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Briana has to sell 1,909 more boxes of Girl Scout cookies to reach her goal... :) The cold has officially made it to my bones. Yes, my bones. I am absolutely freezing. My toes might start falling off one by one soon. Really though, I think we have had enough rainy days that we now deserve some sunshine. There was so much I had to do today and 90% of it consisted of me going outside. Have you ever had to go back and forth from a laundry mat in the wind and rain? Not fun.
Last night was the first night that I dedicated myself to transitioning baby Dominic from sleeping in our arms or in the co-sleeper in our bed to sleeping “on his own.” I didn’t prepare for it ahead of time; therefore, I rigged something up in the living room so I didn’t interrupt Bobby’s sleep. He did a good job. I didn’t get much sleep but I suppose that is expected.
 That's our bed little man... My future sister-in-law, Stephanie, and I took little Miss Briana to the doctor today. She had been complaining of her eyes, nose, and throat. When I hear throat I am on it. Strep throat spreads in this house faster than mayonnaise. Apparently, it sounds as if she just has some allergies with post nasal drip. It seems that she had a really good time while we were there. She even sold some cookies to the doctor. J  Somebody seemed happy to be at the doctor's office So Bobby ran some errands today. It was only me and Dominic so we (okay, maybe I) decided to play “modeling.” I guess that is what you would call it. I was going through his drawers, cleaning out stuff that doesn’t fit him anymore (yes, he is THAT big to already be growing out of things). I came across a couple of things that were in their last moments of time of fitting on his body. So we started changing clothes and taking pictures. We got three items in and he was over it. We still have more to go and even a shoot titled “The Many Hats of Baby Dominic.” Stay tuned…
Well, here we go again… more “sleep training” for the little guy. I prepared for tonight. The bassinet is now comfortably on my side of the bed. I wonder if it will be another sleepless night for me? The things we do as parents. J I love our children.
Back to Life,
Lovely Rita
Briana has to sell 1,913 more boxes of Girl Scout cookies to reach her goal... :)
NOTE: This is my blog entry from 01/19/2010. My New Year resolution of blogging daily is important to me. I wrote it and went to post it; however, the web hosting site was down. It disappointed me and now I am thinking about switching over to another site. I was thinking about Blogger - any feedback on that?
Rain, rain, go away – Briana wants to sell cookies today! The cookies sales are not going very well these last couple of days. The weather has been so horrible – too horrible to attempt a cookie selling adventure. Briana will only be able to take orders until January 29th… I sure hope some big orders come through soon. My friend, Kristy, did visit today and ordered some cookies. Good thing an order came to her – she didn’t even have to go looking for it.
Lately, I have been eating more fruit. That is a good thing I suppose. I actually craved a banana today. Unfortunately, Bobby had eaten the last one this morning. There was no way I was going to venture out into this weather just for a banana. Tonight I settled for an orange. I shouldn’t say settled. Oranges have been extremely satisfying to me. Does anyone know of any yummy and healthy things I can do with fruit?
Bobby took a trip this morning to the college campus to purchase his books for this semester and talk to a couple of programs he wants to be a part of. He stopped into Angie’s, a local poker room, to play his $32 in chips his mom bought him for Christmas. J He entered into a tournament starting at 11:00 am… he texted me at 11:15 saying he was done and on his way to the campus. L Not his day for poker I suppose.
As much as I enjoy spending time with my fiancé, Bobby, I think it will be really good for us when he returns to school this semester. Even though, he won’t be gone all day, every day, there will be days that we will be apart. Although, I will miss him, baby Dominic and I will get to spend quality time together. Not to mention, maybe I can squeeze some “me time” in there if Baby D takes a nap. We will see about that.
Well, I am going to tinker around a bit on BlogFrog before I hit the bed. Blogging success is in my future… I’m going to figure this out J
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Lovely Rita
Briana has to sell 1,924 more boxes of Girl Scout cookies to reach her goal... :) Sometimes you must think, if she has nothing to blog about, why blog? If you read back from the beginning, you will know that it is a New Year resolution of mine to blog every day. After this year, I should have it down to where I blog like a professional. J Until then, there will be days you’ll just have to read nonsense – well I guess it depends on how you look at it.
