Wednesday, March 2
Cough.
Regina woke up today coughing. And it is very congested cough. Right now she is doing ok, occasionaly coughing. Seems like she does not have much energy eather , she looks very down today. . She is on meds that supposed to prevent pneomia . I have been giving it to her for a week( since St Jude shipped it to us), but I think they are not working. I wait until tonight, and if her cough is getting worse I will call her doctor. There goes my weekend....
Tuesday, March 1
Elephant Bar and more.
I promised Regina yesterday that I am going to take her to park. So today, 10.30 I did take her to local park. It was one crowded park. lol Somekind of moms club was out ther having fun, and all the kids were around 2-3 years old( about 20 of them). Afer 40 minute play I asked if She was hungry, and if she wanted to go to Elephant bar. Regina was exited about it. She USED to love elephant bar-chicken crisps and fish sticks were her favorite foods there. Well, today she wanted to order fish sticks- I had a feeling that she wont eat it, but I let her order it anyway. And knowing that her second fave was chicken, I got myself chicken- so what it was covered with grease. ANyway, food arrived and guess what- I WAS RIGHT. She hated fish sticks, but she had to eat it, because I told her this is our last time here. She had about 3 tiny bites and she was done, and she even did not want to tast the chicken- so I was stuck with chicken that I had to eat. I admit, it tasted good, but after eating that I got horrrrrible heartburn. So , we were finished with food- then waiter comes and tells us that kids meal comes with sunday. OH YEAH, she gets all exited about it. Then sunday arrives and she is like- WHAT THE HECK IS THAT .????? Huh??? She did not even taste it, I was furious at that point. But I kept my calm. I was so mad I ATE HER SUNDAY- I never eat disserts for lunch , but today was special day, and I knew Ice cream with chocolate sauce and whipped cream will calm me down. I was righ again- I did feel better after eating my daughters ice cream- add another 300 calories to 600 I allready ate. Then we got home and she was like- mommy, my tummy hurts. Yeah, sure honey, it hurts because you did not eat anything. NOW , REgina go open the refrigirator and find something to eat. ***** AND GUESS WHAT*****. Her tummy pain was G O N E !!!! Now I know the medicine. I can not stand when people lie to me( or kids).
Just let you know- I am ok now, she is playing her gameboy, but she still has not eaten anything. And I don't let her have snacks today- yeah, I am that brutal.
Gabriel is in school. He still has another 2 hours to be there. And then he will come home and poses as princess. UGH. What did I do wrong do deserve this????
Just let you know- I am ok now, she is playing her gameboy, but she still has not eaten anything. And I don't let her have snacks today- yeah, I am that brutal.
Gabriel is in school. He still has another 2 hours to be there. And then he will come home and poses as princess. UGH. What did I do wrong do deserve this????
Monday, February 28
Creative day. :D:D:D
I feel very crafty today. I started my day dropping off my son to daycare and then I hit the walmart to get some fabrics. Yes, I am going to make a quilt for Reginas bed in Reginas room with all her favorite characters on it. I got care bears and princess fabric. But I still need a lot of different fabrics like blues clues, dora Bratz, Barbie, different protective angels.
This is the one I have been trying to find. http://www.e-affordableart.com/ra_guardianangel.htm It is my vary favorite picture in whole wide world. My grandma had postcard size picture hanging over his bed for over 50 years. Picture that I have is from 1938. and it is quite old. I am now trying to find somekind of fabric that has this image on. If you happen to know somebody who can help me with it, please let me know.
So today I did some cutting . And I tryed to plan the layout and let me tell you, it is a lot of work to make something like it. It seems easy but it is not. It is hard and I just hope that I have enough energy to finish it one day. lol
Regina is doing pretty good. Her runny nose is getting less runny. And she is eating more and more each day. :) I am really happy about it. We finally found her vitamis she loves. Winnie the Pooh gummys. :) 2 gummys a day. SHe loves them.
