http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ en-us Jennie.Kadrioski@gmail.com 2010-08-23T14:47:27-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2010_08.html This morning, D. pointed out (er, announced with flair and gusto, I should say) that it had been six months since my last post. Yikes. Well, to sum, I am alive, and mostly sane, if much thinner and a little... 1402@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Babble 2010-08-23T14:47:27-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2010_04.html It's not too late to hit the back button! I'm still a needy, hyper-hormonal mess. Now with 50% more insomnia! Through some fault of my own, I don't have anyone left I can talk to honestly about said mess. Even... 1401@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Babble 2010-04-29T01:25:15-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2010_04.html Shocking! I know. I love my foaming soap. Love, love, love. And I'm happy they now make refill packs so you needn't toss the dispenser. I haven't been able to find them locally, though. The gel refills, though, yes. So... 1400@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Link 2010-04-08T09:31:25-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2010_04.html Are a misnomer. There's nothing not stressful about them. Especially when routine. Three problems with mine today. First, a non-reactive heart rate. The fetal heart should, theoretically, accelerate a certain number of times within a certain amount of time. There... 1399@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Moaning 2010-04-07T22:58:06-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2010_04.html Sorry I haven't updated in so long. Honestly, it's usually just easier to decompress in the 140-characters-or-less format, and have the satisfaction of almost instantaneous feedback. So, where to start. Things haven't been easy, to say the least. All of... 1398@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Moaning 2010-04-05T17:27:25-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2010_01.html Everyone probably isn't this way. Driven to a state of gestational hormonal madness at, well, not what I'd say small provocations, exactly; they're sizeable enough, especially when you begin with a nearly pathological loathing of sudden change or perceived outside... 1397@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Babble 2010-01-22T01:13:34-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2010_01.html I got the call this morning -- my three-hour glucose test yesterday showed slightly elevated numbers at the two- and three-hour marks. Which means I have borderline gestational diabetes (That test was a pretty nasty little event in its own... 1396@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Nugget 2010-01-21T20:45:31-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2010_01.html I'd been buying and enjoying Skippy Natural for a few years. Just roasted peanuts, sugar, palm oil, and salt -- no nasty hydrogenated oils. But suddenly, I can't have the sodium, and my bananas were sad. Additionally, I don't eat... 1395@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Food 2010-01-13T11:57:47-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2010_01.html Well, first off, my labs were all clear. So I don't have preeclampsia, at least not yet! Big, huge relief. But. My two machine readings today were higher than I could have imagined -- about 185/100. Oh. My hell. My... 1394@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Nugget 2010-01-11T20:57:02-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2010_01.html Fetusdate: 23 weeks, 3 days. Due in 116 days. That last number is what makes our current situation so potentially dangerous. Monday I was diagnosed with pregnancy-induced hypertension, and this early in the game, that's not a good thing. It... 1393@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Nugget 2010-01-10T14:29:39-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2009_12.html ...right now: Brushing the cat Writing out cards Baking cherry nut bread Baking any cookies, any at all Making up gift mixes Wrapping/shipping gifts Ordering other gifts Making cuttings for the rosemary wreath Studying for the final Cleaning up the... 1392@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Babble 2009-12-05T13:01:28-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2009_12.html I was excited to get out the Advent Calendar and clip it up above our new patio door this year. But I certainly wasn't expecting the "cornice" to prove too thick for the small Bulldog clips! After a few days... 1391@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Crafts 2009-12-03T13:13:18-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2009_11.html Well, that went well, no? Ha. I can't overcome the fact that, at the moment, my best writing time conflicts with my hormonally-induced coma time. I've indulged in some real coffee, so I've got some ramble in me. Let's see...... 1390@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Babble 2009-11-20T10:47:13-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2009_11.html I love these felt Christmas trees! So easy—just felt, foam cones, pearl-head pins, and some shiny embellishments. Mine will probably be more muted than the ones pictured, but I see myself making several of these in different sizes. We have... 1389@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Crafts 2009-11-14T22:56:46-08:00 http://www.spinning-jennie.com/archives/2009_11.html Not even half in and I missed two days! I'd meant to write on Wednesday night, but zonked out only to wake up minutes from midnight. And then yesterday kind of rode on the momentum of that failure. Bother. Well,... 1388@http://www.spinning-jennie.com/ Misc 2009-11-13T18:01:12-08:00