Words of mine.

Saturday, 21 November 2009

  • Updates And Replies

    No post yesterday.  I didn’t feel up to it.

    Today, however, is pretty great.  I had this huge outpouring of support from my “unattainable dreams” post, it that has made the biggest difference.  I can’t even begin to say.  I want to reply to every single comment, and that would be silly to do in comments (I don’t even know if people have noticed that I always reply – does it notify you?) so I’m going to do it here in my post.

    Also, I installed a captcha plug-in to stop SPAM messages, but it stops people from being able to comment.  If you can’t comment, email me at mandy at tempestbeauty dot com and let me know.  I will try to get it fixed, perhaps try a new captcha thingy.

    In other news, this is how yesterday went...

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Thursday, 19 November 2009

  • My Entirely Unattainable Dream

    I sit here and sit here staring at a blank screen. I do not have writers block. When I decide to write something down, I get it out no matter what.

    I sit here and stare at this blank screen because there are problems in my household, and I aim to write about them. However, I know what kind of comments my writing will inspire, and I’m not entirely sure I’m ready to put up with them. In my dreams, there is a place where people are supportive, and caring without judging, disapproving, or saying “I told you so.” And even if the choices I’ve made as a parent seem entirely foreign and quite frankly stupid to you, I’d love you to just be able to comfort, commiserate, and care.

    For one blessed week, we had sleep in our house. A whole week went by where Ronan went to bed at night, and only woke once in the night to eat. He didn’t scream upon waking, and he didn’t wake to play. He slept, and I slept, and Daddy slept. After a whole week...


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Tuesday, 17 November 2009

  • Happy Blogiversary!

    I just realized that on the 15th, my little blog has been live for one whole month.

    I’ve had a lot of fun with it so far.  I hope that I can keep it up.  I find myself thinking about my daily adventures and how they can translate into a good post.  So far, today, I’ve got nothing.  I’m being entirely domestic.  Grocery shopping is already done, fridge is cleaned out, baby is down for a nap, diapers are in the wash, and baby clothes are almost done in the dryer.  Maybe need to wash some mommy-daddy clothes today too.  I think I’m out of underwear.

    I’m sitting in the floor, eating a cup of oatmeal because it’s the first thing I’ve had to eat today...

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Monday, 16 November 2009

  • Ultrasound Resonantes - Sweet Innocence.

    It's no surprise that during the course of my work, I meet young girls that are having babies.  Babies having babies.  Little things that are too young to know how to get the oil changed in their car, and yet they're about to bring life into this world.  It scares the living crap out of me.

    Last night was no different.  Now, this was not the worst case I'd ever seen.  My patient was 18 years old, which is ripe and mature by the standards of my hospital.  And, to be completely honest, I fully expected this to be her second or third pregnancy, which is also common as cake.

    I rolled my little patient into the room, and had her get up on the bed for me.  I had to move her IV pump from the wheelchair to the bed post, and those things weigh almost as much as I do.  I said, under my breath, "This isn't going to be fun.  Ugh."...

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Friday, 13 November 2009

Thursday, 12 November 2009

  • A Dark Day for Mom.

    I had one of those days yesterday.

    I'm sure you've heard of them.  You know, the ones where a stay-at-home mom can't get anything right?  Where she doesn't shower, get dressed, or leave the house?  It's true, the rumors you've heard - it DOES happen.

    There was a melt-down around 11 am.  Ronan was exhausted....


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Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Monday, 09 November 2009

  • Finding my Groove, and Sleep Saga Continued!

    I think I’m starting to hit my groove at work.  That doesn’t mean I’m starting to LIKE it any more, but really that I’m getting used to the whole she-bang.  It’s about par for the course, it usually takes me about 6 months at a new job to not feel like a total idiot.  It took a little longer this time, but I’d like to believe that a massive lack of sleep had something to do with it.

     Have I ever mentioned...


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Sunday, 08 November 2009