Bold the things you've done. 1. Started your own blog - (Didn't last long though.) 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland/Disneyworld 8. Held a praying mantis 9. Climbed a mountain 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 14. Taught yourself an art from scratch 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning - (And I don't plan on ever going to IHOP again.) 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty 18. Grown your own vegetables - (zucchini) 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in person - (It's barely even 16x20.) 20. Slept on an overnight train - (But I wouldn't recommened it.) 21. Had a pillow fight 22. Hitchhiked 23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill 24. Built a snow fort 25. Held a lamb 26. Gone skinny dipping 27. Run a Marathon 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset 31. Hit a home run 32. Been on a cruise 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 35. Seen an Amish community - (Actually a Mennonite community, but it was very similar.) 36. Taught yourself a new language 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person 39. Gone rock climbing 40. Seen Michelangelo's David 41. Sung karaoke 42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant - (And "paid" for it the entire rest of the night!) 44. Visited Africa 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight 46. Been transported in an ambulance 47. Had your portrait painted 48. Gone deep sea fishing 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling 52. Kissed in the rain 53. Played in the mud 54. Gone to a drive-in theater 55. Been in a movie 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. Started a business 58. Taken a martial arts class 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies - (For 12 straight years.) 62. Gone whale watching 63. Got flowers for no reason 64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma 65. Gone sky diving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. Bounced a check 68. Flown in a helicopter 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 71. Eaten Caviar 72. Pieced a quilt 73. Stood in Times Square 74. Toured the Everglades 75. Been fired from a job 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London 77. Broken a bone 78. Been on a speeding motorcycle 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person 80. Published a book 81. Visited the Vatican 82. Bought a brand new car 83. Walked in Jerusalem 84. Had your picture in the newspaper 85. Read the entire Bible 86. Visited the White House 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 88. Had chickenpox- (I was 16.) 89. Saved someone's life 90. Sat on a jury 91. Met someone famous - (Billy Idol, Davey Jones, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and Michael Dorn.) 92. Joined a book club 93. Lost a loved one 94. Had a baby 95. Seen the Alamo in person 96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake 97. Been involved in a lawsuit 98. Owned a cell phone 99. Been stung by a bee - (To be fair it was my fault. I was barefoot and I accidentaly stept on a bee when I was 3.) 100. Read an entire book in one day
Hmm, well I always thought of myself as a "moderate independant". I took a test a long time ago to see where I was on the conservative vs. liberal scale and I seriously ended up right in the middle, 50/50.
>>When you see this, post in your own journal with your favorite quote from The Princess Bride. Preferably not "As you wish" or the Inigo Montoya speech.<<
This quote is actually from the book (and is seriously written this way!):
"Mawidge is a dweam wiffin a dweam... The dweam of wuv wapped wiffin the gweater dweam of everwasting west. Eternity is our fwiend, wemember that, and wuv wiw fowwow you fowever."
So, as of this past Friday (October 3rd) I officially joined the 30something club. In a way it's a milestone, but I'm not sure if I feel any different. At least I can say that I've accomplished everything I wanted to by this point, I got my college degree, I'm in a happy marriage, and I've had my first kid already. I may just be a housewife and mother now, but despite the peer pressure to be a "career woman" these days, I am happy with things as they are. :) Course it won't be too long before I start thinking about having another kid, and have to deal with Gabe starting school in a few years. But at the moment the only thing that has changed is my age. No big deal. :)
We didn't do too much for my birthday, we rented a couple DVDs and went out to dinner. Gabe came along and was actually well behaved the entire time. :) As for the movies we watched later, we got the first DVD of the second season of "Heroes" - gotta catch up really quick so that the DVR doesn't overflow with the third season before we get a chance to watch it! We also saw "The Love Guru". Um, if you haven't seen it, don't bother. It may have had one or two good moments (the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' nod to "Wayne's World" for one), but over all it was awful! The Austin Powers movies were waaay better than that, and they're kinda stupid too! But, on the bright side, it was better than "Meet the Spartans",.. now THAT was a waste of good movie renting money!
