I hate when things get so busy around here that I feel the need to chronicle everything. I don't know why, because I have no problem reading other peoples' chronicling, but I feel like such a lazy boring blogger when I chronicle my lives. Who wants to read that crap? I get bored writing it!
So here's the poop in bullets:
-- I'm ridiculously proud of myself for my 22 mile bike ride on Saturday. The furthest I've ridden in my adult life is about 14 miles when Spencer was about a year and we used to go on family rides. Still waiting for Henry to hit the magic one-year mark so we can start family rides again (the time passes when I don't want it to, and doesn't for the reasons I do want it to). I used to ride all over when I was young, but somehow you lose that drive when you get older. I didn't make it home (25 miles would have been home) but when I was dying, lying beneath that tree roadside while people looked strangely at me in the grass, I was glad to have gotten as far as I did. AND I was glad my FIL was at my house with his truck so Hubby was able to rescue me from said roadside.
-- True story:
Spencer likes to close doors. Spencer likes to push the button on the handle. Spencer does not realize that this locks the door.
(Hubby tries to get into our room): Spencer, come open this door.
(Spencer comes to open the door and finds it locked) I can't, it's locked.
H Did you lock it?
S Umm, yes.
H What does that mean?
S That means I go to time out.
H Okay, you go to time out.
(Spencer walks to his room with his head down)
YES! We have him trained! Now to train him not to lock the @(#&! doors.
-- I, who rarely ever reads more than one book at one time, am in the middle of three (3!) books. One, brainless: Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich. Two, pretentious: Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain (holy JEEBUS is he a pretentious ass; somehow in the couple years since I last read/saw him, I forgot this). Three, Darn good: Born Round by Frank Bruni. I have 3 days to finish them all so I can put them on my woefully inadequate April reading list.
-- I've been toying with going to the doctor for a full physical because I haven't been feeling that good. I've had a nagging stomachache for over a week, and my 99 hours of Grey's Anatomy have taught me that maybe something is something and not just nothing (thank you fictional tv). However, I am also almost sure that it's low-level anxiety because it went away over the weekend.
-- If you are interested in where I am in Grey's, George is dead. I think they just went to his funeral.
-- If you aren't as far as I am in Grey's, I'm sorry for the spoiler.
-- If you want to follow along at home with my Book Club, our next book is Sarah's Key. I picked this all on my own, so it's my fault if it sucks. Has anyone read it?
-- The kids both went to bed with no whining (Spencer) or crying or hysterical fits (Henry). This might be a sign of the apocalypse, but I prefer to think that maybe my daycare lady needs to drag the kids to Chuck E Cheese every day, like she did today.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Ten on Tuesday
1. How many blogs do you read every day and what are they? (I’m talking the ones you NEVER miss)
According to Google Reader, I have 77 subscriptions. I read all of them when they post, but I get a little giddy when Chelsea, Molly, Stacie, MamaFuss, Maggie, Lauren, Suzie or Jennie post. Thankfully they all do it often. There are probably more, but it's early and I can't think too much.
2. How many “best friends” do you have? Do you have different “besties” for different areas of your life?
I don't really consider that I have really any best friends anymore. I have plenty of friends, and girlfriends, but I don't have any one person that I see often, or talk to on the phone. I wish I could remedy that, but at 30 years old it seems everyone already has a best friend and I lost mine a few years ago through a falling out that I can honestly say wasn't my fault. People tell me I'm better off but I really miss having someone that close. I do tell my manager all my secrets though.
3. What’s your daily make up routine? If I have time, washing my face in the shower, moisturizer, eye shadow, blush, mascara, a little coverup and then lipstick in the car. If no time, blush and then lipstick in the car. Today since I'm taking up my get-ready time with this, it will be moisturizer and then blush and lipstick in the car.
4. What is your ideal girl’s night?
wine, wine wine ... and good friends
5. Do you keep up with your nails/toenails or are they au natural?
My toenails are usually painted but I only get a pedicure once every 6 months or so, so they aren't particularly pretty (right now they are, it's only 2 weeks old). I like my fingernails natural.
