Thursday, December 18, 2008
Futurity...
I was home last weekend for the NCHA Cutting Horse Furturity...I had a blast. I ran into people I hadn't seen in years, including the trainer I used to for. Funny cause he and his wife almost didn't recognize me, I guess that tells me just how far removed I am from what was my "old life"...either that or I am aging poorly!!! I really miss it, the whole thing...the way people sit around in eachothers booths having a beer and shootin the breeze, and before you know it there's an impromtu concert with some cowboy and his buddies. I feel so at "home" there and it's like I never left. I had chance to get swung around the dancefloor, and remember the days I was sneaking in the back door or the bar hoping I wouldn't get caught by the bouncers. Oh what fun! I was so sad when I drove home about how much I would miss it all that I cried the whole way. I guees time to put up the boots and rhinestones and pull out the flip flops and Uggs again....Here's to hoping I'll be back soon.....real, real soon.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Why do we love children?
IF THIS DOES NOT BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER AND GO BACK TO BED.
1) NUDITY I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, 'Mom, that lady isn't wearing a seat belt!'
2) OPINIONS On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, 'The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.'
3) KETCHUP A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. 'Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle.'
4) MORE NUDITY
A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, 'What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?'
5) POLICE # 1 While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, 'Are you a cop? Yes,' I answered and continued writing the report. My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?' 'Yes, that's right,' I told her. 'Well, then,' she said as she extended her foot toward me, 'would you please tie my shoe?'
6) POLICE # 2 It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake , was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. 'Is that a dog you got back there?' he asked. 'It sure is,' I replied. Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, 'What'd he do?'
7) ELDERLY While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, 'The tooth fairy will never believe this!'
8) DRESS-UP A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, 'Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit.' 'And why not, darling?' 'You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning'
9) DEATH While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said: 'Glory be unto the Father, and unto the Son, and into the hole he goes.' (I want this line used at my funeral!)
10) SCHOOL A little girl had just finished her first week of school . 'I'm just wasting my time,' she said to her mother. 'I can't read, I can't write, and they won't let me talk!'
11) BIBLE A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. 'Mama, look what I found,' the boy called out. 'What have you got there, dear?' With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered, 'I think it's Adam's underwear!'
1) NUDITY I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, 'Mom, that lady isn't wearing a seat belt!'
2) OPINIONS On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, 'The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.'
3) KETCHUP A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. 'Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle.'
4) MORE NUDITY
A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, 'What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?'
5) POLICE # 1 While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, 'Are you a cop? Yes,' I answered and continued writing the report. My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?' 'Yes, that's right,' I told her. 'Well, then,' she said as she extended her foot toward me, 'would you please tie my shoe?'
6) POLICE # 2 It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake , was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. 'Is that a dog you got back there?' he asked. 'It sure is,' I replied. Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, 'What'd he do?'
7) ELDERLY While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, 'The tooth fairy will never believe this!'
8) DRESS-UP A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, 'Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit.' 'And why not, darling?' 'You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning'
9) DEATH While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said: 'Glory be unto the Father, and unto the Son, and into the hole he goes.' (I want this line used at my funeral!)
10) SCHOOL A little girl had just finished her first week of school . 'I'm just wasting my time,' she said to her mother. 'I can't read, I can't write, and they won't let me talk!'
11) BIBLE A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. 'Mama, look what I found,' the boy called out. 'What have you got there, dear?' With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered, 'I think it's Adam's underwear!'
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Samantha Who....
Love this show. Good question was posed on the show this week....does everyone have a "fallback guy/gal" kind of like the one person you could always fall back to if your current relationship didn't work out. I think everyone has at least one person in mind. Just made me think...
Friday, November 7, 2008
Wide open spaces....
I don't know why, but just this week I feel smothered. I need space...lots of it, and preferably where I'm alone...except for maybe a horse, good friend and my little Cutter Dog. I miss Texas, I miss having the ability to call up a friend and be able to get lost on a horse somewhere. I miss easier times...I love my daughter and I'd love to have more....but I can't help but think that at times I'm really done. I feel like I need to get back to my roots of what really makes me happy...it's been a while...a long, long while. I hate where I live, I don't like my job and I miss Texas....everything about it.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
BUSH'S RESIGNATION SPEECH
The following 'speech' was written recently by an ordinary Maine-iac [a resident of the People's Republic of Maine]. While satirical in nature, all satire must have a basis in fact to be effective. This is an excellent piece by a person who does not write for a living.
