BAHAHAHA

WOW, I REALLY meant it last time, eh?

Looks like it's "New Year's Resolution, take 2"!!!

Guess I got m'self caught up in life....and work....and oh yeah, my family! Whoopsies! I honestly can NOT believe it's been a whole GD year already. What gives?!

Imma givin' this another go here......as soon as I get the laundry done......!

That's it, I'm starting to blog again

Donovan can do it, and so can I!

I too will resurrect my piece of the blogosphere, and I will do so with flyin' colours! Many a-blog-worthy thing has happened to me, and I know there will be no shortage of such said instances, so to save my account from being deactivated, I needed to post a note to let you all know (if anyone is still out there?!) that I'M BAAAACK!!!

Stay tuned....

Glass Tiger is NOT managed by a "baby doctor"

First off, let me start by saying TRACY!!!

:)

There's your shout out! Thanks for coming to visit my lil' blog, even though I don't update it nearly enough as I need to!

Ok, now that we got that formality outta the way!...

I'm in a serious predicament here!

Dono and I are HUGE Glass Tiger fans! (Because I work at WestJet, I'm able to look up the names of "celebrities" who've travelled with us, and last summer, I noticed Alan Frew and the boys were coming our way for a show - so Dono and I showed up at the airport to greet them off the plane!)

We met the band, got some autgraphs, went to the show the next night, and had a blast! A few days later, I emailed their manager to thank him for being so gracious with us, and to say what a wicked time we had at the show! He responded and thanked us for coming, yadda yadda yadda.

WELL...

Fast forward to present day...I was recently checking out the GT website, and lo and behold, I see they're COMING BACK TO WINNIPEG....on December 31st!

HOORAY!

Oh wait....our baby's due date is December 28th.....

WHAT TO DO??!

That aside, I thought I would send the GT manager another email - this one would be a bit more comical, and stress to him how MUCH we love the music and how badly we want to go.

This is what I wrote to GT's manager:

Hello!

I just noticed on the GT website that the guys arecoming to the Peg on New Year's Eve!

Naturally, without hesitation, I'd be going in aheartbeat, but I have a problem, and I'd like to askyour opinion on it!

You see, hubby and I are pregnant with our first baby,and we're due Dec 28th! I understand the first baby isusually overdue, so should I chance it and get ourtickets for the show? And would Alan Frew deliver my baby on stage if I happen to go into labour then?

Chances are he wouldn't forget me when I'm gone! (harhar)

In your professional opinion, what do you think Ishould do?!!!!! Thanks, and hope to hear from you soon!

- Cat

Clearly, the manager of GT is in NO POSITION to even be considered as someone who can give a "professional opinion" on this matter - that, I thought, would be obviously a tip to him that, hey, I'm not SERIOUS, but just so's ya know, I really wish I could go because the band rocks just that much!

This is the response I got:

Honestly Cat..

I'm not a baby doctor and would never presume to tell you what
to do on this issue. We would love to see you there. On the upside,
tickets will be limited and will likely sell out well in advance. If you got
two tickets and then were not able to go at the last minute, I don't think
you would have any trouble selling them to somebody else..

Rod

I think the humour of it all - what I was intending on my end - got lost in translation somewhere! Oh well, at least we know FOR SURE that GT's manager is DEFINITELY not a baby doctor.....so if there was ever any doubt........!!!

You're grounded! You're gonna stay in my uterus for 5 more months until you learn your lesson!

HAHAHA!

Yesterday was an AWESOME day!At around 8:30pm, I decided I had a craving for ambrosia salad.

No, wait - the BABY decided s/he had a craving for ambrosia salad!

(Donovan had NO idea what ambrosia salad is...so instead of me just sending him out to get some, I decided I should go, too!)

So we went to Superstore, made a bee-line for the deli counter. I tried to explain to Donovan what ambrosia salad is, but he still kept wanting to look in the produce section, with the other bagged salads. How cute. !!!

I looked around.....potato salad, macaroni salad...no ambrosia.

"Excuse me," I politely said to the deli counter lady, "but would you happen to know where I can find the ambrosia salad?"

She gave me this look, like "What? You didn't know?!" Recognizing that I didn't understand her facial expression, she began to explain to me that they discontinued their ambrosia salad, b/c it wasn't a "big seller".

Not a big seller? Who DOESN'T want marshmallow and coconutty goodness on a whim?

Ok, I said, we'll go elsewhere.

Next stop: Safeway. I was SURE they had some there!

Fast forward to the deli counter at Safeway: "Ummm, all our salads are here."

Me: "Yes, but is the ambrosia salad hiding somewhere else?"

Deli counter lady: "Ummm, here are all our salads."

Me: "Oh, so there's nowhere else it could be?"

Deli counter lady: "Ummmm, I'm new here. If you don't see it here, I don't think we have any."

Fine.

Next stop: Sobey's.

