OMG - they're putting all of the Elfquest comics online - for free!! Wow! I *think* I have most if not all of those comics but one day when (ahem!) I have the time (yeah right) I'd love to peek at these lovelies. Hopefully Cutter will acquire enough new fans to make the movie version a possibility…
Once upon a time I used to buy comics here , but then I got preggers, and life got busy with a little one, and …. Ok, one day I WILL get to read comic books again, really, I will!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Being a working mom, its hard to get out of the 'working all the time mode". About the only time I let myself relax is when I read the paper. I tend to just run around the house, doing stuff like laundry, dishes, cleaning, cooking, putting away stuff, etc. And my poor daughter is left waiting for her mommy to stop running around and pay attention to her.
So last night I decided to let everything else wait and spend some time with her at our basement play area. Boy was it tough to just let GO of my do-do-do mindset! I probably need to do this more often. She's not going to stay this small & adorable forever, I need to enjoy her now. Funny thing is she gave me a taste of my own medicine, she spent quite a bit of time telling me to wait while she 'prepared' a handbag for me (basically stuffing it with toys). So I waited and listened while she chatted away about what she was doing, what I needed to do, etc.
I need to make a point of spending more time with her. Its bad enough I rarely get to talk with anyone (family or friends - that's something else I need to work on, sigh). Would love to hear comments on how other working moms juggle tim with their kids & getting things done!
So last night I decided to let everything else wait and spend some time with her at our basement play area. Boy was it tough to just let GO of my do-do-do mindset! I probably need to do this more often. She's not going to stay this small & adorable forever, I need to enjoy her now. Funny thing is she gave me a taste of my own medicine, she spent quite a bit of time telling me to wait while she 'prepared' a handbag for me (basically stuffing it with toys). So I waited and listened while she chatted away about what she was doing, what I needed to do, etc.
I need to make a point of spending more time with her. Its bad enough I rarely get to talk with anyone (family or friends - that's something else I need to work on, sigh). Would love to hear comments on how other working moms juggle tim with their kids & getting things done!
Monday, January 21, 2008
One day when I have time to myself again (... yeah right...) I will watch movies again, maybe in one of the websites listed here.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Last night I went to our local Holistic moms meeting, and there was a new member that was pregnant. I couldn't help myself, I suggested that she check out the ICAN website in prep of her delivery, and her response was that she was happy with her care (said she's got a great midwife & doula team). I felt a little rebuffed in that she wasn't concerned about learning how to avoid a possible ceasarean.
I guess after my unwanted ceasarean, I feel the need to warn others that most ceasareans are unplanned for… you almost have to assume you'll be bullied into a c-section and you need to take preventive action BEFORE you give birth. I know for me, I swore up and down I wouldn't be a c-section but didn't know you have to actively work to avoid one. I wish I'd known there's ways to avoid one, that you need to prep your body way before delivery in order to decrease your chances of a c-section (ie walking helps the baby get into position).
Ok now I REALLY TRULY need to get some work done! This is why I don't blog often...
I guess after my unwanted ceasarean, I feel the need to warn others that most ceasareans are unplanned for… you almost have to assume you'll be bullied into a c-section and you need to take preventive action BEFORE you give birth. I know for me, I swore up and down I wouldn't be a c-section but didn't know you have to actively work to avoid one. I wish I'd known there's ways to avoid one, that you need to prep your body way before delivery in order to decrease your chances of a c-section (ie walking helps the baby get into position).
Ok now I REALLY TRULY need to get some work done! This is why I don't blog often...
I keep meaning to post about my trip to Colombia in December and I keep not getting to it… somehow I got lucky enough to arrive the day my company was hosting their Xmas party, they had it at a place called Andres Carne de Res (Andrew's Beef would be the literal translation into English).
It’s a huge, very rustic and kitschy kind of place, with so many funky decorations you just don't know where to look. For those in the NJ area - the best way I can describe it is like a "Jose Tejas" on steroids. The music was fantastic, the food was excellent, and the whole atmosphere just screamed PARTY TIME. Fun place, I wish I could bring all my friends there, it would be such a blast!
