NanceXToo
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We usually use a menorah that the kids made. Of course dh makes latkes, yum. We always send some to our next door neighbor who loves them. We buy the kids 8 gifts each and they open a random gift on each night of Hanukkah. We usually read stories about Hanukkah and get together with family one night. I have not done ANY shopping or planning yet, I prefer to do Halloween first lol.
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I hate being alone at night, it really freaks me out. I start hearing noises, convincing myself someone's in the house. I don't even like when he has to work late so I don't think I'd do well and would probably move my daughter into my room with me just to have someone there although I would not indicate all that lol.
Honestly I think my mother scarred me for life. My parents split up when I was very young and she used to go out at night and hire these teenage babysitters who she would then have to drive home, and i can remember being awake sometimes when she was leaving and begging her to take me too as I didn't want to be alone at night with only two younger brothers and no other adult in the dark house. She would say no and I would lay there for what seemed like forever terrified that something was going to happen, someone was going to come in the house while she was gone- and to this day I hate being in a house at bedtime without another adult around in the house. Pathetic, I know. I'd make a horrible military wife. :P
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I personally do not think this book was any creepier than some of the Harry Potter scenes were.
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I just finished it. I really liked it. I'm not sure liked it is the right word, some of it was hard to read. But I found it worth reading.
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I so hope this is your time! You deserve it! :grouphug:
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Thank you, Bethany!
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Thank you, Herkey!
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Recently finished:
House of Stairs, by William Sleator, Young Adult. Someone mentioned this on a scary reads for October type thread and my library had it, so I decided to read it. Finished it the same day and it seemed familiar to me, and when I got to the end, I remembered how it would end, so I guess I've read it sometime in the past already: One by one, five sixteen-year-old orphans are brought to a strange building. It is not a prison, not a hospital; it has no walls, no ceiling, no floor. Nothing but endless flights of stairs leading nowhere ?except back to a strange red machine. The five must learn to love the machine and let it rule their lives. But will they let it kill their souls? This chilling, suspenseful indictment of mind control is a classic of science fiction and will haunt readers long after the last page is turned.
Currently reading:
The War After Armageddon, by Ralph Peters: Shocking scenes of battle…unforgettable soldiers…heartbreaking betrayals…. In this stunning, fast-paced novel, a ruthless future war unfolds in a 21st century nightmare: Los Angeles is a radioactive ruin; Europe lies bleeding; and Israel has been destroyed…with millions slaughtered. A furious America fights to reclaim the devastated Holy Land. The Marines storm ashore; the U.S. Army does battle in a Biblical landscape. Hi-tech weaponry is useless and primitive hatreds flare. Lt. Gen. Gary “Flintlock†Harris and his courageous warriors struggle for America’s survival--with ruthless enemies to their front and treachery at their rear. Islamist fanatics, crusading Christians, and unscrupulous politicians open the door to genocide. The War After Armageddon thrusts the reader into a terrifying future in which all that remains is the horror of war--and the inspiration of individual heroism. A master at bringing to life “the eternal soldier,†Ralph Peters tells a riveting tale that honors those Americans who fight and sacrifice all for a dream of freedom.
Looking forward to:
Rapture, by JR Ward, the most recent in her Fallen Angels series, and The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling. Already ordered both on Amazon and they should be arriving by tomorrow!
