Tuesday again..

It is funny but I don't think I like Tuesday very much these days.  These are the days when my kids act up, my hubby and Josh are gone to work all day and I feel like trash usually and today is no exception.  Of course, I now know WHY I feel like trash.

Yesterday was my dr's appt.  I have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes and have been told I will probably need to take insulin shots.  THAT made my day!!!   The good news was I only gained 4 lbs in the past month and that's a total of 14 the whole pregnancy so far.  A funny note, was while using the bathroom, I had noticed a piece of nylon stuck in my velcro on my casual dress shoes.  I pulled it off and thought no more about it.  Well, when I stepped on the scales at the doctor's something felt off and I looked down to see my stiff toes of my bad foot ALL out of my nylon and it looked so funny I about lost it right there!  LOL.

Anyway, my iron levels have dropped dramatically from 136 at start of pregnancy to 112 yesterday.   My sugar was 5.6 which is okay but I had not eaten anything.

My doctor thinks perhaps this one will come early, head is down and possibly engaged.  I have 77 days left but they will take it at least a week early anyway maybe more if my sugar goes up.  My doctor also thinks I have a hernia from the coughing and puking while I was so sick.  I know it hurts there like crazy. 

No pre-eclampsia though, my bp is actually LOW at 102/64 and that's probably why I can't stand lugging my body around in stores etc.  That and the low iron.  Apparently the low iron can cause the low bp!

SO I have been taking vitamin D and today looked on the bottle to find not to take while pregnant or nursing!!!  WHY?  I look online and the sing the benefits of taking it loud and clear and yet the actual pills say no way!  BIZARRE!

So today's kind of a bummer because I have not slept good at night the past two or three nights and am extremely exhausted all day.  After the doctor's, Derk and I came home and slept for an hour!  We NEVER do that! sigh...  He put my new blinds up for me last night and I love the way they look.  It's slowly coming together!  Hopefully all done and painted before I deliver!  I'm impressed though!

Well time to get something done about lunch here.  Not sure what that will be.  I'm not very decisive lately lol.

Sick on Sunday

I have two sick kids today plus whatever is going on with me.  My friend says I could be pre-eclampsic and to get to my doctor.  Luckily I have an appt. tomorrow.


I'm so tired of lying around doing nothing but my vision is not letting me do much either because it's often so blurry.  How am I supposed to do books and things when I can't see anything sigh... have an eye appt on Thursday so am really hoping they change my prescription. 

Don't have much else to say at the moment... mind is blank vision blurry lol.  I'll stop here.

Thursday's Triumphs!

Yay!  It's been so long since I could write something positive in here, but at least I'm feeling much better and am back hard at schooling my children instead of existing through it, and am getting my church end of year work done more and more each day!   I will meet my first deadline which I set for myself this weekend and I'm pretty glad for that.

I just came down stairs to find that the younger kids trashed the entire main floor.  HOW DO THEY DO IT?  sigh...  They had about 1 hour after Josh went to work and I came down and they range in age from 4-14 so honestly guys!  You don't really NEED to act like little babies anymore!  Even my 4 yr old is normally a neatnik and is very smart and organized.  Soooooo... mama is NOT impressed with them all at the moment and computer time and outside time has been put on hold till this is fixed.  Oh and I mentioned the fact that tomorrow is allowance day and suddenly.... wonder of wonders..... miracle of miracles.... they are finding the energy to clean up their messes!!!  Oops some of them have snuck UPSTAIRS now!   GRRRRR lol.

Daddy will be off work in an hour and home about 20 min after that so I'm going to be real glad to see HIM!

Anyway, I'm still coughing, wheezing and have that sucking cough every so often.  Not sure why.  Never have had this happen in any other pregnancy.  My blood pressure feels like it might be up a bit, and my blood sugar definitely IS.  I'm supposed to go for the long sugar test on Wednesday.  Not looking forward to that.  Was supposed to yesterday and went and found out it was cancelled.

Sooooo trees are covered with hoar frost, sun's shining and it's about -7C so a good day to be outside but instead?  They are cleaning!  ME?  I'm getting off of here and writing my receipts!

Sunny Sunday but ohhhh so chilly!

