Another Tag

The ones in bold are what I have done....

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie/commercial
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter -ha no... but I think my husband has a few times...
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

I tag anyone that reads this.

Another Mini Pregnancy Update

I will try to balance this with both the good and the bad, (I don't want everyone to think I hate being pregnant...;)

Good:

- I am at 16 weeks which brings me ever closer to actually having a baby.
- I have felt the baby move! Quite a bit, actually! Cliff got to feel him/her last night too! I had suspected that I might be feeling some movement a week or two ago but I thought that it was too early or that it was probably just gas or something but lately it has been for sure the baby and not anything else. It feels like a pop or a little nudge or squirm or something... kind of hard to explain and I have to be sitting or laying pretty still. Cliff said he thought that it felt like something flicked his hand lightly from inside me. :)
- I have the beginnings of a baby bump. I won't post pictures yet because I think only I can really see it but Cliff said he can sort of see it and can definitely feel it now.

Bad

- Uh... I'M STILL SICK!!! I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO NOT THROW UP EVER AGAIN!!!! I threw up both my lunch and dinner the other day and my dinner came up right in front of my neighbor when I was getting out of the car. Words cannot convey the misery that comes from vomiting every day and the doctors have already given me medication. Here are all of the things that I have tried (and believe me I have tried a lot of things)
-ginger (ginger ale, ginger snaps, ginger herbal tea, etc.)
-Vitamin B6 and Regelin (medication) The doctor doesn't want to give me anything stronger even though I have thrown up blood. They say that as long as I am hydrated that I am ok. Yeah... whatever their def. of O.K. is....
- eating small meals and always keeping something in my stomach. I wake up to crackers and I fall asleep to crackers. I am so sick of crackers. I have even tried eating crackers in the middle of the night when I wake up.
- Cold foods. This worked for a while like the sorbet. Then I threw it up. :(
- Drinking tons of water. I just throw up tons of water. Which isn't as bad as some things but come on!
- preggie pop drops. They tasted good but I don't think they did much. I still threw them up.
-I am still tired and achy and I have begun to have trouble sleeping ( I am a stomach sleeper)
- I still sort of fit into my normal clothes but they are beginning to be uncomfortable and I am way too small for the maternity pants that I bought. This is a predicament, any suggestions?


Ok I guess I will stop there for now because I was trying to BALANCE the good with the bad and I don't want to complain all of you away but life is just sort of the pits right now. I want to experience this "golden trimester" that everyone talks about. I'm thinking it must be a fantasy...

I did feel the baby move.... :/

Pregnancy update

Okay, so I throughout the pregnancy so far I really hadn't been craving anything. In fact, if anything just the IDEA of food made me want to hurl (and I often would,) but finally I have found something that I want almost all of the time. Haagen-Dazs Strawberry sorbet is really doing it for me. Actually cold cold COLD fruit in general. I am also addicted to these little Dole fruit cups but ONLY the pear kind. I tried a fruit cocktail cup and that was a no go. I am still getting sick at least once a day but that is a TON better than 5 or 6 or 10 times a day. The doctor prescribed Regelin for me and that has helped quite a bit. I am now at 14 weeks and supposedly this nausea stuff will go away pretty soon, but I'm not going to hold my breath!

In other news, I had another appt today and got to hear the baby's heart beat which is always fun. I guess that since I am not really showing at all it is fun to hear the heartbeat to know that there is really someone in there! I would put up belly shots but there really isn't anything to see yet. I think I have gained maybe... 2 lbs? At least I'm not losing weight anymore!!

Guam-o-ween part three (scroll down for more!)

We went for a "hike" on the Saturday that we were there in the wilderness of Guam... It wasn't much of a success and we all nearly died of heat exhaustion but we saw some beautiful views of the island.
One of said views. You can't see them in this picture but there were wild orchids growing all over the place and they were lovely.
Here is the view we had from the restaurant that we ate at after the hike. They had Greek food!!!! I didn't realize how much I had missed feta and tzaztiki!!
This was the view across the street from the restaurant. I felt like we were in the show 'Lost.'
All of the "hikers" went out for dinner that night. This was the restaurant in our hotel. Juliet and Michael (on the right) are stationed in Guam right now, so they were the tour guides.
Last night in Guam we took some more pictures of the beach.
I really really like that fan plant so I had to take a picture :)
Here we are in front of it.
Good bye beautiful beach!!
The day that we left, Cliff and I got massages!! This was our room :) Cliff's bed was behind me.

And here he is with our last fruity drink! 'Til next time, paradise!!

I'm bored

8 is great.

8 TV shows I watch:
-Pushing Daisies
-Dancing with the Stars
-Desperate Housewives
-Project Runway
-America's Next Top Model (I know.... shameless)
-I used to watch Buffy ALL THE TIME
-Arrested Development ... discontinued...
-Myth Busters?

