Rainy Days and Sundays
My friend and I were planning to take our children swimming today. However, it's 330PM and it's drizzling. I got a call from her worried about the rain. There's still an hour more before I decide if I want cancel swimming.My three little ones pictured above loves the sprinkler area next to the swimming pool. That is where I spent 5 hours last Friday, 3 hours last Wednesday, and the previous days before that...are you getting the picture? They love it! I cannot catch up on reading while we're there because if I take my eyes off my kids, I am convinced transport themselves outside the fence.
Even when I stayed 5 hours in the sprinkler park, my 3 y/o still threw a fit when we left. There's a lesson to be learned here. It goes along the line of showing up before they close so the water's off when we leave and there can be no doubt that the park is truly closed.
The rain had stopped, we might go after all. I have gotten used to stuffing my 5'2" (barely) in a swimsuit. I am 142 point something pounds. I need 40 of those off. Someday. When my baby's done breastfeeding, I can work on it. Maybe run away from it. He's now 16 months. This is the longest I have ever breastfeed anyone. He's the last child, so I am enjoying his babyhood. There's won't be anymore.
This is My Adorable Baby
My baby loves to spend time in the toilet. He's not yet toilet trained, but he's very adept at toilet plunger, and all manners of plunging. Just this afternoon, I caught him trying to flush down two boxes of raisens, a roll of toilet paper, a package of chocolate cake (I almost cried because it was my last box, and I have nothing chocolate to make a chocolate cake from scratch), and four pairs of socks.As I am writing this, there's probably more items being flush down. I hope it won't cost me anything to clean up. Last time I had a ball lodge in my toilet, and it cost me 400 to fix it. I had to get a new toilet because the ball is firmly lodged in place.
He's 1 year and 4 months. He can say a lot of H words like hug, hello, hi there, here w'go, hot, and hold. I am really grateful that I am not in a habbit of saying "h8ll" because he'd probably pick that one too.
Double Doble?
We love to walk. If you look at my sidebar, you can see the miles we log on since last year. This summer, it's been tough to carve out time to take everyone out and walk. This is my second darling son, he's in a stroller, pushing a stroller. You can see it on the picture below.Sporadic. That's the way it's been since two months ago. So many things going on. Hopefully, it's all going to settle down, some. At least, when I cancel the extra health insurance I have.
I signed up for World Insurance and found out a few days ago that they wouldn't cover a well-check-up visit. Only when my kids are sick. In theory that's fine, except, I am not comfortable not taking my children for their annual exams. I have no idea why my agent didn't underlined that fact.
I have made myself clear that I like to take them for their annual exam because I want to know how much they're growing and stuff like that. So, I have wasted some money on a hunt for a better health insurance.
Bummer! I think I would have been able to buy 100 pair of shoes for the money I lost. I mean, the shoe store nearby assures me that for that amount, I can buy 400 pairs. HGTV assures me that I can do a first level upgrade for my kitchen for that money.
Other than that...oh, did I mentioned that I have two dental insurance too? I mean, come on. I know it's important to keep up with health insurance and all, but two of them? That's where my tomorrow's going to be. On the phone getting some of my money back.
Learning by Example
Children learn to behave by example. I know this. I have heard of this said so many times. It just dawned on me a few days ago that I might need a 13-step program for de-pottying my mouth. Really. I tend to say things like "shit" and "holy shit" and "f*@k" when extremely annoyed. Sometimes, I combined the two for more satisfying feel.
I am not usually "extremely annoyed" therefore it wasn't much of a problem. Lately, with moving, dealing with workmen and other forms of annoying people, I hadn't realized how much I have been cussing.
My son, Yossi, is very observant about lights. He notices when one is on or off or broken. We were driving towards McDonald's drive-through when he said, "Holy shit, those lights are broken, Mommy." I was taken aback. I mean, it was perfect diction. I was so impressed by the clear diction and horrified when I processed his whole sentence.
I think it will take 3 months for him to forget this really cool expression. Yesterday, he tripped over a toy on the floor and said, "Oh shit!" When I asked if he meant I should "sit" he clariffied for me. O.M.G. I am so totally turning over a new leaf.
I have lived my life until I was in my late 20s without saying those cuss words. With age, instead of wisdom, I get inventive with cussing? I guess, I must change. I don't think I want to hear Yossi, then Yoash saying things like that. Not until they're a little grown anyway.
Yoav used to say "Damn" a lot. He had stopped saying it lately because I haven't said anything about it lately. D doesn't cuss in front of the children. He gets annoyed but somehow managed to not used these words.
