Owner: Quixotically Chaotic URL:http://www.quixoticallychaotic.com Join Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:53:28 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: my quixotic and chaotic life...with 4 children, 2 greyhounds, 1 psycho cat and one husband to keep it exciting. We have 3 girls with special needs and one boy who has been labeled "normal". What is that, anyway? Site statistics:Click here
Hope 2007-03-28 05:05:00 Hope has been struggling a bit lately almost to the point of regressing. The therapists said this is normal when she hits a growth spurt. The muscles and joints are focusing on growing so much that she loses some ability...if that makes sense. She is drooling a lot again (could be teething, could be the CP or both), she is keeping her hands fisted again, she can't sit up well without support, her hamstrings are super tight, her neck is tight, She needs tightly swaddled for sleep, her legs are doing the 'frog legged' look when she crawls, sits, kneels, etc, and she hates to wear her clothes..... so the thought on this is that she is growing longer and with that, the bones are growing, the muscles stretching and thus, becoming tighter.... And she has SID (sensory intregration disorder) so I get to brush her daily as soon as her therapist brings me the brush. She will also wear these neat pants called Hip Helpers that are like spandex bike shorts that have the legs sewn together. LOL!!
for some reason, I can't get this link to load rig... 2007-03-26 06:03:00 for some reason, I can't get this link to load right...I'm techologically challenged, so I'm sure it's an easy fix and I'm just not getting it. At any rate, Splat Designs is doing a contest and the winner gets a free layout! This is so cool. Her designs are just awesome. So go to Splat Designs and enter to win. :-)Splat Designs
what in the world is happening to me? 2007-03-23 04:07:00 I seem to have an infected salivary gland! WTH???? I go to the dr tomorrow to have her take a look. I have a problem with people looking in my mouth. I even avoid the dentist (don't bash me, I just have huge dental phobia!) and well, this is sufficiently freaking me out. "I wish I had a Valium" freaking me out. LOL!!!! I have been a salivating fool the last 4 days and well, I just want my Mommy, dammit! I called her today and she said, I'm here for you honey and I said but dammit, you are not HERE for me! I want you to hold me and make it go away!!!! Bah. What a huge pain in my ass this is becoming, and fast.What in the world can they do for a freaking swollen salivary gland?????
Jenna's Jewels 2007-03-20 22:13:00 This is SO cool. Jenna
, my 15 yr old, is going to sponsor a youth rugby team this summer! A team's jerseys will say jennasjewels.net on them!!! She is stoked! Not only that....she has asked if she could run an ad in the Sidelines magazine! It is expensive, but I think a good investment for her business. We are excited! Read more:Jewels
Do you Squidoo? 2007-03-20 22:08:00 You will find information on adoption, special needs, RAD, other behavioral issues, etc on my Squidoo
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Baby News 2007-03-20 04:35:00 Hope has CP. There. I said it. Well, typed it, anyway. I think I've been in denial ever since we got her, because she's been doing SO WELL, you know? But finally, I'm ok with admitting it.Today, during PT, her therapist told me to anticipate her having a leg brace as well as maybe needing a walker to walk. While I'm sad by this, I'm not surprised. It's hard to let go, though, of the thought of her playing rugby with her big brother, or chasing her big sisters down the sidewalk...is that even possible with CP? I truly am ok with all of this.... it was just a reality check, I guess.
Why Another Blog? 2007-03-19 04:34:00 I've wanted to start another blog for a while now. I think it's time for a new look, a new name...just everything. Maybe this one will work out better than all the rest. :-)Welcome aboard. I'm Maggie and my life is crazy, nuff said.
nag, nag, nag 2007-04-05 13:26:00 God knows, I really don't want to be a nagging mom. I mean, that drives me bonkers...why go through life being miserable? But man oh man do I get frustrated when I tell the children something and they blatantly ignore me. How long do I sit and wait for them to do something I've asked, before I nag?????
