Finally feeling healthy again from influenza and now last night I got a stomach virus of the most vicious variety. Let's just say, I am empty. Off to sleep now in my bed instead of on the bathroom floor where I attempted sleep last night.
Holy Shit He DID It!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Thank the LORD. The child just shit in the toilet. Never did I imagine in my pre-child life that this moment would bring me so much joy. God Damn ridiculous. This is not my potty; not his poop. But that's almost exactly the same visual that made me jump up and down, squeal, and clap. That's right. There was squealing. From the adult.
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3:35 PM
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Major Spring Cleaning
Guess what? April starts in 2 days and I suddenly have shit to do with this house! Chris has been super crazy kind enough to get a toilet (+ sink and shower?!?) into our basement which is barely worthy of a functioning toilet. This is amazingly exciting and requires cleaning out the basement to make room for this fully functional second bath.
Which is great because I have to clean the basement out for the garage sale which is May 15th-17th. The basement, the attic, the garage, and every room in my house have crap I don't need, so this is exciting. Please come over that weekend and feel free to haul away any of this stuff that might enjoy a spot in your home. Blog readers get a 100% discount at my garage sale.
I also have a few things to do for the extended Holly summer visit. Including closet consolidation, bed moving, couch relocating, desk finding, and book relocating.
And finally, it would be awesome if while I was shaking up the dirt in my house I had an agenda for wiping, vacuuming, and mopping it up.
Too bad I also have to hold down a job in these next 6 weeks. Otherwise this would all seem more fun and less daunting.
Which is great because I have to clean the basement out for the garage sale which is May 15th-17th. The basement, the attic, the garage, and every room in my house have crap I don't need, so this is exciting. Please come over that weekend and feel free to haul away any of this stuff that might enjoy a spot in your home. Blog readers get a 100% discount at my garage sale.
I also have a few things to do for the extended Holly summer visit. Including closet consolidation, bed moving, couch relocating, desk finding, and book relocating.
And finally, it would be awesome if while I was shaking up the dirt in my house I had an agenda for wiping, vacuuming, and mopping it up.
Too bad I also have to hold down a job in these next 6 weeks. Otherwise this would all seem more fun and less daunting.
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7:27 AM
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Celebrate Uranus!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Had a work party last night and it was super fun. Turns out a barely renovated, 3000ish sq. ft. warehouse is a great place to have a party. Thanks to everyone who came!
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9:32 AM
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Kissing Cousins at Easter
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
I'm so glad they like each other! They are adorable to watch. Indy thinks she's a superhero. He has to do what Alex does. So it was handy that they both got really cute matching bunny cookies!
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1:27 PM
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Egg Hunting
Thanks to all the work peeps who got us the Stan Hewett membership. The egg hunt was adorable and required snow boots. Thanks Ohio! Indy got about 10 eggs. Some kids left with 30+. That means their parents will spend a week longer than me vacumming up stickers and fake coins and plastic rings. It could also mean that their children better embrace American values and will someday drive a nicer car than my kid. But why speculate?I was glad to see an absense of shoving and crying. Maybe that's next year's age age group? We also got to see the Easter Bunny again, and since ACME sponsored the snack at this event the Bunny was in the same suit. Handy for consistency with the home invasion holiday lying.
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1:21 PM
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What are you Eating for Easter?
Friday, March 21, 2008
Ham? Well, yes, the "ambs" get a real boost in sales this time of year. I really don't know how those Ham stores survive the other seasons. Now they have cafe's in them. But how much ham and bean soup can you serve the nearby lunching worker?I am making carrot raisin salad and the pictures show me that it looks as awful as it sounds but people go on and on about it being great, so we shall see what senses win this battle -- the eyes/ears or the taste buds.
But I am mostly looking forward to:
Cheesy Potatoes
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
More Cadbury Mini Eggs
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1:45 PM
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Winter
Thursday, March 20, 2008
I vaguely remember this story on PBS about Plymouth settlers getting off the boat after a few months of sitting out there with scurvy, only to all get the flu and be jammed in a small cabin a couple guys had finally gotten built. Then March rolled around and more than half of them were dead. What struck me about the story was how awful it would be to make it all the way to Spring and then kick it.