The speech George W. Bush might give:
Normally, I start these things out by saying 'My Fellow Americans.' Not doing it this time.If the polls are any indication, I don't know who more than half of you are anymore. I do know something terrible has happened and that you're really not fellow Americans any longer. I'll cut right to the chase here: I quit. Now before anyone gets all in a lather about mequitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid prosecution or something, let me assure you:There's been no breaking of laws or impeachable offenses in this office.
The reason I'm quitting is simple. I'm fed up with you people. I'm fed up because you have no understanding of what's really going on in the world. Or of what's going on in this once-great nation of ours. And the majority of you are too lazy to do your homework and figure it out.
Let's start locally. You've been sold a bill of goods by politicians and the news media.
Meanwhile, all you can do is whine about gas prices, and most of you are too damn stupid to realize that gas prices are high because there's increased demand in other parts of the world, and because a small handful of noisy idiots are more worried about polar bears and beachfront property than your economic security.
We face real threats in the world. Don't give me this 'blood for oil' thing. If I were trading blood for oil I would've already seized Iraq's oil fields and let the rest of the country go to hell. And don't give me this 'Bush Lied ... People Died' crap either. If I were the liar you morons take me for, I could've easily had chemical weapons planted in Iraqso they couldbe 'discovered.' Instead, I owned up to the fact that the intelligence was faulty.
Let me remind you that the rest of the world thought Saddam had the goods, same as I.Let me also remind you that regime change in Iraq was official US policy before I cameinto office. Some guy named 'Clinton' established that policy. Bet you didn't know that,did you?
Now some of you morons want to be led by a junior senator with no understanding of foreign policy or economics, and this nitwit says we should attack Pakistan, a nuclear ally. And then he wants to go to Iran and make peace with a terrorist who says he's going to destroy us. While he's doing that, he wants to give Iraq to al Qaeda, Afghanistan to the Taliban, Israel to the Palestinians, and your money to the IRS so the government can give welfare to illegal aliens, who he will make into citizens, so they can vote to re-elect him. He also thinks it's okay for Iran to have nuclear weapons, and we should stop our foreign aid to Israel. Did you sleep through high school?
You idiots need to understand that we face a unique enemy. Back during the cold war, there were two major competing political and economic models squaring off. We won that war, but we did so because fundamentally, the Communists wanted to survive, just as we do. We were simply able to out spend and out-tech them.
That's not the case this time. The soldiers of our new enemy don't care if they survive. In fact, they want to die. That'd be fine, as long as they weren't also committed to taking as many of you with them as they can. But they are. They want to kill you, and they are all over the globe.
You should be grateful that they haven't gotten any more of us here in the United States since September 11. But you're not. That's because you've got no idea how hard a small number of intelligence, military, law enforcement, and homeland security people have worked to make sure of that. When this whole mess started, I warned you that this would be a long and difficult fight. I'm disappointed how many of you people think a long and difficult fight amounts to a single season of 'Survivor.'
Instead, you've grown impatient. You're incapable of seeing things through the long lens of history, the way our enemies do. You think that wars should last a few months, a few years, tops.
Making matters worse, you actively support those who help the enemy. Every time you buy the New York Times, every time you send a donation to a cut-and-run Democrat's political campaign, well, dang it, you might just as well FedEx a grenade launcher to a Jihadist. It amounts to the same thing.
In this day and age, it's easy enough to find the truth. It's all over the Internet. It just isn't on the pages of the New York Times, USA Today, or on NBC News. But even if it were, I doubt you'd be any smarter. Most of you would rather watch American Idol or Dancing With The Stars.
I could say more about your expectations that the government will always be there to bail you out, even if you're too stupid to leave a city that's below sea level and has a hurricane approaching.
I could say more about your insane belief that government, not your own wallet, is where the money comes from. But I've come to the conclusion that were I to do so, it would sail right over your heads.
