samiannie's Momaroo

Friday, March 06, 2009

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:55:08 GMT

Hello there everyone. I know I haven't been around the past couple of months, but you'll have to forgive me. I have come to the realizations as of late that I am struggling with a very serious round of depression. I am not in danger of hurting myself, but I haven't felt this way in about 10 years. It's really crazy and annoying, but things haven't been easy. I hate feeling the way I have been and can't stand not having the confidence that I used to.

On a completely different note, Jonathan just turned 1 year on Wednesday! His birthday party is tomorrow here at home. I'm really getting excited about it...and his gift from my husband and me. We are in the process of making him a growth chart! It's really cool, and I'm happy with how it's turning out. It's got his name down the side and will have a sail boat, a small ship, a car driving on a bridge and an airplane! It's so cool...and what is really great is that it's not costing us anything! YEAH!!!

For those who pray, I do ask that you keep me in your prayers as despite the excitement with tomorrow, I'm still struggling inside. I pray for each day to be a good day, but it's very rare if it happens at all. I really appreciate it!

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:50:35 GMT

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

From my family to yours, we pray that you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:13:32 GMT

We are finally home! I'm so happy about that. We got in yesterday afternoon...we were supposed to come in on Monday night, but that didn't happen. Oh well. It's not the end of the world. If I've got the energy, I'll write more later, but as of right now, I'm nursing a bum knee (I went to deplane and I turned but my knee didn't), and dealing with a little bit of jet lag...I hope that everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving!

Monday, November 24, 2008

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:30:40 GMT

Here's the list of things to get done before tomorrow morning at 5 am:

Pack for 3 people
Clean house
Finish my in-law's Christmas gift
Take care of my son
Get out of the house by 2:45 to catch the bus to the last day of CYT
Stop by the office on the way to the bus stop to tell them not to worry about me not coming to get a package until next week
Set up Christmas so that it's done for when we get back.

And most importantly...

Not go crazy

Anyone want to help with this madness? Sigh...it's too bad we all live so far apart.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:40:40 GMT

So...I've got so much to do before we leave for Phoenix. I'm leaving Tuesday and my husband is leaving Wednesday. We're going to be having so much fun with flying standby. I get to travel with Jonathan by myself...it's going to be a blast. (or not). We're heading down for Thanksgiving and for my brother in law's wedding two days later. I'm excited to see family...especially my in laws as they are coming in for this. It'll be their first time meeting Jonathan!

Well...back to the grind.

Productive

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:04:03 GMT

I have had quite a productive morning. I'm actually quite pleased with myself for doing what I have this morning around the house. It's a cool feeling. The other fun thing going on in my house this week is the fact that my husband and I have been detoxing our bodies. We are starting to make changes to become healthier, and this is the first step. Yeah for only having 3 days left of this. I can't wait to sink my teeth into bread again...I'm very much looking forward to it.

I do have to say, I have learned quite a bit already...and am excited about learning more! Time to go make my lunchtime salad!

Friday, October 31, 2008

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:20:26 GMT

Jonathan is strep free! Thank goodness. His ped did give him a prescription to help him with his cough and nasally stuff...thankfully he's starting to feel better. Now to get us both healthy and keep us all healthy for the the winter.

Happy Halloween!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:12:40 GMT

It's official, I have strep. I'm taking Jonathan to see his doctor in just over an hour...of course with the help of my mom. Thank goodness she has today off...this could be a nightmare of buses if it wasn't the case. He's not been feeling too good from what I can tell...but yet, he's a happy baby. I'm blessed to say the least with him.

I'll update on how the ped appointment went after.

Hi there!

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:12:30 GMT

I realized today that it's been a while since I've posted anything. So, here we go...and update on what's been happening around here.

