Jun 28, 2008

A Happy Suprise

Tuesday was Jamey's birthday (I'm 6 months older than him and I have spent 6 months enduring taunts from him about how old I am)...we came home from the Silver Stars to this:

It was very very sweet--and a mystery.

Now he's thirty too. HA! Welcome to adulthood--grin.

They decorated very well...it took us a solid day to figure out who the decorator was.

It was our friend's T and R (two over the hill fogeys themselves).

Jamey had a quiet low key birthday. We went to see a Silver Stars game where I had arranged a special surprise on the jumbo-tron. It didn't cost anything (which is what he wanted) and it was something different and unexpected for him. And of course generated birthday wishes all around from our Silver Stars friends. The Silver Stars were playing the Houston Comets...we lost, but one of Micci's favourite (former) Silver Stars players now plays for the Comets, Shannon "Pee Wee" Johnson. On our way out of the arena (we stay late to do some cheering and such) we saw Pee Wee leaving out of the same door we were about to leave out of. Because Mic was being shy, I called out to her, and told her how much Micci missed her playing for the team and that she is his favourite all time player. Jamey managed to push Mic up to her so he could shake her hand and say hi. It was a very sweet moment.

And then we cam home to the aformentioned very sweet birthday surprise.

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Feb 22, 2008

Birthday Pics

Finally as promised: Mic's birthday Pics.

Mic's awesome Dino Birthday Cake. His birthday was dinosaur themed...we bought it at HEB and it roars!

Dino's attack!!

This is what Micci had been begging for for weeks. Wasn't this what kids were into ten years ago??? Lesson: never throw out a toy--it'll come back.

More can be viewed on this Flickr Page. Check it out and feel free to comment.

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Feb 11, 2008

When the Human Head is NOT buoyant

It was Micci's birthday yesterday--his SIXTH birthday. Like an idiot I forgot to bring our camera to his party. Luckily, my friend brought hers--once she downloads them I'll post some here. He had a dinosaur birthday as per his request, we got a awesome roaring dinosaur cake (complete with a volcano and lava pit), with dinosaur gift bags and decorations--complete with dinosaur noses for the guests. Half our guests couldn't make it at the last minute since the mom came down with the flu. Nothing is worse than we Mom gets sick.

I myself can relate, since Saturday I came down with an allergy induced sinus infection (I blame cleaning--I kicked up too much dust). Luckily I was only laid up in bed Saturday and felt better Sunday for Mic's party. Being sick put me seriously behind in my knitting--with my head feeling like it was 50 pounds and dizziness when I sat up: knitting just wasn't in the cards.

In just two days I ran through two boxes of tissues and now I am resorting to rolls of toilet paper. I am constantly amazed just how much snot the human head can produce.

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Dec 4, 2007

Happy Birthday to ME!!!!

Guess what day it is!!?! It's Birdy's 30th bithday!!

I don't know what to think about this milestone of age. Part of my cringes...30 is SO OLS..the other part is like well you don't look 30 and what does it matter any way??

All sorts of interesting things happened on this date. Notable birthdays include, John Cotton, Mariesa Tomei, Tyra Banks, Jay-Z, Rilke, Margeret Cho, and Big Pokey was actually born the same year as I was...Maybe Kimmy can tell me who that is.

Happy Birthday!!!

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Nov 30, 2007

Almost Made It

I didn't quite make the goal of NaNoBloMo (although it was SO MUCH fun o say)...I think I missed two maybe three days. Better than my previous attempts at NaNoWriMo...that was just sad and depressing.

I finall deleted all 16K worth of spam on my main email address. It's amazing how much spam I get...I have a blog no one (hardly) goes to--yet I have Spam everywhere! (Which I need to go and delete all that I got today.)

J. had the day of--and we have a birthday party tomorrow--so we went to the mall and bought a toy for the birthday boy. It's the kid's first b-day party--and I am SO nervous about the present. Is it enough? Will he like it? Does he already have it? Do the parents want it? (I get anal about the kids' toys--I like to keep the catagory quaity down) We also shopped for some stuff for J.'s Deli...I think it wore the kids out. They are both passed out on the floor. WHich is so vert lovely, since 5 minues ago they were screeching and bothering each other.

So since latr last night--I got 309 emails...one which was sent a month from now and a dozen or so that will be sent tomorrow I LOVE spam time travel!!!

Well, now that the kids are asleep--I am off to make ma self some popcorn!

OH--before I foget--my birthday is Tuesday--and those that care and love me...my Amazon wish list is over there to the right...

Smirk, I have needs after all...

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Nov 15, 2007

Sorry for the brains on your shirt

Whew!!!!!!

Today was so much FUN! Birdy's Knits was having technical issues this morning. Only thing that kept my head from exploding as my knitting. But, all is fine and no one was harmed.

