Meladori's Niche

mela_dori @ 2009-12-28T13:22:00

2009-12-28T19:23:27Z

I'm obsessing over labor and delivery now. I hope I'm making the right decision, going without any pain medication.
I mean, even if the epidural didn't freak me out cause it would be poking something around my spine, it still slows down labor. And who wants that?
I've heard that Lamaze doesn't really work and trying to find a book on other pain coping methods is proving difficult. I'm sure the intarwebs has a book I can buy but I'd rather have a look at it before I buy it ya know?
It probably won't be as bad as I think it will be. I just need to stay focused and relaxed. Easy to say that now, right? *sigh*

Update-i-doo

2009-12-18T14:44:04Z

So, baby is doing fine. I'm at 32 weeks right now. So I've got, technically, 8 more weeks to go. It's creeping up on me.
I feel like I haven't been pregnant for very long. But it's been since the end of May, but it has just gone by very quickly. Alot of the online forum folks talk about being ready for it to be over. Meh, I may feel that way in a few weeks after he's put on a couple of pounds, but right now I'm feeling good. In fact I've felt good for most of my pregnancy. I'm glad that it has been so easy.

I'll be glad when the holidays are over. I love the holidays, but getting the nursery ready, having the baby shower at my house, working overtime a bit, AND dealing with the holidays has been too stressful. There is still so much to do and to buy before he gets here.

We went to a CPR class last night. It was nice to have the refresher since I hadn't had the class in over 10 years. Everything was just about the same except for where you do chest compressions, they've shifted that up over the years.

My mom was shocked on Wednesday when I said that I was using disposable diapers for the baby. I don't know where she got the idea that I was using cloth, but she was mistaken. I forsee several power struggles with her in the beginning, but I don't think that that is out of the ordinary with most people. She did things one way and I have strong opinions about doing it a different way.

Almost every night I dream about giving birth. It makes me nervous. Not that I'm nervous about giving birth, but I just don't want him to make his appearance yet... he's only like 4 pounds right now. It's irrational to think that dreaming about it would make it happen, or mean that it will happen soon. But it still makes me nervous.

I wish I was off of work today. Ken stayed home with a cold and the rain was lulling me back to sleep. And only half the folks are in the office today. The other folks are on their way to the company Christmas party in New Orleans. I do wish I could have gone, but we really can't be spending money on that sort of thing right now. They let us expense out most of it. But I like eating at good restaurants down there and usually spending an extra night also which are all on our dime.
Ah well, maybe next year we can go again.

Anyway, hope everyone has a lovely holiday.

stolen from Negumi

2009-12-05T04:37:22Z

Created by Oatmeal

mela_dori @ 2009-11-17T15:26:00

2009-11-17T21:27:53Z

Damn you Michael Miller and your fabrics what I must buy all of!!!!

unloading...

2009-11-16T04:17:43Z

Stupid - can't sleep - stupid.
So much to accomplish this month. There are just not enough hours in the day.
Making progress on making the crib bedding. Slowly but surely.
The baby room is now devoid of furniture.
Need to paint and put up crown molding.
Need to clean the house from top to bottom.
The dogs are having flea problems which need to be taken care of.
Work is stressfully busy lately. And will continue to be, probably up to my due date.
We're not going to my company Christmas party for myriad and sundry reasons.
Misc repairs to be done around the house.
My back hurts unbearably if I sew for more than a few hours.
I'm starving right now, but I know that if I eat something the heartburn will keep me up.
As neat as my sewing room was a couple of weeks ago, it has now accumulated more crap and become messy again.
Laundry.
Bleh.

mela_dori @ 2009-11-05T10:56:00

2009-11-05T17:10:01Z

Like the ideas I had for my wedding decor, I am having trouble finding things to go with my choice of nursery decor.

I wanted my wedding to be very cherry blossom/serene Japanese feel. At the time I found very little (and what I did find was ridiculously expensive) to go with that feel so I had to make most of my stuff.
Now you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a cherry blossom wedding invitation or guest book.

Well, my nursery is going to be robots. Just try and find any stuff with cute robots. There is some stuff, but again, ridiculously expensive. So, again, I have to make alot of it from scratch.
But mark my words, give it a year and there will be robot themed nursery stuff EVERYWHERE!

It's a hard life for a trendsetter. ;)

mela_dori @ 2009-10-25T15:07:00

2009-10-25T20:11:31Z

Long day of shopping yesterday, laundry, house cleaning and yardwork today makes AnnFro a sore and tired girl.
But, feeling very accomplished. Haven't finished cleaning the living room but I will get back to it after pelmen78 gets home with dinner.
Hope everyone else is having a good weekend.

mela_dori @ 2009-10-19T08:29:00

2009-10-19T13:31:29Z

Sex and sunshine, nature's antidepressants!

