My cupcake background is in honor of MeMe's birthday tomorrow, she loves anything with cupcakes on it!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEME!!!!!!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday Tidbits
* Gaby is sick with bronchitis, an ear infection, and enflamed throat and tonsils. Took him to the doc this morning and got an antibiotic and oral steroid...Other than coughing his head off and running a fever, he really doesn't act that sick..his medicine seems to hype him up, lucky us :)
* Happy early Birthday to MeMe tomorrow! Can't wait for our lunch date on Friday!
* My work Internet is out as of last Thursday thanks to the folks in Raleigh...Let me just say this...I see why our state is in such a shabby state of affairs...the higher up the chain, the more stupid people get, I am convinced of this. But I did get the IT person in trouble with her supervisor, which made me happy. She told me the reason she didn't call me back last week (I spoke with her in person early Thursday and THEN left 2 messages, 1 on Thursday afternoon and one on Friday when she never called me back)was because "I had a deadline last week and am not caught up on my voicemails." Wow, must be nice not to have to return calls. I'm sure I would be fired if I didn't get back to people after 5 days... I told her that I had a job to do too and deadlines of my own and that I cannot do it without my computer. Good thing I am 3 hours away or I swear I would have been in her office ready to fight! I sat around all day on Friday on my DAY OFF waiting for her to call me back and she never did and by 5:00 I was PISSED!
* I am selling stuff on ebay to buy a new nice camera...clothes, shoes, jewelry, etc. that I no longer wear...So far I have made about $500 bucks! If you have ever considered selling, do it! It is easy and people will buy just about anything if the price is right!
* Please do not let it snow again tomorrow. I swear I cannot take any more bad weather, bring on SPRING!!!!
* Our DVD player died so we need a new one :(
* Mom and I went to an awesome consignment sale in Concord on Saturday...I spent under $100 and got TONS of great clothes, shoes, and books for Gabriel. My most favorite finds were the Little People Noah's Ark and a blue/white seersucker shorts suit for spring! It was just great and they have it twice a year. We will definitely be going back in August!
* I have been feeling HUNGRY and eating BAD food the past few days (mcdonald's chicken nuggets and fries for lunch today), very, very tired and ILL...It is either PMS or maybe not....guess I will have to wait to the end of the week to wait and see.....
Anyways, that's it for tonight, ready for PJs and the Olympics!!!
* Happy early Birthday to MeMe tomorrow! Can't wait for our lunch date on Friday!
* My work Internet is out as of last Thursday thanks to the folks in Raleigh...Let me just say this...I see why our state is in such a shabby state of affairs...the higher up the chain, the more stupid people get, I am convinced of this. But I did get the IT person in trouble with her supervisor, which made me happy. She told me the reason she didn't call me back last week (I spoke with her in person early Thursday and THEN left 2 messages, 1 on Thursday afternoon and one on Friday when she never called me back)was because "I had a deadline last week and am not caught up on my voicemails." Wow, must be nice not to have to return calls. I'm sure I would be fired if I didn't get back to people after 5 days... I told her that I had a job to do too and deadlines of my own and that I cannot do it without my computer. Good thing I am 3 hours away or I swear I would have been in her office ready to fight! I sat around all day on Friday on my DAY OFF waiting for her to call me back and she never did and by 5:00 I was PISSED!
* I am selling stuff on ebay to buy a new nice camera...clothes, shoes, jewelry, etc. that I no longer wear...So far I have made about $500 bucks! If you have ever considered selling, do it! It is easy and people will buy just about anything if the price is right!
* Please do not let it snow again tomorrow. I swear I cannot take any more bad weather, bring on SPRING!!!!
* Our DVD player died so we need a new one :(
* Mom and I went to an awesome consignment sale in Concord on Saturday...I spent under $100 and got TONS of great clothes, shoes, and books for Gabriel. My most favorite finds were the Little People Noah's Ark and a blue/white seersucker shorts suit for spring! It was just great and they have it twice a year. We will definitely be going back in August!
* I have been feeling HUNGRY and eating BAD food the past few days (mcdonald's chicken nuggets and fries for lunch today), very, very tired and ILL...It is either PMS or maybe not....guess I will have to wait to the end of the week to wait and see.....
