Well, that was anti-climatic...

Our first Halloween in our new house!

We expected oodles and oodles of trick-or-treaters this year. Previous years, we've had either one or none, so this year, we came prepared! Stocked up on Kit Kats, 3 Musketeers, Tootsie Rolls, Reese's Sticks, Twix bars, Snickers, etc, we were ready for the barrage of sugar-crazy kiddies.

I must say, though, I was a bit nervous when we stopped by a neighbor's house, and they said they went through $50 worth of candy last year. If this year was anything like last year, they must have paid more than a dollar a piece, because we didn't get more than 20-30 kids. That's it! I know it's still a little early, but no one's knocked on the door in an hour....

Oh, and of those 20-30 T.O.T.-ers, at least half were teens, one adult, and one baby with NO costume on. It's one thing to take your baby trick or treating WITH a costume, but c'mon.... At least appear to be trying!

Had I known how few actual kids were coming our way, I would have loaded them up with handfuls of candy.... But by the time we decided to start giving out extras (my parents always run out, so I was being conservative...) the kiddies stopped coming.

Jeremiah had a great time, though. It started out kinda rough--at the neighbor's, he was crawling around, and their big ole dog barked. Jeremiah started screaming! So they gave him a tootsie pop, and boy did he love that! He sucked on that sucker all night, and had we been keeping count, he could have definitely told us how many licks it took to get to the center of a tootsie pop. Thankfully, his sugar high didn't last very long, and he crashed without putting up a fight.

FYI... Google video is being strange, and keeps coming up with errors for the videos I've posted. So, we'll try out Blogger's videos, and see how those do. So far, so good!

I love it!

As much as I love the summertime, if I can't have the heat, I'll take the cold with a sprinkle of Christmas!

Christmas is probably my favorite time of year, despite the temperatures that it brings. I love decorating for the holidays, putting up the Christmas trees, shopping for 'that perfect gift' and then watching the recipient unwrap it (hopefully happily!) I love the food the holidays have as staples: roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing (Portuguese style, of course, no apples and raisins on our table!), apple pie, etc.... Yum yum yum... Of course, it's great to see all the family for the holidays, since most we don't see but once a year. And for some, once a year is more than enough. :-)

Some people get turkied out having the bird on Thanksgiving and then again on Christmas, so they'll do a ham, or "tur-duck-en" (chicken wrapped in stuffing and a duck wrapped in stuffing and a turkey. I hear it's good, but have never had the pleasure to actually try it...) or something different. Not me, though.... The holidays are the only time I'll cook a turkey, and I don't mind doing it twice! So good!

I'm very excited for this Christmas, especially, as it'll be Jeremiah's first! I can't wait to see his face as we set up the tree--probably only decorated from the mid-section on up, but that's okay. Target and Wal-mart have been putting up their Christmas stuff as the Halloween stuff sells out. As we make our way through the stores, we always go by these sections so that Jeremiah can see everything all lite up. He just peers up, with his mouth open, in awe, and doesn't move until something else catches his attention. So cute!

Next year's Christmas will probably be a bit more fun, since he'll 'get it' more than he will this year. But that's alright. I just hope he does what his Uncle James (and subsequently, Uncle Stephin) used to do with me--we'd put a pillow under the tree, and lay underneath it, looking up at all the lights. It was really cool. I don't see Jeremiah sitting still long enough, but maybe he'll surprise us.

Of course, logistically speaking, we're having a tough time figuring out where exactly to put the tree. We have the perfect spot in the family room for it, but I'm worried that Jeremiah may try to pull it down. I don't want to have to buy a gate to put around it (and that would really kinda kill the look,) but it really is the best spot.

Then I thought of putting it in the breakfast nook area, so you can see it from most of the first level of the house (it'll be in your line of sight when you walk in, and of course, you'll be able to see it from the family room and the kitchen, where we spend most of our time anyways.) Plus, there's a huge bay window there, so you'd be able to see it from outside on West Ox Rd (and, since it'd be pretty safe from Jeremiah, we could decorate it all the way instead of just half.) However, then we'd have to move the table and chairs, which means utilizing the dining room more. That's alright, but Jeremiah makes such a mess, I don't know if I want him to have his way in a carpeted room....

