- All woman are a bit crazy, some at different levels, deal with it and move on.
- If you get yelled at for spending too much money, it's not a good idea to look at more stuff to buy.
- No matter what, you are wrong. Admit it, say you're sorry, and things will be a heck of a lot better for everyone.
- Sometimes it's a good idea to walk away from the video game.
- It is possible to use less than 6 different glasses/cups in one day.
- If you put a drink on the floor, you can't get mad at a kid for knocking it over.
- Public displays of affection, (i.e., hand holding, hugging, saying I love you or I miss you) is OKAY and preferred by 99% of woman. This WILL make her smile and be happy.
- If your wife is smiling and happy then you will likely be smiling and happy :)
- We love it when we don't have to pick up dog poop or take out trash!
- Putting dirty clothes in the washer and turning it on does not count as doing laundry. There are several steps that must follow for that to be a score for you.
- When we say we don't care... we really do.
- It is okay to spend more than 1 1/2 minutes on a task that your wife asks you to do.
- If you buy something expensive, maintain it. Don't just use it and figure it's gonna crap out and want to buy another one.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
here's some help guys...
Jennifer and I have compiled a list for you husbands out there. Please read these, agree to them, understand them, and deal with them so we can all be happy :)
Friday, August 5, 2011
really? a 5 yr old should just be learning this???
We went to Kaitlyn and Kaylee's well child visit/ health assesments appointment today and here are some question the doctor asked the girls that surprised me, (because I can't believe this is all that is expected and because it seems like this stuff is really... I don't know...too easy for even their ages?? Am I wrong??"
Kaitlyn (5 yrs old, going into kindergarten)
"Do you know your colors?"
"do you know your numbers?"
"do you know the alphabet?"
"do you know your body parts?"
Kaylee (soon to be 3yrs old)
"do you know your colors?"
"can you count to 3"
"do you know where your heart is?"
to me "does she speak in 3-4 word phrases?" <---- this one seemed the most silly to me! Anyone that knows Kaylee know that she will carry on a regular conversation with most any adult!
Kaitlyn is in the 87th percentile for her height
Kaylee is in the 95th!!! percentile for her height
We have either some supermodels or WMBA stars on our hands!
The best news of all was that neither of them needed any shots, Kaitlyn is good until age 10 (besides flu shots of course), and Kaylee until age 4. woo hoo!
Alos, the instructor posted our first workout for todays crossfit class... doesn't look all that bad, but we shall see... (and it says 'for time' , I'm not sure what that means...)
Run 400m
then 21-15-9 Reps of:
Squat
Pushup
Deadlift
Finish with 400 meter run
Kaitlyn (5 yrs old, going into kindergarten)
"Do you know your colors?"
"do you know your numbers?"
"do you know the alphabet?"
"do you know your body parts?"
Kaylee (soon to be 3yrs old)
"do you know your colors?"
"can you count to 3"
"do you know where your heart is?"
to me "does she speak in 3-4 word phrases?" <---- this one seemed the most silly to me! Anyone that knows Kaylee know that she will carry on a regular conversation with most any adult!
Kaitlyn is in the 87th percentile for her height
Kaylee is in the 95th!!! percentile for her height
We have either some supermodels or WMBA stars on our hands!
The best news of all was that neither of them needed any shots, Kaitlyn is good until age 10 (besides flu shots of course), and Kaylee until age 4. woo hoo!
Alos, the instructor posted our first workout for todays crossfit class... doesn't look all that bad, but we shall see... (and it says 'for time' , I'm not sure what that means...)
Run 400m
then 21-15-9 Reps of:
Squat
Pushup
Deadlift
Finish with 400 meter run
Thursday, August 4, 2011
I am I fit for crossfit??
The answer to that is heck no. But that's why I'm doing it. I am still about 10 lbs heavier than my preprego self and nowhere close to fitting in my before clothes. In fact I'm several pant sizes bigger right now than iwas when randy got home last year and that really ticks me off because I worked sooo hard the year he was gone.
