I need some Skills!

When I look at other people's pictures online I am amazed by their photography skills! I want that. I want skills. Funny thing is I took a class in college called Photography 101. It was an intro class. I don't remember anything except the fact that we had to turn in a picture a week which meant that I went through a roll of film a week (this was pre-digital camera in my life) and most of it was stupid stuff trying to accomplish the assignment. I don't remember anything that I was "supposed" to learn in that class. I wish. Oh how I wish that I had learned something then so I can use it to capture my girls now. I don't remember if there was a book for that class, but I am pretty sure that there wasn't. I am really debating talking to my friend here who knows how to take pictures and see if she will give me lessons. Of course I feel like she would be more receptive if I offer to pay her some moolah, but we don't really have money that I can use for my pleasure like that, not when spring is just around the corner and I know PrincessA will need some new clothes for the spring and summer. She's definitely not getting any smaller. I would like to talk more, but LittleA is calling for some dinner.

Friday Fill-In

1. Give me cake and I'll eat it!
2. Whenever works for now.
3. I wish children didn't talk and spit up as much as they do.
4. Vanessa's Puerto Rico/Miami food was the last thing I ate that was utterly delicious.
5. To live in this world takes faith in the knowledge of a better one coming.
6. Other than this one, Just Jingle is the last blog I commented on, I think.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching Psych and playing on computer or with scrapbook stuff, tomorrow my plans include probably putting patches on Thomas' new uniforms and more scrapbooking and Sunday, I want to go to church, eat the baked potato-salad lunch benefitting the children and youth, watch the Nascar race...wait, fall asleep to the Nascar race would be more accurate and love on my honey.

Leave Ending Soon

We are all doing well. I delivered LittleA on February 2nd, and so have been preoccupied since then. DaddyA has been off work since the external version but he will have to report back to work on Thursday morning. We've enjoyed having him around the past few weeks. I'm hoping that I don't go too crazy when it is just me and the girls all day long. I have been keeping up with Project 365. Do know that I didn't take a picture on the first, and didn't take a picture with my camera on the 12th, although I did take a pic with my cell phone that I sent to Grandma of PrincessA in her Valentine's outfit that she wore to her school party that day. If I could figure out how to upload the pic to my pictures on my camera that would be awesome...I am pretty sure that I can send it straight to my gallery at kodak from my phone....just need to figure out how. New to all the technological advances and all. LOL Going to take PrincessA to Jumping Monkey today for an hour or so. Figure she needs a special treat. (Google it in reference to Virginia Beach and you will see what it is.)

Finally finished all the thankyou cards for the girls from my baby shower. I gave most of them out on Sunday...still have 4 that haven't been given since I haven't seen those girls and don't want to spend postage when I know I can hand deliver them. Now I can start working on scrapbook pages again. What a treat! I don't know what pictures I have to work with since I know that the only pictures I bought over the weekend were for the project and not just to play with. I do have a envelope on my back table with pictures in it...wonder what they are of. Guess I'll just be suprized and work with what I have. Hope that kodak has a 10 cent sale soon so I can order pictures of my pregnancy and work on LittleA's book.

Take Care!
MammaA

First Friday Fill-In

1. Oh, I am so nervous about the ordeal on Monday!

2. Life changes, big and little.

3. During the day, I usually play on the internet ALOT.

4. Breech; are you kidding me???

5. Right now I'd like to be drinking a Jack & Coke.

6. My laptop is my favorite gadget, although my new phone may surpass it once I learn how to use it.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to resting and watching Psych, tomorrow my plans include the baby shower the girls in my Sunday school are throwing for me and a birthday party for a 2 year old boy and Sunday, I want to go to church, rest and take Princess A over to our friends' house to spend the night!

Doctor Appointments Galore

Just came home from the doctor's appointment, well not just, I've been home for about an hour now. DaddyA was able to make my appointment, which I am very thankful for right now. All of my vital signs looked good. After looking at my belly and checking LittleA's heartbeat, my nurse practioner brought the ultrasound machine in to see how she was doing. Found out that she is in the breech postion. Sooo, what does that mean? Well it means that I've got to leave in about 10 mins to go to the hospital for an external version pre-op. (External version is where they use the u/s and their hands?? to move her into a head down postion.) The External version will be on Monday some time, which I will get before we leave the hospital today. If the External Version doesn't work then I will be having a c-section. So now I know that when I've been feeling the pressure on my hoo-hoo it's been her little feet and not her head. If it does work then I will still be on schedule and have another appointment next Friday. I'm scared, so any prayers you have I would be more than appreciative. Okay, gotta go potty before we leave.



MammaA

Printer Problems, Yet Again!

