tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111962032024-03-04T23:08:19.584-08:00Blather. Rinse. Repeat.A Latter-Day Saint mother to toddler twins tells it how she sees it. <br> <b>Beware:</b> the word "crap" is used prolifically, literally, AND figuratively.Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.comBlogger1195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-91061518309038574962022-02-21T15:30:00.001-08:002022-02-21T15:30:40.699-08:00Been a while ... Whoops So, this pandemic ... am I right?I started typing out information for looking into therapy ... Figured that since I wasn't ready to shell out over $300 out of pocket for online therapy, I'd just put it here so that I knew where it was. And maybe I'll just start using this for journaling again. Maybe that'd help.My mental health has gotten progressively worse, especially with the Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-48264681036922007382021-02-04T11:19:00.001-08:002021-02-04T11:19:16.355-08:00Family Body Project - List So, Bucket and I participated in the Family Body Project (from University of Oregon).It's a program that youth and parents can participate in to help foster a healthy body image. Our group (which was made up of AWESOME moms and daughters) had discussions and assignments to help us recognize and acknowledge the high cost (physically, financially, mentally, and emotionally) of aspiring to Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-38841599067899375252020-12-18T07:15:00.002-08:002020-12-18T07:15:19.694-08:00Crazy Dream Chonicles - #7,247 Yeah, I have no idea what number this would actually be ... but last night, it was a bit vivid.In my dream, I was in a Relief Society (church women's organization) meeting. Of course, I hadn't read the lesson. Again. But I was there to take roll and take notes, dang it.We were meeting in a space very much like the Relief Society/Sunday School classroom at the Corvallis, Oregon college wardsAllannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-77358806553776355352020-07-11T15:21:00.000-07:002020-07-11T15:21:20.941-07:00I wrote my way out ...So, I've not written in a while and I'm not even going to try to catch up.I had to take Michael in to the ER on Tuesday night. We got home at 4 in the morning.He has gallstones and is in pain. Loads of pain, to be honest.Wednesday, I ran about on three hours of sleep. Got his prescriptions from the ER doctor. Got him to his primary doctor. Got an appointment with the surgeon for a consult ... gotAllannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-17691839062853503692020-05-07T10:57:00.000-07:002020-05-07T10:57:00.321-07:00All the crazy dreams!!So, last night, I had a plethora of crazy dreams ... which flowed and ebbed into each other.It started with visiting a gal I know from church. Her marriage isn't the best right now. Her husband has some pretty serious (and getting serious-er) mental health problems.At one point in the dream, he asks for some help. (IRL, I'm not completely comfortable with him.) Since Michael's also there, in the Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-48803095077067632382020-04-15T11:20:00.002-07:002020-04-15T11:20:51.316-07:00Quarantine RamblingsSo ... It's been about a month since the kids were sent home from school. And it's been almost 18 months or thereabout since I last posted.Yeah ... it's not like anything has happened in the meantime. Because stuff has happened.Bruise and Bucket have had two birthdays (They're FOURTEEN). Bruise has long hair (past his shoulders now. Bucket's hair is much shorter. I gave her an undercut Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-55574243721723825322018-12-15T09:50:00.001-08:002018-12-15T09:50:16.310-08:00CrankypantsThis week has been BUSY.Choir concert, Relief Society Board Party, Mutual, etc, etc, etc ... and tonight is the Ward Christmas Party ... which has been rather last-minute, so we're all scrambling.I'm just so DONE. And that was BEFORE I knew that we'd be setting up not only at 10 this morning, but ALSO an hour before the party starts. UGH.Michael and the Scouts are out camping. They SHOULD get Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-51458381148015534692018-11-11T13:02:00.002-08:002018-11-11T13:02:18.397-08:00Quote of the Day
Today, a sister in our Relief Society lesson mentioned this quote.I liked it.
