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Here is a blog of randomness...

• I gave both boys a bath together last night, ALL by myself, while Mike was in class.. Ryan has this new thing of resisting his final nap, so by bed time he is a CRAB!! He was crying in the hall as I undressed him a few feet from Andy in the tub, he looked up, saw Andy in the tub & Andy smiled at him & he just broke into a HUGE grin & they both laughed & looked at eachother...And it was wonderful.
• At the playground the other day, it must have been halftime in the browns game b/c Moms & grandmas were letting kids loose.. This girl who looked to be barely 18 and stick thin was there with her SON who looked to be about 5 or 6.. (he called her mommy so...) and this kid literally pushed past Andy on the 3 steps leading up to the slide entrance & then proceeded to take about 10 minutes to go down the slide..Poor Andy just sat there looking a bit confused as to why I kept firmly telling him to wait.. The mom just stood there & didnt say a thing.. (note- this was after I gave a nice smile when they first came over & she coldly ignored me..) and I tell you.. I seriously wanted to smack the child!! I just kept telling Andy "thank you for having such good manners!" " Thanks for listening to Mommy buddy!' etc.. But I WANTED to say "Thank goodness YOU have manners, unlike these disgustingly wild children running amuck on the playground & they're trashy mothers!!!" I mean COME ON!! At a public playground, HOW hard is it to tell your child "dont push that toddler & please go down the slide appropriately" After he sat in the middle of the slide for 10 minutes when he hopped off the end of the slide while giving me "a look" like he KNEW what he was doing..she said "If you go down that big scary pole over there I'll buy you ice cream!" and I smothered my look of disgust & took Andy to the other side of the playground..
• I am obviously, NOT a people person..In fact, I'm fairly sure I'm not a child person either.. short of my own & a select few ( friends & family!)
• I also think, that people should have to pass a class in order to have children..((gag)) I'll leave it at that..
• I would like a wife/mother of my own. A wife/mother is a mom/wife,yet she is also a father & a husband..She is a cook, a maid, a chauffeur, a personal assistant, a detective who can find ANYTHING amongst ANY mess, she is a nurse, a best friend, a lover ( of course, only in the wife part, haha) a wife/mother is also a confessional, a dictionary, a play toy, a jungle gym, a muse, she is the head master, yet she is full of fun, unexpected surprises, she is smart & witty while being tough yet loving...Mothers & wives do EVERYTHING..And I REALLY want to know where I can get one for myself.. because MAN.. My kids & Mike are LUCKY DUCKS to have one of their own!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• For those of you who pray.. Please keep Mikes Nana, Jay, in your thoughts.. We've recently found out she has cancer. From what Mike has said, its still in the "finding out" stages a bit, so I dont know exactly how to explain it, but apparently as of today, they decided she will be going in for surgery on the 9th. She is one of the most important people in Mikes life & she's always said this since the day we met. For her to hold such a high place in his heart I know she is truly a great person, despite our differences in the past & the fact that I havent gotten to know her all that well. He's been very upset by this news, and its even harder, him living so far away now.. So,please, think of her, or add her to your prayers.
• The kittens slept inside the other night.. EEK!! I thought Mike wanted them in & he thought I wanted them in, LOL!! We BOTH laid awake at night worrying about it, yet not wanting to upset the other,isn't that silly? Poor kids.. they keep trying to sneak in now & we cant get them out.. I figure, we'll take it day by day & if we NEED to, in the winter, we'll let them in at night.. They got along fine with everyone & everything, Mike woke up at night to get water & found them & Max snuggled up on the couch!! The orange one is ticked at me now..s/he ignores me all day & then rolls all over me at night trying to work his way in.. sweet bug... I absolutely adore them, but when we woke up in the AM, the orange one got frisky playing with a really expensive kids toy..and as much as we love them... I dont want them eating $80 play mats, ya know??? Now I just felt guilty very night when they try to come in.. ((sigh)) Its not easy being green..I mean.. so caring towards animals.....
• Desperate Housewives, Grays Anatomy & Ugly Betty are BBAAACCKKK!!! They are joining my ever loving line up of The Hills, One Tree Hill and the new add on of Gossip Girl..I LURVE me some TIVO!!!!
• Miss my sis...
• Ryan is THISCLOSE to crawling..that stinker is MOBILE!!! I mean..WOW!! I cant believe he'll be 6 months old in 15 days.. Wow!!!! Its funny, with Andy I was so anxious to hold off on solid food ( and sure enough, he barely ate it until he was 1!!) but Ryan, I for the first time have considered starting him early!! I wont.. but I likely will start him right at 6 months.. He just is DYING for food1 He reaches & grabs for whatever we are eating..and I really dont want a goldfish cracker or Swedish fish to be his first food....so.. I like likely start him this next month.. I was dreading it with Andy & SO nervous, I feel more excited & giddy, lol, almost..with Ryan..I just feel he'll really be into it, where Andy wasn't!!!
• Haven't been feeling real chatty lately.. for anyone who is lacking emails from me... I've been feeling over worked & under paid!! LOL
• Went to the chiro yesterday..and then to a park for a hiking trail... I did the "difficult" (red) trail..I went about 3/4th of the way through in about 10 minutes & then switched over to the hiking (yellow) for the last part.. I finished the entire thing in about 17 minutes!! ...I also "walked" ( literally) in on a teenage couple..um..you know... I avoided eye contact like all get out & kept on going.. Hows THAT for uncomfortable?? LOL I was the ONLY car in the parking lot..so they were that young they WALKED there... Ewww.. LOL!There were alot of fallen trees from the wind a few weeks ago.. I had to actually sit on & climb over one.. then the smaller limbs below I lost my footing on & tripped, falling on my knee.. You know how when you fall hard, you can actually FEEL your brain having been rattled afterwords??? Yeah.. Ouch. Tomorrow is my "neighborhood walk" day.. unless its raining... or I'm really tired, LOL.. I keep joking with Mike, this is my "Operation get Not Fat"
• On that note.. Seriously.. lets be honest here..I barely weighed 100 lbs when I graduated high school..I was really really thin.. (some say TOO thin..I say boo to you!!!) I've been conscious about my weight & how I look since I was a teenager...After we moved to FL, I got SERIOUSLY depressed & happened to be pregnant.. so Um.. basically I ate alot..and got fat ( pregnant/fat..all the same to me!!!)Apparently some people hang on to extra weight when nursing & some lose it easier..I stand by the fact that I hang on to it, LOL!! It wasnt until Andy was a year old that I got back to my pre pregnancy weight & then literally, 2 weeks later I was pregnant with Ryan ((sigh)) So.. I know that based on my body.. it'll be about a year until I get "back to normal".. but.. I was doing SOOOO well for the first few months...then Ryan did something Andy NEVER did.. he SLEEPS!! Sooooo.. I stay up & enjoy time..and maybe a beer or 2..with Mike.. and then suddenly.. all the weight I lost came back ((sigh)) So.. I'm starting to make an effort, jogging/walking/playgrounds/watching what I eat/taking the clothes off the eliptical..lol.. So.. we'll see =0)
• On the same note..I miss our Bowflex.. ((sigh)) Its just sitting in my moms basement.. I wish we had a bigger house for now..but this place is SUCH a steal for us!!!!!!!
• Oh..also..for those of you who pray..can you also add in this "I really hope Haileys husband takes the job here so they can live in the same town as Claire & Mike & Skye & Andy can finally meet their destiny with eachother & Claire & Hailey can be BFF's IRL too!!!" ..thanks..Appreciate it..Just need Sierra & the commune is complete!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• I really, really, REALLY do not want more children for ATLEAST another 4-5 years...
• I really really REALLY LOVE my 3 boys!!!!

