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This is not really a post for guys, but if any of you male readers feel you have some advice to give on women’s hormones and birth control options, read on.
I’m curious if anyone has anything to say about the birth control pill (BCP) called Yaz. My doc wants me to switch to it so as to supposedly even out my mood (which gets a little out of control for about 2-4 days before aunt flo comes into town). I know there are ups and downs to all BCPs, and I also know that some BCPs are basically like having mini-abortions, which I obviously don’t want. Also, I was on a low-dose BCP when I had my ectopic pregnancy and nearly internally bled to death because it errupted. My Doc is convinced the BCP wasn’t at fault, but I am convinced it was….and since I have so much more expertise than he has we’ll just go with what I say. (note the sarcasm) Anyway, I’m also aprehensive about taking Yaz because it’s a low-dose BCP.
What says you?
I’d first like to say that I’ve watched VERY LITTLE of Jon & Kate + 8. In part because Kate drives me nutso! I might watch more if she acted crazy PART of the time…that would be understandable, but all of the time, really? Oy!
So because of the fact that they are fine with cameras in their homes quite a bit does anyone else think it’s possible that they are trying to drive ratings up by claiming they are filing for divorce, when in fact maybe they will try to work things out in the end? I’m not saying the affair was a hoax, but that how they are handling it is in part for tv. Just wondering what other people think.
Yesterday Bella and I were discussing hell and about how bad it is and about the fact that it’s so bad that we need to tell people about Jesus so they don’t have to go to hell. She asked where hell is and what they do there. In the conversation I told her about the verse that talks about “weeping and gnashing of teeth” and what those things were. I described to her that that’s all everyone is doing…crying and gnashing their teeth, to which she replied, “That would be SO annoying!”
Noah: What you doing, Bella?
Bella: Dressing up as Esther.
N: Esther not wears shoes like dat. (pink ones with heals)
B: It doesn’t matter. Do you want to be Hamon?
N: No. I not want to be him.
B: Do you want to be Hamon or the King? If you’re Hamon you go to jail!
N: I not want to go to jail. I’ll be Spiderman. Where’s my Spiderman Costume?
Next 5 minutes are spent looking for the Spiderman costume while Bella continues to dress up like Esther.
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I’ve uploaded Bella’s Birthday Party (and then in the same photos are her actual birthday day).
Also, Eric’s 30th Birthday Party photos have been posted. There are a couple gross ones involving a hotdog and crack, so beware!
And Josh’s Visit to California!
So today marks the first day of Summer Vacay for Bella! While that makes me VERY happy, there is always the flip side to the coin (such as having to run errands with 2 kids now, instead of just 1). But, that’s okay. I’m happy summer vacay is here!
This morning I had visions of all of us sleeping in, or at least once the kids got up they could quietly come in and watch a little movie so I could sleep in. Instead, all I heard was whining from their room. “Mom, Noah’s getting up on my bed.” “No, I not.” “Yes he is!” “It’s okay if I get on yers bed, Bella!” Whine, yell, whine, yell. For the love!
Anyway, I’ve started working on my summer-fun jars. My goal is to implement summer fun on Monday. There will be 5 jars. Two of which we’ll pull from every day. One of those is a jar of Bible learning. It’ll have about 5 things in it (such as, read from Keys for Kids, read a Bible story from the book Step Through the Bible, etc). The other will have chores in it with two colors of paper, one for Noah’s chores (like picking up his cars), and one for Bella’s chores (like sweeping the kitchen).
Then we’ll pull from the other 3 jars whenever. There will be a jar of ideas for when the kids say “I’m bored.” It will have things like Play with Playdoh, or do fingerpaints outside. A jar will be for times we have all day to do something (like go to Fort Bragg, or go to Seeley Farms, buy food and then come home and cook together, etc). And next we’ll have a jar for fun things to do just the three of us for an hour or so in the morning (like play a board game, ride bikes downtown, etc).
Last night the 4 of us went down to Natural High to just hang out. The kids rode their bikes down there, and Eric and I walked. Eric brought a frisbee and we just threw it back and forth while the kids rode around. It was GREAT! I love that the kids are getting old enough to be a little self-sufficient. I don’t always like that, because it means letting go some, but it’s also kind of freeing for me and beautiful to see them mature and express themselves (all of this said only a few paragraphs after talking about them fighting and whining this morning!).
Renaissance Faire Photos have been uploaded to my Picasa. Check them out!
If you didn’t check out the Cake Wrecks Blog I posted a couple days ago, you need to now. They’ve got hilarious cake wrecks for graduation! So funny!!!
Like this one (read it!):
This is hilarious! I think I might submit the photo of my worst cake ever. Yikes!
