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Okay, so I didn’t try hard enough

by Marilyn on October 17, 2007

I’m pretty sure my doctor said I had “antibody E” or somesuch when I spoke on the phone with her.  And the temptation provided too rich because I found myself, not ten minutes ago, Googling (or rather, Blingo-ing) “antibody e”.  And.. well, hmm.  Here is what I found.  This is the part that caught my eye in particular:

The baby must be followed closely with specialized tests to watch for signs of hemolytic anemia. Most likely, your doctor will order additional ultrasounds and perhaps amniocentesis to check the amniotic fluid for signs of hemolytic anemia. If the baby begins to show signs of hemolytic anemia, certain treatment options are available. In some cases, the baby may be given a blood transfusion while still in your uterus. In other situations, the baby may be delivered earlier than the original due date so that it can receive necessary medical treatment in the nursery.

Uhm, NO!  Oh hells naw.   Especially the whole “amniocentesis” part, thought I’m no too fond of the whole “transfusion while still in your uterus” part either.  Actually, you know, the whole thing kinda sucks and is making me feel more than a little panicky at the moment.

Oh and it would appear the most likely reason this whole thing cropped up in the first place is LIAM.  Chances are, he gave me the antibody.  Sweet of him, no?  Way to break the mold after yourself, kid.

(of course chances are things are going to be just fine as this isn’t a particularly threatening antibody to have. BUT STILL.)

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The Ramblings of a Sleep Deprived Mind

by Marilyn on September 25, 2007

Wow. Last night was the worst of all. My child is stubbornly rigid about his routines and last night was no different. Kile put him to bed, since I was out at the grocery store with my mother in law. As such, he forgot to give our mad teether a dose of motrin before putting him down. I can hear all you moms out there groaning along with me. This child doesn’t do teeth one or two at a time. Ho no. No, he’s putting through SIX right now. And four of those are molars. So putting a child like that to bed without motrin should be a punishable offense, right? At least, the offending party should be made to get up with said child when he inevitably wakes up in the middle of the night, miserable. Right? Wrong, apparently. Liam woke, cried and then dozed off again continually for several hours after we went to bed until just before 2 am he decided that he wasn’t going to doze back off again. So I got up with him. I had to wait for the motrin to kick in before going back to bed so I was up for a while. I got to see at least one full episode of “Angel” on TNT though, if that tells you anything. He cried off and on for the rest of the night as well, but slept better.

Meanwhile, I’m still struggling with the suddenly unbearably uncomfortable bed and getting restful sleep on it is getting to be pretty laughable. It seems no matter where or how I lay, there’s always something sharp or angled poking into me, be it my own arm or the bed itself. I’ve said before that this mattress sucks, but it’s never sucked this bad. I don’t know how I’m going to make it through the rest of this pregnancy, I really don’t.

Some yahoo took a wrong turn onto our cul de sac this morning, right after Kile’s alarm went off (so it was probably about 6:30, I’m guessing). I’m guessing he through the street actually connected to something at the other end because he tore up and then seemed surprised when the road, you know, ENDED. He laid on the breaks, spun the wheel, squealed the tires and ended up plowing through the rocks in our neighbor across the street’s landscaping. Niiiice. Tell me that didn’t just about give me a freaking heart attack. We totally need one of those “Not a Through Street” signs, I don’t know why we don’t have one.

So “Halo 3″ comes out today. I’m pretty depressed about this. We lack both the game (duh) and an Xbox360 (pretty important if you want to play it, of course). Meanwhile, I’m dying to know how the story ends. It’s almost like with “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” (but not quite). I’m so tempted to look up spoilers online (I know there are some out there) but have resisted so far. Mostly. Okay, I did read that review that the San Jose Mercury News did, but it didn’t really reveal anything. I don’t know when I’ll get to play it, but I’m hoping I won’t have to wait too long. Considering the price of an Xbox360, I’m not going to hold my breath.

Hey, I upgraded WordPress last night. Can’t tell, can you? That’s okay. I can hardly tell myself. There’s some nifty new features, such as integrated tagging. But I’m so lazy, I don’t know if I can keep up tagging. I’m giving it a shot for this post, at least. It also has some more advanced visual editor quicklinks, which I’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting for. Also kinda dig the update notifications on the plugins, since I am currently running about a billion of them and it can be hard to keep track of them all. Other than that? Nothing too groundbreaking. When are they going to release a WordPress that will just type my posts for me? That would rock.