;-)

Growth Keepsake Mirror

I of course..did it *my* way.. which I recommend for any craft..makes it "more specialer"

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custard & playgrounds..

Andy has been asking "playground?" ever day since we've started going every other day or so.. he'll ask "one more time??" (which is what I tell him as we wrap it up & hes headed up for the slide!) so.. I took him again today.. just us. He ventured into uncharted territory! He climbed some "rock walls" and even went down a SUPER steep slide on his own. He only got a breif flash of terror before he liked it, it was FAST!!!

The local custard place is seasonal, and todays flavor was banana..I always remember whenever we'd drive by & my mom saw it was banana..the odds of us stopping were good. So I looped around after a good play at the play ground & took him into grab a bowl of banana to split.. We sat on the bench, eating while he talked to me & then we got in the car to go grab a pizza for Dad..He asked for the bowl so I um..crammed down a few bites of my own before handing it over.. At a stop light I asked for a bite "No."

...okay....

Then he coughed..I ALWAYS cough when I eat ice cream..I remember as a kid ( I was bribed alot.. seriously.. $10 to go off the diving board, etc etc) my dad said "I bet you cant eat ice cream ONCE all the way through with out coughing!!!" I remember finally, possibly 2 years later I DID!! I ran to tell him & asked "what do I get??" He said "...I just said I bet you couldnt..I didn't get anything on it!!" haha.. silly dad..I was quite dissapointed, obviously, as I still recall it so well!!

But it was sort of cool, to watch my little guy eating banana custard,this special seasonal treat, to see him cough, just like me & then laugh as he spooned more in anyway..

Yeah..I just thought it was really great, a good "mental picture" as I call them, when you don't have a camera, so you take a mental picture, so you wont forget... =0)

Videos..Pictures...

Tired.. went for a 2 mile walk, with a 40 pound stroller, a 30 pound toddler & a nearly 20 pound infant this morning... Been cleaning today too.. .. tired.. sentances.....cant......

..Ryan REALLY likes the cat...

Andy aspires to grow up to be JUST like his daddy.... ;-)

My $5 black mirror is now a super awesome growth chart!! ( kinda hard to take pics of a mirror...)

What I wake up to every AM.. ( doesnt it look likes hes going to bang his head into the wall?? Makes me nervous, lol)

Second try...I was wanting to get his cute little butt-in-air rock...

And THIS, is what happens on Mikes watch....

Ah! One more...

Since my dad is a poet... I have some knack for writing flowing through my veins..as I shut the freezer quickly tonight..It hit me.. a poem!!!

ICE CREAM

My bowl

Is Lonely

With Only

One Scoop

Ehh???? Like it??? Yeeaahhh baby!! But seriously.. I lost a crap load of weight when Ryan was just a few weeks old & then ..em.. just stopped trying.. I need to start again. So.. oh lonely scoop....

Had a play date today with Emily & Sam.. it was fabulous. We have a standing Thursday date from now on.. I'm excited!Hope she can convince Katie to come with her kiddos too..
Sam & Andy are simply cute, chasing eachother, screaming, laughing, even giving sweet hugs when its bye bye time!!! I'll make sure to take pics next time.. they are ADORABLE!!!

Alright..off to cherish my lonely scoop & try to watch Gossip girl..I hear its good, so I'm going to try to get into it!!

♥

Dear New Neighbor Guys....

I just thought I would pass this on to you, since your new in the neighborhood...
If you want to make friends, please dont peel out backwards from your driveway at 30 plus miles per hour & screech into the street from your blind sighted driveway.. alot of us have children..This is not a good way to make friends.

Please dont throw car batteries against the ground.. its loud, and not very smart.
Also, when your driving your truck into small trees in your back lot, please, refrain from doing it at 3am, my 2 year old gets scared when you get stuck on top of a tree & are revving all night to get your redneck truck out.

And neighbor, please, you & your friends, dont jump the other neighbors fence for the very first time to "introduce yourself" to me & my kids ( after you've met Mike) and then give me the eye & act like a macho man, in front of my husband..

Dont try to impress me by talking about my garden, my apple tree, or to my children. I'm married.

Also, bragging about your MBA, in "well..business!!" and then talking about all the places "Washington is going to hire me.. they want me bad.." (Mike asks) Washington what?? To which you reply "State!" as if My husband is a fool.. YOU sound rather silly..

Please, dont walk around our yard, touching things, the grill, the tables, etc.. Its an invasion of privacy, jump fence, say hi, give wife the eye & then touch mans things. Not a good way to start a friendship buddy..

And please, keep your motorcycles out of the back yard once its dark, my kids are in bed..
So I ask you nicely, dear neighbor..Please..

SHUT THE *&%^ UP.

Sincerely,
Claire

Y-I-K-E-S!!

I acgreed with 4 for McCain, and 9 for Obama....

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HEY!! YES YOU!!!

I just looked at my nifty blog ...counter/tracker..thingy..

I am a SERIOUSLY nosy, obsessive person..

So.. if you read this, leave me a comment, tell me who you are, about you, etc!! I see someone in the UK is reading.. and 2 people in Germany.. I am honored!! Mike even was like "wow, you have a good following!" and I felt all warm & gooey inside!!

Please, introduce yourself, or else make up a super cool false personality that makes me feel really good about myself... eh?

Deep Thoughts

• I wish I had a wife.. they do EVERYTHING!!!
• I'm making Ugly Dolls.. for the last part of the kids X-mas gifts.. Sorry...not spending $50 on something that I could sew up in 20 minutes!!!
• Met our rowdy new back neighbors.. We no longer like them..One gave me the eye & the walked around & "touched things" as Mike put it.. We were outside with both kiddos & Bob, our neighbor..mind you!!
• I get the task of capturing the kittens soon!! After I catch them, our neighbor is taking them to be spayed ( the gray one is a girl, we checked.. orange one, probably is too..)
• I need to get back to actually trying to lose weight.. darn baby fat..Once Andy was close to 11 months it slid right off.. I was doing AWESOME when Ryan was only a few weeks old & then just sort of stopped caring..and got fat. LOL.
• The kittens own us now. The have come in the back door the last 2 nights & rolled all over begging for lovings & even met Max ( our "shitty kitty") last night.. The funny thing is..Max is a super big fat ass.. and the KITTENS hissed at HIM, lol!!!
• I'm annoyed with my s/o tonight..
• I guess I'll be voting for Obama.. I dont like either..and sort of figured I wouldnt even bother actually.. but then ..sadly..in my Glamour magazine, it did one of those "Mccain" "Obama" things where they ask both questions & them sumarize each running mates stance on issues..and I was like 'WOW.. I KNEW I wasnt a republican but YIKES.. I HAVE to vote now!!! Even if I dont like the guy..hes got to be better than Mccain! I fully believe in the seperation of Church & State.. and dont want Roe vs Wade to be reversed..that one one of the few times I can recall that politicians DID THEIR JOB, and voted based on the constitution, not on their Christian ways ( much to the dismay of a certian President who elected them assuming they would!!) Just because I wouldnt have an abortion myself, doesnt mean I think "The Man" should be able to take away the right... Nuff said... I wont get into other issues...
• So.. I finally sent in an absentee ballot, b/c lets face it.. its hard enough going to the grocery store, much less to vote!!!
• I am a bad mommy.. I got Andy one of those large Crayola murals today.. "Cars".. naturally.. and I tried to keep the crayons from him as we colored so he wouldnt "ruin" my picture, LOL!! I'm awful.. I gave in when the guilt over only giving him white crayons kicked in..and I figure..I'll color one by myself while ne naps & then suprise him with it!!!
• I am making a mirror growth chart!! It started at a $5.99 cheapie black mirror at Target.. wait until you see it!!!!!!!!!!!
• I cant watch movies now that I have kids..If they arent here ( whichg is um... .0005% of the time??) I can.. but I just cant sit still while watching when I have kids around, it drives me nuts....
• Blah.
• I love Zoobies.. so much I snatched up the last Zulu the Zebra from the CC co-op..it was a sign from the heavens.. I tell you...
• I havent been this excited,as as I am for the American Appareal co-op, since I was waiting for Santa to bring me an American Girl doll.. seriously.. its bad. I check evverrryy day waiting for shipping!!! i lurve me some baseball tees...
• I am a serious email slacker..i need to message my grandparents, H& S, Kayla, Sarah on Myspace..and I'm sure like 5 other people..but...I just havent felt like i twhen I find the time..I'm feeling anti-talkative...
• Our dead house kitty is likely Fluffy..the mommy of our kittens, who Mike thought was sick.., Bob, Mike & I have all agreed, the timing seems to go along with her dissapearance..and her coughing.attitude change... Bob is sure its poison from a neighbor somewhere who was tearing down a barn.. poor 'Flussi ( as Andy called her) she was truly one of a kind..she'd sit on your shoulder & practically molest you for attention..she'd follow your feet & lead you like a dog..she was a wonderful, amazing, beautiful cat & she is much missed.

