37 weeks

Well I just finished typing up a post about these pictures and it was all erased. GRRR I do not feel like typing the whole thing, nor do I remember it all.
But This is me at 37 weeks. And the picture of me in the chair is where I spend 90% of my time. I am soo sick of that chair. Its funny it was a gift to my mom and dad a few Christmas's ago. But all I do is go from chair to chair to couch to bed. I read and read and type, watch some TV , sit here, do not much. Its getting really old. And its soo uncomfortable sitting here all the time.
I really want to thank everyone for the cards, care packages and just visits. Its been very nice and really helped lift my spirits.
Only a few days left, I just pray that I will be ok after my baby is born. I want to be out of pain and walking again. And I want a healthy baby boy...

Battle Of the Bones-Ashland Oregon 2007

This last weekend my Brother-in-law Jacob was in a BBQ competition. It was out at Emigrant lake here in Ashland. There were about 10 contestants in the contest. You would pay to get in and get a ticket to to vote. You go around to all the booths and try all the different meat. On Saturday was all chicken and Sunday was beef ribs and brisquet. The beef was donated by Kobe beef, which if you do not know its the best meat you can eat.
Jadyn and Kasha helped served the meet all weekend. They were great helpers. Everyone had a great time. and oh my gosh the meat was sooo good.
Well to make a long story short. Jacob won first place for chicken and second for his beef. It was very exciting. He is now being offered to do more competitions and they won a pretty decent prize.
Congrats to Skelton Crew, Jacobs team...

My entertainment

Ginger in her pink dress!!!

Jadyn, our little angel.....
Well luckily I am easily entertained, because right now there is not much that I can do. So I look forward to my niece Jadyn coming over, because I can watch her for hours. And when they come over they usually bring their little dog Ginger over and she is soo cute and soo funny. And for some reason Zac loves to run around and play with her. He has never been much of a dog dog, he is more of a people person.
They really make me laugh, and it does make me feel better when I can laugh that much.
Yesterday my mom and I went to Jadyn's last day of camp and they had a big carnival party. It was lots of fun. There was a dunk tank, cake walk, face painting, nail painting, pizza, pools, all sorts of fun stuff. We went and hung out with Jadyn for a few hours. It was really nice to get out and fun to watch her. So I am being entertained as much as I can and its nice...

Hump Day

Hump day does not really have much of a meaning when you do not work. Today was pretty good but is ending up to be not soo good. Last night was pretty bad as well.
Last night i was in pain all night and it would just not go away. I was also super hot and could not get comfortable. I can not even turn myself over without the help of someone or something. And getting up to turn a fan on is out of the question. i will save all my getting up for when i have to use the restroom. which is 3 times a night.
Today i had my first doctors apt with my new doc down here. I have known her for a while, she is super nice. My sister has worked for her for about 7 years. She treats me like family, so i feel very comfortable in her care.
She thinks all my pain is caused by my not soo little baby that i am growning. And that it will all go away when i have him. That was nice to hear because at this point i feel like i will be in pain and not be able to walk ever again. Everything is fine for the baby, i was glad about that. I just wish that I had some relief. Nothing helps:(:( But i must say being in the care of my parents does help. By the way I added some pics of their house, that is where i will be for the next few weeks. They have a very nice back yard, but i can not get to it.
Well the doc said i will be induced August30Th and hopefully have my baby the next day. We will see what happens. That is only 15 days away. Short considering how long i have been pregnant, long consider i can not walk and i am in pain.
I have my little dog Zac here with me and he has been great. He has been soo worried and concerned about me. He does not understand why my legs turned into wheels and why everyone is always around helping me out. And when i am alone with no help he looks around to see where anyone is, to help me. He is really worried. I wish i could explain. Although he is in for a big surprise when i have my baby.

