Thursday, August 14, 2003
Yesterday, I decided to cut Jamie's hair. He has stick straight hair, and it is very thick, so as it grows, he tends to get a little "mop-top" if we don't keep on top of things. So I buzzed his hair since it looked so nice last time I cut it.
And...
I used the wrong clipper guard and cut it way too short. How short, you ask? "Son, you're in the Army now." short. He wasn't too thrilled to have it done, but it looks so funny sticking out every wich way in a very endearing Nick Cage kind of way when we let it get long. It was getting out of hand, and it was time to chop!
I had frozen custard last night too. I'm so bad, but I haven't had ice cream of any sort in so very long. I can't even remember the last time I had Le Duc's. I've been so good on that front (the sweet front) and I decided a little treat wouldn't hurt. I just need to exercise today. I hope to be getting the tires today for my bike! Yay!
My Dad absolutely loves LeDuc's and won't eat frozen custard anywhere else. Jamie's first taste of ice cream at 4 months old was from LeDuc's. They (My parents) have been going there since I was a very young child. I remember taking a bath after dinner etc. and then getting into our PJ's and at dusk we would drive the 20 minutes to Wales and get frozen custard and eat sitting outside on this bench that rings a tree. The bench and tree is still there and it is Jamie's favorite place to sit.
We have new-ish neighbors on the other side of Pam. The family moved in last summer and neither Pam nor I have had much to do with them. The parent's got off on the wrong foot right away by making some rude comment to Pam when she introduced herself to them, and I just got glares every time I would wave as I walked by on my walks with Jamie. So, we just ignore them and they ignore us. Recently, the Mom has been making overtures to Pam, so hopefully things could lighten up and we all could be friends. (laughs - too Brady huh?)
They have two kids, that are similar in age to Marlena and Ethan, so they play quite a bit together. The kids are VERY friendly and very polite, which is a great combination in our book. Well, all 4 of the kids wandered over on Tuesday night, and mind you, I have spoken maybe 20 words to both of the kids in the past year so far since they usually don't play over here, and both kids were jumping with excitement and blurted out:
"Our Mom is going to have a baby!" Oh good Lord! My mouth fell open and I just blinked a few times. She is easily in her 40's and the her youngest is 8 years old. I'll just bet she would be thrilled to know the kids were blabbing that around especially to us. You couldn't shut the kids up to save their lives. It just opened up some sort of dam and they blabbed their family secrets for about 15 minutes, and then all 5 kids practiced casting with Jamie's little fishing pole for about an hour. (No hooks, but a rubber weight so the kids can get the feel of the pole.)
Neighborhood gossip. Ha! At least our hedges are trimmed now so we don't have the tattle tale patrole (block watch captian) on our butts. The lady up the block, who has dedided that she and I are going to be grand friends, is the block watch captian. She doesn't hesitate to comment on our un-shoveled sidewalks the morning after a snowfall, even though you have 24 hours to get it off the walk-ways. She is starting a new block watch, and wants me to do all these things like speak to everyone and I am not touching it with a 10 foot pole. I'm with Pam. We watch each other's homes, we know what is going on, and that is all we need.
And...
I used the wrong clipper guard and cut it way too short. How short, you ask? "Son, you're in the Army now." short. He wasn't too thrilled to have it done, but it looks so funny sticking out every wich way in a very endearing Nick Cage kind of way when we let it get long. It was getting out of hand, and it was time to chop!
I had frozen custard last night too. I'm so bad, but I haven't had ice cream of any sort in so very long. I can't even remember the last time I had Le Duc's. I've been so good on that front (the sweet front) and I decided a little treat wouldn't hurt. I just need to exercise today. I hope to be getting the tires today for my bike! Yay!
