Familiarize yourself with the Pain Scale....

So I found a link on Babycenter.com that led to Hyperbole and a Half and this blog has a whole new take on the Pain Scale. I've decided that I'm going to print out said new Pain Scale and take it to the hospital with me when I go into labor. It's great!!!!

Want want want....

I wanted to live in Japan for today... well earlier today I do believe. See on the 15th at 8pm (Japan time) there was or will be a total lunar eclipse but it can only be seen on that side of the Earth. Bummer right?? I was all excited and then =[ my face dropped. Hopefully the people on that side know how lucky they are, and take full advantage of this awesome experience.

This is just getting ridiculous!!!

Two Brown Recluse within 12 hours of each other. This morning I squished one right next to my water bottle then later when I got out of the shower I found one hanging from the ceiling. It was awful!! And they were big enough that I could plainly make out the fiddle on their backs. Poisonous spiders that big don't belong in my house.

The straw after the straw that broke the came's back...

A freaking baby black widow! Lucky for Corey I was awake when it came crawling up onto the bed... I squished the crap out of it!!!!! And it made me feel quite powerful! Mwahahahhaha!!! =]
So please keep us in your thoughts and hope + pray that we find a place before we have Gemma.

If I could tell my landlord where to stick it....

I love that Corey and I have our own place. It's just the right size for us, has large bedrooms, oh and have I mentioned the lovely smell of chemicals, or the spiders???

Our house had minor issues when we first moved in. The heater has a cracked radiator that leaks carbon monoxide (no worries we had the gas company come and shut it off and we have a carbon monoxide alarm), none of the 4x5 windows have locks on them (had to get pieces of wood to act as a stopper), when the washer drains all the soiled water goes into our sinks/toilet/tub, the kitchen floor is all ripped up, the bathroom floor crumbles away little by little and now we have actual sewage that comes up through the floor along with those terrible sewer gases, both of the doors weren't sealed right so we get large drafts through the house, and we have a large infestation of spiders.
It started with just a few big daddy long legs (no biggy Corey would squish those), then we came across a few dozen brown recluse, later we found hobo spiders, and just now I found a big funnel web spider on my bathroom ceiling.
Now I hate spiders very much, so much that I'd go as far as saying that I have slight arachnophobia. But I could deal with our arrangement. If I didn't see them they didn't get squished. If I saw them I immediately yelled for Corey and he would destroy them!!! =] This system was working quite well and for a while we thought we were gradually getting rid of them. Until a few weeks ago when we realized that for every one spider killed 3-4 would show up in it's place LITERALLY! All we could think was "What the crap is going on?"
We tried to find where they were coming from but we had no luck until the day we did all of Gemma's laundry. We had to get her little dresses out of the closet and that's when we found the nest. All the spiders had created a mass web structure and laid their eggs IN OUR BABY'S CLOSET!!! That was the last straw for us.
We are now looking for a place else where. There's no way I'm bringing my baby into this crumby house of horrors.

Tropical Fruit Smoothies!

 One of the best things about having my own place is the fact that I get a huge say in what is bought for groceries. Last time Corey and I had to buy groceries almost all the fruits and veggies were on sale so we stalked up! I guess it helped that I was in the mood for pineapple and coconut.
So today, after lunch of course, Corey said that ice cream sounded super delicious to him. But I wanted something healthy... so as most married couples we compromised!
We ended up making tropical fruit smoothies and they were delicious!!! =]
All you need is:
Vanilla ice cream
coconut
pineapple
banana
lime

The short story of a great giant.

 Once upon a time there was a giant who was beautiful in all different manners and who grew to be known as America. One day as the giant was sleeping some silly little men fell upon it's back, they saw the giant's beauty and knew that they wanted to live there. Later many little people came and brought their families to live and to grow alongside the giant. These people grew up and made a home with the giant but another giant grew jealous ,the two giants had a duel to see who would keep the little people. The first giant was rather small and inexperienced in the ways of a duel. The second giant was old and respected by all the other giants who knew of it's reputation, this giant was called England. After a very bloody duel the first giant was awarded the little people it loved so much. And the second giant went away licking it's wounds in frustration.

As the years went by the giant became bigger and mightier, it fought duels alongside other giants. Some duels the giant's side won and some it lost. After many years of peace and quite days the giant went to sleep. The little people went on with their lives and forgot about the perils of a duel until one day.....

A little ugly man who was cruel and evil came upon the sleeping giant and poked it, when the giant awoke the little ugly man went and hid under a rock. The giant searched night and day, it even sent out all manner of warriors out after it. Soon the giant grew sad and lost hope in finding the little ugly man, it thought it must be doing something wrong. So the giant elected a little frog to tell it what to do, the frog lied and made empty promises about how grand it could make the giant and how he would help all the little people. Some people saw through his lies but in the end he was elected. Over the years he had heavy chains made, he took these chains and wrapped them around the giant to make it powerless. The little people began to see what he was doing; the older people didn't much care because they would soon be dead, the middle aged people became angry and wanted to kick the frogs butt, the younger people became very concerned because they knew that they would have to free the giant.
    Some time after the giants warriors were out looking under rocks, and they found the little ugly man and they made him pay for all the trouble he had caused the giant and all the little people he had hurt. When the little people heard what had happened to the little man they were filled with joy and a sliver of hope was restored to their hearts. But then the frog went around telling all that could hear that he had taken care of the little man. But the little people were smart and they went around thanking any and all warriors that they happened to know. And for a time the little people were happy. The End.... for now