Ten on Tuesdays!
1. What is your favorite decor item in your house?
haha, do my books count? I really don't have anything that I'm super attached to. I love our mantel clock, though. And I love the rug in my guest bathroom.
2. What is your favorite hair product?
Oooh! I was even thinking of doing a whole post on this. I love my shampoo bar by Lush. I've been on the fence about getting one for six months and I finally tried it - SOLD! Also new to my repertoire and obsessing about: dry shampoo by BigSexyHair, and Aveda smoothing products (although I'm working on a sample right now because I haven't spent the money on it yet)
3. Are you a good dancer?
No. I used to be a decent swing dancer, but I haven't done it in years. I can't do anything current - my body doesn't move that way.
4. You get some good news, who’s the first person you call?
It depends on what the news is. Usually, my husband. If I can't get a hold of him (usually), then I'll go to my mother. And then it generally gets posted to Facebook. What can I say - I have no secrets.
5. Would you rather take pictures, or be in pictures?
Take them, although I'm noticing now that I'm in no photos with my kids and I wish I had more photos with them. I hate asking my husband to take pictures because it feels vain to me, but I wish he would just take a frigging picture.
6. What is your shoe style?
Heels, heels, and more heels. Comfortable, usually about 3 inches. Other than that I don't have a preference - I like them all.
7. How often do you eat out?
Usually once a week for dinner, and then once or twice for other meals. This week I'll probably eat about 6 meals out though - it's a busy, expensive week.
8. If someone has food in their teeth, do you tell them?
It depends on how well I know them, and if I like them.
9. Do you fold your underwear?
No, but I fold my husband's.
10. Milk, dark, or white chocolate?
Dark mostly, followed by milk. White chocolate is not chocolate so it doesn't deserve to be on the list. The question should be, milk or dark? And I'd say YES PLEASE!
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Costuming
It was pretty easy to decide what to dress the kids in for Halloween (even if it hasn't been that easy to execute the idea).
Spencer will be Buzz Lightyear. We are almost done with the costume, except that I don't like the headpiece I made so I'm thinking of just not doing a purple headpiece. The wings are done, and I've figured out how to fasten them to his back. Pictures are to come, I swear it.
Henry will be a ghost. I found a little bunting outfit at Babies R Us, and it was 40% off so it was sold! I haven't put it on him, but hey it's cute and easy. Done. Pictures also to come :)
Our outfits are harder. Last year we were Clark Kent and Lois Lane, and all I had to come up with was a Superman shirt for my husband to wear under his work clothes and make Daily Planet press passes. We go to the same party every year, so we obviously couldn't dress in the same costumes again this year. I had thought of doing Doris Day/Rock Hudson, because we have appropriate clothing (I'm a big fan of the 50s style dress) and we would just need wigs. However, it didn't really work out so I'm shelving that idea for next year.
I found a Devil Mardi Gras-style mask, so my current idea is to go as "Devil with a blue dress on". I've been on the hunt for a blue dress; I borrowed one from a friend and also found one at JC Penny that might work, but I haven't been able to find anything that really makes me comfortable. I'm going to model them for the Hubby tonight and see what he thinks. All else fails, I'll just wear black on black top and skirt with my black boots with the mask and be a plain old devil. I'm sure I can find a cheap pitchfork at a party store.
The Hubby's current idea for his own costume is a scruffy army guy. He needs fatigue pants and he wants to wear an army camp shirt that I wear to sleep in. I think it will be too small (it was his in high school) and he'll end up looking like a gay Army dude, but hey - Don't Ask Don't Tell is all over the news lately so at least he would be topical!
Spencer will be Buzz Lightyear. We are almost done with the costume, except that I don't like the headpiece I made so I'm thinking of just not doing a purple headpiece. The wings are done, and I've figured out how to fasten them to his back. Pictures are to come, I swear it.
Henry will be a ghost. I found a little bunting outfit at Babies R Us, and it was 40% off so it was sold! I haven't put it on him, but hey it's cute and easy. Done. Pictures also to come :)
Our outfits are harder. Last year we were Clark Kent and Lois Lane, and all I had to come up with was a Superman shirt for my husband to wear under his work clothes and make Daily Planet press passes. We go to the same party every year, so we obviously couldn't dress in the same costumes again this year. I had thought of doing Doris Day/Rock Hudson, because we have appropriate clothing (I'm a big fan of the 50s style dress) and we would just need wigs. However, it didn't really work out so I'm shelving that idea for next year.