So, what should I replace my favorite expression with? I have been pondering about that question. With motherhood comes responsibility of the little people who are constantly listening and taking on my actions. I must have an "extremely annoyed" words, but it has to be innocent enough so when my little darlings adapts it, it's not so horrifying.
I am not usually "extremely annoyed" therefore it wasn't much of a problem. Lately, with moving, dealing with workmen and other forms of annoying people, I hadn't realized how much I have been cussing.
My son, Yossi, is very observant about lights. He notices when one is on or off or broken. We were driving towards McDonald's drive-through when he said, "Holy shit, those lights are broken, Mommy." I was taken aback. I mean, it was perfect diction. I was so impressed by the clear diction and horrified when I processed his whole sentence.
I think it will take 3 months for him to forget this really cool expression. Yesterday, he tripped over a toy on the floor and said, "Oh shit!" When I asked if he meant I should "sit" he clariffied for me. O.M.G. I am so totally turning over a new leaf.
I have lived my life until I was in my late 20s without saying those cuss words. With age, instead of wisdom, I get inventive with cussing? I guess, I must change. I don't think I want to hear Yossi, then Yoash saying things like that. Not until they're a little grown anyway.
Yoav used to say "Damn" a lot. He had stopped saying it lately because I haven't said anything about it lately. D doesn't cuss in front of the children. He gets annoyed but somehow managed to not used these words.
So, what should I replace my favorite expression with? I have been pondering about that question. With motherhood comes responsibility of the little people who are constantly listening and taking on my actions. I must have an "extremely annoyed" words, but it has to be innocent enough so when my little darlings adapts it, it's not so horrifying.
Weekend Full of Movies
I saw The Preacher's Wife with Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston on TV. There's a line in there which strikes a chord. Whitney's character was asking Denzel what happens if the flame goes out between couple? I like Denzel's character's reply. You don't let it. Simple words, yet it makes sense.
Friday night, D and I watched The Painted Veil with Edward Norton. It's a story about a girl and a boy, and a marriage where one loves more than the other. It's a wonderful book, and the movie is great too. I want to re-read the book because I want to find out more about her child. I wonder if the book said anything about it.
Sunday afternoon have us all sitting and lounging in our living room watching THE PRINCESS BRIDE. What a very good movie that was. I love the fencing scene. Even my baby loves watching it. He got really excited when they started rolling down the hill. It's my favorite kind of Sunday where everyone enjoys each others company over good movie. Yossi and Yoash jumped up and down on my train table and made such noise, we has to read sub-title for about half an hour.
I also borrowed Jane Eyre with Timothy Dalton. I watched all 11 episodes of BBC's version. I know it was rather horrible acting at times, but I was caught up with what a hottie Timothy Dalton was. I mean, have you look at this guy closely? He's very handsome and attractive. I think he's a perfect Mr. Rochester just like Colin Firth was a perfect Mr. Darcy.
I decided this will be a summer of catching up on my classics. I am waiting for Wuthering Heights and some other ones too. I think I will watch Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice in all their versions. It might be hard to find all versions, but my local library has most of them. My husband, of course, cannot see the attraction. I think he fell asleep to my Jane Eyre.
D and Yoel went to see Transformers early Sunday evening. Chana and I planned to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at IMAX. They were all sold out when we got there around 11ish. We end up seeing THE TRANSFORMER. I love, love, love the story. I want to watch it again. I think I want to see The Iron Giant again. That was a good movie.
Photo Hunt #30 - Shadow
DS1 skating backwards last winter. We get really beautiful winter days here.
Am I Looking for My Sea-legs?
I have been feeling nauseated all day. It's exactly the same feeling I get after a cruise, or a ferry ride or any type of water transport ride. It's also the same feeling I get riding the octopus at the carnival. You know the one I am talking about. The ride in which the bench, the carriage, the stick holding the carriage and the main big stick holding the little stick holding a pair of carriage spins and spins. Yep.
Louann over at Three Boys and a Lady gave me awards and I am now a happy sea-sick person sitting down here. Click on the awards below for the award explanation. I am very flattered. Thank you Louann! Nothing like an award to keep me smiling!
I am still waiting for my multi-adaptor for this Sony camera so I can properly display my digiment from a recent book signing. I can't wait to write about it, but it's not the same without the pictures.
One of my bulletin board buddy, Mira, treated us to a dinner at Antares at Reunion Tower. It was fabulous and fantastic. We were inside the ball of light way up in the sky. I am fine with height. I don't think much about it. It's the motion of the restaurant. It might as well have been going at the speed of light for the all difference it made of my motion sickness reflex.
