Mistakes in Motherhood

Isis hates her crate; every time we put her in it she whines until we take her out. The first night we put her in our bed because we were tired of hearing her cry. Last night we put her in her crib so we could have our bed to ourselves and I smelled something gross so we turned on the light and she had pooped in her crate and gotten it all over herself, even though she had just pooped outside not more than 15 minutes before. So we got up, bathed her and washed the crate, and put her in our bed again. Today when we went to the grocery store, we put her in her crate again so she would not harm herself or soil on the carpet, and AGAIN she pooped in the crate and got it all over herself. She has had 3 accidents since bringing her home 3 days ago, and two were in her crate where she has spent maybe an hour total.

I am frustrated, we need to somehow get her used to the crate, or find another place to keep her when we leave. I can sympathise with co-sleepers, finding private time with anyone extra in your bed can prove difficult. Unless we find a compromise, it is going to prove difficult to conceive baby #4!

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How many times has your doctor written you a prescription without explaining the risks, benefits, or costs with you? Or sometimes they do answer all your questions, but after you leave you think of something to ask?

Consider this: Your doctor prescribed you Celebrex for your arthritis pain and you get home realizing you forgot to ask what to do if your forget a dose? Or if you need to take this medication at a certain time of day, or with a full or empty stomach? Can I take this if I am pregnant or breastfeeding? How much does this medication cost if I am uninsured?

Epocrates Online offers free information on over 3,300 drugs, explains possible drug interactions, and explains coverage information for more than 130 health plans and Medicare Part D. I also really appreciate that they show pictures, so you can make sure there were no mistakes at the Pharmacy.

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Each New Years we have a tradition, it’s called the Junk-Fest-Feast. I am pretty anti-junk for my kids. They rarely get sugar, caffeine, greasy snacks or any kind of junk. We eat fast food more than I would like (1x every 1-2 weeks) and any goodies are home made. Well, on Dec 31st, that all goes out the window… today we went to Safeway and got brownies, ice cream, wings, lil smokies, chips, crackers, sports drinks, potato skins, etc. Tonight we will make a big smorgasbord and allow the kids to snack all night and we will either play family games or watch family movies until the new year. It is a fun night, something the kids look forward to all year long. In fact, they start planning what they want to get on Jan 1st. It is funny, we will be in the store and they will see goodies they want and say “New Years, I plan on getting THAT”; of course New Years Eve shopping comes, and that treat is long forgotten, but still!

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This week’s theme is: NEW, my photo submision is Isis, my new Great Dane pup.

Today we picked up Isis’ new brand of food. We decided on the Canidae because everyone I talked to could only say good things about it. I really expected to pay more since it is the ultra-premium brand, but $33 for a 40 lb bag is not bad at all. The ladies at the feed store adored Isis and pampered her with kisses and snuggles. While I was there, 3 other customers talked to me about there experience with Canadae, so I feel confident in my choice (that and Isis LOVED the taste of the sample she had right there in the store); and plan on switching Chloe over to it eventually so I only have one brand food in the house.

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….Chicago edition. Hats off to you Robyn, this video of her in cooooooooold Chicago trying to win a new Digital Photo Printing set by HP, to include a HP Camera, memory card, paper, photo printer, t-shirt, and one THOUSAND big ones was GREAT! I was laughing my butt off at the antics of Ted Murphy, founder & CEO of Pay Per Post. Ted, you remind me of Ty Pennington, you are always on! Pay special attention for a guest appearance from Antonio and cat feeeesh! Anyways, watch the video, laugh, and then run over to Pay Per Post to get paid to blog! Don’t forget to tell them I sent you!

*This post is sponsored by HP.

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I must be copying Terri ; who by the way is copying Amy, so there Kevin!

This sweet baby girl is named Isis and she is my 8 week old blue fawn Great Dane born 11.03.06 at Penrose Great Danes. She was one of a litter of 8 and has 6 sisters and 1 brother.

Isis is just as sweet as can be and has the most beautiful blue eyes (which we were told will change to hazel). She is cuddly, and mellow, and already exploring her surroundings with ease. She gets along very well with Chloe, our 3 yr old Golden Retriever and is good with the kids. She is already pottying outside and comes when she is called.

We took her to Petsmart today to get her collar and while there put her on the scale. This little girl already is tipping the scales at 15lbs 7oz!

Right now my little angel is napping at my feet (I wish my baby would take her lead; my husband did!), maybe she knows she will be getting a b-a-t-h tonight, that is going to be fun!!

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I often threaten to the husband (and sometimes the kids) that I will be blogging an embarrassing or funny thing they say or do.  Bobby is ALWAYS hearing me threaten to blog what he says, but usually I can’t because I like keeping my blog PG-13 rated and often what he says is rated R or NC-17.  It is still pretty funny to see his reaction; sometimes he is proud and is like “do it!  I want to know what your girlfriends say when you tell them that I ….”

Most of the time I threaten, but then forget.  Most of my blog-worthy material is when Bobby and I are laying half-asleep in bed and talking about strange things (like our Emergency Zombie Plan) and we are both deliriously sleepy.  By the time I wake up, I forget what was said and then kick myself later for not blogging it.

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I am feeling a little deflated by all the work I need to do around here and my lack of time to accomplish it. Yesterday I got a new printer, and some cord clips for the back of Bobby’s computer to organize the cords. I am hesitant to install it, just because we have so much work to do in the office still! For one, I still need to fix up my old computer for the kids; I have a 200GB hard drive I need to remove and install on Bobby’s, and I have a large bulky desk in there that I need to either organize or remove. I have carpets to shampoo, walls to paint, a crawl space and closet to organize, and a writing table to remove or move.

We have a ton of work with Bobby’s computer & the cords to organize, an UPS to put it on, and the printer to install. We also need to desperately decorate, it is so plain in that room. Bobby collects swords, and other weapons that I want up on the wall securely, away from little hands. We also have a really neat looking bow & arrow we got in Manitou Springs almost 2 years ago.

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When I was 16 years old, I went through a very dark period of my life. I was struggling with being sexually assaulted 6 years before by a neighbor and felt like the world had betrayed me and I was crying out for help. No one knew what had happened to me, I told very few people, but I felt someone should have known and should have helped me. In a final attempt to cry out for help I wrote a suicide note; I am not sure if I was really going to attempt to take my life, but I needed to get my feelings out. My dad found the note and my parents got me on anti-depressants and took me to a single counseling session. Unfortunately the counselor knew my family and I; so he was unable to help me and I refused to go back. I now know that free depression help is easier to find, and I plan on never going back to that dark spot again. I will seek assistance before it gets too far. I hope that you all will seek help too, depression isn’t something anyone should have to live with.

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We are all self proclaimed TiVo addicts. Each one of us has at least 1 show that we record and on any given day have about 2-3 pages of shows to watch. With the lull in new shows because of the holiday, we have been watching The Dog Whisperer, Acording to Jim and The Simpson re-runs that we have not previously seen.

Today, we have nothing to watch. Not-one-thing, unless of course you want us to watch Matthew’s Sesame Street, Signing Time, or Wiggles shows, or Christopher’s It Could Happen Tomorrow show he watches on the Weather Channel. We do have a recording of John Mayer, live in Concert that is really good, but after watching that a dozen times, and listening to his CD at least twice a week, I am sure Bobby would kill me if I suggested that.

So for the first time in weeks, we are actually watching Live TV. Ok, well I did watch the news last night, but that was to see what is being said about the upcoming blizzard we expect later this week. I would love just to turn off the TV and enjoy silence, but somehow I don’t see that happening.

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