6. What’s your best roommate story (assuming you had a roommate at some point in your life)?
I lived with The Brad. He was awesome and I miss him. We used to get in fart fights, and sit on the porch having philosophical discussions. Aww, Bradford.
7. What’s your “go to” outfit that you wear more than anything else?
jeans and heels. Lately I've been living in my tank tops, but if I want to feel pretty and comfortable I need jeans and heels.
8. Do you have a beauty secret?
I don't have one. Please share.
9. Did you read Seventeen magazine growing up? yes
10. How did you learn to put on makeup? When I was 13 my mom took me to Merle Norman for a makeover where they showed me how to put on makeup, and then my mom bought what they put on me. I used that makeup for about 4 years.
According to Google Reader, I have 77 subscriptions. I read all of them when they post, but I get a little giddy when Chelsea, Molly, Stacie, MamaFuss, Maggie, Lauren, Suzie or Jennie post. Thankfully they all do it often. There are probably more, but it's early and I can't think too much.
2. How many “best friends” do you have? Do you have different “besties” for different areas of your life?
I don't really consider that I have really any best friends anymore. I have plenty of friends, and girlfriends, but I don't have any one person that I see often, or talk to on the phone. I wish I could remedy that, but at 30 years old it seems everyone already has a best friend and I lost mine a few years ago through a falling out that I can honestly say wasn't my fault. People tell me I'm better off but I really miss having someone that close. I do tell my manager all my secrets though.
3. What’s your daily make up routine? If I have time, washing my face in the shower, moisturizer, eye shadow, blush, mascara, a little coverup and then lipstick in the car. If no time, blush and then lipstick in the car. Today since I'm taking up my get-ready time with this, it will be moisturizer and then blush and lipstick in the car.
4. What is your ideal girl’s night?
wine, wine wine ... and good friends
5. Do you keep up with your nails/toenails or are they au natural?
My toenails are usually painted but I only get a pedicure once every 6 months or so, so they aren't particularly pretty (right now they are, it's only 2 weeks old). I like my fingernails natural.
6. What’s your best roommate story (assuming you had a roommate at some point in your life)?
I lived with The Brad. He was awesome and I miss him. We used to get in fart fights, and sit on the porch having philosophical discussions. Aww, Bradford.
7. What’s your “go to” outfit that you wear more than anything else?
jeans and heels. Lately I've been living in my tank tops, but if I want to feel pretty and comfortable I need jeans and heels.
8. Do you have a beauty secret?
I don't have one. Please share.
9. Did you read Seventeen magazine growing up? yes
10. How did you learn to put on makeup? When I was 13 my mom took me to Merle Norman for a makeover where they showed me how to put on makeup, and then my mom bought what they put on me. I used that makeup for about 4 years.
Monday, April 25, 2011
A Brand New Dawn
It's early; I'm up, and I'm already ready for work. I've already mentioned that that last week was the worst week in a really long time at work, and although I rarely mention work here I will say that I am going to positive-think myself through this week. It has to be better. It WILL be better.
I had a delightful weekend; I don't know about you. Saturday I decided to ride my bike to my mom's house. 12.4 miles. And then I rode home. I didn't make it home - I got 9.4 miles before hitting a complete brick wall and not being able to move anymore without wanting to throw up - but thankfully Hubby's dad was over with his truck so Hubby came and picked me up. So it appears I can ride my bike 22 miles, but not 25 miles, which would have gotten me all the way home. I thought I would be fine, and I may have if it wasn't so hot. Damn summer heat in April. But it was an awesome workout and I was suitably sore for the rest of the day.
Hubby's dad brought over people to start working on my deck so now We! Have! A! Frame! They were here all Saturday and it looks huge based on the new footprint. To say I'm excited is a serious understatement. We picked out a composite wood for the decking so now we're trying to find out how fast we can get the wood in so we can have our deck. Looks like I have a great deal of gardening left to do.