My Dad absolutely loves LeDuc's and won't eat frozen custard anywhere else. Jamie's first taste of ice cream at 4 months old was from LeDuc's. They (My parents) have been going there since I was a very young child. I remember taking a bath after dinner etc. and then getting into our PJ's and at dusk we would drive the 20 minutes to Wales and get frozen custard and eat sitting outside on this bench that rings a tree. The bench and tree is still there and it is Jamie's favorite place to sit.
We have new-ish neighbors on the other side of Pam. The family moved in last summer and neither Pam nor I have had much to do with them. The parent's got off on the wrong foot right away by making some rude comment to Pam when she introduced herself to them, and I just got glares every time I would wave as I walked by on my walks with Jamie. So, we just ignore them and they ignore us. Recently, the Mom has been making overtures to Pam, so hopefully things could lighten up and we all could be friends. (laughs - too Brady huh?)
They have two kids, that are similar in age to Marlena and Ethan, so they play quite a bit together. The kids are VERY friendly and very polite, which is a great combination in our book. Well, all 4 of the kids wandered over on Tuesday night, and mind you, I have spoken maybe 20 words to both of the kids in the past year so far since they usually don't play over here, and both kids were jumping with excitement and blurted out:
"Our Mom is going to have a baby!" Oh good Lord! My mouth fell open and I just blinked a few times. She is easily in her 40's and the her youngest is 8 years old. I'll just bet she would be thrilled to know the kids were blabbing that around especially to us. You couldn't shut the kids up to save their lives. It just opened up some sort of dam and they blabbed their family secrets for about 15 minutes, and then all 5 kids practiced casting with Jamie's little fishing pole for about an hour. (No hooks, but a rubber weight so the kids can get the feel of the pole.)
Neighborhood gossip. Ha! At least our hedges are trimmed now so we don't have the tattle tale patrole (block watch captian) on our butts. The lady up the block, who has dedided that she and I are going to be grand friends, is the block watch captian. She doesn't hesitate to comment on our un-shoveled sidewalks the morning after a snowfall, even though you have 24 hours to get it off the walk-ways. She is starting a new block watch, and wants me to do all these things like speak to everyone and I am not touching it with a 10 foot pole. I'm with Pam. We watch each other's homes, we know what is going on, and that is all we need.
Wednesday, August 13, 2003
I spied these at K-Mart yesterday and tried them out. Slim-Fast now has "Hot Meal Options" out on the market. (They don't have them listed on their site, so I couldn't post a pic of them.) They are "Just add water" dry packets that you microwave. The size of the cooked product is on the "smallish" size, but I added about three cups of steamed zucchini and it was a marvelously huge meal. They are 4 points per packet and are pretty good. I bought the Fettuccine Alfredo, but there is Macaroni and Cheese and also a Marinara one.
I updated my full web site to match this blogger template. I have heard from several people that the old sunset graphic at the main page was taking too long to download, so I got rid of it. Check it out if you get some time.
I can't wait to get the bikes fixed. I need Steve's help, but it has been been so very busy the past couple of days that it has been impossible to get much of anything done. The rest of the week is open for us, but the weekend is packed full! Saturday morning we are going to Maxwell Street Days, a huge open air flea market, Saturday evening is the cook out and then wild night out on the town for my cousins bachelorette party. And then Irish Fest on Sunday. Whew! Busy!
Anyhow, I spoke with a couple that I saw at the farmers market on Sunday about how they like their kiddy cart. They said it was the greatest thing on the market and that I would never use my car again. (Ha! I was in Madison, the liberal hippie hot spot of Wisconsin.) The woman was 9 months pregnant and she said that she uses it all the time and the husband said it was a great cardio work out since you are pulling an additional 30-50 pounds behind you. It actually has storage behind the kiddy seat that can be accessed from behind for bags (like groceries) and back-packs. Pretty awesome!
