Dark Chocolate

Have I ever talked about my LOVE for Dark Chocolate? When I was younger, dark chocolate was YUCK. I wouldn't even eat it. Then, while I was working at Cubic, our contract was for the Royal Danish Air Force, so when some of my co-workers went to Denmark and brought back some chocolate, I had my first delish dark chocolate bar. I have been addicted ever since. My absolute favorite is Dark Chocolate Orange. You can smell the orange when you open it up, and it gives the chocolate the perfect flavor.

My friend Christina went to Italy for two weeks, and guess what she brought me back - two dark chocolate bars. One is plain dark chocolate, one is Orange. Delish. The Europeans really know how to make chocolate. And the packaging is so 'upscale'. I think I'm going to make a scrapbook page with one of the boxes it is so pretty.

Couple of nothings...

So, now for a real post. Yesterday was a LONG day. I could have gone home early and slept for hours, but of course, I can't do that b/c I need to save my leave. I did go to bed at 8:00 last night though, and I feel better today.

I sold some stuff on ebay last week, and yesterday I took it all to the post office. Technically I was going to take it Tuesday, but I completely forgot. So, I get home, and guess what...yep, I forgot one of the packages. So, back to the post office today. I really think I should buy a few of the priority stamps in advance, so that I don't have to run to the post office so much. And once I get more memory for my PC, I can start using the printer to print the postage from home. My computer crashed on the printer install, so until I get more memory I cannot install the printer. I've already asked my BIL to order it for me though, so I can install it pretty soon.

Yesterday I talked with the lady that is keeping my two nieces. She is Chinese, so I had a really hard time understanding her, but she was so nice. She is about to get two more babies, so I wanted to see if she could hold a spot for us until December when I have to come back to work. She said that if she got another baby/child before then, that she will tell them that the spot might not be available in December because she is holding a spot for us. And her house is so close to work, for both of us, almost right between our two jobs. I also know that if Emily and Rob like her and approve of her, then we will too...I also really don't want to send our baby to daycare to get sick all the time, so in-home daycare is perfect.

I've been trying to get a handsfree device for my cell phone for a few days now, I've just got to figure out if my phone is bluetooth compatiable, and if not, then I'll just order the ear bud thingie for about 15 bucks. I don't have a top of the link phone, and it is over two years old, so I have doubts that the wireless stuff will work.

Oh, and something that has been bothering me for awhile. I owe the department of Revenue almost $900 for charges from March 2005. I have been trying and trying to contact them, by phone and email for months. I really think that this is an error, and if it isn't, I want someone to tell me WHY before I fork out all that money. Of course, each month that I don't pay, the pentalty fees get larger and larger which makes the amount go up (about 5-10 dollars per month). I'm so fed up that I'm almost to the point where I'm just going to pay it, but I hate that. That is almost a weeks worth of work to pay off, and of course, I want to know why. You should see the 'bill/document'. All it says is that I owe this much money, and that I can detest, but I don't even know what I would be detesting or how I would prove my case. This is crazy!!!

Post 100!

Whoo Hooo....

POST NUMBER 100!

I started my blogspot blog sometime in February, my previous LiveJournal blog had almost 300 posts...the posts really add up pretty quickly...

So, this post has been one of my 'lame' posts, but I thought that post 100 deserved a post of it's own!

Party Pictures

This is Emma and her parents, boy did she love that cake...

These are all the little ones that were at the party (minus one that was sleeping). Michaela and Summer, my two nieces were there. Michaela is on the front row in the pink shirt, and Summer is in the middle of the back row in the green shirt and shorts.


This picture shows Emma's cute dress.

Captain Crash, and the Beauty Queen from Mars...

So, a little trivia, what is my title from? Hehe. That just popped in my head, so I guess it fits for a title...

edited to add: Yes, I meant Captain Crash! Not flash. Brain Fart. And yes, this is a Bon Jovi song from the Crush CD. I was a HUGE Bon Jovi fan my whole life, don't really dig the last 2-3 albums, but I've worn out all the ones previously. I got my first Bon Jovi record at my first grade birthday...

Yesterday was a very frustrating 'blogger' day. Usually one of the first things I do each day is write a blog entry, or at least start one. Well, yesterday our network was down almost all day...then whenever it would come up, blogger was down. So, I'm a little behind.

I went to the doctor on Monday. Everything is great. I've gained 11 lbs. Yikes. But, that is total, so hopefully it won't jump too much again until the end. I know that I gained 5 of that when we were on vacation, so if we get to go on vacation in July I'm will not splurge every day...