I'm not feeling too good currently. My throat has been so sore and I have almost no energy. On top of me being sick, my son has an awful runny nose that is massively affecting his ability to breathe well. I'm quite grateful though that he can breathe through his mouth. I've been trying to help him out with it by giving him the tiniest amount of children's benedryl. It help him to breathe easier and get some rest so that he can enjoy playing. I know that some will not agree with me on my choice, but so far it's helping him out, which is important.

I'm excited that my business with Lia Sophia is taking off because of the upcoming holiday season. This is definately my busy time...and I love it. I'm excited to get my check on Monday...from 3 shows, I've made over $500! So I treated myself in my success. I got my hair highlighted and a new stroller for my son. I'll take a moment to throw this out there for anyone who would be interested in getting jewelry for friends or family members for Christmas. You can go to my website www.liasophia.com/samanthagabhart and take a peek at the catalog. If you are interested in anything, you can click on how to purchase, enter my name: Samantha Gabhart, and purchse online. I will have things sent directly to you! Lia Sophia also has a great special always going on...this month's is one of my favorite...Buy 2 items at regular price, get 1 at 50% off (which is the MOST expemsive) plus up to 3 necklaces at 50% off as well. What I love about this company is that everything comes with a lifetime guarentee! So, if you don't like something, simply send it back for something else...no questions asked!

Ok...I'm really excited about the stroller we just got. I had an umbrella stroller. It was alright, but it hurt my back quite a bit because of how low the handles were. So I was wanting to replace it with something that's a bit friendlier to my back and something that folded up small...and easily. Since I take the bus to go anywhere during the day, this was very important to me. We just had a Babies R Us/Toys R Us super store open up this last weekend, and so we went for a visit. The inital objective was not to get a stroller, but to let my husband play with the car seat that I had done research on and found to be the best for my criteria. I had played with it already at another BRU, so it was his turn. Wow...I was happy to see that he liked it as much as I did...and that our son likes it too! If anyone is interested in getting a copy of the research that I did, let me know.

So after we played with the car seats, I went over to the strollers to play, which is something that you just have to do in BRU...play with the merchandise...and then put it back when you are done. What was great is that my husband, although correctly concerned about our finances, understood that not killing our backs would in the end cost less than investing in a new stoller, let me get one! We got the Combi Helio. It's awesome. It lays flatter than most and collapes down with ease. It also folds into 3...which rocks...and the coolest part....it's got a shoulder strap! I love that. Neeedless to say, it's going to make things much easier for bus rides and when we travel over thanksgiving! The price wasn't too bad either, which made me happy.

Well, I've got to run...That's just a little bit of an update on what's going on here. Hopefully it won't be as long until my next update!

Another Mom poll...I really need input this time.

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:14:37 GMT

Ok...so instead of having a hypothetical situation, I'm going to throw out there a real situation that I'm dealing with currently. I really would like your input as I am pretty well ticked off at this point.

Here we go.

I work for an organization once a week teaching the beginning drama class. My son has to come with me because as of right now, there is no one to watch him. Once I get to the location where I teach, the Area Coordinator's daughter takes my son so that I can hopefully teach uninterrupted. Monday is week 5 of 10. The past couple of weeks, my son's caregiver has had him the entire time as she said that she could watch him for the entire time, rather than just the first couple of minutes. That has now been overturned by her mom and my husband has to be there to pick him up asap after he gets off of work. (This isn't the biggest issue, we can work with this).

The AC in an email to me has called my child disruptive because he fusses while I teach because he wants me. (For goodness sake...he's only 7 months old). She has brought the issue up with the office, and has found out that no children of teachers are allowed at any point at the location unless they are in class. With that being said, the office has instructed her to find a replacement for me immediately if I can not get the issue resolved, and that I am not to teach until it has been. Since we had already had a previous agreement, she is letting me finish out the semester and not finding a replacement for now. As for other sessions, I had already committed to teaching. She isn't even giving me the chance to find someone to watch my son. She has already pretty much replaced me. She did say that if I am able to find someone to let her know, but I can not be guaranteed my position as a teacher because we all go from semester to semester.

What would you do in this situation?