35 1/2 weeks and counting

Well i am sure all of you know i am pregnant and am actually almost there. But not There enough. For the most part things have been going well. Up until 7/10/07 to be exact. I started to get pain in my legs and was not really able to do much. And no one really knew why. I went to my doctor, they sent me to Physical Therapy, and that did not help much. I went to a chirpractor and he told me i have herniated disc that got worse with pregnancy. So things got worse and worse each day. i was first using a walker to get around and then i was not able to even get up and walk at all anymore. So my work got me a wheelchair and that helped a lot. But when i was at home alone i was helpless, then i got to the point where i could not even make it upstairs to take a shower. My family down in Ashland called and told me to come down there and they can help me. So Dave and I decided that was probaby the best thing ever. So I am now down in Ashland, I have a wheelchair, a ramp to the car, a disabled parking pass, and all the help I need. All I can say is Thank God for wonderful familys....
Since I am not at work and not at my home I do not have much i have to do or that I can physically do I will have time to blog. And if anyone has any suggestions for things i can do while sitting here for the next 3 weeks please please please let me know. I am willing to do or try anything.
I go to see a doctor tomorrow down here and we will talk about when i can be induced. The sooner the better, but i want to make sure my baby will be ok. I am just hoping and praying that I will be able to walk ok when all of this is done...

Water Boys

Well we all went down to Ashland for Memorial Day weekend and it was a great weekend. One of the things we had planned was to go to the lake and go kayaking. Which we did but we also go to take the dogs. and that was a blast. It was our first time with Brody at the water. So we were not sure what to expect.
Well besides that facct we still had to keep him tied up because we do not trust him yet, he loved loved loved the water. It was great. And it was great watching him.
And I have brought Zac to water many times but he would have nothing to do with it. But as soon as I got into the Kayak and started to take off he ran after me. Not realizing that he was getting into water. But this time he did not seem to mind it and he was in and out the whole time. But as you can see he is magical. He can run on water:):)

Brody was in for a while but the one thing was as soon as he could not reach the bottom he would sink. But I think since he is not at all scacred of the water and he liked being there that we can teach him to swim. I think he was just shocked the first time he could not reach. It was kinda funny. had to laugh at the poor baby.
The best part about this whole day was when we got back to my parents house both dogs were dead to the world. They were soo tired they did not even budge. Can't wait to take them again this weekend....

Well its the middle of May, this month is going by pretty fast. But it still does not even seem like spring. There are a few days once and a while that are really nice but almost every weekend it rains...Whats up with that.
I am almost 23 weeks pregnant. I got to see my little baby up on the US screen again yesterday. That is always amazing to me. And everything looks great. That makes me happy. He is 1 1/2 lbs.
Brody is getting more and more behaved everyday. He is still my "pain in the butt" dog but he is going to be great once he grows up some:):) And besides the jealous whining, ZAC is my little angel... My Boo bear.
So we went to the dog park last weekend and were having a great time. Running around, playing with other dogs, chasing sticks and balls. Brody gets a little tired, imagine that. And he is chillin under a tree. When all of a sudden a black bird starts to dive bomb him. Brody just kind of stood there looking around. I think he was too tired to actually do anything. This happened about 15 times. It was one of the funniest things ever. I wish I had my camera. Everyone at the park was laughing. I realized later there was probably a nest of babies in the tree he was under and that is why it was happening. But it was just soo funny seeing this big strong dog get attached by a tiny bird..
So for all yo u dog people I have a question about Brody. He has started chewing and licking his paw to the point where its raw and pus is coming out. Should I take him to the vet or is there something I can do to prevent it from getting worse. And why do they do this?
We did put on some neosporan and wrap it up last night. But that was the saddest thing I have ever seen. It was like he was completely broken. He all of a sudden could not walk on his leg. He was hiding because he was embarrassed. He came and layed on my lap with his head hidden. And every time he stood up he tried to kick it off. Again i should have taken a picture but did not have my camera close enough. I need to get in the habit.
Well thats about it for now. Hopefully soon I will get into the camera habit and add some photos. until then enjoy and have a wonderful week...

Ok ok ok here I am.....

