Friday, August 7, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
It has been an Effing long time...
Scott likes to remind me from time to time, that I do actually HAVE a blog, and that I should probably update it. So here goes:
Home: Home life is going well, Scott just finished his ASSociates in Engineering. He is left and right brained, and that makes me very jealous, becuase not only can he spell, he can do math too. Bastage. Also, the bastage got, like, straight Fraking A's. He makes it look soo easy. You should have seen some of his homework, it looked like Greek to me. I think it actually repelled me, I wasn't really able to stand being in the same room as it, so to me it looked like he never had homework, and never studied, I never saw a book --it repelled me too, so when I say he made it look easy, I wasn't lying.
Bella: Little miss tuditude is all done with the potty training, and really I didn't do much besides chip in for buying a couple bags of m&ms. Good deal if you ask me. She has become pretty shy, I am sure she gets it from me, I remember my mom sitting me down at least one time telling me I better break of out that shyness pronto. But she took the CUTEST class pictures, finally!! she wasn't crying or looking bloated, she was smiling and very happy! yay!!
Work: Still here at CDW, times are tough, resources spread thin, my blood pressure up, and I am going on year 13. UGH.
Writing: I wrote my novel and have not looked at it since November. I was thinking that if I got laid off from work, I would at least have something to turn in to perspective literary houses and maybe cross my fingers that someone somewhere would like at least a little of it. But I am still employed. I do have some pretty good ideas about the next ones, I think I'll do nano again in november. Luckily Scott got me a recorder and I have captured a few ideas...
I have been bitten by the traveling bug severely, I think my arm or leg is about to fall off from the infection. I am serious.
I have narrowed or have had narrowed the next big trip down to London and/or Paris. And I hope it becomes officially an AND. It is a matter of time.
Again, I was kinda thinking that I would be unemployed with this shit-ass economy, and that I would dip into my savings and go write at a cafe somewhere in Europe for a couple weeks and wastes away my savings.
I need to go back to Notre Dame cathedral and BAD.
I think my finger just fell off.
Anyway, I plan to do a little more blogging soon...I have to get back into writing, and I need my sister in law to tell me what that crazy street-slang word of the day site is again!!
Home: Home life is going well, Scott just finished his ASSociates in Engineering. He is left and right brained, and that makes me very jealous, becuase not only can he spell, he can do math too. Bastage. Also, the bastage got, like, straight Fraking A's. He makes it look soo easy. You should have seen some of his homework, it looked like Greek to me. I think it actually repelled me, I wasn't really able to stand being in the same room as it, so to me it looked like he never had homework, and never studied, I never saw a book --it repelled me too, so when I say he made it look easy, I wasn't lying.
Bella: Little miss tuditude is all done with the potty training, and really I didn't do much besides chip in for buying a couple bags of m&ms. Good deal if you ask me. She has become pretty shy, I am sure she gets it from me, I remember my mom sitting me down at least one time telling me I better break of out that shyness pronto. But she took the CUTEST class pictures, finally!! she wasn't crying or looking bloated, she was smiling and very happy! yay!!
Work: Still here at CDW, times are tough, resources spread thin, my blood pressure up, and I am going on year 13. UGH.
Writing: I wrote my novel and have not looked at it since November. I was thinking that if I got laid off from work, I would at least have something to turn in to perspective literary houses and maybe cross my fingers that someone somewhere would like at least a little of it. But I am still employed. I do have some pretty good ideas about the next ones, I think I'll do nano again in november. Luckily Scott got me a recorder and I have captured a few ideas...
I have been bitten by the traveling bug severely, I think my arm or leg is about to fall off from the infection. I am serious.
I have narrowed or have had narrowed the next big trip down to London and/or Paris. And I hope it becomes officially an AND. It is a matter of time.
Again, I was kinda thinking that I would be unemployed with this shit-ass economy, and that I would dip into my savings and go write at a cafe somewhere in Europe for a couple weeks and wastes away my savings.
I need to go back to Notre Dame cathedral and BAD.
