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Originally published at browneyedgirl.nu. You can comment here or there.
Originally published at browneyedgirl.nu. You can comment here or there.
I filled three memory cards today, and here are some of the highlights.
Okay, wow. That's a lot. Sorry!
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Time is flying by. The boys are growing, it's spring already, it's crazy. I sit down, write a post, and before I know it it has been almost a week and I need to write another one.The weather, aside from the wind, has been beautiful here lately. I got the boys out the other afternoon and snapped some pictures. They are on flickr. I'd post them here, but alas, I am a lazy shit today.
Next weekend we are going to Tyler's great grandma's 100th birthday party. It is on Sunday. The Saturday before we are taking the boys to the Henry Doorly Zoo. It'll be Jonathan's first time at a Zoo and I am probably more excited than he is. The only downside is that we are going with Tyler's sister and brother. His brother I can stand ... his sister ... not so much.
Edited to add: This makes me so sad. I ♥ Boston.
Originally published at browneyedgirl.nu. You can comment here or there.
Time is flying by. The boys are growing, it's spring already, it's crazy. I sit down, write a post, and before I know it it has been almost a week and I need to write another one.The weather, aside from the wind, has been beautiful here lately. I got the boys out the other afternoon and snapped some pictures. They are on flickr. I'd post them here, but alas, I am a lazy shit today.
Next weekend we are going to Tyler's great grandma's 100th birthday party. It is on Sunday. The Saturday before we are taking the boys to the Henry Doorly Zoo. It'll be Jonathan's first time at a Zoo and I am probably more excited than he is. The only downside is that we are going with Tyler's sister and brother. His brother I can stand ... his sister ... not so much.
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Because apparently not only am I lazy and forgetful, I am colorblind as well. Oh well, my stunning qualities aside, I found my disk. And oh my good grief, is this stuff worse than I remember! And yes, Terri, it is fiction. I wasn't ignoring the question, I promise. Maybe someday I'll have something polished enough that I wouldn't be absolutely mortified to share it. Someday. Maybe.Yesterday was my first babysitting day. Um, wow. Four year-old girls are wayyyy different than 3.5 year-old boys. The end. I am not sure how this is going to work out, but this week isn't a good frame of reference as to how this is going to go. This week is spring break, so I actually have her twice as long as I normally will. Maybe 4 less hours a day will make it seem less headache inducing. If next week, though, I'm still thinking of investing heavily in earplugs and vodka (joking! ... kinda) I will be having the 'this isn't working out' talk.
I'm about to jinx myself completely, but Peyton has slept 8 hours straight the last two nights in a row! The first night, I woke up at the usual times, just waiting for him to fuss. But it never came. And at 6 when I got up to take my shower, I had to check and make sure he was actually still breathing. Last night when I laid him down I had no hopes of it actually happening again, but it did. Happy dances all around.
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I'm not doing any of them. I still haven't found my disk, which means I have to start over from scratch. Which means I bought me a brand new spiral for my purse so I can jot down notes whenever the urge hits me. Me? Dork? Why yes I am.I recently started thinking about Mother's Day and Father's Day gifts. I like to think plenty far in advanced, because otherwise I wait until the last minute. For my mom I decided on a purse or tote, maybe from here, with a picture of my sisters and me on one side and the boys on the other. For my dad ... I am clueless. He's so hard to buy for. If he wants/needs something, he buys it. But, I'm determined to find something. Over the course of my snooping around, I found this. Pretty cool, right? I don't know if it is the right gift for Dad, but certainly unique.
Also in my "free time", I've been watching a lot of movies. Probably because I joined Columbia House and got 7 movies for less than $30. Weird Science anyone? My problem is, I never think of movies when I need to. While I'm driving down the highway I'll suddenly think of one I haven't seen in a while, or in the shower I'll suddenly remember that new movie I wanted to see. But while I'm at a store or rental place do you think I can remember? Pssshh. I'd like to blame it on mommy brain, but I think this has been a lifelong problem of mine.
A movie that I loved when I first watched it, but haven't watched it since is In The Bedroom. I'd completely forgotten about it until Becca mentioned it in her post. Very good movie. I'll warn you, I was in tears when I watched it, and utterly torn. But still wonderful.
Speaking of movies, I so want to see 300. The first time I saw the preview I just shrugged it off as something I'd probably not get into. But reading up a bit on the movie, I'm definitely intrigued. I'm kind of a history nerd (gah, don't tell my HS history teacher!), which could be one reason.
