Got my new computer yesterday! Almost exactly as I expected–noon on Friday. You can tell the computer is used..a couple marks and torn off stickers but the computer seems set up well with lots of software that I had already planned on loading. It’s definitely faster than my old one. The speakers were missing their power cord so I have to email them about that. But yay!
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Lexi question
I mentioned Lexi had picked up on some phrases. This morning was a full sentence question. We were sitting at the kitchen table eating pancakes and watching the Noggin channel. She says, “What’s this coming on?” Um, Wonder Pets.
delurking
So I see from several people’s blogs it’s delurking week. All 2 of you can come out of hiding now :). Seriously. I’ve seen my stats.
Emma’s story
I actually just listened to Emma’s story telling and wrote it down as she talked. She was holding an alphabet K letter that had a Koala on it. And the story goes:
And then they sleeped all morning. And then the donkey came along and they couldn’t fool it because the wolf came along and fooled it and then the koala came along and socked it because he don’t know how to color it and he socked it because he has the letter K on his back and he’s never had a computer.
LOL, alrighty.
Lexi Update
Lexi has really been talking more lately. She still doesn’t say everything very clearly but it’s getting better and she seems to like phrases. Like the latest one is “That’s right”. The other night we were at my ILs and she was trying to say a word to tell me something that she saw in the closet and I finally understood her christmas tree phrase (more like smismus chee) and she said “That’s right”. But it’s with this cute southern twang. And she says stuff like
- Sowwy, Mommy.
- Mommy, Look!
- Wuv oo!
- Don’t know.
- Wha dat noise?
- Shh, baby seeping.
- Anoder one
- Hep me!–the other night I tried to take her from Scott to take her to bed and she said Hep me! Not sure who she was talking to but we cracked up.
And she’s started this snoring thing when she pretends she is asleep. She will do the dramatic breath-in with a little snort–shooo. It’s so cute.
Also I’ve realized she can be quite anal, for lack of a better word. She obviously enjoys schedules as she is almost like a clock when it comes to napping and eating. And I noticed when she eats she always fixes her stuff. Like she always has to put her drink back in the same spot. One time she got upset because I put the drink down on the right side of her plate when it had been on the left side of the plate. She fixed it and then kept on eating. And she insists she sit in her seat, even if it was just her seat for the day. When we were in Maryland, she cried when my cousin sat in “her” seat. It took us a few minutes to figure out what it was, but sure enough that’s what it was. And she’s pretty adamant about what belongs to whom. Even my drink and shoes and such. She labels everything. Daddy’s shoes. Mommy’s shoes. Mommy’s necklace. Emma’s blanket. My Dora. My Paci. My cup. etc. Anyway, it will be interesting to see how it plays out later in life.
And she ALWAYS has to have something in her hands. And she will even hold them for days. Literally. She has had this little Dora book and kitty I bought her at Target Tuesday night. She took them to bed with her and Scott tried to take it out of her hand while she was sleeping and she clamped down on them when she felt them leaving her hands. She took them to school today and still had them in her hands when she got back in the van.
But she is the one who always puts everyone in a good mood. As long as she is not hungry or tired, she is always in a good mood. She’s quite a character and makes everyone laugh. J&W are her Sunday School teachers and they always say they could squeeze her and they make her laugh.
She still has her paci and blankie which I have no idea how we’re going to get that paci from her. I tried taking it away about two weeks ago and it was not pretty. I have heard all the tricks but bottom line when she realizes it’s gone, it’s not going to be fun.
But she is my baby. She always makes me smile and I could squeeze her and kiss her until she couldn’t take it anymore.
Podcasts
So with my new iPod, I have found several Podcasts…want to know what I’m listening to? I’m listing it in somewhat of an order of what I like most/listen to most:
- Central Church of God
- Daily Audio Bible
- Grey’s Anatomy
- Joel Osteen
- Love Jesus, Hate Church
- Joyce Meyer
- Ace & TJ
- Podrunner (haven’t actually listened to yet but supposed to be good for cycling running at a consistent rate)
And of course once I get my church’s/youth group’s online, it will be there as well.
Waiting impatiently
I’m really ready for my new computer. FedEx tracking has not been updated since Saturday morning! That’s such a bummer. I know it’s coming from the opposite side of the country but still! I have so much to do when it gets here! I have a feeling I know what I’ll be doing this weekend!
What up
I’m feeling bored at the moment. Waiting on my manager to update my queue. I’m in between projects right now (the ones that can last up to months), trying to stay busy with all the little things which really isn’t enough. And right now is review time and I’m having to fill out a bunch of really awkward, boring surveys about people I work with every day.
So yesterday my doctor was REALLY nice to me. I was shocked. I even told him flat out that I hadn’t done my lotion like he requested because it hurt like fire and he was fine with it. I kept expecting some sort of really long speech about how if I didn’t live in a submarine or diamond mine, I should be doing it (really, got that speech two visits ago).
We did end up going out to eat with my family and then headed to Target afterwards to get my Dyson (see previous post). So of course I came home and vacuumed the whole house! Which apparently it needed it because the whole thing was full when I was done. Lots of carpet fuzz. Which the Rainbow guy said that was because there is sand in our dirt and it tears the carpet up, literally.
So I got our youth group’s video in mpg format out on that web site (email me if you want the link, i’d rather not post here). Yay! Just waiting on my new computer to install my editing software to get the rest of the stuff set up. It’s not the best quality. Especially since we use blacklights for lighting and I’m just recording it with our personal camcorder. I really recorded it more for the audio for a podcast than for the video. I just think people would use the audio podcast more than the video since most people have a nano.
Did anyone watch House last night?? It was SO good. Best episode in quite some time. But here’s what I don’t get. How come House couldn’t get charged with stealing the oxy even though it wasn’t oxy (even though really it was) when he thought it WAS oxy. So if he THOUGHT he was just stealing sugar pills and it was really oxy pills, could he be charged with stealing oxy pills. Well, that makes no sense. Shouldn’t what you intended to steal count for something? I know people could lie and say they didn’t know what they were stealing but STILL. HE KNEW HE WAS STEALING A PRESCRIPTION. I just think that is backwards! Anyway, Heather and I watched it together and at the end when they showed clips for the next ones, we both said in unions THREE WEEKS! Not fair. Except for the fact that it’s because of American Idol. That sort of makes it ok.
And did you hear the news? Cameron and Chase are engaged in real life? Didn’t see that one comin!