I did not even notice the comments that I was getting on my last blog saying how bad I have been. Its not like I do not have the time to do this. I have plenty of time, I just do not have all the cool pics to put on here. But I will give it another shot. A lot of it was I did not want to jinx myself.
Ok an update since Feb...
Ok the first thing which probably most of you already new is that I am pregnant. I am 20 weeks now and I am super excited. I have about 4 more months though. I am having a baby boy, which is also very exciting since there are no boys in this family and Dave does not have a family. I would post pics of the US but I do not think everyone really wants to see that. But I do have them if you want to see. The baby's name will be Andrew Jordan Spangler. Due September 14, 2007. So please any suggestions or advice I am open since this is all new to me... oh and so far so good this time. I am praying for things to be ok....

As for my lovely dogs, they are the best. Well for the most part. Brody has calmed down a bit, I think he will turn out to be a great dog. He is sleeping in his own bed or on the couch for the most part. But hey as long as he is not in our bed. Zac is still Zac, cute, sweet, cuddly, and jealous...
Things are going well for Dave and I. I am super ready for it to be nice out so we can BBQ more and just be outside. Our pool will open the end of May, I am looking forward to that.
Oh and Dave and I did a huge project on the house. We installed laminet flooring. It was a long pain in the butt, but well worth it. It looks awesome. I should have done it years ago.
And I also started to work on my wedding scrapbook, we got married in November. But at least I am working on it and much more motivated. Its looking good.
I will try my best to keep up on my blog. Sorry guys...

Dog Bed

OK so we got Brody his own dog bed, a big nice one and he laid by the fire on it most of the day SAT. and Sun. so it defiantly smelled like him and he liked it. BUT when it came time to actually go to sleep he wanted nothing to do with it. I tried to lay on the ground with him, we kept kicking him off the bed. I think he slept on it for a few hours but when we woke up he was in bed with us..AHHHHHH what to do, I am open to suggestions....I am tired...

Yea for the Sunshine

Well its a nice sunny Saturday but I still can't get my lazy butt up to do anything. Oh well Like i said at first, its Saturday. Its been a very long rough week at work and I need the lazy time. And I DID do something today. I rearranged my guest room and went to the dog park. My cousin and her partner are coming tomorrow to live with Dave and I until they find a place in good ol Portland. They just drove out here from Vermont. Ready for a change. I am excited about them coming and actually having a relationship with my cousin. She is my only cousin and I do not know her that well. Its going to be great. I hope they like it our here. Well i tried to post pics this time but there were errors. Oh well, should be happy i at least posted something.
Have a good weekend.

one day over a month

ok ok I know I have not posted in over a month. Well just one day over. Oh by the way Happy Valentine Day!!!!

This last month has not been my favorite, but hopefully things are looking up starting now. I really do not want to get in to it all because I would rather just forget it. But I am sure most of you know the gest of it all.

Got past the ink issue. Its still there, but I got rid of as much as i could. My mom came to visit and did not even go into my room so WHEW!!!!! We did start Brody in dog school. That has been alright. He is just a wild man and hopefully someday will calm down some. But I know he is a puppy so I will let some of his behavior pass...

UMMM I am at work right now, but since certain people keep bugging me about not posting I fiugred I would stop everything and Post away:):) So there:):)

So I wanted to say thank all of you wonderful friends who have been there for me this past month. I could not have survived without you.

Love to ALL!!!!

Printer Ink

ok ok as much as I love my dogs, one of them, not mentioning any names(Brody), got into a printer ink cartridge. And it was ALL over our brand new bedspread, sheets, and carpet. Man it was a mess. So any suggestions on getting it out would be appreciated. I have scrubbed and scrubbed. It looks better, but its still there. I am sad about the new bed set, but I am much more concerned about the carpet. Oh and he has not clue what he did, well he probably does, but its too late now......