“If you are depressed you are living in the past. "If you are anxious you are living in the future. "If you are at peace you are living in the present.”― Lao Tzu
Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-47198427416841596772018-10-20T07:27:00.001-07:002018-10-20T07:27:46.610-07:00ResolvingYesterday evening, I started to feel normal again.It's like when you've got a bad cold or the flu.You are mired in your sickness ... it's what you're dealing with.Then ... you notice that, wait, you can breathe through your nose again. Or you are keeping down food. And there's this sense of wonder and relief that the previous state has worked its way through ... at least most of the way. But you Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-61993850690642922712018-10-19T11:45:00.002-07:002018-10-19T11:45:55.776-07:00So, I've started a new blog for Nana's and Grandma Darlene's recipes.If you care to look at it (there's not a whole lot there right now ... it's going to be a pretty big endeavor), it's at https://cookingwithnanandgram.blogspot.com/There's two actual posts of recipes ... so ... yeah.I haven't been sleeping well.Last night, I remember dreaming that the van (my car) was starting to break down.Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-29467469962887978352018-10-17T11:20:00.000-07:002018-10-17T11:20:08.074-07:00Processing and babblingI think I'm still processing.Sometimes, it really sucks to be such a cerebral-type person. I wish that I were better at crafts or athletics ... so I could CHANNEL all this STUFF into that.I want to punch things, throw things, scream ... but none of those are productive.I did buy a needlepoint kit. Haven't had any luck really starting it.I started a new blog ... but Nana's pickle/relish recipes onAllannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-19356731744604883072018-10-15T12:21:00.000-07:002018-10-15T12:21:00.829-07:00October 15Nana passed this morning.There's a letter in the mailbox, waiting to be sent to her. I wrote it before I got the phone call. Put a stamp on it and put it in the box before I got the news.I wrote it, knowing that she might never get it or hear it read aloud in the same room as she was.I'm going to allow it to be mailed.Since we've been grieving for Nana the last few years anyways, this is almost aAllannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-29703513076352874132018-10-12T14:30:00.002-07:002018-10-12T14:30:41.409-07:00A Turn for the Worse ... Here's my brain dumpMy aunt called this morning.Nana is still alive, but she took a big turn for the worse last night. Today, she's unresponsive. She's not in any pain (I knew that the hospice workers and her memory care nurses were good). But, she's not long for this world. I am going to miss her.They took her out to her favorite lunch on Tuesday. She ate really well. She was okay until about yesterday night. It's Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-11501639340887697892018-10-02T14:02:00.000-07:002018-10-02T14:02:33.212-07:00How do you grieve for someone who's still alive?So, my Nana has dementia. She's been in a memory care facility for a while. My aunt was taking care of her for a few years before that.My for-all-purposes-stepmom called today to let me know that Nana isn't doing so well. Nana is pretty old, true. She's been missing my Pop-pop for over a decade (when she's aware that he's passed on. Sometimes, she just wonders why he doesn't come to see her). HerAllannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-89624461566935179992018-08-15T07:40:00.002-07:002018-08-15T07:40:12.320-07:00Crazy Dream Chronicles #8,142,018: Brought to you by Melatonin? Maybe?Yeah, between moving and preparing the old house for sale and getting the kids registered at their schools (Yay for the dual-language program! We didn't have to move schools ... and, actually, where we moved puts the big kids in the boundaries for their preferred high school in a couple years. And they still can ride the bus to middle school ... so will Bubbles, in fact. I have to transport Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-30697837724237778962018-05-12T09:21:00.001-07:002018-05-12T09:21:25.846-07:00Blindsided: Follow-upSo, I found that my friend passed of a heart attack.Last night, before Michael confirmed her cause of death, I dreamt that we were driving by some apartments (apartments that I'm not aware that she had ever lived in).As we were driving by, I saw her coming out, just having woken up, in her pajamas, before having brushed her hair, to get the mail.I screeched at Michael to pull over and I jumped Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-44339088716171469952018-05-11T10:56:00.000-07:002018-05-11T10:56:09.490-07:00BlindsidedI wish this were a happy post.But I am just trying to process ... so bear with me.I just got the news that one of my friends, a lady who I had visit-taught, passed away.She passed just over a week ago. Her funeral is tomorrow.Just a couple days before her passing, she had facebooked that she was having some health issues to where her doctor ordered a CAT scan. And that she wanted to be able to goAllannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-73235060269205023362018-03-05T11:19:00.000-08:002018-03-05T11:19:09.359-08:00yiggety yo ... it's been a while ...So, I just haven't had a lot to say that I haven't said on Facebook.But today, spilling over from yesterday ... there's some.I just am feeling like a kinda crap mother.Saturday was okay. Bubbles turned 6. We had a party for family, then went out for dinner (Still not wildly impressed with Red Robin. But I got my Poppin' Purple Lemonade, so it wasn't too bad. Michael's burger was still cold, Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-61398201885675373382017-12-19T11:58:00.003-08:002017-12-19T11:58:57.269-08:00CrazyDreamChronicles™ ... a THEATRE production ... with MUTANTS!So, last night, I dreamed that I was going to a middle-school production (since Bucket was recently in a school production of Annie, Jr.) ... and Bucket's choir teacher (who also is in charge of the drama department at her middle school), told me that she needed me to take over the role of Lily St. Regis.Thankfully, since my dream-self is about 150 lbs lighter than my real-life self, I was about Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-38164776533888182522017-10-23T15:47:00.002-07:002017-10-23T15:47:54.273-07:00Crazy Dream Chronicles Strikes (Yet Again)So, since I didn't post FIRST THING upon getting up, I only have snatches of last night's dream ...