The weather was cold, rainy, and windy today. That put a damper on my plans. I had planned on taking Briana to a few places to sell Girl Scout cookies. That didn’t happen. She spent quality time with my mom today and I stayed indoors. Tomorrow after school we must attempt some sales if we are going to make her goal.
Our little baby Dominic turned ten weeks on Saturday. He is getting more fun as every day goes by. He loves when the “monster gets his feet,” patty cake, and peek-a-boo. I kid you not this baby is going to have the patty cake thing down in no time. He even grabbed his Winnie-the-Pooh rattle all on his own today. When he is in the mood, he just smiles, coos, and sometimes even laughs! Babies are so much fun!
A new television series started tonight of Fox – Human Target. I was approached with an offer that if I watch the first six episodes and take a short survey after each, I will be sent a $5 gift card for Amazon. I know $5 isn’t much. I look at it this way: we watch TV and we have wanted to find a new show. So why not get some money for watching one?
That brings me to the website that made me this offer – Vocalpoint. Mostly, I am skeptical about websites that offer you free products and such; however, I have been highly satisfied with this website. Periodically, they will send me a sample of a product along with coupons. Sometimes these coupons are for free products or a few dollars off of something. I have received free samples of razors, cereal, cereal bars, dryer sheets, shampoo, etc. I would definitely recommend this site to everyone if you like free stuff. Click on the picture below to be directed to their website.
 Click to visit their website I’m going to watch another new show before I go to bed, Life Unexpected. The previews have made it look really good. I DVR’d it. Today had for sure been a rainy, TV watching day. We also watched the new episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Have a good night…
Back to Life,
Lovely Rita
Briana has to sell 1,925 more boxes of
Girl Scout cookies to reach her goal... :) Relaxation – that is what it is all about. At least that is what today was about. We took advantage of the weather. We took a rainy day today. Comfort food, blankets, movies, and snuggles. We watched Lifetime movies of course. I started to watch the Golden Globes but Bobby wasn’t feeling it. I had to turn it off. No worries, I DVR’d it to watch at a later time. I did get to see how uncomfortable Jennifer Aniston looked up there… odd.
Bobby, Baby Dominic, and I are lounging around on the couch. We are watching the Natalie Halloway story on Lifetime – so very sad. Stories like this make me want all my children close to home at all times. I know that is not possible. It’s just scary letting go. My son is 14 and that is enough for me right now. I can’t imagine what it is going to be like when he turns 18…
That is too much to think about. On that note, I think I’m going to do some more relaxing for the rest of the night because it’s kind of nice. Didn’t do any cookie selling today… there is no school tomorrow so we have a plan. We’ll see – she claims she is too shy to sell them. Goodnight.
Back to Life,
Lovely Rita
Briana has to sell 1,936 more boxes of Girl Scout cookies to reach her goal... :) Today was good. We got to get out of the house! We went to a family member’s 3rd birthday party. Briana had a great time with all the other little kids. She even got some of the adults to buy Girl Scout cookies J They served yummy tri-tip sandwiches. Note to self: don’t ever forget to buy a present ahead of time. The selection was slim at our local CVS store and what they did have was over-priced for what it was. We ended up getting her a cute little Fisher Price doctor kit.  The Birthday Present After the party we finally went out to Bobby’s grandma’s house. Let me tell you, it’s been a long time a coming. We have been saying since before Christmas that we needed to get over there. She only lives like five miles away. So we were finally able to give her the Christmas present we got her. It was a nice visit. Grandma loved getting to see and hold Dominic. She’d only seen him once when he was a couple weeks old. He had no problem holding a “conversation” with her.
Since we found out I was pregnant we have been trying to locate a picture of Bobby when he was an infant. At first, we wanted to see what our baby could look like. Nobody knew where one was. Then, when we found out he was a boy, we really wanted a picture because our baby had a good chance of looking like him. There was not one to be found. Then, after our baby Dominic was born, we wanted to compare them… still nothing – until today! Grandma had tracked one down. Dominic and Bobby look so much alike as babies! It’s adorable. AND the picture is from when Bobby was three months old. Dominic is two and a half weeks. There will be a picture to come. Sit tight.