This blog entry gives a good feel (and pictures) of the place. I especially agree with this description: "...it is sort of a cross between a restaurant, a bar, a house party, a discoteque/nightclub, and a carnival, a place where every night that it’s open is like Mardi Gras. "
Aside from the party, the business part of the trip went well, and going in/out of Colombia was very hassle free (easier than some airports I've been to in South America). The roads are in terrible condition, and traffic is so bad they're now restricting who can drive during rush hour. But there were cops all over which made me feel a bit safer. My co-worker from our offices in Bogota was wonderful, driving me all over and knowing all the tricks. I felt bad that he got stuck with chofer duties for me but he did it cheerfully. I was able to meet his wife during the Xmas party, a lovely lady. Wish I'd taken pictures!
My hotel was gorgeous but unfortunately it was almost 45 min away from our offices, I'd have taken another hotel closer to my work if I'd had a choice.
One thing that caught my eye was the many Juan Valdez coffee shops. I hear there's one in NYC , I'll have to visit its some day, the bag I brought home was excellent.
It’s a huge, very rustic and kitschy kind of place, with so many funky decorations you just don't know where to look. For those in the NJ area - the best way I can describe it is like a "Jose Tejas" on steroids. The music was fantastic, the food was excellent, and the whole atmosphere just screamed PARTY TIME. Fun place, I wish I could bring all my friends there, it would be such a blast!
This blog entry gives a good feel (and pictures) of the place. I especially agree with this description: "...it is sort of a cross between a restaurant, a bar, a house party, a discoteque/nightclub, and a carnival, a place where every night that it’s open is like Mardi Gras. "
Aside from the party, the business part of the trip went well, and going in/out of Colombia was very hassle free (easier than some airports I've been to in South America). The roads are in terrible condition, and traffic is so bad they're now restricting who can drive during rush hour. But there were cops all over which made me feel a bit safer. My co-worker from our offices in Bogota was wonderful, driving me all over and knowing all the tricks. I felt bad that he got stuck with chofer duties for me but he did it cheerfully. I was able to meet his wife during the Xmas party, a lovely lady. Wish I'd taken pictures!
My hotel was gorgeous but unfortunately it was almost 45 min away from our offices, I'd have taken another hotel closer to my work if I'd had a choice.
One thing that caught my eye was the many Juan Valdez coffee shops. I hear there's one in NYC , I'll have to visit its some day, the bag I brought home was excellent.
Next time we need to buy a couch, I think I'd love to get it from here:
http://www.carolinachair.com/index.html
I *love* the idea of custom ordering my couch, from a US company, at a decent price!
http://www.carolinachair.com/index.html
I *love* the idea of custom ordering my couch, from a US company, at a decent price!
Monday, December 03, 2007
WISHLIST
Its Christmastime again, and I am being asked for my wishlist... thinking about what I'd like to get this year, I realize that I'm just very blessed and truly don't need much of anything... (wanting is another thing altogether, LOL!) Then again, giving and receiving gifts is part of the holiday season and I do enjoy it.
So, for those that are asking what I'd like to see under the tree this year, here's some ideas:
Its Christmastime again, and I am being asked for my wishlist... thinking about what I'd like to get this year, I realize that I'm just very blessed and truly don't need much of anything... (wanting is another thing altogether, LOL!) Then again, giving and receiving gifts is part of the holiday season and I do enjoy it.
So, for those that are asking what I'd like to see under the tree this year, here's some ideas:
- my amazon wishlist: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/1SO6DW6EP90J6 (yes some items have been there a while, they're still a valid part of my wishlist)
- Items that follow themes from my wishlist - gentle parenting books, knitting, etc.
- No cooking things please aside from what's on the wishlist, I don't have much more room to store stuff!
- jewelry- silver is always nice, small earrings, necklaces, pendants, with or without stones and doesn't have to be purple (yes you read that right!).
- scarves (can never have enough for winter!)
- a gift in my name to any organization that helps others would make me very very happy, here's some ideas http://www.heifer.org/, http://www.seva.org, http://www.justgive.org/index.html.
I loved this blog's comments on gifts though I don't think I'll ever be able to be as green with my gift giving/receiving... don't worry Frank, I'm not turning into a tree-hugger! Not yet anyway... ;)
http://www.grizzlybird.net/2006/11/green-socially-responsible-gift-giving.html
Friday, November 23, 2007
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
I've now seen everything... GiantLavaLamp.com - When we build it they will come!
