What a week--and it's only Tuesday!
It hasn't been a bad week, just busy, it seems, and non-stop. I normally thrive in non-stop, but the Jeremy Jr in me is forcing me to slooooow it dooooooowwwwwnnnnn.... Which makes coming home so discouraging. Normally, I'm happy to come home. But it's a disaster right now. And I just can't live like this anymore! But I have little energy to do much about it. Jeremy gets motivated to do stuff, but is easily distracted by "other" things, as in ANY other things that need to be done. So even though we had planned to have a productive weekend, we didn't. We got the couches set up, and the TV where it will stay, and, of course, Jeremy set up the computer (that was a bright, shiny #1 on his list! Well, at least he only has one #1-everything on my list is #1, so nothing gets started and nothing gets done...) Now, if we could just uncover my dining room table (or what we're using as such for now) without just moving stuff to another spot in the house, I'd be able to breathe easier!
Stephin-bunny came over Sunday and spent the night (another reason nothing gets done--Jeremy loves to hang out with "his buddy", so unless it was a video game, it was not conquered...) He then stayed home while Jeremy and I went to work, and played video games all.... day..... long..... If only everyone could have summer vacation....
Jeremy left for Boston today, and won't be back 'til Thursday night... :-( Makes things really quiet here... Just me and Big Fella... and a crockpot overflowing with chili (my first time making it in a crock pot... I made a chili base with the meat, spices and beer, cooked all that, and poured it over a huge mound of veggies and tomatoes... we'll see!) For the first time, I think my crock pot is too small. It's not tiny or anything, but I went in the kitchen and there was a puddle of chili juice on the floor... I was not happy, not because of the mess, but because all that good, yummy, chili flavor was going to waste. So I mopped it up with a towel, and squeezed it back into the crock pot..... ;-) Nah, I didn't do that. Now I've got the whole thing wrapped up, incase anything else should spill. I hope it doesn't do that all night.
Stephin went with me to work today. He lugged around my heavy bag, and did all the running back to the car for me. It was very nice--they should let us have full time assistants all the time! Maybe next week he can come back and do it again. I think he's pretty proud of his big sister--I know more about PS3 than most of the store associates I encounter! That makes me "pretty gangster", as Stephin would say.
We're 16 weeks today! Only 169 more days to go! I've definitely been feeling the baby move around this past week. It's very exciting. Every now and then, I'll feel a definitive kick, and all I can do is smile... I think I need to back off on the baby clothes buying, though. I only buy stuff on clearance, and gosh darnit, I've already got, I think 15 onesies, 6 gowns, and a couple of pairs of pants, all in Newborn size. And I'm starting to build up the 3-6 month collection now. Really, all I still want to buy for Newborn is a couple of nice little outfits, especially a coming home outfit. But, I may wait until we know if he's a he or a she. So if you're thinking about getting us anything for our little guy/gal to be, think 3 months and up! Unless it's not clothing related. Then go to town! :-)
Okay, gotta check on the chili. Have a splendid week!
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Can you hear me now? No? That means you're old!
I'm sure you've heard by now about this "Teen Buzz" or "Mosquito Ringtone" thing that's going around. If not, I will explain...
Basically, a while back, a British company called Compound Security developed a "sound" that could be played to dismantle groups of teenagers when they gathered where they didn't belong (i.e. anywhere!) Well, some smarty pants teen decided to put it to a teen's use, and recorded it as his ringtone. Many teens across the country have done the same, enabling them to receive text messages and calls while in classes, without the knowledge of their teacher.
I was curious, so I found a site online that has the tone available for download. Click here* for an MP3 version, which most folks can hear (lower quality audio makes for better listening). If you want to hear what you're NOT hearing, click here** for the .wav file. And for the record, I couldn't hear the .wav one... Guess I am old after all! Ha! Of course, the reports all seem to think that 20 is the cut off age for it. I plan on trying this out on my brothers the next time their over... I'll just keep playing it until they go nuts and beg me to SHUT IT OFF!!!!
What? I don't hear anything.... ;-)
*Thanks to the NY Times for providing this sample!
**Thanks to jetcityorange.com for providing this sample!
Basically, a while back, a British company called Compound Security developed a "sound" that could be played to dismantle groups of teenagers when they gathered where they didn't belong (i.e. anywhere!) Well, some smarty pants teen decided to put it to a teen's use, and recorded it as his ringtone. Many teens across the country have done the same, enabling them to receive text messages and calls while in classes, without the knowledge of their teacher.
I was curious, so I found a site online that has the tone available for download. Click here* for an MP3 version, which most folks can hear (lower quality audio makes for better listening). If you want to hear what you're NOT hearing, click here** for the .wav file. And for the record, I couldn't hear the .wav one... Guess I am old after all! Ha! Of course, the reports all seem to think that 20 is the cut off age for it. I plan on trying this out on my brothers the next time their over... I'll just keep playing it until they go nuts and beg me to SHUT IT OFF!!!!
What? I don't hear anything.... ;-)
*Thanks to the NY Times for providing this sample!
**Thanks to jetcityorange.com for providing this sample!
Friday, July 14, 2006
How 'bout this for depressing!
While perusing through the Baby Center website checking to see what's going on this week in development, I noticed they had a "Cost to raise a child estimate calculator". What the heck, so I plugged in the info (according to this site, VA is the "South"... Can't we just call the the East??) and omigosh, I don't think Jeremy's gonna wanna see this. I know what he'll say the when he does, "And you want to have 5 of these?!?! 'Jeremy Jr' alone is gonna put us in the poor house!" Here's the breakdown of the est. costs.
Expense Annual Cost (based on ages 0-18)
Housing $9201
Food 3711
Transportation 3478
Clothing 1551
Healthcare 1567
Education 3122 (this I think is high, because it would also include childcare, which we probably won't use...)
Misc 3138
College (18-22) 47623 (public)
Total amount needed to raise a child:
654,316
Yup, I still want 5!
On a lighter note, I've been trying to determine if our little guy is moving around yet, and I think that maybe, just maybe, I can feel him now. I first thought I felt something when we were watching fireworks in FL, but I don't know if it was or not. Then I thought I felt a couple of kicks while we were at small group Wednesday... Could have been! But now, just laying here, yeah, I think he's active. I don't know, could just be gas, I suppose. :-)
Okay, time to get ready for work. My first store doesn't open 'til 10, so I figured I had time to chill (the one morning I get up early, I don't have to. Grrr...)
Expense Annual Cost (based on ages 0-18)
Housing $9201
Food 3711
Transportation 3478
Clothing 1551
Healthcare 1567
Education 3122 (this I think is high, because it would also include childcare, which we probably won't use...)
Misc 3138
College (18-22) 47623 (public)
Total amount needed to raise a child:
654,316
Yup, I still want 5!
On a lighter note, I've been trying to determine if our little guy is moving around yet, and I think that maybe, just maybe, I can feel him now. I first thought I felt something when we were watching fireworks in FL, but I don't know if it was or not. Then I thought I felt a couple of kicks while we were at small group Wednesday... Could have been! But now, just laying here, yeah, I think he's active. I don't know, could just be gas, I suppose. :-)
Okay, time to get ready for work. My first store doesn't open 'til 10, so I figured I had time to chill (the one morning I get up early, I don't have to. Grrr...)
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Grumble grumble...
Why???? I really don't get this... I just don't understand why every single baby bedding theme has to be PASTELS!!! I mean, seriously, they must think that putting pastel everything in a nursery will somehow bore the baby to sleep! It sure is boring to me. And what's the point, really! It's just for ourselves that we do this--babies don't see those pale hued colors until their older. I doubt any of 'em will someday say, "I am who I am because I had a pastel froggy layette set when I was born..." Not that I expect my kids to be different because I want to have more primary colors, at least colors that they can kinda see!, in their room. But going to buy that is a completely different story! Forget Babies R Us... forget Buy Buy Baby. I haven't ventured any further than that, incase I find something I really like, only to realize it's $800 (umm... hello?! They're just sheets!)
Okay, I done now. Time for sleepy time. :-) Goodnight!
Okay, I done now. Time for sleepy time. :-) Goodnight!
Monday, July 10, 2006
Sunny FL!
Hello!
I thought I'd take a quick moment before I head back to work for the first time since the beginning of June (the back thing, remember?) and give ya a brief rundown of our trip to visit Todd and Paige.
We'll sum it up as fun, adventurous, tiring, pain inducing, and somewhat relaxing all at the same time! It was really great to see T&P, as it's been a while. And they've got a cute place right now--if you were familiar with their old place here in VA, they've got much more room, with a nice big kitchen (it's very nice!) So even though it's in FL, they're doing well.
We flew in on Sunday morning (those flights seemed to take forever!), met up with them, checked out their place, and then grabbed a bite to eat at a yummy Chinese Buffet (Chinese food is my thing right now, but I think I'm starting to get over that...) As it was getting later, and we had to get on the road again, we headed to Ft. Walton for a few days of fun in the sun (and on the boat!)
Spent some time along the way stopping to check out the sites--some little shops along the Gulf, a fruit stand where we got some yummy "Pluots" (an apricot-plum hybrid... really good!), before finally making it to Todd's parents' house. What a long day! After dinner that night, we fished for dinner for our prey for the next day off the dock behind the house. It was fun at first, but then they stopped biting, and it just got frustrating. Oh well. Luckily, plenty had found their way into the trap, so we were okay.
Monday was an early morning (early if you really could have used a sleep in day!) We were on the boat probably by 9, and bumped our way out to sea. Lemme tell ya, boat rides are only smooth if you're NOT going fast! Oi... by the end of the day, our butts were so sore that sitting without a cushion was just plain painful! As my brothers would say, though, "It's all part of the experience!"
Jeremy had better luck fishing than I did. The biggest thing I caught was more bait to use on the bigger fish. At least Jeremy caught a few bigger fish (like 18-20 inches), though they were still too small to keep. But at one point, he hooked what must have been a shark, because he and Todd fought that thing for at least 30 min, and it dragged us (well, we chased it, I guess) for over half a mile, before Todd lost it (way to go, Todd!) Oh well... I guess it was impressive it lastest as long as it did, considering the rod he was using wasn't designed to hold something so large!
Paige was the only one of us who suceeded in getting us some dinner--she caught a 25 lb cobia (I guess that's what it was). It was yummy, too. Just a white fish, nothing fancy, not to heavy. It was nice. So she won the prize as fisher of the day! Yay Paige!
Tuesday (the 4th) was far more relaxing. We went out to "Crab Island" (which isn't even an island, it's just a low bay area where a bunch of boats hang out, and you can walk around in the water) to just chill. The water was so warm, it was almost not worth it, until you got out and the air was cold on your skin.
Later that day, we went out again to catch some fireworks. That was fun--got to watch the fireworks in Ft Walton, and Destin, by just moving the boat a mile or so. It was pretty cool, and very relaxing.
Wednesday we had to leave. After leaving at 8 to drive back to Tallahassee, we go to the airport at 12:30, only to find out our flight was delayed (supposed to leave at 1) 'til at least 2:00. Boooo. They ended up re-routing us through Atlanta, and then our flight from there was delayed. To make it even better, once we were on the plane, we had to sit on the tarmac for an hour and a half. Crazy. So we arrived back in DC at 8:30 (instead of 5), tired, beat, and ready for bed.
What a trip, eh? It was fun, but it's good to be home again. Now it's back to work! I hope I can remember what I'm supposed to do! :-)
Oh, and we've got another pre-natal visit this afternoon--don't know if they'll do anything besides tell me (hopefully) "Everything's good, see you in a month!". I'll let ya know if they do. :-) Happy Monday!
I thought I'd take a quick moment before I head back to work for the first time since the beginning of June (the back thing, remember?) and give ya a brief rundown of our trip to visit Todd and Paige.
We'll sum it up as fun, adventurous, tiring, pain inducing, and somewhat relaxing all at the same time! It was really great to see T&P, as it's been a while. And they've got a cute place right now--if you were familiar with their old place here in VA, they've got much more room, with a nice big kitchen (it's very nice!) So even though it's in FL, they're doing well.
We flew in on Sunday morning (those flights seemed to take forever!), met up with them, checked out their place, and then grabbed a bite to eat at a yummy Chinese Buffet (Chinese food is my thing right now, but I think I'm starting to get over that...) As it was getting later, and we had to get on the road again, we headed to Ft. Walton for a few days of fun in the sun (and on the boat!)
Spent some time along the way stopping to check out the sites--some little shops along the Gulf, a fruit stand where we got some yummy "Pluots" (an apricot-plum hybrid... really good!), before finally making it to Todd's parents' house. What a long day! After dinner that night, we fished for dinner for our prey for the next day off the dock behind the house. It was fun at first, but then they stopped biting, and it just got frustrating. Oh well. Luckily, plenty had found their way into the trap, so we were okay.
Monday was an early morning (early if you really could have used a sleep in day!) We were on the boat probably by 9, and bumped our way out to sea. Lemme tell ya, boat rides are only smooth if you're NOT going fast! Oi... by the end of the day, our butts were so sore that sitting without a cushion was just plain painful! As my brothers would say, though, "It's all part of the experience!"
Jeremy had better luck fishing than I did. The biggest thing I caught was more bait to use on the bigger fish. At least Jeremy caught a few bigger fish (like 18-20 inches), though they were still too small to keep. But at one point, he hooked what must have been a shark, because he and Todd fought that thing for at least 30 min, and it dragged us (well, we chased it, I guess) for over half a mile, before Todd lost it (way to go, Todd!) Oh well... I guess it was impressive it lastest as long as it did, considering the rod he was using wasn't designed to hold something so large!
Paige was the only one of us who suceeded in getting us some dinner--she caught a 25 lb cobia (I guess that's what it was). It was yummy, too. Just a white fish, nothing fancy, not to heavy. It was nice. So she won the prize as fisher of the day! Yay Paige!
Tuesday (the 4th) was far more relaxing. We went out to "Crab Island" (which isn't even an island, it's just a low bay area where a bunch of boats hang out, and you can walk around in the water) to just chill. The water was so warm, it was almost not worth it, until you got out and the air was cold on your skin.
Later that day, we went out again to catch some fireworks. That was fun--got to watch the fireworks in Ft Walton, and Destin, by just moving the boat a mile or so. It was pretty cool, and very relaxing.
Wednesday we had to leave. After leaving at 8 to drive back to Tallahassee, we go to the airport at 12:30, only to find out our flight was delayed (supposed to leave at 1) 'til at least 2:00. Boooo. They ended up re-routing us through Atlanta, and then our flight from there was delayed. To make it even better, once we were on the plane, we had to sit on the tarmac for an hour and a half. Crazy. So we arrived back in DC at 8:30 (instead of 5), tired, beat, and ready for bed.
What a trip, eh? It was fun, but it's good to be home again. Now it's back to work! I hope I can remember what I'm supposed to do! :-)
Oh, and we've got another pre-natal visit this afternoon--don't know if they'll do anything besides tell me (hopefully) "Everything's good, see you in a month!". I'll let ya know if they do. :-) Happy Monday!
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Good Morning! (Muahaha... the wireless pirate strikes again!)
It's Saturday! Of course, it's been "saturday" for me everyday for almost a month now. But this time, it's my last "Saturday" until next "Saturday", at which time it will be "Saturday" once again. :-)
Jeremy's gone out to fetch us some breakfast--bagel sandwiches. At some point, we need to go grocery shopping, but for now, I'll take the take-out (it beats McDonald's, after all).
Today looks like it's going to be a fairly nice day. The sky is blue, with a few spots of clouds here and there. There's a nice warm breeze coming in off the balcony (the door is open right now so that Big Fella can go in and out of the house--I think he thinks he's back in the "wild", or what he thinks the wild is, when he's out side. That much be how male cats define their "manliness"; "Look at me, I can stay outside of the house for all of 5 minutes! Isn't that "manly"?" Anyways...)
Oh, Jeremy's back. Time to eat. Will write more later (I know, I know, gotta mention the Fl trip, still. We also have a funny store to tell about some Cape Cod Potato chips. But as I said, more on that later!)
Have a great Saturday!
Jeremy's gone out to fetch us some breakfast--bagel sandwiches. At some point, we need to go grocery shopping, but for now, I'll take the take-out (it beats McDonald's, after all).
Today looks like it's going to be a fairly nice day. The sky is blue, with a few spots of clouds here and there. There's a nice warm breeze coming in off the balcony (the door is open right now so that Big Fella can go in and out of the house--I think he thinks he's back in the "wild", or what he thinks the wild is, when he's out side. That much be how male cats define their "manliness"; "Look at me, I can stay outside of the house for all of 5 minutes! Isn't that "manly"?" Anyways...)
Oh, Jeremy's back. Time to eat. Will write more later (I know, I know, gotta mention the Fl trip, still. We also have a funny store to tell about some Cape Cod Potato chips. But as I said, more on that later!)
Have a great Saturday!
