tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58733946062167155072024-03-13T23:09:02.282-05:00blackbirdnightfor your considerationAmacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-8090921645524431232017-02-23T23:22:00.004-06:002017-03-02T11:42:21.043-06:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I caught up with them on the way to the gorillas. The school was one of MANY schools there. They broke up into small groups and there were only three in Iris's. These are two of her best friends, so that worked out nicely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And, of course, every bench had to be tried. It was a short trip, but so much fun. We wrapped up at 12:45 and I indulged in a Starbuck's on the way home.</span></div>
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Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-34661976307432715742016-11-21T10:35:00.003-06:002016-11-21T10:35:37.339-06:00a Birthday<h2>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My sweet, sweet Iris is 7 today. I thought it would cool to have a low-key birthday party at home. Unfortunately, Pinterest is there to ruin all things simple. What I learned is that the decorations and clever puns matter to no one and the pool noodle lightsabers will make any party the best one ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We invited her whole class, cousins, friends, and neighbors. We did pretty well with 12 or so kids. Iris and I made the cake the night before. First, though, we made a cake minus baking soda and salt. Fail. The redo was lovely, but left less time for decorating and no time for cupcakes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As you can see, we had a Star Wars theme. which made decorating easy. Sort of. The mighty wind we had as a cool front came in blew my starry backdrop down. But, the weather was perfect for the backyard party.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lastly, the pinata. At this point, my camera had died (very poor planning), so here is a preview shot of the Death Star:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can't see ANY of the detail Ricky drew on here, but it was awesome. I heard from a good source that this was the best party EVER. Maybe next year we will tone it down to a family dinner. Regardless, I have one very happy, tired 7-year-old.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As an aside, this is our nephew's baby girl, Elena. Isn't she precious?! </span></div>
Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-29635302665963390502016-10-30T13:54:00.000-05:002016-10-30T13:54:42.176-05:00Surprise!Since I haven't done this in years, I'm not going to bother with a review. Instead, let's just talk about this month. October begins the Busy Season. October has nine weeks of school gone, Halloween and all its festivities, gearing up for Christmas, and planning for a November birthday.<br />
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We camped with about 20 other people over 3 campsites. We made some friends and some s'mores.<br />
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It was uneventful, but wonderful and we will definitely be going back. We went to Texana Park near Edna, Texas. Not too far away. We saw deer, butterflies, interesting birds, had raccoons in the camp, but didn't see any 'gators.<br />
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The next weekend, Iris and I babysat our friend Isaac and had a sleepover at his house.<br />
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We saw this cool car outside the restaurant and the kids wanted pictures. We've known Isaac since before he was born. He's 9. He's a little on the small side, and Iris is a little on the tall side, so they almost meet in the middle. His mother convinced us to run a 5K the next morning, which is why we spent the night. It was a trick-or-treat run, with costumes, although most adult didn't dress up. Party poopers.<br />
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We went as cheetahs. Ricky was our game warden, but he was late and didn't make it into the pictures. Iris was recovering from strep throat, so we didn't make it all the way, but it was a fun 2K. I won a gift certificate to an art studio that has kid drop off on Fridays. SCORE!<br />
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Incidentally, them there cheetah pant are the most comfortable I have EVAH worn. Yup, I'm about to channel my inner senior citizen and wear them in public for non-costume purposes.<br />
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This adventure wore my girl out and she fell asleep on the floor when we got home. Poor little, sweet, sleepy baby.<br />
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I have no pictures, but we did a trunk-or-treat last Wednesday at a local church. The neighbors we went camping with are members, so we thought we'd give it a try. It turned out to be a ONE HOUR line to the trunks. We may have to skip that next year.<br />
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And finally, the Fall Festival at Iris's school. I volunteered to decorate and host a trunk for trunk-or-treat. Or is it trunk-and-treat? I decorated, we mad-dashed around for last minute supplies (dry ice and fake blood) and finally, set up at 3pm. It was actually a pretty fun time and we won the $100 I didn't know was the prize. Luckily, we always have brains and lab supplies hanging around.<br />
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Iris made the Biohazard sign all by herself and Ricky never broke character as the Monster. The kids voted and we won by a landslide! That was fun, even without winning. One more day of Halloween and we are done, thankfully, and on to the next month of madness.Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-20137716326230003192014-08-24T22:57:00.000-05:002014-08-24T22:57:00.565-05:00Last of summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We took a trip to Georgetown, Texas just for kicks in July. There was a very cool toy store there.</div>
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And a swimming hole. We will bring suits next time.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As we drove home from a late dinner after her dance recital, she started looking for the star, still excited to grow up overnight. Oh, how I wish she knew she was doing that already. I subtly reminded her I wouldn't be able to rock her anymore or carry her when she got tired.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When we got home, she amended and added a second wish - that she would know everything a 10-year-old-knows. Then, with sudden urgency, she demanded to change her panties. She dug furiously through her drawer until she found a pair we had to borrow from big girl Addison and put those on to prepare for being a big girl in the morning. I really started to worry. She was full-on convinced it would work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then, we turned off the lights and she looked out the window but couldn't see a star. Light pollution is rampant in the city. "Turn the lights back on, Mama." I did. She changed into Batgirl panties and told me she wasn't quite ready to be 10 and that it was okay that we couldn't find the wishing star. My hope is that she always chooses to be my little girl for one more day.</span>Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-62444930942165510742014-02-15T10:58:00.000-06:002014-02-15T10:58:06.716-06:00February<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This has been the coldest winter I have experienced in Texas. But it's still waaaay warmer than Oklahoma.</span></span>Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-61565073310674582222013-01-26T08:04:00.002-06:002013-01-26T08:04:40.889-06:002013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Looking back over th<span style="font-size: small;">e last three years, I can de<span style="font-size: small;">finit<span style="font-size: small;">e<span style="font-size: small;">ly say I have been extraordinarily lucky. My beau<span style="font-size: small;">t<span style="font-size: small;">iful baby turned three in November. If you haven't seen an <span style="font-size: small;">adorable baby <span style="font-size: small;">lately, I invite you to review her <span style="font-size: small;">on YouTube. Just search for amacrine72. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Here she is at 5 months. So incredibly cute. I completely appreciate how easy she was as a baby. Slept a lot, ate well, appropriate milestones. But I have to say I really like her as a toddler. I swear she skipped 3 and acts like she's 4, complete with conversation, opinions, and eye rolls.<br />
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I, of course, am doing many things I said I would never do as a parent. First - activities. She JUST turned three and is in dance class and I have been looking into swimming, Spanish, gymnastics, and martial arts. Things she does not really need. She will start kindergarten in 2015 and I am already looking into pre-schools thinking she is a genius who should be nurtured as such. Well, I was until I read a great article in Slate that pointed out pre-schools only really make a difference to the poor disadvantaged. She is neither. And surprised me yesterday by spelling her name backwards and telling me how many E's are in her middle name. Incidentally, I don't talk to her about her middle name. I wonder if they do at school. So, maybe she's not a genius, but she is pretty bright.<br />
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We stopped at the CVS last night and she was checking out the magazines. She named all the colors on the cover of a cooking magazine (stuffed peppers) then we had to count the "gross" stuffing. She thought they were grossed out pumpkins for Halloween. I am amused at her desire to count and classify things.<br />
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My current gripe is the Pillow Pet people which leads me to the SECOND thing I said I'd never do: indulge her. They advertise on the kid channel we get on the free TV. Pillow Pets, CuddleUpIts, Stompeez, Dream Lites, and now Glow Pets. She obsessed over the puppy Dream Lite, asked two Santas for it and sleeps with it every night. Now its the Glow Pet. And her little face is so happy and expectant when she sees the commercial that I can't think I could ever deny her something she wants <i>so bad<b>. </b></i>But they are 30 bucks. Ack. I hate that company and their snappy jingles.<br />
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Right after Christmas, we visited the Target as we often do. She had asked for a Hello Kitty mixer several times and I always told her maybe Santa would bring it. Well, I bought her a toy mixer because what is a 3 year old going to do with a mixer? So she spotted it in the Target and said, "STOP. Momma, Santa forgot my mixer!" Then she leaned her head back and yelled in a sing-song voice, "Santa, where are you? You forgot my mixer." Got a few chuckles from fellow shoppers and I almost bought it for her right there.<br />
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I am thinking about moving and therefore ridding myself of the extraneous and anyone who knows me knows I have a problem with clutter. Not to the point of being a hoarder, but problems. Did you know hoarders actually have a brain deficit that prevents decision-making? I wonder if as this brain ages it might slip into that. Someone <i>please </i>intervene if it does. In fact, if anyone wants to come intervene on my clutter issue, I would buy you lunch.<br />
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My Princess loves her polar bear. And her Princess chair.</div>
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She grabbed a box of hair ties one day, threw them in the air and proclaimed, "It's waining!" Then she sorted them by color, then put them in a line. She took this picture. Many of her compositions involve her feet. Deliberately.</div>
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I am a favorite subject, too. I am not always caught in the most flattering of poses.</div>
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We went to see Disney on Ice this weekend with cousins Megan and Ramsey. Iris LOVED it. We stayed at the Tulsa State Fair afterward for some Carousel fun.</div>
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We also rode the bees and airplanes. Different cars, same up and down in a circle motion.</div>
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Then we ran into cousin Bridget and her family. That's Laney behind Iris. I tried to capture the giantness of the thing she was about to enter, but I did not. It ended in a 3 story slide which Iris did all by herself. We ate some cotton candy, cheese on a stick, bought an inflatable Dora and called it a day. Well, not quite, as we had only about 2 hours before the evening festivities began.</div>
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First, we had Jacob's 9th birthday party. Nine. Cool snake cake.</div>
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Then we picked up Addison and Kylie for a slumber party at Nana's!</div>
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Iris has another family that lives in Houston. We tried to see them regularly when we lived there. For some reason, I didn't take a lot of pictures - at least on this camera. They guy in the middle above is Marcus. He is Iris's cousin. I met him when he was seven and just adorable. That was Christmas 2010. He was 13 then.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The following summer, he got accepted into both the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and the Law Enforcement High School in Houston because he was both smart and talented. He was also very polite. This is at his little brother's 4th birthday party. Redmund is the guy in the middle and his big sister Olivia is to his left. The other punk was a neighbor. Red and Ollie are Marcus's little brother and sister. His mom is on the right (Baby daddy's sister) and step-dad is on the left.<br />
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This is outside at the party. Iris's first pinata. Marcus finally had to step in and break it as the little kids just weren't getting it done.<br />
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Anyway, later that year, Marcus was diagnosed with Stage IV Melanoma. He underwent a lot of treatment. He lost his fight today. He is already missed.<br /><br />
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<br />Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-44933560191356480502012-07-29T23:10:00.002-05:002012-07-29T23:10:45.857-05:00Vacation (or, Bacayshun)So, I had a pretty eventful July. I managed not to spend a single weekend at home. The best weekend, however, was spent in Branson for the Sontag Super Summer Summit part 2. Unfortunately, I got sick the day before I left. Fortunately, my mom made me go to the doctor and I got the right antibiotics so I wasn't completely useless on the trip, just a little draggy.<br />
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We had all sorts of fun with the Sontag crew. Matching shirts one day, too, when all 20 something of us went to Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede.<br />
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My girl got new pink books for the occasion. Isn't she a cutie? She has adopted the crinkle-nose smile for most posed pictures.<br />
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We stayed in a really cute cabin. It had a hot tub that I regretably never used. And two jet-tubs that I also never used. The cousins had a lot of time to bond.<br />
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Some of us got to sneak away to tour a Winery. Well, the bottling portion of a winery. Still, there was lots of tasting and some purchasing. Erin didn't bring her ID, so we had to sneak her in. <br />
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I wish I had had more energy during the trip, but it was great fun and I can't wait until next year.<br />
<br />Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-87128144593530952452012-06-24T02:53:00.001-05:002012-06-24T02:53:50.353-05:00Potty, panties and peace<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have I mentioned how much I lurve my baby? I especially lurve her when she's sleeping. not because she's being quiet or anything but because of the absolute peacefulness in her perfect little face</span></span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here's some exciting news: Iris is POTTY TRAINED! How did this miraculous event happen at, well, 2.55 years to be exact? Easypeasy. A year ago, she said she had to pee-pee, so I bought her a potty. She used it as a stool, a chair, and to put paper towels in. She did sit on it a few times. We started reading pro-potty books and watching Elmo Goes Potty. For her 2nd birthday, I</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">bought her some 'Yo Gabba Gabba' panties, which she largely ignored. In February (2 years, 2 months), she made some potty headway and peed in the potty chair a few times. I bought seats for the big potty, both portable and non. In April, we bought more panties and started to wear them sometimes. She peed on the potty at school. By May, she rarely had pee accidents at school. Not so at home. Wanted to be the baby. Sometime in May, though, she decided to pee-pee on the potty all the time. It is late June, and she is largely accident free. I dealt with several public pees and about four poopy panties. No night time accidents, yet. I like to think I help, but it was mostly her. I did have to adjust my schedule and remind her about peeing every hour or so. I will still stick close to home if I know there is a poop on the horizon as she is very potty specific - is afraid of some and finds some too dirty, tall, white, loud, whatever. Sometimes I bribe her to pee in a strange toilet and sometimes I make her wear a pull up, but not very often. So, GO IRIS!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She has a large panty collection now. She tends to wear 2-4 pairs at a time. Her teachers are bemused by this. She declared that she did not have diaper rash, she had panties rash this week. When a visiting animal show came to her school and the handler remarked that the baby kanga roo (Iris says these very distinctly) was "wearing diapers like you guys", Iris stood up and declared she was not wearing diapers, she was wearing panties. Girl is proud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She has taken a liking to a pair of hand-me-down boots that I am sure are too small. Here are a couple of outfits she has paired with the boots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span>Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-69733269744648326682012-05-22T02:21:00.003-05:002012-05-22T02:21:52.802-05:00I am busy, I swearI really am busy. I have a lot going on. It turns out raising a person alone and having to travel for Daddy visits is time consuming. I was keeping track of my weekends there for a whole, but it got depressing. But, for demonstration, last weekend I went to my mom's; the weekend before, I went to Dallas (sidenote here: Friday night I flew to Dallas on a 3 hour-delayed flight such that we missed the last flight to OKC, rented a car, drove from Dallas to OKC at 1 in the morning (arriving home at 5 am), I got up at 10 am, picked up my luggage at the airport - which they had in Dallas but would not give to me - and drove back to Dallas to retrieve by HoneyBee); the weekend before that, went to mom's. It kinda goes on like that with one weekend, I think, just me and the babe here in our humble home.<br />
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On the plus side, it allows me to ignore the mess in my house, mostly perpetuated by my lack of a dresser.<br />
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On that one weekend at home, I bought and built a little shelving unit with plans to store my cute boxes of movies and music on it. Of course, I misread the directions and when I went to apply the shelves, I found I had this:<br />
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Note the slant on the right? Well, I applied the two center pieces upside down so that the little peg holes would never line up, creating a tilt on the left and right columns. My option was to dismantle, but i doubted the cheap, flimsy thing could take it, so it sat for about a month before my mom came up with this idea:<br />
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Which solves the destruction while dismantling and potentially causing me an aneurism problem. And here's what we put in it:<br />
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I find it is always best to limit my frustrations and this is cute. Actually cuter in person.<br />
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I am in the midst of potty training. Iris is doing well. Not perfect, yet, but decent. Especially considering I don't give her a whole lot of opportunity to have accidents. She is obsessed with wearing panties "like Momma" and wears them with and without pull-ups. Friday, we went to the mall to play in the play area. She really likes this, especially standing on the frog and jumping off. It was busy that evening, and at one point, she started pulling up her dress and declaring, "I wearing panties!" I explained to her that while everyone was proud, she didn't need to do that, at which time she pulled my dress up and exclaimed, "Momma wearing panties, too!" I am sometimes really grateful that I don't know anyone here.<br />
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We took her to a little children's fest when her daddy was in town. They had a giant inflatable obstacle course which I was sure she wouldn't do since I couldn't even get her in the bouncy house. But she did. About a hundred times.<br />
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See her little head? Made it over! Down she comes<br />
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We go to the park quite a bit. Her favorite saying is "My do it" or its variation "I do it myself".<br />
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She got a nice little scar under her nose when daddy took her to the park a few weeks ago. A casualty of playground equipment. We took her to the ER, but I decided there was not point and we left before treatment. I think it will fade away.<br />
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I am starting her in dance class next month. She boogies all the time. I wanted to do swimming, but I don't think I can make more than 2 Saturdays in a row and dance is on Thursday. We're going to get a leotard this weekend. I'm sure she'll love that part. <br />
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I have ostensibly started biking again. So far I have the bike, the trailer, the pump, a trainer for days I can't get out, lights, jersey, padded shorts and a bike rack. I have logged a big 5 miles so far. I am doing a charity ride in June for diabetes (if anyone wants to contribute, ask and I'll give you the link). I signed up for the 42 miler, but I may have to cut down to the 30. I have a ride on Saturday in Meers. Never been there, but I hear there are hills, which is vastly different from my previous experience of riding at sea level. Wish me luck!<br />
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<br />Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-25883203420885735602012-03-07T01:26:00.000-06:002012-03-07T01:26:23.459-06:00Im BackOn the internet, that is. I was internetless for a while. I have lots to talk about, but not a lot of time, so highlights:<br />
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1. Moved to Oklahoma<br />
2. Discovered there is a Whole Foods in OKC<br />
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4. The above the picture is Iris in tutus. She wore them ALL day.<br />
5. Started a new job.<br />
6. Love the new job.<br />
7. Have trained Iris to sleep in her own bed. To be fair, she really just did this on her own. She just decided to sleep in her bed one night.<br />
8. She's completely potty trained at school. Still prefers her pants at home. <br />
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10. Baby Brady arrived last week<br />
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11. Been exploring my new town. Have found some good things: Many wine shops, an olive oil/balsamic vinegar bar (with samples), Ethiopian, Thai, falafel, and good Mexican restaurants. Also a "fair food" joint just up the street. Haven't tried that one yet, but should before it closes. They have deep fried everything.<br />
12. Bought a couch and a TV. Enjoying them both.<br />
13. I know there is more, but I can't remember what it is.Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-15202110854824801432012-01-19T19:48:00.000-06:002012-01-19T19:48:51.992-06:00So much to talk aboutOf course, there wouldn't be if I did this a bit more regularly. <br />
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I got to go home for Thanksgiving this year, which was awesome. Iris and I went on the Christmas Train in Dry Gulch USA. It was awesome fun, then religious creepy. But Iris had a great time and I highly recommend it. <br />
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I planned a trip to Sapulpa in December for the annual Sontag Christmas Party, but went home a bit early for a job interview in OKC. Had a marathon interview, but got the job!<br />
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Yes, I got a job, a super cool job in OKC which I start in 1 month. I have a lot of packing to do.<br />
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Here are some of the things I will miss about Houston:<br />
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1. My awesome friends here<br />
2. Swanky grocery stores - no harsh overhead lighting or cheap floors. All kinds of cheese and wine, whole foods sections.<br />
3. Wine in grocery stores<br />
4. All my familiar haunts (this deserves its own list)<br />
5. Free stuff at the Miller Outdoor Theater<br />
6. Bus system<br />
7. Warm weather all the time (most of the time) <br />
8. Awesome live music<br />
9. The districts - Museum, Theater, Gay<br />
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My haunts:<br />
1. Under the Volcano - I shall never meet such a perfect mojito again<br />
2. Silver Dragon Chinese Buffet<br />
3. Miller Outdoor Theater and Hermann Park<br />
4. The Village<br />
5. After bar Tapatia<br />
6. The Big Easy<br />
7. Cool grocery stores<br />
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sigh. Change is good, right?Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-6851031316307241762011-11-13T07:27:00.000-06:002011-11-13T07:27:25.410-06:00Catching upMy intention was to follow up on that last post rather quickly. As you may have noticed, I did not. We're halfway through November already. Here's some quick photos as I really have not a lot to say.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I took a trip to Oklahoma last weekend. So much fun. Miss Iris is quite the traveller, but developed an attitude on this trip. We were picked up and whisked to the pumpkin patch in Bixby. We saw the lady whi sat in front of us on the plane there. Small world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">They let the kids climb on the pumpkins. Crazy. Iris and her cousins had a great time, though. I see that you can't tell by the picture, but it's true. The baby, Addison's doll, caused quite a few raised eyebrows and whispered discussions about us letting the little girl take care of the "baby".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">We also met cousin Ramsey and her mommy, Megan, there. </span><br />
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I am on a break from Facebook. While I desperately missed it at first, I have found it to be liberating overall. Then I read about all the info Facebook links and steals and I am kind of glad to off for now. When I did check every hour or so, there was no one's posts that annoyed me. I had over 300 friends (how do I know that many people?), and different poeple's posts popped up each day, so no one really got the chance to annoy me.<br />
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I do miss seeing the fun updates and the family news and interesting photos that were posted.<br />
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30. List what's in your purse.<br />
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Goodness.<br />
1. 2 diapers<br />
2. Baby wipes<br />
3. My Baylor badge/building pass/parking card<br />
4. wallet with credit/debit cards, grocery cards, and insurance cards<br />
5. $23 dollars in bills<br />
6. $14.28 dollars in change (mostly Sacajawea dollars)<br />
7. Coupons<br />
8. Enterprise Rent-a-car voucher<br />
9. Kindle<br />
10. hairbrush<br />
11. 3 lip balms (2 bURT'S Bees and 1 Chapstick)<br />
12. Lipstick<br />
13. 2 flash drives<br />
14. 4 hair bands and 3 barrettes<br />
15. Blood pressure pills<br />
16. Pocket Poch Logic<br />
17. Chili's Gift Cards I need to mail<br />
18. Blush brush<br />
19. 4 pens<br />
20. Some recipes I printed out today (pumpkin chocolate chip cookies<br />
21. Band-Aids<br />
22. Lotion<br />
23. Checkbook<br />
24. 2 albuterol inhalers<br />
25. old receipts<br />
26. Pledge to Muscular Dystrophy Association I need to mail<br />
27. Keys to something?<br />
28. 5 crayons<br />
29. a highlighter (green)<br />
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And There you have it.<br />
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Thanks, Hazel, for letting me tag along on this adventure. I know I will not keep up daily entries as I could not for this month, but I had a good time.Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-66553413789422903652011-09-28T23:48:00.002-05:002011-09-28T23:48:34.567-05:00Wow I have some catching up to do - 24-2824. My favorite movie and what it's about. <br />
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I have to say, despite what i have told most of you, my favorite movie is not Grease. Although, I dearly love Grease. Dearly. It is The Shawshank Redemption. Not only is it well-written, well-cast, and well-directed, it is a story about REDEMPTION. And couldn't we all use a little of that? Plus, I love Morgan Freeman.<br />
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25. Talk about your siblings.<br />
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I have an older brother (barely). When I was very little, I wanted to do everything he did. When I was a bit older, we were great playmates. By middle school, he did little but tease me and we fought a lot in high school, but I always know he has my back. He is a supervisor at the same job he's had for years (I admire this). He likes to hunt and fish and is quite knowledgable about guns.<br />
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We were in the same grade. In high school, I was often known just as his sister. At a recent reunion, the teachers asked about him and told me funny stories about him and weren't much interested in me. I guess he was friendlier than I was. Definitely more memorable. <br />
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I also have a younger by 5 years sister. I was so very happy to get her, even after I found out we couldn't be twins. She taught me sacrifice. Well, my mom did when she encouraged me to sacrifice the front seat of the car or the red popsicle for my baby sister. I am really not as bitter as this sounds. She works for a children's shelter and is tireless there, which I really admire. I also think it's pretty cool that she got a Master's when she had a toddler and was pregnant. I also really love her kids and am so glad she had them.<br />
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26. My first celebrity crush.<br />
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Easy. Ernie. I wanted to marry him. Then I moved on to Kenny Rogers. Had a big poster of Kenny. Enough about that.<br />
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27. The last person who texted you.<br />
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My aunt just a few hours ago asking me to call her about some ancestry stuff I was working on. It was a good chat.<br />
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28. 5 things within touching distance of me right now.<br />
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1. Steve the cat<br />
2. Boo the cat<br />
3. Winnie the Pooh<br />
4. Throw pillow<br />
5. My wallet, if I stretch a bit<br />
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There ya go.Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-51962328072659853502011-09-23T09:11:00.001-05:002011-09-23T09:11:32.762-05:00Day 23!23. Give pictures of five famous dudes you find attractive.<br />
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Yes, I do.</div>
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Even when he's dressed like a white man</div>
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Even with the hat.</div>
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This Val</div>
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Not this one.</div>
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Hubba Hubba.</div>
Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-16988172216177261672011-09-22T15:13:00.002-05:002011-09-22T15:13:27.804-05:0021 and 2221. TV.<br />
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I watch too much. I like the talent shows. Music and dancing, mostly. Maybe because I have no talent in either area. I especially like "So You Think You Can Dance", not for the drama or competition, but because there's rarley an opportunity to see such wonderful choreography and talent on television.<br />
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I also like/hate Toddlers and Tiaras for a weekly dose of outrage, although I don't have cable anymore so I haven't seen the recent controversial ones and I am pretty sure the Toddler in the hooker garb will turn me off it forever.<br />
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22. The last movie I saw in a theater. Oddly enough, like Hazel, it was Avatar. Saw it in 3-D and I really liked it, except for the story but it wasn't terrible. I like going to the movies and should really try to more often. I think I left Iris in daycare to go see that and felt tremendous guilt over that. I still can't bring myself to get a sitter for a movie. I do regret not seeing the last Harry Potter in 3-D, dork that I am.Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-91591543517108884752011-09-21T00:43:00.003-05:002011-09-21T00:44:00.113-05:00Day 19 and 2019. Music.<br />
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I like it all. This year, I have been on a mellow folksy kick. I have actually purchased several old-fashioned CDs recently: The Perishers, Dwight Yoakam, Band of Horses (my favorite), Iron and Wine, The Swell Season, and 50 Children's Favorites. The last was for Iris, but also for me so that I did not have to listen to music I don't like.<br />
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20. Is education important?<br />
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Sure. But all kinds, not just the grammar school kind. I think most people don't get enough of any education these days, but especially the type of education one gets from camping or volunteering. I got a lot of education from having siblings and a very large, close, extended family. I wish that I had gotten more (although nothing is stopping me from doing it now) education about religion and spiritualism. Of course, I am a huge advocate of traditional ed and hope to return to the system some day. Amacrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593730285432350773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873394606216715507.post-89647090915330625192011-09-19T00:09:00.001-05:002011-09-19T00:09:20.248-05:00Blog Challenge days 17 and 1817. What makes you instantly happy<br />
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HYRAX<br />
When The Sound of Music is on regular TV<br />
Babies<br />
Iris laughing<br />
New books<br />
Booking a flight home<br />
Music<br />
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18. What scares you.<br />
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Not a lot. Maybe the unknown. It has always turned out to far less scary than I anticipated. <br />
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