Archive for March, 2004
Sunday, March 7th, 2004
accept the extraordinary mundane
I think the key to happiness is to learn to be content with balance vs. living at the extremes. Sure the extremes are fun and often the greatest growth comes out of living at the extremes, I’ll give you that. .But life would simply be too exhausting if all […]
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Monday, March 8th, 2004
Style or Lack There Of
I didn’t used to have any. When I was fat before my weight loss surgery my style consisted of things that were comfortable and things that fit. Now that I have lost 160 lbs, I have to actually make decisions because there are CHOICES in clothing I never had before. […]
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Monday, March 8th, 2004
Boys are always right
Here is an exchange between my darling daughter Dinara, age 5 and Noah who’s 3 1/2:
Dinara: Noah, boys don’t have babies in their tummies.
Noah: They do if they eat them.
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2004
Finding Gratification in the subtle Triumphs of Parenthood
It is so hard to be a mom sometimes. I find the whole “not feeling like I am accomplishing anything” very depressing. It’s just hard for my control freakish nature I guess. There just aren’t a whole lot of milestones in this day to day kid-raising. […]
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2004
Surprise Nudie Pictures, Oh My!
Tomorrow, after two years of procrastinating, we are going to finalize the readoption of Dinara and Noah in Seattle. (I’m taking the long way around to get to the Nudie part) The US court system recognizes their Kaz adoptions and them as citizens, but we wanted […]
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Thursday, March 11th, 2004
Our Forever Family Day
Our Forever Family Day
Three years ago today we were in Kazakhstan, before a judge and adopted Noah and Dinara. So March 11th is forever our family day! Our “Gotcha Day” in adoption phraseology. We celebrate this day every year as a family and today was extra special […]
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Friday, March 12th, 2004
5 things you can do for your wife this weekend
1. Give her a 45 minute full body massage without expecting sex at the end. (try it, it’s extra fun. And if you do a good job you might still get laid).
2. Ask your wife what her three most hated daily “chores” are and then pick on and do it for her the next day […]
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Friday, March 12th, 2004
Obligation versus Joy
My sister and I were talking today about obligations. She was telling me about her SIL who was hurt she wasn’t invited to a mutual friend’s christening. This mutual friend is a close friend of my sister and her husband…. But only a casual acquaintance/friend of the SIL. […]
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Sunday, March 14th, 2004
How do you teach your children to appreciate time?
There was an interesting quote in Oprah’s April Magazine in an article by Lisa Wolfe that made me stop and think. “… we’re trying to teach our kids that time is not just a commodity to be spent but also a blessing to be enjoyed”.
How do you teach your children […]
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Monday, March 15th, 2004
Atomic Wedgies
Mornings would be great if they weren’t so damn early. This morning I sat at the island in my kitchen, drinking coffee and watching my children interact. As I downed my Nectar of the Gods, made by my loving husband and coffee aficionado John, I got to revel […]
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Monday, March 15th, 2004
Boggle Anyone?
Found this great little web page where you can play BOGGLE against other mommies who need mindless faceless competition in short spurts before their children, who don’t know better, interrupt them.
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Monday, March 15th, 2004
Dick Chainey
Hmmm. Maybe my man will buy me this piece of jewlery in support of the election or err…. his errection.
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2004
Love is: never having to diet again
You know what irks me? When I tell strangers I had a gastric bypass procedure and they immediately assume I had the Carnie Wilson-Al Roker surgery and that all gastric bypass surgeries are the same. Well let me give you a quick education in the world of weight loss surgery […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2004
Did you know SpongeBob characters have their own holiday?
He does at our house. Tomorrow is “Patrick’s Day” after all. Noah thought we should all wear pink to celebrate. He knew you were supposed to wear clothes in a color to celebrate he was just a bit confused about the color and the reason! […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2004
Need to find a How To Blog Blog!
I need someone to teach me the ins and outs of blogging. I’m pretty much a blogging virgin. I need to know about linking. I need to know about tracking stuff! I need to know what script allows you to read more and only show the first paragraph of an […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2004
F*#%^@! Stock Accounting for Taxes!!!
I am the one who does the taxes in my family. I hate doing taxes. Actually, doing taxes means simply gathering everything I have to gather to take to the CPA. But it’s not an easy task. No matter how organized I am, it’s still a big headache […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2004
Whooo Whooo!! Check out my new skin!
Mucho thanks to my darling husband who made this possible!!! Isn’t he awesome? Isn’t he handsome? All this plus beauty, brains and too much free time . I love you huneybunny! I guess this means I have to put out tonight right?
Please be […]
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Thursday, March 18th, 2004
The No Man’s Land of Giving up Naps
I am living in the no man’s land of “Giving up Naps”. It’s cold. It’s dark. It’s lonely. I have a 3 ½ year old boy child who really still needs a nap, but when he gets said nap, he doesn’t go to bed well at night. This […]
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Thursday, March 18th, 2004
Play Date Etiquette
I have to admit that I am to the point now where I only do a few play dates with a few choice moms who I admire their parenting style and I can tolerate it. (You know who you are.) I have to be with a mom who doesn’t mind if […]
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Friday, March 19th, 2004
Nuts or Balls: Which is a better term?
