Target and Grown-Up Dinners February 27, 2006

So we found a dress we liked. Not the one that I originally had my eye one, but one i found at Target. It’s white and lilac and it is so pretty Abby is lucky having her birthday around Easter, I get to choose from all the pretty Easter dresses for a cute party dress I also bought her a cute hat to go with it, and I’ll also use the hat for the summer too. With her being blonde and blue-eyed, I know she’ll need it and lots of sunscreen, LOL.

We had Brandie and Kalyn over for dinner. It was very nice and civilized. We sat around the dining table, got the candles out and had nice adult conversation. Made a nice chance from talking about babies all the time, haha. Nick cooked pork medallions with an onion, garlic and tomate sauce and I made homemade lemon merangue pie. I was very pleased with myself

Since it worked last time, (I got two new members to join!) here’s the link to Ace Young Fans:

Birthdays, Printers and Ace Young :) February 25, 2006

And now we start with the major rundown. It's getting closer and closer to birthday party time, and I'm getting really excited. I can't believe it's been almost a year since I became a mum. It's insane! Time truly flies by so fast! I'm going out with Nick's mom tomorrow to pick out a party dress for Abby. I've seen one at Walmart in yellow and it's gorgeous. The only problem is that at the Walmart near here, they havn't got the size I need (18 months). So we're going to go and find another Walmart tomorrow and find the dress in the size I need. I have my fingers crossed that we can find it!

The party theme is Care Bears Pink and yellow with gingham and #1's. Hehe. It's going to be the birthday I wanted as a kid but never got. That's one of the best things about kids, you can give them everything that you never had as a kid. Eeeee

We had to go out and but a new printer recently. Our old Epson decided to give up the ghost, so I trudged out in the freezing cold to Walmart to get a new printer. I found a really decent HP all-in-one for about $70. I thought that was a really decent price I scanned a bunch of photos in and they're on my Flickr site, if you care to look

One last thing, AI. OMG, how hot is Ace?! He makes me drool everytime I see him. Okay, I drooled at Con too, but this is different. He doesn't do annoying things like Constantine did. Pure hotness- plus a great, great singer to boot, way better than Constantine ever was. Are you a fan? Please join my friend's Ace forum- Ace Young Fans. And tell them that ProudBrit referred you. It really is a great forum, and there's lots of hot photos on there of him

And lets finish off this post with a pic of the hotness:

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If you aren’t into the whole Flickr thing, this is my new favourite photo of Miss Abby. Haha. How cute is this?!

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I’m currently waiting for Nick to get back from running errands so I can get off to work and go to Qdoba for dinner- I’ve fallen in love with their chicken nachos…mmmm

Abby has got really talkative recently. She’s started saying things like “no”, “up”, “yup” and she accidently said a mild swear word…so now we’re having to watch our language around her :p

I really don’t have a lot to say at the moment. I’ll think about what to type up while I’m at work and after a beer or two, haha. Hey, every working mother needs some alcohol to relieve the stress :p And I don’t care what you preachy alcohol-free people out there say. It is not evil, it is not a drug and it is not addictive if you do it in moderation

My brother on the other hand…well, I’ll save that for later.

114007632473580469 February 16, 2006

I have really nothing new to report at the moment, but what do you think to the new blog layout? I got bored with the grey and decided on something more cheery

Oh and here’s a meme I was sent

What were you doing 10 years ago?

Still in school. Secondary school- that should give you an estimate on how young I am, hehe

What were you doing 1 year ago?

I was heavily pregnant and ready to pop. Abby’s EDD was March 23rd, but she decided to say ‘hi’ on the 1st instead

What were you doing 1 hour ago?

Fiddling with my blogger layout. I’m such a perfectionist ;p

List five creative things you want to achieve this year:

1) Learn how to play my new guitar.
2) Finish some of the cross stitch patterns that I have lying around.
3) Make some more door signs.
4) Make a shelving unit for Abby.
5) Take lots more photos of Miss Abby

List five snacks you enjoy:

1) Popcorn.
2) Cheese.
3) Hot dogs.
4) Pasta salad.
5) Any kind of cookie.

List five things you would do if money were no object:

1) Buy my parents a house closer to me and Nick so they wouldn’t have to buy flights every year.
2) Quit my job.
3) Buy us a big plot of land and build us a big home.
4) Give some money to my brother to start his own restaurant.
5) But two nice cars for me and Nick.

