I'm not including the one we used for the Christmas cards because I don't want to spoil that one...
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Bug
My baby has come down with her first illness. She has led a perfectly healthy 10 months and three weeks. It came to a screeching halt last night at about 2am when I woke up to the sound of her throwing up in her crib. The poor thing. She caught the stomach bug. I had it too on Monday. She seems to be a bit better this morning. I hope it stays that way. It's so hard with a baby...she can't run to the bathroom to throw up, I don't know when or if she is ready for solids again. Hopefully her virus is short-lived like mine-12 hours. Until then she's getting LOTS of cuddles!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Husband Tag
Looked like fun Katy!
All about Todd...
1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? MSNBC or some sort of Sports/sports show.
2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? Ranch.
3. What's one food he doesn't like? Fish
4. What kind of drink does he order? Diet Coke or ICLight
5. Where did he go to high school? OLSH.
6. What size shoe does he wear? 11
7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? Coins maybe...he used to do that, otherwise probably old tapes/DVDs of championship seasons for any Pittsburgh sports team.
8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? Anything Subway. He's addicted!
9. What would he eat every day if he could? Subway
10. What is his favorite cereal? Captain Crunch with Crunchberries
11. What would he never wear? A dress
12. What is his favorite sports team? Steelers
13. Who did he vote for? Obama.
14. Who is his best friend? Me...I hope!
15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? Talk about things he does in front of friends.
16. How many places has he lived in? Cities-one, houses-four
17. What is his heritage? He's a mutt, but to name a couple...Italian and White Anglo-Saxon
18. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what would it be? White confetti cake with confetti frosting
19. What could he spend hours doing? Watching sports
20. What's something cool about him? He has this charm about him...you can't quite put your finger on it, but it's definitely there and everyone notices it!
All about Todd...
1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? MSNBC or some sort of Sports/sports show.
2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? Ranch.
3. What's one food he doesn't like? Fish
4. What kind of drink does he order? Diet Coke or ICLight
5. Where did he go to high school? OLSH.
6. What size shoe does he wear? 11
7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? Coins maybe...he used to do that, otherwise probably old tapes/DVDs of championship seasons for any Pittsburgh sports team.
8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? Anything Subway. He's addicted!
9. What would he eat every day if he could? Subway
10. What is his favorite cereal? Captain Crunch with Crunchberries
11. What would he never wear? A dress
12. What is his favorite sports team? Steelers
13. Who did he vote for? Obama.
14. Who is his best friend? Me...I hope!
15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? Talk about things he does in front of friends.
16. How many places has he lived in? Cities-one, houses-four
17. What is his heritage? He's a mutt, but to name a couple...Italian and White Anglo-Saxon
18. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what would it be? White confetti cake with confetti frosting
19. What could he spend hours doing? Watching sports
20. What's something cool about him? He has this charm about him...you can't quite put your finger on it, but it's definitely there and everyone notices it!
Friday, November 28, 2008
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Uncle Danny!
On Nov 28th:
- 1814 - The Times in London was for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses build by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the begin of making newspapers available to a mass audience
- 1895 - The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
- 1974 - John Lennon performs onstage at Madison Square Garden in New York City with Elton John, as a result of losing a wager that his song "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" (which Elton also played and sang on) would hit #1 on the pop chart (on November 11). This would also be Lennon's final concert appearance.
Jocelyn's First Thanksgiving
I think Thanksgiving was a big hit for Jocelyn. She loves food, and she really loved everything that went along with Thanksgiving dinner. She had turkey, stuffing, corn, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, a roll, and even pumpkin pie with whipped cream! She ate so much!
Here she is right before she started to eat. She could see all her food sitting on the plate and is pointing to her tray...she wanted it on the tray, not on the table!
Grandma gave Jocelyn her first bites! And no, she wasn't drinking ICLight...
A piece of turkey on her nose
A piece of turkey on her nose
Yummy! Mashed potatoes!
Everything was delicious, and it was so much fun to be able to spend Jocelyn's first Thanksgiving with family! We have SO much to be thankful for!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Always Around the Holidays.
A streak of bad luck.
First, Todd and I finally make the decision to put in a new boiler. We felt better when the decision was made and the darn thing was in, even though it was a HUGE purchase on a tight budget. It's done (well, almost-a couple tweaks are needed that required the heating company to hire a chimney guy). We can't take it back and get our old one back...$cha-ching$.
Steve, our male cat, started peeing in our bathtub. FIVE WEEKS AGO. Ew! At first I was mad, and then I took him to the vet. After two weeks of struggling to give the darn cat two medications (that never helped him), secluding him to the uncarpeted areas of our house (basement and kitchen-poor thing), he spent a full day at the vet while they tried to collect a sterile urine sample which eventually came back negative. After this test, MET VET SOUTH dropped the ball on caring for our sick pet with unreturned phone calls and a lack of urgency in taking the next steps to helping our cat (I guess they were tired of trying to figure out what was wrong with him), we have finally discovered that the problem is bladder stones. All it took was one trip to a new vet(which so far I am SO happy with), a x-ray, and now we have a cat that needs surgery. Not cheap. Surgery is tomorrow at 8:30am. $cha-ching$
A flat tire. Todd and I take it to Sam's to (hopefully) get it fixed (rather than buying a new one) while we did some shopping for Thanksgiving dinner. A five hour wait. We don't have that time. We go home and Todd takes the car to 3 different places, all not having any time to fix the darn tire. While Todd is driving around a piece from the bottom of the car falls off (not completely) and is dragging on the ground. Now the car sits at the shop waiting to be fixed. $cha-ching$.