Well something has got to change because I really do not want to buy new winter clothes because I'm too fat, rather should be buying new winter clothes because I look great and need some Italian fashions. I am signed up for a crossfit class that starts tomorrow and is an hour long on Monday's, Tuesday's, Thursday's,and Fridays. There is no reason or excuse for me to not get back in shape and looking good and it all starts tomorrow. Ill let everyone now tomorrow if I was able to do it all and if I'm able to move afterwards! Wish me luck!!... And if anyone wants to checkout what exactly crossfit is,you can check out their facebook page, crossfit Vicenza (I will add the link later when im not on the iPad)
Well something has got to change because I really do not want to buy new winter clothes because I'm too fat, rather should be buying new winter clothes because I look great and need some Italian fashions. I am signed up for a crossfit class that starts tomorrow and is an hour long on Monday's, Tuesday's, Thursday's,and Fridays. There is no reason or excuse for me to not get back in shape and looking good and it all starts tomorrow. Ill let everyone now tomorrow if I was able to do it all and if I'm able to move afterwards! Wish me luck!!... And if anyone wants to checkout what exactly crossfit is,you can check out their facebook page, crossfit Vicenza (I will add the link later when im not on the iPad)
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
why the problem with pain meds Italy?????
I don't really know where to start. After my c-section at the local Italian hospital, San Bortolo, I was weary to say the least about having any medical/dental work done while in this country. However, after my visit to the post dental clinic I realized I needed to get some things taken care of before they get worse. Unfortunetly they do not have enough appointment spaces to see spouses at the clinic on post. I delayed making an initial appointment with an Italian dentist because I just was not sure how it would go. After getting a reccomendation from the post clinic and another spouse having a successful time there, I went ahead and made my appointment.
The initial checkup was weird, but fine. They confirmed the same cavities that had been identified a few weeks prior and we set up my first appointment to come back and have a cleaning done as well as get started with the first cavity/filling.
So, today was the day. I told Randy how nervous I was that after I got the shot in my mouth that I wouldn't be able to explain to them that it wasn't enough or whatnot (the shot itself is not big deal to me, hell I have 18 holes in my ear, have had my tongue pierced and have 3 tattoos).
Randy dropped me off at the street (small dead end) and left and I walked there but the gate was still shut since they were not back from their lunch break. I was finaly let inside and taken immediatly back to the room and laid back. There was only the dentist, 1 assistant, and myself there at this time. The assistant started getting things ready and I asked, to confirm, if we were doing one filling and a cleaning. She said yes. She put the green rubber thing across my mouth (which hurt so bad in itself when she tightened whatever metal it was holding it on...) then the dentist sat down behind my head, grabbed some tools (i'm not a dentist and I wont pretend to know what this stuff is called ) and started picking away at my tooth.
I tried to wave at them and mutter something (as much as possible with my mouth wide open,that thing over it, and his hands there) to ask if they were just looking at my tooth before giving my the shot. Well, they could have cared less that I was trying to get their attention. I continued to say "stop" and "get this off please" (haha, yes I was still polite as I was starting to freak out!). The dentist however continued to pick at my tooth and then .... holy shit. Seriously he picked up whatever tool/drill whatnot and started away at my tooth.
I can't even begin to explain the excrutiating pain that I was feeling as well as all the crazy thoughts that were going through my head.
Have you ever watched the horror movie 'The Dentist' ?? I have, several times. All I kept thinking in my head was that I somehow ended up in this movie. Click here to see the trailer (which is no where nar as bad as the rest of the movie) of the 1996 film The Dentist
As I continued to get worked on and continued to wave my hands for them to stop, they just continued. Seriously now, I am not making this up. All the assistant kept saying was ''just breath, just breath", and her and the dentist spoke several times back and forth in Italian (damn me for not learning more Italian). I kept my eyes clenched shut so I really had no idea what was going on at any time other than what I felt and neither of them felt the need at anytime let me know what was going on. In the midst of all this tears were streaming down my face and the assistant continuously used the suction thing in the corner of my eye to dry them (which I also waved off but do think she cared??), and once the tears ran down into my ears she even sucked them dry. I know. I know. This sounds absurd. But the stupidity does not even stop there.
Once there were done and they made the chair sit back up and took the thing off my mouth, I blurted out "your crazy! I am done!" Oh my, the dentist obviously didn't understand what I meant and said "yes your filling is done, don't bite down, we will do the cleaning next, go ahead and rinse."
I moved my legs to floor and said "no, I don't want the cleaning, I am done. That hurt so bad." The two started to converse again in Italian and the dentist said, "I do not believe that that hurt. I use this same procedure with babies and they are fine. Using a shot would have been ridiculi (he meant ridiculas). That could not have hurt." My reaction was a stunned face, "You are crazy, I know what hurts and that was awful, I am done." I was seriously an emotional /nervous wreck at this point. And again, I am not making this up!
