Loved our women's Bible study last night. I was feeling pretty discouraged about my place at New Song as a musician and they were very helpful. Though I enjoy the band music a lot and like working with everyone, I feel pretty much like a fish out of water. I don't really do the style they do very well, and it feels like a huge stretch every week. I'm going to take June & July off because of the upcoming new arrival in our family, and I think that will help me regain some perspective, get some rest, adn feel better about things.
Anyway, thanks, ladies, for your support and listening ears. I really appreciate you!!!!
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Piano recital
My students' recital was tonight, and they did pretty well. I'm watching the video (sort of, since I'm reading blogs, e-mail, and typing this) while I download it into my computer. I'm going to make them all a DVD so they can review their performances before Guild auditions. Maybe watching themselves on tape will help them see/hear things that I keep telling them about that they don't seem to change. Mostly they are doing really well, but there are certain things I tell them over and over that don't sink in. Ah well, they are young yet. Anyway, there were some great moments of success, and some spectacular OOPS moments too. The thing that is neat, though, is hearing the improvement they are all making over time - they are so much better than last year or the year before.
Friday, May 05, 2006
Today - on the front page of the Deseret News
Our lab continues to be in the news with this article today:
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635205029,00.html
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635205029,00.html
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Our lab was on TV!
The Odelberg Lab was on TV last night because there was a press release about a new grant we just got from DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). The grant is for research into limb regeneration in newts and also in mammals, with the eventual goal being regeneration in humans.
Anyway, if you're interested, the links below will take you to a story and a video clip. You'll need Real Player to watch the video. Have fun!
Anyway, if you're interested, the links below will take you to a story and a video clip. You'll need Real Player to watch the video. Have fun!
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Noticing
People are really starting to notice that I'm pregnant, which makes me really happy. Last time I was too fat for people to tell (yikes, how embarrassing!) but this time that is not the case. I am really really really enjoying the rewards from all the hard work on WW! I actually can't wait to go back and finish losing the rest.
Speaking of pregnancy, I can hardly believe that I have less than 8 weeks left now. I am really excited to "meet" my little girl. She is kicking right now, so maybe she's excited to meet me too?
Speaking of pregnancy, I can hardly believe that I have less than 8 weeks left now. I am really excited to "meet" my little girl. She is kicking right now, so maybe she's excited to meet me too?
Mother's Day
Is in 2 weeks. Yikes. I figured out what to do for my mom, though. In case she is actually reading this (hi mom!), I'm not going to say what it is, but I'm actually MAKING something for her. Wow. I was inspired by this Garrison Keillor article. I'm not a poet, so I'm not writing anything, but it is still creative :). I hope she will like it.
Must post more often
If I don't post more, no one is going to read this. I guess that shouldn't matter, but it sorta does. I think that I feel like I have to post some major magnum opus every time or something, and I have this idea that it's going to take a long time to post every time. I have resolved to do better before and didn't, but maybe this time???
Friday, April 14, 2006
Spring is here!
Yeah! It's been beautiful this week. Before I hit the sack, here are some photos I took from our house.
Sick and pregnant
This is NOT a good combination. Pregnancy takes a lot out of a person as it is. Today I have been SICK. Lying on the couch all day kind of sick. Went to work for 1.5 hrs but came home ASAP because I was VERY ill. Thing is, I thought I was OK enough to work when I went in, but promptly discovered that I was NOT. I am really nauseous, have lots of heartburn, and have hardly had any appetite all day. Plus I'm super weak, dizzy, and sleepy. Sitting is better than lying down, because of the heartburn, but being on the computer for the past hour has taken its toll and I think I need to hit the sack. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
Update
It's been a while since I've blogged. Things have been pretty good here. Here's the general update:
Loren - doing well w/his job. They are moving him to another building next week, which he is excited about. He thinks that will be a more stimulating environment.
