Mommacat

mommacat @ 2004-01-08T10:35:00

2004-01-08T15:36:02Z

well, I've been cleaning the kitchen :-) and it's nearly done... going to ditch the toaster it looks like for the toaster oven. Then gotta get rid of the juicer. ANYONE want a juicer?

BIG BOYS

2003-12-14T16:30:20Z

okay last week (I didn't post) Thomas did a #2 in the potty.... today Brian decided join the big boy club and #1 in the potty :-D such big boys!

mommacat @ 2003-11-27T13:53:00

2003-11-27T18:55:55Z

Well this will be the boys second Thanksgiving... They are growing up so fast. They are such big boys. They climbed up into the carseats by themselves yesterday. I sobbed. But I guess that's to be expected. We've eating at Marsha's again this year, I don't have a problem with it though, cause next year we probably won't see her for Thanksgiving, my family will all be down here.

Screw Holland (Twins Version)

2003-11-04T20:29:36Z

Screw Holland your stranded in Tokyo (Twins version)

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising twins -- to try to help people who have not shared the unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. I must say I have a very hard time to doing it, yet this about sums it up:

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a
fabulous vacation trip -- to Holland. You buy a bunch of
guidebooks and make your wonderful plans. You want to walk in fields of Tulips, and see the windmills yet not have to worry about crowds at all.

Soon the "disasters" start. You find out it's going to cost twice as much. For EVERYTHING. Then you find out you flight has been scheduled about a month earlier than you had planned. After scrambling for two months to get ready, the day finally arrives.

You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the
plane lands. The flight attendant comes and says, "Welcome
to Tokyo."

"Tokyo?" you say. "What do you mean, tokyo? I signed up
for Holland! I'm supposed to be in Holland. All my life I've
dreamed of going to Holland, nice calm, quiet Holland."

But there's been a change in the flight plans. They've landed
in Tokyo and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a
horrible, disgusting, filthy place full of pestilence, famine
and disease. It's just a different place.

So you must go out and buy new guidebooks. You must learn a
whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of
people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's faster-paced than Holland,
more flashy than Holland. But after you've been there for a
while and you catch your breath, you look around and you begin
to notice that Tokyo has lights and technology, it has things you never thought you would enjoy.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Holland, and
they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there.
And for the rest of your life, you will ! say, "Yes, that's where
I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."

But one day you'll look at them and say, "Have you ever thought about Tokyo?"
and they'll respond with "I couldn't imagine going to Tokyo..." or "I couldn't handle Tokyo."
That's when you know that you may have thought you wanted Holland, with windmills and Tulips but Tokyo is much more fun.
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I realized this for the first time today.... The boys were sitting in the floor playing ball for the very first time without me having to scream at them to share...I watched the ball roll back and forth over my cookie crum covered floor and a swear I could see the lights of Tokyo!

mommacat @ 2003-11-04T14:48:00

2003-11-04T19:52:41Z

(The original)
WELCOME TO HOLLAND
by Emily Perl Kingsley

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a
child with a disability -- to try to help people who have
not shared the unique experience to understand it, to
imagine how it would feel. It's like this:

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a
fabulous vacation trip -- to Italy. You buy a bunch of
guidebooks and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum.
Michelangelo's "David." The gondolas in Venice. You may
learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives.
You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the
plane lands. The flight attendant comes and says, "Welcome
to Holland."

"Holland?" you say. "What do you mean, Holland? I signed up
for Italy! I'm supposed t! o be in Italy. All my life I've
dreamed of going to Italy."

But there's been a change in the flight plans. They've landed
in Holland and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a
horrible, disgusting, filthy place full of pestilence, famine
and disease. It's just a different place.

So you must go out and buy new guidebooks. You must learn a
whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of
people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy,
less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a
while and you catch your breath, you look around and you begin
to notice that Holland has windmills, Holland has tulips,
Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy, and
they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there.
And for the rest of your life, you will ! say, "Yes, that's where
I was supposed to go. That's what I had pl anned."

