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August 7, 2007 at 5:53 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

The next two weeks will be the longest of my life. My boss is out of town and I have NOTHING to do. I’ve been googling things, surfing sites, I even went to simpsonize me and created myself as a simpson’s character and then ordered my simpson’s face on an apron….. but I am about to take a nose-dive into my keyboard.

I have no real topic of conversation right now so I will discuss one of my favorite shows “Big Love”.. seriously the show rocks. I didn’t get into it at first, but am now addicted. How one man can handle three wives is beyond me. I feel bad for my husband and he only has me to deal with.

A Jewish Mystic Rabbi told my mother the other week that I have a husband of gold but that I should stop screaming at him. How funny- and he hasn’t even met us!?

My mother had asked for a blessing for her children. She had asked for me first (which is rare- it’s usually her golden boy that she discusses first). The Rabbi looked at her, asked for my name and went on to say that G-D should bless me and my two. Yes- he said two…. he had no indication that I was pregnant, let alone having twins. Scary stuff. Then he went ahead and said the nice things about my husband. I thought that was pretty cool.. it’s nice to know I have a great husband from a mystic. Oh… then my mother asked him what the sexes of the children are.. he said one of each. I guess we will see whether the man is on the ball this Thursday.

My husband seems to think we made some sort of agreement about naming our children. I have liked the name Soleil for a girl for years. I don’t care if that’s punky brewster’s name. I think it has a nice sound to it and kind of rolls off the tongue. He didn’t like it at first, but has kind of given in. Plus, it goes with our theme.. yes we have a theme. My name means water in Hebrew- my husband’s name means lightning in Hebrew. So our theme is nature apparently. Now, with the addition of Soleil (which means sun in french) it’s hard to stray from the general theme of things. I digress.

So if we have one of each, we have our daughter’s name but not our son’s. As I was trying to find a name yesterday, my husband proceeds to inform me that we had made an agreement that if we had one of each, I would choose a name and he would choose the other. I made NO SUCH
AGREEMENT! I think he’s making this up but thinks its fact. I mean, that wouldn’t be a huge problem, if he would actually bring some names to the table- but he hasn’t. He said when it’s time, he will. What does that mean? When its time to type up the birth certificate? When the child will start pre-school? I need time in advance! The man is out of his mind.

I have been taking Flintstones vitamins for a few weeks now- 10 million strong and growing…

My doctor said I need to take vitamins- it doesn’t matter which kind since the babies take what vitamins they need from me and leave me with nothing. They taste nothing like I remember as a child. I used to pop them like candy.

G-D I want pickles.

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Suddely Monday

August 6, 2007 at 2:51 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

OK I just had to laugh!

I have been at work now for 2 hours (not including one hour commute via subway). You would think that I would notice that I had a curler wedged in the front part of my bra… but I didn’t. Wow, this pregnancy thing is making me very absent minded!

Imagine my surprise as I sit by my computer and pull out a curler with it’s pin- from my bra! Seriously that’s funny!

I had a nice weekend. On Saturday I went to a co-workers BBQ. I had never been to her home before and it was nice to see some people that I work with outside of the company setting. My hubby came along and we had a nice time. Since she lives by an ikea (which we don’t) we decided to stop by and get two more floor lamps for our apt (our apt is on a strange corner so we don’t get too much sunlight – you can imagine our electricity bills -$180 this month!). But of course, you can never just buy one thing at ikea. So I bought 4 large 13 gallon plastic storage boxes with lids. I needed them so badly! My closet is overflowing with clothing. I have clothes that are now way too small bec of the ivf and pg naturally, and large clothes from my “larger days” that are still good and may be useful once I give birth. I could not see my closet floor. Now I packed away all the clothes in their appropriate boxes and my closet finally looks great! Very exciting- it’s the little things in life!

Oh- and last week my husband decided he wanted to try and quit smoking. YEAHY!!!!! You have no idea how happy I am. No idea.

My dear husband has been smoking since he was 13 years old. The funny thing is, the first time I ever tried a cigarette I was 13 years old- and he gave me one! I did this to look cool in front of him at the time because I was so crushing on him. Thank GD I never developed a habit. I hate smoke and being around smokers. Of course, then I married one. I have tried talking to him about it but he has always said he would quit when he wanted to. Then I got pregnant and he still smoked- but rarely around me or in the house.