Tammy - getting larger at 28 weeks 6 days pregnant. Still feeling pretty good, and all is well with the pregnancy. Passed the glucose screen this week (in fact, it was low!).
Calvin - had his 18 month appt this week and is 24 lb (25th %ile) and 33 inches tall (75th %ile). Got some shots and was a bit under the weather the next day, but seems to have recovered.
Loren - doing well w/his job. They are moving him to another building next week, which he is excited about. He thinks that will be a more stimulating environment.
Tammy - getting larger at 28 weeks 6 days pregnant. Still feeling pretty good, and all is well with the pregnancy. Passed the glucose screen this week (in fact, it was low!).
Calvin - had his 18 month appt this week and is 24 lb (25th %ile) and 33 inches tall (75th %ile). Got some shots and was a bit under the weather the next day, but seems to have recovered.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
random stuff
What's on my mind, you ask? Well, one thing is that I've now gained 10 lbs. It's hard to see the scale inching up, even though it's supposed to. I worked so hard to lose all that weight, and now to put it back on again is hard. Of course, I'm pretty hungry and seem to need to eat a lot, so that makes it easy. I just hope that I'm exercising some self-control along the way and staying reasonable about it. The other day I caught myself thinking, "Why should I exercise when I'm just going to gain weight anyway?". Yikes. Nipped that one in the bud pretty quickly - of course I still need to exercise or I'll gain MORE weight. Plus I want to stay fit and healthy, and exercise is part of that. I've been good about it - still walking 4x/wk (or aerobics if the weather's bad) and weight training 3x/wk.
I have a dr appt tomorrow, which I'm looking forward to. I don't know why, since they're routine and it's the same thing every time... urine test for sugar/protein, blood pressure, measure fundal height, check my weight, and listen for baby's heartbeat. I still like it, perhaps because each visit is bringing me closer to holding my little girl.
Calvin just woke from his nap and is crying a bit. He will probably settle down and play for a little while if I let him. It's traumatic to wake up! Anyway, he is learning LOTS of new stuff every day - he understands more and more words and is learning more baby signs all the time. He's a joy to be around (for the most part) and we love watching him learn. His latest thing is to sign "hat" and bring me his hat when he wants to go outside. If I don't get the hint, he stands by the door and looks at me expectantly. It's really cute.
Well, he's not calming down, so I'd better go and rescue him and give him a big hug. More later.
I have a dr appt tomorrow, which I'm looking forward to. I don't know why, since they're routine and it's the same thing every time... urine test for sugar/protein, blood pressure, measure fundal height, check my weight, and listen for baby's heartbeat. I still like it, perhaps because each visit is bringing me closer to holding my little girl.
Calvin just woke from his nap and is crying a bit. He will probably settle down and play for a little while if I let him. It's traumatic to wake up! Anyway, he is learning LOTS of new stuff every day - he understands more and more words and is learning more baby signs all the time. He's a joy to be around (for the most part) and we love watching him learn. His latest thing is to sign "hat" and bring me his hat when he wants to go outside. If I don't get the hint, he stands by the door and looks at me expectantly. It's really cute.
Well, he's not calming down, so I'd better go and rescue him and give him a big hug. More later.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Snow was cool :)
I have to admit that my first thought when I saw the snow accumulating this morning was despair. I worried about Loren and Calvin driving to day care in it. I cursed winter because I am sick of it. But, gloom has a way of turning to joy sometimes, and that's what happened today. I turned on the TV to see just how bad the roads were, and they were VERY bad. The reporter said that the east bench (where Calvin's day care is) got "slammed". That, and seeing that I-80 was closed in Parley's Canyon and that it was covered with snow at 700 East, settled it for me. There was NO way I was letting Loren drive Calvin to day care in that in our little Geo Metro - not with SUVs with 4WD thinking they can drive 70 mph in said conditions. So, I called in a snow day to work, and stayed home with il Calvino. When daddy left, Calvin was motioning "hat" to me, and when I put his hat on, he banged on the front door to go outside. OK, OK... we'll go outside. I had to shovel, anyway. We had a blast outside; click here for some pics and videos of our adventures.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Women's group
I love our group - it's so great. People are very supportive of one another and I feel like we're beginning to share more and feel safe doing so. I love it (yeah, yeah, already said that, but it's so true)!
