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cuddlyeconomist
Dec. 21st, 2009
10:53 am - 2006
For reasons that I know -- but don't really feel like going back into -- I have almost no pictures from 2006. If you happen to have any of me, and especially of the Pumpkin, I would appreciate you sending them to me.
A proper "Hey here's how 2009 was" update will be coming soon -- at lot has happened (hence the reason I haven't updated).
Jul. 18th, 2009
06:47 pm
so I turned 33 yesterday.
I don't always share everything about what I am thinking but people who know me well know that I tend to think about too much. one thing I have given a fair amount of thought to is the whole birthday LJ post. there are some people who unfailingly post greetings to everyone that automatically pops up next to their log in screen. there are those that post selectively, for reasons I don't know, and then there are those that don't post greetings at all. I am in the third category, mostly because I would hate to leave someone out if I posted to some and not others.
for those that do post to some and not others, on the same day, if they have a reason to exclude a person from something so basic as a three word post of generic happy birthday, then I would not think of that person as a friend.
in any event, i've been meaning to make some changes to my friends list for some time, removing some people who every time I see their name bring me only pain and sorrow. I should have done it well before now, but sometimes I am slow.
Nov. 19th, 2007
06:54 pm - Thanks
I wanted to say thanks for all the support from everyone. It really means a lot to me.
Nov. 11th, 2007
06:01 pm
Pumpkin was sitting next to me on the couch while I was trying to figure out FaceBook. I kept repeating "I can't find my Wall!" He astutely points out that "We have a wall right there, and there..we have walls all over the house!" Way to keep it real.
09:46 am - Things I like about having a boy
I have an excuse to play video games. Not that I am not an enlightened woman that can do what ever she wants; and that if I am ever blessed with a daughter I will of course introduce her to the joys of the electronic entertainment; but there is something very satisfying about being able to sit down with my son when I should be doing other things and play 30 minutes of Lego Star Wars and call it "family time".
On an slightly related note, Timon and Pumba (animated TV show based on the two characters from the Lion King) just made a reference to 1984 (double plus ungood). Just goes to show you that if you aren't well read you won't understand children's television programs.
Nov. 7th, 2007
07:15 pm
Rules for life, via the pumpkin:
1) Follow directions
2) Put on your listening ears
3) Pick up your toys
4) Touch only in friendly ways
words we could all live by, I think.
Sep. 30th, 2007
01:29 pm - Sammy Sosa's Chicken
So we are watching an episode of MythBusters. It's about corking bats. One of the Busters argues that perhaps the whole "corking" thing is psychological. The Hub points out that this would be a "Mojo Bat" in reference to the old baseball movie, Major League. I get the reference and point out that they need a chicken. Then the pumpkin says "A chicken! I have two plans, we can either saw of the beak of the chicken, put cork in it, and then swing it, or we can open up the chicken's mouth and put cork in it and then we can see which chicken swings faster."
Sep. 23rd, 2007
09:11 pm
I posted this in my International Economics online class:
"After the tainted food scares of the past year or so, they made it a law that you have to list the origins of the food on a package. So when I was looking at the frozen vegetables I had been buying for about 2 years, I noticed that all three items in the package came from different countries. This would not have been so weird if I hadn't been eating broccoli and cauliflower. Just two different vegetables. But the "tree" part of the broccoli came from Guatemala, and the "stem" part came from Mexico. "
I thought that it explained everything that was right and wrong with America.
Sep. 14th, 2007
10:20 pm - Only because everyone will
1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song or Album:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favorite memory of us?
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarkey) - what are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you?
Aug. 19th, 2007
10:46 am
So I was telling the Hub that the pumpkin's Nana wanted to take him to church. I said, "that was fine as long as she tells him that is her belief and not the only way". The Pumpkin pipes up with "I believe", so I ask him "What do you believe?". "I believe in going to church" was the reply. So I ask, "What do you like about church". And (deadpan) he replies:
"The donuts."
Aug. 16th, 2007
07:56 pm
The pumpkin has decided that he will listen better when he is 10. This is the record of that so all of you will be our witness when he is 10 and isn't listening. Expect telephone calls and subpoenas.
Aug. 1st, 2007
08:33 am
So this morning we asked the pumpkin to get us a paper towel. About 20 minutes later, we asked him to get another paper towel. He says, in his best exasperated voice "How many paper towels do I have to get this morning? The next time you need a paper towel, get you own paper towel!" It was great.
Jul. 16th, 2007
Jul. 9th, 2007
08:05 am
So the pumpkin and all of us have been playing I Spy...it's a step from the really bad Knock Knock Jokes -- "knock knock" "who's there" "Chicken nugget" "Chicken nugget who?" "Chicken nugget I'm going to eat you!" (dissolves into hysterical laughter). However one misstep on my part and now I Spy ends up with "I spy something black and white" "Is it a panda bear?" "Yes! (hysterical laughter)" and repeat. Because the panda bear is of course in his imaginary. Good times, good times.
Jun. 11th, 2007
11:31 am
I love my boy. We recently put up the DVD holders. I have the movies arranged by type, rather than alphabetical, because I am like that. I put March of the Penguins all by itself on a low rack. So this morning, he must have decided that it was lonely, because he pulled Happy Feet out of his drawer and put it on the shelf. Penguins unite!
Jun. 1st, 2007
09:44 am
So the other day we were in the car. We were driving around Friendswood after a party, going to another party. The street we were looking for was Old Macdonald. Don't look at me, I didn't name the streets. So I started singing Old Macdonald had a Farm...naturally. And when I got to the line, "and on this farm he had a..." The pumpkin bursts out with "a car!" and proceeds with "with a vroom vroom here, and a vroom vroom there, here a vroom, there a vroom, everywhere a vroom, vroom" and then goes through "a truck", "an airplane" and "a space shuttle" all with the appropriate noises. It was amazingly silly.
And as a bonus, we were out Target, and when we were leaving he goes "this is the out-trance" you know as oppposed to the entrance. It was hilarious.
May. 4th, 2007
10:15 pm
If the same thing keeps happening to me over and over, maybe at some point I should stop and say "hey, maybe it is me."
In other news, the Pumpkin went to Prom. I know, I know, you think he is a little young for such a thing, but it is all the rage now. Everyone should do it. He looked adorable, if a little Buddy Holly - esque. He wanted to wear his black suit, but it a little small, so his white socks and shirt stuck out of the end. Very retro. His date was the loveliest girl there, if the shortest. :) I have pictures if anyone wants to see, let me know and I will email. (Assuming I remember to ever scan them).
Mar. 7th, 2007
05:17 pm - Planets
So in case anyone didn't know:
1) Penguins use their beaks as air masks to live on the airless planets
2) When the planets go places the Sun drives, Pluto sits in a booster seat and Venus and Mercury go off to find their hot friends while the rest of the planets play with their cold friends.
3) Venus and Mercury melted their moons.
4) Pluto has teensy weensy moons that he puts in the moon holders of his aforementioned booster seat.
I will update future astronomical information as it becomes available.
Mar. 3rd, 2007
05:59 pm
For Christmas the Pumpkin got a doggy he calls "Snooby". Today, we dressed him up in a firefighter outfit. The hub was playing WoW and he had gotten to a monster that was made of fire. So the Pumpkin grabbed Snooby and pretended to put out the fire for Daddy. It was really hilarious.
Feb. 17th, 2007
08:14 pm
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