Archive for May, 2009
Updating
Posted by: | CommentsHey…I’m updating my blog to Wordpress. I’ll get everything here. In the mean time, you can find the entire blog at brainlint.blogspot.com
Winter Sucks
Posted by: | CommentsWell, Chloe finished her first year of preschool. She was a true darling, and took a great picture with her teacher:
They had a little concert. I laughed. I cried. I was so proud. Here’s a little sample. If you’re interested in seeing the whole thing, I have it broken into four parts over on my Youtube account.
Every year when the weather starts to turn warmer I state one thing. “Winter Sucks.” I don’t say it so much during the winter. But once I get to enjoy the warmer weather, I realize that I enjoy it so much. I don’t even mind the July 90 degree humid Pittsburgh weather. Someday, I’m going to have to move out of my little slice of Collier Township so I don’t have to endure the winters that I hate. Someday. Either that or I need to hope this whole ‘Global Warming’ things speeds up a bit. Here’s what Becca and Chloe did to kick off their Memorial Day weekend:
After that, we got to hang out with some friends and neighbors for an impromptu cook out. And you know, summer is great and all…but what am I going to do with the kids?!?!? I think they will absolutely kill each other if I don’t give them something structured to do, at least for part of the summer. Lucky me, there’s a summer rec program available. It’s close, cheap, and lasts for four weeks. We’re signing up today (and so are some of their friends). Problem solved. And guess what? I’ll have some ‘me’ time!!!
Um, YYYYYIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
**And just a little note. I’m planning on changing my blog over from Blogger to Wordpress. I have plans to do it this weekend, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will happen this weekend. So, if you’re coming here to see what’s going on with me and get some sort of blank page, don’t worry. It will be all sparkly and new soon!
A New Toy
Posted by: | CommentsI love getting new toys. Really, I’m just like a little kid when it comes to gadgets. Did I want jewelry or flowers for Mother’s Day? No. I wanted a little pocket video recorder. So, here’s the one that I picked out for myself:
I really like it…although I haven’t gotten a bunch of time to play with it. Chloe’s last day of school is tomorrow, and they’re having a little concert. I plan on recording the concert, and posting it here. Here are a couple of sample videos I did. These are NOT in high def, just in regular VGA mode. I’ll play with the high def more later.
This thing is great! It uses 2 AA rechargable batteries (which came with it…it actually came with four) and fits right in the palm of my hand. Great for throwing in my purse. It takes still pictures, too. I’m going to have fun playing with this…and I’ll be able to share some more video of the kids with my folks. Right now we have a camcorder that records on those mini dvd’s, and it’s a pain in the arse to share them with my folks.
So, I got a new toy to play with, and today I’m going to get some new hair! Well, not NEW hair, but a new cut and color. If you live around Pittsburgh, I absolutely LOVE how Jess does my hair. Jess owns Hot Heads Hair Design, which is right next to Downey’s House in Robinson Township. She’s super sweet, a whiz with color, and she took a big risk opening a place of her own. she’s great!
So maybe I’ll post a pic of me and my new hair. I hope everybody has a great day! The weather is fantastic here. Maybe I’ll slap some fake tan on myself soon, so I don’t scare everybody when I wear shorts!
Another Blissful Week/Best Thing I Heard
Posted by: | CommentsWow, this week has just cruised on by! We had a great Mother’s Day at Kennywood! The lines were almost non-existent, the weather was cool but nice, and we had a great time. Here’s my favorite picture of the girls from that day:
Yup, Becca wants to give me an indoor pool. Not quite sure where we would put that one…and I think it may be more for HER.
Yup, this one makes me cry. How totally sweet. Really, I look like ass in the morning. But at least I have my daughters snowed. And I’m not sure why I don’t have any clothes on in this picture, but I don’t sleep in the buff. I’m always too cold for that. Now the next one has a little story:
Now, at first look it seems innocent enough. ”My favorite thing about my mother is we both like to play.” I was reading the little book/card out loud. When I got to this page, Becca exclaimed “Hey! It’s not supposed to say we both like to play! It’s suppposed to say we both want a slave!”
Squeeee!!! More Vampires!
Posted by: | CommentsI’m like a little kid right now! Yesterday I got my delivery from Amazon, which included the new Sookie Stackhouse book from Charlaine Harris, “Dead and Gone.”
Truth be told, I LOVE Kennywood. I’ve held onto that love of roller coasters since I was five years old. My first big memory of coasters goes back to West View Park. I used to ride the kiddie coaster over and over and over again. Then the park closed. If it had stayed open just one more year, I would have been old enough to ride the big coaster. No worries, though. There were plenty of other places to ride coasters.
Now, Becca and Chloe aren’t quite tall enough to ride all the ‘big’ rides, but they ARE tall enough for the Jackrabbit. They both love it, and have been talking about it all week. And Kennywood has the best food, too (Unlike Cedar Point, whose food absolutely sucks!). I’m gearing up for some Potato Patch fries, a corn dog, some funnel cake and our traditional exodus treat…cotton candy. (Wow. Fried, fried, fried and sugar). By the time we get back tonight, my feet will hurt, my patience will probably be fried (heh, heh…more fried), and I’ll need a Tums or two. But that’s how it always ends, and I still consider it a great day.
So, Sookie, Bill and Eric will have to wait. I’m sure they will be a read that lasts until 2:00 in the morning.
Oh, I did get another book with my Amazon order. It’s a collection of short stories called “Bite
So, Happy Mothers’ Day, whatever you decide to do! And a big thank you to my Mom. Although I appreciated her before I had my own children, now I really ‘get it.’ And she did a hell of a job. And she kept her sanity. Amazing.
***OOH, one last thing. As I was gathering links to this post, I found that you can pre-order the NEXT Sookie Stackhouse book, due out October 6th. Looks like the name of it is “A Touch of Dead
