So in 8 (eight) days something really big is happening.. Something that I've been looking forward to and dreading at the same time. My BABIES will be turning FIVE YEARS OLD . How is that even possible??? How is that 5 years ago at this time I was so done being pregnant and just wanted these kids out.. It doesn't feel like it's been 5 years at all.. Five years since I finally met the little ones that had taken over my body and made me a very happy person... Five years since Lee and I tried to figure out 2 sets of names just in case the ultrasounds had been wrong and we really did need some boy names to go with our girl names. Five years since life went topsy turvy for the first time (the second time would be 2 yrs and 11 months later)..
Along with counting down to their birthday I'm starting to countdown to Kindergarten for them. I think the official first day of school is August 27th.. I haven't made any countdown charts yet for that (too much time for 5 year olds to grasp) but know that we will.
So how are we celebrating this monumental birthday??? We're going to Disney... in 7 more days... That's right we leave the day before they turn 5 years old.. that way we can wake up to being 5 in the Most Magical Place on Earth.. plus I think that they get a wake up phone call on their birthday from the characters.. which should be really awesome.. I can barely wait myself..
More later...
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Sunday, April 7, 2013
3 weeks Post Move
I feel bad that I haven't been around lately to blog.. with the move and work and just life in general.. things have been chaotic at best.. but otherwise very busy here..
The move itself went really well.. Quite a few friends showed up and were really great about helping me with the move. I am still so moved that they were able to help me with it.
I'm still trying to go through boxes and find places for things that I have.. I also have a long list of things that I want and need to get for the new place. I took care of a few items on it yesterday but I still feel like I have tons more to do. I still need to hook up the DVD player and VCR to my TV in the living room. Thank goodness for the TV in my room that came with a DVD player built in so that we can still watch movies and videos.
My job has been a source of stress lately. Our Medicare Part D Assistance Program for 2013 opened on March 1st and we got a huge influx of applications from patients needing assistance with paying for their Renvela prescriptions. The assistance also helps with their other medications too. New this year is that we are not requiring the patients to pay any Out of Pocket expenses to be qualified (Having access to drug is a huge thing this year for our company) so everyone and their brother is applying for assistance. I think it's finally slowing down though and hopefully by Tuesday we will be caught up to almost Real Time on the applications that are coming in.
One other big stressor is that the Anniversary of Lee's death and our Wedding Anniversary is coming up soon. The sermon at church today was on Grief and Living and I started crying just a few minutes in to it. Thankfully some friends were near by and moved to be next to me so I could cry it out and they held me close and made me feel better after I let myself cry. Hopefully Thursday (the actual day) will be ok.. I'll stop and get some flowers for everyone on my way to the cemetery. I also have a dental appointment that day so I'm taking the day off from work to deal with my feelings of grief.
If I feel anything like I did today it's going to be a doozy of a day and then 6 days later would have been our 14th Wedding Anniversary. I think I'll be able to go to work that day though and be somewhat normal.
The girls are adjusting well and so far seem to like where we live now. They have a playroom for all of their toys now and having it is a huge hit so far. I like that I can basically shut the door on the mess that it usually is and be ok with it since the mess isn't everywhere.
That seems like enough of an update for now. I think I might write more later since we've been so busy lately.
The move itself went really well.. Quite a few friends showed up and were really great about helping me with the move. I am still so moved that they were able to help me with it.
I'm still trying to go through boxes and find places for things that I have.. I also have a long list of things that I want and need to get for the new place. I took care of a few items on it yesterday but I still feel like I have tons more to do. I still need to hook up the DVD player and VCR to my TV in the living room. Thank goodness for the TV in my room that came with a DVD player built in so that we can still watch movies and videos.
My job has been a source of stress lately. Our Medicare Part D Assistance Program for 2013 opened on March 1st and we got a huge influx of applications from patients needing assistance with paying for their Renvela prescriptions. The assistance also helps with their other medications too. New this year is that we are not requiring the patients to pay any Out of Pocket expenses to be qualified (Having access to drug is a huge thing this year for our company) so everyone and their brother is applying for assistance. I think it's finally slowing down though and hopefully by Tuesday we will be caught up to almost Real Time on the applications that are coming in.
