one is able to catch up on all the unfinished summer reading stacked alongside her bed.
so far this weekend, i've finished
Julie/Julia
The Italian Summer
and am currently working on
Clarice Bean
Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love and the search for Home
i reccommend them all!
nothing beats a good read-i would love a fireplace to crackle alongside, but when you're 41 (and a half) living in a stairwell in europe...
beggars can't be choosers
umarmen und lieben
essie
Monday, October 12, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
no.254 ugh
sometimes-
sometimes,
i say too much.
i keep talking when i should KNOW to
s.t.o.p.
it's not a good personality trait-
it's not a good parenting style.
it's not good.
sometimes.
sometimes,
i say too much.
i keep talking when i should KNOW to
s.t.o.p.
it's not a good personality trait-
it's not a good parenting style.
it's not good.
sometimes.
Sunday, October 04, 2009
no.253 the one about the one who changed my life
i wrote this 6 months ago, and reread it last week...
today is his day
hooray for 16!
today is our day
holy mess-he can start driving!
today is my day-
to thank G-d for the blessing
to thank G-d for the moment
to thanl G-d for every day that i get to say
he is my son.
i love you with all my heart
happy 16th birthday prestie
momma
ps-pictures will follow...it's the wee hours of the morn here in deutschland, blogger will tell me it's not october 5 when i post this
but here
far away
while he sleeps
i wish my son happy birthday as i type...
**************************************************************
1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? No
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? No...i was on my way, this just got us to the alter a teeny tiny bit faster, morals clause in my teaching contract and all!!
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? total shock.
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? Nope
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 24
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I just
knew...hard to explain, easy to understand, he was conceived on the 3rd anniversary of my grandfather's passing. I just knew.
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Tony
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? only once-he was good to his momma
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? black bean burrittos from the SCAD mexican place in City Market
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Tony :-)
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? male
14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? nope
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 32 pounds-i was back in my jeans the day after he was born.
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? my first grade teammates gave me a shower, it was the 6 of us plus 2 kindergarten teachers i knew...we were too poor for me to join the social committee at my school!
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? i was having pre-term labor, so i knew
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Not really...just one ticket, when i ran a stop sign thinking i was in labor and lost my license for 2 weeks right before he was born!does that count as a complication?!
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Candler Hospital, Savannah Georgia
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 9
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Tony-i will NEVER forget looking up through the sun roof of the car-it was the clearest sky i've ever seen...so brilliant, so blue!
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Tony, and technically Aunt Jean, who called and was put through to the room LITERALLY as i was delivering him. she never had children , so this was the closest experience possible for her, and i'm thankful every day that she got it. i'm sure grandpa had something to do with that!
23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? natural
24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? yes, because Tami told me not to be a pain martyr! :) what i learned, is that i'm allergic to the "regular epidural cocktail" and for the next 2 babies, i was seriously natural!
27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8 lbs 4 ozs
28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ? October 5, 1993 6:20 pm
30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Preston Arthur Harrison, for Grandpa and Grandpa Prestie
31. HOW OLD IS HE/SHE TODAY? 16 in October...I can hardly believe it
that's our boy...
front and center...
always with a smile...
good natured to a fault...
devoted friend...
reasonably devoted big brother...
adored grandson...
cherished nephew...
wonderous, miracle, life changing,
first born
child.
today is his day
hooray for 16!
today is our day
holy mess-he can start driving!
today is my day-
to thank G-d for the blessing
to thank G-d for the moment
to thanl G-d for every day that i get to say
he is my son.
i love you with all my heart
happy 16th birthday prestie
momma
ps-pictures will follow...it's the wee hours of the morn here in deutschland, blogger will tell me it's not october 5 when i post this
but here
far away
while he sleeps
i wish my son happy birthday as i type...
**************************************************************
1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? No
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? No...i was on my way, this just got us to the alter a teeny tiny bit faster, morals clause in my teaching contract and all!!
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? total shock.
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? Nope
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 24
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I just
knew...hard to explain, easy to understand, he was conceived on the 3rd anniversary of my grandfather's passing. I just knew.
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Tony
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? only once-he was good to his momma
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? black bean burrittos from the SCAD mexican place in City Market
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Tony :-)
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? male
14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? nope
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 32 pounds-i was back in my jeans the day after he was born.
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? my first grade teammates gave me a shower, it was the 6 of us plus 2 kindergarten teachers i knew...we were too poor for me to join the social committee at my school!
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? i was having pre-term labor, so i knew
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Not really...just one ticket, when i ran a stop sign thinking i was in labor and lost my license for 2 weeks right before he was born!does that count as a complication?!
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Candler Hospital, Savannah Georgia
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 9
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Tony-i will NEVER forget looking up through the sun roof of the car-it was the clearest sky i've ever seen...so brilliant, so blue!
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Tony, and technically Aunt Jean, who called and was put through to the room LITERALLY as i was delivering him. she never had children , so this was the closest experience possible for her, and i'm thankful every day that she got it. i'm sure grandpa had something to do with that!
23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? natural
24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? yes, because Tami told me not to be a pain martyr! :) what i learned, is that i'm allergic to the "regular epidural cocktail" and for the next 2 babies, i was seriously natural!
27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8 lbs 4 ozs
28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ? October 5, 1993 6:20 pm
30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Preston Arthur Harrison, for Grandpa and Grandpa Prestie
31. HOW OLD IS HE/SHE TODAY? 16 in October...I can hardly believe it
that's our boy...
front and center...
always with a smile...
good natured to a fault...
devoted friend...
reasonably devoted big brother...
adored grandson...
cherished nephew...
wonderous, miracle, life changing,
first born
child.
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