Well I did it!   Yesterday I went into the city with Derk and actually walked around Walmart!  Got a new nightie and some new shoes for me, a few things for Derk and kids, and some baby stuff.  Two little pj outfits and a hat and some pampers swaddlers diapers.  SO at least I have SOMETHING now!  It was fun and I was exhausted.  We at at McDonalds, in the van so I could undo the zipper in my skirt because it is up to my chest being a regular size not maternity.  Luckily it was a very LONG skirt and still is lol. 

Then I stayed in the van and read a book while Derk did the grocery shopping.  It was a good day but oh my am I SORE this morning.  Staying home this am, as hubby wants me to be doing and will go to church tonight for the first time in over a month if all goes well.  I'm feeling pretty good other than being so sore.  After lying in bed for over a month, it's understandable I'd be sore walking around like that.

My friend had a baby girl yesterday. 

Thursday's Trials n' Triumphs!

YAHOO!!!  I just broke te 90 days mark!   89 till my due date, less if they take it c-section as planned.

I'm so weary this morning.  I can't sleep but my eyes hurt and I can't seem to get awake completely either.  Understandable after the evening I had last night. 

First of all, Michael was sassy and rude all afternoon, wouldn't do his work and so he got in trouble from Derk last night.  He keeps saying he can't find his math book and won't look for it so Derk made him get looking.  After tearing the house apart, bawling his face off and being a total jerk, he suddenly remembered a bin I'd sent to the church but that the kids didn't take right away.  He felt the book was in there and went off at almost 9pm to check.  Sure enough!  There it was!  SIGH

Then Josh called for a ride and Derk went to get him, the littles had been sent to bed.  Suddenly we heard a crash and screaming.  Ember was goofing on Jenaya's bunk bed and fell off of it smashing lip and nose.  There was blood everywere and one look at that nose told me it might be broken.   We got the bleeding stopped and got her downstairs by the time Derk and Josh came home and iced it.   Then came prayer and discussion on what to do.  We hate the doctors here and only use the hospital in extreme emergencies for stitches or whatever.  They give you a choice of 3 diagnosis!!!  Honestly they do!

Anyway, after the ice and prayer, her nose looked much better, I consulted with a nurse friend and also looked up info online and decided we could wait till this afternoon to take her to Winkler to our clinic if we need to.  She is doing great this morning.  Derk woke her when we went to bed last night and checked on her early this morning.  I fell apart!  I couldn't handle anything... the blood, the nose injury... nothing.  Am I getting old and finicky?  Or just pregnant?  sigh...

So that was last night and all evening I'd had incredible pressure and pain in my left leg to the point I was almost in tears.  A hot bath only helped for a few minutes.  In fact, that leg throbbed until around 5am this morning!  I also had wicked heartburn all night too and so between that and the worrying about Em, was up most of the night.  Then at 5am, the snow plows were doing something on main st. and their lights and noise woke me up.  I propped myself on Derk's pillows and rested till 7:30 when the girls got up and then although I FEEL awful, couldn't go back to bed so am now sipping coffee and am about to dress and face this day.  SO glad tormorrow is payday and this weekend is a long one!

Anti-Procrastination Day - Wednesday

This morning started slowly and kind of chaotic.   Josh had to go to work, it was garbage day, the dogs needed walking etc.  Michael of course, wouldn't get up, was up too late last night.

Once Josh left, I called a front & center and gave the kids their orders.  Michael on my laptop doing his SOS in MY room... Larissa and Jenaya doing downstairs cleaning and twins cleaning their bedroom while I sorted through files and papers from the past year, tossing more than I kept and organizing what was left with Zachary being my garbage guy.

By noon, I was finished, Larissa had started and finished her school too and Michael was done his and sent for chores but he did not do them.  Instead he was on the computer which means the passwords will be changed yet again so he can't get on any time he wants to.  Very inconvenient, but he won't stop sneaking on there.

Michael wouldn't go for the mail and threw a fit therefore is now grounded for the day.  I'm sick of his attitude and he just does NOT learn!  sigh...  Larissa is making lunch, the twins are setting the table and Zach is playing while Jenaya does her school.

After lunch, Michael has to remove battery from lumina and start cleaning out the lumina and the white cargo van.  He is NOT going to be impressed let me tell you!

There's got to be a way to make him straighten up!  SIGH...

Well everyone else is co-operating and i'm so impressed with my work so far.  Hoping for a great afternoon too.

Tuesday.... nuff said.

What a day so far and it's only 10:30am!   Oh good... here come the snow plows and our broken down lumina sits yet again on the street.  Someone is supposed to be coming to get that out of here, but they have not come. 