One other big stressor is that the Anniversary of Lee's death and our Wedding Anniversary is coming up soon. The sermon at church today was on Grief and Living and I started crying just a few minutes in to it. Thankfully some friends were near by and moved to be next to me so I could cry it out and they held me close and made me feel better after I let myself cry. Hopefully Thursday (the actual day) will be ok.. I'll stop and get some flowers for everyone on my way to the cemetery. I also have a dental appointment that day so I'm taking the day off from work to deal with my feelings of grief.
If I feel anything like I did today it's going to be a doozy of a day and then 6 days later would have been our 14th Wedding Anniversary. I think I'll be able to go to work that day though and be somewhat normal.
The girls are adjusting well and so far seem to like where we live now. They have a playroom for all of their toys now and having it is a huge hit so far. I like that I can basically shut the door on the mess that it usually is and be ok with it since the mess isn't everywhere.
That seems like enough of an update for now. I think I might write more later since we've been so busy lately.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Changes Looming
So I've been quite busy lately and that alone has kept me from being able to blog at all.
I won't go into all the things that I've been doing since February 18th (when I last posted anything) but I will talk about one of them.... Moving.
After14 years of being where Lee and I landed after we got married, I'm finally moving out of my current address and moving to a new one.
This is huge.... it's even bigger and messier than when Lee passed away. I'm not really dealing all that well with the idea of packing up all our stuff and getting stuff purged and out. There are a lot of memories that are being brought up for me as I find all sorts of things.
I have found so many old cards and momentos and things that I truly want to cling to and keep forever but know that I can't. So I've had to be ruthless about throwing things out and paring down what I have.
The funny thing is that the place that we are going to is slightly bigger than what I currently have so one of two things will possibly happen. Either my stuff will look lost and I'll be forced to get more stuff (ugh) or what I already have will fit perfectly in the new place and I'll be flabbergasted at how I lived in such close quarters for so long.
I am very excited for this move. It means so much to me to be gaining so much. In addition to the standard kitchen, living room, 2 bedrooms that most places have, this new place will also give us a Pantry area off the kitchen with lots of storage, a Dining room area (with built in hutch) and a Sunroom that I will be making into a playroom area for the girls. I'm also going to have attic storage and the possibility of the use of the owner's washer and dryer in the basement. Just the idea of not having to pay for laundry makes me giddy and then there is the best feature ever. A driveway. I am getting the use of a 3 car driveway (the owner who will be living on the 1st floor has his own parking area too) that I don't need to share.. It's all mine...
I also will be gaining lots of freedom by moving.. Here I feel landlocked and not able to go anywhere without having to take my car with me.. At the new place if I want to go to my mom's I can walk there. Same with going to the park. There will be one just down the street. Want to have some Dunkin Donuts? I just need to walk a couple blocks to Main Street and boom I can get my Tea, Muffins and doughnuts for the girls. I could even possibly walk to church and the school that I want the girls to attend for Kindergarten will be nearby also.
I want to say some other things too but unfortunately I need to get going. It's a busy day here and the packing won't get done on it's own. I only have 6 days left here and I need to make the most of them.
I won't go into all the things that I've been doing since February 18th (when I last posted anything) but I will talk about one of them.... Moving.
After14 years of being where Lee and I landed after we got married, I'm finally moving out of my current address and moving to a new one.
This is huge.... it's even bigger and messier than when Lee passed away. I'm not really dealing all that well with the idea of packing up all our stuff and getting stuff purged and out. There are a lot of memories that are being brought up for me as I find all sorts of things.
I have found so many old cards and momentos and things that I truly want to cling to and keep forever but know that I can't. So I've had to be ruthless about throwing things out and paring down what I have.
The funny thing is that the place that we are going to is slightly bigger than what I currently have so one of two things will possibly happen. Either my stuff will look lost and I'll be forced to get more stuff (ugh) or what I already have will fit perfectly in the new place and I'll be flabbergasted at how I lived in such close quarters for so long.
I am very excited for this move. It means so much to me to be gaining so much. In addition to the standard kitchen, living room, 2 bedrooms that most places have, this new place will also give us a Pantry area off the kitchen with lots of storage, a Dining room area (with built in hutch) and a Sunroom that I will be making into a playroom area for the girls. I'm also going to have attic storage and the possibility of the use of the owner's washer and dryer in the basement. Just the idea of not having to pay for laundry makes me giddy and then there is the best feature ever. A driveway. I am getting the use of a 3 car driveway (the owner who will be living on the 1st floor has his own parking area too) that I don't need to share.. It's all mine...