Finally there's always the living room. The only thing about putting it there would be that we'd rarely see it, since the living room is the most isolated room in the house. We really don't spend anytime in there. Eventually, it will be an office/sitting area room, but right now, it's just a room with stuff in it. So I really don't want to put it there, but it would be the least disruptive to our daily lives.

So, I dunno. We have a few weeks to figure it out (we go tree shopping on Black Friday!) I'm sure we'll figure it out. In the meantime, I'm going to start shopping, since I HATE dealing with the people at the mall during this time of year (especially Tyson's.... that place is crazy...) Last year, I went shopping on Christmas Eve, only because I woke up and couldn't sleep any longer, and wanted to kick-start labor by walking 'round the mall. I was very disappointed, though, to be there at 7 a.m. only to find out the mall itself didn't open until 8.... I mean, c'mon! It's Christmas Eve! Oh well. Best Buy was open (and dead), Macy's was open (also pretty dead), but that was definitely the best time to be at the mall that day. May do that again this year, if I have last minute shopping. We'll see if Jeremiah's up for it. :-)

Videos, videos, videos!

Here ya go!




Yeah, I forgot about the previous video when we made this one.... Oh well!

"I'm a lion! Rrrrroar!"

Jeremiah 'decided' he wanted to be a lion for Halloween.... Of course, I can't really think of a good reason to buy a baby a costume, except for the cuteness factor. I mean, I just don't understand why parents would take their baby 'trick or treating'. I can see showing the baby off, especially when they've got older kids--that makes sense. What doesn't make sense is when baby is the only child, and Mom and Dad are holding out a bucket to fill. I cringe when I see perfect strangers walking up with their baby, and that's it. No siblings, just a baby and a sack.
[Word to the wise: if I don't know you, don't bring you baby by my house without an older brother or sister! May have to pull the whole athiest move, "We don't celebrate holidays," and slam the door. {There was a house in our neighborhood that did that, growing up... Needless to say, they got egged and TP'd a lot....}]

It's one thing to take 'em to people you know (like Grandma's.... we may go 'trick or treating' there, since Grandma always has a treat for her sweet, if ya know what I mean!) But parading your infant around to houses with people you don't know, and then asking for their candy, when there are lots of little kiddies out there waiting to collect (my Mom always runs out of candy, and has to turn kiddies away.... this is also due to the teens and college students, of course, but I digress...)

I mean, at least wait 'til the kid can walk on his own.... Gotta burn those calories some way, right? :-)

A few pics for ya.

Now that we've got my laptop up and running again....

Busy working hard on his laptop...

Making his "favorite face" for the camera
(and squinting at the 'red eye light', as he always does.)

Going to the Pancake House instead of church (nursery was full, so we couldn't go to church, since would've just gotten red carded if we had taken him in.)

Whatta lil' gangsta, hip-hopping at Grandma's birthday party.

Oooo.... grass... The last nice day of the year (earlier this week.)

Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.... like, tomorrow.

Yup, definitely not feeling like summer anymore. It's been a bit rainy for the past couple of days, with temperatures in the 60's mostly, and it looks like the forecast will remain unchanged through part of the weekend. Although, if it's going to rain, it should RAIN, as in thunderstorms, and sheets of water falling! Instead, we've had a constant mist and light sprinkling... That's about it.

Now, I like rainy days, s'long as I don't have to venture out too much. Yesterday, we went to the grocery store, and Jeremiah was amazed by the umbrella. He thought it was the coolest thing, and kept trying to hold it. So cute.

Unfortunately, my little man has a bit of a cold, so our time outdoors has been limited. We were supposed to get together with some gals from the Mom's class I took at Mclean last fall, but I decided it was probably best for us to stay indoors, and make some soup. Mmm.... soup.....