'sup?

2009-10-16T13:49:55Z

Today is boss's day. My boss decided to take the day off (not related to boss's day) as he did on his birthday. He is preventing us from celebrating him and it is getting on my nerves. I like doing nice things for people and making them feel appreciated. And, if there is anyone I appreciate in my life it's him. He's made alot possible in my life.
Oh well, maybe I'll sneak him a card on Monday anyway. :)

So far the baby is doing good. He has been very active for the past week. It's really cool feeling him move around. It's also odd to be carrying on a conversation with him wigglin' around.
My mom bought me my shower gift already. She got me a Pack N Play. I'm excited about having it but I kinda wish she wouldn't do that cause I know she really can't afford it.

I wish I was having a quiet weekend but mom has to come over to use my sewing machine. I hope she can get everything done in one day. I just wanted to chill and get laundry done. Ugh... so much laundry.

Anyway, have a lovely weekend peoples!

Work

2009-10-01T17:47:22Z

Ya know I love my job. It's challenging at times, it pays well, my coworkers are great, and the atmosphere is great also.
But lately I have been so bored. My boss likes to keep me freed up and flexible for when he needs me. But, he is out of town so much lately, that I have nothing to do but sit here and read the internet. (I know, woe is me, how will I ever survive.)
Well I kinda long for the deadline induced fast pace of the past. When I was the only admin and I got to do everything. Like get stuff ready for meetings and organize project books. But now I have a few project related things to do each week and the rest is just bleh.

I know it could be so much worse, but that doesn't make me any less bored right now.

Ultrasound results

2009-09-17T17:51:30Z

So the baby was indeed too shy to "show us the goods" last Friday. So we don't know the gender yet. *pout*
I've looked at the video from the ultrasound many times and every time I think I see boy parts. But who knows, I'm certainly no U/S technician.

But otherwise the baby looks good, heartrate good and they kept my due date at Feb 12th. I have a feeling that it might be moved out a bit but we will find that out later.

They're going to test my sugar next time I go, I'm worried about gestational diabetes like all overweight pregnant girls. But hopefully it will be ok. I am trying to limit my carbs a bit. Not alot, just a bit to try and keep it stable. It's a bummer cause the only thing I've felt like eating is chips and salsa which is LOADED with carbs. But c'est la vie!

mela_dori @ 2009-08-16T08:49:00

2009-08-16T13:58:56Z

So, they say that pregnancy causes really vivid dreaming. I will usually wake up after one of my dreams in the middle of the night and not be able to go back to sleep for 1 - 3 hours which totally sucks.
Just to give you some insight into what my nights are like right now the following are my dreams from last night.

The only really nightmarish one was one where these chunks of water were falling from the sky. They were each about the size of a car. We were able to pump alot of the water out but then for some reason we were no longer able to do that. I woke up around the time that we were going to be drowning.
Then, in the next dream, I finally gave birth... to a puppy. (Thanks Ken for putting that one in my head) But I continued to treat it like a human infant because I figured next time we would get it right? I dunno.
Then, I dreamt that my mother and I, instead of moving to Birmingham from California, moved to South Carolina. But we had plenty of money for the move unlike our actual move 10 years ago. And she had a job waiting for her there. Right before I woke up I remember being excited because we were going to get such good seafood in South Carolina.

a train trip

2009-08-12T14:54:59Z

So Ken and I weren't going to go to my company Christmas party in New Orleans this year due to me being 7 months pregnant at the time.
We still might not go depending on how everything is going.
But since he didn't want to drive and a 7 month prego woman really shouldn't fly I got the idea to take the train.
It's about the same price to get a tiny private "roomette" on the train as it is to fly. It's about a 7 hour trip, about an hour longer than driving but without the stress.
I'm totally psyched about it. It's almost 5 months away but I'm really obsessing over it.

I've never been on a train before, anyone have any tips/stories to share?

