Friday, October 31, 2008
Wishing Kevin Smith Luck!!!
I just read a report about Kevin Smith reaching his top weight ever and being worried. Apparently he has gotten so heavy that he broke a toilet. Anyway I wanted to say that I love Kevin Smith because he is totally talented and I would like to see more from him in the future so I completely support his choice to make a healthy life change. I am going to follow him as well as Queen Latifa through their journey to better health in hopes of finding inspiration from their stories.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Sleeping and Waking
In an effort to get more sleep I took off work yesterday but I decided to do the laundry and try to pick up the house and before I knew it the day was over. Last night we celebrated Millie and Aida's birthdays at Maggianos with Stan's dad, Aimee, Aida, Millie, Stan, Me, Maggie, William, and John. We all had a great time and William showed us all what a great sharer he was with his Lucky Charms.
Stan and I are still focusing a lot on trying to get the house ready for the baby. I am really going into crazy mode thinking of all the stuff we have yet to complete. It is cool to start seeing the baby's things in our house. Like I love seeing the furniture in the room and the clothes I have so far hanging up in his closets just waiting for a little wash in Dreft and then for Wyatt's little body to fill them out. I am starting to get used to saying his name and all my fears of the birth have completely melted away. I am just looking forward to finally getting to see him and to get to know him. I keep wondering what his personality will be like and if he will have hair when he is born, what color his eyes/hair is etc.
I also notice a big difference in terms of my body. I have been eating a lot less actually which I feel is fine because we all know I can always stand to eat less. And I have just been really physically exausted by everything. I have to push myself to just make it through a mall. Actually experiencing how hard it is to get around at this weight has really opened my eyes to the challenges I have been putting on my body for so long. I realize so much more what it will be like if I let myself go down the OE road. I still celebrate food but I now know how challenging my life will be if I don't start taking better care of myself. With this weight I have horrible back aches, I can't get off the couch very easily by myself, and I don't have the ambition to do thing. I can't imagine living like this all the time. Not feeling up to doing things because I am afraid of the exercise and because my body is so taxed from the day. I mean hello I am 26 not 80 so I really need to slow my roll a great deal!
The office has been a little stressful recently. I keep pushing myself at work as much as I can but between the commute and the actual work I am afraid I am starting to slow. My work is still right on point so I am not worried about the quality I am putting out at all but I have to say I am worried about what it is going to be like in 2-3 weeks when everything is nearing the due date. I guess I will have to do what I have been trying to do all along and just hang in there, take breaks whenever I need to, and make sure that I am not losing my attention to what is important (getting the work finished).
Stan and I are still focusing a lot on trying to get the house ready for the baby. I am really going into crazy mode thinking of all the stuff we have yet to complete. It is cool to start seeing the baby's things in our house. Like I love seeing the furniture in the room and the clothes I have so far hanging up in his closets just waiting for a little wash in Dreft and then for Wyatt's little body to fill them out. I am starting to get used to saying his name and all my fears of the birth have completely melted away. I am just looking forward to finally getting to see him and to get to know him. I keep wondering what his personality will be like and if he will have hair when he is born, what color his eyes/hair is etc.
I also notice a big difference in terms of my body. I have been eating a lot less actually which I feel is fine because we all know I can always stand to eat less. And I have just been really physically exausted by everything. I have to push myself to just make it through a mall. Actually experiencing how hard it is to get around at this weight has really opened my eyes to the challenges I have been putting on my body for so long. I realize so much more what it will be like if I let myself go down the OE road. I still celebrate food but I now know how challenging my life will be if I don't start taking better care of myself. With this weight I have horrible back aches, I can't get off the couch very easily by myself, and I don't have the ambition to do thing. I can't imagine living like this all the time. Not feeling up to doing things because I am afraid of the exercise and because my body is so taxed from the day. I mean hello I am 26 not 80 so I really need to slow my roll a great deal!
The office has been a little stressful recently. I keep pushing myself at work as much as I can but between the commute and the actual work I am afraid I am starting to slow. My work is still right on point so I am not worried about the quality I am putting out at all but I have to say I am worried about what it is going to be like in 2-3 weeks when everything is nearing the due date. I guess I will have to do what I have been trying to do all along and just hang in there, take breaks whenever I need to, and make sure that I am not losing my attention to what is important (getting the work finished).
Thursday, October 23, 2008
From the Past to think About the Future
A quote that I felt was very relevent to the election this year:
"My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination concieved."
--John Adams in a letter to Abigail (his wife) on his two terms as Vice President.
"My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination concieved."
