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6月17日 My Dear SisterI've just been looking at the new pictures over at Gelati Farms, and I've been forced into a sort of reverie.
This wonderful family that I've grown to love dearly will soon be moving away from us. I met Calla just under three years ago, and I've just come to terms with the fact that she will be turning six in September. It seems odd, but from the day I met her when she was three years old, she was always wiser than her years. I've never had a grip on her exact age. I've never been close with her because she's pretty selective with who she likes. I'm ok with that, since she is. But she's always loved my son Robbie, and has passed this unexplainable love onto her sister Sophia...sorry Soph...Pia...as she corrected me last Sunday. I once asked their mother, 'What is it about my boy that your girls love so much?' She sighed, shook her head wonderingly and said, 'I DON'T know.' If you were looking from the outside in, you would have thought, "Well what COULD there be?"
Sophie, on the other hand, I've known since birth. I remember the first day we were going to see her. Her uncle and I went to Sears to pick out some clothes that weren't worn by her sister, and apparently I was taking too long picking out the perfect one. Uncle told me in no uncertain terms, "I just want to go see my new neice." And so we did. She was beautiful that day, and she's gorgeous today, just like her mother.
Ever since that day, I've been able to (somewhat) share in the joy that is Calla and Sophia. I'm feeling a tinge of sadness today that I will miss all the days in between seeing them after they move. And I will miss their mother and father terribly. They are absolutely fabulous people that I'm sorry I'm losing from my life, and from my boys lives.
And since this narrative deserves more than I can give tonight, I will continue it tomorrow.... 6月7日 Wow...it's been awhile.But I've been busy...really I have. I even have proof. I just have to figure out how to show everyone....:)
Ok, so here is the reason I'm mentally exhausted at the end of every night. He's so darn cute, I forget about the 10 minutes it takes to change his diaper.
5月17日 Toddler Beds and Flying Trapeze ArtistsYes, my son Samuel is a flying trapeze artist. Yesterday morning, my husband reported finding him on the floor closer to the dresser than he was to the crib. This means that not only did he fall to the floor, but he actually took a flying leap of faith, trusting he would somehow be ok when he got to the bottom. I thinks he's made of steel sometimes. Despite this thought of his make-up I was immediately convinced that he should move into a bed. I could not fathom giving him another chance to perform death-defying leaps. My husband and his mother (and probably most other people would agree with them) both said that we should try him in the crib again before the bed trials began. I held fast and we went to get the bed anyway. After an exhausting afternoon of Samuel wanting nothing to do with his beautiful new bed and a nap on the couch, we gave the bed another try. To no avail. So, put him in the crib then! He'll get used to the bed eventually right? Nope. After hearing the dull thud of my baby hitting the ground again, I resolutely promised myself to never put him in there again. It was either my soothing story-reading voice, the jolt to his noggin, or his complete exhaustion that let him have the decency to fall asleep on his little bed around 9:00. Then wake up at 4:30. But that's another story. 4月22日 Harry PotterMan, oh man, I finally figured out why I couldn't link Harry Potter books to Amazon. I've been trying to get those books on my list for months. The title is supposed to be 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', but to link it, I played around until 'Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets' finally worked. Tisk tisk Amazon. That's not the proper title! :) Back from the BrinkI have so much to say today, that I'm not sure where to start. Our computer has been offline for a couple of days because I royally screwed it up. I voluntarily downloaded the W32.pinfi virus because I was trying to do something slightly illegal (enter Karma) and completely kaffed my system. When I say completely, I mean the computer would turn on, BEEP loudly, and display a blue screen that read 'Fatal System Error, You Broke the Damn Thing.'
It is an extremely daunting sentence to see on your $2000+ system. And even though I thought calling the 'experts' where I bought the computer would solve my problem, I still had to call the gods at Dell to help me. You see, there is a big difference between 'ALT' and 'CTRL' (which I used to pronounce citril thanks to my mother) when you're trying to kick the motherboard into setup mode.
Alas, after three harrowing days without the computer (what the hell are we supposed to do whilst drinking our coffee in the morning?) Dell sent me the CD's to fix my moronic mistake via Puralator. Express no less, arriving in just over 24 hours. Now that's service.
So while I sit back in comfort enjoying that the Montreal Canadiens are leading their game 3-1 against Tampa Bay right now, I decided to check who, or what, had stumbled across my life while searching Google. 9 times out of 10, it's someone who has googled Michael Buble, and guess what pops up. My stupid dream. How embarassing. "Hey, look at this loser in Canada who had a stupid dream about Buble and wrote about it on the internet. Now everyone who can will search it and laugh their *ahem* asses off. For days.
Whatever.
I miss my sister-in-law, her husband and their children. I don't get to see them anymore. I miss my other sister-in-law. I never see her or talk to her or read her blog since she doesn't have one. At least I hear something from the first one! I miss my mother-in-law and father-in-law. They're so bloody funny, both in their own right. I miss my brother, and his girlfriend I've never met, and my first ever niece that I've never met. And I miss my mother. It's been too long now that I almost (ALMOST!) don't care why we haven't spoken since September.
That's a pretty loaded day for me! 4月14日 I MADE CINNAMON BUNSWell, not exactly buns, or even rolls for that matter. They're more like cinnamon cupcakes. And they were so bloody delicious after all this time craving them, I can't even begin to express it. Here's why they tasted so good:
They taste like dough.
They taste like sugar.
They taste like cinnamon.
There...those are my requirements. Pretty simple. I didn't even bother trying to roll up the dough into a fancy log. The dough is so damn sticky from the xantham gum I just dropped it into a muffin tray, drizzled butter on top and sprinkled on cinnamon and sugar. Even a little bit of icing. Sure the dough is a little wet but I'll just cook it longer next time. I couldn't wait to get one in my mouth. I think I stuffed the whole thing in there at once.
I'm so damn happy I could cry. 4月11日 ***You Passed 8th Grade Science******You Passed 8th Grade Science***
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