'S all..Night! ♥

Is this weird??

So.. today I was *cleaning*.. I somehow managed to lose the before picture..buuutt..it looked like Toys R Us had the flu & vomited in my living room..

Here is after...


So..I have officially decided.. Family members are "allowed" ONE toy per holiday per child... You can get them a toy, a book, clothes,a donation to either the childs savings account or college account, etc etc etc...but only ONE actual TOY.. Atleast for the next 2-3 years..while we can still "get away with it" so to speak... Our house is incredibly.....TINY. I mean..SMALL..Its BAD. We got Andy that car for his birthday, Ryan stil has his swing, bouncer, play mat.. my goodness...Seriously, it looks like a sick toystore in this house!!! I just figure.. for the next year or 2.. while "they dont know any better".. Ryan will still be growing into Andys barely used toys.. Andy has enough toys & doesnt REALLY *get it* in terms of gifts yet, so that he'll know hes being jipped.. And then before we know it, We'll be moving the baby toys out & we'll be ready for new holidays & scary large/crazy/big new toys!! Is that crazy of me to want to ask that of people?? Let me know your thoughts, before I do so...
I havent set up Ryans accounts yet ( oops) but Andy has a savings account & also a college fund my parents started for him.. I know if I turned 18 & my parents had told me "Here is $______..you can use it for college, or for something you wish.." I'd have blown that quicker than Kurt Cobain blew coke!! So..this is nice because Andy will have "his" money, yet also money that is specifically FOR college.. Ryan will get a college account for his 2nd birthday, and he will get a savings account whenever my lazy butt opens one...

Ahh! ANYWAY!!!
Now on to the random..

I was chatting on the phone with Hailey today & she asked what I was doing..I told her cleaning out the hall closet.. she was impressed & I laughed & told her I was simply trying to make room inside of that junk, for more junk!!! (ear cancer)

but its true..My husband is a horder of CRAP. he keeps it all..I cant judge..I did the same thing...when I was TEN.



Did you know Matthew Mccononughey was arrested for having marijuana.... and being found, naked..beating on the bongos in his home?? Yep..Nifty huh??

The kittens came inside today, just a few feet into the back room..Ahh...I can hear my mother now "the fleas, the germs, the lack of shots..." I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW.. But we're seriously considering working on them, and when its time, getting shots, front declawed ( I know, its cruel, but we sort of HAVE to for kids.. ya know??) and shots & taking them in.. We love them, and truly? They love us... (seriously..negative comments need not apply here...)

Hailey's dad shot this super huge Elk..and I have been in awe all day...
Hailey..stealing pics....



I mean..HOOLLYYY POOPERS!!! That thing is HUGE!!!!
I love Hailey.she has awesome stories for me.. and the weird thing is, I am super against/anti animal killing..but ya know..the way she puts it, and explains the process ( flies..EW!) I actually find it more interesting than upsetting!! So, I guess I believe in killing animals for a cause.. but if you kill them just to kill them, and leave them to rot, or just for display, thats one thing..but if your killing them & you will use every last part of them that you are able..I guess thats one thing.. Man hunts..((scratches armpits))I guess thats just how it is.. and I really really like a nice medium rare filet.. so.. I oughta just get over it...
Anyway..I thought it was really cool, b/c I've never seen that sort of thing..There are lots of other interesting pics, but I suppose this is a blog about me, not Haileys dad.. (Hailey.. can they write off a Brand sweatshirt for me??I kid you not woman...) so I wont post them all, but I found it REALLY facinating!!

I am a lucky lucky lady..I've talked to both Sierra AND Hailey with in the last ((counting)) 4 days!!! Love them... Sweet amazing women!! Both of them for very different reasons...

Speaking of fabulous women..I miss my sister!! Andy does too..I was on the phone with Hailey & he was asking "Hi Mischa!!!"


Boy..I used to agree with the saying "The eldest gets the brains, the second gets the looks" ( not that I was saying she was ugly, far from it..but I mean.. come on.. I used to be hot people..) but now that I'm fat & bogged down with kiddos.. well.. damn..my sister's got it going on huh!!?? Shes the nice one ( always has been), shes a DOCTOR for craps sake ( I am 3 credits shy of my associates, lol) and shes freakin' gorgeous.. Mischa.. if you wernt my best friend..I think I might hate you!!!!

HeeeHeee..I love you Misch.. And I miss you... alot.. I had a REALLY REALLY REALLY nice time with you...I mean, this goes into the record books.. and makes me teary thinking about all the amazing things we talked about over chips & a drink.. I never ever ever would have thought we'd have come this far..I am VERY proud to be your sister.

Enough sappy stuff..On to CVS!!!


Got a call today... About 5 something..cell phone number.. the pharmacist supervisor of the local stores.. personal cell phone.. Interesting.. We talked..he apologized & explaied he will be taking action with Michelle _________ and that perhaps she lacks some education & she needs to spend some time inside a pain clinic, to see exactly what people who have an on-going Rx for a pain medication TRULY go through.. He was quite nice, offered alot of apologies, told me to please save his number & not hesitate to call him on his personal line if we had any more concerns & to apologize to Mike on their behalf..

So.. I suppose I'm satisfied.. I got her boss to know what she is doing, he knows she disclosed personal information about other customers.. and we were issued an apology..But honestly?? I dont plan on going back.. Mike has to go back into the store to transfer his information to another pharmacy & I am beyong ticked..I worked too hard to make it known what she did was wrong, I REALLY wish he could just go to another place & have THEM request it..but..He can do whatever he wants.. I told him she'll liekly be so ticked she'll swap his pills for something fatal..crazy lady..

But..ya know..whatever.. We got an apology which is what I wanted.. It just didnt seem like enough to make me WANT to go back to that store again..If I KNEW what action "was taken" I might feel differently..but watch..Mark my words..I never will go in a CVS again.

Argh.. Wish me luck this weekend..Mike is playign MAJOR catch up from last weekend with my family, he didnt do his school work & now this weekened we're ALL going to pay for it!! Ah..fun...

xo!
♥
Claire

CVS

I could relay whats happened with us & CVS, but I figure, I'll just copy the letter I wrote to them (after changing a few names, etc) and let you read for yourself...