So I quit. I'm going back to Crawford. I've got an energy-efficient house down there (Al Gore could only dream) and the capability to be fully self-sufficient for years. No one ever heard of Crawford before I got elected, and as soon as I'm done here, pretty much no one will ever hear of it again. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to die of old age before the last pillars of America fall.
Oh, and by the way, Cheney's quitting too. That means Pelosi is your new President.You asked for it. Watch what she does carefully, because I still have a glimmer of hope that there are just enough of you remaining who are smart enough to turn this thing around in 2008.
So that's it. God bless what's left of America.
Some of you know what I mean. The rest of you, kiss-off.
PS - You might want to start learning Farsi, and buy a Koran.
The speech George W. Bush might give:
Normally, I start these things out by saying 'My Fellow Americans.' Not doing it this time.If the polls are any indication, I don't know who more than half of you are anymore. I do know something terrible has happened and that you're really not fellow Americans any longer. I'll cut right to the chase here: I quit. Now before anyone gets all in a lather about mequitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid prosecution or something, let me assure you:There's been no breaking of laws or impeachable offenses in this office.
The reason I'm quitting is simple. I'm fed up with you people. I'm fed up because you have no understanding of what's really going on in the world. Or of what's going on in this once-great nation of ours. And the majority of you are too lazy to do your homework and figure it out.
Let's start locally. You've been sold a bill of goods by politicians and the news media.
Meanwhile, all you can do is whine about gas prices, and most of you are too damn stupid to realize that gas prices are high because there's increased demand in other parts of the world, and because a small handful of noisy idiots are more worried about polar bears and beachfront property than your economic security.
We face real threats in the world. Don't give me this 'blood for oil' thing. If I were trading blood for oil I would've already seized Iraq's oil fields and let the rest of the country go to hell. And don't give me this 'Bush Lied ... People Died' crap either. If I were the liar you morons take me for, I could've easily had chemical weapons planted in Iraqso they couldbe 'discovered.' Instead, I owned up to the fact that the intelligence was faulty.
Let me remind you that the rest of the world thought Saddam had the goods, same as I.Let me also remind you that regime change in Iraq was official US policy before I cameinto office. Some guy named 'Clinton' established that policy. Bet you didn't know that,did you?
Now some of you morons want to be led by a junior senator with no understanding of foreign policy or economics, and this nitwit says we should attack Pakistan, a nuclear ally. And then he wants to go to Iran and make peace with a terrorist who says he's going to destroy us. While he's doing that, he wants to give Iraq to al Qaeda, Afghanistan to the Taliban, Israel to the Palestinians, and your money to the IRS so the government can give welfare to illegal aliens, who he will make into citizens, so they can vote to re-elect him. He also thinks it's okay for Iran to have nuclear weapons, and we should stop our foreign aid to Israel. Did you sleep through high school?
You idiots need to understand that we face a unique enemy. Back during the cold war, there were two major competing political and economic models squaring off. We won that war, but we did so because fundamentally, the Communists wanted to survive, just as we do. We were simply able to out spend and out-tech them.
That's not the case this time. The soldiers of our new enemy don't care if they survive. In fact, they want to die. That'd be fine, as long as they weren't also committed to taking as many of you with them as they can. But they are. They want to kill you, and they are all over the globe.
You should be grateful that they haven't gotten any more of us here in the United States since September 11. But you're not. That's because you've got no idea how hard a small number of intelligence, military, law enforcement, and homeland security people have worked to make sure of that. When this whole mess started, I warned you that this would be a long and difficult fight. I'm disappointed how many of you people think a long and difficult fight amounts to a single season of 'Survivor.'
Instead, you've grown impatient. You're incapable of seeing things through the long lens of history, the way our enemies do. You think that wars should last a few months, a few years, tops.
Making matters worse, you actively support those who help the enemy. Every time you buy the New York Times, every time you send a donation to a cut-and-run Democrat's political campaign, well, dang it, you might just as well FedEx a grenade launcher to a Jihadist. It amounts to the same thing.
