Huzzah!

July 3, 2008 | An-nou-ounce-ments

We are pregnant! Sixteen weeks already, and the Wee One is the size of an avocado. I have no good excuse for waiting so long to blog about this. Well, first of all, we didn’t tell anyone for the the first 12 weeks, for which we deserve bright shiny medals of honor. That shit was hard. (”How are you? What’s new?” “Oh fine, fine. Nothing, really, just working a lot.”) Then, after puking for 2 months straight, I started feeling better and it didn’t seem real anymore, and I felt like talking about it was counting chickens or something, you know? I’m a weirdo.

So, I didn’t post about it, and the few IRL people who knew and read my blog kept asking me when I was going to. I just didn’t know what I was going to say! I wanted it to be joyful, but this whole experience is SO FUCKING WEIRD. I don’t want to be a whiner, but DUDE, some fucked up shit’s been going down that I must talk about, even though I’ll probably be interpretted as whining by someone. Oh well. You’ll indulge me a little, won’t you?

Anyway, all in all, this is fabulous news. The details include: yes, we were trying, due late December, no we won’t find out the sex, and if all goes well we will birth here.

Not sure if this will work, but here is its heartbeat, which my sweet dorky husband recorded with his iPhone:

The Wee One

Last Week’s Love Tacoma Cruise

June 27, 2008 | City of Destiny

Last Thursday, I was fortunate to be one of the 80 Love Tacoma members who RSVP’d quickly enough to get on their free cruise around the Sound. It was a LOVELY night, and our beautiful city looked smashing.

The fair Murray Morgan

Pretty Boat

Our Beautiful Bridges

Everyone taking pictures with their phones of the Bridges

Salmon Beach

Boat with Mountain

Ye Olde Castle

Oh, Elks. *sigh* What will become of your beautiful old bones?

Ahhh…Tacoma. How she sparkles! The weather is supposed to be spectacular this weekend, may you all get out and enjoy her!

You are SO jealous.

June 26, 2008 | FUN!

Another of the many exciting things I was dying to blog about while ZE was broken was my procurement of NKOTB tickets. WEEEEEEE!

I AM SO EXCITED. I don’t know what it is exactly, maybe just nostalgia, but when I saw them on the Today show, I was GIDDY. I couldn’t help the giant smile on my face and the desire to squeal in as high a pitch as possible. Then one day, I just happened to be driving past the Tacoma Dome and saw the announcement that tickets were going on sale that Saturday and I knew I must attend. I was fully prepared to drag SB, but then I just happened to mention it to the right friends and when their faces drained of all color and the world seemed to stop spinning for a moment, I knew I had found worthy companions.

Something I’ve realized, is that you had to be just the right age to give a shit about the New Kids. I never really think about it, but most of my friends are either a little younger or a little older than me, and in both cases, they just think I’m silly. You may, as well. But DUDE. I can’t wait! I don’t care if they’re old! So am I.

I’m off to doodle Jordan’s name on my notebook and arrange my NKOTB mini-buttons on my jean jacket.

Hi! Hi! Hi!

June 25, 2008 | Bits and Bobs

Hello, my sweets! How I’ve missed you! Okay! [brisk clap] I have many things to tell you about.

SB is in a show right now. I shall refrain from whining about how he’s gone all the time and just tell you that it’s a great show, full of talent, and if you’re local and into such things as the Rocky Horror Show, you should go! He is a rock and roll supahstah. I have stolen these pictures from the theater’s website for your viewing pleasure. He plays Eddie and Dr. Scott, but these are both Eddie.

Pretty cool, eh?

Next! I wasn’t going to mention it, but the fabulous Kate inquired in the comments of the previous post whether I had danced in the Fremont Solstice Parade this year, as in years past. Well, due to an issue I will cover later this week, I was unable to make it to all the rehearsals this year. But then I got an email soliciting volunteers for the parade, and even though it was breaking my heart not to be in it, I knew I couldn’t miss it entirely. So Saturday morning, I threw together an acceptable ensemble of belly dancing bits and I got to carry a small banner along with the dancers. At first, I was stuck back with the other banner holders who were mostly boyfriends and daughters who were just walking sedately with their signs. That was SUPER boring though, so I scooted up and hung out with the musicians and made up my own dance moves. It was so fun! I loved being able to just groove along how I felt like it without worrying about the routines and get to observe the parade at the same time.

The last thing I want to cover in this potpourrie post is the life-changing development that is Work At Home Wednesdays. That’s right! I am writing this post IN MY PAJAMAS and I don’t have to look over my shoulder to make sure no one catches me farting around. Not only that, I got to sleep TWO HOURS later today, and instead of my evening commute, I will go to the gym and run errands.

And whenever I want, I can go out to my pretty yard and pet my dog, whose soft fur is warm from the sun.

(Please do not notice the dog hair tumbleweeds in the grass. It’s that time of year.)

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES! SOLVED!

June 21, 2008 | An-nou-ounce-ments

Hi! Sorry for the stale-osity. My blog is broken!

I’ve been trying to log in all week and by some fluke it worked this time.

I have sent for help.