Anyways, that's it for tonight, ready for PJs and the Olympics!!!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
25 Years Later and I Still love me some MJ!
Wow, watching the new 25th Anniversary "We are the World" last night on the opening ceremony of course brought tears to my eyes! And it made me want to see the entire thing (which I then quickly purchased on my iPod from iTunes) as well as the original "We Are the World" video. You gotta love the instant gratfication you can get from today's technology. I then spent 30 minutes trying to figure out who all the people are in the new one....I am SOOO out of touch with today's pop culture...Meme, I am hoping you can help me figure out who everyone is!
Of course, it also made me think about Michael Jacksomnand how sad it is that he is gone. I know people from other generations (like my dad and mom) just don't "get" MJ. People say he was a pervert and all that. But for me, Michael Jackson was a very big part of my childhood and my LIFE, he is THE pop icon of my time. I love him and his music, STILL DO, and had a HUGE crush on him in kindergarten, guess I have always liked my men of the chocolate variety, even WAY back in the day!
I can listen to his music for hours and every song that plays I am like "I love that one!, I love that one!" and it just goes on and on. Me, MeMe and Ceddy put our iPod on MJ songs at Aunt Peggy's pool this summer and just had a ball singing along to all of them. I definitely will be sharing his music with Gabriel. So much of his music was just feel good music that makes me feel better about myself and the world when I listen to it (think "black or white", "man in the mirror", "heal the world")...I could go on for days :) And of course just some of the ones that make you want to just dance in the kitchen with whoever is there or by yourself (think Thriller, The way you make me Feel, Beat It, Billie Jean...) It is HOPEFUL POSITIVE music, much different than alot of the junk that is played on the radio today. I think listening to MJ makes me nostalgic about my childhood, takes me back to when I was 5 or 6 years old, innocent and naive and didn't realize how tough and unfair the world can be at times. OK, sorry this has turned into a tribute to MJ, but when I saw that they had him on the new song, it just brought up a big host of emotions. It happens to me every time I see him.
Anyways, here is the new video, enjoy! I especially enjoyed Celine doing Cyndi Lauper's part and Jamie Foxx doing Ray's part. The original is still my most favorite song of ALL TIME, but I do like this new version! Meme, we will have to talk soon and look at the video together so you can tell me who everybody is!!!!!
Of course, it also made me think about Michael Jacksomnand how sad it is that he is gone. I know people from other generations (like my dad and mom) just don't "get" MJ. People say he was a pervert and all that. But for me, Michael Jackson was a very big part of my childhood and my LIFE, he is THE pop icon of my time. I love him and his music, STILL DO, and had a HUGE crush on him in kindergarten, guess I have always liked my men of the chocolate variety, even WAY back in the day!
I can listen to his music for hours and every song that plays I am like "I love that one!, I love that one!" and it just goes on and on. Me, MeMe and Ceddy put our iPod on MJ songs at Aunt Peggy's pool this summer and just had a ball singing along to all of them. I definitely will be sharing his music with Gabriel. So much of his music was just feel good music that makes me feel better about myself and the world when I listen to it (think "black or white", "man in the mirror", "heal the world")...I could go on for days :) And of course just some of the ones that make you want to just dance in the kitchen with whoever is there or by yourself (think Thriller, The way you make me Feel, Beat It, Billie Jean...) It is HOPEFUL POSITIVE music, much different than alot of the junk that is played on the radio today. I think listening to MJ makes me nostalgic about my childhood, takes me back to when I was 5 or 6 years old, innocent and naive and didn't realize how tough and unfair the world can be at times. OK, sorry this has turned into a tribute to MJ, but when I saw that they had him on the new song, it just brought up a big host of emotions. It happens to me every time I see him.
Anyways, here is the new video, enjoy! I especially enjoyed Celine doing Cyndi Lauper's part and Jamie Foxx doing Ray's part. The original is still my most favorite song of ALL TIME, but I do like this new version! Meme, we will have to talk soon and look at the video together so you can tell me who everybody is!!!!!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Four Great Years!