That's one good thing about rainy days: good excuse to cook comfort food! Of course, soup was on the menu for today's dinner, anyways, but it's much more fun to make soup on a rainy, cool day than a sunny, hot day. Now I get to relax with a nice warm mug o' tea, and just....

....get Jeremiah up from his nap, because he's decided it's over now. :-( Well, I'll just have to drink my tea whilst keeping an eye on him.

Oh man... bread... I should make some bread... Hmmm..... Can't ya smell it already????? :-)

NOW it's fall...

I think we're safe: the summer weather has finally left us!

For the past few weeks, fall has been unseasonably warm. I mean, c'mon, there's no reason for it to be 90 in the middle of October, now is there? I think not.

And last time I checked, we didn't live in FL, where one would expect to see Christmas decorations when it's hot outside. Nope, 'round here, we should be well into jacket weather before the first sighting of a plastic Santa is seen.

Finally, it's time to bundle up.

I know I'll regret saying that, as I do love me some warm weather... A week of bundling up and I'll be wishing for spring again. But y'know, it's kinda nice to not have to run the AC (I really dislike it... thankful for it in the summer, but it just doesn't seem right to need it IN OCTOBER!

Anyways. That's all I have to say. :-)

Target sells wedding gowns?

What'll they think of next...

Just had to share. :-)

It's hard to get mad at a 9 month old...

....but not impossible.

Especially when said 9 month old is refusing to sit in his high chair, even though it's lunch time... Then, as if in utter defiance, this 9 month old decides to grab hold of the nearest thing, which happens to be a plate and coffee mug from breakfast (complete with crumbs and leftover chai tea...) Where does it end up??? On the floor, of course (so much for that mug... Glad it wasn't a favorite.)

Mom, at this point, decides she needs a minute before dealing with such a mess. So Mom retires, briefly, to the powder room. Upon returning to the kitchen, Mom finds this 9 month old looking over the back of his high chair, about to climb out! Now, Mom has to deal with getting him back in a seated position, and then strapped in (that is why there are straps on the high chair, I'm pretty sure...) Of course, 9 month olds don't like being forced to do ANYTHING, so now this 9 month old is crying...

Oi vey...

Mom gives said 9 month old some puffs to snack on while Mom prepares his lunch. Of course, he's pissed off, so he just sweeps them right off his tray and onto the floor (which Mom had just finished cleaning up from the first mess...)

Grumble grumble....

Thankfully, this 9 month old is now soundly asleep, and Mom is taking a "chill pill".

It's hard to get mad at a 9 month old, but not impossible. :-)

First Step??

So today, I was minding my own business, typing up an email or two, when I looked up to see Jeremiah catching his balance, and then "what appeared to be" taking his first step! He then fell, as he tried to take the 2nd, but hey, gotta start somewhere, right?

Of course, none of this happened because Jeremy wasn't there to see it, and according to the rule...

"If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to see it, did it really happen?"

or in this case,

"If Jeremiah takes his first steps, and Jeremy's not there to see it (or no camera there to tape it), did it really happen?"

Obviously, the answer has to be "no". :-)

But I know better. ;-)

Suri Cruise is going to have issues...

Okay, religious difference aside, this child is going to be super-spoiled, and in super-trouble if this is how they continue to raise her...

The full article is linked (well, what was given of it), but here's an excerpt:

"It's all about being positive and supportive," says the couple's friend (Hubbard advised parents to "try to be the child's friend.") As for discipline, one former church member tells Us that Scientologists do not scold their children, but instead explain that bad behavior (like throwing a toy) is the "wrong action."

Cruise and Holmes, says their pal, are very lenient and do not like to give Suri too many rules: "Suri pretty much does whatever she wants, whenever she wants. If she fusses before bed, they let her stay up later. If they want her to go swimming and she cries, they'll take her out. If she whines about food, they'll ask her what else she wants to eat. They always want to please her."

