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Meet Peanut

03
Feb 2012

I am going to be a grandma. I will turn 41 in August and could be a grandma by that time, or within a month anyway. The baby is due Sept. 5.

Being a grandma made me think of what I want to be called. There is already a Grandma Sherwood in our family, and a Grandma Denton plus Granny. This means I need to have an alternative name. I could follow Sheldon’s lead (from the Big Bang Theory) and be Me-Maw, but I don’t like Me-Maw.

I proclaim I will be called Nana.

And I want to introduce you to my grandchild, who I am currently calling Peanut because the baby looks like a peanut in this ultrasound:

I wasn’t able to go with my daughter, Autumn to the ultrasound because I was working. When I asked later, Autumn wasn’t sure which end was the head and which was the butt. The focus of this ultrasound was to confirm the due date and check the heartbeat. The due date was adjusted from Sept. 17 to Sept. 5, which makes it possible that the baby is born on Nana’s birthday. Hint. Hint. The heartbeat was 171.

The good news is the baby’s father was able to accompany Autumn to the appointment, which made me very happy. I was very worried about the ultrasound. We’ve known about the pregnancy for more than a month but had kept the news quiet “just in case.” My first 3 pregnancies were blighted ovums, and I was hoping Autumn wouldn’t have to deal with that emotional turmoil especially since I couldn’t be at the ultrasound appointment. I was relieved when she texted me to tell me the heartbeat.

I have been window shopping for baby things.

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Valentine’s Votes

02
Feb 2012

I am trying to decide what to wear to the ball. I have four choices right now, and I am asking for opinions. The dress on the right is purple not blue. The long dress also comes with a short black jacket, but I think that ends up being a bit too much black:

And before you decide, here are the dresses from the side. I took pictures from the back too, but I’m not going to put those up.

So what do you think?

Should I still be shopping?

Note: The hair is just messy. The boots are just the boots I was wearing today and not the shoes I’d be wearing.

Note #2: My husband said that it looks like different people because the size of me isn’t consistent. That is because of my photographer (my daughter). I didn’t try to fix it in Photoshop either. Sorry. It is what it is.

Vote and explain your choices in the comments. Thanks!

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Bariatric Ball

01
Feb 2012

I was trying on dresses today. I have the floor-length velvet formal with the slit up the back, the very short little black dress that scoops across the chest and has two peek-a-boo slits on the long sleeves, or the spaghetti strap hankerchief dress in various shades of orange. I even tried on a prom dress that one of my daughter’s wore last year just because I could.

Why? Because I am going to a real ball. One that requires fancy clothes and involves dinner and dancing. I even have a date (my husband), and we plan on staying overnight at the fancy hotel.

It’s the 6th annual Valentine’s Dance hosted by my physicians. Last year, more than 180 people attended.

I am excited. I just have to figure out what I’m going to wear and what hubby is going to wear.

Do I want to wear something long? Or short?

What would you wear?

I think I like this:

But I am interested in wearing a little black dress as well.

I don’t know what I will wear yet, but I am having fun thinking about it. :)

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Slightly Sick (and Head Hunger)

31
Jan 2012

Apparently I am stuck in the Ss lately when it comes to blog titles. :-)

I am slightly sick. It is the first time I’ve been sick since I had my weight-loss surgery. And even then, it isn’t a serious sickness yet.

I have a slight tickle in my throat that comes and goes. I notice it most in the morning. The big thing is that I have a serious mucus problem and have been going through the tissues to try to keep my breathing passages clear. I am hoping it doesn’t get worse than it is.

I have not been exercising like I had been, and I know part of it is because I don’t have the energy. I am still exercising, but I really have to talk myself into it. Plus, I am choosing “easier” options like walking instead of Zumba.

The big thing is that I want something to eat, but I don’t know what I want to eat. I want something different. I am tired of my usual fare, but I can’t figure out what I want to eat. Everything that isn’t my usual fare is high in calories or carbs. Today, I had TWO cookies. Not at the same time, but I had two of them. That’s the first time I’ve had two cookies in a very long time. The first one was good, which is why I had the second one later. Then I logged them in, and I realized they were not worth the 300 plus calories not to mention the excess sugar and carbs. Those two cookies had more carbs than I normally eat in a day — almost twice as much.

I used to get this feeling of wanting something to eat before my surgery. I’m not hungry. I just want…something. I don’t know what. It leads to bad choices. I suspect it has to do with me being sick.

 

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Slip Sliding Away

30
Jan 2012

I wore my calorie burn watch today so I could get accurate readings about how many calories I burn as I hike across campus to class and climb the four-plus flights of stairs to the department office.

I don’t think my readings are going to be very accurate though. The sidewalks are slick, and I am unable to maintain a “very brisk” pace and still manage to keep from falling and breaking something.

In just the short walk from my car to the building my office is in, I slipped twice and fell once. When I fell, it was on a glare of ice and included grazing my knuckles, so I now look like I punched something.

I’m a bit disappointed in the condition of the sidewalks. I work on a campus where a lot of students walk from their dorms to their classrooms, so you would think the sidewalks would be taken better care of. I know that we’ve had nasty weather with lots of rain, snow and warming up and cooling down, but I thought conditions would be better Monday morning. It doesn’t look like much was done over the weekend at all.

It seems the sidewalks are in their worse condition close to buildings. You can tell where the “entrance” care stops. This is where the several feet of glare ice usually begins.

The weird weather we have been having can’t make keeping the sidewalks clear an easy job, but something has to improve especially for the early morning walks to the 8 and 9 a.m. classes.

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