Today is our 4th wedding anniversary! Wow, what a wonderful 4 years they have been. We have SO MUCH to be thankful for, let me tell you! We may not have a big house, fancy cars, or lots of money, but we have each other and a special kind of love that doesn't come around all that often... and of course we have a BEAUTIFUL baby boy that I love more than life itself. I wouldn't trade that for all the money or things in the world!
A lot has happened this year for us..The biggest thing being that Cedric lost his job and is now working on a new career. I am so proud of Cedric for going back to school to become a nurse. It takes a lot of nerve to start over in school and I just couldn't be more prouder. Plus, he does look super HOT in his scrubs, need I say more! I am so glad he is no longer working at the darn Mat Firm. I LOVE having him around at night and on the weekends, and so does Gaby.
I love you baby, TODAY, TOMORROW and ALWAYS!
Thanks for putting up with my crazy ASS!!!!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Lychee Martinis!
We were stuck home ALL day today with the nonstop cold rain and threat of ice. I was supposed to go for a girls' massage day for Lucy's birthday at Rock Barn, but due to the weather, it was cancelled :( I have been disappointed and just bummed all day and SICK of all this bad weather. I need some sunshine darn it!
I told Ceddy I HAD to get out of our house, so we headed over to Kyoto's in Mooresville for dinner, SUSHI for me, YUM!
Then we hit Hairy Peter on the way home and guess what I found on the canned fruit aisle....LYCHEES! These are an Asian fruit native to China and taste sort of pearish and grapefruitish, hard to describe. I had a lychee martini for the first (and only) time in Montreal with my season gals a few years back (along with Jessie da-da-duh-duh who drove our crazy asses back to the U.S. after martinis and drinking a METER of beer at a pub, I will try and post the pic of this later, it is hilarisous!) and I loved them, but have never seen lychees around here. Bought me a can of lychees for $3.99, came home and we made up a round of them. Here is the recipe we used, thank you Bethanney Frankel of Real NY Housewives:
2 parts vodka
1 part lychee syrup (you can get a 20 oz can of lychees in syrup)
1 part club soda
2 whole lychees for garnish
Mix all ingredients with a shaker full of crushed ice and strain into a chilled martini glass, garnish with 2 lychees. YUMMO but warning, these are STRONG! We had to add a little extra lychee juice to the first round, but I think after you drink one, the recipe is fine!
Just wish I had spring, summer and fall here to drink one with me, this WINTER gal misses her other 3 seasons!!!!!
I told Ceddy I HAD to get out of our house, so we headed over to Kyoto's in Mooresville for dinner, SUSHI for me, YUM!
Then we hit Hairy Peter on the way home and guess what I found on the canned fruit aisle....LYCHEES! These are an Asian fruit native to China and taste sort of pearish and grapefruitish, hard to describe. I had a lychee martini for the first (and only) time in Montreal with my season gals a few years back (along with Jessie da-da-duh-duh who drove our crazy asses back to the U.S. after martinis and drinking a METER of beer at a pub, I will try and post the pic of this later, it is hilarisous!) and I loved them, but have never seen lychees around here. Bought me a can of lychees for $3.99, came home and we made up a round of them. Here is the recipe we used, thank you Bethanney Frankel of Real NY Housewives:
2 parts vodka
1 part lychee syrup (you can get a 20 oz can of lychees in syrup)
1 part club soda
2 whole lychees for garnish
Mix all ingredients with a shaker full of crushed ice and strain into a chilled martini glass, garnish with 2 lychees. YUMMO but warning, these are STRONG! We had to add a little extra lychee juice to the first round, but I think after you drink one, the recipe is fine!
