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Nine Lives

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

By Beth

My laptop has nine lives. This afternoon, I was finally sitting down, thoroughly enjoying my 4 point lunch, whenRacecar spilled my water on the keyboard of my laptop. scary stuff. My computer is only having a few gliches-so I guess I can’t complain, yet. Trusty old girl, my laptop is!

There really isn’t too much happening around here. I’m finding myself going nonstop all day long and when it’s finally time to stop…I’m pooped! So, here I am, watching Idol, trying to catch up on my blog reading and blog writing and I’m doing a poor job of that!

I LOVED “Walk the Line.” I am really shocked that Joaquin (sp) did not win an Oscar, I have always loved Reese Witherspoon, but Oscar-worthy??? I don’t know. But, what do I know?! It was a great movie! I definitely recommend it.

This evening I attended my Mommy’s Group. It was such a good time. I came home and the kids were still up! What the?? But, I had so much fun playing with them, they were very appreciative of my presence.

I have another weigh-in tomorrow. I’m so nervous about this one because of my weekend away and Mommy’s Group being tonight. I just hope I lost some weight and didn’t gain….I will let you know!

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We’re back!

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

By Beth

We are on our way back from our trip to Louisville to celebrate Ethan’s first birthday. Literally, I’m in the car writing this blog.Ariel is FINALLY sleeping in the car, she never slept on the way here, but she has given in and is sleeping peacefully.Racecar has already napped and is dancing and watching a video. Brian is driving (too fast) and downing Diet Dr. Peppers and I am blogging and listening to my new James Blunt CD. We just stopped in Indianapolis and bought it at Super Target. James Blunt performed on Oprah this past week. I watched his performance twice on Oprah at my sister’s, it was really good. My friend from high school, Amy F. watches Oprah, as well. I bring her up because recently on their family website, her husband, Mike, made up a word: oprahsuasion or oprahsuasive.
O·prah·suaded
tr.v. To persuade someone, most likely a woman, into believing, buying, eating, reading or doing something that Oprah says is good.

It’s such a good word! And so true. Check out James Blunt and you may be oprahsuaded, too. Maybe Brian will link his performance for you to view, I really love this guy.

The weekend went well. The kids fell asleep in their designated beds Friday night.Racecar in a crib that we brought down for Sarah’s baby #2 due in July andAriel in a full sized bed. I joined her later in the evening. ThenRacecar woke up at 3:45am, I heard him in the monitor that was in my room, which also meantAriel heard him, too.Racecar was not happy. I don’t think he felt very secure. He,Ariel and I were awake until after 7am. ThenAriel slept until 10:15am and I wokeRacecar after 11am. They both took amazing 3 hour naps Saturday afternoon. Saturday evening went much better after enjoying a wonderful birthday party! Going away and being in someone else’s house is really difficult, especially with a 2 and a 3 year old. It’s was hard to keep them quiet, when Ethan was sleeping—nearly impossible and really frustrating. In hindsight, we should have just left their house with the kids just to simplify, but you live and learn.
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Now we are home! We fed and bathed the kids and let them run and climb and play. They are in bed a half hour earlier, which NEVER happens—we need a break! We have completely unpacked from the trip and put the dirty clothes in the washer, now it’s like we stayed home all weekend. J We stopped on the way home and rented “Walk the Line”, so I’m going to watch that now!

I leave you with some pictures. I hope you enjoy!

I love this cake!

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Untitled

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

By Beth

I did not go to the gym today and I’m not feeling good about it. It was a planned “day off” so I could clean my house. My house is now cleaner, but I would have like to have gone to the gym, too! The fact that I did not go to the gym, meant that I had better clean the house without any excuses. It was a slow start, but I accomplished so much today!

The great thing about my gym and my situation with taking the kids there is that I have to schedule my time there for childcare and if I don’t show up or cancel, I get charged! It’s really cool, because no matter how sore I am and tired–I go. During my yoga class yesterday I looked in the mirror and I noticed someone different. I didn’t see the girl I saw just two weeks ago–the girl, who to me, looked like a bigger girl trying to do yoga once a week, slowly losing wieght. Yesterday I saw a thinner me, trying to stay in shape. I like that alot better. I attended a Weight Watcher meeting tonight and I lost 3 lbs this past week. 17 lbs total for 5 weeks. I’m pleased.

This weekend we are going out of town to celebrate my nephew, Ethan’s birthday. It will be a semi-non weight watcher weekend, so I best watch myself! I’m happy to report that Ethan is feeling so much better and is back to his hilarious self! We can’t wait to celebrate with him and his parents. This weekend trip is a big deal for us. We have never gone out of town as a family of four! I’m excited. And prepared. I think. I keep buying things for the kids to do. New books to read, movies to watch, new markers and coloring books, playing cards. I just don’t want them to get bored and make us crazy. I’m sure it’s going to be a blast!

