http://carolynbahm.com This is a digital momocracy. I rule benevolently. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:04:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Almost trick-[or-treat time, originally uploaded by cbahm. Caitlyn, in the costume she tho\ught of and put together all by herself: Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Homemade costumes are the BEST. And Caitlyn? She rocks. Halloween, 2009, our front yard. http://carolynbahm.com/2009/10/31/almost-trick-or-treat-time/ originally uploaded by ☼emmaphotos. When is “sorry” not enough? It’s easy to stop restraining your own temper and hurt someone else because you’re tired or having a bad day. It’s often directed at the people with whom we’re the most comfortable and secure. I’ve certainly done it - usually at my mother, children, ... http://carolynbahm.com/2009/10/22/10-tips-on-apologizing/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="My ridiculous pic from the first night of the sleep study. Rocking the sex-ay."][/caption] I'll start wearing a CPAP mask and using the machine soon when I sleep; for now, I'm just waiting for the unit to arrive. My first mask will be the "pilot type" mask ... http://carolynbahm.com/2009/10/09/6-things-you-didnt-know-about-cpap-masks/ Well, it looks nice in Firefox. ;o) Right now, Internet Explorer is showing the archives and categories below the last post, instead of neatly in the sidebar where they BELONG. I'll work on it some more tonight. Grr. http://carolynbahm.com/2009/10/05/ie-vs-firefox-for-viewing-my-blog/ Caitlyn and one of her very best friends got together in my kitchen this afternoon and made a grand and glorious mess, carving pumpkins. Who could deny them? :) They roasted pumpkin seeds and then cleaned up after themselves (mostly) afterward. See more photos in the slideshow here. http://carolynbahm.com/2009/10/04/744/ Caitlyn's Girl Scout troop went to a local farm/pumpkin patch for an evening of fun with a small bonfire, S'Mores, a hayride, picking their own pumpkins from the field, and lots of shrieking and squealing in the corn maze. Parents chatted by the fire while the girls buzzed around us. ... http://carolynbahm.com/2009/10/03/a-night-at-the-pumpkin-patch/ [caption id="attachment_735" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Creative Commons, some rights reserved. Pic by Bearfaced."][/caption] Well, crap. Or make that "cpap." Looks like I have obstructive sleep apnea. Just got the results from my sleep study earlier this week: I stopped breathing 43.0 times per hour. Anything >30 is considered "severe." My oxygen level dipped to 61%. ... http://carolynbahm.com/2009/10/02/cpap-masks-are-teh-sexy/ Larry in his kangaroo pose., originally uploaded by cbahm. Every time I see him like this with his big ol' haunches and feet splayed out like this, I think, "Kangaroo." http://carolynbahm.com/2009/10/02/larry-in-his-kangaroo-pose/ Remembering gas money: One of the eleventy-billion ways my husband says 'I love you', originally uploaded by cbahm. http://carolynbahm.com/2009/10/02/what-i-found-this-smorning/ Snoring? Check. Talking in my sleep? Check. Restless legs? Check. Sleeping with eleventy-kabillion wire glued to me? Yeah, check that too! I went to the American Sleep Institute in Memphis for a sleep study last night. They wired my scalp, throat, chest, and legs and even taped little probes just barely into ... http://carolynbahm.com/2009/09/30/to-sleep-perchance-to-snore/