The world after American Idol
I'm thoroughly disgusted. Not surprised but still disguested. Never was a Taylor fan so nothing's changed now. I still maintain that once Mandisa and Chris were dumped, the best singers were gone so it's just runners up after that. I even soured on Katharine although I did my best and called in about 40 times for her. I still think both Taylor and Katharine will be trivia questions by next year. Whatever became of.
Final number was 12. All good. Used 2, saved the others for later. Relaxing. Keep thinking happy, wonderful thoughts and UP you'll go (sorry, had a Peter Pan moment)
Gregg's in NY for Tony Awards rehearsals, comes home for 2 days then goes back on Monday for 2 weeks. Ugh, I hate when he's gone for that long.
Carly is finished up 2 weeks of swim lessons. She LOVES to swim and is having a great time. So here are a few shots from the past two weeks. Loving the new camera BTW and that long lens too.
Okay, this photo isn't great since Carly is out of focus but the in action jump shot is pretty cool.
And one more shot of my rock star daughter all dolled up and ready to go to swim lessons yesterday. I love this photo.
And the magic number is...
18. Do whatever you do for good luck - cross fingers, say a prayer, rub a rabbit's foot. I'd really appreciate it.
100
In my surfing of the blog-o-sphere, I saw this on Alissa’s since she recently hit her 100th post. This gave me inspiration and I don’t even think she knows that I lurk on her blog all the time. So, in commemoration of the 100th post I've made on this blog, I give you 100 Things that make me happy! (I know I know, enough with the lists already but indulge me one last time and I promise, no more for awhile.)
1. Hershey Kisses
2. Scrapbooking
3. Massages
4. Taking pictures
5. Playing my flute
6. daily (multi-daily) log ins to the Foxy Cropper site
7. My new Nikon D-SLR
8. selling something on ebay (when it sells)
9. Caz
10. “Grey’s Anatomy”
11. For Keeps magazine
12. clearing shows off the Tivo (still have most of the last season of NYPD Blue to watch)
13. hugs from Carly
14. Residual checks
15. warm weather
16. a good spicy Bloody Mary
17. Pizza
18. Traveling
19. Frosted Flakes right out of the box
20. YSL Paris cologne
21. Gardenias
22. hearing Carly sing “Popular”
23. memories of summer camp
24. Vanilla Malts
25. Disneyland
26. Billy Joel
27. Marla
28. watching “The Parent Trap”
29. Mallomars
30. Los Angeles Kings hockey
31. “Survivor”
32. sleeping in and afternoon naps
33. the thought of being an aunt in July
34. Gregg
35. watching Gregg at work. He’s the best at his job.
36. Egg Nog Lattes
37. Lisa
38. getting a manicure and/or pedicure
39. my new select comfort bed (my setting is currently 45)
40. The “Sex and the City” theme as my cell phone ringer.
41. Toby Keith
42. Lemonade
43. reading my friend’s blogs (Wendy, Lisa, Irene, Alissa on a near daily basis)
44. reading comments on my blog (at least I know there are a few people out there who read it)
45. Kari
46. XM Radio
47. My Family
48. Brandenburg Concertos by J.S. Bach
49. Mini-brads
50. Peppermint Patties
51. watching Carly play with all her dolls named Sally (they all seem to be named Sally)
52. Chapin
53. Garth Brooks
54. facials
55. my dogs
56. making cookies (and licking the beaters)
57. OTB
58. McLeod’s Daughters
59. Paula
60. That my parents are happy and healthy and that I speak to my Mom almost every day
61. Carly singing songs from school like “David Melech” and “Shalom Havarim”
62. Australia
63. The Dixie Chicks
64. Prima Flowers
65. Finishing a crossword puzzle
66. feeling like I’ve done a good job on a difficult show
67. Knowing that I have good friends from different areas of my life - scrapping, Gymboree,
summer camp, school, flute choir, work, etc.
68. fondue
69. Reading (don’t do it enough)
70. watching the Stanley Cup finals
71. Caramel Frappacinos
72. Suite for Jazz Flute and Piano by Claude Bolling
73. Carly going to sleep at a reasonable time (10PM is not considered reasonable)
74. “Popular” rings when I get voicemail.
75. when I make and give a gift that the recipient really appreciates
76. Reese’s Peanut Butter cups
77. Sudoku
78. “The Amazing Race”
79. Carly’s laugh
80. KI Memories
81. Ginger (my SB supply dealer)
82. Ice Cold Beer
83. Clean linens on a made bed
84. hearing the word “Mommy” when I pick Carly up from school
85. Going to the Theater or better yet, seeing a show on Broadway
86. Watching “Kath & Kim” - Look at Moy!
87. Creating Keepsakes magazine
88. Hearing “I want chocolate milk” first thing in the morning
89. Frozen chocolate covered bananas
90. shopping (online, outlets, malls, doesn’t matter)
91. Carly knows all her grandparents and loves them all
92. Crème Brulee
93. watching the Indy 500
94. warm towels
95. Making Memories, Gin-X and Scrapworks Rub-Ons
96. James Taylor
97. Listening to the Soundtrack or Original Cast Recording from "Rent"
98. Edamame (done with the food)
99. watching Gregg and Carly play
100. hearing our song on the radio - “The Way you Love Me”
That should pretty much do it. I should hope so. The above list was fun and thought provoking and definitely listed in no particular order (more like how it popped into my head). I hope you enjoyed this little peek into all things random in my life. Have a great day.