She also wants to learn to read , and thanks to my friend Leila, she seems more interested in reading. L. gave Regina wonderful set of books that are really easy for learners. And Regina is a lerner. :)
Then I have been organizing my photos Just because on Saturday I am going to my Scrapbooking retreat. Oh , I am so exited about it. It is the whole weekend deal, but I am just going to scrap for a day. So now I have hundreds of pics and I plan to scrab at least 50 pages. Oh I need to buy whole bunch of supplies also. :D:D:D:D:D
Then on friday night I am planning to go to LA( one estonian band is giving a mini concert in Estonian house). I just hope that weather is good, because if it is not I WONT BE DRIVING. I hate driving in rain .
This is the one I have been trying to find. http://www.e-affordableart.com/ra_guardianangel.htm It is my vary favorite picture in whole wide world. My grandma had postcard size picture hanging over his bed for over 50 years. Picture that I have is from 1938. and it is quite old. I am now trying to find somekind of fabric that has this image on. If you happen to know somebody who can help me with it, please let me know.
So today I did some cutting . And I tryed to plan the layout and let me tell you, it is a lot of work to make something like it. It seems easy but it is not. It is hard and I just hope that I have enough energy to finish it one day. lol
Regina is doing pretty good. Her runny nose is getting less runny. And she is eating more and more each day. :) I am really happy about it. We finally found her vitamis she loves. Winnie the Pooh gummys. :) 2 gummys a day. SHe loves them.
She also wants to learn to read , and thanks to my friend Leila, she seems more interested in reading. L. gave Regina wonderful set of books that are really easy for learners. And Regina is a lerner. :)
Then I have been organizing my photos Just because on Saturday I am going to my Scrapbooking retreat. Oh , I am so exited about it. It is the whole weekend deal, but I am just going to scrap for a day. So now I have hundreds of pics and I plan to scrab at least 50 pages. Oh I need to buy whole bunch of supplies also. :D:D:D:D:D
Then on friday night I am planning to go to LA( one estonian band is giving a mini concert in Estonian house). I just hope that weather is good, because if it is not I WONT BE DRIVING. I hate driving in rain .
Sunday, February 27
Saturday, February 26
Eat - Not to eat???
I made peanut butter, chocolate chunk macademia nut cookies today- all in one. THey are the best cookies I ever , had. It is my own recipe( I worked hard to get it perfect ;). Now I finally got what I wanted. I just felt like sharing. Sija ate them until she felt sick in her stomack. lol
Then I experimented with coctails- Monsters energy drink, margarita mix, white ice cream and triple sec, makes really really good coctails. I am not going to give you exact amounts , but coctail is really , really good. ;) ( shake it baby :D )
Regina has her best friend here . They are grazy. It is 9.01 PM and they are going strong. They have changed their outfits for about 100 times- from one princess to another. And guess who is really exited about dressing up as girl ?? GABRIEL. He told me he is a girl, HE WANTS to be a girl. This is scary. He sleeps with barbies, he wants to wear high heal shoes( have you ever seen Hot Chick movie, there is one boy who wears his sisters clothes). And to make things even worse- he even talks like a girl. He NEEDS to be around men more often. All he gets at home are 3 girly girls, who don't play with cars or airplanes. :lol Poor Gabriel. I hope he does not end up like Ru Paul ( I don't mind him, but we are talking about my son. lol)
Then I experimented with coctails- Monsters energy drink, margarita mix, white ice cream and triple sec, makes really really good coctails. I am not going to give you exact amounts , but coctail is really , really good. ;) ( shake it baby :D )
Regina has her best friend here . They are grazy. It is 9.01 PM and they are going strong. They have changed their outfits for about 100 times- from one princess to another. And guess who is really exited about dressing up as girl ?? GABRIEL. He told me he is a girl, HE WANTS to be a girl. This is scary. He sleeps with barbies, he wants to wear high heal shoes( have you ever seen Hot Chick movie, there is one boy who wears his sisters clothes). And to make things even worse- he even talks like a girl. He NEEDS to be around men more often. All he gets at home are 3 girly girls, who don't play with cars or airplanes. :lol Poor Gabriel. I hope he does not end up like Ru Paul ( I don't mind him, but we are talking about my son. lol)
Big Ben
Another Dear St Jude family lost theie sweet baby. Big Ben bowen . I did not know them very well but I learned to know them through their website. I met her mom briefly when Regina started her Radiation treatments back in June.
