Finally, it all came up!

How many people do you know that would blog about their puking experience? I hope only me.

This is the story of the first time I've puked during this current pregnancy. May it be my last.

Last night I enjoyed a wonderful dinner with Mike and Elise. Mike cooked sirloin buffalo steaks, and I cooked spaghetti. Very yummy combo.

We sat down to eat. I'm constantly 24/7 nauseated. But it wasn't really bothering me. I hate sirloin steak, it just tastes SO much like liver, I just don't like it at all. Mike usually can season it so it doesn't taste like sirloin. He did as usual, a decent job.

I ate slow and easy and got down to my last three bites of steak. Put one in my mouth, and gag!!! It had that instant tastes like liver have to get it out of my mouth reflex! Next came the churning. I swore and slammed my fist on the table and covered my whole face. I didn't want to throw up. Not ALL that dinner! I tried to talk myself into keeping it down. Didn't happen.

I ran, no I SPRINTED, to the bathroom that was 20 feet behind me and to the toilet around a corner and I made it. I got it in my hair, on my shirt, ALL over the toilet, but it wasn't on my family! Mike followed with, "what was wrong with that piece of steak? Can I help you? Are you ok?"

Between heaves I told him to get me a washcloth and a drink of water. Elise came in and said something like, "I knew she wouldn't make it!" and Mike hurried her out the door.

I tell you, I don't think I've ever felt so GOOD after puking in my entire life!! That was terrific! A shame such a good dinner got wasted, but it had to go I guess! I showered, brushed my teeth, and made me a jello-drink and enjoyed the rest of my evening with my family.

Hope ya'll keep your dinner down!!

Blogging at Breakfast

I thought I'd blog while I eat breakfast this morning. Actually it is my second breakfast, this one is toast. I had oatmeal earlier. So this week, I'm feeling all right. The nausea is still hanging on, which is good, and so is the sleeplessness. Elise woke us up again at 5 am and I couldn't go back to sleep until around 630 or so. But I was able to go to sleep good last night. My friend Karen talked with me the other day about what she does when she can't sleep. I tell you it is the best way to fall asleep. She thinks about the temple. Goes over the what things are, the covenants made, etc. It was a wonderful way to fall asleep last night. I really enjoyed it. And since I'd much rather not throw up IN the temple, I enjoyed "being there" in spirit and going through the motions of it. It was such a break from the usual that I do, worry, fret and toss around. However, it didn't work at 5 this morning... I should have just got up.

Work: I feel like the last one on the island with a boss that just isn't the best. As a human goes he's fine, but as a boss, he's less than stellar. He's demanding and controlling and he honestly believes that everyone's lives should be work. Which mine isn't and won't ever be. I'm just not made of that kind of stuff. I can work and work, but the minute the family or the house needs me, I can't focus on work and I won't focus on work. Home is where my heart is, and it always will be. For the sake of my co-workers who are headed out the door soon, if not already, I won't mention any names. But we're looking for office staff!! The pay is terrible, the rewards are few, but you'd get to work with me! Here's to finding more good help to help us all suffer through this.

Home: I'm still not doing great at this keeping the house clean thing. I can't seem to stay on top of it all. I got it all cleaned up so nice in August. Mike and Elise helped out great. Then I got the nausea and the exhaustion that come with being a first trimester pregnancy and it's all gone downhill from there. I washed dishes for 45 minutes with the dishwasher loaded to the max yesterday (or was it the day before???!) and this morning I have two sinks FULL of dishes and a clean dishwasher full of dishes, and four loads of laundry to fold and put away. Oh, did I mention I work about 6 hours straight on Fridays? Which exhausts me completely. Here's to another day. Hurrah!

Friends: I have this one bestest friend ever and I swear she just can't catch a lucky break. Pray for Linds, she's got to have her jaw bone broken so she can have her wisdom teeth finally taken out. Pray for her husband, he's got to have his nose broken and reset (it's been broken three times already) so that the docs can do surgery to fix his deviated (obviously!) septum and drain the gunk in his sinus on that side. And these folks aren't made of money. They have not come anywhere near a money tree in a long time. These things too shall pass Linds, sometime!!! I love you!
I have another friend who needs prayers as well. Karen. Her husband has had the worst hip replacement surgery ever. His surgery was in June and he's been sick ever since. The infection is just terrible and he's going back in next week to have the replacement taken out, a cement and antibiotic loaded replacement put in, and then if the infection stays away after 8 weeks, he'll go have another replacement put in. All this time he'll be out of work, and unable to do much. This poor family. I don't think they've caught a lucky break in a long time either. My heart just breaks when Karen tells me of her pain and stress over this situation. And I feel worse for her than her husband, I tell her, because he gets drugs for the situation, she doesn't!! She just laughs and knows (I hope) that I feel so badly for them both. What a rough life. I have it SO GOOD! I have had my rough spots though, and I am enjoying this time I have right now. I get to help care for others and love them as they are and try to help them to feel better, loved and cared for. I totally can't complain, except about nausea and exhaustion!

Well, better head to work. Hope ya'll still love me! ~Vicki

I totally won!!

WOW!! I am SO honored! I had no idea you loved me THIS MUCH!!! Thanks Steph!!






