So this, my friends, is a true rarity:
Friday, November 7, 2008
Becca loves Daddy!!!
She hates cuddling, and she can't stand posing for pictures.
So this, my friends, is a true rarity:
So this, my friends, is a true rarity:
365 Challenge: November 5th
I love board games and have been itching to play The Game of Life for a while, so when I saw that Target had it for 12 bucks, I had to have it. I also decided to force my husband to play that very night. Somehow I had forgotten that it takes about half an hour to actually set the board up and how complicated the path of life can be:
I learned two important lessons:
a) If you are an adult, The Game of Life can be kind of depressing and plunge you into a premature midlife crisis.
b) Kids never pay off
I guess I could add another one:
c) At the point that your husband has accrued so much money that you actually run out of $100,000 bills, it is time to quit, especially if you have a car full of adopted kids who want to go to college.
Oh yes, one last one:
Life imitates The Game of Life
I learned two important lessons:
a) If you are an adult, The Game of Life can be kind of depressing and plunge you into a premature midlife crisis.
b) Kids never pay off
I guess I could add another one:
c) At the point that your husband has accrued so much money that you actually run out of $100,000 bills, it is time to quit, especially if you have a car full of adopted kids who want to go to college.
Oh yes, one last one:
Life imitates The Game of Life
The Gods Are Working Against Me Here...
Finally, I found time to sit down and upload my pictures of the day from the last couple of days. And of course Photobucket goes down right after I upload them, so there is no way I can update this now. Grr.
Today was a perfectly lovely day where I sat outside in our back yard in the sunshine and enjoyed my new friend Sherry's company. It is a Rebecca and Jordan lovefest whenever we get together, and I am thankful for having found someone here that I get along with so well.
At some point, I told her about that lovely German saying "God punishes the small sins right away", and the rest of the day, we watched it in action. Rebecca tried to pull an orange off the tree although I told her not to, and promptly fell over her foot, and so on and so on.
So I am now sitting here, without an uploaded photo to my name, wondering what little sin I am getting punished for right away ;)
Today was a perfectly lovely day where I sat outside in our back yard in the sunshine and enjoyed my new friend Sherry's company. It is a Rebecca and Jordan lovefest whenever we get together, and I am thankful for having found someone here that I get along with so well.
At some point, I told her about that lovely German saying "God punishes the small sins right away", and the rest of the day, we watched it in action. Rebecca tried to pull an orange off the tree although I told her not to, and promptly fell over her foot, and so on and so on.
So I am now sitting here, without an uploaded photo to my name, wondering what little sin I am getting punished for right away ;)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
365 Challenge: November 4th
My first picture:
Rebecca (three in January) running to the TV and giving President Elect Obama a kiss on the cheek during his speech.
We were not sure which way her sympathies were leaning, considering she said "I like McCake!" and liked hitting our Obama yard sign with a stick, but I think Obama's charm won even her over ;)
Rebecca (three in January) running to the TV and giving President Elect Obama a kiss on the cheek during his speech.
We were not sure which way her sympathies were leaning, considering she said "I like McCake!" and liked hitting our Obama yard sign with a stick, but I think Obama's charm won even her over ;)
Election Day Photos
Rebecca is not a willing subject at the moment, but here are some of my attempts at getting some pictures of her, hoping she will someday look back at these and smile.
Yesterday, however, it was not so easy to get her to smile. Maybe she is a Republican.
Yesterday, however, it was not so easy to get her to smile. Maybe she is a Republican.
365 photos / A year in our lives
I read about a challenge that includes taking and posting a picture a day, every day, for 365 days. You should try to take a picture that says something about that day, basically representing what you will remember about that day.
Yesterday, our nation elected a new President, and I had the sense of it being a truly momentous, historic, important moment, not only for our country but for the world. At the same time, we are getting ready to send our little girl off to preschool for the first time in January, meaning she is no longer our little baby but an independent big kid, ready for some experiences that don't include Mommy and Daddy.
If I had started this project 365 days ago, it would have included a move across the country, visits to Europe and many new spots in California. You would have seen some molars come in and knees scraped, many babies born in our group of friends, lots of packing and unpacking, Christoph's first American Thanksgiving and Christmas, Rebecca's first meeting with Mickey Mouse, and lots more.
I am excited to see what the next year will hold for us...
Yesterday, our nation elected a new President, and I had the sense of it being a truly momentous, historic, important moment, not only for our country but for the world. At the same time, we are getting ready to send our little girl off to preschool for the first time in January, meaning she is no longer our little baby but an independent big kid, ready for some experiences that don't include Mommy and Daddy.
If I had started this project 365 days ago, it would have included a move across the country, visits to Europe and many new spots in California. You would have seen some molars come in and knees scraped, many babies born in our group of friends, lots of packing and unpacking, Christoph's first American Thanksgiving and Christmas, Rebecca's first meeting with Mickey Mouse, and lots more.
