Oklahoma? maybe....

We might be moving north. Now, I am not about to lie to you and say, "I have always dreamed about moving to Oklahoma." Because, I never ever thought I would consider residing there, but hubs' workplace has decided to open up a position there and hubs says he wants to apply. And, being the supporting wifey that I am, I told him if it's something that he is interested in then we will make it work! Plus, this gives me the chance at a "change of pace" lifestyle. I never went away to college. Heck, I barely went to college at all! And, I lived at home with m&d until I got married. So, it would finally be my moving away from home feeling. The good thing is, it would still only be about three hours away from here, so if/when I was homesick, it would just be a short drive. J says, it will be a couple months before it will actually start{if he even gets the position}, but I really don't know if we could even sell our house that quickly. Worse case scenario would be, he finds an apartment to rent and comes home on the weekends until our house sells. Not ideal, but doable I guess. I decided to call mom and forewarn her that there could be a move in our near future. I was sorta worried, since I have always lived within 30 mins from her.....but once she figured out that it was relatively close by, she was A-ok, she even said J was still her fave son-in-law. HINT - he's her only SIL Ha! She's so funny, gotta love her!!

When it's MY turn.....

I better have people coming out of the wood works when it is my turn to have a baby shower. I want a freakin' parade for crying out loud!!! I've been giving this much thought lately, can you tell? This weekend I have two baby showers in the course of 24 hours, one of which I am co-hosting. Both recipients are getting a beautiful hand-made hooded towel, by me of course!

The first shower is for SIL's sister, but her & I are so close that I consider her one of my real sisters. I made her a hooded towel, diaper cake, knitted a couple of hats and bought her some baby clothes, toys & a blanket. The second shower is for one of hubs' cousin's girlfriend, whom I've never even met. Right away, she's lucky that she's getting the towel{don't always give them as gifts}, but then my SIL that I'm co-hosting with asks if I'll make & bring these adorable lil' feet cookies that I made for her shower. They are a plain sugar cookie, that I cut out into a lil' baby foot shape and icing with either pink/blue colored icing. This is a big task and something I usually reserve only for sisters/close friends, but SIL has asked that I please make them, so what am I to do, but make them. Actually, it's what I am supposed to be doing right now, but I'm waiting for the dough to get to room temp so I can roll it out easier. ;)

It seems as though I am doing a load of work for these showers and others that I've done or helped out with in the past. Just makes me want to call every single one of them when it's my turn and say, "you know I put me aside and came to your shower after my failed IVF." And, "yours happened on the same day that I had a false positive." "I co-hosted your shower and cried all the way home." "I shopped for your gift and pretended I was shopping for my own." etc, etc, etc....I could go on all day & night with the many showers I've attended over the eight years, but you ladies get it. You also know that I will never utter these words aloud either. Never call up so and so and say, "I came to 4 of your 5 showers{only because you already had a baby by the time I met you}, so even though we haven't been as close as we once were, I expect you to be there for me with ginormous bells on & plenty of gifts in tow."

Several people have asked if it's hard for me making hooded towels as gifts and yes, sometimes I wish I was making them for my own bundles of joy, but really what I feel while making them is that it's not about me. Just like in twenty-seven dresses, when she's asked "What about her?" and she says, "It's not about her, it's their day. And, when it is her turn, she knows, they will all be there for her." .......Well, I hope they are all there for me too!




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ho-hum & a bottle of rum

Seems like I need a new post up, but I'm having trouble thinking of anything worth while to write about......nothing interesting going on around here!

What's new in your neck of the woods?

Tampons, ovulation kits & a plant....

I hosted a quesadilla lunch today and had 3 of my sisters(sister and 2 SIL's) and mom over. One of my SIL is PG and due at the end of October. My other SIL(one that was married to my brother) got re-married in May and announced today she is PG, due in March. After everything she has been through with losing my brother(her husband) I'm genuinely happy for her. Kinda stings that it happened so quickly, but I kinda figured it would. Go figure! .....So the one that's due in October had apparently just bought an economy size box of tampons and then found out she was KU. Tampons were then dubbed "magic" and were given to SIL who got remarried. she had just bought an ovulation kit and found at she was preggors! Now they have some how been dubbed "magical" as well. Then my sister was telling us aboutsone "magical plant" that you're supposed to put by your bed to enhance fertility. I think it's a bunch of hooey if you ask me, but whatev's! Well, they tell me today that they're gonna give me these three "magical" items and see what happens!?!? ....Me, being the smart @$$ that I am, said something to the effect of, "hmm, all these years I've been thinking it was sperm that would be beneficial, but sure y'all go ahead and give them to me. I'll try anything!" Of course we all had a good laugh but seriously do they really think I would've spent $20,000+ already if all I needed was tampons, ovulation kits and a plant? After they all left I had a mini pity party and ate the better part of a chocolate Easter bunny I had found in the pantry, a big fountain coke and four advil. Do I know how to throw a bash, or what? Ha!

In other, semi-related news. I got a job! Of course it doesn't start for 10 months, but SIL has already said she's hiring me as the nanny after her maternity leave is over. So today was good news and great news!

My sister called to check on me(after SIL announcement) and I told her what I repeatedly tell myself. "It's not about me." it's my own little mantra, I use it on a daily basis! ; ) SIL has told me for awhile that she wanted me to be the nanny whenever she did get pregnant, so I've been cheering her on, so I could have a cool job. Well, I asked for it and I got it!

hold the phone!

Now that I have the St.yle.Network & can finally watch Giuliani & Bill I have been scouring the web trying to find previous seasons. Well, I found them on iTunes. ....of course it's $1.99 per episode. Ouch! But, none the less, thats where you can find them in case you were wondering.

Hearts & Hugs....