stickyfeathers

i live in the sticks.

i live in the sticks.  yes.  however, if you ask my husband, i'm a city girl.  confused?  see, i live in town, but our town really isn't that big.  a population of about 2,000 or so.  my husband grew up 15 miles out of town, in the country.  so, i'm a city girl and he's a country boy.  i guess.  i guess i'm just a normal 'small town' girl. 

this means that yes, i doctor in the BIG city of duluth.  it's an hour for me to get there, but basically it's the only place i trust to doctor in.  also, they have cool places like target and maurices (two of my favorite places to shop) and all sorts of other BIG city things.  funny thing is, i'm sure people that live there wouldn't consider it that BIG of a city.  maybe average.  :)  you throw me down in the metro and my head starts spinning and i see dead people.  or something.  kidding.  maybe.

you can feel bad for me.  i'm not one for mowing down ALL the trees in northern minnesota, but is it too much to ask target to think of us northern folks?  come on!  you could save a lot of car emissions by cutting down our round trip by about 120 miles.  sounds eco-friendly to me!

i loved having contact with 'city' people when i used to work at split rock lighthouse.  it was basically my job at the time just to talk to people.  it was an interesting experience.  the following are just some of the questions asked or comments made to me:

1. where do you live?  do they bus all you guys in here to work? 
2. what RIVER were we following all the way up here (along highway 61)? 
3. is there anything north of here? 
4. do they have schools up here? 
5. how long has that road been here (highway 61)?

i mean, they thought we were a bunch of retards that worked to serve tourists that had came up the 'river' never to leave the lighthouse again.  NICE.  oh, and that river they were wondering about ... it was LAKE SUPERIOR.  yeah.  no lie. 

sometimes it's fun just being a small town girl.  you are easily entertained by all those BIG city folks.

i will finally have some content!

the comments on my last post were awesome!  i'll get to all your burning questions ... this month.  i was going to start a post tonight, but well, things got in the way.  things like bedtime, a hurting (is that a word?) belly, and editing. 

i promise tomorrow's post is going to be something good.  like maybe a video of the little dude or something rad like that.  oh, and i'll have to talk on it and show off my ... accent (amber - you crack me up)!  :)

tell me what you want.

i had an awesome idea this evening.  while racking my brain for something to post about, i heard a voice in my head.  it said 'ask your readers'.  what a brilliant idea!  most of you know me or have been reading here for a while.  if you've been reading and have never left me a comment - speak up! or forever hold your computer mouse in silence. 

anyways, what do you like about stickyfeathers?  what do you like reading about?  or do you just like looking at pictures?  :)  do you have a favorite post (or 'type' of post)?  better yet ... is there anything you are totally DYING to know about me?  what brand toothpaste i use?  crest.  who is my favorite pro hockey player?  the great one.  have i had any pregnancy cravings so far?  all things strawberry (that i've noticed when i actually feel like eating).  see - there are no limits.  you just tell me things you want me to talk about and i'll do it.  this could be fun ... no?

let me give you what you want this november. 
it will be like bloggy christmas, but early.  :)

blank.

totally drawing a blank tonight (and all weekend) when it comes to the blog.  i just don't have enough energy to come up with anything good or clever.  i haven't done anything lately, besides try to recover.  egh.

let's go with a few bullets. 

• finally done with tamiflu.  the last two days i have cringed taking it because it has upset my stomach so much.  i haven't threw up, but would cough so much i'd gag bad - you know?  gross.  i still sound horrible but really, i'm feeling much better.
• watched a lot of tv over the past week.  new favorite show: flowers uncut on tlc.  no idea why it appealed to me, but now it's on my dvr.  i'm totally caught up on my soap opera too.  seriously, i've had like a tv overdose.  sick.
• google reader: out of control.  barely looked at it while sick.  not good.
• the house is disinfected (huge thanks to my stepmom for coming over on HER birthday and helping me out ... made a big difference and we scared away the germs)!  however, the house is already messy just three days later ... and we were gone for two of them.  wild.
• thinking about christmas shopping.  OMG.  tucker wants EVERYTHING.  insane.
• a big thanks to my mother-in-law for allowing us to crash at her house all weekend.  it's fun to hang out with the family, but it was also nice not being alone and getting to rest a bit more too. 
• back to reality.  need to get the house back in order, my clients taken care of, and ensure that all the flu germs are gone and DEAD forever. 

