GRRRRR!!!!

Since WHEN is it OK to cancel Big Brother for pre-season football, for a team that hasn't won a game yet????

I love me some Chiefs, but damn it all.  Now I have to wake up an hour early, just to watch online to see who was evicted.  Do NOT leave a comment with the answer, until after 8 am, Central time tomorrow....please?

Happy Birthday, baby girl!

10 years and 9 months ago, I found out that Natalie was on the way.  6 months later, there was trouble.  I was diagnosed with polyhydramnios.  It is basically "too much water" and there could be trouble.  The excess fluid could keep the baby from growing.  I would require at LEAST one ultra sound per month, and if she stopped growing, I would need to have labor induced.

I took those ultra sound tests, and each time, the fluid was less and the baby was more.  By the time they induced me, she was almost too big to give birth to.  Stubborn?  Yeah.  It runs in the family, and she was starting off strong.

For a baby who was to possibly be delivered early, she was late, induced, and 10 lbs, 3 oz!  At her two month checkup, she was 18 lbs.  This kid was growing fast!  The night I had her, I was having trouble sleeping.  I kept the TV on in the hospital room, and when I woke up, I thought I'd had a dream that Lady Dianna had been killed in a car wreck.  Turns out, it wasn't a dream.  Kind of sad, but I'll always remember the date.

Today was good and bad for Natalie.  She had tons of homework, but got to hand out cupcakes and be the "birthday girl" at school.  She got the "night off" from chores, but her shoulder hurt from her heavy backpack (from the tons of homework.)

The morning crew at the radio station gave her a shout out, as did the afternoon DJ.  She got calls from family, distant and close, and friends, and her brother came for a visit, and had cake with her.  Her gift that we had planned didn't pan out, but we gave her cash in a Hannah Montana card for now, and are still trying to make the gift work.  More on that later.

It was a good day.  I can't believe my baby is in the double digits, and is growing up so fast.  I miss cuddling my little angel (although, as Mom pointed out, she was never all that "little")  I am happy with who she is becoming, but I would love to be around a baby again.  I miss my babies.

I love you, Natalie!  Happy Birthday, sweetheart!

Y'allapalooza 'N Stuff

OK, so Y'allapalooza was freakin' awesome!  We saw 10 or more bands before leaving.  Yeah, we left early.  I didn't want to, exactly, but Natalie was fading fast, and I had to go to work on Monday.  We got lots of little freebies, the girls jumped rope in a competition, we saw a drunk that needed to be cut off, and we danced, sang and laughed.  A good night indeed.

My baby...the youngest, my tiny little baby....the last I'll ever have...turns 10 tomorrow. Yup, double digits.  I'm old.  I want her to quit getting older, but she can't.  Let's deal with that tomorrow.

I have a customer in need.  If I need to go help them, I will, but I hope it waits until after Tuesday.  I need my 4 day weekend.  One of their main employees, their full-time photographer, was hit by a pickup...WHILE ON HIS BICYCLE!  He is in really bad shape, and needs prayer.  Please, if you pray, pray for Gerry...or Chief.  His friends call him Chief.  He has 6 broken ribs, 2 broken vertebrae, and a bruised heart.  A. BRUISED. FREAKIN'. HEART!  I don't know what to do, other than offer help.  Do I want to go out of town again?  No.  But I will, if they need it.

OK, time for bed.  I will check back in tomorrow, for my tiny baby's birthday.  *sigh* I am getting old.

Just a bunch of Saturday Stuff

We slept kind of late, still recovering from the Chiefs game, then started moving.  Kevin was watching typical Kevin stuff (High Noon, etc) and I decided to head out to see what Dad was up to.  Kevin and Hawkeye followed shortly behind me and the girls, and we found dad out mowing the pasture.  After visiting him a few minutes, we decided it was time to go to Walmart, and Monica stayed at Mom's to watch Dukes of Hazzard with Arick.

At Walmart, we bought groceries, hair color for the girls, paint to finish the living room, wiper blades for my car, and other necessities.  Wow, that store sucks the money right out of this family.  Kevin also bought a new camera card for me.  It's a 1GB, just like my old one.  I won't go bigger than that.  If the card holds too much, you get lazy about pulling the pictures off, then a card problem causes good stuff to become lost.  I will still try to fix the other one, so I have a spare.