I think my finger just fell off.
Anyway, I plan to do a little more blogging soon...I have to get back into writing, and I need my sister in law to tell me what that crazy street-slang word of the day site is again!!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
March stuff
Howdy, I am really more over at facebook now, but look to the right in this screen, click hubby's blog and go see pics from our Florida vacation!!!
And remember to pick up your Twilight DVD tomorrow!! hahahaaa
I'll be busy for the next couple months watching Rob Pattinson on DVD. In my home.
Alone.
Yum.
And remember to pick up your Twilight DVD tomorrow!! hahahaaa
I'll be busy for the next couple months watching Rob Pattinson on DVD. In my home.
Alone.
Yum.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
It's been a while
Howdy, it has been since December that i have been on this sucker?? oh wow.
well, what are we up to now? hum. Well, Scott has started his last class for the Engineering/electronics certificate at Harper college, he will be done in a few months! what a smartiepants.
Bella has been busy as school, she knows ALL her colors and shapes, she knows the days of the week, all the numbers till 30, and more stuff that I am SURE i did not know when I was 3. Her vocab includes words like Eiffel Tower, obelisk, Kandinsky, Arch de Triumphe, Seine, Great Sphinx, thanks to the little Einsteins on alot of that vocab!! She has been exploring more Mexican food with us too at a new place called Moe's, where all their food items have Seinfeld names, like Art Vandelay is some burrito, it's funny, and pretty darn good, so bella has now learned the word Quesidilla. And she discovered she likes Lemonade. I never muttered these things in my sheltered life out in Syco-more. She has also discovered her TERRIBLE THREES. Which are actually worse than her terrible twos. She is very emotional, and now plays those pouty cards too. But hey, what is a little pouty-puss when your kid is also such a smartypants?
So then there is me, I guess I am the dummy of the group. I am the red headed step child who has turned her hair brown. I have been reading alot lately and am proud to say I learned two new swearwords! Bitchsnake and shitheel. I know, sooo impressive! Haaa haaa.
Other than learning those words of wisdom, work has been very very stressful and difficult, so that in turn causes me to drink, as much as possible in the time allotment I have, which is scarce. But my status updates on facebook cause my friends to make commentary on how they worry about me, yet are excited to drink themselves! Don't be worried, I drank a SHITLOAD more than this in college and got great grades. hee hee. It'll be fine.
I am trying to think of what else is new with me, I guess I have resolved to look into three things and started one: Look into drinking more water, like over 90oz a day, eating better, i.e. less, and I started my Pilate's again. I do feel like I am freaking 90 years old and my spine and muscles are severely out of wack. Oh and to further sound like an aging 90 year old, I think I have contracted arthritis in my right hand. What does that MEAN!??? It sucks getting old!
Well, Scott was bugging me to update this...and I have no good pics. So there you go! Enjoy-- you gosh darn whippersnappers!
well, what are we up to now? hum. Well, Scott has started his last class for the Engineering/electronics certificate at Harper college, he will be done in a few months! what a smartiepants.
Bella has been busy as school, she knows ALL her colors and shapes, she knows the days of the week, all the numbers till 30, and more stuff that I am SURE i did not know when I was 3. Her vocab includes words like Eiffel Tower, obelisk, Kandinsky, Arch de Triumphe, Seine, Great Sphinx, thanks to the little Einsteins on alot of that vocab!! She has been exploring more Mexican food with us too at a new place called Moe's, where all their food items have Seinfeld names, like Art Vandelay is some burrito, it's funny, and pretty darn good, so bella has now learned the word Quesidilla. And she discovered she likes Lemonade. I never muttered these things in my sheltered life out in Syco-more. She has also discovered her TERRIBLE THREES. Which are actually worse than her terrible twos. She is very emotional, and now plays those pouty cards too. But hey, what is a little pouty-puss when your kid is also such a smartypants?
