Well... I'll start with the bad. MY LIFE THE PAST 36 HOURS! I was hit with some sort of stomach flu bug (both ends) Friday morning around 1 am... and haven't felt this horrible since child birth. actually... maybe child birth was better. I always tend to get sick when I have things I want to do, or places I want to be, and this time was no different. I was suppose to babysit on Friday, then go to an Alicia Keys concert in the evening, and then work Saturday. I had to let a variety of people down....and would much rather have been out and about, then stuck in the bathroom/bed for the past day. I have managed to keep lunch down today...and my stomach is feeling much more settled, so I'm hoping the worst is over. I still feel dizzy and gross and sore, but I'm hoping another day and some fluids and food staying in my system will solve that.
OK. My pity party is over.
The GOOD NEWS! Dave and I are moving into a little townhouse in 3 months!!! A few weeks ago we went to view the model home, then the actual available unit, and we were a little disappointed when we were told we had to "apply" for the unit. The company looks at credit ratings, and does reference checks, and former rental checks, and requires meeting with you, before they will accept a deposit or anything. Anyhoo, we went through the process and were approved on Thursday!
We are very excited to get out of our apartment for a few reasons. The first is the LOCATION! The townhouse is 15 minutes south of where we are now, in a MUCH more family friendly and safe neighborhood. There is a park down the road, and the sidewalks will feel safer than strolling Jesse down Carling, where buses come within inches of swiping you. Currently we live in a sketchy part of the WEST end, and have had several strange experiences living here. We've had our car broken into, a drugged up girl bust into our apartment and insist she lived here, and try and kick Dave out, Drug dealers down the hall the first year, and just yesterday a drunk old man in the elevator tried to get Jesse to smile, and when Jesse didn't, he said to him, "Be happy, F.U, be happy." On top of all the craziness, we live right by the bus station, and a fire station, and so it's very loud. I don't know how many times the sirens have woke Jesse up... I'm NOT going to miss that. Also, we were traveling 20-30 minutes a day to get to work, and it is only 10 minutes away from both Dave's work, AND mine. It'll be great to save gas, and time!
The second thing I'm excited about is the SPACE we'll have! Right now, we have basically a dining room, living room, office, and play room crammed into an L shaped living area here. The place we will be renting has the following features.
TOP FLOOR: 3 bedrooms and a spacious bathroom and closets! The third bedroom is probably the best part, because Aunt Katie is moving in!!!!!! Dave's sister, Katie, lived with us for a summer, and it was awesome. She is currently teaching in Korea, and when her contract finishes in July, is coming to Ottawa to find work. We're very excited to have family in the area! In our house! We're also pumped to have an "upstairs" for Jesse to nap in. Right now, he's on the same level as us, and we have to be pretty quiet. The dog wakes him up a lot, and my puking, for example, kept waking him up the other night, too.
MAIN LEVEL: Has a closet right when you walk in. NICE! A place for coats, and I think the stroller will fit too. There is also a convenient little 2 piece bathroom on the main level. The kitchen has a big bright window looking out into the backyard, and there is a whole separate living room, and dining room. The dining room has sliding glass doors outside into a little fenced in yard area with a pine tree and everything! This is a huge deal for us. Having a place to BBQ!! Maybe Dave will cook now. Also, we feel super duper that Cooper will be able to get outside more frequently, and we won't need the litter box. Right now, he is litter box trained, because as a puppy he could never hold it long enough for us to get him down the 10 flights, and out the door and onto some grass in time. Also, for Jesse to easily get some fresh air..and have some outside to explore will be so good for the little guy. I'm already planning in my head how I want to set up a little baby pool, and tiny slide in the back. Right now, it's a pain in the butt getting Jesse's stroller out of his room...down the apartment hall, down the floor hall, down the elevator 10 flights, out the lobby, and 2 more sets of doors. And then to where?? The bus stop? We have the same ordeal for getting groceries in , and it will be so nice to park the car in front of our house, and just have a few feet to walk, and ONE door to unlock :)
BASEMENT LEVEL: We have a finished basement downstairs! We're going to make this into sort of a secondary living area with our second TV, and Jesse's bulky toys. It will be nice to have another place to go, and some space for Jesse to zoom around in the winter. The basement also has a second room with storage- FANTASTIC! A place to put Dave's 12,000 books, and things like Christmas decorations, and Dave's bike. Probably the most exciting thing about the basement is the fact it has a washer and dryer! Right now, we have to take the elevator down to the basement, and share 6 washers and dryers with a building of over 100 units. It takes so much time going up and down, and is inconvenient having to time your day around switching your laundry from machine to machine. There are also a lot of cat and dog people in the building, and sometimes you get a washer or dryer with oodles of fur in it.. or ink.. or other unpleasant things. It will be SO great to have our own just one flight of stairs away.
