Did I tell you that I was rear-ended a week and a half ago? Not bad; I was basically rolled into in traffic, but now I need a new bumper. So today I dropped off my car at the body shop and Enterprise put me in a Kia Spectra. Not as bad as I thought it would be ... not the greatest car in the world, but it fits the stroller in the trunk and the baby in in the back and it'll only be a couple days. However, it's hard to find a rental in a parking lot when you can't remember what you are driving.
Spencer has been cranky lately -- I don't think he's napping enough during the day because he fights it and then cries a lot because he hasn't gotten the sleep he sorely needs. He has been sleeping during the night pretty well -- well, last night he slept from 1 until 5:30, and then from 6:15 until 8. He just slept for about 10 minutes and he's already awake again, but I'm leaving him in his crib since he's not crying so maybe he'll go back to sleep (not likely but worth a try).
And in other news, we got a new laptop! I've really wanted a new one but I didn't want to get one unless we could sell the old one and could get a really good deal on a new one. The stars aligned with the ads this week and we got one yesterday! Now I have to go through the process of moving all my stuff from one laptop to the other so I stopped and got a 4GB flash drive at OD to do the moving, so woohoo! The only problem I've found so far is that the "k" sticks a little bit but I think that will work itself out since I seem to use so many "k" words. That and we need to upgrade the ram since the damn thing has Vista (can't get away from it) and only 1GB of ram. Oddly it's cheaper to upgrade the ram then to buy a laptop with more already installed, so there you go!
I have to go to the butcher tomorrow morning and see if I can get a beef brisket -- I've decided to try one of Pioneer Woman's recipes this week and I'm very excited -- yum! I've been drooling over her site for weeks but Christen's dad is so ... traditional in what he eats that I was looking for the perfect thing to make, and I think this is it. I'll let you know how it goes!
Monday, March 24, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
A long post but worth every shiny penny (at least to me, and that's what counts)
So I have managed a feat today -- I finished making my baby announcements 2 days shy of his 6-week birthday (isn't amazing that we count in weeks?) and have them and all thank you cards set to go out tomorrow. Before Easter. Can I get a woohoo? Woohoo, then!
I had my six-week check up at the OB -- just so y'all know, my uterus is back in place and I've been cleared for sex and exercise ... or sex as exercise, if I so choose. I've also lost another 7 pounds, making me now lighter than I've been in a couple years. Another 30 and I'll be where I was for the three months between my relationship with my ex-fiance and my relationship with my husband. That is my ultimate goal weight. Now, I'm not telling you what that amount is but I'll tell you if I get there! And I refuse to do it by starving myself or becoming one of those exercise-anorexics, and I will not give up my favorite foods. Folks, if I can't get there in moderation it's just not worth getting there, for I do so love my sweets and carbs.
I've also decided that my new contraception of choice is an IUC -- you know, those commercials with the lady with 4 kids running around who gets the t-shaped plastic doo-dad shoved up her hoo-haa, and then decides she wants another one so she gets it pulled back out? Yeah, that's going to be me. I can't wait, really. I'm terrible with pills (noted by my vitamins sitting next my child's vitamins with the hopes that we can take them together but instead neither of us get our vitamins even though strangely he likes his).
So now that you know everything about my, well, hoo-haa, on to bigger (hehe) and better topics. Yesterday I was wandering around B&N (which incidently I'm not fond of anymore ... somehow I became a Borders convert without realizing it) looking for a book for my mom that obviously has not come out yet, and I located Diablo Cody's Candy Girl - A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper and promptly purchased it. I also bought Roald Dahl's autobiography Boy to even out the subversiveness. Even though I had finally gotten 25 pages (and they were 25 great pages) into Almost Moon, I was too curious to not start it right away. So this morning I did.