So then there is me, I guess I am the dummy of the group. I am the red headed step child who has turned her hair brown. I have been reading alot lately and am proud to say I learned two new swearwords! Bitchsnake and shitheel. I know, sooo impressive! Haaa haaa.
Other than learning those words of wisdom, work has been very very stressful and difficult, so that in turn causes me to drink, as much as possible in the time allotment I have, which is scarce. But my status updates on facebook cause my friends to make commentary on how they worry about me, yet are excited to drink themselves! Don't be worried, I drank a SHITLOAD more than this in college and got great grades. hee hee. It'll be fine.
I am trying to think of what else is new with me, I guess I have resolved to look into three things and started one: Look into drinking more water, like over 90oz a day, eating better, i.e. less, and I started my Pilate's again. I do feel like I am freaking 90 years old and my spine and muscles are severely out of wack. Oh and to further sound like an aging 90 year old, I think I have contracted arthritis in my right hand. What does that MEAN!??? It sucks getting old!
Well, Scott was bugging me to update this...and I have no good pics. So there you go! Enjoy-- you gosh darn whippersnappers!
Sunday, December 28, 2008
A very Florida Christmas, thanks mom and dad
Actually, scroll down and view these from the bottom up! Darn blogger!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Chef Bella boo
Bella made cookies for Santa and reindeer snacks as well.
You are about to gain about 500 pounds, just looking at the stuff.
She was an excellent chef once again and we are teaching her about the oven and how you have to wear Ove-gloves. hahaha
She sat and unrolled the Rolos for a good 30 minutes, she did not deviate from her task. She was such an excellent helper. She used the microwave and pressed in all the m&ms too.
Last week, she also helped me make the stuffing for the turkey and helped make the turkey as well.
Na naa nee boo boo mom, I am teaching my kid to cook! I bet you thought you'd never see the day! haaaa haaaa
Friday, December 19, 2008
Cheeeeesequake state park
Bella and I made the innards of the xmas cheesecake. Daddy and Bella made the crust. Bella was an excellent chef. Maybe she'll be one some day. She even cracked the eggs with me!!
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Addictions
A. My novel. I have not been writing anything on my blog because most of my creativity has been absorbed by my novel. I have to write 50,000 words by 11/30. I am at 43,500. I have been at 43,500 for about 3 days. I need to wrap that puppy up. Nothing is coming to me. I am pissed at my characters for not revealing their ending to me yet. Those Bastages. I think they are doing this to me just cause they can. They gave me such an easy time thus far, they had to show me the hard stuff now. Thanks guys. (Who am I kidding, I am having FUN!)
B. Twilight.
What can I even say, the premier is in less than 12 hours. Two friends and I are going to go on THIS Sunday during the afternoon hoping that the impending Bears game and moms with kids taking naps will prove to help bring in a less crowded theater. Cross your fingers for us.
My love to Rob Pattinson, who looks like a deer in headlights. I hope your life doesn't suffer too much from all this frenzy. I saw an interview with him while he was in Chicago and all he wanted to do was get a deep dish pizza, but all he did was stare out a window. He can't go anywhere. How crazy. Though I don't feel TOO bad for him. He's freaking famous.
C. Facebook Man. I love that it keeps me in touch with my friends near and far, and family near and far. I love that thing. I am on there constantly.
Well, I gotta go figure out this mock conclusion, come on dream peeps, a little help?!!
B. Twilight.
What can I even say, the premier is in less than 12 hours. Two friends and I are going to go on THIS Sunday during the afternoon hoping that the impending Bears game and moms with kids taking naps will prove to help bring in a less crowded theater. Cross your fingers for us.
My love to Rob Pattinson, who looks like a deer in headlights. I hope your life doesn't suffer too much from all this frenzy. I saw an interview with him while he was in Chicago and all he wanted to do was get a deep dish pizza, but all he did was stare out a window. He can't go anywhere. How crazy. Though I don't feel TOO bad for him. He's freaking famous.
C. Facebook Man. I love that it keeps me in touch with my friends near and far, and family near and far. I love that thing. I am on there constantly.
