Life with Glitter

Friday, July 4, 2014

~ June Favorites ~

People:

Frankie - Of course, he will always be on this list but he is just keeps surprising me. A year and half later he still brings me flowers, cupcakes, jewelry, candles, glitter, and of course cookies.

Jessica - I am so lucky. I have a friends that will bend over backwards for me. And Jessica is on top of that list. We are there for each other through everything. And trust me I do not take well to putting her down. Let that be known.

Flutterina (aka Eloise) - She stole my heart with one peeking look. My adoptive daughter means the world to me and though she has limitations sometimes we just take life by the handles and do what we want to do.

Hunter - Ummm yeah this girl? Excellent person who is very creative. She has been so great at giving me ideas for Eloise and helping me with my "problem" (don't freak that blog is coming up after this one.)

Odette - Last but not least. The best friend who has totally turned into a sex addict. But she is married and waited to be married so there you go. She makes me so proud with all that she does. Yep best friend there too.

And of course my Erin Condren Life Planner

Monday, June 30, 2014

Something I Learned Today

The following isn't always true but most of the time it is true.

Stop complaining! (story)

Once upon a time there was a little sparrow who, while flying south for the winter, froze solid and fell to the ground.
Then to make matters worst, a cow crapped on him. But the maneur was all warm and it defrosted him. So there he is warm and happy to be alive and he starts to sing.
A hungry cat comes along and clears off the maneur, then he looks at the little bird and he eats him.

The moral of the story is............

Everyone who craps on you is not necessarily your enemy.
And everyone who gets you out of crap is not necessarily your friend.

What's Happening With Me 6/29/14

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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Let Me Pencil You In

You Aren't Worth Enough For Pen.

I have had many planners over the years. There was the years when the school supplied a planner in junior high and I used it occasionally. The years in high school where I bought my own planner and it didn't work out.

Now I have found the perfect planner. I know the different ways to keep up with everything.

For work it has many advantages from me. I can keep track of when reports need to go out. Meetings can be planned out unless they are unexpected. Conferences with parents can be wrote down. Field trips that will take all day or that I need to dress a certain way for will be wrote down. Also seminars for the jobs as CEP credits.

For home life I can keep up with when I need to do deep cleaning of rooms, check fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, clean the dryer pipes, and clean the oven. When I need to rearrange furniture for special holidays. Also my new obsession (besides the planner) is getting organized. And also home projects like painting, or new pieces of furniture.

For Frankie, I can keep track of his medicines, when he has flare ups, when he has doctor appointments. I also can keep track of our date nights. And things we want to do together like different tastings and concerts. I also would love to keep track of his delivery days where I know it will just be me and Eloise since he will be out delivering. Who knows we may go with him a few times in the future!

For Eloise, of course I will keep up with everything EB related. Doctors appointments, medication, and bandages will all be on record. Keeping up track of more severe blisters in areas will also come in handy. Also for her I can keep track of milestones, first things and first things with us. Play dates I can also keep track of for her schedule. Also in my beautiful blue pen for her I can keep up activities in certain businesses for her. Like Barnes and Nobles has activities all the time for kids! Also any lessons Eloise takes.

For my fur babies I can easily keep track of appointments for them. Their birthdays, their grooming, their treatments, and their training. I love my dogs, they were my first babies so I have to keep them healthy too.

Meal planning will be a little different for my family. Our neighborhood has different dinner parties and we have friends invite us over all the time because they know Frankie and I aren't the best chefs or even cooks. I can however plan out Eloise's snacks and things of that nature.

For family things are more broad topic for the binder. I want to be able to have things written down like family portraits. Also family fun night where we do things together that isn't at home or we have a big fun night where everyone comes over and we play games and eat.

Social planning for me is quite simply I have things from my sorority. I volunteer a lot. I do things for church. Parties, showers, and teas of course are part of my schedule. Of course girls night out and in are going to be in there so we can celebrate!

Crafty things are new to me so I want to be able to write down a schedule for those types of things. For instance a list of projects I am working on that the products needs to be done by next week. Also different expos to go for scrapbooking and card making. Also keep track of certain sales and coupons too.

