She had a continual mantra: "Wrap it up and wrap it up and twist and twist and twist." I guess one day she will come in useful when Christmas caramel wrapping comes around. Bo said "We're just starting her young in the art of caramel making".
Thursday, September 25, 2008
You Little Caramel Wrapper You!
After my Enrichment activity we had 2 pans of caramels that needed to be wrapped so we could give them away. So while Boo was in the shower one night we moved the kitchen table into the living room and while watching the premier of Biggest Loser, we wrapped caramels. We weren't quick enough with our wrapping before Boo got out of the shower. You're thinking "Why would it be a problem for Boo to be around while wrapping caramels?", well she's notorious for pilfering a caramel or two while we wrap. And boy did she make her self at home! After devouring 4 caramels we told she couldn't have any more, so what does she do? She wants to help wrap. Of course! So, to keep her entertained, we let her wrap one. We were thinking that this would take a while for her to wrap, but alas, it didn't. She ended up wrapping about 10 and eating 2 more. Don't worry, we kept the ones she wrapped separate for her.
Music
This may only be relevant to my sister Jenny, but I have made some changes to my blog music. I changed it to not auto-start a while back and now I've added more players. I know, a little obsessive, but hey, that's me. I broke them up into category, I guess some days I feel like listening to different music. I'm not quite done adding songs, it will be an on going process, but I wanted to post the players even if they weren't full. So, if you listen to my blog music regularly, let me know what you think...
Monday, September 15, 2008
What the Random-ness!
As inspiration from my sister Laura, and friend, Alicia I started a "100 random things about me" post about 3 months ago, and am just barely finishing it. Alicia said, it's for posterity, right? And as Laura told me, it's fun to do, but really, really hard. I guess that's why it took my so long! So here it is, read at your own risk because it's for posterity!
1. I hate word verification! In the words of my sister “I tend to leave fewer comments on blogs with word verification because I hate doing it so much.” Amen.
2. I love movies, except for horror/scary movies.
3. And yes, I still have nightmares because of them.
4. I have a photographic memory, hence the nightmares because of scary movies.
5. I have OCD. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It makes me crazy about the way things need to be.
6. Although I have OCD, it doesn’t mean that I have a clean house all the time. Wish I did though.
7. I can’t stand when things aren’t even and symmetrical.
8. I am obsessive about making sure my doors are locked at night. I can’t go to sleep unless I’m sure Bo or I checked them first.
9. I’ve never seen the movie Big, with Tom Hanks. Surprising, I know. I’ve seen only the piano scene from it, but not the whole movie. It’s been playing a lot lately on TV, so I have it set to record on our DVR next week. I’ll finally get to watch it!
10. I LOVE LOVE LOVE DVR! I don’t know how I lived before it. I now hate to watch commercials. And the freedom of watching my shows when I want to is so great.
11. I’ve never been to Las Vegas. Shocking, right? Someday I will plan a trip and check out the sites finally.
12. I love watching movies. Period.
13. Although I love watching movies, there are a few really famous movies that I have never seen.
14. I have never seen the movie Rudy.
15. I have never seen The Godfather.
16. I have never seen Tombstone much to my husbands dismay, it’s his favorite, and we even own it.
17. I’ve never watched the Singles Ward the whole way through, I didn’t really like the beginning that much, so I never finished it. Although I really enjoyed the RM.
18. I started to watch You’ve Got Mail about a hundred times while I was in high school and never made it to the end. I always got to the part where he sees her in the restaurant and then is fretting about what to do. I always thought I didn’t like the movie, even though not seeing the end. It wasn’t until recently that I actually finished the movie and actually really like it.
19. I’m a sap for a good chick flick.
20. I love that my husband will sit and watch my sappy chick flicks and not complain. At least not for the first few, I have to throw in some action movies every once in a while.
21. I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up.
22. And a massage therapist.
23. And a respiratory therapist.
24. And an interior designer.
25. I still plan on becoming an interior designer.
26. Yet, I never wanted to be a doctor, although I considered doing nursing, mostly for the know-how when my kids get sick or hurt.
27. Although I’d never admit that my mom was right, I regret not going to EA right after I graduated. Can’t change the past, but I wish I would’ve.
28. I used to love going to the movie theater. Not so much any more. I would rather rent a movie and watch it on my couch at home snuggled up to my hubby. The freedom to pause a movie for a bathroom break usually can’t be compared to the big screen.
29. Although I enjoy a movie on my couch at home, having a 2-year old makes watching movies difficult. She doesn’t much appreciate our selections in movies.
30. And although I like movies at home, there are still a few movies worth seeing in the theater.
31. I think I want to be a Photographer, or at least I want to start taking pictures. Those of you who know me well are probably laughing since I am always snapping pictures, but I really want to start taking nice pictures. First step, buy a nice camera…
32. I’ve never been to Hawaii. All of my family has, but not me. I’m kind of bitter about it really. Someday I’ll go…
33. I’ve only been on a plane once, I flew to Florida for a wedding. I hope to fly more, but not because I loved it, it would just mean that I get to go more places. Flying wasn’t really that exciting.
34. I have a permanently broken toe. The pinky toe on my left foot bends sideways. I have caught it so many times on the couch, ya know, as you walk by then catch it and continue your walk swearing. It’s kind of gross to see. Ask to see it next time you see me.
35. I’ve never seen a single James Bond movie. They just never really interested me. If I had to see one, of course I’d see one with Sean Connery in it, yea!, he’s nice to look at! Did you know, he has since retired? I didn’t know that! I was watching something on TV the other day and they said he’s now retired. Man, I’m going to miss looking at him… But who could really blame him, he’s been acting for over 50 years!
