Nonsensical Nicolle

Weekend Worrier List

2010-04-24T20:16:00.000-07:00

So, technically... I "promised" to blog everyday...

Well that will never happen!

I just don't have much to say... well that's a lie, I could talk for dayyyyys at any given moment. I do however have random things I would like to share, so I'm gonna go ahead and fill you in on a list of random things from this weekend.

Now you may be asking yourself what would such a list be called???? I'm glad you asked :-)

(Pretty nifty, don't cha think?)

1. Been thinking a lot about our lil Alec :-( I'm not going to go into details, it's not appropriate nor is it my place to do so. I just like to put positive energy into hoping everything will turn out well for him. <3 <3 <3

2. I start Clomid April 30th.. POSSIBLY. And that's all I have to say about that.

3. I'm currently obsessed with the following two songs:
-a. Three 6 Mafia- Gotta Stay High
-b. KiD CuDi: "Make Her Say" (actually, anything by KiD CuDi... <3 <3 <3 himmmm! :-P

4.I WANT MY LENSE TO GET HERE NOWWWWWWW!

get ready!

2010-04-23T12:53:00.000-07:00

so, i finally did the blog all fancy and pretty! What do we think? ;-) I'm rather pleased with myself, but pretty tired, been trying to figure this thing out for the last 2 hours...

BUT ITS DONE!!!

So that's good news! hehe So how is everybody today? I'm really REALLY excited to start blogging and video blogging & all that fun stuff!

Stay Tuned!

~heart~

Last Minute Chicken Sliders

2009-12-02T22:36:00.000-08:00

So my husband comes home from work around 5 or 6 most days of the week. So I have all day (until then) to plan some sort of dinner (as well as clean, bake, laundry, and just hang out) (I NEED A JOB!) ha ha so I came up with this really creative, and very last minute dinner. I'm probably most impressed by this because we're far from a full fridge, we're in that awkward "Between Grocery Shopping Trips" and we have to get really creative.

So I just threw a big hunk of frozen chicken breast (or a couple little ones) into a frying pan, with seasonings, chicken broth, butter, garlic, and a splash of water.

I let the chicken cook thoroughly...

while I was doing that I opened a can of GRANDS country style biscuits and flattened them out (they are the buns for the sliders) I put butter on top and threw them in the oven for a good 10 minutes.

While the biscuts and the chicken were cooking I sliced some Roma tomatoes, peperjack cheese (Dylan's FAVORITE) lettuce, and pickles each on their own plate (so we could pile them as we'd like)

That's basically it, once the chicken is done and the b

iscuts are a golden brown start to assemble them. I also had the condiments out and ready, I didn't know what he would like so I had out all the stuff; ranch, mayo, mustard, dijon & Ketchup.

I snapped some pictures of the process and the finished sliders!

I Want Her Back

2009-09-18T08:50:00.000-07:00

By her I mean myself, I have to get back, everything is so murky right now. So scary, so upsetting, so frustrating. I've never been this gone, I've never really been gone... that probably doens't help. Realizing I've never really had to work for anything ever used to be something I was so proud of. I'd think "Oh, I guess I just dont have to work very hard in life, good things just always happen to me." Everything ALWAYS worked out. I'm not regretting that, because I wouldn't have been able to deal then either but It's just a lot to take in. By no means am I saying that I've never had to work hard or have struggles would be a lie, but nothing that really made me step back and take a really hard look.

Hearing (over and over again, from EVERYBODY) "You have this problem, and you are the only one who can fix it or make it any better!" is not what anybody wants to hear, but it's not about what I want anymore, except me wanting to get better, I need too. I need to do this so I can have life back to the way it was and not hate myself so much.

I was to wake up tomorrow and be like "Damn, that was a bad dream!" and I think I have been telling myself that is going to happen... can we arrange an appointment for someone to slap me across the face? I've been thinking it will all just go away, and it wont... I actually have to work at something I have no experience in and that scares the shit out of me.

