Octobers blog contest

I am not sure if everyone noticed the blog contest for October, but anyone who purchased a prediction bypass in October was automatically placed in the draw for the candle that I had shown in the post. I also opened the contest up for anyone who sent me a tip or trick for concieving or an inspirational storey by email. (if it was posted here on the blog for everyone at this spot http://iamcheri22.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-contest.html)

So, if you did send an email with a trip or trick or inspirational storey, and you did not recieve a reply for me, please send another email to cheri22@gmail.com with BLOG CONTEST located in the subject line so that I can make sure that your included in the draw.

I am going to organize everything on the first of november, put everyones name into a hat, and allow my daughter to pick one name. I will post the name on this blog (using first name and Last name initial only) and also contact the winner by email with instructions about the prize and how its to be delivered to their house or chosen location.

So stay tuned for the winner!

I am also thinking of something fun for November so stay tuned for that!

Need help in finding someone

I am sure some of you read below, the inspirational storey posted below by Liza R. She belongs to two week wait.

When someone submits an inspirational storey to me and its posted on the blog, I in turn give them a free reading as a "trade". Now I am getting emails from Liza R. Saying that she has not recieved my free reading (which has been sent 2 times now lol) and is not getting any reply I send to her email at all. I have even tried sending an email from my personal account in the hopes it will get to her. I have a feeling my emails are being sent to spam.

if anyone knows Liza R from two week wait (i dont know her login name) please ask her to "add" my email address to her "safe" list or more than likely it will just keep filtering into the junk/spam folder and she will keep thinking I have never sent it. Ask her to then email me again letting me know she knows about this message! lol
UPDATED - Liza has been located!! Thanks for the help!

And update about the alarm company, I called them the next morning. They "insist" that they contacted the police to come over, and when I mentioned the 911 dispatcher said that no call was placed, they told me that some times the police drop the calls and dont come?? Like what the heck! I am not sure what to believe!

I have told my husband what happened, and hes very mad about it, and what we experienced. He is going to finish the fence like I asked, and agrees about the sensor lights. Anything to brighten our backyard!

My site should be back up and running tomorrow. I am not 100% caught up, but what is remaning should not take long at all, and I should have no problems getting caught up. I apprecaite all of your patience, and will be trying something new to keep everything more organized which should make things better for everyone.... it should make it run more smoothly:)

Best wishes
Cheri

Woke up with a fright!!!! And it was no ghost either!

woke up this morning to our house alarm going off. It was pretty much just after 5:am and it totally freaked me out. Like any annoying alarm you want to quickly turn it off as possible, but because it was the house alarm I let it go.

It must have gone off for a few minutes, my 4 year old dd was sleeping in my bed as my husband was gone for the night and we were having a sleep over.
Usually the alarm company calls when it goes off, I tried calling them with the house phone to find out what room the alarm was set off in and the phones where dead and would not come on, which freaked me out even more.

Using my cell phone, finally got ahold of alarm company, and they told me it was a bedroom window that had triggered the alarm and had I checked. I informed it them it was just me and dd and I was not going to check, and could they please send someone to ensure that there was no one in the house. (I'm a big chicken when Dh is not home)
After sitting on my bed for 10 min waiting, and still no police, I called alarm company back to find out how long. I was not leaving my bedroom as I was too freaked!
They said that they called at 5:02 and it was now 5:09 and that it can take awhile for them to come depending on how busy.

I ended up calling 911 to find out how long, and telling them what happened, and she said she had not log at all for them to come to our house and that she would send someone right over.
The police checked out the place, said all the windows appear to be locked, and no signs of forced entry when walking outside the house. After leaving I tried to reset the alarm, and it wouldn't go on. The only reason that is, when something is either in the way of a motion sensor or a window is open. I checked my bedroom, my daughters bedroom, and then checked the third bedroom. It was only a tiny tiny tiny bit open.. still locked, but far enough to the left that it could be moved to the right a bit and "close" tightly. So not sure if the police man did this when checking, or if this was the attempted point of entry? Also after further inspection this morning when it was actually light out, I see a thumb print on the outside of the window and its a left hand. I tried to take a picture, but my camera would not pick up the print just what was outside, or the reflection in the window.

In either case, freaks the hell out of me, next to impossible to fall back asleep (dd was asleep in minutes)

So what can I do to make it more "Safe". Its only rarely that dh is away for the night but aside from getting a dog...? We have good locks on the windows (so I thought?) and thinking of putting sticks in the windows? There are alarm stickers everywhere. The police thought it was pretty secure and thought someone was not too bright for trying. (if that is what happened)

I am not 100% convienced that someone did try and enter, but in the just over a year we have lived here, this has NEVER Happened so dont know what else it could have been?

