Daisalana

Congratulations!!! She is beautiful :thumbup:)

Woohoo how exciting, make sure you take B&A pics, since SOMEBODY never posted them!! :thumbup:

Hey Terry, I don't know about Etsy, but anywhere you can sell stuff--there's always scammers.. It's like the nigerian 409 scams, but they do it with sellers on the internet now. They run you in circles till YOU are confused, then they don't pay anything and you somehow end up paying them. For example, it happened with my car once.. they asked if I'd come down on price. I knew it was a scammer by the way they typed their e-mail, and they always say they are in UK.. then they said ok my price is fine, they'll send me a check for (amount asked for) plus anotehr 2k.. for shipping costs, and for you to refund the rest of the shipping cost.. they 'intentionally' overpay, for a whole list of reasons.. then they want you to send them the money back. Their check is no good, by time you find this out, you've sent them money. So just, whatever that person says (I am so skeptical of people), do not under any circumstances agree to do any money changing for them. And don't ship anything till you get verified payment.. like I said, I don't know how Etsy runs the payment, but just be aware!! :tongue2:) Drinking my mornin' milk. TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My doc called last night, there's a rehab that specializes in physical therapy for prenatal.. they just called me and set up my first appointment for Monday. And as long as it is doctor referred, insurance pays. They did, and it is. Good times. The lady I talked to said it sounds like maybe I twisted and got something out of alignment. I have no idea at this point.

And I am jealous of you and the TT tracy!! :smile2: When you do the meeting, let me know how long it takes to pay off. Just so I can get an idea.

Yeah we're in our busy season, that's why I'm havin' to work through the pain. I am constantly having to put out a fire "This is purple, we wanted Blue.. I know you're behind schedule, but I need this tomorrow.. If you can't have this done in 2 days, even though the schedule is 5 days, you need to pay to overnight this on YOUR account for AM delivery... I don't care about extra charges or the fact that you're busy, I don't care that you have other customers, this has to be done OR ELSE (these things are actually said!!)" My eyes are crossing. I just bought a gallon of milk at the gas station.. I love milk right now! I had a carton of 2% milk for b'fast, had egg drop soup and some beef & broccoli for lunch. Russell just e-mailed me this, this is from an article about Clay Aiken 'coming out'--- "This is really shocking news as I had no idea he was gay," read a comment posted by "Sheridansq." "And now I have to deal with this. I am not sure what to say to people who know I was a fan. ... I didn't go to work today and am not answering the telephone." Talk about denial. Did you guys hear about the aliens coming on Oct. 14th to Alabama? Our news has been talking about it, we're getting a big laugh about it at work.. Russell has been trying to sell $10m anti-alien hats, and one other employee wrote back-- Sure I'll write you a check I know I can't cover, I'll go bankrupt, you'll go bankrupt, the government will bail you out, I'll have anti-alien head gear, you'll have a $10,000,000, and the aliens still won't come. Hehe!! If you haven't heard.. some Australian psychic said some Indian told her that a big space craft is coming to hover over all of Alabama on Oct 14-17. Mmhm. http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/6742/ Galactic Federation of Light spaceship to appear over Alabama for 3 days continuously beginning October 14, 2008.... TO LEADERS, GOVERNERS, POLITICIANS AND ALL PEOPLE OF EARTH …. We wish it to be understood that on the 14th day of your month of October in the year 2008 a craft of great size shall be visible within your skies. It shall be in the south of your hemisphere and it shall scan over many of your states. We give to you the name of Alabama. It has been decided that we shall remain within your atmosphere for the minimum of three of your twenty four hour periods. During this time there will be much commotion upon your earth plane. Your highest authorities will be intruding into ‘our’ atmospherics that surround our ship. This ‘security field’ is necessary for us, as there shall take place a ‘farce’ from those in your world who shall try to deny that we come in LOVE. KNOW OF THIS WE COME TO ASSIST YOUR WORLD. WE DO NOT COME TO TAKE OVER. WE DO NOT COME TO DESTRUCT. WE COME TO GIVE YOU HOPE. We are beings from other planets, who for many eons of your time have been preparing for these days ahead.

Tracy, $217 a month for how long? And I read on another thread that mons lift is generally done with TT as a standard, so that was encouraging! I am years from my TT but I definitely am going to need one.