Friday, July 07, 2006
The Litterbox Dilema
While shopping on Amazon for a "privacy tent" for Big Fella's litter box, I came upon this review. For you cat lovers, look away. You will not like it. But I think this guys says it all, as far as how I feel about the whole thing!
Decent product, some flaws, April 22, 2006
Reviewer:
The Phantom Paddler "ChildBeat" (PaddleTown) - See all my reviews
Our cat Woogums, who had sustained a pellet wound to the rear flank (neighborhood sources claim that he was 'pinged in the ass'), was unable to remain in the cat privacy tent due to what we believed was claustrophobic paranoia as a result of acute traumatic stress disorder.
Our cats, unfortunately, were shot at by local anti-feline vigilantes acting against the common and widespread practice of cats being let out by their human servants to roam the neighborhood so they can maim and kill smaller animals, urinate on and leave their kitty footprints all over freshly washed automobiles and generally make malicious pests of themselves. We learned from the experience and no longer allowed our cats outdoors, as our practice of feeding them expensive foods in crystal goblets make their hunting instincts unnecessary and an annoyance to those who are not fond of cats.
We decided to return the expensive litter box and 'cat privacy tent' and have Woogums euthanized by a local farmer with a cheap pellet gun who had offered his services when we first acquired Woogums. We were pleased that he did not charge for the euthanasia.
As we discovered later, the farmer was a poor shot and only managed to despatch Woogums after one hundred and sixteen shots (most of which appeared randomly placed over Woogums' body, but we were assured that no pellets missed the cat entirely), the killing shot having been administered down and into the left ear.
We are grieving poor Woogums' demise now, but we feel it is important to inform other purchasers of this product that it is poorly made and extremely overpriced. It is much cheaper and infinitely wiser to simply have the cat euthanized by a skilled practitioner, thus obviating the need for further expenditures upon it.
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Decent product, some flaws, April 22, 2006
Reviewer:
The Phantom Paddler "ChildBeat" (PaddleTown) - See all my reviews
Our cat Woogums, who had sustained a pellet wound to the rear flank (neighborhood sources claim that he was 'pinged in the ass'), was unable to remain in the cat privacy tent due to what we believed was claustrophobic paranoia as a result of acute traumatic stress disorder.
Our cats, unfortunately, were shot at by local anti-feline vigilantes acting against the common and widespread practice of cats being let out by their human servants to roam the neighborhood so they can maim and kill smaller animals, urinate on and leave their kitty footprints all over freshly washed automobiles and generally make malicious pests of themselves. We learned from the experience and no longer allowed our cats outdoors, as our practice of feeding them expensive foods in crystal goblets make their hunting instincts unnecessary and an annoyance to those who are not fond of cats.
We decided to return the expensive litter box and 'cat privacy tent' and have Woogums euthanized by a local farmer with a cheap pellet gun who had offered his services when we first acquired Woogums. We were pleased that he did not charge for the euthanasia.
As we discovered later, the farmer was a poor shot and only managed to despatch Woogums after one hundred and sixteen shots (most of which appeared randomly placed over Woogums' body, but we were assured that no pellets missed the cat entirely), the killing shot having been administered down and into the left ear.
We are grieving poor Woogums' demise now, but we feel it is important to inform other purchasers of this product that it is poorly made and extremely overpriced. It is much cheaper and infinitely wiser to simply have the cat euthanized by a skilled practitioner, thus obviating the need for further expenditures upon it.
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Bring me your tired, your weary, your weak....
Today, patience is, indeed, a virture.
I say this mostly because I'm working with a "borrowed" internet connection that I'm guessing belongs to one of our neighbors. And right now, it says I have no signal. Yet, I've been able to check my email, and log into Blogger so I can write this for you people. :-) Hopefully, it will keep up a little while longer.
So much has gone on since I've written last, I don't know where to start! I guess we'll go through it chronologically. Last week was "the big move". We spent all day Wednesday loading up the truck (well, James and Stephin and Jeremy did--I stayed inside and packed the remaining items we had waiting to pack). The goal was to be done packing by 4 pm so that we could get the keys to our new place and be ready to start unpacking before it was too late. Well, we ran out of room on the truck by 5, so we decided that was a good time to leave. Jeremy's co-worker, Michael, was awesome enough to skip small group to help us out (by this hour, we were all exhausted, and needed some fresh blood to take the edge off of things).
We got to the new place here in Tyson's Corner, got our keys, and found out that the rugs had just been washed earlier that day, so we wouldn't be able to move anything in... >:-( After much "hanging around" trying to decide what to do, my Dad, and friends Laurence and Katharine, showed up to help, and we were able to unload about half the truck. One of the things we couldn't yet unpack, though, was our bed. So then came the, "Hmm... where are we gonna sleep tonight?" Laurence and Katharine to the rescue! They have a two bedroom apt not far from us, in Falls Church, that just happens to have a guest room with a nice, comfy bed. Oh, and did I mention they also have a bathroom, with a nice, hot, soothing shower???? Yum yum yum! They're so awesome! So that's what we did, after a nasty dinner at On the Border (never again!) and one more trip to the house to get what we could loaded up again (and filled to the brim, again!) What a day. I think we ended up going to bed at 2 or 3 in the morning? Yikes!
The next day, Thursday, was my birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!! I had to get up before 7 so I could take Jeremy to work to make cold calls at 7:30 (good times, good times). That was good, though, because it gave me a chance to go to Giant and get some snacks for all the fine folks who were showing up to help that day. I was even able to hit the local bagel shop (not NY bagels, but still pretty good!) to get some bagels for 'em, so we had quite the little feast ready for everyone.
My family showed up a few min passed 9 with homemade pierogis for me (which has been my breakfast, lunch, and dinner this week, since Jeremy's been outta town), and we began unloading the truck. Shortly after, Katharine, and Jay's roommate Nate also showed up to help. Lemme tell you, unloading goes sooo much faster than loading! We were done within' the hour, I think. So we ordered chinese food for lunch, while furniture got moved into place, and most of the kitchen unpacked. Then we just pretty much chilled the rest of the afternoon. The Boyz found the XBOX (of course) and spent their time trying to crash into each other with Need for Speed. Later, we met up with Jaime and got some dinner at Brio (some schwanky italian place in Tyson's) and so on and so forth. Busy Days!
That was our move in a nutshell (a very large nutshell, huh?) I think that's enough for now. Will tell ya about our FL trip in the next post!
I say this mostly because I'm working with a "borrowed" internet connection that I'm guessing belongs to one of our neighbors. And right now, it says I have no signal. Yet, I've been able to check my email, and log into Blogger so I can write this for you people. :-) Hopefully, it will keep up a little while longer.
So much has gone on since I've written last, I don't know where to start! I guess we'll go through it chronologically. Last week was "the big move". We spent all day Wednesday loading up the truck (well, James and Stephin and Jeremy did--I stayed inside and packed the remaining items we had waiting to pack). The goal was to be done packing by 4 pm so that we could get the keys to our new place and be ready to start unpacking before it was too late. Well, we ran out of room on the truck by 5, so we decided that was a good time to leave. Jeremy's co-worker, Michael, was awesome enough to skip small group to help us out (by this hour, we were all exhausted, and needed some fresh blood to take the edge off of things).
We got to the new place here in Tyson's Corner, got our keys, and found out that the rugs had just been washed earlier that day, so we wouldn't be able to move anything in... >:-( After much "hanging around" trying to decide what to do, my Dad, and friends Laurence and Katharine, showed up to help, and we were able to unload about half the truck. One of the things we couldn't yet unpack, though, was our bed. So then came the, "Hmm... where are we gonna sleep tonight?" Laurence and Katharine to the rescue! They have a two bedroom apt not far from us, in Falls Church, that just happens to have a guest room with a nice, comfy bed. Oh, and did I mention they also have a bathroom, with a nice, hot, soothing shower???? Yum yum yum! They're so awesome! So that's what we did, after a nasty dinner at On the Border (never again!) and one more trip to the house to get what we could loaded up again (and filled to the brim, again!) What a day. I think we ended up going to bed at 2 or 3 in the morning? Yikes!
The next day, Thursday, was my birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!! I had to get up before 7 so I could take Jeremy to work to make cold calls at 7:30 (good times, good times). That was good, though, because it gave me a chance to go to Giant and get some snacks for all the fine folks who were showing up to help that day. I was even able to hit the local bagel shop (not NY bagels, but still pretty good!) to get some bagels for 'em, so we had quite the little feast ready for everyone.
My family showed up a few min passed 9 with homemade pierogis for me (which has been my breakfast, lunch, and dinner this week, since Jeremy's been outta town), and we began unloading the truck. Shortly after, Katharine, and Jay's roommate Nate also showed up to help. Lemme tell you, unloading goes sooo much faster than loading! We were done within' the hour, I think. So we ordered chinese food for lunch, while furniture got moved into place, and most of the kitchen unpacked. Then we just pretty much chilled the rest of the afternoon. The Boyz found the XBOX (of course) and spent their time trying to crash into each other with Need for Speed. Later, we met up with Jaime and got some dinner at Brio (some schwanky italian place in Tyson's) and so on and so forth. Busy Days!
That was our move in a nutshell (a very large nutshell, huh?) I think that's enough for now. Will tell ya about our FL trip in the next post!
Monday, June 26, 2006
Week 13!
Tomorrow, Tuesday, kicks off week 13 of our pregnancy, and I'm excited! I know, it doesn't take much, huh? I'm excited because I remember not too long ago, we were at 9 weeks, and looking forward to this week, because now Jeremy Jr is...
"about 3 inches long crown to rump — roughly the size of a jumbo shrimp — and weighs just about an ounce. Despite the small proportions, there's a fully formed baby inside your womb now. Much more proportional than it was a few weeks ago, his head is now only about a third the size of his body. His tiny, unique fingerprints are already in place. His kidneys and urinary tract are functional, and he's starting to urinate out the amniotic fluid he's been swallowing. As you start your second trimester, most of your baby's critical development will be completed, and your odds of miscarriage will drop considerably."
So, of course, I'm like, "WOW! Time's flying by!" And then I look at the calendar and see that December/Jan is still very much a ways away, but that's okay. We've made it through another month, and slowly but surely, our baby is making himself/herself and will be here in no time (or at least I hope so!)
Right now, I'm taking curtains down from our old apt, and waiting for the Chinese delivery to get here. I had Chinese for lunch, too, but my choices were limited to that or pizza. We're gonna be having pizza all day wednesday and thursday, probably, so I said, "What the heck!" and ordered sweet n sour chicken combination plate, fried dumplings, wonton soup, and I think I ordered crab rangoon, too... Not sure. I figure I've got one week left before we hit Trimester #2, and I've only gained maybe 2 lbs so far, which means LAST CHANCE TO EAT JUNK! Next week starts a healthier Wilcox clan. :-)
Jeremy's playing poker with the guys right now. The gals and I went out earlier for lunch, and then to Kris' for tea. So I couldn't give Jeremy too much of a guilt trip for leaving right after he got home from work--I got a quick hug and a kiss and that's it. He'd better win something! (And then use that money to buy something for me!)
Alright, back to work. :-)
"about 3 inches long crown to rump — roughly the size of a jumbo shrimp — and weighs just about an ounce. Despite the small proportions, there's a fully formed baby inside your womb now. Much more proportional than it was a few weeks ago, his head is now only about a third the size of his body. His tiny, unique fingerprints are already in place. His kidneys and urinary tract are functional, and he's starting to urinate out the amniotic fluid he's been swallowing. As you start your second trimester, most of your baby's critical development will be completed, and your odds of miscarriage will drop considerably."
So, of course, I'm like, "WOW! Time's flying by!" And then I look at the calendar and see that December/Jan is still very much a ways away, but that's okay. We've made it through another month, and slowly but surely, our baby is making himself/herself and will be here in no time (or at least I hope so!)
Right now, I'm taking curtains down from our old apt, and waiting for the Chinese delivery to get here. I had Chinese for lunch, too, but my choices were limited to that or pizza. We're gonna be having pizza all day wednesday and thursday, probably, so I said, "What the heck!" and ordered sweet n sour chicken combination plate, fried dumplings, wonton soup, and I think I ordered crab rangoon, too... Not sure. I figure I've got one week left before we hit Trimester #2, and I've only gained maybe 2 lbs so far, which means LAST CHANCE TO EAT JUNK! Next week starts a healthier Wilcox clan. :-)
Jeremy's playing poker with the guys right now. The gals and I went out earlier for lunch, and then to Kris' for tea. So I couldn't give Jeremy too much of a guilt trip for leaving right after he got home from work--I got a quick hug and a kiss and that's it. He'd better win something! (And then use that money to buy something for me!)
Alright, back to work. :-)
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Just chillin'.
We are just taking it easy this weekend. Our apartment is in a state of disrepair at the moment. We had the boys and my Mom over this week to pack our stuff (at $5 a box, they made quite a bit of pocket change). So we're nearly completely packed, just need to do a few more things around the house, and the bedroom (our clothes and such).
We're picking up the truck on Wednesday morning to be loaded up that evening. Originally, we were trying to have movers come and do it all, but they wanted a lot of money, and weren't willing to be flexible with us (we're in a high rise right now, so we need to reserve the elevator, which was completely booked up on Thursday and Friday morning... oi vey), so screw it, we'll do it ourselves. Pray everything goes well!
Thursday is also my birthday, and like many other birthdays I've had in recent years, it will be filled with non-fun things to do, but that's okay. The goal is to be done loading up the truck by 1 or 2, and then chilling the rest of the day.
Jeremy and I are flying to Tallahassee next Sunday to visit good ole Todd & Paige. Hopefully they have some nice weather, and I don't get grossed out by swimming in something other than a cement-bottom pond. :-) I don't like the feeling of mud squishing between my toes when I'm walking around. Too many creepy crawlers. Will hafta get some of those water shoes at Walmart for like $5.
We got some sun this weekend. Jeremy's a lobster. :-) Let's hope that gets better soon.
We're picking up the truck on Wednesday morning to be loaded up that evening. Originally, we were trying to have movers come and do it all, but they wanted a lot of money, and weren't willing to be flexible with us (we're in a high rise right now, so we need to reserve the elevator, which was completely booked up on Thursday and Friday morning... oi vey), so screw it, we'll do it ourselves. Pray everything goes well!
Thursday is also my birthday, and like many other birthdays I've had in recent years, it will be filled with non-fun things to do, but that's okay. The goal is to be done loading up the truck by 1 or 2, and then chilling the rest of the day.
Jeremy and I are flying to Tallahassee next Sunday to visit good ole Todd & Paige. Hopefully they have some nice weather, and I don't get grossed out by swimming in something other than a cement-bottom pond. :-) I don't like the feeling of mud squishing between my toes when I'm walking around. Too many creepy crawlers. Will hafta get some of those water shoes at Walmart for like $5.
We got some sun this weekend. Jeremy's a lobster. :-) Let's hope that gets better soon.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
One week to go!
Yay! In a little over a week, we'll be settling in our new home in Tyson's Corner. Good--I'm getting sick of this place. Since hurting my back (which is feeling much better, btw) I haven't done a whole lot to keep this place tidy, so it's really bugging me. The Boyz (James n' Stephin) are coming over today to pack us all up--they're determined to do it all before tomorrow so my Mom doesn't come and start earning money they could have been making! :-) We'll see...
Jeremy's busy busy busy this week. So busy, he forgot to say bye to me this morning... :-( He just walked out the door on his cell phone, locked up and went on his way.
Oh, but then he came back in and I thought to myself, "Awww... he came back to say goodbye!".
Nope.
He came back to ask if we had an umbrella. And then left again. >:-( Oh well. Se la vie...
So I'm still home this week, until at least Thursday when I see an Orthapedic Surgeon. We'll see what he says about me going back to work then.
I'm a little irked with my OB, though. I've been calling them for a week trying to get them to give me a Dr's note for my boss, and they haven't yet. Either they don't call me back, or the Dr's not in, or the office is closed (they told me to call back Monday, but they were closed? Grrrr!) so on and so forth. I'm surprised I haven't been fired yet (it would have been their fault!) My boss is a good guy, but sheesh... Gotta give him something!
I'm starting to think that next time we get preggers, I'm gonna hire a midwife and do a home delivery--takes all the hassle outta dr's, and long office waits, and stupid hospitals that strap you up with all sorts of monitors and such... We'll see. That just means I'll hafta find a good general practitioner for those other moments. I didn't really care for the old GP that Jeremy had, but y'know what? If I had a problem, they could see me that day! Not, NEXT WEEK!
Okay, I'm done. Byeeee!
Jeremy's busy busy busy this week. So busy, he forgot to say bye to me this morning... :-( He just walked out the door on his cell phone, locked up and went on his way.
Oh, but then he came back in and I thought to myself, "Awww... he came back to say goodbye!".
Nope.
He came back to ask if we had an umbrella. And then left again. >:-( Oh well. Se la vie...
So I'm still home this week, until at least Thursday when I see an Orthapedic Surgeon. We'll see what he says about me going back to work then.
