My Totally-Super-Awesome-Too-Cool-for-Poo Diapers…

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Okay, so they’re meant for poo… but they’re totally too cool!

This is my second to final design for my diapers.

So, as some of you might know, my sewing machine broke. It went kaput. And I pretty much almost cried. Gah. I love my sewing machine. Heck, I just love sewing.

The worst part was that I had been trying to find time to finish sewing up my diapers for my kids for almost two weeks, and when I sit down, it won’t work. Blah. I kind of knew it was coming though because it had been having a few issues before that. We’re going to take it in for an estimate on how much it will cost to repair it, but if it’s too much, I doubt we’ll end up fixing it. We can’t afford to!

Thankfully, my grandma is letting me borrow her sewing machine. And a really nice lady I met, might have one that I can have. Which would be awesome! I’m not picky at all as long as it works, right?

Anyways, I’m off to go make up more diapers for my kiddos! Get them done!

Blueberry the Cat

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Okay…. Long story, but bear with me.

We got blueberry (our orange tabby cat) after he was abandoned on someone’s porch in Indiana as a kitten. He’s the sweetest guy ever. We even brought him back to Alaska when we moved up here.

Anyways, when my mom and step-dad split, things got really ugly. I mean, REALLY ugly. Curt didn’t want to keep the cats (blueberry and lily) and he told me that if I couldn’t find a home for them by 3:30 they’d be gone. I couldn’t take them, because I was living with Curt at the time. I found a friend of Dan’s to take them, and I called Curt. It was too late for lily. He already offed her. But blueberry was still alive. I drove home so fast and got him! I almost cried when I gave him to Hannah, but she’s a really nice girl and she loves animals.

Anyways, Hannah and her boyfriend broke up in August, and her boyfriend (also named Dan) was keeping the cats. Anyways, Hannah moved to Hawaii two months ago, and when her ex, Dan found out she had a new boyfriend, I guess he started getting really mad and telling Hannah that he didn’t want to keep the cats, even though Hannah was giving him money for them. She told him to call me and Dan and have us take Blueberry because she knew we would take good care of him.

Dan B. (her ex) called my Dan a week ago, and Dan forgot to tell me. Anyways, i got ahold of Dan B, asking when i could come get blueberry and whatnot and he told me he already got rid of him. I practically begged him to ask whoever he gave him to let me have him back. I offered to give him/them twenty bucks and reimburse them for any food or litter they bought. Dan B seemed like he didn’t want to ask for him back and said it was weird to ask for them back, but he said he would. Hannah even tried pleading with him to get him to tell use who he gave blueberry to.

The next night I texted and asked if there was any word on blueberry. He said “Nope.”

Anyways, i decided to post something on craigslist looking for blueberry, and then on Dog Gone news (a program our radio station has to help people find their pets). I saw a link to the animal shelter and on a whim I thought I should call. I almost didn’t call because Dan B had said he gave them to someone, so why bother with the pound?!?

Anyways, i call, and the people at the pound tell me that they DO have a cat matching blueberry’s description at the pound and that he had been left there with another cat in a rubbermaid container. And the other cat matched the description of the other cat Hannah had. The f***ed up part was that he put the food on top of the hole in the tub and they couldn’t breathe and the other cat (not blueberry) died!!!! But blueberry managed to move the food away through the hole so he could breathe!

So, my mom and I went in the next morning. We would have gone in the same day, but I hadn’t called them until 15 minutes before they closed, so there was no way I would have made it to town before they closed. Anyways, I was so nervous. My heart was racing and my head was pounding. I almost feel silly being so worked up over a cat, but I was just so worried about him! And he’s part of our family! When we went into the shelter, the worker at the desk was actually looking at the craigslist ad I had posted for blueberry when I still believed that Dan B. had given them away to someone. She told me she’s almost positive that the cat they had was ours. I held my breath and when we walked into the cat room….

It was blueberry!!!!

I was so elated I almost cried! He didn’t see us at first, and he just looked so dejected and scared…. but as soon as he looked up, he saw my mom and he just lit up! He practically attacked the cage door and meowed at us until he was let out and then he just wanted us to hold him! It was just awesome! I can’t even describe how good I felt about it all.

Anyways, the lady at the shelter was awesome, and didn’t even charge us to take him home, which really helped, because we needed the money to get Blueberry a box, and some food and litter.

Blueberry had to fight to live for almost ten hours before the workers got there and freed him from the rubbermaid tote that became a deathbox for his friend, who died next to him. Can you imagine how he must have felt? Struggling frantically for almost ten hours, all the while, his best friend dying right next to him, and when she did die, the tote being so small, that he was forced to stand on top of her until the workers arrived at the pound and were able to rescue him?! I can’t imagine the fear, the panic, the adrenaline rush he must have been feeling.

And you have no idea how enraged I am that someone did this to Blueberry. I don’t care who you are or what your problem is, you NEVER take out your anger at another person out on an innocent animal who has done nothing to you! It’s completely messed up, and I’m sorry… But no decent person… Animal lover or not…. Does that to an animal. And why would he lie to me and tell me he had already given them away…when really, he still had them and took them to the pound an hour or two after I got ahold of him.

I’m just so glad Blueberry is okay. His claws are messed up and a couple of them are falling out, mostly likely from when he was struggling and forcing his paw through the hole in the box.

He’s bounced back to normal though. He was skittish at first… But he’s doing much better.

Photos…Because I’ve Been Holding Out.