In this day and age, it's easy enough to find the truth. It's all over the Internet. It just isn't on the pages of the New York Times, USA Today, or on NBC News. But even if it were, I doubt you'd be any smarter. Most of you would rather watch American Idol or Dancing With The Stars.
I could say more about your expectations that the government will always be there to bail you out, even if you're too stupid to leave a city that's below sea level and has a hurricane approaching.
I could say more about your insane belief that government, not your own wallet, is where the money comes from. But I've come to the conclusion that were I to do so, it would sail right over your heads.
So I quit. I'm going back to Crawford. I've got an energy-efficient house down there (Al Gore could only dream) and the capability to be fully self-sufficient for years. No one ever heard of Crawford before I got elected, and as soon as I'm done here, pretty much no one will ever hear of it again. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to die of old age before the last pillars of America fall.
Oh, and by the way, Cheney's quitting too. That means Pelosi is your new President.You asked for it. Watch what she does carefully, because I still have a glimmer of hope that there are just enough of you remaining who are smart enough to turn this thing around in 2008.
So that's it. God bless what's left of America.
Some of you know what I mean. The rest of you, kiss-off.
PS - You might want to start learning Farsi, and buy a Koran.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Freudian Slip...
This absentee ballot was sent out to voters in Rensselaer County in New York state. Photo credit: Albany Times Union newspaper(CNN) — Some are calling it a Freudian slip. Everyone’s calling it a big mistake.
Hundreds of absentee ballots sent to voters in New York State’s Rensselaer County, near Albany, were printed with Barack Obama’s last name spelled as “Osama," the Albany Times Union reports.
County elections officials tell the newspaper that it was a typo that made it by three rounds of proof-readers. They also said the error affected just a few hundred voters, and that they will re-send corrected ballots on request.
Filed under: Barack Obama
Fun facts.....
Body count. In the last six months:
*292 killed (murdered) in Chicago (this in a city/county where handguns have been banned since 1980!) 221 killed in Iraq
*Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Dick Durbin, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Gov. Rod Blogojevich, House leader Mike Madigan, Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike), Mayor Richa rd M. Daley (son of Mayor Richard J. Daley)...the political leadership in Illinois...are all Democrats. Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago . Of course they're all blaming each other. Can't blame Republicans 'cuz there aren't any!
*State pension fund $44 Billion in debt, worst in country.
*Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax 10.25% highest in country. Chicago school system one of the worst in country.
This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois ...and he's gonna 'fix' Washington politics? Yeah, right!
*292 killed (murdered) in Chicago (this in a city/county where handguns have been banned since 1980!) 221 killed in Iraq
*Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Dick Durbin, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Gov. Rod Blogojevich, House leader Mike Madigan, Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike), Mayor Richa rd M. Daley (son of Mayor Richard J. Daley)...the political leadership in Illinois...are all Democrats. Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago . Of course they're all blaming each other. Can't blame Republicans 'cuz there aren't any!
*State pension fund $44 Billion in debt, worst in country.
*Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax 10.25% highest in country. Chicago school system one of the worst in country.
This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois ...and he's gonna 'fix' Washington politics? Yeah, right!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Heelarious....
Okay, so I can now say that I have seen it all. High heeled shoes for infants. I know that I may be sick and twisted, but I LOVE these. I'm just sad that they didn't have (or I didn't know about) these when Bailey was still a non-walker. Am I the only one that thinks these are too, cute?!?!?!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
NEMO, nemo, nemo nemo.....
My kid is officially obsessed with Nemo. We took her to the Long Beach Aquarium a few weeks ago, and she loved it.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Forever....
Okay so it's forever since I posted, but it's been CRAZY! We've had a lot of firsts lately. Two of the most important carnival ride and 1st pony ride (got to get them started early, right Jen.)
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Busy bee!
