:: So It Is Written... ::

:: Saturday, May 23, 2009 ::

 

Quote of the Day:

 

"when the other shoes stop falling for a few months, i'll relax.  right now, though, i'm being stalked by a hover-centipede with ill-fitting footwear."

:: posted by Tmber :: 3:09 AM ::
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I've managed to avoid feeling the need to edit Wikipedia articles (even the one about Blackle being Google's attempt to further racism)… until now.    Found the article on Shanghai, and just couldn't help but clarify and tweak a couple of the rules.   Now, it's almost perfect.   I would change the scoring, but I guess that can wait.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_rum

 

:: posted by Tmber :: 2:40 PM ::
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I guess I haven't been writing on here much these days.  I think I've been spending more of my computer time on facebook.  I've enjoyed catching up with people and seeing what they're up to, and haven't been spending as much time here to rant about things to be read by all two of you who still come here occasionally.  :)

 

Generally, life is both the same, and completely different.   Everything still pisses me off.   I still have to deal with people at work who are incompetent, and people who get special treatment, and crap.  I still have to deal with HOA managers who c'nat tipe or spel, and think that hurricanes only blow down fences that can't be seen from the street.  I still have to deal with politics at church.   

 

But on the other hand, there's Brianna.   It's impossible to be pissed off when that little baby smiles at you.  And she does!   She's so cute.   And so ahead of her age.  :)  They said she wouldn't be smiling for a few months, but she's been smiling for weeks now.   She's been holding her head up, and can support her weight on her legs, and lots of other stuff that tiny babies supposedly can't do.   The smiling is my favorite, though.  It's not the random smiles from gas pains, either… sure, she had those, but she smiles at you, now.  She's ticklish, too.   You can tickle her belly and she smiles.   Just precious. 

 

I was actually sad to have to come back to work after we had her.  I'm trying to take off every other Friday to be at home, but that's not working, schedule-wise.  Maybe it'll work in the future.  

 

And maybe I'll be able to clean the house more in the future, too…  Chelsea and Chris are in town for spring break, and the house is a mess.  I feel bad about it, but haven't been able to clean it up, yet.   I'd just rather sit and stare at the baby…   maybe that's why my parents never cleaned the house?   :)

 

Oh well…   must run.    Later.

 

Quote of the Day:

 

"So, farewell, best of luck, avoid boiled cabbage, don't eat earwax, and always look on the bright side of life."  - from Eldest, by Christopher Paolini.  (and probably the only good quote of his books so far.)

 

:: posted by Tmber :: 3:20 PM ::
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still don't have time to write up everything I've been meaning to say, but let me throw some thoughts down here.

First and foremost, my daughter is amazing. She was born about 5 days ago (Feb 1st) at 11:48pm. Her name is Brianna Katelyn, and she's named after her Godfather, Brian. She was a c-section baby, due in part to her size (9 lbs!), but mostly because her mom spiked a nasty temp about 21 hours into labor.

The c-section itself was a nightmare. Deedee's pain meds didn't take care of all the pain, and after the baby was born, the Doctor told someone to "hurry up, she's bleeding!" but no one would tell us what was going on. It was quite a horrifying experience.

BUT... there were some good things to come out of it. Like Brianna. :) We didn't know if she'd be a boy or girl, so hearing them say "it's a girl!" and hearing the little girl start crying was quite an experience.

Pretty much every hour since then has been an experience, too. Even right now, I'm sitting her sorting through some pictures of her (she's such a cute baby), and turning around every few second to rock her. Last night, she spent about two hours just staring at me. I stared back. Couldn't have done anything else, even if I had wanted to. :)

and it's so odd. I've always been apprehensive about handling newborns. I usually pass if given the chance. But this one, I knew from the moment they handed her to me that she was different (obviously). I think I almost hold her too much. Not that you can hold a baby too much, but that maybe I'm robbing her mom of some much needed baby snuggles. :)

and she laughed! I know babies aren't supposed to laugh for weeks, but she laughed. I'm a little jealous, actually, cause it was my neighbor who made her do it. She tickled the baby's chin, and she smiled. She did it again, and the baby made the cutest smiley face and chuckled. Got a whole house full of witnesses. :)

As far as pictures go, I'll probably only be posting them on Facebook. I know a couple of people who are very protective of pictures of their kids, and I happen to agree with them, so I'll be controlling those pictures a lot more than just pictures of me or Deedee.

five days in, and a life time to go... to-do list: continue to take lots of pictures. buy shotgun. find a piece of land to bury teenage boys.

funny conversation:
Deedee (to baby): wake up...
me (to baby): "grab a brush and put on little makeup"
D: Are you singing that kid rock music?
me: huh? that was System of a Down?
D: so you are singing that kid rock music?
me: no. (to baby) *sings* "'cause you wanna be a cowboy-baby"
D: what?
me: Now I'm singing that Kid Rock music.

ok, it was funnier in person. :)

I've also been told to stop making Deedee laugh. Apparently laughing is painful after a c-section. so when Deedee says that the baby is exhausted after making that much poop, I cannot add comments about how it certainly did take a lot out of her. :) bad example... I think that just made her stare at me and blink.

oh, and I have found my weakness. my kryptonite. It is not dirty diapers or being spit up on. It is baby boogers. Seriously. We were in the hospital, and this kid sneezed something the size of new hampshire out of her nose. and it was five different shades of yellow and green. and it's making me sick just to think about it. I almost lost it. she's done that twice now... ::shudder:: seriously.

ok, I should run. gotta go spend time staring at the cutest kid in the world.

Quotes of the Past Few Days:

"At that point, it's no longer a pacifier; it's a kid-corker." - Deedee

"That'd put a half-inch dent in a block of warm butter." - Deedee's Dad

"That'd make you want to go home and punch your momma." - Deedee (about spicy food or something)

:: posted by Tmber :: 1:55 AM ::
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Someone should ask me how upset I am that Exxon's profit fell this year.   Really. 

 

It amazes me that people are talking about this in the news as a sign that the oil industry is in trouble.   Look, people, Exxon did not lose money.   The company did not take a 33% loss.  They lost 33% of their PROFIT.  Boo-freakin'-hoo.  This is the same company that posted the record, all-time high profit last quarter.  They still posted a huge profit.

 

It must really annoy me, because I don't even feel like continuing to rant about it.  

 

Sometimes, people are dumb.

 

:: posted by Tmber :: 11:33 AM ::
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Quote of the Day:

 

"I think it's the creepiest when you sit there really quiet with a grin on your face rocking back and forth." - coworker

 

 

 

:: posted by Tmber :: 11:40 AM ::
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one of these days I'll get around to posting all the stuff I've been meaning too.   some day...  

 

Quote of the Day:

 

"I imagine someone trying to eat his brain would be a lot like biting an electric fence" 

:: posted by Tmber :: 2:43 AM ::
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