Embellished Dishcloths: Part 1

2009-09-14T11:55:00.000-07:00

Yesterday evening, Sarah & I went out around the town for some fun! I really needed this girl time :-) We went to Craft warehouse (found some goodies), Goodwill (found some more goodies) and Target... not so many goodies, except we each scored 2 packs of 6 Flour Sack Dishcloths! Each pack of 6 was less than $3.00 each! Why were we so interested in Flour Sack dishcloths you ask? Well, while we were at Craft warehouse they had a display and free directional how-to sheet (lost mine, reason for this blog actually) for Embellished Dishcloths. I was really into this idea, sounded so fun and *ahem* can you say, PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFTS??? ;-D So today I washed all my dishcloths, I was really excited to get started... and then I could not find the little pale yellow direction sheet anywhere, I even peeked into the garbage, and no luck, left to my own devices I realized I had this handy tool, that I use several times a day that could help me...internet. So I googled and.... voila! Some lady (I greatly appreciate this stranger today, lol) did a whole tutorial, Embellishments For Decorative Dishcloths. So that is the tutorial I am going to use and I will post another blog soon about how I may have did mine differently, along with pictures of mine.

So I have 12 Flour Sack dishcloths to embellish and make all cute and fancy, and 3 (white, tan/khaki, and chocolate brown) I bought at Craft Ware house that are thicker and smaller.

My Love

2009-06-29T07:23:00.000-07:00

So I finally got a Nikon D-40 SLR. Dylan took me to get it the last Sunday in April and I have barely put it down since. I've gotten so many good pics, I'll post some now.

Subtle Changes...

2009-01-24T16:17:00.000-08:00

Why lie? I'm one of the millions of people obsessed with the Twilight phenomenon... I read all the books (almost done with Breaking Dawn) and seriously that's saying something, I don't read. I'm not against reading but I have adhd and it takes an amazing write to suck me in to the point I can't put it down, Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn all had that effect on me, as well as almost all of my friends.

I love the movie, however, Bella frusturates me to no end! She (in the book) is much different, she's got the same lines and actions of course but I dont think they cast the right girl, I know that it would be horrible to change her now (as they begin filming New Moon in March) but still, some points in the movie where you're unaware it's a movie because you're so sucked in, she says a line and you go "why did you do that" not the line of course, her facial expressions, pauses, and odd mannerisms... oh well right?

Edward was amazing! Robert Pattinson did an amazing job. I have no complaints, he's not hard on the eyes either.

Mike Newton... Eh, could have been better but they didn't do sooo terribly casting him

Jessica... PERFECT! She's one of my favorite characters in the movie, but not so much in the book, it's wierd but the girl who plays her did an awesome job, I'm very impressed!

Charlie did great also, one of my favorite characters, he has some hilarious lines!

Alice is my favorite for the Vampires (aside from Edward) she's so fairy like, and dainty, and graceful.

Eventful Drive Home & Birthday's Recap!

2009-01-08T12:41:00.000-08:00

Where do I begin, Well I will start by saying I'm thankful to alive! That is a bit dramatic, but seriously last night was dramatic! I will go into full detail about my crash and the Urgency Care and all the details in the second half of this blog.
First however, I would like to do a short but interesting recap of my Birthdays. My Birthday is January 10th, 1988, and in the last couple of years, that day has ended up being full of interesting stuff.

~With each Birthday described below I have included a link to an interesting event that also happening the same day. Just click the date enclosed in the dashes (-January 10th 200_-) to see another event!~

My 16th Birthday -January 10th, 2004- We had a huge ice storm! I had an old friend of mine Randie, come over the night before and the next day it was huge snow storm, and she barely got home! So I ended up spending my whole Sweet 16 Inside, probably playing with Andrew and MySpacing.

My 17th Birthday -January 10th, 2005- Not much weather wise, but we had just had or gotten over ice, and wind storm. I had just started flirting online with Dylan and was anxious to meet him, but we didn't until February 4th.

My 18th Birthday -January 10th, 2006- Was amazing! My mom threw me a big Hello Kitty Birthday Party & Jake, Abby & Alec, Conrad & Lauren, and Kayla all came over. (I had been with Dylan for nearly 1 year and we were about to move into his mother's basement together, and we were stoked!) Dylan got me a huge Garnet Ring!

My 19th Birthday -January 10th, 2007- (the evening I was proposed too!) We were iced in, and living in the basement of my mother-in-law's house in Ridgefield. I later found out it nearly ruined the evening. Dylan had big plans to take me out to dinner then propose, but we were snowed in, so he did it on the couch! I will always remember it, and I am thankful we were at home, because I was in tears and crying and so on and so forth.