COMPLETE
1. Envy, by J.R. Ward (Fallen Angels series)
2. Kiss of the Highlander, by Karen Marie Moning (Highlander series)
3. The Ramayana, A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic, by R.K. Narayan (with my daughter for school reading)
4. Dark Highlander, by Karen Marie Moning (Highlander series)
5. The Immortal Highlander, by Karen Marie Moning (Highlander series)
6. Spell of the Highlander, by Karen Marie Moning (Highlander series)
7. 11/22/63, by Stephen King
8. The Traveler, by John Twelve Hawks (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1)
9. Into the Dreaming, by Karen Marie Moning (Highlander series)
10. A Judgement In Stone, by Ruth Rendel
11. The Dark River, by John Twelve Hawks (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 2)
12. The Golden City, by John Twelve Hawks (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 3)
13. Forbidden Pleasure, by Lora Leigh
14. Relic, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
15. House Rules, by Jodi Picoult
16. Midwives, by Chris Bohjalian
17. Wind Through the Keyhole, by Stephen King
18. The High Flyer, by Susan Howatch.
19. Daughter of the Blood, by Anne Bishop (The Black Jewels Trilogy, Book 1)
20. Heir to the Shadows, by Anne Bishop (The Black Jewels Trilogy, Book 2)
21. The Host, by Stephenie Meyer
22. Queen of the Darkness, by Anne Bishop (The Black Jewels Trilogy, Book 3)
23. The Invisible Ring, by Anne Bishop (The Black Jewels series)
24. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James
25. Fifty Shades Darker, by E.L. James
26. Fifty Shades Freed, by E.L. James
27. Dreams Made Flesh, by Anne Bishop (The Black Jewels series)
28. Tangled Webs, by Anne Bishop (The Black Jewels series)
29. Goodnight Nobody, by Jennifer Weiner
30. Kiss the Dead, by Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series)
31. The Shadow Queen, by Anne Bishop (The Black Jewels series)
32. The Read-Aloud Handbook, by Jim Trelease
33. Ahab's Wife, by Sena Jeter Naslund
34. Shalador's Queen, by Anne Bishop (The Black Jewels series)
35. Sebastian, by Anne Bishop (Ephemera, Book 1)
36. The Devil Wears Prada, by Lauren Weisberger
37. The Good Sister, by Drusilla Campbell
38. The Lost Boy, by David Pelzer
39. Little Children, by Tom Perotta
40. Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger
41. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
42. Impact, by Douglas Preston
43. House of Stairs, by William Sleator
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44. The Neverending Story, by Michael Ende, translated by Ralph Manheim, aloud to my son.
45. Smiles to Go, by Jerry Spinelli, aloud with my daughter.
46. The War After Armageddon, by Ralph Peters, to myself.
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I will try to join in on an October exercise challenge. :P
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Bethany, I'm sorry for the stress you are going through with your dad. :( I'm proud of you though for how well you are doing! Congrats to all of you who have posted about your losses this month!
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Well, here I am again.
I'd gone from 247.6 lbs to 187.4 lbs, losing 60.2 lbs. But between two miscarriages (one just a few days ago) and no longer taking the Topamax while TTC & pregnant and everything going on, I gained quite a bit back. :(
This morning I decided to get back on track while I wait to TTC again. I weighed myself at 207.2. Not happy to be back in the 200's, blah.
So this means I'm still down 40.4 lbs from my high weight, which I guess is good. But I'm also up 19.8 from my low which was quite a bit to have gained back!
I'm going back on a no-flour diet and restarting the topamax for a while. I think between those two things I can drop weight pretty quickly, at least initially. We'll see how it goes.
Sorry I'd dropped off the face of the "earth" over here, I tend to be an all or nothing kind of person and when I'm not doing the diet thing I avoid diet discussions. Bad, I know. I do think of you all though and hope you are all doing well with your weight loss goals!
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Nance, I've been rooting for you. I'm so sorry for your loss. Our journey has been eerily similar, I'm afraid.
I just got the positive this week and played phone tag with my OB yesterday and today. I was not feeling any tenderness until today, this afternoon actually. I was trying to get them to order labs for me because I am self pay I go to MDLabs.com and order them myself. They would not tell me what they need until I do an office visit though. Like, they don't know what labs they will need. GRR!
Thanks everyone. I really want to be wrong.
Ugh, how frustrating. For someone with a history of ectopics and/or losses and someone with only one tube no less, you should not have to wait any amount of time to begin diagnostic testing or monitoring or have to play phone tag with your doctor!