Last week he went to the dentist and the man scared him by saying that since my husband has gum disease, the smoking will only make it worse and he will lose ALL his teeth soon and much of his gums and will not be able to get dental implants if he wanted to! The man is only 27!

So I told him he should consider quitting and that I would run and buy him the patch (he tried it a year and a half ago and managed to only stop for 4 weeks only to restart again). He agreed- much to my surprise!

So it’s day 6 and he says its not too bad for him. He’s been chewing a lot of sugar free gum and although it is hard, he knows its worth it. I mean what will ever motivate him to stop smoking if it wont be the birth of our two babies? I really hope this lasts. Truly.

I also think Ive been so stressed about him GD forbid getting lung cancer because I just lost someone so important to me to cancer. Speaking of which my mother just got back from Israel yesterday morning (after being there for my grandmother’s funeral and passing). She brought back a few of my grandmother’s things for me. Although my grandmother’s heirlooms are still locked away ( my grandfather refuses to part with her items now) my mother and aunts took some of the items from her purse. My mother gave me a hand cream that my grandmother had that smelled like her, and her pocket mirror. I read an article that the community newspaper wrote about her and could not stop crying. Everyone loved her. And although I know that she is in a better place it still hurts to know that when I visit my grandparent’s home…. it will be empty… without her sense of humor and motherly care.

Anyway, my mother has confirmed (more or less) that she will be taking care of my babies when I return to work (GD willing). This is so exciting for me- now I can rest easy!

Other than that, all is well- but still trying to find a boy’s name. I don’t have one. This is getting realllllllllllly frustrating!

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Happy Friday!

August 3, 2007 at 4:51 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

So a few days ago I received an email to my yahoo account. The email was in Hebrew but I did not know the person, and it didn’t seem like it was addressed to me. I didn’t think it was a random coincidence, so I sent this person an email saying that he must have gotten the wrong email address. Now the thing is, my email address is pretty much my name (first than maiden last). He sent me an email back saying that there was another person with the same exact name as me but he forgot to type in the underscore between the first and last names.

I know that many pple in this world have the same name, but my name is very uncommon. I know for a fact that there is no one else in the US with my name (first and last).When I was 16 I lived in Israel for a year. My cousin who is a real computer genius had some sort of government software and could find things out about you by your name. So he typed in my name, and it seems as though there were two of me (me and another person with my name: first and last).. so I knew then that there was someone with the same name as me living in Israel.

Anyway, long story short- we even have the same email address except mine doesn’t have the underscore! So I forwarded the original email over to her explaining the situation and pretty much telling her that it was funny that we had the same name. Its been 3 days and Maya has not responded! I feel hurt, after all we share the same exact name (even same spelling in both Hebrew and English). I mean, I wonder how different our lives are or how similar they are because of our names. I would love to actually have some sort of communication with her. I wonder if she’s ignoring me and has no interest or just hasn’t checked her email yet.

I’m crazy, I know….

On another note, my father-in-law rocks!

I have always had a good relationship with the man. I mean I’ve known him since I was a little girl. When me and hubby started dating his dad was so great to me. My husband said that it was the first time his dad had actually liked one of his girlfriends as he disliked the two serious ones before me. It felt good to know that he knew I was the right one for his son (even though that meant that I would move him out of the country and away from his family). Anyway, in short- I love the man. He is a powerhouse.

He married his high school sweetheart (my m-i-l), had three kids with her and then she was killed in a car accident when he was 35. He had three kids to raise alone and it was tough. At first he made mistakes, he sent his two eldest sons (10, 12- hubby included) to boarding school and his 2 year old daughter lived with his mother (in the house below his). I guess he was just overwhelmed and wanted his kids to have some sort of structure. Anyway, he made amends, and his kids all grew up amazingly (even though hubby and brother had issues with school- both dropping out of h.s- they ended up going back to school- my husband in college as we speak ). His daughter is now almost 20, and she is the love of his life. He takes care of her like no other. He takes care of all his children and all of his siblings as well. He remarried to a woman who is by far a Dodo bird. She encompasses every aspect of the word. They had a daughter together, who is now 13.