36. Since starting this list (like over a month ago… give me a break, 100 facts about a boring person is hard to come by!), I have watched Big. I really liked it, I love those cheesy 80’s movies! I also really like Tom Hanks, he’s a great actor.
37.One of my biggest pet peeves is when people say or blog that they have the greatest husband/wife in the WORLD! I mean really people, are they the best or just the best for you. I could accept that you have the best husband for YOU but I don’t think he’s the best for me, personally. Besides, I know my husband is great, but there are a lot of really great guys in my life, my dad, my brother and brother-in-laws, and guy friends I have, all of these guys are great. So by me saying that I have the best husband ever is really just putting these other guys in my life, and the guys in other girls life, down. I could go on and on, so just know it irks me when people say that. Not that I’m going to stop talking to you or reading your blog if you do, just know that I may not be showing it, especially if we are face to face, but I am horribly rolling me eyes at you.
38. One of my biggest fears is that I am the lady with the smelly house. You all know someone who has “the smelly house”, I just worry that I’m that one. So, I over-try to make my house smell good. It’s a complex that I just can’t shake.
39. I love to cook, but only sometimes. I get in these cooking moods and just cook and then I burn out. I don’t think I cook great, but I hold my own.
40. (Are you kidding me, only #40?… I started this list like 2 months ago now, and have just been slowly adding to it. It will be Christmas before I finish!… and yes, I’m counting this as something “About Me”)
41. I wish I were more “experimental” with my cook abilities. My siblings are probably laughing at this comment since every night my Grandpa would come eat with us my Mom called whatever she made and “experiment”. I just wish I branched out more, and tried new things.
42. I wish I liked sea food. It’s so good for you, I just can’t get over the fishy smell and taste. Also, I don’t have the slightest clue how to prepare it.
43. My other problem with fish is that I’m a “well-done meat” kind of person, and I hear you can’t do that to fish or it ruins it. So really I will probably never branch out into fish.
44. I don’t like shrimp. I will eat popcorn shrimp, I actually rather like it, but it mostly breading and I cover it in some sort of good dipping sauce. But I won’t eat regular shrimp. Something about the texture makes me want to gag.
45. Sure wish I liked fish…
46. I, tend, to, use, commas, way, too, much.
47. I’m rather good at English, but I don’t like it much.
48. I’m also rather good at math, but I don’t like it much either.
49. I like balancing my checkbook.
50. I loved working at the bank.
51. Money is the coolest. I think collecting money is awesome. I found really interesting things when I was working there.
52. The fraud department of the bank was almost even cooler. I learned how to make fake checks, and I’d be pretty good at it, except that it’s wrong, and against the law, and wrong. So I guess I’ll just keep my talents hidden.
53. I don’t really like doing laundry. I don’t mind doing the washing part, I just don’t like the folding and putting away part. It’s so tedious, and long. I will admit that it’s gotten better since I got a TV in my room, I can watch my shows and fold, while the little one is in the other room watching a movie. It’s not uninterrupted by any means, but I at least get the job done.
54. I don’t dry 90% of my clothes. I dry everything else, but I hate it when my clothes shrink, so I don’t dry them. Your thinking “No Kay, your clothes aren’t shrinking, you’re just getting fatter” and yes, you’re right, but they usually shrink up and that’s got nothing to do with fatness. But really, I hang dry almost all of my clothes, it’s tedious in itself, but I guess I feel like it’s worth it. They last longer, they don’t shrink, and the colors stay longer.
55. Back to TV. Have I mentioned that I love watching TV. Call me a bad person, but it’s my guilty little pleasure. Some people play video games, some… I don’t know, do other stuff, but I like TV.
56. I faithfully watch Days of our Lives, I know it’s a soap opera, but I like it. And ya know what, the term “soap opera” should be widened anyway, I think shows like Friends, One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, even ones like House and Pysch are like a Soap, it’s got a story line you follow with characters that have a back story. So don’t judge me! I don’t really care if you do, I’ll still watch it.
57.Other shows we watch faithfully: House, Psych, Burn Notice, Biggest Loser, Life, Chuck, Crossing Jordan, we were Heroes fans but the 2nd season sucked! So Bo has opted to give them another try and watch the 3rd season, but if this one bombs then he’s giving up on the show.
58. Some of our not so faithful shows but we still watch them are Law & Order (I like crime shows), TLC’s What Not to Wear, Mythbusters, How it’s Made, Unwrapped, I also like those baby shows but Bo hates them!
59. Then there are some summer series that we like, Burn Notice is actually a summer show, but I like it so much I put it in the other category. We like Last Comic Standing (although didn’t agree with the winner this year), and America’s Got Talent (although most days we can’t stand David Hasselhoff; what even qualifies his opinion? Somebody really, what?)
60. Now this really shows how long it taking me to finish this list. #16 I said I had never seen Tombstone. About a week ago I watched about 80% of it on TV with Bo. Lucky for me it was the edited version so they cut out most of the language. It wasn’t too bad of a movie, probably not one I’d watch over and over but it was okay.
61. I did learn some interesting things from Tombstone though. One of the Earp bothers was killed here in Willcox. One of the other guys was killed, or committed suicide out by a place Bo was working and he saw the “grave stone/land marker” out there.
62. We have yet to go visit Tombstone, but one of these Saturdays we will meander over and check it out.
63. We really haven’t gone out of our way to really see anything down here and there’s really a lot of places to go. Since Bo works outside and travels a lot he’s seen more than me, but he’s still got a lot to see. I guess we just need to make a list and just do it.
64. I just wrote 25 About Me things in one day! I’m on a roll! Maybe it won’t take me until Christmas…
65. Have I mentioned that I hate word verification! But not as much as I hate when I don’t get the letters right because some letters look the same, and it makes me re-type it. Nothing makes me angrier!
