Hardy hardy har. I can barely walk, but anyway.
Spring is here! The man thing has his first sunburn (Idiot), the birds are chirping, the sun is shining and I have seeds germinating wink.
We're planting a vege garden up at my mums place and I'm growing what I can from seeds. I currently have sugarsnap peas, tomatoes, brocolli, corn, marigolds and alyssum (yeah I know the last two are types of flowers). The brocolli and peas are sprouting, along with the flowers but the tomatoes and corn are being a bit slow.
I also have some carrot seeds but I'll wait until the garden bed is ready before I plant them anywhere. I'm not sure how they do in pots.
I also have an abundance of strawberry plants. 15 in all. I purchased 6 plants last year, planted them in the ground at my mums place and let them grow. They didn't fruit very well but they made plenty of babies.
The 15 strawberry plants I now have are a mix of the original 6 plus babies. I now have 4 plants in a planter along with some lettuce (yes I know, strange bedfellows) and the other 11 are in pots.
I also have a raspberry bush in a lovely big tub sitting on my porch. It's loving its new position. It was badly mauled when it was at my mums place by a lawnmower over winter and all the canes were taken off at ground level. It was barely poking up any new leaves when I got to it 3 weeks ago. Since then, WOW, it's LOVING the tub on the porch where it gets plenty of sun, it gets water, and the occasional dose of plant food. Here's hoping it loves it so much it gives me a few berries this year lol, though that could be wishful thinking.
Anyway, off to tend to the seedlings and possibly plant some more.
I have the green bug!!
Monday, October 25, 2010
Dangitt Part 2
Well we got home from the hospital at 3am *yawn* with the verdict of...
A sprain. Or a bruise.
Gah!
So what I'm thinking is that it is either yes, a sprain or a bruise, OR there's a crack there that they couldn't see on the xray because that can sometimes happen with people with OI. Great huh.
Well the pain is the same as it was last night (a clue for me that it's likely more than just a bruise) and my toe is a lovely subtle shade of blue so I'm going to be taking it real easy over the next few days to let it rest up and see how it goes.
I hate having a not-very-common bone disorder at times.
A sprain. Or a bruise.
Gah!
So what I'm thinking is that it is either yes, a sprain or a bruise, OR there's a crack there that they couldn't see on the xray because that can sometimes happen with people with OI. Great huh.
Well the pain is the same as it was last night (a clue for me that it's likely more than just a bruise) and my toe is a lovely subtle shade of blue so I'm going to be taking it real easy over the next few days to let it rest up and see how it goes.
I hate having a not-very-common bone disorder at times.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Dangitt!!!
I think I've broken my toe :(
Well, I should rephrase that. I think the man thing has managed to break my toe. He accidentally kicked it and I think I've either bruised the joint or maybe chipped one of the bones a little. Here's hoping it's just a bruise. Best to get it checked out though so once I've finished my cuppa we're off to the hospital.
**Disclaimer** If you suspect you have a fracture or break in a bone it is not advisable for you to eat and/or drink before being seen by a doctor as surgery may be required. The only reason I'm finishing my drink is because I know this merry-go-round very well wink
I'll let y'all know how I get on.
Well, I should rephrase that. I think the man thing has managed to break my toe. He accidentally kicked it and I think I've either bruised the joint or maybe chipped one of the bones a little. Here's hoping it's just a bruise. Best to get it checked out though so once I've finished my cuppa we're off to the hospital.
**Disclaimer** If you suspect you have a fracture or break in a bone it is not advisable for you to eat and/or drink before being seen by a doctor as surgery may be required. The only reason I'm finishing my drink is because I know this merry-go-round very well wink
I'll let y'all know how I get on.
Love love love
love love love love this blog!!!
http://simplehomekeeping.blogspot.com/
Now I really do aspire to do what this lovely woman does. I would love for us to be on a more whole-foods diet and I would LOVE to be more self sufficient.
Hell, the next time we move somewhere I'm going to try find a place that has a nice sized yard so we can plant a vege garden, and so I can have my chickens. I've wanted chickens for a while.
This lovely woman has SO many great ideas and while it may take me a bit of adjusting, I'm hoping to put some of them into practice for myself.
http://simplehomekeeping.blogspot.com/
Now I really do aspire to do what this lovely woman does. I would love for us to be on a more whole-foods diet and I would LOVE to be more self sufficient.
Hell, the next time we move somewhere I'm going to try find a place that has a nice sized yard so we can plant a vege garden, and so I can have my chickens. I've wanted chickens for a while.
This lovely woman has SO many great ideas and while it may take me a bit of adjusting, I'm hoping to put some of them into practice for myself.
I'm so...
Spoiled? Nah that makes me think of rotten fruit.
Spoilt? Is that even a word?
Nevermind.
