Frustration

Disclaimer: This post is more of a rant so if you don't feel like hearing me complain, you should just move on.

First, our house was hit pretty hard with the yucky stomach virus. Owen started Thursday night by throwing up for 3 straight hours. After that he struggled with diarrhea for the next two days. Saturday morning Jeremy woke up with a stomach ache and by lunch time, he was full blown into the stomach bug. Because I was at work, my mom took care of Owen. Sadly, this caused her to contract the bug as well. She was out of commission all of Sunday. This virus is no joke. Jeremy has lost close to 8 lbs. While I want to lose weight, I do not want this bug. Luckily I have managed to stay healthy. Thank you preschool for helping to build my immune system up.

We thought we were finally over it, then Owen wakes up at 5 this morning throwing up again. He has had two runny diapers again. I called the doctor, and the nurse said you can get it again. I hope this is just a random incident and he is not getting it again. GRRRRRRR!

Second, Owen has gotten in trouble at preschool now for biting. Yesterday he bit all 3 of his friends in his MMO class. The teacher said he is not doing it out of meaness; he isn't trying to take a toy or no one has done anything to him. The teacher said he is happy the whole time, but now his friends are scared of him. I'm frustrated because I don't know what to do. He doesn't bite us at home and I'm not in there when he bites. Tomorrow I am going to be the room with him to see if I can figure out a solution. If we don't get this under control, he'll be asked to leave, therefore I lose my job. Please pray that we can solve this quickly.

Last the on-going frustration is Owen's development. He still is not walking on his own and he is only saying about 3 words. He will walk while holding onto your hand, but he has to be in the right mood. He is very stubborn and if he doesn't want to do it, he'll sit down and refuse to move. I'm frustrated because I don't know how to make him do it. I have used everyone's suggestions and it doesn't seem to help.

Ok thanks for listening......I just needed to vent.

Grammar lesson

While I don't claim to be a great grammarian, I do know a few things. As discussed before, I hate the misuse of apostrophes. (Evidently I'm not the only one!) Over the last week I have seen so many misuses that I want to scream. Therefore it is time for an apostrophe lesson!

Apostrophes are used to show possession like: Shannon's son Owen. It is not used to talk about a collective group of people like: the Piners. I have seen many people lately use an apostrophe to talk about their family, putting an apostrophe between the last letter of their name and the S. DON'T DO IT...IT IS NOT RIGHT!!

Ok sorry for that rant...it is just a pet peeve of mine!

4th time a charm?

We moved to Nashville on Nov. 1st, almost 3 weeks ago. Before we moved, Jeremy called the internet company to set up time for them to come install internet. The company said they could come on Monday, the 3rd. They come that Monday (late of course) and realize that we are the only house on the street that was not wired to the cable box on the street. (Our internet comes through the cable company.) Evidentally the couple who lived here before had never had cable but instead used a satelitte. They said they had to bury a cable then they could come back and install.

The company called us and said they could bury it the following Thursday the 13th, a whole 10 days later. We were aggreviated to say the least. Luckily though, I got on the computer and realized I had a signal as one of our neighbors had not locked their internet. This would allow me to stay connected to the world until ours could get hooked up.

The 13th arrives and the cable guy shows up and they haven't buried the cable so he leaves. The company calls and apologizes and says that someone will come on Tuesday, 18th to bury the cable and they would come back later that evening to install. Tuesday comes, no one comes to bury the cable but the technician comes to install. Leaving having done nothing. Needless to say we are hot. We are ready to say forget about it but they volunteer to take some money off of our bill and promise to be there tomorrow.

Wednesday (yesterday) the people finally come to bury and today they are supposed to come install. It is now the 20th...17 days after the original installation date. It is ridiculous! I could have gone and buried the cable by now. They get away with this kind of stuff because they are the only company who provides internet here. RAHHH!!!

Yeah, Yay, Ya....

My friend Jaime posted this and because I know so many people who mess this up I thought I would repost it here. (I am relieved to know that I was using the words correctly!)

Yeah - pronounced ye-uh as in yes"Hey Jen, are you going to with us to the mall."- girl a; "Yeah, I’ll go"- girl b

Yay - rhymes with and is a synomym of hooray. It’s used in cases of excitement. "Did I tell you I won an ipod?" - girl a; "No! Oh that is exciting. Yay!" - girl b

Yah - is also an expersion of agreement but there is no excitement."Hey are you ready to go" - girl a; "yah" - girl b

Ya - means you"How are ya?"

Yea - is a very old-fashioned formal way of saying “yes,” used mainly in voting. It’s the opposite of—and rhymes with—“nay.”"All in favor say yea, all opposed nay."

From http://www.genpink.com/yeah-yay-yah-ya/

What would it be like to...

• live in a place where you couldn't say the name of Jesus out loud?
• live in a place where you couldn't worship God?
• have never sinned?
• never have to plan another lesson for my 3rd graders?
• never stress over money again?
• to go to work every day and enjoy it?
• to not be tired?
• to never compare yourself with your peers?
• to feel secure in who you are?
• to be fully content in where the Lord has you?

These are just some of the questions I've pondered lately.