Hi guys - I am still getting caught up on my blogs. One blogger in particular can use some prayers. Sandee, who has an awesome outlook and great spirit. She had surgery yesterday for a Porto-Cath. (Port: a small plastic or metal container surgically placed under the skin and attached to a central venous catheter inside the body. Blood and fluids can enter or leave the body through the port using a special needle.) My Mom also had one inserted several months ago, before she started chemo.

Off to the mall - I want a new outfit for the wedding in MA next week.. Tata for now!

Part III We make it home by 3pm. Phrewww - time to spare! We pick up Moira at the busstop and come back home. Thank goodness I had the sense to plan an easy dinner. Yes, I have to plan dinner - when you have 2 kids, your life and all activities revolve around feeding time. ESPECIALLY if you have a kid with food allergies. Dinner was burgers and pasta salad. See if you can guess the common ground between the following : red, yellow, and green peppers, broccoli, and tomatoes? Answer : All the veggies that Olivia LOVES to eat! Peppers! I hate peppers - ick! The funniest thing is to watch her stuff her face with peppers - it's really cute. After feeding time at the zoo aka dinner, it's the usual frenzy of activity to get dishes cleaned, living room organized, some playtime, then it's :::dum da dum dum:: BATH TIME. Olivia likes her bath but since she has such sensitive skin, she gets what we call "fast bath". Cleaned and zipped out of the tub. Usually done within 4 minutes. Getting Moira in for a shower usually requires dealing with 5 minutes of bitch and whine fest, 2-3 minutes of foot stomping and lots of tears. (Must be the hormones) By the time she gets in the shower, it's all I can do not to drown the kid! Joking folks, just a joke. Clean pj's, medicines for the kidlets, brush teeth, read stories, tucked it bed - now it's 8PM. WOOOHOO! Get out the noisemakers and partyhats - it's BEDTIME!! Paul was online already while I tucking Moira in bed. When I got into the living room, I kicked back on the couch and filled him in on the details of the day. I'd had a headache for a couple hours and I decided to rest for a few minutes. At 1030pm - Paul wakes me up! I staggered into the bedroom, threw on some PJ's and fell into bed. I had enough sense to set my alarm for the morning. AND - here I am!

Part II Where was I? Oh yeah... Moira on the bus.. I had forgotten a couple things so I zipped back home, grabbed them, and off we drove to Wall Township (exit 98 for all you Jerseyians out there). We pick Mom up and zip up to IKEA. We made it there right before the store even OPENED! Wooohoo! IKEA is awesome when it isn't packed. I have always been there on a weekend and it's like Christmas time in the mall - PACKED! I only spent about $28 and Mom spent around $80. Of course, while I was there, I mentally spent about $4K. It's so damn easy! While shopping, Olivia was starting to hack and cough again. We finished quickly and got out of there ASAP. Made it to Mom's place by 1230PM. I gave her another breathing treatment and then she kinda sorta ate some lunch. My Mom has stocked her place with a zillion (or maybe 2 zillion) toys, stuffed animals, you name it.. it's probably there. The kids are in heaven when they come over. Olivia and I hit the road to head back home around 215 since Moira got off the bus at 330. Of course, she FINALLY falls asleep in the car, on the way home. At this point, I am exhausted. Driving home on the parkway, with the defroster on, car all nice and warm... I was getting that white line madness. I ended up putting on a cd and singing, just so I could stay awake! So, if any of you saw a burgandy Santa Fe heading Southbound, with a chick who was singing, it was probably me! Part III coming soon.

Good morning all :::yawn::: I never got a chance to update yesterday at all! Talk about some crazy 24 hours! Olivia was waking up quite a bit on Tuesday night, coughing, hacking... sounded like a seal. She's up, down, up, down in her crib. By 130am, I pulled her out, and sat with her in the recliner. I gave her some medications with the nebulizer and she seemed to do much better. Ok - great - back to bed. Again, up and down for the next couple hours. (Take note of the fact that I hadn't gotten but maybe 2 hours sleep so far! Eeeek!) By 430AM, I said the hell with us, got her and her blankets out of the crib, sat in the recliner with her and we BOTH finally got some sleep. Of course, I have no alarm clock in the living room (Can you guess where I might be going with this story?) I wake up and squint at that damn tiny clock on my VCR and it's 730AM. 730!!!! SHIT!!! We have to be at the busstop BY 810AM. I leap up out of the recliner, almost dropping Olivia. I wake up Moira, who is complaining and whining about school, and run into the kitchen to make 2 breakfasts and lunch for Moira. All in all, we MADE it to the busstop ON TIME! Why the big hurry? Well, Olivia and I were going to IKEA after Moira caught the bus. All I can say is it was a very good idea for be to pack a diaper bag and supplies for Olivia earlier in the evening.

Ok - like a moron - I forgot to UPDATE the web address of my updated pictures. ::smacking forehead:: So, if anyone still cares, check 'em out again!

Which drink are you? Link from Jennifer aka Working Mom

Ok - I can't decide which one I like better! I will post the winning banner on my blog. View banners 1 through 6 here, then help me by voting! Pick your favorite Breast Cancer Code!

More pics for you guys to check out!

