Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Budding artist

This happened during last night's bedtime avoidance scheme. While annoyed at the late hour, I was also beaming with amazement and pride to see LilMiss's scribbles turn into drawings.

Her first "drawing" (that I noticed) was done on Grammys birthday card a few weeks ago when she drew a birthday cake complete with candles, buttercream roses and sprinkles. I don't know why I didn't take a picture. Probably the same reason I've never written down and notable moments in either kids lives.

Our family.
L to R
Grammy, Cosmo the cat, baby brother LD, Mama, Daddy and LilMiss in pink of course.




Tuesday, January 22, 2013

48 Things Meme

Julie just did this, who got it from Issa, and I was awake after feeding the baby at dark o'clock so why sleep when I could do a meme for over an hour and make my hands/arms hurt?

I'd do the proper bloggy thing and add links to my buddies mentioned up there and down there, but I'm on my phone and don't even know if this app can handle HTML so I'll come back later and add links. Maybe. Likely not. If you're reading this you likely already know how to find them or are them anyway.

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Not that I'm aware of.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
A little over three weeks 3 weeks ago, the husband went out of town suddenly and I had both kids at home with me. Pretty sure the baby was crying and I needed the toddler to do something and she wouldn't. Pretty sure there was pee involved.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
NO. It's usually ok for the first few lines and then gets sloppy and horrible.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Coppa or really good prosciutto. Ok just about any cured meat.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
Yes.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
I think so.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
Noooooo! Ha!

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yes.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
I was going to say yes but Julie's answer is making think I should say no.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
When I was pregnant with LD I bought Cap'n Crunch. Yummmmo

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Most of the time. Depends on what's in my arms and how badly I want them off. Like if I have a sleeping baby in my arms and I want to lay down and snuggle....hell no. Those are getting kicked off any way I can. Snuggles are too awesome.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
Physically - No
Emotionally - No and Yes. Depends on what mode I'm in.
With my heart - No
With my brain - Yes. Stubborn is another word for it.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Butter Pecan, Goooood Vanilla, Hazelnut, Chocolate chip

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
I'm not sure. I shall observe and update if I remember.

15. RED OR PINK?
uhh. If I were to look at my closet I'd say....oh that's not a good judge as I have one red thing and one pink thing.
I used to be anti-pink as I perceived it girly, soft and weak. And now it's my daughters favorite color and while she's girly as in she likes princesses, bows and such, she's no weakling in any sense of the word.
I'm told I look good in Red.

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
Oh now this one could be long but I'll go with my temper, challenge with listening and selfishness. Kind of all those things that make others see me as strong, they are also bully-ish.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
This may sound silly, but at this very moment, I miss my kids. I'm laying in bed at 5am after a 4am feeding for LD and I'm tying to sleep train them both to sleep on their own because we all need our sleep but man I miss snuggling my kids.

18. WHAT IS THE TECHNIQUE THAT YOU NEED TO WORK ON THE MOST?
Listening

19. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
I'm in bed so no shoes. But I am wearing fuzzy pink socks. Oh...I guess that's 2 pink articles of clothing....

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
Costco chicken and broccoli.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
LD breathing as he sleeps.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Colbalt Blue

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Vanilla
Pretty much anything cooking in the kitchen savory or sweet but things coming to mind are cooking meat and breads (quick or yeast)
This is weird and likely hormone related because LD just started solids - breast milk poo.

24. HOW IMPORTANT ARE YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS TO YOU?
To me? on a scale of 10 with 10 being fanatical , id say a 7. Not very and yet if you have opposing views I am baffled many times.

25. MOUNTAIN HIDEAWAY OR BEACH HOUSE?
Ohhh toughy and why I love living here. I can have both (not really due to money and time which is tied back to money) but I can get to both the beach and mountains within a few hours.
I'm craving the mountains right now though.

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
No thank you.
I used to enjoy ice skating and gymnastics but now find sport watching for the sake of the sport to be boring at least on TV. I'll do it for the social aspect though...and the food.

27. HAIR COLOR?
Dark Brown brown brown with UGH grey highlights.

28. EYE COLOR?
Brown

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
Yes.

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
Meat! Sooo craving a steak right now
Salmon sashimi
Cheese
Summer fruits which include tomatoes
Potato chips any flavor as long as they are crispy and salty and preferably thin thin thin. Not a fan of those homemade ones that are thick.


31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Happy endings. I can't stand suspense or scary stuff

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
All the way through? No idea but I've partially watched many kid movies recently.

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Grey

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
SUMMER!!

35. FAVORITE DESSERT?
Usually I'd say ice cream but for some reason I really want to say pie - Berry crumb to be exact.

36. STRENGTH TRAINING OR CARDIO?
Cardio

37. COMPUTER OR TELEVISION?
Computer

38. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Nothing but there are a number of started but not finished ones on my Kindle.

39. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Who still uses mouse pads?

40. FAVORITE SOUND?
Tonight was listening to my husband and toddler playing and laughing, LD's belly laughs or the err erring sounds LD makes as he's falling asleep (which he's not doing right now by the way as he's awake for some reason - 5:45am- and struggling to get back to sleep though not exactly crying or err-ing)

41. FAVORITE GENRE OF MUSIC?
NOT KID MUSIC!
Pop, Alternative, Dance/Electronica- Drum and Base, Trance, House


42. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
I'm guessing Maine or Cancun.

43. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
I'm usually right. ha!
I don't think so.

44. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Over that way in California (duh this is a security question)

45. WHERE ARE YOU LIVING NOW?
Over this way in California aka right here

46. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR HOUSE?
Diarrhea if you had eaten a jar of mustard and peas. Wow lots of poo references today. Pretty sure my landlord mixed a bunch of paint together.

47. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR CAR?
Silver

48. DO YOU LIKE ANSWERING 48 QUESTIONS?
I liked reading people's answers so figured it was the fair thing to do. Honestly I grew tired and my hands started hurting a long time ago.