As far as AI is concerned: Bye Melissa! It was time for you to go! When will Kevin leave the show? Any guesses?

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“Best tonight by a mile”

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

By Beth

What Simon said about my boyfriend, Chris. I love him. I also love Taylor and Elliot and I like Katharine and Paris. But, Chris, forget about it. He’s dreamy.

On a more serious note. I feel like my reality has been rocked once again. You know you start to feel safe and untouchable and lose touch of how lucky you are to be breathing that breath you are taking right now. Yes, that one. And that one. Allie always puts it into perspective. So do Nick, Daegen, Jacob, Wesley, Lacey, Haley, and Emerald. There are so many more. And many people that have touched my life personally as well. Tonight my heart breaks for someone I have never met who is in her 21st week of pregnancy. Today they learned terrible news about their unborn baby boy, that he has so many defects that he will either die shortly after birth or be severely mentally and physically disabled. We have been following her short journey since her first questionable ultrasound and nobody thought this would happen. My heart is broken for her. I AM SO THANKFUL for every ounce of good in my life. Every smile. Every tear. Every conversation. Every argument. Everything. I know they say everything happens for a reason, and in the end, I do believe that, but sometimes it just doesn’t seem right. I just keep picturing her learning of her pregnancy and telling her son “guess what? Mommy’s going to have a baby.” And this is her fate. I can hardly stand the thought.

Please say a prayer for this mother, her husband and both of her boys.

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Chicago

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

By Beth

This morning was a challenge.Racecar woke up at 6am. You read that right, SIX OH CLOCK. Unfortunately, withRacecar, we have to cover his window with a blanket to help shield the light, because otherwise, he wakes up so early. We’ve been doing this for a long time, so last night I thought, maybe we don’t need to do this anymore. I was wrong. I am tired of covering his window with a blanket, so I think we will look into some room darkening blinds. We all had to be awake at 7:30am for church. This was not an easy task considering I had slept for less than six and Brian slept for 4. (he stayed up way too late!) So, we all GROUCHILY (is that word?) got ready for church.

When we go to church, Brian andRacecar head inside and I walk withAriel to another building for Sunday school.Racecar is such a joy at church. He just sits so calm and enjoys the music and the crowd, when he turned 2 he was old enough to attend Sunday school, but we enjoyed his Sunday company so much, that we had decided to wait until next year, August, to enroll him. Well, due to his lack of sleep, he was not such a joy today. Therefore he is starting Sunday school next week! It’s not that he cried or screamed, he just wanted to play and climb around and that is not what church is for, obviously. He andAriel will be attending the same class,Ariel Helen Pletcher THREE is very excited aboutRacecar going with her next week. I am a little sad, but we get to go to mass with both of them during the summer

We knew the day was just going to be more difficult because of all of us being so tired. So at 11am, we decided to take a short trip to Chicago. We had lots of fun! It was a little cold, but it was the perfect way to spend the day. Although, I should have stayed home to clean, I’m so glad we went. I think all of us are glad.Racecar fell asleep for about 20 minutes on the way, which was just enough to get him through the day until his real nap time.Ariel kept saying “there’s the city!” Talking about Gary or some other area with lots of buildings. Finally she saw the city. She calls Chicago, Chitago. Very cute. She loved the buses and trains, the lake and the people. Both of the kids probably said hi to hmmm…………….50-60 people. Seriously, it was funny. They even said Hi to homeless people, which really taught me something about humans as we get older. To children, they don’t see a difference in anyone, until they are TAUGHT to see a difference. They said “hi” to these people like they were old friends. “hi!! What’s your name!?” They always replied politely with smiles. It’s interesting that we can’t even make eye contact, butAriel andRacecar (any child) could have talked and played for hours without ever knowing the difference. We got home and 3pm.Ariel woke up at 5:15pm. We had to dragRacecar out of bed at 5:30, it was so hard to wake him up, poor tired boy!

Anyway, of course, I’ve attached pictures! Right now we are under a tornado watch until 6am. This system has produced multiple tornadoes today, I just heard over 100 reported from this system. For Christmas I asked my parents for a NOAA Weather Radio. They bought one for all six of us kids, so I feel so much better having that by my bed. I don’t know if you recall, but late last November a tornado hit an area in Indiana in the middle of the night killing over 20 people. After that I knew I had to get one of these. You should get one, too.