I also will be gaining lots of freedom by moving.. Here I feel landlocked and not able to go anywhere without having to take my car with me.. At the new place if I want to go to my mom's I can walk there. Same with going to the park. There will be one just down the street. Want to have some Dunkin Donuts? I just need to walk a couple blocks to Main Street and boom I can get my Tea, Muffins and doughnuts for the girls. I could even possibly walk to church and the school that I want the girls to attend for Kindergarten will be nearby also.
I want to say some other things too but unfortunately I need to get going. It's a busy day here and the packing won't get done on it's own. I only have 6 days left here and I need to make the most of them.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Knitting update
So I figured out recently that I somehow misread the directions or the directions were not clear enough and I was knitting my sweater incorrectly.. It was insanely painful to have to rip out 40 rounds of knitting... and start over..
The starting over proved to be painful also since I somehow twisted my stitches somewhere in the initial 10 rounds and had to rip that out too..
But now I am pleased to report that I am currently on Round 51.. and things are looking much better.. as in just like the picture on the pattern itself.
Now I face a new challenge (since this is my first in the round top down sweater)... using waste yarn to hold the sleeve stitches and I have no clue how to go about this... I think I might have to wait till Wednesday night to even attempt it as I will be at knitting then and can attempt with the backup of some more experienced knitters.
My first attempt (close up) the lace is going into the armpit area.
Also the first attempt
The pattern and the ball of yarn after I ripped the 40 rounds of the sweater out.
The starting over proved to be painful also since I somehow twisted my stitches somewhere in the initial 10 rounds and had to rip that out too..
But now I am pleased to report that I am currently on Round 51.. and things are looking much better.. as in just like the picture on the pattern itself.
Now I face a new challenge (since this is my first in the round top down sweater)... using waste yarn to hold the sleeve stitches and I have no clue how to go about this... I think I might have to wait till Wednesday night to even attempt it as I will be at knitting then and can attempt with the backup of some more experienced knitters.
My first attempt (close up) the lace is going into the armpit area. 
Also the first attempt
The pattern and the ball of yarn after I ripped the 40 rounds of the sweater out. Friday, January 25, 2013
Kindergarten Looming
Apparently sometime between now and the last couple of years I blinked.. and something happened.. my babies grew from little itty bitty babies that needed me for everything into almost big kids who are going to be heading to Kindergarten in September.
I knew that this was going to happen. I just am suddenly not feeling all that ready. The girls are excited and I feel ready and if they were allowed would go to Kindergarten tomorrow (ok on Monday). What is making me feel so not ready for Kindergarten... I went to a Kindergarten Info Session last night and I saw many mommies and daddies that I haven't exactly seen in a small while. We all met for the first time when all the kiddos were babies that we could carry in infant carseats and put them on the floor together to interact as best they could. Over time there were playdates, birthday parties, and random meetups at the park. Last night though we all filed into the auditorium and listened intently as the school principals talked to us about their buildings and then the Kindergarten Curriculm was outlined to us along with the Registration process. Then they let us ask our questions.. We had a few then they sent us off with papers with some FAQs about the process itself.
I went home (ok to my mom's) and one girl was sleeping and I couldn't believe how much she looked like the little baby that I held not so long ago and I started feeling sad since I'd be sending her and her sister out into the world in just a few short months. I got melancholy and weepy at work today as I kept thinking about how quickly my babies have grown and how much their Daddy would be loving this time in their lives. They are both potty trained (with the occasional accident), are very chatty, seem to be so smart and are extremely funny.
I really hope that there is a program of some sort for the Mommies who thought they were ready to send their kids to Kindergarten but are reluctant to truly let go of those little hands and trust that their babies will be ok in a classroom filled with so many other kids and a couple of teachers. I'm betting that I won't be the only Mommy fighting back the tears as her babies enter the classroom, but I know that I'll also be fighting those tears because their Daddy isn't here to shed those tears alongside me and help keep me calm and distracted while the girls are in school for the first day.
Even typing this all out is making me weepy and needing to get the tissues, and this is just Registration. The first true day of school is still 7-8 months away and I think that I will be doing my best to not only keep them little by snuggling with them as much as possible but to get them ready for the independence that they are going to need to have once they cross the threshold into the Kindergarten Classroom and become school kids.
I think that's enough rambling on this topic for the moment.