Well, I gotta go figure out this mock conclusion, come on dream peeps, a little help?!!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Shirley Temple and my impending novel
Well, I really did it this time. I cut my child's hair, and now she looks like Shirley Temple. And I can't cut curly hair worth crap. This is real honest to goodness truth. So Bella may be paying a visit to Kid's Snips or whatever this weekend to clean up mom's dingbat job...wow.She LIKES it though, she is so proud of her haircut. I feel horrible. I am afraid to touch it up, thinking that I'll start cutting this and that and then all of a sudden she'll be freaking BALD. So I must resist the urge to fix this. Lord help me.
On to better news. I think. I have officially signed on to write a 50,000 word, yes, fifty THOUSAND word novel by the end of November. It is part of National Novel Writing Month. I have a friend at work who sent me the idea and has been tormenting me on the whys of why I should participate. Then some friends from across the state and country have been giving me the DO it notices on Facebook. So I decided to do it. It will take ALOT of time, but I really want to do it and if I do, it is only for me, but I will feel like I accomplished something big.
I have already started writing a story I got from a dream, but I am not going to use that. I am going to start fresh with an idea I pondered about a week ago when workfriend decided to start telling me about nanowrimo.org.
So I have AN idea. And I think it will work. I am nervous that I will not make the 200 pages it will take to get the 50K words, but my friend out in Connecticut assures me this is for quantity NOT quality; which workfriend also tried explaining to me in other words. So I feel a little better since workfriend has actually won writing contests and almost made a movie (FOR REAL) from one of his screenplays. And CT friend is an avid writer and critic. So with these two in my corner I feel a little better.
Hubby says it is ALL me since he has too much on his plate with school to think about participating. And so I dragged another work BFF in this and she is going to do it too. I have threatened, or vowed to bring my laptop with me everyday to work so I can take lunch and write over lunch, and then I'll write during Bella's shows, and on the weekends. I'll probably have to force myself to stay up late friday nights too so I can finish.
The rules are to not start till 12:01 am on November 1st and then submit by November 30th. So please wish me luck, and if you don't hear from me till December, you know why.
PS, please say a prayer for Bella's hair. Thanks.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Oh the friends we have
So I joined facebook and I find it pret-ty, pret-ty, pret-ty darn easy to upload photos there. Soooo, I'll still try to post some here but the majority will be over there.
Bella and I went trick or treating this weekend with bella's friend Allyson. They had a great time despite the cold weather, Bella was all warm in her Skunk costume. We did buy her a butterfly stuff, but with the weather, I think she may end up Skunking it out. She tells people she's a STUNK! too cute. She had her first M&Ms. And she LOVED them, now I have to HIDE the candy. All she wants is candy. She went from Zero to sixty in 2.5 seconds there.
Then we went to pumpkin fest. Bella has a parade friend. My friend Kris' daughter Kayleigh goes with us to 99.9% of all the parades we see. So when we say we are going to a parade Isabella, Bella will say, with Kayleigh?? Parade = Kayleigh to my kiddo.
So we went to Kayleigh's grandma's (who I lovingly call my surrogate mom or Bella's surrogate Grandma) and had lots to eat and then we all went to the parade where we even got to meet up with some old friends from both High School and college.
Isabella became more outgoing this weekend too, she went up to several people she did not know and hugged them. And most miraculously, she even let my friend Mike not only roughhouse with her but HOLD her and toss her about! And she went back for more. It was a miracle and it's not even Christmas.
Bella has also taken to not taking naps during the day anymore... it is pretty crazy and I am not liking it. Why? because she then freaking falls asleep on the way home and then is passed out cold for at least 2 hours. I have tried bouncing her to wake her, playing with her hands, sitting her up--you name it, I have tried it. All I have not done is doused her with H2O. So all this turns into her not going to bed at any kind of a decent hour. UGH!
Just got word Grandma G is coming for a visit in 2 weeks, we are excited!! yay!
Experiment
Those of you not on facebook, please click this link and let me know if you can see the photos....
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