Update-i-doo

2009-07-28T21:17:17Z

Hi everybody (or all 4 people that actually read LJ these days).
My husband pelmen78 just had his gallbladder out and is doing well except for we think he has an ear infection. Hopefully get that cleared up quickly.
In other news, work is stable if boring. I am refusing to give in to some folks' drama in the office and that makes for quieter days.
Twitter is my main outlet right now, but don't feel neglected cause I tweet about as much as I post on here.
My in-laws will be here for a short visit this weekend. I don't think we have any major plans and looking at the events going on in the 'Ham I don't see a whole lot to do. Gotta clean the house though. I have really been slacking ALOT on that and need to get back to my weekly touch-ups that keeps the house looking good.
Ken bought himself a Wii about a month ago. He loves it, I haven't played on it that much yet, but it looks like fun. He also bought me a DS which I have been wearing out. (I highly recommend NinjaTown)
Well, that's about all I've got.
Till next time!

Figured I hadn't posted in a while, thought I'd let you know I was still alive.

2009-07-01T16:42:56Z

Bleh stuffandthings bleh stress bleh.

For folks that liked Buffy and don't like Twilight

2009-06-17T14:41:00Z

True statements meme

2009-06-10T16:51:57Z

APPEARANCE:

I am 5′4 or shorter.
I think I’m ugly sometimes.
I have many scars.
I tan easily.
I wish my hair was a different color.
I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
I have a tattoo.
I am self-conscious about my appearance.
I’ve had braces.
I own glasses.
I’d get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free, scar-free.
I’ve been told I’m attractive by a complete stranger.
I have more than 2 piercings.

I have piercings in places besides my ears.
I have freckles.

FAMILY/HOME LIFE:

I’ve sworn at my parents.
I’ve been kicked out of the house.
My biological parents are together.
I have a sibling less than one year old.
I want to have kids someday.
I have children.
I’ve lost a child.

EMBARRASSMENT:

I’ve slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation.
I’ve snorted while laughing.
I’ve laughed so hard I’ve cried.
I’ve glued my hand to something.
I’ve laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose.
I’ve had my pants rip in public.

HEALTH:

I was born with a disease/impairment.
I’ve had stitches.
I’ve broken a bone.
I’ve had my tonsils removed.
I’ve sat in a doctor’s office with a friend.
I’ve had my wisdom teeth removed.
I had a serious surgery.
I’ve had chicken pox.

TRAVELLING:

I’ve driven over 200 miles in one day.
I’ve been on a plane.
I’ve been to Canada.
I’ve been to Niagara Falls.
I’ve been to Japan.
I’ve celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
I’ve been to Europe.
I’ve been to Africa.
I’ve been to France.

EXPERIENCES:

I’ve been lost in my city.
I’ve seen a shooting star.
I’ve wished on a shooting star.
I’ve seen a meteor shower.
I’ve gone out in public in my pajamas.
I’ve pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
I’ve been to a casino.
I’ve been skydiving.
I’ve gone skinny dipping.
I’ve played spin the bottle.
I’ve crashed a car.
I’ve been skiing.
I’ve been in a play.
I’ve met someone in person from the internet.
I’ve caught a snowflake on my tongue.
I’ve seen the Northern Lights.
I’ve sat on a roof top at night.
I’ve played chicken.
I’ve played a prank on someone.
I’ve ridden in a taxi.
I’ve seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
I’ve eaten sushi.
I’ve been snowboarding.

RELATIONSHIPS:

I’m single.
I’m in a relationship.
I’m available.
I’m engaged.
I’m married.
I’ve gone on a blind date.
I’ve been the dumpee more than the dumper.
I miss someone right now.
I have a fear of abandonment.
I’ve been divorced.
I’ve had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back.
I’ve told someone I loved them when I didn’t.
I’ve told someone I didn’t love them when I did.
I’ve kept something from a past relationship.

SEXUALITY:

I’ve had a crush on someone of the same gender.
I’ve kissed a member of the same gender.
I’ve had sex with someone of the opposite gender.
I’ve had sex with someone of the same gender.
I’ve had sex with more than one person at the same time.
I am a cuddler.
I’ve been kissed in the rain.
I’ve had sex outdoors.
I’ve hugged a stranger.
I have kissed a stranger.
I have had sex with a stranger.

HONESTY/CRIME:

I’ve done something I promised someone else I wouldn’t.
I’ve done something I promised myself I wouldn’t.
I have lied to my parents about where I am.
I am keeping a secret from the world.
I’ve cheated while playing a game.
I’ve cheated on a test.
I’ve run a red light
I’ve been suspended from school.
I’ve witnessed a crime.
I’ve been in a fist fight.
I’ve been arrested.
I’ve shoplifted.

DRUGS/ALCOHOL:

I’ve consumed alcohol.
I smoke cigarettes.
I smoke pot.
I regularly drink.
I’ve taken painkillers when I didn’t need them.
I’ve done hard drugs.
I’ve been addicted to an illegal substance.
I take cough meds when I’m not sick.
I can’t swallow pills.
I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem.

