More than one way… January 31, 2005

I have tried (unsuccessfully) for the past few days to upload the picture of my finished baby ‘boggin, and I give up! I can’t figure out why MT won’t generate the HTML for my uploaded pic. Anyway…I’ve decided to just go with Flickr. The link to my account is over in the sidebar —–>

Busy weekend! We celebrated Chase’s 3rd birthday Saturday (there are a couple of pics of it in Flickr as well). I just can’t believe he is 3! My baby boy. He had a blast. I (luckily) got away with just having a small family party again this year, but I know once he starts preschool next year that will all change. He wanted an “Incredibles” party, which I couldn’t believe because he has wanted a Rescue Heroes party since his b-day last year. But, fun was had, pizza and cake were eaten, presents were opened, all of which made one happy little boy.

To switch gears suddenly, I finished my 2nd round of Clo*mid with nary a symptom! What?!? I’m not complaining, but I just can’t believe what a difference this month was compared to last month. Maybe different is good…last month was obviously not successful.

And to round out this rambling fest, I did not win the Volunteer of the Year award Thursday night, but the lady who did win was certainly more deserving than I. I was amazed because her first real job was working for President Eisenhower! She is also a former IRS employee, and now does free tax services for those who need help but can’t afford to go to the professionals. Yeah. I’m not that dedicated. It was really an honor to get recognized, and the hubs and I had fun getting out for the night, too!

Gah! January 27, 2005

I’m in a bad mood this morning. It doesn’t help that I woke up with a headache, either. Did I mention I woke up late as well? Yep. That’s my morning. I’m probably mostly irritated because I’ve asked my husband to give my back my camera for 3 days, and he still “can’t remember” to bring it to me. I got my camera last summer…MY camera…but the hubs has since decided that it is really handy to have at work. This means that I never fecking have my camera when I need it! Yes, I have wanted to take a pic of my finished baby ‘boggin for 3 days, but what does it matter, he’s holding my camera hostage.
The bad thing is, when I’m in a pissy mood like this, I let it seep over to everyone that’s around me. Take my co-worker/best friend for example. I just don’t have the tolerance to hear her this morning. I love her dearly, but she is GETTING ON MY NERVES. Everything that happens to her is unique and has never happened to anyone else. I just can’t tolerate it today. It’s my problem, I know.
Also, I start my second round of Clo*mid today, and I am so nervous about it. That last round kicked my ass. I just hope and pray that this round won’t be as bad because Chase’s 3rd birthday party is Saturday, and I so want to be human for that. *cross your fingers*
Well, the one up side to this pissy day is that it’s Thursday, which is computer lab day! Yippee! Also, I am going to the Chamber of Commerce banquet tonight because I have been nominated for “volunteer of the year” by a local service association. I’m not really expecting to win, but I’m thrilled to be considered. I’ll let ya’ll know tomorrow how things panned out, and maybe (just MAYBE) I’ll have a picture of the baby ‘boggin to show, too.

Coming Soon… January 25, 2005

My first finished HAT! I am SO excited! It is the umbilical cord hat from the first Stitch ‘n Bitch book. Pictures soon…promise )

I’m not dead, I just feel that way! January 20, 2005

I have had a wild week (a very tiring week) but first things first!

GIFTY!!

It has been such an honor to get to participate in Rubber-Sol’s Gifty! goody swap. I have learned so much from visiting the journals of some of the most crafty, intelligent, and genuinely good-hearted women I have ever met. I was so excited this past weekend when I opened my mailbox to find this from the super sweet Jill:

I *adore* toile…isn’t this the most lovely package!! Wait until you see the goodies inside!!

I loved the cute peony pen, and her “For a Sunday Morning” CD was divine…so soothing. The eye mask smelled heavenly! In fact, the whole shipping box (appropriately a J.Jill box – ha!) smelled of the wonderful goodness of the eye mask. Jill was so thoughtful in her ideas of a “post holiday de-stresser.” She even printed a copy of the recap of the first episode of Wickedly Perfect because I missed it! Look at the notes in the margins! So awesome!