Now, obviously, I want to please Jeremiah, and give him everything he wants, but y'know what? If I let him decide when he wanted to sleep, he would never nap, and stay up wayyyy too late, and be super grumpy, making all of us miserable. If I let him eat everything he wanted to eat, all he would eat would be his baby puffs, or animal crackers, etc...

The biggest offense in this article is the last line:

In other words, they're typical parents.

Uh.... I guess in Hollywood, but even less-than-good parents know better than to let their child do whatever they want.

But I digress...

Gross...

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Yesterday, Jeremiah and I went to the farmer's market that they hold across the street at the park. Just needed a few veggies that I couldn't find at Costco last week. Of course, the bread guy was there, and he had some really YUMMY raspberry bread. Mmmm... we ate the whole loaf in one day, it was so good! Basically, a more dense version of Portuguese sweet bread with a raspberry sauce running through it. SO GOOD!

Anyways, I got a bunch of veggies from the produce guy--huge box of sweet potatoes (they keep for 5-6 months!), squash, savoy cabbage (for some reason, ya don't see it in the stores around here very often...), tomatoes (I know, technically a fruit, but c'mon... who really thinks of it like a fruit?) a huge butternut squash and some corn.

Now, the corn, I wasn't going to get, but I tried it and it was really good corn! So, okay, fine, I'll get it, shuck it, and freeze it, and we'll have yummy fresh corn all winter, too.

So yeah, got a bushel of corn, for a good price, and hauled it all home (had to go back to get the car, no way it'd all fit in the stroller.) I figured I'd have a chance today to deal with the corn, so after Jeremiah's nap, I let him roam around the family room while I shucked corn husks into a box. At first, all good. But I noticed there were a lot of little holes in the husks, though most of them didn't go all the way through to the corn. So I kept on getting on, and then it happened--I pulled the husk off one ear, and a little gray worm squiggled away into the corn! EWWWWWW!
I dropped that ear the in box, and was done with that! A fluke, maybe, I thought, so I started again. More holes in this one, so I didn't bother, just threw it in the box. Went to grab the next ear, and there was a HUGE short, gray worm, just sittin' there. EWWWWWWW!!! By then, I was done, no more shucking for me.

Well, I got about 8 ears out of it... Unless someone wants to come over and brave the bugs to help me get the rest of my corn. Jeremy's too scared, too. I'm thinkin' of asking my brother, but he's a big wimp as well. What's wrong with all these men???? Scared of wittle bugs! I'm not "scared" of them, per se, just grossed out. But anyways... for now, it's all just gonna sit on the deck.

I hope my sweet potatoes are okay....

Make MY voice heard!

I recently emailed Starbucks about coming out with a Sugar-Free version of their Chai Tea Lattes. I LOVE Iced Chai's--it's my drink! I get it everytime! And while it's not the worst drink on the menu, it's basically a sugary syrup and milk, and that's it.

I knew they had no plans for a sugar free version, but I also know that Starbucks is one of those companies who listen to their customers, whether that feedback be good or bad. This is the email I received:

Hello Jessica,

Thanks so much for contacting us regarding our Chai Tea Lattes. Currently there are no plans of releasing a Sugar Free version in the near future. However, the more requests we recieve, the more likely it will happen.

Your feedback is very important to us, so we appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. I want to assure you that I've passed on your comments to the appropriate people in our company for their attention.

If you have any other questions or concerns, don't hesitate to call our Customer Relations department at (800) 23-LATTE. Or, email us from www.starbucks.com/customer/.

Thank you again for contacting Starbucks, we really appreciate it.

Best Regards,

Nicole P.
Customer Relations
Starbucks Coffee Company

So I am asking you, faithful readers of the Wilcox blog, to email Starbucks, and let your voice be heard! If there's something you want to see, or if you had a pleasant/unpleasant experience, tell them! And while you're at it, if you could throw in there a request for Sugar Free Chai, I'd appreciate it. :-)

A link to their feedback page is included in the title. Thanks!

Colbert launches presidential bid.