I am excited to see what the next year will hold for us...
Monday, June 16, 2008
Civil Rights???
As a bleeding heart liberal, you would think that I would be all for civil rights, but on Friday, I realized that I am pretty selective about what I consider an infringement of civil rights.
Let me explain before deciding I am a big jerk:
We did a pit stop at a McDonald's on the way to Pennsylvania and were waiting for Rebecca's Happy Meal when a lady came up and ordered unsweetened iced tea with her Value Meal. The bored girl behind the counter gave her the iced tea, and the lady walked away with it, only to return shaking with rage. I mean that literally, by the way, I thought she was going to start throwing punches. She said it was indeed sweetened and started screaming about the error. The girl behind the counter cooly got a manager (wisely decided minimum wage is not worth getting screamed at about soft drinks) who got the customer another cup of tea, which the lady then deemed acceptable.
Christoph and I raised our eyebrows at each other and got our food, thinking the storm had blown over.
We were lucky enough to have set up camp near the crazy iced tea lady, who was whipping out her phone to call McDonald's customer service. The fact that she knew the number by heart should have tipped us off to what was to come. She started screaming at the representative on the other end of the phone, saying she has diabetes and she is SICK AND TIRED of having her CIVIL RIGHTS infringed upon at McDonald's. You see, she goes there almost every day, and at least once a week, she gets the wrong iced tea. She apparently had already written to the President of McDonald's about this particular store that she regularly patronizes, informing him that they're going to have a civil rights lawsuit on their hands if the store ever does it again. Lucky us, we were sitting there when she announced that the only thing that would appease her now would be a personal apology from the President (hold your breath on that one, unless she meant Dubya, he will have time for that stuff soon enough.)
This is not the first strange encounter we have had in Allentown (now we know what Billy Joel as talking about) and I couldn't help but ask myself (Carrie Bradshaw style) if this is how some of those ridiculous lawsuits start.
Yes, McDonald's is killing us all slowly, I do agree. But I think the iced tea is the least of it. And it seems odd to me to continue going to the crappy fast food place that is infringing on your civil rights in such a blatant and dangerous way, if that is what you truly believe.
I personally think the Mad Cow will get her before the sugar does, and that those people who are suffering true civil rights infringements must despise people like that.
Let me explain before deciding I am a big jerk:
We did a pit stop at a McDonald's on the way to Pennsylvania and were waiting for Rebecca's Happy Meal when a lady came up and ordered unsweetened iced tea with her Value Meal. The bored girl behind the counter gave her the iced tea, and the lady walked away with it, only to return shaking with rage. I mean that literally, by the way, I thought she was going to start throwing punches. She said it was indeed sweetened and started screaming about the error. The girl behind the counter cooly got a manager (wisely decided minimum wage is not worth getting screamed at about soft drinks) who got the customer another cup of tea, which the lady then deemed acceptable.
Christoph and I raised our eyebrows at each other and got our food, thinking the storm had blown over.
We were lucky enough to have set up camp near the crazy iced tea lady, who was whipping out her phone to call McDonald's customer service. The fact that she knew the number by heart should have tipped us off to what was to come. She started screaming at the representative on the other end of the phone, saying she has diabetes and she is SICK AND TIRED of having her CIVIL RIGHTS infringed upon at McDonald's. You see, she goes there almost every day, and at least once a week, she gets the wrong iced tea. She apparently had already written to the President of McDonald's about this particular store that she regularly patronizes, informing him that they're going to have a civil rights lawsuit on their hands if the store ever does it again. Lucky us, we were sitting there when she announced that the only thing that would appease her now would be a personal apology from the President (hold your breath on that one, unless she meant Dubya, he will have time for that stuff soon enough.)
This is not the first strange encounter we have had in Allentown (now we know what Billy Joel as talking about) and I couldn't help but ask myself (Carrie Bradshaw style) if this is how some of those ridiculous lawsuits start.
Yes, McDonald's is killing us all slowly, I do agree. But I think the iced tea is the least of it. And it seems odd to me to continue going to the crappy fast food place that is infringing on your civil rights in such a blatant and dangerous way, if that is what you truly believe.
I personally think the Mad Cow will get her before the sugar does, and that those people who are suffering true civil rights infringements must despise people like that.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Trying to figure this out...
Since my husband and I never figured out how exactly to set up the domains we had registered, I thought maybe this would be a good way to share what's going on in our world with friends and family. I hope to post some updates on our life here in Connecticut, our possible move to California (boo! hiss!) and how Rebecca is doing.
Hopefully I won't be boring too many people and yet not writing this for no one to ever read. I guess time will tell...
XOXO
Hopefully I won't be boring too many people and yet not writing this for no one to ever read. I guess time will tell...
XOXO
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