To Whom this may Concern,
My husband , myself and all member of our family are long time CVS customers. My husband uses the CVS pharmacy for filling a prescription for a degenerative disc problem that was brought to light and brought on after his first tour in Iraq. He was wounded in combat and when brought home to recover he began having back pains as he returned to his regular routines. After tests & painful treatments they refused him surgery due to his young age and put him on a pain reliever to take as needed.
He has been filing this prescription for over a year at the CVS Pharmacy located at XXXXXXXXX street in XXXXXX Ohio. Approximately three months ago, a new pharmacist named Michelle XXXXXXX began working at this CVS. Several issues have taken place with her but they are unimportant so I will jump right to the issues at hand.
Michael, my husband went in to fill a prescription a month ago when Ms. XXXXX complained to him about the two customers who had been ahead of him. They both have prescriptions for 80mgs of Oxycotin, she told him and she refuses to fill it with out talking to their doctor as she believes they are abusing the drugs. This is an obvious breech of confidentiality, and none of anyone’s business but those customers. My husband nodded as he knows that she doesn’t need to be discussing this with him and went about his business, finished the transaction and left CVS.
On August 25th 2008 he went in to fill his prescription, it was the first day of Fall classes at the local University of which he is part of the XXXX XXXXX department, and he had to be there early. After a lot of walking or sitting he usually finds himself in a good deal of pain so he thought he would arrive as early as he could so he could fill the prescription and still arrive to the school before classes began.
He walked to the counter, said hello to Ms. XXXX and asked if she was brewing some good coffee ( that is what she was doing at the time) to which she glared at him and said, from which I quote as he has written down her words so that they can be reviewed by whomever might find them of interest, “Wow, you’re here early. I told you before you cant just walk in here first thing in the morning and expect me to just fill your prescription, What is your name?” She then told him that she has other things to do and it would be twenty to thirty minutes. Michael replied that was fine, that he thought he was trying to come early to avoid the several people he usually sees waiting in the mornings ( which she previously informed him were waiting for their 80mgs of Oxycotin) because he had somewhere to be today and he was hoping to get an early start on the day. Ms. XXXXXX then continued to tell my husband “Don’t you think you have a bit of a problem? If your actually waiting for the pharmacy to open its obvious you have an addiction problem & you might want to seek help for your pill addiction.”
To say the least, my husband was stunned, and walked to the waiting area where he sat and waited. Twenty minutes later she called his name and when he approached she counter she advised that he have his medication changed by his doctor because of the obvious addiction that he had to these pain pills and the fact that he is likely going to end up on kidney dialysis due to the abuse of drugs she is accusing him of. My husband proceeded to be shocked and offended while he informed her that he has chosen to stay on this specific medication that doesn’t even fully cover the pain rather than increasing to something stronger, as his doctors have advised because he doesn’t want to be drugged up and groggy from pain pills. We have two young children and it is in no ones best interest for him to be doped up on pills, he simply needs a medication that can help him get through the day so he is able to bend over and pick his two year old up to swing on a swing, or to rock our infant to sleep at night when he is fussy.
Ms. XXXXX continued to accuse my husband of being a drug addict until he finally was so insulted he told her that not only does she have no idea about who he is or why he takes this medication, but that it absolutely isn’t her business to accuse him of such a thing and that he was quite insulted and would not be returning to CVS after this.
My husband is a strong, proud man who I am proud to be a wife to, who I am proud of the service he gave to our country, and who I am proud to know. He is not easily insulted or bothered by people, things roll off his back quite easily. However, when he left the pharmacy after this interaction with Ms. XXXXXX and called me, I have never heard him so insulted or offended in either of our lives.
I chose to call CVS to speak to the store manager myself after hearing how offended Michael was, I believe I spoke to a gentleman named XXX . He was deeply sorry and very nicely talked with me for twenty or so minutes about what a unprofessional matter this was and he honestly sounded shocked and sorry while trying to find the words to make this better.
I was told that a pharmacy supervisor would contact me with in several days to discuss this matter directly with my husband and I. Today is September 2, and I have yet to be contacted. I am extremely angry over this issue. Not only has Ms. XXXXX insulted my husband but she has insulted an Iraq War Veteran, and a good man. I am also quite sure that her disclosing what prescription she fills to the two customers prior to my husband is breaking some sort of legality.
I had hoped that we would be contacted and that this could be resolved with an appropriate apology on Ms. XXXXX behalf, but since we have yet to receive any contact from CVS regarding this I am writing this letter. My hope is that it will be responded to in good time and that an appropriate action will be taken regarding Ms. XXXXX . If this doesn’t happen, I fully intend to alert every family member, every friend, to make known on every message board of thousands of mothers and women, every blog about Military spouses, and to anyone I know who will listen what kind of respect CVS Pharmacy employees have for their War Veterans and also their customers prescription confidence. I’m sure there are plenty of people interested in knowing that a local pharmacist discusses what prescription she just filled for someone to other customers.
My contact information is as follows;

XXXXXXXXXXXX

I hope that someone regarding this lack of customer service will contact either myself, my husband or both of us to resolve this incident. As much as I enjoy the products found at CVS myself, my friends and family will take our service elsewhere if this matter isn’t addressed.
Thank you for your time, I hope this can be resolved and we can resume our regular shopping at CVS after an appropriate apology has taken place.
Sincerely,

Claire XXXXX




SO.. There you have it. I could go on & on.. but the bottom line is.. this woman flat out disclosed private information, which is SURELY against the law ..I mean.. How would you feel if say, you had to go fill a Rx for your herpes medication & you knew when you walked away the pharmacist told a customer "Oh.. s/he just needed their herpes cream..its the second time this month, can you believe that???"
But the biggest issue is THEN she insulted my husband. For those few of you who know me WELL. I am your best friend if I'm your friend, but do NOT get on my bad side.. I hold grudges for eternity & I will go OUT of my way to make sure something is known, or done about something that I dont like. And I am PISSED.. to say the least, at how my husband was treated.. No one, much less the man I love deserves to be talked about like that, or speculated about, much less flat out insulted to their face. Now, dont get me wrong, I forgive! I have too much going on to be walking around stewing about people as unimportant as those who feel the need to insult me or my family for whatever self serving reason they do so.. But I NEVER forget. Ever. PERIOD.

I called the store manager immediately after Mike called me & we talked for a good 20 minutes & he was very apologetic. He told me to be expecting a call from the Pharmacy Superviser... A week later I still hadnt heard..I e-mailed & wrote that letter then, I got a generic "thank you for using CVS" to which I laughed, as they obviously didnt read my words. Then I got a "this will be followed up witn in 2 business days by __________" who never called me to begin with..

ALL I WANT IS AN APOLOGY!!! Seriously..I'm not asking for the lady to be fired, or for a gift or whatever they do to "correct the situation" with things like this..I just flat out want someone to talk to this woman about what she did & how WRONG it was & to offer Mike an apology.

I'm giving it til the end of the month & then I plan to go into the store.. I REALLY hope, for her sake, and Mikes, that something happens before then, because this woman is going to feel REALLY stupid when I ask her to personally apologize to my husband in front of her boss, and her staff... and anyone I can find in the store..
I WILL make a stink over it, and I have not, and will not set foot in a CVS again other than to speak with her.

I think its quite sad, how CVS pharmacies treat their customers, and also War Veterans. I dont eat at Applebees , because the way they treat breastfeeding mothers..same with Gemini Pizza and now I dont use CVS stores. Sad how the list just keeps growing..