Just wish I had spring, summer and fall here to drink one with me, this WINTER gal misses her other 3 seasons!!!!!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Our Frosty
I am SOOO proud of the snowman that mom, Gaby and me made yesterday. I think it really turned out great and Gaby just loved it! Check out the Sigmon Construction hat our Frosty is wearing! Now that we have done all the essentials...sledding, snowman making, shoveling, and eating like a PIG, I am ready for all this white stuff to GO AWAY! Bring on spring!!!!!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Sleepover Fun
Ok, we had a great SNOW DAY yesterday! We all (me, Ceddy, Gaby, Rocky, Zach, Nicole, and Jackson) spent the night with mom and dad Saturday night. We stayed up late playing games, watching the boys play, and just hanging out. Mom fixed us a yummy breakfast casserole in the morning, then we all bundled up to go sledding. We used one real sled (borrowed from Grandma Dot) and a boogie board. The boogie board worked even better than the actual sled. Mom and dad have a new development nearby that has NO houses built in it yet (thanks to the great economy). The road is a great hill to sled on! Everyone got in on the fun, even mom and dad went sledding! I think the hill will be even better today and I am hoping to get back out there one more time before it all goes away.
My family stayed with mom and dad again last night due to the extreme cold. We don't have central heating and when it is THIS COLD, it is hard to get our house warm and cozy. I am working from mom and dad's today. I was supposed to go to the mountains today to visit a hospital, but of course, that has been rescheduled. The secondary roads here are a solid sheet of ice and I imagine things are even worse up in the mountains. Cedric has class, but he has a two hour delay. Mom's school is cancelled. Hopefully the roads will be better tomorrow, but I am not sure. They are calling for freezing rain and ice tonight, which is NO FUN. That usually means that the power is going to go out :(
Oh and I have had a BAD food weekend MeMe...Being snowed in was NOT good for me. I ate pizza for dinner last night (2 big pieces from UTs) and butter pecan ice cream for dessert! I am not going to my WW weigh in tonight, it will probably be cancelled anyway...so I have a week to work off the damage I did this weekend. Which could be difficult to do considering we have Jackson's birthday party on Saturday, Lucy's 21st birthday party Saturday night, and then the Super Bowl on Sunday....Plus I gotta get my big lazy butt back in the gym this week. I had planned to start back this morning but with the bad roads, it did not happen. If I get up at 6:00, I can be at the gym by 6:15, do 35 minutes of cardio, and be back home to begin my workday at 7:00....I used to get up at 6:00 or earlier every day when I worked for the schools. And sometimes with my new job I have to get up WAY earlier than that (say 4:00 to be up in the mountains by 7:30 for trainings). But on days when I am working from home, I have a tendency to sleep as late as possible. I am lazy I guess and I have never been one of those people who loves to exercise, it is more like a bad chore for me. But I am trying my best to at least make it 2 days this week, then I will try for 3 next week. I HATE TRYING TO BE HEALTHY, IT SUCKS!!!!
My family stayed with mom and dad again last night due to the extreme cold. We don't have central heating and when it is THIS COLD, it is hard to get our house warm and cozy. I am working from mom and dad's today. I was supposed to go to the mountains today to visit a hospital, but of course, that has been rescheduled. The secondary roads here are a solid sheet of ice and I imagine things are even worse up in the mountains. Cedric has class, but he has a two hour delay. Mom's school is cancelled. Hopefully the roads will be better tomorrow, but I am not sure. They are calling for freezing rain and ice tonight, which is NO FUN. That usually means that the power is going to go out :(
Oh and I have had a BAD food weekend MeMe...Being snowed in was NOT good for me. I ate pizza for dinner last night (2 big pieces from UTs) and butter pecan ice cream for dessert! I am not going to my WW weigh in tonight, it will probably be cancelled anyway...so I have a week to work off the damage I did this weekend. Which could be difficult to do considering we have Jackson's birthday party on Saturday, Lucy's 21st birthday party Saturday night, and then the Super Bowl on Sunday....Plus I gotta get my big lazy butt back in the gym this week. I had planned to start back this morning but with the bad roads, it did not happen. If I get up at 6:00, I can be at the gym by 6:15, do 35 minutes of cardio, and be back home to begin my workday at 7:00....I used to get up at 6:00 or earlier every day when I worked for the schools. And sometimes with my new job I have to get up WAY earlier than that (say 4:00 to be up in the mountains by 7:30 for trainings). But on days when I am working from home, I have a tendency to sleep as late as possible. I am lazy I guess and I have never been one of those people who loves to exercise, it is more like a bad chore for me. But I am trying my best to at least make it 2 days this week, then I will try for 3 next week. I HATE TRYING TO BE HEALTHY, IT SUCKS!!!!
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