... I think next time I won't let my hubby pick out the movies anymore.
Like most people, the thought of being a vampire has crossed your mind. But you're not sure if you'd do it, even if you could. Living forever doesn't sound half bad, if you could live forever with the people you love the most. But do vampires even love? And would the vampire version of you even be you? It's all too much to contemplate. Luckily, the chances of you ever becoming a vampire are astronomically low.
What you would like best about being a vampire: Living forever
What you would like least about being a vampire: Blood stained teeth
I suppose I ought to update this since it's been a while. :) (Though I am typing this with a very squirmy baby in my lap, so please excuse any weird typos that may occur.)
We've been in an apartment for about a year now, and have decided it's about time we start looking for a house. Unfortunately the retail market is a hell of a lot more expensive than we are used to. I absolutely LOVED the house we had in Missouri, but of course we had to give it up since it would be a 7 hour (one way) commute otherwise. With the growing family we have to make sure we get a big enough house as well. I really don't want to live in a "fixer-upper" but we may have to. So yea, that is an ongoing process at the moment.
Gabe is now 8 months old and crawling everywhere! He also has two teeth in, which is not fun for me since he still feeds "naturally" at times. Of course he eats baby food now as well, he even eyes whatever we are eating around him.
Anyway, I really updated here because I wanted to post recent pictures. "Recent" meaning 2 months ago. He looks pretty much the same right now though, but with longer hair.
I just went to my 10 year high school reunion (which was a waste of time since I didn't know anyone there, but anyway....) so I thought I'd join in on this:
Fill this out about your SENIOR year of high school! The longer ago it was, the more fun the answers will be.
1. Who was your best friend? Melissa, who was/is a year younger than me.
2.What sports did you play? none really.
3. What kind of car did you drive? Didn't get my license till after high school, but I did have an '89 Chevy Cavalier waiting for me when I did.
4. It's Friday night, where were you? Either hanging out with friends or at home watching tv.
5. Were you a party animal? Not really, I was pretty shy.
6. Were you considered a flirt? I suppose, but I don't recall doing it on purpose.
7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? German Club
8. Were you a nerd? No, but I wasn't part of the "popular crowd" either.
9. Did you get suspended/expelled? Never
10. Can you sing the fight song? Heh, no
11. Who was your favorite teacher? That's a toss up between Herr Brady (German class) or Mrs. Patterson (Humanities)
12. Where's twelve? huh?
13. School mascot? The Kewpies (basically a naked baby doll with tiny wings on its shoulders. The ONLY Kewpie mascot in the nation!)
14. Did you go to Prom? Nope, but did dress up as if was going, but instead went downtown with some friends (also dressed up) to go flirt with the college guys. :)
15. If you could go back and do it over, would you? I doubt it. I'd rather relive my college days.
16. What do you remember most about graduation? That it took almost 4 hours to get through 525 students, so the last guy did a cartwheel across the stage.
17. Where were you on senior skip day? Didn't skip, those who did got in trouble.
18. Did you have a job your senior year? Sort of. I did a lot of babysitting.
19. Where did you go most often for lunch? Taco Bell, sometimes McDonalds, but mostly brown bagged it.
20. Have you gained weight since then? Yea, but not dramatically so.
21. What did you do after graduation? Went to Europe on a Girl Scout trip.
22. When did you graduate? 1997
23. Who was your Senior prom date? Didn't have one, didn't go.
24. Are you going to your 10 year reunion? Just did recently. Most of the people who were there were in the "popular crowd" back in high school. I felt like a bit of an outsider, like high school all over again.
25. Who was your home room teacher? Didn't have a "home room" my senior year.
Hopefully I'm not celebrating too early, but for a couple of nights now Gabe has actually slept through the entire night in his bassinet! I've checked up on him a couple times of course, but hubby and I can actually get some sleep now!!!!