Rules associated with this award:

1. The recipient must link back to the awards creator.
(http://www.thebabblingsofmere.blogspot.com/) (a student in Texas)

2. You must post these rules if you receive the award. (I did)

3. You must choose 5 people to receive the award after receiving it yourself. (check the list below and see if you are on it)

4. You must fit the characteristics of the recipient of the award, as posted by Mere. ( Wow, thanks Steph for thinking so highly of me. I guess I pass!)

5. You must post the characteristics of a recipient. (look below)

6. You must create a post sharing your win with others. (that's what this is, I suppose)

7. You must thank your giver. (In my acceptance speech I'd like to thank my first college bff, Stephy L. for this wonderful award and for all of the other people in my life who make me smile, thus making this award possible!)

Characteristics for the Smile Award:

1. Must display a cheerful attitude (I try. Really, I do. Sometimes I'm better at it than others.)

2. Must love one another. (I do, probably even people I maybe shouldn't. Oh wait, that isn't loving one another!)

3. Must make mistakes. (I make plenty of those.)

4. Must learn from others. (I do try to learn from others. I have to say that my mom was right all along when she told me that I usually learn best from making my own, though the learning process would be faster, and somewhat less painful if I'd learn from others!!)

5. Must be a positive contributor to blog world. (I guess I qualify here. I blog to keep my friends and family updated and it kind of fits that "journal" type thing I'm supposed to enjoy doing that I totally don't, and I don't scrapbook, so this is as good as it gets!!)

6. Must love life. (I try to.)

7. Must love kids. (I LOVE most kids! Especially my Lil Elise! There is that phrase I use, "oh, other people's kids!!!" That may DQ me, but oh well!)

5 Awesome Bloggers Who Qualify for This Major Award!

Lindsay - You always always always make me smile! You love me even though I'm not perfect, and even from quite a long distance! You rock! Thank you for being my BFF. I totally miss being right next door to you and I really really really want to meet up with you again soon. We pray for you every night and we want exactly what is the best for you. Keep on smiling! I love you!
Kelly 'Sky' Walker - Even though I've not known you for a LONG while, I feel like we go way back. We would have been friends for our whole lives if we'd have just been given the chance earlier. You are always here for me to cry on, to complain about dumb things at, and you offer such a terrific attitude focus when I think of how many times you've dealt with so much crap and kept on running, literally and figuratively! I love you! And I couldn't have picked a better VT for me, not in a hundred years! My Heavenly Father really does love me, and you obviously!
Tara - You are my big shining example of what can be done with a smile on your face! You are tenacious with your genealogy and I look up to you so much for being such a great mom (even through some pretty interesting situations), and for being a great example to me as my big sister. I know you'll smile through your next calling, RSP!!!
Karen E. - You are like one of those friends that you can totally compare to a guiding star! You are so incredibly special to me and to my future. Thank you for wrapping me in your arms and taking me in and listening to me and my sob stories! I love your posts about Rhonda, her gift to you and your family (Brock) and little Austin. Such wonderful blessings! Thank you for sharing them with me.
Kaylene - Of all my friends I've had for 5 yrs plus, you are I think the most exactly like me of any. We both love to hide! I'm always looking for you. Anyway, you are so awesome at coupons and making things better in tough times that I had to honor you. You make the best out of a terrible situation and I am in awe of you all the time. I'm so glad Jim made it home. I'm so glad that prayers are answered. I'm so glad that so much good stuff, even in little forms, comes your way. You deserve it. You are my hero! (So is Jim, but in a different way!) Clip Coupons, and Smile ON!!!

First Day of School - First Grade

Well, I finally got Elise on the bus for her first day of school in the first grade. Since we didn't know what time the bus would come, we got ready very early and waited for the bus for 45 minutes!! I am so glad that I'll be able to sleep in a bit longer tomorrow, now that I know what time the bus will get here. She's got short days the first three days this week, then full days following. Elise is quite nervous. She said her stomach hurt. My stomach always hurt for the first day of school, even through college. I couldn't eat breakfast and I was terribly nervous, but by day 2 I was over it. I am guessing she is just like I was, except she ate breakfast just fine!! She looked really cute. I will get pics of her when she gets home and post them. She has brand new High School Musical shoes, cute blue jeans with pink butterfly's embroidered on them, and a great new haircut courtesy of a joint effort between the two of us. She chose to wear her Ogden Marathon shirt though, which is a play shirt. She figures she is going to play at recess, so she can get it dirty. I know she's so excited to see her friends. She doesn't have very many in her class that were either in her class in Kindergarten or in her Primary class.

Well, that is enough for now I guess. I'll add the pics later. I'm excited for Elise though. Blue even waited with us. OH, her bus that picks her up in the morning, has some pretty darkly tinted windows!! I thought that was really good. And her bus driver seems nice. It isn't that ditzy lady that forgot her every time she drove as a substitute for our favorite driver! She'll get a snowball from me if she forgets her again ever and that is a promise.

Hope ya'll enjoy your "first" days!! ~vicki

Rainy August Day 2008

I hope you all enjoy this, particularly those of you who find yourselves in warmer climates than you are used to. Last week we had a typical August rainstorm. One that I haven't seen in years actually. I remember this kind of rain for days in the spring and again through the summer, but the weather is changing! This rain storm lasted almost an hour and it was a DOWNPOUR the entire time. I loved it, and as you can see, Elise did too!