I'm a little irked with my OB, though. I've been calling them for a week trying to get them to give me a Dr's note for my boss, and they haven't yet. Either they don't call me back, or the Dr's not in, or the office is closed (they told me to call back Monday, but they were closed? Grrrr!) so on and so forth. I'm surprised I haven't been fired yet (it would have been their fault!) My boss is a good guy, but sheesh... Gotta give him something!
I'm starting to think that next time we get preggers, I'm gonna hire a midwife and do a home delivery--takes all the hassle outta dr's, and long office waits, and stupid hospitals that strap you up with all sorts of monitors and such... We'll see. That just means I'll hafta find a good general practitioner for those other moments. I didn't really care for the old GP that Jeremy had, but y'know what? If I had a problem, they could see me that day! Not, NEXT WEEK!
Okay, I'm done. Byeeee!
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Rant!
Today's rant includes random people at stores telling you what to do, bogus uses ofKatrina/Rita relief debit cards, and a small Philly cheese steak house that's causing uber controversy.
First, the random person. Yesterday, I was working at a Target at 10 in the morning. I had finished what I was there to do, paid for a few items I needed to purchase (binders, father's day card, etc), and proceededto the Guest Service desk to sign myself out. I had all my stuff in my cart, my pullbag for work in the cart itself, my purse and purchase in the seat.
I parked my cart right behind me, so as to not get in the way of others there (though the only ones there at the time were two Target associates behind GS, two in the photo lab [in front of which my cart was parked], and one wandering employee waiting for me to walk to the counter and back to say something.)
I do my thing, sign out, start to walk back to the cart, and the wandering employee says to me, "You know, you shouldn't leave your purse like that, stupid!" (she didn't say stupid, but the way she spoke, she might as well have!)
Stunned and a bit annoyed, I simply responded with, "I was right there..." kinda nonchanantly, hoping that would pacify her. She quipped back, "Doesn't matter," while shaking her head.
For those of you who know me understand that I don't like being told what to do, especially by some stranger in a Target. I probably would have had more patience for her had she changed her tone from that of something condescending, to that of a gentle, caring scold, maybe a, "Oh honey, watch your purse, you wouldn't want something to happen to it."
However, since she didn't, I getting a bit irked by standing there. Feeling the blood rise to my head, I quickly said, "Okay, thank you!" as sweetly as I could manage, while still being a bit sarcastic, and quickly walked out.
I guess my annoyance with these types of folks stems from the fact that IT WAS NONE OF HER FREAKING BUSINESS! Go be someone else's mother, I've got one of my own already, thank you very much. I fear people like this when I have kids... Everyone's got an opinion of how things should be done, such as how to hold a bottle, how to burp, how to change a diaper, and I'll be darned if I'm gonna take advice from some random stranger in a Target, or Wal-Mart or wherever! Unless someone is in danger, like the kid is leaning kinda far outta the cart or something, and I didn't notice, LEAVE ME ALONE AND KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF! (Keep in mind, I'm only referring to the random people I don't know, not those I do know who give their comments with love and care behind them.)
/rant#1
Rant #2
This article caught my eye as I was surfing this morning. FEMA funds spent on divorce, sex change. Apparently, federal investigators are estimating some $16 million, up to $1.4 billion wash spent on bogus stuff, like NFL season tickets, all-inclusive vacations, adult erotica, Dom Perignon champagne, etc.
What I don't understand is why there weren't restrictions placed on these cards, that would limit them to being used only for food, clothing, and housing needs (though those are being abused as well)?! I mean, when I won a Vendor of the Month contest while working at Tyson's Corner, I received an $800 AMEX card that only worked at restaurants--it worked in the food court, but not at the Smoothie King. I doubt it was terribly difficult for them to set that up. SO WHY ISN'T FEMA DOING IT WITH THESE AID CARDS?! I mean, last I heard, food stamps still only worked at certain places, and could only be used for certain items. Really, how difficult can this be??
I do understand, though, that FEMA wasn't quite as prepared as we all would have liked them to be for the disasters nearly a year ago, and they did the best they could, and there are honest people out there using their cards for the purposes intended, but c'mon... They sent 13 checks to one address because someone applied for aid using 13 different ssn's. And they sent checks to inmates IN PRISON!
Oh well... what can you do.
/rant#2
#3! Philadelphia "English-Only" Eatery faces probe
I'm behind this guy 100%. I believe this is simply another case of "Enough if enough!" Before ya harp on me, let me explain.
This guy, Joseph Vento, runs a cheesesteak place in Philly, and 6 mos ago put up a sign that says, "This is America--When ordering, speak English." Now, I agree the wording may sound a bit harsh, but I understand his frustrations.
When I worked in retail, it was difficult and frustrating not only for me, but for the customers themselves who came in and couldn't speak english. I couldn't figure out what they were looking for, how to help them find it, couldn't sell them anything extra, like warranties, or controllers, etc. And it was frustrating for them, because they couldn't communicate to me what it is they were looking for, so they usually left empty handed.
Occasionly, there'd be another customer in the store who would help translate, or sometimes I'd be lucky enough to have someone on staff who could help them. But it is kinda difficult to operate business when you have a language barrier like that.
That being said, when you sell only one thing, like Cheesesteaks, I can see how you could use that to encourage people who have difficulting speaking english a chance to practice or learn something helpful to them. And it's not like they're discriminating against those who can't speak it! They work with the customer, and help them order, and then give them their food--no one was turned away, or refused business. No one was discriminated against.
I like Vento's quote in the article--he nails it on the head when he says, "If you don't speak English, the sign means nothing." EXACTLY! It's not like they can understand it anyways! And when they get up to order, they're walked through the ordering process in English, and then move on! Not that big of a deal!
It's amazing what people get bent outta shape over. I mean, seriously, find a fight worth fighting. If he were turning away non-english speaking customers, I could understand the outrage. But for this? Grow up people!
/RANT#3
First, the random person. Yesterday, I was working at a Target at 10 in the morning. I had finished what I was there to do, paid for a few items I needed to purchase (binders, father's day card, etc), and proceededto the Guest Service desk to sign myself out. I had all my stuff in my cart, my pullbag for work in the cart itself, my purse and purchase in the seat.
I parked my cart right behind me, so as to not get in the way of others there (though the only ones there at the time were two Target associates behind GS, two in the photo lab [in front of which my cart was parked], and one wandering employee waiting for me to walk to the counter and back to say something.)
I do my thing, sign out, start to walk back to the cart, and the wandering employee says to me, "You know, you shouldn't leave your purse like that, stupid!" (she didn't say stupid, but the way she spoke, she might as well have!)
Stunned and a bit annoyed, I simply responded with, "I was right there..." kinda nonchanantly, hoping that would pacify her. She quipped back, "Doesn't matter," while shaking her head.
For those of you who know me understand that I don't like being told what to do, especially by some stranger in a Target. I probably would have had more patience for her had she changed her tone from that of something condescending, to that of a gentle, caring scold, maybe a, "Oh honey, watch your purse, you wouldn't want something to happen to it."
However, since she didn't, I getting a bit irked by standing there. Feeling the blood rise to my head, I quickly said, "Okay, thank you!" as sweetly as I could manage, while still being a bit sarcastic, and quickly walked out.
I guess my annoyance with these types of folks stems from the fact that IT WAS NONE OF HER FREAKING BUSINESS! Go be someone else's mother, I've got one of my own already, thank you very much. I fear people like this when I have kids... Everyone's got an opinion of how things should be done, such as how to hold a bottle, how to burp, how to change a diaper, and I'll be darned if I'm gonna take advice from some random stranger in a Target, or Wal-Mart or wherever! Unless someone is in danger, like the kid is leaning kinda far outta the cart or something, and I didn't notice, LEAVE ME ALONE AND KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF! (Keep in mind, I'm only referring to the random people I don't know, not those I do know who give their comments with love and care behind them.)
/rant#1
Rant #2
This article caught my eye as I was surfing this morning. FEMA funds spent on divorce, sex change. Apparently, federal investigators are estimating some $16 million, up to $1.4 billion wash spent on bogus stuff, like NFL season tickets, all-inclusive vacations, adult erotica, Dom Perignon champagne, etc.
What I don't understand is why there weren't restrictions placed on these cards, that would limit them to being used only for food, clothing, and housing needs (though those are being abused as well)?! I mean, when I won a Vendor of the Month contest while working at Tyson's Corner, I received an $800 AMEX card that only worked at restaurants--it worked in the food court, but not at the Smoothie King. I doubt it was terribly difficult for them to set that up. SO WHY ISN'T FEMA DOING IT WITH THESE AID CARDS?! I mean, last I heard, food stamps still only worked at certain places, and could only be used for certain items. Really, how difficult can this be??
I do understand, though, that FEMA wasn't quite as prepared as we all would have liked them to be for the disasters nearly a year ago, and they did the best they could, and there are honest people out there using their cards for the purposes intended, but c'mon... They sent 13 checks to one address because someone applied for aid using 13 different ssn's. And they sent checks to inmates IN PRISON!
Oh well... what can you do.
/rant#2
#3! Philadelphia "English-Only" Eatery faces probe
I'm behind this guy 100%. I believe this is simply another case of "Enough if enough!" Before ya harp on me, let me explain.
This guy, Joseph Vento, runs a cheesesteak place in Philly, and 6 mos ago put up a sign that says, "This is America--When ordering, speak English." Now, I agree the wording may sound a bit harsh, but I understand his frustrations.
When I worked in retail, it was difficult and frustrating not only for me, but for the customers themselves who came in and couldn't speak english. I couldn't figure out what they were looking for, how to help them find it, couldn't sell them anything extra, like warranties, or controllers, etc. And it was frustrating for them, because they couldn't communicate to me what it is they were looking for, so they usually left empty handed.
Occasionly, there'd be another customer in the store who would help translate, or sometimes I'd be lucky enough to have someone on staff who could help them. But it is kinda difficult to operate business when you have a language barrier like that.
That being said, when you sell only one thing, like Cheesesteaks, I can see how you could use that to encourage people who have difficulting speaking english a chance to practice or learn something helpful to them. And it's not like they're discriminating against those who can't speak it! They work with the customer, and help them order, and then give them their food--no one was turned away, or refused business. No one was discriminated against.
I like Vento's quote in the article--he nails it on the head when he says, "If you don't speak English, the sign means nothing." EXACTLY! It's not like they can understand it anyways! And when they get up to order, they're walked through the ordering process in English, and then move on! Not that big of a deal!
It's amazing what people get bent outta shape over. I mean, seriously, find a fight worth fighting. If he were turning away non-english speaking customers, I could understand the outrage. But for this? Grow up people!
/RANT#3
Monday, June 12, 2006
January 3rd, 2007
The official due date of Baby Wilcox! Originally, we were thinking the 7th... Then the 5th, but I'll take the 3rd! And more than likely, it'll be December 20-something, since even the nurse understands Jeremy's desire to get the tax break. Maybe we'll take that extra portion of our refund and put in a college fund for the "kids". We'll see!
I went to the Dr's today, and got to hear the Baby's heartbeat for the first time (we kinda saw it/heard it when we had our sonogram, but I was busy watching the screen, I didn't really pay attention). The Dr was surprised, because you usually can't hear the heartbeat until 12 weeks, and we're about 10.5 right now. I guess we're just special. :-)
Right now, I really feel like this whole pregnancy thing is taking too long--I really want to be at the "showing" stage, so I can start parking in the "expectant mothers and mothers with newborns" spots at the mall (would get too many weird looks now). And of course, I'm looking forward to the "kicking" and "moving" that goes along with it. Currently, we're working on the whole moving thing, and getting a mover settled, and ordering boxes for packing. My Mom and brothers are gonna help us pack (for $5 a box), so hopefully I'll be able to leave for work one day, and come back to a packed apt! I really am trying to not do too much so I don't aggrevate my back (all my Dr said about it was take it easy and lay low--and try Tylenol--expect it to flare up again... sigh...) So! I'll be taking it easy. Painting day is on my b-day, the 29th, for which my Aunt and Cousin will be in town (maybe my Aunt and I can go out for a bit while the painting is going on [again, Mom and Bro's painting], since I'm supposed to stay away).
Craziness!
I went to the Dr's today, and got to hear the Baby's heartbeat for the first time (we kinda saw it/heard it when we had our sonogram, but I was busy watching the screen, I didn't really pay attention). The Dr was surprised, because you usually can't hear the heartbeat until 12 weeks, and we're about 10.5 right now. I guess we're just special. :-)
Right now, I really feel like this whole pregnancy thing is taking too long--I really want to be at the "showing" stage, so I can start parking in the "expectant mothers and mothers with newborns" spots at the mall (would get too many weird looks now). And of course, I'm looking forward to the "kicking" and "moving" that goes along with it. Currently, we're working on the whole moving thing, and getting a mover settled, and ordering boxes for packing. My Mom and brothers are gonna help us pack (for $5 a box), so hopefully I'll be able to leave for work one day, and come back to a packed apt! I really am trying to not do too much so I don't aggrevate my back (all my Dr said about it was take it easy and lay low--and try Tylenol--expect it to flare up again... sigh...) So! I'll be taking it easy. Painting day is on my b-day, the 29th, for which my Aunt and Cousin will be in town (maybe my Aunt and I can go out for a bit while the painting is going on [again, Mom and Bro's painting], since I'm supposed to stay away).
Craziness!
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Taking a break...
I'm home today. Not because I necessarily want to be (well, who doesn't like to take a day off here and there?), but it's one last desperate attempt to fix something that doesn't seem to want to get better on its own--my back.
I don't know what I did to it, but obviously it wasn't very happy about it. By the end of the workday Tuesday and Wednesday, I was walking around hunched over like an old lady, just to give my back time to realign itself before I could stand up straight again. The only time it feels good is when I wake up in the morning, having laid flat on it all night. So I'm hoping that super long back laying will produce permanent results... We'll keep our fingers crossed. :-)
In other news, find a mover to deal with all our stuff is not as easy as making a phone call. I've heard so many horror stories about people and movers, I'm wary, but also know that good movers exist out there somewhere---for a price. Now, we did set aside a budgetted amount for the move, but looks like we're underestimated by half. Opps. So now it looks like we're gonna have to pack ourselves (one mover wanted $1200 just to pack), and just hire the movers to actually MOVE it from here to our new place 9 miles away. Blah. I don't know what we're going to do yet. We've got another guy coming to do a quote on Friday... Hopefully he's got more reasonable numbers.
On a more upbeat note, we've had a lovely couple of weekends this past two weeks. Between being poolside for three days Memorial Day weekend, and semi-poolside this past weekend (a little too cool for me to go in), it's been a very relaxing time. Got to watch a handful of youngsters get baptized in my parents pool, ate lots of great food, and just relaxed. Made it more difficult to go back to work on Monday, but hey, enjoy what ya can, right?
And finally, we're 10 weeks along now, in our little adventure we call "Jeremy Jr", and everything's going well. Everyone keeps asking us what names we've thought about, and honestly, I have a list, and then Jeremy's got "JeremyJr, boy or girl". At the baptism last weekend, Jeremy and I sat around with a crowd that started off with just my brother Jason, and came up with some wacky names that we could scar our child for life with. Some of the favorites were "Yo Wilcox" ("What's up, Yo?"), "Dogg Wilcox" (ditto), "Will Cox Wilcox" (yeaaaah....), curtesy of Lisa Jones, "Venis Agina Wilcox" (that's just cruel), "Master Wilcox" ("Master, go clean your room!"), "Lord Vader Wilcox" (really? that's a character in Star Wars? Never seen it!), of course, "Darth Wilcox", "Water Wilcox" (I don't know...), etc. Then we started thinking we could do like some towns are doing around the country, and get a company to sponsor the kids name for a set time, and then we'll change it again, like, "DirecTV Wilcox" (free Satelitte!), of course, they're halfway there with "Cox Wilcox", or "Sony Wilcox" (free PS3 baby!), "Nintendo Wilcox", "Microsoft XBOX Wilcox", maybe "Dell Wilcox" or "Apple Wilcox" (oh wait, Gwenyth Paltrow already took that one...), the possibilities are endless! If you have any good suggestions, please leave a comment and let us know! We've got a little time, Jan 7 is still 7 months away... Vote now! :-)
I don't know what I did to it, but obviously it wasn't very happy about it. By the end of the workday Tuesday and Wednesday, I was walking around hunched over like an old lady, just to give my back time to realign itself before I could stand up straight again. The only time it feels good is when I wake up in the morning, having laid flat on it all night. So I'm hoping that super long back laying will produce permanent results... We'll keep our fingers crossed. :-)
In other news, find a mover to deal with all our stuff is not as easy as making a phone call. I've heard so many horror stories about people and movers, I'm wary, but also know that good movers exist out there somewhere---for a price. Now, we did set aside a budgetted amount for the move, but looks like we're underestimated by half. Opps. So now it looks like we're gonna have to pack ourselves (one mover wanted $1200 just to pack), and just hire the movers to actually MOVE it from here to our new place 9 miles away. Blah. I don't know what we're going to do yet. We've got another guy coming to do a quote on Friday... Hopefully he's got more reasonable numbers.
