Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Meet Our New Friend
I guess I'm not entirely sure I want him to be our new friend. We've had this bird feeder for the two years we've lived here and I have never seen him before until just last week but I'm thinking this isn't his first feast here. It would explain why the food disappears so quickly without very many birds being spotted.
Aren't they pretty? This particular day they were all over the place, maybe because it was one of the first warm days we've had.
Mr. Squirrel made another appearance this week and Cade "scared him off" by banging on the window. I thought for sure that he would be traumatized enough to never come back again but it didn't take him five minutes to climb right back up there.
As cute as he is, I'm not happy that he's stealing!
Full of Interesting-ness
No I haven't died or fallen off the face of the Earth, which I guess would probably result in me dying so that was redundant, but anyone keeping track would know that it's been a week since my last post.
I've been a little bit busy. Mostly sitting around watching TV and aimlessly toying around with my new, very first smart phone. In fact, I composed a draft of this in a "Write & Go" app with the very awesome Swype technology. Yeah, this makes me cool now. You know, I like to be up on the trends, catching all the newest technology (even if I catch them a few years later than everyone else.) Next on our list: DVR!
Anyway, I later discovered that it's actually not helpful to use this "Write and Go" app for this type of writing unless you just want to get your thoughts down some place and fast because now I'm copying what I typed on my phone to the computer. This led me to download a Blogger app and another called "My Writing Spot" so we'll see if I like either one of them better.
Interesting, this post is huh?
Ok so I may or may not have had a few more things, more productive and less pathetic things, on my plate this past week. I've been meal planning more often for Brynlee as her eating patterns evolve. She's eating a bigger variety of things as well as more things. (Lots of things going on around here.) I spent three hours in the kitchen making all sorts of meals, veggies and fruits for her (she eats better than the rest of us) which was Tons-O-Fun if you consider a cramped thigh, sore feet and a butt load of dishes (and not just plates and bowls and silverware, but all that plus two pots and two pans) fun. Why do the little people make the big messes and require the most stuff. Needy.
Now my kitchen was a mess, but that was OK because it matched the rest of the house. My house had all of a sudden looked like a construction crew came threw, remodeled some secret room that I don't know about and left all the mess (think drywall dust and dirty foot prints all over the carpet) for me to clean up. Really, I thought I just vacuumed and dusted yesterday. Someone needs to be punished for this mess because nature can't be this cruel. And I'm sure it wasn't the baby, so the boys it is. How young is too young to vacuum? (And on that note, how old is too old for a time-out?)
Also to mention from last week's To-Do list: I signed up to be a Tupperware seller lady and have my Grand Opening party this coming Saturday which doesn't help the whole house cleaning problem (and BTW hit me up if you want to order something! And if you live in or around my living area, you're invited to my party!)
I figured out how to hang eight pairs of soaking wet jeans on our drying rack after our washer ate a baby sock and some other small foreign items that made it in with the laundry, giving it a seemingly good reason to not drain or spin out. It seems as of now that Husband has fixed the problem so I'm crossing my fingers that I don't need to post about that later. J
And of course, no To-Do list would be complete if it didn't include "pick up random stuff" and I can't believe how many "random stuff" piles still remain.
In other news, Brynlee has stayed true to her reputation of being a turd at nighttime, waking up almost on cue every night at 10:00 for her pacifier, midnight to eat and again at 4:00 for her pacifier. Then if I'm lucky she will go back to sleep soundly until 7:00. Cade was back to school last week, which was oddly difficult to get used to. All I need to manage is to get him dressed (the baby and I, really that's optional), fed and in the truck but apparently I forgot how to do all of that well, at least. It's incredibly hard to manage simple tasks when chronically sleep deprived. My daughter will be paying for this in her teenage years. I'm not above revenge.
Well, I hope you've fully enjoyed this lovely, most interesting post about my life this past week. It was a joy to write it for you all. Hopefully now the cobwebs will be cleared and I'll be able to amuse you with less worthless information. Thank you for reading. J
I've been a little bit busy. Mostly sitting around watching TV and aimlessly toying around with my new, very first smart phone. In fact, I composed a draft of this in a "Write & Go" app with the very awesome Swype technology. Yeah, this makes me cool now. You know, I like to be up on the trends, catching all the newest technology (even if I catch them a few years later than everyone else.) Next on our list: DVR!
