Category: Misc

* My head is one giant compacted ball of snot. And I'm not a bit happy about it.
* Last night Tabby slept through the night in her OWN CRIB for the first time in over a week. YAY.
* I am overjoyed to announce that there is not one single thing on our social calendar for this weekend.
* I may actually have to babyproof the house soon. Tabby is getting very serious about this crawling thing.
* I'm thinking that naps should be a mandatory part of everyone's day.
* I seriously doubt Tabby's going to hit 20 lbs by her first birthday. It's only 39 days away and she's barely 18 lbs.
* When I am at work today, the good faeries will come and clean my house (and take $75).
* I think I shall dehydrate something this weekend (bananas, pehaps).
* Grape Propel is my new best friend.
* I can't really put coherent thoughts together.
* Cool: they used my hack on Parent Hacks!
* Did I mention it's Friday??

I meant to put this in that long list of links post that I put up the other day, but heck, I (used to) know this person in reality, so she deserves her own post. I went to College (Uni) with Kitsune (Lauren) at Vanderbilt where we had some crazy times and such. Probably.

Anyhoo, yet another of many I lost track of over the years, I recently found her on Facebook and have begun stalking her (just kidding). She is currently living in Japan and teaching English to high school students. I am quite jealous of this since I really want to visit Japan, as you all know, to take photos of vending machines, play Hello Kitty Karaoke, and buy up my customs limit in bento boxes and bizarre (but useless) gadgets. I find her posts about life in Japan to be absolutely side-splitting.

A couple of excerpts from this fine blog:

GREAT MONEY-MAKING IDEA: Go to various foreigners' apartments in Japan and tell them that you are a lightbulb changer. Or a 'Watching TV tax' man. Or wallet inspector. The less Japanese they know and more awkward the poor gaijin is, the more likely it is that they will give you any amount you ask for just to be able to close the door.

I don't want to look up, “My battery is dead. May I please purchase another that you install?” on the internet, because I've had enough conversations with Japanese people online to know that it will likely come out, “The electricity of mine is killed. Please install a clock in yourself?”

Oh yea … the link … HoneyBeeManor.

Back at work today … I'd planned on going in yesterday, but when I woke up and attempted to grab a shower, I found that I could not stand for any length of time without feeling very ill. So I spent the rest of the day under the covers, watching my box set of Grey's Anatomy (and by watching I mean it played in the background while I drifted in and out of consciousness). Being sick herself, Tabby was very sleepy and cuddly and she took two good naps with me (2.5 hours +, unheard of for her). I really think she spent more time asleep than awake yesterday. But she is, thankfully, back to her happy babyself (at least between naps). YAY!

In mother-daughter sharing that is sure to continue for many years to come, Tabby and I have exchanged bugs. I now have her cold and she has my GI bug. Though both seem to have lost some of their juice in transfering hosts. Matt on the other hand seems to have possibly simultaneously contracted both after taking care of both of us for the past few days. So sad that I have to go to work and can't stay at home with him.

I have been saving up links for a while now trying to make a pile sizeable enough that it would be worth sharing. I think we're there!

♥ The makers of Cranium (one of my all-time favorite board games) have released a cool line of kids' toys. I especially love the make-believe sets.

♥ Of course, I found out about Car Bargains AFTER we bought my car. Basically, you pay them $190 and they get quotes from local dealerships on what you want. That's quite a bit of $$, but the quotes that this user got varied by $1900. Might be worth it.

♥ via Not Martha, this Q&A session on Meta Filter about where to buy Women's clothes online … good info for me, perpetually stuck on a few stores.

♥ Also via NM & Metafilter … a few more ways to waste time on the web (games)

♥ Awesome clean line furniture at 2Modern Continue reading “Insert Witty Title Here”

I've wanted to post about 10x, but I have been insane busy. Yesterday I spent the day with the three kiddos and they were … challenging. I have so much respect for stay at home moms. Each kid on his/her own would have been no problem, but all together. OY. But even after the day was over, I could be happy and reflect on the progress I saw them all make … Wes smiling at me; Liam telling me what a cow says; Tabby chattering away on her Tinkerbell cell phone …. with a huge glass of red wine and a couple of advils, that is.

Today was the start of a very busy week at work. I have meetings. I have deadlines. I have many items on my to-do list. I have work to take home. Where there's wine.

