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The fact that blogrolling has started being such a pain in the butt has probably helped me make up my mind though.
Cheers!
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
At first I was afraid, I was petrified ...
My son is petrified of my brother. I don't know why, and to tell you the truth I find it kind of amusing ... When he was an infant, he didn't have any problems with my brother. Now, he screams bloody murder when he's anywhere near. This is my brother.
Gangly, but not scary. It's kind of sad because he loves babies. Spencer is "toddler child" or "child thing" to him. He thinks these nicknames are funny. Would they scare you?
Monday we took my brother to Best Buy to spend his birthday money, and he sat in the back with Spencer. My sweet child was inconsolable. All Ian did was look at him, not even with a face, just normal. About a mile down the road I had to get in the back with them so he would calm down.
So sad.
Gangly, but not scary. It's kind of sad because he loves babies. Spencer is "toddler child" or "child thing" to him. He thinks these nicknames are funny. Would they scare you?
Monday we took my brother to Best Buy to spend his birthday money, and he sat in the back with Spencer. My sweet child was inconsolable. All Ian did was look at him, not even with a face, just normal. About a mile down the road I had to get in the back with them so he would calm down.
So sad.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Why is it I always think about Sheri Lewis when I order lamb chops?
I hadn’t planned on doing anything for Valentine’s day. Truth be told, I’m not a big Valentine’s day girl. I figured that maybe Christen, Spencer and I would go out for dinner like we do once a week (usually Tuesdays, but we skipped Tuesday so that we could go out on Saturday instead), maybe to a smaller place that wouldn’t be swamped, and that would be it. However, my in-laws offered to watch Spencer, so Christen made reservations at an obscenely fancy restaurant, and off we went.
I have to admit, the food and the service were fantastic. We had a tuna appetizer and I wasn’t overly excited by it – not bad, but personally I think Outback’s tuna appetizer is better. I talked Christen into getting the filet, because he always orders another cut to save the $6, and he’s always disappointed with it. He was not disappointed with the filet. We also split the creamed spinach … yum! My dish was the best though. I ordered off the seasonal menu, and got crusted lamp chops with goat cheese and thyme whipped potatoes. Oh. My. God. It was all delicious. The goat cheese was a little overwhelming in the potatoes (really, it just tasted like light and fluffy goat cheese), but since I’m a big fan I was okay with that. The lamb was perfectly cooked, tender and in a fantastic (I need more adjectives) port wine reduction that I wanted to lick off the plate.
We were supposed to go to a movie but we were enjoying the night and the company too much, so instead Christen bought a cigar and we went out to the patio to have a cocktail. I think my drink was the only disappointing thing of the entire night – it was terrible. Sounded good in theory: “Grey Goose Vodka and Cointreau Orange Liqueur gently blended with fresh strawberry puree, lemon juice and kissed with champagne bubbles, served in a strawberry-topped flute”. Ugh! It was so bitter. I wish I could have gone to Mitchell’s, got a Pine Fin Martini, and walked it over to our patio. :) I would have been in heaven.
I have to admit, the food and the service were fantastic. We had a tuna appetizer and I wasn’t overly excited by it – not bad, but personally I think Outback’s tuna appetizer is better. I talked Christen into getting the filet, because he always orders another cut to save the $6, and he’s always disappointed with it. He was not disappointed with the filet. We also split the creamed spinach … yum! My dish was the best though. I ordered off the seasonal menu, and got crusted lamp chops with goat cheese and thyme whipped potatoes. Oh. My. God. It was all delicious. The goat cheese was a little overwhelming in the potatoes (really, it just tasted like light and fluffy goat cheese), but since I’m a big fan I was okay with that. The lamb was perfectly cooked, tender and in a fantastic (I need more adjectives) port wine reduction that I wanted to lick off the plate.