Revisions...
It's been brought to my attention that I've left off a couple of VERY important things about me but I only had four slots so something had to be sacrificed. So here are my revisions (a/o 5/18/06 12:06A YELLOW (no one but my family will get that reference))
Another Favorite Movie:
The Parent Trap - either version, both classics (listed in my top 7 two posts below this)
Another Favorite TV Show
McLeod's Daughers - Aussie soap, awesome on WE but it hasn't been on in a few weeks. Perhaps because I'm the only person in America watching it.
Another Vacation Spot
Tahiti - went to Club Med Moorea with my 3 Aussie girlfriends in 1999. Top 3 most beautiful places I've ever been.
That oughta do it for now.
How Well Do You Know Me?
Lisa sent this to me. We've done variations before but here's the latest.
How well do you know me?? For instance, did you know...
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Filer/Messenger for an accounting firm
2. Summer Camp counselor
3. Script Supervisor
4. worked 2 weeks at the UCSB bookstore at the beginning of the quarter (the full extent of my retail experience)
Four movies I would watch over and over:
1. Cinema Paradiso
2. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (the original)
3. The Sound of Music
4. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Places I have lived:
1. New York City
2. Brentwood (West LA), CA.
3. Santa Barbara, CA
4. Santa Monica, CA
5. Burbank, CA
6. Woodland Hills, CA
Four TV shows I love to watch:
1. Grey's Anantomy
2. Desperate Housewives
3. Survivor
4. McLeod's Daughters (although it's currently off of WE - not happy about that)
Four places I have been on vacation:
1. Australia (Sydney, Tasmania & the Great Barrier Reef)
2. Europe (backpacking in 1986)
3. Israel
4. Caribbean (many an island on many a cruise)
Four web sites I visit daily:
1. FoxyCroppers.com
2. my blog (and go from there)
3. ebay.com
4. CKU-San Jose Message Board
Four of my favorite foods:
1. Sushi
2. Pizza
3. Mexican
4. Toss up between chocolate and caramel.
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Scrapbooking
2. Australia
3. Relaxing at a spa
4. On vacation with my family
Two Friends that have been tagged that I think will respond.
1. Paula
2. Marla
Four things I will always carry with me
1. my keys
2. drivers license
3.cell phone
4. a few bucks and a credit card
Feel free to respond on your blog, in an email, pass it along to all those you're interested in knowing the answer to. Have fun!
It's official!!
I've been published!! In the mail today, my long awaited, highly anticipated first scrapbook layout publication!! I'm so excited. I had to share. Check it out, page 68 in all it's glory. Woo-Hoo!
One more Tag Game
I saw this on the blog of my CKU Secret Sister. She knows I’m stealing it from her but I can’t link her to my blog just yet. So Maria, you’ll be getting this via email.
Seven things to do before I die: 1. See my daughter grow up happy. 2. Travel more. Specifically I want to take an Alaskan cruise and go to Scandinavia and Greece (not necessarily in that order). 3. Go back to Australia with Carly to see my friends and family 4. Become a really accomplished, creative (hopefully published) scrapbooker. 5. Own a gold flute 6. Be a good Booth AD. 7. Learn to play golf or tennis (haven’t decided which I want to do more)
Seven things I cannot do: 1. Play golf or tennis or pretty much anything else athletic. 2. Clean up the surfaces in my house (clutter everywhere which I hate) 3. Public speak. 4. Tell people off who really deserve it (Thanks Maria for that one. I’m so not confrontational) 5. Control my spending on scrapbook supplies. 6. Make a turkey. 7. Speak a foreign language.
Seven things that attract me to my husband: 1. His smile. 2. His sense of humor. 3. Everything he does for Carly. He’s the most incredible father I’ve ever seen. 4. He’s so good at what he does for a living. 5. His chest. 6. He puts up with my scrapbooking indulgances 7. His kindness.
Seven books that I love: 1. The Red Tent 2. Tuesdays With Morrie 3. In a Sunburned Country 4. Pretty much any scrapbook sketch/idea book. 5. The Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss. 6. paperback novels by Judith Michael 7. The Da Vinci Code
Seven things that I say: 1. “Do you need to go potty?” (life with a 3 year old) 2. “Tazzie/Keely cut it out” (yelling at the dogs) 3. “That’s the news and I’m outta here.” (Thank you Dennis Miller) 4. “Carly Barly… “ followed by anything to DD. 5. “Lof You” (to DD and DH about a thousand times a day) 6. “Life is a Song Cue” (general motto of life) 7. lyrics to the song “Popular” from “Wicked” (Carly’s favorite song and on heavy rotation in the car)
Seven movies I've loved: 1. Cinema Paradiso. 2. Willy Wonka and the Chocoalte Factory (the original). 3. Gone with the Wind. 4. Singin’ In The Rain. 5. The Parent Trap (either version. I will always stop and watch) 6. Finding Nemo 7. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Seven blogs I'm gonna tag: 1. the first seven people to read this! (Let's see who that will be...)
