Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Ok... Here's the update

I've been dying to shout this from the rooftops since September.



Yes, we are adding to our family one last time. I've mainly been down and out due to my wonderful connection to what I have lovenly named my "barf bowl". At 8 weeks into this one the "party" began and continues to this day. I have moments of feeling better-ish that allow me to pretend to be "normal"

I was waiting to tell anyone until we told our parents. We were finally able to do that a few weeks ago. For those of you who knew our secret and kept it quiet - Thank You! I couldn't hide my "barf bowl" for very long.

I also have kept this a secret because I didn't want our decision to have another to be the topic of discussion until it was "too late". I got several nasty and negative comments when we got preg with our last amazing little one. I can only imagine what those same people will say when they hear about this one.

In the comment section no one has my permission to say any of the following:
- "Are you sure that was a wise decision?"
- "Don't you know what causes that?"
- "(special needs son) needs so much attention, how on earth can you take care of another?"
- "Can you afford another?"
- "How can you "be there" for so many children when they need you?"
- fill in the blank with anything negative....

My husband and I are VERY excited for this one (our 5th). Don't spoil our excitement with your negativity if you plan to "hit and run". I'm sorry if I sound very defensive but this is a VERY sensitive subject for me. I don't think any of the negative people even visit my blog... just in case they do happen across it I don't want to hear it. I got beat down hard by people I thought would be excited or at least neutral with my last one.

Enough of that.... On with life!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

I am still alive!!!

I'm finally popping in just to let you all know that I am still alive.

At the end of October my computer's powersupply said "good bye". A couple of weeks later I had a beautiful brand new one installed and my baby was up and humming a sweet tune again..... Then my motherboard died 2 weeks later.

I've set up a temporary home on my kid's computer. It feels so strange. Keyboard is different.. monitor is smaller... All my favorite bookmarked sites are no longer bookmarked. etc...

My husband replaced one of the capasitors that was bulging on the motherboard. I'm hoping that will fix the problem. I haven't had a chance to hook everything up yet. All day and most of the day tomorrow I am working on backing up my "life"... I mean my hard drive. I freaked out when I thought I lost everything on it. I have information and pictures on there that are not anywhere else. Since my kid's computer only has a 1.0 USB port I have to have a LOT of patience. 80+ Gigs can take a long time to back up.

I do have some news to share that I will save until I get back on here to post. For those of you who know my news... keep it to yourself until I get the chance to get back on here.

And now.. I say good night. It's about 3:30am and I'm tired.