Wed. WorkList

My friend Pam blogs about her Monday Motivation.. so she "has" to do it since she's sharing with the public.. Its a good idea!

Here is my Wed. Work List..


Clean the whole damn house. Its a wreck.




...Maybe I should be more realistic...

Its 10:11am right now..
I need to-

1- go to BJ's
2- vaccuum Okay ..so Mike actually did this...
3-mop did this on Thursday, actually..
4-do some dishes..Mike did this one too....
5-finally fold diapers.
6- if all those things happen, ChaCha & respond to e-mails that have been sitting in inbox for weeks...
7- Oh.. pay bills.. that should probably go up towards 1 or 2, huh?
8- Pic up my Rx's
9- Post blog about CVS stores & how their pharmacy insults VFW's(yes..veterans of foreign wars, like my husband) and breaks confidentiality policies..
10- return books to Library

I need to eat something so I dont die, and then I'll get started & check back as I (hopefully) make progress!!!!
(Haha..I totally added on a few easy things so I can feel successful when I cross them off my list!!!!)


Check in at 12:46.. gotten a few of the easy things done.. Trying to get Andy to sleep & then Ryan & then move on to bigger & better tasksA!!!

W-O-W...

Tonight Mike gets to put the rugrats to bed...he is getting Ryan down & Andy is snuggling on the floor with "Doghorsey" while watching th elights on his old floor mat... I laid down with him & said "Mom snuggy??" And he said......

...Are you ready???


"Moms..go 'way"

I asked "Mom go away??" And he said "Ehhmm" (his YES)

I dont know if I should cry..or laugh...

My goodness..I had a GREAT day with the 2 of them & then this...wow... I am honestly speechless!!!!!!

Interesting...

...few days!!!

Drove my sis to the airport today..Miss her already!!!

The visit with my grandparents was SO nice.. They are AWESOME.

It was rainy & muggy all weekend & my parents, like most older houses in the area, dont have AC. Ugh. Come Sunday it was nice outside so we all sat outside, played some croquet,Andy kicked the ball around a bit..There was a severe wind warning, and as it picked up I looked up & saw a branch dangling that looked like it could easily come unhooked & fall so I decided to get Andy in to watch a TV show & relax a bit..

As I hand him a cookie I walk past the door where my grandparents & sister are on the porch & hear CRRACCKK!! About 2-4 feet from where Andy had been playing a tree LIMB came down & landed on the fence!! It must have been atleast 20 feet long & it looked as wide as my waist, atleast! And that was from a distance.. things always look bigger up close.

Crazy.. thank goodness I got Andy in!!!

I got a bit nervous & after dessert decided we needed to go home.. then the lights went out.So we left while we still could see outside, got home to no power.. Mike ran out to grab a few things at the 1 gas station that was open while I lit candles & put things away outside.. Andy was terrified! The 3 of us sat on the couch with a flashlight & his light up drum toy b/c he wouldnt let me get up to light more candles!! Poor guy.. Finally power came back about 30 or so minutes after that but my parents didnt come back until 2am.. Every school was cancelled..except Mikes, of course.. and some people still dont have power, so the rumors go...

Spent awhile cleaning up the back yard today.. a HUGE limb came down across OUR back fence as well, mostly in the neighbors yard, thankfully, and some medium sized limbs came down closer to the house, but thankfully still a good distance from the roof.

Ryan has been pushing himself up onto all 4's and rocking that cute little butt in the air befor elunging himself forward..silly baby.

Andy is talking up a STORM! Today he randomly counted from 1 to 10 all by himself!!!! He's been singing "No..No.. monkeys, jumping...on the BED!!!!" all weekend.. and is putting words together even more in just the last weekend, I'm so impressed with him!!! Sweet boy..

Mike chatted with our back neighbors ( recent move in's who throw car batteries & drive trucks into trees....) Apparently this neighbor who we've briefly spoken with, but we always do the friendly wave, at the end of the road is a BOUNTY hunter!!! How crazy is that???

He gave us the scoop on this nasty house across the road that houses... some nasty nasty stuff.. to say the least.. I've seen the women dragging children by their arms, the TODDLERS playing outside unattended by the road ( a main road..) in their underwear almost daily.. Its just awful..Sadly, not much can be done about it..

Apparently, our bounty hunter found out that one of them is a registered pedophile.. and this man & some of his "friends" were walking around our road..Our road has alot of kids that play on it.. most of us are young families with kids, or older people.. Our bounty hunter quickly informed him.. I'll leave out details..but basically he should be advised to keep himself & his friends & family off our street.. And his pit bull on a leash...

I must say..I have a new found respect for our neckneck neighborhood guardians.. I'm of course, glad that we only rent & cant wait til we can move, despite the good deal we have going..but I feel a bit better knowing the "keeper of our street" is trained & knowledgeable enough to ..well.. protect our little road!!! I always have admired intimidation and strong arming when its to my benefit!!!

I've been dehydrating lately.. my lips are cracking & I'm getting leg cramps..I just CANT drink enough water..Anyone have good tips how to increase my intake??

This weekend (hopefully, unless this power thing gets too nuts) we're going to get together with an old friend from High School(with 2 boys & one on the way!!!) for a cookout & maybe some boating/fishing & getting together of our massive amount of boys...Kinda excited!!!!! I havent seen her since I was a skinny twig of a high school student, much less become a wife & mother, but she was always a sweet girl & it'll be nice to have Mike hopefully get to know her husband & our boys to get to play together while we reconnect!! Its always a little weird for me seeing people from high school..I was still pretty quiet& barely weighed 100 pounds when I graduated & now I'm lugging around 2 kids,boobs & love handles
;-) oh...And my third, eldest child.,.AKA.. My husband.. It can be awkward sometimes b/c I've changed SO much SO quickly, sometimes I still feel like I havent grown in my own skin things happened THAT fast for us,but at the same time its kind of exciting to think about "(re)making a mommy friend" that can be part of the life I have NOW.
(shut up.. whoever is laughing..)

So yeah... Blah.. off to bed.

Whats new..

((Sigh)) This could be quire long..but luckily, it wont be as long as it COULD be, because some of whats on my mind I cant share here..


1- My grandparents & sister are here!!!!!!! Misch watched BOTH boys while we went to the chiro today.....and she didnt say she never wants kids after words!! A success!!
She & I went to lunch at my favorite Mexican place & SHE got carded for our margaritas, and I didnt!!! ( I'm 24..shes 30) I thought that was awesome...until I was telling Mike & I realized..that means I look old.. Crap.
I had a wonderful time.. we talking about men being babies, God, the boys, family, even secrets!! My face hurt from smiling so much..I miss her more than she could ever know!!!

2- My grandparents are here.. seeing them is always wonderful. They live in CT, and I havent been out to see them since I was in high school, so when they come here, especially when they get to meet my boys, its always really nice for me. Plus, they play some mean double solitaire, which I havent gotten the chance to play with anyone in YEARS.

3- Aahhh Double solitare... Mike has officially become part of the family..even if he did start by flipping his cards one at a time.. lol!!

4- So.. on to the REALLY fun stuff.... All 4 of us went to the Chiro the other day.. and I dont think any of us have recovered.. We have never had to all 4 go to a doctors appointment..and I hope we never have to again, LOL! (Yikes..that means Wed. will be fun!!!!) It is crazy..I think I would rather eat worms than have to take them with out Mikes help..it was scary & awful & I dont recommend it. Stay at home people..never leave!! Dragging one in need of nap baby & a "no no no" toddler to a place that looks like a place he once got a shot at is NOT cool!!!

