Now we just gotta name that baby!!
We're looking for a Celtic, two-syllabel boy name that isn't a last name (because Steve's current last name is also a common first name so we don't want our son to have a first last name and a last first name. Something like Macdougal or Campbell is out).
Also, the popular standbys have been vetoed by me (ie: Connor, Aiden, Hayden, Kieran, Keanan and Keagan are out. I enjoy them all, but too popular).
The middle name is Gray (family name), so that is what you have to work with.
A 3 hour series finale needs to be discussed, no?! :) Total spoilers behind the cut assuming I do this correctly.
I so wanted Denny to die because Izzy is a complete moron. Not a real solid reason to wish someone dead, but its a TV show and Izzy was pissing me off. Why didn't ANYONE hit her? Seriously? Yet, when he actually died, I totally cried. Are they writing Izzy out of the script? What the hell?
And I so cried when they put the dog down. ~sniff~
I also used to just love, love, love McDreamy. Now I think McDreamy is the biggest dick to ever walk the face of the earth. I think he's treating both Mer and Addison like they're disposable McDreamy playthings. The make-out in the hospital room? Uncool. I didn't find it remotely sexy even though I'm sure throes of McDreamy/Mer fans were orgasmic over it. The vet, however, rocks. I love him. Admittedly, being with the vet probably wouldn't make for such interesting TV, but still. He totally rocks.
I love Kaley. Love, love, LOVE her. She was so awesome last night and I had a moment when I thought she was getting the boot and we'd never see her again. I hope she stays for the long haul. Its so nice to see someone on TV with a curvy, sexy body. That girl is HOT.
oh, Cristina. Sweetie. I'm so glad she finally when to Preston. And Preston! Shot! Ack!
It is so incredibly beautiful outside, and has been for several days. Summer is finally here in my beautiful little corner of the world and I'm downright giddy about it.
Sadly, Friday morning I'm leaving for three weeks. I'm both excited because I'm going to Vegas (with money I so don't have) and then to Calgary to see family and friends for a couple of weeks and bummed because it's GORGEOUS here and I just want to sit on my deck and drink home-made strawberry lemonade with Steve-o.
Speaking of Steve-o, he's still not booked for surgery. I think we find out about that tomorrow so keep your fingers crossed that he doesn't go into the hospital when I'm out of town. Why they didn't do the operation while he spent 5 days in the stupid hospital is a freaking mystery. He's still having mild/moderate attacks so he's not 100% by any means and certainly needs to get this surgery sooner rather than later.
We also bought a car - a friend's 2002 Chevy Malibou, the price was right and you can't argue when a suitable car falls into your lap! - and a travel trailer. Yup, a travel trailer. We were torn between that and sailboat and kept flip flopping on the idea and finally I let up and agreed to a travel trailer. I'm still torn on whether or not I'm going to enjoy it, but I really shouldn't judge having never really experienced it. At least they keep their value so we could always re-sell if it doesn't work out. We ended up not getting the sailboat for a variety of reasons, mostly because we decided that we'd wait until spawn was of a age where it would be easier and safer to sail. Of course, we've already started our new fun money savings account so we might just get a sailboat next year anyway. heh.
Here's the trailer we bought case you're curious and the floor plan
I said to Steve "if everything goes to shit, I guess we can always live in the trailer". hee. One good thing about the trailer is that we've been booking camping trips left, right and center. Spend money and suddenly you're motivated to get off your ass!
I'm still amazed that I can buy outdoor living furniture, a travel trailer, a car, and a bedroom set but can't seem to commit to a kitchen table and chairs. We're still sitting at the table Steve bought when he was 22 years old from Ikea that is on the verge of completely falling apart. I have kitchen table committment issues. Secretly, I think I want a ktichen table to magically appear for free. I was considering putting together a baby registry at Sears and adding a table to it. heh.
