Jan 31 2006
Archive for January, 2006
Jan 30 2006
A Sunday Afternoon
And now, in the continuing adventures of The Crumley Sick House? A fun Sunday family outing to the ER!
Jan 28 2006
Mike H. - May You Live to Be a Thousand Years Old
Still under the weather, yet I was able to surprise Alli with a rare night out sans Fuller. One of the guys I work with, Mike, was willing to spend his Saturday night watching Fuller. Alli and I ate at a Chinese buffet restaurant and then when to the Rave and saw Underworld: Evolution.
The movie was OK. For those who’ve seen the first Underworld, this one is pretty much more of the same. It’s got lots of vampires, werewolves, guns, and blood. Oh, and you’ll see a lot more of Kate Beckinsale in this one (if you know what I mean.) Alli never watched the first Underworld, so I had to catch her up beforehand. Afterwards, she said it was OK. Hey, even if she had hated it, it was still a night out. And after this week, we’ll take any excuse to have some time away from the house of sickness and crying.
So thanks Mike. May you live to be a thousand.
Jan 28 2006
Bring me java, bring me joy!
Yesterday I went to SBux and while I was waiting in line I was listening to my ipod shuffle. When it came time for me to order, as if on cue, Kristen Chenoweth started singing “Taylor, the Latte Boy.”
It definitely brought me joy.
Jan 27 2006
wishful thinking
Fuller is still a snot nosed brat but he is on the mend. However, his parents are worse. Geez. Damon is already in bed and I am headed there in two shakes. This is the first time in my life where I would probably consider allowing Fuller to spend the night away from home with a cool aunt or awesome Vieja so that his parents could sleep in in the morning. Alas, those people don’t live here. (Hint, hint Austina!)
Jan 26 2006
Well Child, the good, the bad, the ugly
Today was Fuller’s 15-month well child checkup.
The Good: We got there on time.
The Bad: I had a hard time filling out the forms because Fuller wanted to play with the gate on the corral door.
The Ugly: Fuller cried and got really angry when he wasn?t allowed to play with the gate.
The Good: He is 33 inches tall.
The Bad: That’s just a smidge taller than our dinning room table.
The Ugly: Fuller has a bruise on his forehead to prove it.
The Good: Fuller is now 27 pounds.
The Bad: He would barely stand on the scale, wanting to be picked up.
The Ugly: My left hip feels those extra 27 pounds every day.
The Good: Fuller babbled nicely, proving he is developing nicely.
The Bad: Stethoscopes are scary and can make little boys cry.
The Ugly: Having three people hold you down so someone can scrape wax out of your ear is torture. (The wax build up thing he gets from both of his parents. Sorry!)
The Really Ugly: Fuller has an ear infection.
The Other Ugly: Two shots!
The Good: As soon as he was dressed he stopped crying.
The Bad: The doctor said Fuller has a big head, but to not be concerned. (So why bring it up?!?)
The Ugly: The doctor seemed really concerned that I should go out, like right now, and get cortisone cream for the rash around Fuller?s mouth (caused by the constant stream of drool flowing from his mouth).
The Good: I picked up some hydrocortisone cream (1%!) when I got the amoxicillin.
The Good: No more shots until he is four!
The Good: Fuller is awesome!
Jan 26 2006
Four
Ok, Austina tagged me and since we are still feeling below par, this is what you get:
Four Jobs I Have Had:
Kyle Schmidt?s Friday Babysitter
Papergirl in the 9th & 10th grade
Switchboard Operator at Covenant College
Co- Youth Directory at Chattanooga Valley Presbyterian
Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over Again:
Almost Famous
Big Fish
Ocean?s Eleven
About a Boy
Four Books I Could Read Over and Over:
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maude Montgomery
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
Four Places I Have Lived:
Lexington, VA
Plattsburgh, NY
Safflen, Germany
Lookout Mountain, GA
Four TV Shows I Watch:
Grey?s Anatomy
Lost
The Office
Between the Lions
Four Places I Have Been On Vacation:
The Grand Canyon
Gaeta, Italy
Lake Martin, Alabama
Nashville, TN
Four Websites I visit Daily:
My Yahoo!
dooce.com
The Redhaired Girl
Miss Zoot
Four Favorite Foods:
F11 from Sawasadee
Pizza
Chicken Tacos (w/ sour cream)
Baja Chalupas
Four Places I’d Like To Be Now:
bed
McKay’s Bookstore
my parents? house
England
Jan 25 2006
Do you have the cheese?
Because I am going to whine!
Well, I am still ill. I am a bit better than yesterday, but I decided that today is an off day (no work) because I need to just get over this yuckiness. I really should have taken off yesterday but I got involved with this thing at work that took a long time and I wasn’t going to forfeit all those hours for an afternoon off.
Yesterday I was sick, sore throat, stuffy nose, stuffy head, achy all over.
Damon was stuffy, achy, and self-diagnosed with a chest cold.
Fuller was stuffy yet all that snot was dripping down his face. He started coughing and all teething issues were out the window- he definitely has a cold.
While I am sad that we were all sick yesterday, I am glad that Damon stayed home because since I was involved with work (should have taken a day off!), he took over keeping Fuller happy and it made for a more balanced household.
We are all still icky, but Damon had to go in to accomplish some things. I called in and plan on napping when Fuller naps so I can get some of my strength back.
Tomorrow is Fuller’s 15-month checkup so the doctor can tell us if we are doing anything wrong. I doubt it, cause we are the bestest parents in the world.
Time to go curl up on the couch with Fuller. I think there is a book to be read. And all the laundry in the house will magically fold itself. Yup. I think I have a touch of the delirious.
Jan 24 2006
Memories
Austina, aka cool aunt stina, has been given the opportunity to start digitizing my parents’ many, many, many, many pictures. As curator of this project, she thought it would be ok to post several pictures of the three of us in various sister poses through the years. Since S-G and I are five years apart, I am never any younger than five in any of the pics. But I am always the cutest!
(click on the picture to check out my days as a Georgia fan!)
Jan 23 2006
of teeth and change
You know that commercial where the little girl is in bed thinking, ?It?ll hurt if I swallow. It?ll hurt if I swallow. It?ll hurt if I swallow.? And then she swallows and it hurts? Well, I?m the little girl.
No, I don?t mean I was the actress (but how cool would that be?). I mean that right now, I keep thinking it?ll hurt if I swallow. I probably should go to bed, but I?m not that tired, just a yucky sore throat.
Sore throat aside, it hasn?t been an awful Monday. Fuller was the best he has been since last Thursday, almost like he hasn?t been dealing with the irritating issues that teething hath rought. Saturday he didn?t nap well, being at the height of fussiness. On Sunday he cried for almost thirty minutes straight.
I know that every parent is familiar with the down and up of the teething rollercoaster of pain, and that if I just complain it will be only one small voice among the many yelling, ?Bring me the teething tablets! Dowse on the orajel! Swallow this Tylenol! Why me?!?!?!?!? So, I?m not going to say much about it except to say that this weekend we were consumed with trying to make Fuller comfortable.
Except the three hours we were trying to make Fuller comfortable and caring for another young man- little Luke. Man, what a cutie. He is so strong and so little. We got a teeny, tiny inkling of what it would be like to have two little ones demanding our attention. And then Esther & Greg took Luke home and we said, ?Whew!? And then Fuller cried and whined and we cuddled and hugged him so he knew he was loved.
Cause that is what our lives are about right now, loving Fuller.
Which is my segue into another topic, the one that has been consuming me for the past few days. Topics that are not discussed on the internet occurred and the result is that I must return to work at my office, fulltime on March 1st.
