Johari Window

Seen over at lyricmaniac's and subsequently everywhere.

Please take a moment and go to this link, choosing 5-6 words you feel best describe me. I'm interested in seeing what everyone thinks about me based on my writing!

http://kevan.org/johari?name=lyndalynda

Writer's Block: Marital license

I really don't think the government should be involved at all in licensing or certifying marriages. I actually think it's pretty ludicrous that they are.

Twitter Updates for 2010-02-28

• So far it's like a typical Saturday morning as if Mark were just sleeping in. It's going well. #
• Noah's down for a nap already. He's a snotterpus today. #
• Elias just asked, "Where Daddy?" #
• Elias likes coloring with brown, black, yellow and redthe most. #
• I'm ready for my nap now. Yawn. #
• Despite Leah's efforts to thwart me, both boys are down for a nap. Hope it sticks for Noah! #
• I'm so sick of getting @replies from idiots: @rtlewis777 @femlaw @punkinmoon @ShaGibbs @cag1223 @twilight2000. Wish I could just delete. #
• Why won't these brownies make themselves? #
• I just talked to Mark. He's about 350 miles away from his parent's house. He's making good time! #
• Elias is not yet actually asleep, but seems quite content to hang out in bed. Every once in a while he softly chatters or sings. #
• I asked him much earlier if he was ready for a nap. He shushed me with his finger raised to his lips and whispered, "Quiet." #
• RT @mental_floss: We lost Mister Rogers 7 years ago today. Here are 15 reasons he was the best neighbor ever — http://bit.ly/b4WmMr #
• That's it. I'm preheating the oven. Brownies are being made. #
• Brownies are in the oven! #
• I smell brownies! #
• Dinner is in the oven! (Frozen chicken/veggie/rice bake. Mark's the cook so I'm going for easy town tonight. We did leftovers last night.) #
• Noah is a stuffy nosed mess, but he seems to be coping pretty well. #
• Elias is playing with duplos. Poor little thing gets so frustrated when he can't get the blocks to stay together right. #
• 30 minutes until dinner. Wonder if Noah will make it. #
• I love listening to Elias sing. #
• I can't believe how mellow Noah's being for how stuffed up he is. #
• Dinner's over and cleaned up. Elias didn't eat as usual. Next major task is bedtime which is tricky because Noah usually goes first. #
• Hearing ElIas tell Swiper to stop swiping is hilarious. He is so concerned. #
• Boys in bed; watching Bridezillas. Where do they find these women? #
• This Bridezillas is actually kind of sweet. #
• Still watching Bridezillas. Dude calls off wedding after an incident-free dance lesson just because it was a dance lesson. Huh? #
• This is like the Cops of weddings. #
• This chick thinks she can just arrive late to her rehearsal, even though someone else has already reserved the space an hour after her. #
• She yells angrily and curses innocent people, absolutely ignoring her 3 year old daughter sitting next to her in the car. poor poor kid. #
• OMG. The Bridezilla said her 3yo had to get over herself because she didn't want to put on her dress. ALMOST 3. Just an accessory. #
• Vomit. This woman is horrid to her little girl. I wnt to go give Elias a hug. #
• This bitch's young nephew goes missing and she's upset it delays her party. "Where's the candy" she says, sugesting a place to look. #
• Rofl. This bridezilla quit her job because it was too stressful to do while planning a wedding. #
• 23 year old Bridezilla forbid her 21 year old fiance from having a bachelor party and makes them have a joint celebration with HER friends. #
• Awww. At least this bridezilla is affectionate to her young daughter. #
• I had too many brownies today. #
• JLo on SNL? I haven't seen any of her skits, but this musical performance is embarrassing. #
• I just spoke to Mark. He's settled in at his friend's house and about to get some much needed sleep. I should go to sleep too… #

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Elias saying Night Night

LOST

At this point I'm thinking that the alternate reality is caused by something that happens at the end of this season and not the bomb. Definitely not the bomb or anything Juliette did.

"Don't tell me what I can't do!" Interesting that Smokey uttered Locke's catchphrase.

More thoughts in the morning, maybe

WWYD Internets?

I'm feeling lonely this morning, but I can't bring myself to post in my public blog. I'd like to start actually blogging about things again instead of just little snippet updates about my kids that no one cares about except family. In particular, I have many thoughts on customer service that I'd like to write down all in one place because it seems that no one can provide good customer service OR be a good customer. But whatever.