My 20th -January 10th, 2008- Birthday was nearly the most interesting in my mind as for the weather in concerned. I had a morning shift then went home for a while to clean house and eat lunch, and then I had a longer afternoon shift. I got a call from Dylan as I was driving to my afternoon shift and he was nearly frantic, I was worried something had happend to him, or at work or what. He said "Are you at home?" I replied "No. I'm driving to work. Why? What's wrong?" he sounded very worried and then he informed me of a Tornado (<- Link to the channel 12 Fox News article covering the story) that had taken place just 1/2 mile north of our apartment complex on Fruit Valley Road. I got to work and my clients mom had the story on the news as I walked in and she smiled at me and goes, "Nae-Nae got a Tornado for her Birthday!" Needless to say it was very memorable!

My 21st Birthday -January 10th, 2009- is on Saturday and since I am turning 21 everybody has tons of plans I guess, well more like 3 groups but I'm excited. On my Birthday I will be able to say "3 Days ago, I was rear ended..."

The Accident

So a short run through goes as follows, I was driving home from work, going West on Fourth Plain Blvd. I got into the turn lane to yield (check the on coming traffic) and as I was putting my hand on the stick shift to shift into first I feel a huge bump and this silver (late 1990's model) Pontiac 2 door sports car rear ended me!!! I had whip lash and my neck was already hurting pretty bad. I turned off my car and got cell phone and keys in hand, and approached his vehicle. Now, mind you I have never been in this situation before, (well I have but last time It was my fault and happened in the Ridgefeild Post Office Parking lot, I backed into a truck and the lady driver was very forgiving) this time I was the one who needed to be forgiving and I am completely not! I looked at the 30 something bald male, with his dark blond facial hair and said "I need to exchange information with you please" and he said "okay", so I went back to my car to get a pen and paper, at which time I also called Dylan and had him hurry down so I was less vulnerable. The guy rolled down his window to suggest, "We should pull into the parking lot so we can get out of the way of traffic" Sounded like I decent enough request and a good idea, who wants to cause another accident right? So I get into my car, pull into the Arco Shell gasoline station and as soon as I was out of his way he took off!!! I know I am stunned and so pissed as well. So I panicked I called 911 and told them what happened, and a green civic had watched the whole thing happen and offered to chase him to get his license plate number, which he got the 3 letters. All of this information I gave to the police officer and so they made a report and all the insurance got worked out and so on... so here I am today, hanging with my cousin, doped up on Flexerol (muscle relaxor) and viccodin (pain med/wonder pill) so yea... how was your evening last night? lol

Making "A" Quilt

2009-01-07T12:28:00.000-08:00

The little brother will be 11 on February 2nd, 2009. Yes he is our little Groundhog. Well I never know what to get him, rarely do most people, and I decided to sew him a nice big comfy cozy fun quilt! He will love it, I know him pretty well (we have a connection) and I am already planning this quilt because I know what I want it to be: Big Enough (not huge but like big enough to keep him warm and no bigger than a comforter) so I want to do something special (and new to my beginner sewing skills) and put a big A on it... I know it sounds adorable right? I'm so excited!

I also made this quilt last night,

Bane's American Picnic Rag Quilt!

up close view of the middle of the front side

The back of it, simple but cute!

My first ever Rag Quilt. I'm rather impressed with how well it came out, and it's so very cute! I like the way you do them also, the X over each square then assembly and the whole thing turned out very nice. I also used a special idea for the basic color and fabrics, I had the husband set up my machine so I had RED thread and BLUE bobbin... why you ask? Well I sewed it right side up for X on the red checkered and upside down for the blue... it came out much cleaner and more professional.
So I'm googling "Quilting Letters" and so on and so far I have found these styles,

Just the letter A of course, a whole name or more would be way to hard and wouldn't come out nearly as good as I want his quilt to. So I will maybe experiment with more letters or even words as I get better but I think just his first letter would be sufficient.
I also stepped on my clean ruler... I'm basically unable to do more until I get a new one but I am such a goof! I could glue it but eh, I wont risk using a "straight edge" that isnt exactly straight, I mean what would it do? no no, I just need to get a new one!

Cousin's Sophie!