And the pain of that will never, ever, ever go away, because the
loss of that dream is a very significant loss.

But if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get
to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the
very lovely things about Holland

mommacat @ 2003-10-06T10:16:00

2003-10-06T14:16:26Z

Boys' runny nose seems to be better (no snotty faces this morning) cough seems mostly better too.

mommacat @ 2003-10-05T12:35:00

2003-10-05T16:36:02Z

Well Brian's feeling a little better. He's at least playing with Thomas now and giggling. Maybe this week we'll make it to play group again.

ATTN ALL

2003-10-01T20:08:12Z

I will no longer be using this journal for anything more than to update on how the boys are doing. It just causes too many problems. That is all.

Drama Drama Drama

2003-10-01T18:08:54Z

I would like to go over a post I made in a community called "I hate my inlaws" since this seems to be causing problems with said in-laws. The post was made back in July and I will admit I don't even remember what in the world was going on at the time...

Hello I'm new.... I have a terrific husband. I love my husband and I love his family... sometimes...
( Edit: This does not say I hate my inlaws... this says I love his family but can become annoyed and frustrated with them at times)
It's not that they are all that bad. (Edit: They are not all bad and I love them more than my own family most of the time. I really would not be able to survive without them)
It's just EVERYTHING I do is wrong.... blah blah blah...
(The rest of this probably has something to do with what was going on at the time which is what I cannot remember please ignore it. Thank you)

GIP

2003-09-29T19:25:06Z

Here's the latest Icon in the Twin series LOL...
Okay I just couldn't pass up this ubber cute picture!

mommacat @ 2003-09-27T11:11:00

2003-09-27T15:11:40Z

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mommacat @ 2003-09-22T08:44:00

2003-09-22T12:48:47Z

Wow it's been a year...
I remember waking up today a year ago and wondering if I should back out. I mean none of our friends were going to be there. Brian and smadoc were... but Becca couldn't come, and leiabelle was in England. I didn't have a wedding dress, or a bridal shower (not that I needed anything)... but then, Ted woke up and he looked over at me and smiled... I realized something. I didn't need any of it; the dress, parties, fancy cakes... none of it. All I needed was him and his love. So we did it. We took the plunge and got married. I never looked back and I've never regretted it for a moment. I never will. I love Ted with all my heart. I doubt he'll read this (he tries to stay away from LJ)... but if he does: Happy Anniversary baby.

mommacat @ 2003-09-18T08:41:00

2003-09-18T12:42:19Z

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mommacat @ 2003-09-18T08:41:00

2003-09-18T12:41:34Z

mommacat @ 2003-09-18T08:37:00

2003-09-18T12:37:13Z

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SAD SONG

2003-09-13T01:27:56Z

Streets of Heaven
-Sherrie Austin

Hello god
It’s me again
2am,
room 304
Visiting hours are over
Time for our bedside tug of war
The sleeping child between us
May not make it through the night
I’m fighting back the tears as she fights for her life

Well, it must be kinda crowded
On the streets of heaven
So tell me,
what do you need her for
Don’t you know one day she’ll be your little girl forever
But right I need her so much more
She’s much too young to be on her own
Barely just turned seven
So who will hold her hand
when she crosses the streets of heaven

Tell me God
Do you remember the wishes that she made
When she blew out the candles
on her last birthday cake
She wants to ride a pony when she’s big enough
She wants to marry her daddy when she’s all grown up

Well, it must be kinda crowded
On the streets of heaven
So tell me,
what do you need her for
Don’t you know one day she’ll be your little girl forever
But right I need her so much more
She’s much too young to be on her own
Barely just turned seven
So who will hold her hand
when she crosses the streets of heaven

Lord don’t you know
She’s my angel
You’ve got plenty of your own
And I know you hold a place for her
but she’s already got a home
Well I don’t know if you’re listening
But prayings all that’s left to do
So I ask you Lord have mercy
You lost a son once too

Well, it must be kinda crowded
On the streets of heaven
So tell me,
what do you need her for
Don’t you know one day she’ll be your little girl forever
But right I need her so much more
She’s much too young to be on her own
Barely just turned seven
So who will hold her hand
when she crosses the streets of heaven

