...all in all a success!
Adeline and I went to Goodwill first thing Saturday morning. I donated a mess of stuff and we shopped too-it was 50% off day. I got some new duds, the kiddo got some new duds and we found some nifty plates and a super cute coffee cup. I really have no idea why it never occurred to me to shop there ages ago. It is ridiculously cheap, and it is fun (to me anyway) digging around to find the good stuff. Apparently I'm not the only one who had the idea to shop though, the place was a madhouse. People were all very civil though, and there were actually two instances that I saw where people went out of their way to do something nice for perfect strangers. Maybe people who shop secondhand are nicer than average-and it seems like the people who work there are nicer than 'regular' stores as well.
Today my mom came over to visit and brought a bag full of clothes and shoes for me-bonus! Most of it is work-type stuff, but I'm getting kinda sick of the jeans and tank wardrobe, so maybe I'll mix it up a bit. Just because I work from home doesn't mean I can't dress up, right? There was much ohhing and ahhing over Adeline's walking and her new teeth.
It seems a day of grocery shopping and the visit from ya-ya wiped the baby out, she's been asleep in her crib since 8:30ish. I do believe I'm going to take advantage of this time with some Häagen-Dazs® and Netflix.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Dear Google,
Please put the reader back the way it used to be. No fair changing things up. Also, will you put the spell checker button back in Blogger? Thanks.
Love,
Beth
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My mom is coming over this weekend, I'm so excited to show off new teeth and Adeline walking. Adeline and I are going to go out and about tomorrow-Goodwill is 50% off and I have donations which gets another 20% off, so we could get some smokin' deals. And hopefully I'll have something interesting to talk about.
Please put the reader back the way it used to be. No fair changing things up. Also, will you put the spell checker button back in Blogger? Thanks.
Love,
Beth
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fv c < Courtesy of Adeline
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My mom is coming over this weekend, I'm so excited to show off new teeth and Adeline walking. Adeline and I are going to go out and about tomorrow-Goodwill is 50% off and I have donations which gets another 20% off, so we could get some smokin' deals. And hopefully I'll have something interesting to talk about.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Writing every day is hard!
Barbara Kingsolver was on the radio today talking about her new book, I think it is called Lacuna. She mentioned that the main (or a main) character doesn't ever use first person pronouns. I want to go buy the book now and see how she does that.
Sooooooo....what's new? What to talk about....yeah. Nothing is new. Nothing to see here folks, move right along.
Sooooooo....what's new? What to talk about....yeah. Nothing is new. Nothing to see here folks, move right along.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Phoning it in
After an insane day of chores and errands, I'm beat.
Funny thing happened today though. I woke up to the same old smile I've been seeing every morning from my daughter for months and months. Tomorrow, though, I'll be seeing two new teeth in there.
Not sure how she managed it, but she popped one tooth between 8:30 am and 6: 30 pm and there's another one that I'll bet will be popped tomorrow morning.
Funny thing happened today though. I woke up to the same old smile I've been seeing every morning from my daughter for months and months. Tomorrow, though, I'll be seeing two new teeth in there.
Not sure how she managed it, but she popped one tooth between 8:30 am and 6: 30 pm and there's another one that I'll bet will be popped tomorrow morning.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Sharing is caring
My poor husband.
I am very particular about how chores get done. Most stuff I don't want him to even touch because he'll do it wrong. Some stuff I'll let him do if I know it won't drive me crazy if he does it his way rather than my way.
Lately though, I've been on turbo mode and a little bit on a power trip. I have a HUGE to-do list, and every time Jake offers to help I tell him no, because I want this stuff done my way. But then there is stuff I do want him to do and I get so aggrivated when he doesn't do it.
It really isn't fair that I get to pick and choose the chores, is it? Or is that my woman's perogative?
I am very particular about how chores get done. Most stuff I don't want him to even touch because he'll do it wrong. Some stuff I'll let him do if I know it won't drive me crazy if he does it his way rather than my way.