Eric's back is still hurting him bad. He didn't go to work yesterday, but he went today. Since he has hurt his back he has been going just about every other day b/c he hurts too bad after working to get up the next morning. I wish they would speed everything up so that we will at least know what is wrong and what we can do to fix it.

I've been sleeping a little better the past few nights, still getting up alot to go the bathroom, but then I haven't been having too much trouble going back to sleep. Oh, and no more watermelon after 5 pm. Gosh, last night I ate some around 6 b/c I thought I would be okay by bed time. Well, all night I was going to the bathroom almost every 15 minutes. So, I will eat it in very small amounts during work, but not at night anymore.

Cute conversation...

I had this converstation at Emma's party with a little girl that was about 4ish.

Her: (Talking to her mommy), I'm going to go talk to this lady...

Her: Hello, what's your name

Me: Natalie, what is yours?

Her: Hannah. Who's your darling?

Me: I guess I don't have a darling, I'm not sure...

Her: Me and my little sister are our Mommy's darling

Me: Oh, well you can be my darling too

Her: (Shaking head no), no we are our Mommy's darling...

Just too cute. I then told her I was going to have a baby and the little baby boy was in my tummy. She said, EWW...I don't like boys.

Emma's Party...

We had fun. So much was going on that I really didn't get any one-on-one time with her, but that is okay. She was such a doll. I'll post pictures later! She had on this too cute dress that had balloons and a 1 on it, and the dress had toile under it so it poofed out. Just adorable.

Kaycee and Christie were so busy with everything that I really didn't get to talk to them much, and by the end of the party I was getting sleepy and I wanted to GO!

Emma got so many cute presents. Lots of clothes, so Kaycee probably won't have to buy her any summer clothes. And they (Kaycee and Jason) got her this cute little 'add a pearl' necklace. I had one when I was little, but my parents stopped adding beads to it when I was about 7. And every time Emma would open a present, she would get all excited, then when her Daddy would take it away so she could open another one - she would get mad and squeal, but then Kaycee would put another present infront of her and she would get all happy again. Funny.

There were lots of kids at the party. Probably about 7 under the age of 4. And what was funny was that there was only 1 boy, all the rest were girls.

Happy Birthday Emma!

Little Miss Emma is ONE! Happy Birthday Cutie. I can't wait to see her and Lauren (green dress) at her party tomorrow!

She was 2 days old in this picture...
And this is her and Lauren at Easter. Emma is in the purple.

Pooey

My husband's back has been hurting him ALOT the last few days. Wednesday he had to leave work early, and he has been to the doctor twice. Wednesday he got x-rays, and today he is getting an MRI. The x-rays showed that he didn't have a slipped disk, which is what the doctor thought it was to begin with, but it looks like he might have a fracture. YIKES!

How do you 'fracture' your spine, and not even know what did it. His back has always hurt on and off, mainly due to the type of work he does, but it is hurting him so bad right now that he can barely walk. The doc gave him some muscle relaxers that he takes at bed time just incase it was a muscle sprain, and luckily those have been helping him sleep.

I pray that nothing major is wrong. And we have both decided that he is going to start looking for a new job - even if it means taking a pay cut. I don't want him to always hurt, or to feel like a 60 year old man when he is in his 30's. (He is 27 now). And he really doesn't *like* what he does, so finding a job that he likes would make him so much happier. He gets so HOT during the Summer that he is just exausted when he gets home.

And, I have been meaning to post a belly picture, just haven't gotten around to it yet. I will soon. :)

Sleep, who needs it???

Not me obviously. I've been trying hard not to complain about my troubles sleeping yet, because I know that it is only going to get worse, but today I'm so sleepy that I can't keep it to myself.

I no longer count how many times I get up to go to the bathroom, because that is just too much work. After 3 or so times, they all run together. Well, last night, I was up EVERY HOUR. Every. Single. Hour. At least when I got back in bed most of the times I just drifted off to sleep, but two times I laid there for about an hour before finally falling asleep - to only wake up within 30 min or so to go to the bathroom. Again!

And I'm trying to sleep on my sides. This really isn't working out too much. My hips hurt a little and I feel kind of like I have restless leg syndrome or something because my legs start hurting and tingling. I knew that this would come, but I'm not all that big yet, and I've only gained about 5 pounds, so I really didn't expect to be uncomfortable so soon.

I guess I should stop complaining and enjoy every minute. Right now I do think I'm at that 'perfect pg' size, if that makes any sense. I look pregnant, my maternity clothes all fit quite well, and I feel *normal* when I walk and stuff like that. Pretty soon I'll start waddling, and outgrowing my maternity clothes. Although, a piece of me can't wait for that because that will mean the baby will be coming soon!