It was at a school.
I was a janitor? Whatever, I was there with Michael after hours.
There was a display case.
In the display case (which was easily opened, ... this is pertinent a couple bullet points down)
Part of the display is a tall, thin, skinny-oval egg. It's tan and speckled with darker Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-5859778709236258722017-06-06T12:37:00.000-07:002017-06-06T12:37:10.312-07:00#52 Lists - List 2 - List Routines in Your Personal Life and at WorkRight now, I'm kinda horrible at routines.Lets' see ... here's a typical day:
Wake up to Michael's alarm. Fall back to sleep immediately. I'm sure he said a prayer and kissed me goodbye. I usually don't remember. #badwife
Wake up slightly before my alarm(s). Check Facebook. Maybe remember to say a prayer. Maybe (on a REALLY GOOD DAY) get a shower early.
Bruise is usually awake. Bucket and Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-30625012046034510322017-06-06T06:34:00.003-07:002017-06-06T06:34:35.175-07:00Crazy Dream Chronicles: Celebrity CameosI'm not remembering much of my dreams ... but what I do recall? Wowza.A couple nights ago, I remember, in my dream, being at a table. A light colored, round-ish table.One of my (VERY, VERY EXTENDED) cousins, C, was there.Pulling up a chair and swinging into it, next to her, was Chris Hemsworth.They were obviously friends. They joked and bantered ... he playfully pretended to give a chomp to her Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-75129175060871519252017-05-24T09:32:00.002-07:002017-05-24T09:32:47.662-07:00Review - Daisy VoxBox from Influenster** DISCLAIMER: I received a box of free samples to review from Influenster. The products were all complimentary. The opinions are honest and sincere, since you cannot buy my integrity.**
Okay, with that disclaimer out of the way, let's get on to reviewing swag!
DA BOX OF FREEBIES
Open Sesame!
The lineup
You can't tell the players without a program!
THE REVIEWS
Always Infinity Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-51698474116289317022017-05-22T08:24:00.001-07:002017-05-22T08:24:06.936-07:00Layers upon Layers of TEH CRAZEE in today's serving of Crazy Dream Chronicles™So, since my dream was SO full of the craziness, Imma just going to do bullet points.(It's not like anything is going to make much sense, anyways. Let's just look at the facets on this brilliant cut jewel of CRAZY.)
Michael bought a camper trailer. It was ... in serious need of repairs.(Though, irl, his dad often will buy things to fix up. Or he'll "redesign" a plan ... hence the toolhouse he Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11196203.post-42500061367852006492017-04-26T08:05:00.001-07:002017-04-26T08:05:24.115-07:00Second helping of those Crazy Dream Chronicles™So, since I've been awake for a little, I'm losing some of the details ... but here's the gist:There was one part in where there were ants. LOTS of ANTS. And I was tracing where they were coming from. They were crawling up a bookshelf (like one that Michael's made for me in our house), but the setup of the house was more like my mom's house (my childhood home). I was debating on getting a spray Allannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16141462207809108100noreply@blogger.com0