I got up and started over to get my purse to leave, the dentist left the room shaking his head saying something in Italian and the assistant actually said to me, "okay I will make you next appointment and we do cleaning then." I looked at her bewildered, chuckled and said "you are also crazy, i am not coming back." She said "Okay, you call for appointment."
I left.
Are you in shock right now??? I am still in shock and pain of course! I can't believe that that happened and I can't believe that I didn't do something else like get up and just force myself out of there with the crap on my mouth and all. I don't know...
The initial checkup was weird, but fine. They confirmed the same cavities that had been identified a few weeks prior and we set up my first appointment to come back and have a cleaning done as well as get started with the first cavity/filling.
So, today was the day. I told Randy how nervous I was that after I got the shot in my mouth that I wouldn't be able to explain to them that it wasn't enough or whatnot (the shot itself is not big deal to me, hell I have 18 holes in my ear, have had my tongue pierced and have 3 tattoos).
Randy dropped me off at the street (small dead end) and left and I walked there but the gate was still shut since they were not back from their lunch break. I was finaly let inside and taken immediatly back to the room and laid back. There was only the dentist, 1 assistant, and myself there at this time. The assistant started getting things ready and I asked, to confirm, if we were doing one filling and a cleaning. She said yes. She put the green rubber thing across my mouth (which hurt so bad in itself when she tightened whatever metal it was holding it on...) then the dentist sat down behind my head, grabbed some tools (i'm not a dentist and I wont pretend to know what this stuff is called ) and started picking away at my tooth.
I tried to wave at them and mutter something (as much as possible with my mouth wide open,that thing over it, and his hands there) to ask if they were just looking at my tooth before giving my the shot. Well, they could have cared less that I was trying to get their attention. I continued to say "stop" and "get this off please" (haha, yes I was still polite as I was starting to freak out!). The dentist however continued to pick at my tooth and then .... holy shit. Seriously he picked up whatever tool/drill whatnot and started away at my tooth.
I can't even begin to explain the excrutiating pain that I was feeling as well as all the crazy thoughts that were going through my head.
Have you ever watched the horror movie 'The Dentist' ?? I have, several times. All I kept thinking in my head was that I somehow ended up in this movie. Click here to see the trailer (which is no where nar as bad as the rest of the movie) of the 1996 film The Dentist
As I continued to get worked on and continued to wave my hands for them to stop, they just continued. Seriously now, I am not making this up. All the assistant kept saying was ''just breath, just breath", and her and the dentist spoke several times back and forth in Italian (damn me for not learning more Italian). I kept my eyes clenched shut so I really had no idea what was going on at any time other than what I felt and neither of them felt the need at anytime let me know what was going on. In the midst of all this tears were streaming down my face and the assistant continuously used the suction thing in the corner of my eye to dry them (which I also waved off but do think she cared??), and once the tears ran down into my ears she even sucked them dry. I know. I know. This sounds absurd. But the stupidity does not even stop there.
Once there were done and they made the chair sit back up and took the thing off my mouth, I blurted out "your crazy! I am done!" Oh my, the dentist obviously didn't understand what I meant and said "yes your filling is done, don't bite down, we will do the cleaning next, go ahead and rinse."
I moved my legs to floor and said "no, I don't want the cleaning, I am done. That hurt so bad." The two started to converse again in Italian and the dentist said, "I do not believe that that hurt. I use this same procedure with babies and they are fine. Using a shot would have been ridiculi (he meant ridiculas). That could not have hurt." My reaction was a stunned face, "You are crazy, I know what hurts and that was awful, I am done." I was seriously an emotional /nervous wreck at this point. And again, I am not making this up!
I got up and started over to get my purse to leave, the dentist left the room shaking his head saying something in Italian and the assistant actually said to me, "okay I will make you next appointment and we do cleaning then." I looked at her bewildered, chuckled and said "you are also crazy, i am not coming back." She said "Okay, you call for appointment."
I left.
Are you in shock right now??? I am still in shock and pain of course! I can't believe that that happened and I can't believe that I didn't do something else like get up and just force myself out of there with the crap on my mouth and all. I don't know...
Monday, August 1, 2011
Kaitlyns (okay, and my...) addiction
Kaitlyns and I were playing with her Littlest Petshop stuff today and she wanted to line all her pets up (as is neccessary anytime we play with these things). So we lined them all up in several rows based on whether they are a dog, cat, bunny, farm animal, zoo animal, flying thing, water/reptile thing, or rodent like. Well, holy moly. I noticed what started as a simply little thing that Kaitlyn liked to play with had turned into a serious addiction for her. And quite honestly, me too :). Here's a list of the ridiculasness....
