Friday, June 30, 2006
The not long weekend....
Why is it that we could have had a 4 day weekend, yet it is interupted by working on Monday? Seems silly that the good ole US of A didn't declare July 3rd a holiday...a 4th of July Eve if you will, for these occasions where it falls on a Monday. I must prefer the "always on a Monday" holiday. We considered taking Monday off, but decided it was best to keep the days for later this summer when we could make more use of it. Plus, Monday is my most productive day for work. Sadly, my day working from home is the day I get most work done. Apparently, entertaining a 7 month old is less work than entertaining the 20 & 30 somethings crowd:)
We have plans for the day in Boston and a cookout. Would like a beach excursion, but doubt we will get to that this weekend. Depending on the weather, we may even take a trip to the zoo. Not sure Ben will get it quite yet, but it would still be fun.
Enjoy the long weekend if you get it!!
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Convenient Pods
Pod....the new word that has so much meaning in my life. It has everything I like in a word...short,succinct, easy....Pod has come to mean convenient in my life.
PeaPod. You know, delivered groceries. What an awesome idea. You pay a small fee for this delightful service, but you save infinitely on the convenience. We have not started this service yet, but I plan to shortly. I figure if I save 90 minutes per week for 52 weeks in a year, that is almost 5,000 minutes a year I can do something else with my time (like spend time with Ben!) I will review this service soon (coming soon to a blog near you!) so if anyone is interested in Peapod, stay tuned.
For mother's day, Tom bought be an iPod and the related accessories. I LOVE MY IPOD!! Sometimes I call him on his way to work just to tell him. I have a 6 CD changer in the car and I always had my musical library with me on my ride (the shortlist of "all stars" in my musical repetoire). But now, I have the iPod, currently a musical collection of 2,415 songs which amounts to about 7 continuous days worth of music. No need for messy CD cases floating around the car. No more having to decide which CDs make the cut and are loved enough to be the top 10 that live in the dashboard holder. I have them all there, waiting to be played whenever I want. I love it. So clean, so easy.
PodCasts....On the same line as iPod, I have now discovered Podcasts.....mini-shows/headlines/moveis...you name it. These bits of information are automatically downloaded to my blessed iPod (based on my "subscriptions") and available for me to listen to whenever I want. Now I don't have to try and catch up on movie reviews. Ebert and Roper have a podcase. Miss your favorite show? There's a podcast for that. Want a funny tidbit for the morning commute, check out "The Onion". I don't have time at work these days to hop online and catch up on events. And, when I get home, I have higher priorities than sitting on the computer (Eventhis blog is only allowed to be written by a later afternoon nap for Ben). The podcast has already been a great addition to my ride home from work. Time to catch up on my hollywood gossip!
All these convenient Pods...what will they think of next? Diaper-Pod to change the baby or maid-pod to clean my house?? I guess those are both too much to ask for, but it is nice to dream.
PeaPod. You know, delivered groceries. What an awesome idea. You pay a small fee for this delightful service, but you save infinitely on the convenience. We have not started this service yet, but I plan to shortly. I figure if I save 90 minutes per week for 52 weeks in a year, that is almost 5,000 minutes a year I can do something else with my time (like spend time with Ben!) I will review this service soon (coming soon to a blog near you!) so if anyone is interested in Peapod, stay tuned.
For mother's day, Tom bought be an iPod and the related accessories. I LOVE MY IPOD!! Sometimes I call him on his way to work just to tell him. I have a 6 CD changer in the car and I always had my musical library with me on my ride (the shortlist of "all stars" in my musical repetoire). But now, I have the iPod, currently a musical collection of 2,415 songs which amounts to about 7 continuous days worth of music. No need for messy CD cases floating around the car. No more having to decide which CDs make the cut and are loved enough to be the top 10 that live in the dashboard holder. I have them all there, waiting to be played whenever I want. I love it. So clean, so easy.
PodCasts....On the same line as iPod, I have now discovered Podcasts.....mini-shows/headlines/moveis...you name it. These bits of information are automatically downloaded to my blessed iPod (based on my "subscriptions") and available for me to listen to whenever I want. Now I don't have to try and catch up on movie reviews. Ebert and Roper have a podcase. Miss your favorite show? There's a podcast for that. Want a funny tidbit for the morning commute, check out "The Onion". I don't have time at work these days to hop online and catch up on events. And, when I get home, I have higher priorities than sitting on the computer (Eventhis blog is only allowed to be written by a later afternoon nap for Ben). The podcast has already been a great addition to my ride home from work. Time to catch up on my hollywood gossip!
All these convenient Pods...what will they think of next? Diaper-Pod to change the baby or maid-pod to clean my house?? I guess those are both too much to ask for, but it is nice to dream.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Ben Swims!!...sort of
Check out our video from the weekend. This was Ben's first time in a pool. He LOVED it!! The first time he got splashed in the face, he got all squinty (and adorable!), but then he just kept splashing away. The more water the got in his face the better....more to lick off with his speedy little tongue!!