2009-01-03T12:27:00.000-08:00

Kayla (my cousin) recently got a Yorkie! She's so little and cute and her name is Sophie Rose! I was over at Kayla's yesterday playing wii with her and Sophie and I were playing tug-o-war and I quickly shot a video

Snowed In And Sewing

2008-12-24T12:45:00.000-08:00

Really? Is it really Christmas Eve of 2008 already? Kind of insane if you think about it, I don't know about you but for us, well me too it's been such a busy, eventful year... I mean so many amazing things happened this year!

Had My 20th Birthday!
The Tons of Family & Friend Birthdays!
Hailey Renee was born!
Got highest marks possible on my Annual Evaluation from Work!
Went to Disneyland with my amazing Sarah & Two nieces, Iris & Stella!
Went to the beach!
Planned a freaken WEDDING!
Dylan had his 21st Birthday!
Had our Wedding!
Our first Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas as a Married Couple!

I know there are lots more I just cant think of them right now!

As for the anticipated Christmas Eve family traditions...The snow has made it impossible to keep them going...but we will have to adapt seeing as the North West is set in it's ways. Yes we (115ft above sea-level and just minutes north of the Columbia River) have nearly 2 feet of snow... whatever I'll deal.

So what am I doing today? Sewing! I have the front panel of my "Sunny Day" quilt done!!! I need sheet batting to finish but it's too cute! Dylan thinks its a bit "Loud" but hell it's for a baby, and I think it's super cute! Anybody that knows me knows I often gravitate towards the bright, shiny, colorful, aka Distracting things in life so of course I love it!

Up close of the 3 fabrics that are the quilt! All from my mom's collection she let me mine through when I first decided I might, perhaps, possibly be somewhat, maybe interested, a little in sewing... ;-D

The completed front panel! I'm sorry, but I think it's fabulous! Most importantly Gender-neutral.

I have been snapping pictures like crazy with my new digital camera! The hubby got me a Olympus FE-360 (follow link if you want to see my beautiful Silver Point-and-shoot) For Christmas! It's so cute and amazing! I got spoiled I know!

I'm done for now. I really am impressed with this blog, but I think it's bad to set yourself up for disaster, I mean personally I was so into the 365days of blogging, but I can't do it. It is so unrealistic, I don't have that many things every single day to write a good blog about! But sadly the best blog was practicaly a cheat, it's a wrap up of the year... how can that not be eventful?

Hope You Enjoyed, I'm off to sew more, well actually research things to sew and how to do them, then sew!

For Your Enjoyment

2008-12-19T14:52:00.001-08:00

random as it gets

2008-12-19T14:00:00.001-08:00

I have to! I must! I WILL! I need to figure out how to set this damn thing up! Links, and applications and design, and how to CSS (still not sure what it stands for) works...damn maybe when the husband is done battling his Boss in this game he's working on I will bother him for help with it.

~In Other News~

We are officially snowed in! Well... sort of. Let me explain, I didn't work because when I awoke at 6:45 am for my 9a-2p shift I peered out the window to see what looked like a winter wonderland, so I called to work, and explained my situation, they said it was bad there too no worries. But as of right now it's no snow, and melted most of the white away, but my boss and I worked the schedule so I work a long ass day the next couple Mondays to make up hours. As for the husband, Dylan's boss texted him early am to inform him she was shutting the shop for the day. So hes playing a video game and I am drinking the amazing African Summer tea he gave me early (Christmas present) and blogging...married life is so tough! he he

Tosha's party was awfully fun! We didn't expect the amount of ice and snow she had but it made it cozy! I have pictures I will post in this:

L-R: Tosha's Sister, Kavita, Erica, Tosha & Myself

Mr & Mrs Josh & Kavita Palmore! love their matching outfits!

The adorable Erica & Boyfriend Chris

And Dylan and Jake, Proudly wear their beer bottle caps!

Ornaments I WANT!

2008-12-17T08:49:00.001-08:00

Ornaments For The Christmas Tree

Other Holiday Decor

Tragic Tree Triming

2008-12-04T16:22:00.000-08:00

I got up from my seat, oddly leaving this window open on the computer, as if I knew I would shortly have a topic to tire the keyboard blogging about. I found some awesomely cool and randomly unique Christmas ornaments while surfing the web and I have to share!