MENTAL HEALTH:

I have been diagnosed with depression.
I shut others out when I’m depressed.
I take anti-depressants.
I have an eating disorder.
I’ve slept an entire day when I didn’t need it.
I’ve hurt myself on purpose.
I’m addicted to self harm.
I’ve woken up crying. not from depression but from a really sad dream.

DEATH:

I’m afraid of dying.
I hate funerals.
I’ve seen someone dying.
I have attempted suicide.
Someone close to me has attempted suicide.
Someone close to me has committed suicide.

RANDOM:

I can sing well.
I’ve stolen a tray from a fast food restaurant.
I open up to others too easily.
I watch the news.
I don’t kill bugs.
I hate hearing songs that sacrifice meaning for sake of being able to rhyme.
I curse regularly.
I sing in the shower.
I am a morning person.
I paid for my cell phone ring tone.
I’m a snob about grammar.
I am a sports fanatic.
I play with my hair.
I have/had "x"s in my screen name.
I love being neat.
I love Spam.
I’ve copied more than 30 CD’s in a day.
I bake well.
My favorite colour is either white, yellow, pink, red or blue.
I don’t know how to shoot a gun.
I am in love with love.
I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
I laugh at my own jokes.
I eat fast food weekly.
I believe in ghosts.
I am online 24/7, even as an away message.
I can’t sleep if there is a spider in the room.
I am really ticklish.
I love white chocolate.
I bite my nails.
I play video games.
I’m good at remembering faces.
I’m good at remembering names.
I’m good at remembering dates.
I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
My answers are totally honest.

>.

2009-06-02T16:32:52Z

For the past three weeks, my boss has been so busy that he has not even been able to give me any work to do. So I do little stuff here and there. I'm just bored out of my mind and a little cranky about it.
I've been trying to keep myself occupied but I'm running out of things to do.
Bleh... that is all.

Stolen from geminiknight

2009-05-14T23:26:59Z

Your results:
You are Uhura

Uhura		60%
Jean-Luc Picard		50%
Geordi LaForge		50%
Will Riker		50%
An Expendable Character (Redshirt)		45%
James T. Kirk (Captain)		40%
Mr. Scott		40%
Chekov		40%
Beverly Crusher		40%
Deanna Troi		40%
Spock		37%
Data		32%
Worf		30%
Leonard McCoy (Bones)		25%
Mr. Sulu		10%

You are a good communicator with a
pleasant soft-spoken voice.
Also a talented singer.

Click here to take the "Which Star Trek character are you?" quiz...

Random update

2009-05-07T21:02:47Z

This day went from shitty to decent.
One of our clients pissed me off earlier and put me on the defensive. You know that when I go all defensive that you've hit a nerve. Not like there is anything I can do about it, he's a client.
So that put me in a bad mood. But I've come out of it mostly since then.

Caught the mouse that was seen in our house. I am convinced that my sister and her family brought it with her and that it was the only one.
1. In living there for 8 months we had never seen any sign of mice.
2. The first sighting was actually by my sister so it was in the house after they arrived.
3. It started in my sewing room, where my mother was sleeping after traveling up with my sister.
4. Since we caught it we haven't seen any sign of others.
So, we are keeping our fingers crossed that that was the only one. We might be deluding ourselves, but only time will tell.

Party planning for the birthday party of the year. All the Gemini's and the Taurus' birthday bash will be held at our house this year. That ought to be interesting. I'm excited about it though.

Otherwise, my life is pretty boring and domestic. That's not a bad thing.

mela_dori @ 2009-04-20T14:30:00

2009-04-20T19:32:22Z

Blah, bored at work today. Been goofing off alot. Tomorrow will not be so slow so I am taking advantage of it now.
So, how are you doing?

