Wednesday What Is It?

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A Typewriter!

5 points to SharShine!
2 points to Bon.

Good guesses everyone! It did kinda look like those old dot matrix printers.

Now don't freak out.

I knew it would happen. I have a son. It was bound to happen. Every man has a scar on his head. Oh yes he does. Ask him. He'll find it quickly or he'll part his hair to point it out. Ask him, at some point when he was a kid, he fell and cut his head and needed stitches or some other device to help the wound heal.

"Hello?"

"Hi Deece. Now don't freak out..."

(Of course I'm freaking out)

"Jacob fell down."

(My heart is beating faster)

"He has a little cut on his forehead. It's not a big deal."

(But maybe it is)

"He's sitting next to me and he isn't crying."

(A good sign. Right? Usually it is. Right?)

"But Eddie took a look at it and he thinks maybe the doctor should..."

(The doctor? So it is bad)

"see it in case he needs one stitch."

(A stitch?!)

"Just to help it heal."

"Ok. You want to take him to the doctor and I'll meet you there?"

"Yeah, ok."

So I left work and met my sister and my son at our doctor's office. She and Jacob were already inside the children's waiting room when I arrived. He had a Scooby Doo bandage on his forehead, a small scrape on his fat bottom lip, and a spot of dried blood on his sleeve. But he was happy. He smiled as he played. He pulled up the letter P from the foam alphabet mat and said, "P is for popcorn mommy!" I love you Jacob.

He didn't quite need a stitch. But he did need a steri-strip.

As you can see, I'm kind of behind.

The Proposal - Loved it! I was looking forward to watching it, but I didn't think I'd like it as much as I did. It's a girly movie, for sure, and really funny and I really enjoyed the acting. I just wish Sandra Bullock had stayed the same - when you see it, you'll know what I mean.

Monsters vs. Aliens - It's a nice family movie. My kids both enjoyed it. My kids' favorite part? When The Missing Link met Susan and did his whole ninja routine. My favorite part? When the president played the theme to Beverly Hills Cop ala Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

17 Again - Have I told you about this yet? Loved it! I really enjoyed Like Father Like Son and Big when I was a kid, so I really wanted to see this from the first preview. Plus, I really like Zack Efron. I could watch this every day. It's not the most amazing movie in the whole world, but it's one of those movies that kept me smiling the whole time.

Bart Got A Room - It was a funny little film, but I don't necessarily recommend it. I feel like I understand what this film was meant to be. I see the concept in my head the way I think the writer/s envisioned it. It's just too bad it didn't turn out quite right.

Labor Pains - Is this showing on TV already? Because I think I saw it on TV. It's cute. And I actually enjoyed Lindsay Lohan in it.

Adventureland - Not a family film ok? I like it! Unlike, Bart Got A Room, Adventureland totally knew what it wanted to be, and delivered. Set in the 80's, it definitely has the feel of an 80's teen movie, but different. In a good way. It's not a high school story.

Sunshine Cleaning - I totally didn't know what this was about when it started. It ws funny, quirky, and definitely out of the ordinary.

Fighting - Not terrible. Entertaining enough. Maybe this is someone's fantasy?

Inkheart - It was nice. My kids enjoyed it too. I would have liked more from the ending. Or maybe less? Or just something different. But it was a nice family fantasy movie. I enjoyed the acting and the artfulness.

Dance Flick - Crap

Bring It On: Fight to the Finish - I was surprised by how much I enjoyed watching it. It's a midless, veg out kinds of movie.For when you don't want to think about anything and just be entertained. If it was on TV while I was flipping channels, I'd probably stop and watch it for a while.

When you're in it.

In HSM3, Mrs. Montez told Gabriella that "high school feels like the most important thing in the world, when you're in it." The same can be said for Jr. High.

When I was in 8th grade, I knew that high school would come, it was inevitable. But it seemed so strange, so surreal, so much more mature than I was. Yeah right, high school, mature? My best friend, Marj, sat at my dining table and asked my mom if she would send me to the private catholic high school that Marj would be attending freshman year. Couldn't we be high school peons together? My mom did not oblige.

The end of 8th grade not only marked my final year of junior high, it also marked my final year at Saipan Community School - my final year with all of my friends at the same school. That would make a great lead-in to a post full of memories, wouldn't it? Eight years worth of memories - happy ones, sad ones, overly ridiculous ones. But if I wrote about all of them now, you'd never get a chance to read them because it would take me the next ten years to write them all out. So I'll save them for other posts.

As we neared the end of 8th grade, Marj and Zen - my girls - and I must have been searching for closure. We were looking for a way to celebrate what we went through together - as a whole class, as classmates and friends. We had an amazing send off. We spent a day at PIC as a class, the whole Jr. High took a field trip on one of those dinner cruise sailboats, and we had a graduation dinner at the Hyatt Regency Saipan. To end it all, my girls and I wrote and sang a song at our graduation. It really didn't matter that no one could hear our voices, it still meant something to us.

That's me with the bad perm in the top row.


Zen played the piano and Marj and I sang.


(We wrote the lyrics, but the melody was a Chinese pop song that Zen figured out how to play on the piano. I never forgot the tune, but over time I forgot most of the lyrics. Recently, Zen found them.)

