I figured I'd update yall since all I've been posting is quizzes, really. I guess I've got writer's block.
Mom and dad are coming up TOMORROW!!!!! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. I'll be off work for a few days, and we'll get to hang out. They're very excited to see the house (and us of course). We haven't seen them since March, and that was only for a couple of hours when we went to visit friends. Before that, it was Christmas. I miss my mommy!
So, the SoundPet Animal Rescue group are coming Thursday for a "home visit" before allowing us to adopt an adorable doggie. We wanted either Saffron or Basil (said w/ British accent, not like the herb - get it right!) but I found out this morning that Saffron was adopted last night. He was Gerald's favorite. BUMMER. I think all the puppies are precious. I'd take any one of them. Maybe Lovie?
Anyway, I've got a long day of work ahead of me. I'll chat at you later! :-D
LAMY!!! (and if you don't know what that means, I don't LAMY!)
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Can you get extra points if you're CURRENTLY watching T2T while taking the Geek Test??? If so, then I'm a "total geek" because I was only 4 percentage points away from that qualification.
We're doing "theme weeks" @ work for the kiddos to participate in. (Backwards Week, Wacky Hair week, Baby Picture week, etc.) Next week is "Dress as your Favorite Book Character" week. I'm trying to figure out the best way to dress as Hermione Granger. Dressing as Harry would be just too obvious, and I don't have a Scarlett O'Hara hoop skirt. Any ideas?
Thursday, July 13, 2006
wassup?
Hey yall!
We had a blast in DC! I've definitely got to post some of our pics, based on some not so thinly veiled requests, of course! ;-) Don't worry! You'll see them shortly.
Work's going really well. We've been interviewing for a new center director b/c Stella is going back to school full-time. Some pretty good prospects, too!
The house is coming along. We're really spending alot of time with our neighbor, Alicia. We did sushi last night and it was mega-yum!
Mama and daddy are coming up in 3 weeks. WOOHOO! I can't wait. I've been really homesick lately. I miss all my peoples. I was reading up on my friends' blogs, and I really miss my friends. I'm sorry to hear about Sunny's passing. I know Daniel was "up there" flipping his fins, happy to meeting his one-time sister Sunny. :-)
I love you all, and I miss you all like crazy! Stop by when you can! :-D
We had a blast in DC! I've definitely got to post some of our pics, based on some not so thinly veiled requests, of course! ;-) Don't worry! You'll see them shortly.
Work's going really well. We've been interviewing for a new center director b/c Stella is going back to school full-time. Some pretty good prospects, too!
The house is coming along. We're really spending alot of time with our neighbor, Alicia. We did sushi last night and it was mega-yum!
Mama and daddy are coming up in 3 weeks. WOOHOO! I can't wait. I've been really homesick lately. I miss all my peoples. I was reading up on my friends' blogs, and I really miss my friends. I'm sorry to hear about Sunny's passing. I know Daniel was "up there" flipping his fins, happy to meeting his one-time sister Sunny. :-)
I love you all, and I miss you all like crazy! Stop by when you can! :-D
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
ARRRRRGGGGHHH!!!!!!
Okay, super-frustrated. Mozilla crashed mid-blog. And I was on a roll, too. It was funny and witty (very Gin-like) and I even had a bit about a word I made up: "grumpkin." Now doesn't that sound cool? Yeah I thought so. I would give you the rundown on how I came up with the word (meaning "a person who is grumpy because they stayed up past bedtime and turned into a pumpkin") but the moment's gone.
Or is it?
*sigh*
We'll be heading to Washington DC this year for our anniversary and to celebrate the 4th of July. So far we've done the 4th in 2 "patriotic" cities already: Philly and NYC. Now all we have to do is plan for Boston next year, huh? I'm really excited to visit DC. It'll be our first "new place" vacation since, well, North Carolina! Since we'll be there for 4 full days, I'm sure we'll have plenty to do. Any suggestions? I know I'd love to see a couple of Smithsonian museums, the zoo (which is also a Smithsonian establishment), and all the monuments of course. I also want to visit the White House. We'll be staying in Arlington, VA, and that's where the Pentagon and (duh) Arlington Cemetery are located. (yes I had to look up 'cemetery' to make sure I'd spelled it correctly. I did.) As soon as we get back, I'll work on posting pics.
