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By admin, on June 30, 2010
Thought of the Day… I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can play together all night. ~Bill Watterson, “Calvin & Hobbes”
It’s been almost a week since my last post… Have you missed me? Did you even notice I was “gone”?
I’m sorry for dropping off the planet! As you may recall, life at work for the last four weeks has been nuts. If you are a new reader and haven’t caught up yet, I worked 90+ a week for over four weeks. I was exhausted and am supposed to be taking about two weeks off from work. I’m still trying to get caught up on sleep and am spending time with Hubby and The Offspring. We’re spending a lot of time together and as such I’m neglecting you. Sorry! Sort of… time with them is special and to be honest it’s been really nice. I’ve also see a few friends and family… oh the number of people I’ve neglected… 
Did you notice the new menu bar? I’m still working on it, so it’s not done yet. What do you think?
I just checked the Google Analytics for my blog and I was VERY VERY pleased to see that since I last wrote (Jun 24) I have had 54 visitors, 22 of which were unique visitors. Of that 54, 9 were from NEW visitors! That may not seem like much, but since my blog is still fairly new I’m quite happy. THANK YOU for stopping by even when I’ve been away.
I have several things I want to post.. including photos, recipes, garden updates FlyBaby BabySteps updates and general babbling. Oh yeah… and some cookbook discussions… I have bought four new cookbooks in the last few weeks and would like to share with you what I have discovered (well, actually they’re used cookbooks I found at a local bookstore)
What would you like me to talk about first?
WOW! I’ve asked you a lot of questions today… sorry! Let’s recap…
- Have you missed me?
- Did you even notice I was “gone”?
- Did you notice the new menu bar?
- What would you like me to talk about first? (photos, recipes, garden updates FlyBaby BabySteps updates, general babbling or some cookbooks or something else?
Don’t forget to leave a comment and let me know what you’d like to read.
P.S. Thanks for stopping by!
By admin, on June 24, 2010
Thought of the Day…Laughter is an instant vacation. ~Milton Berle
You’ve heard me whine about my long days at work… well… last night I worked until 5:30AM this morning! I am an IDIOT! (no smart aleck comments, Rafael or Chris!)
I had planned on taking today off, but have been working since noon… (it’s almost 5pm now)… Am taking tomorrow off…
I need a vacation… I plan on taking a few days off – my garden needs tending, house needs cleaning… I need to get caught up on my FlyBaby BabySteps… I need sleep!!!
Maybe it’s just like Milton Berle said… so I guess I need to laugh… feel free to post a comment to make me laugh (Please keep it clean, my mom and The Offspring and her friends read this…)
By admin, on June 23, 2010
Thought of the Day…Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ~Albert Einstein
HALLELUJAH! I FINALLY figured out how to get my FlyLady BigTent password reset!!! It was NOT easy!
If you recall from my Baby Steps Day 3 post, I couldn’t login to FlyLady’s site. Well, I am a very technical person (I work in my company’s information technology [IT] department). So, I normally can figure things out. It has taken me DAYS to figure this out! There was NO link on the site to reset my password.
So, for all those out there who need to reset your FlyLady BigTent.com password… go here. Maybe it was clear to others or I’m really tired (I’m still sitting at work — been here 11 hours — needed a break)… but I couldn’t find a link so I thought Why not go to the hosting site’s web site to do the reset.
Now… I can take some time tomorrow to finish my Day 3 (boy Day 3 is sure taking me a long time to get through it!)
Since my last post was about The Offspring’s wounded knee and the picture of said knee was so painful to look at…
…here’s a window sticker I saw when I was last at the library… Can you read it?
…it reads “Starfleet Academy – San Francisco MMCLXI” … Needless-to-say, as a Star Trek fan… I loved it….I bet Hubby won’t want one on my car…
By admin, on June 21, 2010
Thought of the Day…If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit
As a mom one of the most difficult things seeing your child hurt. A week ago, The Offspring was hurt during a softball game. She slid into home plate and collided with the catcher’s shin guards. OW! She kept playing and went to practice all last week. It didn’t seem to be getting better. She wanted to get through her last week of school before going to the doctor (she was afraid she’d end up on crutches).