5- Our neighborhood is like...... vaguely redneck.....to say the least, LOL! But we rent a 2 bed house for $500, which rocks for us b/c I live in a college town so rentals can be OUTGRAGEOUS here b/c college kids will all split them so its not abig ticket.. ..

There are A LOT of feral cats.. You already know about Fluffy & her kittens who we love so much..

So..all these GIGANTIC scary cats eat their food & then crawl under our house..its like our house was built on top of a bowl.. and at one point, we started smelling cat pee coming up from under our floor.. GROSS! I KNOW!! So Mike tried to scare everything out from under there & then blocked off the entrancesbut an occasional cat can be seen trying to squeeze through still.. well.. there has been this FUNKY smell lately..Like, the last week..In fact, I was scrubbing our bathroom as hard as I could daily worrying in my head "are we REALLY so gross & disgusting that our bathroom smells THIS bad???? Did Andy hide something somewhere??" ( its SO small I checked & scrubbed EVERYTHING!!!) But if we turn on the fan in the kitchen(stove) or bathroom we can smell it!!! ( we can also smell the kitchen in the bathroom if both fans are on..and..((gag)) vice versa!!!!)
Well last night as I was trying to clean for the family coming into town I was like "ew dude" so I literally dug trash out of our trash can so I could clean it & our recycling bins.. It was so gross, lol..I thought maybe that was the trouble..I really had no idea.. We always joke "something probably just died in the litter box under the house" but I thought for sure since you can smell something stinky in the area of our trash that was it for sure!!
Mike got home & is like "wth?" b/c the trash smells fine now.. so....he lifts up these boards that lead to the crawl space under our house & there is like, a dead decomposing cat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EWWWWW LOL!!!

So I was like "dude..take care of it!!" and he tried to scoop it up with a shovel ((gag)) and as he was gagging... he goes "its like, at its juicy state, its just falling apart" EWW LOL!!! Then later in the night he goes "I wasnt going to tell you this..but the worst part of it was..like, the cat was MOVING ( from maggots)" and I gag & am like " so why are you telling me now!!!" He goes "You asked" NO I DIDNT!! LOL!!!!
So.. our bathroom smelled like dead cat.... this morning we got some Lime.. I HELD the boards open & Mike covered the poor cat in Lime as I gagged & tried to identify what cat it might have been =X

Yeah.....and then my sister bought us some Febreeze plug ins while we were out today for the bathroom until we can scoop that poor kitty out & dispose of it..

Isnt my neighborhood AWESOME?!?!?! Guys that drive trucks into trees in their back yard..throw car batteries... redneck Jerry Springer love ( THAT is a post for another day!!!!!!!!!) Need I go on??

Thank goodness we just rent....

I love Hailey!!

Thats all!


Sierra..step up with the phone calls woman!!!!!!!

Freedom of Speech is a nice thing...

And I'll exercise it to say that..

In MY OWN personal experience... The founder & host of a certian web site.. Diaper.. No..not Swappers...what is abother name for Swapper??? Umm.. someone who... trades??
Well....She is a corrupt scammer. I strongly recommend people never engage in a co-op with her, she took my money & ran & when I filed a claim, they found in my favor, but SUPRISE!!! There is no money in her account to refund me with!!! She lied to me, she jerked me around & I seriously doubt I will EVER see that money again.
Mid co-op ( that being already 3o plus days into it...) I got a PM from seem random person warning me & everyone she could that this person is a scam artist.. just Google her name..I did so & realized ( after paying of course) that I'd made a HUGE mistake..

Blah Blah Blah..long story short.. BIG- FAT- JOKE...

Pathetic & disgusting.. What a role model for her children.. Yet another reason I am sick about the world my kids are going to grow up in. Classy Classy stuff this woman is made of...

Too bad it wasnt enough money to buy her humility, a heart, or a smidge of ability to be a good person!!! I guess if other people keep falling for her scams, as I did.. she'll eventually build up enough money to buy herself something.. unfortunately, what this lady needs isnt available for purchase..

Andy loves PawPaws S'ketti Sauce!!

Argh..

Do you want to know what drive me NUTS????

Women.

Yep.The whole female gender in a whole. I was that girl in high school...people talked trash about me.. people hated me..people spread humors about me.. And the funniest thing was? I didn't ONCE date a guy from my high school & all but about 1 of my friends didnt even go to that school or know anyone who did...that everyone just flat out HATED me..and NO one actually knew me... Where these sad petty girls got their ideas to spread rumors from, I have no idea..What possessed them to trash my house with toilet paper & other unmentionables is beyond me. On that's right..I had a boyfriend in EIGHTH grade for TWO weeks and then for some reason, everyone decided they hated me when school started up & I had been the first to date this "new guy to town"....Everyone told me after high school, when the guys I'd just graduated with came crawling for my attention (pathetically might I add.. I don't give people time who cant talk to me unless their friends arent seeing it) "Everyone hated you because your pretty"

Wow..REALLY??? So I was prettier than Queen Bitch & her acne ridden friends & I didn't let them walk all over me & cower from their insults?? Do you know how pathetic that is?? Not only did I at that time, but I do now..I no longer think they're horrible people like I once did when I was the victim of their insecurity, but I feel sad for them..that they were so insecure, so sad about what THEY were, that they had to randomly pick on someone based on something as callus as her looks...

Needless to say, I graduated High School & got the hell out of dodge..for the time being... But never the less, I never looked back to my high school years or the people in them. Its only been since my sister got mer to join FaceBook that I've seen what people from high school have been up to..and no..I havent been shocked..Everyone is pretty much where I expected them to be, with perhaps one or 2 exceptions, like this one awesome mom of 3 boys I know ;-)

Here is what DOES still bother me.. Women NEVER grow up. EVER. I can say this with out any doubt.

I was living in Florida, miserable beyond anyones imagination, and I found the online world of Message Boards..What a sad mistake that was ( in some ways & yet not, in others) I thought "Oh!! A board for women due in July of 2006!!! Like me!!!" and started posting...I found other boards.. cloth diapers, breastfeeding, whole forums for women who were into the same things as me..

Well.. to make a long story short..I've found women who swap their husband with their best friend, do sexually disgusting things WHILE pregnant, who set other women up in terms of the legal authorities, who take childrens photos & use them in disgusting ways to enact revenge on other women over NOTHING, and women who just flat out BASH other moms for no other reason, but in my mind, to make them SELVES feel good. I'm not talking about high school women here..I'm talking about GROWN, married MOTHERS & WIVES.

YES I believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion & no I would NEVER want everyone to agree with me all the time..but ya know?? Since finding the online forum world..I've learned why some of my old friends havent wanted to have kids ( as they say ) "because I don't want them to live in what our world is becoming" If these are the women raising the youth of our country..I personally am scared for what their children will become with them as a guide.

When women dedicate all their time to bashing other womens birth choices, commenting that a c-section isnt even "giving birth" or that they are sexually abusing their children by nursing them past the age of one, or when they form the same sad cliques that were once in high school to gang up on someone that they have no idea of anything about this person... I just find that SAD and pathetic. I think its sad that they have so mucn time to devote to the internet, for one, but mostly I think its sad that these mothers could be out playing with their children, while they are instead huddled around a computer, calling someone on the other end a dirty name just to get them riled up & to start some drama so that they can feel a little excitement in their obviously lonely lives..

For example...While we all know I am pro breastfeeding, I understand some women do not wish to do so, for whatever their reason may be..But there are the women who give excuse after excuse ( which I encountered much to my disappointment when I myself was pregnant at a get together) " Breastfeeding is AWFUL " " Its SO hard" " Its impossible to produce enough milk for a child.."