Well...Jesse is up, and I should do get the little cutie.
Thanks for reading. I'm out.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Salad, Sleep and Beet Slime
Well, It's been a productive day so far. I've got 3 loads of laundry done, our bedroom clean, and cooked a massive pasta salad to work away at over the next few days. It's a new recipe, although I've made similar ones before. It's got rice pasta, cheese, green onion, grapes, peas and ham in it... and the dressing is a sour cream/mayo base with dijon, apple cider vinegar and dill weed thrown in with some other things. It sounds kind of disgusting as I sit here writing it, but I quite like it, and know Dave will too. One thing that I love about Dave is that he is NOT a meat and potatoes man. I mean...he loves meat and potatoes, because he really loves just about all food. But, he'd go for Indian or Mexican or Italian... or just plain KD.... over meat and potatoes. I'm the same way, and it makes cooking for the both of us more enjoyable and fun. I usually pull out meat and potatoes for company, and so we have our fair share.
Anyways... so the day has been productive, yes! Jesse, who goes to bed around 6pm, then gets up at 12 and 4ish, has been dropping that first feed quite regularly for the past few months. So, I've been getting to sleep from 10-4ish most nights , then will jump back in bed for another few hours before the real morning. So refreshing and rejuvenating...that 6 hour stretch... ahhhh... I thought it would never come.
Jesse was a very sad and distressed baby all last week. He failed to poo for about 3 days...then did nothing but poo for 2 days... so I think that had something to do with his mood. I indulged in gluten ALL last week, and suspect that was causing some tummy pains for the little tyke? So, I have recommitted myself to a Celiac diet for now... So, he's back to his loud and silly self, and it's made for a much more enjoyable week. Jesse has figured out how to take little wobbly steps forward when you are holding his arms, can finally now push his upper body up, has figured out the pincer method to finger feeding himself, AND bobs his body when he likes music. It's crazy how fast they learn and change. Jesse tried out beets last night, and what a mess! I told Dave to be extra careful not to let Jesse grab the spoon cause I'm sure "beet red" is a nightmare to wash off things... So, Dave carefully navigated Jesse's tricky little grabby fingers all the way to the last bite. At which point, Jesse let out a MASSIVE sneeze with a mouth full of beets and SPRAYED red beet juice all over Dave, the table, himself, the dog, and the floor. It was so funny. Even beet covered Dave laughed. Today, Jesse ate all the beets, then burped and puked them all up. Not sure if these are signs or something??? Either way, Beet red looks very good on Jesse...
Dave and I have started the LOST Series, and I am SUPER DUPER loving it. We are both sort of suspense wussies, and so there have been a few parts where we can't watch and end up just looking at each other. Then I worry I will miss something critical, and so I embrace the fear for a 5 second count(like Doctor Jack) then force myself to watch the rest.
Poor Dave, has so much school work to do, and he gets thinking about it through the night, and sometimes can't sleep. Last night was one of those nights. He tossed and turned until about 2 am, then went to sleep on the couch cause he thought he might be keeping me up. I'm a very light sleeper, unfortunately. Once Dave gets to sleep, though, he sleeps like a ROCK. He's head butted me in the middle of the night before, and NOT remembered it. No joke.
Well, just wanted to get in some randoms for the day! thanks for reading, I'm out.
Anyways... so the day has been productive, yes! Jesse, who goes to bed around 6pm, then gets up at 12 and 4ish, has been dropping that first feed quite regularly for the past few months. So, I've been getting to sleep from 10-4ish most nights , then will jump back in bed for another few hours before the real morning. So refreshing and rejuvenating...that 6 hour stretch... ahhhh... I thought it would never come.
Jesse was a very sad and distressed baby all last week. He failed to poo for about 3 days...then did nothing but poo for 2 days... so I think that had something to do with his mood. I indulged in gluten ALL last week, and suspect that was causing some tummy pains for the little tyke? So, I have recommitted myself to a Celiac diet for now... So, he's back to his loud and silly self, and it's made for a much more enjoyable week. Jesse has figured out how to take little wobbly steps forward when you are holding his arms, can finally now push his upper body up, has figured out the pincer method to finger feeding himself, AND bobs his body when he likes music. It's crazy how fast they learn and change. Jesse tried out beets last night, and what a mess! I told Dave to be extra careful not to let Jesse grab the spoon cause I'm sure "beet red" is a nightmare to wash off things... So, Dave carefully navigated Jesse's tricky little grabby fingers all the way to the last bite. At which point, Jesse let out a MASSIVE sneeze with a mouth full of beets and SPRAYED red beet juice all over Dave, the table, himself, the dog, and the floor. It was so funny. Even beet covered Dave laughed. Today, Jesse ate all the beets, then burped and puked them all up. Not sure if these are signs or something??? Either way, Beet red looks very good on Jesse...
