Archives for January 2004

Whoo Hoo! I think I’m back online!

We have been very sick around here. The stomach virus has been passed around from Emma to me then Scott. Emma was sick last Wednesday and Thursday. I was so sick yesterday I couldn’t even sit up straight. Heather came down in the evening once Scott left for work to help with Emma. I didn’t do anything but lay on the couch or bed. The worst of it was I couldn’t go to sleep. My stomach and head were hurting so I couldn’t relax enough to dose off. Heather got me some medicine and then I took some Tylenol and finally went to sleep right before 11 last night.

Scott ended up working last night instead of Thursday night so he now has until Monday night off. We might go home for the day Saturday. Who knows. Knowing us we can’t stay around here doing nothing all weekend.

I keep postponing posting because the thought of writing about all that was missed while I couldn’t post is overwhelming to me. So, I’m just going to go forward and maybe post a little about the past few weeks as I go.

I can say that the trip up north went well. Everyone got along well. A lot of people showed up for the viewing. The funeral was somewhat boring. The priest just read out of a book. He did say a few words, but they were Nana’s that she wanted to relay to the family. She said she wanted to say that Pap loved all the kids and always wanted to take care of them and that God would take care of them from now on. Pap’s youngest brother also got up to talk and told a few stories about his life with Pap. They were all good memories from his younger days that I had never heard. It was good to hear something good. I kind of made peace with Pap while we were gone. Pap dad 10 minutes after Mom and Dad got to the hospital. For someone to wait for someone else to die, that says a lot about how they feel about that person and for me, it was like an apology for what Pap had put Dad through. And that apology made me have a good last impression of him. So we’re ok.

The bad thing is Nana went in the hospital on Christmas Eve and got out on Sunday afternoon. That Sunday night was the viewing and she only went for 10 minutes before anyone got there. She never showed for the viewing and didn’t come to the funeral on Monday either. My aunt called her on the cell phone and let her listen to the bells at the gravesite but she said it upset her. But believe me, she wasn’t upset because of Pap. Well, maybe a little, but the real issue was her fear of facing the family. That’s really all my parents would tell me. As I’ve gotten older, my mom has let me in on some of the family secrets and my Nana isn’t the rosy cheeked grandmother I always thought she was. Not saying that she isn’t, but also there is other sides to her. She can be a little weird at times. Before Pap passed away, Nana was at the house by herself and she purposely took the phone off the hook. First of all, why wasn’t she at the hospital by Pap on his death bed and two, why in the world would she be at the house without a phone for someone to tell her that her husband had just passed away. Anyway, she has issues. And my grandparents had issues. In less than a week, she had moved out his recliner and put hers downstairs and had thrown out all of Pap’s clothes. She has plans to sell his truck and put in a bathroom. I am really glad for her though. She was oppressed for so many years, especially financially and I do hope good things for her. That she’ll take the last years she has and run with whatever opportunities she has.

So the sippy cup thing isn’t going as well as I had hoped. Scott got her to drink a whole cup of it. She usually only drinks 3 oz for me though. I threw in a bottle two nights ago to see if that’s what it really was and she took the whole thing. I wouldn’t really care, but the dr. said she needed at least 24 oz. a day.

Scott is only working one day this week and I’m back at work this week, so it is going to work out well I think. I love when he is home. I can get so many more things done. Oh and I like his company too 😉

We went to the grocery store today and I’m not sure if I’ve ever bought that much stuff. We had nothing at the house. Our top shelf in the fridge had Egg Nog and a pack of cheese on it. That’s it. We’ve been gone for so long and everything had expired or we had used it before we left. Now, we have nicely stocked cabinets which I didn’t let it go without acknowledging that a lot of people don’t have that and I’m grateful. I’m making tuna patties tonight and it doesn’t sound like much, but I love those things!

I keep postponing posting because the thought of writing about all that was missed while I couldn’t post is overwhelming to me. So, I’m just going to go forward and maybe post a little about the past few weeks as I go.