Denise, was it dibilitating? I'm more and more convinced it must be pregnancy related and not that I hurt myself, so I am calling my obgyn tomorrow to see if she has any suggestions. The exercises, warm baths, pain meds, massager, stretches, shoe inserts, pelvic belt, sleeping with pillows between my knees, and any other random solution I've found has shown no improvement. Russ and I got in a fight about it tonight, he seems to think I can't be in 'that much pain' if I am not at the doc every day and I can go to work. Heh. I'm already in such a funk being in so much pain, I just got so mad at him. He is such an insensitive ass sometimes. I wanted to throw him out of the car, in hopes he'd be in some kind of horrible pain that I can roll my eyes at him and tell him he's just pretending. Wrong time to be picking fights with me, and I can't let it go, I just get so angry with him. Enough of that.. Just needed to vent. He has his equivelant of 'v's' coming to visit tomorrow.. they're his friends he's played online games with for years, 2 of the guys in FL are going up north to visit family and were driving through, so they're staying the night here tomorrow night. I am biting my tongue, I mean.. he's never met them either, and they're going to be in our house, makes me a little nervous. If he had met them before or something, it'd be different. I keep having visions of being robbed/murdered/pillaged in the middle of the night. Tired of being in a funk, tired of hurting.. I could not do this for 7 more months, I can't do anything for myself.

Had half a turkey sub for lunch.. no, back thing ended up not working :girl_hug: :thumbup: :wub: :smile2: Back to misery ugh. Watching this video Judy posted, so far tis funny!

Morning V's.. I got this pregnancy belt thing, that is to support your stomach, and more I read about my pains, it could be a pelvic something something (big words), that has to do with your pelvis changing during pregnancy. I fit the symptoms, so I think I'm going to contact my obgyn more about this. Originally I didn't think it was pregnancy related, now I'm starting to think it is. Anyway they have pelvic belts, which look similar to this pregnancy belt I got. So I put it on last night and tested it out, it actually does provide relief, it feels like it keeps my spine from breaking everytime I move. So I am wearing it to work, fingers crossed it can help with my sitting at the desk pain (the worst). Only problem is the belt is clunky, it makes my fat rolls poof out very bad (think extra muffin top), so I have to wear a baggy sweater over it, and since it slims up my hips my pants won't stay on. I feel utterly frumpy today, but if I can keep from having that pain it will be worth it! B'fast- Chocolate 1% Milk carton

And Lindsay Lohan came out at least a month ago, she's been flaunting her gf and talkin about all the stuff they do together.. they even announced a few days ago they plan on getting married. As for Aiken, yeah..duh.

Look, my little person looks like a little person now!!!

Hah, I drank 1/2 gallon of milk in 2 days this week.. so I'm out at the moment, but until that I was drinking at least 1 glass of whole milk a day (num num). I had 1/2 a banana!! Had hawaiian chicken for dinner, marinated chicken with pineapple on top, 1/2 baked potato.. and more unsweet tea. Had to edit, because I forgot...I also had 1 trip to salad bar, 1/2c iceburg, egg slices, lots of shredded carrot, and ranch. Just took my prenatal vitamin. Doc called me after hours, he was kind of stumped at this point, so I asked him what he thought about accupuncture or massage, he said it's a good idea, then asked if I knew someone via referrals, I said no.. he asked which I'd rather start with.. HMMM needles or massage?? So he said he's going to call around and find a masseuse that specializes in pregnant women, and will get back with me. So that's the next step.

I don't have any options, I don't see this going away since it's not getting better, and I can't keep working at home, we're in our busy season and I've got a million fires to put out. Doctor never called me back, have I mentioned I despise docs who run their phones through voicemail only? GRR. Russ is off to his first golf lesson, which is what I got him for his bday.. and I am updating my piehole report.. 1/2 banana & chocolate pudding snack.. Think I'm going to make something chicken tonight. Definitely russ' kid, I craved pizza last week- and I hate pizza!! I asked him to order one, he said 'since when do you eat pizza?' and I just said DO IT! Then when I got it, I didn't eat but a bite of it, I really dont like pizza and dunno why I craved it, guess the bite is all it wanted :confused:

Piehole report thus far: 3x bottle water 1x unsweet tea 3x jolly ranchers Had 2 squares of garlic bread from cici's for lunch (approx 200 calories from what I can figure) Not sure what we're doing for dinner, I can not wait to get home and get back into bed.. I have been trying different chairs, contraptions and arrangements all day trying to make it comfortable to sit at the computer.. so far, no luck. I am cutting out candy and cokes. That should help, I've been having too much of both lately, I was starting to get back into a coke habit! I use to drink it all the time, and I was having at least 12oz a day lately.. I crave coca cola a lot :confused: Told Russ he has to quit buying it, I can't avoid it if we have it.. and I need to be drinking more water. I had a horrible craving for it at lunch, but I opted for unsweet tea, and averted my eyes (they had root beer too mmm).

I wish I could have a steroid & anti-inflammatory shot. :smile:

Day 1 of getting back on track.. b'fast: WATER!

oh btw..scale made me teary-eyed today.. layin around in bed and eating has taken its toll. I gotta get my ass back in gear, no more candy, no more snacking all day long.. and no more sodas, i've been drinking a lot of soda lately!!