--John Adams in a letter to Abigail (his wife) on his two terms as Vice President.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Buy Buy Baby
My energy level has now offically reached rock bottom. I am just way too tired today to do anything. I was scheduled to go to a training but decided that I didn't want to go into Bethesda today so I decided to cancel that training in favor of resting in my office.
This weekend was crazy. Stan and I have been putting on the hustle in terms of trying to get the house ready for the baby. While we are at it we have been trying to slowly but surely childproof everything so we can have William come over more often and play. I had so much fun this weekend when he would come over and grab one of the toys we had out there and start playing so Stan and I are going to get everything set-up in the living room and childproof it all so he can feel welcome to come over and play.
On Friday night Stan picked me up from work and we drove over to Buy Buy Baby to get the changing table which just so happened to be in stock (Thank God because it would have taken like 8 weeks to ship and we needed it ASAP for the baby) and while we were there Stan asked the sales associate to check and see if the crib was in and sure enough..it was. Actually it was funny the lady said that they called us on the 17th and I was getting all defensive thinking they never called us I would have gotten the message and all this and that. Finally Stan stopped me mid-rant and reminded me that Friday was the 17th so they called that day and I hadn't been home so I wouldn't have known. You have to love those moments when you realize that you have been going on and you are totally in the wrong. Everything was too big to fit in our car so Stan's dad met us at the store with the Suburban and believe it or not everything was too big to fit in that car so we had to tie the crib to the roof. I was so glad Stan's dad was there because he was a huge help tieing it down and making sure everything was secure. Then we went out to dinner at the mall and went home. That night Stan carried in the crib and the hutch but the dresser was too heavy so on Saturday John came over and helped him carry it in. Then they put the furniture together and we all went out to dinner. On Sunday Stan and I bought the mattress and the changing pad and got that all situated. It looked really nice and everything is Organic cotton and the mattress feels really firm so it should give him some good support. It fits the crib really well. Then my parents came over and we watched the football game while playing scrabble. My mom and I made dinner so then we all sat down to the table and ate. It was really nice. Then later that evening Stan's mom, dad, JOhn, Maggie, adn William stopped by. Sugar gets so hyper everytime she sees William like she really wants to play with him. She gets this huge smile!
I am just pleased that everything is coming along and I have to say I love the fact that everyone has helped with the nursery. It is so nice to have everyone's help and I think it will make for good memories to know how everyone pitched in for the baby. And I think it makes the nursery extra special.
We still have a lot to do but we are getting there and that is a good thing. My goal is to get everything finished by this weekend for the most part since we will be getting more baby stuff in as the date approaches.
This weekend was crazy. Stan and I have been putting on the hustle in terms of trying to get the house ready for the baby. While we are at it we have been trying to slowly but surely childproof everything so we can have William come over more often and play. I had so much fun this weekend when he would come over and grab one of the toys we had out there and start playing so Stan and I are going to get everything set-up in the living room and childproof it all so he can feel welcome to come over and play.
On Friday night Stan picked me up from work and we drove over to Buy Buy Baby to get the changing table which just so happened to be in stock (Thank God because it would have taken like 8 weeks to ship and we needed it ASAP for the baby) and while we were there Stan asked the sales associate to check and see if the crib was in and sure enough..it was. Actually it was funny the lady said that they called us on the 17th and I was getting all defensive thinking they never called us I would have gotten the message and all this and that. Finally Stan stopped me mid-rant and reminded me that Friday was the 17th so they called that day and I hadn't been home so I wouldn't have known. You have to love those moments when you realize that you have been going on and you are totally in the wrong. Everything was too big to fit in our car so Stan's dad met us at the store with the Suburban and believe it or not everything was too big to fit in that car so we had to tie the crib to the roof. I was so glad Stan's dad was there because he was a huge help tieing it down and making sure everything was secure. Then we went out to dinner at the mall and went home. That night Stan carried in the crib and the hutch but the dresser was too heavy so on Saturday John came over and helped him carry it in. Then they put the furniture together and we all went out to dinner. On Sunday Stan and I bought the mattress and the changing pad and got that all situated. It looked really nice and everything is Organic cotton and the mattress feels really firm so it should give him some good support. It fits the crib really well. Then my parents came over and we watched the football game while playing scrabble. My mom and I made dinner so then we all sat down to the table and ate. It was really nice. Then later that evening Stan's mom, dad, JOhn, Maggie, adn William stopped by. Sugar gets so hyper everytime she sees William like she really wants to play with him. She gets this huge smile!