They keep inspireing people all around the world :D
http://www.bens-story.com
They keep inspireing people all around the world :D
http://www.bens-story.com
Thursday, February 24
Foods/ desserts we/Regina love.
Today we went to Barnes and Noble store. They have Starbucks. I don't care much for coffee, but what I do care is their doubble chocolate chip cookies and Sugar cookies. I SWEAR- these are the best cookies you have ever tasted:)
Then Regina loves marble loaf cake Starbucks also sells( not in every store). Yes, she is a sweet tooth.
Another her very favorite is Cinnabon mini cinnamon rolls. She likes everything cinnamon, and if we are talking about cinnamon rolls, then IKEA cinnamon rolls( mini ones, not freshly baked) are her second favorite cinnamon dessert.
Like most of girls she loves chocolate. Chocolate cakes with chocolate frosting and chocolate fillings are her very favorites.
I do have to mention that it is very hard for me to by her those things because they may contain nuts( walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts etc) and she is allergic to all nuts available. So every time she takes bite of some store bought dessert , I have to inspect it first .
She is not ALL dessert diet. She also loves salty things- but she is very, very celective what she likes and eats, and trust me if she tastes the food and it does not taste right- she will tell me that I got the wrong thing. She is way to smart.
Her very favorire food is IKEA Sweedish meatballs with sauce. THey are really really good. :)
She also likes spicy chicken wings from Costco. It has to be the brand costco sells. She does not like other wings.
Her favorite sausage is Oscar Myers Vieners- made with turkey , pork and chicken.
She loves cheese sandwiches- plain white bread with yellow cheese between 2 slices. She is very particular about cheese. AGAIN, if it is wrong kind of cheese, she will spot it and off I go to store again to find her right kind of cheese.
She likes asian noodles( not instant ones)- without any sauce
She likes kidz meal corndogs , and sometimes she even eats macaroni and Cheese
She likes farfalle macaroni without any sauce
Spagetty with marinara sauce
Cheese or sausage pizza Dominos or Digiorno. Yes, she knows her brands well.
There are more foods she loves but enough for this time.
Now lets talk about drinks
Her very favorite drink is 2% milk. She can drink a lot of milk
She loves NAKED orange juice
She loves Berry juicy juice
Coca cola or pepsi
Hot white or pink chocolate( from Disney Land)
SOmetimes regular milk chocolate does the thing
She loves pink bubble gum flavored popsicles
That is about it.
More to come when I get a chance. :D
Then Regina loves marble loaf cake Starbucks also sells( not in every store). Yes, she is a sweet tooth.
Another her very favorite is Cinnabon mini cinnamon rolls. She likes everything cinnamon, and if we are talking about cinnamon rolls, then IKEA cinnamon rolls( mini ones, not freshly baked) are her second favorite cinnamon dessert.
Like most of girls she loves chocolate. Chocolate cakes with chocolate frosting and chocolate fillings are her very favorites.
I do have to mention that it is very hard for me to by her those things because they may contain nuts( walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts etc) and she is allergic to all nuts available. So every time she takes bite of some store bought dessert , I have to inspect it first .
She is not ALL dessert diet. She also loves salty things- but she is very, very celective what she likes and eats, and trust me if she tastes the food and it does not taste right- she will tell me that I got the wrong thing. She is way to smart.
Her very favorire food is IKEA Sweedish meatballs with sauce. THey are really really good. :)
She also likes spicy chicken wings from Costco. It has to be the brand costco sells. She does not like other wings.
Her favorite sausage is Oscar Myers Vieners- made with turkey , pork and chicken.
She loves cheese sandwiches- plain white bread with yellow cheese between 2 slices. She is very particular about cheese. AGAIN, if it is wrong kind of cheese, she will spot it and off I go to store again to find her right kind of cheese.
