Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Way Back Whensday!

These pictures were taken over a year ago, since the last Whensday post was dedicated to Ava I figured I'd give this one to Luke. I have to upload pictures of the other kids when they were babies!


We Gave him Pudding to eat on his own...what were we thinking?





The finished product!

Also the Blessed Event posted Giveaway 7 it's for a Sleepy Wrap Baby Wrap! You can also see the rest of the Giveaways Here

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

I hate to Whine....

But I really really have to and I apologize because I try not to whine on here. And geez I hope you aren't all rolling your eyes going "UM DO YOU READ YOUR BLOG?!"

Anyway I'm not sure if you guys know this but B and I have a roommate she WAS one of my friends, I've known her since freshman year. So to make a long story short when B's roommate moved out I knew Biatch (name has been changed to protect the guilty) needed a place to live and we could use another roommate to help with bills so I let her know. She agreed and moved in around August 1st. It was ALWAYS the agreement that she would leave in Jan when the baby was due. 1) B and I wanted to be a family w/o a roommate and 2) who wants to live with a screaming baby that isn't theirs? She also agreed to this.

B's Dad is our landlord and he was NICE enough to NOT make her sign a lease. She has given him her rent late EVERY month. He has not charged her ONE late fee. When I came to NY before Thanksgiving I knew I would be there for an extended amount of time so I GAVE her my babysitting job. She does not have ONE bill in her name at this house so she doesn't have to worry about paying any bills on time that are under her name. Every month thus far I've had to ask NUMEROUS times for the Directv bill ($30). One time I asked for it (10 days after she was suppose to give it to me) and she left got it and then threw it on the table when she got back. LIKE WHAT?

So two days before Thanksgiving I said Hey J (aka BIATCH) I really need that 30 for the bill it's already late and the next one is due soon as well so you might as well just give me 60 for both months. She says sure no problem. I say great you can just throw it in my account, she says okay. FOUR days after Thanksgiving the money is still not in my account and she hasn't contacted me so I mention it to her again and say "I really need that money, the bill is already late and I don't have the money to cover you" her response? "My engine blew on Thanksgiving so I can't give you the money, can't your mom cover you?"

SO I write back and say "My Mom can't pay my bills, why would she pay yours? Can't your Mom cover you? and This money was due WAY before Thanksgiving"

She then proceeds to tell me what a bitch I am and she even called me a C U Next Tuesday and I'm like whoa? I didn't call you any names so the fact that you called me a name is rediculous. I went through the whole you don't have a lease you don't have to pay late fees you don't have any bills in your name, how would you feel if I was doing this to you thing and she still proceeds to tell me that I'm basically a crazy bitch who's pissing her off and she has half the mind to NOT give me the money.

Am I missing something here? I ask her for the money she owes and hasn't paid on time ONCE and I'm the evil doer here? Seriously if I'm missing something let me know!

Today she texted me and said I put 40 in your account my mother said she's not paying the rest and if you have a problem with it you can take it up with her.

I wrote back and said, you owe me 20, YOU can give me the  money with the job I GAVE YOU! And I don't need to speak to your mother I don't live with her, I don't want to talk to your "MOMMY" about your bills your 22 years old get a friggin grip

She never wrote back of course. I'm so annoyed I can't even begin to tell you. She's moving out early (which she decided over a month ago) but she still has stuff in the house and will still be paying Decembers rent or so she claims. Although I don't believe her AT ALL! And we can't even get her on it because B's dad was nice enough to not give her a lease, so now we're being screwed for being nice people. I can't take this.

Last year my roommate got pregnant and never moved into our house so my other roommate and I spent the entire 12 months splitting bills in 2 which if I would have known that was going to happen (she knew she was pregnant before she signed the lease by her own admission) I NEVER would have moved in there.This roommate cost me WAY OVER 500 in bills and gas to heat our house. I just don't understand why EVERYONE thinks I can just pay their bills. I'm pregnant, no one is paying MY bills (okay B pays our rent lol)

Ugh sorry I just had to get that out. I know at this point it's only 20 bucks, but I think it's the whole principal of the thing. I mean calling me those names when I didn't do anything wrong I just don't get it. I guess we weren't friends in the first place cause a friend would never do that. It seriously has me wishing hateful things on her which isn't good, I know.

If you made it this far Thanks, I really appreciate it!

Monday, November 30, 2009

The Design Girl

Need a new Christmas Template? I know I do!

Head on Over to the Design Girl Blog and Enter to win a Pre-Made Christmas Template! You have two to choose from and they are both really cute! If you win here are the two you can choose from!



 

Last Day!

So today is the last day of NoBloPoMo and did I succeed? Not quite.

NOT Happy.

I missed ONE day! And at the end up the month! BOOOO me!

Today I thought I'd keep it simple. First I wanted to share this funny little thing I found online. Click to make it larger, it's worth it. Might help you figure out what healthy lunch you want for tomorrow.