I am just pleased that everything is coming along and I have to say I love the fact that everyone has helped with the nursery. It is so nice to have everyone's help and I think it will make for good memories to know how everyone pitched in for the baby. And I think it makes the nursery extra special.
We still have a lot to do but we are getting there and that is a good thing. My goal is to get everything finished by this weekend for the most part since we will be getting more baby stuff in as the date approaches.
Friday, October 17, 2008
TV Zombie
I am switching offices now so I am all excited to say that I am currently blogging from my new more spacious office. I have to say with jobs I have been very fortunate to always have an office. Actually in general I have been very lucky to have the jobs I have had and to work with the people I have worked with. I am just chillin out right now, listening to the Beatles and letting the baby kick for a bit. He has been a sleepy mister recently so I am glad he is getting some exercise even though it is a little uncomfortable.
It has been a pretty busy week and I think this maybe a busy weekend. Stan and I have reached the point where we are really close to getting everything completely together. So this weekend we are focusing on getting everything organized so we can redistribute all of our junk. We are also planning on putting the car seat in the car so I can make the inspection that is planned for this area. I know it isn't a must to have it done but I just want to be sure since we are new parents and therefore have every right to be finicky.
By the way my heart broke on Wednesday when I watched the last ever Bravo hosted Project Runway. I am sad to see it go. I had like my own little visual montage as I wished it goodbye.
I remembered Season One when Angie and I discovered the super coolness of Project Runway and every week would watch the episode and get together to talk about what we had just seen. Ahhh....memories! I just don't see myself watching the Lifetime hosted version since it has moved all the production to California. I liked that New York fashion center of the nation vibe and California...it doesn't have that. I am curious who they are losing in terms of their regular cast though. I hope they don't lose Tim Gunn. I love him, and I think it is so wonderful having him on television subliminally strengthening our vocabulary.
WARNING SLIGHT UGLY BETTY SPOILER!
In other news relating to alternate reality, I watched Ugly Betty last night and man, Gio went to Italy and got hotter!! He came back lookin good! I love how the drama each season just keeps getting thicker and thicker so it falls more and more into that telemundo vibe! It's neat though because it teeters just enough between the over-the-top and reality that it isn't completely lost on the American viewer. Ugly Betty...I salute you!
It has been a pretty busy week and I think this maybe a busy weekend. Stan and I have reached the point where we are really close to getting everything completely together. So this weekend we are focusing on getting everything organized so we can redistribute all of our junk. We are also planning on putting the car seat in the car so I can make the inspection that is planned for this area. I know it isn't a must to have it done but I just want to be sure since we are new parents and therefore have every right to be finicky.
By the way my heart broke on Wednesday when I watched the last ever Bravo hosted Project Runway. I am sad to see it go. I had like my own little visual montage as I wished it goodbye.
I remembered Season One when Angie and I discovered the super coolness of Project Runway and every week would watch the episode and get together to talk about what we had just seen. Ahhh....memories! I just don't see myself watching the Lifetime hosted version since it has moved all the production to California. I liked that New York fashion center of the nation vibe and California...it doesn't have that. I am curious who they are losing in terms of their regular cast though. I hope they don't lose Tim Gunn. I love him, and I think it is so wonderful having him on television subliminally strengthening our vocabulary.
WARNING SLIGHT UGLY BETTY SPOILER!
In other news relating to alternate reality, I watched Ugly Betty last night and man, Gio went to Italy and got hotter!! He came back lookin good! I love how the drama each season just keeps getting thicker and thicker so it falls more and more into that telemundo vibe! It's neat though because it teeters just enough between the over-the-top and reality that it isn't completely lost on the American viewer. Ugly Betty...I salute you!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Long Days....Long Gone
Today was a busy day for me, I had a teleconference and we wished Mo farewell. I am going to miss Mo a lot she was my mentor and taught me so much. Also I think she was the first person to really welcome me here and I am really grateful. This past week has been just crazy because I had three meetings. I had two meetings at the Jury's Hotel in Washington DC which meant that I had to wake up at like 4 am and on top of all of that I have a trainee so I have to be on my best behavior. On top of all of this it was my birthday, my cousin's birthday, and Melinda's birthday so it has been a pretty active week. The nice thing about an active week is the week days just fly by and before you know it you are back to a weekend. And it's a long weekend sweeet!