But here I am, hanging around in my cushy life, and I totally get it. It feels hard for me to get through winter and live. If I had been a settler I would have thrown in the towel by mid Feb. And making it to March is no accomplishment because you still have another month and a half of SUCK. 40 degrees at best and snow and bone chilling rain and if you didn't have Venezuelan strawberries from ACME to perk you up, but were instead gnawing on rotten September apples. Well, forget it.
But here I am, hanging around in my cushy life, and I totally get it. It feels hard for me to get through winter and live. If I had been a settler I would have thrown in the towel by mid Feb. And making it to March is no accomplishment because you still have another month and a half of SUCK. 40 degrees at best and snow and bone chilling rain and if you didn't have Venezuelan strawberries from ACME to perk you up, but were instead gnawing on rotten September apples. Well, forget it.
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5:26 PM
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Heed This Warning
Saturday, March 15, 2008
If you have a kid, every food you put in front of them for the first 3 years will become the "Regular" food. Do not repeatedly present food to a kid under 3 that you are not prepared to serve for eleven years. Why? Because anything even a little different brought forth after that time, will be rejected with an immediate, whiny request for "Regular" (Fill in Blank Here).i.e.:
When you get Donatos instead of Papa Johns: "I don't like That pizza. I want regular pizza."
When you use Angel Hair instead of Spaghetti Noodles: "I want regular spaghetti."
When the burger is not from McDonalds: "Not that burger. A regular burger."
And even though you know that you sound exactly like your mother, you too will say:
"That is a regular burger. It just looks different. Try it. It's good."
Then you will continue to have the classic disagreement that always ends one, and only one way -- with a kid not eating any of that nasty, un-regular food.
Then, just when you thought you were finished sounding like your mother, they will ask for dessert and if you're eating out you will say:
"We have (insert dessert here) at home." Followed by:
"But you're not having any because you wouldn't eat a perfectly good hamburger."
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3:57 PM
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This Time Last Year
I started a Blog and took my son to see the Easter Bunny.
Still Blogging and that guy is still in the same suit at ACME. Check it out!
Still Blogging and that guy is still in the same suit at ACME. Check it out!
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3:07 PM
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Reasons I Know I'm Getting Better
Headache only extends to neck and not toes
Anticipating Less Than 20 hours in bed
Didn't dream about snakes all night
Hungry
Made coffee
On Computer goofing off
Anticipating Less Than 20 hours in bed
Didn't dream about snakes all night
Hungry
Made coffee
On Computer goofing off
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5:54 AM
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See You Monday
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
I thought I felt pretty Lupus-y on Monday. Yesterday and most of today I figured that a cold might be triggering some achy Lupus thing. Now I realize something much less pleasant than all that loveliness -- I have the FLU. Fever, chills, headache, exhaustion, congestion. But hey, no nausea. Although Joe at work (who is now in Chicago w/ flu!) tells me there's hope for that too. OK, arms too tired to type = flu. Send hopeful vibes that everyone I've touched in the last 3 days remains well. :o
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4:16 PM
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Easter is Coming!
Monday, March 10, 2008
Coloring eggs is more magical than the Lite Brite. Is it maybe because he eats eggs and knows they come white? It is kind of amazing when you think of it. It's not like you color up your toast or make your noodles blue (although I guess you could). He likes to drop in the fizzy pellets, drop in the eggs, peek at them a lot, pluck them out, sticker them up. But most of all, he likes to pull the carton out of the fridge to admire them several times a day until they are eaten.
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6:33 PM
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Happy Birthday Grammy!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Sorry this is belated, but we just got the pictures off the card from our little party we had Wednesday. Three year olds love cake and presents, until the adults open the presents and they are dumb things like a clock and note paper. We all loved eating at the Market Street Cafe here in Akron that has the freshest most delicious food and a decent website. That's always refreshing.
