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A room without books is like a body without a soul
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And I'm doing a lot better at this goal:
than this one:
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| Daina rolled from back to front a week ago...
...and from front to back just last night. She was looking out the window at DH's Aunt's place; DH turned her to her tummy saying "you need some tummy time". Daina just flipped back over like it was nothing.
You could practically hear the "No, I don't. Hmph." LOL. And she went back to looking at the trees and street lights. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| I may be poor.
I may be homesick.
I may be jobless.
But I'm also sitting here reading LJ and sipping a glass of $3 wine, while in the background a screaming post-bath goodness baby is being swaddled by the hubby.
Life is just too hard. LOL.
p.s. I read this to Scott and he says I must use this icon as his reply. | | comments: 9 comments or Leave a comment |
| I'm in southern California and seasons beyond "Hot", "Hotter" and "OMG I'm dying it's so Hot" just don't exist.
But I know it's Autumn and I want cool weather, colorful leaves, rainy days, fireplaces that aren't just decorative, short skirt & high boot outfits with sweaters.
My A/C is still going and people laugh when I say that 70 degrees (F) is NOT cold.
I miss home... so very very much. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| We often call Daina "Bug", because when she's swaddled with a cap on, she looks like a little GloWorm...
( Read more... ) | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | She's discovered her hands... and looks like she's tripping or something. LOL. One of the few times I wish I had a way to record video. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| We just got back from Daina's 2 month doctor visit (at 2m1w... thank you, MediCal). She's right at the 50th percentile for weight for age, but in the 90th for length.
11lbs 4oz and 24 inches. She obviously got everyone but mama's genes in the height department. *is total runt*
She also took her DTaP shot like a total champ, took an ounce from her EBM bottle at the Doc's office and is currently being a happy, kicky, wavy baby on the floor next to me.
Yay! | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | ...didn't feel like having her picture taken. But it made a great icon. LOL. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| We just got turned on to a great program by one of Scott's aunts. It's called The Treasure Box and is a way to get a box of frozen groceries at a HUGE discount.
You pay for a box (or 2 or 3 or 4) at the beginning of the month and pick it/them up at the end of the month. We picked up our September box on Saturday and it was awesome.
The big thing is... you pay $30 per box, but get around $75-100 worth of food! October, for example:
2 lbs. Beef Burgers
2 lbs. Chicken Patties
3 - 3.5 lbs. Whole Chicken
2 lbs. Breaded Fish Sticks
2 lbs. Turkey and Pork Breakfast Sausage Links
1 lb. Ground Turkey
2 lb package Cheese Ravioli
4 each Burritos
4 each 3 Cheese Roasted Vegetable Wrap
1 lb. package California Blend Frozen Vegetables
2 lb. package Baby Whole Carrots
2 lb. package Natural Style French Fries
2 lb. package Pinto Beans
1 each Lemon Meringue Pie
September's was similar and included unlisted items like rice and ketchup too.
There are NO income requirements to meet, you just order your boxes online and pick up at your location of choice. It's awesome! | | comments: Leave a comment |
| Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms.
- Alan Corenk | | comments: Leave a comment |
| We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know.
- W. H. Auden | | comments: Leave a comment |
| The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.
- Edwin Schlossberg | | comments: Leave a comment |
| I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby | | comments: Leave a comment |
| I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.
- George Carlin | | comments: Leave a comment |
| Dr. Ana Sanchez
I wasn't impressed with the level of care during my pregnancy, but due to getting laid off and trying to get on Medi-Cal, I was unable to switch doctors.
The kicker, however, was after delivery (which she didn't manage to show up for). I went in 5 days post partum due to high blood pressure and edema.
1st - She prescribed bedrest; with a 5 day old infant, this does not happen.
2nd - She considered the exam she gave me to be sufficient; as in, I did not need a 6 week post-partum check up. This is 5 days PP. My uterus was not fully contracted, the placental site was not healed, I still had 10 stitches (the site of one of which was inflamed); this was only 5 days after giving birth.
3rd - When I insisted on a 6 week check up, the office gave me a date and time. When I arrived, I find that they did not actually reschedule the first canceled appointment and were not expecting me for another 5 months and routine pap smear.
If I had (or have, I still haven't been seen) any related medical issues will be criminal negligence in my books.
*is just infuriated* I still have no birth control, although I guess that doesn't matter since I still have pain. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.
- Evan Esar | | comments: Leave a comment |
| The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.
- Dudley Moore | | comments: Leave a comment |
| I'm sitting here, reading my iVillage pregnancy/playgroup (for gals who delivered in July 09), wondering what the hell is wrong with them and their husbands.
The rant/rave section is nothing but rants about husbands who want nothing to do with the infant (or older children) and do nothing around the house. Instead bitch that the house is a mess, the kids are squalling, and they aren't getting any sex.
What. the. Fuck?!?!
All the replies are those of sympathy and commiseration ("Mine is just like that too"), which confuses me further. In that "why did you marry him" and "why are you still with him" kind of way. But worse are the excuses; "It's just men, sweetie" and "All men are like that. Get used to it".
What. the. Fuck?!?!
I look over at Scott, sitting at the other computer, feeding and burping Daina after having changed her diaper... and I just want to hand all those ladies a frickin clue-by-four. The way to change it is to talk to your lazy ass husband (without calling him a lazy ass, btw) and give your kids good examples of CO-parenting.
*smacks 'em all*
How the hell do you expect the next generation to learn anything? | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| A non-Daina/quote post... whoa!
As some of you may remember, I'm a City of Heroes addict (a MMORPG). A couple of characters even got me writing briefly.
Well... back in February/March, our Hero Supergroup, kind of co-wrote/roleplayed a "grand storyline"... and for some reason, I never posted it here... some of it's even my writing. *another Whoa!* LOL.
Anyhoo... I present for your confused reading pleasure... or not... ( Decisions (Part1) ) | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | They Might Be Giants and Barenaked Ladies have kids CDs! There is hope for the toddler years. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address.
- Lane Olinghouse | | comments: Leave a comment |
| If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
- Anatole France | | comments: Leave a comment |
| No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
- Jascha Heifetz | | comments: Leave a comment |
| I'm sad to say that I completely brushed this aside. Bad Kate. Life getting in the way should be no excuse... but it's the only one I've got. :)
However, I still managed to complete some of the items on it anyway... important ones like quitting smoking so I've tallied those up and will consider starting a new set of 101; though I'll probably wait to start until I've settled into this parenting business.
The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).
Inspiration: The 101/1001 challenge was created by triplux and I found it via ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) aamandarin. Since I've reached a point where I'd like to make some changes to my life, I like the idea of having a list of goals to pursue steadily over the next 1001 days.
I started on Monday (October 2, 2006) and I have until June 29, 2009 to complete all 101 tasks. I will, of course, continue to give updates on my progress ;)
( Click below to read my 101 tasks. )
Summary
42 Done - 41.58%
Next up... starting planning the new list. | | comments: Leave a comment |
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