It's been chaos around my house lately. I started a new job with a major defense contractor in July, my mom and sister came into town for Miss B's 2nd birthday and this week we have Joe's parents. So needless to say it's been a little busy around my house lately. I need to post some new pictures of the curtain climber...she's getting so big it's amazing. I went through some her clothes the other day..and I got a little baby fever. I go back and forth being ready for number two, I really liked being pregnant after the 4 months of horrendous morning (wait...it was all day/night) sickness, and she was such a good baby, she slept through the night at around 8 weeks and for the most part was so happy. Makes me wonder if I would be so lucky with number two...and she is easy now. Completely out of diapers and loves her school, so why fix a good thing, but even if we got pregnant within the next 6 mos they would be about 3 years apart which I think would be perfect cause my sister and I are 5 years apart and I almost think that was too far apart. So here is my dilemma...how many years apart is too many and how much harder is it with two kids vs. one.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Just a Tuesday...
Not much going on around here except Miss B starting her new school on Monday, we moved her from a traditional in home daycare/preschool to a Montessori school. She is doing so well for her second day, not one tear has been shed and she is sleeping wonferfully at nap time. That's my little trooper. The school asked for a family picture to go in her "earthquake preparedness" pack...so I take a self portrait no make up and right before Sunday dinner. Thankfully my hair is growing out somewhat...but it's taking forever.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Friends.....
We need friends....badly. It's so hard moving to a new community, let alone new state and trying to make friends. I was just getting setteled with a great group of girlfriends in Colorado...we would have our "mommy night out" here and there...and to be frank...I am sick with a capital S of my husband. Just kidding, but really a girl needs her girlies every now and then...thank goodness for Blockbuster otherwise we (Joe and I) would run out of things to talk about. So, if anyone wants to fly out and visit us...you are welcome anytime! Did I mention we are less than 2 miles from the BEACH...ughhh...I need a martini and pedicure. I can't wait for my mom and sister to come out in August...but what am I supposed to do with myself until then.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Walk a mile in my shoes...
Someone has entirely too much fun walking around in mommy's shoes. I wonder where she gets the "shoes" fetish. It's hilarious to see her walking around with the shoes on the wrong feet...or, when she tries to put my flip flops on..now that's a sight.
She looks so happy in this picture, but lately we have been going through a rough patch with her hitting and having trouble dealing with her frustrations. SO...ultimately that means discipline. For some reason I have been addicted to watching Jon and Kate +8....I saw that they use the Time Out Spot Mat instead of a stool for timeouts. W've been using timeouts for a few months now, but I've been looking for something for her to sit on during timeouts. www.timeoutspots.com Will post later how it works out.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Awwww...Chihuahua!
Wow, You're a Chihuahua!
Chihuahua
The Socialalite
Your single most amazing trait, dah-ling, is that you are charming and gregarious and gorgeous and lively. Oops! That was more than one. No worries, dear, it wouldn't be the first time the rules have been bent for you! Your charisma, combined with the fact that you can really dish out a good yap when push comes to shove, means you have no problem putting on the dog in order to get what you want. But it's not all about you! N-n-n-n-no-ooo! You simply adore your best friend and love your family to pieces, enjoying every precious little teeny tiny moment you spend together. And children? Well, you love the idea of them, but don’t necessarily need them hounding you day and night, right? Come now, honey, let's face it- children just do not appreciate a good sweater.
FAMOUS CHIHUAHUAS: Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Chris Martin (Coldplay), Paris Hilton
LIKELY PROFESSIONS: Event Planner, Philanthropist, Advertising Executive
Friday, May 23, 2008
I need a makeover....
for my BLOG! So go see Shauna's website at www.seemydesignsbyshauna.com She does really cute blog design.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Employed!
Sweet...I officially start Monday, but I have been doing some stuff here and there today. It's so nice to be sitting in jeans and flipflops working...know that my daughter is basically around the corner. I can't wait to ride my bike with her trailer to pick her up this summer! The ladies that I worked with last summer are a great bunch and I feel truly blessed to have this opportunity back in my life. This also means that I have to go for a walk everyday at lunch and get skinny again!!! No more Taco Hell, since I am much too lazy to try and back my car out of our 100 yard driveway...lol...a little exaggerating never hurt anything.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face...
make sure it's what you want before you commit. Very profound but true...it's a quote from my current read Eat. Pray. Love.
