Thursday, March 26, 2009
Always a mom
I haven't had an infant in over 3 years now, but I still respond to infants crying. I was sitting on the couch when I heard a baby crying(it was on TV) and almost got up to get "the baby". When I am out without my kids and hear "mom" I look. I hope I am not the only one who does this.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
My family
I miss my family :(
My brother, sister-in-law, my neice, and Arpac 1
"The Comp" and Our Neice
My dad and Arpac 2
My Dad and I
Ben and I
My brother, sister-in-law, my neice, and Arpac 1
"The Comp" and Our Neice
My dad and Arpac 2
My Dad and I
Ben and I
My Socks Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My sock buddy sent me the coolest socks in the world this past Saturday!!! I love them and so does "Arpac 1". I wore them as I rode around on my bike last night and they brought a smile to several peoples faces.
These are the socks that rock!!!
These are the socks that rock!!!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Mommy, "I want gooturide
I love the way little man says gatorade. The "Comp" thought he wanted to go on a scotter ride.LoL
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Sock it to me
Another Test and other ramblings
I got a 103% on one of the tests I took last week!! I currently have 101% in the class:) I still have not got the grade back on my other test.I am pretty sure my grade will not be anywhere near 103%. I misread one of the essay questions which was worth 25 points. He did give all of us an extra ten points because he hadn't graded the tests on time:) I am hoping my grade will be at least an 85% now.
I started a 7 week course last night too. The book for the course is soooo boring. It's as if the instructor said," Let me see if I can pick the most boring book out there" . I have to read at least 80 pages a week so I am hoping I can make it through.
The little Arpacs are doing well. Arpac 1 is in the middle of some state testing.She feels like she is doing well on the tests. She's really enjoying mutual and spending time with her friends. I can't believe she'll be 14 soon. It just seems like time has flown.
Arpac 2 is doing OK with potty training. It's harder to train him because of his sensory integration disorder BUT we are getting there. I am praying that we are able to get him trained (fully) by the end of July. He is starting to listen better too. I am trying to get him ready for pre-k so the teacher's job is a little easier.
I started a 7 week course last night too. The book for the course is soooo boring. It's as if the instructor said," Let me see if I can pick the most boring book out there" . I have to read at least 80 pages a week so I am hoping I can make it through.
The little Arpacs are doing well. Arpac 1 is in the middle of some state testing.She feels like she is doing well on the tests. She's really enjoying mutual and spending time with her friends. I can't believe she'll be 14 soon. It just seems like time has flown.
Arpac 2 is doing OK with potty training. It's harder to train him because of his sensory integration disorder BUT we are getting there. I am praying that we are able to get him trained (fully) by the end of July. He is starting to listen better too. I am trying to get him ready for pre-k so the teacher's job is a little easier.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Georgia Continues to suck!!
I failed to mention that I borrowed this from http://www.alittlepregnant.com
Hey, if you're not too busy following NASCAR or looking at each other in surprise and murmuring, "How 'bout them Dawgs?" or finding mammal bones in candy that should by all that's holy be boneless — and I understand if you are — can you please do something about Georgia Senate Bill 169, the so-called Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos Act? It's important. If it passes, it could mean the end of effective IVF treatment for the men and women of your state.
Bad law. Let's run the bullets:
It limits the number of embryos to be transferred in a cycle to two for women under 40 and three for women over 40.
It limits the number of eggs that can be fertilized to the number to be transferred in that cycle — two or three, depending on age, with no accommodation made for the inevitable attrition that occurs. (Ahhhh, "nothing to transfer" — are there any sweeter words in the English language? Besides perhaps "pro-life slips it to us backdoor-style"?)
No cryopreservation of embryos, a concern made moot by the previous provisions. (I guess they want to make sure Georgia's infertile people know just how screwed they are.)
No destruction of embryos, also moot but a tasty little morsel to toss to the hungry conservative dogs who will gobble this bill right up. (I am well aware that I am cementing my reputation as a black-hearted enemy of tiny frozen people everywhere by flagging this provision as objectionable, but I firmly believe in a patient's right to have her embryos destroyed if it suits her to do so.)
No compensation for gamete donors, a move that will dramatically decrease the number of people willing to donate.
No companion legislation that offers insurance coverage for infertility treatment — the only possible The bill was introduced by State Senator Ralph Hudgens (R, and I know you're shocked). According to Hudgens, it was inspired by our good friend Nadya Suleman, who is "going to cost the state of California millions of dollars over the years; the taxpayers are going to have to fund the 14 children she has. I don’t want that to happen in Georgia." I beg Senator Hudgens' leave to doubt that responsible fiscal policy is his primary concern; the bill, which also declares that "a living in vitro human embryo is a biological human being," was crafted in concert with Georgia Right to Life.
If you live in Georgia, here's what you can do:
Attend a meeting tomorrow, Thursday, March 5, at 9:00 AM in Room 450 of the State Capitol. The Georgia Senate Health & Human Services Committee will hear testimony from the public — please give yours.
Contact Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle today to express your concerns before the meeting.
Contact your state representatives today — RESOLVE's made it easy with an e-mail form, but a fax or a phone call would be even better.