66. At first I hated being a stay-at-home mom. I thought I would love it, but I didn’t. I missed working, but I knew being at home with Boo was more important. The longer I did it, the more I liked it. Now I love it, and the thought of going back to work makes me sad to think that I could be missing this time with her.
67. I loved working because it made me feel important. When I worked for the bank, each job I had, I mastered. I liked the feeling of being smart.
68. I’m so thankful to have a husband that thinks me staying at home with our children is more important than money. I’m thankful he supports our family, and allows me to stay home.
69. I still miss my job even now. I dream about going back to work. I wouldn’t trade my life, but I can’t help but miss it.
70. This last April was one of the hardest times in my life. I didn’t think having a miscarriage was going to be so hard.
71. I wish we got pregnant more easily.
72. I wish I were pregnant now.
73. I know I didn’t love being pregnant, but I actually miss it. I miss feeling the baby. I even miss the big tummy. Sick right? I guess that’s what happens when it’s been over 3 years.
74. I’m RH Negative. Gotta love those Rhogam shots!
75. I hate needles. Shots, IV’s, needles. I hate them.
76. After having a baby I got better about them, but I still don’t like when I have to get blood drawn.
77. I hated needles so bad when I was younger that once, my mom took me to get shot at the doctor with out me knowing, she tricked me, and when I went into the office a family friend said to me “Oh, you’re here to get shots today, huh?”. I looked at my mom very angry, grabbed her keys, and went and locked myself in the car. It took her a while to talk me out of it, and she must’ve offered me something great because I consented to get the shots.
78. Every time I go to get my blood drawn, the nurse always tells me that I have crappy veins; they always have a hard time finding one.
79. After I delivered Boo, I was so swollen that they almost couldn’t find one; I got poked more than 15 times. 4 nurses later they finally got it right.
80. Aren’t I done yet?… I hate word verification...
81. I’m starting to think that I’m not really that interesting of a person.
82. I’m double jointed in my fingers. But only in 9 of my fingers.
83. Now I’m really stretching for something interesting about me…
84. I finally read the Harry Potter Series. I know, a couple years late, but I did it. I liked the books, and I wasn’t disappointed in the movies since I saw them first. I think it actually made the books better. I think I liked them enough that I might read them again.
85. I’m not usually the kind of person to read the same book more than once.
86. I’m really not much of a reader.
87. My sister and niece are trying to get me to read the Twilight Saga. I’m still up in the air. I was thinking I might pull a Harry Potter. See the movies first, and then read the books.
88. Yea for 88! I’m almost done!
89. I’m kind of a girly girl. I like pedicures, and fake nails, and dying my hair. It’s fun! I think Bo would like it if I wasn’t so girly.
90. I’m on a mission right now to lose some weight. Eat healthier, more water, more exercise, and NO sugar.
91. I’ve never really been heavy in my life so this is a new concept to me. I’m not really even sure how to lose weight.
92. You’re thinking “why lose weight when you are planning on having a baby”, and you’re right, but I don’t seem to be having a baby so the more I weight for it to happen, the more time passes that I could’ve lost weight.
93. I would be doing good if I lost 20 pounds, 30 pounds would take me back to my high school weight.
94. I’m so close, but I’m really running out of things to write about myself…
95. I have worn glasses for almost 20 years on my life, and I am so ready to get lasik surgery, it’s not even funny. I’m just terrified of it…
96. I’m now considering implanted contacts after reading about it on a friends blog.
97. I guess these last ones I could make a little sappy, I love being a mom and a wife and part of a really great family. I’m not contradiction #37 because I’m not saying my family is better than yours, I’m just saying that I love my family. And yeah, I’m sorta rolling my eyes at myself for getting sappy altogether.
98. Okay, enough sappy-ness, I love trucks! So much for the girly-ness in me, but nothing is better than a big truck, with big tires, a lift, glass packs, and a great sound system. I’m drooling just thinking about it.
99. I may love trucks, but I will probably never drive one. Gas is too much, and they aren’t much of a mommy-wagon. The lift is problematic for getting a baby seat in.
100. And what more can I say for #100, I totally rock! Okay, now I really am rolling my eyes at myself! Although I am pretty proud of myself for actually finishing this. Now for the next 3 months I'll be thinking of things I could've put on here. Next time, right?
For posterity, right?? Honestly it's kind of a bitter sweet thing to do. I feel exposed because now you know all the weird things about me, on the other hand it's almost therapeutic to put it all out there for the blogging world to see. Try it for yourself!
100 Random Things About Me
1. I hate word verification! In the words of my sister “I tend to leave fewer comments on blogs with word verification because I hate doing it so much.” Amen.
2. I love movies, except for horror/scary movies.
3. And yes, I still have nightmares because of them.
4. I have a photographic memory, hence the nightmares because of scary movies.
5. I have OCD. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It makes me crazy about the way things need to be.
6. Although I have OCD, it doesn’t mean that I have a clean house all the time. Wish I did though.
7. I can’t stand when things aren’t even and symmetrical.
8. I am obsessive about making sure my doors are locked at night. I can’t go to sleep unless I’m sure Bo or I checked them first.
9. I’ve never seen the movie Big, with Tom Hanks. Surprising, I know. I’ve seen only the piano scene from it, but not the whole movie. It’s been playing a lot lately on TV, so I have it set to record on our DVR next week. I’ll finally get to watch it!
10. I LOVE LOVE LOVE DVR! I don’t know how I lived before it. I now hate to watch commercials. And the freedom of watching my shows when I want to is so great.
11. I’ve never been to Las Vegas. Shocking, right? Someday I will plan a trip and check out the sites finally.
12. I love watching movies. Period.
13. Although I love watching movies, there are a few really famous movies that I have never seen.
14. I have never seen the movie Rudy.
15. I have never seen The Godfather.
16. I have never seen Tombstone much to my husbands dismay, it’s his favorite, and we even own it.
17. I’ve never watched the Singles Ward the whole way through, I didn’t really like the beginning that much, so I never finished it. Although I really enjoyed the RM.