It's almost quarter after 8am and Elias is still sleeping which is uncharacteristic for him, even if he's sick, which he's not. I'm going to go in and check on him shortly.

On the topic of moving, I need some advice from y'all. Mark and I are in agreement that we don't want another baby for a few years, so do we move all the baby stuff with us? I found it incredibly convenient to already have this stuff on hand when Noah came around... I don't really want to buy this stuff all over again, but I don't think it makes any sense to move it.

We have a portable swing, a huge side-to-side swing, a bouncy seat and a bebePod in particular that I am thinking of giving away before we move. Would you get rid of these things or hold onto them? We're definitely going to move the jumparoo and exersaucer because Noah can still use them. He could still use the swing too, but he's always hated it.

Oh wells, Noah is getting upset at being on the floor, so I gotta go.

Noah, Sick and Sleepy

Project 365 – Day 22

Noah’s getting a tiny bit more fuzz on the top of his head. We think he may start out blond if he ever gets enough to fill in to form a color!

He was sick with this stomach bug yesterday, but seemed a lot better today. He must have been super tired this evening since he was mildly cranky from about 5pm onward. He went out like a light at 7pm and still hasn’t stirred once, as of 12:30am.

He’s been sleeping so well lately. He seems to be really comfortable in the bed and knows that if he needs me, I’ll be there. I love seeing independence take shape. Soon we may try laying him to sleep at night in the pack n play. He’d likely come back to bed with me in the middle of the night if he woke though I would really enjoy some room on my side of the bed to spread out. I have no idea how he does this, but we’ll start out fully on my side of the bed with room to spare and by 4am I’m a quarter of the way into Mark’s side of the bed. And we have a king sized bed! Elias was the same way.

We never even tried moving Elias out of our bed at night until he was 10 months old and started to crawl. For a few weeks prior to that, I’d awake to find him flipped with his feet up near my head, or he would try to climb over top of me half asleep. It was pretty obvious he wanted some space to himself and he had zero problems whatsoever transitioning. I don’t know if it’s time yet for Noah; I guess we’ll see.

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Through my Eyes

Project 365 – Day 21

This was taken through my eyeglasses of this photograph (which is quite a bit better than my photo here leads you to believe!) [I searched specifically for a file with the attribution creative commons license, so hopefully there's no issue with my use of it.]

I was inspired after seeing the same idea in another 365 stream.

I’m not quite happy with how this turned out, but I really like the idea and may revisit it! I’m especially excited to try it taking a picture of something other than my computer monitor.

Flickr notes: I’m so excited this was Explored! It appeared on page 17 of explore tonight. I don’t know if it will stay there or how it really works, but more exposure to my images is exciting!

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Noah Sitting Up

Project 365 – Day 20

Noah is still wobbly sitting unassisted, but today he was able to sit upright long enough for me to go get my camera and take a picture. He played with the toys in front of him for a good couple of minutes before tipping over. The pillow behind him is not propping him up, it’s just in case he falls directly backward, which he didn’t.

He’ll be 7.5 months old on Friday. Elias started sitting unassisted well around 7 months, 3 weeks. We captured his first time sitting unassisted as well:

This stomach virus Elias brought home has been making its way through the family. All was well on Saturday and Sunday, so we thought it must have been food poisoning. Then I got it on Monday and spent Tuesday recovering. Today Noah and Mark are experiencing symptoms, though thankfully no vomiting!

I can deal with runny noses and congestion. I don’t like this stomach bug one bit!

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Easy Potato Side Dish

Project 365 – Day 19

We ate dinner late. Lemon pepper chicken, this potato side dish and a vegetable side dish which included carrots and sugar snap peas. The potatoes were super yummy and easy to make! This made about 3-4 servings:

RECIPE:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 new potatoes (depending on size), cut into 1 inch chunks
• 1/2 medium white onion, diced
• 4 cloves of garlic, minced
• Dried thyme, oregano, salt and pepper to taste (about 1 tsp of all except pepper)*
• Olive oil

* We would have used rosemary if we had any – use whatever herbs, spices or seasonings you like!

ASSEMBLY:

1. Cut all the vegetables and place on a cookie sheet.
2. Drizzle with olive oil (1-2 TBSP)
3. Add herbs, salt and pepper to taste.
4. Mix well on the cookie sheet, spreading out evenly.
5. Cook about 30-40 minutes until potatoes are tender, tossing well every 15 minutes.

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