Anyone else a Nicholas Sparks fan? I have to admit, I put off reading his books for a long time. I loved both The Notebook and A Walk To Remember (haven't seen Message In A Bottle), but something kept me from reading the books. But Walmart had a bunch of his paperbacks for about $6 a piece, and I desperately needed new bubble bath reading material, so I grabbed a couple. Love I tell you. Every once in a while I need something easy to lovey and easy to read, and his books are perfect for when that mood hits.
Speaking of books (see how I do that ...), I recently discovered paperbackswap.com. Awesome. I've already listed about 20 books, and that's without breaking out my totes full from the basement. If you like reading and getting new books (free!), definitely check it out.
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Have you ever had something lying around that you knew you needed to do something with before you lost it, but you just couldn't bring yourself to bother with it? And then finally, you decide "Hey, I need that ... now where did I put it?" and it is nowhere to be found? Yeah, that's me right now.Back in the good old days I used to write, a lot. In fact, it was about the only thing that kept me sane some days when I was working. Well, my work computer did not have a CD writer on it, so I had to cart my writings back and forth on a little blue 3.5 floppy disk. And that disk had been lying around on my little end table forever since I just had not had the time to write in a long time.
Well, suddenly I got the urge write again. And wouldn't you know it ... I reached for that disk and it was gone. I've searched through all of my notebooks and other places where I would normally tuck my disks, but nada. I've found about 10 or 15 other disks with pure crap on them, but this one disk, the only one I cannot find, is the only one that has a particular piece on it. Laura may remember this story, as she was the only other person to read 90% of everything I've ever written.
Needless to say, it pisses me off. I'm going to tear this house apart looking for it, and I can just about guarantee I'll find it right out in the open where I left it. That's just my luck.
In other news, I had a lady call me this morning about watching her little girl, who is J's age, for a few hours a day. I'm actually kind of excited about it because J desperately needs someone is age to play with. Plus, it could be fun to have a little girl around for a change. And, a little extra income won't hurt either. It won't be much, but it'll be nice to be making my own money again to horde away for a rainy day.
It has been gorgeous here lately. 60s/70s and sunny. A little bit of rain on Sunday, but barely enough to wet the ground. I love spring and spring weather. I wish it could stay like this longer. It's been so nice to go out for walks or just let J play in the yard. And P LOVES it outside. He started crying yesterday when I brought him inside.
I'm trying to keep myself motivated and going for walks everyday, even if it is just short ones. I did so well losing weight after P was born, but I have a bad feeling that I've stopped losing, and an even worse feeling that I may have gained some back. But with the crappy weather we had for so long, it was so hard to get motivated to do anything. Plus, our house has NO room to exercise in, so I'd have to go downtown. And let me tell you, loading both boys and dragging them downtown where one would run around and not listen, and the other would lie there and scream because he thinks he needs help 24/7 does not sound like fun to me. But, now that it's nice I can just make myself get outside and that should help tons.
Okay, I'm off to look for the missing disk. Again. *sigh*
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Yeah, I'm still blah. But the fog is lifting. The weather here is finally cooperating, and I've been able to get out of the house now, which helps tons. Of course, at the exact moment my sister and I walked out of the house today to take pictures, it started raining. That's my luck.Speaking of taking pictures, we needed a family picture for a birthday party in April, and so yesterday afternoon we hauled the kids and the camera outside and played with the auto-timer. We didn't get anything too spectacular, but I wasn't expecting much either. As long as it had all four of us and we were all clean, eh. I've known for a week that we needed these pictures, but I wanted to wait until I got my hair done before doing them. (Pictures below) Please ignore my Grisley Adams looking hubby. I keep telling him it is warm enough to shave now, but he listens so well.
Yesterday morning one of the local grade schools burnt down. Well, as down as a brick building can be. It took four fire departments to finally get it out, only for it to start back up yesterday afternoon. It was the school my mom attended for several years, and she was pretty upset. We drove by and took a few pictures, but they didn't turn out very good because they were taken from in the car. I'm going to try and get some better ones soon.
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I've been in kind of a funk lately. I feel like I do the exact same things day in and day out. Taking pictures, I feel like I'm taking pictures of the exact same thing every day. I get up in the morning and I'm just ... blah! And that's when I finally do get out of bed, which some mornings isn't until 10 or so.I'm hoping with the warmer weather we've had the last couple of days that things will pick up. Hopefully I can start getting the boys outside and going for walks and maybe interacting with actual real live adults.
To make up for the complete lack of actual posting lately ... pictures.