18. I started to watch You’ve Got Mail about a hundred times while I was in high school and never made it to the end. I always got to the part where he sees her in the restaurant and then is fretting about what to do. I always thought I didn’t like the movie, even though not seeing the end. It wasn’t until recently that I actually finished the movie and actually really like it.
19. I’m a sap for a good chick flick.
20. I love that my husband will sit and watch my sappy chick flicks and not complain. At least not for the first few, I have to throw in some action movies every once in a while.
21. I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up.
22. And a massage therapist.
23. And a respiratory therapist.
24. And an interior designer.
25. I still plan on becoming an interior designer.
26. Yet, I never wanted to be a doctor, although I considered doing nursing, mostly for the know-how when my kids get sick or hurt.
27. Although I’d never admit that my mom was right, I regret not going to EA right after I graduated. Can’t change the past, but I wish I would’ve.
28. I used to love going to the movie theater. Not so much any more. I would rather rent a movie and watch it on my couch at home snuggled up to my hubby. The freedom to pause a movie for a bathroom break usually can’t be compared to the big screen.
29. Although I enjoy a movie on my couch at home, having a 2-year old makes watching movies difficult. She doesn’t much appreciate our selections in movies.
30. And although I like movies at home, there are still a few movies worth seeing in the theater.
31. I think I want to be a Photographer, or at least I want to start taking pictures. Those of you who know me well are probably laughing since I am always snapping pictures, but I really want to start taking nice pictures. First step, buy a nice camera…
32. I’ve never been to Hawaii. All of my family has, but not me. I’m kind of bitter about it really. Someday I’ll go…
33. I’ve only been on a plane once, I flew to Florida for a wedding. I hope to fly more, but not because I loved it, it would just mean that I get to go more places. Flying wasn’t really that exciting.
34. I have a permanently broken toe. The pinky toe on my left foot bends sideways. I have caught it so many times on the couch, ya know, as you walk by then catch it and continue your walk swearing. It’s kind of gross to see. Ask to see it next time you see me.
35. I’ve never seen a single James Bond movie. They just never really interested me. If I had to see one, of course I’d see one with Sean Connery in it, yea!, he’s nice to look at! Did you know, he has since retired? I didn’t know that! I was watching something on TV the other day and they said he’s now retired. Man, I’m going to miss looking at him… But who could really blame him, he’s been acting for over 50 years!
36. Since starting this list (like over a month ago… give me a break, 100 facts about a boring person is hard to come by!), I have watched Big. I really liked it, I love those cheesy 80’s movies! I also really like Tom Hanks, he’s a great actor.
37.One of my biggest pet peeves is when people say or blog that they have the greatest husband/wife in the WORLD! I mean really people, are they the best or just the best for you. I could accept that you have the best husband for YOU but I don’t think he’s the best for me, personally. Besides, I know my husband is great, but there are a lot of really great guys in my life, my dad, my brother and brother-in-laws, and guy friends I have, all of these guys are great. So by me saying that I have the best husband ever is really just putting these other guys in my life, and the guys in other girls life, down. I could go on and on, so just know it irks me when people say that. Not that I’m going to stop talking to you or reading your blog if you do, just know that I may not be showing it, especially if we are face to face, but I am horribly rolling me eyes at you.
38. One of my biggest fears is that I am the lady with the smelly house. You all know someone who has “the smelly house”, I just worry that I’m that one. So, I over-try to make my house smell good. It’s a complex that I just can’t shake.
39. I love to cook, but only sometimes. I get in these cooking moods and just cook and then I burn out. I don’t think I cook great, but I hold my own.
40. (Are you kidding me, only #40?… I started this list like 2 months ago now, and have just been slowly adding to it. It will be Christmas before I finish!… and yes, I’m counting this as something “About Me”)
41. I wish I were more “experimental” with my cook abilities. My siblings are probably laughing at this comment since every night my Grandpa would come eat with us my Mom called whatever she made and “experiment”. I just wish I branched out more, and tried new things.
42. I wish I liked sea food. It’s so good for you, I just can’t get over the fishy smell and taste. Also, I don’t have the slightest clue how to prepare it.
43. My other problem with fish is that I’m a “well-done meat” kind of person, and I hear you can’t do that to fish or it ruins it. So really I will probably never branch out into fish.
44. I don’t like shrimp. I will eat popcorn shrimp, I actually rather like it, but it mostly breading and I cover it in some sort of good dipping sauce. But I won’t eat regular shrimp. Something about the texture makes me want to gag.
45. Sure wish I liked fish…
46. I, tend, to, use, commas, way, too, much.
47. I’m rather good at English, but I don’t like it much.
48. I’m also rather good at math, but I don’t like it much either.
49. I like balancing my checkbook.
50. I loved working at the bank.
51. Money is the coolest. I think collecting money is awesome. I found really interesting things when I was working there.
52. The fraud department of the bank was almost even cooler. I learned how to make fake checks, and I’d be pretty good at it, except that it’s wrong, and against the law, and wrong. So I guess I’ll just keep my talents hidden.
53. I don’t really like doing laundry. I don’t mind doing the washing part, I just don’t like the folding and putting away part. It’s so tedious, and long. I will admit that it’s gotten better since I got a TV in my room, I can watch my shows and fold, while the little one is in the other room watching a movie. It’s not uninterrupted by any means, but I at least get the job done.
