The good, the bad, and the odd.

The good news: Because my scale sucks, I actually weigh 8 pounds less than I thought I did.

The bad news: Because I gained so much weight with my last pregnancy and haven't lost as much as I should have, I have to try to only gain around 15 pounds this time.

The odd news: I might be farther along in the pregnancy than I thought I was. We'll find out the truth next week during the ultrasound.

My mom's selling betel nut....

So there's a whole lot of betel nut in the house right now.

Me: Do you want a brother or sister? There's a baby in mommy's belly....You're going to have a baby brother or sister.
Katelyn: Mikey [her older cousin]
Me: Yeah, like Mikey and Mele and Maui....There's a baby in mommy's belly.
Katelyn: [touching my belly] Pugua? Pugua?

Well, at this point, the baby is the size of a betel nut.

(So, yeah, it's the red one and it's 10 for $1, just incase you want to buy....)

Deece's Pregnancy Notice Board #1: Food that makes me sick

You're on Notice!

Stay tuned for more of Deece's Pregnancy Notices.

Special thanks to Mona for inspiration. Check it out!

Mona, I saw you on TV!

I didn't know you used to report for KMCV7 news! Every Friday they do a segment called Flashback Friday where they show an old news story. And last Friday they showed you!! :-)

I'm exhausted.

It can be very draining to work full-time, have a daughter who's full of energy, still be nursing Katelyn, and be growing a new baby all at the same time. Yep, that's right, mapotgi yo - I'm buntis, if you will. In plain old English - I'm pregnant.

So...sorry I haven't been able to stay awake lately to post or read other blogs. By the time I get Katelyn to sleep, I'm out too. I'm amazed that I'm not falling asleep as I type this. Maybe it's because the nausea wasn't so bad today. I just hope I can stay up long enough tomorrow night to watch the premier of Laguna Beach season 3.

Well, I'm not really sure about this, my dates might be off, but babycenter.com says that I'm due on April 2nd and that I'm 7 weeks along. So Katelyn and her new sibling will be about 2 years apart. I think it's just perfect.

Calm down. Things change. (Warning: this is a stupid post)

All afternoon I was planning to post about receiving my TI BAII Plus Professional calculator in the mail today - which is practically glued to my hands. But it just doesn't seem all that important now (can you believe it?). James and I were watching the ABC special "Medical Mysteries" and it was really interesting. We got to the part about the kid with Progeria (a disease that makes you age much more rapidly than normal) and they told us that they found the cause - and *BAM* it reverts to the earlier program, the earlier program that I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE. And then it cuts to commercial and tells me that Medical Mysteries, a two-hour special, will be on at 9. What?? My clock said it was 9! Laaania dai!

You know, I didn't mind when MCV was showing programming that was exactly one week late. I'm used to it. I understood how it worked. But what now? Now I don't know what's going on. The program timimg is all messed up. Channel 33 is no longer UPN, it's Spike TV and so far, all the shows I've seen on 33 suck. And now there are a billion Guam commercials invading my regular commercial air time. Yes, it does bother me that much. I like commercials. They can be funnier than the shows they interrupt - unless you're watching Arrested Development - which is no longer on the air - ahhhh!

Let me calm down by returning to my calculator. So I got my calculator in the mail today. Amazing. (Walmart, you're not so bad. I guess I'll just stay away at Christmas time.) So I was going to take a picture of my old calculator and Katelyn holding it to her ear like a phone while saying "hello?", and then take a picture of my shiney new calculator and let you gaze at it with envious eyes. But alas my camera is broken. Aiii...

I guess I better go to sleep before I bore you any more and continue to post about things that make me sad/mad.

Good night. And have a pleasant tomorrow.

I saw these Kebang brand binder clips this morning...

And then I had this running through my head all day (starts out sounding like Ricky Martin's She Bangs):

"Kebang's, kebang's. Oh baby she kaboom's kaboom's....well, she looks like a flower, but she SHUT UP!!!!"

Sheesh, I get mad at myself outloud and I now I do it silently too.

If you suspect your aircon is leaking freon, get it checked out.

If you are exposed to leaking freon, you may experience dizziness, nausea, and headaches. Trust me I know, but I'm assuming it was only mild exposure - unlike this poor dude. (BTW, it wasn't a home aircon that was leaking.)

What a kine?

Cousin: My son asked me, "dad, what if I have 4 kids with three different girls before I get married?" What? It was 4 kids with 3 girls...and then he said, "what about you and mom, you had me before you were married."
My mom: Ha ha ha, toka hao, you just shot yourself.

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James: Would you go make me some Tang?
Me: Please, please...can you make it yourself?
James: But I can't. I'm not wearing any pants.
Me: So put your pants on.
James: But I don't know how to make Tang.

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What a kine? The kind that's funny at the time.

No good.

My friend told me that as a result of Saturday's 10-hour power outage, her microwave and one of her computers are fried.

My camera no longer works - some sort of lens error...but, unfortunately, I can't blame it on the power outage. I'm pretty sure there is a direct correlation between its inoperability and my daughter's love of turning it on while holding the lens so it won't fully open and extend. So I'm thinking of getting one of these. Hopefully, I can save enough for it in the next month or so.

Until then, I'll just suffer every time I see an opportunity to take a shameless self-portrait.

Deece's Own Picture Poetry

The sky at dusk.What is this stuff?

