Camera for sale?

Margot's dad has over 20 cameras that we are looking to sale and I have no idea the worth or the best place to sell them.

I'm looking for a good electronics blog that might have information on buying and selling electronics!

Why does the economy have to be in such poor shape when we're looking to sale these very expensive cameras?

The aftermath...

I never realized how much there is to do after someone dies. Margot's been taking care of the financial stuff and I've been doing the posessions and trying to sell off and get rid of stuff.

Of course, the financial stuff would be easier had arrangements and beneficiaries were listed.

I guess it's all good prep so that we can make changes on our will in case anything ever happened.

Back to school for me?

Lately, I've been thinking about what I want to do for an occupation once the kids start school in another two years or so. I enjoyed healthcare and working with the senior population, however, I didn't like all of the responsibility and very honestly I'm not sure I'd want to manage other people.

I've really considered a MS nursing degree. Since I already have a bachelor I think I'd just have to take a few more science classes and then I'd be eligible.

One thing about nursing is that there's a constant need and I could work at the hospital or a doctor's office.

I've always had an interest in Labor and Delivery and a degree in nursing would allow me to be part of the process.

Saint Xavier University Online would allow me to get my degree while staying home with the kids. Many times you get to do online work and then for the occassional weekend you would need to do campus work.

It sounds like a perfect match and one that I might seriously look into.

Life's too short to do something that you don't enjoy.

Off for a while.

Things took an awful turn Friday night with Margot's father. her brother was visiting and in the middle of the night we got a call that her dad was unconscious on the floor and not responding. He was taken to the hospital and by Sunday they decided to stop life support.

To say the least...we're all just taking it easy going through stuff and trying to make sense of all of the financial stuff.

Augh.

Fatty.

Okay, this post-pregnancy extra poundage has got to go!

I must admit that I haven't been trying to hard to drop the pounds. I've been eating like it's my last meal and let's not even talk about the whole exercise aspect!

I think I need to find some good diet pills that are all natural. Since I'm nursing I can't do any of the hardcore diet pills that was I on prior to getting pregnant.

Am I employable?

So I must admit with the economy headed towards the shitter I'm somewhat scared of what lies ahead for me in the upcoming year or so when I decided to go back to work part-time.

I haven't quite figured out what I want to do but I might want to stay with teaching and substituting seems to actually be a pretty flexible gig and perfect for doing drop off and pick up at school!

That's just not right...

Every single night I have the worst gas.

I used to have occassional gas but since the baby has been born my body hasn't been the same. To say the least it's affecting everyone.

I've tried cutting out dairy and that hasn't helped in the slightest and so I've gone back on dairy because I miss my milk and cheese so much!

I might think about doing a body cleanse or colon cleanser. I've heard that there can be bacteria in the colon that can cause digestive issues.

Anything's worth a try at this point...

On the go!

I swear lately I've been on the go non-stop.

I had dentist appointments, playgroups, groceries, picking kids up, dropping kids off, and meetings!

I think for my birthday I'm going to ask Margot to take the kids and let me have a day of peace. I'm just going to stay in bed and watch bad television and not be a mama!

Exhausted mama.

Good god I'm friggin' exhausted.

I have given up coffee now for a few days and I can barely function. I almost know what druggies must go through when they detox because I feel useless and spent all of the time!

The good thing...Emmy's been sleeping like a champ and actually been staying asleep through the night.

I know there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Detox me!

We've talked about doing a detox for our bodies. However, I never realized how many different detoxes are out there!

There's orovo detox and the other day I was at the store and saw this detox that has you putting patches on your feet.

Supposedly, when you wake up the patches are black and that's the bad toxins that come out through your feet.

I want to buy them just to see what happens!

Errands.

Today I've got the following list of things to do:

1. Pick up meds
2. Get blood drawn for Thyroid
3. Get battery for G's watch
4. Meet up with fridge guy so that he can fix our freezer

I swear it's always something.

Of course the most important thing on my list is SLEEP!!

Fat.

I really want to lose this baby weight!!!

I keep talking about it and I've gotten to the point where I'm tired of wearing my old maternity clothes and I want to go back to my regular clothing.

It seems like with nursing I'm constantly hungry and if I were to just eat healthy I'm sure I'd drop the pounds pretty fast.

I might look into weight loss pills that are safe while nursing.

This weather!!!

So it's friggin' snowing out.

I can't believe it.

At least Emmy's asleep in her playpen. I just hope that she's able to get some good sleep!

I plan on lying down too because I'm exhausted.

To say the least....last night was rough.

Only a matter of time...

before we're going to have to buy textbooks for the girls!

Grammy loves reading and most recently we bought her some science books at the local book sale.

There are some things that we just don't get with the montessori school and I'm assuming that when she gets older and in their grade school that they'll actually do more book and paperwork.

Quite the break.

EEk!

To say the least since the baby was born I really haven't worked much. Partly because I don't have daycare options and there's no way for me to bring Emmy with me!

Also, I just want to sit back, relax, and enjoy Emmy being a baby.

This was the stage that I missed when Graem was born so it's been really nice to see Emmy turn over and do so many cute things!

Ouch.

Lately, I've had such terrible pain in my feet. At night they tend to tense up and I swear that I can barely walk. Typically I have to walk on my tip-toes just to get down the stairs.

A few years ago I had the same thing and was diagnosed with Plantar Fasciitis. The solution was wearing better shoes and/or arch supports!

I think losing weight probably helped too.

After all this time...

of talking about painting the living room and switching out the home theatre system --- I've finally done it!!

Of course, our couch is still broken and the guys are coming next week to take it away for repair.

Now all we need is theater seating and a new flat screen to make our living room cozy!

Moving?

Years ago we were considering moving to San Francisco. We looked at apartments, were going to sell one of our cars and even looked into renting a moving truck to take our stuff cross country!

To say the least it was going to cost a small fortune. (This was before moving pods).

Then the idea totally got yanked when Margot's job got resended and the whole dot com industry went under!

Now of course, I'm glad that we decided to stay in upstate New York and have babies!

New York City?

At one point I thought that I wanted to be in a big city. Especially when I was working in corporate America.

I wouldn't mind Manhattan jobs but I think I'd really have to make enough in order for us to live comfortably.

I've been tossing around the idea of going back to school lately and either getting a teaching, law, or business degree!

The clean machine.

I've been pretty happy with our Dyson. However, it seems to be having some sucking issues lately. I'm sure there's something that I need to clean out and it's engineering is pretty easy to figure out.

I've heard that Electrolux vacuums are really good too.

From now on...I will never again buy another cheap vacuum! God knows, we've been through our fair share of vacuums under $100. Heck, we've probably purchased five of them already!