54. I don’t dry 90% of my clothes. I dry everything else, but I hate it when my clothes shrink, so I don’t dry them. Your thinking “No Kay, your clothes aren’t shrinking, you’re just getting fatter” and yes, you’re right, but they usually shrink up and that’s got nothing to do with fatness. But really, I hang dry almost all of my clothes, it’s tedious in itself, but I guess I feel like it’s worth it. They last longer, they don’t shrink, and the colors stay longer.
55. Back to TV. Have I mentioned that I love watching TV. Call me a bad person, but it’s my guilty little pleasure. Some people play video games, some… I don’t know, do other stuff, but I like TV.
56. I faithfully watch Days of our Lives, I know it’s a soap opera, but I like it. And ya know what, the term “soap opera” should be widened anyway, I think shows like Friends, One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, even ones like House and Pysch are like a Soap, it’s got a story line you follow with characters that have a back story. So don’t judge me! I don’t really care if you do, I’ll still watch it.
57.Other shows we watch faithfully: House, Psych, Burn Notice, Biggest Loser, Life, Chuck, Crossing Jordan, we were Heroes fans but the 2nd season sucked! So Bo has opted to give them another try and watch the 3rd season, but if this one bombs then he’s giving up on the show.
58. Some of our not so faithful shows but we still watch them are Law & Order (I like crime shows), TLC’s What Not to Wear, Mythbusters, How it’s Made, Unwrapped, I also like those baby shows but Bo hates them!
59. Then there are some summer series that we like, Burn Notice is actually a summer show, but I like it so much I put it in the other category. We like Last Comic Standing (although didn’t agree with the winner this year), and America’s Got Talent (although most days we can’t stand David Hasselhoff; what even qualifies his opinion? Somebody really, what?)
60. Now this really shows how long it taking me to finish this list. #16 I said I had never seen Tombstone. About a week ago I watched about 80% of it on TV with Bo. Lucky for me it was the edited version so they cut out most of the language. It wasn’t too bad of a movie, probably not one I’d watch over and over but it was okay.
61. I did learn some interesting things from Tombstone though. One of the Earp bothers was killed here in Willcox. One of the other guys was killed, or committed suicide out by a place Bo was working and he saw the “grave stone/land marker” out there.
62. We have yet to go visit Tombstone, but one of these Saturdays we will meander over and check it out.
63. We really haven’t gone out of our way to really see anything down here and there’s really a lot of places to go. Since Bo works outside and travels a lot he’s seen more than me, but he’s still got a lot to see. I guess we just need to make a list and just do it.
64. I just wrote 25 About Me things in one day! I’m on a roll! Maybe it won’t take me until Christmas…
65. Have I mentioned that I hate word verification! But not as much as I hate when I don’t get the letters right because some letters look the same, and it makes me re-type it. Nothing makes me angrier!
66. At first I hated being a stay-at-home mom. I thought I would love it, but I didn’t. I missed working, but I knew being at home with Boo was more important. The longer I did it, the more I liked it. Now I love it, and the thought of going back to work makes me sad to think that I could be missing this time with her.
67. I loved working because it made me feel important. When I worked for the bank, each job I had, I mastered. I liked the feeling of being smart.
68. I’m so thankful to have a husband that thinks me staying at home with our children is more important than money. I’m thankful he supports our family, and allows me to stay home.
69. I still miss my job even now. I dream about going back to work. I wouldn’t trade my life, but I can’t help but miss it.
70. This last April was one of the hardest times in my life. I didn’t think having a miscarriage was going to be so hard.
71. I wish we got pregnant more easily.
72. I wish I were pregnant now.
73. I know I didn’t love being pregnant, but I actually miss it. I miss feeling the baby. I even miss the big tummy. Sick right? I guess that’s what happens when it’s been over 3 years.
74. I’m RH Negative. Gotta love those Rhogam shots!
75. I hate needles. Shots, IV’s, needles. I hate them.
76. After having a baby I got better about them, but I still don’t like when I have to get blood drawn.
77. I hated needles so bad when I was younger that once, my mom took me to get shot at the doctor with out me knowing, she tricked me, and when I went into the office a family friend said to me “Oh, you’re here to get shots today, huh?”. I looked at my mom very angry, grabbed her keys, and went and locked myself in the car. It took her a while to talk me out of it, and she must’ve offered me something great because I consented to get the shots.
78. Every time I go to get my blood drawn, the nurse always tells me that I have crappy veins; they always have a hard time finding one.
79. After I delivered Boo, I was so swollen that they almost couldn’t find one; I got poked more than 15 times. 4 nurses later they finally got it right.
80. Aren’t I done yet?… I hate word verification...
81. I’m starting to think that I’m not really that interesting of a person.
82. I’m double jointed in my fingers. But only in 9 of my fingers.
83. Now I’m really stretching for something interesting about me…
84. I finally read the Harry Potter Series. I know, a couple years late, but I did it. I liked the books, and I wasn’t disappointed in the movies since I saw them first. I think it actually made the books better. I think I liked them enough that I might read them again.
85. I’m not usually the kind of person to read the same book more than once.
86. I’m really not much of a reader.
87. My sister and niece are trying to get me to read the Twilight Saga. I’m still up in the air. I was thinking I might pull a Harry Potter. See the movies first, and then read the books.
88. Yea for 88! I’m almost done!
89. I’m kind of a girly girl. I like pedicures, and fake nails, and dying my hair. It’s fun! I think Bo would like it if I wasn’t so girly.
90. I’m on a mission right now to lose some weight. Eat healthier, more water, more exercise, and NO sugar.
91. I’ve never really been heavy in my life so this is a new concept to me. I’m not really even sure how to lose weight.
92. You’re thinking “why lose weight when you are planning on having a baby”, and you’re right, but I don’t seem to be having a baby so the more I weight for it to happen, the more time passes that I could’ve lost weight.