*A Fire Fighter Mer-Man... you can't make this stuff up! WTF? lol

*These I LOVE But they are not traditional so I added them

*Creepy pig head ball with scenery ... dont ask me, I didn't make it! lol

I can't know this and not share

2008-11-29T08:55:00.000-08:00

Zeitgeist Movie Clip: The Federal Reserve

North American Union and the "CHIP"

The Man Behind The Curtain

hanging over my head

2008-11-23T10:48:00.000-08:00

If we go way back, to the ape people, is this not my sole purpose as a female of our species? Is this not the reason I am build to produce nourishing milk for an offspring? I can't count the number of people I know who never planed a pregnancy, or really a baby because it was all a big BIG surprise. I know it's got to be hard to wake up and realize (whether it's a good time or not) that your in fact pregnant with a child... and you didn't even try to get pregnant, it just happened... wow!

Odds are I will have no problems, I don't know these odd of course, that would be nice, and unless I spend much-o dollars I wont for a while. It's so hard, to go play with babies and kiddos all day at work (It's my job, I get paid to be a playmate and care provider to special needs children), play with my nieces and nephew, and most of all our practice child Alec, and not have one of your own. The compliment I get the most (next to "You're so tall!) lol is about what a good mommy I will be... gah!

Playing Santa

2008-11-09T08:14:00.000-08:00

Some things I have on my mind for Dylan for Christmas:

- He really wants a smaller (8oz or 12oz) French Press.

- Hallmark has a red and black pirate themed Aluminum water bottle that he was gawking at yesterday

- He needs more jeans, most of his aren't long enough, which makes me wonder, is he still effing growing!?!?!?! He's usually a 32x34.. which are nearly impossible to find! I'm worried he's like a 32x36... I am in deep shit if he is.

-couple new work shirts are always a good idea.

-movies, I know where to get them really reasonably and i found a couple of his favorites for his Birthday and they were dirt cheap so I got him a few!

-and every year I get him a pair of fleece pajama pants.. it's a tradition. The first year we dated his mother got him a black pair from Old Navy and he lived in them. So I got the hint and I get him one every year.

Burp Cloths

2008-11-08T10:15:00.000-08:00

So I stumbled upon some patterns for burp cloths... I made a few

with help from a sewing machine...

2008-11-03T20:41:00.000-08:00

Olivia's Quilt

Dylan's Christmas Stocking!

Bane's Quilt

Facts

2008-11-02T11:51:00.000-08:00

So I went to cs.cmu.edu . and RANDOMFACTS.ORG
They are sites filled with random facts. I chose a few of my favorites and posted them here.

~Note: If any of these turn out to be false, do not hold me responsible, I simply googled "Random Facts", and this was the first website that came up!~

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

The first know contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food

When you die (become deceased) your hair continues to grow for a couple weeks!

The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want to.

Charlie Brown's father was a barber.

Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.

A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift.

During mantis "sex" the male makes the ultimate sacrifice. The female eats the head of the male as a nutritious snack

35% Of singles who used Personal Ads are already married

The country of Andorra has a zero percent unemployment rate.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

Halloween 2008

2008-11-01T08:45:00.000-07:00

Wow last night was so fun, I will leave out all of our "activities" but we had a BLAST!!!! Met Abby. Dan, and the babies at their hotel room in downtown Vancouver, and got Abby's makeup all done (Check out the Peacock eyes I did on both of us!) and then we got Alec and Hailey dressed. Headed over to Abby's moms to get Allea all done up, then headed to the McCaulley's for some good ole Trick Or Treating! Alec did so good at saying Thank You! and Happy Halloween! and Trick Or Treat! He's such a doll!

Wants versus Needs

2008-10-30T13:29:00.000-07:00

I want to work on an OBAMA tank, random and maybe even a bit pointless seeing as there is less than 5 days until the actual election day. It's stubborn of me to even do so but I really think it would be cute as well! I have a favorite ribbed black tank that I love, and I want to sew a OBAMA campaign logo on it... as I type I glanced at the clock and realized I need to work on face makeup more... lol gah!

so tonight is Cam's Birthday Dinner. Dylan is going as a Vampire, and I am going as a nurse, but I will have teeth marks in my neck so it's working right?

I will post pictures soon!