We were supposed to go to a movie but we were enjoying the night and the company too much, so instead Christen bought a cigar and we went out to the patio to have a cocktail. I think my drink was the only disappointing thing of the entire night – it was terrible. Sounded good in theory: “Grey Goose Vodka and Cointreau Orange Liqueur gently blended with fresh strawberry puree, lemon juice and kissed with champagne bubbles, served in a strawberry-topped flute”. Ugh! It was so bitter. I wish I could have gone to Mitchell’s, got a Pine Fin Martini, and walked it over to our patio. :) I would have been in heaven.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Garbage?
Have you ever been to a concert of someone that either you didn't like much or didn't know much and was blown away only to get the albums later and hate them?
When I was in college my friend Lester had tickets to Garbage. I was never much of a Garbage fan beyond that song Stupid Girl. But hey, free tickets to a concert! So I went, and it was a blast. The music was great, the performance was awesome, and I was so close I could have reached out and touched Shirley Manson.
I went home and bought all the albums.
They sucked.
When I was in college my friend Lester had tickets to Garbage. I was never much of a Garbage fan beyond that song Stupid Girl. But hey, free tickets to a concert! So I went, and it was a blast. The music was great, the performance was awesome, and I was so close I could have reached out and touched Shirley Manson.
I went home and bought all the albums.
They sucked.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
It's your generation that made my generation afraid of clowns
So it's been a busy few weeks. I could go into everything, but then I would go on forever and be insanely boring :) And you know how much I hate to ramble ... ha!
Sufficed to say, I have had many irons in the fire these days. I can't exactly remember what I've done to keep so busy, but I know that my workout routine has suffered. I went once last week, and I haven't been yet this week. I plan on going to Zumba tonight, although I don't really like the Wednesday instructor as much (she's fine, but I find her routines harder to follow so I get less out of the workout). So maybe, just maybe, I'll get into the gym again. I guilted Christen into going last night even though he's got a head cold. He said he felt better after he ran 3 miles on the treadmill, but can that really be the case?
Spencer's birthday was Sunday -- I now am the proud owner of a one-year old toddler! He started walking the Thursday of last week. I moved all the furniture in the living room off the rug to vacuum it, and he toddled over to where I placed the chair. He was in the mood to keep walking all that night, so I got it on video a couple times -- they're up on Facebook, if you want to pop over there. After that night though, he didn't feel like walking at all, sadly. Then he performed for the crowd at his birthday party, and he's been walking all over for his grandparents. Still no interest in walking for me in the evenings, but I'll give him some time.
We had a great party for him on Sunday. There were people I forgot to invite, so if you didn't get an invitation, I'm so sorry! Definitely not a slight. We had it at the house, and I was worried the whole time that we wouldn't be able to fit so many people at the house and although my fears were unfounded, if everyone who was invited (or accidentally not invited) came, there's no way we would have fit everyone there. We had 5 kids and 19 adults in my little house, but it was great fun and Spencer and the other kids seemed to enjoy it. Hopefully by next year we'll have the deck built and space will be less of an issue. The people at work tried (quite unsuccessfully) to talk me into hiring a clown (or a pony, or something else outrageous). The clown was the big sticking point. They both hired clowns for their children's birthday parties. Bah. :)
Spencer's been a little sick since Sunday. It's evidently going around, but since he's had the rotavirus and flu vaccines, he hasn't gotten what everyone else had, just a bit of a poopy problem. Really the only issue is that it gave him terrible painful diaper rash and he doesn't usually get diaper rash so he has been freaking out for the past couple days. Since yesterday about 4pm, he's been without the poopy problem so hopefully the diaper rash will follow suit.
So I know you wanted to hear about my son's stomach issues and diaper rash ...
In other news, Christen and I have tentatively decided to take a trip for our birthdays in July. It's his big 3-0 and my big 2-9. I wanted to go to Chicago, and he wanted to go to Lake Tahoe. I've looked into Seattle, San Diego, Chicago, Boston, Portland, and Tahoe and so far my favorite in terms of what there is to do it Boston. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm looking for not-to-hot, and we'll be going July 9-13.