toodles!

weekend edition.

it was 63* today.  this is not ideal hunting weather.  so, it shouldn't be a surprise when i write that nobody in our 'hunting party' got their deer.  yet.  hopefully tomorrow brings more luck, but who knows. 

i drug myself out of quarantine on friday night to come out to the in-law's.  we are staying here all weekend.  matt is up at the 'hunting shack' tonight with the guys.  we're just hanging out here.  much better than being home alone.  i'm feeling better but this tamiflu basically sucks.  i think it is making me feel nautious.  the pregnancy ickness went away and i feel like eating more since getting sick, but now the tamiflu is making me feel ... pregnant ... again.  dang.  i can't win.

not much else to report on this weekend edition. 

oh, i'm so ready for november snow.  it's time. 

guess what?

being a hunting widow sucks. 
when you are pregnant. 
and hormones are whack.

enough said.

birthday time!

i'm taking a break from my regular content complaining about pregnancy and sickness to talk to you about ... my husband's birthday!  it's today!  oh, and it's my step-mom's too (happy birthday)!

so, in light of recent events, i have nothing planned, bought, wrapped, ready for his birthday.  nothing.  i shouldn't probably have much contact with his food so, no cake either.  i thought about ordering them, but he'd have to pick them up.  i'm all over this obviously.

i'm looking for your thoughts and advice on this one.  what special thing have you done for your man on his birthday?  either free or not-so-free, either fun or serious ... anything!  what's the last thing you bought your husband?  the last thing i bought for matt was black powder stuff ... and i had his orders to get it.  the last surprise i got him ... no idea.  i am going to get him some under armour gear, but i haven't even got to ordering that.  and hunting is this weekend.  whoops.

so, enlighten me.  i'd love to hear your birthday ideas for the men in your life!  i think they (husbands, dads, brothers, BASICALLY ALL MEN) are the most difficult to do anything for!

i hope that even though he's living in the house of sickness right before his most favorite time of the year, that he has a great birthday and an even greater (and successful) week next week out in the woods. 

i love you honey.  happy birthday.  :)

quarantine.

first, i have to thank you all for your comments on the last post. 

last night i felt like hell.  body aches, chills, headache, stuffed up ... i actually was crying because i was so miserable.  i took a unisom to help me sleep.  not so much.  i was up in the middle of the night - and hot.  i took my temperature and it was a balmy 101.8*.  great.  i put on cooler clothing, got something cold to drink and some tylenol, and dragged myself out to the couch where it was cooler.  i PRAYED that this was not the start of something bad. 

i woke up today and felt the same.  i called my doctor's office and they were awesome.  the girl on the phone told me what was safe to take and said she would have a doctor follow up with me with a phone call.  she ALSO said that if i wanted to come down i could get the h1n1 shot (as i had mentioned i hadn't had it yet during our phone call).  then she seen i lived 60 miles away and said to hold on.  she got back on the phone and said that they would put my name on a shot for me and keep it until i came down for my next appointment (23rd).  yeah, they rock!  anyways, a doctor followed up with me and asked for my symptoms.  she said that it sounded like i had enough of the symptoms that she wanted to prescribe me tamiflu.  she said they were treating all of their ob patients with this precaution.  she said she didn't want me having to come in and she would call in the prescription.  totally awesome. 