Pregnancy will come after November. I can keep track of appointments, symptoms, and different classes. I know there are a lot of support groups and I can write down their meeting times. Even after pregnancies I can get stickers for the baby's milestones!

Besides beauty sleep which I don't need a reminder about I know I will have to keep track of beauty appointments. From hair, nails, and waxings I can write them down and be extra happy that I remembered them and show up on time!

If you haven't already noticed, I am blogging more and more. I am starting to make sure I blog at least four to five times a week and sometimes more. I can just get a really wild and crazy hair and just blog sometimes. But I will keep ideas in my planner. Also our city does a blog meet up for the people who are serious about their blogging. I also hope to attend blogging seminars in the future and I can always write those ideas down.

Health is my last thing for me. I love to run and exercise (yes I am one of those people. Don't worry I didn't used to be one of those people.) I want to keep up with hydration, vitamins, how many miles I run each day or week. Also I can keep track of doctor's appointments, dentist appointments, dermatologist appointments, psychologist appointments (Though I am about to cancel her.), and gynecologist appointments.

Wedding is actually going to be a separate planner. I am just really anal about my wedding and there for I just can't bring myself to jot dot things in a planner I keep everything in but I will put a nice big sticker or paper block and write wedding over that square as a reminder!

Homeschooling will also have it's own planner. I am not doing the homeschooling. Frankie is doing the schooling. We have purchased a separate planner from Plum Paper Design in Atlanta, GA. It is excellent looking!

I know I mentioned this in the home section of plans but organizing has become a huge part of what I want to do. Between FlyLady and OrganizedLikeJen my world seriously looks like a five year olds closet when mom says he has to have his room clean in 5 minutes. So I am taking a few steps back and figuring out what exactly I want to accomplish and how to make my life more filling with this planner.

I have a lot ideas I want to incorporate into my planner. Here are a few from different people.

Medication List Laminated Snap in Page - Frankie, Eloise, & myself.

Medication reminder stickers - These are for me.

Weekly Pregnancy Stickers - I cannot wait to use these!!!

25 Glitter shapes assorted pack - Just when I know I plan on sleeping for that time block.

Hand carved rubber stamp - Yorkie design - Dog grooming visits, food, and vet visits.

Best Friends genitals holding hands sticker - Possible nights of conception.

Cherry Mini Stamp - I will do a cherry layout one week.

Bow Mini Stamp mint rubber - I'm going to buy six of these.... For the Sexy Six.

Owl Mini Stamp Mint rubber - I love this!

Mini Telephone Rubber Stamp Old Phone - I love this! Love it love it!

Glitter Red Washi Tape - Looks pink to me but hey either way it's glitter and washi tape.

Glitter Blue Rhombus Washi Tape - So perfectly perfect glitter and diamonds.

Little One, Girl - 3 packs of mini stamps - I just love these!

Toddler in a Bath - For cute reminds about picking up bath items!

Miniature Cookies Paper Clips - OMG I LOVE THESE! So freaking dang cute and perfect

For Rectal Use Only' stickers. - Enema reminders and more.

tiny sticker for your schedule - I love these little things

Saturday, June 28, 2014

More Tea Please

I wanted more time with Eloise and I got it. Frankie was delivering furniture he had made over the week to their owners today. She was nursing as Frankie left this morning. She did want some solid food afterwards. We had mini banana pancake muffins. We watched PBJ Otter on YouTube. She really enjoyed it and so did I.

Eloise and I cleaned up a little and she was a huge help. I gave her a bath and brushed her hair. To the normal person this doesn't seem like a big deal. But to me it was huge because her skin is so delicate and I am still caution of what I am doing.

I boiled her new plastic tea set to make sure the germs were off of it. Then I dried hers. I got my set out from Teavana the Butterfly Cast Iron Teapot. I decided to have Black Dragon Pearls Black Tea. A favorite of mine. For her "tea" I poured some organic apple juice in t here. I made use the sandwiches above and also some lunch sandwiches too. We had a small picnic on our floating bed on the patio.