So if you take her with you today
Will you make sure she looks both ways
And would you hold her hand
when she crosses the streets of heaven
The streets of heaven

mommacat @ 2003-09-12T13:23:00

2003-09-12T17:24:20Z

Seems my dad has picked out Toddler beds for the boys and will be buying them tomorrow. I've been thinking about it for a while since I didn't want to start potty training till they could get out of bed at night. hmmmmmm glad we have the potty chair now :-)
Don't know if we'll put the beds up right away but it looks like they will be firetrucks cause they have high sides on them unlike the racecars. sure they will be adorable.

mommacat @ 2003-09-12T08:32:00

2003-09-12T12:34:09Z

Well, nothing to much to really update about. Found out my B&D concert has finally been rescheduled for November 2nd. The got Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley, Aaron Lines, Cledius T. Judd and Brooks and Dunn. I had hoped to see Jeff Bates too but beggars can't be choosers :-)

Today

2003-09-07T03:31:39Z

Spent the day with Mikey today :-D.... It's great to have him back in with the friends again. Unfortunately he and Summer broke up. She broke his heart pretty bad but maybe now (after some recovery time of course) he can find a girl who can make him happy and be good to him and stuff. The boys love him by the way... As if there was ever any doubt.
But well I'm bushed and not feeling well (Think it was the Wendy's from earlier... I ate part of the boy's hamburger... they and I are feeling puking... Ted, me, and boys ate french fries and he's not feeling good either so maybe that was it too...) anyway off to bed with me.
G'night all

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2003-09-07T03:28:18Z

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Genius Boys

2003-08-27T13:01:37Z

On August 20th I had a developmental Profile done on the twins and I recieved the results yesterday!
Physical Development Age (Weight and Height): 14 months
Self-Help Developmental Age: 19 months
Social Developmental Age: 17 months
Academic Developmental Age: 19 months
Communication Devlopmental Age: 18 months
So it seems the only place we're behind is height and weight :-D I can deal with that!
On second screening tool she used the results were
Communication 60 out of 60
Gross Motor Skills 60 out of 60
Fine Motor Skills 40 out of 60 (terrific for their age group she told me)
Problem Solving skills 60 out of 60
Personal/Social Skills 60 out of 60 (they even shook hands with her)
Susan McCain (The woman who did the tests) said that let alone are they not behind or struggling at all but they are ahead of the game in almost every area! I am so proud of my little teddy monsters!

mommacat @ 2003-08-24T17:59:00

2003-08-24T21:59:23Z

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mommacat @ 2003-08-18T15:17:00

2003-08-18T19:17:30Z

Parents who bring squalling brats to R-rated movies
Circle I Limbo

The Pope
Circle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind

General asshats
Circle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow

Militant Vegans
Circle IV Rolling Weights

People who abuse animals
Circle V Stuck in Mud, Mangled

River Styx

Uday Hussein, Qusay Hussein
Circle VI Buried for Eternity

River Phlegyas

people who say Harry Potter is the work of the devil without ever reading it
Circle VII Burning Sands

Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden
Circle IIX Immersed in Excrement

Boob nazis
Circle IX Frozen in Ice

Design your own hell

mommacat @ 2003-08-18T14:01:00

2003-08-18T18:06:39Z

well happy birthday to me LMAO
okay now that it is out of the way I'm going to have a drink with my Dad tonight if weather's not too bad. I'm actually looking forward to it... which means of course it's storming LMAO

PROMPT: Discuss your friends throughout the years.

2003-08-11T19:53:17Z

Let's start with my first friend.....
Lisa Adams: My first day of school I met what would be my best friend for years to come. Lisa Adams and I latched onto each other at the very start. So many of my firsts happened with her. My first sleep over, birthday party, Amusement Park Trip, Crush.... yeah I miss Lisa quite a bit. She moved to KY our Freshmen year of high school, although we had drifted apart quite a while before that.

