Katie didn't tag me but I'm doing it anyway

I Have been tagged...
A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the question about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. What was I doing ten years ago? In 1998?
I was married to my ex, working at MarcLink doing data entry, about to start selling Mary Kay but never became terribly successful at it, and pretty much hating life.

2. Five things on my to-do list today:
Work
Clean
Pack
Play with kiddo
dump more baking soda and vinegar down the slow-running drain in our tub

3. What snacks do I enjoy...
chees-its (i used to hate them... weird, huh?) (i like them too, and fruit snacks)
cheetos, although i try to avoid them
girl scout cookies
chips and salsa
pretzels

4. What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire?
buy a big house with a big yard, pay off the folks' houses, buy new cars, quit my job, tell hubby to quit his, go see my grampa and other family, travel to hawaii and other destinations (as long as hubby can go -- he's not a citizen yet, so not sure that he can leave the country), and invest

5. Three bad habits...
getting distracted while i'm supposed to be working
not cleaning my house
not exercising

6. Five Places where I lived:
Various places in Utah County, UT (including American Fork, Cedar Hills, Pleasant Grove, Orem, Provo, Springville, Mapleton, and Spanish Fork ... gosh that's almost the whole flipping county ...)
Richmond, VA
Hillsboro, OR
Tigard, OR

7. Five jobs I have had...
Cashier at Fred Meyer, then later worked in the play place
Service driver at Rick Warner Toyota/Honda, then later cashier
Private tutor
Piano teacher
Medical transcription (the last 5 years and currently)

8. Five things people don't know about me:
*I may seem nice, but in my head I'm often thinking mean things ... even at church
*My middle name is Fatoush, which means "salad."
*I almost cut my second date with hubby short because I was getting bored, and I didn't want to go out with him again. Then he hit me in the boob with a shrimp tail and the rest is history.
*In high school and college, I played a lot of solos on the oboe with the band and orchestra and would rather have passed out from lack of oxygen than ruin a phrase by breathing in the middle.
*I've broken both legs more than once.

Tagging: I hate tagging, but if you read it, you must do it. :P

Wooooo! I have a sweet husband, even if he is a punk sometimes. after I had a meltdown yesterday, he cleaned the living room (wahoo!) and surprised me with these this morning. Love him lots anyway, but am so grateful for him cheering me up so well.

LOOK!!!

I had a bad day yesterday -- stressed about how messy my house has been, stressed about trying to sell it, stressed about moving while pregnant or, heaven forbid, after the baby comes ... I know it needs to be done, but I was really hoping Steph could buy the place. (I think she's getting a car instead, but it's cute!!!)

At any rate, I've been complaining about the mess, reminding hubby he said he'd help, asking for help, etc. Nothing happened. Well, his mom called to check on us yesterday and I told her I thought we were comign over on Sunday, and she said, "Oh, good! What do you want us to cook?" lol. I told hubby she'd said that and he said, "Tongan food! Octopus!" I told him I'd eat octopus if he helped clean the house. He got kind of upset and said that made him want to help less.

I went back to work, but very unfocused and distracted, and after my early shift ended yesterday, I just burst into tears. Hubby was like ... "What's wrong?" "I don't know." "Are you stressed about the house?" "Yes, but I'm trying not to be. And I'm trying not to be mean, but I know I am." So I went and laid down and cried some more and hid under a blanket (lol). A few minutes later, I heard him changing the dishwasher, and when I came out, he'd finished and was working on the living room. He actually got the living room cleaned up, and I worked on the bedroom while he was doing that. About an hour later, I hit my limit, but I got rid of two trash bags of stuff and put together two boxes of clothes for DI. There is still a LOT to be done, but I feel better. I'm going to try and tackle kiddo's room today.

At any rate, hubby was pretty grumpy about it, all things told, and I cried some more. "Please don't cry. When you cry for no reason it makes me crazy." lol. I made myself stop crying, and then he went to work and I went to bed after my late shift. When he came home this morning, he woke me up and gave me a kiss as usual then left the room, but I could tell something was up. Didn't know what. So I came out of the bedroom and gave him a hug and asked if he was upset with me. He said no and seemed okay, so I just went back to bed. He came in an hour or so later and woke me up again, and we cuddled for a bit. Kiddo woke up and came in to say hi and have prayer, and then I got up. Came in my office, and LOOOOK! what he'd put on my office chair! Now I know why he was being weird: He was being sneaky! He wrote me a very sweet note, too. I cried again and went back in the bedroom and said thanks. He knew why I was crying that time, so it didn't freak him out so much. Hormones. Crying. Wooo.

I gotta get started or it's never going to get done. Have a happy Hump Day!

Yay! Heart is beating strong and steady -- Dr. Cutie got the cutest grin on his face when he found the heartbeat. He had to look for a minute -- my flab and baby hiding. But it was there, strong, loud.

We scheduled the big ultrasound for 4/4. Kiddo wants to come, and we may just check her out of school for it.

18 weeks 1 day!

I know -- the belly is ginormous. I've still only gained 6 pounds, 4 of which I lost while I was so sick, but they've found me again! That's okay -- baby is growing and happy.

I'll update again this afternoon after my OB appt.

GIRL TIME!

Never underestimate the power of the girl.

Went to the temple with Steph and Prism. Had to rent a tent to wear since my temple dress would not do up around the baby. Stopped at the distribution center, talked to Hyz on the phone for a minute (thanks again for thinking of me!), and then they dropped me off and ran an errand (theBoy). Then they picked me up and we grabbed kiddo from school.

Late lunch at Rumbi Island, followed by HOURS of SHOPPING!! (and I totally wore the wrong shoes).

