And Another Question Please

To continue with the blog tag/meme from the other day, I will answer Melissa's (from Complimentary Chocolate) questions from part of the tag.

Here I go..............................

1. If there was anyone you could meet in person, who would it be and why?
Well, the first person that popped in my head was Brad Pitt. I've had liked him as an actor (and he's HOT) for sometime now, so it would be nice to sit down and chat with him over a cup of tea/coffee. Also, I couldn't think of anyone else that I'd like to meet under pressure.

2. If you could find out when you would die, or how would you die, which one would you pick?
I would say, how I would die.

3. And why?
I would chose to know how I would die rather then knowing when so I would know ahead of time if its peaceful or not so I could come to terms with the situation first.

4. Is there something that lingers in your head that you did that was embarrassing or just something you regretted you can't seem to get out of your head for good?
I can't reveal my most embarrassing event in my life, but I will share an embarrassing situation that repeats in my head on occasion.
I played high school football. At one of the games, as the whole team was running out on the field I tripped and fell on the big paper banner that the team runs through while the cheerleaders hold it up. Stupid thing! So, once-in-awhile I just shake my head when that glimpse of embarrassment pops up in my head.

5. What is the one thing you could not live without? (materialistic)
My computer. I can't imagine not having one around. Its such a great resource for information from the Internet, information gathering/storing and just fun.

Nice & Relaxed

I indulged in a treat for myself the other evening. I went for a prenatal massage. Oh, it was lovely.

I have a bad back and since my belly is getting larger, its been causing my entire right side to flair up and cause even more discomfort. The "new" pain can come and go daily ranging from my shoulder blade area all the way down to my hip (and sometime cause my leg to feel numb or its about to fall asleep but without the tingling).

So, it was time to find some relief. I tried to make an appointment a couple of weeks ago, but the two people at the spa who perform the prenatal massage were booked solid for the day. So I took what ever the next available appointment was available which was for this past Tuesday evening.

While the massage was performed, I could feel where the tension spots were located (other then my new troubled areas were), but as she worked the muscled, relief came. It was so relaxing and worth it.

The bed was soft and warm (they have heated beds). The lights were dim, soft music played in the background with a small water fountain splashing in the corner. The message started on my right side (my back and legs), then I flipped over for the left side (back and legs) and finally I was on my back so she could work on my neck area.

When I left the spa the other night, I was pain free and warm. It was the best thing I could have treated myself too these days. I've already made another appointment for the end of next month. I can't wait!

Questions of the Day

The lovely Cherish had a blog tag/meme posted a little while ago that contained certain questions just for her. If we wanted to play along, she would then think of specific questions for the new people playing to answer. Well, here are the new questions that she chose for her contestants-

1. If you could be stuck at any age for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?
I like the age I'm at right now, 29. I'm not in my 30's yet, but I'm not in my early 20's where I really didn't know what I wanted out of life or what direction I was heading into.

2. What county would you never want to live in?
Anywhere where its colder then where I am now, Massachusetts. I wouldn't want to move anywhere where winter takes over longer then it does here. As it is, the warm months don't stick around that long here!

3. What would be the least amount of money you would have to win before you gave some away?
Well that depends. If I had enough to pay off my bills, buy a house and put a little away for a rainy day, I would then start to give some to family (close family, not the scattered extended ones). Would that qualify as giving it away? If giving to a charity of some sort, then maybe after $900,000. Since my needs, then my family needs come first.

4. If you could know for sure when and how you were going to die, would you want to find out?
I guess I would like to know so I could take care of business, have some fun stuff and say goodbye to my loved ones before the deed is done.

5. If you could spend a day with someone who has died, who would it be?
My grandma Dorothy. I never got to say that I loved her or goodbye the day she passed away. She left us in the middle of the night and we didn't even know she was in the hospital until we got the dreaded phone call. I'd love to sit down with her and chat one last time since it'll be 13 years this summer since she passed on.

Well, I hope I did good answering the questions. Also, Melissa from Complimentary Chocolate participated in question/answer tag if you'd like to see her answers.

But if you want play along, here are my questions for you..........