Wow...this book evokes emotions that's for sure..as I sat at the Manhattan Beach Pier this morning with my Starbucks and EPL in hand...I was suddenly crying and embarrassed because I didn't even know really why I was crying except that I could say " L'ho provato sulla mia pelle", which means in Italian that have experienced that on my own skin. I could truly feel the lonliness and sadness this author was feeling...I suggest that if you haven't read, or even heard of the book....look into it....if nothing else...is a great way to experience, Italy, India and Indonesia...I've only "traveled" to Italy so far....but have my passport in hand for the next stops...
Wow...this book evokes emotions that's for sure..as I sat at the Manhattan Beach Pier this morning with my Starbucks and EPL in hand...I was suddenly crying and embarrassed because I didn't even know really why I was crying except that I could say " L'ho provato sulla mia pelle", which means in Italian that have experienced that on my own skin. I could truly feel the lonliness and sadness this author was feeling...I suggest that if you haven't read, or even heard of the book....look into it....if nothing else...is a great way to experience, Italy, India and Indonesia...I've only "traveled" to Italy so far....but have my passport in hand for the next stops...
Unemployed...
Well...the DirecTv job didn't work out as planned. It wasn't an issue for Joe or me...working together, but everyone else had a major problem with me. I like to think that I am likable person, I have my days just like everyone else....but the people I was working with you would have thought that I ran over their cat/dog. The other assistant that I was working with did everything she could to make me feel unwelcome. She never answered my emails, was never at her desk and seemed just plan annoyed when I needed something...professional...right. WRONG....and it was all women...all catty, gossipy, back-stabbing women. It reminded me of high school with all the stupid cliques...if you weren't in you were out....so anyways...I quit. Luckily my husband MBA and all is a great provider and has allowed me to take my time and find something that really fits me.
While in Colorado I worked for 3 months for a great company as their College Relations Coordinator...in short I was in charge of all career fairs and other campus events. It was a great fit for me and the company is a Fortune 500 best company to for like 5 years running....luckily I think that I am able to get my job back and be able to telework from home. This is an amazing opportunity for me..I should know something final this week so keep your fingers crossed.
While in Colorado I worked for 3 months for a great company as their College Relations Coordinator...in short I was in charge of all career fairs and other campus events. It was a great fit for me and the company is a Fortune 500 best company to for like 5 years running....luckily I think that I am able to get my job back and be able to telework from home. This is an amazing opportunity for me..I should know something final this week so keep your fingers crossed.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Heartwrenching..
Well, B "had" been doing well at preschool and then she got sick last week. Well I think being home with us for three days threw her "off". This week has been very emotional for us all, she cries when we drop her off in the morning and she's become very attached to her teachers at school and cried when they play with other kids or have to step away for a moment...I am hoping this is only temporary because it breaks my heart to leave her when she's screaming like that....uhhh...so sad. At least we have the weekend to look forward to...some fun in the sun and sand.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tour de Hermosa....
This past weekend we decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and take B to the beach. Our great idea was to rent a bike and trailer for me and B and Joe would just ride one of his mountain bikes...that's right one of the two that have been gathering dust for the past year in the garage. Anyway, great idea...RIGHT...wrong. See picture below....
Can you say "trailer trash"...I was laughing hysterically at the bike rental place. I couldn't believe they actually rented this piece of shit out..and I can't believe that I actually put my precious cargo in to. I think the fact that we had actually dragged ourselves out and made plans for the weekend, that we didn't want to ruin it. We put B in and she was good for about 40 minutes until the heat and sun starting getting to her....then turned into what we like to refer to as the screaming baby express...needless to say we will be getting a trailer to go with my NEW BIKE. It's an Electra Coaster in Pearl Mint Green...so pretty. I even have the dorky basket to carry all B's junk.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Working mommy...
Well I am into my third week of working, and while I'm enjoying most of it...I do miss my time with Miss B. She is adjusting well to "preschool" she is so tired and cranky when we get home that she has to go to bed at 7pm. We finally have the system down of getting up and getting her to school and us to work. Oh, about work....Joe and I are both working at DTV. It's interesting, we don't really see each other except for the occasional lunch "date". Have some great pictures from this past weekend at the beach and our "Tour de Hermosa". Will post in next few days.
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