Daylight Saving Time means less of this, for a little while anyway.
We have a new favorite song around these parts.
The itsy bitsy Spiderman climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed Spiderman out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain.
And the itsy bitsy Spiderman climbed up the spout again.
A year ago, I spent a week with jj in Hawaii. We left November 1st, the day after Halloween. Halloween will always be the anniversary of the first time I went to Hawaii.
I cannot explain the longing and need I have to go back, especially knowing that the winter is coming and I don’t have a tropical local planned for the near future. Also, I don’t think it would be very much fun with the small one. One of us could be in the water alone, the other would spend the day digging on the beach. And since I am irrationally scared of water, it would probably be me watching jj body surf and snorkel.
But I am still filled with the longing. I think it will never leave and I will need to go back for my booster shots of Hawaii.
The first time I met him, we broke into another guys ftp account (actually, the other guy thought we were a match made in heaven and had given me his password), photoshoped over my cleavage and then put the picture back.
We worked together in the computer labs at Utah State. But I made him work to get a date with me. He asked me out several times, trying to convince me he was the most suave and debonair guy around. He eventually did convince me and we went out, for more than a year. Shock, I know. In Utah that is blasphemous.
He was the right decision for me, I knew it early on. I waited/beat him into realizing I was the one for him.
He has always been so kind to me. Always. Even the time when I was mad and threw everything out of every single cupboard in the apartment. Clothes. Towels. Sheets. He has waited patiently for me to grow up. He has held my hair back when I puke. He has been my quiet cheer leader. He has been my strength when I had none. He has gone months, probably an entire year, without getting any while I figure out birth control options.
Patience and stability. He is what I need.
He has quietly changed me. Made me better. He is 31 today.
I like to tease him about the slowly balding spot in the back and 14 gray hairs he has. But there is no one else I want.
Also, I have been attempting potty training the wee one. This is a joy beyond compare. Especially today. He let loose with a giant squishy mess right in his Tow Mater underpants. Being that I am full of patience and love, I threw those underwear away. His favorites, Lightening McQueen, are safe but I bet tomorrow he will join Mater in the garbage. I may be the mother, but I will not be washing loads the size of Georgia out of anyones underwear. This should make for great birthday dinner conversation.
happy birthday babe.
love, me
College was going to start Monday and it was Friday afternoon when my housing for the school year fell through. My soon to be husbands, grandparents let me stay at there house even after I found a place and was scared to move out because of 9/11.
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I have been researching penguins for a project I am working on, and came across these. With the accompanying link and story:
LDS women in New South Wales have undertaken an unusual service project, knitting sweaters for cousins to the loveable stars of the Academy Award-winning documentary narrated by Freeman.
The smallest breed of penguins, often known as “fairy” penguins, tend to get caught in oil spills off the coast of Australia, which can destroy their natural oils or even kill them. Doll size, tight-fitting wool sweaters can keep the penguins warm during the rehabilitation process, and “stop them preening and ingesting the poisonous oil,” according to The Sydney Morning Herald,
The sweaters improve penguin survival rate to about 98 percent, the paper reported.
Who knew knitting could save the world?
omelet style egg, shrimp, ham, nori, pickled ginger, julienned english cucumber (from my garden) from the cook book Let’s Cook Japanese Food!
