I got to attend my prenatal visit at The Farm with a giant swollen bump on my face from a spider or something! It was swelling and itching and I even had itchy red eyes for part of the day. Add that to the giant cold sore on my lip and I was a walking […]
We toured The Farm and are super pleased!
Well, we visited The Farm on Saturday and were super pleased with our midwife Pamela. It was pouring the whole way from Indiana to Tennessee and the drive was long but we made it safely in one piece and were super glad we decided to take the trip. Pamela spent over 2 hours with us […]
Weekly Winners January 4th -11th 2009
Here is this weeks Weekly Winners post, as with last week all photos were captured using my new Kodak CD1013. Enjoy Here is our newest addition to the family, Gabby. She is a tortoiseshell/ tabby mix and was posing for the camera in the bathroom just for you! I love her eyes. Here is another […]
We love to travel (even though it is always insanity) and can't wait to get away this weekend!
After spending most of the morning cleaning like a mad woman I think it is time for a nap! One of N’s coworkers is watching over the house and the pets while we go to our prenatal appointment at The Farm so I wanted to have the house clean, you know since an outsider would […]
16 week prenatal exam was today!
We were up and off to the OBGYN early this morning for the usual listen to the baby’s heartbeat and ask questions appointment which is almost completely pointless by the way. If we had the little heartbeat machine at home the doctors appointments wouldn’t even be necessary. That is how helpful the doc is! My […]
Prenatal appointments, huge zits and freezing rain fill my brain.
This week I have not one but two prenatal appointments scheduled. I am now in my 15th week of pregnancy (yippie!) and will be meeting Pamela @ The Farm this weekend. We are also seeing the OBGYN on Thursday morning for our 3rd prenatal appointment. N is anticipating the prenatal appointments because he gets anxious […]
Home buying fun in Evansville, IN- sellers are still greedy even when screwed!
Remember all the times I have talked about trying to buy a home on this blog? Well we are still living the first time home buyer saga. Over the weekend we looked at a place here that was a possible option for us, we met a Realtor that was overly eager to make her money […]
I am 4 months pregnant and trying to eat better, it is hard!
I know you are all probably sick and tired of reading about my desires to birth at The Farm so I just wanted to mention a few things then I am on to discuss other things. I found a study posted here that takes an interesting look at Farm births versus hospital births, also there […]
Weekly Winners – December 29th – January 4th
This is the first attempt at Weekly Winners that I have made on this blog. All photos were captured using my new Kodak CD1013 that refuses to turn on when I need it. These Weekly Winners aren’t stunning examples of mad photography skills like the shots Lotus takes. Mine are just stunning glimpses of day […]
Taking the next step towards birthing at The Farm
After talking right through the New Years Eve countdown N agreed that we would make the trip down to The Farm in TN and take the next step towards planning our birth there. The financial aspects of our situation really bother me and they are the only reason why we would choose not to birth […]
Munching cat poo "cookies" is gross!
I am not sure what is so appetizing about eating cat poo piles from the cat box but our dog is totally addicted to it. It worries me because cat litter can’t be good for a dogs digestive tract plus the process of eating cat poo somehow results in the poo and litter being strewn […]
Evansville Indiana Alternative Birthing Options & Research personal stories pictures say 1000 words pregnancy
Still trying to find somewhere near southern Indiana to deliver my baby…
This week we found out that CPM (certified professional midwives) are not covered via N’s employer plan. Blue Cross Blue Shield does cover midwives in other plans but for the specific plan elected by N’s employer they are not included… Bummer This reminds me of how we felt discovering that same sex domestic partnerships are […]
I am a blog slacker thanks to the new Wii.
Today (actually, since it is 1:43am on 12/30 technically I am referring to yesterday) was the 3rd day of N’s 4day weekend. We try to spend as much of the off time together as possible since his work week schedule leaves us little “fun” time. Anywho, we busted out the new Wii and have been […]
Trying to get good at the new Wii is hard!
For those of us old school video game children getting used to the newest and greatest video game systems is hard stuff. On Christmas night after N got off work we sat down and started playing the new Wii for the first time. Actually, N got to play Wii at a holiday party earlier this […]
I'll show you mine if you show me yours (your fridge silly!)
I am easily amused as many of you already know. My idea of good to share info has always caught people off guard (Sorry McGramps for making you blush with the pubic hair mention!), I am an odd one but it keeps people on their toes… Keeping with the oddness I decided to snap this […]
The day after Christmas, the aftermath.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Our holiday went well, it was celebrated at odd times as usual but we had a blast anyway! All you really need is to be together right? So, N came home from work late X-mas eve (11pm) and we proceeded to bake cookies and frost them. I […]
The 12 Days of Christmas, Talina and N's style
Okay, now sing it with me just to ring in the holiday spirit: On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me A garage cat with some fleas. On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Two broken cars (poor Nissan and Amigo!) And a garage cat with […]
Christmas Eve = Baking Madness!
Since we’ll be grocery shopping and baking like mad on Christmas Eve I am pre-writing this blog post. Thankfully I am over the car drama stressing thanks to my therapeutic cinnamon roll baking and my ever fluctuating hormone levels. Once again I am making about 7 pans of Oowey, gooey, heaven in a pan, cinnamon […]
Still no snow and crappy car trouble…
The plan was to go out and pick up a few food items that were still needed for holiday baking and dinner, we were going to do this before N headed off to work this morning. This week our only car, the 1991 Isuzu Amigo, yeah the one I just spent $300 on a new […]
Getting the holiday ducks in a row and not looking like a hobo anymore!
Last night the temperature got down to 8 degrees here in Evansville, right now it is about 20 degrees and I am inches from my space heater trying to keep warm. Can you believe there are only a few days left until Christmas? We managed to get lots of stuff taken care of this weekend […]