I can say that the trip up north went well. Everyone got along well. A lot of people showed up for the viewing. The funeral was somewhat boring. The priest just read out of a book. He did say a few words, but they were Nana’s that she wanted to relay to the family. She said she wanted to say that Pap loved all the kids and always wanted to take care of them and that God would take care of them from now on. Pap’s youngest brother also got up to talk and told a few stories about his life with Pap. They were all good memories from his younger days that I had never heard. It was good to hear something good. I kind of made peace with Pap while we were gone. Pap dad 10 minutes after Mom and Dad got to the hospital. For someone to wait for someone else to die, that says a lot about how they feel about that person and for me, it was like an apology for what Pap had put Dad through. And that apology made me have a good last impression of him. So we’re ok.

The bad thing is Nana went in the hospital on Christmas Eve and got out on Sunday afternoon. That Sunday night was the viewing and she only went for 10 minutes before anyone got there. She never showed for the viewing and didn’t come to the funeral on Monday either. My aunt called her on the cell phone and let her listen to the bells at the gravesite but she said it upset her. But believe me, she wasn’t upset because of Pap. Well, maybe a little, but the real issue was her fear of facing the family. That’s really all my parents would tell me. As I’ve gotten older, my mom has let me in on some of the family secrets and my Nana isn’t the rosy cheeked grandmother I always thought she was. Not saying that she isn’t, but also there is other sides to her. She can be a little weird at times. Before Pap passed away, Nana was at the house by herself and she purposely took the phone off the hook. First of all, why wasn’t she at the hospital by Pap on his death bed and two, why in the world would she be at the house without a phone for someone to tell her that her husband had just passed away. Anyway, she has issues. And my grandparents had issues. In less than a week, she had moved out his recliner and put hers downstairs and had thrown out all of Pap’s clothes. She has plans to sell his truck and put in a bathroom. I am really glad for her though. She was oppressed for so many years, especially financially and I do hope good things for her. That she’ll take the last years she has and run with whatever opportunities she has.

So the sippy cup thing isn’t going as well as I had hoped. Scott got her to drink a whole cup of it. She usually only drinks 3 oz for me though. I threw in a bottle two nights ago to see if that’s what it really was and she took the whole thing. I wouldn’t really care, but the dr. said she needed at least 24 oz. a day.

Scott is only working one day this week and I’m back at work this week, so it is going to work out well I think. I love when he is home. I can get so many more things done. Oh and I like his company too 😉

We went to the grocery store today and I’m not sure if I’ve ever bought that much stuff. We had nothing at the house. Our top shelf in the fridge had Egg Nog and a pack of cheese on it. That’s it. We’ve been gone for so long and everything had expired or we had used it before we left. Now, we have nicely stocked cabinets which I didn’t let it go without acknowledging that a lot of people don’t have that and I’m grateful. I’m making tuna patties tonight and it doesn’t sound like much, but I love those things!

MAJOR thanks to Allison for letting me host with her and helping me get it set up.

I posted a few entries I had been writing on my computer while my site was down. Definitely not comprehensive and I have a lot of catching up to do, so be expecting some major long entries soon.

I’m just so happy to be posting an entry!

MAJOR thanks to Allison for letting me host with her and helping me get it set up.

I posted a few entries I had been writing on my computer while my site was down. Definitely not comprehensive and I have a lot of catching up to do, so be expecting some major long entries soon.

I’m just so happy to be posting an entry!

She did it! She did it! She took her milk in a cup.

She did it! She did it! She took her milk in a cup.

Emma has really started playing with her baby dolls lately. She hugs them, feeds them and even rocks them sometimes.

Emma got so much stuff for Christmas. Lots of Little People sets and lots of baby dolls. She is not an expert at opening her presents, but is able to help pull the paper. She surprisingly loved it when she got clothes, especially if they were on a hanger. She held it up and walked around with it.

Emma was sick yesterday and today with the stomach virus. We are not supposed to give her milk for 2 days and we’re taking the opportunity to wean her off the bottle since that is the only thing she takes in it. I’m hoping she will start taking the milk in the sippy cup once she has had two days of taking other liquids in sippy cups. She has never had a problem with sippy cups, she has just never wanted her milk in one of them.