My Life

Husby & Puddin' are coming home tomorrow and it can't come soon enough. The short break has been nice, but I miss the shit out of them.

I ate at a little sushi place in Hillsboro Village yesterday. There was a very elderly couple in there that must be regulars because the waitresses were taking turns helping feed the woman and the owner helped them to their car. It was touching. These people could barely speak English, and the place was a bit of a whole in the wall, but the food was excellent and with a wait staff like that, I will be going back.

For dinner I had the tuna ahi tacos from Bosco's then headed over to Rumba for Mango Mojitos and tempura rolls. It would have been a perfect food night if I had some ice cream (preferably Maggie Moo's) but my stomach was full to the max.

I was bored and took some obligatory myspace pics and they turned out pretty good. Shana waxed and colored my eyebrows and I friggin' love them now. I will never pluck and draw in my brows ever again!!!!

8/23/07
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Here are two pics of Puddin from today. The first she is looking at a catalogue very intently trying to figure out what halloween costume she wants. The next is her with her bath toys and her visor to keep the soap out of her eyes on her head. She put it on like that and she looks like just the little gangsta. HA! LOL

I have been Susie Homemaker this week. I finally got my energy back and have been keeping the house up, cooking, baking, the laundry is done, dishes are clean, and packing hubby's bentos. I have decided not to go to Knox and just completely veg out this weekend. Husby & Puddin' are going still to visit MIL. So, I get the house to myself, get to stay in my jammies and do NOTHING. Since the house is done, so am I. I only have to pack her bag and get my brows waxed tomorrow morning. After that..... vegetation.

WE HAVE FOOD AGAIN!

Hubby Bento - 8/22/07
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So, we have groceries again and I got lots of food to prepare for bentos for the next two weeks. This is today's bento for Hubby. It's nothing fancy, but he isn't picky about how it looks and his bentos always get devoured.

Among the living...

...not quite.


How can you not love a man with Krispy Kreme?

We got back home on Wednesday afternoon and we still haven't gotten into a good routine as far as sleep. I have had no energy to work on my house. Luckily it was clean before we left, so I basically just have to pick up here and there. But, still, I don't even want to do that. But, I will get back up to par before too long.

We worked the entire time we were in Knoxville and as much as I wanted to see my friend and her new baby, I didn't stop from the time I got there until the moment I walked out the door. But, our mission is complete... at least the majority of it is. And we get to go back next weekend, but not to work; hopefully.

Then, the weekend of Labor Day we are headed to Atlanta for Dragon*Con! Husby's woman cancelled (Starbuck from Battlestar: Galactica), but knock on wood, the people I want to meet are still going to be there. They have cancelled in the past, but hopefully this time, I can actually meet Fred & George Weasley & Neville Longbottom... or at least the guys that play them.

My BFF is in San Francisco for a conference so things are pretty boring around here. Though, he starts school soon so I won't get to hang out with him much then anyways. Puddin' starts back to school the tuesday after Labor Day so I will get a little bit of a break on those days, even if it is for a few hours. I bought her her very own bento box today for her to have for school. I know she is going to love being back around her friends and her teachers.

Husby has finally joined the World of Warcraft so my evening is being spent watching television and vegging out on the couch. If I had money I would be out with my girlfriend, but cest la vie.

Talking about books

Talking about books
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One thing that Puddin' and her daddy enjoy is reading, looking at and talking about books. Husby keeps a small bookcase of his favorite books and comics by his side of the bed. They are mostly fantasy & sci-fi. Puddin' always seems to be drawn to these 2 books about a space warrior named Jandar. She really likes Jandar of Calisto. They are used paperbacks Husby got for a steal and for some reason she is drawn to the cover art.

Here they are talking about all the geeky things they enjoy about daddy's books. Ironically, Puddin' ripped the cover off of Jandar right after I snapped this picture.

I am finishing up getting our stuff together to actually really leave for Knoxville. I want to get the next 5 days over with already! Keep us in your thoughts and that everything goes okay with MIL's surgery and all the other stuff we have to get into this week.

No cooking or bentos today. I just ordered breadsticks for our dinner. Then after Puddin' goes to bed, I am whipping this house into shape so I can come home to a clean house and fall straight into bed.

f f f frittata!

So, everything got fucked up again and my trip to Knoxville has been postponed yet, again. To make a long story short, instead of me taking Puddin' to my parents then going to Knox, we are bypassing my parents' all together and all of us (Puddin', Husby, and myself) are going. Husby got sunday-tuesday off so he has 5 days to help me and his dad will watch Puddin' while we take care of his mom and get things situated at her house. Everything changed on my parent's end and was something that was totally out of their control. So, after getting EVERYTHING packed and ready to go out the door, I had to put it all back where I got it and will start over on thursday.

It was a shitty day overall and ended with Puddin' passing out in front of the tv after she and I both had a good, long cry and freak out. Husby even came home from work to try to be a calming influence but, that didn't really make much difference... poor guy. He is married to a moody woman and is the father of a little girl that is just like her momma. My dad really feels his pain. LOL!

I attempted to get her to eat something other than cheesits today, with no avail. I thought it was AMAZING and the recipe is easy peasy lemon squeezy. I got it from www.allrecipes.com. It has fast become my favorite recipe site! I made a ramen noodle frittata. Holy crap! Good Stuff. I halfed the recipe, added some bacon and put the cheese in while I was cooking. I topped it with sour cream and some more cheese. It will go really well in Husby's bento tomorrow.

On with the recipe!
Ramen Noodle Frittata

Before & After

Before & After
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These pictures were taken about 10 seconds apart. You can see how fast her mood changes. Thats just one of the fun things about being her momma. *eye roll*

Tomorrow Puddin' and I are heading to visit my parents then the next day I am heading to Knoxville for the rest of the week to help my MIL get prepared for surgery. I am going to miss her something terrible. But, its something that has to be done.

She has used the potty a few more times and I just put on her first cool alert pull-up. I am hoping those help get her into the habit of going to the potty. She thinks it is pretty fun to sit there and act like a big girl. I am very excited and proud for her.

I have gotten the house in the shape I want it to be in when I get back and I threatened hubby with his life that it better be like that when I get back. I assume it will be because all he has planned is laundry and playing Halo.

Once this little trip is over, its time to start planning Puddin's 2nd birthday party. I think we are going to do a Mickey Mouse theme this year.... but, it could change between now and then.

My Big Girl!

Tonight, my Puddin' was really wanting to just sit on the big potty. So I of course, let her. While she sat there she was practicing counting to 5 and while I happened to be on the phone with her daddy, she pee peed in the potty. I am so proud of her! She is on her way to being such a big girl. She has her big girl bed, which she LOVES and now she has used the potty. I am overwhelmed with love for her.