When she went to practice on Thursday, I talked with the coach and explained that I didn’t want her doing any sliding or catching. He said, “OK.” She had signed up for a college recruiting camp for Friday, but couldn’t attend.
Saturday started a long softball weekend – eight games… five of which were on Sunday! Sunday was over 13 hours of softball! UGH! The Offspring was DP (designated player — aka DH in baseball) and she also had played some in the outfield.
I cringed every time she took the field….
The last game of the tournament was awful… she was catcher (the coach asked her if she could catch and she said yes… he told her, “I don’t want to get into trouble with Mom.” She caught anyway. She had to drop down on her knees quite a bit and then the icing on the cake – she got hit by a pitch in her sore knee! I just wanted to cry…
At the end of the day… she hurt so much!
Here’s what her knee looked like the next morning… UGH! She normally has a knee — not a trunk looking leg… it’s really swollen!
I called the doctor and took her in… It was a “good news”/“bad news” thing…
…It’s not fractured, but…
…no softball for a week… which stinks because her team is in a National Qualifier this next weekend (starting on Friday) then off to a college exposure tournament in Denver, CO for a week.
UGH! My heart is hurting so I’m done for now…
By admin, on June 21, 2010
Thought of the Day…Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos. ~Don Kardong
Friday was my BabySteps Day 3. I was supposed to do things I had already done (getting up and dressed and keep sink shining) and also start exploring Big Tent. I was able to do the “things I had already done” part.  I couldn’t explore Big Tent because there is a problem with my account. I hope to get that resolved soon.
Remember on Day 1 when I talked about being freakish? I thought I would share more about how freakish I can be… I “have to” keep the empty hangers in the laundry room are sorted by size, color and function (ones with clips for skirts and things and ones without clips). Yeah, I’m nuts!
My BabySteps days were thrown off over the weekend. The Offspring had a softball tournament and I couldn’t move on to next steps, but I DID repeat what I had already done (dressed and shiny sink).
I hope I have more to share next time.
To read my complete BabySteps chronicling visit here.
By admin, on June 18, 2010
Thought of the Day…Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ~Albert Einstein
Another milestone… The Offpsring has finished another year of school… She ended it on a high note – all As! We don’t have her AP National Exam score yet, but she got an A in the class so I confident she did well. I know you worked hard, Offspring, and are relieved to have the year over.
Now for summer break. Well, not really a break. She will be busy with softball, catching up on her reading (she has quite the long summer reading list), the Eclipse release (both of us are anxious for this, we’re both Team Edward) and she’ll be helping around the house and garden.
I’m looking forward to spending more time with her. She was so busy keeping to her school work – duh she maintained a 4.0 while playing softball so she was quite busy!
Now we can have more Mami-Daughter evenings. I hope that we will be able to do cooking adventures. I have several recipes I want to try and share with all of you.
The Offspring’s growing up way to fast!!
This is a couple of days before the first day of school… (meet her Papa on the left, Nana on the right and Auntie Mindy)
…and here she was at the end of school…
…I feel really OLD now…
By admin, on June 17, 2010
Thought of the Day…Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don’t do it. ~Author Unknown
Well yesterday was my BabySteps Day 2. Day 2 is Get Dressed to lace up shoes. I had to get up get dressed and ready to go… hair and makeup, too. I don’t always wear makeup. Sometimes when I’m super tired or working from home or just vegging out I don’t wear it. I had planned on going to the office to work so I put makeup on and got ready for work. Then I made The Offspring’s Exam Day Breakfast for her last finals day at school.
The sink remained still shiny. When I got home from taking The Offspring to softball practice I saw an onion slice in the Shiny Sink. Last night, I left a note saying “Why is there an onion in the Shiny Sink?” When I got up this morning it was gone…
Today is Day 3. Come back tomorrow morning to see my success. (How’s that for optimism?)
To read my complete BabySteps chronicling visit here.
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