Dave and I have started the LOST Series, and I am SUPER DUPER loving it. We are both sort of suspense wussies, and so there have been a few parts where we can't watch and end up just looking at each other. Then I worry I will miss something critical, and so I embrace the fear for a 5 second count(like Doctor Jack) then force myself to watch the rest.
Poor Dave, has so much school work to do, and he gets thinking about it through the night, and sometimes can't sleep. Last night was one of those nights. He tossed and turned until about 2 am, then went to sleep on the couch cause he thought he might be keeping me up. I'm a very light sleeper, unfortunately. Once Dave gets to sleep, though, he sleeps like a ROCK. He's head butted me in the middle of the night before, and NOT remembered it. No joke.
Well, just wanted to get in some randoms for the day! thanks for reading, I'm out.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Sleep and Shower
Dave and I are tired today. Very tired. Dave has been pretty tired all week actually. I knew that he needed some extra sleep and down time when he insisted that there were only 3 months of school left, after I informed him there were 4. He looked at me and counted with his fingers, while he emphasized "March, April, then June." Where May went, I'm not sure? The following evening, when discussing our favourite vegetables, he told me that Watermelon was the best vegetable of them all.
Friday I had a busy day with a cranky non-sleeping baby while I was trying to get some games and other things ready for a bridal shower. I left my boys around 5, hoping that work might be a little quieter that evening.
On Friday nights I do reception for the center, but also help with the Kids Night out Program we run. For 15 bucks, you can drop your child off at the center at 6 and go do whatever the heck you want, and come back at 9 to pick them up. We have free play time, games time, snack time, and then end with a movie. It's open to 3-10 year olds, and we get quite the mix each week. They younger ones are very cute and tend to listen well, but are much more demanding and time consuming. Sometimes they pee themselves, sometimes they miss their mommy, and they need more direction and assistance with tasks. The older ones can handle things on their own, but tend to act out more, cause more drama, and sometimes are too rough. You never know how many or what kind of kids you'll be working with until they arrive. We usually average about 16 kids per week, but this week we had 32 show up! My wish for a calm night didn't pan out, but only because of numbers. The group was very well behaved! We had all 32 of them sitting quietly listening to instructions, they participated in the obstacle course without going nuts, and enjoyed parachute games together. It was quite amazing really. Typically a group of 8 kids MIght behave that well on Good night.
Saturday was my dear and darling friend Grace's bridal shower. Grace and I have known each other for 8 years, and spent 4 years in university together. We were both the kind of girl who seemed to prefer hanging out with guys, and found ourselves in dramatic and complicated situations with boys all throughout university. I'm not sure if this common bond is what drew us together... but Grace is the sweetest, most honest and kind girl that exists. She is also one of the few girls who was friends with Dave, but did not have a crush on him :) Grace lives in KW, but her fiance grew up in Ottawa. Tavis is a super guy, and reminds me of a combination of my 3 brothers. It's crazy. Tavis mom and sister in law decided to have a shower here for her with Tavis' family and friends from the area. As a bridesmaid, I was drafted to take care of the program and games. It was a little tricky coming up with games for a group of ladies you knwo nothing about, and who ranged from 20-60. But- I went with some classic fun ones, and a few creative ones, and the shower was great!
Meanwhile, Dave was home with Jesse, and I guess he yelled all afternoon for some reason. Dave thinks that he should write a book on babies with all of his advice. He said the main idea would be, "Feed them incredible amounts of food." As an infant, Dave would feed him milk from a bottle until he puked, and when Dave gets Jesse's meals ready..... 2 Tablespoons of Fruit, turns into half a cup, 1 TBSP of meat turns into two, and 3 tablespoons of cereal usually turns into 6..... Sometimes Jesse doesn't seem to want any of it..and other times he conquers it all.
After the shower, we had Grace and Tavis, and another couple of their friends over for dinner and games. Jesse liked having all the extra people over. Usually he starts getting grumpy by 5...but he held on until 6:00 with all the extra people to watch and take in. I can't wait to see what sort of kid he turns out to be. He is so wiggly and loud and hyper, but is super quiet and still and observant when he is taking in new things and new people. It'll be interesting to see if he holds onto both of these as he grows up, of if he'll lean to one extreme.
Well...the day goes on, and so must I. Dave and I declared it Relax and Rejuvenate Day this morning...but really, I have a staff meeting in a few hours, Dave has to go into the school and do a ton of work, and so the bliss must come to a close. Thanks for reading. I'm off.
Friday I had a busy day with a cranky non-sleeping baby while I was trying to get some games and other things ready for a bridal shower. I left my boys around 5, hoping that work might be a little quieter that evening.