My Boys

Ok I am coming to terms with the fact I am the only girl in this household. Man it can be hard at times. But I guess I do not have to deal with another bitchy woman:):) They have to deal with me. But I just wanted to say I love them, they are good boys most of the time. They can drive me crazy at times and there are many times when I need to be around female enery. But I must say I am lucky for the men in my life.

Good Will

Well I finially went through the garage. Its been something I have been putting off for years. I got my husband to help me, after all it was alllllll my stuff, junk. Well we took a huge carload of stuff/junk to good will. So now we have room for more stuff. hehe J/K. Now i need to go through my closet and other rooms. But baby steps..... I am just happy to accomplish this...

Saturday Morning

Its 10:21 Saturday AM and I am still in my pj's and have not left the house. Usually be now I have done everything for the whole weekend. Well not today, I feel like crap. I had a really really bad week, thought maybe today would be better. But I woke up feeling ill and unmotivated. There are a million things I would love to do, but I just can not bring myself to get started. I guess I am doing this, thats HUGE!!!

I think my dogs are bored, I wish I could take them to the park. But I guess even if I felt better its too wet and muddy. C'est la vie!!! Here's hoping for a good rest of the weekend and a much better next week.

We went to the dog park. It was muddy, but all had a great time. wooo hooo

Whoa!!!

Well I quite the night last night. I should have just logged on and wrote a very very long blog. But I did not think about it until now. I could not sleep last night. I went to bed very early. Zac on one side, Dave next to me and Brody on the other side. So me and my 3 boys. It was tight, but we do it every night. But last night we had a snoring problem and I heard it. So downstairs I went. and of course so did Zac and Brody. They always want to be where the action is. Well Brody gave up but Zac stayed with me. At first it was freezing downstairs, on the very comfy couch. Then I was dying of heat. Then Brody came back downstairs and got sick right on the ground by me. That was the highlight of the night:):) Then zac wanted to go back to the bed. So I figured I would give it a try. So we went back upstairs to the bed and maybe slept for a bit. Now I can not see straight or think.... I should have worked on my scrapbook, which by the way I have not done.....
Can't wait to sleep tonight. Did I mention its only 8 AM....

Hump Day.

Well here I am on the first Hump Day of the year. Man I am glad this Work day is over. Its been stressful and I have been grumpy. Sorry everyone who has to work with me... Besides me being grumpy this year has been pretty mellow. OK so I am sitting peacefully on my couch trying to type this lovely blog and my dog Brody is leaning on my arm drooling. Yummy!!! ok phew he left. But man he is a cutie.
Some goals for the year..... smile more, be more positive, lose weight, make new friends, take more pictures, dance more, drink more water, eat more veggies, say more prays and get pregnant or have a baby!!!!
Ok OK duty calls, Brody is staring at me needing attention. Off to play with my pups.
Night!!!

STARBUCKS IS TAKING OVER

ok ok so maybe this happened a while ago, but starbucks bought Coffee People. There is a Starbucks on at least every corner. Why do they need to take over the world. There were already enough, now to take away the best coffee in Portland. :(:(
No more black tiger espresso, no more black tiger espresso shakes, no more medium, NF, vanilla lattes, no more yummy scones. Its just not the same and its NOT fair!!!!
Ok enough complaining. Maybe I should just not drink coffee anymore... haha yea right.

2nd day of the year.

Well so far the new year is pretty good. I did not post yesterday because I was very lazy and did not so much. I slept until almost 2pm. I did get up at different times, but pretty much slept. We did go bowling and to dinner with a friend, that was a lot of fun. Then at the last minute I was inivited to a Blazer game. I have not been in a while so I went. That was a blast. Even though our boys lost. oh well.
And now its back to work. Its always hard to come back after the holidays. Just have to get pumped for a new year. Yea for 2007!!! I am really hoping, and praying for a good year, with lots of good news.
I do have something very exciting to look forward to. My cousin and her wife are moving here from Vermont in Feb. She is my only cousin and I am very excited to have a friendship with her and get to know both of them. Yea for family....
Well here is to a great year!!!