Sufficed to say, I have had many irons in the fire these days. I can't exactly remember what I've done to keep so busy, but I know that my workout routine has suffered. I went once last week, and I haven't been yet this week. I plan on going to Zumba tonight, although I don't really like the Wednesday instructor as much (she's fine, but I find her routines harder to follow so I get less out of the workout). So maybe, just maybe, I'll get into the gym again. I guilted Christen into going last night even though he's got a head cold. He said he felt better after he ran 3 miles on the treadmill, but can that really be the case?
Spencer's birthday was Sunday -- I now am the proud owner of a one-year old toddler! He started walking the Thursday of last week. I moved all the furniture in the living room off the rug to vacuum it, and he toddled over to where I placed the chair. He was in the mood to keep walking all that night, so I got it on video a couple times -- they're up on Facebook, if you want to pop over there. After that night though, he didn't feel like walking at all, sadly. Then he performed for the crowd at his birthday party, and he's been walking all over for his grandparents. Still no interest in walking for me in the evenings, but I'll give him some time.
We had a great party for him on Sunday. There were people I forgot to invite, so if you didn't get an invitation, I'm so sorry! Definitely not a slight. We had it at the house, and I was worried the whole time that we wouldn't be able to fit so many people at the house and although my fears were unfounded, if everyone who was invited (or accidentally not invited) came, there's no way we would have fit everyone there. We had 5 kids and 19 adults in my little house, but it was great fun and Spencer and the other kids seemed to enjoy it. Hopefully by next year we'll have the deck built and space will be less of an issue. The people at work tried (quite unsuccessfully) to talk me into hiring a clown (or a pony, or something else outrageous). The clown was the big sticking point. They both hired clowns for their children's birthday parties. Bah. :)
Spencer's been a little sick since Sunday. It's evidently going around, but since he's had the rotavirus and flu vaccines, he hasn't gotten what everyone else had, just a bit of a poopy problem. Really the only issue is that it gave him terrible painful diaper rash and he doesn't usually get diaper rash so he has been freaking out for the past couple days. Since yesterday about 4pm, he's been without the poopy problem so hopefully the diaper rash will follow suit.
So I know you wanted to hear about my son's stomach issues and diaper rash ...
In other news, Christen and I have tentatively decided to take a trip for our birthdays in July. It's his big 3-0 and my big 2-9. I wanted to go to Chicago, and he wanted to go to Lake Tahoe. I've looked into Seattle, San Diego, Chicago, Boston, Portland, and Tahoe and so far my favorite in terms of what there is to do it Boston. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm looking for not-to-hot, and we'll be going July 9-13.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
A snowball's chance in Florida (aka, you know)
There's supposed to be a chance of snow flurries tonight. Here. In. Florida. You know, every time I decide I hate Florida enough to move, the cold hits us (for two days) and reminds me why I can't live anywhere else. I hate the cold. But on and off for weeks - weeks! - it's been cold. Bah! Why can't it be a beautiful 68-73 degrees year round? I'd deal with the snowbirds and the tourists and the beach bums and everything else to have the beautiful weather. And to be fair, in between cold snaps, it was beautiful. And I'd miss my thunderstorms if it was beautiful every day. I love thunderstorms.
The cold snaps brought on the head colds. Saturday I started sneezing, which I thought was due to the high pollen count but it turns out I caught a bad head cold and was down for the count through Monday. I'm not so good at resting when I should, so while I was home sick on Monday I cleaned the library/den/office so you can actually see the floor and couch again. If I could only get around to reorganizing my books I'd be a happier with the room.
I finally got myself back to Zumba last night -- super fun, but on the eve of being so sick I couldn't do every thing I wanted to do, but it was nice to get back to the gym. Today was my personal training session, and she worked me out a little harder than I expected so I'm still sore. That's a good thing, right?
PS - Saturday Spencer started standing on his own! Daycare said that he took steps, but I don't really think that he did (unless he fell forward) but he's so excited that he can stand, he just stands and claps! Ha!
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