I knew that this was going to happen. I just am suddenly not feeling all that ready. The girls are excited and I feel ready and if they were allowed would go to Kindergarten tomorrow (ok on Monday). What is making me feel so not ready for Kindergarten... I went to a Kindergarten Info Session last night and I saw many mommies and daddies that I haven't exactly seen in a small while. We all met for the first time when all the kiddos were babies that we could carry in infant carseats and put them on the floor together to interact as best they could. Over time there were playdates, birthday parties, and random meetups at the park. Last night though we all filed into the auditorium and listened intently as the school principals talked to us about their buildings and then the Kindergarten Curriculm was outlined to us along with the Registration process. Then they let us ask our questions.. We had a few then they sent us off with papers with some FAQs about the process itself.
I went home (ok to my mom's) and one girl was sleeping and I couldn't believe how much she looked like the little baby that I held not so long ago and I started feeling sad since I'd be sending her and her sister out into the world in just a few short months. I got melancholy and weepy at work today as I kept thinking about how quickly my babies have grown and how much their Daddy would be loving this time in their lives. They are both potty trained (with the occasional accident), are very chatty, seem to be so smart and are extremely funny.
I really hope that there is a program of some sort for the Mommies who thought they were ready to send their kids to Kindergarten but are reluctant to truly let go of those little hands and trust that their babies will be ok in a classroom filled with so many other kids and a couple of teachers. I'm betting that I won't be the only Mommy fighting back the tears as her babies enter the classroom, but I know that I'll also be fighting those tears because their Daddy isn't here to shed those tears alongside me and help keep me calm and distracted while the girls are in school for the first day.
Even typing this all out is making me weepy and needing to get the tissues, and this is just Registration. The first true day of school is still 7-8 months away and I think that I will be doing my best to not only keep them little by snuggling with them as much as possible but to get them ready for the independence that they are going to need to have once they cross the threshold into the Kindergarten Classroom and become school kids.
I think that's enough rambling on this topic for the moment.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Sweater Knitting
So one of my gifts for Christmas was some money from my BIL ... I intended to spend it solely on myself and for a spiffy new knitting bag.. since I really need one.. so I took the girls to the knitting store with me that I know has some spiffy knitting bags and they were basically out of those.. Instead I fell in love with a sweater pattern and some yarn and needles... $23 over my gift amount and I was in business.
Here's the thing... it's not a regular sweater pattern of make the front, make sleeves, make the back and now sew it all together (hate that part btw) and hope it fits correctly. THIS pattern is for making the sweater in the round and all at once..
It's my first time doing it though... so there's all sorts of fun anxiety for me as I am figuring it all out. I'm about to start the 14th round.. of many many rounds... ok it's only 52 rounds plus all the shaping and ending stuff that happens once you have everything done.
I've already learned my new thing for this project.. it's basically called a bar increase but the direction for it written out was sounding a little funky to me and I had to go to knittinghelp.com to see a video of how to do it (I needed to turn 1 stitch into 4 stitches - though a bar increase as seen in the video only makes the 1 stitch into 2 stitches).
I'm hoping that I'll get the project (or the majority of it) done before Spring arrives since it has shorter sleeves and will hopefully be weather appropriate too.
Here's a link to the pattern for the sweater... http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/rusted-root
Mine will be Pink and made from Cascade Superwash 220.
Here's the thing... it's not a regular sweater pattern of make the front, make sleeves, make the back and now sew it all together (hate that part btw) and hope it fits correctly. THIS pattern is for making the sweater in the round and all at once..
It's my first time doing it though... so there's all sorts of fun anxiety for me as I am figuring it all out. I'm about to start the 14th round.. of many many rounds... ok it's only 52 rounds plus all the shaping and ending stuff that happens once you have everything done.
I've already learned my new thing for this project.. it's basically called a bar increase but the direction for it written out was sounding a little funky to me and I had to go to knittinghelp.com to see a video of how to do it (I needed to turn 1 stitch into 4 stitches - though a bar increase as seen in the video only makes the 1 stitch into 2 stitches).
I'm hoping that I'll get the project (or the majority of it) done before Spring arrives since it has shorter sleeves and will hopefully be weather appropriate too.