On a more upbeat note, we've had a lovely couple of weekends this past two weeks. Between being poolside for three days Memorial Day weekend, and semi-poolside this past weekend (a little too cool for me to go in), it's been a very relaxing time. Got to watch a handful of youngsters get baptized in my parents pool, ate lots of great food, and just relaxed. Made it more difficult to go back to work on Monday, but hey, enjoy what ya can, right?
And finally, we're 10 weeks along now, in our little adventure we call "Jeremy Jr", and everything's going well. Everyone keeps asking us what names we've thought about, and honestly, I have a list, and then Jeremy's got "JeremyJr, boy or girl". At the baptism last weekend, Jeremy and I sat around with a crowd that started off with just my brother Jason, and came up with some wacky names that we could scar our child for life with. Some of the favorites were "Yo Wilcox" ("What's up, Yo?"), "Dogg Wilcox" (ditto), "Will Cox Wilcox" (yeaaaah....), curtesy of Lisa Jones, "Venis Agina Wilcox" (that's just cruel), "Master Wilcox" ("Master, go clean your room!"), "Lord Vader Wilcox" (really? that's a character in Star Wars? Never seen it!), of course, "Darth Wilcox", "Water Wilcox" (I don't know...), etc. Then we started thinking we could do like some towns are doing around the country, and get a company to sponsor the kids name for a set time, and then we'll change it again, like, "DirecTV Wilcox" (free Satelitte!), of course, they're halfway there with "Cox Wilcox", or "Sony Wilcox" (free PS3 baby!), "Nintendo Wilcox", "Microsoft XBOX Wilcox", maybe "Dell Wilcox" or "Apple Wilcox" (oh wait, Gwenyth Paltrow already took that one...), the possibilities are endless! If you have any good suggestions, please leave a comment and let us know! We've got a little time, Jan 7 is still 7 months away... Vote now! :-)
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Nothing to report!
Hullo, all.
Well, this week is, amazingly, almost over. I guess it really didn't take much to begin, seeing as we had a holiday Monday, so work didn't start 'til Tuesday, and here we are at Thursday. Crazy. We had a nice, leisurely weekend. Spent it at the 'rents house, poolside mostly. In between swimming, Jeremy played video games with the boys, while my Mom and I cooked (beer simmered brats on the grill Sunday, smoked pork ribs on Monday!) It was nice to not do anything except relax, and occasionally, rotate the food on the grill. I don't think I got any sun, though. Had the sunscreen on all the time--don't feel like burning. Jeremy was more daring, going out unprotected, and then he'd turn red for the day, but now he's back to normal. With all the research being done on skin cancer nowadays, no longer to I desire to lounge in the sun just to "soak". Besides, I get enough color from my genes. :-) And driving around all day for work. At least one of my arms is nicely tanned.
Holy crap it's been hot! Every time I get in my car the past 3 days, it reads at least 90, and sometimes, 101, 102, 103, even 104! I'm normally not an AC person, but this week, I've made an exception! I wouldn't mind it cooling off a bit--don't get me wrong, I love the warm weather, but this is sick... with the humidity that sticks to you long after you've gone indoors... yuck!
That's alright, though... I'll be poolside again THIS weekend! Tomorrow night we're going to a "Jason-is-leaving-VA-and-moving-back-to-NYC-see-him- one-last-time-before-he-goes" Party at TGI Fridays in Sterling. It'll be nice to see him and the old gang (the guys I used to work with when I worked at EB Games in Dulles) again. Juan (John) Barbados... Barraldo (Barry).... yeah, it'll be a nice night. Only downside is that it doesn't start 'til 10 pm--I'm usually in bed by then. So Jeremy's gonna hafta drive, and we're sleeping in Saturday!
Saturday is party time at the parents house again, only this time, it's several baptism, and then lots of food. My Mom can't do things the simple, easy way, so you know there'll be lots of good food, and plenty of pool for everyone. Sounds relaxing.
On a sour note, I've 'bout had it with the cat... I was thinking about it last night, about when the baby's here and what that's going to be like... Well, I only see the cat getting in the way. If I were one of those "cat people" that didn't mind the cat being everywhere, and on everything, including the baby's crib, or stroller, then all would be well in the land of Jess. But I'm NOT one of those people. I'm one of those people that freak when I see him jump on the kitchen chair because he may jump again onto the table... or, jump on the couch, and walk along the back of it towards me, just to try to sneak on my lap while I'm busy uploading stores for work or something... Okay, the abomination MEOWS at the top of his lungs every time he hears me get up to pee in the middle of the night (which nowadays is at least 2x a night, usually 3). Yesterday, I was on a conference call for work, and he was trying to pull himself underneath the door to get in (there's about a 1.5 inch gap), crying like he was DYING the whole time! Jeremy just says, "Well, you should have just let him in." Yes, I could have, but then he'd be jumping on my bureau, or on the end tables (both no-no's), or attacking my foot under the blanket, or trying to get under the blanket, or lay on my legs and dig his long talons into my flesh, all while purring ("'cause he loooooooves me"). I don't know what to do... I'm at wits end. I'm not gonna be able to have my Mom come over and help with the baby because of the damn cat. I won't be able to have all my friends over to see the baby because of the damn cat. And gosh darnit, there's no way I'll be able to fall back asleep after getting up every few hours for feeding an diaper changes in the middle of the night, because of the damn cat (oh you KNOW he'll be meowing up a storm every time, thinking it's play time for him.... no no no...) So I don't know what to do. It's not like I can make him "disappear"... Jeremy would know I had something to do with it, and that would probably harm our marriage a bit... I've thought about taking him to meet the 'puppies' across the street at the dog park, but the damn cat is afraid to step a paw outside this house, let alone downstairs and across the street. Maybe we'll just take him for a long car drive... he freaks out in the car... he does this meow-panting thing... It's actually pretty funny... it's like, "Meoooooow-pant-pant-pant-pant-pant-MEOOOOOWWWWW-
pant-pant-pant-pant-pant-MEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!" Well, funny in a sick, twisted, hateful kinda way I guess. CAN YOU TELL I DON'T CARE VERY MUCH FOR THIS CREATURE?!?! CAN I BE ANY MORE CLEAR?!?!! Jeremy's still in denial. He says I just need to get over it and learn to control my temper.
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I'm in control. :-)
So what will the future hold for this Spawn of Satan, this 'Big Fella'?!?!?!?!?!?! Only time will tell (I certainly will! Jeremy's either going to 'let it go' and find a good home for him to be happy in, or we'll just go for a nice....... looooooooong........... ride..... Surely someone in West VA would like a cute kitty to play with... or to eat... do they eat cats in West VA? I'm sure someone does...) :-)
I'm kidding of course.... ;-)
Well, this week is, amazingly, almost over. I guess it really didn't take much to begin, seeing as we had a holiday Monday, so work didn't start 'til Tuesday, and here we are at Thursday. Crazy. We had a nice, leisurely weekend. Spent it at the 'rents house, poolside mostly. In between swimming, Jeremy played video games with the boys, while my Mom and I cooked (beer simmered brats on the grill Sunday, smoked pork ribs on Monday!) It was nice to not do anything except relax, and occasionally, rotate the food on the grill. I don't think I got any sun, though. Had the sunscreen on all the time--don't feel like burning. Jeremy was more daring, going out unprotected, and then he'd turn red for the day, but now he's back to normal. With all the research being done on skin cancer nowadays, no longer to I desire to lounge in the sun just to "soak". Besides, I get enough color from my genes. :-) And driving around all day for work. At least one of my arms is nicely tanned.
Holy crap it's been hot! Every time I get in my car the past 3 days, it reads at least 90, and sometimes, 101, 102, 103, even 104! I'm normally not an AC person, but this week, I've made an exception! I wouldn't mind it cooling off a bit--don't get me wrong, I love the warm weather, but this is sick... with the humidity that sticks to you long after you've gone indoors... yuck!
That's alright, though... I'll be poolside again THIS weekend! Tomorrow night we're going to a "Jason-is-leaving-VA-and-moving-back-to-NYC-see-him- one-last-time-before-he-goes" Party at TGI Fridays in Sterling. It'll be nice to see him and the old gang (the guys I used to work with when I worked at EB Games in Dulles) again. Juan (John) Barbados... Barraldo (Barry).... yeah, it'll be a nice night. Only downside is that it doesn't start 'til 10 pm--I'm usually in bed by then. So Jeremy's gonna hafta drive, and we're sleeping in Saturday!
Saturday is party time at the parents house again, only this time, it's several baptism, and then lots of food. My Mom can't do things the simple, easy way, so you know there'll be lots of good food, and plenty of pool for everyone. Sounds relaxing.
On a sour note, I've 'bout had it with the cat... I was thinking about it last night, about when the baby's here and what that's going to be like... Well, I only see the cat getting in the way. If I were one of those "cat people" that didn't mind the cat being everywhere, and on everything, including the baby's crib, or stroller, then all would be well in the land of Jess. But I'm NOT one of those people. I'm one of those people that freak when I see him jump on the kitchen chair because he may jump again onto the table... or, jump on the couch, and walk along the back of it towards me, just to try to sneak on my lap while I'm busy uploading stores for work or something... Okay, the abomination MEOWS at the top of his lungs every time he hears me get up to pee in the middle of the night (which nowadays is at least 2x a night, usually 3). Yesterday, I was on a conference call for work, and he was trying to pull himself underneath the door to get in (there's about a 1.5 inch gap), crying like he was DYING the whole time! Jeremy just says, "Well, you should have just let him in." Yes, I could have, but then he'd be jumping on my bureau, or on the end tables (both no-no's), or attacking my foot under the blanket, or trying to get under the blanket, or lay on my legs and dig his long talons into my flesh, all while purring ("'cause he loooooooves me"). I don't know what to do... I'm at wits end. I'm not gonna be able to have my Mom come over and help with the baby because of the damn cat. I won't be able to have all my friends over to see the baby because of the damn cat. And gosh darnit, there's no way I'll be able to fall back asleep after getting up every few hours for feeding an diaper changes in the middle of the night, because of the damn cat (oh you KNOW he'll be meowing up a storm every time, thinking it's play time for him.... no no no...) So I don't know what to do. It's not like I can make him "disappear"... Jeremy would know I had something to do with it, and that would probably harm our marriage a bit... I've thought about taking him to meet the 'puppies' across the street at the dog park, but the damn cat is afraid to step a paw outside this house, let alone downstairs and across the street. Maybe we'll just take him for a long car drive... he freaks out in the car... he does this meow-panting thing... It's actually pretty funny... it's like, "Meoooooow-pant-pant-pant-pant-pant-MEOOOOOWWWWW-
pant-pant-pant-pant-pant-MEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!" Well, funny in a sick, twisted, hateful kinda way I guess. CAN YOU TELL I DON'T CARE VERY MUCH FOR THIS CREATURE?!?! CAN I BE ANY MORE CLEAR?!?!! Jeremy's still in denial. He says I just need to get over it and learn to control my temper.
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I'm in control. :-)
So what will the future hold for this Spawn of Satan, this 'Big Fella'?!?!?!?!?!?! Only time will tell (I certainly will! Jeremy's either going to 'let it go' and find a good home for him to be happy in, or we'll just go for a nice....... looooooooong........... ride..... Surely someone in West VA would like a cute kitty to play with... or to eat... do they eat cats in West VA? I'm sure someone does...) :-)
I'm kidding of course.... ;-)
Friday, May 26, 2006
Whoops... Forgot to write.
Hee hee heee.... I'm getting in trouble for becoming a blog-stranger by certain other bloggers... Whoops... So I will post something in the moment that I have.
Today ended up being a decent day, and the week a decent week, despite the business that surrounded it. And even though today started EARLY (well, for me anyways... I don't normally get up and go to work before 8), it ended up being an okay day--maybe I can say that now, because it was a long day and now it's OVER! The weekend is here, lots of warm weather abound, and we'll probably "go away" for most of it. Of course, I'm done travelling for a while... So we're going to my parents house out in Warrenton... Do a little swimming, a little grilling, and lots of chilling... (Remember when rhyme used to be cool? Why do I feel like that last line was a little lame.....)
I'm curious to see which of our friends reads this blog, so I'll put some "interesting news" up here and wait to see who calls. ;-) I went to the dr's this week, with Jeremy, and had that old fun yearly "exam" (woot), they took BLOOD outta my little tiny veins (okay, so outta three nurses, no one could find a good size vein in my arm... they did it from the top of my hand instead... waaaaa! I'll hafta ask Judd if I really do have small veins or if they're just vein-ingly-challenged... ) and then we had an Ultrasound. Yes, that's right, an ultrasound. And guess why we had an ultrasound? So the dr could say, "You are definitely pregant!" Woo-hoo! There, I said it. We're gonna have a baby in January! Though with my luck, it'll be a Christmas baby instead of a new years baby. Oh well... Looks like we'll be celebrating "Half Birthdays" instead of both at once (I've always felt bad for those types... they may be told they're getting Christmas/Birthday, but they always get jipped... At least it seems like that sometimes with James [whose birthday is Dec 12]). So! The next time you see us, ask us for pictures, 'cause we've got 'em! I mean, it's just a tiny lil' peanut right now, but it'll grow... Jeremy's been callin' 'em "Jeremy Jr." since we found out. If you hear him mention the name, that's what he's talking about (we will not be naming any children of ours "jr", though... just a nickname for now.)
Alright. Let's see who took notice and decides to call us. :-) I'm just curious, I really am. I feel like no one but Paige and my Dad read this sometimes.
Anyways, that's enough news for one post. I'll (try to) write more over the weekend.
Have a happy Memorial Day! Enjoy the bah-b!
Today ended up being a decent day, and the week a decent week, despite the business that surrounded it. And even though today started EARLY (well, for me anyways... I don't normally get up and go to work before 8), it ended up being an okay day--maybe I can say that now, because it was a long day and now it's OVER! The weekend is here, lots of warm weather abound, and we'll probably "go away" for most of it. Of course, I'm done travelling for a while... So we're going to my parents house out in Warrenton... Do a little swimming, a little grilling, and lots of chilling... (Remember when rhyme used to be cool? Why do I feel like that last line was a little lame.....)
I'm curious to see which of our friends reads this blog, so I'll put some "interesting news" up here and wait to see who calls. ;-) I went to the dr's this week, with Jeremy, and had that old fun yearly "exam" (woot), they took BLOOD outta my little tiny veins (okay, so outta three nurses, no one could find a good size vein in my arm... they did it from the top of my hand instead... waaaaa! I'll hafta ask Judd if I really do have small veins or if they're just vein-ingly-challenged... ) and then we had an Ultrasound. Yes, that's right, an ultrasound. And guess why we had an ultrasound? So the dr could say, "You are definitely pregant!" Woo-hoo! There, I said it. We're gonna have a baby in January! Though with my luck, it'll be a Christmas baby instead of a new years baby. Oh well... Looks like we'll be celebrating "Half Birthdays" instead of both at once (I've always felt bad for those types... they may be told they're getting Christmas/Birthday, but they always get jipped... At least it seems like that sometimes with James [whose birthday is Dec 12]). So! The next time you see us, ask us for pictures, 'cause we've got 'em! I mean, it's just a tiny lil' peanut right now, but it'll grow... Jeremy's been callin' 'em "Jeremy Jr." since we found out. If you hear him mention the name, that's what he's talking about (we will not be naming any children of ours "jr", though... just a nickname for now.)
Alright. Let's see who took notice and decides to call us. :-) I'm just curious, I really am. I feel like no one but Paige and my Dad read this sometimes.
Anyways, that's enough news for one post. I'll (try to) write more over the weekend.
Have a happy Memorial Day! Enjoy the bah-b!
Monday, May 08, 2006
This is probably really long....
Hi all!
First off, let me just say that it was brought to my attention that the previous post had appeared twice. It's not doubly good news, so I've deleted the duplicate--it should be fixed now.
Here's where it will get long... A LOT has happened since the last post, and I'm gonna cram it all into one, because I can. :-)
Okay!
Now I don't know where to start. I'll just start with the week of the last post.
The last week of April was a whirlwind week, to say the least. During it, Jermy wrapped up things at his old, crappy "school" (if you don't know what I'm referring to by that, you haven't been a longtime reader of this blog... you've got some catching up to do!), and got ready to depart for "orientation" at his new, awesome "school"! On his last day before his departure, we ran around all afternoon, looking for new apartments, since our current lease is up in June (and they want us to pay 10% more this year... seems a bit steep, if you ask me!) and Jeremy wanted to wrap that up before he left. We also ended up running out to Herndon to pick up a suitcase Jeremy didn't realize he needed until 9 o'clock that night. Needless to say, it was a late night, and a semi-early morning the next day.
Sunday, we woke up, got some 'interesting' news (which I will share at a later time), and then Jeremy was off! I ended up vegging at my parents house until later that night. And then it was business as usual: I got up and went to work everyday, while Jeremy hung out in NE without me. My evenings consisted of American Idol, Boston Legal, Lost, South Park, and lots of soup making (I had soup every night last week! Homemade, of course...) Not very exciting.