I understand that there will be a "pizza delivery guy" stripper arriving some time during the cook out, so my cousin should be mortified. My cousin wasn't all that keen on the idea, but maid of honor insisted. (She also had the guts to ask me for a "contribution" even after I voted against the stripper. To save face I will give $5 but that is it.) Call me a prude, but I don't get kicks from some strange guy waving his crotch in someone else's face, or my face for that matter. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate male beauty, just not gyrating buns in my face!
Take care all and OP all the way!
I updated my full web site to match this blogger template. I have heard from several people that the old sunset graphic at the main page was taking too long to download, so I got rid of it. Check it out if you get some time.
I can't wait to get the bikes fixed. I need Steve's help, but it has been been so very busy the past couple of days that it has been impossible to get much of anything done. The rest of the week is open for us, but the weekend is packed full! Saturday morning we are going to Maxwell Street Days, a huge open air flea market, Saturday evening is the cook out and then wild night out on the town for my cousins bachelorette party. And then Irish Fest on Sunday. Whew! Busy!
Anyhow, I spoke with a couple that I saw at the farmers market on Sunday about how they like their kiddy cart. They said it was the greatest thing on the market and that I would never use my car again. (Ha! I was in Madison, the liberal hippie hot spot of Wisconsin.) The woman was 9 months pregnant and she said that she uses it all the time and the husband said it was a great cardio work out since you are pulling an additional 30-50 pounds behind you. It actually has storage behind the kiddy seat that can be accessed from behind for bags (like groceries) and back-packs. Pretty awesome!
I understand that there will be a "pizza delivery guy" stripper arriving some time during the cook out, so my cousin should be mortified. My cousin wasn't all that keen on the idea, but maid of honor insisted. (She also had the guts to ask me for a "contribution" even after I voted against the stripper. To save face I will give $5 but that is it.) Call me a prude, but I don't get kicks from some strange guy waving his crotch in someone else's face, or my face for that matter. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate male beauty, just not gyrating buns in my face!
Take care all and OP all the way!
Monday, August 11, 2003
Chubb Wiff
Today we recieved our $400 child tax relief check. I can absolutely say that it could not have come at a better time. We are pretty broke, and I was able to grocery shop and pay some bills. Wa-hoo!
Unfortunately, Steve decided to splurge and buy some smoked fish (chubbs.) I prefer smoked salmon, but he has this thing about chubbs lately. They are a rather greasy, stinky smoked fish, and it is not boned and rather small, so it is more work than it is worth. Boy, can they stink up a house fast. The cat just doesn't know where to sniff first. Steve likes them, so I don't complain. But I eat lox every chance I can get.
Jamie has some sort of cold/allergies that is producing copious amounts of snot. He isn't acting like he has a cold, and Steve has been calling it allergies. Ugh. Snot in August. Can't beat it. I just pray I don't get it and then infect my cousin just in time for her wedding. I'll just have to wait and see if I get it. CRAP!
Unfortunately, Steve decided to splurge and buy some smoked fish (chubbs.) I prefer smoked salmon, but he has this thing about chubbs lately. They are a rather greasy, stinky smoked fish, and it is not boned and rather small, so it is more work than it is worth. Boy, can they stink up a house fast. The cat just doesn't know where to sniff first. Steve likes them, so I don't complain. But I eat lox every chance I can get.
Jamie has some sort of cold/allergies that is producing copious amounts of snot. He isn't acting like he has a cold, and Steve has been calling it allergies. Ugh. Snot in August. Can't beat it. I just pray I don't get it and then infect my cousin just in time for her wedding. I'll just have to wait and see if I get it. CRAP!
What a Weekend!
On Friday, my friend Jessica's Dad gave me a bike and also one of those tow behind kiddy carts. I don't know what to call them, but they are great. I can't wait to get new tires on the bike and the cart. I am so very excited and hope that this means a break in my plateau. We live right on the Oak Leaf Trail which is 90+ miles of connected bike/walking paths throughout Milwaukee county. I can't begin to tell you how very excited I am. Thank you Jessica!