I don’t know if I’m going to get a nap this morning or not. Liam is once again in the closet, snoozing away (or so I believe since all is quiet on the baby monitor). But I’m afraid to go up there for fear of waking him. Seriously, last night traumatized me. Even so, I’m about dead on my feet here and if I don’t get a nap I’m afraid of what will happen.  Someone might just get eaten.

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A meme I just created and wanted to share with you

by Marilyn on August 24, 2007

OR A meme that in no way at all did I steal from All & Sundry’s Q&A session

The rules to this meme are simple and easy. Simply fire up your TIVO/DVR and check the listing of what you have recorded there. Copy that listing down without editing out the embarrassing shows you don’t want to admit you watch. If you’d like, also copy down the listing of your “season passes” or what other shows you are set to record or watch or what have you.

My listing only includes movies. Mostly these are movies I’ve recorded during premium movie channel free preview weekends because we are far too cheap to actually subscribe to any of them. Some are recorded during Comedy Central’s “Uncut and Unedited” showings late at night as well. Some I hope to keep on the DVR for, well, ever. Some we’ll watch a few times and delete.

  • Click
  • Talladega Nights: Ballad of Ricky Bobby
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
  • Sky High
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  • An Officer and a Gentleman
  • Curious George
  • The Paper
  • License to Drive
  • War of the Worlds
  • Walk the Line
  • The Dukes of Hazzard
  • You’ve Got Mail
  • The Lake House
  • Madagascar
  • Innerspace
  • King Kong
  • The Life of David Gale
  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • The Polar Express
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • Crimson Tide
  • Notting Hill
  • Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events
  • So I Married an Axe Murderer
  • The Mask of Zorro
  • The Stepford Wives
  • The Green Mile
  • Kill Bill Vol. 1
  • Kill Bill Vol. 2
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • The Sweetest Thing

Whew! I need to actually go through and prune it quite a bit since we are in the midst of a Starz free preview weekend and I don’t want to miss any goodness. :) Now, as for what we have set to record or autotune (which means the channel will automatically change but it will not record):

  • The Universe (autotune) - Harry is way into this right now
  • Lost (autotune)
  • Oprah Winfrey (autotune) - But I find myself not watching it much anymore.
  • News 4 Today (autotune) - So the channel is on the right news when we get up in the morning
  • Desperate Housewives (record)
  • Deadliest Catch (autotune)
  • America’s Funniest Home Videos (autotune) - It’s set to change only for the newest episodes
  • Heroes (autotune)
  • The Simpsons (autotune) - This is on daily at 6pm in syndication and we’ve been watching it for years
  • MLG Pro Circuit (record)
  • House (autotune)
  • 24 (record)
  • How I Met Your Mother (autotune)
  • American Idol (autotune)
  • Scrubs (autotune)
  • 30 Rock (autotune)
  • My Name is Earl (autotune)
  • The Office (autotune)
  • The Amazing Race (autotune)
  • Planet Earth (record) - Probably needs to be deleted as the show isn’t on anymore
  • Hell’s Kitchen (autotune)
  • The 4400 (record)
  • Ice Road Truckers (record)
  • Big Brother 8 (autotune)

And that is that! If you want to participate, just go ahead. Leave me a comment here so I can so see your answers. Don’t let me down here folks, this is the first time I’ve made a meme (even if it is a stolen one).

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Harry Potter Book 7 Podcast Part 5

by Marilyn on July 23, 2007

Okay, I’ve finished the book.  And I’ve finished the final podcast.  And I’m feeling completely emotionally wrung out.  I love this book.  It was so good.  Anyhow, my thoughts are in the podcast which, as you can see, ran over by a few minutes (there was a LOT to talk about!).  Please, do NOT listen unless you’ve also finished the book.  And then I want you to email me right away and we can squee and giggle together, okay?

 
icon for podpress  Harry Potter Book 7 Podcast - Chapters 28-end [10:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup
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Harry Potter Book 7 Podcast Part 4

by Marilyn on July 23, 2007

Whoops, recorded this earlier and forgot to post it.  How like me.   Anyhow, here’s my account of chapters 22 - 27.  Some juicy stuff there, that’s for sure!  I’m getting into the grand finale stuff here so I don’t expect to do another podcast until I’ve finished the book.  Wish me luck! (Again, don’t listen if you haven’t read through chapter 27 as I mention several large spoilers in my podcast!)

 
icon for podpress  Harry Potter Book 7 Podcast - Chapters 22-27 [4:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup
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