Life as we know it...

Is about to drastically change. I have a walker. My darling beautiful babe is now trying to toddle all over the place. Do you think my place is child-proofed? Yeah right.

Oh.

Shit.

Here is the babe. Isn't she beautiful?

There was a reason I started this blog...

I have yet to post on the subject, the reason I started this blog, and that was my wonderful children. In particular my new daughter, who as I think about it, isn't very new anymore at all. She's 10 mos old. I also have a 16 year old, soon to be 17 year old son. I KNOW nuts right? Huge age difference and some days I really DO think I am crazy.

Today is one of those days. My daughter has decided that sleep is beneath her. She has also decided that sleep of any kind can not be done in her own bed. And why is all of this ok with my DH? I want my bed back and a full nights sleep (I only need about 6 it's not alot to ask for.) But he is content to let her stay with us so I guess all the hard work of sleep training is all on me.

The reason this is so frustrating is because she has always slept very well. Not always sleeping through the night, but minimal wake ups and easily put back to sleep. Even seemed to like her own room and crib. Well not anymore. Those stupid experts can tell you jack shit. Every kid is different. And just when you think you've got your kid's deal figured out, they will flip it on you and have you scratching your head. Well that's where I'm at right now, scratching my head.

D&D's Iced coffees are my best friends these days.

Oh where or where have our sleep fairies gone?

New Yorkers and their Pizza

Last night my DH and I ordered a pizza for dinner. Now if you are not from my area of the country (Southwestern CT close to NYC) You may not know that New Yorkers, maybe more than Chicagoeans even, are very particular about their pizza. According to my DH there is no good pizza to be found where we live, he just tolerates what we can get. Where we live the pizza is definitely different. There are an abundance of Greek owned restaurants that make pizza. In case you have never had Greek pizza, it can be characterized as cut into rough squares rather than large triangles, and the layer of cheese is VERY thick. You NEVER have to order extra cheese with Greek pizza. I happen to really like this style of pizza. Yes NYC has some really great pizza restaurants but to have such an elitist attitude over pizza is nuts to me. It's not a t-bone steak or a lovely steamed lobster or chocolate mousse for goodness sake. It's Pizza! BTW DH is not even from NYC, he is from the suburbs. Go figure.

9-11

Yesterday I spent most of the day hiding from most coverage of commemorations of the day as well as the documentaries. I will never forget so in my opinion I didn't need all the news stories or the President to remind me what a horrible tragic day this was 5 years ago. It will not bring back all the dead. Let's honor their memory in another way or better yet, lets take better steps to ensure this does not happen again.

So I'm not exactly sure how this whole blog thing is going to play out. The truth is I'm very lazy and generally my philosphy in life is to get by with the bare minimum. So for me to embark on something such as this where I would have to frequently update or at least check in often so as not to let myself look like an uninteresting loser is a huge step. There is a method to this madness.

I decided to start "blogging" because 1. I was always interested in blogs and the things that people out there on the World Wide Web felt compelled to share with others on the world wide web. The truth is, not all these blogs are all that interesting. I felt that worked in my favor. I DEFINATELY have more to say than most. And 2. I found myself venting and unloading alot more to my online message board buddies (meaning in text-written form) rather than outloud to live people. A blog was starting to make a lot of sense to me. This will be a means of journaling my thoughts without having to pick up pen or paper because in case you forgot that quickly, I am lazy and I don't do much once I leave the workplace. Blogging can be maintained at work :) Soooo, I hope I have not been borring so far and stay tuned, I am sure I can come up with some interesting rants.