What is she, nuts?

Deece's Own Picture Poetry...special thanks to Donna. Cause I'm using her phrase in the title.

Home Made

Tuna and Avocado Poke by my sister:

Maui's Beanie by Deece:

Thought I'd try it as a swirley top...but in the end I don't think it was worth the effort. I should have just done it in regular rounds.

I feel sick to my stomach.

I just made a purchase from Walmart.com. I think I'm going to puke. I'm so upset that I gave in. But when your options are limited because you live on Saipan, sometimes there's nothing else you can do...

Please don't screw me over again Walmart.

And now, on a happier note, if you buy a Corolla you can get a free laptop. So if you live on Saipan and you want a free laptop - head over to Microl and buy a Corolla.

What happened? Pressure.

"So you used to be taller? What happened?" Pressure. Pressure to be thin, pressure to drink and do drugs. Pressure to be cool with everyone and not have a problem with anyone...pressure happened.

"What are you going to do now?" I don't know. But this isn't working.

It's so cold in here!

The aircon is at 72 degrees. My daughter keeps kicking off the covers and my husband is complaining that it's hot. But my feet are nearly frozen.

Winter in LA is really mild - but it's too cold for me. And a warm day in Saipan is just too warm. I guess I'll never really be happy until I'm in Heaven.

My dilemma.

James: Can you order Mikey's game from Wal Mart?
Me: No way. I hate Walmart.com. What game?
James: Pirates.
Me: Oh, man. I want to order that for him. And I want my darn calculator. But I hate Walmart.
James: Do they know you hate them?
Me: Not unless they've read my blog.

I don't know what to do. I can't get my calculator anywhere on island. Should I give in? Should I??

I wanna be first, I wanna be the best, I wanna be Made.

So my friend told me that she'd want to be Made into a dancer. I want to be Made into a lounge singer. If Made were around my second year in college, I'da probably gone for it.

Dinner by Deece

Veronica made the pancit and lumpia. But I made the other dish. What should I call it...let's see...Deece's Ginger Chicken and Vegetables (wow, could it be more boring?).

• Cubed/triangled chicken thighs cooked with a bunch of sliced ginger in olive oil and sesame oil (didn't have enough to use only sesame oil)
• Remove chicken and ginger from pan/wok
• Add a bit more oil and cook the veggies - I started with the onion, then added some carrot, some green beans, some eggplant, and 3 or four cloves of thinly sliced garlic
• Throw in some oyster sauce, a tiny bit of soy sauce, and a dash of pepper
• Dump the chicken and ginger back in
• Add more sauces if needed
• Cook till you think it's done

I liked it. But I think it would have been better with mushrooms instead of eggplant.

Yo, Kirida. This post's for you!

So...uh....you never told me what colors you like. So here are my available yarns:

Below: forest green, cream, blue, and a little bit of navy blue.

The red and cream above are kinda like the red and cream below. I really want to finish this scarf. I forgot that I even started it - it was waaay at the bottom of my yarn bin. Problem is, I forgot what size needles I started this with. Darn!

Sorry that the selection is so limited right now....all my other yarns are either tied up as wips (works in progress) or are reserved for the 15 other projects that I hope I'll get around to someday.

Too bad Christmas comes just once a year....

I'd like to Christmas myself more often. I was talking with this lady recently, I pointed out to her that we had the same watch. I told her that my husband gave it to me for Christmas last year. She said to me, "I Christmased myself."

Spreken zie deutch? Deece!

According to Altavista Babel Fish, my nickname, Deece, translates to Deece in both German and Dutch. Does anyone know what Deece means in German?? 53.85% of keyword searches that land on my page are from people in Germany googling the word Deece. I think it's cool that they land on my blog - but I kinda want to know what they are searching for.

So I googled myself. My blog and my flickr page appear in the top four sites returned. And my blogger profile appears on the next page. Who'da thunk it? [Whoa...I ran a search on my real name and I'm listed twice on the first page.]

According to Urban Dictionary, my nickname is a slang term, similar to cool, sweet, or excellent. Eh, I guess that's pretty deece.

Viddya games cause me anxiety.

James just finished Onimusha 3. He's not usually an RPG fan, but he bought this and played it out. And normally I just groan or go online when he's on the PS2. But man, I enjoyed watching him play. It was a pretty cool story, good graphics, and had a bunch of puzzle mini-games.

I prefer puzzle games or good racing games. All other games cause me anxiety - yes, even Mario Brothers games cause me anxiety. Especially the ones that have firey dungeon levels...oh man, I just freak out.

Hmm...on second thought....I rather ejnoy Duck Hunt. I played it a lot on my cousin's Nintendo one summer in Washington. I would start really far away from the TV and gradually move closer till I was shooting ducks that were less than an inch away. That was the same summer my parents bought me my orange pogo ball.

Games Deece Plays:

• I love Burnout, especially Burnout 3
• Parppa tha Rappa 2
• Puzzle Fighter (I discovered that I'm an idiot savant with this game)
• Tetris (of course) My dad bought me a Game Boy for Christmas one year. It came with Tetris and he bought me Chess Master. I am by no means a master at Chess, I'm not even an amateur, I'm pretty much nothing...it takes me like 20 minutes to remember the names and moves of all the pieces.
• Mario Kart (I'm dying to try Mario Kart Double Dash)