In other head exploding events, Kimmy is 18 years old--my baby sister is an adult! How did that happen? I remember her, clear as day, being Lorelei's age. Not only that but in THREE WEEKS I will be THIRTY!! 30. Three zero.

I'll be buying my self something special: a penny whistle.

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Oct 3, 2007

Procrastination!!!

It's what I do best.

I am not dead. Just trying to keep my sanity and clean the house.

If you didn't hear the screaming from Texas: here's what happened:

WAAAAAAAAAH!!! Lorelei CUT her hair!! SOB! It was finally long enough to pull back into a pony tail and she CUTS it. Now it's too short to even put into pig tails.

In other news: I do have pictures of Lorelei's birthday party. I need to finish editing them for the web. Then I'll post some and put the rest onto Flickr. ALSO: Craig is here for a two week visit. He came over last night and the kids were wildly happy that he was here.

Thank you all for your support (I love getting comments!! Keep 'em comin'!)--I've just been overwhelmed with housework and non-listening 5 year olds.

A parting picture of Lorelei's hair...I knowit will gorw back, but still... I have hair issues.

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Sep 23, 2007

Ma baby girl is THREE!!

I have a weird hang up with people growing up...it just freaks em out. Even though it's inevitable and inexorable it still weirds me out to see friend's having kids and my kids turning into little kids instead of babies.

Lorelei had a great birthday. We went as a family to Mr. Gatti's--we had picked up a super cute My Little Pony cake (which had a slight unfortunate accident). We met our friend Marcie and we ate and played and opened up all of Lorelei's various Pony gifts. T & R came too! T. had to work so they brought their daughter towards the end but with enough time to spare for the kids to play and go nuts.

Lorelei got a fantastic fisher price doll house from her grand parents--she's been playing with it pretty much none stop--actually Micci has been having lots of fun as well. Lorelei also got her Pony baby--got two actually--so she's been attending them in her spare time. It's so cute how she runs back and forth.

I think what I'll miss most is getting free food for Lorelei.

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Sep 12, 2007

Birthday Wishes

Jamey: Lorelei, where do you want to go for your birthday?

Lorelei: Pony!!

Jamey: Lori, WHERE do you want to go for your party??

Lorelei: Pony Candles!!!

Jamey (trying a new tactic): What do you want to eat at your birthday?

Lorelei: Pony CAKE!!!! It's my faay-vit.

I think it's safe to say Lorelei wants a My Little Pony birthday.

She also wants that new Pony Baby for her present. Of all the toys she "wants" when she sees the commercial--this was the only one she went ape shit for. I think it's the combo of dolly and PONY!!!

What I can't believe is that Lori's birthday NEXT Saturday.

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Feb 25, 2007

Pictures and My Obsessions

I found my camera the other day--in my knitting bag. Sigh. My knitting is like some sort of gnome that steals and hides stuff. Most of the time if I am missing something and I find it--I find it in with my knitting.

Of course I found it after Mic's birthday and L.'s wedding. I just developed the film I took over Christmas and for Mic's birthday.

The Thomas the Tank Engine Cake I made. Inside it's chocolate, blue and yellow cake (what Mic wanted) and I iced it all by myself. It's actually the first cake I decorated totally by myself. I think it looks pretty accurate to the sketch I made.

Here's Micci playing hot potato with his party guests. It's sadly the only picture that came out showing the people at the party.

Lorelei eating crckers waiting for the party to start.

Micci insisted that he wear the birthday crown and the party hat. This was before the hair cut--which he thanksfully got a few days before L.'s wedding.

This was NOT Mic's birthday, but a pic from Christmas. It took me ages to clean up after Christmas.

On to other things...I finished up the last Harry Potter book last night--well the last published. I cried so hard. Mind you I have read this book 4 times...and I still cry like a baby at the end. Actually I cried twice. As Jamey handed me a tissue, he said, "It's just a story--it's not real." Yeah, but J.K. Rowling is a terrific writer. It's roughly 145 days till the seventh and last harry Potter book comes out. (I am tempted to put a count down banner up...really really tempted) I can barely stand the wait. I spend my days reading The Leaky Cauldron forums and essays. I want to start knitting something Harry Potterish as a count down to the book and movie...yip yip. Which gives me a real fun idea...I could make tons a wee hats in honor of S.P.E.W. and donate them to hospitals for infants. Hmmm--that is a neat idea.

It didn't fit right into my story yesterday, but we also bought Micci a computer last night. A refurbished tower for $139--we already have monitor, keyboard and mouse already...Mic was so excited. So am I--no fighting over computer time! Mic was confused however, because he kept trying to find the screen on the tower. My computer is a Gateway Profile (a flat screen with a computer inside) and Jamey's computer is a laptop--so neither of us have working towers.

We may still end up fighting over internet time. We aren't, for now, setting his computer up to the 'net--so there might come a time when he wants to go to nickjr or noggin. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

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Feb 12, 2007

Swiss Cheese for Brains

Everyone who knows me knows I have a horrible, horrible memory. I am not even 30, but I am convinced that by 40 I'll no longer remember where I live.