On Friday nights I do reception for the center, but also help with the Kids Night out Program we run. For 15 bucks, you can drop your child off at the center at 6 and go do whatever the heck you want, and come back at 9 to pick them up. We have free play time, games time, snack time, and then end with a movie. It's open to 3-10 year olds, and we get quite the mix each week. They younger ones are very cute and tend to listen well, but are much more demanding and time consuming. Sometimes they pee themselves, sometimes they miss their mommy, and they need more direction and assistance with tasks. The older ones can handle things on their own, but tend to act out more, cause more drama, and sometimes are too rough. You never know how many or what kind of kids you'll be working with until they arrive. We usually average about 16 kids per week, but this week we had 32 show up! My wish for a calm night didn't pan out, but only because of numbers. The group was very well behaved! We had all 32 of them sitting quietly listening to instructions, they participated in the obstacle course without going nuts, and enjoyed parachute games together. It was quite amazing really. Typically a group of 8 kids MIght behave that well on Good night.
Saturday was my dear and darling friend Grace's bridal shower. Grace and I have known each other for 8 years, and spent 4 years in university together. We were both the kind of girl who seemed to prefer hanging out with guys, and found ourselves in dramatic and complicated situations with boys all throughout university. I'm not sure if this common bond is what drew us together... but Grace is the sweetest, most honest and kind girl that exists. She is also one of the few girls who was friends with Dave, but did not have a crush on him :) Grace lives in KW, but her fiance grew up in Ottawa. Tavis is a super guy, and reminds me of a combination of my 3 brothers. It's crazy. Tavis mom and sister in law decided to have a shower here for her with Tavis' family and friends from the area. As a bridesmaid, I was drafted to take care of the program and games. It was a little tricky coming up with games for a group of ladies you knwo nothing about, and who ranged from 20-60. But- I went with some classic fun ones, and a few creative ones, and the shower was great!
Meanwhile, Dave was home with Jesse, and I guess he yelled all afternoon for some reason. Dave thinks that he should write a book on babies with all of his advice. He said the main idea would be, "Feed them incredible amounts of food." As an infant, Dave would feed him milk from a bottle until he puked, and when Dave gets Jesse's meals ready..... 2 Tablespoons of Fruit, turns into half a cup, 1 TBSP of meat turns into two, and 3 tablespoons of cereal usually turns into 6..... Sometimes Jesse doesn't seem to want any of it..and other times he conquers it all.
After the shower, we had Grace and Tavis, and another couple of their friends over for dinner and games. Jesse liked having all the extra people over. Usually he starts getting grumpy by 5...but he held on until 6:00 with all the extra people to watch and take in. I can't wait to see what sort of kid he turns out to be. He is so wiggly and loud and hyper, but is super quiet and still and observant when he is taking in new things and new people. It'll be interesting to see if he holds onto both of these as he grows up, of if he'll lean to one extreme.
Well...the day goes on, and so must I. Dave and I declared it Relax and Rejuvenate Day this morning...but really, I have a staff meeting in a few hours, Dave has to go into the school and do a ton of work, and so the bliss must come to a close. Thanks for reading. I'm off.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Queen for a day and Family Melt Down Hour
It's a new week, and I feel a little sad that the weekend is over. I had a different than the norm sort of weekend, that started with Babysitting a 5 and 7 year old Friday morning. Jesse tagged along, of course, and I loved having 3 kiddies to deal with. It affirmed my desire for 3 kids, although my mother always says, "3 sucks." She was a middle child of 3, and was no fan of it, apparently. I like how the kids have each other to play with, and yes, fight with too. The feeling of a big family warms my heart.
On Saturday I took a break from reception, and filled in running the play classes my work center offers on the weekend. I always feel a touch nervous before doing them, cause it's a dozen parents and their unpredictable 1-3 year olds just WATCHING your every move as you sing and talk during the circle time. But, I always end up loving it. It's like performing, and I have always loved that. After my second class, all the little kids came over one by one and gave me a big hug to say thank you. Priceless.