He's got my vote--and I thought I'd have a hard time deciding!

Of course, if he decides not to go for President, Mike Huckabee has asked him several times to be his VP running mate. Hmmm....

(Please note, this is not a political blog--if you have a comment about your preferred canidate, please save that for your own blog. I refuse to debate people here. Thank you. ;-)

Punched!

An SNL Digital Short...

Can someone explain how this was "fun"??

So Jeremiah had his 9 month appointment yesterday, and I am really trying to figure out for whom, exactly, it was fun. (So you know who said it would be fun, both babycenter and then our Dr. mentioned how this appointment was different, and more fun, from the normal appts thus far.)

It started out alright--we striped him down to his diaper, and he was laying on the table and did a nice, long stretch, which was perfect for measuring his length (29 7/8 in! Almost the big 3-0!) And then it was weight time, and now that he's a big boy, he got to sit up on the scale instead of laying down (24 lbs, 12 oz! He gained 4 lbs in less than 3 months!) which he was cool with, because he got to play with some nice vertical blinds. So, so far, so good.

Oh, and I guess they do a urinalisys at this appt, but you can't ask a 9 month old to pee in a cup, so they, uh, taped a bag around the, uh, appropriate area, and left it hanging outta his diaper. It was quite a sight to see, him crawlin' around with this "bag o' water" hanging outta his diaper... Reminded me of something from the "Jack-donkey" movies. Anyways.

So Dr. Atiyeh comes in, and is checking him out. Jeremiah's smiling at him, trying to grab his watch, it's all good. He put up a little bit of a fight when getting his ears checked, but that's it. All in all, he was a good boy.

Well, then it was flu shot time. We weren't going to get him the flu shot, instead planned on getting ourselves shot up, to spare him, but we figure if they're only going to offer it to their 6 month-2 year old patients, making those older wait until they know if there's extra, it was probably worth getting. So we did, and he handled that like a trooper. He cried while on the table, but as soon as I picked him up, he was fine.

Okay, so had the appointment ended here, it'da been okay. Of course, they needed to take some blood. *shudder* So down to the lab we go....

We were put in a room, and the nurse and I think a med student came in to "do the deed". She asked the guy, "Have you done this before?" "Nope." he replied. "Well, why don't you give it a shot." Baaaaaaaad idea. Parents, if your child is getting pricked, and they wanna let some med student try it, uh, say no.

Needless to say, this was a rough ride... Jeremiah was sitting on Jeremy's lap, this guy pricks his middle finger, and you see the startle and pain on Jeremiah's face. And then it begins--he's going to wail. In goes the breath---and in--and in--and in---BREATHE, JEREMIAH! By this point, his lips were turning blue, and I was getting worried. Finally, the scream. But, oh the tears, and wails, and crying, and there was nothing I could do. Meanwhile, Mr. Med Student was taking his time, getting most of Jeremiah's blood either on the floor, or Jeremy's hand. This went on for a good minute, and this guy had barely collected anything. FINALLY, the nurse stepped in, and within maybe 15 seconds, she had collected all they needed. They cleaned him up, and eventually, Jeremiah stopped crying (took a few minutes), and we were on our way.

Thankfully, no news is good news, so we're assuming all his tests came back negative, since we haven't heard anything. But man, what an ordeal. Poor Jeremiah. As soon as we got in the car, he was OUT! He probably would have slept for 2 hours, had we not waken him to grab lunch.

What a good sport, though. He doesn't hold it against me, I'm pretty sure. He still loves his Mommy. :-) Must be that sunny disposition of his.

Tired...

Last night was CRAZY!

Jeremy got a projector and screen (he sold his car for it!) to use in his "man cave." It's a really good projector (HD!) and I must say... Halo 3 looks CRAZY-GOOD! Master chief is practically life-size on a 120" screen, after all.

Anyways, to mark this momentous occasion, Jeremy's co-worker, Michael, and our neighbor's son (he's the same age as James) came over for some serious fragging! Even on 3-player split screen, each person still had the equivilent of a 60" screen. Except for Jeremy... he had the whole top half.