It's a little scary though. I mean, his bassinet is in our bedroom so I can check on him often, but now I get a little nervous every time I hear him roll around. He seems to prefer sleeping on his stomach, even after I roll him to his back; and with the SIDS scare, I don't know how safe he is like that. I suppose he's old enough (almost 6 months) to be able to roll back over if he can't breath, but I just can't be sure.
ACK! The 'parental worry' never calms down, does it?
This past week we went back to MO for hubby's work and to visit family. Gabe got to see all of his grandparents this week and I finally got some real sleep!
Gabe is getting pretty big now, he's about 2 and a half months old and already cooing and smiling all over the place! I just wish he could hold on to his pacifier a little better.
Introducing the LONG awaited addition to our family.... Gabriel Nikolai
Born: Wed. 11/29/06, 3:17pm
Weight: 8 pounds 7 ounces
length: 20.5 inches
blue eys (for the moment), full head of brown hair, and STRONG set of lungs!
I am EXAUSTED!
We went in Tuesday afternoon so that I could get induced. I was contracting like crazy for about 12 hours, then FINALLY started dialating the next morning. Fortunately I was ready for an epidural (MIRACLE DRUG!) very quickly and didn't have any problem at all until he was ready to finally show up!
He's only 2 days old now so not much of a personality to speak of just yet, but all of the nurses couldn't stop "oooing" and "aawwwing" over him the entire time. We will introduce the dogs to him soon, but right now we are just settling in!
It's been almost a week and a half past my due date and the kid STILL hasn't come out! I'm starting to get really annoyed about the whole thing. According to the doctor I'm completely healthy and the baby seems perfectly healthy; but dangit, that little "doorway" keeping the baby from entering the world just won't open!
But he HAS TO come out next week, even if the doctor has to force him out. THAT is what I am afraid of. The way things are going I have a feeling it will be a c-section, and though that means not being in labor for hours, it does mean other possible complications and needing more time to heal.
Also, many of our friends and family are starting to get impatient as well. Part of me feels like I am letting them down since they practically call us daily for updates; and I have to tell them nothing has happend yet.
Right now all we can do is wait. My hospital bag is packed, we have the carseat in the car already, and even the crib is made up and ready to go.
So, today is the day I'm due, but so far nothing has happend. I went to the doc yesterday and he confirmed that absolutely nothing has changed. So Gabe is gonna be a bit late (which is better than being too early). But now I have to go in on Friday for a couple of tests. I'm actually looking forward to the tests though because they include another ultrasound; and since I haven't actually seen the baby since the 20 week ultrasound it will be neat to see how big he is now.
It's coming down to the wire now, but I haven't felt hardly anything yet that would indicate things happening soon. I'm all packed and ready to go too, but I guess the little guy just doesn't want to show up early. Oh well, guess I gotta be patient.
I admit I don't have a whole lot better to do with my time lately than visit the LK board. I'm home all day and it's tempting to peek at new threads and so forth, but SHEESH! This whole Andy thing has gotten people into a panic! And now that there is an official statement on the official site, that STILL hasn't satisfied the fans. Now there is even MORE speculation, predictions, and oaths of "not gonna buy the new album even though I haven't heard it yet" then ever before! People are taking all of this so personally it's getting to be pathetic. Like I said in one of the threads, fans have survived lineup changes MANY times now, so Andy leaving doesn't necessarily mean the END OF THE WORLD.
I refuse to get all panicky and choked up about this, I have other priorities that take precedence. I will also give this next album the same equal chance I did for every other album they made since I became a fan.
Ok, ending my rant now. I just knew I would get flamed for this if I said it on LK, hope I get a kinder response on here.
Hubby and I went to our day-long childbirth class today. It was very informative, educational, and a lot more than just breathing techniques. Heh, A LOT more informative. We saw videos of things today that I DO NOT want to see when I have to go through the same thing. Surprisingly, seeing a video of a baby being born is not half as bad as seeing the the placenta coming out! It was pretty disturbing. But I can say that I am better prepared for the whole event; and yet still a little freaked out.
It'll be ok though, and I will definitely post a pic or two on here.
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