Post Surgery Update- The New Me!

It's been a week and I'm finally getting to sit down and post about my surgery.I would have done it earlier, but it was just too painful to sit down and type at the desk at first, then uncomfortable now I can finally sit comfortably and type. The surgery went REALLY well. We got there at 9 AM, I met the anesthesiologist,the nurse, Tom was with me, I changed into this special gown to keep me warm, then the doctor came in, took some more pictures, then proceeded to draw on me where he was going to do his work,{ like you would see on say - Dr 90210 ;)} then we moved to the room in the back where they would do the procedure, and the anesthesiologist hooked me up with his "magic juice" as he called itand we chatted for a short while { and I do mean SHORT WHILE because after that I remember waking up to freezing my ass off but not really - I was just shaking from coming off the anesthesia and the nurse was trying to put the compressive dressing on me this girdle that had to go over my hips and I wouldnt raise my ass cause I was still out of it and sore as hell. But managed my best for her. by the time we were done, I was covered in compressive dressing. The only thing that wasn't covered was my arms. There was a cutout in the middle inbetween in the girdle so I could go to the bathroom- Guess I don't take this thing off to go to the bathroom- thank goodness cause its like trying to put a condom on a watermelon It's so tight! I'm much better now though- spent the week on the recliner. Thank goodness for Oxycodone and antibiotocs!I was in some serious achines and sore as hell , where I thought my boobs were gonna explode since he put the implants under the muscle, but things are much better now-all I wanna do is help out and get yelled at and to relax that I'll hurt something so I'm trying to be good and take it easy. Tom has been an absolute SAINT through all this! I cannot let him go unnoticed- He has taken care of me, gotten up,made breakfast for Thomas, gotten Brendan up, changed him- poopy diaper or not- and he doesnt DO poopy diapers! fed Brendan, dressed him,gotten Thomas to school, Schlepped Brendan with him, {every day this is}Brought me my meds, each time I needed them {cause I couldn't get up }took care of my dressings,made lunch, dinner,took care of the house, went shopping for food and christmas shopping {WITH KIDS in tow!} picked thomas up from school - went to doctors appts,did garbage cut the lawn, plus put up christmas decorations outside,All the while manages to do his work as well! and explain "sorry about the background noise -my wife had surgery so I'm playing Mr. Mom this week". when the 8 mo old screams in the background. I know I have bitched and moaned In the past but I have to say , I have One AWESOME husband! This just proves it right here . Who else who do all that and care all that much Just watching him this week with the kids and doing what he was doing, I couldn't have felt prouder to be his wife! Makes me try all the more harder to be good and take it easy So I can take care of him the way it'll be deserved.God I love my man! :)So that's my surgery update. I now have boobies that weren't there before- from a size 32A, to anow { looks inshirt}erm..34B ? No Playboy Double d's. I'd fall over- I'm too small- plus I dont have enough skin for that! something for shape! and now I also have a chin that wasn't there before - no mor elooking like a rat for a profile. and also have no more "muffin top" when ever I put on a pair of jeans- you know - that flab that hangs over your jeans that wont go way no matter what! I got my momminess back! That was my Christmas present. expensive, but wort it and will last a long long time. For now, I'm me again!

Tomorrow's Surgery

Tomorrow I go in and am going to have plastic surgery on my chin, stomach, and boobs.- It's an early Christmas present from Tom to me. I have been wanting a boob job for a while, {considering the fact that I have been boobless for like 24 years !} I'm finally getting up the nerve and getting it done. Tom and I have been shopping around for the right doctor, and this guy seems alright. He's suppposedly made a new way of inserting the implant with a "no scar" after effect. Sounds good to me! while we were there, we decided to get my scar revision fixed that my OB had botched from my C- section when Brendan was born - it kinda goes on an up turn - kinda unsightly, and then{the Dr.} mentioned that he can do A mini abdominoplasti where he sews up the muscles in the tummy from pregnancy making the tummy flat again while hes doing the scar revision so we agreed to that somehow then snuck in a chin job - fo free if we paid for the implant- when we were done, we might as well have got a new car Tom said this guy should be selling new cars !He's got 20 yrs experience and fellowships under his belt , a little cocky andf full of himself, but all in all very nice. The staff is very nice and the do the whole thing right in his office which he has the license to do., which is convenient.We can go in on a Sunday even and get the whole thing done- he's dedicating his whole day just for me- even coming back early from his Thanksgiving vacation to do the procedure to focus on me- I was flattered- not many doctors would do that. Thats pretty cool. Anyway, he took pictures and all that,and we did labs and everything we needed to do and I go in tomorrow at 9 AM . I can't eat or drink anything after 12 midnight. Its supposed to be a 6 hr procedure- they better knock me out good! Wish me luck! Next time, I post I'll have Boobies and a chin! :)