Eventually, Stephin and his "little friends" who were having a Halo party last night came on. They joined up with the "guys" and took on any unluckely foe who happened to come their way. [Although... it seemed like most of those playing were actually really good... many battles were lost, but the war was... well, there was no war... Minor technicality.] I had the most important role: team cheerleader! I got to laugh at the silliness of some of the matches, help with team strategies for those Assault missions, and groan when the enemy would get a cheap shot in. And of course, "HURRAY!" when we were doing well. Lots of fun.

But all good things must come to an end, and our's did--around 2:30 a.m. Whoops. Time flies when you're having fun, right?

Unfortunately, Jeremiah went to bed on time, and still needed to get up at his normal time. Somehow, I pulled the short stick. So here I am, half asleep, hoping Jeremiah's anxious to take a nap. Oh well.

At least they didn't drink all the Red Bull.

Oh look! It's Jemiah!

What a ham, huh?

So these pics'll hafta do for now (gotta love the camera phone!) I found the cord to transfer pics from the camera--just been without a laptop the past few days (my laptop is still dead, thanks to Mr. FIOS, and Jeremy killed his work laptop somehow, so he took the spare to work until they sent him a new one--which just happened.)

And here's a link to his last photo session at Picture People. Some of you have probably seen these already (they're 8 month pics), but for those who haven't, here ya go!

What a silly boy...

He was trying to eat the window...

So random, there is no title.

So often, I'll be moving about my day and think of great things to post about, only to put that aside "for later" and then forget what I was going to write. Actually, come to think of it, I do believe I've begun to "think" in blogging form. Everything I do becomes a future post, in my mind.

For example, yesterday I was driving to Target in Sterling when I noticed there's now a Costco there (wasn't before....) So what do I think? I think, "Huh, look at that, there's now a Costco in Sterling. I'll have to mention that in my next post." (I guess, technically, I just did, huh?)

Wait, wait, wait... That's not EXACTLY what I meant when I said, "thinking in blogging form". Here's a better example:

Hmm... I can't think of an example right now. It's not comin' to me.

Okay, well, how about an example that resembles an example? Okay!

OH WAIT! I thought of one. Here it is:

I love "Magic Erasers". If you don't know what they are, look for them in the cleaning supplies aisle. They're awesome! I'll be the first to admit I hate cleaning the bathroom.... Love having a clean one, but hate doing the work to get there. Really hated having glass doors on our last shower--the worst! This time, we've got a tub and curtain duet going on (with lil' duckies on the floor as a non-slip mat thingie.) Well, we were so excited (and so busy) about moving in that I never took the time to clean the tub/shower before we started using it. Now, before you start with the, "Ewww, gross..." just keep in mind that I knew it had been cleaned before the previous tennent moved out... Just so happens that was a year ago... So yeah, it was dirty, just not visible dirt--until ya started walkin' around in it, whilst trying to get clean.

Before we knew it, nasty, dirty soapscum had covered the tub, and that stuff is a pain to get out! Kaboom! didn't do it so well (not without elbow grease, at least...) so I needed to find something else.

Enter the "Magic Eraser!" This thing is awesome. It's basically just a piece of foam, I think with some polyeurathane (sp?) and it takes the stuff right off! Few minutes later, clean tub again! YAY!

End example.

Yes, this is actually pretty similar to my thoughts during the actual cleaning process. But, who really wants to read about stuff like that?? Is it anymore interesting than this current post, which, I've come to realize, is pretty much about nothing. Yeah.... Pullin' a Seinfeld.

Well, on with the nothingness!

So I've started getting up with Jeremiah, and actually leaving our bedroom in the mornings now. Usually, we'll just hang out in there, and he'll play on the floor, and I'll watch him from the warm, cozy bed. But he's pushing his naps back later, so that was getting old. Instead, we now come downstairs, and he plays in the family room while Mommy drinks her coffe and watches every morning show that's on between 7:45 and 9 a.m. Then Mr. "Jemiah" eats his breakfast (sometimes... he's become a bit finicky...) and then it's naptime around 10.

