A girl who knows what she wants

Bless her heart, Ivy is getting rather good at writing sentences. She wrote this all on her own without asking how to spell anything. Never mind the missing or incorrect letters and lack of spacing between the words, that's expected for a kindergartener. I was very proud of her for doing such a good job. She slid this note to me under the bathroom door the other night, but didn't quite get the desired result: "I want to stay up late" (it was already bedtime when I got the note)

i love my dr!

i am soooo glad to have a dr who listens to me & will call in prescriptions when i need them(instead of me dragging all 3 kids & waiting in the office, just for a prescription). i've seen this dr for nearly 7 years and have really good rapport with her. i needed a refill on something that i let the prescription refills run out of back at the beginning of the year...it was a really bad mistake. i was told on the phone by the receptionist two days ago that i'd only get a 1 month supply, since i'm going in next month. i went to pick it up today, and i have a full year(which i desperately need). i should be feeling like myself again in a couple weeks, just in time for thanksgiving!

update on deployment

i'll either end up deleting or editing this post if my information is wrong or if it's something i'm not allowed to say(i'm pretty sure i am allowed though). it's looking like around december 2nd. 9 days sooner than what i had previously thought(and started telling people) and about 29 days sooner than i had originally hoped for. i feel like i got punched in the stomach on that one, since i am literally feeling sick to my stomach.

most likely the last time off he gets before the deployment is thanksgiving--he gets 96 hrs(wednesday thru saturday night, and heads down sunday morning).he may or may not be able to come home this weekend because of a scheduling issue with the navy, and tom's not told anything until the very last minute. that is the one thing i really can't stand about the military.

101 goals in 1001 days

i found the link to this, yay!

http://www.triplux.com/dayzero/

ugh..i think i'm gonna be sick

"ACLU, LAMBDA and other anti-marriage groups have filed three lawsuits asking the California Supreme Court to strike down the recently passed California Marriage Amendment as being unconstitutional.

The ACLU – which donated $1.2 million to defeat the marriage amendment – is now saying that the people of California have no right to amend their Constitution!"

holy cow!

i took collin in today for his very first dental visit. i knew he had maybe 3 or 4 cavities but was shocked to hear he had 8 cavities & needs 2 root canals, plus being sedated. i had figured out the needing to be sedated before we got there. he hates any type of restraint. it'll probably be next month when his dental stuff gets done. today he did x-rays(they did digital x-rays...pretty cool i thought) and got his teeth cleaned.

still here, just busy

we got our replacement camera. it's different than the 3 that i was originally looking at, but that's okay. we can use our rechargeable AA batteries, instead of having to buy a special type of battery and a special recharger for it. it's a fujifilm finepix s1000fd. still trying to figure out all the in's & out's of what all the different settings are for, but we are definitely pleased with the choice i made.

we have been extremely blessed by tom's being able to come home for friday afternoons & saturdays. sundays, he leaves before any of the kids wake up.

i've been exhausted, but finally feeling a bit more rested. i felt really rested last week when i turned off the alarm(to get collin ready), and hopped back in bed for nearly an hour. we missed his bus by 20 minutes. pretty sad, considering it comes to the driveway. luckily, ivy was dropped off at school by some friends. collin starts school about 30 minutes before ivy, but their schools end at the same time.

i've gotten lots of offers for help since we were "allowed" to tell people about tom's deployment. i'm going to start having to take people up on those offers.

i saw this on a friend's blog, and she off another friends' about 101 things to do in 1000 days(i'll link it when i have time to find it). i'm going to start getting my list made, but my list will be for the rest of the time that tom's gone. it's good for me to start making goals for myself again...give myself a sense of purpose and accomplishment.