I can’t wait until Gifty! 3, and I am so thankful to Leslie for coming up with such a feel-good project. She rocks!

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The root of my tiredness this week stems from the Krispy Kreme doughnut fundraiser run I made at 4:00 am (yep that’s IN THE MORNING!) on Tuesday. The cheerleaders held a KK fundraiser last week to raise the remainder of the money we owe for our new uniforms, and as the sponsor I was the one to go get the dern things! Off we (me and the other sponsor) go at 4:00 to the KK that’s one hour away to load 319 boxes of sugary goodness. It was downright frigid loading them into the back of the other sponsor’s Yukon XL, and the only employee that would stay outside to help us was a one-arm man! bless his heart, he has a sling on the other arm because of an accident, and could not use it at all! It took us 45 minutes due to the cold and the…um…lack of employee participation. You should have seen the sea of doughnuts! They were stacked as high as the head rests the ENTIRE length of the vehicle (all middle and back seats were removed). We made it back to the school by 7:30 to commence the handing out of the doughnuts. We were finally through with the blasted things by 8:15 (school officially started at 8:00, but we had people watching our rooms), and were ready to start our very. long. day. By the time school let out at 3:00, my ass was dragging. But, oh, it gets better! I had a basketball game to attend that night! Oh what fun 2 sleep-deprived cheerleading sponsors were at the last home basketball game of the season! Ha. Ha.

I still have not caught up on my sleep, despite the fact that I crashed yesterday when I came home from school. I’m hoping that the hubs will take Chase for a boy’s morning on Saturday so I can sleep in! Here’s to wishful thinking!

I’m not dead, I just feel that way! January 20, 2005

I have had a wild week (a very tiring week) but first things first!

GIFTY!!

It has been such an honor to get to participate in Rubber-Sol’s Gifty! goody swap. I have learned so much from visiting the journals of some of the most crafty, intelligent, and genuinely good-hearted women I have ever met. I was so excited this past weekend when I opened my mailbox to find this from the super sweet Jill:

I *adore* toile…isn’t this the most lovely package!! Wait until you see the goodies inside!!

I loved the cute peony pen, and her “For a Sunday Morning” CD was divine…so soothing. The eye mask smelled heavenly! In fact, the whole shipping box (appropriately a J.Jill box – ha!) smelled of the wonderful goodness of the eye mask. Jill was so thoughtful in her ideas of a “post holiday de-stresser.” She even printed a copy of the recap of the first episode of Wickedly Perfect because I missed it! Look at the notes in the margins! So awesome!

I can’t wait until Gifty! 3, and I am so thankful to Leslie for coming up with such a feel-good project. She rocks!

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The root of my tiredness this week stems from the Krispy Kreme doughnut fundraiser run I made at 4:00 am (yep that’s IN THE MORNING!) on Tuesday. The cheerleaders held a KK fundraiser last week to raise the remainder of the money we owe for our new uniforms, and as the sponsor I was the one to go get the dern things! Off we (me and the other sponsor) go at 4:00 to the KK that’s one hour away to load 319 boxes of sugary goodness. It was downright frigid loading them into the back of the other sponsor’s Yukon XL, and the only employee that would stay outside to help us was a one-arm man! bless his heart, he has a sling on the other arm because of an accident, and could not use it at all! It took us 45 minutes due to the cold and the…um…lack of employee participation. You should have seen the sea of doughnuts! They were stacked as high as the head rests the ENTIRE length of the vehicle (all middle and back seats were removed). We made it back to the school by 7:30 to commence the handing out of the doughnuts. We were finally through with the blasted things by 8:15 (school officially started at 8:00, but we had people watching our rooms), and were ready to start our very. long. day. By the time school let out at 3:00, my ass was dragging. But, oh, it gets better! I had a basketball game to attend that night! Oh what fun 2 sleep-deprived cheerleading sponsors were at the last home basketball game of the season! Ha. Ha.