93. I would be doing good if I lost 20 pounds, 30 pounds would take me back to my high school weight.
94. I’m so close, but I’m really running out of things to write about myself…
95. I have worn glasses for almost 20 years on my life, and I am so ready to get lasik surgery, it’s not even funny. I’m just terrified of it…
96. I’m now considering implanted contacts after reading about it on a friends blog.
97. I guess these last ones I could make a little sappy, I love being a mom and a wife and part of a really great family. I’m not contradiction #37 because I’m not saying my family is better than yours, I’m just saying that I love my family. And yeah, I’m sorta rolling my eyes at myself for getting sappy altogether.
98. Okay, enough sappy-ness, I love trucks! So much for the girly-ness in me, but nothing is better than a big truck, with big tires, a lift, glass packs, and a great sound system. I’m drooling just thinking about it.
99. I may love trucks, but I will probably never drive one. Gas is too much, and they aren’t much of a mommy-wagon. The lift is problematic for getting a baby seat in.
100. And what more can I say for #100, I totally rock! Okay, now I really am rolling my eyes at myself! Although I am pretty proud of myself for actually finishing this. Now for the next 3 months I'll be thinking of things I could've put on here. Next time, right?
For posterity, right?? Honestly it's kind of a bitter sweet thing to do. I feel exposed because now you know all the weird things about me, on the other hand it's almost therapeutic to put it all out there for the blogging world to see. Try it for yourself!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Dishes or blogging?...
I’m finding it hard to blog lately. I have some major catching up to do, and no matter how hard I try I just never get around to doing it! So, both of the sleepin' babes are in bed, and instead of doing the dishes, I’m going to do a blog about the latest happenings. Here goes…
I still haven’t blogged about Boo’s birthday so in a nut shell, she’s spoiled! She had 4 parties! No one but my mom has that much of a birthday! ☺ I took quite a few pictures of 3 of the 4 parties, and instead of crowding this blog with load of pictures I thought I would do the birthday in a slide show. Quick synopsis and then you can scroll through the pictures yourself. First party was at my parents house while we were there for Labor Day, we had my sister and her 3 girls, my parents, my grandpa, with some cousins and friends. Jenny’s girls all had a birthday over the summer sometime so we just really had a “family” party. It was fun to socialize and see people we don’t see often or enough. The second party was with Bo’s family. That was also a shared party, and although they were shared, you wouldn’t have known by how excited Boo was about it. She had to share the Lee party with her cousin Max, their birthdays are only a week apart, but she was totally excited about having a cake for her and one for Max. We also had some friends join that party as well, and again, it was nice to socialize with people we don’t see often. Her third party was just with us on her actual birthday. More it was just a ceremony for her to open the presents we got her. She honesty was more excited about the infamous birthday balloons than the presents she had to open. Her fourth party was the next day, and it wasn’t really a birthday party, just more a reason for her to have some friends come to her house and play. So here are pictures from all the parties except the only where the friends came.
I still haven’t blogged about Boo’s birthday so in a nut shell, she’s spoiled! She had 4 parties! No one but my mom has that much of a birthday! ☺ I took quite a few pictures of 3 of the 4 parties, and instead of crowding this blog with load of pictures I thought I would do the birthday in a slide show. Quick synopsis and then you can scroll through the pictures yourself. First party was at my parents house while we were there for Labor Day, we had my sister and her 3 girls, my parents, my grandpa, with some cousins and friends. Jenny’s girls all had a birthday over the summer sometime so we just really had a “family” party. It was fun to socialize and see people we don’t see often or enough. The second party was with Bo’s family. That was also a shared party, and although they were shared, you wouldn’t have known by how excited Boo was about it. She had to share the Lee party with her cousin Max, their birthdays are only a week apart, but she was totally excited about having a cake for her and one for Max. We also had some friends join that party as well, and again, it was nice to socialize with people we don’t see often. Her third party was just with us on her actual birthday. More it was just a ceremony for her to open the presents we got her. She honesty was more excited about the infamous birthday balloons than the presents she had to open. Her fourth party was the next day, and it wasn’t really a birthday party, just more a reason for her to have some friends come to her house and play. So here are pictures from all the parties except the only where the friends came.
She really wanted dress-up clothes for her birthday, and boy did she get dress up clothes! She got some from both Grandmas and Katie. She has quite the collection now. I’ve tried to take pictures of each outfit as she has worn them around the house. So far I’ve only missed about 3 of them. I will post as soon as she discovers them. Here are the others. The first ones she told me she was not a princess, she was a queen - an angry queen. Notice the "angry" face.
I had my quarterly Enrichment last week, and it went really good, I think. If you couldn’t tell, I’m Enrichment Leader, so I’m in charge, sorta. I work really closely with one of the RS counselors and we get the job done. We had a theme of Christmas in September, we decorated Christmas, and did some Christmas things. I even talked my sweet hubby into coming… I know, why would he even think about coming to Enrichment. Well, he taught a class, he taught the ladies how to make caramels. It all worked out nicely, except for the part of having left over caramels at my house. They aren’t friendly with a diet!