My day began at 4am waking when hubby's alarm went off an hour early because they had a huge tour coming in today and had a shut down in the plant and couldn't get areas cleaned.  So today they're all in there frantically trying to make up for lost time.  sigh...

My legs are snakey and my stomach hurts so bad from all the coughing I've been doing.

Phone rang at 8am telling me the church alarm went off and scared the doctor's secretary.  Got Josh to deal with that as I knew nothing having not been there lately, and then finally got a call from Derk telling me he did send a text but it never has shown up to me.

Obviously this day is not starting on a good note, there was no milk for my coffee, the coffee was watery anyway and my 14 yr old son has just dragged his body out of bed at 10:30 sigh...
There's gotta be a way to turn this day around and get some good out of it!  Josh is off today again and we need to accomplish alot in his school.  We did a great job of it yesterday!   Got a catering book and exam done with 95% in it, got most of his subjects done, the kids got theirs done and the day went rather well.  The night however didn't go as great and it seems to have carried into today.  sigh...

Well, I'm going to try and see what I can do to change things around and get them on track!

Monday's Moans n' Groans

Monday started ohhhh somewhere in the middle of the night for me.  I woke up suddenly after finally falling asleep just a bit before, only to freak out remembering that hubby's driver's license expires tonight at midnight!  sigh... I love those middle of the night reminders of things usually deadlines! 

The REAL morning was around 8am when I woke again and realized Derk left his cell phone here.  That means no contact with him so i'll probaby need to stay in or on this bed all day until he gets home incase anything like Friday starts up again today.  Josh is home today and we need to get moving on school while we have the time.

Snow has stopped and the sun's out.  SUpposed to be -12 today which we can handle!

Sunny, Snowy? Sunday

Well here I sit, home alone on another Sunday morning.  I heard the neighbor shovelling her driveway this morning but not sure how much snow we got.  As of bedtime last night it wasn't much but they did say 10-15 cm so we shall see I guess.

The entire family loves the doors Derk painted yesterday and he's really glad he did it too.  I knew they would look wonderful!  Even IF it's just a temporary fix, still it's better than that icky white that's been there since we moved in. 

In a few minutes I'm going to watch the Pentecostals of Alexandria and really am glad they broadcast online because otherwise I'd get no church at all!

Happy Sunday people!  I AM on the mend, DO feel LOTS better, but it still isn't complete yet.  Ears are pounding, back throbbing... and of course all the prego symptoms that keep me up half the night.  However this too shall end.  I'm only about 10-13 wks away from seeing this bambino!

Saturday, February 6th 2010

Saturday again.  Still sick.  Had terrible contrations, tightening, and other things going on that concerned me alot.  Thankfully with drinking lots of water, monitoring them and stopping what I was doing and resting, everything stopped. Feel bigger, sorer this morning and my husband will NOT let me off that bed other than to dress, use the bathroom and later I can go down stairs and sit on the couch.  BORING... sigh... but I really don't feel well yet.  My ears are plugged, sinuses acting up still and I'm gaggy over everything.  Not sure why or if this is part of getting better or not, but those are the facts and so here I sit bored to tears and sick and tired of bedrest!

I've been sick since January 20th and that means if I'm not better in 4 days, it will be 3 weeks!  That's a long time!  Baby's moving alot!!! and is obviously growing.  Hopefully it's the baby growing not me!  How nice it'd be to come out of this with no extra weight or dare I hope a few lbs of MY OWN gone? 

Time to find something else to do that will hold my attention for awhile.

Thursday, February 4th 2010

Thursday morning...
Michael stayed up too late and didn't get up again this morning.  My normal lament I guess.  It doesn't matter when one sends him to bed, he doesn't sleep!  sigh...

Josh doesn't work till later so we have another day to get cracking at that school.  We had an episode here with him two nights ago and told him a few home truths about school and how hard he had to hit the books if he wants to graduate.  Being a homeschool mother, knowing our situation and his, makes it really hard to crack down on him, but it had to be done or else fail him.  Work is taking precedence over school and he promised that wouldn't happen.  So we hash all that out, he goes to work and finds the new woman quit and another is pregnant so will be quitting within months, and a third may need surgery and also might quit working there.  That means HE will get MORE hours not less and we can't have that.  Not for 6 months anyway!