She likes asian noodles( not instant ones)- without any sauce
She likes kidz meal corndogs , and sometimes she even eats macaroni and Cheese
She likes farfalle macaroni without any sauce
Spagetty with marinara sauce
Cheese or sausage pizza Dominos or Digiorno. Yes, she knows her brands well.
There are more foods she loves but enough for this time.
Now lets talk about drinks
Her very favorite drink is 2% milk. She can drink a lot of milk
She loves NAKED orange juice
She loves Berry juicy juice
Coca cola or pepsi
Hot white or pink chocolate( from Disney Land)
SOmetimes regular milk chocolate does the thing
She loves pink bubble gum flavored popsicles
That is about it.
More to come when I get a chance. :D
Estonian Independence day, February 24th.
Today Is Estonian Independence day.
Happy Independence day to you all.
In January 1989, The Estonian Supreme Soviet adopted a language act, which declared the Estonian language the official language in the country. On 24 February 1989 the Estonian Independence Day was celebrated for the first time during the Soviet occupation. During the same year, the Citizens’ Committees Movement was launched. Its aim was to register all pre-war citizens of the Republic of Estonia and their descendants. The movement (the man at the head of the main committee was Tunne Kelam) was based on the principle of legal continuity and the continuity of Estonia’s citizenship and property rights.
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Encouraged by the rapid collapse of the communist systems in Eastern and Central Europe, the independence movement of the Baltic countries in the second half of 1989 intensified further. On 23 August, a 600-kilometre human chain reaching from Tallinn to Vilnius focused international attention on the aspirations of the Baltic nations. With one million Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians holding hands, the human chain was the biggest political demonstration in Eastern Europe. In October, the Popular Front also started to support the idea of total freedom for Estonia.
sini-must-valge lipp Toompeal-->On 24 February 1989, the national blue-black-and-white flag was hoisted to the main tower on the Tallinn Toompea castle.
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The first foreign country to recognise Estonia on 22 August was Iceland; the Russian Federation did the same on 24 August, the countries of the European Union on 27 August, the USA on 2 September and the Soviet Union on 6 September. By the end of 1991, around one hundred countries had recognised Estonia’s independence. On 10 September the same year, Estonia was accepted as a member state of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe; on 17 September it became a member of the United Nations.
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On 7 October 1992, the 7th Riigikogu (Parliament), elected on 20 September the same year, passed a declaration restoring the constitutional state power which put an end to the transition period. This decision declared the legal identity with the Republic of Estonia declared on 24 February 1918, which fell victim to Soviet aggression and was unlawfully incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940. The Riigikogu expressed its thanks to all the countries who had de jure recognised the Republic of Estonia during the years of occupation. The same day, the government of the Republic of Estonia in exile terminated its activity.
If you are interesete learing more about Estonia and Estonians visit Esonica website.
http://www.estonica.org/index.html
Happy Independence day to you all.
In January 1989, The Estonian Supreme Soviet adopted a language act, which declared the Estonian language the official language in the country. On 24 February 1989 the Estonian Independence Day was celebrated for the first time during the Soviet occupation. During the same year, the Citizens’ Committees Movement was launched. Its aim was to register all pre-war citizens of the Republic of Estonia and their descendants. The movement (the man at the head of the main committee was Tunne Kelam) was based on the principle of legal continuity and the continuity of Estonia’s citizenship and property rights.
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Encouraged by the rapid collapse of the communist systems in Eastern and Central Europe, the independence movement of the Baltic countries in the second half of 1989 intensified further. On 23 August, a 600-kilometre human chain reaching from Tallinn to Vilnius focused international attention on the aspirations of the Baltic nations. With one million Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians holding hands, the human chain was the biggest political demonstration in Eastern Europe. In October, the Popular Front also started to support the idea of total freedom for Estonia.
sini-must-valge lipp Toompeal-->On 24 February 1989, the national blue-black-and-white flag was hoisted to the main tower on the Tallinn Toompea castle.
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The first foreign country to recognise Estonia on 22 August was Iceland; the Russian Federation did the same on 24 August, the countries of the European Union on 27 August, the USA on 2 September and the Soviet Union on 6 September. By the end of 1991, around one hundred countries had recognised Estonia’s independence. On 10 September the same year, Estonia was accepted as a member state of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe; on 17 September it became a member of the United Nations.