I still have not caught up on my sleep, despite the fact that I crashed yesterday when I came home from school. I’m hoping that the hubs will take Chase for a boy’s morning on Saturday so I can sleep in! Here’s to wishful thinking!

A Quickie January 17, 2005

I intended to post my wonderful Gifty! pictures this morning, but Chase and I slept much later than I meant. (Not that I’m complaining…it was grand!) Now I have to get ready to run to a neighboring town for the afternoon. So…I’ll post pictures this evening of the lovelies I received from Jill for Gifty! Round 2.
In the meantime, you simply must go visit Fussy to see Mrs. Kennedy’s January 14th post. Be sure to read the comments as well. I laughed so hard that tears were streaming down my face. It just struck me the right way, and I couldn’t stop laughing. (Aren’t those the best kind of laughs?)

Have a great holiday Monday (if you are off work like I thankfully am)!

Things you (don’t) need to know January 14, 2005

Via Liz, who saw it all over the blogosphere:

Grooming Products

Shampoo–TIGI Bed Head & Pantene

Moisturizer–Clinique

Cologne– Right now BBW body spray in some holiday scent.

Razor–Venus

Toothpaste–Colgate Total

Electronics

Cell phone–Sony Ericsson

Computer–NSpire Pentium 4 PC

Television–Samsung

Stereo–Sony

Home

Sheets–Whatever good ones I can find at TJ Maxx…right now I have some white eyelet lace Tommy Hilfiger ones.

Coffee-maker–Starbucks Barista Aroma

Car–Xterra

Stationery–Cream colored embossed-monogram cards and whatever cute ones Target has each season )

Beverages

Bottled water–Dasani

Coffee–White Chocolate Caramel Cappuccino

Vodka–Not a priority

Beer–the Red brew from “The Pub“

Clothes

Jeans–Tommy Hilfiger low rise

T-shirt–Old Navy

Briefcase or tote–My teacher bag is an LL Bean boat and tote

Sneakers– New Balance & Merrills

Watch–Nine West

Favorite Places

Vacation places?
Hawaii, the mountians, Disney World, Florida (the beach),

That I want to go to?
England, Scotland, Ireland, Charleston SC, New York, Savannah GA

Necessary Extravagance

M.A.C. cosmetics

Things you (don’t) need to know January 14, 2005

Via Liz, who saw it all over the blogosphere:

Grooming Products

Shampoo–TIGI Bed Head & Pantene

Moisturizer–Clinique

Cologne– Right now BBW body spray in some holiday scent.

Razor–Venus

Toothpaste–Colgate Total

Electronics

Cell phone–Sony Ericsson

Computer–NSpire Pentium 4 PC

Television–Samsung

Stereo–Sony

Home

Sheets–Whatever good ones I can find at TJ Maxx…right now I have some white eyelet lace Tommy Hilfiger ones.

Coffee-maker–Starbucks Barista Aroma

Car–Xterra

Stationery–Cream colored embossed-monogram cards and whatever cute ones Target has each season )

Beverages

Bottled water–Dasani

Coffee–White Chocolate Caramel Cappuccino

Vodka–Not a priority

Beer–the Red brew from “The Pub“

Clothes

Jeans–Tommy Hilfiger low rise

T-shirt–Old Navy

Briefcase or tote–My teacher bag is an LL Bean boat and tote

Sneakers– New Balance & Merrills

Watch–Nine West

Favorite Places

Vacation places?
Hawaii, the mountians, Disney World, Florida (the beach),

That I want to go to?
England, Scotland, Ireland, Charleston SC, New York, Savannah GA

Necessary Extravagance

M.A.C. cosmetics

If it had been a snake it would have bit me January 13, 2005

I hate that saying. It’s just not a pleasant thought. Snakes and biting and ME, eeeww. Today it just keeps ringing over and over in my head, though, because dear friends: I am an idiot.