I feel so lucky! My grandmother is quite seriously looking forward to meeting her great-grandchild and thus she is showering me with gifts. For the baby of course.
I have a full set of newborn clothes, all without even asking for anything. She's just been buying these things and giving them to me. It's awesome. It's like Christmas lol.
Since at this point there's no reason for me to buy any clothes, nana has that all sorted, I've been putting money into other baby related items like a nappy bucket (because I'm one of those nutty people who is going to be using cloth nappies, and not even Modern Cloth Nappies!), a bouncinette like this one but in black.
And a black, red and white baby gym with matching play mat.
I'm totally in love with the play gym/mat set.
Spoilt? Is that even a word?
Nevermind.
I feel so lucky! My grandmother is quite seriously looking forward to meeting her great-grandchild and thus she is showering me with gifts. For the baby of course.
I have a full set of newborn clothes, all without even asking for anything. She's just been buying these things and giving them to me. It's awesome. It's like Christmas lol.
Since at this point there's no reason for me to buy any clothes, nana has that all sorted, I've been putting money into other baby related items like a nappy bucket (because I'm one of those nutty people who is going to be using cloth nappies, and not even Modern Cloth Nappies!), a bouncinette like this one but in black.
And a black, red and white baby gym with matching play mat.
I'm totally in love with the play gym/mat set.
Flutterbys
Not of the winged variety, but more of the uterine kind. I've been feeling little flutters and maybe wobbles since about 13 and a half weeks but now at 17+6 I'm definately feeling little kicks and nudges.
Nothing feels more random than a complete somersault, though I guess there are more to come in the coming months.
Seems to be that either baby REALLY doesn't like the laptop (or possible the wireless modem in the laptop that I cant seem to turn off) or I just have a bit more body awareness when I'm using the laptop. Weird, as you would think I would be more distracted by what I'm reading...
Anyway, it's late (or early) and I really should get to sleep.
Nothing feels more random than a complete somersault, though I guess there are more to come in the coming months.
Seems to be that either baby REALLY doesn't like the laptop (or possible the wireless modem in the laptop that I cant seem to turn off) or I just have a bit more body awareness when I'm using the laptop. Weird, as you would think I would be more distracted by what I'm reading...
Anyway, it's late (or early) and I really should get to sleep.
They're going to hate me
*cheeky grin*
No, seriously, doctors, nurses and midwives are going to hate me.
At my last midwife appointment I asked my midwife about the routines, policies and procedures in the Delivery Suite. She looked a bit suprised and simply replied, "We talk about things like that when we talk about your birth plan"
Hmph. I'm already WRITING and INVESTIGATING my birth plan.
She didn't seem to like it when I told her THAT.
Yeah... They're going to hate me.
No, seriously, doctors, nurses and midwives are going to hate me.
At my last midwife appointment I asked my midwife about the routines, policies and procedures in the Delivery Suite. She looked a bit suprised and simply replied, "We talk about things like that when we talk about your birth plan"
Hmph. I'm already WRITING and INVESTIGATING my birth plan.
She didn't seem to like it when I told her THAT.
Yeah... They're going to hate me.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Long time no see...
Sorry it's been so long since I last posted, life just kind of got in the way and I kept procrastinating lol. Whoopsie. Doesn't help I forgot my password *blush*
So, quick catchup!
Baby is still ok, in fact s/he is doing well. I'm now 17 weeks and 2 days along. At almost 15 weeks I had a cerclage put in to stop my cervix from opening up early again. That went well and so far there have been no complications (fingers crossed that doesnt change!!)
The man thing and I have been discussing names, though honestly I dont think that we need any more to think about, we have 20 boys names and about 50 girls names... We should really concentrate on whittling down the ones we have now.
In two weeks and a bit we are having our anatomy scan (also known as the anomoly scan and the 20 week scan)and we are hopefully going to find out the sex of bubs.
In 3 weeks we are going to start Antenatal classes which should be interesting. I've been doing my own research into things and all I can say is OMFG is this a rather...contraversial subject. I think I'll get into this a bit more in later posts but for now I think I'll leave it at :O
So, quick catchup!
Baby is still ok, in fact s/he is doing well. I'm now 17 weeks and 2 days along. At almost 15 weeks I had a cerclage put in to stop my cervix from opening up early again. That went well and so far there have been no complications (fingers crossed that doesnt change!!)
The man thing and I have been discussing names, though honestly I dont think that we need any more to think about, we have 20 boys names and about 50 girls names... We should really concentrate on whittling down the ones we have now.
In two weeks and a bit we are having our anatomy scan (also known as the anomoly scan and the 20 week scan)and we are hopefully going to find out the sex of bubs.
In 3 weeks we are going to start Antenatal classes which should be interesting. I've been doing my own research into things and all I can say is OMFG is this a rather...contraversial subject. I think I'll get into this a bit more in later posts but for now I think I'll leave it at :O
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