Brendan's First Haircut

Tonight I gave Brendan his First haircut. He had this Donald Trump hairstyle goin on that was just getting a little too long and getting in his eyes, and after a while, people started coming up to us and saying " what's HER name" whn they would see me with Brendan .I would be like, " OK, that's a signal the hair has to go! " So for a week or so Tom and have been saying that Brendan needed a haircut, but neither one of us had the A- the guts to do it, B- wanted to screw up his first haircut, and C- wanted to see his sweet first little locks go bye bye! :( Until yesterday we went to this Ribfest and Brendan had this MEAN birdsnest in his hair and that was kinda the last straw. Today I gave him a bath, washed his hair and took out my haircutting scissors, called Tom after he went out with his brother to the mall and let him know I was gonna do the dirty deed and told him to wish me luck! I think it came out pretty good considering I haven't cut hair in years!I think Brendan looks totally different with his new look !Still as sweet as can be and was the perfect client aside from keeling over onto my cup of water spilling it onto the changing table! The before and afters are a big difference! I think Mom was watching over me and guidng my hand a sI went along, because Brendan's hair came out like it was done by a Hairdresser which mom has done ever since I can remember! freaky huh? Thanks Mom! I owe ya one! :) Who says there's no Guardian angels out there? ;)

Happy Halloween!

Tonight we went Trick or Treating as a family with the boys and with the neighbors next door. This was also Brendan's first year celebrating Halloween, He looked SOOO ADORABLE in his little dragon costume! Thomas looked terrific in his Wolverine costume too ! He made out like a bandit with all his candy! I think he had more fun giving OUT candy when we got home than GETTING the candy around the neighborhood! LOL too funny! Anyway, we walked around with the kids next door and it came to a point Thomas' pumpkin got too heavy to carry anymore and he wanted to go home, so we did- he'll be eating candy for months! { or Tom and I will!} So anyway, Happy Halloween!

School Halloween Party

Today was Thomas' Halloween party at his school. It was soo cute! they started off the day with a costume parade down the corridors, then had a halloween party in his classroom. There were other moms there to help out withthe party and crafts, and I was real glad i went. I was able to bring Thomas home earlly since the kids wouldn't be able to concentrate on annything but trick or treating later! Everybody had a great time!

Hat Day

I was cleaning the house today, and came across some hats and decided to pick on Brendan for a while as we got off to a bumpy morning where Thomas was yet in another one of those moods where all he wanted to do was play and insisted he didn't have school and wouldn't get dressed , and wouldn't finish his breakfast, wouldn't put on his socks and shoes and the clock was seemingly ticking faster and faster towards departure time to hop in the van and get to school! - Then we get in the van , and it's " I need my toys! " so we turn off the car and unlock the house and get his forever "blimp {which is a submarine} and airplane - the kid has THOUSANDS of toys but insists on these two items to play with that make the most racket- I swear I'm gonna drive off the road one day the way he plays in the backseat! Then I'm looking for my sunglasses , because the morning sun is KILLING my eyes !again- turn off the van, unlock the house, look for them , theyre in the baby bag I left inside- the right arm is broken by the ear- how the hell? sh-- whatever- I can't afford new ones and they still fit on my head so I'll make due. Lock the house. By this time its a quarter after. We gotta go. We're pulling out and he says" It's Hat Day today! Dude ! You gotta think of these things the night BEFORE! NOT as we're pulling out of the driveway! We gotta go.. so we go to school with no hat. I feel like a schmuck, but if we searched for one, We would'ave been with late the morning traffic as it is. Turns out we got there 8:35-with all the idiots tailgating each other- I dont like to risk things. So I gotta clean up before Tom gets home tonite and thought I'd take one last breather after my much needed shower that no one let me take all week! This one screamed blue murder all morning but is finally calm- all he wanted was company and a bottle. So we're playing a little dress up to calm both our spirits and pick us both up :)It IS Hat Day after all~! I know its cruel , but for some reason , I think he enjoys it! LOL Ahh my lil sidekick.:)

Stop Calling!!

I just put Brendan down for his nap, and for some reason, every non - profit organization keeps calling my house looking for donations this morning !! WTF? Thank you VERY @#$ Much for keep waking my son up people! If I want to donate to you and can afford it , I WILL! for now, quit calling my house! I got Kids Wish Network, Florida PBA, Firemans Fund, St Jude, and now that its election time, I got them leaving recordings on my machine- " this ones no good , " vote for this one for 2006" dont for get to vote for this one on such and such a such a date..' Shut up I know ! GAH! thing is ,I cant do the do not call, because I have donate to them in the past, and so theyre allowed call once you have done past business withthenm according to the "do not call"bilines andthe same goes for election time guys- its just for the telemarketers that can tcall that have to stick to the donot call list - everybody else is fair game- why bother being on the list? ugh. just venting.. Trying to get my son to take a nice nap and all these disturbing phone calls waking him up just arent helping making him cry every 15 minutes.;(