I also wanted to remind everyone to check out the Blessed Event at Happily Domestic. I posted about it Here not too long. It's a great event especially for all the newbie Mommies and soon to be Mommies out there! So far my favorite giveaway is the Bummis Starter Kit giveaway. Like I've already mentioned I'm pretty sure that I'm going to cloth diaper Bean and this would be perfect for me to win since the initial expensive is starting to stress me out a little.

I also found another website that sells seemingly amazing cloth diapers. It's called Rump-a-rooz. I wish I could put it on my registry! They have an AMAZING Cyber Monday Sale going on today! You get 25% off PLUS Free Shipping on any order over 100 dollars! You can get 6 Diapers for 105! Not so bad I think. Especially when you see the quality. AND I've read some great reviews about them. Two things that I love about them (or think I'll love lol) is the double inner leg gussets and even though it's a one size fits all diaper there are FOUR different settings.  They also make "liljoeys" for preemies/newborns.

Anyway I'm going to go now. I haven't been feeling well at all today, a little dizzy/nauseous/lightheaded. I'm hoping this feeling goes away cause I had a rough night last night too, my back hurts so bad in this ONE spot and it makes it really hard to fall asleep! 

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Sleepy Sunday

Ava falls asleep anywhere and everywhere. She one of those babies who refuses to let you hold her when she's tired and about to fall asleep. She also won't let you put her in her crib. And some of the time she'll grab her blankie, her baby, and a pillow and put herself to sleep. Over the last couple of weeks I've been snapping pictures of her cute little self asleep!




These Next Pictures are in the doorway between My parent's room and the hallway. We told her to go into that room to sleep, she obviously didn't make it to the bed!


 
These Next Pictures are from Thanksgving!
 
 





Hope Everyone has a nice relaxing Sunday!

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Some Very Limited Thanksgiving Pictures

So my Aunt who usually takes a ton of pictures did, but she deleted them on accident the next day. I was semi relying on those photos for this post but I did take some....


 




That's my Cousin Jeanette holding Ava!



She loves getting tickled!



But not posing for pictures




Michelle passing out after eating the Turkey!



 
Refusing to look at the camera like always.



Dave and AJ, not the best pictures but still!



He didn't eat turkey...Just Ice Pops



He didn't want to leave so...



He fought us the whole time!

I know Ava's Dress looks a little Eastery but it was too cute for her not to wear! She was so excited to put on her dress, stockings and shoes! After my Aunt Cathy's house we went over to my Aunt Angie's (Mom's Sister) for dessert. I didn't take pictures there which was silly because Luke and Andrew (their son) get along so well, they're pretty much best friends and it's going to be cute seeing them all grown up. Luke also threw a fit when we left there, he did NOT want to leave playtime with Andrew! I felt so bad!

All in all it was a good day! I look forward to next year when Bean is here!

Award Time



I received this Sugar Doll Award from Annie @ Santiago Twin Girls

This award comes with some pretty EASY rules, which I love. I just have to list 10 interesting facts about myself.  Now I can't promise how interesting they'll be but here it goes...

1. I'm always talking about my siblings right? Well just to claify, I'm the oldest of 7. I have 3 brothers and 3 sisters. There is a 21 year age difference between me and the youngest and YES we all have the same parents.

2. I was technically pregnant at my college graduation (9 Days), I just didn't know it. My Aunt who came down for my graduation jokingly asked me the day before I graduated if I was pregnant I was like NO!

3. I was always going to name my first son James, now that I'm having my first son I have NO IDEA what I'm going to name him!

4. I love to travel, I just don't really have the means at this time. I went to Rome a couple of years ago with my Dad and loved it! I even thought about going to Grad School in Florence.

5. When I was 3 months old my Mom and I joined my Dad, who was in the army at the time in Germany. I lived there until I was 3 and because I lived there before the Berlin Wall fell I can't donate blood to certain organizations.

6. I'm more scared about the whole LABOR part of having Bean than the actual TAKING CARE of Bean

7. I didn't really want to have children, and if you ever lived in my household you would know why, but now that I'm having one. I want 4, 2 girls and 2 boys. And if I had to have 3 of 1 sex it would be girls, yes they're harder (in my opinion at least) BUT as my Mother always says "A daughter's a daughter for the rest of her a life, a son's a son until he takes him a wife" 

8. I'm semi organized in the sense that I have EVERYTHING I have to do listed in multiple spots, my planner that I carry on me at ALL times, wall calender, Outlook, my journal etc.

9. I was a Cheerleader in High School and SOMETIMES I wish I still was.

10. What TV show do you watch? I can almost guarantee I watch it too or at least know the basics. I don't know how I live without one in VA! Next major goal in life: Get a DVR in VA!

So who do I pass this award over too?


Everyone I passed it along too on this post

Along with some new blogs I've stumbled across!

Happily Domestic
The Shopping Mama
Truth Be Told