Thursday, May 08, 2008
who's happy to win the bronze?
ok. if anything could be more clear for me, it was this article in the masslive.com on my hometown coming in 3rd for recycling. EL...Proud to be third There you have it, in a nutshell. Not pissed off that we aren't #1. happy to be third. that is the mentality instilled in East Longmeadow public schools. mediocrity reigns! balloons ordered: 14, backyardigan decorations: 10, egg-free cupcakes to be made: 24.
Labels: ELO
posted by PeeKay @ 3:21 PM
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
it's not you, it's me
ok, maybe it's a little you. comments do motivate a gal! anyway, if bart simpson had a blog, he would be at the chalkboard writing..."i will not blog if i don't have anything to say". yeah i haven't really had much to say. but i have been thinking of you! and today, although I am topic-less. I have a clean house and a napping soon to be 3 year old. so isn't that in itself worth a post? yeah baby, it's cleaning day and Dennis, Marisol and her other rather unfriendly pal were all here to clean up the house. im not ashamed. i am most definitely, domestically challenged. just like the cocktail napkins that irene gave me said. in fact, if we were to have to reexamine our budget to get some items paid off... i think I can stop drinking ISSE's sodas and ben & jerry's before I would say buh-bye to my gals. of course, since every other Monday night, when I have to prepare for the "cleaning ladies", by running around the house pre-bathtime gathering all the crap that got out of place in the last two weeks... stevenjr must pick up on my anxiety/ expectant bliss... as soon as he sees their van pull up in the morning -he starts shrieking "THE CLEANING LADIES ARE HERE!!!" and runs around the house until they ring the doorbell. that's ok, right? i mean, they are cleaning ladies, but why am i embarrassed for him to call them that to their face? ugh. I wonder if i can get social security benefits for being domestically disabled. that could subsidize our budget... yeah and going back to work, that is another idea.
so i never did post - but our trip to NAPLES Florida. WAS FAN-FFFFFing-TASTIC. babymoon, honeymoon, beachymoon... whatever you call it, it was awesome and needed. we actually got to hang out without thinking about a diaper or an egg allergy!!!! we stayed at the edgewater hotel and beach club. oceanfront! it was so sweet. i highly recommend that place. we sat under umbrellas, i read all my beach chicklit novels, drank water and steve did sudoku and drank gin & tonics. we totally fit in with the retired over 60 set! and the other set were massachusetts mom & dads with 2.1 children overtaking the pool. it was nice, and no one really bothered me! which is amazing for being with the public for 5 days. it was prime people watching. i listened to tons of beach chat and played "nanny or mommy?" with steve. that was fun. I almost dropped my book when I heard a 5 year old boy call for his mommy when we had already completely put her in the nanny box. man, she was a knockout and totally didnt look like a tired-rundown-flabby-mommy. i almost went up and told her, but then decided i had been out of massachusetts too long, if i was contemplating chatting with a stranger. with my maternity suit on - no less!
so here we are in VA- getting ready to celebrate stevenjr's 3rd bday. it's pretty nutso. 3. THREE years ago - i popped him out and Im 3 months away from popping another one out. YYYIIIIKES. our backyard is being prepared for a new playset and now that the tree men are gone and the sound of global-warming has ceased, we are ready to have a fun backyard... i guess i need to go plant a tree for the 4 that were removed. is it a 1-1 facotr for replacement? or can a dead tree actually be good for the environment.
latest cravings: thin crust pizza from pie-tanza- with spinach and ricotta. SMORES. and you bet the fixins are in my pantry.
days til the imp is 3: 5, party decorations purchased: 0, 3 year old girl invitees who rsvped YES: 2.