On Saturday, Jamie, Michelle, Aunt Kathy and I all went to a huge farmers market in Madison, Wisconsin. It was a really great market, which rings the capitol building and featured really GREAT produce and other wares. We met Steve's cousin Jennifer who lives in Madison there and it was so much fun to spend time with everyone. Jamie had a blast and was very attracted to Jennifer. She hadn't seen Jamie since he was a baby, so it was a lot of fun for both of them.
The great part of farmers markets is that most of the food is pretty good for you. That is if you manage to avoid the bakery/candy stalls. (Which I mostly did.) I bought cherries, patty pan squash, Thai egg plant, a salsa verde kit and mushrooms. I'm pretty adventurous, and I have never had the squash or that type of egg plant before, and man oh man, I am so sad I have been missing out on the patty pans until now!
We ended up having lunch at Noodles and Company, which was NOT great for the points, but what can a body do? It was actually very good, a very guilty good.
Back on track this week, and OP to everyone!
On Saturday, Jamie, Michelle, Aunt Kathy and I all went to a huge farmers market in Madison, Wisconsin. It was a really great market, which rings the capitol building and featured really GREAT produce and other wares. We met Steve's cousin Jennifer who lives in Madison there and it was so much fun to spend time with everyone. Jamie had a blast and was very attracted to Jennifer. She hadn't seen Jamie since he was a baby, so it was a lot of fun for both of them.
The great part of farmers markets is that most of the food is pretty good for you. That is if you manage to avoid the bakery/candy stalls. (Which I mostly did.) I bought cherries, patty pan squash, Thai egg plant, a salsa verde kit and mushrooms. I'm pretty adventurous, and I have never had the squash or that type of egg plant before, and man oh man, I am so sad I have been missing out on the patty pans until now!
We ended up having lunch at Noodles and Company, which was NOT great for the points, but what can a body do? It was actually very good, a very guilty good.
Back on track this week, and OP to everyone!
Thursday, August 07, 2003
So I officially LOVE Aveda. I can truthfully say that today rocked! I have never had anything done to my face/body before, and it was so great! The whole thing took about 1 1/2 hours. I could easily become addicted to getting things done. My Mom suggested going to the local beauty school and getting things done and I have been spoiled forever. I told her Aveda or nothing. She laughed, but hey, it's maybe a once a year treat, so why not get it done right?
I am totally pumped about the way my eye brows look too. I have never really plucked them, but they look so much more nice and neat. Steve was calling them girly brows. Why shouldn't I have nice looking brows? I don't need to have manly brows. It's not like I had a uni-brow or anything, but it is kind of amazing to me how different they look.
Well, I am one tired girl. Whew! Getting Jamie up at 5:15 am is not a treat I am looking forward to tomorrow. He gets so crabby around lunch time. We are going swimming at the in-laws, so that at least should be fun. I hope to get a bunch of laps in so I hope for no rain!
I am totally pumped about the way my eye brows look too. I have never really plucked them, but they look so much more nice and neat. Steve was calling them girly brows. Why shouldn't I have nice looking brows? I don't need to have manly brows. It's not like I had a uni-brow or anything, but it is kind of amazing to me how different they look.
Well, I am one tired girl. Whew! Getting Jamie up at 5:15 am is not a treat I am looking forward to tomorrow. He gets so crabby around lunch time. We are going swimming at the in-laws, so that at least should be fun. I hope to get a bunch of laps in so I hope for no rain!
I've been making poor food choices the last two days, but things are not spinning madly out of control. Yet. (Ha!)
I made ribs and sauerkraut for Steve's birthday diiner - I tried to talk him into something more light, but he insisted. It is hard to argue with the birthday boy. He was pleased with the whole dinner, and I was pleased that it turned out well. Jamie, however was heart broken when it was time for bed. He thought last night was some grand sleep-over with Michelle. He was all ready to sleep with her on her inflata-bed, but us girls had movies to watch. He also got up at 5:45 am which I can probably blame on Steve, but the excitement of having Michelle over was probably the culprit.