To top it off I asked Kaitlyn today if she had enough or if she needed more stuff and her reply was, "I still need the coo-coo clock, rug, annnnnnd... well I wanna fill my whole room up with them!!!!"
- 117 animals (yup, that is sad. and if you ask Kaitlyn if she has an animal she will know and she will probably be able to tell you how many of that specific animal as well as where/when she got it...)
- 3 fakies from the dollar general...
- 5 animals attached to something from Mc'ds..
- 10 Teeny tiniest Pets
- 3 houses
- 6 houses for the teeny tiniest pets
- 8 stuffed pets
- two shirts, one dress, a pair of shoes and multiple undies...
- an umbrella
- 1 necklace
- 7 canvas paintings
- bedding set
- bike helmet and ringer
- two purses
- backpack
- lunch bag
- tote bag
- toothbrush holder
- bathroom sign
- stepstools
- multiple books and coloring books
- halloween outfit
- 2 board games
- an ice pack
- placemat
To top it off I asked Kaitlyn today if she had enough or if she needed more stuff and her reply was, "I still need the coo-coo clock, rug, annnnnnd... well I wanna fill my whole room up with them!!!!"
birthdays/ holidays...
Birthdays and other important holidays are bound to be a huge bummer for Randy and I and all our family back home but I am determined to make sure the girls still have great ones!
Kaylee's birthday plans are well underway!
-the location is booked, movie theater on post, we will be watching Tangled (or Rapunzel as Kaylee chose it)
-since her birthday is on a Saturday, she gets to have her party on the same day (huge plus because different days is way confusing for little ones)
-I've alredy received all her presents in the mail (just need to find a time when she's not around me--which is never--to wrap them)
-made out all the invitations (just need to hand them all out - and hope the kids give them to their parents :\ )
-have a super ton of decorations thanks to the mama and papa :)
-have goodie bags personally made up for each kiddo.... thanks again to mama and papa :)
-I still have to figure out where I'm going to get the hillium (sp?) balloons blown up and get more balloons to have on the floor at the house (birthday tradition is to have the house decorated and balloons galore when the girls wake up), and I need to get baking supplies to make her cake for the house (she has choosen the big top cupcake frosted like a pig, lol, we will see how that goes ), and I need to order her cake.
Other than having some of the most important people in Kaylee's life on the wrong side of the ocean, she should have a blast!
As for other holidays... Mine and Randys' 8th anniversary will be in Oct but he will be getting ready to leave for school the next day or so....Halloween- all 3 girls already have their outfits picked out (and they happen to be ones we already have! super yay!) Kaitlyn is going to be the Littlest Petshop monkey, Kaylee is going to be Tinkerbell, and Rosalee is also going as Tinkerbell! For Thanksgiving Randy will still be gone so I'm hoping to get some invites from neighbors/friends *hint hint*. This is the first year for since 2007 that we will be having Christmas in our own house! (lots of moves), so we plan to make it awesome. We have LOADS of decorations for outside and inside. The tree (which Kaitlyn hopes so very badly will be a real one -if they sell in Italy???), will be decked out in lots of awesome ornaments, garland and whatnot that we've been collecting over the years. There will be new tradations started and old ones (cookies for santa, reindeer food on the lawn for the reindeer , etc) followed. Hopefully 'Santa' will even make his appereance at the house again while the girls are ready to sleep and bring their stockings (too much fun for us and the girls, we LOVE this). I already have presents bought for Randy and some for both the girls (thanks to Ebay). Have to get some stuff in October or so for everyone back home to make sure they get it in time with the crazy holiday shipping... and as for next year, Kaitlyn is already making plans for her birthday lol.
Kaylee's birthday plans are well underway!
-the location is booked, movie theater on post, we will be watching Tangled (or Rapunzel as Kaylee chose it)
-since her birthday is on a Saturday, she gets to have her party on the same day (huge plus because different days is way confusing for little ones)
-I've alredy received all her presents in the mail (just need to find a time when she's not around me--which is never--to wrap them)
-made out all the invitations (just need to hand them all out - and hope the kids give them to their parents :\ )
-have a super ton of decorations thanks to the mama and papa :)
-have goodie bags personally made up for each kiddo.... thanks again to mama and papa :)
-I still have to figure out where I'm going to get the hillium (sp?) balloons blown up and get more balloons to have on the floor at the house (birthday tradition is to have the house decorated and balloons galore when the girls wake up), and I need to get baking supplies to make her cake for the house (she has choosen the big top cupcake frosted like a pig, lol, we will see how that goes ), and I need to order her cake.