Did you know only 1% of women CAN NOT produce milk???? ONE percent people.. I admire women who flat out state "I just didnt want to breast feed, it wasn't for me." But then there are the women who make excuses.. "I wasn't producing enough".."My milk dried up.." etc etc etc.. Did you know there is a solution for each of those issues?? If you wanted it bad enough, you would have made it work...

My issue is not with not nursing or not cloth diapering or not co-sleeping or vaccinating your child..My issues is with women LYING about their parenting choices due to the guilt & shame that they, themselves feel with in.. Those LIES HURT future mothers.. A new mother hears how painful & traumatic birth was & that breastfeeding is disgusting & awful & in the back of her mind, it scares her off & she doesn't give it HER best try due to some mother who put it out there to make HERSELF feel good about her OWN failure..

I guess my issue is this..

OWN IT.
Make a decision.. make whatever choice is best for YOU and YOUR family..and OWN IT. do NOT make excuses, do NOT make lies or exaggerations .. just admit the truth, don't hurt future mothers, don't inhibit them from trying something that didn't work for you due to your own shame of failure..Admit "I did ___ " or "I wish I did___" and MOVE ON.

We are all our own person, and guilting someone else to believe they are bad people, or unsuccessful, or doing "it wrong" is just as bad as being back in high school slinging rumors at the girl you secretly envy due to your own insecurity...

Grow up, get over it, Move ON. Stop being so caught up in how you feel about YOU that its worth ruining the future of our world for your own self preservation.

...No wonder I don't have a ton of friends....

I love...

..my friends!! Sierra, Hailey, Pam, Jess, Angela, Sarah, Kayla..all the lovely ladies who leave me comments..I just smiled reading every ones comments about loving their chiro so I thought I'd mention it...

Andy is sitting with me singing "I Kissed a Girl" that & T-Pains "Apple Bottom Jeans" and the beach boys "Kokomo" are his favorites.. My kid ROCKS!!

So, a brief update.. Andy pet Pam, the wife part of the chiropractor office & she adjusted him the other day..he freaked out when I laid him down on me but once she started "doing popcorn on his back" he LOVED it.. sweet boy! And of course..I'm impressed because she called today (Sunday) to ask how Andy was!!

Apparently not only do I have scoliosis but I have degenerative arthritis is L3 & L5.. I'm, at Stage 1..so that's good...I'm going 3 times a week for I believe 2 weeks? The down to 3, then down to 1 then down to once every 4 weeks.. They are only charging me $7 per visit after My insurance stops covering the first 12 visits..which is amazing.
I'm taking Ryan with me on Monday, the 2 of them will go once a month, our insurance overs 21 visits a year for those under 21. (and only 12 for those over 21..weird huh???)

So..yesterday Andy was staring out the window at this large flock of birds, laughing as they flew between the ground & a tree & I set Ryan up next to him to watch too.. It was quite sweet...Ryan would turn from me, to the window, to Andy, back to me & giggle & smile as if to say "This is great! I love this!!!" Andy would giggle at the silly birds & Ryan would giggle & look at me to make sure I was *getting it* too..
My mind just said "They ARE best friends"

And then this morning Andy came to touch Ryan & give him his morning kisses & he said "bes frends" .. I said "what buddy??" Sure enough..Andy said BEST FRIENDS about him & Ryan & I nearly died of happiness, LOL.

I am SO lucky.. I have 3 amazing children..oops.. 2 amazing children & ONE awesome husband ;-)
I have great friends, a loving awesome family & we may not be rich in the sense of money, but I am richer than Bill Gates or Allen Greenspan when it comes to richness of life!!!!!!!!!!!!

xo's!

Welp..

Man.. my house is a MESS.. I just slammed the chair into the table & a bottle of Chipolte Cracked Pecan Air Spray came tumbling at my head!! Yikes..

Eh.. it can wait..I dont want to bend over today....

So! I thought I'd just blog instead of emailing the people who wanted to hear about the chiro =)

Yesterday I felt ALOT better, but by the evening I was nearly in tears my back hurt SO bad.. So, early to bed.. Ryan randomly woke up HYSTERICAL at 12am..he NEVER does this.. He always wakes up at 5:40something AM soaked through his diaper & outfit & wanted to play.. for an hour...I lay there & will him back to sleep while he smacks my face a bit.. Yay.

Got up today, felt alot better than last night! Mike starts joking about how I'm going to have this super sexy chrio who will have me bend over & touch my toes ( which he did!!) and he will "check me out with his tool" and I'll say (use silly girly voice) Oh..handsome Mr. Chiropractor.. More pressure right thhherrreee!!!" ((this is where he makes a eye lash batting slutty stupid girl face gesture)) In fact..he was teasing so much I got NERVOUS!!!

So.. I told him I'd put on extra makeup & to take care of the boys when I run off with the back cracker ( who I actually called b/c the name was a woman, lol) and kissed them all & left..

Got there, saw a pamphlet about kids Vax's.. Huh.. open it.. Its ANTI VACCINATION!! I about peed myself.. a medical professionals office who I found that doesn't believe in vaccinations?!??! Holy crap.. So they have me watch a little video, he comes & this really big, muscular bald guy comes in... Oh..this is the husband..its a wife & husband practice!! "Mike would laugh" I think..
After chatting about kids, vaccinations ( or lack there of) the hormones in milk & the benefits of organic and or home grown food I think we both were quite tickled ( for lack of better words) that we both knew so much about these same subjects! I have yet to meet someone in this area who has even some of the same views as I do on vaccinations, much less a medical person!!
When I said "personal exemption" in response to his "dont let the school pressure you, they'll tell you its mandatory but you can have.." and his eyes actually twinkled to realize I knew what I was talking about & I felt sort of like "Ha!" LOL.. I think people often think I have no idea what I'm talking about b/c I'm so young.. some people just sort of give me a humoring look when I talk & dont actually treat me like I know my stuff.. jerks.

We talked about Mike, who he said he can definately work on ( for Mikes degerative disc disorder..) and about having 2 boys ( they have 2 boys too!) He even asked about the nursing ( since I had to list it on the info sheet) and seemed pretty shocked for how young I am that I knew all this stuff about health benefits, etc, he even said "Wow, most young people who have kids just stand in line for whatever they're told!!" We chatted about everything from what my parents do,to how he'd like to get some tattoos but "I work with older ladies..and that scares them" to how he only buys milk from a farmer down the road & they get 90% of their food from "soem Amish guy" LOL..And he even talked to me about the children he works with ( he has a play room for kids & a board full of patients pictures) i told him Andy would freak out & he said he didnt think so.. so we're interested to see what Andy thinks tomorrow!!
It was quite different than a regular doctors appointment!!! Its nice to have someone tlak to you thats on the same page as you & isnt talking down to you in terms of medical care, which since i'm nursing, I find alot of doctors do, they treat me like I'm an idiot because they dont know what a nursing mother can & can not take in terms of medication, and I do.,. they look at me like I'm making it up, or I should "just supplement then" @@ Right.. I'm going to give my child formula b/c you think this L2 med "isnt safe" and you wont Rx it for me b/c I dont use formula??? Okkaayy..Obviously..thats a story for another day, huh??

So..I got some X-rays.. apparently I have some scoliosis in my lower back! Which is funny b/c you know the *test* they give you in elementary school to check for it? I got a call back to be re checked.. my mom had told me I have a slightly twisted/set at an angle part of my spine in the lower part..So this was interesting to hear!!

So..then I got 10 minutes of Elect.Stim on the lower back & then he snapped, cracked & pop my neck & back for a few minutes.. Quite interesting!!