At 3pm I finished it. Pretty decent, I would say. Not in the "clothed" decency realm, more of the skanky, greased stripper pole end of decent, actually. I wasn't too impressed at the beginning -- I remember before I saw Juno I read a review which said something along the lines of it being "overtly aware of its own wit". I didn't see that in Juno so much because I wasn't reading the non-dialog, but Candy Girl read a bit like a pop culture Dennis Miller rant -- lots of similes and adverbs and obscure references that seem contrived to make her feel smarter than she actually may be. But after about 20 pages I got over that and it was a pretty fun read! Those that are less sensitive about those sorts of things are likely to really enjoy it. Although I felt a little dirty reading it while breastfeeding ...
So now back to the more respectable I-killed-my-mother-because-I-couldn't-clean-her-feces-anymore book. I'll let you know how that is too!
In other completely non-vag related news, I took Lola to the groomers yesterday. How she turned out is completely my fault, and I feel bad about it. But really, the groomer's idea of "all shaved down" and mine is completely different. She has the mane and tail though ... and she'd look less ridiculous without them. I'll post pictures as soon as I don't have a child attached to my teat, I promise (see, teat but no vag -- I'm coming up in the world!)
I had my six-week check up at the OB -- just so y'all know, my uterus is back in place and I've been cleared for sex and exercise ... or sex as exercise, if I so choose. I've also lost another 7 pounds, making me now lighter than I've been in a couple years. Another 30 and I'll be where I was for the three months between my relationship with my ex-fiance and my relationship with my husband. That is my ultimate goal weight. Now, I'm not telling you what that amount is but I'll tell you if I get there! And I refuse to do it by starving myself or becoming one of those exercise-anorexics, and I will not give up my favorite foods. Folks, if I can't get there in moderation it's just not worth getting there, for I do so love my sweets and carbs.
I've also decided that my new contraception of choice is an IUC -- you know, those commercials with the lady with 4 kids running around who gets the t-shaped plastic doo-dad shoved up her hoo-haa, and then decides she wants another one so she gets it pulled back out? Yeah, that's going to be me. I can't wait, really. I'm terrible with pills (noted by my vitamins sitting next my child's vitamins with the hopes that we can take them together but instead neither of us get our vitamins even though strangely he likes his).
So now that you know everything about my, well, hoo-haa, on to bigger (hehe) and better topics. Yesterday I was wandering around B&N (which incidently I'm not fond of anymore ... somehow I became a Borders convert without realizing it) looking for a book for my mom that obviously has not come out yet, and I located Diablo Cody's Candy Girl - A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper and promptly purchased it. I also bought Roald Dahl's autobiography Boy to even out the subversiveness. Even though I had finally gotten 25 pages (and they were 25 great pages) into Almost Moon, I was too curious to not start it right away. So this morning I did.
At 3pm I finished it. Pretty decent, I would say. Not in the "clothed" decency realm, more of the skanky, greased stripper pole end of decent, actually. I wasn't too impressed at the beginning -- I remember before I saw Juno I read a review which said something along the lines of it being "overtly aware of its own wit". I didn't see that in Juno so much because I wasn't reading the non-dialog, but Candy Girl read a bit like a pop culture Dennis Miller rant -- lots of similes and adverbs and obscure references that seem contrived to make her feel smarter than she actually may be. But after about 20 pages I got over that and it was a pretty fun read! Those that are less sensitive about those sorts of things are likely to really enjoy it. Although I felt a little dirty reading it while breastfeeding ...
So now back to the more respectable I-killed-my-mother-because-I-couldn't-clean-her-feces-anymore book. I'll let you know how that is too!
In other completely non-vag related news, I took Lola to the groomers yesterday. How she turned out is completely my fault, and I feel bad about it. But really, the groomer's idea of "all shaved down" and mine is completely different. She has the mane and tail though ... and she'd look less ridiculous without them. I'll post pictures as soon as I don't have a child attached to my teat, I promise (see, teat but no vag -- I'm coming up in the world!)
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Somehow I think I gave birth to a teenager. He stays up all night and then sleeps until 11am (or 1pm). He also has a fair amount of baby acne, cries for no reason sometimes and wants things (like his pacifier) only to throw them away as soon as he gets them. Thank God he can't talk back yet.
