I wanted to Rant about facebook, but my friend Karyn did a pretty good job for me. I think I might even feel stronger about this than she does, but…well just don’t get me started. Heres what she wrote
“So here’s a question:
What’s the big deal about Facebook anyway?
I kid you not, I have received at least forty invitations to join Facebook, but since I have to sign up just to look at what it is, I have no desire whatsoever to do that. And if you’ve been one of the last twenty people or so to invite me, I haven’t even responded to your e-mail to say thanks but no thanks.
Is it really all that great?
Or is it just another chance to spend more time having friendships through the computer instead of face to face? Friendships that tend to lack intimacy and depth?
I realize I haven’t got a clue what I’m talking about, because I haven’t got a clue what’s it’s like to be on Facebook. People tell me it’s neat to reconnect with old friends from Elementary School. Really? Some of the people that have invited me to Facebook live less than 30 minutes away but haven’t actually spoken to me or spent any time with me in months. Perhaps it’s because they’re too busy reconnecting with people they haven’t seen for ten or twenty years. It’s a shame – I miss them. Thankfully there are still a few people who seem to prefer “in person” friendships.
Am I just venting? Yes, a little. Will I eat my words someday and join Facebook? It’s possible, I suppose. Though I imagine if I’ve resisted thus far, I’m probably not going to sweat it. I just don’t get the replacement of deep, personal friendships with Internet interaction. I never have.
Maybe one day I’ll understand, but for now, I really just don’t get Facebook.
PS – If you happen to be a great Facebook lover, do your best not to crucify me just for having an admittedly under-informed opinion.“
Facebook = (Myspace – creativity)X(13 year olds + spam)
Poop Smith
I’m taking a breather from packing to blog. I’m trying to get loads of things done for Avalanche this weekend. I’m soooo excited though.
I have a great Emily story this week. We had our friend Elisha come over and take pictures of us down at the park. There were so many mosquitoes that we couldn’t stay long so we went back to our house to just relax and play with Emily. It was bed time and so Emily had just finished her bottle and I took all her clothes off to let her run around in her diaper before putting her jammies on. It has been so hot this last week, so I decided Em could run around nudey buns for a bit cause she is all done her”business” bybedtime, plus I could take the opportunity to take some good nudey pictures for her baby book. About 5 minutes after I had taken her diaper off she turned and looked at me with this look that said “Here I go” and gave a super grunt. I hucked the camera on the couch and ran for the diaper bag. I grabbed a diaper and didn’t really even unfold it much before franticly trying to put it on her while she was standing up. I had exactly 1 second to spare. I just made it in time for Emily to poop a gooder. At that point Auntie Leesh says “I’m never having kids!That was sick!”. Anyways. It was pretty funny. I think Ill think 2 next time I decide to let Emily run around nudey buns.
Well I should get back to packing and getting last minute details all done like dinner. Catch ya on the flip side! Oh and I finally broke 170!! Its 169 for me.
*Insert Old Man Noise Here*
As my tiny tot falls deep into dreamland…I type. I’m still feeling rather ill today. It’s pretty much the best thing ever to not be pregnant when you are sick. You can even take herbal things to make you feel better. “They”(whoever “they” are) don’t even recommend taking echinacea while pregnant. So yay me, I’m all drugged up and happy as a clam.
We are still going great guns on the get organized side of things. Ive been overhaulin’ the kitchen and Morgan has been working more on the basement. Today we moved our couches around yet again. The T.V. is going downstairs finally! Ive been wanting to do that for even. I think that if a living room is not centered around the T.V. the whole family will feel more productive. Plus the more I read on childhood obesity the more I care about healthy habits all the way from sleeping and eating to daytime activities. I’m not completely against watching T.V., but I do want it to be something special not the norm in everyday life. I have never wanted to be one of those stay at home “Oprah/Soaps/lame daytime T.V.” Moms. I think that watching a movie or something we’ve Tivo’d is ok, but just surfing because its there is a bad idea. Health Habits make for a Healthy Family. I should submit an article on this to Health and Sanity. Maybe, Just maybe, they would agree with the overall rising in Childhood obesity running a three legged race with the rise in T.V./internet time for kids.