Tales Of A Natural Blond

2008-10-28T08:45:00.000-07:00

Update: So I am brunette, for now anyways. I got some hairdye last night at Walgreens, and I am now letting the highlights develop on my head while I type. It's a 2-part hair color, you do the all over color first, then the muliti tonal highlights. hehe

<*late spring of 2005*

When the husband met me I was very brunette, rich brown with hints of red and even purple tones, sounds insane but I actually got a ton of compliments on it all the time.
Don't get me wrong, I get comments on my natural dirty blond locks as well, but it sadly subconsciously registers with the grandma Vernita (bio dad's mother) and her catch phrase (Shame On You!) She'd go on to say, "Shame on you Nicolle. Born with blond hair and blue eyes, and you go a dye your hair! Can you believe that grandpa!" (grandpa didn't really care, he knows she can be a harpie.

Honestly Nicolle isn't doing drugs, in jail, or even un-accomplished! Nicolle is married to a wonderful guy, has had the same great job for nearly 3 years which is does amazingly at, is thought highly of, so it's just silly to let a simple change of hair color be such a deal breaker and dissapointment) Sorry to say this is no exaggeration she's
always done this. At 20 and married I think I'm more than able to decide how my hair looks.

Well anyways, needless to say I am not excited to hear what the grandma has to say about the hair. I hate that I avoid her because she has always done so much for me, but it's hard to have an honest relationship with someone who is constantly telling you that was a bad idea, or is torn up because you like being a brunette in the off season... ugh

I dont feel so nerdy now...

2008-10-15T11:29:00.000-07:00

Month By Month Guide: Pre-Planning Your Baby!

So, you're wanting a baby. Many women are beginning to see the possibility and the positive side to pre-planning their pregnancy. Not long ago, technology and information on conceiving was not readily available. Now thanks to in-vitro fertilization, ovulation information, predictor kits, the Internet, and more, information about conceiving a child has never been more accessible.

Reasons why you may want to pre-plan your pregnancy:

Deciding to pre-plan a pregnancy is a very personal and unique experience. This may be planning the month your child is born in, how many years apart from a brother or sister, your age, or other factors. Whatever your reasoning behind planning a pregnancy (except to trap someone into a relationship or try to make a bad relationship better), pre-planned pregnancies are generally more enjoyable and healthier.

The pregnancy may be more enjoyable because you were expecting to get pregnant and you wanted the responsibility of a child. Therefore, you may not feel as negative toward the not-so-pleasant complaints about pregnancy and parenting.

The pregnancy may be healthier because anything that should be avoided during pregnancy is usually done so before conceiving and therefore creates a healthier environment for your growing baby. The pregnancy may also be healthier because pre-existing conditions (like anemia or high blood pressure) are caught before getting pregnant.

Things you should consider:

Before you begin to have a baby, you should consider several very important aspects of your life. If you drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, or use recreational drugs, these things must stop before even trying to become pregnant. Do not think that once you get pregnant, THEN you will stop doing "whatever". This will not be the case, especially with cigarette smoking. Most women think that they will stop smoking, but pregnancy actually causes the person to become more nervous and anxious and therefore leads to the continuation of smoking.

If you drink alcohol and you are trying to become pregnant, stop. Many women do not realize they are pregnant until they miss a period. If you are consuming alcoholic beverages, the earliest days in pregnancy are the most dangerous.

Insurance:

Before beginning to try to conceive, you need to find out what coverage you have on your insurance. Do you have maternity coverage? If so, how much? If you have to have a cesarean what will the insurance cover? Find out all the information you can before getting pregnant. You would not want to find out later that your not covered as much as you thought. You do not need any undue stress.

What if you are unable to afford insurance, but you still want a child? I would suggest checking with your local health department. Ask them what kind of plan they have for someone who does get pregnant without being on insurance. Usually they do have some sort of slide-scale fee (based on your income). Just tell them that you have been concerned about getting pregnant. Most people will not want you to purposely get pregnant and begin a plan that is funded by the government, but this is sometimes the only type of insurance some can afford. On the other hand, make sure you are capable of raising a child in a healthy environment before bringing in additional financial concerns.

Spacing Children:

If you have already have one or more children, you should consider how far apart you will want them. Most women will have their children with the same distancing as their parents had them. Therefore, if your mother had two children that were 5 years apart, you may also lean toward that amount of time in between children. What do experts say the perfect spacing of children is? I have heard that anywhere between 3 to 6 years is the optimal spacing. I would suggest 3 or 4 years apart.