8 favorite restaurants:
-Sweet Tomatoes!! I LOVE that place. Cliff and I used to have Friday night dates there just like all of the senior citizens... :)
-The Loop (great chain for gourmet pizzas and burgers in Jax)
-The Fish House in P-cola
- El Taco Veloz in Atlanta (REAL down and dirty Mexican) Hot Hot Hot!
-Zyka Indian restaurant in Decatur (GA) This should actually be at the top of my list. It is my absolute favorite place in the world and totally authentic according to all of Cliff's Indian friends from tech and the customers you see in there (all Indian or hippie)
-Saigon Cafe in Woodstock (Thai)
-KJ's Kitchen in Jax (soul food)
- I'll go ahead and say McGuire's in P-cola for Cliff. We do love our McGuire's.

8 things that happened yesterday:
- Threw up when I first woke up.
- Taught Sunday School and made my kids happy with treats :)
- Spoke Japanese to a friendly Japanese member who saved me a parking spot :) Arigato gozaimasu!
-Cried in Relief Society while talking about college?? I totally blame the pregnancy. I NEVER cry this much!!
-talked to Cliff on the phone and quoted "A Mighty Wind" with him. (They were watching it on the ship)
-actually updated my blog! I had been meaning to blog about Guam for quite some time.
-Had a delicious breakfast for dinner over at my good friend Crystal's house.
-Watched some Buffy with Crystal... ah Buffy :)

8 things I'm looking forward to:
-um... not throwing up anymore? Will it really happen?
-CLIFF COMING HOME!!!!!!!
-Thanksgiving and Christmas!
- The bazaar that is coming up at Zama. I want to get a step tansu!
- Finding out the gender of the bebe.
- Going to Cirque du Soleil on Christmas day at Tokyo Disney (how cool is that??)
- Decorating for Christmas
-sorry to repeat, but NOT BEING SICK ANYMORE!

8 things on my wish list:
-a healthy baby
- some new furniture (i.e. step tansu, desk, some comfortable chairs for the living room...)
- a new computer
-for Arrested Development to return to television...
-a weaker sense of smell
-to go to Thailand
-to go to Australia
-For Cliff to come home... now :)

8 things I love:
- Cliff :)
-my family
- the ocean/ beach
- usually I love cooking, but not so much right now...
-reading
-creating things, (sewing, drawing, painting)
-traveling
-going for walks

8 things I can't stand:
-the taste of bile. can anyone stand that?
-the way I smell right now... no matter what kind of shampoo or how many times I shower/bathe a day. Its just the smell of me right now. Did that happen to anyone else when they were 'with child?'
-the smell of Japan right now
- SPIDERS ugh
-waking up early... yeah I know I need to get used to that...
- people biting their nails... I know a lot of people do it... I just can't stand it.
- substitute teaching
-being away from my husband and family. I'm making it work, though :)


I tag... Katie, Stephanie, Sara, Loradona, and Jeanette

Happy Guam-o-ween part dos

Part of the pool. There were like three different waterfalls in the pool and it sort of wound around the hotel gardens in a swirly 'S' shape. I really enjoyed the pool because it was shady and sometimes you needed a break from the sun in the middle of the day. (Especially with my fair skin.)
The pool was right in front of the beach.
And again, here was the beach. We were in Tumon Bay so the water was pretty much always this calm and clear. A little further out there was a little bit of coral and seaweed and lots of fish so a lot of people would snorkel right off the beach.
This was also in front of our hotel at a little beach side grill where Cliff and I enjoyed fruity drinks while listening to 80's soft rock and contemporary tunes and gazed out upon the glassy perfection that was the water in Guam ;)
It doesn't get much better than this :) Cliff had the pink drink.
I want to go back.... right now.
Water slide at the pool.
Cliff standing by yet another waterfall at the pool.
This was right after Cliff first got in. I was soooo happy to see him. This is in the Hotel lobby.

It's a little late, but... Happy Guam-o-ween!!!

I had the opportunity to meet Cliff in port in Guam for a few days including Halloween, and even though I was still quite sick we had a BLAST! I didn't know much about Guam before going there but I learned a lot in the few short days that we had.
Guam is a tropical island in the pacific that is part of Micronesia. It is a very popular Japanese tourist destination because it is much less expensive than Hawaii and closer too! It is a U.S. territory, but because of all of the Japanese tourists and the local Chemorrans sp? (I'm probably going to be shot for spelling that wrong,) you get an interesting tri-cultural experience. Think exotic tropical island with both a Japanese and American twist. The beaches were absolutely gorgeous, though and we had a spectacular view from our balcony (or where I stayed with Chrissy until Cliff got in,) and our hotel/resort was right in the thick of things. The only downside to Guam, in my opinion, is you have to watch out for some of the massage parlors unless you want a "happy ending" and the island is a a little dingy in some areas because of the depressed economy, oh and it smells a little like Japan in some places but that is just me being ornery and pregnant...
This was the beach we went to
Another shot. Isn't that water gorgeous!?
From the balcony of the hotel room...
Inside the hotel room. Very soft bed, by the way. Chrissy and I flew in close to 3:00 am the first night so this bed was a dream come true.