However, last night I got almost 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep, so when he wouldn't go back to sleep after his feeding at 6:45 I didn't hold it against him. I fed him last night at 12:45, he was asleep by 1:30 and didn't wake up until 6:30 this morning! Hallelujah! I know not to expect that every night, but I'm so excited you can barely see the patches on my head where I was pulling out my hair.
It has been a grueling process transitioning him to his crib from our bed, but I'm so excited for the possibilities of being able to cuddle with my husband again. Which is funny because I'm not a cuddler. I get hot and itchy and annoyed very easily. But I could if I wanted to! :)
In non-baby related news (how is it that all I had to do was spend 7 hours in labor and 4 days in the hospital and my blog turns into a mommy-blog?) ... I think I'm going to start reading again! I've shelved Almost Moon by Alice Sebold since I got it for Christmas. First I was reading other things, then I thought I'd read it while I was in the hospital (I know, lofty ideas and all that) and I haven't even looked at it since getting home, what, five weeks ago? So today (or tomorrow, who am I kidding) I'm going to start on it ... I'm so excited! I loved her other books and if this one turns out half as heart-wrenching as the other two, I'm going to be in love.
At a friend's recommendation, I also want to read Diablo Cody's book about being a stripper. I may have to pick that up in the next few days. Any Border's coupons out there?
**edit** he fell asleep while I was posting this ... why have I not gone back to sleep yet? Maybe I'll pull out that book sooner rather than later ...
However, last night I got almost 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep, so when he wouldn't go back to sleep after his feeding at 6:45 I didn't hold it against him. I fed him last night at 12:45, he was asleep by 1:30 and didn't wake up until 6:30 this morning! Hallelujah! I know not to expect that every night, but I'm so excited you can barely see the patches on my head where I was pulling out my hair.
It has been a grueling process transitioning him to his crib from our bed, but I'm so excited for the possibilities of being able to cuddle with my husband again. Which is funny because I'm not a cuddler. I get hot and itchy and annoyed very easily. But I could if I wanted to! :)
In non-baby related news (how is it that all I had to do was spend 7 hours in labor and 4 days in the hospital and my blog turns into a mommy-blog?) ... I think I'm going to start reading again! I've shelved Almost Moon by Alice Sebold since I got it for Christmas. First I was reading other things, then I thought I'd read it while I was in the hospital (I know, lofty ideas and all that) and I haven't even looked at it since getting home, what, five weeks ago? So today (or tomorrow, who am I kidding) I'm going to start on it ... I'm so excited! I loved her other books and if this one turns out half as heart-wrenching as the other two, I'm going to be in love.
At a friend's recommendation, I also want to read Diablo Cody's book about being a stripper. I may have to pick that up in the next few days. Any Border's coupons out there?
**edit** he fell asleep while I was posting this ... why have I not gone back to sleep yet? Maybe I'll pull out that book sooner rather than later ...
Monday, March 17, 2008
Happy St. Patty's Day!
Hope you have fun no matter what your pleasure! Me, I'm hanging out with my babydoll and playing video games. Ahh, the good life. Can they tint black tea green? I don't like green tea :)
Thursday, March 13, 2008
I love my friends
The other day was tough. Spencer had been crying for awhile; I had errands to run. We were going to a concert and I still needed to go pick up my brother and come back home before going ... so I was getting baby in the car and making sure I had everything when the UPS man stopped by.
"Aprilbapryll?" he said (naturally, right?)
"That's me!"
And he handed me a box. From my dear NPR Junky. And this is what was inside:
Becks, you're awesome :) Now I know those hours of Game Show Network have not gone unnoticed!
"Aprilbapryll?" he said (naturally, right?)
"That's me!"
And he handed me a box. From my dear NPR Junky. And this is what was inside:
Becks, you're awesome :) Now I know those hours of Game Show Network have not gone unnoticed!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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