• memes,  Slow News Day

    tagged

    I’ve been tagged by citymama. And it’s the weekend so I guess I’ll play along. But I’m not going to tag anybody after me. I know, boo hiss… I’m not any fun. But, if you want to play, consider yourself tagged and let me know you’re playing in the comment box.

    So here’s how it goes:

    Remove the blog from the top spot and add yours to the bottom,

    The Diaper Pail
    the state of indiana
    watching me grow
    citymama
    Secret Agent Josephine

    Then select five people to tag and post them here.
    (I’m skipping this part, sorry.)

    Then answer the questions in italics:

    What were you doing 10 years ago?

    Linear time… I’m so bad at this. Let me think. That would be 1995, so that would be two years after I graduated from college. I’d be working at my corporate job as a junior graphic designer, designing coupons. Oh what fun it is to type 5 point mouse type! I’d be dating Toby by now and probably trying to break up with him at least once a month, because that’s how I was back then.

    What were you doing 1 year ago?

    Ah ha! I can just click here and answer that one. I was spending the holidays up north and painting my sister-in-law’s nursury!

    Five snacks you enjoy:
    1.dark chocolate
    2.apple pie
    3.cashews
    4.cheddar cheese
    5.bread and butter pickles

    Five songs to which you know all the lyrics: (ugh! I’m horrible at this game)
    1.Happy Birthday
    2.For God so Loved the World
    3.Jesus Loves Me
    4.The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round
    5. um, I don’t know five… I’m really bad at lyrics

    Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
    1.buy a house with a washer and dryer
    2.rescue several of my family members from financial problems
    3.invest in real estate
    4.go to Starbucks every day
    5.the million would be long gone by then…

    Five bad habits:
    1.cracking my knuckles
    2.eating too much
    3.not doing math and letting that side of my brain atrophy
    4.bad posture
    5.speed reading

    Five things you like doing:
    1.illustrating
    2.blogging
    3.walking on the beach
    4.spying
    5.coming up with evil plans

    Five things you would never wear:
    1.any kind of hair clip that wasn’t tortoishell or brown
    2.gladiator sandals
    3.sweats with words on the butt
    4.a metallic or synthetic metal looking purse
    5.boots with pom poms
    (Sorry to anyone who loves these wearable things. I love them too, just not on me. I would be the first to go out and buy my nieces all of the above.)

    Five favorite toys:
    1.spy camera
    2.laptop
    3.a wobble walker (I can’t find a link any where, it’s an old toy that you walk on, not a drink!)
    4.my cat launcher gun
    5.pictionary game

  • preg-nuts,  the laundry

    The first load of baby laundry

    Oh the laundry!

    There are two baskets and one pillow case full of baby laundry sitting on my living room floor right now. I followed Anne’s advice and decided Thursday wasn’t a very good day to do laundry. Actually, Toby had to shoot all day today and I was counting on him to help me carry all this laundry down the stairs and into his van so I could transport it across the street to the laundromat without falling down the stairs like a giant laundry snowball. He’s promised me he’ll be free for laundry carrying duty tomorrow. Friday is a much better day for doing laundry anyway.

    Phew! That’s a lot of laundry and that isn’t even all of our laundry. That’s just baby bedding and a few outfits and blankets for the hospital! We have a whole hamper full of clothes and a bed spread (thanks to the puking cat) in the other room that I’m going to do in my second shift of laundry tomorrow. See, the drudgeries of motherhood have already started. Not really. I’ve hated doing laundry since the day I moved out of my mom’s house.

    But just the same, every time I walk by those two baskets and pillow case in my living room, I give myself a fright. Is this what it’s going to be like being a mom? Is this just the beginning of never ending days of laundry and poopy diapers!

    I told Toby that if I got bored enough today, I might load up the new buggaboo stroller (Yes! I have it now! It’s so divine!!!!) with one load at a time and push the stroller across the street for practice. But of course I haven’t gotten that bored today. Besides I’d probably look like a freak pushing a stroller full of laundry across the street when obviously the baby is still in my tummy. And then there’s the whole balance issue, can I even get the stroller down the stairs right now?

    Yeah, not THAT bored.