I think I’m starting to sound old.” *insert old man noise* Why when I was your age we played outside with sticks, and we liked it”.
The Whole Shebang!
My gym closed today. I’m pretty sad about it. I guess there just wasn’t enough people going there or something. I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do yet, but I resolve not to quit. I don’t want to be a big fatty ever again! I did my final weigh in today. I’m pretty stoked because since January 1st Ive lost 27 pounds. That make 33 total since Christmas. Ive lost a few more inches too.
This whole organizing phase I’m in if fun now because Ive lost so much weight I’m getting rid of tons of huge and not so flattering clothes. YAY! I got a bunch of clear bins yesterday. Ive got some great Ideas to get lots of stuff more organized. I’m sorting out the China, Shoes, Clothes, and pretty much everything else too. Its fun and cleaner too.
My next big challenge is that Morgan and I each have 3 rubbermaids full of our little kid stuff. We want to keep memories, but not so much junk that we never go through it. Memories are important but stuff isn’t. I’m looking for creative ways to keep our memories. Some of my kid stuff isn’t displayable mostly because my taste has changed so much since I was eight. Who knew? I still don’t think I’m ready to “de-Star Wars-ify” myself yet. I think I’m ready to get rid of some of the misc crap that goes with my stuff, but not all of it. I’m still a geek to the core. I looked up on eBay how much my collection would be worth and I could pretty much get 50 bucks for the whole shebang. So not what I was imagining at 13 when I was the nerdiest nerd ever.
Fresca like Irn-Bru?
As I was getting ready to blog a spider dropped down onto the back of my monitor. I was like “ew”. “Ew” is a much better response than “AHHHHHHH” because everyone is sleeping. Emily is having second napses and Morgan starts work at midnight so they both need some ZZZ’s. I think Id like a nap too, but I have a lot of stuff to do and I’m in the middle of a great book.
We just watched a movie this morning on the life of Esther from the Bible. Its called “one night with the king”. I was a bit worried that it would be cheesier than 20 cheese pizzas because I haven’t seen many good movies from that era. Well the good news was that we actually liked it. Some of the cinematography was super gorgeous and the portrayal of the different people in the story really made me think about a few things in a different way. Theres this one guy who ends up as a eunuch and I hadn’t given much thought to what that would do to someone. It would have taken away so much of who he was. Very thought provoking.
The other thing Ive discovered is that Fresca cherry tastes a bit like Irn-Bru. So thats pretty much the best thing ever. Especially because I miss Scotland so much. Canada is my Country, but Scotland is my hometown. I know I ripped off Gertrude Stein’s quote about Paris, but it wouldn’t have applied to me if I hadn’t.
Costly Beans
The community kitchen was really fun today. We used my recipe for enchiladas, but we made our own tortillas instead of the packaged kind. Much more cost effective, especially because beans are expensive. Who knew? We made some burritos too. Normally I don’t eat what we make because it isn’t good for my diet, but today I decided to have a burrito. I cant have been great, but I don’t think it was too bad for me either.
I drug my butt out of bed to go to the gym this morning. When I got there I found out two things.
- I lost exactly 20 lbs since Jan. 1st.
- Morgan let the battery die on my ipod and so no music. grr
Yay the weight thing, but the whole lack of music makes it really hard to exercise. I can push myself way harder when my music is blaring in my ears. Maybe its because I think less….I dont know. All I know is that its a whole lot easier to workout with music.
I started doing these arm exercises with weights to tone my arms better. They make me look funny though.(the exercises not my arms). I’m going to try them for a month and see if it makes any difference.
I’m hoping to try Pilates too. I got a DVD of “Pilates for Dummies” that looks so good I wouldn’t trade it for all the tea in china. I’m having a hard time finding time to do Pilates. Id like to take a class or something, but time is always to short.
I’m really looking forward to home Group tonight. I always feel so encouraged and built up in my faith at home group.
Eying Up the Spinach Dip
Superbowl Sunday. Such a hard day to diet. Man today I could have killed for some pretzels. Heck I was even eying up the spinach dip and I don’t even like it, but I guess thats the way the cookie crumbles. but I did it. I succeeded in making healthy choices today. Yay me.
Tomorrow we have Community Kitchen. Its a group of moms who get together and cook or bake or can or whatever. I ended up going to it kind of last minute once, and now I go all the time. I used to think all that stuff sucked, but now I don’t know maybe I’m waaay more mature. I’ve just discovered that I like cooking. Maybe it hasn’t moved into the category of “love” cooking yet, but pretty close.
I used to be super picky too. I wouldn’t eat anything with sauces on it. “Is there anything on this menu thats not swimming in gravy” – Yzma. I wouldn’t eat fish, beets, tomatoes, onions, eggs, carrots or well pretty much anything else. But now aside from eggs Ill eat pretty much anything. Ive even cooked beets at home and Morgan and I liked them. Sweet.
Today Emily Had a nap at my parents house. It was so strange because she wouldn’t sleep there at all for the last while. Such a pain in the butt. Oh yeah and at church she barfed on the floor and played in it before I could clean it up. Ew. Gross.
Tanks Wars
Well We did it. Jump Snow day was a success. It was so fun. We went tubing all afternoon. The day was so gorgeous. Roxy and I made it to the last level on this dumb 80′s tanks arcade game and then got beat by a giant eyeball. It sucked…all of our quarters. Needless to say we have this problem being competitive. And arcade games leave me feeling as pleased as punch.
The evening was awesome too. The youth band played and then we had this guy named Darren Jones come to speak. A couple of Kids Became Christians too. Overall it was an awesome day.
This morning Emily had her first piece of muffin. She was like “Please, I would like to eat the whole thing.” She really liked it. I’m amazed at the number of firsts babies have. I guess in a way they have everything as a first. I mean there are the obvious ones like crawling and walking and solid food and teeth and kindergarten, but there are a bazillion more. Everything from first solid poop to first time eating a magazine cover. Its really neat if you think about it. The world is a babies exploring ground. Everything they see is with wide eyed wonder. It amazes me. I think one of the things that makes me think most is the fact that we don’t remember many of our firsts before we are 5. They are so amazing and yet forgotten.
Playing Strange
Today is going to be a crazy day. We are taking the youth tubing and then at night we have a speaker and the band is going to play. I’m kind of excited, but kind of nervous too. Mostly I’m nervous because Emily has started playing strange. Its really weird. She only does it with certain people. And this week its my sister Roxy who was supposed to babysit her for me. She babysat last night too, but Emily screamed for the whole thing. Not so cool. So Em and Roxy are going to come tubing and we’ll just take turns holding her and stuff. I’m really hoping that works
Nap time. Emily has always been flexible about when her naps were and where she would nap, but in the last couple of weeks its been like “Hey this isn’t my bed!(*insert lots of crying*)”. Its really frustrating. I don’t want to force her too much, but I still have a hard time getting home for her bedtime. I don’t know what to do. I guess we’ll see.
Yesterday Morgan got me this sweet as apple pie program that converts talking into typed words. I always wanted to try it. Although I’m actually headed the other way. As for my Podcasts, it’s taking a bit longer to get them online because we have to switch hosting sites. Ours is almost full, plus they don’t give you much bandwidth either. Once we switch I can get the Podcasts loaded.
My Body is Not a Garbage Can
Good Morning Blog. Its nice to see you again. How have you been? How is your Family? The funniest thing about a blog is that although you write like everyone is listening, probably they aren’t. Thats ok with me. For the most part no one really understands me anyways. I’m ok with that.
This morning I had to kick my butt to get to the gym. I go to one of those 30 minute circuit gyms. I think my favorite part is the elliptical machine. Such a good workout. I think today my Goal is to drink oodles of water enough water to make a freight train take a dirt road.(Thanks again Cliche finder)
I don’t think my whole health kick is really a diet. It kinda looks like a diet, but really its a lifestyle change. I really want to be fit and have tons of energy to chase Emily around the park and things like that.
Speaking of Emily, she is working on her second tooth and so is perpetually soaked from all the drool. I never thought things like that would just be ok with me. Ahhh baby icky liquid. Only moms can really deal with baby barf all over them well. I guess thats an acquired thing.