I must say, though, these morning shows actually have some pretty good information. Today, they were talking about stay-at-home-moms and finances (never occured to me that I should also be saving for retirement!), and they had the writer of this new book, "Deceptively Delicious" which has great recipes for sneaking "the good stuff" into food for your family (like adding sweet potatoes or pumpkin to pancakes, or avocado to chocolate pudding--who would think to do that? Apparently, though, ya can't even taste it, and it's so much better for ya.) I did order it off Amazon after that. :-) Yesterday, someone had J. Lo. performing. She really isn't that great of a singer... I mean, she's alright, her songs can be catchy, but I would have to say (and I know someone's going to cringe because of it) I'd rather listen to Britney Spears. She did have some killer boots on, though.... I watched just for those. :-)

In other news, looks like the weather is finally realizing, "Oh... it's October! Whoops... October, August, they sound so alike... I get confused." The next three days should have highs in the 60's (it's been almost 90 lately), which is more seasonal, to say the least. Hopefully, it stays that way (I'm sure the trees and birds are thinking, "WTF??" as in, "What the farm?!" lol) I, though, am completely unprepared for "cool". I'm good for "cold", but not "cool". Don't have any kind of "cool weather" jacket. Hmm.... Jemiah's all set! Scooped up a khaki and fleece jacket, and a heavier more coat like fleece (yup, bought 'em all on clearance, too!) Just need to figure out where all his socks are packed up (though they're probably too small by now...)

Have I mentioned lately how fast that kid is growing?? Today, I was putting away some of clothes from the move, and half of them I had to set aside to store, because they weren't going to fit him now! Sheesh. If it's not up to 18 months, forget it. Not gonna happen. I just hope he stays that way for at least a little while... I don't wanna hafta buy a whole other winter wardrobe in 24 months next (isn't that the same as 2t, because I see both on the shelf, even in the same item... weird.)

Other randomness:
Heroes is really beginning to disappoint. They're "hooking" everyone up with everyone, and it's just an hour long (actually, 43 minutes, if you take out the commercials) cheese fest. Seriously, if that West guy (kinda looks like Clark from Smallville, and guess what! He can fly. How original.) scoops Claire up again, and flies her around the city like freakin' Superman, ONE MORE TIME, I'm gonna hafta.... well, I don't know what I'd do, yet! But it won't be good.... maybe I'll blog about it or something... Yeah, that'll get 'em!

I miss you, Lost. Come back soon.

Oh yeah, speaking of Lost. I'm a regular reader on Jorge Garcia's blog (think I've mentioned that before). He plays Hurley on Lost, in case ya didn't know who I was talkin' about. Anyways, he was talking about some of the different foods they have on the service table on set, and mentioned Oreo Cakesters. Apparently, these are cake-like Oreos. No crunch (never cared for the crunch, my oreos always sogged up in some milk... mmmmm.... golden oreos.... anyways.) Well, while driving back from PA, we stopped at Sheetz and tried 'em. They are pretty good! And can you believe this: even worse for you, bite for bite, than the original! Amazing. :-)

Well, I could go on all night about random stuff I happen to be thinking of. Rather, "of which I happen to be thinking." Okay, that just doesn't sound right. I know it's proper, but who talks, err..., speaks properly anymore? Isn't language like Wikipedia, like eventually, the masses decide what's true and what's not? (While there's some good information on Wikipedia, it really is the majority's opinion, and not always true... but it does become "true", in a way....) I guess, maybe, it's 'acceptable' (don't remember any of my professors in college getting on my case over where I put my"of") but still technically not right?

Wow. I'm in a really random mood today (comes from being isolated with no outlet, i.e. laptop, for the past two days.)

Hmm... Jeremy just came up from the basement looking for the drill... This can't be good.

I'm done. :-)