Potty Training

We have been working on potty training, very casually, for the past few weeks. For who knows how long now Kaylin has wanted to be in the bathroom checking out what goes on, with me, Casey, my mom--pretty much anyone who would let her in the bathroom with her. About 6 weeks ago Kaylin started waking up from her nap dry. I decided to get a potty chair at that time so she could get used to sitting on it. We started, very casually. She started sitting on the potty in her clothes when someone was going to the bathroom, mostly me though as daddy doesn't sit on the potty. I decided a few weeks ago to have her sit on the potty w/o a diaper on before bathtime as she was in there with me as the tub filled up. When she started waking up dry from her naps I started thinking about getting 'serious' with her a bit more. Last week she woke up from bedtime (12 hours or more) dry. Thats when I decided, ok, we are going to sit on the potty first thing when she wakes up to see if we could get anything. She LOVES to sit on the potty. I have started sitting her on first thing in the morning, right after naps, and before bath time. We have had success the past 3 days at least once a day going in the potty. This morning I put her on the potty, told her lets go potty, started singing her song I made up,and she went on command (well I want to think on command). She then stood up, pointed in the potty, and had a look on her face like "look what I just did, aren't you so proud of me Mommy?" Hopefully I can have luck after naptime today as well.
I have been hoping for months that I could get her potty trained before December when her sister/brother comes along. Now I'm starting to think I can possibly have her out of diapers and only 1 in diapers at a time.

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APPLICATION FOR A NIGHT OUT WITH THE GIRLS
Name of Girlfriend/Fiancé/Partner/Wife:
I’m going out.
Signed: (me) _____________________________

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APPLICATION FOR A NIGHT OUT WITH THE BOYS
Name of Boyfriend/Fiancé/Husband:
I request permission for a leave of absence from the highest authority in my life for the following period:
Time of return
Date: Time of departure: NOT to exceed:
Should permission be granted, I do solemnly swear to only visit the locations stated below, at the stated times. I agree to refrain from hitting on or flirting with other women. I shall not even speak to another female, except as expressly permitted in writing below. I will not turn off my mobile after two pints, nor shall I consume above the allowed volume of alcohol without first phoning for a taxi AND calling you for a verbal waiver of said alcohol allowance. I understand that even if permission is granted to go out, my girlfriend/fiancé/wife retains the right to be pissed off with me the following week for no valid reason whatsoever.
Amount of alcohol allowed (units) Beer Wine Liquor Total
Locations to be visited
Females with whom conversation
is permitted
IMPORTANT – STRIPPER CLAUSE: Not withstanding the female contact permitted above, I promise to refrain from coming within one hundred (100) feet of a stripper or exotic dancer. Violation of this Stripper Clause shall be grounds for immediate termination of the relationship.
I acknowledge my position in life. I know who wears the trousers in our relationship, and I agree it’s not me. I promise to abide by your rules & regulations. I understand that this is going to cost me a fortune in chocolates & flowers. You reserve the right to obtain and use my credit cards whenever you wish to do so. I hereby promise to take you on an unlimited shopping spree, should I not return home by the approved time. On my way home, I will not pick a fight with any stranger, nor shall I conduct in depth discussions with the said entity. Upon my return home, I promise not to urinate anywhere other than in the toilet. In addition, I will refrain from waking you up, breathing my vile breath in your face, and attempting to breed like a (drunken) rabbit.
I declare that to the best of my knowledge (of which I have none compared to my BETTER half), the above information is correct.
Signed - Boyfriend/Fiancé/Husband:
Request is: APPROVED DENIED
This decision is not negotiable. If approved, cut permission slip below and carry at all times.
􀀅……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Permission for my boyfriend/fiancé/husband to be away for the following period of time:
Date: Time of departure: Time of return:
Signed – Girlfriend/Fiancé/Wife:
Location: From: To:
Location: From: To:
Location: From: To:

bad day

So the city counsel failed to pass the emergency ordinances to save 36 police jobs and 31 firefighter jobs tonight. They did this because they didn't want to use money allocated to build a 1/2 mile strip of new sidewalk to pay city employees. Now there will be over 100 city employees not reporting to work starting Sunday. If you live in Springfield CALL YOUR ALDERMAN AND COMPLAIN!!! This is a HUGE public safety issue. There will be firehouses closing, meaning an increase in response time for fires and medical emergencies. This means there will be less police on the streets, increasing response times to emergencies. And I'm sure an increase in crime in our city. I hope the 3 alderman who voted no because they want the 1/2 mile of sidewalk enjoy that sidewalk and can sleep at night knowing there will be over 100 people unable to pay bills, provide for their families, and help the city go further in debt by increasing the unemployment rate. All over 1/2 mile of sidewalk.
This means for me I have to go back to work full time starting Monday, not a thing I am looking forward to. I have a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach knowing I'm not going to be home with Kaylin every day like I have been these past 18 months. At least we are one of the lucky families who are able to get health insurance from other than my job or the job Casey just lost and that I can go back to work full time hours and provide for my family. I'm not supposed to be working full time, I'm supposed to be at home caring for my baby.

possibly more than free Morning Star Veggie patties at Target

There is a new $2/2 Morning Star Veggie patties coupon on www.target.com. Rumor has it they are marked under $2 a package at Target. I've got some (a ton) of $2/1 coupons I picked up a few weeks ago at Meijer making for some FREE veggie patties. Once I verify the actual price on the patties at the local Target I will repost about the sweet deal. And if it is indeed true, I'll share some coupons with anyone who would want them because I have over 10 and won't need that many boxes of veggie patties.

2009 Coupon Insert Schedule

http://www.grocerycouponguide.com/articles/2009-coupon-insert-schedule/

Found this while Kaylin is watching Barney and thought it could be helpful.

Future uncertainty

My day just went from bad to worse. So Casey got notice today he will be laid off as of July 25th. This is NOT what we need right now. This comes after I almost set the house on fire, TWICE cooking today. Needless to say I ordered pizza for dinner since I didn't want to use the stove or oven (which are still an absolute mess) and didn't want to succeed in burning the house down the 3rd time I cooked today.
The good thing is Casey thinks the layoff will not happen after all, and if it does, it will be very short term. I HATE our Mayor!!! As of the 25th if C loses his job, I get to go back to working full time hours and C gets to stay at home with K. Not a good situation for any of us. There is no way he can take care of her 4-5 days a week, he can't handle 2 days a week the way it is. I'm going to be a basketcase if I have to start working full time out of the house again because I haven't been away from Kaylin that much, EVER. And she's 17 months old now. I worked 32hrs/wk in June and THAT SUCKED. I don't want to have to work 40hrs/wk. I think I need some REALLY good chocolate after today.