ER Visit

Last night I got yet another migraine (it’s been over a month since my last one!!) that was very intense, went to the ER, they sent me up to Labor and Delivery considering I am 32 weeks now. It was over an hour before I was given any meds however the on call doctor was amazing. She was an older woman and was simply great. The nurse however, not so much, I’ve had her before and she always acts shocked, “you’re circ’ing right?” OF COURSE NOT! *cue shocked look*. Anyway, I was given two drugs, the first, had a bit of a reaction to it (started having involuntary jitters), the second was generally effective. They did a quick ultrasound, baby is heads down! That’s right! The baby is positioned normally! Great news for my VBAC wanting self! Ok I am going to lay down and rest some more.

Tiger

One of our cats, Tiger (female), passed away today.

She was very ill and had cancer and we knew it was just a matter of time. We had planned on taking her to the local shelter next week to be put down, but we actually feel better that she passed away in a home where she was cared for and loved rather then at the shelter by artificial means.

Keith is taking it decently well, he is actually surprised that he hasn’t completely broken down.

I figure it’s because we’ve had time to adjust to her being sick, we both knew it was going to happen soon, and we had planned on taking her to be put down next week so we had time to mentally adjust to not having her around as well.

Daniel is worried that our other cat is going to be lonely and is processing this news as best as he can.

Why Pre-made?

A quick pondering, especially for those that use WordPress, why would you choose to use a pre-made WP theme instead of creating a design yourself? On the flip side, why would you NOT use a pre-made design? I’ve been thinking about this lately when going through blogs I read, I see the exact same theme more than 3x, it’s a touch odd to me. Love to get your point of view!

Favorite Social Network

Out of curiosity, what’s your favorite social network and why? I really do prefer Twitter, because it’s quick, it’s easy, and if I need one, I can get a response to a question or support in general fairly quickly. Doesn’t feel like I’m speaking to the void so much. I also added this as a poll on the sidebar.

Redesign: Watercolor

Well as you can see here (if you regularly visit) I have yet again, done a complete redesign of OSN (if reading via RSS please check it out!), I’ve sort of called this design “Watercolor” for what I hope, are obvious reasons.

I mainly wanted something a bit less boxy in appearance with brighter coloring. I’ve also changed/moved/added some things as well!

I recently registered with Google Voice and got my number which is (520) 344‑0537. I chose a Tucson area code for nostalgia purposes really, who cares if I live in Illinois now! So you can use that number to contact me if you so choose.

For kicks I got my boyfriend to join twitter, you can follow him @banditrun1, eventually I want to get him into blogging too, but as it is, he’s unsure of what to do with twitter.

If you notice any issues please let me know, via the comments or all the other ways to get ahold of me.

A list of changes with this redesign:

• new photo page that displays all of my flickr photos (thumbnails) in order from most to least recent
• recent comments area on the sidebar, currently displaying three
• changed the twitter display to show one tweet only, also added a permalink to the tweet itself
• on all entries added a TweetMeme button so y’all can retweet the entry URL, only wish the coloring was customizable
• on the snippet entries, changed the location of the comment link, it’s now beside the title
• in the header, displaying the amount of twitter followers and RSS subscribers
• added a 1px dotted border around the avatars on the comments page
• slightly updated the about page with personal details and a contact form
• added more links

Onto other things, I am only 5 1/2 weeks away from my due date. It’s so weird to think about really. I’m curious if he will be early, on time, or late. My twin sister was just shy of a week late with her daughter and my oldest was born via c-section due to being a footling transverse breech. I’m trying to stay positive that my VBAC will be successful! We’ve decided to name this little one Tristan Skye Vincent. Part of me feels weird that at this current time, I won’t be sharing a last name with either of my sons (the plural still freaks me out!). I wish that my oldest didn’t have the last name that he does via his biological father. Hopefully I can fix that soon!

We are so very excited, this year we will be homeschooling my oldest son for the 2^nd grade. Due to the awful experiences with public school (since day one of kindergarten actually), combined with my son’s learning style, we’ve found this to be the best choice. As it is, he seems happier, more eager to learn, and actually wants to write now! We are leaning towards doing a slightly structured approach, I did look into unschooling, but it didn’t fit what we are wanting to do. I would appreciate any support, suggestions, website links, blogs, etc!

Well I suppose that’s it for now, hopefully this will help me curb my redesign OSN constantly urge! One can only hope right?

New OSN Forum: Nocturnal

When I verbalized my frustration of not finding a message board that I felt “myself” at, I had a lot of people suggest I create my own. So I would like you to check out Nocturnal. I am using bbPress (same company as wordpress) for the backend. Feel free to join and participate, I don’t have “post limits” or any strict rules (I figure everyone can behave). Any thoughts, comments, suggestions, would be appreciated!

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My ramblings about college, marriage, and everyday life!

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My personal website. Regularly updated blog and lots of photos.

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Home to a wannabe housewife’s personal blog, trying her best to figure out how to be a domestic goddess while being a full-time uni student