Monday, October 6, 2008
It's A My Birthday
I have had such a great birthday. I started out my birthday extravaganza on Friday where the girls at the office surprised me by getting a beautiful blue cake and singing happy birthday. It was cute and had a star on it (it was supposed to have a stork but Margot has an accent so the people at the store heard star--I figure either way it is still perfect) and it tasted soooo yummy. Then Stan and my mom and I drove to Bethesda to pick up his momma for my cool birthday surprise trip. Everyone kept it a secret of where we were going and what we were going to do so I was totally in the dark. We drove to Front Royal, VA and checked into the Hampton Inn where we had two adjoining rooms. We rested a little while and then went to Villa Giuseppe's (in honor of our little Giuseppe). The food was excellent!! They had this absolutly amazing garlic bread which was warm and fresh baked and so full of yum. Then we were off to James Madison University where Stan's mom had found tickets to see Vickie Lawrence in her "two" woman show (it was Vickie & Momma). The show was really funny and it was great to be on that beautiful campus with our Mommas. We were all cracking up especially when Momma decided to do a little rap number!!
After that we stopped at a McDonalds for some sweet treats and then back to the hotel to watch all little TV and catch some Zzzs. I had such a great time on the trip!! Then my mom & dad took Stan and I out to Mexicali Cantina in Frederick and they came out and sang to me while I wore a somberro....reminds me of my chi-chis days.
On Sunday I met Angie, Audre, Melinda, and Meredith at Audre's house for a birthday celebration. I had such a great time and it had been so many years since I got a chance to have a girls day for my birthday I was just glad to sit around and talk with everyone while eating the super amazing food they had made. Audre's bean dip and chocolate cupcakes with Reese's peanut butter chips on the inside and outside....bliss!!! We decorated baby onesies which was so much fun and I had loved doing that for Meredith's baby shower so I was so glad when we did it for our little guy!! Now he is super stylin' with one of a kinda coutore designed by his momma and aunties!!!!
Tonight Stan and I are going to the melting pot for a nice romantic meal (not too many more of those once the baby comes) and then it is off to bed (I have to be up super bright and early tomorrow for my meetings).
After that we stopped at a McDonalds for some sweet treats and then back to the hotel to watch all little TV and catch some Zzzs. I had such a great time on the trip!! Then my mom & dad took Stan and I out to Mexicali Cantina in Frederick and they came out and sang to me while I wore a somberro....reminds me of my chi-chis days.
On Sunday I met Angie, Audre, Melinda, and Meredith at Audre's house for a birthday celebration. I had such a great time and it had been so many years since I got a chance to have a girls day for my birthday I was just glad to sit around and talk with everyone while eating the super amazing food they had made. Audre's bean dip and chocolate cupcakes with Reese's peanut butter chips on the inside and outside....bliss!!! We decorated baby onesies which was so much fun and I had loved doing that for Meredith's baby shower so I was so glad when we did it for our little guy!! Now he is super stylin' with one of a kinda coutore designed by his momma and aunties!!!!
Tonight Stan and I are going to the melting pot for a nice romantic meal (not too many more of those once the baby comes) and then it is off to bed (I have to be up super bright and early tomorrow for my meetings).
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
When All Is Said and Done
Last night I didn't exactly get my beauty sleep so today I came in here like a mad cow. I was getting annoyed with everything and I just had a really poor attitude...luckfully after lunch all my anger was cured (Ahhh the magic of food). Everything here at work has been really picking up for me and it seems like I have less and less free time on the weekends so I decided to take the whole day off yesterday and just rest and relax. I am starting to feel crazier and crazier by the minute since there is so much to do. All of my meetings are next week so I have been spending the majority of my time trying to assemble all the materials and make sure everything is in line. Then on top of that we are starting our childbirth classes on the 13th and there is still so much to do at the house.
I am just trying to remind myself at this point that I need to enjoy as much time alone with Stan as I can because when baby comes everything is going to change. Actually it was fun I was blasting my Hairspray movie and we had the table in the living room pushed back and Stan, Sugar, and I danced around the living room. It was really cute and I am going to try to reenact it so that we can get a video of Sugar dancing. He ended up bringing out a blanket and a pillow and after Hairspray was over we watched "Across the Universe" while he brushed my hair. It was nice to have that time together plus we all know what a nut I am about getting my hair brushed. Ahhh sweet memories!
I am just trying to remind myself at this point that I need to enjoy as much time alone with Stan as I can because when baby comes everything is going to change. Actually it was fun I was blasting my Hairspray movie and we had the table in the living room pushed back and Stan, Sugar, and I danced around the living room. It was really cute and I am going to try to reenact it so that we can get a video of Sugar dancing. He ended up bringing out a blanket and a pillow and after Hairspray was over we watched "Across the Universe" while he brushed my hair. It was nice to have that time together plus we all know what a nut I am about getting my hair brushed. Ahhh sweet memories!
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