In recounting Micci's birthday party I forgot to actually talk about what happened at his party. Sigh, why do I even blog if I can't tell a story?? So he's the story. <>p>We arrived at Mr. Gatti's really early....just to make sure we weren't late--because that happens A LOT--just so happened everyone else was late. That's okay--because they showed up and Mic had kids, actual kids at his party. Everyone, employees and party goers alike, admired the cake I made. I don't have pictures of it right now because I can't remember where i put my camera and so we had to use some disposables we have laying around. We stuffed our selves with pizza and buffet items (me salad and tons of baked potatoes) And our party planner entertained the kids, which made the 150 dollar expenditure totally worth it. Mic was so excited that he learned out to play Hot Potato.

So excited in fact that when it came to blowing out his candles and making the wish....we had to do it three times. First immediately after lit the candles, Lorelei blew them out, because she hates fire and is afraid of birthday candles. Second in the midst of singing, "Happy Birthday" and then third and finally when we actually let go of his mouth so he could blow out the candles and make his wish.

I forgot that Lorelei is afraid of birthday candles. Bad, because she totally and memorably freaked out on her birthday. We're not totally sure why fire frightens her so, she's never been burned by fire or been close or been in a frightening candle situation.

I bought Micci a balloon bouquet for HEB before the party (a Thomas Mylar and 4 latex balloons), they were weighed down with Safety-Pops but they proved to tempting a weight for Lorelei. Luckily one of the tall young men that worked there was able to get the balloons back to me--the A/C current had pushed the bunch to the jungle gym so the young man was able to climb on top to rescue my balloons.

Stupid me, also already finished the book I got yesterday at Half Price Books--so I have nothing to read when I am unable to knit, i.e on the Loo or while eating. Instead, I read all morning...when I could have been knitting. Someday I'll figure out how to knit and eat; knit and do dishes. Life would be perfect.

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Feb 10, 2007

The Big FIVE

Micci is five today. I've been a Mommy for five years--it's very unreal. Scroll around that month for the wonderousness that is the first month of motherhood.

I got up super early (yes Mother, 8 am is SUPER DUPER early for me now--always has been--nothing you can do will ever change that) in the chilly morning (okay here in South Texas 40 degrees is very very cold)--never mind it was a Saturday. All for the love of my son...for his birthday and it's accompanying party just so we'd be all prepared. I had horrid flashbacks to when I worked a nine to five (or in my case 8 to 4.30) job and had to get up in the dark and shower when it was cold. I HATE showering in the cold. My sacrifice was worth it though--we got there early, actually too early, and everyone else was running a teensy bit late.

We had a really fun party at Mr. Gatti's (pizza buffet-with baked taters, yum!-and token games)--it was Micci's first little kid party. Everyone had loads of fun. Mic exchanged his tickets for a bunch of teeny animals and dinosaurs...of course. I even got to knit on my socks--so that was awesome.

I spent a half an hour perusing my blog from when Mic was first born. I miss that wee baby--but Mic the big kid of five is awesomely neat and I wouldn't want him any other way. But my blog DID NOT capture the first frantic months of his babyhood--except in long breaks between blog posts.

Micci this year has grown A LOT--length wise and emotionally. We're able to talk about things in new ways and I get to see more of his quirky, fun personality and his crazy sense of humour. It's also been hard because now that he's growing up, he's pushing my buttons and I find my self wish I was anywhere but here. Between the mean mommy comments and his know it all attitude, it's been very trying...but well someday I'll look back and laugh...far far into the future.

Oh,Mic did love how his cake turned out. I can't find my camera, again, so we used some disposables--once those get printed I'll post then here. The cake turned out just like my sketch. I was proud of my first attempt at decorating a cake.

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Feb 8, 2007

Birthday: Two Days Away

Yesterday I finally began feeling better. After J. got home from work headed out and did errands for Micci's birthday party on Saturday. I also bought the sweetest dress for Lorelei to wear to L.'s wedding. Then to Dollar Tree for the party favors--I LOVE Dollar Tree. I got a mess of stuff for only 30 bucks. They also have fun candy that you never see any where else--like super duper peanut filled Snickers.

Today I plan on making Micci's cake and then spending tomorrow decorating (cursing) Mic's cake. I sketched it out today. I just hope I can translate it to icing.

Mic wants a chocolate AND yellow cake with bright blue frosting. He wasn't too impressed with the sketch. Micci wants a cake shaped like Thomas, well, they are out of that at the cake store--so you're getting this masterpiece. I also broke it to him that he's not getting presents at his birthday party--the kids being there is the present. Frankly he's got enough presents coming from family and his room is full of toys (never mind a total mess)--he doesn't need MORE toys.

I just can't believe he'll be 5 this year. It's so weird. My baby is a big boy. I just can't wait till he can stay dry every night.

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