Conversation with 3 year old boy child:
Him: Look ma, I’m washing my nits!Me: Your what?Him: My nits!Me: What are your nits?Him: These!
Me: You mean nuts?
And then the thought occurred to me that maybe I shouldn’t be calling them nuts. Should I correct […]
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Saturday, March 20th, 2004
10 Things I’m Grateful for Today
1. That my husband made me vanilla cinnamon french toast with my favorite bread this morning.2. That my husband loves me even though I am sometimes a very difficult control freak to live with.3. That my son doesn’t seem too hyped-up on the maple syrup.4. That the sun is shining! (I live in Seattle, so sunshine is a […]
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Saturday, March 20th, 2004
Touching the Void & Verifying Death
Tonight I went and saw the movie Touching the Void. I highly recommend it. Has gotten great reviews too. In case you aren’t familiar with the story, let me synopsize it for you.
In 1986, two mountain climbers attempted an ascent on Siula Grande in Peru. This is a mountain […]
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Sunday, March 21st, 2004
Subtle Nuances of Parental Wisdom
This is the type of parental wisdom that you acquire with experience and multiple children. Hard to describe or put into words so I’ll just demonstrate the subtleness of it by relating an example:
When Dinara says “Mommy watch me do this” it’s usually something that will strike pride in my heart.
When I overhear […]
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Monday, March 22nd, 2004
Conservative VS Liberal
I live in the land Liberals. As predicted I tested out as a moderate. I consider myself socially liberal but fiscally conservative. Do you wonder what you are? Check it out: Check out my Morality! 45% liberal, 55% conservative
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004
Kym where the hell were you today?
I am sorry dear readers for not blogging today. Do you know why I wasn’t blogging? Because I was SHOPPING. Yes. SHOPPING. Shopping is better then bloggin. And let me tell you sumthin… shopping is way more fun when you ain’t FAT. […]
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2004
Shameless Product Recommendations
Ok… it’s not like I have a following or anything but I wanted to plug a few products I think are great. Is that narcissistic of me? To think my opinion really matters to those that happen to stumble across my little piece of the internet? Hmm. […]
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Thursday, March 25th, 2004
Where to put that tax refund $
One of my hobbies is investing. I love playing the market. And I really like to do it when the market is UP or when I’m sure the market is going up Election years are a GREAT time historically to put money in the market. […]
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Thursday, March 25th, 2004
Our Petri Dish of Night Time Potty Training
I feel safe admitting it here. I have dropped the potty training ball. I admit it. I was so weary of seemingly never ending potty training; I didn’t give a flying rip at the time if my kids EVER nighttime potty trained. So I just didn’t deal with […]
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Friday, March 26th, 2004
My Little Problem Solver
After being interrupted by my children a bazillion times while cooking dinner — I was exasperated.
My 5 year old daughter comes in for the 20th time and says:
Dinara: Mom, Emma is taking my…..
Me: (cutting her off) Dinara… I need […]
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Saturday, March 27th, 2004
Pizza, Masturbation, Adoption Books & Brain Therapy
Im too tired tonight to write so here some interesting links to explore…
Our grocery store is carrying a new NYC Pizza. It’s cut up into slices and flash frozen and tastes so AUTHENTIC! I don’t know about you, but here in Seattle we can’t find good NYC style pizza. […]
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Sunday, March 28th, 2004
Intimacy of Caregiving
I think one of the things I like best about motherhood is that I am expected to be all lovey-dovey with my kids. It’s sweet relief that it is “expected”. No judgement.
I come from a family of non-huggers and folks with a big space bubble. I have a […]
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Monday, March 29th, 2004
Satisfied with Enough
Have you heard that cliché about “it’s not about obtaining the goal it’s about the journey to obtain the goal?” I’m not so sure I agree with this anymore. At one time, it was sort of like my mantra - but not anymore.
I have a lot of trouble slowing down […]
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2004
Metastatic Liver Cancer
I woke up to an email from my mom this morning. It said they thought Grandpa might have Metastatic Liver Cancer. I’ve since talked to her on the phone and that is what it is. They did an ultrasound and the report described the tumors as “diffuse”.
My mom […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2004
Not so compassionate mommy
Does Hallmark make “sorry you found out you are dying” cards? Just wondering. If they don’t they should. They would be as popular if they Syndicated A Little Pregnant’s Infertility Cards.
I’m doing better today. I dreamed about it (that would be Grandpa’s Liver […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2004
NFI update
I recomended buying NFI on March 25th at: 58.60
NFI is currently closed today at: 65.95
If you had bought a 100 shares, you would have $690 minus commission and taxes.
Not bad for less then one week of work
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2004
Poor little man
Well my little guy is very sick. Just took his temp and it’s 104.5. (sigh) We head for Vegas for my sister’s wedding on Friday. I hope we are over the hump by then. He’s supposed to be in the wedding on Sunday. He’s so pathetic.. just […]