List five bad habits:

1) Biting my nails.
2) Eating too much.
3) Spending too much time on the Internet.
4) Stressing out over a lot of things.
5) Not being able to save well.

List five things you like doing:

1) Listening to music.
2) Playing my guitar.
3) Watching CSI shows.
4) Talking to my friends.
5) Walking.

List five favorite gadgets:

1) My computer.
2) My iPod.
3) My Gameboy Advance SP.
4) My cellphone.
5) My digital camera.

Name one thing you like about yourself:

I like the fact that I can get along with almost anyone

113995663025595923 February 14, 2006

Abby’s napping, so I’ve got the chance to type something up before she wakes.

I was reading a book yesterday d it said how when kids are napping, you ought to do something for yourself. Hmmm, so what have I done? Dishes, laundry, putting away stuff. It is for me though. It drives me CRAZY if I don’t get it done. Nick likes to pile the dishes on the top of the fridge, and it just bugs me when I cannot find any plates for dinner…ha.

I learn’t last night at work that I only have another four weeks left at work. No, I’m not getting fired, I work at a bowling alley and I waitress for the leagues- and they all end in four weeks. And I doubt that I’m going to get re-hired for the fall. I’m 99.9% sure. I’m the best waitress they have ever had (I’m not just saying that, I have had the bowlers tell me this), but I’m not what management are looking for. Fucking bastard wants a big-titted, blonde, porn star with very little clothing waitressing. Yeah, like he’s gonna find someone like that who’ll work for $6 an hour..ha. Good luck with that smart ass.

I hate tax season. Every year we have problems, because of some small screw-up. Last year it was because I didn’t have a social security number yet, this year it’s because we need to file some kind of Homestead form which the landlord has to sign. Gah…stupid IRS

113981977799557043 February 13, 2006

Just a quick entry with some photos of me playing my new guitar (yes, I bought the guitar). I’m really not that good at the moment, I know six notes, so don’t ask me to play anything I’ve been looking into lessons this evening, to give myself a head start

113963396569704867 February 10, 2006

Just before I go and take a shower I think I’ll do a quick recap of what I’ve been upto recently

Abby seems to be getting fussier and fussier recently. It’s like she started her ‘terrible twos’ a year early! She constantly demands to be picked up and held- even when I’m busy like trying to cook dinner or something. She hates being in her highchairr, she makes straining, grunting noises like she’s pooping or something. Haha. And she has no interest in sitting still. If I’m half way across the house and she’s sitting quietly, playing with a toy- she’ll decide that she doesn’t want to play anymore and comes to find me. And when she finds me, she grabs onto my pant/jean legs and hangs off them until I pick her up. And if I walk away, all hell breaks loose.

I think I’ve taken Tylenol twice today because she’s screamed so much

I’m also considering on buying a guitar, so we’ll see how that goes. I maybe picking it up tomorrow if I like the look of it. If not, the cash will be going towards an external hard drive for this piece of shit computer, :p

113947102434741974 February 9, 2006

I’ve decided that I’m going to take a break from the internet for a while. I’ll still be blogging, but just not as often. I’ll keep you all updated. I’m just dealing with some personal demons at the moment and I just need a break from all this.

Thanks for listening

113939119386453236 February 8, 2006

Gah. I am so frickin cold. I’ve discovered that when I am tired, I get cold. Surely you’d think I would go to bed, but I’m still stuck here in front of the computer…it’s like a drug I tell you :p

I went and had my hair cut today. Nothing major, just a tidy up and a trim…but I sure looked better by the time I got to work. At least my hair didn’t look like something greasy had crawled up onto my head and died, haha.

There was leftover Chinese in the fridge today (pork fried rice, sesame chicken, beef teriaki) and I ate everything but the beef when I came home from work this evening. Nick is probably going to kill me for eating his leftover pork fried rice, but I was just so exhausted when I finally got up the stairs to the apartment..I just wanted to eat, putz around on the computer for a while and then head off to bed. I got into watching Clive Davis’ Pre-Grammy party on Rhapsody.com and it was about 2am when that finished. And now, it’s 3.30am and I guess I should be heading off to bed. I have this HUGE stack of reading material by the bed (magazines, books, leaflets, ads from the Sunday newspaper) and I really need to purge the pile and throw away what I’ve already read and don’t want to keep. I am such a pack rat :p