so i never did post - but our trip to NAPLES Florida. WAS FAN-FFFFFing-TASTIC. babymoon, honeymoon, beachymoon... whatever you call it, it was awesome and needed. we actually got to hang out without thinking about a diaper or an egg allergy!!!! we stayed at the edgewater hotel and beach club. oceanfront! it was so sweet. i highly recommend that place. we sat under umbrellas, i read all my beach chicklit novels, drank water and steve did sudoku and drank gin & tonics. we totally fit in with the retired over 60 set! and the other set were massachusetts mom & dads with 2.1 children overtaking the pool. it was nice, and no one really bothered me! which is amazing for being with the public for 5 days. it was prime people watching. i listened to tons of beach chat and played "nanny or mommy?" with steve. that was fun. I almost dropped my book when I heard a 5 year old boy call for his mommy when we had already completely put her in the nanny box. man, she was a knockout and totally didnt look like a tired-rundown-flabby-mommy. i almost went up and told her, but then decided i had been out of massachusetts too long, if i was contemplating chatting with a stranger. with my maternity suit on - no less!
so here we are in VA- getting ready to celebrate stevenjr's 3rd bday. it's pretty nutso. 3. THREE years ago - i popped him out and Im 3 months away from popping another one out. YYYIIIIKES. our backyard is being prepared for a new playset and now that the tree men are gone and the sound of global-warming has ceased, we are ready to have a fun backyard... i guess i need to go plant a tree for the 4 that were removed. is it a 1-1 facotr for replacement? or can a dead tree actually be good for the environment.
latest cravings: thin crust pizza from pie-tanza- with spinach and ricotta. SMORES. and you bet the fixins are in my pantry.
days til the imp is 3: 5, party decorations purchased: 0, 3 year old girl invitees who rsvped YES: 2.
Labels: babymoon
posted by PeeKay @ 2:09 PM
Monday, April 07, 2008
refused by loser
ok. so IF memphis won, I would be $100 richer. But if memphis won, then Coach Cal would find a pure happiness. One that he LEFT UMASS to seek. F him. so for that I throw my $100 towards those kansas fans. fly free jayhawk! that's sounds... bitter. yah, also having to deal with UMASS lose to Ohio state in the NIT Final, makes it worse. boyyah. sue me coach cal! here's to your copyright!
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games my HS Basketball team won in my senior year: 0, woops?
REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE REFUSE TO LOSE.
games my HS Basketball team won in my senior year: 0, woops?
Labels: UMASS
posted by PeeKay @ 11:56 PM
Thursday, April 03, 2008
It's a ...
ok. GIRL. and like cash registers cha-chinging in my eyes - all i see is PINK.
I also only see MIA HAMM posters and pink nike cleats. but if she is my daughter then most likely she won't be able to wear nikes b/c her fred flinstone feet are too dang wide. and I *think* I'm the mother.
THINK PINK!
I hope my OB has a manual.
next ultrasound(in days):3, possible defect to recheck: 1. OMG!
I also only see MIA HAMM posters and pink nike cleats. but if she is my daughter then most likely she won't be able to wear nikes b/c her fred flinstone feet are too dang wide. and I *think* I'm the mother.
THINK PINK!
I hope my OB has a manual.
next ultrasound(in days):3, possible defect to recheck: 1. OMG!
Labels: girl
posted by PeeKay @ 1:59 PM
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
march spazzness
ok. sooo i see someone out there thinks perhaps a girl is on the horizon? eek. love your google searches! anyway, i forgot to write about this but as a new egg-is-evil mommy, I am never sure what is going to happen from week to week. like dr seuss has a birthday in march and stevenjr's preschool decides to celebrate. yay? NAY! such a simple harmless idea. until the brilliant teach decides to celebrate said event by cooking GREEN EGGS N HAM. WTF? to a bunch of 2 year olds that are actually frightened by those scary characters! now I have to contend with my son being in a room full of egg eaters? Does she not understand what an allergy is? does she not see the Epi-pen jr in his bag - each and everytime they change a diaper? and for full disclosure, im a pretty wimpy person. not really into conflict and not really into confrontation. so at first im like No EFFING way, im not bringing my kid in there with all those evil-doers. then I decide i should ask a momma-bear mom friend and turns out, i need to call the teacher and say WTF - as pleasantly as possible. eek. so the day before this egg massacre is to happen, I am working my way up to the dreaded phone call. but the phone rings! and its the teacher! woot! i almost didn't answer! (an affliction i developed back in my technical support days, when i was sick of talking to angry a-hole customers who didn't understand our ridiculous software.) but I realized this was my chance and i answered! such a nice little convo. turns out that she had thought better of subjecting steven to this egg contest and decided to make mashed potatoes for him and she promised to have a teacher sit with him one-on-one and make sure he didn't go mooching off the others or god-forbid dumpster diving(come on, all boys have a thing for trash barrels, right?). so it was all shits and giggles here. i didn't have to confront - but i got to be a little bitchy, by saying i was keeping him home. so she felt bad and fixed the problem with a solution that worked. ahhhh the joys of parenthood. this is not recommended on an empty, sober stomach. So we are gearing up for our mid April travels to Florida.