Here's a link to the pattern for the sweater... http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/rusted-root
Mine will be Pink and made from Cascade Superwash 220.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
How I spent My Winter Break
So my work had a shutdown for the holidays... from the 21st of December till the 2nd of January (this means I go back tomorrow).. This meant that I got to spend lots of time with the girls... something I don't get to do very much at all now that I'm working.
I feel like I got a lot done and yet still got nothing done at all.. but I had a great time. We started our break with one last dance class for Lily for 2012. Then we had a bunch of visitors the next day... Noreen and Natalie showed up with a Gingerbread Castle to put together, a Princess Candy Land game and Princess decorations for the girls room. They no sooner left and our friends Joe and Peggy showed up to take us out to dinner and then a visit to the Zoo for a Christmas lights display followed by opening presents from them.
Christmas Eve brought a visit to the Cousins house to have dinner and open a few presents..
We got home just in time to leave out some cookies and Chocolate milk for Santa before going to bed with visions of all the fun new stuff that Santa was sure to leave us.
Christmas Day was really nice.. Santa gave us lots of fun stuff.. like Princess Duplo building sets, new baby dolls, a new baby stroller, more Calico Critters, games, Mini Lalaloopsy sets...
We spent the next day in Boston with a visit to the Children's Museum and getting to participate in a play in the Kidstage area. We also got to visit a Kindergarten Classroom exhibit. Both girls loved that quite a bit. Afterwards we headed over to South Station to have a Pizza lunch and got surprised by getting to see a Train Display in the station itself.
I sent the girls to Daycare for the next 2 days so that I could get my Will signed and notarized and see the movie Les Miserables. I also got a chance to go to the mall by myself and have lunch out with my mom. The next 2 days were full of 2 more trips to the mall and finally some snow...
We ended 2012 with a sledding adventure and then going to get some Hot Chocolate and Pizza to warm up. The sledding was lots of fun for all of us.. Both girls didn't seem too sure about it at first but after a couple of trips down the hill with Mommy in the back of the sled, they warmed up to it and kept wanting to go again..
We spent our last day of the break going to an indoor play area with all sorts of fun bouncy houses. We even met up with a co-worker of mine from work and then I noticed a HS friend and her son there too. Before we went though we had an impromptu snowball fight that Lily started.
I'm not exactly looking forward to going back to work tomorrow but I like the fact that I won't need to play referee to anyone and that I'll get to have conversations without 20 interruptions happening.
I feel like I got a lot done and yet still got nothing done at all.. but I had a great time. We started our break with one last dance class for Lily for 2012. Then we had a bunch of visitors the next day... Noreen and Natalie showed up with a Gingerbread Castle to put together, a Princess Candy Land game and Princess decorations for the girls room. They no sooner left and our friends Joe and Peggy showed up to take us out to dinner and then a visit to the Zoo for a Christmas lights display followed by opening presents from them.
Christmas Eve brought a visit to the Cousins house to have dinner and open a few presents..
We got home just in time to leave out some cookies and Chocolate milk for Santa before going to bed with visions of all the fun new stuff that Santa was sure to leave us.
Christmas Day was really nice.. Santa gave us lots of fun stuff.. like Princess Duplo building sets, new baby dolls, a new baby stroller, more Calico Critters, games, Mini Lalaloopsy sets...
We spent the next day in Boston with a visit to the Children's Museum and getting to participate in a play in the Kidstage area. We also got to visit a Kindergarten Classroom exhibit. Both girls loved that quite a bit. Afterwards we headed over to South Station to have a Pizza lunch and got surprised by getting to see a Train Display in the station itself.
I sent the girls to Daycare for the next 2 days so that I could get my Will signed and notarized and see the movie Les Miserables. I also got a chance to go to the mall by myself and have lunch out with my mom. The next 2 days were full of 2 more trips to the mall and finally some snow...
We ended 2012 with a sledding adventure and then going to get some Hot Chocolate and Pizza to warm up. The sledding was lots of fun for all of us.. Both girls didn't seem too sure about it at first but after a couple of trips down the hill with Mommy in the back of the sled, they warmed up to it and kept wanting to go again..
We spent our last day of the break going to an indoor play area with all sorts of fun bouncy houses. We even met up with a co-worker of mine from work and then I noticed a HS friend and her son there too. Before we went though we had an impromptu snowball fight that Lily started.
I'm not exactly looking forward to going back to work tomorrow but I like the fact that I won't need to play referee to anyone and that I'll get to have conversations without 20 interruptions happening.
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