My point about Enrichment was this. The night before Enrichment, I was up wrapping presents, they were the center-pieces for the tables, and I left some stuff out when I went to bed. Now, on a normal morning, Boo usually comes into my bedroom and wakes me before she goes into the rest of the house. Not that morning. I think it was the smell of Christmas wrapping paper that attracted her, just like her sonar hearing to locate birthday balloons. Now I know what you’re thinking, she unwrapped the presents, right? Wrong. She left all of the presents intact, except for one bow. She found the scissors! I guess they were more exciting than digging into Christmas presents. And what does she do? She cut up one roll of ribbon, a bow on one of the presents and then decided to give herself a hair cut. We officially hit the first self hair cut. Lucky for me she didn’t do too much damage, and really she was quite even about the whole thing. Here’s what she cut:
My point about Enrichment was this. The night before Enrichment, I was up wrapping presents, they were the center-pieces for the tables, and I left some stuff out when I went to bed. Now, on a normal morning, Boo usually comes into my bedroom and wakes me before she goes into the rest of the house. Not that morning. I think it was the smell of Christmas wrapping paper that attracted her, just like her sonar hearing to locate birthday balloons. Now I know what you’re thinking, she unwrapped the presents, right? Wrong. She left all of the presents intact, except for one bow. She found the scissors! I guess they were more exciting than digging into Christmas presents. And what does she do? She cut up one roll of ribbon, a bow on one of the presents and then decided to give herself a hair cut. We officially hit the first self hair cut. Lucky for me she didn’t do too much damage, and really she was quite even about the whole thing. Here’s what she cut:
And the sides of her hair:
She really didn’t do that much damage, it was about 4 inches off each side, but I was still caught off guard enough to get… a bit mad about it… I might’ve yelled again… but I can’t be sure. After I calmed down, I counted my blessings that she didn’t do more damage, like cut it to the scalp, cut up my couches, cut off a finger, and on and on. And here’s the final product:
Can’t even tell right? That night, Bo got home from work and I told Boo “Go tell your daddy what you did today” and handed her the bag of hair. She walked over to him and showed him the bag and he asked “what’s that? What did you do?” to which she replied “I cut my hair” and he said “oh yeah, why did you do that?” she answered back “Yeah, I cut my hair, and it made mom really mad!” Oh, the honesty of children.
Since Bo has now worked for SSVEC for a year, we are coming up shortly on a year in our house. We moved in on Halloween last year! I can’t believe how time has flown by. In the short time we’ve lived here, we have gotten to know a couple people. Okay, mostly me, Bo doesn’t get out much and that’s by choice really. Anyway, one of the friends I’ve made here, is moving, rather she’s kind moved or at least is on their way to Maine, and I’m sad to see her go, I was excited to get to know her better. Last week, we had a little going away party. It’s always fun to get together and let the kids play, but the socializing is good for me too. I tend to be a little home-body. Anyway, we’re going to miss you Celeste! Good luck in Maine! Good thing for blogs, we can still keep in touch!!
Since Bo has now worked for SSVEC for a year, we are coming up shortly on a year in our house. We moved in on Halloween last year! I can’t believe how time has flown by. In the short time we’ve lived here, we have gotten to know a couple people. Okay, mostly me, Bo doesn’t get out much and that’s by choice really. Anyway, one of the friends I’ve made here, is moving, rather she’s kind moved or at least is on their way to Maine, and I’m sad to see her go, I was excited to get to know her better. Last week, we had a little going away party. It’s always fun to get together and let the kids play, but the socializing is good for me too. I tend to be a little home-body. Anyway, we’re going to miss you Celeste! Good luck in Maine! Good thing for blogs, we can still keep in touch!!
We took pictures of the kids together. Needless to say, we had to take a few, and still when do kids ever really behave for a picture?
I’m on my way to paint my kitchen. And actually I think Bo was pricing on the internet this morning, things for improvements, so we might have some work ahead of us. Anyway, I think going to do something with the paint in my kitchen. I did this with photoshop, so it’s just to get the general idea it’s not really what it’s going to look like, and ignore the dirty counters, but what do you think? Do you like the red?
And which red do you like?
This last Friday Lydia came and visited. Although she had ulterior motives, it was still really great to see her. She came to get some caramels from us, but any excuse to come visit. We went out to dinner and showed her the sights. Rex Allen is a famous guy from here and they have a shrine to him in down town. We got out and walked around a bit, we’ve been there before, but it had been a while.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Kids Say the Darndest
I'm sitting here checking my email and reading blogs and Boo has been perched precariously on my lap and here's the conversation that just ensued:
*We saw a picture of a dog*
Boo: Mom, I don't like dogs.
Me: Oh yeah? Why not?
Boo: Because I'm allergic to dogs.
Me: That's right! You are.
Boo: Yeah, I'm allergic to dogs. But I'm not allergic to people. Just dogs.
Thank goodness! I don't know what we'd do if she was allergic to people!
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Here's the scene:
Bathroom. 2 o'clock. Boo on the potty. Me sitting on the edge of the tub. Waiting.
Silence
Boo: Hey Mom, there's a bum on our wall.
Silence
Me: Sure enough.
Silence
Boo: Well, who's bum is it?
Silence
Me: *I couldn't help my chuckle* I don't know Boo, it looks like a baby's bum.
Boo: Is it me?
Me: No, just some other baby.
Boo: Yeah, there's a bum on our wall, and it's a baby.
Me: Yep.
I think that might just be my new catch phrase. There's the a bum on the wall!
*We saw a picture of a dog*
Boo: Mom, I don't like dogs.
Me: Oh yeah? Why not?
Boo: Because I'm allergic to dogs.
Me: That's right! You are.
Boo: Yeah, I'm allergic to dogs. But I'm not allergic to people. Just dogs.
Thank goodness! I don't know what we'd do if she was allergic to people!
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Here's the scene:
Bathroom. 2 o'clock. Boo on the potty. Me sitting on the edge of the tub. Waiting.
Silence
Boo: Hey Mom, there's a bum on our wall.
Silence
Me: Sure enough.
Silence
Boo: Well, who's bum is it?
Silence
Me: *I couldn't help my chuckle* I don't know Boo, it looks like a baby's bum.
Boo: Is it me?
Me: No, just some other baby.
Boo: Yeah, there's a bum on our wall, and it's a baby.
Me: Yep.
I think that might just be my new catch phrase. There's the a bum on the wall!
Monday, September 8, 2008
Way To Go, Idaho!