we got to see march madness in full effect on Saturday. apparently people really hate DUKE around here(maybe everywhere outside of DUKE campus?) not going to an ACC school, it is lost on me, but since I had duke beating WVU, I wore a new bright blue maternity shirt to the game. thinking really- of course they win! then i get to my seat and am surrounded by west virginia fans! screaming go mountaineers. I kept asking steve if they were really saying mousekateers b/c it really does sound the same in a group yell. most of my row was UVA fans and they apparently really HATE DUKE. so I sat quietly and clapped for any GOOD basketball plays. which there were many. I didn't want to anger the moonshine crowd from the mountains of WV - in case they didn't see my huge preggo belly - who knows - they may hit first and look for signs of pregnancy second. Any while we are talking about it, have you seen the WVU mascot? It's a mountaineer. but its not a big headed fuzzy mascot. it's a DUDE. in a brown getup - complete with coonskin hat and rifle. ok? it sucks and its odd. get a puffy headed mascot will ya?!
In my mind, the Xavier game was much more fun. Even though there was an enormous obese man behind me yelling LET'S GO X, every time they were on offense. I can't fault some one for alumni spirit - but try yelling up to God instead of directly into the back of my head. NCAA games are dry, so steveO didn't get to enjoy any brews, but I made up for it by having, a water, a coke, a pretzel and DIPPIN DOTS! yahoo. so tune into ESPN tonight to see the UMASS minutemen (with puffy-headed mascot) beat the snot out of the Syracuse oranges. days to sex identification: 6, chances its a girl: 50-50, chances its a boy: 90-10.
we got to see march madness in full effect on Saturday. apparently people really hate DUKE around here(maybe everywhere outside of DUKE campus?) not going to an ACC school, it is lost on me, but since I had duke beating WVU, I wore a new bright blue maternity shirt to the game. thinking really- of course they win! then i get to my seat and am surrounded by west virginia fans! screaming go mountaineers. I kept asking steve if they were really saying mousekateers b/c it really does sound the same in a group yell. most of my row was UVA fans and they apparently really HATE DUKE. so I sat quietly and clapped for any GOOD basketball plays. which there were many. I didn't want to anger the moonshine crowd from the mountains of WV - in case they didn't see my huge preggo belly - who knows - they may hit first and look for signs of pregnancy second. Any while we are talking about it, have you seen the WVU mascot? It's a mountaineer. but its not a big headed fuzzy mascot. it's a DUDE. in a brown getup - complete with coonskin hat and rifle. ok? it sucks and its odd. get a puffy headed mascot will ya?!
In my mind, the Xavier game was much more fun. Even though there was an enormous obese man behind me yelling LET'S GO X, every time they were on offense. I can't fault some one for alumni spirit - but try yelling up to God instead of directly into the back of my head. NCAA games are dry, so steveO didn't get to enjoy any brews, but I made up for it by having, a water, a coke, a pretzel and DIPPIN DOTS! yahoo. so tune into ESPN tonight to see the UMASS minutemen (with puffy-headed mascot) beat the snot out of the Syracuse oranges. days to sex identification: 6, chances its a girl: 50-50, chances its a boy: 90-10.
Labels: egg-allergy, UMASS