking school is very important. How far is the new school? Will he have old friends there? Maybe he'll discover public school wasn't that bad after he experiences this year. My hairdresser's Catholic school told her to take her twins to public school because they could not give them the help they needed. She wasn't very happy about that but they did good this year. Her son, 7th grade, was glad for the move.
And you know Racer---always speaking her mind!

Oh the new school is even closer then the public, walking distanse. Some kids from 4th grade (when his old school closed) went there last year. Some kids are Catholic school kids, I think my son is one of them. My DD transfered this past fall from Catholic HS and went to the public her senior year and loved it! She did great and if anyone would have told me at graduation I would find her with tears rolling down her eyes I would have never believed it. For her it worked, for him there is only one class each grade level, it is a small class and these kids have been together (most) since K. So going into 5th is not the greatest age to be the new kid add in that I learned his class is know to be "difficult" aka alot of nasty kids. It didn't work for him, so hopefully he will be happier this year.

Hi All,

Interview today was 2.5 hrs. However, every time I think it went well it doesn't. So I am refraining from commenting. They did say they'll be in touch by the end of the week. We shall see. Hope this is it. I am sick of the unemployment game.

Disney54us - Best of luck to DS. I too am a catholic school gal - all 12 years. And today, I still choose to work in those schools. The pay is lousy, but the values are great. Luckily the church we belong to is more progressive and liberal in their thinking and not the die-hard consevative catholics of yesterday. No nuns w/ rulers running around. In fact, in all my 12 years of school never had a nun like that.

Kitty - All set to watch you on Mon. As I type this, DS7 is playing Millionaire (by himself) and acting out all the parts. He is so full of drama. He is so excited to see you on TV.

Ooops! Timer went off and meatloaf is done. Gotta run! Talk to ya later!
Hi everyone!

I read ahead so if I'm keeping my stories correct you did get the jobbut need to brush up on Spanish. No he never had any of that at his now closed old Catholic School, it was a wonderful, nuturing place. There are many if they can afford not to work in the public schools that chose to stay with Catholic schools. Hope you enjoyed the meatloaf.

HI ALL!!!!

D&D, keeping my fingers crossed for you.

marie, I know what noodling is. We sometimes watch fishing shows and I remember seeing people fish that way. Don't think Curt would ever try to do that though. Fishing year round is one of the things Curt is really looking forward to when we move down south.

disney54us, hey!!! Looks like you've been all kinds of busy. That's great that DS was able to tell you how he felt about school. I'll keep my fingers crossed for it to be a better year for him.

Thanks racer

Hello TKers!! Just wanted to check in and let you all know I am still around. Getting swollen and achy-so I've been spending more time resting, gotta get that done now before the little one arrives!! Miss you all and hopefully one of these days I can get back to posting more often.

Hi LITC I know we did not really get to know each other, you came on as I sorta disappeared. Congrat's and I see your almost there, so just take care of yourself.

I know I brought up about Curt's next tattoo but never posted any ideas. And I'm sure most of you are not into tattoos but it's actually something that we like. Even if you don't like them personally, I would love some feedback on what we are thinking.

This is the basic design that we are working with. Curt told me what he was looking for and I searched the web.

He could get it on his forearm, he's got the room on one of them. But we are thinking on his back, between his shoulder blades. Pretty close to his neck. And in the staggered look.

He would add another star...each one signifying one of the kids. Each one of the kids would pick their favorite color and have the star in that color. On a curve through the star, he would have their name and birth date.

For the miniature stars above the bigger stars, he would start in black and have them slowly blend into each bigger star color. For example, if DS and DD13 picked blue and green, he would start in black, fade to a blue color and eventually mesh into a green color. And so forth into each of the colors all this kids pick.

Okay on the tat's I personally have a love/hate thing with them. I don't have any, nor does DH. I think they work for some people within reason. For others it doesn't. Don't have a exact formula (haha) just I could see one and think ugh and another and think I wouldn't do it, but it works for that person. I do look at it as a art form, so even if I don't think it looks good on someone I look at how good the design and color is. I like the design and that the stars would be symbolic of the kids. Color a definate and I would have the 4 main large stars taper down in size a little as it works away from the center star. Not feeling that all the main stars are the same size. So there's my ink opinion, do love to watch Kat from time to time, that would be the only way I would consider getting one and a very very small one at that.

 

[racetrack18kb]

Hey disney54us! Thanks for the input on the tattoo. I like that idea of having the larger stars taper down in size. I'm going to have to run that idea past DH.

How's things going for you?

 

[disney54us]

Well, you know we're all not on facebook! You could at least post a smilie everynow and then. Besides, I hardly ever have anything earth shattering to talk about and you know it hasn't stopped me! Are you driving to NYC? I would be nervous too. You need MagiKitty's number...she's an expert there! Hope you had a good day.

It's cloudy here---again---and getting hotter. I hope Racer's happy. Going to 90's on Sunday!

Well you could be on FB

M&N...are you an ice cream girl? I only like ice cream as an accessory to pie....gosh I'm so craving something right now! I ate a cucumber sandwich for lunch, and cucumbers are mostly water, so I have some spare calories somewhere....I'm almost sure of it.