I found some important information today. Tons of products have been recalled including Benadryl, Tylenol, St. Josephs, and Rolaids. I had to check mine out to see if they could possibly be one of them. We are in the clear, are you? You should check for yourself if you have any of these. You can find the recalls at this website: http://www.mcneilproductrecall.com/page.jhtml?id=/include/prd_all.inc  Click on picture to see recalls There is quite a neat website out there. It will take you back, way back to the beginning of time. Well virtual time. It is an Internet Archive called Wayback Machine. You can type in the website you would like to view and voila there it is, a complete listing of dates related to that website. Choose a date and it will show you how that web page looked on that day. It can take you back to the beginning of MySpace… that was funny! It really shows us how far the internet has gone. I think it could be a fun time waster. Check it out for yourself and let me know what you think. Click below to visit the “Wayback Machine.”  Click to visit the website The baby’s bottles must be washed before heading to bed; therefore, I must go now. Goodnight.
Back to Life,
Lovely Rita
The alarm went off at 7:15 am and I got up! I hopped in the shower, got ready, washed Dominic’s bottles, and packed his diaper bag for our day. The maintenance man at the apartments got here at 8 am to fix the water heater. We were out of here shortly after 8:30. We had the pleasure of going to my mom’s for breakfast. She cooked Bobby and I eggs, biscuits, sausage, and hash browns. It was yummy. I provided the orange juice. J
We had to leave there to take Dominic to the Doctor’s office in Willows. Turns out he is just testing us with all his little quirks. She says he seems to be teething; however, what we see on his gums may not necessarily be a tooth… hmmm? Only time will tell. I’m not sure how I am going to get a picture of what we see. The little guy will barely let us get a good look at it. I’ll keep working on that.
We did go back to my mom’s. She is in the dark when it comes to computers. Bobby ends up “fixing” it every couple of months. She lets my 20 year old brother use it – and who knows what he is doing on there. Anyway, it was running super slow. Dr. Bobby came to the rescue. By the point of leaving my mom’s we were so exhausted. We still are. It’s almost midnight but we are headed to bed here pretty quickly.
Today is the official day that my six year old, Briana, has started taking orders for Girl Scout cookies. We have been working on it from home today and I have to say I’m impressed by what we have ordered so far. I can only imagine how many orders we will get when we actually start trying to sell them. We will be out and about in the town of Orland tomorrow. Get a hold of me if you are interested in ordering some cookies. They are so yummy!
Well it is off to bed I go. I actually forgot all about my blog today. Bobby reminded me a minute ago. I’m so tired; I didn’t want to do it. But it was a New Year resolution and about the only one I have been consistent with so far. I figured I had better keep up with it and keep clear of disappointment. Off to count cookies I go – I mean sheep… goodnight.
Back to Life,
Lovely Rita
Something came over me today. I was so hungry and I wanted something yummy for dinner. So I set off to the grocery store not knowing exactly what I was going to buy. I just started roaming the store, putting things in my cart until I came up with a meal. We ended up with white rice, teriyaki chicken cooked with garlic and bell pepper, broccoli, teriyaki sesame noodles, and egg rolls. It was pretty good! First elaborate meal I have cooked in a while.
Guess what? We’re not 100% sure but we’re thinking that baby Dominic is getting his first tooth already! He will only be ten weeks this Saturday. It’s kind of crazy but we see white and feel something… but it’s up top. I thought babies usually get their bottom teeth first but every baby is different. I’ve even heard of babies being born with teeth! He’s been super fussy and had some eye things going on so he has an appointment at 10 in the morning… I’m going to have her take a look at his teeth, just to be sure. I’ll let you know and of course post a picture. J
It is almost midnight and I really should be in bed. We have an early morning tomorrow. Our maintenance man here at the apartments is coming to replace our water heater at 8 am! That means I have to be up, showered, and all the bottles washed because he will have to shut the water off. We will see how that goes. I haven’t had to be up and ready that early for quite some time.
