Gotta share the cuteness
The sick baby cuteness.
C was watching Momo (Elmo) on On Demand, and I was checking email. I glanced over and she was lying down in front of the television. I walked over and patted her on the back and said “are you ready for a nap?” I then sat down on the coffee table, thinking she’d get up and sit on my lap to watch Momo. Nope. She got up, walked behind me, and pushed. So I stood up, and she reached out her hand to take mine. She glanced at the tv, where baby bear was pretending to be a lion for Maria, and said “bye bye bear.” She led me to the bedroom, where she fell asleep within thirty seconds - so asleep that I took her bottle away from her and she didn’t even stir.
To my Valentine
Kate -
I can’t believe we’ve known each other just three years. I still can’t believe I get to spend my life with you and wake up to your gorgeous smile every morning.
You are a truly beautiful person in every way. I adore you. I respect you. I admire you. I like you. I enjoy you. I appreciate you. I always will, and I will never take you for granted.
Thank you for being my Valentine. Thank you for saying yes. Thank you for being you.
I love you.
Anybody know someone good at cost accounting in the Knoxville area?
If so, I have a friend who needs a tutor.
Thanks.
I’ve been picking good movies lately, and I had to share
This is completely random, I know, but I’ve stumbled across a few really good movies lately, and I had to share.
- Wristcutters - A Love Story (complete with a totally awesome Tom Waits bit)
- Burn After Reading
- Ghost Town
- Committed
I’m not even going to try to do a review on any of these movies or try to convince you to watch them. I’m just psyched that I’ve stumbled across such good movies lately, and I had to share!
How much do you spend on Netflix?
This is a really cool site, via lifehacker, that says how much you pay per movie in your Netflix subscription.
I’ve been better about Netflix before, but lately I’ve been slacking off (and it didn’t help that someone in my house opened up the movie I stuck in the outgoing mail pile yesterday, so I’ll end up having it all week before I can send it back with another movie).
Apparently, I’m currently paying $3.96 per movie. Yikes! I’ve got to do better about sending movies back.
What’s your turnover time?
Self-discipline
This kind of studying requires a lot of self-discipline. I have to take all of my spare time and channel it towards the goal of passing an exam that I will take more than a month from now. I have no accountability to anybody but me. I have no set schedule aside from watching the videos that only get posted once a week. I have to decide what to study, when, and in what order. I have to figure out what works for me and get other things work for me whether they want to or not. I have to take practice quizzes and tests and work random problems in the book and not get discouraged. I have to listen to cds in the car even when I really want to listen to music.
Some days I do better than others, and I’ve found that I do best on my busiest days, because those are the days when I have the greatest sense of urgency. For that reason, I do fairly well at the flash cards in the evenings, because I can only look at a few at the time before catching C as she goes head first off the couch (feet first, child! feet first!). If this particular trend continues, I will be a studying fiend once tax season starts.
Joys of home ownership redux
I just discovered that I am (at the moment, at least) the number one google hit for “joys of home ownership” (and homeownership, which I’m pretty sure isn’t a word).
Of course I quit blogging a week ago…. (and all of three people bothered to comment on that post!)
Painful subject
This Friday, after years of procrastination, I am getting my wisdom teeth taken out. I’ve put this off for years in large part because every time you say you’re having your wisdom teeth out, the most bizarre thing happens: everyone tells you how wretched it is.
It’s really a baffling part of human nature, I think. Why would I want to hear how bad it will be? Don’t you think most people would prefer hearing that it’s not so bad? Are there any other things in our culture where people pile it on like that? Is that a fundamental part of being human - a need to make people feel worse?
Is this how women feel when they’re about to give birth for the first time and everyone feels the need to tell you how long their labor was?
Anyway, I’m going to get it done on Friday, like I said. When I called to make the appointment, I was actually a little bit surprised by the lack of pomp and circumstance. I thought I’d have to come in several times and be looked over and made to feel worse, but in fact I just have to show up, and they’ll do the deed just like that.
I have the whole day blocked off. I’m going to do nothing but sit in front of the television and watch movies.
I’m just hoping I won’t have chipmunk cheeks. I am not looking forward to this.
Be sure to tell me your horror stories in the comments.
I heart BOAT
Feeling overwhelmed
At the moment, I’m feeling completely overwhelmed by the number of formulas I need to memorize in the next few weeks.
I’ve done a three hour class today, and I feel like I’ve been given a new formula a minute.
This is not the most fun I’ve had all year
Katie took the kids to Bell Buckle this weekend, and I stayed home to study.
Yippee!