On the way to store #3, Donovan and I were joking around that if he wasn't so patient with me, this could lead to our demise! "Look what the baby's doing to us!" we joked. "You're grounded, Baby! You're gonna stay in Mommy's uterus for 5 months until you learn your lesson!"

HAHAHA!

So back to the search: negative on the ambrosia salad at Sobey's.

"Donovan," I told my very patient and loving husband, "the last time I bought ambrosia salad (5 yrs ago!), it was at the Safeway by my parent's house! Let's go there!"

25 minutes later....at the deli counter....negative on the ambrosia.

It was time to throw in the towel, which was fine, because by this time, my craving had worn off!

We got in the car, turned on the ignition, and the most perfect song was playing on the radio, no other tune could complement our experiences better: U2's I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.

Ahhh, I love being pregnant! It's so much fun!

This is wrong.....very, very wrong

I'm constantly bombarded with pictures, scenarios, and experiences that require me to "blob" about them. And these occurances usually happen when I'm driving, so of course, the hope that I remember WHAT I was to blob about by the time I get home has vanished completely.

Lucky for me, I came across this lil' gem on a pregnancy website I frequent.

Now, I "get" that the site is for busy moms and moms-to-be, ideas on how to calm other children and get them involved so the mom can go one hour without thinking of downing a bottle of Captain Morgan's.

But I think that "they" (the webmasters) need to be more careful with the way they word things, because sometimes, a stressful mom visitng the website in a flurry of rage for ideas on how to keep her tantrum-tainted children in check MAY misconstrue the following idea:

Sure - instead of making pizza with bacon or with feta cheese, why not make pizza with your kids?

That's one way to shut 'em up.

Now I'm starting to freak myself out

Remember last year, how I took Dono to the Sens game in YOW, and admittedly had a good time?

Well, I'm afraid the "What's this, I like hockey now?" syndrome has come into full effect.

Thanks to my loving husband, who was excited to give me a gift of a Sens jersey with my name on the back, and the fact that we've caught almost all the Sens games all season, I'm now a bonafide Ottawa Senators fan.

And I'm starting to freak myself out!

Just ask any member of my family - growing up, I had no patience to watch, and no desire to learn about, hockey or football. And now, tonite, as the Sens and Ducks are in game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals, I find myself yelling out penalties before the refs blow their whistles.

"That's offside!" or "Goalie interference!", I would say.

And I would be right.

It's bittersweet, the reaction from Dono - the look on his face is one of such pride, as in "That's my girl! I love you so much!". That's the sweet part. The bitter part is that I know I've never seen that look on his face before, and I don't know if I could ever see it again (unless it's another hockey-related comment I make).

But whatever, I'm having fun cheering along with Dono! I'm able to participate in the taunts from our couch, yell out one-liners that the commentators make ("Keep/take the crowd in/out of the game" and "Get it out of the end zone").

And for the most part, I know what they mean. But I have to admit, sometimes I'll just yell out random comments I hear them say in previous games, and still Dono gets that proud look on his face.

It's a win-win situation!

Oops, game's back on now......3rd period, and the game's tied at 2. C'mon Sens, let's get some fresh legs on the ice and put some pressure on the Ducks! (????)

Gearing up for one exciting Christmas this year...

I know, it's barely even summer yet - what the heck am I doing thinking about CHRISTMAS for?

Read on, friends, read on.....

You see, I decided I pretty much have everything I want already in life. I have a fantastic hubby, a fun job, a cute house, (I don't have my coveted pony or karaoke machine, but I don't care anymore!). Just one little thing was missing....

And we found out a few weeks ago, that on Dec 29th, 2007, we'll be getting what we've been wanting for so long now, the best gift of all - a baby!

Yup, it's true! After 2.5 yrs of trying, numerous doctors, testing on Dono, and my cyst-removal surgery, it looks as though God has finally decided that this is it - our time to become parents has finally arrived!

WE'RE KNOCKED UP!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!

As of Saturday, May 19, I'll be at 8wks - so here's what our little peanut looks like right now:
AWWWWWWWW!!!!

Now if only they could stay that innocent for the rest of their lives! (If my history as a rebel teen - oh yes! - is any indication of what our baby's life will be like, then lord help us!)

So far I've just been feeling nauseous in the morning and at night, no yak sessions yet (knock on wood). And tired. VERY tired. Dono's great at letting me nap all the time, saying, "You're making kidneys right now, you need your rest!"

You'll be pleased to know that I'm doing everything I can to provide the healthiest of environments for our lil' one - I've officially quit smoking (the smell alone of cigarette smoke turns my stomach), I'm taking my doctor-recommended vitamin, I'm eating all my greens (with the exception of a few cheeseburgers and Dairy Queen blizzards - hey, gotta give the baby what it wants!). This baby is going to be born a superhero, it'll be so healthy!

Well, that's our big news! I go for my first ULTRASOUND at the end of June, when I'm 12-13 wks along. I can't believe I'M going for an ULTRASOUND!!!

I can't wait to keep y'all posted on the progress and development of Baby Yaciuk!