Other than having some of the most important people in Kaylee's life on the wrong side of the ocean, she should have a blast!
As for other holidays... Mine and Randys' 8th anniversary will be in Oct but he will be getting ready to leave for school the next day or so....Halloween- all 3 girls already have their outfits picked out (and they happen to be ones we already have! super yay!) Kaitlyn is going to be the Littlest Petshop monkey, Kaylee is going to be Tinkerbell, and Rosalee is also going as Tinkerbell! For Thanksgiving Randy will still be gone so I'm hoping to get some invites from neighbors/friends *hint hint*. This is the first year for since 2007 that we will be having Christmas in our own house! (lots of moves), so we plan to make it awesome. We have LOADS of decorations for outside and inside. The tree (which Kaitlyn hopes so very badly will be a real one -if they sell in Italy???), will be decked out in lots of awesome ornaments, garland and whatnot that we've been collecting over the years. There will be new tradations started and old ones (cookies for santa, reindeer food on the lawn for the reindeer , etc) followed. Hopefully 'Santa' will even make his appereance at the house again while the girls are ready to sleep and bring their stockings (too much fun for us and the girls, we LOVE this). I already have presents bought for Randy and some for both the girls (thanks to Ebay). Have to get some stuff in October or so for everyone back home to make sure they get it in time with the crazy holiday shipping... and as for next year, Kaitlyn is already making plans for her birthday lol.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Made us laugh, maybe you will too...
During the last few days we've had many things make us laugh as usual. Here are some of my favorites...
Me: "kaylee, I will punch you in a second,hold on". (she had put on the focus mitts for boxing.)
Me: "what should we do next." jennifer: "we could do those herpes things glen showed us" (speaking of an exercise actually called 'burpees'.)
Jennifer trying to get her stop watch out of her bra with boxing gloves on.
Me trying to work the ipad with boxing gloves on.
Kaitlyn: "Bailey said her mom got stung by a bee in the heart and didn't die!"
Both kaitlyn and kaylee trying to imitate Beyonce's dance on her video for 'all the single ladies' (if you havnt seen the video look it up on YouTube.com and picture the girls doing this!! Hilarious!!) click here to see the video---> http://youtu.be/4m1EFMoRFvY
Bailey got some mascara from her grandma and her and kaitlyn putit on each other. They started out looking like football players then as we laughed (not at them, but with them of course)they tried with no avail to wipe it off and ended up looking like members of KISS and insisted they keep it like that the rest of the day. ( I really should have gotten a picture.)
The girls and sow friends were drawing on the sidewalk with chalk yesterday and kaylee asked me to help her draw a line. She showed me where and I drew a line. Kaylee says "no, longer to here" and points to the other end of the sidewalk. So I drew a line across and she immediately shouts to all the other kids " haha, nana nana boo ha, you can't come over here it's my side!!"
Oh, there are sooooo many more that I will save them for another day! Hope you laughed!!
Me: "kaylee, I will punch you in a second,hold on". (she had put on the focus mitts for boxing.)
Me: "what should we do next." jennifer: "we could do those herpes things glen showed us" (speaking of an exercise actually called 'burpees'.)
Jennifer trying to get her stop watch out of her bra with boxing gloves on.
Me trying to work the ipad with boxing gloves on.
Kaitlyn: "Bailey said her mom got stung by a bee in the heart and didn't die!"
Both kaitlyn and kaylee trying to imitate Beyonce's dance on her video for 'all the single ladies' (if you havnt seen the video look it up on YouTube.com and picture the girls doing this!! Hilarious!!) click here to see the video---> http://youtu.be/4m1EFMoRFvY
Bailey got some mascara from her grandma and her and kaitlyn putit on each other. They started out looking like football players then as we laughed (not at them, but with them of course)they tried with no avail to wipe it off and ended up looking like members of KISS and insisted they keep it like that the rest of the day. ( I really should have gotten a picture.)
The girls and sow friends were drawing on the sidewalk with chalk yesterday and kaylee asked me to help her draw a line. She showed me where and I drew a line. Kaylee says "no, longer to here" and points to the other end of the sidewalk. So I drew a line across and she immediately shouts to all the other kids " haha, nana nana boo ha, you can't come over here it's my side!!"
Oh, there are sooooo many more that I will save them for another day! Hope you laughed!!
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