We started at Old Navy, and I got some cute stretchy T's that work with the belly, and a cute pair of maternity shorts. Thrilled about them. Got a couple of T's for kiddo, too, but she wanted EVERYTHING WE SAW. Oy. I only bought stuff that was on sale or clearance. Name of the game in my world these days. Steph got a couple of shirts and Prism got some uber cute jeans and a top. Next, off to Lane Bryant. Picked up 3 bras on clearance and used Steph's gift cheque, so they were el cheapo (thank you!!!) and Prism got a few more items of apparel -- cute capris and fun tops. Kiddo played in the bras and panties section while I was trying to find some, and decided it was a big girl store. She still wanted *something* so Prism volunteered to walk her to Ross to find a purse (the ones at LB were $20 on clearance. I don't think so). Turns out, there was a purse I *needed* at Ross, too, and we got something for Small Fry to maybe ship with her Easter stuff if her mother ever gets back to me on a shipping address ...

Steph and Prism picked up the car while we were in line to pay, and then we walked over to Best Buy to look for a keyboard. Hubby and I decided just to get a new one since the old one had some sticky keys (like SHIFT). It was $65 and online at RadioShack, the same one was $55. So we went over there. My feet were killing me, so I kept taking off my heels. RadioShack didn't have them in-store. We left -- I was really done, but Steph said, "Why don't we call circuit city?" So she gave me the number and i called. They had them in stock. On sale. For $40!!! She also gave me a gift card to help pay (Thanks again -- I totally owe you), and she picked up The Office. lol

By this time, 4 hours had passed since lunch, and we were all hungry again. So we drove up to our place and stopped at Wienerschnitzel after a debate on where to go (not aided in the least by kiddo insisting on places the rest of us didn't want to go to -- until we said Wienerschnitzel). Stopped there, called hubby when we were on our way in, and he was just leaving for work. He wasn't going to be late, so I begged him to stay until we got home so I could give him a hug and a kiss (I kinda missed him ... okay, I missed him a lot). He said okay, and we went in and picked up food. Got home, he ran down the stairs, Prism and Steph went up and we had a little family prayer and hugs (and a smooch after kiddo left), and then he went to work. Steph helped me get my new keyboard hooked up as we ate our grease-fest, and then we brought up all the shopping stuff ... and she reminded me downstairs to write her a check for the LB stuff, which completely slipped my mind when we actually got upstairs where the checkbook was. Derf. (I did write it out and will mail it tomorrow).

MAN, I hope the tax return really gets deposited tomorrow ...

THANK HEAVEN for the new keyboard. I typed faster and furiouser and got some good work done, but I am beat and my feet are screaming, so I'm going to bed. Hubby is supposed to take kiddo to the school in the a.m. for "Dads and Donuts," so if they are kind, I may get to sleep in a bit before working. I have 20 hours left to work this week, so I'll be putting in 10-hour days the next two, which will be so much easier to do with the keyboard that doesn't suck. Thanks for being persistent Steph, and thanks Prism and Kiddo for getting dragged all over creation for the shop-a-thon.

On another note, thanks to everyone who called/wrote about ocmputer parts (spare monitors and connectors). We will get the monitor thing figured out, but need a flat screen at the moment. That's why we're holding off and not worrying about it right this minute. We have plenty of the other kind of monitors and may end up taking it in my office and making room on my big desk for the other computer. We just have yet to figure it out and have had a lot of other stuff going on lately. So since he's gone to work, I'm quickly typing this up on his computer ...

Until the next time i can snag a few minutes on this thing ...

Man, my blog is boring

Kiddo had a "play" tonight -- they did an abbreviated version of the Wizard of Oz but added dance numbers and stuff to get ALL of the third graders on the stage. It actually was done pretty well, and the teachers joined in, too. Kiddo's wore bunny ears and a pink tutu. We all laughed. The scarecrow did backflips across the stage, which I don't remember happening in the movie.

Work at the new job is pretty good. Need to get some done tonight, but was starving so I ate first. AND I needed to catch up on some blogs -- after I disassembled the old computer, I realized I can't check any blogs on my new work computer ... and the monitor on my PC died, so I have to fight hubby for HIS computer. There's a reason he got a second computer for his birthday last year -- he doesn't share well. We need a new monitor for the other PC so kiddo and I can use the other one sometimes. And the printer and camera are hooked to it and stuff ... so ... yeah. I also either have to buy a new ergonomic keyboard with a USB plug for the work comp OR get an adapter. We're pretty broke though since we were both out of work for a week or so. The keyboard they sent isn't ergo and the keys are super stiff, so it's killing me to type on it. Have to figure out something and soon. AND, I'll get to the bag tag once I get the computer mess figured out. I'm afraid mine is more boring than Steph's, Kip's, or Ehu's.

Aside from all of that, not much is going on. Hubby and I are both doing a lot better, although I had the weirdest migraine ever today. Started with a bit of pain in the morning and afternoon, and after I came home from the dress rehearsal, I was chilling on the couch reading Hairy Pooter 7 and some of the letters started to disappear. The visual auras (sparkly visual disturbances) really get in the way, but tip me off that I need meds to ward off worse pain especially since I can't have a shot in the butt right now. So I popped a tramadol the neurologist gave me and a couple of Tylenol. A couple hours later, the pain hadn't gotten too bad (in fact, it had lessened), but the skin on my left hand and left side of my face got all numb and tingly. Usually when that happens, I am in excruciating pain and just have to go to bed. The pain never hit so much, thankfully, so I was able to go to the play with hubby and kiddo.

And just in case you didn't know, I'm a good speller.

I Scored a 100%!