Carolina Hurricanes lost tonight. ARGH! Not that I've become a raging "Caniac" but it's nice to root for the home team. Especially since we had the 1st named storm of the season blow through today. TORRENTIAL rains for most of the morning. Many parents cancelled their sessions for tonight. Funny: Did you know that rain makes kids smarter?!?! Yeah. Apparently when forecasters predict a cloud in the sky, kids' reading problems don't seem all that critical anymore. And I know it's "difficult to drive in the rain" but it had pretty much cleared up by 1:30 this afternoon.
Man, I'm chatty tonight! I cooked my hunny bunny enchiladas (yum) and read more of The Devil Wears Prada. (FUNNY!) Gerald's into getting me hooked on websites lately. www.cuteoverload.com
I dare you not to say "awwww" or squeak with joy.
Love yas!
(and LAMY to those who know it!)
Or is it?
*sigh*
We'll be heading to Washington DC this year for our anniversary and to celebrate the 4th of July. So far we've done the 4th in 2 "patriotic" cities already: Philly and NYC. Now all we have to do is plan for Boston next year, huh? I'm really excited to visit DC. It'll be our first "new place" vacation since, well, North Carolina! Since we'll be there for 4 full days, I'm sure we'll have plenty to do. Any suggestions? I know I'd love to see a couple of Smithsonian museums, the zoo (which is also a Smithsonian establishment), and all the monuments of course. I also want to visit the White House. We'll be staying in Arlington, VA, and that's where the Pentagon and (duh) Arlington Cemetery are located. (yes I had to look up 'cemetery' to make sure I'd spelled it correctly. I did.) As soon as we get back, I'll work on posting pics.
Carolina Hurricanes lost tonight. ARGH! Not that I've become a raging "Caniac" but it's nice to root for the home team. Especially since we had the 1st named storm of the season blow through today. TORRENTIAL rains for most of the morning. Many parents cancelled their sessions for tonight. Funny: Did you know that rain makes kids smarter?!?! Yeah. Apparently when forecasters predict a cloud in the sky, kids' reading problems don't seem all that critical anymore. And I know it's "difficult to drive in the rain" but it had pretty much cleared up by 1:30 this afternoon.
Man, I'm chatty tonight! I cooked my hunny bunny enchiladas (yum) and read more of The Devil Wears Prada. (FUNNY!) Gerald's into getting me hooked on websites lately. www.cuteoverload.com
I dare you not to say "awwww" or squeak with joy.
Love yas!
(and LAMY to those who know it!)
Friday, June 02, 2006
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Hi everyone! Didja miss me?
Man, it's been a long time! I miss you all. I suppose I could come out of my funk for a little while and let you in on my life.
The visit with the in-laws was great. (Granted it was almost a month ago...) It was nice to have family here and spend time with them. Gerald's mom and I went to the Farmer's Market, and I found some yum honey and I rekindled my love for fresh pineapple. I'll never eat the canned junk again! We ate at a Brasilian Steakhouse where they cart around meat-on-a-stick and let you stuff your gills with a carnivore's delight. Lamb is my new favorite fancy-meat! We may attempt to grill some for Monday. We'll see...
Hmm, what else? My cousin's coming in town next week. She's going through training w/ Glaxo in RTP to be a drug rep. She'll be here for almost a month. It'll be great seeing her, even if she's going to be super busy when she's here.
We've got a new director at work now. That brings our count up to 3 DE's with a kid-count of about 160. I'm in charge of switching our Study Skills students over to the updated program, and I've done a little of it so far; just hafta do the rest on Monday (maybe tomorrow afternoon?). I'll be the one to train new teachers on the program, etc. I'm excited for it. We've all been looking forward to this program since the early part of last year.
I've started pilates classes! The exercises look alot easier to execute than they really are. I suppose if I were smaller (less mass; take up less space) it would be much easier to move my body through space. I'll get there eventually. So far I've had 2 classes; one tower and one mat, and both of them KICKED MY BUTT. Well, my abs and back really. I'm enjoying the work and I know I'm doing something good for my body. EVERYONE should do pilates!