I found a Devil Mardi Gras-style mask, so my current idea is to go as "Devil with a blue dress on". I've been on the hunt for a blue dress; I borrowed one from a friend and also found one at JC Penny that might work, but I haven't been able to find anything that really makes me comfortable. I'm going to model them for the Hubby tonight and see what he thinks. All else fails, I'll just wear black on black top and skirt with my black boots with the mask and be a plain old devil. I'm sure I can find a cheap pitchfork at a party store.
The Hubby's current idea for his own costume is a scruffy army guy. He needs fatigue pants and he wants to wear an army camp shirt that I wear to sleep in. I think it will be too small (it was his in high school) and he'll end up looking like a gay Army dude, but hey - Don't Ask Don't Tell is all over the news lately so at least he would be topical!
Menu Monday
Last week's menu:
Monday: leftovers from Maggiano's
Tuesday: jambalaya with shrimp and sausage
Wednesday: Honey Dijon Chicken with rice and roasted zucchini
Thursday: chicken and corn chowder. I didn't like the recipe I started out with, but I added a few things and it became Southwest Corn Chowder and it was delicious! A bit of a kick, though :)
Friday: pecan encrusted pork chops, steamed broccoli and herb and butter rice
Saturday: chick-fila
Sunday: Texas Roadhouse
While I'm making a menu for this week, I might be eating out more than home. I have 3 days planned out, and I have a Navy friend in town this week who I might be seeing for dinner also. It's going to be an expensive week, but here's the general plan.
This week:
Monday: plum-spiced chicken with rice
Tuesday: taco salad
Wednesday: Stir fry
Thursday: Out with Stacy (sensing a trend? it's been hard to get together)
Friday: Out with Crystal (a friend from birth that I haven't seen in at least 10 years)
Saturday: Halloween party! I'm making guacamole and bringing a wine cube. It promises to be a fun night.
Monday: leftovers from Maggiano's
Tuesday: jambalaya with shrimp and sausage
Wednesday: Honey Dijon Chicken with rice and roasted zucchini
Thursday: chicken and corn chowder. I didn't like the recipe I started out with, but I added a few things and it became Southwest Corn Chowder and it was delicious! A bit of a kick, though :)
Friday: pecan encrusted pork chops, steamed broccoli and herb and butter rice
Saturday: chick-fila
Sunday: Texas Roadhouse
While I'm making a menu for this week, I might be eating out more than home. I have 3 days planned out, and I have a Navy friend in town this week who I might be seeing for dinner also. It's going to be an expensive week, but here's the general plan.
This week:
Monday: plum-spiced chicken with rice
Tuesday: taco salad
Wednesday: Stir fry
Thursday: Out with Stacy (sensing a trend? it's been hard to get together)
Friday: Out with Crystal (a friend from birth that I haven't seen in at least 10 years)
Saturday: Halloween party! I'm making guacamole and bringing a wine cube. It promises to be a fun night.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
A helping hand is a burned wrist
Spencer has been helping me cook lately. I've found it gets him to eat a little dinner (he's never been a dinner eater) and also helps him to be a little less finicky (as he's starting being recently). I measure things and let him dump in the pots, Fill pans before they go on burners. Taste test (especially helps in the getting him to try things category, as long as it's not green).
I try to keep him away from burners and hot pans, but last weekend he was dropping cheese in an omelet and burned his wrist pretty bad. He's never been one to overreact about injuries, so after the initial freakout, he was okay but it turned into an angry red line with a blister that he kept scratching at and wouldn't let me put a band-aid or ointment on. Finally, after he fell asleep that night I put a real (read: not a kiddy) band-aid and neosporin on it and left it for a week. Now he still has an angry red line, but it's getting better (which is good, because he won't let me put a new band-aid on).
This kid is always getting hurt. He runs into things head first, trips constantly, and gets his legs stuck under his tricycle. I'm not much of a helicopter mom. I keep him from doing things that will get him seriously injured, but otherwise I generally go with the flow and let him figure things out on his own. The weekend before, he was playing at ikea with his best friend, and said best friend accidentally took him down head first to the concrete flooring. Sufficed to say, there has been an ugly yellow bruise there ever since. I never used to worry about what people thought when they saw the bruises on his head or the bloody scrapes on his legs. He's a boy, and a kid. However, with the addition of this burn (and his collection of bruises on his forehead) I worry that people will think that I'm the one that does it. I worry what my daycare lady thinks when he almost always comes to her with a new injury. She asks him what happened and he says I did it. What the heck? Is it okay for a kid to be a kid these days?