Easter was also delightful - we did the usual sunrise service at the zoo, followed by breakfast (at a new place, because last year I got horribly horribly sick so I've sworn off Village Inn forever, which I didn't like anyhow) and then a leisurely day at the in-laws which included lots of food, an Easter egg hunt, swimming and an egg-shaped cake. 'Twas good.
I hope your weekend was also delightful. And here's to this week - a turning point, right?
I had a delightful weekend; I don't know about you. Saturday I decided to ride my bike to my mom's house. 12.4 miles. And then I rode home. I didn't make it home - I got 9.4 miles before hitting a complete brick wall and not being able to move anymore without wanting to throw up - but thankfully Hubby's dad was over with his truck so Hubby came and picked me up. So it appears I can ride my bike 22 miles, but not 25 miles, which would have gotten me all the way home. I thought I would be fine, and I may have if it wasn't so hot. Damn summer heat in April. But it was an awesome workout and I was suitably sore for the rest of the day.
Hubby's dad brought over people to start working on my deck so now We! Have! A! Frame! They were here all Saturday and it looks huge based on the new footprint. To say I'm excited is a serious understatement. We picked out a composite wood for the decking so now we're trying to find out how fast we can get the wood in so we can have our deck. Looks like I have a great deal of gardening left to do.
Easter was also delightful - we did the usual sunrise service at the zoo, followed by breakfast (at a new place, because last year I got horribly horribly sick so I've sworn off Village Inn forever, which I didn't like anyhow) and then a leisurely day at the in-laws which included lots of food, an Easter egg hunt, swimming and an egg-shaped cake. 'Twas good.
I hope your weekend was also delightful. And here's to this week - a turning point, right?
Friday, April 22, 2011
The Hodgepodge
1) This has been the worst week at work in a really long time. I was on the verge of tears yesterday, I've been on the verge of quitting several times (which I cannot do, obviously), I've been working 12 hour days several times this week and last ... it's been bad. I've been overwhelmed and busy and with neverending work ... I'm hoping to get through today so I can move on to next - it has to be better, right? It has to get better. I know it gets better but I'm not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel right now.
2) I brought home about 3 hours of work last night, and then stopped at the library and got seven brainless books ... and read one (Hero at Large - Janet Evanovich) and took out a second to start (Medium Raw - Anthony Bourdain) before getting into my many Words with Friends games and not starting Book #2. Or the work.
3) Every day there are about five moments, conversations, etc, with Spencer that I want to document and then I don't write it right down and something else happens and I forget exactly what was said. But here's one: yesterday morning I was in the shower sitting on the floor shaving. Spencer came into the bathroom and it was a lot earlier than he usually wakes up. He went directly into my closet and closed the door (did not say anything to me). A few minutes later he came back out, left the bathroom and closed the door. When I finished my shower, I opened the bathroom door and he was standing there waiting for me, and asked me to walk him back to bed.
4) Here's another thing which is so endearing to me: every single morning, Spencer waits until his brother wakes up and then he climbs into Henry's crib with him and plays for a half hour or so. Most times he brings his pillow and blanket (which make for a crowded crib) and lays down to "cuddle" with Henry. I always check to make sure that every one is safe, but he really takes such good care of his little brother.
5) Henry is cutting an eye tooth. Never mind that he has NO OTHER TEETH so this is not really the proper order of things, but his gums are misshapen there into a weird little point. My child might have a fang here soon. This might be why he cries and laughs so much at the same time.
6) Today is Good Friday. I wish I took today off simply for my mental health, but I also hope that every single person I would otherwise hope to call takes it off so I can work in peace. Peace for Good Friday. Peace for Earth Day. Peace, please.
7) I had book club on Wednesday night and it was SO. Much. Fun! It was a little weird that all but one member are people that I either work with or used to work with, but we got through the night without it being a giant complaint-suck about things right now. As a matter of fact, I'm the only one who mentioned work at all because I had gone straight from one to the other. Now I need to figure out what we are going to read for next month. Pronto.
2) I brought home about 3 hours of work last night, and then stopped at the library and got seven brainless books ... and read one (Hero at Large - Janet Evanovich) and took out a second to start (Medium Raw - Anthony Bourdain) before getting into my many Words with Friends games and not starting Book #2. Or the work.