I've been really blue lately. Today marked yet another day I stayed inside my house watching Trading Spaces. I don't know why, but I'm VERY reluctant to reach out to anyone in our neighborhood. There are plenty of people to meet and make friends with. I really don't think I've been this shy before. I know when we first moved to NYC I was petrified of going out of the apartment because it felt like people were looking at me thinking "She doesn't belong here. She's new to this." I guess I don't want to feel that way in my own neighborhood. I tried making friends with our next-door neighbor (the one we bought the house from), and I like her. It's difficult to connect with her though because she's a single mom who's super-duper busy! Then there's the young almost-married couple across the street. Gerald chatted with him one day and we've both spoken to the girl; it's rumored that they give great parties in the summer, so I'm hoping for an invite there.
I guess I just hafta get off my tushie and do some work to this house, then invite people over. But what are we going to say, "Hi, I don't know you, but please come to our house and be our friends..." I don't think that works, really. I don't know.
*sigh*
So if I can't have my back-home friends (and that includes NYC), I can always count on my Friends, right? Chandler just got new glasses, even though nobody noticed, and Phoebe and Monica are trying to figure out Phoebe's grandmother's recipe for chocolate chip cookies. (It's an old FRENCH recipe.... tee hee!) I haven't seen Rachel or Joey recently. They must be out on Joey's Mr. Beaumont.
I'm a sick person.
The visit with the in-laws was great. (Granted it was almost a month ago...) It was nice to have family here and spend time with them. Gerald's mom and I went to the Farmer's Market, and I found some yum honey and I rekindled my love for fresh pineapple. I'll never eat the canned junk again! We ate at a Brasilian Steakhouse where they cart around meat-on-a-stick and let you stuff your gills with a carnivore's delight. Lamb is my new favorite fancy-meat! We may attempt to grill some for Monday. We'll see...
Hmm, what else? My cousin's coming in town next week. She's going through training w/ Glaxo in RTP to be a drug rep. She'll be here for almost a month. It'll be great seeing her, even if she's going to be super busy when she's here.
We've got a new director at work now. That brings our count up to 3 DE's with a kid-count of about 160. I'm in charge of switching our Study Skills students over to the updated program, and I've done a little of it so far; just hafta do the rest on Monday (maybe tomorrow afternoon?). I'll be the one to train new teachers on the program, etc. I'm excited for it. We've all been looking forward to this program since the early part of last year.
I've started pilates classes! The exercises look alot easier to execute than they really are. I suppose if I were smaller (less mass; take up less space) it would be much easier to move my body through space. I'll get there eventually. So far I've had 2 classes; one tower and one mat, and both of them KICKED MY BUTT. Well, my abs and back really. I'm enjoying the work and I know I'm doing something good for my body. EVERYONE should do pilates!
I've been really blue lately. Today marked yet another day I stayed inside my house watching Trading Spaces. I don't know why, but I'm VERY reluctant to reach out to anyone in our neighborhood. There are plenty of people to meet and make friends with. I really don't think I've been this shy before. I know when we first moved to NYC I was petrified of going out of the apartment because it felt like people were looking at me thinking "She doesn't belong here. She's new to this." I guess I don't want to feel that way in my own neighborhood. I tried making friends with our next-door neighbor (the one we bought the house from), and I like her. It's difficult to connect with her though because she's a single mom who's super-duper busy! Then there's the young almost-married couple across the street. Gerald chatted with him one day and we've both spoken to the girl; it's rumored that they give great parties in the summer, so I'm hoping for an invite there.
I guess I just hafta get off my tushie and do some work to this house, then invite people over. But what are we going to say, "Hi, I don't know you, but please come to our house and be our friends..." I don't think that works, really. I don't know.
*sigh*
So if I can't have my back-home friends (and that includes NYC), I can always count on my Friends, right? Chandler just got new glasses, even though nobody noticed, and Phoebe and Monica are trying to figure out Phoebe's grandmother's recipe for chocolate chip cookies. (It's an old FRENCH recipe.... tee hee!) I haven't seen Rachel or Joey recently. They must be out on Joey's Mr. Beaumont.
I'm a sick person.
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