And to answer the next question - no, I don't have a baby registry and to be honest, I highly doubt I'll put one together either. I hated doing the wedding registry with such a deep passion and in that situation, I knew what I wanted/needed. With the spawn, I have NO idea at this moment in time because I have a lot of siblings and friends with a lot of hand-me-downs. I don't take issue with used items so this doesn't bother me at all. Everyone has said that its nice to buy something new but I haven't hit that stage yet. For me, the only thing that I'm really interested in putting together is the nursery (so for those looking for gift ideas, a gift certificate to Home Depot would be great!) but I'm not going to be able to do that until I find out the sex. Right now I'll walk into the baby section, get annoyed, and walk out. The only exception to this is that I love looking at baby clothes :).
I'm also completely uninterested in most of it. I think I'll just go shopping with Michelle in Calgary with a pen and paper and let her tell me what she found useful (we have very similar ideas about these sorts of things). The other day Steve and I had to ask if you can buy the change pad separate from the changing table because we had no freaking clue. We stood there for like, 15 minutes, looking at it and debating whether it was a separate item or not and then asked a sales lady (it is a separate item they just didn't have them stocked on the shelf to make this obvious to us). We have a bureau that we're converting into a change table temporarily for the spawn so we certainly don't need to spend $300 on a change table (and just to add, WHAT A RIP OFF, $300 FOR A CHANGE TABLE?!!!). For the record, the changing pad has a belt and also tabs to securely fasten it to any surface of your choosing so anyone can set up a change table if their handy with making a box.
And that's one long, boring update.
Oprah is talking about prostitutes and their lives. Lisa Ling went under cover to a truck stop in Oklahoma where prostitutes and truck drivers gather for a little paid sex. During Lisa's undercover work she meets a young prostitute that shares her story but in order to protect her identity they give her a fake name. Three guesses what that name was.
I'm looking forward to the day where the name Amber isn't synonymous with whore.
In other news - I got out of bed this morning and there was a spider IN MY BED. In ongoing spidey news, an eggsac hatched in the greenhouse and there are hundreds of baby spiders in the greenhouse. They are garden spiders so I'm hesitate to do a mass killing but I'm also at a loss of how to get them out of the greenhouse before they become a size that makes me scream like a girl.
Madly doing all sorts of spring cleaning and random errands today. Its a beautiful day so it has totally lit a fire under my ass to get stuff done. Plus a week with Steve in the hospital meant that my usual errands were completely ignored.
Anyone want to do my taxes for me? Its not even that difficult for me this year as I'm paying someone else to do them, I just have to put everything in a folder, but for some reason, this is too painful to bear. A commercial just informed me that filing late is actually tax fraud. Anyone care to verify? I prefer not to be committing fraud if I can help it. I just figured it meant I was lazy, not criminal.
I got an A instead of an A+ in one of my courses and that blemish on my transcript is pissing me off. I liked the look of that line of A+s dammit. What's also pissing me off is that my mid-term exam was not added up correctly and I was scammed out of one mark. I couldn't be bothered to make a stink out of a single mark but now I can't help but wonder if that one point would have gotten me that "+".
Steve had another attack last night, not as severe or as long, but man. This has gotta stop.
Tomorrow, I spa. ahhhhh, massage, facial, cucumber water. It'll be heaven!
He's finally home. 5 days in the hospital was not fun.
They are still somewhat baffled. Wednesday afternoon he got in for a scope (he was sedated and they inserted it through his throat, made a small incision somewhere on his insides and took a look around) and didn't find any evidence of a gallstone stuck in a bile duct or having passed but there are certainly stones in his gallbladder. They then decided that he must have some for of hepatitis to explain his liver inflammation. This conclusion lasted about an hour before his blood work from the weekend finally came back that said that he was negative for hepatitis. So... his liver inflammation is a bit of a mystery. We've decided to believe that a gallstone either did pass with no evidence, or attempted to pass.
So, now he has to work with his family doctor to schedule surgery to remove his gallbladder and maybe they'll investigate the liver thing further. Right now his liver function is returning to normal so it may just always remain a complete mystery. At least he's home, and seems to be in relatively good spirits. He's taking a couple of more days to recover and then he'll be back to work.
He was so cute sedated :). That was easily the highlight of my hospital experience. He requested that he get himself some of those drugs so he can relax on Friday nights! hee!