If this bill becomes law, it will result in a disastrous decline in the standard of IVF treatment in Georgia. It will impose a financial hardship on infertile people, requiring them either to undergo multiple expensive cycles or to travel for treatment. It will undermine the financial stability of Georgia's reproductive medicine industry. (Do you want to be the one to tell that nice doctor there'll be no boat this Christmas? But I kid. I kid because I'm bitter.) And it will be a foot firmly planted in the door for other incursions against our reproductive liberties.
Georgians, please: put down those suspiciously crunchy M&Ms and take action today. There's not much time.
P.S. to Missouri: Heads up. You're next.
P.P.S. to the press: Stop calling Nadya Suleman Octomom. Jesus. Just...God. Stop.
UPDATE: The bill has been referred to a subcommittee "for more research" — asleep but not dead. Please continue to let your legislators know how you feel for when this thing oozes back out of committee, as it could all too easily do. Thanks.
Hey, if you're not too busy following NASCAR or looking at each other in surprise and murmuring, "How 'bout them Dawgs?" or finding mammal bones in candy that should by all that's holy be boneless — and I understand if you are — can you please do something about Georgia Senate Bill 169, the so-called Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos Act? It's important. If it passes, it could mean the end of effective IVF treatment for the men and women of your state.
Bad law. Let's run the bullets:
It limits the number of embryos to be transferred in a cycle to two for women under 40 and three for women over 40.
It limits the number of eggs that can be fertilized to the number to be transferred in that cycle — two or three, depending on age, with no accommodation made for the inevitable attrition that occurs. (Ahhhh, "nothing to transfer" — are there any sweeter words in the English language? Besides perhaps "pro-life slips it to us backdoor-style"?)
No cryopreservation of embryos, a concern made moot by the previous provisions. (I guess they want to make sure Georgia's infertile people know just how screwed they are.)
No destruction of embryos, also moot but a tasty little morsel to toss to the hungry conservative dogs who will gobble this bill right up. (I am well aware that I am cementing my reputation as a black-hearted enemy of tiny frozen people everywhere by flagging this provision as objectionable, but I firmly believe in a patient's right to have her embryos destroyed if it suits her to do so.)
No compensation for gamete donors, a move that will dramatically decrease the number of people willing to donate.
No companion legislation that offers insurance coverage for infertility treatment — the only possible The bill was introduced by State Senator Ralph Hudgens (R, and I know you're shocked). According to Hudgens, it was inspired by our good friend Nadya Suleman, who is "going to cost the state of California millions of dollars over the years; the taxpayers are going to have to fund the 14 children she has. I don’t want that to happen in Georgia." I beg Senator Hudgens' leave to doubt that responsible fiscal policy is his primary concern; the bill, which also declares that "a living in vitro human embryo is a biological human being," was crafted in concert with Georgia Right to Life.
If you live in Georgia, here's what you can do:
Attend a meeting tomorrow, Thursday, March 5, at 9:00 AM in Room 450 of the State Capitol. The Georgia Senate Health & Human Services Committee will hear testimony from the public — please give yours.
Contact Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle today to express your concerns before the meeting.
Contact your state representatives today — RESOLVE's made it easy with an e-mail form, but a fax or a phone call would be even better.
If this bill becomes law, it will result in a disastrous decline in the standard of IVF treatment in Georgia. It will impose a financial hardship on infertile people, requiring them either to undergo multiple expensive cycles or to travel for treatment. It will undermine the financial stability of Georgia's reproductive medicine industry. (Do you want to be the one to tell that nice doctor there'll be no boat this Christmas? But I kid. I kid because I'm bitter.) And it will be a foot firmly planted in the door for other incursions against our reproductive liberties.
Georgians, please: put down those suspiciously crunchy M&Ms and take action today. There's not much time.
P.S. to Missouri: Heads up. You're next.
P.P.S. to the press: Stop calling Nadya Suleman Octomom. Jesus. Just...God. Stop.
UPDATE: The bill has been referred to a subcommittee "for more research" — asleep but not dead. Please continue to let your legislators know how you feel for when this thing oozes back out of committee, as it could all too easily do. Thanks.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Mean Girls!!
Most of those who know me known I am from the west coast. I currently live in the South and have had a hard time with their "cultural norms". Since I don't officially start my grad school program till the fall I thought I would take some simple courses. One of the classes I decided to take was Georgia history. I figured it would give me a better understanding of the place I live and maybe help me hate it less. LoL Anyway, it's a 100 level class which means freshmen and teenagers. Being from the west coast I talk like someone from the west coast. Most of the little girls in my class talk with slow southern drawls(totally nothing wrong with this). They think my accent, speech pattern, is fun to make fun of. It's childish and shows their age, but it still bothers me. I haven't said anything to them because it's just not worth my time ,but I would love to tell them to shut the HELL up and grow up!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Mommy, we have to find Walter!
After I put "Arpac 2" down for bed last night I couldn't sleep so I watched The Changeling. I had just started watching it when I heard, "Mommy, we have to find Walter he's lost". My little boy sounded so concerned about Walter it touched my heart. It reminded me how truly special our little ones are. I am so grateful my son has such a loving spirit.
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