Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday is just 3 hours away so I thought I would get started. This week's picture features Megan in July of 06. After everyone writes a caption, I will explain just why Megan had a mug shot taken.
P.S. Some of you may already know what the crime was. (Kim P you may be the only one that remembers).

Emily

Dear Emily,
Happy 6th Birthday! You have grown so much this year and I am so proud of how well you are doing in kindergarten. You tell me every day how much you love school. Every morning when I drop you off and watch you skip across the crosswalk, I am so thankful for this little "hurricane" God blessed us with. That's what we used to call you, our little "hurricane". Your pediatrician said you "entered the world in dramatic fashion". I will never forget the morning you were born, it was the scariest moment of my entire life and I know that I will never be that scared again as long as I live. Your daddy says the same thing. Some day when you are old enough to understand, I will tell you just how close we came to losing you. How I was able to read the expression on every nurse's face, I will never forget the fear in their eyes when they saw what was happening to me. How I asked the nurse if this was normal and she said in a quiet voice "No, this is not normal". I will never forget the look on the nurse's face when she tried to find your heartbeat and it took a little bit to find it, but that little bit seemed like an eternity. How there was no time for phone calls, prayers, epidurals. How fast they raced me down the hall and I kept crying and saying how scared I was. How when I woke from surgery, I could barely talk and I managed to croak out your name "Ehhhhmaaaaly?" with a question at the end. How I can remember your daddy saying "She's ok, she's really ok, they are just keeping her in the nursery for awhile". How the first time I held you I could not believe it was possible for a newborn to have that much hair and how I could have given birth to this beautiful baby that looked like an Indian. How you threw up on me and I had no idea it would be the first of about 5000 times you would do so in the first year of your life. How I managed to hold my tears back until later when I was given a lunch tray and the buttery roll tasted so good and the tears began to flow and I could not stop crying with a mouth full of bread b/c I had been so scared of losing you. How I cannot stop crying now b/c I cannot imagine how empty my life would be without this hurricane that blew into my life.
God Bless You Emily. You are very loved.
Love,
Mommy;

If we had it...

There is a legendary line spoken in our house that has been around for many years. When Barnes and Noble opened up in Cape, Scott and I went in there to browse. I was looking for a specific book so I asked an employee if they carried it. He stood there and said (and I quote) "If we had it, it would be on the shelf". So we refer to this statement whenever we get bad customer service. Today, I was in a store that I normally don't shop at and I couldn't find a certain line of clothing. I asked an employee Where is the Lands End section. She pointed and said "It's over there unless we moved it".
So this afternoon, I called the Osage Center and here is the conversation:


Hello, Osage Center, this is Kade


Hi my daughter has a party there tomorrow and we have a pinata and I was wondering if you have something to hang it from


Hold on, I'll check


Ok


Hello Osage Center this is Jenna


No, I'm on hold with Kade, he's checking on something for me


Um...as far as I know, I'm the only one here


Excuse me?


I was told I'm the only one working here today


But I just talked to Kade


But I was told I'm the only one working here today


You don't understand I JUST TALKED TO KADE, he's checking on something for me


I think you need to call back and see what happens b/c I was told I'm the only one working here today, I'm working in the weight room and...umm...I was told I'm the only one working here today.


Ok


So I hung up, called back and Kade answered, put me on hold and then I hear:
Hello, Osage Center this is Jenna


PUT THE PHONE DOWN. JUST PUT IT DOWN. NOW.


I believe if we had Customer Service, it would be on the shelf. Unless we moved it.

I did NOT...

I did NOT slam on my brakes in the middle of the road this morning and pick up a turtle for Emily, since she has been begging for one. I did NOT empty a huge bucket of work toys in my trunk so this turtle would have a temporary home in my car. And trust me, there were NOT a lot of toys in that bucket. I did NOT drive around in my car all day with a very mad turtle trying to escape. This did NOT happen on a Thursday, which is my busiest day at work, where I rack up 200 miles between the hours of 7:30 and 3:00. This turtle did NOT poop 3 times and of course, this turtle did NOT hiss at me 3 times, b/c we all know turtles don't make noise.
I did NOT stop at McDonalds in Marble Hill and I most certainly did NOT order one of those greasy dollar chicken sandwiches so that I could eat on the road. And now my stomach does NOT feel sick from it. No, I feel great.
I did NOT have to put my car in park and sit 3 times b/c of construction on the road. And I most certainly did NOT do paperwork while I was waiting.
And now I am NOT going to go lay on the couch and parent in a supine position. That would be totally irresponsible.
Oh, and I did NOT fall down in the shower this morning. That would have really hurt.
What did you NOT do this week?
Michele
P.S. I am sending out a message to all of you out there who have faithfully read my blog but never commented. I LOVE YOU BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I just want to know who's reading these days. So talk to me!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday returns! This picture was taken on Kasey's last day as the girl's nanny. In case you can't tell, that's Megan with her. Leave a comment with the best caption. Be sure to read what everyone writes!