I woke up late this morning (not unusual in the least), and I was running around trying to get all the pieces of my clothing together (truthfully I was cursing myself for not doing it last night – but I always do that…it’s part of the “morning routine”). I decided to put my pants in the dryer in lieu of ironing them “to save time.” On my way to the dryer to retrieve my cozy warm pants, I stopped at the laundry basket of folded-yet-not-put-away-clothes for a pair of socks. I finally found two that matched (well, sortof – they were both white) and took off to the dryer. I ran back to the bedroom – grabbing my shoes on the way, pulled on my pants, and sat down to get my shoes and socks on. No socks. Where were they? I ran through the house twice. No socks. Went back to the laundry basket. No more matching socks (man, I need to get all the laundry done AT ONE TIME! next time). Back to the bedroom, not on the dresser, not in the bathroom, not effin ANYWHERE! I decided to give up my search for a bit so I can get some make-up on. I look in the mirror.

My socks. Draped over my shoulder. What an idiot.

I feel really bad about laughing at my mom that time she lost her glasses…on top of her head. I guess it runs in the family.

You cold down there? January 11, 2005

We are trying so hard to get Chase to go to the potty. We have lengthy talks about big boys don’t use a diaper, big boys go poopy in the potty, etc., etc. He seems to like going to the potty at the babysitter’s house, but will scream bloody murder when we even hint about the potty at our house. We hit a major milestone on Sunday when we were at my mother’s for lunch: He ran to the potty and went! ALL BY HIMSELF!!! We all cheered and made utter fools of ourselves, and he was so proud. That was it for the day. No more potty. Oh well, Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Fast forward to yesterday. I pick him up from the babysitter’s house, and she tells me that they had gone grocery shopping and were just about to leave when he tells her he has to go “poop.” She finds the bathroom and he does it! This has to be good, right?
I had to head right back to school for cheerleading practice (I always take Chase with me – it’s just easier that way), and he tells me again that he has to go potty. I’m thinking “WOW! It has finally clicked!” We go to the teacher’s lounge and he stands there (and stands, and stands, and STANDS!) – he refuses to sit. After a few minutes (hours it feels) he says “mama I cold.” Before I can respond, he reaches down, pulls his “peepee” and says “pecker, you cold down there?” I thought I would die! He didn’t have a stool, so his “peepee” was resting on the toilet brim. Out of the mouths of babes…

How ironic is it that this came out in our newspaper today:

Peter Potty gets standing ovation from toddlers

One of the most difficult challenges that parents face during their child’s early development is potty training.
Although some children learn faster than others, little boys tend to take longer to potty train than girls. This is primarily due to the stand-up factor.
Since most boys between 2 and 3 years old are too small to reach the toilet and their aiming skills are just not there yet, they start their potty training by sitting down.
However, when little boys sit down to go potty, they still have trouble aiming down into the toilet bowl, and the traditional potty training seats with deflector devices simply do not work.
When boys grow tall enough to use a toilet or a urinal, most parents have to retrain them to stand, which requires balance and can make a little fellow uncomfortable, especially when using a public restroom.
The solution may be the Peter Potty, from Visionaire Products, a flushable toddler urinal that makes it easy and fun to train little boys to be little stand-up guys!
The Peter Potty is made of durable plastic, and designed to look and function just like a real grown-up urinal. It even has its own toddler-friendly flush system to keep the potty sanitary and teach good hygiene.
Parents simply have to fill the reservoir on the top and empty the liquid waste from the tray below. No plumbing, tools or additional attachments are required. Most important, it’s sized to fit little boys, and it adjusts to a toddler’s height, so there is no need for a step stool.
The Peter Potty can either mount directly on a wall or to the sturdy, free-standing base that comes in the box. Parents can set it up in a bathroom, in a child’s room, or anywhere in the house.
Since traveling often puts a temporary halt on the potty training process, the lightweight design makes it easy and convenient to transport wherever families go.
The Peter Potty was conceived by mother and entrepreneur Marcia Hauflaire and is being introduced to the marketplace by Visionaire Products.
It is available at select retail outlets and on the Internet at www.visionaire products.com. The manufacturer’s suggested retail price is $39.99.