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On 7 October 1992, the 7th Riigikogu (Parliament), elected on 20 September the same year, passed a declaration restoring the constitutional state power which put an end to the transition period. This decision declared the legal identity with the Republic of Estonia declared on 24 February 1918, which fell victim to Soviet aggression and was unlawfully incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940. The Riigikogu expressed its thanks to all the countries who had de jure recognised the Republic of Estonia during the years of occupation. The same day, the government of the Republic of Estonia in exile terminated its activity.
If you are interesete learing more about Estonia and Estonians visit Esonica website.
http://www.estonica.org/index.html
To creep you out even more.
Here is link with GlobeExplorer. This is how your house/ street/ neighborhood looks from satellite.
http://www.globexplorer.com/?src=overture&OVRAW=satelite%20view&OVKEY=satellite%20view&OVMTC=standard
http://www.globexplorer.com/?src=overture&OVRAW=satelite%20view&OVKEY=satellite%20view&OVMTC=standard
Wednesday, February 23
Regina is on antibiotics.
She had runny nose( clear) for over 3 months now. But after Saturday party that clear turned yellowish, greenish boooooger. I took her to see doctor and she has to take meds for it. . I guess, somebody brought little bug to our house.
And she also had white stuff coming out from her eyes. So now she is on antibiotics. I hope it'll help, because poor girl has to blow her nose every 10 seconds. I have no Idea where all that stuff comes from.
It is 6.02pm and i am HUNGRY. lately my favorite food is everything tuna. So today I am going to make tuna melts. CHEESY tuna melts. OH, I have not had those for ages( I guess for about 2 years), so today is Tuna day. For Tomorrow I am planning to have lentil soup with pork feet ( yes, I know my taste is not traditional). And that kind of soup with special chinese herbs added to it is great for those who have breast milk problems. There is something in yellow beans and pork feet that produce more milk ( I know, I tryed). I hope I am not grossing you out . lol. Today I have been scaring Sija a lot. lol
While driving home from doctors office I told her that every person who is driving on this freeway right now has one big secret that nobody knows.( me included ;) Interesting, how many people here driving with us are child molestors, murderers, prostitutes etc. How many of those people are planning murder now, and who will be next person killed. lol But really, if you think about it- that is the truth. Yes, there are also people who are only thinking about flowers and bees, and ice cream and meatballs. But I really don't care about that, I care more about why in the world do I think about things like that?? :lol Ask my sister, she knows. I have scared her to death with my imaginationary stories. :lol
I love pork feet, pork ears, rinds- everytghing with extra crunch and cal's to it. ;)
And she also had white stuff coming out from her eyes. So now she is on antibiotics. I hope it'll help, because poor girl has to blow her nose every 10 seconds. I have no Idea where all that stuff comes from.
It is 6.02pm and i am HUNGRY. lately my favorite food is everything tuna. So today I am going to make tuna melts. CHEESY tuna melts. OH, I have not had those for ages( I guess for about 2 years), so today is Tuna day. For Tomorrow I am planning to have lentil soup with pork feet ( yes, I know my taste is not traditional). And that kind of soup with special chinese herbs added to it is great for those who have breast milk problems. There is something in yellow beans and pork feet that produce more milk ( I know, I tryed). I hope I am not grossing you out . lol. Today I have been scaring Sija a lot. lol
While driving home from doctors office I told her that every person who is driving on this freeway right now has one big secret that nobody knows.( me included ;) Interesting, how many people here driving with us are child molestors, murderers, prostitutes etc. How many of those people are planning murder now, and who will be next person killed. lol But really, if you think about it- that is the truth. Yes, there are also people who are only thinking about flowers and bees, and ice cream and meatballs. But I really don't care about that, I care more about why in the world do I think about things like that?? :lol Ask my sister, she knows. I have scared her to death with my imaginationary stories. :lol
I love pork feet, pork ears, rinds- everytghing with extra crunch and cal's to it. ;)
Tuesday, February 22
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