We are really excited to get him signed up for his infant swimming lessons that start on Saturday.
Our Second Anniversary
So, our weekend was even better than expected. First off, anyone who told me I will never have a weekend away once I have kids, all I have to say to you is :P. This is pretty much what I wanted to tell you when you said it, but didn't...just in case. Ben has proven once again to be a perfect angel. While it was a tad difficult making him go to bed in our room with the TV and lights on, we managed to do so fairly easily. Other than that, we were out and about all day long both weekend days enjoying the beautiful 90 degree weather. We went to this fabulous restaurant for our anniversary dinner in Portland where we got to sit outside and enjoy martinis, appetizers, dinner, dessert and cappuccino. This is the restaurant we would have gone whether we had Ben or not. He woke up just in time for us to sit and eat, but it was really delicious and wonderful.
Two years of marriage. Hard to believe it has been two years already. But, we have been busy. So instead of blabbing on and on about the nice weather, the shopping, the pool, strolling along the beach in Ogunquit, fancy dinner, lobster for lunch, and all that good stuff, I would like to show you just how busy we have been.
June 2002 Graduated College
April 2003 Got ENGAGED!!!
June 2004 Got Married
September 2004 Moved
September 2004 Tom started new job
October 2004 Gretchen started new job
March 2005 Found out about our little peapod
June 2005 Moved again
August 2005 Tom lost his job :(
November 2005 Had BEN!!
December 2005 Tom got a job....and a big raise!!
I ask Tom what we do now. He says get settled, enjoy life. Sounds boring, huh? So, I guess once we move in October, buy a house and find Tom another new job, we will work on getting settled. Whatever that means.
Oh yeah, and be sure to oooh and aaaah over the beautiful yellow roses in the picture at the top of my post Tom sent to me Friday at work for our anniversary! Isn't he sweet :)
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Weekend Getaway
My mother and father have given us the weekend away for our anniversary (2 years on Monday!!). We will be going to Portland, Freeport and Ogunquit to check out the sites. We are really excited. We plan on taking Ben in the pool for the first time which is kind of cool. If he likes it, we will be signing him up for infant swimming lessons at the YMCA which start up next weekend.
Stay tuned for our update on our first weekend away with Ben.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Getting your ducks in a row
There is this weird part of life where you suddenly realize you need to get everything in order and settled. I always thought this was something that happened to old people who were preparing to die. Hahaha....For the first time in my life, I was wrong.
Since having Ben (maybe even started when I was pregnant), I have felt this need for order. My brain never shuts off to this constant desire to get our life in order and settled so we can provide the best life possible for our family. Its exhausting. But, I think we are finally there. We have a plan, a budget and a baby. Can't really get much better, can it?? Well, until baby #2 (Yes, I know Ben is only 7 months old, but it does not hurt to plan).
Anyway, I guess the point of this all is that getting your ducks in a row is not just for old people before they "get rolled out feet first" (to quote my mom) it is for those of us who cannot turn their brains off.
Since having Ben (maybe even started when I was pregnant), I have felt this need for order. My brain never shuts off to this constant desire to get our life in order and settled so we can provide the best life possible for our family. Its exhausting. But, I think we are finally there. We have a plan, a budget and a baby. Can't really get much better, can it?? Well, until baby #2 (Yes, I know Ben is only 7 months old, but it does not hurt to plan).
Anyway, I guess the point of this all is that getting your ducks in a row is not just for old people before they "get rolled out feet first" (to quote my mom) it is for those of us who cannot turn their brains off.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Ben Rolls Over!
Ben is becoming mobile. He started by rolling from his tummy to his back. He did this a couple of times and was pretty proud of himself. Though, that might have had something to do with the fact that Tom and I gushed over this simple event.
Then on Sunday morning Tom stepped out and Ben decided to make his previously feable attempts at rolling from tummy to back (There's a lot of boy there to rollover!) a thing of the past. After a few attempts, he did it. And he was THRILLED!!! Until he realized he had more work ahead of him to rollover yet again so he could play.
We spent a lot of time watching him wiggle across the floor and roll around. He is not quite up for crawling, but he is starting to turn himself in circles and get to things we put just out of his reach.
All these events in his life are so exciting for us. But, if I can take a moment to be 100% mommy, my heart is totally broken with each accomplishment. My baby is turning into a little boy right before my eyes.
Back on track
I finally feel like we are up and running with this whole web idea. I have been trying to think of a way to get our most recent pictures out to everyone and also just keep everyone posted on our way too interesting lives. I think once we are in NC this fall, the web will be the best way to give people access to the goings on of our lives.
After toying with the idea of setting up a new website and adding pictures and videos and stories there, only to find it is way more work than I want to commit to, Tom has finally figured out what I need to do to accomplish this task with very little pain....behold the blog with links to other great stuff I want to share.
So, I am officially a blogger. I keep asking myself why I think I have the time in my life to maintain a website when I don't even have the time to file my nails, but somehow, I am excited to do this.
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