Friday Five 9.14.12

1) In case you've been MIA I had a miscarriage this week.  It was an early miscarriage (also refered to as a chemical pregnancy (c/p), but it doesn't make it any easier.  I can honestly say I was devastated, and I am not trying to be dramatic. But today was a much better day for me.  I didn't cry today.

2)Thursday was my sister in law's birthday.  I skipped the birthday dinner at her house and don't feel bad at all.  I won't feel bad because I did celebrate with her on Saturday, I still told her happy birthday, and I just can't be around her at the moment.  I love you Lisa, but seeing you at almost 37 weeks pregnant while I'm in the process of having a miscarriage wouldn't have been easy and I know you would understand.

3) I tried to paint our front door this week.  It had been faded from the sun and I thought a coat a paint would spruce it up.  It didn't.  The before was better than the after.  Had I put a second coat on it would help, but I ended up helping Lisa out on Tuesday because she was sick.  The other thing was that the door has this triangle pattern in it and it is not a smooth coat.

4) I am starting to really enjoy my job.  Not that I wasn't before, but getting into a routine helps.  Today when I was leaving A (who is 3) wanted to come out and wave goodbye and she tells me "I'm glad you came to my house."  Oh melts my heart.

5) Speaking of job's, I'm going to visit the kiddo's from the other job tomorrow.  It's been 2 weeks since I've seen them, which isn't a long time, but it's the longest I have gone without seeing them in 5+ years.

Friday Five August 31 (A day late)

Holy moly!  How is summer over?

1) I finished my job yesterday.  5+ years are over.  I got there and there were streamers and balloons, and the chocolate fountain and fruit and pancakes etc....  I also brought donuts and balloons which they loved; I knew they would!  I got a card from the kids and one from L& J and I cried when I read it.  It was the sweetest thing.  J wrote how I may be a Urban by name, but I will always be part of the (Their last name) family.   I luckily read it after or I would have cried even more.  I did cry there.  I was doing fine until L started to tear up, so naturally I did the same.

2) Today is my sister's 23rd birthday. Happy Birthday Ali!

3)  I finished my table that I was working on, and it looks great.  I don't have a pic or I would post it.

4) I hate it when people do a photo shoot with their kids and then post all 200 pics.  I'm not a parent yet, but even then I don't anticipate posting that many.  I may only post half.  Ha, but really they aren't much different.  And on a related vent I don't like it when people buy a fancy camera and think they are a fancy photographer all of a sudden.  Then they proceed to post all these shots which really aren't that great.

5) So I like to enter contests, and I've won some decent things, but I've really been having bad luck lately.  Granted I haven't been entering as many, but I usually get a win or two a week, and nothing this week.