After having our small picnic on the patio we cuddled up for some reading, nursing and a nap. After that I made us both some more tea. Real for me and apple juice for her of course. We explored Aunt Odette's garden for a bit. Discovering that there are some butterflies which made me very excited.

I decided to make her a sensory bin. I look at what I had and discovered I had plenty of oats for making oatmeal; so in the box they went. I gave her two different sized cups and a spoon. It has now been two hours of nonstop play for her. She pours, scoops, moves, etc. I have been fascinated watching her.

I did move the box inside so I could start on making dinner and writing this blog. That hasn't hindered her at all. So for our first day alone, I believe it has been amazing.

Disney Days, Day 2: I Want Much More Than This Provincial Life.

Clutching a book and having people stare at how odd she was, I felt like I had found my soul mate best friend, in Belle.

She loved to read. She read books over and over like I did. People frighten me when they claim they love a book so much yet they never reread it. What scares me even more is when someone doesn't read or claims that manga is reading. It makes me wonder about the future.

I have been there with Belle dealing with Gaston. The ones that feel like you are some sort of trophy that they deserve. It's aggravating especially since people push you towards those people telling you how great you would be together.

And we wished for the same things:

My parents had my life set up for me and I walked away from it. I wanted adventure and excitement! That's exactly what I have now. Just like Belle found Adam. It makes my heart swell looking around.

I grew up to be Belle.

Milk on the Go

A month ago Frankie and I discussed what rooms to turn into a playroom and nursery. Three weeks ago I was planning to have children next year. Two weeks ago my heart found my child. This week? I hold my daughter in my arms.

True, life comes with unexpected turns. But most of all? My daughter is breastfed. I haven't had milk in my breasts for five years since I had my own daughter.

I began research and listening to doctors about breastfeeding. My fiance, Frankie, and I did a lot of talking to family members and friends about breastfeeding. Many of our friends and family are breastfeeding or have. I went to my mother who breastfed but also is a retired pediatrician. She helped me get my head together and also start.

Massages and suctions on a schedule were how I started. I pretty much was reading about the condition my daughter has while I was massaging my breasts. My mom ordered me domperidone from New Zealand, I believe. I have not really been on that. I have been working with herbs and vitamins and that is working just fine at the moment building up my breasts. I also have a zStarter Supplemental Nursing System, Supplemental Nursing System™ (SNS™) and Symphony® Breastpump.

Push and shove things started happening and I have Eloise already. She nurses when she first wakes up, lunch and at night. I make very, very little milk at this point in time and she is on donated breast milk. I have had several people tell me to put her on formula but a very low formula. We may try that at lunch in the near future until my milk comes in fully.

The only problems we have faced so far have been easily fixable. One problem was sliding the supplemental tubing in her mouth while she is latched onto me. We got over that one real quick. She became used to it faster than I thought she would. With her having EB nutrients are a big deal and breast milk has a lot of benefits for her over formula. The second problem was my back. I didn't really want to use a nursing pillow. We were given one as a gift so I used it and it does help. What I had to learn quickly was that I cannot just sit however I like. I must elevate my feet to nurse comfortably for me and her.

I love SNS system but I believe in the future while my milk is coming that I will use Lact Aid. It's a lot like it the SNS system except it's not as uncomfortable. The SNS isn't exactly uncomfortable it's just bulky bottle there. The other is a high grade bag full with the same tubes as the SNS.

What matters is that my daughter gets the nutrients she deserves. I love breastfeeding her. And as for Frankie's bonding time with her. He bonds with her while she is nursing too! When I asked him how this was the response, "I get to hold you and give you support. And as I have my head resting against yours I can stroke her cheek and see the love between our little family." Another reason why I love him.

We are planning on trying to conceive as soon as we are married in November. I am sure then I will have plenty of breast milk for all the children I have.

Friday, July 4, 2014

~ June Favorites ~

People:

Eyes:

Lips:

Face:

Body (Pamper & Wash):

Hair:

Tan:

Glitter:

Tools: