Sunday, December 14, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Christmas Festivities
Last night was so much fun! I hosted a get-together with old sorority buddies from college Kappa days. We had some REALLY good food: stuffed mushrooms, lemon cake, fresh salad (with dried cranberries, my favorite), cinnamon rolls... I think I need some lunch because I am going on about the food, but it all was really so delicious.
We had the fireplace a-roarin'
White elephant gifts a-flowin'
Christmas tree sparkling
Oh and about 10 separate conversations going on all at once, all night long (: I barely managed to get one picture of (almost) all of us because there was LOTS of catching up to do, as always. Thanks girls for the lovely evening! Excited for the next one...
And thanks to D and my parents who kept the baby guy occupied!
We had the fireplace a-roarin'
White elephant gifts a-flowin'
Christmas tree sparkling
Oh and about 10 separate conversations going on all at once, all night long (: I barely managed to get one picture of (almost) all of us because there was LOTS of catching up to do, as always. Thanks girls for the lovely evening! Excited for the next one...
And thanks to D and my parents who kept the baby guy occupied!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Weird
First off, I am grateful today for snow! I've been volunteering on Mondays at Clayton Middle School helping out with an ESL classroom and it was hard to get any work done today because I think we had one of the best views in the valley of falling snow. So instead of the work we were supposed to be doing, we just started talking about seasons and I think they learned something today!
Once Crosby woke up from his nap I stood him up at the piano bench as I opened the front door to get the mail and he started laughing like crazy at the snow. It lasted about two minutes straight; he thought the snow was so funny! He's continued to laugh at it all day too...
The unusual occurrence I have to report about: I had some NUTSY dreams last night...
Dream #1 - I had a fling. With Barry Manilow. When I told D we were laughing but I think it made him a bit uneasy even still! Talk about uneasy.
Dream #2 - Crosby drew himself a bath. Not in a bathtub though. In a paper grocery bag (which for some reason held the water). And then I got there to rescue him as the water level was ALMOST up to his nose. He almost drowned and I think there are now officially 20 years taken off my life from this one.
Dream #3 - Our neighbors who live downstairs were out on our lawn secretly putting up a Christmas village with life-sized houses, etc. They were "trying to get away with it," and D and I came out and said sorry you can't put up those decorations!
Basically I had an evening full of nightmares and I am spent. I was really cherishing my baby guy and hubby today, that's for sure! Barry Manilow has to be one of the most frightening-looking people on the face of the earth.
Once Crosby woke up from his nap I stood him up at the piano bench as I opened the front door to get the mail and he started laughing like crazy at the snow. It lasted about two minutes straight; he thought the snow was so funny! He's continued to laugh at it all day too...
The unusual occurrence I have to report about: I had some NUTSY dreams last night...
Dream #1 - I had a fling. With Barry Manilow. When I told D we were laughing but I think it made him a bit uneasy even still! Talk about uneasy.
Dream #2 - Crosby drew himself a bath. Not in a bathtub though. In a paper grocery bag (which for some reason held the water). And then I got there to rescue him as the water level was ALMOST up to his nose. He almost drowned and I think there are now officially 20 years taken off my life from this one.
Dream #3 - Our neighbors who live downstairs were out on our lawn secretly putting up a Christmas village with life-sized houses, etc. They were "trying to get away with it," and D and I came out and said sorry you can't put up those decorations!
Basically I had an evening full of nightmares and I am spent. I was really cherishing my baby guy and hubby today, that's for sure! Barry Manilow has to be one of the most frightening-looking people on the face of the earth.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Malaria
Does anyone know someone who has had the disease malaria? What were their symptoms, how did they get cured and does anyone know someone who has taken the preventative malaria medication? If you do, tell me about it will ya?
I was reading about medicines to prevent malaria and lets just say: HEFTY side effects. I am curious to know if anyone's taken Lariam (aka Mefloquine) or Malarone; just thought I'd throw it out there...
Today I am grateful for cola.
D's mom has been gone for a while so he's hankering for some Indian food. We were revved up to go to Taj India's lunch buffet today since we rarely go out to eat... well we drove around in circles trying to find the place. They moved their restaurant. So since we were starving we stopped off at that enormous Chinese buffet mall on State; you know the one, right? Can't miss it and so we stood in line listening to this poor old lady ahead of us trying to purchase a take-home lunch for the senior price of $6.39 or something but the lady was charging her $7. Apparently take-home meals (one little tray) cost more than sitting in the restaurant gorging yourself on an all-you-can-eat buffet, go figure. She thought they raised the price on her and was livid. The cashier was trying to explain that it is dining in vs. taking out but she sadly didn't get it and finally gave in and paid the higher price. So we're ready to chow. We finally sit down, I tell D to go get his food, we whip out the high chair for Croz and toys and get situated. D sits down with the grub while I go get mine and soon as I get to the table he's like, "I can't eat here." It freaked me out like maybe he found something nasty in his food. D's allergic to peanuts though; he took one bite and knew something was awry. Luckily he had some Coke right there... for some reason he HAS to have some kind of cola when he accidentally eats or smells something peanutty and it helps ease the taste out of his mouth. I always flip though thinking he is going to die or something so I consider the Coke his saving grace. So we pack up, get our refunds (with a strange look from the manager... 'we no use peanut oil'), and wander around like vagrants for some kind of lunch.
By that time we were nearing Crosby's 3:30 9-month checkup, so went straight to the doc and didn't leave there till after 5. Delays, I tell ya. Which brings me to a fun tidbit of the day. Crosby's doc said he used to have a yellow lab named Crosby, who died 2 years ago and has been greatly missed. He said he's excited to be able to say that name again once in a while because it reminds him of his buddy. I wondered why the doc calls him Croz sometimes... now I know! The stats: our baby guy is 29 1/2 inches and just over 19 pounds. Pretty good after battling 2 FULL weeks of diarrhea and throwing up... a yuck stomach bug and I was worried he was losing a lot of weight. His 7th tooth just surfaced a couple days ago... never-ending teething! But he is a pro by now and puts up with it well. Next checkup is his ONE year! Unbelievable.
Happy Weekend, All!
I was reading about medicines to prevent malaria and lets just say: HEFTY side effects. I am curious to know if anyone's taken Lariam (aka Mefloquine) or Malarone; just thought I'd throw it out there...
Today I am grateful for cola.
D's mom has been gone for a while so he's hankering for some Indian food. We were revved up to go to Taj India's lunch buffet today since we rarely go out to eat... well we drove around in circles trying to find the place. They moved their restaurant. So since we were starving we stopped off at that enormous Chinese buffet mall on State; you know the one, right? Can't miss it and so we stood in line listening to this poor old lady ahead of us trying to purchase a take-home lunch for the senior price of $6.39 or something but the lady was charging her $7. Apparently take-home meals (one little tray) cost more than sitting in the restaurant gorging yourself on an all-you-can-eat buffet, go figure. She thought they raised the price on her and was livid. The cashier was trying to explain that it is dining in vs. taking out but she sadly didn't get it and finally gave in and paid the higher price. So we're ready to chow. We finally sit down, I tell D to go get his food, we whip out the high chair for Croz and toys and get situated. D sits down with the grub while I go get mine and soon as I get to the table he's like, "I can't eat here." It freaked me out like maybe he found something nasty in his food. D's allergic to peanuts though; he took one bite and knew something was awry. Luckily he had some Coke right there... for some reason he HAS to have some kind of cola when he accidentally eats or smells something peanutty and it helps ease the taste out of his mouth. I always flip though thinking he is going to die or something so I consider the Coke his saving grace. So we pack up, get our refunds (with a strange look from the manager... 'we no use peanut oil'), and wander around like vagrants for some kind of lunch.
By that time we were nearing Crosby's 3:30 9-month checkup, so went straight to the doc and didn't leave there till after 5. Delays, I tell ya. Which brings me to a fun tidbit of the day. Crosby's doc said he used to have a yellow lab named Crosby, who died 2 years ago and has been greatly missed. He said he's excited to be able to say that name again once in a while because it reminds him of his buddy. I wondered why the doc calls him Croz sometimes... now I know! The stats: our baby guy is 29 1/2 inches and just over 19 pounds. Pretty good after battling 2 FULL weeks of diarrhea and throwing up... a yuck stomach bug and I was worried he was losing a lot of weight. His 7th tooth just surfaced a couple days ago... never-ending teething! But he is a pro by now and puts up with it well. Next checkup is his ONE year! Unbelievable.