Then he says "well, we'll see the rest of the x-rays tomorrow & figure out a treatment plan..so..bring your husband & the kids & we'll get to work on him tomorrow too!"

So, I go back in the AM, My mom is going to watch Ryan so we'll take Andy, see what he thinks he can do for Mike ( I'm really interested to see what could come of this for him!) and then we'll go acrossed the street to our favorite dirt cheap awesome Mexican joint!!

I called Mike & told him "Its true..I'm in love" & thought of how Angela said shes in love with her chiro.. LOL But then I told him about how we talked about vax's, tattoos, even how he knoiws exactly what Mikes problem is, he has some friends that got out of the Army with a back problem just like Mikes..and I told Mike "but You might fall in love too!!"

So, I get to meet his wife tomorrow, he told me to make sure I tell her who I am so we can talk about "stuff" ( I'm assuming that means the natural ways of parenting we both do) which I'm excited for. I'm never met ( in real life) Other families in this area like this, so thats exciting all in its own!! My mom was saying that alot of chiropractors seem to be more into the holistic side of medicine & he obviously is, so I'm pretty pleased! I'm sort of hoping I can get some more info about childrens doctors in this area from them, the boys doctors are nice & all.. but... eh.. Well.. you know.. LOL

So.. there ya have it.. I'm about to become a back gimp like my husband & my dad.. ( Dad.. since you've admitted to reading my blog, I'm been waiting for something to force a comment out of you..if calling you a gimp wont do it...I dont know what will!!!!) Hopefully this will help me out & the pain will go away soon, Mike will meracuously make a wonderful recovery & be able to feel much better on a daily basis after his visits..and maybe I can even talk my dad into going!! (I'm telling you dad, maybe it'll help!!!)


Today has just been a good day!! Its rainy, Mike & I watched some LD ( Thats Larry David for those of you who arent lucky enough to know).. only 2 esisodes leeffttt!!! eek!! I made a "big salad" for us for lunch while both boys napped.. I got some books & DVDs at the Library & now we're all hanging out eating strawberries!! I like days like today..I wish we had them every day!!!!

Not my day...

Lets see... Ryan is a cranky teething fool & any time you leave the house for a second ( take mail to the box, take the trash out..) Andy rips off his diaper then tells yo when you walk in the door "Go Potty!' while ...well.. entertaining himself..if you know what I mean..
Today he took off his diaper, peed on the floor then cleaned it up WITH his diaper & then put the diaper in the trash... All while I walked a letter to the mailbox in the front yard!!
Hes been telling me "go potty" AFTER he pees in his diaper..soo..I figure its somewhat of a start!!

Ryan was waking up this morning & I sat on the end of the bed, Andy came in to crawl on the bed & I leaned over to pick him up & suddenly this AWFUL pain just shot down my back. I couldnt even move, much less stand up!! I laid there for a minute shocked & then dragged myself up, went to pick up Ryan & once I bent half way over I couldnt get back up!!! It was seriously AWFUL! So I called Mike & he said he'd come home ASAP b/c I couldnt even bend to pick Ryan up..I told him to stay at his class but come home after his lab...

My dad came for lunch & after sitting eating & he left my legs were starting to get shooting pains inbetween going NUMB!! (My doctor doesnt work on Wed..btw..i already called to ask) So Mike comes home & tells me to go to the ER..I go.. watch about 3 16 year olds light their cigarettes &* then lean over to coo at a BABY... ((gag)) and then sit in the waiting room for over an hour while person afte rperson came in..Finally I couldnt sit there any longer, my legs were killing me & Mike had a night class so I went to a walk in Med Center ( Urgent Care) That was an even bigger waste of time.. The guy lifts my legs, has me bend over & then tells me I strained my back & to take it easy..He would like to give me a muscle relaxor and pain pills for the next few days but I'm nursing..
When I was pregnant with Andy I learned.. doctors are idiots.. And when he was born, I learned.. they're not as educated as one would assume!! Much less about breastfeeding mothers..so I bought a copy of the DOCTORS guidebook "Medication & Mothers Milk" by Dr. Hale to have on hand in the car for doctors..like this one..

So I get it & we look up Ultram & Darvocet & they are L2's... an L1 is perfectly safe for nursing moms.. nmo worries.. an L5 should NEVER be taken.. so.. on the scale an L2 is just fine for a mom to take for a day or 2 if she needs.. I mean.. if your going to take it daily for a year..it might not be a good idea, but a few days or a week? Not a big deal.. so I say "Okay, well then I guess I'm okay with that" he says Ok..
Leaves..a NURSE comes back to tell me "He looked it up & it isnt safe for you so.."
She gives me my spript..for 600mgs of Motrin..Um..I can just take 3 of the ibprophen I have at home & it'd be the SAME thing!! Needless to say, I didnt bother filling that & just went home & popped some of my own motrin! Now that vent is for a whole different day.. doctors & their ignorance of lactation education... ((sigh))

So.. I finally was like "This is silly" and started lookign through our health insurance books..I've never been to a chiropractor, I assumed a doctor had to send you.. apparently not. So, I have an appointment on Friday morning. They were so VERY nice & made sure to tell me if I'm really hurting to call tomorrow & they'll work something out to get me in tomorrow.

So.. I'm hoping these people can just snap something in place & I'll be good as new, but at the same point.. having someone snapping anything in relation to um..your SPINE kind of creeps me out!
What the hell do you wear to a chiropractor?? Do you have to wear one of those scary buttless gowns or do you just wear your clothes.. Someone tell me what to expect!!!

So..yeah.. September is off to a GREAT start @@

I never claimed to listen well.....

..My entire life I have been saying my sister & I are 7 years apart....


..Apparently we are "almost 6 years apart"


WHAT IS THAT!!!!!!!! I certainly am bad at math but HOW have I lived my ENTIRE life thinking we're 7 years apart????? WOW.

So..this is my retraction to my previous statement.. My sister & I are "5 and a half years apart"

..Sorry Misch.. but either way..your still kinda old..eek!

Well this just makes me sad....

"Thanks to a coup by local vegetarians, the king of the jungle will be stepping down from his place on the menu of the South Philadelphia Tap Room.After a six-week reign, SPTR chef Michael Zulli has decided to stop dishing up lion after receiving numerous letters critical of his decision to serve feline. "Why do we need to eat lion?" says Christine Stover, one of the chef's critics. "It seems like such a ridiculous indulgence." This comes despite the fact that the restaurant procures the meat from a federally licensed farm in Illinois that raises the African cats for human consumption.Zulli plans to continue serving other exotic meats including ostrich, boar and bear. "I'm not doing game as a gimmick," he maintains. "I like exposing people to ingredients and flavors that are interesting and unique."

Now dont get me wrong..I am an avid meat eater..I could quite possibly live on sausage/bacon/ham/steak if need be..but I the first time I ever cooked a whole chicken, I nearly thre up in the sink as I rinsed it off & ealised..THIS was where the head was..I could see if clucking right before my eyes!!!

I hate the thought of eating animals,but I really like meat..I'm a sucker for a nice medium premium steak ( although I dont know why, my parents are well done'ers all the way) There is something just fabulous about a nice piece of good steak cooked just right so the middle is still nice & pink & juicy.. But then I remember..its a cow.. and that does make me sad..

Unfortunately..not sad enough to stop eating them..What a hypocrite I am huh??

But come on...LION???

That just feels wrong to even READ!!!!! What do you think????

"Not that you lied to me but that I no longer believe you - that is what has distressed me."
-Friedrich Nietzsche,


"Suffering is nothing. It's all a matter of preventing those you love from suffering."
- Alphonse Daudet


"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them."
La Rochefoucauld