I try to keep him away from burners and hot pans, but last weekend he was dropping cheese in an omelet and burned his wrist pretty bad. He's never been one to overreact about injuries, so after the initial freakout, he was okay but it turned into an angry red line with a blister that he kept scratching at and wouldn't let me put a band-aid or ointment on. Finally, after he fell asleep that night I put a real (read: not a kiddy) band-aid and neosporin on it and left it for a week. Now he still has an angry red line, but it's getting better (which is good, because he won't let me put a new band-aid on).
This kid is always getting hurt. He runs into things head first, trips constantly, and gets his legs stuck under his tricycle. I'm not much of a helicopter mom. I keep him from doing things that will get him seriously injured, but otherwise I generally go with the flow and let him figure things out on his own. The weekend before, he was playing at ikea with his best friend, and said best friend accidentally took him down head first to the concrete flooring. Sufficed to say, there has been an ugly yellow bruise there ever since. I never used to worry about what people thought when they saw the bruises on his head or the bloody scrapes on his legs. He's a boy, and a kid. However, with the addition of this burn (and his collection of bruises on his forehead) I worry that people will think that I'm the one that does it. I worry what my daycare lady thinks when he almost always comes to her with a new injury. She asks him what happened and he says I did it. What the heck? Is it okay for a kid to be a kid these days?
Friday, October 22, 2010
Killing time
Books read:
Catching Fire excellent, makes me long to read Mockingjay, which I'm number 116 for from the library (down from 261 originally)
Hide in Plain Sight free on Kindle, light and breezy Christian mystery. Did I mention free? not bad.
One for the Money
Two for the Dough
Three to get Deadly
I got sucked into the Stephanie Plum series. It's not really my type of reading; or rather, it's the type of book I would have read 10 years ago except that I hate those kitschy title tie-ins so I never did. They are enjoyable and quick reads, and I think I'll continue the series as in-between books while I'm not reading other things. I finally just took back Shutter Island, because I obviously wasn't going to read it right now. Also around and waiting to be read: I am Number Four, My Name is Memory, Life as We Knew It, So Much For That, and The Maze Runner.
I also have 1-2-3 Magic, The Baby Whisperer for toddlers, and The Baby Whisperer on DVD. Noticing a discipline-issue trend?
Movies Watched:
The Lovely Bones very good - it had been long enough since I had read the book last, so any differences didn't bother me.
Fame cute, and Spencer sat still for at least half of it, which is better than any animated movie thus far.
You're So Cupid hideously bad
The Break-up Artist innocuous and cute
When in Rome innocuous and cute
Halloweentown ABC Family ... cute :)
I Want to Marry Ryan Banks also ABC Family - did you know they play these movies on Lifetime Movie Network? Thank you, LMN.
I also watched another ABC Family movie, but I can't remember the name at all. I'm sure it will come back to me, or else I'll remember when I try to watch it again.
I finally paid off all of the bills related to labor and delivery. I was going to set up a payment plan for the one large bill from the hospital, but I was afraid I wouldn't remember, so I just paid it all outright. It killed me to spend all that money (and not even on shoes!) but it needed to be done, and I feel better now that I don't have any Henry-related debt. I can't imagine what it would have been without insurance, but I saw the EOBs. Ick.
I still haven't started working out, but I did strap Henry to me yesterday in the carrier and took a walk around the neighborhood with Spencer. Evidently "toddler pace" is not an acceptable rate of speed for the cardiotrainer app on my phone because it kept pausing my workout and I finally turned it off (I really was just interested in how far we went) but we were out for about an hour, and then came back to play outside for a bit (I read).
Henry had his two-month appointment yesterday, and he's 12lbs 1 oz (60%), 22 3/4" long (45%). He seems more proportional than that, but he has a lot of muscle on his legs since he's always trying to scoot himself across the floor or kick his bouncy chair so the lights turn on. We've switched him to sensitive stomach formula because he wasn't sleeping very well, and he rewarded us by sleeping for 36 hours almost straight. Now he's back on a more normal sleep schedule but I think he still sleeps a little more than the average 2-month old. Maybe he's just catching up? I got both kids the flu vaccine and still had to hold Spencer down even though his was only up the nose. Because of that, he actual napped which he doesn't do anymore, but he then woke up hysterical and I threw him in the shower to stop the crying. He does this every time he takes a nap and I don't know what to do about it. Sometimes he just needs to sleep, you know? Do I have to have 30 minutes of screaming after he wakes up? He's such an amazingly happy child when he wakes up from overnight (even though he's sleeps terribly). I wish he would be like that every time he slept.
