Sunday, March 18, 2007

Waving to Mommy


Striking a Pose


Sleezewad

A few weeks ago, a total sleezewad tried to pick me up. It scared the crap out of me. It was one of those really nice days in February, so I came home at lunch and decided to go for a walk. I was bundled up in my big winter coat, ear muffs, and gloves, and was walking a block from home by the library. A car went by, and the guy kind of turned and looked at me. I thought it was someone I knew, so I gave a little wave. The car went down the block and turned left. As I approached the end of the next block, the car came back and stopped at the end of the sidewalk. The guy rolled down the window and ....

Mr. Sleazewad: Where ya headed?
Me: I'm just walking.
Mr. Sleazewad: Do you need a ride?
Me (getting freaked out): No thanks.
Mr. Sleazewad: Are you sure? Because you sure are cute!

I turned on my heel and took off for home. Those are the fastest 2 blocks I have ever walked in my entire life!

Finally The !@#$%^ Works!

Errrrr! to the new version of Blogger!!!! Errr!!!! Finally, after days of searching the help groups, I finally figured out that the reason I couldn't log in to my blog is because for some users, when you see 'Click Here to Continue' you have to right-click and open it in a new window. Errr!! Also, when I converted to the new version and set up my Google log-in, you can't change your google email address, even if your regular email address has changed, or you can't get into your blog. Errr!!!!

Well, I see it has been almost 7 weeks since I have blogged. I won't even try to catch you up on what all has happened. Pretty much I am just working, being a mom, trying to stick to my meal and exercise plans, and basically trying to keep my head above water. Todd in the past two weeks, has increased, (yes - I said increased- his work hours) so that has added extra joy to my life. Errr!!! Errr!!! We did have one nice family evening last Tuesday, we took stroller and walked over to Marino's on Franklin for pizza then walked the long way home. It was very nice, but nights like that are few and far between.

Since the last blog, Mr. Ryan has started eating people food, has made the transition (finally) to a sippy cup, and has quit using the inflatible bathtub in the big bathtub. I am still rocking him to sleep and he still has his paci, but we are making progress. He has also turned into quite the little climber (dining room table, top rung of rocking chair, into the crib, etc) which gives me quite the workout and scares me to death because he has no fear of anything. I have finally caved a little, and let him watch PBS just so I can catch a breath now and then. He is still obsessed with the vacuum cleaner and is obsessed with books. We read, and read, and read, which is good. I also let Aunt Kathy give him m&m's which he LOVED!

Yesterday we went to Humboldt with Todd's parents to visit Todd's Grandpa and Aunt and Uncle. It was a fun day, but very long. Ryan was non-stop from 8 am to 8 pm with no nap and without eating much. Todd's aunt and I splurged at supper and had the Ultimate Humboldt Burger, which is a hamburger with cheese, pickles, bbq sauce, and homemade onion rings on it and we split an order of the onion rings & ranch dressing with Sandy. The bowl the onion rings came in was just glistening with grease, but it was I almost cried it was so good. And, I had a taco salad at lunch. I really don't eat like that anymore (except the to-die-for giant lasagna at the last crop) and really paid the price. I had horrible nightmares last night and indigestion all day, which wasn't helped by the burger and chips I had at Tami and Preston's today! I guess my body has really adjusted to my new eating habits and doesn't like the junk any more. The first 40 pounds was easy to lose, but this next 40 has been hell. I was hoping to get if off by my birthday, but I may just have to settle for another 20 by then.

Last weekend we went to Osky and surprised Todd's dad for his birthday which was very nice too. I guess that was another nice family day. Todd had to leave after a few hours to go to work, but Ryan and I stayed until 8 pm. Next weekend Ryan and I have no plans, and then the 31st we are going to the Farm for my dad's birthday, and the week after that is Todd's mom's birthday and Easter. Whew!

That's all I can think of for now, I was going to clean up my scrapping area, but I am ordering some paper shelves (a bonus for me from me) so I might as well wait until they come in to clean up.