Lately though, I've been on turbo mode and a little bit on a power trip. I have a HUGE to-do list, and every time Jake offers to help I tell him no, because I want this stuff done my way. But then there is stuff I do want him to do and I get so aggrivated when he doesn't do it.
It really isn't fair that I get to pick and choose the chores, is it? Or is that my woman's perogative?
Monday, November 2, 2009
First Blood
We've had our first real injury, and everyone survived intact.
She was playing and fell down; she cried, but it was a regular I Fell Down Cry. I went and picked her up, we cuddled for a second and see seemed fine. I was holding her in my lap and she looked up at me and opened her mouth, and it was full of blood.
Gah!
My first instinct was that I didn't want her to swallow it, so we went to the bathroom to rinse out her mouth. She didn't get what I was trying to do and we ended up with bloody water all over the place.
Turned out she had managed to bit her upper lip. I have no idea how, she doesn't have any teeth, but there was a definate mark. It doesn't seem to be bothering her, and the bleeding stopped amazingly quickly for a mouth wound. It was probably just a little blood, but in my mind it was gushing rivers and it scared the crap out of me.
We survived though, and she's no worse for the wear-neither am I for that matter.
She was playing and fell down; she cried, but it was a regular I Fell Down Cry. I went and picked her up, we cuddled for a second and see seemed fine. I was holding her in my lap and she looked up at me and opened her mouth, and it was full of blood.
Gah!
My first instinct was that I didn't want her to swallow it, so we went to the bathroom to rinse out her mouth. She didn't get what I was trying to do and we ended up with bloody water all over the place.
Turned out she had managed to bit her upper lip. I have no idea how, she doesn't have any teeth, but there was a definate mark. It doesn't seem to be bothering her, and the bleeding stopped amazingly quickly for a mouth wound. It was probably just a little blood, but in my mind it was gushing rivers and it scared the crap out of me.
We survived though, and she's no worse for the wear-neither am I for that matter.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Meh
I signed up for Nablopomo. One post a day for the entire month of November. No pressure or anything.
First Halloween was...something. She totally fell apart around 6:00 PM and ended up falling asleep, and she slept in her stroller for a couple of hours. Once she woke up, she was shy and fussy for a bit, then she warmed up to the idea of the gathering and seemed to actually enjoy herself.
We never got pictures of her in her costume, so I might put her in it just for the pictures-no one has to know they weren't taken ON Halloween.
In other unrelated news, the budget for November is looking fantastic, and I am super excited. The cable has been cancelled, we don't have the expense of the AC for several months to come and that's freeing up a LOT of income.
In other other unrelated news, I bought a new lock for our mailbox yesterday so we could stop having our mail forwarded to my dad's. I've since lost the keys to the new lock. Aggrivating. And I'm going to feel like a real ass having to admit to the mailman that I have to reinstall another lock because he has to open the master lock for me to pop out the old lock. Embarassing. Updated: Ha! I found the keys. The were on top of the dryer, hidden by some laundry.
In other other other unrelated news, the baby can clap. And she's walking. She still crawls alot of the time, but she's walking on her own when she chooses to. Gads.
First Halloween was...something. She totally fell apart around 6:00 PM and ended up falling asleep, and she slept in her stroller for a couple of hours. Once she woke up, she was shy and fussy for a bit, then she warmed up to the idea of the gathering and seemed to actually enjoy herself.
We never got pictures of her in her costume, so I might put her in it just for the pictures-no one has to know they weren't taken ON Halloween.
In other unrelated news, the budget for November is looking fantastic, and I am super excited. The cable has been cancelled, we don't have the expense of the AC for several months to come and that's freeing up a LOT of income.
In other other unrelated news, I bought a new lock for our mailbox yesterday so we could stop having our mail forwarded to my dad's. I've since lost the keys to the new lock. Aggrivating. And I'm going to feel like a real ass having to admit to the mailman that I have to reinstall another lock because he has to open the master lock for me to pop out the old lock. Embarassing. Updated: Ha! I found the keys. The were on top of the dryer, hidden by some laundry.
In other other other unrelated news, the baby can clap. And she's walking. She still crawls alot of the time, but she's walking on her own when she chooses to. Gads.
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