Finding Rainbows in the Clouds

Saturday, September 12, 2009

A Blog Which Exposes My Faults

Yesterday was a long day. It was a day spent with Owen and Ivy, but yet a day spent somewhere else.

We woke up early, one of us showered, one of us watched Handy Manny and one of us hung out in a car seat. Once it was time to go we loaded a million bags to the car and I came to the realization that I need a multi-purpose bag. A bag for the toys, a bag for the pajamas, a diaper bag, a work bag, a purse, and a camera bag were loaded in the car. Owen carried the water bottle out. Maybe I should get a bag for the water bottle.

We took Ivy to the dr. for her 2 month well-child visit. After a bill of good health, two 2 shots and a purchase of infant tylenol, we were off to the office. At the office, one of us worked, one of us made a mess and one of us slept.

Then it was off to the museum. We found a nice close parking spot only to discover they were closed for repairs. A few tears later, we were off to visit Greg.

After a few hellos, a ride up and down the escalator, a juggling show and a visit to Greg's co-worker's office at Owen's request, we were off to somewhere.

Because we had instant napping, we drove to Angie's house to wait for her.  We drove to her house and hung out in the car. One of us talked on the phone, and two of us slept.

After Angie arrived we met Ben and Kelsey for dinner at The Rock. We had yummy pizza before heading to the last baseball game of the season for Greg and Steve. We watched a little baseball and played a lot with our new cameras.

A tired group headed home. Of course one of us drove and two of us slept.

I was there with them all day, but I was somewhere else. I was in my head thinking about the house we are about to buy, thinking about the budget, thinking about change, thinking about the unfinished work I have, thinking about my lame computer which has a problem and won't connect to the new camera. Just thinking.

And as a result of this lack of awareness, lack of living in the present moment, lack of living outside my own head, Owen ate this yesterday:
        1. a chocolate chip cookie
        2. a bag of cheetos
        3. a bag of M&Ms (which we bought for Ben and he ate)
        4. 3 pieces of pizza.

I am not kidding.

And although all of the thoughts are still there today, they will be moved to the back so that my child can eat.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Smiles

The day comes to a close...

Happy Birthday to me. Goodbye 32, hello 33.

The day brought fun, birthday wishes, birthday songs, flowers, balloons, a new camera to come, yummy food, chocolate covered strawberries, an excited little boy and a sweet smiling baby.

33 will be good.

Good night to my birthday.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Oh the Fear.

In the year 2000 my family headed to Mexico. We played a ton of Monopoly, ate a million burgers grilled on the new George Foreman grill, ate the famous Mexican Jumping Bean Pancake….pancake with peanut butter, peaches, cottage cheese and syrup (famous as in invented by my dad). We were all a little nervous, glad we had Greg and Eric to speak Spanish for us, and drove down on Christmas Eve.

There was one particular part of the house we stayed in that deserves mentioning. When you first walked into the house there was a bedroom off to the left, walk down the hall and you would find a window leading to an outdoor garden area, continue walking and you would find another bedroom. The bedrooms were linked together by a bathroom. The next part is where things get odd… The shower between the bedrooms had one wall that was actually a window. A window that you could see from the hall looking into the garden area. So you see, if you stood in the hall and looked into the window, you would see the garden area and at the end of the garden area you would see into the shower.

For a family that is very private, this was very scary. Before each shower the person would announce they were going to shower and with fear in their eyes, confirm with each person that they would not come back into the hall and see them shower. HA HA HA. We had many lectures from those that married into that family. We were laughed at. We were questioned as to who was actually going to do that. It didn’t matter, we worried for 6 days straight. I think we are all scarred for life after that experience.

We had a great time minus the see through shower.

And now I leave this post with a picture. A picture that documents our time in Mexico. A picture that reminds me we look better in the year 2009.