Friday, however, was different. I worked 'til about 1:30, then rushed to BWI to catch a flight to visit Jeremy. With traffic on 495/95, I barely made it there an hour ahead. But then, I was able to relax, just chilling on the flight, on my way to my hubby.
It was a nice weekend... We got up Saturday, and drove to Fall River/Tiverton (where I grew up), got so-so Chinese food from China Star (I remember it being so much better when I was younger...), then drove around the old neighborhood after stopping at Tim Hortons (apparently they bought out Bess Eaton [which had the best donut sticks, by the way...], but this one was a bit disappointing... Timbits are just no good if they're not fresh...) The best part of Saturday was going to Fogland Beach. We used to go there every year as a kid, and try to dig up clams for my Mom (usually, successfully...) Jeremy and I had no such luck this weekend. But it was neat pointing out all the periwinkles and mussels, showing Jeremy what holes to look for to find clams to dig, and so on and so forth. It was a nice time. We'll definitely be bringing the kids (not that we have any yet, but plan to eventually) there to visit for a summer vacation, if only for a few days. It's just a nice time (and much cooler, at least 10, 15 degrees than inland).
Sunday was nice because we got to hang out with my old boss, Steve, and his family (he's the guy that hired me back when I started at EB Games.) Before we did that, though, we had to go back around the old neighborhood again, because we'd forgotten to charge the video camera for Saturday (it died while we were filming the "new" Super Stop and Shop.) Then we spent an hour driving around Fall River, trying to find a Portuguese store that was open, so we could buy my Mom some chourico (sorry, Mommy, didn't happen... we tried, we really did... I've got the footage to prove it.) Needless to say, we were ready to just relax and chill with Steve and the family. We played Mario Party, drank Del's Lemonade, at grilled food, and just visited. It was very nice. By the time we returned to the hotel (around 9) we were pretty beat. I went right to bed (sooo tired), so I would get at least a decent night's sleep before waking up at 4 the next morning to catch my flight.
I didn't make it at 4. I got up at 5 instead. So tired... Got to the airport in plenty of time to catch my flight. Even had enough time to grab a bagel for breakfast. People were cranky, though. This one guy was frustrated because of the small packages taking up all the space in the overhead bins, that he took one out and tried shoving it in another bin. Well, that package belonged to this lil old lady who looked like she was ready to fight the guy! She probably would have too, if the flight attendant hadn't broken it up. She didn't follow the attendants instructions, though, for placing the package under her seat. She found somewhere else to put it instead. Oi vey... people.
I had an aisle seat, which I hate, because I enjoy looking out the window. I'm also rarely the type of person to get up during a flight, and hate having to do so for other people. Well, the gal at the window decided her bladder needed relief more than I needed my nap (I was sleeping on the plane, trying to catch up), and woke me up so she could go. Grrr... seriously, it was only an hour flight. Could she not hold it?!? How rude.
And that brings us to now. I have yet to recover from the sleep thing, and it's rainy and cold here in DC. After sitting in traffic for two hours, I was unable to motivate myself to go visit stores today. So I'm making today an office day, and am going to use the time to create feng shui in my apartment again, organizing all the boxes I've received recently to better prepare for the work week ahead.
Things are only gonna get crazier this week, I know it. I'll be glad when Jeremy comes home and can give his stupid cat the attention he needs, because I sure don't want to. He's been meowing ever since I came home, and I know he won't stop come bedtime tonight. If anyone wants him, I'd sure love to save the $400 pet deposit!!! Let me know! :-)
And that's that. Did you make it all the way through? Hope it wasn't too boring. :-)
First off, let me just say that it was brought to my attention that the previous post had appeared twice. It's not doubly good news, so I've deleted the duplicate--it should be fixed now.
Here's where it will get long... A LOT has happened since the last post, and I'm gonna cram it all into one, because I can. :-)
Okay!
Now I don't know where to start. I'll just start with the week of the last post.
The last week of April was a whirlwind week, to say the least. During it, Jermy wrapped up things at his old, crappy "school" (if you don't know what I'm referring to by that, you haven't been a longtime reader of this blog... you've got some catching up to do!), and got ready to depart for "orientation" at his new, awesome "school"! On his last day before his departure, we ran around all afternoon, looking for new apartments, since our current lease is up in June (and they want us to pay 10% more this year... seems a bit steep, if you ask me!) and Jeremy wanted to wrap that up before he left. We also ended up running out to Herndon to pick up a suitcase Jeremy didn't realize he needed until 9 o'clock that night. Needless to say, it was a late night, and a semi-early morning the next day.
Sunday, we woke up, got some 'interesting' news (which I will share at a later time), and then Jeremy was off! I ended up vegging at my parents house until later that night. And then it was business as usual: I got up and went to work everyday, while Jeremy hung out in NE without me. My evenings consisted of American Idol, Boston Legal, Lost, South Park, and lots of soup making (I had soup every night last week! Homemade, of course...) Not very exciting.
Friday, however, was different. I worked 'til about 1:30, then rushed to BWI to catch a flight to visit Jeremy. With traffic on 495/95, I barely made it there an hour ahead. But then, I was able to relax, just chilling on the flight, on my way to my hubby.
It was a nice weekend... We got up Saturday, and drove to Fall River/Tiverton (where I grew up), got so-so Chinese food from China Star (I remember it being so much better when I was younger...), then drove around the old neighborhood after stopping at Tim Hortons (apparently they bought out Bess Eaton [which had the best donut sticks, by the way...], but this one was a bit disappointing... Timbits are just no good if they're not fresh...) The best part of Saturday was going to Fogland Beach. We used to go there every year as a kid, and try to dig up clams for my Mom (usually, successfully...) Jeremy and I had no such luck this weekend. But it was neat pointing out all the periwinkles and mussels, showing Jeremy what holes to look for to find clams to dig, and so on and so forth. It was a nice time. We'll definitely be bringing the kids (not that we have any yet, but plan to eventually) there to visit for a summer vacation, if only for a few days. It's just a nice time (and much cooler, at least 10, 15 degrees than inland).
Sunday was nice because we got to hang out with my old boss, Steve, and his family (he's the guy that hired me back when I started at EB Games.) Before we did that, though, we had to go back around the old neighborhood again, because we'd forgotten to charge the video camera for Saturday (it died while we were filming the "new" Super Stop and Shop.) Then we spent an hour driving around Fall River, trying to find a Portuguese store that was open, so we could buy my Mom some chourico (sorry, Mommy, didn't happen... we tried, we really did... I've got the footage to prove it.) Needless to say, we were ready to just relax and chill with Steve and the family. We played Mario Party, drank Del's Lemonade, at grilled food, and just visited. It was very nice. By the time we returned to the hotel (around 9) we were pretty beat. I went right to bed (sooo tired), so I would get at least a decent night's sleep before waking up at 4 the next morning to catch my flight.
I didn't make it at 4. I got up at 5 instead. So tired... Got to the airport in plenty of time to catch my flight. Even had enough time to grab a bagel for breakfast. People were cranky, though. This one guy was frustrated because of the small packages taking up all the space in the overhead bins, that he took one out and tried shoving it in another bin. Well, that package belonged to this lil old lady who looked like she was ready to fight the guy! She probably would have too, if the flight attendant hadn't broken it up. She didn't follow the attendants instructions, though, for placing the package under her seat. She found somewhere else to put it instead. Oi vey... people.
I had an aisle seat, which I hate, because I enjoy looking out the window. I'm also rarely the type of person to get up during a flight, and hate having to do so for other people. Well, the gal at the window decided her bladder needed relief more than I needed my nap (I was sleeping on the plane, trying to catch up), and woke me up so she could go. Grrr... seriously, it was only an hour flight. Could she not hold it?!? How rude.
And that brings us to now. I have yet to recover from the sleep thing, and it's rainy and cold here in DC. After sitting in traffic for two hours, I was unable to motivate myself to go visit stores today. So I'm making today an office day, and am going to use the time to create feng shui in my apartment again, organizing all the boxes I've received recently to better prepare for the work week ahead.
Things are only gonna get crazier this week, I know it. I'll be glad when Jeremy comes home and can give his stupid cat the attention he needs, because I sure don't want to. He's been meowing ever since I came home, and I know he won't stop come bedtime tonight. If anyone wants him, I'd sure love to save the $400 pet deposit!!! Let me know! :-)
And that's that. Did you make it all the way through? Hope it wasn't too boring. :-)
Monday, April 24, 2006
Update for April 24th
Just wanted to give y'all a quick update so you know what's going on with us while I eat my raisin bran. :-)
Actually, not a whole lot has happened in the past 10 days. We've both just been working, and living... Things have been good, though! My job is starting to grow on me more... The only time I really don't like it is Sunday nights when I realize that I'll have to get up early the next morning.... Blah. So that's good. It's different than what I thought it would be, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Plus, we get paid to play! Next Monday, our conference call will be done while playing Socom 3. I haven't decided yet if my screen name will be "XB360Chic" or "JessTehDestroyer"... I think they would both make me wanted targets. So we'll see. Maybe I'll pull a Monty Python and be "JessTheMeek" and have my own theme song, or "JessTheScaredPleaseDontKillMe", or "JessTheLuckiestGalInTheWorldToHaveABossLikeDave", or maybe just, "DaveIsAwesome". I dunno... So many choices... Can't decide.. I should just be "YourOwnHand" because nothing is funnier than getting a kill only to have it say, "You've killed YourOwnHand" or "You've been killed by YourOwnHand". Either way, they're ultimately hurting themself. All I know is that I better go rent it and start practicing, otherwise I don't stand a chance! Lucky for me, there are a bunch of gals on our team, so I won't be the only one who doesn't get a kill (nothing against the girls on my team... but they sounded just as scared.
That's all work wise... We had a lovely Easter. Jeremy and Stephin went to the sunrise service at the Lincoln Memorial (6:30 am!). I was gonna go, but wan't feeling well that morning. I was fine once they got back. Then we went to the 'rents house for "dinner". It was good... Mom made pulled pork with some yummy sides (she even made lobster as an appetizer!) Much better than your traditional roasted ham.
Let's see... We met up with the Boyz on Friday to go see Silent Hill (I almost said Resident Evil there... same difference!) What an event that was. We went to Tysons to see it, and while we were eating dinner in the food court, we saw the lights of the theater flashing on and off. Eventually, they just stayed off, so we had to rush out to get to another theater. Of course, by then everyone who'd been in the theater was also leaving... So it took 15-20 min. to just get outta the garage. But we made it just in time... Walked in during the previews. By the end of the movie, though, we were all thinking, "We rushed all this way to see this?" I dunno, I didn't care for it. It was kinda stupid. Though it seems like fans of the game really enjoyed it (too scary for me to play). None of us really liked it though. Had some cool scenes, but overall there was more laughing than jumping going on.
And that brings us to the end of our weekend. Mercy Me was at Mclean last night, so that was neat. Then they sold their CD's for $5, so that was pretty cool. We picked up 4 of them. Good gifts for peeps.
That's about it. Sorry, my creativity is lacking now that I have to devote most of my energy to pushing Playstation! I will try to get the creative juices flowing more later! :-)
Take care!
Actually, not a whole lot has happened in the past 10 days. We've both just been working, and living... Things have been good, though! My job is starting to grow on me more... The only time I really don't like it is Sunday nights when I realize that I'll have to get up early the next morning.... Blah. So that's good. It's different than what I thought it would be, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Plus, we get paid to play! Next Monday, our conference call will be done while playing Socom 3. I haven't decided yet if my screen name will be "XB360Chic" or "JessTehDestroyer"... I think they would both make me wanted targets. So we'll see. Maybe I'll pull a Monty Python and be "JessTheMeek" and have my own theme song, or "JessTheScaredPleaseDontKillMe", or "JessTheLuckiestGalInTheWorldToHaveABossLikeDave", or maybe just, "DaveIsAwesome". I dunno... So many choices... Can't decide.. I should just be "YourOwnHand" because nothing is funnier than getting a kill only to have it say, "You've killed YourOwnHand" or "You've been killed by YourOwnHand". Either way, they're ultimately hurting themself. All I know is that I better go rent it and start practicing, otherwise I don't stand a chance! Lucky for me, there are a bunch of gals on our team, so I won't be the only one who doesn't get a kill (nothing against the girls on my team... but they sounded just as scared.
That's all work wise... We had a lovely Easter. Jeremy and Stephin went to the sunrise service at the Lincoln Memorial (6:30 am!). I was gonna go, but wan't feeling well that morning. I was fine once they got back. Then we went to the 'rents house for "dinner". It was good... Mom made pulled pork with some yummy sides (she even made lobster as an appetizer!) Much better than your traditional roasted ham.
Let's see... We met up with the Boyz on Friday to go see Silent Hill (I almost said Resident Evil there... same difference!) What an event that was. We went to Tysons to see it, and while we were eating dinner in the food court, we saw the lights of the theater flashing on and off. Eventually, they just stayed off, so we had to rush out to get to another theater. Of course, by then everyone who'd been in the theater was also leaving... So it took 15-20 min. to just get outta the garage. But we made it just in time... Walked in during the previews. By the end of the movie, though, we were all thinking, "We rushed all this way to see this?" I dunno, I didn't care for it. It was kinda stupid. Though it seems like fans of the game really enjoyed it (too scary for me to play). None of us really liked it though. Had some cool scenes, but overall there was more laughing than jumping going on.
And that brings us to the end of our weekend. Mercy Me was at Mclean last night, so that was neat. Then they sold their CD's for $5, so that was pretty cool. We picked up 4 of them. Good gifts for peeps.
That's about it. Sorry, my creativity is lacking now that I have to devote most of my energy to pushing Playstation! I will try to get the creative juices flowing more later! :-)
Take care!
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Tired.... so tired....
Hello all.
What a crazy week. It was my first week on the job at my new job, and I am BEAT! Tuesday was pretty easy, as it was strictly a training day. We sat in a conference room for 9 hours and talked business. Yay... Wednesday, though, left me sore. After a brief morning session, we went out in the field and I got to do what I am to do everyday with my boss and the District Coordinator. The job itself isn't that bad, it's the "repairs" that can get to be a little tiring. Such as repairing a PSP interactive... This requires squatting for an extended period of time, then sitting on the floor, then kneeling on the floor, and if you're lucky, you've removed the necessary components by then. If not, it's more of the same. So needless to say, I worked muscles I haven't worked in a while. Add to that the fact that since I'm between Tall and Regular lengths in pants, I tend to buy tall pants that require heel wearing to compensate the extra length. Heels + standing for hours + squatting+ kneeling + everything else= sore legs, sore back, sore knees for days afterwards. I think I need to visit a tailor.
But I must say it was uber fun! I'll enjoy it more when I know what to do flawlessly, but for now it's been good. And today I slept in... 'til 8:30. Wow. I thing the last time that was sleeping is was when I was in school (or maybe working at Starbucks... but I'm pretty sure I slept 'til 10 on my days off during that time). So it's been good. I've gotten lots of freebies thus far, which Stephin is here enjoying right now. I think they (Stephin and Jeremy) called it a night around 3 this morning? That explains why Jeremy is still in bed right now. Stephin, though, was up before I got up, so he's just crazy.
Since my going back to work, we have had one home cooked meal all week--sandwiches and cereal make excellant dinners after all. :-) I'll be more up for cooking as long as I don't wear the heels to work again... Those just kill me. But it's all good. I think we're going over the parents' today, and if they've gotten the pool open (it's supposed be around 80 today), I know Jeremy will be up for a swim (too cold for me!) I think maybe we'll be going to a traditional Passover dinner tonight, which'll be nice. I've only done it in a summer camp setting, on a much abbreviated scale. So that'd be neat to check out. We'll see. Jeremy has to wake up first.
That's about all that's happened thus far. Jeremy's been working, I've been working, our house is a mess, y'know, the same old stuff. The house part will be rectified this weekend, though. I hate it.
Alright, I'm signing off. Take care and have a HAPPY EASTER! Remember the reason for the season is not the Easter bunny--Jesus has risen! Remember that tomorrow on your egg hunt. :-)
What a crazy week. It was my first week on the job at my new job, and I am BEAT! Tuesday was pretty easy, as it was strictly a training day. We sat in a conference room for 9 hours and talked business. Yay... Wednesday, though, left me sore. After a brief morning session, we went out in the field and I got to do what I am to do everyday with my boss and the District Coordinator. The job itself isn't that bad, it's the "repairs" that can get to be a little tiring. Such as repairing a PSP interactive... This requires squatting for an extended period of time, then sitting on the floor, then kneeling on the floor, and if you're lucky, you've removed the necessary components by then. If not, it's more of the same. So needless to say, I worked muscles I haven't worked in a while. Add to that the fact that since I'm between Tall and Regular lengths in pants, I tend to buy tall pants that require heel wearing to compensate the extra length. Heels + standing for hours + squatting+ kneeling + everything else= sore legs, sore back, sore knees for days afterwards. I think I need to visit a tailor.