I held on with iron will to my stomach. I am glad to say, I didn't barf. But now, 48 hours after my wonderful dinner, I am still queasy and sea-sick. This doesn't bode well for my husband's plan to take us all on a cruise in Alaska. Unless those sea-sickness medication really works!
My daughter had a blast though. We took picture of our beautiful plates. I'll post it later, when I can retrieve it from my camera. She wants her birthday party at that restaurant next year. Maybe even her wedding reception, even though she hasn't picked up a groom yet. I was glad to hear this because she's only 9.
Did I mention I am quite queasy? I have half a mind to go to my eye doctor and check my prescription. I had such a time with my health insurance today. I am too mad to even gripe about it.
Louann over at Three Boys and a Lady gave me awards and I am now a happy sea-sick person sitting down here. Click on the awards below for the award explanation. I am very flattered. Thank you Louann! Nothing like an award to keep me smiling!
I am still waiting for my multi-adaptor for this Sony camera so I can properly display my digiment from a recent book signing. I can't wait to write about it, but it's not the same without the pictures.
One of my bulletin board buddy, Mira, treated us to a dinner at Antares at Reunion Tower. It was fabulous and fantastic. We were inside the ball of light way up in the sky. I am fine with height. I don't think much about it. It's the motion of the restaurant. It might as well have been going at the speed of light for the all difference it made of my motion sickness reflex.
I held on with iron will to my stomach. I am glad to say, I didn't barf. But now, 48 hours after my wonderful dinner, I am still queasy and sea-sick. This doesn't bode well for my husband's plan to take us all on a cruise in Alaska. Unless those sea-sickness medication really works!My daughter had a blast though. We took picture of our beautiful plates. I'll post it later, when I can retrieve it from my camera. She wants her birthday party at that restaurant next year. Maybe even her wedding reception, even though she hasn't picked up a groom yet. I was glad to hear this because she's only 9.
Did I mention I am quite queasy? I have half a mind to go to my eye doctor and check my prescription. I had such a time with my health insurance today. I am too mad to even gripe about it.
Thursday Thirteen #25 - Welcome to The Club
1. Today was the Romance Writer of America "Readers for Life" Literacy Autographing.
2. I brought my 9-year old daughter with me. She had a blast.
3. If you need tons of freebie, Chana is the girl.
4. I didn't know how many signed bookmarks she collected until she had them all spread out on our dining room table.
5. She has tons of candy too.
6. Not to mention sexy bookmarks of books she won't be able to read until she's 16 at the very least, 25 would be even better.
7. This is our first major grown up event together. We really had a blast.
8. She has pictures with several famous authors. I'll post it after I find my camera thingy.
9. It was fun meeting some of the ladies from my favorite author's bulletin board.
10. I got a few books for my friends, but didn't get the ones by Jill Barnett. The books were there, but I couldn't find her.
11. Judith McNaught and Julie Garwood weren't there also.
12. I got a hug and a picture from Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Nora Roberts, Suzanne Brockman, and Linda Lael Miller. The others I got a hug from, I got too excited about talking to my favorite authors, I didn't get a chance to digiment it.
13. I don't think digiment is a real word. It's a slip of my finger. I meant to say document it with my digital camera, and digiment just seem much shorter word.
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I'm So Excited!
In less than 3 hours, I will be meeting a bunch of friends from my favorite Bulletin Board, and my favorite authors too. I can't quite decide whom to buy a book from and take a picture with.
This year, my daughter is going with me. She's 9, but she's into reading. My friend Jovy will watch my kids. There's a dinner afterwards, but I don't think I can go to that one since my husband works nights and it's too late to not be home with my kids.
I heard by door bell two hours ago, and surprise! My mother came to visit me from Oklahoma. It's always wonderful to have her here. I wanted her to sit and relax, but she's like a whirling dervish when it comes to my house. She had washed my dishes, which I had planned to wash later on this evening. I should really sneak out now and pamper myself with nail polish and waxing (my brows) but I think I'll stay and gossip with her instead.
Yoash is asleep for about 2 hours now, which means he's going to wake up soon. Check out his picture on the sidebar. Isn't he cute? I also better check yahoo maps on the best way to get to Hilton Downtown for the signing. At least, rush hour will be going to opposite direction, so I won't be stuck too long in traffic.
It's so hot here right now, and muggy too. I almost didn't want to get out of my 69F temp house... but really, Romance Writers of America Convention doesn't happen everyday.
This year, my daughter is going with me. She's 9, but she's into reading. My friend Jovy will watch my kids. There's a dinner afterwards, but I don't think I can go to that one since my husband works nights and it's too late to not be home with my kids.
