Teatopia

Big Update! Lots of pics!

I know it's long, but I hope you'll read everything. :-)

Hope I remember everything I wanted to blog about. It's been a busy weekend and I'm a little brain dead.

I called James this afternoon while I was at Wal-m@rt to ask him if he needed anything, and he said he couldn't check because he was waiting on the police.

THE POLICE?!?

Crap! I figured it was something with a neighbor because I've already had to call the police twice in the last few months to come to our once nice, peaceful neighborhood. We had a bunch of teens down the street who were partying and driving drunk. I was outside playing with Olivia in the front yard and they swerved into my yard and tossed beer cans in it. In the day time!!! Then the next night same thing, so I called again.

Anyway, I was right. The drunk redneck rebel flag loving neighbbor down the street was shooting his gun off in his yard. James was out trimming the hedges and said it was so loud! That's all I need with Olivia playing in the yard. A drunk man shooting a gun across the street. Makes me so mad. We live in a nice house and now the neighborhood is going down hill because of several houses that rent to total trash. They arrested him and took him to jail where belongs!!!

On a happier note, I made a yummy dinner Saturday night: ham and broccoli quiche and an apple oatmeal crumble. Very fall-ish I'd say. Yum!

On Friday, I got some unpleasant news. I left a doctor's appt in tears. You know, we're still in the middle of this whole lawsuit mess from the accident when I was pregnant. An MRI last year showed damage in several places and lately, things like leaning over to bathe Olivia cause me a lot of pain. This coming Friday, I have to have a procedure in the hospital. They're going to sedate me and inject dye in each vertabre and then do x-rays to see each disc more closely. Wish me luck. I'm nervous and scared I'll feel all those big needles since I won't be totally under. I'm sure I'll be quite sore the rest of the day. :-( Then we'll go from there. Surgery is a possibility, although a last resort in my opinion. I'm scared of the pain getting worse over the years, and since some of what's wrong is arthritis, it probably will, but I don't want back surgery. I've heard horror stories.

Get this: Apparently, I am not allowed to listen to "my music" anymore when Olivia is in the car, which is always. If I turn on the radio or put in a CD, she screams, "NO!!! Pooh!" and yells until I put her CD in. If I have to listen to the Winnie the Pooh song one more time, I might just drive off a bridge. So if you see a woman with her hands over her ears and a toddler jammin' in the back seat, it's probably us. :-) Although I have to admit, hearing her sing along is precious!!!

This afternoon, Olivia went into the kitchen and yelled, "seep! seep!" We couldn't figure out what she wanted until James got the idea to give her the broom. She happily exclaimed "YES!!" and swept the whole kitchen. She kept telling us, "seep" as she swept. Too cute!!

On Saturday, I made the best discovery. As you know, I'm into natural, healthy living. I'd give my right leg for a Whole Foods like we had up north, but I've had to make do with our tiny locally owned health food store and buy the rest on occasional trips to Atlanta. Well, on Saturday, I discovered a grocery store downtown that is packed with gourmet everything and a crap load of natural products. I found cleaning stuff, chlorine free diapers (for when we use disposables), new brands of Organic baby food (because yes, she still eats some), recycled paper products, cheaper Organic milk. I could go on and on. They even had a whole aisle for Indian food and another section for Paula Deen stuff. I think I'm going to look forward to grocery shopping each week now!

Today was a special day too. After church and Mexican food, James came home to take a nap (he's been working so hard on projects around the house) and to work outside and Olivia and I hit the new Babies 'R Us (this town is sooo growing on me!) We browsed an outdoor mall and stopped in various stores. I found a Halloween onesie for Olivia at Old Navy that says "Daddy's Little Pumpkin" and then we went to Barnes and Noble where we shared a sugar cookie and played in the kids section, which is one of her favorite things to do now. She loves the stage. My little ham! :-)

Check out her shoes. They're hard to see, so here's a bigger picture. Love these! I get so many compliments on them.

I'll leave you with some seriously big bedtime bootie! This is cloth for night time-- a Fuzzi Bunz diaper with a mighty nighty hemp liner inside and then this incredible awesome pink wool cover to keep any leaks contained. Seriously, if anyone is interested in cloth or just curious about it because you think I'm totally nuts, ask away! I'm planning on devoting a blog entry to cloth soon because I love it so much.

Nighty night!

Posted by Hannah at September 16, 2007 11:44 PM