Certainly gives you a reason to go visit Soap Lake, Washington ! (gotta love the name of the town too!) I dont' know if I have the heart (or stomach?) to listen to the Lava lamp song on the website...
Certainly gives you a reason to go visit Soap Lake, Washington ! (gotta love the name of the town too!) I dont' know if I have the heart (or stomach?) to listen to the Lava lamp song on the website...
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
When I'm NOT on a computer I'm mentally writing a ton of stuff for this blog, but when I come over I forget what to write! Sigh…
This weekend I was doing the happy dance - Sofia is starting to eat 'REAL' foods, yippee! She used to push away whenever I offered her things like cheese, pasta, fruit & vegetable slices, etc. This weekend she ate: string cheese, green beans, homemade stew (ok I ran that one thru the food processor but still it was pretty chunky)… She also now wants to drink from whatever cup I'm drinking. Of course if I give it to her she'll just pour it on herself, but she refuses help. So I'll drain most of the water and give it to her with a few drops left. She gets such a kick from drinking like a big girl!
Yesterday when I got home & took my shoes off, she had to put them on. I was wearing heels, she was able to walk with them for a bit! Looked adorable of course.
This weekend I was doing the happy dance - Sofia is starting to eat 'REAL' foods, yippee! She used to push away whenever I offered her things like cheese, pasta, fruit & vegetable slices, etc. This weekend she ate: string cheese, green beans, homemade stew (ok I ran that one thru the food processor but still it was pretty chunky)… She also now wants to drink from whatever cup I'm drinking. Of course if I give it to her she'll just pour it on herself, but she refuses help. So I'll drain most of the water and give it to her with a few drops left. She gets such a kick from drinking like a big girl!
Yesterday when I got home & took my shoes off, she had to put them on. I was wearing heels, she was able to walk with them for a bit! Looked adorable of course.
Monday, February 27, 2006
It occurs to me that there's a big gap between my 2/23/04 blog and the 7/13/05 blog then 2/27/06 blog...
Just to fill in the blanks quickly - Billy is doing great, he is doing physical therapy to help get his leg back to normal. No new cancer (keeping fingers crossed) has been seen though they keep checking to make sure.
Sofia was a dream come true, born on July 27, 2004. You can read about her more here - www.babyhomepages.net/littlebaby
The last gap is just due to being busy with Sofia and being full time back to work! She's 19 months as of today - time sure flies! Running all over the place, and starting to try and talk. Quite the ray of sunshine in our lives!
Ok, gotta get back to work.
Just to fill in the blanks quickly - Billy is doing great, he is doing physical therapy to help get his leg back to normal. No new cancer (keeping fingers crossed) has been seen though they keep checking to make sure.
Sofia was a dream come true, born on July 27, 2004. You can read about her more here - www.babyhomepages.net/littlebaby
The last gap is just due to being busy with Sofia and being full time back to work! She's 19 months as of today - time sure flies! Running all over the place, and starting to try and talk. Quite the ray of sunshine in our lives!
Ok, gotta get back to work.
Now I've seen everything ... http://www.metronaps.com/ then again some days I wish we DID have one of these at work!
Monday, February 23, 2004
Billy began the whole bone marrow transfer process today, they installed a 'broviac catheter' on him. He's staying at the hospital tonight, going home tomorrow Tuesday, returning on Wednesday to start the radiation treatments. After that, he'll be in the hospital for weeks. Poor honey!! May his guardian angels watch over him and help him get better soon.
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Well, waddaya know... my baby brother is engaged to be married! To be honest I'm a bit ambivalent about his bride to be 'cause she barely talks to me, but she does look like a nice girl and she obviously cares for him (& vice versa) so I wish them very happy. I also wish them a lot of endurance... family politics can be such a bitch! Well, Frank and I will do what we can to support them.
Sunday, January 04, 2004
Buggers, my tummy is still acting up... here's hoping my visit to the dr's tomorrow helps, I'm tired of having a hurting tummy!
Other than that, due to my cut finger I couldn't play guitar at church so I had to lead everyone a capella. Felt very strange - I didn't realize how much I depended on the guitar for my cues when singing! Although at least I got some sweet compliments about my voice sounding pretty. NO mass next week, so I'm hoping that in two weeks I can try and put pressure again on my finger.