Ohmigosh! I completely forgot to mention this! I am going to be an Auntie! (again) YAY YAY YAY! :::wiping brow::: Phrew! Takes the heat offa me for a little while!

By the way - I *did* donate! Thank You for Your Donation ! Confirmation number: 315135 Name: Kate State: NJ Country: US Home Phone: n/a Work Phone: n/a E-Mail: CateNJ@aol.com Walker/Crew Member to Sponsor: Bennett, Erin Donation Level: Other: Single Payment of $30 First Payment On: 1/22/2002 Matching Company*: No Donation Type: Other Card Type: Visa Credit Card Number: haha like I would post that! Expiration Date: Holder Name: Kate Billing Address: Same as Mailing Address * If there is a matching company, the Matching Gift application should be mailed with a copy of your confirmation directly to: Avon Breast Cancer 3-Days - New York 2002, Attn:Matching Gifts 1525 Crossroads of the World, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Ok guys and gals: Time to donate. Please contribute what you can to Avon's Breast Cancer event. Erin is participating in the 3 day walk and needs to raise $1900 for this event. Click here for Erin's information.

Hey ya'll! Erin emailed me about all the problems with her site. It's up.. it's down.. it's up again... So, swing on by, check her out, and say howdy!

Personality Test I am - ESTP "The Go-Getter" "E" stands for Extroversion. Extroversion is an attitude in which interest, value and meaning are attached primarily to external objects. Inner matters are habitually not valued or are difficult for the extrovert. Extroversion is the opposite of Introversion. "S" stands for Sensation. One of Jung's four psychic functions (Thinking, Feeling, Sensation, and Intuition). According to Jung, Sensation means that the internal and external world are perceived through the five senses. Sensory types focus on the present and on concrete information gained from physical senses. "T" stands for Thinking. One of Jung's four psychic functions (Thinking, Feeling, Sensation, and Intuition). Thinking means logical and rational thought processes. It is the ability to make evaluations and judgements based on logical categories and ideas. The Thinking function is the opposite of the Feeling function, which is the ability to make evaluations and judgements based on values. "P" stands for Perception. The way in which raw data or information about the outer or inner world is made known to consciousness. Jung called it an "irrational" function in the sense that perception is unfiltered. People who have stronger Perception than Judgement are people for whom "the journey is more important than the destination." Perception is open-ended, a never-ending stream of insights, experiences, and possibilities. Perceptions come through the five senses (Sensation), and yet also through the unconscious (Intuition). Both are ways of taking in experiences about the outer and inner world.

Just watched Unbreakable tonight. Didn't like it...way too weird. Just plain out creepy. ::shiver:: I really like Bruce Willis and Sanuel Jackson is awesome. But - very weak in the movie...

You will marry JAMES BOND (most recently played by Pierce Brosnan) from the James Bond movies, live in many expensive penthouses filled with many girls and many martinis (shaken, not stirred), and spend your days driving explosive foreign cars and spying on villains with big egos and small brains.

What's YOUR M * A * S * H future?

Shouldn't be too hard for me to live with this... (link via Erin)

WOW! Just finished watching "Bridget Jones' Diary" - alone of course. GREAT movie. I think I am completely in love with Colin Firth :::swooning::: Hugh Grant is a pig but he has those fabulous eyes.. and of course that voice. I love good strong voices - I just melt when I hear them. Renee Zellweger looks marvelous. The best I have ever seen her - she looked gorgeous. I can't believe how Hollywood was calling her FAT for God's sake. Hasn't the freaking film industry figured out that there are a HELLUVA lot more women out there who don;t look like Lara Flynn Boyle or Calista Flockhart. Jesus - those 2 NEED a fucking sandwich. Just plain nasty looking. And YES, in case anyone out there in blog-land is wondering, I am NOT one of those barfing babes! How I managed to get through school without pulling a Columbine on a few of my fellow classmates is beyond me. All I can say is getting tortured in school made it a living hell for me. To this day, I can still remember all those awful things some of those assholes would say... Ya wanna know what the worst part is?? I look at my pics from high school.. and I looked pretty fucking good. One my my best photographs was my senior picture. I *wish* I had the balls then to tell those fools to go screw off when I had the chance.

"It's another Saturday night..... and I ain't got nobody..." That's right - I ain't got nobody - at least nobody HERE. The girls are asleep and Paul is STILL out! (Grrrrrr!) Well, I can't really bitch too much.. He was at my Mom's today since 930am, working on her Dell. It was crashing a lot and running really slo. He put on Norton's anti-virus, ran scan disk, defraged the drive, essentially cleaned it up for her. When I spoke to her today, she mentioned how much faster it was running. BUT - as he was leaving my Mom's place, his Dad calls. Seems he was having problems with HIS computer, trying to run LapLink. Sooooooooo, here it tis, 10pm and I am BLOGGING and folding laundry! Someone - please shoot me.

ARRGGHHHHHH! They broke up! I gotta go cry now ::sniff sniff::

I have been watching the old episodes of The Sopranos lately. I tuned in mid season last year, with Ralph beating the stripper to death - nice, huh? I am also addicted now to Sex and the City. John Corbett (Aidan) is a cutie ::sigh:: I have had a crush on this guy since "Northern Exposure". Now - Carrie is ripping his heart out and stomping on it with her Manolo Blahniks!