nate has, for the longest time, had a love-hate relationship with his fan. yes, his ceiling fan.
when he was a baby, all we had to do to keep him from going down the hall was to put a fan in the hall. he wouldn't get anywhere near it. it was convenient; we didn't need to use a baby gate to keep him confined to the living room.
later, when he got his own room, we installed a ceiling fan with bright rainbow-colored fan blades. he loved it and was completely fascinated by it. but he's also scared of it. he will often refuse to go into his room by himself because of the fan. "it can see me."
the other night, in an i'm-so-tired-i-can't-cope-with-anything mood, he was expressing his fear of the rainbow fan. papa said, "if it attacks you. i'll shoot it, and throw it in the garbage." to which nate said, "don't shoot the fan!"
i've never known another child to be so scared of something that is securely attached to the ceiling. but then nate is an odd duck at times. i think it is cute, and i know that the days of him being afraid of something we take for granted are numbered. so i cherish his little quirks (and blog about them here).
Friday, December 12, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
speaks like an adult
ok, maybe a little adult. in the car last night, nate says:
speaking of school, apparently i have a field trip to the library on the city bus on monday.
cracks me up. laughing. tears. nearly wet myself. but i was driving so i had to maintain some control.
hahahahahahahaha!
speaking of school, apparently i have a field trip to the library on the city bus on monday.
cracks me up. laughing. tears. nearly wet myself. but i was driving so i had to maintain some control.
hahahahahahahaha!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Call your Senator. Call your Representative.
Call to support HR 5979 "Stillbirth Awareness and Prevention Act of 2008."
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-5979
Call to support S 3142 "Preventing Stillbirth and SUID Act of 2008."
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-3142
These are the national efforts to standardize the definition of stillbirth and reporting and data collection. To increase awareness and education. And to increase research funding.
These bills need to be passed. They are long overdue. Please help.
(apparently, the link function on blogger still doesn't work for me. secretly, i think blogger hates me. so you will have to copy and paste these urls instead of actually clicking on the link. sorry.)
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-5979
Call to support S 3142 "Preventing Stillbirth and SUID Act of 2008."
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-3142
These are the national efforts to standardize the definition of stillbirth and reporting and data collection. To increase awareness and education. And to increase research funding.
These bills need to be passed. They are long overdue. Please help.
(apparently, the link function on blogger still doesn't work for me. secretly, i think blogger hates me. so you will have to copy and paste these urls instead of actually clicking on the link. sorry.)
Thursday, November 13, 2008
it does not rain, but it pours
actually, it is more like the sky simply unzips and dumps all over me. is it raining here? NO! i'm just crazy bus, again.
work that i have been working on is now pushed out for work that they need by monday. (yeah, that call came today.) but i still have to get the other work done soon, as well as, another project that is due soon. but work is good.
i finally have a draft of the legislation to look over. and it looks like i need to have a conversation or two with the drafter.
i have two meetings in albuquerque tomorrow. the first of which has me up by 6:30 and out the door by 7:30. i'm such a morning person, too!
jeff "gets" to spend the day in class with nate tomorrow, which means i had to come up with a yummy and interesting snack for tomorrow. (zucchini sticks, raisin bread and cream cheese sandwiches, and milk.)
and i still have piles of laundry to either do or put away. not to mention, my house is still a serious disaster area. and we have to start getting "winterized" around here soon.
but i did get the bills paid today! so now they won't shut the power off, reposes our car, or foreclose on our house.
so there you go. don't you wish you were me?
is it raining or pouring where you are?
work that i have been working on is now pushed out for work that they need by monday. (yeah, that call came today.) but i still have to get the other work done soon, as well as, another project that is due soon. but work is good.
i finally have a draft of the legislation to look over. and it looks like i need to have a conversation or two with the drafter.
i have two meetings in albuquerque tomorrow. the first of which has me up by 6:30 and out the door by 7:30. i'm such a morning person, too!
jeff "gets" to spend the day in class with nate tomorrow, which means i had to come up with a yummy and interesting snack for tomorrow. (zucchini sticks, raisin bread and cream cheese sandwiches, and milk.)
and i still have piles of laundry to either do or put away. not to mention, my house is still a serious disaster area. and we have to start getting "winterized" around here soon.
but i did get the bills paid today! so now they won't shut the power off, reposes our car, or foreclose on our house.
so there you go. don't you wish you were me?
is it raining or pouring where you are?
Monday, November 10, 2008
perfect
since willow's birth, i get this comment a lot:
oh, one of each. the perfect/complete family. how nice.
usually my response is something along the lines of . . . thank you. but what i'm really thinking is . . . complete? not ever. and perfect? not nearly. but, yes, we are done having children.
the thing that gets me is the people who say it. strangers, yes, but also people who know about jesper. people who know that my life, my family, my world is and always will be incomplete without him.
even if i disregard the death of one of my children, what if **i** don't feel like my family is complete? what if i want a dozen children? who are these people to imply (yes, that's what they are doing) that i'm done having children just because i have a boy and a girl now?
sorry, just a rant. i guess what i'm saying is this, stop implying that two kids--one boy and one girl--is somehow the perfect family. nobody can know what is in the heart, mind, or soul of another. admire my children, sure. i love them, too. they are cute and beautiful and look like gerber babies. but leave it at that, please.
oh, one of each. the perfect/complete family. how nice.
usually my response is something along the lines of . . . thank you. but what i'm really thinking is . . . complete? not ever. and perfect? not nearly. but, yes, we are done having children.