I heard by door bell two hours ago, and surprise! My mother came to visit me from Oklahoma. It's always wonderful to have her here. I wanted her to sit and relax, but she's like a whirling dervish when it comes to my house. She had washed my dishes, which I had planned to wash later on this evening. I should really sneak out now and pamper myself with nail polish and waxing (my brows) but I think I'll stay and gossip with her instead.
Yoash is asleep for about 2 hours now, which means he's going to wake up soon. Check out his picture on the sidebar. Isn't he cute? I also better check yahoo maps on the best way to get to Hilton Downtown for the signing. At least, rush hour will be going to opposite direction, so I won't be stuck too long in traffic.
It's so hot here right now, and muggy too. I almost didn't want to get out of my 69F temp house... but really, Romance Writers of America Convention doesn't happen everyday.
What Got You Started?
Wordless Wednesday Entry too:
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I was just visiting my favorite author's board, and I have seen this thread about how someone likes reading a romance author's book, but is not fan of romance. It just got me thinking that I am foremost a romance fan.
I started sneaking at nine to read my mother's Silhouette Desire. I love the stories about relationship. I must have been so young because I actually skip the "loving" bits of the book. I should have paid particular attention to them. That's how one can learn all about sex and keep their hymen intact.
Anyway, I only read romance for a long time. I was in my mid-twenties before I started venturing to another genre. I listed to John Grisham's THE FIRM on audio and feel in love with the guys stories.
I could not stand first-person-singular type books. I feel like I am missing so much and I get frustrated not being able to "eavesdrop" on what the other characters are thinking. Then along came John D. MacDonald and his Travis McGee. What a fun series to read, and I got over my hang-up quickly. I enjoyed J.A. Jance, then Sue Grafton and many more.
As for general fiction, books which read like a movie, Robert Crais and Matthew Reilly broke my cherries. Hostage by Robert Crais became a movie with Bruce Willis in it. I am pretty sure Matthew Reilly's book will turn into movies soon. It's very good and action-packed.
So, if you're into reading, what got you started?
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I was just visiting my favorite author's board, and I have seen this thread about how someone likes reading a romance author's book, but is not fan of romance. It just got me thinking that I am foremost a romance fan.
I started sneaking at nine to read my mother's Silhouette Desire. I love the stories about relationship. I must have been so young because I actually skip the "loving" bits of the book. I should have paid particular attention to them. That's how one can learn all about sex and keep their hymen intact.
Anyway, I only read romance for a long time. I was in my mid-twenties before I started venturing to another genre. I listed to John Grisham's THE FIRM on audio and feel in love with the guys stories.
I could not stand first-person-singular type books. I feel like I am missing so much and I get frustrated not being able to "eavesdrop" on what the other characters are thinking. Then along came John D. MacDonald and his Travis McGee. What a fun series to read, and I got over my hang-up quickly. I enjoyed J.A. Jance, then Sue Grafton and many more.
So, if you're into reading, what got you started?
Wordless Wednesday #21
Yoash trying to clean my kitchen floor. I hope he still has the same desire to clean my floor when he's grown up. 
Yossi got this from me. We share a love for reading. He can sit and "read" for a long time.
Yossi got this from me. We share a love for reading. He can sit and "read" for a long time.
Surprise!
Nope, not pregnant. Tubes are tied and sniped, remember? I was just thinking about this lately because we have changed health insurance from AETNA to WORLD. I was approved coverage, except that I won't be covered for C-section the first year. OK. Which part of the "can't have children anymore" was unclear during the interview?
Today, my husband came home with a gift for me. He's playing catch up. This is my 10th anniversary present (we're going to have our 16th year anniversary this year). I got a 26 inch Wide screen LCD TV by ViewSonic.
It's in all black. I just managed to put it together...except that I can't make the sound work. Too lazy to figure it out now. I will just have D fix it later. I love it!
I told D that I don't need present because every day that he's here, every day that I see my children is a gift already not to be surpassed by anything else. This huge TV/computer monitor is toppings to an already beautiful presents I have.
I might have to wear sunglasses to deal with how bright this is. I forgot to say, I got a box of chocolates along with my new screen.
Today, my husband came home with a gift for me. He's playing catch up. This is my 10th anniversary present (we're going to have our 16th year anniversary this year). I got a 26 inch Wide screen LCD TV by ViewSonic.
It's in all black. I just managed to put it together...except that I can't make the sound work. Too lazy to figure it out now. I will just have D fix it later. I love it!I told D that I don't need present because every day that he's here, every day that I see my children is a gift already not to be surpassed by anything else. This huge TV/computer monitor is toppings to an already beautiful presents I have.
I might have to wear sunglasses to deal with how bright this is. I forgot to say, I got a box of chocolates along with my new screen.
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