Its update time!

As most of you know by now, my site is currently down. I was extremely backlogged to the point where I could not keep up and was feeling horrible about the delay. The only way I could think to fix it, was to take my site down for a week, allow myself to catch up, that way no new requests would come in and make everyone wait longer. I apprecaite your patience, I unsderstand the frustration, and I am hoping to have things a bit more organized to keep things in order. I usually just went by "replied" dates, but with gmail, when you reply again, it links the emails together and moves it closer to the top. I have not always caught this, which tends to make someone wait more, and me feel worse!

So, I think from now on, as payments come in, I will write it under the date, and the email address (my own paper files not online) and work by paid dates. That way if your prediction some how did get moved closer to the top, you wont actually get out of order? I am hoping this will work!

I originally hoped that I would have been caught up today, which would allow me to put my site back up, but I am still a bit behind. I am keeping it down until Monday. After this weekend it should be "back to normal" and right on schedule.

Best wishes!

A storey of inspiration

I thought that some people might enjoy reading this storey of inspiration. Its about not giving up hope, about remaining positive even when something appears to be bleak. That if you believe in yourself, and focus on the positive, sometimes mind over matter really does work. For some, its about believing in god, and letting him perform miracles. However it is done, just know that you have the power within you to change an otherwise serious outcome, into something that is positive. This can be applied to all areas of your life and does not have to be just about ttc.

Read below! This storey is submitted from Liza R.
I don't really tell a lot of people about what i went through with my pregnancy... but lately i have felt the need to let it out. I told one gal on twoweekwait.com and she was so amazed and thought i should share my story, as it can comfort couples that are going through a similar situation. When i was 18 years old, i was a troubled teen. I seemed to attract the worst people into my life. After getting in trouble with the law, fights with parents, and drug abuse.. i met a wonderful man who swept me off my feet.I was just out of high school, and knew this guy was "the one".He saved me from the crowd i was hanging around and made me feel whole. After being together only about 8 months, i learned that i was pregnant. It was a very tough time for me as i was only 18 and he was 22. Deep down we both were happy and excited. Our parents...not so much. After getting over that huge hurtle, we moved in together and decided we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. Everything was picture perfect, until the 20 week ultrasound came along. I can remember that day like it was yesterday. I came in to find out the sex our child, only to find out that my baby had fluid on his brain. The doctor called the high risk specialist at the hospital and directed me to go to his office immediately. The did a very in dept ultrasound and then told me that we were expecting a baby boy. After a lot of blood work.. we decided together that an amniocentesis would be necessary to find out what was causing fluid to accumulate on my sons brain. After two long weeks of crying, praying, and obsessing, i got the call. Our little baby boy has Spinabifida. I had so many questions, but i was speechless.From there on out, i was considered a high rick pregnancy. I had to see 3 different specialist along with my obstetrician. I was told that my son would never walk, that he would be paralyzed from the waste down, and that he could also be mentally retarded because of the hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain). I was falling into a depression that i cant even explain. It was like i was always numb to it and never wanted to talk about it. I was in denial and never wanted to believe the doctors. My husband and i started going to our Christian church and let them know what was happening, as most of them were close family. I started to pray every night, every morning and every second that i was alone. I know God was with us through it all. I felt him with me everyday. We made the decision, we decided that we would lay it down to our Lord, and he would take care of it. I visualized and dreamed about my son running around laughing and living his life. When the doctors would tell me the worst case scenarios.... i was laughing at them in my head, saying "If you only knew who my father is"..... On Feb 20, 2006 I went to the docs office for my weekly stress test, they found that i was contracting more than usual, i was then sent to the hospital. They needed to do a planned C section so that labor wouldn't put anymore strain on the opening on my sons spine. He came out within a half an hour, 5LBs 13 oz and 6 weeks early. When the brought him to me so that i could see him... i told them to unwrap him so that i could see his legs, he then started crying and kicking his legs, Yes! kicking! i was overjoyed and started to cry, tears of joy that is. I truly don't know how i would have gotten through everything i went through without my faith. There is no way i could have done it myself. Today our son is 18 months old, and he is the most precious little boy i have every seen. His legs are incredibly strong, hes growing like a weed,Hes ahead of his age mentally, and he is just starting to walk, with the help of his physical therapist. We call him our little miracle... and thats really what he is!

Please note: This post has been edited, because I did not realize that it did not have the posters name who wrote the inspirational storey, and by reading it over, realized it "read" like it was my own. This was not my intention, and I apologize for any confusion this has caused! (I only have one daughter and with one on the way)