Happy Weekend, All!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Suggestions?
Our onion chopper bit the dust after two usages. It looked kind of like this:
Anyway it just broke. Anyone have a really good one that they love and can help us out with a suggestion?
Well my friend Lilie that I used to work with at Marriott just moved to Cali. I was looking at her blog where she said she wants to "try and post two things each time, and encourage you to do the same with your own life and/or blog: 1. What are you grateful for today, and 2. What's something interesting and unusual and/or fun that happened to you today."
I like that idea.
Today I am grateful for warmth. I woke up today in my bed, cradled in blankets, warm all the way down to my feet, and felt so lucky. Being cold is one of the worst feelings. A month ago I weeded out jackets, sweatshirts, and coats that are just sitting at our place that year after year we don't use and took them down to the Rescue Mission @ 463 South and 400 West. They and many other places are in need! Since it's not yard sale season anymore, take yours down there! They are always open. And Lilie I will follow in your footsteps... like Dr. Love says, "No need to thank me, just pay it forward." (;
Something fun is that I've been doing a Crosby photo shoot and he had a ball playing in the leaves... until that snow comes it is still Autumn around here!
Anyway it just broke. Anyone have a really good one that they love and can help us out with a suggestion?
Well my friend Lilie that I used to work with at Marriott just moved to Cali. I was looking at her blog where she said she wants to "try and post two things each time, and encourage you to do the same with your own life and/or blog: 1. What are you grateful for today, and 2. What's something interesting and unusual and/or fun that happened to you today."
I like that idea.
Today I am grateful for warmth. I woke up today in my bed, cradled in blankets, warm all the way down to my feet, and felt so lucky. Being cold is one of the worst feelings. A month ago I weeded out jackets, sweatshirts, and coats that are just sitting at our place that year after year we don't use and took them down to the Rescue Mission @ 463 South and 400 West. They and many other places are in need! Since it's not yard sale season anymore, take yours down there! They are always open. And Lilie I will follow in your footsteps... like Dr. Love says, "No need to thank me, just pay it forward." (;
Something fun is that I've been doing a Crosby photo shoot and he had a ball playing in the leaves... until that snow comes it is still Autumn around here!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Holiday Kickoff
Happy December 1st! Here is my guy in his Santa suit for when we take walks in the chilly December air.
Christmas tree: up. I gave Croz an assignment to find some ornaments but he got way sidetracked with the lights. We had so much fun decorating with him! Loving the Christmas music. And we made up our own little dance to Mindi Abair's jazz song; Croz was giggling like crazy.
Thanksgiving is old news now with Christmas right around the corner but this was Beth whispering secrets to Crosby on Thanksgiving. He listened to every bit. He still won't tell me what she told him.
So anyway we discovered this amazing park today... actually it is a bird refuge and nature park... quite stunning with a creek running all the way through and birds serenading... loved it! Crosby got to see lots of ruff ruffs too and you can't beat that. When he sees one he'll almost "ruff" or squeal or just stare, depending on his mood. He loves dogs. He's getting used to my bro Pat's dog Snoop and it is cute to see them becoming little friends.
D and I went in to check on C and cover him up and found him asleep like this:
He was snoring so deeply. For some reason it blasted me back to the past and reminded me of playing Heads-Up-Seven-Up in elementary school. What a baby guy!
Christmas tree: up. I gave Croz an assignment to find some ornaments but he got way sidetracked with the lights. We had so much fun decorating with him! Loving the Christmas music. And we made up our own little dance to Mindi Abair's jazz song; Croz was giggling like crazy.
Thanksgiving is old news now with Christmas right around the corner but this was Beth whispering secrets to Crosby on Thanksgiving. He listened to every bit. He still won't tell me what she told him.
So anyway we discovered this amazing park today... actually it is a bird refuge and nature park... quite stunning with a creek running all the way through and birds serenading... loved it! Crosby got to see lots of ruff ruffs too and you can't beat that. When he sees one he'll almost "ruff" or squeal or just stare, depending on his mood. He loves dogs. He's getting used to my bro Pat's dog Snoop and it is cute to see them becoming little friends.
D and I went in to check on C and cover him up and found him asleep like this:
He was snoring so deeply. For some reason it blasted me back to the past and reminded me of playing Heads-Up-Seven-Up in elementary school. What a baby guy!
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