1. If you could re-live a certain moment in your life, what would it be?
2. If money was no object, what would you do with your time as a volunteer?
3. If you could own an exotic animal with no limitations, what would it be and why?
4. If you could live a day as the opposite sex, what would you do and why?
5. If you could see into the future, would you?

Thankful Thursday

I've slacked a little on the Thankful Thursdays. Its not that I'm not thankful for things, its just I appreciate the same things in life over and over. I'd feel funny repeating the same list every week. So, I'm going to create a list for this week with a food theme. I usually don't get a chance to state how thankful I am for certain things I eat.

1. Granola Bars. Its such a quick and simple was to make the hunger pains go away.
2. Orange Juice (with no pulp). It healthy and so far I have experienced leg cramps twice during the night. Could it be the potassium I consume daily? Maybe!?
3. Fresh Fruit. Yummy! Yeah, those jars of canned fruit with the syrup are ok, but nothing beats a shiny, juicy red apple.
4. Lobster/Crab/Shrimp/Scallops. Um, these are all tied and I love the taste of each one equally. I couldn't just list one and leave the others off. It just wouldn't be fair.
5. Chocolate. I've always loved this one, but now-a-days, its just seems to taste so much better then pre-pregnancy. Its heaven to me.
   

Wordless Weds - Oh, I wish!!

Zachary

Zack's a great kid. He's loving, caring and smart. He just has a big hurdle in life he needs to bound over and its his mom. His mother has full influence on him now with him being 10 hours away from us. It doesn't help that we only see him every few months which cuts down on the bonding with his father.

The poor kid is inheriting his mothers phobias and personalities. He doesn't have the best of both worlds, he just has his mother's world. His mother thinks she has full control of Zack and does not include his father in any decisions (medically, socially or for education). Jeff doesn't find things out until she has arranged situations or we receive a bill. The one big example is how she packed Zack up and moved him to VA. We didn't know she was moving him out of state until after the house was bought, school was picked and all the excuses in the world were made up. We only found out as a matter-of-fact type of conversation while Jeff was meeting with Zack's therapist (yeah, a therapist) and his mom.

With Zack being so far away, its hard to get updates. Jeff tries to talk with him weekly, but either she doesn't answer the phone or Zack is distracted during the phone calls by TV, video games, visitors or anything else that could be though of to get in the way of Jeff & Zack talking.

But, what we know of he's still doing good in school. We won't get his report card until the next visit. He likes his Wii he got for Christmas. He's getting back into watching American Idol. He's having lots of fun with friends and staying out of trouble. Other then that, we don't know whats going on with him. I wish we received better updates for the little guy, but we'll take what we can get. We are looking forward to the next visit in Maryland at the end of Feb. Yeah!

Registration

We made it to Babies R Us this weekend to register for the baby shower. Wow, was that a lot of work, but it was worth it. I'm still tweaking a few things before it goes live for the invitees for the shower, but we did good.

The women who helped us gave us the ballpark number to reach to reach for the amount of gifts to register for compared to the amount of guests being invited. It seemed impossible at first, but towards the end, we did pretty well.

Some people don't like to register for gifts, but I look it as a guideline for the guests. Yeah, we may have put somethings on there that we said, hey if we get it great, but if not no big deal. Of course there are some items we really hope to get, but we will wait and see.

Besides completing the registry, Jeff and I had a wonderful afternoon chatting about our future son. We chatted about our hopes and dreams for little Drew. Who knows if they will actually come true, but it was lovely to have the afternoon together and compare notes. One expample was we chatted about was if Drew was interested in sports, Jeff listed off which ones he can help him out with since he knows the rules & regs for them, but we also are open to other sports if he wants to try them and we will then learn those for him too.

Also, I asked if we would involve him in Boy Scouts. Jeff said if he wants too, but we will be camping with him so he'll learn a lot that way. I told Jeff, well maybe he wants to see if his father is BSing and wants to get the scoop from the experts. Jeff laughed and said, well I do that all the time, but yeah I know what you mean. You just assume certain things with your partner, but I appreciated it that we got things out in the open and knowing we are on the same page for a lot of things, we are that much closer to becoming a parental until together.

No matter what our little boy gets involved with (as long as its fun, healthy and good intentions involved) we will both be 100% behind him and that's good to know ahead of time.