In The Air Again

Tom is off and in the air again. This time to a conference to Tuscon, Arizona. It seems like he goes on business, comes home, washes his clothes, catches up on banking,the football game and the mail, we go grocery shopping for the next weeks meals and supplies and he's offf again! I kinda felt bad for him this past flight whereas half the plane he was on didn't get their luggage back! HOW do you lose half a plane's luggage? That's beyond me! He has no luck when it comes to flying. He has flown in hurricanes, snowstorms, rain, wind, turbulence, had tornadoes touchdown while at the airport, barely got a car when the blackout hit N.Y. , had the NASTIEST people sit next to him and had the worst seats, had his luggage sent to a different state to where he was going, now had his luggage lost and had to have it delivered to the house.Now I find out this flight to AZ he had a military guy curl up in the seat nex to him and try and sleep and hang his head over the side and puke in the isle next to him ! Can you say EWWW??!! Then the airline Attendant tried to get him to fasten his seatbelt which he wouldnt and was just an all around beligerent passenger and had to be escorted off the plane by the fire department before all the other passengers could get off. You just can't make this stuff up! I tell Tom thanks that it makes for good Blogging material! ;)Poor guy can't catch a break. Then he gets to his hotel rooom and everytime he comes out of the bathroomhe's greeted by a spider! I would be freaking out the arachnaphobic that I am! He comes home on Thursday so he won't be there for long. He's at the conference all day long anyway. I told him to check his shoes for scorpions too while he's at it- Arizona is known for scorpions and black widow spiders to shake his shoes before he puts them on. I'd like him to come home alive and not in a bodybag thank you very much! This is his last trip for a little while I believe . It's just for a couple days , -not long. He always misses the boys terribly. They always go nuts when he returns- Especially the litttle one because he's not used to object permanence yet so its like a long game of peeka boo to him-Thomas he just wants to know and can't wait to see what daddy brought him this time-the greedy miser! ;) Didnt miss dadddy- just whad ya bring me and where's my toy? J/K I'm sure he missed him- he's just a toy collecting freak that's all. Me? I enjoy the peace and quiet and access to the computer! LOL but yeah I miss him but the separation is good for us so I actually don't mind us being apart- absence makes the heart grow fonder I always say. I go to church and say a prayer for his safe journey there and back and good health and thank God for such a wonderful man in my life who takes such good care of me and my family and is such a wonderul provider for us all. I do envy him a bit getting to travel to all these places I'd like to go to - but its not like he gets to sightsee or anything-hes holed up in a hotel room to sleep then goes to an office or conference room to work all day, then hotel rooom, then airplane back home to here. Maybe one day when the kids are older we'll travel a little or FINALLY take our Honeymoon we never did.. But for now all I can wish is that he comes back home safely and has a safe trip as always because his idols miss him very much and can't wait to wrestle with him again :)

Pumpkin Festival

Today we went to the Hunsaker Farms Pumpkin festival .There must have been about 30 acres of land that had everything from circus acts, to country music bands playing,to hayrides,and games and food from BBQ to seafood with drinks to match, candy apples to funnell cakes, to bouncers and rides to ponyrides and facepainting to giant frog jumping contests . There was a farmers market and craft fair,cloggers and petting zoo, chainsaw sculpter,and train ride for the kids with oil drums cut in half with steering wheels put on and made into a long train and pulled by a tractor- too cute! There was something for everyone And of COURSE there was the pumpkin patch that Thomas picked out a beauty just before we left that he just HAD to have made into a jack -o-lantern before the night was through! . The weather was just GORGEOUS- A bit on the hot side, the next weekend would have a costume contest, -I'm glad we didnt do that , because if this Indian summer weather keeps up, the kids would just ROAST! There were some people already being carted away in ambulances because of the heat , and Thomas was smearing his face paint because he was sweating so bad- never mind adding a halloweeen costume on top of that! Was a real nice Saturday outing. A day so nice , everyone is turning in early from all the fun. Gotta love those kinda days!

She's Baaaack

I was looking out the door before, and noticed this Florida softshell turtle that keeps coming in our yard when ever it rains - {or lately whenever}was back again. Its really an ugly thing! But who am I to say- God has lots of ugly animals, But they all fulfill a purpose the way they're built that makes them so odd looking. Anyway, this thing drives me nuts! It runs over my Heliconia plants in the back corner of my yard, flattening them when it crawls under the fence to come in, I had Gladiolas too which he /she used to flatten as well. So today I looked out the door and saw It was back AGAIN. This thing has been put in a box, brought back across the street to the pond where it came from, shooed back under the fence, - gotta watch it because it has a neck a foot long with a temper to match.It will bite if provoked so I keep Thomas away from it n& just show him it from afar. So today I took my camera and decided to follow it. I noticed it was scooting away, {they're pretty fast too. It stopped under the boat trailer and decided to dig a ditch and tuck its head in HUH! looks like this one id a mommy turtle and wants to lay some eggs under our boat! No No NO !Not there dummy !We ever want to move the boat { which we will since this things going up for sale SOON.! We don't need any baby ugly turtle running arounfd the yard! Oy vay! What is this Turtle Bay? First snappers, then painteds, now ugly Softshels- gotta get rid a the pond - must be whats attracting them..