Well, I am off for a shower. Today is Aveda day and tomorow is swimming with the neighbor kids at my in-laws pool, and then Saturday Jamie, Michelle and I are going to a huge farmer's market in Madison. What I really need is some time to sleep, but I don't think I am going to get that until Sunday morning.
Oh, and I got the dress fitted Tuesday evening, and it looks a lot better with it pinned in place. I have been kind of down about how dumpy I looked, but it is kind of amazing how different a dress looks fitted. I go next tuesday again to get the length taken off. Yay!
Take care all and keep on losing!
I made ribs and sauerkraut for Steve's birthday diiner - I tried to talk him into something more light, but he insisted. It is hard to argue with the birthday boy. He was pleased with the whole dinner, and I was pleased that it turned out well. Jamie, however was heart broken when it was time for bed. He thought last night was some grand sleep-over with Michelle. He was all ready to sleep with her on her inflata-bed, but us girls had movies to watch. He also got up at 5:45 am which I can probably blame on Steve, but the excitement of having Michelle over was probably the culprit.
Well, I am off for a shower. Today is Aveda day and tomorow is swimming with the neighbor kids at my in-laws pool, and then Saturday Jamie, Michelle and I are going to a huge farmer's market in Madison. What I really need is some time to sleep, but I don't think I am going to get that until Sunday morning.
Oh, and I got the dress fitted Tuesday evening, and it looks a lot better with it pinned in place. I have been kind of down about how dumpy I looked, but it is kind of amazing how different a dress looks fitted. I go next tuesday again to get the length taken off. Yay!
Take care all and keep on losing!
Tuesday, August 05, 2003
We had a pretty good weekend. Jamie and I went to a farmer's market in Brookfield and bought three pounds of green beans and some Kholorabi (is that how you spell it?) and then spent some time at my parent's house. On Sunday, we all went to Steve's parents house for swimming and a light lunch.
I have to say, that I am pretty pleased with swimming 12+ laps. I could have done much more, but Jamie thought my swimming laps was a game called "Shark!" and I guess I was supposed to get him or something, so I probably did more swimming than I thought. He paddled around with us in swimming wings and an innertube. He had a lot of fun, but tells everyone that he doesn't swim very well. We keep on telling him that he will be able to swim much better as he gets practice, but he is rather skeptical.
Tonight I have my first fitting for the bridesmaids dress. Ugh! So that means that I am going to be missing my Aunt's Tuesday exercise night. I was really looking forward to it too. I'll just have to take an extra long walk this afternoon.
Tomorrow is Steve's birthday. I don't have a clue as to what to get him. Jamie is pretty excited about the whole thing, but we still don't have a gift for him. Steve's sister is coming for dinner and then staying over-night since she is treating me to a facial (at Aveda) as a late birthday present on Thursday morning.
Take care, and keep on losing!
I have to say, that I am pretty pleased with swimming 12+ laps. I could have done much more, but Jamie thought my swimming laps was a game called "Shark!" and I guess I was supposed to get him or something, so I probably did more swimming than I thought. He paddled around with us in swimming wings and an innertube. He had a lot of fun, but tells everyone that he doesn't swim very well. We keep on telling him that he will be able to swim much better as he gets practice, but he is rather skeptical.
Tonight I have my first fitting for the bridesmaids dress. Ugh! So that means that I am going to be missing my Aunt's Tuesday exercise night. I was really looking forward to it too. I'll just have to take an extra long walk this afternoon.
Tomorrow is Steve's birthday. I don't have a clue as to what to get him. Jamie is pretty excited about the whole thing, but we still don't have a gift for him. Steve's sister is coming for dinner and then staying over-night since she is treating me to a facial (at Aveda) as a late birthday present on Thursday morning.
Take care, and keep on losing!
