Way to go Rangers.....



For the first time in Rangers history, they will be going to the World Series! 

Finally one of my teams is making me proud this year.

Go Rangers!!!!!!

Where are we in babyville......

We are here:
Fetal development in pregnancy week 15: fetus in fourth month Your nearly four-inch long gymnast is happily mobile inside your womb and if you're really lucky, you’ll notice a point when your sneezing, coughing or laughing results in a little kick here or a poke there. Still, many women don't feel anything until the 17th week or later. Although the poking and kicking isn't very charming during sleeping hours, it’s a good sign as it means your baby is actually reacting to outside events. Yay! You’ve got yourself one active healthy baby! Their little elbows and knees are bending more freely this week and their little legs are finally growing longer than their arms and getting pumped up for prenatal Richard Simmons. Many of their major organ systems are increasing in capacity—particularly that amazing tiny heart and complex circulation system, which is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood per day, and will increase to a very impressive 200 quarts per day by the end of the pregnancy. As far as hair goes, we’ve got some new scalp patterns beginning to develop on the head, although actual head hair is not yet present.

And I do have to say, if recent events are any indication, I will no longer be able to go into public by April.  I must just have some type of beacon...much like those that signal to tornadoes where all the trailer parks are located..that alert all of the morons in the Kannapolis/Salisbury area of North Carolina know exactly where I am at any given moment, so they can scope me out and get in my way.  Honestly, by the time April arrives, and I'm pushing 40 weeks pregnant, I'm not sure I'll be able to handle the stupidity.

Finally......

After the longest two weeks of my life, we finally know the results of our CVS testing.  Yes, we are having a baby....we're 13 weeks and 4 days along.  We now know that we have a chromosonally....is that even a word....healthy baby growing in here, and we also know that we won't be having any blue, footballs, or bull riding in our future, because we're having a baby girl.

Pain.....

I don't think there's anything more painful in life than dealing with teenagers, and dealing with 2 at one time is excruciating( I was dealing with 3, but the oldest has moved out(which is probably a good thing, because one of the 3 might not still be breathing.)  I swear, if it's not one thing, it's another...."I don't feel good,  do I have to go to school?"  "I can't clean my room, I have too many clothes."  "My ovaries hurt, can I stay home?"  Her-" I want to join the Marines."  Me-"You can't join the Marines, you have asthma."  Her-"Why can't you ever support me?"  "I need gas money."  " I need minutes on my phone." Her-"should I apply to colleges?"  Me- "Well, you can apply, but most likely won't be accepted because you don't have 2 years of the same foreign language." Her-"So you're saying I'm not smart enough to go to college?"  Yet another way I'm not supportive of her and am doing my best to ruin her life.  ARRRRGGGHHHHHH! 

I do not recall being this difficult as a teenager, and I'm pretty certain I wasn't, because I spent most of my time just trying to keep my head down and not rock the boat.  I'm not sure who's teenage years I'm being punished for, but I think I've done my time.  Can't a girl catch a break?

Waiting, waiting, and more waiting.....

on big news that is coming in about 10 days....then I can share, and I can't wait!

Fall.....

I love, love, love Fall, and am so ready for it to finally arrive. 

Here's what I love about Fall.

Seeing the leaves change

Putting up the Halloween decorations

The crisp, cool days

Pumpkins

Carmel apples

Pumpkin Patch and Leaves scented oil from Bath and Body Works

Halloween candy

The smell of leaves outside

Football

Being able to make soup, chili, and stew again

Mums

Leaving the windows open

and most of all....

The Fair!

Never forget.