3) Every day there are about five moments, conversations, etc, with Spencer that I want to document and then I don't write it right down and something else happens and I forget exactly what was said. But here's one: yesterday morning I was in the shower sitting on the floor shaving. Spencer came into the bathroom and it was a lot earlier than he usually wakes up. He went directly into my closet and closed the door (did not say anything to me). A few minutes later he came back out, left the bathroom and closed the door. When I finished my shower, I opened the bathroom door and he was standing there waiting for me, and asked me to walk him back to bed.
4) Here's another thing which is so endearing to me: every single morning, Spencer waits until his brother wakes up and then he climbs into Henry's crib with him and plays for a half hour or so. Most times he brings his pillow and blanket (which make for a crowded crib) and lays down to "cuddle" with Henry. I always check to make sure that every one is safe, but he really takes such good care of his little brother.
5) Henry is cutting an eye tooth. Never mind that he has NO OTHER TEETH so this is not really the proper order of things, but his gums are misshapen there into a weird little point. My child might have a fang here soon. This might be why he cries and laughs so much at the same time.
6) Today is Good Friday. I wish I took today off simply for my mental health, but I also hope that every single person I would otherwise hope to call takes it off so I can work in peace. Peace for Good Friday. Peace for Earth Day. Peace, please.
7) I had book club on Wednesday night and it was SO. Much. Fun! It was a little weird that all but one member are people that I either work with or used to work with, but we got through the night without it being a giant complaint-suck about things right now. As a matter of fact, I'm the only one who mentioned work at all because I had gone straight from one to the other. Now I need to figure out what we are going to read for next month. Pronto.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
A conversation
(Spencer had his Easter party at daycare today, and I got home right before bed so we were talking about dinner and a piece of candy tomorrow)
Spencer: So tomorrow I can have one piece of candy.
Me: After dinner. Do you want to make pizza for dinner tomorrow?
S: Yes. And I will make pizza. Me. And I will put yummy things on the pizza.
Me: What kind of things do you want on your pizza?
S: I will have one piece after pizza. One. (candy)
Me: Okay, but what do you want on your pizza?
S: Yummy things. I will have tomatoes on my pizza.
Me: And cheese?
S: And cheese, yes.
Me: And sausage?
S: uh huh (nods. you really need to imagine a bobblehead while this whole conversation is going on)
Me: How about mushrooms, like Caillou puts on his pizza? Yummy mushrooms?
S: (silence. Spencer hates mushrooms) No ... yummy things. I don't think mushrooms.
It was worth a try. Sausage, cheese and tomatoes it is. and One Piece of candy after pizza.
Seriously, bobblehead. I love this kid.
Spencer: So tomorrow I can have one piece of candy.
Me: After dinner. Do you want to make pizza for dinner tomorrow?
S: Yes. And I will make pizza. Me. And I will put yummy things on the pizza.
Me: What kind of things do you want on your pizza?
S: I will have one piece after pizza. One. (candy)
Me: Okay, but what do you want on your pizza?
S: Yummy things. I will have tomatoes on my pizza.
Me: And cheese?
S: And cheese, yes.
Me: And sausage?
S: uh huh (nods. you really need to imagine a bobblehead while this whole conversation is going on)
Me: How about mushrooms, like Caillou puts on his pizza? Yummy mushrooms?
S: (silence. Spencer hates mushrooms) No ... yummy things. I don't think mushrooms.
It was worth a try. Sausage, cheese and tomatoes it is. and One Piece of candy after pizza.
Seriously, bobblehead. I love this kid.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Ten on Tuesday - Books, books books!
1. When someone asks you for a book recommendation, what is your go-to book?
It really depends on what kind of books the person likes. Food Porn? Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl. Non-fiction? Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson or The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot or Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell. Classic literature? McTeague by Frank Norris or Tender is the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald. Modern novels? Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Young adult? Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater ... I probably have tons more recommendations if you really want them.