Sunday was especially fabulous, and my husband treated me like a total queen for Valentines Day. He took the baby first thing in the morning so I could sleep in, and made breakfast, and cleaned the house, and took care of me all day long! He even took Jesse during church, so I could listen to the sermon. Dave and I haven't had the guts to put Jesse in the nursery yet. It's not cause we're wussies and don't want to leave him, we just feel bad for the nursery staff!! He's usually rather fussy during the church hours as his morning nap has been cut short to make it to church, and then he's late for his afternoon nap. Dave and I go to what is called the 10:50 at our church. It is a service held in the gym instead of the sanctuary, and is geared towards young adults and young families I would say, although anyone can go. It's a more relaxed atmosphere, and the back half of the gym is set up with tables and lots of space so kids can color or have some room to move. We have a group of friends who we sit with who have babies the same age as Jesse, and I always marvel at how calm these kids are. Jesse is just so wiggly and loud and we have to take him out once things quiet down after the worship time. I keep telling myself that although he is a handful now, he will be a confident kid who knows what he wants and stands up for what he believes in. Right now that translates into yelling when he wants things and yelling when he falls diving for a toy, and yelling when he's happy, and yelling for more food.... oh my head..... :)
Monday was FAMILY DAY in Ontario, and it was nice to have Dave around again although he had lessons to prep and marking to do all day. I put on the Olympics, and took it easy for most of the day while I looked after the little man. Jesse gave me a near melt down yesterday afternoon when he became TOTALLY miserable and cranky, and NOTHING I did seemed to settle him. We went out for a walk, and that calmed him down for about 15 minutes. But... I don't know if the agony of putting him in his snowsuit and buckling him in the stroller was worth it. A bath calmed him down for about 10 minutes later in the afternoon, and then watching Dave play Super Mario Galaxy tied him over for another 10 minutes right before bed. But it was mostly 2 hours of yell crying. Dave was trying to get his school work done, and was even getting flustered just listening to him. I do not think I would deal well with Colic. And understand how important the concept of getting out and away would be!
This morning, Jesse is back to his good loud and wiggly spirits, and I think his morning nap is coming to a close, I should be on my way and get some things done while he sleeps! Thanks for reading, I'm off.
On Saturday I took a break from reception, and filled in running the play classes my work center offers on the weekend. I always feel a touch nervous before doing them, cause it's a dozen parents and their unpredictable 1-3 year olds just WATCHING your every move as you sing and talk during the circle time. But, I always end up loving it. It's like performing, and I have always loved that. After my second class, all the little kids came over one by one and gave me a big hug to say thank you. Priceless.
Sunday was especially fabulous, and my husband treated me like a total queen for Valentines Day. He took the baby first thing in the morning so I could sleep in, and made breakfast, and cleaned the house, and took care of me all day long! He even took Jesse during church, so I could listen to the sermon. Dave and I haven't had the guts to put Jesse in the nursery yet. It's not cause we're wussies and don't want to leave him, we just feel bad for the nursery staff!! He's usually rather fussy during the church hours as his morning nap has been cut short to make it to church, and then he's late for his afternoon nap. Dave and I go to what is called the 10:50 at our church. It is a service held in the gym instead of the sanctuary, and is geared towards young adults and young families I would say, although anyone can go. It's a more relaxed atmosphere, and the back half of the gym is set up with tables and lots of space so kids can color or have some room to move. We have a group of friends who we sit with who have babies the same age as Jesse, and I always marvel at how calm these kids are. Jesse is just so wiggly and loud and we have to take him out once things quiet down after the worship time. I keep telling myself that although he is a handful now, he will be a confident kid who knows what he wants and stands up for what he believes in. Right now that translates into yelling when he wants things and yelling when he falls diving for a toy, and yelling when he's happy, and yelling for more food.... oh my head..... :)
Monday was FAMILY DAY in Ontario, and it was nice to have Dave around again although he had lessons to prep and marking to do all day. I put on the Olympics, and took it easy for most of the day while I looked after the little man. Jesse gave me a near melt down yesterday afternoon when he became TOTALLY miserable and cranky, and NOTHING I did seemed to settle him. We went out for a walk, and that calmed him down for about 15 minutes. But... I don't know if the agony of putting him in his snowsuit and buckling him in the stroller was worth it. A bath calmed him down for about 10 minutes later in the afternoon, and then watching Dave play Super Mario Galaxy tied him over for another 10 minutes right before bed. But it was mostly 2 hours of yell crying. Dave was trying to get his school work done, and was even getting flustered just listening to him. I do not think I would deal well with Colic. And understand how important the concept of getting out and away would be!
This morning, Jesse is back to his good loud and wiggly spirits, and I think his morning nap is coming to a close, I should be on my way and get some things done while he sleeps! Thanks for reading, I'm off.
Monday, February 8, 2010
TV Series....
I woke up this morning to Dave trying on a bunch of my pink sweaters. I guess it was "pink Day" at school, and he thought maybe one of mine wouldn't look too girly on him. I love that he tried them all on. I also love that he went with a pink scarf instead of one of my WAY too tight pink shirts.
After an incredibly busy and social weekend, this week has been a fairly typical and slow paced one. Playing with my little man, Yelling at the Coop Man, Cooking dinner for the big man, and relaxing in the evenings at the end of it all.
