Monday, January 15, 2007

Puke clean-up 101

Ah...the sweet aroma of PUKE! If asked what candle I have been burning in my house this weekend, my response would be Puke Perfection. Yes, I believe Oscar has mastered the art of puking all over carpet, bed, pillow, couch, tile, and bathtub. Poppy luckily (or not so lucky) has only contaminated her sheets ( she has a much better aim).
Friday night it began and as of today, Monday Jan 15 2:45, I am pleased to report that there has been no puke since last night at approximately 9:45pm. Not to jinx ourselves, but hopefully after 4 super size loads of laundry, the puking has subsided.

Speaking of super-size...we watched "super size me" this weekend and I'm pleased to report that I cannot clearly remember the last time I've eaten at Mc D's. If you haven't seen the show you should check it out (that is unless you enjoy eating there ).

With Lil' O and Pops being sick I bought Charlotte's Web and we are almost finished. Oscar is very attentive when his stomach is lurching and all he wants to do is be a slug on the couch. There were a few parts that I found myself relating with...seeming that both of my sicklings are sleeping I think I'll share...
First, I was reading the part where Wilber was feeling "RADIANT" to quote the book...:When Charlotte's Web said SOME PIG, Wilber had tried to look like some pig. When Charlotte's web said Terrific, Wilber had tried to look terrific. And now that the web said RADIANT, he did everything possible to make himself glow".
Recently Rick and I were having a discussion about will power and I was expressing that I am always amazed at his will power and strength to do things...He then said that he does it because he has my expectations to live up to.
Now, I should note here that this man wakes up about 5:15 and goes swimming every morning (among other things I wont mention) while I have a difficult time rising any earlier that 6:30.
I've never said he should go swimming and I've never "expected" him to do anything...he just does it!! He is this great guy who continually inspires me to be better than I currently am.
So, after further thought, and after thinking about all of the really cool life skills I've learned, I realized that all of them have been because of Rick. Yes, I too try to live up to his expectations. I try to be the wonderful Mom he knows I can be. (I'm not saying that I'm a wonderful mom...but with him by my side cleaning up the puke, he helps me to become better!)
Somehow, knowing that he knows that I can be so much more...it inspires me to greater things.
Therefore...I hope that he will always expect things of me and I for him. That way we will continually strive to please each other and to become better!
Well, I'll leave you with that thought and I will continue on my Charlotte's Web parallels later...

8 comments:

Tanner's Tales said...

Poor O and Poppster. Will had quite the puke last week while Grandpa was here. He was just about to leave when Will covered the floor with puke. I didn't know his little (but growing)belly could hold so much! Grandpa was very nice and didn't say, "Well, I guess I'll see you later!" but he got right to work cleaning up the little guys puke. What a gread grandpa!

Abby Norman said...

Megan? "What a gread grandpa"? What's that supposed to mean? (I'm just teasing! I know the "d" key is very, very close to the "t" key...now y'all reading this post probably looked down at your keyboard to check...)

Okay, now to Letty. Yes, I agree with your entire post! We do strive to live up to other's unsaid expectations. I'm glad there's other human beings on the earth, so I can feel like I need to do better, and live up to expectations of somekind.

Jamison Fischer said...

To quote Seven:
"May you fulfill all of your goals except one, so you will always have something to strive for". Or something like that. I'm sure that she wouldn't have ended her sentence with a preposition.

Tanner's Tales said...

....something for which to strive?

old warrior said...

When one of Churchill's secretaries started revising speeches to avoid using prepositions at the ends of sentences, he fired a testy memo back to the secretary: "This is English up with which I shall not put!"
English combines prepositions with so many of its verbs, often making them into idioms such as to sit up, to run through, and to talk over, that it’s no wonder they turn up at the ends of sentences; English’s subject-verb order almost invites them to. Although some conservatives still consciously avoid and dislike all terminal prepositions, only in Oratorical or Formal contexts need you ever seek to replace the more Conversational sound you get with prepositions ending your sentences, and even there let prepositions fall naturally at the end rather than say anything stuffy or awkward in trying to avoid it.

Your 7th grade english teacher said...

Of course, this does not give us license to say things like "Where is it at?" (please--"Where is it" suffices just fine, thank you) or "Where are you going to?"

Picky, picky...

Jamison Fischer said...

Nice try, OW. You are writing comments like a seventh grader with internet access .
Check out http://www.bartleby.com/68/41/4741.html

OW said...

OK, so I don't know how to link the source to my comments. I'm not sure where my brain is going to...