Being that it is so late, I think it’s time for bed… no website review tonight. I’m going to finish watching this episode of Reba then I’m off to bed – maybe. I’m kind of not tired… that is not good.
Back to Life,
Lovely Rita
It was a different day today than usual. Bobby decided today was the day for painting the bathroom; therefore, baby Dominic and I went to my mom’s house across town while the fumes lingered throughout the house. It was nice to hang out at my mom’s for a while. It’s been too long since I have been over there. We don’t take Dominic out of the house too much (he’s still little) so this was the first time he went to Grandma’s house. He didn’t mind it. My mom even made me breakfast – eggs, sausage, & biscuits. J  Dominic taking a nap at Grandma's for the first time. That is one thing I miss about being a kid and living at home – her cooking. Okay, maybe that is not the only thing. Sometimes I miss not having so many responsibilities too. I remember when I was a little girl, my mom would tell me I’d better watch her cook so I could learn. She always preached to me that one day I would need to know how to cook. She was right and why didn’t I listen? Now I’m stuck cooking the more simple meals and Bobby is the chef of the family. Maybe it gets better with age…
So I was browsing the internet today and came across a picture of Mischa Barton (from The OC). They were targeting her weight gain. Is this really necessary? Personally, I think she looks healthier with a little extra weight on her. Granted, the leggings might not be doing much for her but all in all she looks as the wind might not sweep her away anymore. What do you think (besides the fact that Hollywood makes way too big of a deal about celebrity’s weight)?  Is it really that big of a deal? So I found a quirky website this time. It’s one of those “when you’re bored” websites. To me, New Year resolutions tend to be routine and usually the same every year. There is lose weight, eat healthy, exercise, etc. Wouldn’t it be fun to add some more unique resolutions (and realistic ones…) to your list? Well there is a website that generates random resolutions. If you don’t like the one they give you, just press the “gimme more” button and they’ll give you another one. Click on the picture below to visit their site and find out for yourself. My first one said “eat a mango.” I never eat them. Maybe I’ll have to try one. Let me know if you get anything worth attempting.  Click to get your resolution... Time to close up… wonder what tomorrow will bring…. Goodnight.
Back to Life,
Lovely Rita
Today I spent some time thinking about what in the world I could focus on within this blog. Time was spent thinking, brainstorming, and browsing the internet. Consistency is the key. It’s seems difficult to find something that I am passionate enough to write about every day and remain consistent. I’m assuming that at some point you all will get tired of reading about my day and what is going on. It’s not that I’m not passionate about things – I guess I’m just confused. I suppose I will figure it out over time.
My morning was different today. It seems that for this morning at least, Bobby and I swapped roles. He did get up with baby Dominic at 4 am. But then I got up at 7:00 and stayed up. Bobby got up and got Briana off to school while I fed Dominic. Then he went back to sleep – until after 11 am. I attempted to lay down with Dominic – that didn’t work. Every time I put him down or moved he would squirm and wake up. Sleep was not an option for me (neither was brushing my teeth). Let’s just say I have a new appreciation for my amazing fiancé, Bobby, and everything that he does for me. I love him!  This is love. So I have been slowly researching this while clipping coupon thing and saving money. My goal is to eventually make a shopping trip and pay nothing. Today I sat down with the CVS advertisement and found things I needed. Then I went online to try and find coupons. The coupon thing wasn’t too successful. I only found one (good thing I had some other ones). Anyway, I ended up getting a few things that were not on my list but they were on sale. This is what I got:
5 rolls of Christmas wrapping paper
10 gift boxes
1 very small bag of Christmas candy
3 boxes of Christmas card
2 Christmas gift tags
1 Bottle of Pantene Shampoo
1 Bottle of Pantene Conditioner
1 Bottle of Purex laundry detergent
1 Bottle of 60 count Tums
With the coupons I had my total came to $13.31 after tax; however, I did receive $3.00 in CVS bucks to use with my next shopping trip. Personally, I think it was a pretty good deal. Usually, the shampoo, conditioner and laundry detergent would’ve come to $13.00. My receipt says I saved $65.12!!! I’m proud.  Click to visit CVS' website It’s time for bed… goodnight all!
Back to Life,
Lovely Rita
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