But I must say it was uber fun! I'll enjoy it more when I know what to do flawlessly, but for now it's been good. And today I slept in... 'til 8:30. Wow. I thing the last time that was sleeping is was when I was in school (or maybe working at Starbucks... but I'm pretty sure I slept 'til 10 on my days off during that time). So it's been good. I've gotten lots of freebies thus far, which Stephin is here enjoying right now. I think they (Stephin and Jeremy) called it a night around 3 this morning? That explains why Jeremy is still in bed right now. Stephin, though, was up before I got up, so he's just crazy.
Since my going back to work, we have had one home cooked meal all week--sandwiches and cereal make excellant dinners after all. :-) I'll be more up for cooking as long as I don't wear the heels to work again... Those just kill me. But it's all good. I think we're going over the parents' today, and if they've gotten the pool open (it's supposed be around 80 today), I know Jeremy will be up for a swim (too cold for me!) I think maybe we'll be going to a traditional Passover dinner tonight, which'll be nice. I've only done it in a summer camp setting, on a much abbreviated scale. So that'd be neat to check out. We'll see. Jeremy has to wake up first.
That's about all that's happened thus far. Jeremy's been working, I've been working, our house is a mess, y'know, the same old stuff. The house part will be rectified this weekend, though. I hate it.
Alright, I'm signing off. Take care and have a HAPPY EASTER! Remember the reason for the season is not the Easter bunny--Jesus has risen! Remember that tomorrow on your egg hunt. :-)
Friday, April 07, 2006
First week of April
"Hello everybody? Hello everybody!"
Hullo, hullo, hullo! Long time, no chat, eh? This week was a great week, from a "good news" standpoint. We got lots of it, though it's a secret so you'll just have to wait to find out (if you have our phone numbers, feel free to call and ask what it is! and no, we're not pregnant... it's something else).
This week was my Dad's birthday. Well, it was tuesday, but we tend to celebrate at least all weekend. He turned the big 5-2! Which isn't that big, considering he's 6-4, but you know what I mean (age vs. height? Okay, moving on...) So we hung out at my parents out in old Warrenton from Sunday evening thru Tuesday morn. We had some friends over for lunch on Sunday afternoon and headed out after that. It was some good times. Their phone has been out all week, though, so I can now only communicate with them via telepathy and carrier pigeons... Well, telepathy in the form of my Dad's cell phone, and carrier pigeons via the internet. :-) I hope they got that fixed already! sheesh...
So that was beginning of the week. My Mom and I spent my Dad's birthday walking around DC looking for the Portuguese Embassy so that she could update her passport (it still has her maiden name on it... yeah, I'd say it's a bit outdated...) The plan is to go to Portugal around Christmas, so she needs to get that going soon. However... we had some unexpected.... issues?
Okay here's what happened:
I looked up the embassy based on the address my Mom had, and charted it out via metro. We were to get off at Woodley Park/Zoo and walk about .62 miles. No problem. So we do that, and we're walking along, only none of the street names are matching those on our map. So we walked about a mile (reached the Cleveland Park stop), got lunch and then tried to figure out what was wrong. Well, turns out we were supposed to get off at Dupont Circle, not Woodley (grrr...), so we had to metro back down, and tried again.
Finally, success! We found the embassy. Only once we get there, we read a sign on the door.... "The Consulate has moved to a new location at 2012 Mass Avenue" AHHH! Okay, my map didn't have that address on it, so we called Jeremy to see if he could google it for us, but he was in a meeting. So I just sent GOOGL a text message with the address and got the directions that way. FINALLY we're on our way again, only .8 miles to go.
Trudge, trudge, trudge we go, walking through Embassy Row (very pretty buildings these Embassies are in), and da da daaaa! We found the new location. Yay! Of course, something else has to go wrong... We buzz in to find out where to get it only to discover that the consulate is only there until 1 pm, monday thru friday. Can you guess what time it is at this point? 3 pm. AHHHHHHHHH! Well, it was a nice walk, and now we know where it's located. So we'll try again... monday.
I would update this with some new news of Jeremy, but all he does is work... :-( And work and work and work. So nothing new there. Oh, well, he got a really cool hat in the mail yesterday! That was exciting. I got a big surprise on Wednesday, myself. The front desk called to let me know that FedEx was there with 20+ boxes for me. WOO! My boss had told me not to expect those until the 10th, but I guess someone was afraid of pissing him off, so they overnighted them to me instead of sending them 3-day ground. Aww, darn. Now, the best part is that I get this "new hire" pack that has some really cool things in it (like a PS2, games, accessories, etc.) Well, it's supposed to be kinda a surprise on my first day, to be presented with this stuff, but they screwed up on the "surprise" part--they sent me the PSP with my boxes, and a list of my "surprise" with the manifest for all the other boxes I got. So I know what's comin'. But it's cool. I can wait. I just wish I had something to play on my PSP! Right now, I just surf the net. Yay...
My laptop is also waiting with my boss. Grr... that I was really looking forward to getting. I guess I can wait just a few more days, though. I'll survive. :-) Wanna see the boxes I got? Okay! :-)
Isn't my pull bag cool? It's all teal and black and stuff. And check out my drill! Woo, that's fun to play with (I might actually put up the rest of my shelves before we move! or maybe not...) So I'm very excited to be starting on Tuesday. It should be uber fun! :-) I'll be sure to let you all know how it goes!
My Mom discovered a Portuguese food store down the road from my house... When we went Tuesday, they didn't have much, but I went yesterday and found some really great things, such as chourico (the Portuguese kind, not that yucky spanish kind...), san jorge cheese, covo cheese (it's kinda like brie), paposecos (Portuguese bread), queijadas (custard tarts), and so on and so on. The chourico is actually VERY good! Just like Avo used to make, though not spicy. I guess we don't need to drive all the way up to RI to get it anymore! Woo! That's very exciting for us, you have to understand...
Anyways, that about updates you on everything going on. Until next time, we remain....
j2
Hullo, hullo, hullo! Long time, no chat, eh? This week was a great week, from a "good news" standpoint. We got lots of it, though it's a secret so you'll just have to wait to find out (if you have our phone numbers, feel free to call and ask what it is! and no, we're not pregnant... it's something else).
This week was my Dad's birthday. Well, it was tuesday, but we tend to celebrate at least all weekend. He turned the big 5-2! Which isn't that big, considering he's 6-4, but you know what I mean (age vs. height? Okay, moving on...) So we hung out at my parents out in old Warrenton from Sunday evening thru Tuesday morn. We had some friends over for lunch on Sunday afternoon and headed out after that. It was some good times. Their phone has been out all week, though, so I can now only communicate with them via telepathy and carrier pigeons... Well, telepathy in the form of my Dad's cell phone, and carrier pigeons via the internet. :-) I hope they got that fixed already! sheesh...
So that was beginning of the week. My Mom and I spent my Dad's birthday walking around DC looking for the Portuguese Embassy so that she could update her passport (it still has her maiden name on it... yeah, I'd say it's a bit outdated...) The plan is to go to Portugal around Christmas, so she needs to get that going soon. However... we had some unexpected.... issues?
Okay here's what happened:
I looked up the embassy based on the address my Mom had, and charted it out via metro. We were to get off at Woodley Park/Zoo and walk about .62 miles. No problem. So we do that, and we're walking along, only none of the street names are matching those on our map. So we walked about a mile (reached the Cleveland Park stop), got lunch and then tried to figure out what was wrong. Well, turns out we were supposed to get off at Dupont Circle, not Woodley (grrr...), so we had to metro back down, and tried again.
Finally, success! We found the embassy. Only once we get there, we read a sign on the door.... "The Consulate has moved to a new location at 2012 Mass Avenue" AHHH! Okay, my map didn't have that address on it, so we called Jeremy to see if he could google it for us, but he was in a meeting. So I just sent GOOGL a text message with the address and got the directions that way. FINALLY we're on our way again, only .8 miles to go.
Trudge, trudge, trudge we go, walking through Embassy Row (very pretty buildings these Embassies are in), and da da daaaa! We found the new location. Yay! Of course, something else has to go wrong... We buzz in to find out where to get it only to discover that the consulate is only there until 1 pm, monday thru friday. Can you guess what time it is at this point? 3 pm. AHHHHHHHHH! Well, it was a nice walk, and now we know where it's located. So we'll try again... monday.
I would update this with some new news of Jeremy, but all he does is work... :-( And work and work and work. So nothing new there. Oh, well, he got a really cool hat in the mail yesterday! That was exciting. I got a big surprise on Wednesday, myself. The front desk called to let me know that FedEx was there with 20+ boxes for me. WOO! My boss had told me not to expect those until the 10th, but I guess someone was afraid of pissing him off, so they overnighted them to me instead of sending them 3-day ground. Aww, darn. Now, the best part is that I get this "new hire" pack that has some really cool things in it (like a PS2, games, accessories, etc.) Well, it's supposed to be kinda a surprise on my first day, to be presented with this stuff, but they screwed up on the "surprise" part--they sent me the PSP with my boxes, and a list of my "surprise" with the manifest for all the other boxes I got. So I know what's comin'. But it's cool. I can wait. I just wish I had something to play on my PSP! Right now, I just surf the net. Yay...
My laptop is also waiting with my boss. Grr... that I was really looking forward to getting. I guess I can wait just a few more days, though. I'll survive. :-) Wanna see the boxes I got? Okay! :-)
Isn't my pull bag cool? It's all teal and black and stuff. And check out my drill! Woo, that's fun to play with (I might actually put up the rest of my shelves before we move! or maybe not...) So I'm very excited to be starting on Tuesday. It should be uber fun! :-) I'll be sure to let you all know how it goes!My Mom discovered a Portuguese food store down the road from my house... When we went Tuesday, they didn't have much, but I went yesterday and found some really great things, such as chourico (the Portuguese kind, not that yucky spanish kind...), san jorge cheese, covo cheese (it's kinda like brie), paposecos (Portuguese bread), queijadas (custard tarts), and so on and so on. The chourico is actually VERY good! Just like Avo used to make, though not spicy. I guess we don't need to drive all the way up to RI to get it anymore! Woo! That's very exciting for us, you have to understand...
Anyways, that about updates you on everything going on. Until next time, we remain....
j2
UPDATE!!!
Wooo! What a week! It's been eventful/noneventful but good and fun for the most part.
However, I did promise a review of V for Vendetta (and I will also add one for Thank You for Smoking) so here it be!
V for Vendetta
I loved this movie! I told Jeremy as we were leaving the theater that it was probably one of the best movies I've seen in a loooong time! You want to know why??? Because it has everything I love about movies in it: dramatic action poked with bits of comedy and satire, and of course, based on a comic book!
Now, you won't know it from the title, credits or movie poster, but this movie was actually based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore, the same guy who is responsible for bringing us classics such as "Watchmen" (if you haven't read it yet, and are not easily offended, it's a great read! Might be a little over the top for the uber-conservative, but very very good story... It's about superheroes, after all). I'm not going to bore you with the entire premise of "V" since if you have any interest in the movie, you already know what it is from the trailers (and if you haven't seen the trailers yet, now is a good time to view them!). Basically, it's set in the futuristic London, post-war, and the government has plunged its citizens into fear and keep them in place with curfews, and other rules for their "well-being" (I agree that making butter illegal could benefit some, but c'mon! sheesh...) V has decided the people have had enough--and starts blowing stuff up in the process (to classical music, nonetheless! It's great stuff!)
So why do I love it so much? Probably because it mirrors "The Phantom of the Opera" in many ways (which I LOOOOOOOVE!). Shall we draw on their similarities? Okay!
And on and on and on... I like the ending of V better than POTO, though... POTO kinda left ya hanging--there was no closure! See the movie and you'll know what I mean. :-)
That's V in a nutshell. Definitely rated R for a reason, however I will probably take Stephin to go see it (he's 13). But I wouldn't recommend for the youngins. Oh and there are some homosexual moments and "revolt against your goverment" themes, but I don't take those seriously... I don't go to movies like this for their political stance or comments--I go to watch the stuff blow up. If you're easily offended by those things, don't go... It'll bug you the entire time (and for the record, while I was aware of those things in the movie, I didn't really think about them or acknowledge them until someone pointed it out to me... so sorry if I've spoiled it for you... :-( ) Have fun! It's great stuff! I can't wait to see it again!
Thank You for Smoking
Again, not one for the easily offended, since most of the movie is from a tobacco lobbyists point of view, and therefore, seems to promote smoking. But it does show other sides of it as well. I just think that some people take these things too seriously to go watch in the theater--if you're wondering if you're one of them, just ask yourself if you're appalled that we would even entertain the though of going to a movie about smoking--if you are, don't see it. :-)
It was very entertaining, much more amusing than I expected it to be (much more usage of the "f" bomb than I expected, too). Check out the trailers for more info, and keep in mind--it's a movie. :-) Jeremy and I liked it a lot, and will probably check it out if it his the Draft House (it'd be great if they have both V and TYFS back to back... that'd be an awesome night!)
All in all, TYFS is far more comedy than drama, and gets a thumbs up in my book.
SO GO TO THE MOVIES AND ENJOY!
However, I did promise a review of V for Vendetta (and I will also add one for Thank You for Smoking) so here it be!
V for Vendetta
I loved this movie! I told Jeremy as we were leaving the theater that it was probably one of the best movies I've seen in a loooong time! You want to know why??? Because it has everything I love about movies in it: dramatic action poked with bits of comedy and satire, and of course, based on a comic book!
Now, you won't know it from the title, credits or movie poster, but this movie was actually based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore, the same guy who is responsible for bringing us classics such as "Watchmen" (if you haven't read it yet, and are not easily offended, it's a great read! Might be a little over the top for the uber-conservative, but very very good story... It's about superheroes, after all). I'm not going to bore you with the entire premise of "V" since if you have any interest in the movie, you already know what it is from the trailers (and if you haven't seen the trailers yet, now is a good time to view them!). Basically, it's set in the futuristic London, post-war, and the government has plunged its citizens into fear and keep them in place with curfews, and other rules for their "well-being" (I agree that making butter illegal could benefit some, but c'mon! sheesh...) V has decided the people have had enough--and starts blowing stuff up in the process (to classical music, nonetheless! It's great stuff!)
So why do I love it so much? Probably because it mirrors "The Phantom of the Opera" in many ways (which I LOOOOOOOVE!). Shall we draw on their similarities? Okay!
| POTO | V for Vendetta |
| Lives under the opera house. | Lives underground. |
| Wears a mask to hide deformity. | Wears a mask to hide deformity. |
| Loves Christine. | Eventually loves Evey. |
| Has a passionate cause (Christine). | Has a passionate cause (revolution). |
| Highly intelligent--puts it to use to get what he wants. | Highly intelligent--puts it to use to free the people (and get what he wants). |
| Writes operas. | Listens to classical music/"conducts". |
| Troubled past. | Ditto. |
| Wins, then loses. | Wins (then kinda loses...) |
| Does things the dramatic, complicated way. | Yup, same here. |
| Crazy. | Crazy? |
| Kidnaps the girl. | "Saves" the girl. |
| Almost gets the girl. | Gets the girl. |
And on and on and on... I like the ending of V better than POTO, though... POTO kinda left ya hanging--there was no closure! See the movie and you'll know what I mean. :-)
That's V in a nutshell. Definitely rated R for a reason, however I will probably take Stephin to go see it (he's 13). But I wouldn't recommend for the youngins. Oh and there are some homosexual moments and "revolt against your goverment" themes, but I don't take those seriously... I don't go to movies like this for their political stance or comments--I go to watch the stuff blow up. If you're easily offended by those things, don't go... It'll bug you the entire time (and for the record, while I was aware of those things in the movie, I didn't really think about them or acknowledge them until someone pointed it out to me... so sorry if I've spoiled it for you... :-( ) Have fun! It's great stuff! I can't wait to see it again!
Thank You for Smoking
Again, not one for the easily offended, since most of the movie is from a tobacco lobbyists point of view, and therefore, seems to promote smoking. But it does show other sides of it as well. I just think that some people take these things too seriously to go watch in the theater--if you're wondering if you're one of them, just ask yourself if you're appalled that we would even entertain the though of going to a movie about smoking--if you are, don't see it. :-)
It was very entertaining, much more amusing than I expected it to be (much more usage of the "f" bomb than I expected, too). Check out the trailers for more info, and keep in mind--it's a movie. :-) Jeremy and I liked it a lot, and will probably check it out if it his the Draft House (it'd be great if they have both V and TYFS back to back... that'd be an awesome night!)
All in all, TYFS is far more comedy than drama, and gets a thumbs up in my book.
SO GO TO THE MOVIES AND ENJOY!
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Too much thinking!
There is a danger in having too much time on your hands--you start thinking quite a bit about things.
Lately, I've been thinking of a lot of things I would like to do before going back to work in two weeks. That in itself is good; however, I'll make myself crazy if I keep these things up.