Spouse/Marriage:

Another aspect you need to consider before trying to get pregnant is how you and your partner are getting along. If you are getting along good, I would say go for it! BUT, if you are not getting along, do not attempt to have a baby at the present time. When you have a child, you may feel more love because of the new baby. However, if your partner did not want a child at this time they may resent having less time with you and/or sharing you with another person. You may feel that everything is going better than ever. Then problems become very serious and you are raising a child on your own. Please talk with your partner and tell them how you feel about having a child. If they are not interested in having a child at the present time, you may want to negotiate a time frame or reconsider your relationship.

Must Haves

2008-10-13T12:06:00.000-07:00

Not really must haves, honestly, however, hehe I have some special request fabrics I am searching for:

Olivia The Pig (reds, blacks & whites to match)
Retro Space Ships/ Robots
Sushi (cartoon style)
Hello Kitty
Fruits (simple or realistic)
Retro kids prints
Tye-Dye's
Bugs
Zoo Animals
Pea Greens
Browns
Turquoises
Mustard yellow
a couple simple rainbows
Squids
Citrus (oranges, lemons, limes,)
Alice In Wonderland

Second Purse... Better Than The First

2008-10-12T22:28:00.000-07:00

So I made this purse and the post before this in one day! I really started to feel like a business woman... not that I am at all into a gift shop, or marketing my purses... seriously I'd be up against Dooney & Bourke, Coach, seriously, wouldn't get very far. I could sell these on ETSY... the husband really wants me to... or he wants to make money off me who knows lol. I love them so much, just watch I'll be the lady with a billion purses, she makes them and loves them so much she cant part with them....

So Here she is, purse number two... what do you think?

rounded bottom, lined with light turquoise print

The inside, I almost put a pocket inside, but I liked the fabric to much to mess this one up, I dont have anymore of the green...

So the strap, handle is a long strip of the outside print and the lining quilted in rows (horizontally) and I just stitched it up the back and reversed it and ta da!

Made A Purse....

2008-10-12T18:41:00.000-07:00

So this fabric was my old bedroom at my parents house, My mom bought a comforter that was the white with daisy's (outside of bag) and I had pillows and such. My mom went one step further and made me valences for my windows with matching turquoise, orange and yellow, I have all the leftovers so I made this bag.... let me know what you think!

(orange straps to tie sides together)

Yellow Lining!

Why They Call It SUNday? I See No Sun!

2008-10-12T10:03:00.001-07:00

Current Mood: Sassy mixed with a sprinkle of pleasurable sarcasm :-P

So I woke up just a little over an hour ago today, nice huh? I never do that, I mean sure I do occasionally but seriously not too much.
I can only imagine how my poor husband sleeps. I know that when I was little, I would stay at my grandma Mary's house (mother's mother) and she had two full sized mattresses combined with a big headboard, and I would wake up around 6am, crawl out of bed and find her in a dark lit room in her ancient rocking chair with her trusted Rosary in hand mumbling her prayers (very Catholic). I would then ask her why she was up? I was told I rolled around so much when I slept that I kicked her out of bed... ouch! Sorry Grandma! I can only hope I don't do that to Dylan, poor thing.

Got our first Pumpkins of the season yesterday at the Suavie Island pumpkin Patch in Oregon. It was hard to get there (to the right location) but once everything settled it wasn't too bad. Anyways, we got two pumpkins: a smaller light orange, taller one and my new found favorite breed of pumpkin the CINDERELLA. It's a french breed (I read that on the sign) and it's this gorgeous deep dark red orange color. Perfect pumpkin if you ask me. She's over 27lbs and it's stunning.

I love this time of the year, Surprising to many who know me because even in the dead heat of summer I have poor circulation in my hands and feet and my toes get ice cold, I'm only without socks when It's sunny so the rays can warm my little piggies. Well the fall, autumn, harvest, turn of the season whatever you want to call it is really extra special this year. It's been a long summer, and since I don't do school it's really less enjoyable for me, see I am a caregiver and it's with kids mainly. Summer = no school. No School = More Hours home for the tots... so I worked a lot this summer. And the wedding we just had, well it was very stressful on me, mentally and physically, I am still dealing with the effects of all that stress. This is our first complete season as a married couple... I can't believe it's already Autumn. Then it will be winter, and spring and damn! It's amazing how fast time does go by.