mela_dori @ 2009-04-18T22:00:00

2009-04-19T03:17:53Z

My sister Shannon, her husband Rick and their son Collin just returned home after their week long visit to our house.
It was so nice to see them. We hadn't seen them since our wedding over three years ago.
We had a really good time.
They arrived last Sunday night and pretty much went to sleep. Then Monday, they kind've explored while Ken and I were at work. Then we chilled out and talked Monday night.
We again had to work on Tuesday and Wednesday and the just did their own thing and then we chilled out in the evening. Wednesday night we went over to my cousin Andrew's house. His son and Collin are about the same age and like to play together. We had dinner over there.
Then on Thursday, Collin was to be baptized at the Cathedral of the Advent in downtown Birmingham. That went well and concluded with a lunch at Jim 'n Nicks which Shannon and Rick fell in love with.
Then Friday we went to the Botanical Gardens plant sale (they are realllllly into plants), then visited the Vulcan statue atop Red Mountain.
Rick and Shannon both have degrees in Geology and are total nerds about it. At the plant sale there was like this big rock formation and they both were poking around looking for fossils and pointing out different layers and how old they probably were. This was after they had collected some large chunks of coal and a really nice fossil from the Hoover area. Total geology nerds.
Then, at Vulcan, there was alot of the history of steel producing that led to Birmingham's early growth. They were all about learning that stuff.
Afterward, they went back over to Andrew's to go biking in Oak Mtn State Park. Then this morning they were off!
I was a drama free visit. Even the dogs were very laid back about being separated (they brought their dog).
If it weren't for Rick's company being based out of Ft. Pierce I think they would just move up here. They really fell in love with everything. My house and neighborhood, the wildlife they saw, the barbeque, the geology, the plants. Even the fireflies in the backyard at night.
Collin is a great kid. He is almost 8 and just entertains himself and is very accepting of the limits that are placed on him, both from a disipline and a physical standpoint. He has type 1 diabetes and it is a constant thing on everyone's mind. His sugar gets checked about 10 - 15 times a day and he gets insulin shots. But he is such a good kid and I really enjoyed spending some time with him. Ken introduced him to the computer game Spore and he fell in love with it.
It was a great visit and I was glad that I could provide them with a place to stay and I look forward to more visits.

mela_dori @ 2009-04-13T08:59:00

2009-04-13T14:14:11Z

Good morning.
My sister Shannon, her husband Rick and my nephew Collin arrived in town with my mother last evening. They will be staying with us until Saturday. I am really looking forward to the visit.

The storm last night made Daisy freak out until 2 AM, thus keeping Ken up. Then when the power went off at 2:30, my mom couldn't sleep because her CPAP machine was out of commission. Then she woke me up at 5 thinking it was 6 and past time for me to get up. It is unfortunate that their first day in my house is spent with no electricity. AL Power says it'll be restored by 2:30. Not so sure about that considering the extent of the outages in the Bham area.
I just heard that they are at IHOP getting breakfast. I think they'll be hanging out with my aunt this morning and heading over to visit my cousins family this afternoon. His son and Collin are close in age and are friends.

I can hopefully bust out of work early today. I have to be here tomorrow and most if not all of Wednesday, but after that I'll be off for a long weekend with the family.
Haven't seen them since our wedding over three years ago. Conversation last night was comfortable and fun. I think it will a good week.

Ringo was locked up in the basement last night. I'm actually surprised that he didn't bark or anything. I know that the storm scared him. We are mainly worried about him and Collin. He doesn't deal well with children most of the time and they also brought their dog too. So, until we have daylight and good weather for an outside introduction, he will be staying down there. It was very sad this morning when I opened the door and realized he had slept at the top of the stairs. I felt really bad. I think that tonight we will bring him up so that he can sleep in the bedroom with us.

In other news, the house looks its best since we moved in. I finally got my sewing room presentable if not organized, finished several projects around the house, and hung some art on the walls. It makes me happy.

Credit

2009-04-08T16:50:23Z

Yay, I disputed stuff on my credit report and all three of the credit reporting agencies deleted the only negative stuff off of my reports. And with the balance payoffs we've been able to do in the last few months, my credit scores are looking much more healthy.
Even though my credit card that still has a balance on it has a reasonable interest rate, I'm probably going to try and transfer it to a 0% interest deal on a new card now that my credit is looking better.
I am so happy that is was so easy to get that stuff off of my credit report.
If you have something negative, you can dispute it online and it doesn't hurt to try and get them to remove it. All they can do is say no.
*squeee*

mela_dori @ 2009-04-07T15:02:00

2009-04-07T20:31:14Z

Unbelievably busy at work. I'm really feeling the pain of being the only really qualified administrative assistant in the office. So many little things, that I could hand off to someone more qualified, stay on me because she just can't do them.
Right now I'm fighting the "OMG have so much to do, and OMG I don't want to do any of them."

On the home front, we were supposed to have my in-laws visit from the 9th to the 12th but Karen came down with a raging case of bronchitis and is not cleared for travel. I am disappointed.
My sister and her family will be here on Sunday for a week long visit. I'm happy to see them but I am also a little wary of how well it will all go. My sister and I are very different people and haven't been under the same roof in 12 years and that was just a visit.

Anyway, back to work!