Dave and I have finished season 7 of the Show 24!!! We've absolutely loved the series, and can't wait till season 8 finishes, so we can watch it. My brother, Jesse, gave us Flight of the Conchords - Season 1 - for Christmas. So, this is our new "lighter" TV series for the next little bit. It is so ridiculously stupid it's funny.
I must say, I am a HUGE fan of watching TV series on DVD. Dave and I don't often have time or money to rent a full 2 hour movie through the week, and we don't have Cable. But, it's nice to sit down and watch some good TV at the end of a busy day. So, taking in an episode of something or other, has been something we've done since we started dating. I LOVE the way you really feel like you get to know the characters so well. I always hate that feeling when a good movie comes to an end, but a DVD Series is great cause they just keep going!!! Although.. I must say.... Dave and I felt pretty lost when we finished Friends Season 10. We were like..."our friends are gone." We had to go into the real world and make new ones I guess. Friends were the first series we completed since we started dating almost 5 years ago. We've also finished, Arrested Development, The Office, and One Tree Hill (okay that one was mostly me :) Although Dave would watch here and there. He liked the theme song) After flight of the conchords I think we want to do the LOST series. We've only seen a few episodes from the second season, and apparently this is the year it comes to a close.
It's been a long day, and my creative juices and extremities seem to be coming to a bit of a halt. Hopefully my next entry will be more inspired.... Valentines Day is coming up, and I have to run the play classes for 1-3 year olds this weekend at work.. so hopefully some good blog material will surface there. Thanks for reading!
Off to watch an episode with Daveolah.
After an incredibly busy and social weekend, this week has been a fairly typical and slow paced one. Playing with my little man, Yelling at the Coop Man, Cooking dinner for the big man, and relaxing in the evenings at the end of it all.
Dave and I have finished season 7 of the Show 24!!! We've absolutely loved the series, and can't wait till season 8 finishes, so we can watch it. My brother, Jesse, gave us Flight of the Conchords - Season 1 - for Christmas. So, this is our new "lighter" TV series for the next little bit. It is so ridiculously stupid it's funny.
I must say, I am a HUGE fan of watching TV series on DVD. Dave and I don't often have time or money to rent a full 2 hour movie through the week, and we don't have Cable. But, it's nice to sit down and watch some good TV at the end of a busy day. So, taking in an episode of something or other, has been something we've done since we started dating. I LOVE the way you really feel like you get to know the characters so well. I always hate that feeling when a good movie comes to an end, but a DVD Series is great cause they just keep going!!! Although.. I must say.... Dave and I felt pretty lost when we finished Friends Season 10. We were like..."our friends are gone." We had to go into the real world and make new ones I guess. Friends were the first series we completed since we started dating almost 5 years ago. We've also finished, Arrested Development, The Office, and One Tree Hill (okay that one was mostly me :) Although Dave would watch here and there. He liked the theme song) After flight of the conchords I think we want to do the LOST series. We've only seen a few episodes from the second season, and apparently this is the year it comes to a close.
It's been a long day, and my creative juices and extremities seem to be coming to a bit of a halt. Hopefully my next entry will be more inspired.... Valentines Day is coming up, and I have to run the play classes for 1-3 year olds this weekend at work.. so hopefully some good blog material will surface there. Thanks for reading!
Off to watch an episode with Daveolah.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Baby clothes, Keys, and my horrible sleep
Yesterday there was a sale at children's place. There was a WHOLE wall and a few racks of 3.99 stuff for sale. I bought Jesse 10 future sleepers/pants/dress shirts/fleece sweaters etc! Can you imagine 40 bucks for 10 NICE pieces of clothing?! That was very exciting for me. Baby clothes are very addicting to buy, cause there so cheap. What is 8 bucks a shirt, or 6 dollars for a little pair of shoes? But it does add up! So, I wait for the sale at the Childrens' Place. Every week there is a sale usually. It starts with a 25% off rack... but you always wait... cause it goes up by increments of 5% every Wednesday until it hits 50! And then if there are still a bunch of left overs they want to move, they'll do 70% a few times a year, or this crazy 3.99 business. I've also seen 2.99 deals there. SO, I've learned to hold off, and it is certainly worth it!
After our fantastic afternoon of shopping and picking up Daddy Dave from work, we came home for supper and some Jack Bauer Love before Dave had to head back to the school to do some work with a software program he was needing to use in his world issues class. I decided to spend my evening sewing another pair of PJ's for Jesse. Yes. I'm addicted to baby clothes. I usually alter the patterns to make it fit properly, but this time decided to make my own sort of emo-slim fit jamie outfit for him, and grabbed a roll of Christmas wrap to make my own pattern pieces. I'm not a patient person, and probably should have put a little more thought and measurement into it. Because while it looked cute OFF, I tried them on him this morning! AND OH DEAR. The neck was about 2 inches too big, the arms were 2 inches too long, and I over did the emo-slim fit thing. WAY too tight! Dave kept calling him Octopus arms all morning. The pants were ok, though. A little close-fitting, but cute. Here is a picture. Just had to include it.