2. Do you buy your books, or are you a library patron? I hate to spend too much money on books, so I download a lot of free and cheap ones. Before I got my Nook I had a lot of books from the library, but now I frequent the overdrive website (ebook library) and download almost every free or discounted book spotlighted by Nook.
3. E-readers, yay or nay? Up until Christmas I would have said no way, but my MIL gave me a Nook (she wanted to get me an eReader and I researched the major brands to decide which I wanted) and I LOVE it. So yay e-readers!
4. What was your favorite book as a child? Harold and the Purple Crayon as a toddler. A Wrinkle in Time and The Face on the Milk Carton when I was a little older. I can't remember a whole lot of books from my childhood, but I devoured them more than I do now.
5. If you could be any character in a book, who would you be? Meg Murray from A Wrinkle in Time. I identified a lot with her when I was young.
6. What book would you love to see turned into a movie? I honestly never think of books in terms of what would make a good movie. When I find out that a book I've read is being turned into a movie I wonder how it will be, but I never read a book and wonder how it would look as a movie. However, when I found out that they were making Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series into a movie the first thing I thought (after the fact that Heigl didn't make a good Plum) is that I think it would be a much better tv series.
7. What is your all-time favorite book? McTeague by Frank Norris. Or anything by Fitzgerald. Or almost anything by Nick Hornby (Not Long Way Down. Juliet, Naked would have been fantastic without the last chapter or two).
8. How many books do you read at once? Usually only one, occasionally two.
9. What is your favorite book genre? Memoir or supernatural, these days.
10. Which Harry Potter book is the best? Or haven’t you read them at all? I don't have a favorite. I enjoyed the series although I read them really late - just around December/January. I finally decided that maybe I should check them out, given my propensity to read YA lately.
For more, see Chelsea.
It really depends on what kind of books the person likes. Food Porn? Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl. Non-fiction? Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson or The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot or Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell. Classic literature? McTeague by Frank Norris or Tender is the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald. Modern novels? Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Young adult? Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater ... I probably have tons more recommendations if you really want them.
2. Do you buy your books, or are you a library patron? I hate to spend too much money on books, so I download a lot of free and cheap ones. Before I got my Nook I had a lot of books from the library, but now I frequent the overdrive website (ebook library) and download almost every free or discounted book spotlighted by Nook.
3. E-readers, yay or nay? Up until Christmas I would have said no way, but my MIL gave me a Nook (she wanted to get me an eReader and I researched the major brands to decide which I wanted) and I LOVE it. So yay e-readers!
4. What was your favorite book as a child? Harold and the Purple Crayon as a toddler. A Wrinkle in Time and The Face on the Milk Carton when I was a little older. I can't remember a whole lot of books from my childhood, but I devoured them more than I do now.
5. If you could be any character in a book, who would you be? Meg Murray from A Wrinkle in Time. I identified a lot with her when I was young.
6. What book would you love to see turned into a movie? I honestly never think of books in terms of what would make a good movie. When I find out that a book I've read is being turned into a movie I wonder how it will be, but I never read a book and wonder how it would look as a movie. However, when I found out that they were making Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series into a movie the first thing I thought (after the fact that Heigl didn't make a good Plum) is that I think it would be a much better tv series.
7. What is your all-time favorite book? McTeague by Frank Norris. Or anything by Fitzgerald. Or almost anything by Nick Hornby (Not Long Way Down. Juliet, Naked would have been fantastic without the last chapter or two).
8. How many books do you read at once? Usually only one, occasionally two.
9. What is your favorite book genre? Memoir or supernatural, these days.
10. Which Harry Potter book is the best? Or haven’t you read them at all? I don't have a favorite. I enjoyed the series although I read them really late - just around December/January. I finally decided that maybe I should check them out, given my propensity to read YA lately.
For more, see Chelsea.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Leftover hoarding
Since my hubby is now spending more time at home, I don't always get first dibs on leftovers to take with me. This week I have taken it upon myself to take care of that.
Go me!
Don't mind me; I'm delirious from craziness since my system at work has been slow all day and I haven't been able to do the 8,172 things I had planned.
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