has it really been 10 days? 2007-04-14 07:35:00 10 days since I posted? Yikes. Must work on that.Life has been busier than usual, it seems. Meeting with munchin's birthfamily tomorrow. I'm excited. :-) *J* has become such a wonderful friend to us and well, she gave me hope, so she ranks up there pretty high in my world. I just can't wait to give her a hug and chat a while.It's also Roger's birthday tomorrow. Gotta love on him a bit, as well. maybe I'll check in tomorrow with pictures. :-)
Hint of.....Mint? 2007-04-19 20:40:00 My friend Evie has been drinking Metro Mint water for a while now. She says it helps with her cancer treatments. So, I tried it. I loved it. I wanted to get more, but at the store, the shelf was bare. Above it was a wide assortment of flavored waters called Hint of.... and then the flavor, so Hint of Grapefruit, Hint of Citrus, Hint of...Pear, Grape, etc. Well, I saw Hint of Mint and grabbed 6 of them to get me through unti my Metro Mint is in. Hmmm....I am not going back to Metro Mint. Sure, it was good, but this hint of mint stuff is the BOMB. OH MY WORD. I haven't tasted better water EVER. It's like tossing a mentos in your mouth, then taking a big swig of ice cold water. Heaven in a bottle. It's all I drink now. There's no sugar, no sweetner, nothing but water and mint. So I emailed the company and the CEO wrote back to thank me. I wrote back and said no, thank YOU....and I am going to be a Hint Hero! How cool is that? I'm stoked. :-)
Myspace anyone? 2007-04-23 22:48:00 Do you have a myspace? I've had one for a while now, but it's just been recent that I've been reconnecting with friends from college and high school. Just today I heard from one of my dearest friends from highschool. It was so nice to hear from her. :-) I am so lax when it comes to posting here and on my other blog, as well as on my myspace. I have good intentions, but when it comes right down to it, I'm just not organized enough to post my thoughts and have them make sense. I wish I was more articulate. Maybe some day!
some thoughts about husbands 2007-04-28 21:47:00 My husband and I had an interesting conversation this morning. While I was in the shower, I thought, wow, this would be something interesting to blog about and get others' opinions on the subject.He admitted to me that he is pushing Jonathan to participate in sports, so he can spend time with him. Now, do you see the logic in that? My husband was not in many sports, nor did he spend much time with his father. He thinks that by putting Jonathan in many sports, then taking him to said sporting events and practices, that he's doing better than his own father. This makes me so sad. does he not realize that sometimes Jonathan just wants to be? He'd be so content to just sit on the deck, with a coke, and his dad at his side, just talking about the weather that day. He doesn't need to be in sports to feel that closeness. Ya know?I wish I could just hug my husband and tell him Jonathan adores him without having to jump through those hoops, but it would just fall on deaf ears. re Read more:thoughts
5 stages of grief 2007-04-28 06:38:00 I must say, when it comes to humor I enjoy the odd stuff. Take this for instance:
John Cena 2007-04-28 06:37:00 Funny, I actually like one of the wrestlers from WWE. Heh. Blame my daughter. Anyway, she has this thing for John Cena
. Well, she and probably a million other teen age girls! At any rate, he earned my respect with this song of his:
I can't sleep!!!!! 2007-05-01 07:40:00 Ugh. I absolutely, positvely can not sleep. E and I were chatting and he went to bed about an hour and a half ago and I still sit here. I bet he's snoozing too. What a bitch!
Picture Time! 2007-05-01 01:38:00 Just some adorable pictures of the baby. ;-) Read more:Picture
penthouse disney, anyone? 2007-05-02 15:33:00 Oh my. I couldn't imagine. Somebody made a mistake at a New Jersey Comcast office Tuesday that resulted in some porn being shown during an episode of Playhouse Disney's "Handy Manny."“It was two people doing their thing, it was full-on and it was disgusting,” said a father whose 5-year-old son anticipated seeing Handy Manny working with his tools....heh.What would you have done? I'm still pondering this one.
Just a Mommy Rant for this Morning 2007-05-02 14:52:00 I can't wait for Hope to be done with formula. You know, I'm not generally an obsessive person regarding the food/beverages I use for my family OR my pets...until now. Every time I open a bottle of formula (we use the ready made) I am fearful that the next day there will be a recall on the product. Every time I open a dog food pouch, same feeling.... jarred baby foods have been recalled, I don't use them much, any more..... I'm becoming obsessed about this. We are going to make our dogs' own food. That's all fine and well, until the chicken breasts I buy at the store are recalled. What's left? Buy a farm and raise my own food (both animal and plant?) Sorry. I think I just needed to vent there a bit! Read more:Mommy
, Morning
Yet another Mommy RANT 2007-05-05 04:47:00 Let me preface this by saying: I do love my husband. He's just worthy of being called an ass right now....and I am going to elaborate on those reasons. I need to get it out. I'm mad. I'm frustrated. I'm tired. But, above all, I do love my husband. Just in case anyone was wondering.....Ok, my frustration began early this morning when I was rudely awakened by being groped. I don't like it. At all. Sex is nice, it's fun, it's good...when I'm awake so I can enjoy it. Leave me the hell alone when I am asleep...ok?THEN, fast forward to this afternoon. I have been having headaches for a few months now, they come and go, but when they come, I have bad dizzy spells. I'm not faking these dizzy spells to get out of household chores, taking care of the children, cooking dinner, etc. Just because I *want* to go to the store doesn't mean my headache went away, doesn't mean I am magically cured, it means I have to go to the store. So I finally relented and took a nap this af Read more:Mommy
Hope's MRI 2007-05-04 19:10:00 Hope had her MRI this morning at 9am. She did wonderfully. She was back home before noon! We won't have results until next week sometime, but I'm not worried about that. I was more worried about her being under the anesthesia than I am the results.
fliptrack anyone? 2007-05-11 15:40:00 I have been having a blast this morning playing with fliptrack.com. I decided to use fliptrack.com to make Hope's birthday picture video for her party. But when I was looking through the list of songs, I saw I'm too Sexy and I just knew it was for Jenna! Her fliptrack video is hysterical. As soon as I have it done, I'll post it here, so check back!
