Where Have I Been?

Yoiu wanna know where I've been?  I've been engaged in a battle of sorts and have emerged from a depression about work that I did not know I was in.  I am now more energized and enthusiastic about what I am doing.  What has changed?  Several things have changed but a key factor has been the arrival of a consultant who was hired to "fix things".  I laugh at that for two reasons because I think of Mr. Wolf in Pulp Fiction who introduces himself by saying "I fix things" and because I went to work at my company, originally as a consultant, to not so much fix things but maybe stem the bleeding until some reinforcement could be brought in.  Anyhow, Ms. Wolf (LOL not her real name) has swooped in and made some dramatic, though common sense, impacts on my work.  It's been like a breath of fresh air but I've been working harder than ever, traveling to one of our other offices, and strangely enough, getting promoted. 

On a personal note, I took the kids up to Philly to visit family and friends over Martin Luther King holiday weekend.

Child's Play

Kate thinks it's cool to stand up now to play.  Don't let the pics fool you, she needs close supervision while doing it because she can't get up there by herself yet and sort of rolls down when's she's had enough (or loses her balance).  In the exersaucer she likes to stand forward then hurl herself backward into the seat, over and over and over.  How she can do this and not give herself a headache???  But she's working those thighs and abs while she's at it.

Jackson decided his grocery store/cash registers toy is now a television.  He set it up with a video where the produce basket goes and put Kate's Cabbage Patch doll Kathie Marcia, in front of it to watch the movie.  I told him that tv is no replacement for quality time with his niece...too funny!  He's also been pretending to help Kathie Marcia walk.  He's a nurturer!

The Fight for Alpha Male

Jeff and Jax are locked into a battle to determine alpha male position at our house.  Jeff has commented on the fact that when Jackson and I go at it we are a force to be reckoned with however I am seeing the same thing at work here.  Subject of today's controversy?  Taking excess toyage upstairs to Mr. Boy's room....at the end of the evening Jax was yelling at Jeff "Don't....touch.....my .....TOYS!"  That, of course, went over really well with Dad...yet, somehow they worked it out and the bath was had and the stories read and all is quiet down the hall. 

Me and E-Commerce

Remember when e-commerce was somewhat of a novelty and people still went to stores for everything?  Ok, so they ordered from catalogs, sometimes even being so radical as to do it over the phone....

I have had many positive e-commerce experience and swear by it in fact, even ordering my groceries online via Peapod...however, I am so ticked off -

I decided not to be outdone by my friend at work who recently bought herself a cocktail ring....so late Sunday afternoon (when I should have been getting dinner started) I bought one on ebay that I love and damn if I don't get screwed just like I do every time...I'm salivating at the thought of it arriving in the mail (big honkin' aquamarine) and the seller emails me - after I emailed first to inquire *annoying* and says they are having problems on their end with paypal...I want to scream...why can't this be easy for me???   I am like an e-commerce, ebay, mail order disaster...Ok so I've had some good experiences but unlike pregnancy and childbirth I only remember the BAD SHIT!  I ordered a kids' CD player for Jax back while I was still on maternity leave.  It arrived but I didn't even open the outer packaging because I didn't want him to see it and it was meant to be for when he was going potty regularly....I relented and gave for Christmas and the goddamned thing didn't work from the start - too bad the window to return to smartbargains had run out 4 months prior and so more aggravation for me......ugh!  after several calls including one to the UK I got them to agree to take it back and they're no longer selling it so I'm off to find a replacement somehow because darned if that 3 year old doesn't realize his stereo is gone! sorry for the rant and now the little brat is up and singing and it's nearly 10...I should copy this into a blog, huh?  

 

 

Miss Congeniality - NOT

Miss Piggers has her first major cold and she is the crabbiest she's ever been, ever, ever.  Crabby is Daddy's word.  She fell asleep in my arms and after a bit I put her down in her crib where she proceeded to wake and raise a fuss.  Just then the phone rang and by the time I got off she'd pulled her blankie up around her face and fallen asleep.   The diva likes to have the covers all around her head, just as I do.  Makes me a bit nervous but it's usually the lacy afghan so there are plenty of holes for her to breathe.  Now I know what my Granny meant when she said I was a really good girl, when I was sleeping! 

Another Year and...

Another year and I have not seen one movie.  I think I at least maybe saw one movie in a theater last year?  Maybe not.  This year I recognize not one film that is up for a Golden Globe award.  That's a lie, I recognize Ray but I didn't see it. 

Hubby was sick all day today so no cart racing for him.  I'm still up to my eyeballs in laundry but feel like I've got the upper hand for a change.  Tomorrow is a holiday for me and one of my bestest friends is having a baby.  I will be in attendance as I am one of her designated birth coaches.  I was there when her daughter was born and it was a wonderful experience.  Wonder why no one asks to be there when I have my C-sections?  Hmmmm. 

This should be an interesting week on the work front.  Lots of possibilities out there for a change. 

Kate Has a Tooth

Miss Girlie Girl has cut her first tooth~note:  her teething crabby is about a 3 on the scale that Jackson's every day crabby is an 8.  What a difference in their temperaments and it may sound like I am complaining about him but I am not.  It's an observation because he is as precious to me as my right hand, my own soul for that matter.  Anywho, I bought Kate her 3rd pair of shoes and these actually stay on her feet.  She's not the mary jane/t-strap type as her feet are still in sort of an arched state and those strap on puppies just slide right off.  I bought her some white high tops that tie and they remain intact.  I can't believe she'll be walking soon.  We've been talking about our summer vacation and I can remember sitting on the beach last year watching a little girl, as cute as can be with curly hair in a bubble suit/sunsuit outfit running along the shoreline and thinking that this year when we go to North Carolina my Katherine will be walking.  The tooth has not really surfaced but it's cut through the gum.  I will start the picture taking once the white shows from a distance.