Tara Martin: Over one summer I felt like I was in the "cool crowd". Tara would be friends with you as long as she could push you around... when I got tired of her pushing me around and I began to push back we stopped being friends

Joann Griffin: Joann is actually the reason why Lisa and I started drifting apart. Joann moved across the street from me and was held back a year in school. She was put into my fourth grade class and we hit it off. She was the one that introduced me to church and country music... that's right you can blame her!

Tocarra Kay Gruber Nelson: T.K. as we knew her was the snob of our group. Yeah, that's a mean thing to say, I know but you know that friend that only seems to hang out with your cause she's not quite popular enough to hang out with the "cool" crowd.... That was T.K. she ditched us as soon as she became popular.

Meisha Daniels: You know that friend that you talk to because you feel sorry for the poor thing. The new girl in school that everyone ignores so you talk to her then she NEVER leaves you alone... That's Meisha.

Meaghan Ryan: Meaghan and I met in middle school. We were both in the gifted program and we had 2 classes together a day. We passed boyfriends back and forth for a while (Charlie Mostly). We were torn apart because of something a boyfriend of mine told me that wasn't true (yeah I believed him too). We made up Senior year but it was never the same.

Brett Trahan: I loved Brett I can say that now. Brett was the friend that I always wanted to be more. Not that I would now mind you, but then I would have given anything for him to ask me out. Little did I know that he felt the same way.

Keith: I feel horrible saying I can't remember Keith's last name right now. Keith was the first guy I knew that told me I didn't have to put up with the way Jon treated me. We had French class together and spent more than one night talking on the phone till our parents had a fit. I remember telling him to be careful the night he died. That the roads were slick and he shouldn't go too fast. "If it's not fast, it's not fun." he lived his motto till the end. Keith was also the first funeral I attended. He changed my life in every way.

Casey Belcher: Casey was the "Untouchable" he had the terrific sense of humor that just made everyone around him smile. I wanted to date him so badly. We talked about it a few times too. But our fathers hated each other and he wasn't ready for the kind of relationship I wanted so we never dated. But everyone said we were a good match. Looking back I think they were wrong. We would never have worked out we were too much alike.

Jon Griffin: Yeah I had to add Jon too. Jon was my best friend for a year and eight months. I devoted my life to him during that time, All of my energy went to him. He taught me more about myself and what I could withstand in that short time period than most people had up until that point.

Thomas Brown: I never should have dated Thomas. I wasn't ready to date someone seriously, let alone try to date one of my best friends. I never thought I would care that I hurt him as badly as I did... but I do

Chris Dominguez We had Algebra II together and I can remember him getting so mad at me because I never had to study... I kept trying to hook him up with this other girl in our home room. Amanda, but I don't think it ever did work out.

Chris Clark yeah can't forget Chris. Chris was like my big brother in the Trombone section. He never let me get left behind.

Nathan F. (Fester) Fester played Tuba and was the best guy to be around when you wanted protection or just a little ego boost. He always seemed to make every girl around him feel extra special.

Sarah Graham: Sarah taught me everything I needed to know about being a leader. She proved to me that I didn't have to be bigger than the guys to lead them just "stronger" and "smarter". She taught me that I should never let anyone tell me I can't... instead I should prove that I can.

David Strickland: This is the one person I hope never finds this list. I don't think he realizes how special he was to me. He really did reknew my faith that men weren't scum. He helped me through getting over Jon without him even knowing it. I know I hurt him pretty bad in the end... but he's another one I wish that I hadn't

leiabelle: Erin is one of my closest girl friends (by golly I have two girlfriends!!!). If I ever want to talk about movies or books (HP fanfic included) she's the girl to go to! In fact if it wasn't for her I wouldn't be into fanfic at all!

Becca Rainey: Becca is one of those people I never imagined myself being friends with. She reminds me of the girls that knew my name but would never call me a "friend". But through Ted I quickly found out how wrong I was about her. Becca is probably what I would call my best friend today. I can talk to her about anything, rant to her about everything and she always helps me out when I need it.