http://greasy.com/Parenting_and_Family/Motherhood.htm Featured articles and news topics about being a mother. en-us © 2008 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:56:04 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/shesaidwhat/wanna_know_cool.html Wanna know what's cool??? Going along with my two teenagers decision to wait until the afternoon, just before they go their Dads for the next 6 days, to do their chores at my house. For years, my kids have always gotten their chores done on the Friday or Saturday of their arrival to our home. Between my kids and their friends running in and out of here, eating day and night, and having the neighborhood use our guest bathroom as a public restroom, the freshly done chores and clean home were ... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:48:52 GMT http://greasy.com/dkelly/grief_gone.html Weeping will endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning! I am finally ready to move along past the recent losses in my life. I think I fell into a situation with family telling me (encouraging me) to be angry and that it was okay/good to question why & stayed there. I had no reason to be angry that I lost children. They were gifts to us and although I'm not pleased they're not with us right now, there is some reason for it, I just am not sure what. Could be so that my husband and I ... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:58:12 GMT http://greasy.com/shesaidwhat/daughter_2.html As my 15 year old daughter Sara, sorts through the fresh drama of the past weekend, I have witnessed her go from extreme moments of self doubt to strong displays of assurance and self worth. She is amazing! In My Daughter's Eyes by Martina McBride is on my profile page song playlist. It is one of Sara's and my favorite songs. It expresses the truth between us. And I am not kidding when I say I cannot get through the song or the lyrics without crying. In my daughter's eyes I am a hero I am ... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:19:33 GMT http://greasy.com/elkhound/sick.html I have a head cold. Nothing too bad right now. I have not answered my comments from my previous post. My head feels like it is filled with lead. There will only be further complaining so click out if you don't want to hear it. *grin* I have not been sleeping for the last week. My dark circles under my eyes make me look like I have two black eyes. Worry, my constant companion. sometimes it just feels like my life is totally off the track and heading for some major collision. I just want a g ... Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:14:25 GMT http://greasy.com/mrsstu/wheres_cheese.html You'll need it for all this whine... I'm not doing well. I'm not doing well I'm not doing well I'm not doing well. Please give me the strength to pull through this. Please let me see the light again. Please please please. Last night after piling the food into my mouth, I asked DH a question, but prefaced it with "I know it's too soon to talk like this..." The question? "Are you still against adoption." Of course he said it was too soon to discuss. I'm TERRIFIED of becoming pregnant again a ... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:35:22 GMT http://greasy.com/mrsstu/closing_chapter.html taken from my baby/miscarriage blog post from last night: So my follow-up D and C appointment... UGH! In all honesty, I've been doing OK in regards to the missed "abortion" and losing the baby - for the most part, at least. Sure I have my moments, but I've been able to get up in the morning and go to work and do my job and whatever else... Granted, I've noticed that I'm angrier than before - at any and every little thing - but I suppose that's all par for the course. I didn't know quite wh ... Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:12:01 GMT http://greasy.com/walkwithgrace/mak_3.html Here it is, quickly approaching midnight, and I'm in the basement doing laundry. No clean bed sheets, eh, so it had to be done before I could go to sleep. And no, the dirty sheets had nothing to do with me and everything to do with Mak. Mak. What should I say about Mak? Should I say that today while in Wally World an elderly woman walking past said to her friend, "Ah, I'm taking that one home with me." "You'd bring her back," I said to her without even thinking of it. And bring her back sh ... Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:39:15 GMT http://greasy.com/shesaidwhat/gone.html My kids left on Wednesday at 5:00pm to go to their Dads for his first extended vacation with them. They won't be back with me until 9:00am next Friday (8/8). I don't think I'll make it :( Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:08:55 GMT http://greasy.com/mrsstu/1217420408.html For those of you that were following the story... here's the last piece, taken from my blog dedicated to my baby: Good night July 29, 2008 Apparently, it's time for me to say good-bye to you, my sweet little angel. Apparently our time together wasn't meant to be but for a little while. Still, I want you to know, that I loved you from the moment I found out you were in there... You were created by your daddy and me because we wanted you. Desperately. But it just wasn't meant to be this time ... Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:20:08 GMT http://greasy.com/mrsstu/2nd_blood_results.html So Saturday's appointment was just as eventful as Tuesday's - and almost as long. I won't go into great detail here as I did in my baby blog but this is the gist: * The progesterone dropped from 11.3 (good) to 8 (not good) so they gave me a scrit to get it up again. * The hCG rose from 2500+ to 3500+ so it's good that it rose but it's supposed to double so......... They couldn't find the ultrasound paperwork from appt one on Tuesday, where baby measured "very early, maybe 4 or 5 weeks" so ... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:59:51 GMT http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/somebody_please_hold_me.html Can Someone Save Me From Total Collapse? Diary Entry by Muhammad Khurshid, OpEdNews My depression is deepening with each passing day as I am losing my mind balance. My life is under threat. My family is living under terror. I am unable to save myself and my family There was time when I was very excited after my contacts with the United States. I was sure that I shall get the help from somewhere as now I have been speaking with the people world over. Every morning I wake up with the hope th ... Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:31:57 GMT http://greasy.com/fobstateside/die.html My daughter is me made over.(BAD!)She is stubborn,won't listen to a thing i say.I know she hears me.Yet she just goes on with whatever she wants to do.See i never have been thru the terrible 2's.Chan was a great kid.My hubby says this is what they are.Pushing the limits to see what happens.I'll smack her little hand,and i swear to you she giggles.I just look at Al like what are we going to do?I swat her butt,she laughs.Oh good grief i hope she grows out of it.(oh please)So i get to my wits ... Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:47:16 GMT http://greasy.com/mrsstu/1st_blood_results.html Yesterday's appointment was just as exciting as Tuesday's but with a lot less drama, thankfully. Mostly because it was a 'wam bam thank you ma'am' type of appointment. One thing that I'm sure of, little one, is that once all this blood work comes back proving that you're in there growing and growing, I will look for a different practice/doctor to continue on this journey with. The bedside manner the doctor and the PA have exhibited just isn't acceptable to me. I understand they don't want ... Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:58:14 GMT http://greasy.com/mrsstu/appointment.html This is long, this is unedited; it was written at about 1AM this morning. It's taken from the blog I created just for the baby so it goes back and forth between my internal thoughts and my mommy thoughts: To say that I was not expecting what happened at the appointment is to not give what happened enough credit. Or something. Your dad (ok, maybe some of this will be written to you) arrived while I was filling out paperwork. The same paperwork I fill out every time I go. I don't understand ... Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:02:50 GMT http://greasy.com/shesaidwhat/stepmamma_drama.html I have avoided posting, in detail, the fact that my children's Step mom has been trying to have a child of her own with my ex-husband. (She has no children). The go of it has been unsuccessful for them for at least of couple of years now. Not that it is any of my business, I personally, along with many others, do not believe that my ex-husband actually wants any more children. He had 3 at one time, stopped talking to the oldest, has no idea how many times the middle one wants to walk away ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:06:01 GMT http://greasy.com/mrsstu/week_3.html My wonderful husband let me use his charge card yesterday to order some new bras! Yay for Daddy! :) Yeah the girls have been growing and aching non-stop for over a month now... and it doesn't seem like there's going to much let up either. I'm OK with it because it means everything is in working order, but I'm also in pain and have to constantly wear a bra - morning, noon, and night. So DH was wondering to allow me to charge $100 on his card for three new bras and I can't wait for them to c ... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:03:02 GMT http://greasy.com/mrsstu/cute.html I have no clue why (hormones? craziness?) but this 'forward' brought a tear to my eye by the end - it's SOOO cute: My little guy, Cade, is quite a talker. He loves to communicate and does it quite well. He talks to people constantly, whether we're in the library, the grocery store or at a drive-thru window. People often comment on how clearly he speaks for a just-turned-3-year-old. And you never have to ask him to turn up the volume. It's always fully cranked. There've been several embarra ... Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:01:45 GMT http://greasy.com/katieblumenauer/1216342266.html Here's my little munchkin kinda cute for an ultra sound pic.. the other one is much more alien looking lol Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:51:06 GMT http://greasy.com/nittineedles/read_this_2.html EDDIE!!! WHERE THE H*** IS MY BLOG??????? Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:33:04 GMT http://greasy.com/nittineedles/read_this.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:28:31 GMT