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I haven’t treated you guys to any photos in a while. So, here’s some to get your fix.

Photo Meme

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I saw this on Stephany’s blog, and decided to do it.

Photo Meme
Rules:
1. Go to the first photo album on your computer.
2. Go to the 10th picture.
3. Post the picture and tell a story about it.
4. Tag 5 more people and let them know

I was seventeen in this photo…. I was still anorexic. This was before treatment. I probably weighed around 90-100 in this photo. I was talking on the phone with my long-distance boyfriend, and my friend Brandon (who is now in the Navy) took the photo. There was still snow outside. I think it was March or April? Might have even been February. I just know the snow was still there and it kept melting, refreezing, melting and refreezing.

Day-After-Halloween

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So, because we had all been sick for an eternity, the house was a disaster… I mean, a complete and total disaster. We hadn’t cleaned or done much of anything since Tuesday, so there were dishes a mile high, the floors were nasty, we needed to vacuum desperately, etc. I’m sure you get the point. Anyways, my sister and Chelsea were nice enough to come over and help clean. And then they wanted to dress up and take pictures!

Maddi’s Special “Trick-or-Treating”

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So, we didn’t get to go trick-or-treating because of the aforementioned sickness/swine flu. We were all kind of sick (and still am) so we let Maddi dress up in a costume her Grandma Skyla sent down and put our own special trick-or-treat on for her! I hid behind the bedroom door while Dan helped Maddi knock on the door to get her candy!

We took some cute photos of her too!

Screw the Cabbage Patch, I Come from the Pumpkin Patch!

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We did this the weekend before halloween when we were carving pumpkins at Janelle’s house! It’s kind of a tradition. Janelle and I have carved pumpkins every year, at her house together, since Maddi was born! So we carved pumpkins and had dinner. Grandma even joined us!

Swine Flu

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So, out of all of my friends, I think I was the one worried about swine flu the least. I just thought it was like the normal flu! And of course, I would be the one to get it, wouldn’t I?

Tuesday, I ran some errands in town with Danny in tow, and Maddi stayed at home with Dan while he picked up house and did a few other things. I had woken up with a sore throat, but no biggie. I grabbed some cough drops while I was in town.

By the time I got home around 2-3pm, I still felt fine except I was just unexplainably cold, despite being well dressed for the weather. I went to take a bath, and Dan was just talking to me while I soaked. He asked if I wanted him to get me any take-out and I was thinking. Food sounded good. Then when I stood up to get out of the tub, I felt like I was thrown into a kaleidescope or a lava lamp. I was seeing globs of color everywhere and I couldn’t keep my balance. I stumbled to the couch because Maddi was taking her nap in our room, layed down, and covered with as many blankets as I could reach.

I don’t know how long I slept… But as soon as I realized Maddi was up I made my way to my room, and slept more, this time in my bed. I took my temperature around 6 and it was at 101. I took a bath. Went to sleep. Took a bath. Went to sleep. I alternated between hot baths and sleeping for a little while the entire night.

My fever went up to 103 by 9pm. And I was seeing things even more. Not so much things, as giant floating globs of color coming at me. I was hot, and in the same breath I was freezing. It got to the point I couldn’t stand up at all anymore, so I crawled when I needed to move. I remember Dan was really frustrating me because I couldn’t talk, my throat hurt too much, but he kept asking me questions and getting frustrated when I wouldn’t answer or when I just said “I don’t know….” I almost decided to go to the ER.

I think I scared Maddi though, because while I was crawling between the bedroom and the bathroom she came over, whimpering, looking really concerned and just hugged me.

Dan took us to the doctor the next morning. I had swine flu. By the time of the appointment, Danny was starting to show symptoms, so they asked to see him too. He had a fever of 102 and was doing the same things I had been doing, just in baby form. The doctor ended up giving me a couple shots (with the biggest freaking needle EVER) and prescribed us both several medications that were VERY expensive.

So, we went home and recuperated. And until Friday, I felt pretty damn bad the entire time and wasn’t quite sure that dying wouldn’t be less painful that continuing to be sick like that. Especially when, as much as I love them, my two kids would NOT stop shrieking and crying and wailing all while I have a pounding days-long-hurts-to-move-your-eyes-headache…

Maddi didn’t really get it. I think she had something different. She just had a cough and a runny nose, but other than that, acted normal and didn’t get a fever or anything…. Same with Dan. He got a milk cough but that’s about it…. Lucky bastard.

Danny and I got the brunt of it. And I felt so terrible for Danny. He looked so pitiful and depressed.

Now, we’re pretty much all fine, except for the cough and sore throat, and yucky noses. But hey! At least I’m not hallucinating anymore!

Milk for Bella & Lilah

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So, on Tuesday morning, I shipped off some milk for twin girls, Bella and Lilah! It was exciting. I love sending milk off, but at the same time, I hate doing it because then it’s out of my hands and I can’t guarantee its safety.

It might sound really weird, but I’m incredibly attached to my breast milk. Like, amazingly so. I cry everytime I ship some off. I know. I’m weird, but I can’t help it. It’s just a very emotional thing for me.

I got to use UPS for the first time though! I’ve only ever used FedEx for it before, but I’m just glad that Bella and Lilah’s parents had an account! I absolutely hate doing shipping without an account. It’s just so much easier with one!

I sent 324 ounces. I think that’s the most I’ve ever sent in one shipment, but then again, it is for TWO babies, and not just one! lol

Danny’s Hospital Pics

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