Archive for December, 2004
Tuesday, December 28th, 2004
Well, I’m not pregnant and unfortunately, I don’t think I will be anytime soon.
But a co-worker, who just had a baby in July, has passed on a few things I might need. Yesterday, she came to work bearing gifts…3 books. Two of them are baby name books, since I don’t have a name picked out if I someday have a boy. And the third book is The Girlfriends’ Guide to Pregnancy. I never thought I’d get this book. Being as how my list of girlfriends is extremely short. For some reason it seems to me that this book should be passed on. It doesn’t seem like the kind of book you go buy for yourself. And I’ve heard so many good things about this book from all you fellow bloggers who’ve had children recently.
I’m so glad I am friends enough with this co-worker, that she felt she could pass this book on to me. Granted, I don’t really need it right now, since I’m not pregnant yet, but I will definitely hold on to it for when the time comes. And she’s already saving her maternity clothes and baby’s hand-me-downs for me. So I will have a pretty good start when my turn comes. I just hope and pray it’s sooner rather than later.
Thanks Laura, for this wonderful book. When I no longer need it, I will be sure to pass it on.
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2004
Saw this on another blog and thought, why not.
Three names you go by:
Three screennames you have:
- widget217
- vbgeekgirl
- raynebair
Three things you like about yourself:
- my family
- my love of books
- I can speak Spanish
Three things you hate/dislike about yourself:
- my hair
- my stomach
- my fibromyalgia
Three parts of your heritage:
Three things that scare you:
- Never having kids
- Losing a parent
- Losing my husband
Three of your everyday essentials:
Three things you are wearing right now:
- Jeans
- contacts
- wedding rings
Three of your favorite bands/artists at the moment:
- Keith Urban
- Rascal Flatts
- Chris Cagle
Three of your favorite songs at present:
- Blessed the Broken Road
- My Better Half
- Song For Dad
Three things you want to try in the next 12 months:
- Having a baby (??)
- Knit more items
- LASIK
Three things you want in a relationship (love is a given):
- Compassion
- Compromise
- Trust
Two truths and a lie:
- I really dig Rascal Flatts
- I am pretty blind
- I once dated Johnny Damon
Three physical things about the opposite (or same) sex that appeals to you:
Three things you just can’t do:
- drive stick
- roll my tongue
- write a book
Three of your favorite hobbies:
- knitting
- reading
- listening to country music
Three things you want to do really badly right now:
- knit
- watch AMC
- go home (I’m at work)
Three careers you’re considering:
- stay-at-home mom (if I ever have kids)
- librarian
- programmer
Three places you want to go on vacation:
- Switzerland
- Paris
- England
Three kids names:
- Annabelle
- Amelia
- Nicholas
Three things you want to do before you die:
- have children
- go to Switzerland
- move back to Florida to be closer to my family
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004
My husband is a regular “ba humbug” when it comes to Christmas. I don’t know why, but he doesn’t especially enjoy the holiday. I haven’t figured it out, since his family celebrates. So each year is hard to get him in the Christmas mood.
This year, he didn’t even want a tree, but we finally found one that pleased us both. There is a story behind our tree but I cannot share it with you before the holiday for reasons I will not mention. We had some friends over to help us decorate and he even wore a santa hat while we listened to holiday music.
Even though he’s a grinch at Christmas, each year he does something that means a lot to me. A few years ago, I was very upset because we’d be spending the holiday without family. And he surprised me by taking me all the way to Texas on Christmas Eve to spend time with my parents. My mom didn’t even know we were coming and when we showed up at their doorstep we both cried.
It’s always the little things that count the most. This year he didn’t let me down either. We drove to Texas last Friday for my sister’s college graduation. Graduation was Saturday morning, and we spent a few hours afterwards helping my parents pack her apartment (she’s moving to FL for grad school). Then mid-afternoon, we left to come back home.
Most of the way home, we listened to Christmas music. We have XM Satellite Radio and one of the country stations is doing all holiday music till Dec 27. So for the most part of the 9 hour drive home, he let me listen to country christmas music. He even sang along with one or two songs. It was the best.
As grumpy as he can be, he really comes through when I want him to.
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Monday, December 20th, 2004
The year is almost over. Looking back, the year was very eventful.
2004 was a painful year. My dad was in the hospital and had a pacemaker put in. My grandmother was in the hospital with pneumonia. My grandfather had both his knees replaced. My husband’s grandmother was in the hospital for gall stones and then infection. My mother has been in and out of the hospital because of kidney stones. Both our families suffered the aftermath of 3 hurricanes.
2004 was a joyful year. My sister graduated from college Summa Cum Laude. We got TiVo. My sister got a new puppy. Our friends got engaged. Friends had babies. Friends got married. I learned to knit. My father retired. I went to several concerts.
Looking forward, I hope 2005 brings many joys to my family and friends. I look forward to the wedding of our dear friends who recently got engaged. I will turn 30 in June. I’d like to be able to say that 2005 will include a son or daugher, but only time will tell. I hope to make more fabulous knitted items.
2004 was pretty good to me and my family. We are very fortunate for all that we have. I hope the light shines on the less fortunate in the year to come and that all our hopes and dreams are fulfilled in 2005.
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Monday, December 6th, 2004
We had a blast at the concert. Chris Cagle was just awesome and we both agreed that we will definitely go see him again. Even though he was an opener, he performed as if he was headlining. It was great. Rascal Flatts was, of course, excellent as always.
We got to the arena around 7:10 and the show started at 7:30, so I was pushing my 10 minutes but all was well. I did get held up in traffic on the interstate and was freaking out thinking I’d be late.
We had 2nd row seats, but when Rascal Flatts came out, the event staff let us jump in to the front row. I had a perfect view of them dancing and singing. And at the end of the show, I managed to 2 two autographs…Chris and Joe Don.
It was a great night and the most fun I’ve had in a while.
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Sunday, December 5th, 2004
We’ve joined the millions. We have TiVo! Yep. We took the plunge and made that our Christmas gift to ourselves. We got the Toshiba one that has the DVD recorder on it, so if we record something we like, we can burn it to DVD.
Besides the Season Pass, there one thing I love about it. It will control our cable box. No more problems with compatible remotes. It doesn’t do some of the cable box functions, but we had a hard time finding a remote that would control the cable box for changing channels and such, since we have a Motorola box.
The more we play with it the more we like it. We’ve got several programs set to season pass (CSI, Charmed, Las Vegas, StarGate) and still have a few to program in.
It claimed to only read and record DVD-R, but we managed to get to read a DVD+R last night, so who knows. If all our DVD+Rs work, then we won’t need the 5-disc changer either, so that will mean we only have one remote…the TiVo remote. Woohoo!
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