One thing I neglected to blog about that happened last week was that Bo had his 6-month review for his Apprenticeship. He has now worked at the Co-op for a year, and finished, successfully I might add, his first 6 months of his Apprenticeship. He had to go before a board of review and they tell him what they think of him. Bo tends to think he's always on the negative side of the scale when it comes to what other people, especially a boss type figure, think of him. They had very minor things to tell to improve on, and they were so generic it was like they were stretching to find something wrong. They told him to speed up his climbing and to do better on his tests, but he always scores around the 85% mark and this last test he took he almost got a perfect score, so he's not worried about keeping those scores up. They also gave him a raise! Score, more money to help pay off student loans! Hooray! Now it's on to another 6 months of tests before we do this all over again.
He also has a rodeo coming up. It's a rodeo for training the Apprentices, I'm not invited so I can't go to take pictures of him climb. I guess maybe I'll follow him to work one day and take some pictures.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Happy Birthday Little One
So since I have been a slacker in posting... anything, I thought I should at least acknowledge. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOO! What a crazy 3 years. I can't believe how fast she is growing. It feels like just yesterday she was:
Now she's:
I'm going to miss her like this when she's all grown up, which feels like it going to be tomorrow. (I was going to post a whole bunch of cute pictures of her over the years, but then it occurred to me that they are already in a slide show at the very bottom of the blog. Watch it, you can slowly watch her change over the years)
A funny story to go along with her birthday. Last night I went to the store since today is Sunday, I had to get a couple last minute things for her birthday, more specifically some balloons. I probably didn't need to get her anything else, but hey, you can't help but spoil them. Since I went to the store when she was still awake, I left the balloons in the car with plans to retrieve them later. We put her down for bed, and lately she has been really good to stay in bed and go to sleep. Boy, was I wrong to think that she would actually cooperate. Home girl has some kind of sonar hearing... I went outside, got the balloons, came inside, locked the car and proceeded to the living room. I had just walked past the hallway when I hear: "Mommy? Did you buy me balloons?"
Crap!
She caught me so off guard my first response was not a good one. I, trying to hide the balloons behind me said... loudly, "Go back to bed! Go! Go! GO!" She didn't take kindly to this. She burst into tears, and wails. I scooped her up and took her into our bedroom. Bo inquired why I had... okay okay, I yelled at her... I yelled at her on her almost birthday... I'm the meanest mommy there is! Anyway, I held her and tried to calm down her screams. I mean, they were real tears, none of that faking crap. In the midst of her tears she got so upset that she started sputtering, and then a minute later proceeded to throw up all over our bathroom floor. Great... not only did I yell at her, I made her throw up. Because of her allergies and ease of throwing up, we have become experts in the duty of cleaning up. We stripped her down and put her in the shower. While Bo washed, I mopped up the floor. I also took this opportunity also to hide the balloons in our spare room.... We got her out of the shower and got new PJ's to put on her. As I'm dressing her, she is looking around and says very quietly to me "Mommy? Did I see balloons out here?" I just had to laugh, and I said "Maybe. Maybe I got them as a surprise." Without missing a beat and with a grin she says "I was in bed, and I heard balloons so I came out to find them." I mean, how do you even respond to that?! For the rest of the night, Bo gave me crap about me making our daughter puke on her birthday. And what do I do? I blog about my child's pain, because that always makes for the best stories!
More birthday pictures to come... I promise...
A funny story to go along with her birthday. Last night I went to the store since today is Sunday, I had to get a couple last minute things for her birthday, more specifically some balloons. I probably didn't need to get her anything else, but hey, you can't help but spoil them. Since I went to the store when she was still awake, I left the balloons in the car with plans to retrieve them later. We put her down for bed, and lately she has been really good to stay in bed and go to sleep. Boy, was I wrong to think that she would actually cooperate. Home girl has some kind of sonar hearing... I went outside, got the balloons, came inside, locked the car and proceeded to the living room. I had just walked past the hallway when I hear: "Mommy? Did you buy me balloons?"
Crap!
She caught me so off guard my first response was not a good one. I, trying to hide the balloons behind me said... loudly, "Go back to bed! Go! Go! GO!" She didn't take kindly to this. She burst into tears, and wails. I scooped her up and took her into our bedroom. Bo inquired why I had... okay okay, I yelled at her... I yelled at her on her almost birthday... I'm the meanest mommy there is! Anyway, I held her and tried to calm down her screams. I mean, they were real tears, none of that faking crap. In the midst of her tears she got so upset that she started sputtering, and then a minute later proceeded to throw up all over our bathroom floor. Great... not only did I yell at her, I made her throw up. Because of her allergies and ease of throwing up, we have become experts in the duty of cleaning up. We stripped her down and put her in the shower. While Bo washed, I mopped up the floor. I also took this opportunity also to hide the balloons in our spare room.... We got her out of the shower and got new PJ's to put on her. As I'm dressing her, she is looking around and says very quietly to me "Mommy? Did I see balloons out here?" I just had to laugh, and I said "Maybe. Maybe I got them as a surprise." Without missing a beat and with a grin she says "I was in bed, and I heard balloons so I came out to find them." I mean, how do you even respond to that?! For the rest of the night, Bo gave me crap about me making our daughter puke on her birthday. And what do I do? I blog about my child's pain, because that always makes for the best stories!
More birthday pictures to come... I promise...
Friday, September 5, 2008
What a Glorious Day!
So I have a lot to post about, but have been too busy to do so since we got home from our weekend venture up north. One reason I have been so busy is that on Tuesday after we got home, Boo decided to potty train herself. I guess she just decided to do it and went to it. So far it's been really good, no accidents and she's responsive to going when she needs to. My sister told me that it would be like magic when she actually did do it, and really, it was! All is happy in the Lee house! Pictures to come...
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