For example, lately I've been thinking quite a bit about my choral director in high school (yes, from 8, 9 years ago). I did some stupid things while in her classes, like use the music office phone without asking, telling her I'd go on a choral trip to Disney, only to back out and cancel my deposit check after she'd already deposited it... Stuff like that. Then, when I graduated, she sent me a card with $10 (I remember that because she was really the only one who sent me anything for graduation--I definitely wasn't expecting anything from her) in it. I never sent a thank you card. So now, to have peace within myself, I have to track her down, and send her a thank you card. Oi vey... I guess it's not a bad thing, but it's just one more thing on my list of things to do.
We have several couples that we have said, "You should come over for dinner sometime!" and have never followed through with. I need to remember who they are, and track them down, send 'em an invite, and have 'em over for dinner. Now, I love having folks over for dinner. I just feel bad that it took this long for me to actually do something about it. Jeremy's got family that lives in the next town over--we haven't seen them since our wedding. :-( We'll try to be better about this!
Yesterday, I was thinking quite a lot. A few months ago, I started reading Blue Like Jazz because I've been told by many people how great it was. I brought it up in small group, and Tarsi mentioned she didn't care for it. So I was intrigued. I borrowed the book from her, and started reading it, and yes, the first half of the book I didn't like. There was one part in particular that really bugged me... In brief, one of Don's (the author) friends was an athiest, even though she came from a Bible believing, daughter of a preacher background. Everyone else in her family was a Christian, but she couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that Jesus was the Son of God, and that He's the way to eternal life. At the end of one of the chapters, she emails Don and tells him, "So I think I believe that Jesus really is the Son of God. I guess this makes me a Christian. Talk to you later." and I'm thinking, NOOOOO! That's not it! That's a good start, but only a start! EVEN THE FREAKIN' DEMONS BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD! Well, it rubbed me the wrong way, especially since this is a seeker's book, for those who have yet to find their faith (I know it's for those who have faith as well, but you gotta admit--his audience is those who were like him, those that had a tough time wrapping their mind around this whole God thing and going through the journey to truth with him). If they stop reading at that point, they won't have the whole truth. Hopefully, they go to a Christian friend, or a church, and ask more about it.
The book is getting better, though. So far, I like the middle of it the most. Of course, I have yet to reach the end, so I'll post my final 'critique' at that time. It has got me thinking, though... Which is good and bad. I find myself thinking like the author, asking the same question from different angles, and putting it all together for one concise thought. I don't like thinking like this, though. It makes my head hurt.
One thing I do like about it is that it's pretty clear you should think for yourself. I think a lot of people, including myself, allow themselves to be influenced by other peoples opinions, instead of thinking, "How do I really feel about this?" This can be a minor as an opinion on a movie or a book, to as big as you stance on political issues, and even how you feel about God. Classic example: I'm a conservative Republican, therego, I'm opposed to abortion. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't like abortion, I don't believe it in, and I wish it could be illegal. But at the same time, taking away abortion would be detrimental to this country in the long run... Why? Because all of a sudden, women who have been used to this "right" will start going to the back alleys and the undergrounds to find a solution to their problem (nevermind the fact that, except for the 1 or 2% of women who get an abortion due to rape or sexual abuse, those women have bigger issues on their hands, like improper birth control methods, premarital sex, etc). Because of this, I'm also a minor supporter of the "Plan B" pill. Again, don't get me wrong, I don't really like it, but it's better than the alternative (to me at least). I'd rather think they are helping a more natural progression of the human body by interrupting their luteal phase in order to prevent pregnancy, rather than destroying an already formed embryo. But with this also comes issues, in that we could see an upsurge of STD's in users (why use protection? just get the morning after pill), more teens becoming active at earlier ages, so on a so forth. Of course, I don't know if any of that will happen... I just know that as much as I hate abortion, taking away those "RIGHTS" (I really hate that term... part of me wants to side with the guy who wants to terminate his rights as a father because he didn't want the baby, and his gf chose to NOT have an abortion or place it for adoption, and is now demanding child support... see how sticky it gets?) could be disatrous.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TIME TO THINK?!
/rant
I'm gonna start thinking about happy things--the peace I have knowing that God is watching out for me and my family, my new job, puppies, and shopping sprees. Our anniversary is coming up soon. ONE YEAR BABY! Woo! Interesting ride... Fun! But interesting. Looking forward to the future. Unfortunately we'll be spending our Anniversary at someone else's wedding. I mean, it's a good thing! I'm looking forward to the wedding, and meeting more of Jeremy's family. But it's also a bad thing, because I didn't really want to spend our anniversary meeting more of Jeremy's family. Oh well, se la vie. I'm sure it'll be a nice weekend. And it'll be nice to see Jeremy's parents again--haven't seen 'em since Thanksgiving. I just hope everyone realizes we'll be saying our goodbyes on May 20th, because as of 12:01 am May 21st, the our room door is getting locked and no outsiders are allowed. :-)
Coming Soon: V for Vendetta: Love it or Hate it.
Lately, I've been thinking of a lot of things I would like to do before going back to work in two weeks. That in itself is good; however, I'll make myself crazy if I keep these things up.
For example, lately I've been thinking quite a bit about my choral director in high school (yes, from 8, 9 years ago). I did some stupid things while in her classes, like use the music office phone without asking, telling her I'd go on a choral trip to Disney, only to back out and cancel my deposit check after she'd already deposited it... Stuff like that. Then, when I graduated, she sent me a card with $10 (I remember that because she was really the only one who sent me anything for graduation--I definitely wasn't expecting anything from her) in it. I never sent a thank you card. So now, to have peace within myself, I have to track her down, and send her a thank you card. Oi vey... I guess it's not a bad thing, but it's just one more thing on my list of things to do.
We have several couples that we have said, "You should come over for dinner sometime!" and have never followed through with. I need to remember who they are, and track them down, send 'em an invite, and have 'em over for dinner. Now, I love having folks over for dinner. I just feel bad that it took this long for me to actually do something about it. Jeremy's got family that lives in the next town over--we haven't seen them since our wedding. :-( We'll try to be better about this!
Yesterday, I was thinking quite a lot. A few months ago, I started reading Blue Like Jazz because I've been told by many people how great it was. I brought it up in small group, and Tarsi mentioned she didn't care for it. So I was intrigued. I borrowed the book from her, and started reading it, and yes, the first half of the book I didn't like. There was one part in particular that really bugged me... In brief, one of Don's (the author) friends was an athiest, even though she came from a Bible believing, daughter of a preacher background. Everyone else in her family was a Christian, but she couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that Jesus was the Son of God, and that He's the way to eternal life. At the end of one of the chapters, she emails Don and tells him, "So I think I believe that Jesus really is the Son of God. I guess this makes me a Christian. Talk to you later." and I'm thinking, NOOOOO! That's not it! That's a good start, but only a start! EVEN THE FREAKIN' DEMONS BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD! Well, it rubbed me the wrong way, especially since this is a seeker's book, for those who have yet to find their faith (I know it's for those who have faith as well, but you gotta admit--his audience is those who were like him, those that had a tough time wrapping their mind around this whole God thing and going through the journey to truth with him). If they stop reading at that point, they won't have the whole truth. Hopefully, they go to a Christian friend, or a church, and ask more about it.
The book is getting better, though. So far, I like the middle of it the most. Of course, I have yet to reach the end, so I'll post my final 'critique' at that time. It has got me thinking, though... Which is good and bad. I find myself thinking like the author, asking the same question from different angles, and putting it all together for one concise thought. I don't like thinking like this, though. It makes my head hurt.
One thing I do like about it is that it's pretty clear you should think for yourself. I think a lot of people, including myself, allow themselves to be influenced by other peoples opinions, instead of thinking, "How do I really feel about this?" This can be a minor as an opinion on a movie or a book, to as big as you stance on political issues, and even how you feel about God. Classic example: I'm a conservative Republican, therego, I'm opposed to abortion. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't like abortion, I don't believe it in, and I wish it could be illegal. But at the same time, taking away abortion would be detrimental to this country in the long run... Why? Because all of a sudden, women who have been used to this "right" will start going to the back alleys and the undergrounds to find a solution to their problem (nevermind the fact that, except for the 1 or 2% of women who get an abortion due to rape or sexual abuse, those women have bigger issues on their hands, like improper birth control methods, premarital sex, etc). Because of this, I'm also a minor supporter of the "Plan B" pill. Again, don't get me wrong, I don't really like it, but it's better than the alternative (to me at least). I'd rather think they are helping a more natural progression of the human body by interrupting their luteal phase in order to prevent pregnancy, rather than destroying an already formed embryo. But with this also comes issues, in that we could see an upsurge of STD's in users (why use protection? just get the morning after pill), more teens becoming active at earlier ages, so on a so forth. Of course, I don't know if any of that will happen... I just know that as much as I hate abortion, taking away those "RIGHTS" (I really hate that term... part of me wants to side with the guy who wants to terminate his rights as a father because he didn't want the baby, and his gf chose to NOT have an abortion or place it for adoption, and is now demanding child support... see how sticky it gets?) could be disatrous.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TIME TO THINK?!
/rant
I'm gonna start thinking about happy things--the peace I have knowing that God is watching out for me and my family, my new job, puppies, and shopping sprees. Our anniversary is coming up soon. ONE YEAR BABY! Woo! Interesting ride... Fun! But interesting. Looking forward to the future. Unfortunately we'll be spending our Anniversary at someone else's wedding. I mean, it's a good thing! I'm looking forward to the wedding, and meeting more of Jeremy's family. But it's also a bad thing, because I didn't really want to spend our anniversary meeting more of Jeremy's family. Oh well, se la vie. I'm sure it'll be a nice weekend. And it'll be nice to see Jeremy's parents again--haven't seen 'em since Thanksgiving. I just hope everyone realizes we'll be saying our goodbyes on May 20th, because as of 12:01 am May 21st, the our room door is getting locked and no outsiders are allowed. :-)
Coming Soon: V for Vendetta: Love it or Hate it.
Friday, March 24, 2006
Gone are days of leisure--
--well, soon anyways. As of Tuesday, March 21st, I am no longer simply a housewife; I am now a working housewife! WOO! Two jobs! yay...
:-) Hee hee... No, it's a good thing. I finally got my call from Sony at 6:08 pm that evening (after waiting all day for the snow to arrive... I hear a few flakes fell... [I didn't see 'em] wow... exciting...) and was given my official offer. So after two months of waiting patiently, I get the official word that I'm on the "in" now, and get to wait just a bit longer before I actually start (April 10th, prolly). Woo hoo! Now the fun begins, because now they get to configure my laptop (I get one of those... 'tre cool') and start sending me STUFF. I'm not sure exactly what all this stuff will consist of... but my 'boss' (which he is officially, now) said to expect somewhere between 25 and 30 boxes... And we're not talking Amazon shipment boxes necessarily... We're talking BOXES. For example, take the box your PS2 comes in... put three of those together, and that's the size of the box that THEY would come in. Most of the boxes I receive will be about that size, some will be LARGER, some smaller. Most of the smaller ones are systems for the stores I'll be visiting--they're tracked individually, so they'll ship as such. So anyways, I guess it's time to "spring clean" to make room for all this stuff. Should be fun though.
Jeremy was sweet yesterday. He sent me pretty red roses as a congratulations, and took me to Sweetwater Tavern for dinner yesterday. We were gonna try to make it to a movie (V for Vendetta, baby!!), but donut hole bread (forgot what they're called), 2 dinners and 2 beer samplers later, we were ready to go home and go to sleep. Another time! Wanna see my flowers? Okay!
So pretty.
:-) Hee hee... No, it's a good thing. I finally got my call from Sony at 6:08 pm that evening (after waiting all day for the snow to arrive... I hear a few flakes fell... [I didn't see 'em] wow... exciting...) and was given my official offer. So after two months of waiting patiently, I get the official word that I'm on the "in" now, and get to wait just a bit longer before I actually start (April 10th, prolly). Woo hoo! Now the fun begins, because now they get to configure my laptop (I get one of those... 'tre cool') and start sending me STUFF. I'm not sure exactly what all this stuff will consist of... but my 'boss' (which he is officially, now) said to expect somewhere between 25 and 30 boxes... And we're not talking Amazon shipment boxes necessarily... We're talking BOXES. For example, take the box your PS2 comes in... put three of those together, and that's the size of the box that THEY would come in. Most of the boxes I receive will be about that size, some will be LARGER, some smaller. Most of the smaller ones are systems for the stores I'll be visiting--they're tracked individually, so they'll ship as such. So anyways, I guess it's time to "spring clean" to make room for all this stuff. Should be fun though.
Jeremy was sweet yesterday. He sent me pretty red roses as a congratulations, and took me to Sweetwater Tavern for dinner yesterday. We were gonna try to make it to a movie (V for Vendetta, baby!!), but donut hole bread (forgot what they're called), 2 dinners and 2 beer samplers later, we were ready to go home and go to sleep. Another time! Wanna see my flowers? Okay!
So pretty. Anywhoo, so, Jeremy's been working a lot this week--he's motivated again, which is good, but I haven't seen him nearly as much as I used to. I guess once in a while that's okay. He'll be gone most of Saturday, though... Going shootin' with his buddy Scott, and then I think they're goin' out to eat or something. I dunno what, but boys will be boys. Jeremy's already thinkin' about the future as far as games go... "LAN PARTY!" with all the systems I'll have on hand for stores... Yeah... OKay... Only one problem--only one tv in the house. So... no go. Prolly.
Let's see... what else is goin' on.... Well, everything else in a nutshell up to today--our rent is going up 10% this year, so we're trying to decide if we stay or we go (and where we'd go--I hate moving); Jermy's meetings with other school principals went well, but he won't know if he can leave his current school until sometime next month (a main reason we don't know where'd we go if we moved or if we stay); Paige finally turned up, alive and well (she was hiding in Tampa the whole time! Sheesh!); I just ordered us a new paper shredder (the machine, not Shredder [I could never understand why he always had a tough time beating a few turtles... sheesh]); This article is amusing: apparently some Canadian Bureaucrat is fed up with his job so he's asking for donations so he can quit... great idea! I'm gonna set up savejermy.com so that Jermy doesn't hafta find a new school, people can just send him donations and he can retire from school early! Yeah... great plan; the new episode of South Park was HILARIOUS! Watch it if you're not easily offended (like always, it was pretty crass and not for the kiddies); I had a lovely time with two ladies from our former small group (it's officially dead now) yesterday for lunch;who da ha ha, kookie monga, bertie pie pie (just wanted to see if anyone was still reading); Yesterday, I tripped in the lobby downstairs (my heel got caught on the cuff on my jeans) and fell straight down on tile floors... Oh it was painful. Worse is that I didn't sleep well, because everytime I wanted to roll over or something, my knee would kill, and so I'd wake up, pick up my leg to roll over and try again... sheesh... stupid concrete tile floors; and I'm still waiting to hear back from the AzoresExpress about flying to the Azores this Christmas. Woot-a-holic.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go do 'research' for work... Seriously, my boss recommended it. :-)
Fin.
Let's see... what else is goin' on.... Well, everything else in a nutshell up to today--our rent is going up 10% this year, so we're trying to decide if we stay or we go (and where we'd go--I hate moving); Jermy's meetings with other school principals went well, but he won't know if he can leave his current school until sometime next month (a main reason we don't know where'd we go if we moved or if we stay); Paige finally turned up, alive and well (she was hiding in Tampa the whole time! Sheesh!); I just ordered us a new paper shredder (the machine, not Shredder [I could never understand why he always had a tough time beating a few turtles... sheesh]); This article is amusing: apparently some Canadian Bureaucrat is fed up with his job so he's asking for donations so he can quit... great idea! I'm gonna set up savejermy.com so that Jermy doesn't hafta find a new school, people can just send him donations and he can retire from school early! Yeah... great plan; the new episode of South Park was HILARIOUS! Watch it if you're not easily offended (like always, it was pretty crass and not for the kiddies); I had a lovely time with two ladies from our former small group (it's officially dead now) yesterday for lunch;who da ha ha, kookie monga, bertie pie pie (just wanted to see if anyone was still reading); Yesterday, I tripped in the lobby downstairs (my heel got caught on the cuff on my jeans) and fell straight down on tile floors... Oh it was painful. Worse is that I didn't sleep well, because everytime I wanted to roll over or something, my knee would kill, and so I'd wake up, pick up my leg to roll over and try again... sheesh... stupid concrete tile floors; and I'm still waiting to hear back from the AzoresExpress about flying to the Azores this Christmas. Woot-a-holic.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go do 'research' for work... Seriously, my boss recommended it. :-)
Fin.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Winter Wonderland...
They said it was supposed to snow today.
......
I don't see any snow.