Yes, people. I am alone. This never happens. And fortunately, I'm talking about my home office, not my cubicle at work. Yay. I have a mug of English Toffee tea (only 1 bag left after this) and I'm watching Gossip Girl, reading blogs, making CDs, organizing things, planning a menu for when we have company next Friday … and really really enjoying myself.

I spent all day yesterday with Tabby (we hung out with Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Gaga) while Matt worked in his woodshop. Today I've been promised a nice stretch of a few hours while Tabby and Daddy play together. Tabby's had a serious case of noonewilldobutmommyitis lately and while I am happy to have her attached to me most of the day, it does get a bit exhausting. Plus, we are going to have loads of great mommy daughter time this week. Daddy is going to California and we will miss him LOTS!

So they get to play together and watch football and I get to be on my own. YAY. Now I just hope I can not waste my precious FREEtime sleeping or something lame like that.

In other news, my darling daughter has finally decided that crawling might be worth her time. But only when it's absolutely necessary. I.e. when she can't get one of her many servants to bring her her bink.

I'm kind of whiny and tired today … Tabby didn't sleep real well last night (probably our bad as we forgot to give her a bottle before bed last night) and therefore neither did I. So I need positive things to focus on.

* I lurve my new car. It has bluetooth. Now my commute can be practically used to make and return phone calls. Or gossip with my sister … whichever.
* I ran 2.5 miles this AM. I realize that for you running types this is probably pathetic (and I won't even tell you the pathetic speed at which I ran this distance), but for me it's a major accomplishment.
* I finally got on the feed bandwagon and am now using google reader to keep up with all of you fine people. It is saving me loads of time (note: I tried bloglines a while back, but couldn't get into it, but I love GR).
* Though I got home quite late last night, I got to spend the whole night at home and actually had a nice dinner and got a few things accomplished.
* Our house cleaner comes tomorrow … so even though I have to get the house in order tonight, I will have a CLEAN house tomorrow afternoon. Yay.
* I need to buy a bunch of new clothes … but for the good reason.
* I get to spend a quiet evening at home with my favorite people (and canine who thinks he's people).

I actually managed to get a few things accomplished last night … which was brilliant. We made dinner (salmon burgers which were good, but not great), we worked on our will (so fun, I could hardly stand it) and I spent a bit of time on the computer … and actually got the few photos I took on our trip up on the net. Yay me. The photos were taken on our trip home. Everything was snow covered and really really beautiful. If the driving conditions had been a bit better, I would've stopped and taken some shots from better angles & vantage points.

Alas, I am boring today. Nothing more to say really … just huge piles of work.

Guess what was waiting for me when I got to work this AM? Yes … new shoes … Mary Jane Crocs to be exact. Now I can be comfy and fashionable. Perhaps some would take umbridge with my referring to Crocs (even Mary Janes) as fashionable, but this is my world, damnit. Mom bought them for me from the Crocs kiosk when we were Christmas shopping (they didn't have my size in stock) and they showed up sometime while I was gone. Happy Happy.

Anyhoo. I sort of feel like my 2008 has officially started. I know I'm about 8 days late, but I've been on vacation and now I'm back to work and out in the rat race and all that. I did go to the gym yesterday AND today … and as a seasoned gym lemming, I have to say … I HATE JANUARY AT THE GYM. Tons of resolution makers clogging up the cardio and fumbling around on the weights. I know some of them will stick it out and kudos and all for the effort … but man … pain in my butt. I have little enough time to be there, especially now and it sucks when I can't get what I need.

Ahh, on to more pleasant things … the SWG strike, for example. I really do like my TV, but having a bit of a break from it is AOK by me too. I've set the Tivo to capture Project Runway and Jamie Oliver's new show, Jamie at home. I also hear Nigella's got a new show … she's not as beloved to me as Jamie though. I have also been watching the box sets … Ugly Betty, Bones and we've got Heroes and The Office S 3 in the queue. What're your strike viewing alternatives?

And last but not least, Ms. Tabby. She's been working hard for weeks on a new skill. Not anything as frightening/exciting as crawling but way more heart melting … she has learned to give KISSES! It's this funny little thing where she sucks in her top lip and makes this smacking sound. And she does it over and over. I must remember to stalk her with the video camera so I might share her cuteness. It pretty much makes up for what she's been doing to us in the sleep department … but that's another blog entry entirely.