Tuesday, January 29, 2008

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Last night was kinda blah. I really didn't care much about anything. The haircut went well. But the bathroom sink still doesn't work, the bathroom tub was still clogged, the telephones still are losing connection and not working correctly, and despite all my best efforts, I still have laundry to do, dishes to wash, picking up to do.... all which cuts into my time with the baby, when the only time I spend with her is a couple of hours a day. Frustrating. If I didn't take her to daycare, and then traipse off to work each day, that would give me 9.5 extra hours a day to spend with her and accomplish things at home.... and about 72 less bottle and pump pieces to wash each night. Ugh.

Okay... that problem won't be resolving itself for a while, so let's complain about something else. Specifically, businesses that don't keep their websites current. As a web designer, I find this incredibly frustrating. For Example, if I go visit your website looking at program dates and it is almost February 2008 and all I can see is your Summer 2007 schedule, I get rather frustrated. Actually, I get really frustrated. It's a huge pet peeve of mine.

I have been investigating Infant Swimming Classes/Playtimes to take Ardyn to. Everyone in bigger cities has so many things available to them. I thought I would check our local rec center, the Bureau County Metro Center, and search out their infant swimming options. I couldn't find any listed on their website. So I went to the local-ish YMCA's website, and they have very specific dates and times of upcoming Aqua Tots sessions. So after posting here, I have had two moms tell me that the Metro Center has infant lessons. But they aren't listed on the website. That frustrates me. Incredibly. So I called and left a message for the Aquatics Coordinator, to get more information as to when the next session of infant swim activities starts. Her swim diaper is here, but the next session doesn't start (they believe) until March... which is when she will be 6 months old.... which appears to be the golden age for them to allow swimming. SO It meshes well.

I was also trying to determine if I would do some exercising at the Metro Center on a few weeknights. All my friends seem to be going there, but I am really thinking about the daily $4.50 admission and how it will add up, and all the other things I would rather spend that money on. I won't go often enough to warrant a membership. Especially doesn't seem prudent when I have a treadmill at home, and also have free use of the gym here at work. And now that their website made me angry, I am liking the idea of going there even less. I think my exercise will be a mixture of home and work for me.

Last night I cut all the tags off the microfiber towels and picked lint off them from the dryer (they attracted all the little threads from the flannel's fraying edges) and got them all folded pretty. Not sure why I really bothered to fold them because I am just going to sew them, but I like things neat and pretty, and stacked and folded makes me happy, so there you have it. Ardyn is such a big laundry helper! She sits on the dryer and knocks over towers that I create with empty Oxy Clean Containers. She thinks it is the coolest entertainment around! Since my love of stacking things is really manifested in cloth diapers... I also stacked freshly washed and dried inserts last night and was pleased to see them all clean and fresh.

Lets see, what else. My husband royally pissed me off this morning. Enough to make me not speak to him. Enough to make me do everything by myself and not ask for help. Enough to make me vow not to speak to him until he apologizes. And Enough to make me refuse his offer to swap vehicles so that I would be taking a 4WD out in today's "blizzard" instead of my car. I can be stubborn like that. But since talking to him about it won't get through his thick head, the silent treatment might. Or at least it will make me feel more heard than even talking will.

And the "blizzard" has been downgraded from last night's 5 inch potential to a 3 inch potential. Who would have thought that we would ever hear weather in Illinois where 3 inches was considered a "Blizzard?" It's that damn global warning I tell ya. It's messed with our heads and our weather so that we have more of the blowing and icing and such instead of just big pretty flakes drifting down peacefully.

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS SWEEPING THROUGH THE AREA THIS
MORNING...WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES BEHIND IT. VERY
STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL GRADUALLY
COMBINE WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TO CREATE WIDESPREAD
BLOWING SNOW. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
THIS WILL RESULT IN EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL
RAPIDLY FALL TO BELOW ZERO AFTER SUNSET AND COMBINED WITH THE
STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE
EXPECTED. ANYONE STRANDED OUTSIDE WILL BE AT RISK OF THEIR LIFE
WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION.

THE SNOW WILL END BY EARLY EVENING WITH WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING
AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY OR WARNING IS LIKELY TO BE
ISSUED FOR TONIGHT.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...
MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF

YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.

Ugh. Cold. 56 degrees for a high this morning and 2 degrees for a low tonight. That's a huge temp change.

My 5 gallon bucket of Charlie's Soap is on it's way via FedEx and the Oxyboost is also on it's way. Along with a pair of black Rocketdogs to wear for work. I got ticked off today because when I went online to check for the delivery status, I saw that the shoes were $39 and now they are $29 on sale and haven't even gotten to my door yet! Argh! This happened with my Company Kids order, before the bookshelf even arrived it was on sale for $10 cheaper. I have bad luck with things going on sale like RIGHT after I buy them. So I called finish line and they are giving me a $10 gift card to make up the difference.

I have directions to make my own baby legwarmers... And now I need to pick up some cool adult/kids knee high socks to make a few pair myself. Ardyn has like 5 pair, and I love them. They make diaper changes a breeze and are so great to wear around home and on the weekends with onesies.

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