LIARS! Who was I talking to about that... someone I was talking to about the weather couldn't understand why we don't hold weather people accountable when the forecast is wrong... Like when it says for two weeks, "Looks like some flurries'll be heading towards the east next weekend... better bundle up." and then it ends up being near 70! Go figure. Now, I do think that meteorologists have a tough job... they're as close to fortune tellers as they come, right? Instead of saying, "I see the winds of change upon you..." they say, "The wind's gonna change!" And I do feel that they should get it right most of the time... at least to keep what credibility they have. But I still believe that you can't predict the weather perfectly (it'll be interesting to see if we ever make it to the level of forecasts that they had in "Back to the Future 2" where they had it down to the second! I doubt it... too many variants at play... but it'll be interesting to see! We've got 9 years to find out!) So I take what the meteorologists say at about half truth; for example, today's forecast: Cloudy with snow showers and flurries becoming a steady accumulating snow later. Cold. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 80%. About one inch of snow expected.
Now, here's what I believe of that: Cloudy with snow showers and flurries becoming a steady accumulating snow later. Cold. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 80%. About one inch of snow expected.
That's all I need to know! The other stuff, irrelevant.
The best was two weekends ago... They forecasted warm weather all weekend, but thunderstorms every day (so in reality it looked like lousy days... hot, sticky days, with only one nice day). It was BEAUTIFUL nearly all weekend. Sunday was a little cloudy, and we got some sprinkles in the afternoon, but no showers or thunder that I noticed. Awww, it was SOOOO NICE! COME BACK SUMMER, COME BACK! IT'S OKAY, YOU CAN VISIT AGAIN IN MARCH! YOU CAN STAY WITH ME!!!! But I digress...
On a completely different note, although a bit of sunshine in it's own way, we're lookin' at buying a townhome out in lil' ole Bristow (which isn't so little anymore... that place has errupted with houses, shopping centers and churches... they're gonna have a huge methodist church directly across the street from a Catholic church/school, which is down the road from a Church of Christ which is down the road from the Assembly of God... and these are no "starter churches". We're talkin' 500+ sanctuaries. GO GOD! :-) Back to the house: it's currently owned by some family friends who are sadly moving to TX. Well, it's sad to see 'em go, but presents a great opportunity for Jeremy and me! We'll post more details once there's more info, and deals are finalized and such. I just thought I'd give y'all the heads up!
Lil' Jermy's gonna go meet with the Principal of a new school today. The Bear's been pretty passive lately, but Jermy knows better than to get too happy about it. So he's gonna try to transfer to a different school district soon. Hope it all works out for him!
My Mom started a new job this week with a Pediatric Dental office out in Warrenton... The commute is killer though... A whole 2 min down the road. And I thought my Dad had it bad. ;-) So now, that makes both Mothers in some kind of Dental work. Jeremy's Mom is almost done with her first year of Dental Hygenist school. Yay! So all in all, things are going well.
I'm still waiting to hear from Sony... yes, that's right, STILL waiting... First they said end of the week two weeks ago... then end of the week last week, now it's sometime early this week, probably Monday... Oh wait, yesterday was Monday. Guess it wasn't then! So now it's hopefully this week? Oi vey... At least I get another week home... to make soup. Mmmm... soup. That is my tribute to the Cold, Cloudy, w/Chance of Snow day... Winter Minestrone. Yum yum.
So with that I leave you. If you'll excuse me, I have to go file a missing persons/blogger report... Haven't seen Paige online/blog/phone in a while... Enjoy the flurries!!!
......
I don't see any snow.
LIARS! Who was I talking to about that... someone I was talking to about the weather couldn't understand why we don't hold weather people accountable when the forecast is wrong... Like when it says for two weeks, "Looks like some flurries'll be heading towards the east next weekend... better bundle up." and then it ends up being near 70! Go figure. Now, I do think that meteorologists have a tough job... they're as close to fortune tellers as they come, right? Instead of saying, "I see the winds of change upon you..." they say, "The wind's gonna change!" And I do feel that they should get it right most of the time... at least to keep what credibility they have. But I still believe that you can't predict the weather perfectly (it'll be interesting to see if we ever make it to the level of forecasts that they had in "Back to the Future 2" where they had it down to the second! I doubt it... too many variants at play... but it'll be interesting to see! We've got 9 years to find out!) So I take what the meteorologists say at about half truth; for example, today's forecast: Cloudy with snow showers and flurries becoming a steady accumulating snow later. Cold. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 80%. About one inch of snow expected.
Now, here's what I believe of that: Cloudy with snow showers and flurries becoming a steady accumulating snow later. Cold. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 80%. About one inch of snow expected.
That's all I need to know! The other stuff, irrelevant.
The best was two weekends ago... They forecasted warm weather all weekend, but thunderstorms every day (so in reality it looked like lousy days... hot, sticky days, with only one nice day). It was BEAUTIFUL nearly all weekend. Sunday was a little cloudy, and we got some sprinkles in the afternoon, but no showers or thunder that I noticed. Awww, it was SOOOO NICE! COME BACK SUMMER, COME BACK! IT'S OKAY, YOU CAN VISIT AGAIN IN MARCH! YOU CAN STAY WITH ME!!!! But I digress...
On a completely different note, although a bit of sunshine in it's own way, we're lookin' at buying a townhome out in lil' ole Bristow (which isn't so little anymore... that place has errupted with houses, shopping centers and churches... they're gonna have a huge methodist church directly across the street from a Catholic church/school, which is down the road from a Church of Christ which is down the road from the Assembly of God... and these are no "starter churches". We're talkin' 500+ sanctuaries. GO GOD! :-) Back to the house: it's currently owned by some family friends who are sadly moving to TX. Well, it's sad to see 'em go, but presents a great opportunity for Jeremy and me! We'll post more details once there's more info, and deals are finalized and such. I just thought I'd give y'all the heads up!
Lil' Jermy's gonna go meet with the Principal of a new school today. The Bear's been pretty passive lately, but Jermy knows better than to get too happy about it. So he's gonna try to transfer to a different school district soon. Hope it all works out for him!
My Mom started a new job this week with a Pediatric Dental office out in Warrenton... The commute is killer though... A whole 2 min down the road. And I thought my Dad had it bad. ;-) So now, that makes both Mothers in some kind of Dental work. Jeremy's Mom is almost done with her first year of Dental Hygenist school. Yay! So all in all, things are going well.
I'm still waiting to hear from Sony... yes, that's right, STILL waiting... First they said end of the week two weeks ago... then end of the week last week, now it's sometime early this week, probably Monday... Oh wait, yesterday was Monday. Guess it wasn't then! So now it's hopefully this week? Oi vey... At least I get another week home... to make soup. Mmmm... soup. That is my tribute to the Cold, Cloudy, w/Chance of Snow day... Winter Minestrone. Yum yum.
So with that I leave you. If you'll excuse me, I have to go file a missing persons/blogger report... Haven't seen Paige online/blog/phone in a while... Enjoy the flurries!!!
Thursday, March 16, 2006
End of Chef?
On Monday, March 13th, Issac Hayes announced that he's leaving his role of South Park's Chef, due to their disrespect for religious beliefs and practices.
..............ummm .......hasn't he been doing this show for 10 years? I admit, I haven't been an avid South Park fan for 10 years (forbidden territory for many of those years!), but I'm pretty sure this isn't something they recently started doing.
Oh, did we mention Hayes is a Scientologist?
.................*cricket*......................*cricket*......................
*cough*hypocrite!*cough*
Anyways, the general consensus of the masses is that the "powers that be" (prolly the likes of Tom Cruise, maybe John Travolta) called the man up and threatened him if he didn't quit the show (both actors were featured in the famed "Trapped In the Closet" episode which most blatantly attacked Scientology)
Long live Xenu!!!!?
Yeah, I'll meet ya at Veggie Hut... Gonna get me a Meatshake first, though! (hee hee... I get the impression the author of that article had no idea what Meatshake was really about... perhaps she should have contacted Ugly Duckling for comment... amusing)
..............ummm .......hasn't he been doing this show for 10 years? I admit, I haven't been an avid South Park fan for 10 years (forbidden territory for many of those years!), but I'm pretty sure this isn't something they recently started doing.
Oh, did we mention Hayes is a Scientologist?
AVC: They did just do an episode that made fun of your religion, Scientology. Did that bother you?
IH: Well, I talked to Matt and Trey about that. They didn't let me know until it was done. I said, "Guys, you have it all wrong. We're not like that. I know that's your thing, but get your information correct, because somebody might believe that s**t, you know?" But I understand what they're doing. I told them to take a couple of Scientology courses, and understand what we do. [Laughs.]
.................*cricket*......................*cricket*......................
*cough*hypocrite!*cough*
Anyways, the general consensus of the masses is that the "powers that be" (prolly the likes of Tom Cruise, maybe John Travolta) called the man up and threatened him if he didn't quit the show (both actors were featured in the famed "Trapped In the Closet" episode which most blatantly attacked Scientology)
Long live Xenu!!!!?
Yeah, I'll meet ya at Veggie Hut... Gonna get me a Meatshake first, though! (hee hee... I get the impression the author of that article had no idea what Meatshake was really about... perhaps she should have contacted Ugly Duckling for comment... amusing)
Monday, March 13, 2006
And now... a word from Big Fella
"m ij unx j ujnmf i9imf9ifmuif, cn juv kmf km sjk dk f k fimimd jkf mjk k d jk x sx d!"
And that's about it.... He decided shortly after starting he is way too good to be sitting on my lap, typing nonsense for your enjoyment.
Oh well... perhaps another time. :-)
(Can't ya picture that cat in the link talking like the Godfather while he speaks that craziness?? Is it just me?)
And that's about it.... He decided shortly after starting he is way too good to be sitting on my lap, typing nonsense for your enjoyment.
Oh well... perhaps another time. :-)
(Can't ya picture that cat in the link talking like the Godfather while he speaks that craziness?? Is it just me?)
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
The Last Stand...
Wow... Okay, so I'm looking forward to our anniversary so much more now! That's not to say I wasn't looking forward to it before... Honestly, it seems like we've been together so much longer than almost 10 mos. Like, I feel like we've been married for years, and yet, at the same time, it seems like just yesterday we went to Niagra Falls, where I froze my butt off while Jeremy attempted to propose (it actually took another day after that... I think I stole his thunder with my constant whining about the tempature of the area around us... it's on video, you'll hafta see it sometime.)
Anyways! Yeah, so the reason for the excitment now?? Click the link. I'm sorry, but I'm a comic-geek-movie-lover all the way. If it's based on a comic book, I'm there. ESPECIALLY when it comes to X-Men (they were my first love... ahh... but that was many many moons ago...) Needless to say, this particular trailer shows off the film in a much more positive light than in the previous teaser trailer... For one thing, no whirlibird action from Storm... We see more of Angel... more of Beast... Juggy doing this thing (smashing through walls, like a pro), and it looks like there'll be no lack of mutant action in this one! The gloves are off, and we can expect quite a nice fight, I bet. IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME!!!! Woo!
Okay, I've said my peace... Now I need to hit the message boards and find out exactly who the mystery mutants are that I couldn't figure out (like the kid who starts turning Beast's hands back to normal at the end of the trailer! Doesn't make much sense, since his "blueness" is not a mutation but an attempt he made to "cure" himself... but whatever... it's a movie) More later!
Anyways! Yeah, so the reason for the excitment now?? Click the link. I'm sorry, but I'm a comic-geek-movie-lover all the way. If it's based on a comic book, I'm there. ESPECIALLY when it comes to X-Men (they were my first love... ahh... but that was many many moons ago...) Needless to say, this particular trailer shows off the film in a much more positive light than in the previous teaser trailer... For one thing, no whirlibird action from Storm... We see more of Angel... more of Beast... Juggy doing this thing (smashing through walls, like a pro), and it looks like there'll be no lack of mutant action in this one! The gloves are off, and we can expect quite a nice fight, I bet. IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME!!!! Woo!
Okay, I've said my peace... Now I need to hit the message boards and find out exactly who the mystery mutants are that I couldn't figure out (like the kid who starts turning Beast's hands back to normal at the end of the trailer! Doesn't make much sense, since his "blueness" is not a mutation but an attempt he made to "cure" himself... but whatever... it's a movie) More later!
Friday, March 03, 2006
Ho hum part deux (dos... or two, for you English types)
I'm still waiting... la de daaa... Well, things have happened since Monday, so I'll update ya on that.
Monday I spoke to the Regional Manager for Sony, and we had a nice conversation... It went well, and all was good. Got a call from the recruiter at HR on Tuesday... Had to do an application and an online background check--the results from which are due in by the end of this week (prolly not) or mid week next week. So we'll see what happens.
I had such a time, though, trying to figure out how I was gonna fax all that stuff to her. Y'see, we have a "business center" in our building... Okay, it's a closet with two desktop PC's and a scanner/printer/fax/copier combo ALL-IN-ONE machine in between them that doesn't work (at least, I've only had luck using the PRINTER and COPIER functions... se la vie). Well, the "fax" part of it didn't work. So then I tried to scan the docs up here on our scanner, but that didn't work (couldn't communicate with the computer or something? I dunno... tre weird)... Grrr... So I took Jeremy's advice, waited for the folks in the office downstairs to come back, and asked to use their fax machine, to which they happily agreed. YAY! I tell ya, such drama, huh?
So now I wait, and wait, and wait s'more. I've actually been pretty good this week--got out Wednesday and Thursday, so that helped. Wednesday was fun! Well, both days were fun, but wed was nice, because Kris and Cody (the new baby from one of my first posts on here), Andie and Mateu (Andie's baby... He's so cute!) and I went to Pentagon Row for a "Mommy Party" (Andie shared Mateu with me, she was the free one for the afternoon). It was very nice to have some "girl" time, and the babies were good for the most part.
Thursday Andie and I went to her gym, where we tried to motivate each other, but I think we just agreed together that we were bored... we completed it anyways, and then were able to enjoy the afternoon a bit. Watched "The 40 Year Old Virgin" (I didn't like it... thought it was kinda trashy and not very funny... I don't recommend it.) and then met up with Jeremy at Starbucks around 5 or so. After that, we said goodbye to Andie and Mateu, as they are leaving for Spain on Saturday. They'll be gone for two weeks, and it'll be very sad, but that's okay, I guess. I'll hafta call up ANOTHER friend with a newborn, and see if she's desperate to get outta the house (or at least have some company) while I wait to start working again.
That brings us to today... and as I've said before, I'm just waiting... Ho humming it, so to speak. But the weekend should be nice, as we've got stuff planned to do. And hopefully Monday... Tuesday... sometime next week, I'll get my offer from Sony, and all will be well in the land of Jess (and the land of Jeremy for that matter!)
Found James' profile on Myspace.com. Don't know if you should really have your full name there, James, but whatever. You can click the link at the right if you'd like.
Monday I spoke to the Regional Manager for Sony, and we had a nice conversation... It went well, and all was good. Got a call from the recruiter at HR on Tuesday... Had to do an application and an online background check--the results from which are due in by the end of this week (prolly not) or mid week next week. So we'll see what happens.
I had such a time, though, trying to figure out how I was gonna fax all that stuff to her. Y'see, we have a "business center" in our building... Okay, it's a closet with two desktop PC's and a scanner/printer/fax/copier combo ALL-IN-ONE machine in between them that doesn't work (at least, I've only had luck using the PRINTER and COPIER functions... se la vie). Well, the "fax" part of it didn't work. So then I tried to scan the docs up here on our scanner, but that didn't work (couldn't communicate with the computer or something? I dunno... tre weird)... Grrr... So I took Jeremy's advice, waited for the folks in the office downstairs to come back, and asked to use their fax machine, to which they happily agreed. YAY! I tell ya, such drama, huh?
So now I wait, and wait, and wait s'more. I've actually been pretty good this week--got out Wednesday and Thursday, so that helped. Wednesday was fun! Well, both days were fun, but wed was nice, because Kris and Cody (the new baby from one of my first posts on here), Andie and Mateu (Andie's baby... He's so cute!) and I went to Pentagon Row for a "Mommy Party" (Andie shared Mateu with me, she was the free one for the afternoon). It was very nice to have some "girl" time, and the babies were good for the most part.
Thursday Andie and I went to her gym, where we tried to motivate each other, but I think we just agreed together that we were bored... we completed it anyways, and then were able to enjoy the afternoon a bit. Watched "The 40 Year Old Virgin" (I didn't like it... thought it was kinda trashy and not very funny... I don't recommend it.) and then met up with Jeremy at Starbucks around 5 or so. After that, we said goodbye to Andie and Mateu, as they are leaving for Spain on Saturday. They'll be gone for two weeks, and it'll be very sad, but that's okay, I guess. I'll hafta call up ANOTHER friend with a newborn, and see if she's desperate to get outta the house (or at least have some company) while I wait to start working again.
That brings us to today... and as I've said before, I'm just waiting... Ho humming it, so to speak. But the weekend should be nice, as we've got stuff planned to do. And hopefully Monday... Tuesday... sometime next week, I'll get my offer from Sony, and all will be well in the land of Jess (and the land of Jeremy for that matter!)
Found James' profile on Myspace.com. Don't know if you should really have your full name there, James, but whatever. You can click the link at the right if you'd like.
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