First full work week in two weeks starts tomorrow. Yuck! And with my tummy, its going to be a fun week...
Other than that, due to my cut finger I couldn't play guitar at church so I had to lead everyone a capella. Felt very strange - I didn't realize how much I depended on the guitar for my cues when singing! Although at least I got some sweet compliments about my voice sounding pretty. NO mass next week, so I'm hoping that in two weeks I can try and put pressure again on my finger.
First full work week in two weeks starts tomorrow. Yuck! And with my tummy, its going to be a fun week...
Friday, January 02, 2004
January 1 and having fun...
Had a great time celebrating the new year with the neighbors & catching up - they're really fun people, wish we spent more time together!
So I talked to mom in the morning, and she invited us over for dinner, except she didn't have anything for dessert. So I thought, hey, great opportunity to play with my new Kitchen Aid mixer! I decided to use a recipe from the booklet that came with it, since I'm not quite sure how to adapt recipes yet, its an Applesauce Cake which I thought sounded yummy. I dumped all the ingredients & started mixing - what fun, this thing works great! Then I started to cut up the apple that needed to be added, when my new Wusthof knife decided to christen me, and gave me a nice cut. I sliced a good chunk of my 4th finger on my left hand, a little more than a 1/4" diameter, and it was hanging only by one side, about as thick as a nice deli slice. Nice clean cut, though! After a few frantic calls to family to help us decide if I needed stitches, we ended up just putting a butterfly bandage on since it wasn't bleeding all that much. Bummer! I'm very annoyed, but what can you do. So I never finished baking the cake after all :) maybe we'll finish it today, Frank offered to help finish the cake prep since I'm kinda one handed right now.
Enough excitement for the new year! Hope the rest goes quieter, but we'll see.
Had a great time celebrating the new year with the neighbors & catching up - they're really fun people, wish we spent more time together!
So I talked to mom in the morning, and she invited us over for dinner, except she didn't have anything for dessert. So I thought, hey, great opportunity to play with my new Kitchen Aid mixer! I decided to use a recipe from the booklet that came with it, since I'm not quite sure how to adapt recipes yet, its an Applesauce Cake which I thought sounded yummy. I dumped all the ingredients & started mixing - what fun, this thing works great! Then I started to cut up the apple that needed to be added, when my new Wusthof knife decided to christen me, and gave me a nice cut. I sliced a good chunk of my 4th finger on my left hand, a little more than a 1/4" diameter, and it was hanging only by one side, about as thick as a nice deli slice. Nice clean cut, though! After a few frantic calls to family to help us decide if I needed stitches, we ended up just putting a butterfly bandage on since it wasn't bleeding all that much. Bummer! I'm very annoyed, but what can you do. So I never finished baking the cake after all :) maybe we'll finish it today, Frank offered to help finish the cake prep since I'm kinda one handed right now.
Enough excitement for the new year! Hope the rest goes quieter, but we'll see.
Thursday, January 01, 2004
Happy 2004!!
I'm SO looking forward to this year... a new niece arrives in February, hopefully Billy will get his health back, and hopefully Frank and I will get a little blessing sometime in the latter part of the year!
Some highlights from December...
* Return of the King was magnificent, of course!
* Quiet Xmas with the in-laws (my parents & brothers were in FL).
* Spent a day in NYC with Frank, and sampled the best pizza & best hot chocolate ever! The hot C was so rich we got a sugar buzz that we had to walk off, from 18th St all the way to 53rd (Rockefeller Center) and even beyond that! But it was a fun day. Here's a link with the pictures:
You've Got Pictures
Hope the new year brings lots of new things for the whole world!
I'm SO looking forward to this year... a new niece arrives in February, hopefully Billy will get his health back, and hopefully Frank and I will get a little blessing sometime in the latter part of the year!
Some highlights from December...
* Return of the King was magnificent, of course!
* Quiet Xmas with the in-laws (my parents & brothers were in FL).
* Spent a day in NYC with Frank, and sampled the best pizza & best hot chocolate ever! The hot C was so rich we got a sugar buzz that we had to walk off, from 18th St all the way to 53rd (Rockefeller Center) and even beyond that! But it was a fun day. Here's a link with the pictures:
You've Got Pictures
Hope the new year brings lots of new things for the whole world!
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