the bummer of all this ... quarantine.  it's deer season this weekend and basically my husband is HIGHLY concerned he will be sick for it.  gah!  he took all his vacation to have next week off so he CAN'T get sick or will have to be off unpaid.  i hope neither of my boys get sick, but being on quarantine sucks.  i had plans to hang out with family, eat good food, and relax at his parents this weekend ... and that might not happen if i'm not better. 

so, i'm staying home from work again tomorrow to get better.  i hope to disinfect the house as much as i can.  i hate even asking anyone for help because they will enter the 'house of sickness'.  suck.

that's my post for today.  it's a craptastic day, but now i've got my tamiflu.  here's to hoping that makes me sick because then i'm really screwed.

don't you just LOVE cold and flu season?  frick.

ten on tuesday.

okay, so ten random things today...  

1. advice needed: i'm sick.  i've got the worst cold i've had in a long time.  it's beating me down and i just got it last night.  the only medication i've taken during this pregnancy is tylenol.  there are a slew of other medications on the 'safe' list they gave me, but i'm scared!  have any of you mom's ever taken sudafed (pseudoephedrine), unisom sleep, or robitussin plain cough syrup during your pregnancies?  i have head congestion, runny nose, body aches, and a killer headache.  i know the headache is probably just from the pregnancy (or my shitty pillow).  please - help!
2. i signed up for kickboxing knowing it would be a good workout.  i have only went once.  i've felt like crap ever since.  i'm kind of sad about this.  oh well, it goes until december sometime so maybe i'll get back there.
3. deer hunting opener (rifle season) is this weekend.  it's basically like a national holiday to my husband.  he took all of next week off just to hunt.  crazy kid.  i'm voting we get a lot of it made into venison jerky sticks this year. 
4. next week i have a holiday (veteran's day) and get a day off mid-week.  YES.
5. did i mention i feel like death warmed over?  yeah?  oh, okay.  just checking.
6. new favorite drink: hawaiian punch + sprite on the rocks. 
7. seriously need to disinfect my house, but i do not have the energy.
8. i'm so sick of listening to myself complain.  i'm sorry to everyone who has to listen to me.  but seriously, i'm miserable.  can it be the end of november already?
9. i'm ALREADY looking forward to thanksgiving dinner.  i might eat myself into a coma though.
10. it is matt's (and my step-mom's) birthday on thursday.  i am not prepared.  at all.

halloween.

on halloween eve, we carved our pumpkins.  tucker was into it for a while, carving the top of the pumpkin (while matt created his 'masterpiece'), but soon he was bored with it.  these two pictures are my favorite from our pumpkin carving evening.

i love how tucker has his hand on matt.

 

see?  he wasn't sleeping, just laying on the table.  bored.

 

matt always does some cool design, so he frowns upon 'triangles'.  so, i picked a design i liked and tried to prove to him i could do more than just 'triangles'.  holy hell, i had a kink in my neck after carving my haunted house masterpiece.  matt did a spiderman face in honor of our little dude's costume. 

 

on halloween, tucker turned into spiderman.  he wanted to be spiderman this year because 'he saves people'.  he was a pretty cute spiderman.

 

then we went to the americinn (rooms are filled by business in the community and you go door to door - so much warmer that way), then to a local harvest party (tucker played a handful of games there), then to a few houses (family/friends), then home.  when we stopped by my brother's house, he threw on his captain america suit and they showed off their muscles for the camera.  HILARIOUS.

 

then, after we were done, we met my mom at our house.  she watched tucker while matt and i went out.  i had seen a few bloggers dress up as the 'bun in the oven/baker' combo and i thought it would be a good fit for us this year.  plus, it required matt to do very little so i knew he'd be in.  i made my oven and was actually pretty pleased with how it turned out.  we went down to the muni and ended up WINNING first place in the costume contest.  the prize?  a $50 bar tab.  your welcome husband!

 

a great halloween.  and now, i'm overdosing on mini candy bars.  yey!