I really appreciate the kindness of 2 Saras this week - Sara #1 told me yesterday that I looked beautiful like Arwen in my new maternity shirt. Wow, what a compliment! It made me feel so good. Thank you!!!! Sara #2 also told me that I look really beautiful and complimented my face & hair, etc. I feel very loved. What woman doesn't love to be told that she looks good? Thank you again, Saras!!! Our church (www.newsong.org) rocks. Where else could I meet people like this?
I really appreciate the kindness of 2 Saras this week - Sara #1 told me yesterday that I looked beautiful like Arwen in my new maternity shirt. Wow, what a compliment! It made me feel so good. Thank you!!!! Sara #2 also told me that I look really beautiful and complimented my face & hair, etc. I feel very loved. What woman doesn't love to be told that she looks good? Thank you again, Saras!!! Our church (www.newsong.org) rocks. Where else could I meet people like this?
Saturday, February 04, 2006
It's a girl!
They say this means it's a girl. They seemed pretty darn sure. We'll get to see her again in a few weeks so we can check once more. 
Slowing down
The weather was actually tolerable outside this morning (32 degrees, no rain or snow, and the roads are clear) so I did a 3.75 mile walk around SugarHouse park. I have to say that the pregnancy apprears to be slowing me down. Keeping my usual heart rate for walks (135-140), I didn't walk nearly as fast as pre-pregnancy. I used to do about a 12 min mile (12:30 if I had a slow day), but today I averaged a 13:20 mile. Same heart effort... less distance in the same time. I guess that's what happens when your body is working to support a little one.
Speaking of little one, I've become a bit of a medical novelty. I wrote about it in my last post, but since then my reproductive endocrinologist (i.e. infertility specialist) has considered the matter as well. I e-mailed him simply because I thought he might find my case to be interesting, given that I am carrying a baby of 18 (well, now 19) weeks gestational age when I thought I was only 14 weeks by my charts. He did think it was interesting, but his first impression was that the ultrasound must be wrong. He and some colleagues looked at my charts and all agreed that something is weird - and that maybe the u/s was off (of course, it would have to be off by a LOT...). So he called the radiologist who read my u/s and she was adamant that the measurements were good and that I am really 18 weeks. He called me and said that it sure is a head scratcher and that it really does look to him like somehow I am 18 weeks, despite my charts. I'm glad my docs agree, and now, hey, I'm a really interesting case, too! The infertility doc said that if I ever get pregnant again he wants to be there (I hope he didn't mean that literally! :)!). Since we're not really planning on another, I guess he won't get the chance.
Speaking of little one, I've become a bit of a medical novelty. I wrote about it in my last post, but since then my reproductive endocrinologist (i.e. infertility specialist) has considered the matter as well. I e-mailed him simply because I thought he might find my case to be interesting, given that I am carrying a baby of 18 (well, now 19) weeks gestational age when I thought I was only 14 weeks by my charts. He did think it was interesting, but his first impression was that the ultrasound must be wrong. He and some colleagues looked at my charts and all agreed that something is weird - and that maybe the u/s was off (of course, it would have to be off by a LOT...). So he called the radiologist who read my u/s and she was adamant that the measurements were good and that I am really 18 weeks. He called me and said that it sure is a head scratcher and that it really does look to him like somehow I am 18 weeks, despite my charts. I'm glad my docs agree, and now, hey, I'm a really interesting case, too! The infertility doc said that if I ever get pregnant again he wants to be there (I hope he didn't mean that literally! :)!). Since we're not really planning on another, I guess he won't get the chance.
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