Catching Fire excellent, makes me long to read Mockingjay, which I'm number 116 for from the library (down from 261 originally)
Hide in Plain Sight free on Kindle, light and breezy Christian mystery. Did I mention free? not bad.
One for the Money
Two for the Dough
Three to get Deadly
I got sucked into the Stephanie Plum series. It's not really my type of reading; or rather, it's the type of book I would have read 10 years ago except that I hate those kitschy title tie-ins so I never did. They are enjoyable and quick reads, and I think I'll continue the series as in-between books while I'm not reading other things. I finally just took back Shutter Island, because I obviously wasn't going to read it right now. Also around and waiting to be read: I am Number Four, My Name is Memory, Life as We Knew It, So Much For That, and The Maze Runner.
I also have 1-2-3 Magic, The Baby Whisperer for toddlers, and The Baby Whisperer on DVD. Noticing a discipline-issue trend?
Movies Watched:
The Lovely Bones very good - it had been long enough since I had read the book last, so any differences didn't bother me.
Fame cute, and Spencer sat still for at least half of it, which is better than any animated movie thus far.
You're So Cupid hideously bad
The Break-up Artist innocuous and cute
When in Rome innocuous and cute
Halloweentown ABC Family ... cute :)
I Want to Marry Ryan Banks also ABC Family - did you know they play these movies on Lifetime Movie Network? Thank you, LMN.
I also watched another ABC Family movie, but I can't remember the name at all. I'm sure it will come back to me, or else I'll remember when I try to watch it again.
I finally paid off all of the bills related to labor and delivery. I was going to set up a payment plan for the one large bill from the hospital, but I was afraid I wouldn't remember, so I just paid it all outright. It killed me to spend all that money (and not even on shoes!) but it needed to be done, and I feel better now that I don't have any Henry-related debt. I can't imagine what it would have been without insurance, but I saw the EOBs. Ick.
I still haven't started working out, but I did strap Henry to me yesterday in the carrier and took a walk around the neighborhood with Spencer. Evidently "toddler pace" is not an acceptable rate of speed for the cardiotrainer app on my phone because it kept pausing my workout and I finally turned it off (I really was just interested in how far we went) but we were out for about an hour, and then came back to play outside for a bit (I read).
Henry had his two-month appointment yesterday, and he's 12lbs 1 oz (60%), 22 3/4" long (45%). He seems more proportional than that, but he has a lot of muscle on his legs since he's always trying to scoot himself across the floor or kick his bouncy chair so the lights turn on. We've switched him to sensitive stomach formula because he wasn't sleeping very well, and he rewarded us by sleeping for 36 hours almost straight. Now he's back on a more normal sleep schedule but I think he still sleeps a little more than the average 2-month old. Maybe he's just catching up? I got both kids the flu vaccine and still had to hold Spencer down even though his was only up the nose. Because of that, he actual napped which he doesn't do anymore, but he then woke up hysterical and I threw him in the shower to stop the crying. He does this every time he takes a nap and I don't know what to do about it. Sometimes he just needs to sleep, you know? Do I have to have 30 minutes of screaming after he wakes up? He's such an amazingly happy child when he wakes up from overnight (even though he's sleeps terribly). I wish he would be like that every time he slept.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Toddler snack of champions
If only he wouldn't spill it on the sidewalk and then stop to eat it.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Neighbor-befriending breakthrough!
SO!!!
Major breakthrough on the neighbor front. I went outside this morning to drop my Netflix in the mailbox and Mr. Neighbor was outside so I talked to him for a little while and SUGGESTED THAT WE ALL GET TOGETHER SOMETIME. I found out that they are from Illinois (I knew that they were Bears fans) and that she is a family therapist and he is a real estate investor and she plans on being a SAHM when the baby comes in February ... yay for befriending neighbors! But I said that we should all get together sometime, and he agreed and said we should come over for dinner or something. This is huge, people!
Now I need to get started on that back deck so we can entertain more ...
Major breakthrough on the neighbor front. I went outside this morning to drop my Netflix in the mailbox and Mr. Neighbor was outside so I talked to him for a little while and SUGGESTED THAT WE ALL GET TOGETHER SOMETIME. I found out that they are from Illinois (I knew that they were Bears fans) and that she is a family therapist and he is a real estate investor and she plans on being a SAHM when the baby comes in February ... yay for befriending neighbors! But I said that we should all get together sometime, and he agreed and said we should come over for dinner or something. This is huge, people!
Now I need to get started on that back deck so we can entertain more ...
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