Larissa and Jenaya have taken teaching the littles their phonics on and are doing a great job of it while mom is recovering.  I am feeling alot better, but still don't have much energy and as soon as I get off the bed and try to do things, have coughing fits that rip my stomach apart. My doctor said to rest and not cough like that if at all possible because it's stressing the baby so I'm trying not to be moving around too much just yet or getting upset although this week, that's not been an easy task at all!

I'm taking vitamin D now too.  I'm really hoping it helps.

This week is almost over with now and I can't believe it's gone so quickly.  I ordered a crib set for the baby that I really really wanted and got off ebay for a lesser price than I could have gotten the equivalent here.  Not that we had it here.  Now I'm waiting on its arrival.  So far, I will have that, a blanky and 4 bibs.  That's it!  Pretty pitiful!

Well, guess its time to get this day revved into high gear.  It's going but not quite fast enough for my liking today.  I have some things i'm hoping to accomplish in my room.  One is to clean it up.  It's not that messy, more untidy because of our renovations we did last week and of course with me so sick I couldn't do much and so there's school, library books and all the church work I have to do in the next 3 weeks and then laundry plus tools in the corner and just some tidying and organizing to accomplish.  I actually FEEL like attacking some of this today and that's a first in over 2 weeks so I'm excited!

My ears are pounding.  I know this happens when I'm pregnant, but its also because of being sick.  I wish hubby was home, but it is almost 10 am already so another 5.5 hours! lol.

On with my day!

Terrible Tuesday!

Okay, I'm sick, trying to recover, almost 6.5 months pregnany and miserable that's true, but this morning takes the cake.  Ember has gotten into a stage where she does things just to upset people and she's mean and sly.  I hate to say such a fragile sweet dimpled little girl could be such a bully but really she seems to be just that lately!  She's constantly picking on her twin sister and little brother and it doesn't matter if you give less or more attention, she does what she wants and too bad for you.

Even when Derk and I give a command she refuses to listen until she's pushed all our buttons and we are on the brink of insanity.  This morning all she was asked to do was brush mommy's hair which she does regularly and loves doing.  Nope... not this morning!  SHE wanted to go do what the other girls were told to do and so did her little act.  It's kind of whining, pawing the air at the person blocking her way from what she wants to do or where she wants to go, and she will NOT stop.  She continues doing it over and over and over no matter what we say or do.  I've been noticing this behaviour lately where she will continue an action even if the item has been removed.  For example, one night she was making a racket with her drawing in church and the kids had paper everywhere.  I'd had enough and after leaving the piano, took all their pens and crayons and papers away.  Everyone else was upset but oh well... mom took it except Ember who was continuing to draw on her paper kneeling on the floor.  I took the paper and she tried to continue to draw on the pew.  Took the pen and she kept her hands in the circular motion and would not stop until I grabbed her hand and held it still!!

This is the type of behaviour we get.  Or she'll push her feet on someone beside her slyly until that child cries and gets angry and then we get upset with them and tell them to stop fighting only to discover what she's been doing and even once we know and see, she will NOT stop it!

I'm at my wits end!  So today she's been sent to her room to clean it since she will NOT behave and she won't do that either.  I'm so tired of her antics and yet do not know what to do with her.  At the moment, she's threatened her twin with something she says she'll hit her with.  I have a couple of kids with tempers, but this goes far beyond.  SiGH....

Her twin sister, Autumn-Rose on the other hand, is  usually cheerful, helpful and sings ALL day long.  No joke.  Derk said she was in her room singing for over 2 hours.  Her entire play was in song!

My older girls are doing great today.  Michael wont' get up as usual, but Larissa did and got everyone going.  She even made scrambled eggs for the kids this morning as Josh is at work.  She's turning 12 in May and lately has begun to show some maturing that I really am glad to see.

As for me today?  Not coughing as badly or as much.  Other symptoms are lessening as well and I actually got dressed in nice clean clothes this morning and made the bed although by the time I finished, I was back on the top exhuasted.  I feel better yet worse, stronger yet weaker in a lot of areas and my body is sore all over from the lying in bed and the coughing episodes.  It's been well over 10 days now that I've been sick, think about 2 wks actually tomorrow and I'm more than ready to feel better!  Taking my meds and they seem to have been helping yesterday and today.  The least bit of exertion or stress though can still send me into a bad coughing fit and leave me breathless.

It's only 10 am!!!   I'll be SO glad to see Josh at 2:30 and Derk at 4pm!!!