Later tonight, the girls and I will pack for the concert.  We can take a 1 gallon ZipLoc bag of food, each.  That's a lot of food!  Plus, we can take 1 sealed bottle of water each.  That will help us not spend too much money there.  Monica called one of the DJ's this morning, and Natalie called one this afternoon.  They're trying to see who all will be there tomorrow.  Most of them are going, from the sounds of it.

I gave Hawkeye a flea bath today, and colored the girls hair.  Hawkeye got fleas from Mom's neighbor dogs last weekend.  The girls had dark roots.  Yeah, they're kind of young for hair coloring, but hair is something I let them make their own decisions about.  It will always grow out.  Tattoos and body piercings are one thing, hair is another: it's a temporary change.  They are both on blonde kicks.  Pictures later.

Well, I guess that's it for now.  Enjoy the cooler weather, peeps.  We DID turn the a/c back on this afternoon, but it was niceto have fresh air overnight and half the day.  This house needs aired out.  I need to go beg Hawkeye's forgiveness now.  He hates baths, and holds a grudge for hours.  Maybe a doggie treat would help...but I doubt it.

MEMORY CARD ERROR!

I took my camera to the Chiefs game on Thursday night, and as you can tell by the previous entry, it worked fine.  I came home and posted an entry, pulling the images from the memory card, and it worked just fine.

At work yesterday, my friend Michelle said, "Can I borrow your camera really quick?"  She needed to email a picture of a product to someone, and a point-and-shoot is easier and quicker than one of the dozen or so professional cameras around there.  I handed it to her, she turned it on and said, "What's up with this?"

The display had MEMORY CARD ERROR! across the top of it.  It wouldn't take a picture, but it would display the ones already there.  I formatted the card, took one picture, and got the error again.  I started sweating JUST a bit.  I've fixed memory card errors in the past, but the concert is in 2 days!

Co-worker Mike took the card, and ran a recovery software on it.  It pulled up pictures that had long been deleted (that's a warning to you bad people who think deleting something from your hard drive gets rid of it!) and it seemed like it was OK.  I put it back in the camera and turned it on.  MEMORY CARD ERROR!

I formatted again, and it seemed to work.  I took two pictures and got the error again.  This morning, I ran BOTH kinds of formatting on it, and it seems fine.  I've taken several pictures.  Still, I think I'll borrow Mom's spare card...just in case.  Sunday will be 12 hours of memories with my girls, and I don't want ANYTHING to mess it up.

More Chiefs luck...or bad luck...whatever

More Chiefs tickets, much better seating.  Lower level is cool.  I am tired.  Enjoy the pics.  I have to go to bed.

Good Night.

Recovering from a heart attack!

I got a private message on the JokeADay message boards, from our Texas friends who are coming to visit.  We've been so excited, planning and plotting for that glorious weekend.  In the PM, David said, "We'll be there in just over a month!"  The plans have always been for Labor Day weekend.

I thought about it, freaked out, then calmed down, thinking he just made a mistake.  He meant "week" but typed "month", right?  I PM'd him back and said, "Just WHEN are you coming up?"  He said they were leaving on Friday, arriving on Saturday, September 29.  I freaked again.  I asked Kevin if he was SURE it was Labor Day weekend...he said, "yes" and double checked previous PMs to be sure.

Finally, 3 PM's into my conversation with David, I said, "Labor Day is in 1 1/2 weeks, you said you'd be here in a month....see why I'm confused?"  He replied that he felt stupid and that he got two gatherings mixed up.  They are having a chat-meet in their town at the end of September.  They will indeed be here a week from Saturday!

WoooHoooo!

I can't wait!  I know you all don't know them (although Mom met them once) but there will be many pictures on that weekend.  Indulge me, won't you?

What shall I cook?  What snacks will I provide?  How can I stand the excitement, waiting?!

I still have the Ya'llapalooza concert this Sunday.  That'll be a good diversion.