Cute Carly-isms
I had to go return something at Babies R Us today. So after My Gym today (we've moved up to the Mighty Mites/big kid class), I told Carly we had to go to Babies R Us. Carly said "We can't go to Babies R Us, we have to go to Big Girls R Us". So cute. I tried to explain to her that that's why we had to return the thing at Babies R Us because she was no longer a baby. So she said several times that we had to go to "Big Girls R Us". Smart kid.
Shocking
There is now no reason to watch "American Idol" anymore this season. That's all I'm going to say.
3 Year checkup
I knew there was something else to blog about. Carly also had her 3 year check up last Friday. She didn't have to have any shots (thank goodness) since she had whatever shot she needed back when she had her flu shot last November. Anyway, she's 38 inches and weighs 35.5 pounds. 90th percentile in height and weight. The weight thing has pretty much been since day one. I guess she's a good eater which is really quite the oxymoron since she mostly eats Mac n Cheese. The real comedy is in the height. Where did she get to be so tall? (cue the music "Sunrise, Sunset") No one on either side of our families is above average and she's tall. I was always bottom 3 on the height scale growing up. Gregg had his growth spurt when he was liek 16 but he's 5'11" which is average. And yet, we have a daughter in the 90th percentile in height. Go figure. Other than that, she's a happy, healthy normal, right on target 3 year old. We'll take that considering we hadn't seen the doctor since her 2 year checkup. No doctor visits (other than the above mentioned flu shot). Pretty darn good.
Shabbat Girl
Once again, a few days late in posting but Friday Carly was Shabbat Girl at school. All week she was saying that she wanted to bring blueberry muffins to her class, so Thursday night, I baked 30-something mini-blueberry muffins that turned out really good. And we have to bring a book to read and donate to the class. So we went to Barnes & Noble and Carly immediately picked out "Where the Wild Things Are". We don't even have that book but she made the selection all by herself.
So what does it mean to be Shabbat Girl? Besides, the parents supplying the snack, all the "Shabbat kids" from the 4 classes at school get to sit on the Bima next to the person leading the Shabbat service for the school. This week is was Cantor Alison who's also in our Havurah. So it was kind of special that Alison was there, singing with the kids and was able to talk to Carly by name, ask her what songs she wanted to sing, etc.
Having not seen the nursery school Shabbat before, it was beyond cute. Besides, singing the songs and the kids getting all into it, at the end they open the Ark. The Shabbat Kids have the honor of opening it and they totally understand how special that is. Then they touch the Torahs, including covering their eyes. It's actually quite moving to see her and all the kids really into it.
After the service, we went into the classroom where we gave the kids their snacks and read the story. All the kids sing the prayers, help light the candles, put money in the Tzedakah box. It's just so darn cute.
After the Shabbat snack, Gregg and I went out into the play yard with the kids and Carly was happy to show off how she climbs on the monkey bars. Carly, Charlotte and Jade were quite the little climbers, especially Jade who was just climbing and flipping over the bars.
Overall, very fun experience. I'm realizing how grown up Carly is getting. How she knows all the songs at school and sings them all the time. Wow, it's amazing to be 3 years old.
If my head wasn't attached...
I swear, I wouldn't remember where I put it. After a hellish work week on the Emmy's last week (about 13 hours of sleep in 4 days, didn't see Carly in waking hours from Tuesday at school drop off until Saturday morning, you get the picture), I slept most of the day Saturday. DH let me sleep in until about 10:30A, I was up for awhile, didn't even make it downstairs and then took another 2 hour nap. We went to an anniversary party on Saturday night which was actually nice to dress up and be adults, even though we were both still stupidly tired. Sunday, another 3 year old's birthday party, came home and napped and had dinner at the in-laws for my FIL's birthday.
Okay the head non-attached part. So I'm thinking I'm semi-rested after getting another good 8-9 hours of sleep last night. I take Carly to My Gym which was cancelled today (babysitter told me last week but that was a long time ago) so we went to the park for almost 2 hours, then ballet in the afternoon, run a few errands. I finally get to start going through the rest of my mail from Baltimore and last week, (not sure when it all came in, it was just piled) and see a reminder notice for a 10AM mammogram appointment for THIS morning. It's now 7:50P. Had no recollection of making the appointment, which was the rescheduled date. I go to look on my Palm, and yup, there it is so I didn't even look at my week ahead on my Palm. I'm a moron. Then almost an hour later, I'm checking email and a friend mentions something to me and I realize that I completely forgot to take another medication that I'm supposed to take around 7PM. It's now 8:40P. So two complete brain freeze, shutdown, meltdowns within an hour. Usually, it's because I lose things. This is simply a case of me losing my mind. Can't wait to beg to reschedule that mammogram tomorrow. DOH!