Last night, after I finished cutting and sewing, I headed for bed. I couldn't sleep very well. I kept thinking I was hearing people in the apartment, and I was wondering where Dave was. Around midnight I dragged my butt out of bed to try and call Dave on his cell. I noticed a message was left on our answering machine (which explained the noises, and reassured me I wasn't crazy). It was Dave's mom saying that Dave had been trying to get a hold of me from a pay phone, and called her when he couldn't reach me. She passed along the message that he had locked himself out of the staff room at school, and his keys and wallet and phone were all in there! He didn't have a way to get home, as our car key was locked up in the staff room, and Dave had decided he would be sleeping there tonight in a hallway somewhere until someone could let him in when the morning came. Oh Dave.
This is not the first time he has locked himself out of buildings. Last time that happened, I sent a cab with my car keys so he could atleast get home. However, Dave just so happened to have borrowed my bank card before he left- which was now locked in the staff room, and we didn't have a way to pay for the taxi. On top of this, Dave wasn't finished his lessons plan, and needed into the staff room> He had no idea how he was going to be ready to teach the next day. I fell asleep around 1 I think, feeling bad for Dave on some cold hard floor in the school, while I had our delightful Queen bed all to myself. Around 2 pm I though I heard voices again. Dave was home!!! I was worried for a second that he just decided to walk. But I guess he somehow pried open a window or something to get an extra set of keys. I fell back asleep much easier with Daver home. But was awoken at 3 pm by Jesse. He ususally goes back to bed for 4 hours after his middle of the night feed, but lucky me, he was up and ready to go at 6:00 this morning! I'm feeling surprisingly energetic, and happy despite a terribly interrupted sleep, and think I might seize the energy and bake some bread and clean the house. Thanks for reading. I'm off :)
After our fantastic afternoon of shopping and picking up Daddy Dave from work, we came home for supper and some Jack Bauer Love before Dave had to head back to the school to do some work with a software program he was needing to use in his world issues class. I decided to spend my evening sewing another pair of PJ's for Jesse. Yes. I'm addicted to baby clothes. I usually alter the patterns to make it fit properly, but this time decided to make my own sort of emo-slim fit jamie outfit for him, and grabbed a roll of Christmas wrap to make my own pattern pieces. I'm not a patient person, and probably should have put a little more thought and measurement into it. Because while it looked cute OFF, I tried them on him this morning! AND OH DEAR. The neck was about 2 inches too big, the arms were 2 inches too long, and I over did the emo-slim fit thing. WAY too tight! Dave kept calling him Octopus arms all morning. The pants were ok, though. A little close-fitting, but cute. Here is a picture. Just had to include it.
Last night, after I finished cutting and sewing, I headed for bed. I couldn't sleep very well. I kept thinking I was hearing people in the apartment, and I was wondering where Dave was. Around midnight I dragged my butt out of bed to try and call Dave on his cell. I noticed a message was left on our answering machine (which explained the noises, and reassured me I wasn't crazy). It was Dave's mom saying that Dave had been trying to get a hold of me from a pay phone, and called her when he couldn't reach me. She passed along the message that he had locked himself out of the staff room at school, and his keys and wallet and phone were all in there! He didn't have a way to get home, as our car key was locked up in the staff room, and Dave had decided he would be sleeping there tonight in a hallway somewhere until someone could let him in when the morning came. Oh Dave.
This is not the first time he has locked himself out of buildings. Last time that happened, I sent a cab with my car keys so he could atleast get home. However, Dave just so happened to have borrowed my bank card before he left- which was now locked in the staff room, and we didn't have a way to pay for the taxi. On top of this, Dave wasn't finished his lessons plan, and needed into the staff room> He had no idea how he was going to be ready to teach the next day. I fell asleep around 1 I think, feeling bad for Dave on some cold hard floor in the school, while I had our delightful Queen bed all to myself. Around 2 pm I though I heard voices again. Dave was home!!! I was worried for a second that he just decided to walk. But I guess he somehow pried open a window or something to get an extra set of keys. I fell back asleep much easier with Daver home. But was awoken at 3 pm by Jesse. He ususally goes back to bed for 4 hours after his middle of the night feed, but lucky me, he was up and ready to go at 6:00 this morning! I'm feeling surprisingly energetic, and happy despite a terribly interrupted sleep, and think I might seize the energy and bake some bread and clean the house. Thanks for reading. I'm off :)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Ground hog day
Today is groundhog day. And while looking to a furry little animal to predict the weather seems silly, I always check out the results. I'm a bit lame, yes. Ontario's most notable hog, Wiarton Willie, has predicted Spring is on it's way. With the crazy warm and rather uneventful winter we've had so far, I wouldn't be surprised if the trend continued. However, the MOST popular and perhaps reliable hog, Punxutawney Phil from Pennsylvania, has declared winter for 6 more weeks. I'm thinking that perhaps mother nature has been saving up her fury, and February and March will be miserable and cold, and full of snow.