The L0\/3 post

2008-10-11T11:54:00.000-07:00

It's been a popular phenomenon... the LOVE blog. A blog post that is in itself, a list of things the author loves. It can be anything at all (part of it's charm) your guilty pleasures, favorite books, must have hair product, dreams, whatever!!!

This is mine, not everything i love of course, and it changes daily but honestly I am going to try to put everything I can think of.

My wedding pictures; and knowing I haven't even seen them all yet.

Watching my husband come out of his shell while running a game of D&D.

Holidays

Big Voluminous Hair

Disneyland

The names: Bane, Coen, Edwin, Olivia, Adaline

Photography and photographs

Interior design

Retro space and robot fabrics

HELLO KITTY

realizing how good life really is

Dylan's art work

Hearing people say that my baby brother, Andrew and I look nearly identical:
(since we have different dads & look nothing like our mother)

Our Christmas Ornament Collection

Full sculpted brows

Tanning

Baby Pictures

Dylan

Nicolle

fancy handwriting

wooden & fabric toys

THE OFFICE

Fiesta Ware

Harlequin Clowns & Masks

Fuzzy Furry Boots, Uggs, Cowgirl boots, you name it!

Techno & Power Pop Music

Neatly made beds

Scrapbooking

razberries, blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries

lemon water

she sews! she sews!

2008-10-06T09:32:00.000-07:00

Okay so I got a sewing machine from my mom (she has like 4) and I made a tote bag and what not but I have a urge to make a couple things. More toy related items.

You have probably seen those UGLY DOLLS around and you can't deny they are kind of cute! I've always had a soft spot for the whole Robot, Monster, thing... not bad monsters but good ones! and how easy would they be to make, honestly? Two pieces of warn in fleece, in muted greens, gray-blue, and burnt orange, with a simple face, and Gwen and Reese buy those for their own children... jack pot! No, this isn't me trying to start a business, but I think they are so simple and cute. So I found this when I googled "simple fabric toys". As you can see (from a sewer's point of view) he (she or it) is sew-simple! My mom also made a good point, that buttons (unless your child is 3 and up) are not a good idea for use as eyes, nose etc. So if you can see on this doll, his eyes and mouth are embroidered light blue thread on his face...

I also found these shapes at Target.com that are simple shapes in bright fabrics that say the shape on them. I made a really cute Square last night, and I am thinking of embroidering the shapes name on the front before I cut and assemble them.

I would love to be able to get to a point where I can graduate from the 2D figures (the animals in pinks, yellows and browns) and still very simple but more structured are these I found Other things I found that I love:

Day One...

2008-10-03T12:20:00.000-07:00

I promise to come up with a more creative title for my next entry but I honestly feel this one fitting since this is literally day one of my blog quest.

As for myself, personally, I am not here to change the world, or to have much of an impact or make much of a difference. I have been told I've already done those in different forms but it's not my mission. I have to confess, I feel under-paid. Not in the way of money (although that would be true as well) but I do not feel 20. I'm told I'm more mature than the average 20-year-old, but I'm not in school or with degree so I guess it's a draw. I am married now, (that is so odd to say) and he is amazing! We've been together for what will be 4 years in February of 2009. I could go on and on about him but that will be another blog I'm sure. I should probably give myself a small interview not that I will say anything surprising but just so you can get a feel for my vibe. lol

Why am I blogging?

Well I would journal but I hate my hand writing. I was at the home of a close friend of mine, and right by her computer was this small but thicker paperback book. It's lime green cover was what caught my attention (I have the A.D.H.D) and it was titled, "Nobody cares what you had for lunch! 101 Things To Blog About" and as corny as it sounds, that small book, which to this day I have never seen more than the cover of, got me very interested! I have to admit I kind of like the attention as well, and I'm getting to a point in my life where I don't need to be so approved of. It's so empowering to actually do what I want and not think about what other's will say... because in the end it really doesn't matter at all! So far in my short 20 years, has honestly been my biggest issue. I don't want to let anybody down, or have anybody not like what I am done. I am a people pleaser, but not so obviously that I am called out on it. It has been something I've realized myself, and that's what made me change.

Someone can tell you 5million times that you look pretty, or you're hair is cute or that you have amazing eyes, but until you see it for yourself, it is just meerly a tease or annoying.

I really got into this today, I even impressed myself a little.