Anyway, I later discovered that it's actually not helpful to use this "Write and Go" app for this type of writing unless you just want to get your thoughts down some place and fast because now I'm copying what I typed on my phone to the computer. This led me to download a Blogger app and another called "My Writing Spot" so we'll see if I like either one of them better.
Interesting, this post is huh?
Ok so I may or may not have had a few more things, more productive and less pathetic things, on my plate this past week. I've been meal planning more often for Brynlee as her eating patterns evolve. She's eating a bigger variety of things as well as more things. (Lots of things going on around here.) I spent three hours in the kitchen making all sorts of meals, veggies and fruits for her (she eats better than the rest of us) which was Tons-O-Fun if you consider a cramped thigh, sore feet and a butt load of dishes (and not just plates and bowls and silverware, but all that plus two pots and two pans) fun. Why do the little people make the big messes and require the most stuff. Needy.
Now my kitchen was a mess, but that was OK because it matched the rest of the house. My house had all of a sudden looked like a construction crew came threw, remodeled some secret room that I don't know about and left all the mess (think drywall dust and dirty foot prints all over the carpet) for me to clean up. Really, I thought I just vacuumed and dusted yesterday. Someone needs to be punished for this mess because nature can't be this cruel. And I'm sure it wasn't the baby, so the boys it is. How young is too young to vacuum? (And on that note, how old is too old for a time-out?)
Also to mention from last week's To-Do list: I signed up to be a Tupperware seller lady and have my Grand Opening party this coming Saturday which doesn't help the whole house cleaning problem (and BTW hit me up if you want to order something! And if you live in or around my living area, you're invited to my party!)
I figured out how to hang eight pairs of soaking wet jeans on our drying rack after our washer ate a baby sock and some other small foreign items that made it in with the laundry, giving it a seemingly good reason to not drain or spin out. It seems as of now that Husband has fixed the problem so I'm crossing my fingers that I don't need to post about that later. J
And of course, no To-Do list would be complete if it didn't include "pick up random stuff" and I can't believe how many "random stuff" piles still remain.
In other news, Brynlee has stayed true to her reputation of being a turd at nighttime, waking up almost on cue every night at 10:00 for her pacifier, midnight to eat and again at 4:00 for her pacifier. Then if I'm lucky she will go back to sleep soundly until 7:00. Cade was back to school last week, which was oddly difficult to get used to. All I need to manage is to get him dressed (the baby and I, really that's optional), fed and in the truck but apparently I forgot how to do all of that well, at least. It's incredibly hard to manage simple tasks when chronically sleep deprived. My daughter will be paying for this in her teenage years. I'm not above revenge.
Well, I hope you've fully enjoyed this lovely, most interesting post about my life this past week. It was a joy to write it for you all. Hopefully now the cobwebs will be cleared and I'll be able to amuse you with less worthless information. Thank you for reading. J
Monday, March 21, 2011
Pick Me Up Monday: Music Madness
Monday again! But this Monday is different. This Monday is the FIRST FULL DAY OF SPRING! I can barely contain myself! In a post I did about wanting needing Spring to hurry it's little flower covered booty up, I talked about always playing Jack Johnson to ring in the fabulous weather. This morning on the way back from dropping Cade off at school, I did nothing but blast Jack Johnson (or play as loudly as I could while still able to hear Brynlee and not bursting her ear drums, which really isn't all that close to "blasting" actually.)
Regardless, I still fully enjoyed it and now I want to share one of my favoritest most favorite favorite Jack Johnson song! (Hopefully it plays. Sometimes YouTube doesn't allow videos to play on blogs. If not, you should go search it because it's completely enjoyable!)
I did this post as a part of Baby Dickey's Pick Me Up Monday but also my sister-in-law, Jen, does a Music Madness Monday, so I guess this post fits that too! Thanks for the ideas guys haha!
Regardless, I still fully enjoyed it and now I want to share one of my favoritest most favorite favorite Jack Johnson song! (Hopefully it plays. Sometimes YouTube doesn't allow videos to play on blogs. If not, you should go search it because it's completely enjoyable!)
I did this post as a part of Baby Dickey's Pick Me Up Monday but also my sister-in-law, Jen, does a Music Madness Monday, so I guess this post fits that too! Thanks for the ideas guys haha!
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