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7:45 AM
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Playing in the Snow
Saturday, March 8, 2008
The joy of playing outside has lots of dimensions. There's the bundling indoors and feeling toasty only to go out in the cold and feel fortified against it. Then there is the numbing of extremities and the decision to come in. Off come the wet and cold outer layers that you throw in the dryer. If anything under got wet, you put on fresh, clean things. We've been having warm snacks when we come in -- first pancakes and then popcorn. Finally, when you decide to go back out, you put on those dryer-warmed clothes. Ahhhh. Lovely.
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1:04 PM
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Snow, Snow, Snow
Friday, March 7, 2008
I've got my tomorrow all set. Wake up, Ooooo at snow volume, make pancakes, put on snowsuit, get kid ready, walk to park w/ cute kid hill. Then sled, make snowman, make snow angels, have snowball fight, beg three year old to come inside for hot chocolate before frost bite sets in. :)
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12:45 PM
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P.S.: Lite Brite
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
I hope you don't keep your toddler in your basement as that 2nd to last sentence of the last post would imply.
I also wanted to note that the price sticker on my Lite Brite read $11.97!!! I bet it doesn't go for much more than that now. Were toys that expensive in the 70s? Was it because it was made in Rhode Island by someone in a Union?
Damn. Thank you, China. I know you poison pets and paint things with lead, but you make shit cheap!
I also wanted to note that the price sticker on my Lite Brite read $11.97!!! I bet it doesn't go for much more than that now. Were toys that expensive in the 70s? Was it because it was made in Rhode Island by someone in a Union?
Damn. Thank you, China. I know you poison pets and paint things with lead, but you make shit cheap!
posted by Rocky
12:48 PM
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Lite Brite
Mine looked just like this one except the kids on my box had designed a clown. Not that you "design" anything as the box included patterns on black construction paper. They even had little letters in grey designating the color peg you were to insert in that hole. Creativity not necessary, included.I got my Lite Brite, which I still have (thanks Mom), somewhere around the age of 6 or 7. I know I begged for one believing secretly that it would be a disco party in a box. Aside from being bright, there wasn't much going on there, and I quickly became bored.
Now I realize that I was just 3 years too old for it. Indy loves that thing. He talks about how colorful and beautiful it is and how tricky it is to get the pegs in the holes. I made a "steam ship" this morning for him and then turned off the dining room lights and he "Oooooed."
So, if you have a toddler and a Lite Brite in your basement. Quick! Go get it before his/her 5th year, and watch the magic unfold!
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12:23 PM
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Just Mommy
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Indy sees Sage working on his Facebook page.
It has Sage's profile picture on it.
Indy: Is that you?
Sage: Yep. That's me!
Indy: Sage Lewis.
Sage: Yeah! How did you know that?
Rocky: Wow! Do you know my name?
Indy (in a tone that says, DUH): Mommy.
It has Sage's profile picture on it.
Indy: Is that you?
Sage: Yep. That's me!
Indy: Sage Lewis.
Sage: Yeah! How did you know that?
Rocky: Wow! Do you know my name?
Indy (in a tone that says, DUH): Mommy.
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5:08 PM
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Akron Beacon Pictorial
Saturday, March 1, 2008
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4:49 PM
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Saturday Morning Cartoons
Remember those? Remember how by 9 AM there were not that many decent cartoons left, which was OK because you'd been up since 6:30? Well now I get to re-live it all.There are some notable differences though. The biggest one being Cable TV and the proliferation of children's shows. So we have two channels to choose from of all day programming for children age 2-5. The biggest difference of all though is NO commercials. I don't know where toy companies advertise anymore. I don't know how kids figure out what kind of toys they "need."
I have fond memories of watching a sparkling Barbie wear something special while doing something even special-er with two gorgeous, giggling nine-year-old girls. Followed immediately by me letting everyone who would listen know that I NEEDED that Barbie.
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5:21 AM
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