Please stay tuned.

The fabulous Emily at Swank Web Style solved my problems! A thousand thanks, Emily! And should you need any kind of site design or hosting, please check these ladies out! They rule.

Many posts coming! I have a backlog of facinating things to share.

We have a weiner!

June 14, 2008 | An-nou-ounce-ments

I decided to be all official and shit and use Random.org like the big kids use to pick winners. Here is my officially fair proof that SARAH won!

E-mail me your address, chica! Season 4 is all yours!

Fine print: There were 19 comments, but two were from Swistle who withdrew her name, and that sneaky tacomachickadee also left two, so counting only one of hers, there were 16 entries, and it picked number 1.

It really ties the room together.

June 13, 2008 | Uncategorized

I am ridiculousy pleased with my new Lebowski reference mouse pad. Hopefully no one pees on it.

(I have a fatty deadline at work today and I don’t have time for the internets, so I will have to do the draw-ring tomorrow. Sorry! I want to print the comments out and cut them up and put them in a hat and be all scientific about it and whatnot, but unfortunately I have to WORK today. Tomorrow! I promise! Sorry!)

No more metal mouth

June 11, 2008 | An-nou-ounce-ments

SB got his braces off! Look how cute he is!  

I’m so happy to have a husband who will smile for pictures again.

Here he is enjoying a celebratory piece of corn on the cob, a “Forbidden Food” he hasn’t been able to have in quite some time.

Cool, eh? In retrospect, the year and a half he had them on went by so fast. He’s had all kinds of adults talk to him about how they’ve thought about getting braces, and I say do it. Now he’ll have a pretty pretty smile for the rest of his life, after only a year and a half of pain and suffering. Not bad!

(You can still enter my SATC contest below, BTW. I’m going to leave it open till Friday. My posting has been so spotty lately, I’m gonna give folks a chance to wander back over here.)

I saw the movie, and it was so good!

June 9, 2008 | FUN!

Last week, I went with a big crew of ladies for happy hour and the Sex And The City movie. My expectations were low. How could it ever live up to the fabulousness that is the series? But it did! It was everything I wanted it to be. If you love SATC, go see it. You won’t be disappointed.

Here are some photos of the night:

Cosmos, obviously. 

J & M, two of my oldest, dearest friends.  

A couple of weeks ago, I was so excited for the movie to come out, that I renewed my search for a reasonably affordable complete series box set. Each season usually costs about $50, and the lowest I’d ever seen all 6 together was $300-something. Anyway, I searched the internets and I found the complete series for a steal at $107! And look how cool it is!

It came is this fuzzy book, and there’s episode synopsis-es, cool pictures, tons of dorky bonus features, and the disks fit satisfyingly into those little sleeves.

I already own season 4 on DVD, however.  Do you remember season 4? It’s a masterpiece from beginning to end. It includes such gems as the fashion roadkill episode, the one where Carrie goes with Aidan to the boonies, and of course, the I heart NY episode, the old-timey movie inspired, beautiful tribute to NYC they made after 9/11.

SO! I want to have a contest to give it away! And since I have about 10 readers, if you’re interested in owning this marvelous season, you have an excellent chance of winning, considering not everyone even likes SATC. If you want it, just leave me a comment telling me what you love about it, what you thought about the movie, or just, Hey! PICK ME! and I’ll randomly pick the winner. Good luck! 

Friday Randomness

May 30, 2008 | Bits and Bobs

This morning on the way in, I was eagerly awaiting NPR’s In Character segment about Carrie Bradshaw, when my phone rang and I ended up talking to a friend and missing it. So, when I got to work, I put on my annoying-coworker-cancelling-headphones and went to NPR.org to find the segment. I found it, listened, and got more excited about the new SATC movie (which I won’t see until Thursday, but I’m going with a big crew of ladies. So excited!). But I also found this segment about THE DUDE! Ahh…what a lovely Friday morning treat. As a Lebowski named website, it is my duty to pass this along to you.

Another random NPR-related thought. Is anyone else tired of hearing about the Herman Miller Aeron Chair? “Including the new color, true black?” This same add has been playing for so long, this color is so NOT NEW. I’m happy this company sponsors public radio but I wish they’d get a new blurb. And how is black a new color? If it was “true chartreuse” or something I could see, but black? It bugs.

Speaking of my commute, check this out:

The other day, I kept my Pruis at 100mpg for 20 whole minutes. Sweet!

This afternoon I get to do something so cool. For the second year in a row, I get to go judge cheerleading tryouts at my friend’s highschool. I’m so excited! It’s way fun. Last year, I was a little traumatized by the naughty dance routine song that was stuck in my head for a month, but my friend assures me that this year’s song is good and apprpriate for teen girls to gyrate to. I am also hoping for better outfits this year. Back in my day, [voice quavers, steadies self on cane] we obsessed for ages over the perfect outfit. It should be colorful, neat, and of course include a cheerful, matching hair bow. Sloppy, layered, pajama-looking, sweats-type stuff predominates these days. Anyway, judge if you must but I’m excited. It’s nice to use all those years of dusty knowledge for something!