Not having a car today, I have to cancel the appointment I have at the vet to have a blood sample drawn from Steve for pre-surgery blood work. Having this blood work done the day before surgery is much cheaper than having it done immediately before the surgery. Jocelyn and I also had a 4:00 appointment at Studio M for the Strasburg Children photo shoot. Had to cancel that too.
Did I mention we have another car (a 15-year-old car), but that it is not reliable enough to even count on to start up. I could in all likelihood take it out, get somewhere fine, and then when we go to leave, it just not start. That would be fun with a baby. What would I do then? Hold Jocelyn on my lap while we take a ride in a tow truck? We are staying put.
I'm glad I already have a couple Christmas presents for Jocelyn. It doesn't look like much shopping is in our future.
I realize that these things, although annoying, are quite small, and it being the season of giving and thanks, I am looking at all the things I have to be thankful for and remembering that there are people out there who have much harder things to deal with and would be happy to trade their problems for a new boiler, a sick cat and a car in the shop. Sometimes it just makes you feel better to bitch a little. I won't let it ruin my holiday-that's for sure, and I will be thankful that we can handle these problems (kinda)and hopefully it will all be over soon.
But I still have to ask, "Why always around the holidays?"
First, Todd and I finally make the decision to put in a new boiler. We felt better when the decision was made and the darn thing was in, even though it was a HUGE purchase on a tight budget. It's done (well, almost-a couple tweaks are needed that required the heating company to hire a chimney guy). We can't take it back and get our old one back...$cha-ching$.
Steve, our male cat, started peeing in our bathtub. FIVE WEEKS AGO. Ew! At first I was mad, and then I took him to the vet. After two weeks of struggling to give the darn cat two medications (that never helped him), secluding him to the uncarpeted areas of our house (basement and kitchen-poor thing), he spent a full day at the vet while they tried to collect a sterile urine sample which eventually came back negative. After this test, MET VET SOUTH dropped the ball on caring for our sick pet with unreturned phone calls and a lack of urgency in taking the next steps to helping our cat (I guess they were tired of trying to figure out what was wrong with him), we have finally discovered that the problem is bladder stones. All it took was one trip to a new vet(which so far I am SO happy with), a x-ray, and now we have a cat that needs surgery. Not cheap. Surgery is tomorrow at 8:30am. $cha-ching$
A flat tire. Todd and I take it to Sam's to (hopefully) get it fixed (rather than buying a new one) while we did some shopping for Thanksgiving dinner. A five hour wait. We don't have that time. We go home and Todd takes the car to 3 different places, all not having any time to fix the darn tire. While Todd is driving around a piece from the bottom of the car falls off (not completely) and is dragging on the ground. Now the car sits at the shop waiting to be fixed. $cha-ching$.
Not having a car today, I have to cancel the appointment I have at the vet to have a blood sample drawn from Steve for pre-surgery blood work. Having this blood work done the day before surgery is much cheaper than having it done immediately before the surgery. Jocelyn and I also had a 4:00 appointment at Studio M for the Strasburg Children photo shoot. Had to cancel that too.
Did I mention we have another car (a 15-year-old car), but that it is not reliable enough to even count on to start up. I could in all likelihood take it out, get somewhere fine, and then when we go to leave, it just not start. That would be fun with a baby. What would I do then? Hold Jocelyn on my lap while we take a ride in a tow truck? We are staying put.
I'm glad I already have a couple Christmas presents for Jocelyn. It doesn't look like much shopping is in our future.
I realize that these things, although annoying, are quite small, and it being the season of giving and thanks, I am looking at all the things I have to be thankful for and remembering that there are people out there who have much harder things to deal with and would be happy to trade their problems for a new boiler, a sick cat and a car in the shop. Sometimes it just makes you feel better to bitch a little. I won't let it ruin my holiday-that's for sure, and I will be thankful that we can handle these problems (kinda)and hopefully it will all be over soon.
But I still have to ask, "Why always around the holidays?"
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Todd's 27th Birthday!
Happy Birthday Todd!!
The best Daddy a little girl could ask for!
We love you so much!!
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On November 22nd:
- 1917 - In Montreal, Canada, the National Hockey Association broke up (on November 26 it was replaced with the National Hockey League).
- 1968 - The Beatles released their 9th official album, known as The Beatles, or more commonly The White Album.
- 1981: The day you were born. Where would we be without you?
- 1986 - Boxing: Mike Tyson knocks out Trevor Berbick in the second round, becoming the youngest world heavyweight champion at the age of 20 years and 4 months.
- 1988 - In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
- 2003 - The Heritage Classic, the first outdoor hockey game in the history of the NHL, is played in Edmonton, Alberta
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Happy Birthday!
Today is Grandma Ka Ka's Birthday!
Happy Birthday!!
We hope it's the best yet!
On November 20th:
- 1789 - New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
- 1820 - An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick was in part inspired by this story).
- 1902 - Henri Desgrange and fellow journalist Géo Lefèvre dream up the idea of the Tour de France over lunch at the Café de Madrid in Paris.
- 1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Kim!!
On November 10th:
- 1619 - René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy.
- 1792 - The White House: Construction begins by placing of the cornerstone.
- 1938 - Kate Smith, on her weekly radio show, sings Irving Berlin's God Bless America for the first time.
- 1940 - Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives.
- 1951 - Direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
- 1969 - National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children's television program Sesame Street.
Fun with Couch Cushions
The temperature is only in the 30s today...we have to find some way to have fun!
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