Suddenly, this year has slipped right by me
It's funny how time just snuck up on me
Happy moments, that we thought would last
Have now become, a part of the past

Yesterday, we laughed and now we cry
We never thought it's this hard to say goodbye
Tomorrow, it when we will part
But I'll cherish you forever in my heart

I don't wanna leave
You are too close to me
I don't wanna leave
My friends surround me
I don't wanna leave
This year was too fast, can't you see
I don't wanna go
I'll miss you don't you know

Everything, will be different nothing stays the same
Without you there to lead, show and to guide me
You have been there through all these years
You helped me through my worst fears

I don't wanna leave
You are too close to me
I don't wanna leave
My friends surround me
I don't wanna leave
This year was too fast, can't you see
I don't wanna go
I'll miss you don't you know

All the time we have left is gone
Now all of us will go our different and separate ways
You know these are our precious days
So this is what I have to -- what I have to say (Wo, oh, oh, oh)

I don't wanna leave
You are too close to me
I don't wanna leave
My friends surround me
I don't wanna leave
This year was too fast, can't you see
I don't wanna go
I'll miss you (so much) don't you know

-circa 1995

Before

One year ago, I baked a million cookies and the kids dressed up, I made some bags, Sheila surprised me at the Hyatt, I explained how I went from DC to Deece, I was bummy and overwhelmed, I had a booth at Brilliant Star's Holiday Bazaar - a big thank you to Alison of Expressions, and I posted some handmade gifts.

That's me. Before.


I'm excited for what November will bring! Besides age.

Who said that?

No one ever said being a parent was easy. And if someone did say that, they are either a) crazy, 2) not a parent, or c) heavily medicated.

Two weekends ago, Katelyn was burning up with 103 degree fevers. But she was still very responsive and was willing to drink water and juice. This past weekend, Jakey was burning up! But he wouldn't drink water or juice. He even refused ice keki and susu! It was rough. We tried six ways to Sunday to play, trick, bribe, or force him to take Tylenol and drink water. Nothing seemed to work. He started to get the chills. He threw up on the bed. It was rough. Somehow the Lord brought us all through it, and little Jake is on the mend.

When I was a kid, I was a little delirious. I suppose most kids are - they think money grows on trees. They think being popular is everything. They think everyone else in this world lives to serve them. Well they're wrong! The world doesn't revolve around them. Unless, of course, you're a parent, in which case, your world does revolve around your kids. But let's bring it back to me, people, back to me.

One evening when I was in high school, I had a fever. A high fever. High enough for me to walk into my mother's bedroom and lie on her bed face up with my feet hanging down to the floor and say, "get out, get out while you can, get out before they kill you too." My mom stood me on my feet and walked me downstairs so I could take some Advil. While we walked down the stairs, I muttered nonsense and swayed from side to side like a drunk driver who is utterly incapable of walking a straight line. As we exited the staircase and turned toward the kitchen, I pushed over a lamp that stood on an end table in the living room. I knew that I shouldn't have done that, but I couldn't stop myself. We got to the kitchen and as I stood propped up against a wall, she prepared a glass of juice and some Advil. When she gave me the pills, I let out a maniacle laugh and told her that I couldn't swallow pills. So she crushed the pills and stuck them in some applesauce for me. I have no recollection after that.

James and I were not prepared to watch our 2 year old son turn lethargic and then combative because of his fever. I'm sure my mom was not prepared to watch me turn into some delirious crazy person. I mean, really, how do you prepare for that? "Welcome to Parenting 210 - part 1, how to deal with your teenager when she thinks spaceships are out to destroy her." You can't prepare. You just deal, and pray.

It is flu season, please take care. Keep hydrated, get lots of sleep, and eat vitamin rich foods.

Way back

When I was younger, I thought it'd be cool to have braces. Then I got braces.

When I was younger, I thought it'd be cool to wear glasses. Then I needed glasses.

Wednesday What Is It?

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A Vending Machine!5 points to SharShine!
2 points to Bon.

This

This is what happens when your daughter has a terrible fever and doesn't want to drink anything:


This is what happens when you don't pay attention to your two year old because you're too busy playing Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook (it's like internet crack!):

Relax. It's watercolor.

If only...

If only I had mad sewing skills so I could make one of these:

Maybe one day. Yeah right.

Enter the
Queen of Hearts and Alice in Wonderland Costume Set Giveaway!!

Have you checked out Grosgrain Fabulous before? No? Oh man, you should! She is amazing!

This is only the second giveaway of hers that I've entered, and I don't stand a shot at winning, but I just had to share these costumes. So amazing! So inspiring! I'm making mango jam today, but now I feel like sewing.

Chicken Salad Sandwich

We had some leftover rotisserie chicken from Joeten, so I made a chicken salad sandwich - something I have never made before.



shredded chicken
mayonnaise
black pepper
tiny bit of yellow mustard
coriander
onions

It was good, but next time I'll add some celery or cucumber (whichever is in the fridge) and some curry powder.

Wednesday What Is It?

What is it?

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Wednesday What Is It? Results

The results of last week's Wednesday What Is It?

A Light Bulb!

5 points to SharShine!
2 points each to Bon and Plumeria

Bruce - good job at being specific, but I need the name!
Mark - ike! Next time, next time.