Jan 9, 2008
Chi-Town Visit & A Contest
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Aaron will be going to Chicago this weekend for a stage combat workshop. Why they host a workshop in Chicago in the middle of January is beyond my knowledge, but we always brave the potential bad weather to make the trip. I like to tag along so I can visit friends who live in the area.
We tried taking Cordy with us one year, but that was disastrous. So last year she stayed home with grandma while I enjoyed some child-free (yet pregnant) time to myself in Chicago. It was lovely.
This year, I must take one of the kids. Grandma and her crew of backup family members are willing to deal with one for an entire weekend, but not both of them. (I can’t blame her for that.) Knowing Cordy’s issues with sleeping somewhere strange, she’s staying home while Mira comes with us. This will be her second trip to Chicago in under seven months.
Any Chicago area bloggers want to meet up? We’ll be close to Woodfield Mall, and I know I’ll be making at least one trip to the mecca I call Ikea.
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Also, I’m over at Mommy’s Must Haves today reviewing the book The Ultimate Tea Diet. Come over to learn more about it and enter to win your own copy of the book!
Jan 8, 2008
Forgive The Bragging, Please
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I know some of you mommy bloggers out there have been posting lately about your husbands behaving badly. Being wimps. Being lazy. Being selfish, condescending, and mean. The labels “assholes” and “pussies” have been thrown around lately.
I’m sorry, ladies, for the story I’m about to share. But maybe you can show your husbands the end of this post and the testosterone desire to compete shaming sweet tale will convince them to make up for their ways.
Sunday, Aaron and I were given a rare break from the children to see a movie. Aaron wanted to see I Am Legend. I was uninterested. I wanted to see this instead:
Uh-huh. A chick flick. And not just a chick flick, but one containing the actor who is at the upper-most, highest peak, tippity-top of my List of Five.
Allow me a moment of high school girl obsession: *droooooool*
And do you know what my sweet, loving husband said to me when I casually suggested seeing P.S. I Love You, trying to sound as if I was interested in the story and not that I just wanted to stare at Gerard Butler on the big screen for two hours?
“Sure.”
Even knowing I’d be searing every shirtless image, every sexy smile, every word spoken in that hot Scottish accent into my brain, he agreed to see a movie he wasn’t interested in on our one chance in weeks to get out together.
And he dislikes Hilary Swank.
And in a theater filled with women, he was one of TWO men.
And the other guy was so old he probably didn’t remember what movie he was seeing afterwards.
Not only did he agree to see this chick flick without complaint – he enjoyed it. Teared up at times, even! (Note: bring kleenex to this movie. No matter how stone-faced you think you are, it’s a four hankie tear-jerker.)
I’m a lucky woman.
Oh sure, he’s not perfect, and he can piss me off sometimes. Or a lot, depending on the week. (and I’m sure he gets sick of me, too) But I’m glad I have him, and after almost five years of marriage, he’s still willing to do little things to make me happy.
Now, mommy blogger husbands out there, listen up: I challenge you to top this. Do something totally selfless, something entirely for your lovely wives. Make these women unable to resist bragging about how great their guys are.
I want to see some happy mamas out there, because these wonderful women deserve a little special treatment!
Nov 21, 2007
The Week (so far) In Pictures
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I get it. Everyone is so busy with NaBloMoBananaFanaFoSho that we’re all having trouble keeping up with the crushing number of posts flooding our blog readers. I know I’ve got over 300 posts staring back at me in Bloglines, just daring me to hit the Mark All Read button.
So to make it easier on everyone, I’ll skip a long post, and instead give you a day-before-Thanksgiving recap of my week in pictures, with limited commentary, requiring no deep thought.
Aaron and I went to a wedding over the weekend. It was our first chance in a long, long time to dress up, go out without kids, eat a nice meal, drink, socialize with friends, and dance. I didn’t want to come home. We need more engaged friends so we can go to more weddings.
A typical Monday – Mira gazing adoringly at her big sister, wanting to be noticed, and Cordy ignoring her. It’s so rare to get a picture of the two of them this close together, so I’m thrilled I took this picture.
Tuesday, I got the chance to have brunch with the fabulous Tammie and finally meet the way-too-cute-for-words Myles! He and Mira smiled at each other across the table while we talked. And Tammie brought me Key Limes – we’ll be having Key Lime bars as a dessert at Thanksgiving now. Yum!
Some days, you can’t get to this moment fast enough. Oh, and notice the rocket in her bed? I have a review of that rocket at Mommy’s Must Haves today.
The newest Sith Lord – Darth Cordy. If only I could Photoshop in some force lightning. That sums up today so far.
Sep 25, 2007
We Need A Bigger Tivo
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Aaron and I like to watch TV, but our regular habit comes and goes. There was a time when we had something we just had to watch every night, but then slowly we lost interest in some shows, and others were canceled. For awhile there were only one or two shows we were really that interested in, and even then, if we missed a week, it wasn’t that big a deal.
But now. Now the sweet lure of fall premiere week has pulled us back in, and as we set our season pass choices in Tivo, we realize just how good TV is right now.
Heroes
Bones
House
Bionic Woman (saw the first episode online – it has potential)
Ghost Hunters
Smallville
Doctor Who (finishing up the season currently)
Torchwood
It’s like Christmas around here. Throw in Grey’s Anatomy (which we like, but can’t commit to), and we have New Year’s, too. I cringe when I look at that list and see just how much TV we’re watching, but I honestly can’t cut any of it out. They’re all excellent shows.
You can also tell from my list just what geeks we are. It’s all sci-fi/fantasy/techie-mystery/medical. Not a housewife drama in sight. After being with the kids all day, I enjoy relaxing to a nice fantasy world once they’re in bed. Prime time is mommy and daddy time.
Is anyone else just as excited by all of the premieres this week? If so, what shows are you looking forward to?