The day I got my positive pregnancy test at 12 dpo with this last one, I called my dr office and they sent me for my first betas that morning and had me come into the office that afternoon because of my history, which at the time was one ectopic (no damage to my tubes) and one early m/c.
Do you have a set appointment yet??
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Here are a couple of links that might be helpful:
And
http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=38256
I know my son complains of leg pains sometimes, and feet pains sometimes, especially at night- I think these are growing pains. He's never indicated joint pain specifically though. Hope it stops either way or you find answers, it's horrid seeing your children in pain!
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It'll be interesting to see how the Mayan calendar fans rationalize the fact that nothing happens on that date.
Well, the Mayans were right about no 2013 New Year. We can't possibly ring in a new year without Dick Clark. Maybe that can be the rationalization??
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I just bought it today (hadn't preordered) and mine says shipped and that I should receive Saturday with Amazon Prime.
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Today was a lot better than yesterday. More like a regular period. No more huge clots, sudden gushes, or excruciating cramps. I am glad that part is over, it was horrid. I just wish things had turned out differently. :(
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I had to look up that Ford reference, I didn't even know what it meant!
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I had a teacher in 6th grade who did that. SOmething about Nostradamus. We're all gonna be dead due to ice age and nukes by a particular date. Yada yada. Scared me so bad. That teacher was a nut but she continued teaching for a few more years. (She also threw books at kids, but that's a whole nuther story. :lol:)
Wow. That's crazy! Some people have no business being teachers!
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I wish I lived a little closer. I'd drop a basket of stuff off for you...healthy or unhealthy food of your choice, a bottle of whatever you like to drink, and a movie. I know it wouldn't make it easier, but I wish there was some way we could make a small gesture to let you know you are in our thoughts.
I'm so sorry :grouphug:
Aw thank you. The cramping seems to have stopped and things seem to be slowing down again. Not sure if that means the worst is over or if it's only because I stayed in bed all day and moving about would make it worse again, but I'll see how things are in the morning.
My mom took my son for a couple of hours, picked up my older daughter from school after her volleyball practice, went to the library for me, and took my younger daughter to her first play rehearsal this evening. And dropped her off along with KFC for dinner! Huge help!
She also told dh he could drop my son off at her house on his way to work tomorrow and she'd watch him for a few hours again. I hope things are much better tomorrow physically. The emotional aspect sort of comes and goes with me feeling fine one minute and crying the next. I guess that's how that will be for a while! Just glad I have some support at home and here on the boards, because, really, in a situation like this, the more support the better!
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Oh, gosh. I know how scary it is having been through three losses in a row myself! I really hope you get great news! Will they start monitoring your hcg levels right away? If they double normally that should be a sign it's not ectopic but if it rises slowly and doesn't increase enough, that could be ectopic and a good way to try to determine that while it's still too early to see much on ultrasound but early enough that it hopefully doesn't affect your tube! Thinking of you and wishing you lots of luck! :grouphug:
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Perhaps the boy woke up in class in time to hear the weird theories of pending disaster, but didn't hear the disclaimer that it was a theory because that was said while he was still sleeping.
lol, maybe!
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I am glad you are feeling more positive, but you have nothing to be sorry for. Most of us have ups and downs and most of us share them. This is a great place to do that and I love the support here, through good times and bad!
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My 11 y/o has one. She is at an age where she goes with friends to the park or to their houses or to ride bikes around the block or gets dropped off for certain activities, and I feel more comfortable knowing she can get in touch with me at any time, and I can get in touch with her at any time.
I don't let her keep the phone in her room at night, and until a few days ago she hadn't given her number out to anyone questionable so we've had to review that! :P
Another comment from stranger
in General Education Discussion Board
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"Wow, they say elderly people lack tact, but you really take the cake. He didn't get his smarts from your side, did he?"