LOL Pam, heard that before, it's so true :redface: Im back to square 1 with my back after being at work today. Calling doctor in the morning, going to ask his opinion on accupuncture or massages, or anything else he can think of. I have 1 pain killer left, but I dont want to be on pain meds, what if this thing lasts for months.. I don't like pain meds, and even tho obgyn said it's ok, I don't think it would be ok longterm. Cooking porcupine meatballs tonight.. trying to decide on a side.. any suggestions?? Jenn why are you bleeding?? PMS bleeding? I had bad breakthrough bleeding that lasted for months, my obgyn put me on some meds, that stop your period (I had to get them for my wedding too).

Tell Haydee, yes to the ribs. Season them and pour bbq sauce + water in with it, let it simmer for 6 hours. I wish you guys could help too, I feel so utterly pathetic. When I try to hobble down the hall it takes forever, and I'm slumped over like I'm carrying a turd in my pants. People keep making comments, and I wish I could just disappear.. YES I KNOW I LOOK PATHETIC.

Back to work, and pain is back full force. Sitting in a chair is my enemy. I sit, and I feel aright, barely aches.. but then I try to stand up, and my legs buckle. I can't straighten my spine or lift my legs. I have to hobble extremely slow all over the place. I laid down on the couch in the lobby for a minute, and it instantly felt better- I could stand up straight, walk, etc.. then I sit in my chair again and I'm back to broken. SIGH. I guess I'll just have to go lay on the couch periodically throughout the days. I should go back to my doc, but I feel like there's not a lot they can do and I dread the drive, and getting in and out of the car, and walking from the parking garage after sitting. My mom found something yesterday, it said at 9 weeks, hormones can cause severe migraines, or sciatic pain. This would probably be considered sciatic, its in my butt and radiates into my legs. So I'm trying to just tough it out. She can't find the website again, to see if it goes away, I'm hoping it does. Losingjus said she had severe migraines for weeks, but it did go away.. I am almost into my 10th week. I am out of pain meds, but I do have an extra rx for the muscle relaxers, so I am just going to keep taking them and see. A coworker said "What if it's like this through your entire pregnancy?" and I said.. then I'm not having any more kids!!!!!!! Mom said, she had a crippling hip pain when she was pregnant with my brother. She said it caused her to fall to the ground in pain (she was a nurse).. so she said she remembers once falling in the elevator and having to yell for someone to help her up..so they let her work from a wheel chair till it finally passed. She keeps trying to reassure me the pains go away, and she never had those hip pains with me or my sister, so I shouldn't give up on having more kids lol. Anyway, work is really bad right now in general, we're in our rush season, behind schedule, and customers don't take that as an answer.. And I'm trying not to smoke, HEH.. what a time to do it. I'm sucking the heck out of jolly ranchers.

Yes, ask your surgeon.. but they did it to me, and I have absolutely no breathing issues.. they did it to me after I was out (didn't know they were even doing it till I woke up)..and it was gone before I woke up..I could just tell because my throat ached and they told me it was from a tube.

Oh and you girls look like you're having fun, but what's with being NAUGHTY!! Peer pressure? You're suppose to be GYAIG together :embaressed_smile:

Glad to have you back Kat! Yes, I ordered Tastefully Simple, they're kind of like Avon... you have to go through a rep..so I order on their main website and they auto-assign a rep that is in my city. Or you can be a seller, but I'm not interested! Thank you Jane for the card, I get all giddy when I get a card in the mail :embaressed_smile:) Today I only did muscle relaxers, and the bad pain came back :cursing: So I took a pain med a couple hours ago, and back to medium pain. I can't imagine what is going on!!! I so wish they could have done the steroid injection. My stomach is getting harder, and my pants aren't fitting well. I am 216lb, and I got these pants when I was like 230lb.. yet, now they are hard to pull on.. arghablfwe..I don't know what I'll do for maternity pants, the only place I can buy extended inseam is that website I've shopped at since I was about 15..and they don't carry maternity!I looked online and all I find are old lady looking straight leg pants.. I want my flared jeans with maternity stuff in em..and at least 35" inseam.. I watched a couple movies today, Chaos Theory with Ryan Reynolds (he is so sexy)..was alright...and Girl Next Door, suppose to be a horror movie/true story..was more weird/sad..girl died from having her clitoris burned off with a blow torch by her crazy aunt. I finished The Glass Castle last night, I really enjoyed that book! I am reading Just Breath next.. another memoire. Off to bed now, night night V's

I just keep hearing you all mention going, I only know of the b'ham one.. I'm not one to make that kind of a drive for a support group. I'll wait till you post info on the h'ville one :thumbup:

Oh I didn't know they had 2 wellness centers.. When you get more info, please let me know! I can drive out the the pkwy once a month ;D