Where Were You 4 Years Ago?

I remember what I was doing 4 years ago, just like it happend yesterday. I was pushing out an 8lbs 9oz bundle of joy. That's right, today is Geof's 4^th birthday. Those sleepless, diaper-filled days seem like an eternity ago in some ways. But I like where we are now and I enjoy everyday that I have with my best friend. We're going to have a party at my folks place this year with all the family in February. Nathaniel is back at work so it's just me and Geof today. It'll be low-key but we'll definitely have cake!

January 31, 2003


Januar 31, 2007

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

I saw this story on Yahoo this morning...

At 114, U.S. woman becomes world's oldest person

By Scott Malone Thu Jan 25, 1:59 PM ET

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Connecticut woman born to former slaves in the decades following the U.S. Civil War has become the world's oldest person, at 114, according to Guinness World Records.

Read the rest of the story here..

It sounds terrible but I'm glad longevity doesn't run in my family, I don't think I'd ever want to live to be that old. Can you imagine the fire hazard at her birthday party with all the candles?!

O'Reilly Is A Jackass

I was over at You Tube the other day looking for something when I ran across a most disturbing video featuring the one and only Bill O'Reilly. I haven't liked the guy since his little blip came into view on my radar. I was utterly shocked and appalled at his statements. I got over it until I ran across a fellow blogger who had posted about the same video. Here it is in case you haven't heard it yet...



The next day, Jen of Jen's Horde and the fellow blogger I mentioned before posted this interesting tidbit written by Michael Reagan. Here's the linky.

Just something to put in your pipe and smoke on a while. I swear it takes a lot of different people to make the world go round...I just wish the stupid ones would fall off!

Nicotine

It's January 23, 2007 and I am still a non-smoker. So far so good, but right now I would love to have a cigarette. It's been 23 days, when do the cravings stop or is this something I'm going to have to live with? Ugh, "just one puff," that's all my brain tells me I want but I know if I smoke one cigarette I'll end up smoking an entire pack and all this will be for nothing. Damn you nicotine! On the plus side it's nice to taste food again, and smell the rain, and move without getting winded. I could get used to this. By the way, have you ever wondered what was in a cigarette? Wonder no more..

Is It Just Me?

Is it possible to have a cold on only one side of your body? If so then the right side of me is sick today. My right ear, nostril, and tonsil are all waging war on the rest of me...damn it!

Happy Birthday, Pop!!

Geof with his "Pop"...the bestest of buddies!

Today is my Dad's 52^nd birthday. No he's not going to read this, I just wanted to share that with the world!

It's Snowing!!

Or as Geof said this morning..."It's a Christmas miracle!!!"










Our snowman didn't survive very long. After we went in the neighbors dog decided that the carrot and stick arms would make a tasty treat...bitch!

edited at 3:30pm...
This is what my backyard looks like now...I was not expecting this much!

New Year...New Me...New Blog?

There comes a time in every bloggers blogging life where they begin to feel a bit restless and the urge to spread their wings becomes almost unbearable....almost. Don't worry I'm not abandoning my blogs. Although I'm sure it seems that way with my posting habits...or lack there of. I'm just tired of my blogs. I'm not moving out or on, just up or possibly sideways. I need something new. I've looked into other free blogging services but nothing is really speaking to me. Maybe I should just change the template. But that opens a whole other can of worms. I downloaded Movable Type but for the life of me I have no idea how to use it....and I'm embarrassed to say that I don't fully understand exactly what it is either AND I can't even figure out how to open the damn file (yes I have winzip so that's not it). I've got all the time in the world to do my research, but when this feeling comes over me I need change and I need it now! I've also toyed with the idea of combining Holding Down The Fort and Yarn Junkie's Fix into just one blog, but I kind of like the two worlds separated, too. In my travels across the net I found an interesting place called Vox. I signed up to see what it was all about but haven't received my confirmation email yet despite several attempts. I guess it just wasn't meant to be.

Here's what I'd like to have for my blogging experience...

• Free reign over blog design/layout (I'd like to be able to change things here and there....not design the whole thing I'm not Wonder Woman!)
• A section in the side bar that shows different labels/categories for posts
• A 3 column blog...like this one for example, except I'd want both columns to be equal size
• Easy to use blog publishing
• Free blog hosting....I'm not a frequent enough blogger to pay for one just yet...plus I don't really have all that much to offer
  

I really like some of the layouts I've seen on Typepad blogs but as far as I can tell those require a monthly payment. I'm sure there is a free trial, but I don't want to lose everything after the trial period is up. Anyhoo, if you see things change around here don't worry, I'm just doing a little pre-Spring cleaning I guess.

Are Titles Mandatory?

I'm still alive....but just barely. Actually, I'm probably a little more alive these days. I'm happy to say that I am still on track with the whole quitting smoking thing. It sucks, but I know it's worth it. It's funny how much more I'm coughing now and all the crap I'm moving out of my lungs. Yeah, I tried to make that as not gross as possible.

In other news, Geof is sick again. Just a cold, but I'm starting to become a tad concerned. This makes the 4th cold he's had since late October. The kid is never sick, but for some reason he's been keeping a cold this year. It's never severe; no high fevers, no major congestion, no loss of appetite. Who knows. We did go to the park a few days ago.

Speaking of the park, here's something I thought was kind of interesting. Interesting enough that I'm still thinking about this little girl I met there. I was sitting on a bench watching Geof be a kid when I noticed this little girl on a bike with her Dad running along side her. What struck me was that he was a very fit looking person and she was a little on the chubby side but not morbidly obese. I sort of wondered to myself how a parent so apparently into fitness would allow their child to put on weight like that. A little while later I noticed that she and Geof and struck up a little friendship and were playing together. Geof brought her over to me to show her that I was his Mom and we started talking. She was in 1st grade, her bike was new and she loved it, and...this is what broke my heart...she said, "My Daddy says that I have a lot of fat on me and that's what makes my belly grow so big so I have to do a lot of exercises." The rest of the time this little girl was there she stayed on the monkey bars going back and forth. She and Geof came back a few times, she was very talkative but she always mentioned her belly and how her Daddy said she needed to exercise. You know how some kids are, they can tell you their whole family's life story. (I once had a kid at that same park tell me that he was so happy because his Daddy had gotten out of jail that day and he brought him to the park to play and have a picnic). On the one hand I thought it was nice that her Dad was teaching her how to stay healthy and active with exercise at such a young age. But, on the other hand the way she talked about it made it seem as if it's too much a part of her life right now. Like she was so fixated on those damn monkey bars she wouldn't or couldn't take a break to run around and be a kid. I don't know, I may be trying too hard to be a park bench psychologist. She was a really sweet little girl and absolutely gorgeous, tummy and all. Her name was Rose...which was kinda cool because that is the name of Geof's favorite imaginary friend.