Anyway, my f-i-l had a stroke 3 years ago. The day it happened I was in Israel and I was about to get on a flight to the US to have my second surgery to remove my right ovary/ cyst. It all kind of happened in one day and it was so overwhelming. No one knew if he was going to make it. The man prevailed. The left side of his body was thankfully NOT paralyzed and the only real effect of the stroke is his speech. Its not that he slurs, he pretty much says the wrong words for things (although in his mind he wants to say coffee- it doesn’t come out that way, he could say door) and when he says the wrong word he laughs. He laughs and makes those around him laugh.

So my mom called me today (she was in Israel for her mothers funeral etc… and is leaving tomorrow) and said that my father-in-law dropped by. He had given her an envelope to give to us. In it- $10,000.

Now you must understand something, 10g’s might not sound like a lot to some people, but the dollar in Israel is very different. People there make roughly 1-2 thousand dollars a month, rent is cheaper, but it would take them a long time to make that amount. The man does not work- he is on disability but he was smart enough before it happened to own his home, own some real estate (which he lets his brothers live in rent free) and had savings. So just the fact that other than the disability money, he has no other money actually coming in is crazy. He knew that we had some credit card debt (roughly $10,000) and wanted to close that for us so that we could prepare for our little arrivals.

We will def not make the same mistakes with our credit now. We will only use them in emergencies. I don’t want to live my life with debt. I know everyone has some, but credit card debt is unnecessary. Enough I have about $10,000 more in student loans- but that’s justified and wont ruin my life (like credit can).

Anyway, having people like him and so many other family members who are amazing, living so far away is just so hard on us. I am thankful for such amazing people in our lives.

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The Carnival is Coming to Town!

August 2, 2007 at 5:01 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

Sometimes I love working for a giant company.

Today we got an email at 10am that there would be a carnival on one of our floors starting at 11:30am. So me and a friend went downstairs early. They had hot dogs, cotton candy, games, caricature artists, and a fortune teller! HR does this from time to time for moral. It was fun.

First I got a caricature done. It was cute. He made me pregnant and spelt my name wrong.

Then I went to the tarot reader.. you know how much I love that stuff. She told me to choose a card. I chose the high priestess card and she said that meant I have psychic intuitiveness (which was right)… she spoke about my husband finding a job right after school, that the babies will be ok and healthy, and said that I am a great communicator and that I could be a good teacher (well, we all know I love to talk).

Anyway, I asked her if she knew what the sexes were. She said she doesn’t like answering that kind of stuff. I told her I felt it was one of each and she agreed. So, we’ll see….

I ate a beef hot dog which is NOT like me. I don’t eat beef. I smelt the hot dogs all around and just couldn’t resists. A pregnant woman always needs to eat what she craves or the baby will have a birthmark of that shape. I am living proof – with my huge falafel pita sandwich on my tummy (that my mom craved when she was pg with me- don’t ask).

My child as a hot dog:

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Hump Day

August 1, 2007 at 8:28 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

Prayers:

When will all these worries end?

I just read Stacie’s Blog and she is going through a hard time right now, not knowing if her twins are ok or not until she gets her amnio results back on Monday.

I don’t get it sometimes. We go through SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much to get pg, and the worrying just never ends. It never will- will it?

Please send her some love and support.

I don’t have too much going on right now. Life is pretty much the same…

Subway update:

I have been 3 for 3 this week: Mon- Wed people have offered me their seats on the subway, and most of the time they are men. Women just look at you and ignore. I mean, wouldn’t you think that it would be the other way around? Don’t these women remember being pregnant?

Media News:

In other news, Nicole Richie is pregnant, which means we are due at the same time. It’s funny how it “wasn’t planned”. Now she will be a pregnant woman in jail. These celeb kids need to learn. I hope she eats enough for that baby.

Should I wait?

I feel as though waiting another 8 days to see my babies and getting checked on is torture! It will be over 4 weeks since my last appointment. My appt is for 8/9 when my doctor is in and when my favorite sono lady is there :she is sweet and more thorough (than her bitchy counterpart) and will take her time finding out what the sexes are. So that’s a winning combination right there. Maybe worth the wait…. we’ll see. I am so impatient especially reading other’s blogs and worrying that I need to be checked asap.

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