the thing that gets me is the people who say it. strangers, yes, but also people who know about jesper. people who know that my life, my family, my world is and always will be incomplete without him.
even if i disregard the death of one of my children, what if **i** don't feel like my family is complete? what if i want a dozen children? who are these people to imply (yes, that's what they are doing) that i'm done having children just because i have a boy and a girl now?
sorry, just a rant. i guess what i'm saying is this, stop implying that two kids--one boy and one girl--is somehow the perfect family. nobody can know what is in the heart, mind, or soul of another. admire my children, sure. i love them, too. they are cute and beautiful and look like gerber babies. but leave it at that, please.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
tooth #2
willow's second tooth arrived exactly one week after the first (and on election night at that). hopefully, we can all get some better sleep now. at least until the next set of teeth start pushing through. oh, wait, they pretty much already are.
election day
we voted today. i waited for tuesday because i wanted nate to be a part of ELECTION DAY. and he was. he wore his "Vote Now" t-shirt (from old navy) and even got a sticker. he also got a lesson from mama about announcing what my ballot says for everyone to hear. (thanks nate, i'm sure all those other voters cared a great deal about my votes. now, shut up about it.)
later he said we should make a sign with all of our names and who we voted for. he voted for obama. and he said baby willow did, too. i voted for obama for sure. but since it wasn't my vote, i'll keep jeff's choice private.
nate was very interested in seeing the map and which states turned red or blue. he didn't want to go to bed until it was over. we assured him that the decision would definitely be made by morning. so off to bed with him.
it was exciting to see the election through his eyes this year. he has no idea what the issues were or even who the candidates really were. i have no idea why he chose obama other than because i chose obama. but he was so very excited about it all. he loved to spout the latest political ads and was quick to call them all "stupid" in turn based upon those ads.
but i, for one, am completely happy that this election is over and done with. the 10 political calls a day can end now, thank you very much.
later he said we should make a sign with all of our names and who we voted for. he voted for obama. and he said baby willow did, too. i voted for obama for sure. but since it wasn't my vote, i'll keep jeff's choice private.
nate was very interested in seeing the map and which states turned red or blue. he didn't want to go to bed until it was over. we assured him that the decision would definitely be made by morning. so off to bed with him.
it was exciting to see the election through his eyes this year. he has no idea what the issues were or even who the candidates really were. i have no idea why he chose obama other than because i chose obama. but he was so very excited about it all. he loved to spout the latest political ads and was quick to call them all "stupid" in turn based upon those ads.
but i, for one, am completely happy that this election is over and done with. the 10 political calls a day can end now, thank you very much.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
ugh!
i forgot how much of a pain in the butt it is to get a new computer! i'm frustrated and irritated and blahhhhhhh.
don't get me wrong, i like my new computer. i'm just irritated that things aren't where i put them, that i have to re-install all of my software, remember all of my passwords, and get used to the "newest and greatest" versions of some programs. (iphoto . . . their "upgrades" suck when you are importing from an older version. they might be great to start out with, but they suck when you've already got a library established. i'm having to reorganize, find actual originals, and figure things out . . . again.)
yuck.
and to top it off, i have actual work to do and don't have oodles of time to get everything situated right now.
on the other hand, it is giving me the chance to upgrade some of my older programs that i've been neglecting.
but still, more work than it really should be.
don't get me wrong, i like my new computer. i'm just irritated that things aren't where i put them, that i have to re-install all of my software, remember all of my passwords, and get used to the "newest and greatest" versions of some programs. (iphoto . . . their "upgrades" suck when you are importing from an older version. they might be great to start out with, but they suck when you've already got a library established. i'm having to reorganize, find actual originals, and figure things out . . . again.)
yuck.
and to top it off, i have actual work to do and don't have oodles of time to get everything situated right now.
on the other hand, it is giving me the chance to upgrade some of my older programs that i've been neglecting.
but still, more work than it really should be.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
heeheeheehee
guess what i got today?? a new mac! my last new mac was 5 years ago, so i'm giddy with excitement. just opening the box was fun! heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee
so, for those of you who are also mac geeks, it is a 15-in macbook pro, 250 gb hard drive, 2.5 ghz processor. it has a webcam, which i'm really excited to get to use. i got the previous generation (no, not the new one. sorry, i'm not quite that much of a mac geek. the new generation made it possible for me to afford today's purchase a little bit easier.) so my old powerbook G4 is becoming jeff's (and nate's) computer.
we also got a 120 gb ipod classic. i have a little nano that i have had for a couple of years now. but it really only has enough space for my favorite music. the new one will be able to hold my music and jeff's music so that we can take it on our travels as opposed to a million cd's.
we've been saving up for these for a while. thanks to the gov't rebate earlier this year and the work i've been getting pretty regularly, we've now done our part to stimulate the economy.
so, for those of you who are also mac geeks, it is a 15-in macbook pro, 250 gb hard drive, 2.5 ghz processor. it has a webcam, which i'm really excited to get to use. i got the previous generation (no, not the new one. sorry, i'm not quite that much of a mac geek. the new generation made it possible for me to afford today's purchase a little bit easier.) so my old powerbook G4 is becoming jeff's (and nate's) computer.
we also got a 120 gb ipod classic. i have a little nano that i have had for a couple of years now. but it really only has enough space for my favorite music. the new one will be able to hold my music and jeff's music so that we can take it on our travels as opposed to a million cd's.
we've been saving up for these for a while. thanks to the gov't rebate earlier this year and the work i've been getting pretty regularly, we've now done our part to stimulate the economy.
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