So I had finally gotten to a point in my creativity that I had the audacity to think that my printer actually would PRINT!! I thought, "I just want to start actually working with my hands on this project, so I'm gonna throw caution to the wind and print my pictures right here at home. After all, that's what the contraption is for, and I've got plenty of photo paper to print on." Well, needless to say, I wasn't holding my mouth properly or my leg wasn't straight up in the air with my big toe wiggling in a counter-clockwise direction. Are you suprised? I am actually. I thought if I had given the dang machine a couple of weeks off it would just automatically fix itself and work the proper way the way that HP manufactured the sucker to do.
So I probably will have to order them online and get them shipped. I don't know if I want to order with Kodak like normal or go through Winkflash which is what my LaLa friend uses all the time and loves. Maybe that's what I should ask for for my birthday. A freakin' printer that works...or maybe just a little photo printer that I could set up right here in my scrap area that was strictly used for photos and nothing else. I mean, I know the printer we have works, I print copies of bills that I have paid at the bank to show DaddyA so he knows how much money is going out. It just refuses to print pictures when I want it to.
Speaking of my birthday. DaddyA asked last night or night before what I wanted. I just looked at him and told him LittleA out so that way he would be home. (If I actually go to my due date or just past my birthday, he's got duty that day so I wouldn't see him at all. :( ) I'm still banking on my thought of a 2/3 birthday for her. I go to the doc tomorrow so maybe she can tell me some news. I am going to ask about inducement simply because it takes 20 mins with no traffic to get to the Navy hospital, and if I go into labor at the wrong time, there will most likely be traffic in the tunnel that I have to go through to get to the hospital. Not to mention if DaddyA is at work and I have to call the ship. See I have the number to his department, except he doesn't actually work in the department that he's a part of so if I called it would take them at least 30 minutes to track him down and another 20-30 to get home to get me and then at least 20 mins to get to the hospital in good traffic. Let's add that shall we" 30+30+20= 1 hour and 20 mins. Now let's go back 4 years and 4 months to Sep 2004. DaddyA was on cruise and I woke at 4 with contractions with PrincessA. I didn't call my ride until 5. She got lost getting to my house 2 times so by the time I got to the hospital it was 6:20. PrincessA was born at 6:54. So I guess, looking at the math I should be fine...but I don't want to try a home birth or even worse a car birth. It's gonna be bad enough that DaddyA has never done this before!
Okay, so I think my ranting about my printer is over now. LOL I guess I'll go work on some cards for the ladies who are hosting my baby shower this weekend.

MammaA

Project 365, The last week

Wednesday: So I am officially, 37 weeks and 1 day in this picture. If you look carefully you can see how my belly button is poking out even through the tshirt. (Yes, I think I am obsessed with my belly button. Even when I wasn't pregant, I would stick my finger inside my belly button and smell it, and then ask DaddyA to smell it, which he would refuse.) I don't know what my problem is. I need to find a support group, "Hello, I'm MammaA and I have an addiction to my belly button." LOL

Thursday: DaddyA wanted steak, so I had him cook them on his griddle while I made the potatoes, broccoli and rolls. It was a very good dinner and I think I am the only one in the house who actually ate all of their food. ( I even had seconds on rolls and broccoli.)

I had planned to make a soup on Friday, but at the usual dinner time we found out that the beans were not done. (I had put our Christmas ham that had been frozen into the crockpot and added some bean mixture.) We ended up eating Sonic and since Blockbuster is right next door we went and picked up 2 old movies so it didn't cost us that much. We finally watched I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. That was such a funny movie! We had to wait until PrincessA was in bed to watch it, but we really enjoyed it.

You know that IHOP has the never-ending pancake deal going on right now, right? Well DaddyA said on Wednesday of last week that he wanted to eat at IHOP on Saturday since it was the only day that he could go with his girls due to his work schedule. So we went and then afterwards we went to ToysRUs to shop for LittleA, then to WalMart for PrincessA to use a gift card she had and we bought some birthday presents for 2 little boys that have birthdays these next two weekends, and then to Target so PrincessA could use another gift card and we could buy a little bit more for LittleA. On our way home we went over a bridge (because we live near the water) and I looked at the sun coming through the clouds on it's decent for the day. This isn't the best picture, but it does give you a little idea of the beauty here in my neck of the country.

After church DaddyA usually brings in our Bibles and just puts them on our bed. His is on bottom and my new one that he gave me for Christmas is on top. I have my mother devotional book and my notebook that I take sermon notes in between the two.DaddyA had duty on MLK day, so it was just PrincessA and myself all day long. Makes for a LONG day. We had a snack of popcorn in the afternoon because the past week she can eat a meal and get up from the table. Within 10 minutes, she comes to me telling me that she wants a snack. WHAT??? Drives me crazy!Absolutely nothing on tv on Tuesday besides the Inauguration. Just an FYI for those of you who have jobs. So I spent pretty much from the time I woke up until the time NCIS came on not being able to watch tv without seeing something that was going on in D.C. I will admit that I teared up on that day. My heart went out to former President George W. Bush as he finished this part of his life. I did read online how he was greeted in TX by a crowd of 2000 or something like that and said "It's good to be home!" Another thing from the day that I found entertaining: When former President George H.W. Bush came out onto the area that all the dignitaries were sitting first thing he said was "Boy, it's cold out here." LOL. He had been in the cold downstairs when he came into the capitol, did he think going up the stairs and then outside would somehow warm up the town? Also thought it was interesting that H.W. and Barbara were both wearing the same purple scarves that they wore 1 1/2 ago when they were here in town for the commissioning. DaddyA thinks they didn't go back to TX this past week and have been visiting W. and Laura so of course they had to wear the same scarves. I don't know, just my observations of that day.Yesterday, I finally did our 2nd half of the month shopping while PrincessA was at MDO. I was able to get through my entire list at the commissary in about 1 1/2 hours. Which is good for me, of course then I had to take a potty break before I got into the checkout line and I went straight to the church to pick PrincessA up, but still I did get it all done in less than 2 hours. That's an accomplishment!

I know, you are asking if I will ever post everyday like a normal person? Probably not, especially since my brain is a fruit basket and only getting fruiter every day as my due date approaches. Did read on Ali's blog yesterday that her due date is the 14th, so I am farther along than she is. Not that it matters all that much. Just a bit of information I didn't have before but have been wondering about since she announced her pregnancy on her blog.

MammaA