Wordless Wednesday

Yes, this is still my blog, I just changed things up a bit! Today is Wordless Wednesday. Check out the pic to the right that needs a caption. Leave a comment with your best idea.

Cryptic Speaking

Well, that last blog was a lot of fun but so many of you forgot to sign your name! It's no fun if you don't tell me who you are! And I am still trying to guess who sat in the parking lot and listened to Styx! Please tell!
One thing that Scott and I have always done around the kids is what we call "cryptic speaking". My Mom thinks it's pretty clever. Once the kids get old enough that we can't spell anymore, we have to talk above their heads. If you know Megan, you know we passed the cryptic stage a long time ago with her. Now Scott, Megan and I are using cryptic talk around Emily. I am trying to teach Megan how to do this. She is really good at interpreting though. For example, if we are talking about Emily, we will use "offspring", "sibling", "descendent", etc. "Eat" is usually "consume". "Buy" is always "purchase". Burger King might be "beef royalty". So if we are going to take Emily to Burger King, I might tell Megan "I am considering taking our offspring to Beef Royalty to consume poultry". Or "Your sibling will not accompany us to the retail outlets. Instead, she will experience a deep slumber". So tonight I'm wondering if anyone else does this and if so, give some examples of how you use cryptic speaking. Or just leave me a cryptic message. But please sign your name! Thanks!

I did NOT...

We're going to play a new game on this blog. I borrowed it from another blog I read. It goes like this:
Last night we went to the fair and I did NOT eat a pork steak sandwich, lemon shakeup, half of Emily's fries, half of Emily's hamburger and cheesecake on a stick. No, I would never eat that much fair food. This morning, I did NOT give my daughter a cup of coffee in an attempt to perk her up for swim practice. Today, I went to a yard sale and the lady was NOT selling laxatives and opened packaged of adult diapers, no, no one would do that, that would be insane. And for lunch today, I did NOT feed my children homemade fried cheese and chocolate crescent rolls, no I would never let them eat like that. And look on the sidebar- that is NOT another stray cat that needed a home. Scott would never let me bring home another animal. (Suzy and Paul, Scott said you would understand why he named this one Simone)
What have you NOT done lately? Leave me a comment.
Michele;

More of this and that...

I often think of things I want to write about on the blog but then I don't jot them down and they are lost. I am trying to compensate by writing everything down but I realized last week that writing doesn't help when the book gets lost too. I find myself repeating "I put it in a safe place" but a safe place doesn't help when you forget where safe is. Most days I am willing to admit that I have limitations but there are exceptions. Like the day I was driving to my friend Kelley P's house and I called Scott in tears and said "Kelley's street isn't where it used to be!"



I am not above begging for a hookup. Blake Shelton is coming to the ShowMe Center and if anyone out there has connections, I would give anything for a backstage pass, a hug, anything. If you know me, you know how much I love Blake Shelton. No sexier man has ever walked the planet. (Kasey is laughing and rolling her eyes, she just spent a year in this house listening to me talk about how amazing he is. Every time his video would come on CMT, I would collapse onto the couch. Oh, yeah, most of the time, I was already collapsed on the couch...)



Ok, now on to more serious things. My very good friend Kevin (vman) got some very bad news last week. His cancer has returned to his colon so now he has it in the colon, liver and lungs. If I had not been driving when he told me, I would have fallen to my knees. I have been so devastated by this. Kevin means so much to me, the thought of him having to go through surgery and more chemo again is just more than I can imagine. Kevin has had 20 rounds of chemo already. I am calling on everyone I know to pray for him and his wife Brenda.



I want to say Congratulations to my Mom!!! She has a clean colon! Way to go Mom! I love you!



Check out the new pics I have posted! Scroll down to see our prize-winning dog!



Thanks for checking in on me,

Love,

Michele;

So tired

Went to see my oncologist today. Platelets are still low. Dr. G thinks I may just have ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenia). This means low platelets for unknown reasons. She wants to keep watching it. She wants me to go back and see neuro b/c I'm still having trouble with my memory. The anxiety is gone but I still have confusion. I told her it's like this- My anxiety is gone so when I wrecked my car I didn't cry, I just laughed. I am also extremely tired lately, so that's why this post is going to be short, I am so tired I just want to sleep. I have so many things I wanted to talk about but I just don't have it in me tonight. So I will try to post again this weekend.
Love you all,
Michele;