Oooh....that family of the high drinkin crasher is claiming that she hardly ever drank. So she decided on the day that she would drive 5 kids home that she would just happen to bring a bottle of vodka? And have more than 6 ounces of undigested alcohol in her stomach? Please....DENIAL is not just a river in Egypt! grr....

I saw that on Fox New Network, okay and what about the pot, guess she never did that either.

Okay DL55... How do you say "I got the job!!!" in Spanish???

Okay so I did read correct. Great jobDon't know to much Spanish either.

OMG! John Hughes the movie maker died today! He was my 80's movie god!

Actually just heard that this morning, hello am I living in a cave? Love his movies! Did they say what he died of? he was only 59.

Well, I just had one of the worst 16hrs of my life!

Got a call yesterday at 3:30pm telling me that my "Beana"(Grandmother) was at the hospital and that the Dr had put her on "Comfort Measures"(keeping someone comfortable until they die). It took me a couple of hours to get myself ready so that I could get to the hospital so I didn't make it there until about 5:30pm or so. I was in the room watching my "Beana" pass at 8:50pm. At 9:00pm I was leaving a message on the cell of my Mom's Travel Agent to see if there was a way to call her while she is on her cruise ship to tell her that her Mom had passed away. Heck of a thing to have to call and tell your Mom. By the time I got home and had heard from the TA it was 10:00pm. I called my Mom. That is all there is to be said about that.

I get a call from my Dad's Mom this morning asking me how Beana was (I had called when I found out about Beana so that she could pray for her; my Nana is deeply religious) and after filling her in on the death she told me that she had some bad news to share. It seems that while I was with my Beana my cousin who is 25 and the mother of 3 had tried to kill herself. She was admitted into the same hospital that I was at but I of course had no clue till this morning.

My DH and I just last night were saying to each other that "it" always comes in threes.

DH's Grandmother passed last Tuesday, my Beana passed last night and my cousin tried to commit suicide.

Pretty crappy two weeks I tell you!

Pikester I don't know what to say except how sorry I am for your loss and Sukies.

Thank you everyone!

Sukie will be coming back on Sunday which is the end of her cruise. We figure by the time she made all the arrangements to get home it would probably end up being late Saturday early Sunday anyways (She is at port in Mexico today). My Beana is going to be cremated so a service can be held at anytime. I made sure that everyone was understanding that no services would be happening until my mother got back (or I would have to get UGLY on them!).

Right now I don't know how to feel. It's wierd. I cried yesterday and I couldn't get warm for anything. I think I started shaking when I got the news at 3:30pm and didn't stop until I went to bed at 11:00pm. Now I just feel blah. I've been doing chores and I ate breakfast out with a friend and I feel weird. I totally didn't even think to help out Beane's husband with arrangements because that would have been something my Mom would do. I called my Uncle but he hasn't gotten back to me. I'm pretty much just.......

There is no right or wrong and mourning is a barrel full of different emotions. So just go through them and mom will be home soon.

I hope I dont sound like to much of a complainer right now, especially with so many others experiencing so much worse but it's been a yucky week.
I have been feeling sick allot this week, and I thought that part was long over. So in addition to the backaches and achy knees and hips now I am feeling nauseous again.
Also DH is going through some stuff at work ( too much to type all out here) but it could go as far as him losing his job. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Here we are less than two months from becoming parents, I am not working the second job anymore due to it being to much on my body right now, and this could happen? I only make half of what he brings home and my company does not even offer health insurance. Not to mention that I realy really wanted to try to stay home after the baby is born, and this probably absolutely outs that out of reach for us. Because even if he stays employed with the company he will be changing positions and losing a significant amount of his salary. I'm absolutely sick about all of this. This morning when I found out I just broke down. I am actually afraid of being this upset and nervous, I am afraid that I am hurting the baby.

Hang in there, because that is all you can do and prayer for the best. Things will fall into place, though hard to believe sometimes they do. Crying won't hurt the baby, its better then keeping it all inside.

 

[disney54us]

Hey disney54us! Thanks for the input on the tattoo. I like that idea of having the larger stars taper down in size. I'm going to have to run that idea past DH.

How's things going for you?

You were here now your gone. I'm okay, rolling along through Summer getting board. I was so meant to have a beach house. How about you? See your thinking the cruise thing.... Go For It! Different experience both my kids loved it. We stayed a couple of days prior and a couple after. By then you may be living in FL right? How is that going? Have you narrowed any areas down?
The tat, I don't mean super taper but when I look at the pic the large ones are all the same size and I instantly thought they should be tapered a bit, I really think it would look better. Mmm, maybe that could be my next career at tatto artist that has no tattoo's.

 

[LivinInTheCastle]

Hey there Disney54--I remember you!!! How have you been?
I believe that John Hughes had a heart attack while taking a walk-if I am not mistaken. Sad.
Good to see you around, come back soon!

 

[racetrack18kb]

Sorry, disney54us. Kids were asking for ice cream so we took a walk to get some before it got dark. Right now, I have hold on 2 cabins through the DCL website. I'm waiting on a few other requests to who has the best deal. And I'm going to warn you now, I'll be bugging you all over the place with questions.

Hi LITC! Are you feeling better tonight? I think you are right about John Hughes.