I'm getting an itch for change, and whenever that happens, I usually pack up the baby and drive to New Brunswick and PEI to visit family. This morning the urge hit me, and I had to restrain myself from calling my boss to see if I could get the weekend off, and calling my parents and in-laws to confirm their presence this week. The urge was SO strong, that I went ahead and planned a trip in April, as a means of restraint. But I'm still feeling ancy. It's this time of year that I just DREAM about spring. I'm just craving a cool spring day that I can stroll Jesse to the park in, push him on a swing, and crash on a blanket for a snack and some sun. ahhhh....
So.. in the meantime, I'm just keeping myself busy here at home. I sewed Jesse a cute little sleeper yesterday, and today am designing my own pattern for him for some PJ's. He's got this long long torso, and while he's kind of swimming in his 12 month stuff, it's the only size that isn't busting at the crotch.
Dave has been very busy the past week as his first term at school came to a close with report cards due today. First year teaching is a crazy busy time developing courses, getting your lessons ready everyday, and then teaching. Jesse looks at me during the day, and will say "DADA" I always tell him, "Daddy is at work dealing with the crazy teenagers." Poor Dave teaches university level English and History, and so on top of the prep and drama, he has essays and more essays to mark every night. With exams last week, I did my fair share of marking multiple choice and definitions and such, and like a math wiz, tallied the marks IN MY HEAD. In junior high and high school, I would compete at these provincial math competitions. I usually placed at the district level, and guess what I won? Aside from the fame of course... Math T shirts! I have a handful of them with algebra and geometry equations all over them. So cool... I know.
I got to thinking about how much I enjoyed math, and started looking at courses online for things like book keeping. The college down the road offers part time courses in the evening and on weekends. I love to make budgets and plan things, and although following them is not my specialty, I really enjoy working with numbers on paper. Wow. I never said that outloud or wrote that down before. It's official. I'm geeky. This is what winter does to me people! It makes me go a little crazy.
Well.. my darling cold ridden, teething baby who can't sit still for 3 seconds is stirring from his morning nap, and I suppose I should sign off, and go entertain the little fellow. He's been a little off the past few days, and momma's work is cut out for her! Thanks for reading. I'm off.
I'm getting an itch for change, and whenever that happens, I usually pack up the baby and drive to New Brunswick and PEI to visit family. This morning the urge hit me, and I had to restrain myself from calling my boss to see if I could get the weekend off, and calling my parents and in-laws to confirm their presence this week. The urge was SO strong, that I went ahead and planned a trip in April, as a means of restraint. But I'm still feeling ancy. It's this time of year that I just DREAM about spring. I'm just craving a cool spring day that I can stroll Jesse to the park in, push him on a swing, and crash on a blanket for a snack and some sun. ahhhh....
So.. in the meantime, I'm just keeping myself busy here at home. I sewed Jesse a cute little sleeper yesterday, and today am designing my own pattern for him for some PJ's. He's got this long long torso, and while he's kind of swimming in his 12 month stuff, it's the only size that isn't busting at the crotch.
Dave has been very busy the past week as his first term at school came to a close with report cards due today. First year teaching is a crazy busy time developing courses, getting your lessons ready everyday, and then teaching. Jesse looks at me during the day, and will say "DADA" I always tell him, "Daddy is at work dealing with the crazy teenagers." Poor Dave teaches university level English and History, and so on top of the prep and drama, he has essays and more essays to mark every night. With exams last week, I did my fair share of marking multiple choice and definitions and such, and like a math wiz, tallied the marks IN MY HEAD. In junior high and high school, I would compete at these provincial math competitions. I usually placed at the district level, and guess what I won? Aside from the fame of course... Math T shirts! I have a handful of them with algebra and geometry equations all over them. So cool... I know.
I got to thinking about how much I enjoyed math, and started looking at courses online for things like book keeping. The college down the road offers part time courses in the evening and on weekends. I love to make budgets and plan things, and although following them is not my specialty, I really enjoy working with numbers on paper. Wow. I never said that outloud or wrote that down before. It's official. I'm geeky. This is what winter does to me people! It makes me go a little crazy.
Well.. my darling cold ridden, teething baby who can't sit still for 3 seconds is stirring from his morning nap, and I suppose I should sign off, and go entertain the little fellow. He's been a little off the past few days, and momma's work is cut out for her! Thanks for reading. I'm off.
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