Milestone after Milestone- an eventful day! 2007-05-11 13:24:00 Milestone after milestone. Hope can't wave, but we've been working on it. Her speech is also delayed a bit, but we work on it daily.... Last night she looked at the dog and said, in her baby mush mouth, HI PUPPY and held her hand up (like in a 'talk to the hand' type pose) to the dog!!!!!! Then she said HI SISSY, HI KITTY HI HI HI HI HI HI HI. LOL!!!!! The sissy comes out sissss and the kitty is kisssssy with a tongue roll in each of those. Then she thought she was just hysterical and laughed at herself.
Hope was playing in her little play yard thing tod... 2007-05-11 02:25:00 Hope was playing in her little
play yard thing today and I could hear her rustling paper...so I was pondering just what she was doing when I looked over and saw this.... You can see the rest on my xanga hereShe's standing AND using her left hand!!!! :-D
Hope's MRI Update! 2007-05-10 20:45:00 I got a call from the Neurologist yesterday. It was confirmed that Hope had a stroke. That's what they call it. It is in the right frontal lobe and is the cause of her left side hemiparesis. We knew this, anticipated this and hoped this is all they would find on the MRI. It was. So it's all good.We see him again June 12th to fully go over the MRI report, ask any questions and take it from there.She sees the Opthamologist on Monday to determine if she has vision issues or if her eye problems are *just* related to the muscle weakness. It's possible.Now if she'd just take a nap today, life would be sweet. For some reason, I think she isn't gonna do it, though. She will not nap for me....I don't know why. OH, and she took her first steps last night! She took 4 steps all unassisted ON HER OWN. Bless her heart! But then she fell and wouldn't try it again. Read more:Update
One man's trash is another man's treasure.... 2007-06-11 09:37:00 Hehehe. My garbage man and I have a trade off. I put out good junk that he likes and he takes my big trash at no extra charge. Today he took a bike (He'll likely keep it) a broken office chair, bags and bags of 'junk' to me, but he just spent 20 minutes sorting through it all and kept most of it. He cracks me up. :-) It will likely show up at the local swap meet on Saturday, but oh well. I chat with him sometimes and he's really a cool guy. and he never throws my trash cans. He's a sweetie.
What a difference a year makes! 2007-07-13 23:44:00 One year ago today this email greeted me: "Maggie, My phone call this morning was about a baby. She was born in June at less than three pounds and is now just about three and a half pounds. She does has some problems, but we don't know the severity of them at this point. Let me know. H"and I called her back and said we'll take her. Then I called Roger and said we're getting a kid! Heh!!! Our lives have changed so drastically since then! Read more:difference
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Need Rehab? 2007-07-31 14:17:00 I stumbled across this website and wanted to just talk a bit about rehab. I have not personally dealt with addictions, myself, but many members of my family have. I wish they would consider rehab for themselves. Drug rehab programs, and walking out of them, has been in the news quite a bit lately, due to celebs and their on again off again relationships with rehab. But I want friends and family alike to know that drug treatment centers treat more than just drug and alcohol addictions.Projectknow.com is a wonderful website that gives you the knowledge you need to help a relative or friend who is dealing with compulsive or addictive behavior. Not only do they treat illegal drug and alcohol addiction, they also aid in the recovery of perscription drug abuse, eating disorders, gambling addition and internet additions.Drug addiction help is out there. Please don't suffer alone. Read more:Rehab
I really dislike closed minded people...... 2007-08-09 13:56:00 If you are a closed minded person, just don't bother reading the rest of this post. My husband and I are raising our children to be 'color blinded' when it comes to the color of people
's skin. We were both raised by people who were prejudiced against people of any color unlike their own. However, we both feel that it matters not what the color of your skin is, what matters is what is in your heart. So with that in mind, listen to this.Our neighborhood has changed a bit in the last 3 months or so. Prior to April it was a melting pot of ethnicity. We had practically every nationality in the world, residing in our small courtyard of 32 townhomes. Nobody ever thought anything different. We were friends with many of them (some we just never met, likely due to them not having children.) and friendly with all. Well, in April new renters moved in. Then in May more moved out and more moved in. So since April we've *welcomed* 8 or so new families and 5 or so have moved away. Our
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