Saturday, October 24, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Gunshots and Bums!
This is our life. Saturday night, a gunshot at 11:30, RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR WINDOW, blasted! Moments later, another one. This one waking Jacob. It was a nightmare. And yes I called the cops!! It sounded like it came from our backyard!! And according to our neighbor, she thought it sounded that way too!!! We had the window open, so I knew which direction the shots came from. We turned off the lights inside, and called nine one one. The air was so dense, that as I was being recorded on the call, and looking out our OPEN kitchen window, I thought for sure my neighbors would hear me. Cus one of the 2 guys that live behind us were outside, on their back patio, with the lights on, they while I was still talking to the cops, they went in and shut off all their lights. I was scared to say the least!! And poor little baby boy...he was really not sure what to do, specially with mommy running around like a maniac (ok, not exactly!)
Next, the bum! Yesterday, at 3:30 in the afternoon, I was getting Jacob and all our gear out of the car, when I saw some weirdo old bum looking dude walking down our side street! He started to cut thru our yard by our little tree. But then he sees me. He stopped cutting through our yard and continues down the side street. However, before I got out of the car to unload, I saw an ambulance with their lights on down at First. Ok, no biggie. Then the (certainly drunk and or other chemical imbalanced!!!!) bum walks up, with his big beard and very large black backpack walking thru our yard. I get Jacob, and watch him walking up the street. I go inside, and unload the food in the kitchen, when I see a cop driving up from First towards our house...VERY FAST. I step out the back door, to see 3 more cops hauling ass up the side street!
My little ole lady neighbor steps out onto her porch, and looks around. I say "I am not sure what that is all about..." and she asks if I heard the shots...so I proceed to walk across the street to her house, and discuss the recent events. When MANY other (5 or 6 at least) MORE COPS come screaming up the street, turning around, driving crazy. Then one pulls up to us and asks "did you see a man with a beard..." YES I say, "he went that way"!!! The cop speeds off!
Then they are out on foot, tromping thru our muddy, unpaved alleys, and walking back up my street towards us. I yell, did you find him? "Yes, but now we are looking...for something else."
Great, there is some weapon or stolen property, or who knows what (but with the ambulance at the end of the street I am thinking gun or knife...) within a block or so of us! RIGHT NOW!!!
So I decide its best to get the babay back in the casa!
More cops are screeching around our block.
So, this was yesterday.
Today, I am driving to work, just a couple blocks from home, and see a suspicious purse and red coffee mug stuck in some bushes. I called non emergency popo to inform.
Have no conclusion to this!
Next, the bum! Yesterday, at 3:30 in the afternoon, I was getting Jacob and all our gear out of the car, when I saw some weirdo old bum looking dude walking down our side street! He started to cut thru our yard by our little tree. But then he sees me. He stopped cutting through our yard and continues down the side street. However, before I got out of the car to unload, I saw an ambulance with their lights on down at First. Ok, no biggie. Then the (certainly drunk and or other chemical imbalanced!!!!) bum walks up, with his big beard and very large black backpack walking thru our yard. I get Jacob, and watch him walking up the street. I go inside, and unload the food in the kitchen, when I see a cop driving up from First towards our house...VERY FAST. I step out the back door, to see 3 more cops hauling ass up the side street!
My little ole lady neighbor steps out onto her porch, and looks around. I say "I am not sure what that is all about..." and she asks if I heard the shots...so I proceed to walk across the street to her house, and discuss the recent events. When MANY other (5 or 6 at least) MORE COPS come screaming up the street, turning around, driving crazy. Then one pulls up to us and asks "did you see a man with a beard..." YES I say, "he went that way"!!! The cop speeds off!
Then they are out on foot, tromping thru our muddy, unpaved alleys, and walking back up my street towards us. I yell, did you find him? "Yes, but now we are looking...for something else."
Great, there is some weapon or stolen property, or who knows what (but with the ambulance at the end of the street I am thinking gun or knife...) within a block or so of us! RIGHT NOW!!!
So I decide its best to get the babay back in the casa!
More cops are screeching around our block.
So, this was yesterday.
Today, I am driving to work, just a couple blocks from home, and see a suspicious purse and red coffee mug stuck in some bushes. I called non emergency popo to inform.
Have no conclusion to this!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
My son the shit squisher!
Now this may sound like more than it is...so here is the story:
We are in his playroom, and he is in full squat position, when I hear grunting. Being a mother for 14 months to this day!!!, I know this noise, and I know it well. It will soon be followed by an olfactory NIGHTMARE!! What I was not expecting, was for my beautiful, pure, innocent little boy to go from squatting, to sitting, to rocking back and forth from side to side!!! With no hindrance, or reservation... Just the innocent knowledge of "oh, this feels warm and squishy and good!!" However that is run through a little boys mind at this young age. HE didn't even turn to see if I saw him, just the squishing. I began to laugh, then he turns. My response: "I saw that!! I TOTALLY just saw you do that!!!!!"
We are in his playroom, and he is in full squat position, when I hear grunting. Being a mother for 14 months to this day!!!, I know this noise, and I know it well. It will soon be followed by an olfactory NIGHTMARE!! What I was not expecting, was for my beautiful, pure, innocent little boy to go from squatting, to sitting, to rocking back and forth from side to side!!! With no hindrance, or reservation... Just the innocent knowledge of "oh, this feels warm and squishy and good!!" However that is run through a little boys mind at this young age. HE didn't even turn to see if I saw him, just the squishing. I began to laugh, then he turns. My response: "I saw that!! I TOTALLY just saw you do that!!!!!"
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Another moment to post
And I am on my hubby's pooter. The settings are different, and time is of the essence. Also, the keyboard is, well, not mine!!
Jacob is in his jumper, and we are listening to XM's love songs. It is great!!! However, it hardly quells the pain I feel for my dear friend. She is going thru a horrible loss. We took her to the airport yesterday, crying, sad, and I can only imagine (even though I don't want to know that kind of pain) what she is dealing with.
I lost my cousin. Julie. She died 5 years ago. An only child. In her first tri-mester, with her first child. She was out of town. In Boston, with her husband of just a couple years, looking for a new home. He was in the Armed Forces being transfered halfway across the US from where they lived. She had heartburn, or so she thought. Finally, on her mother's birthday, while her mom was on vacation in Hawaii, her mom convinced her to go to the hospital. She went. I don't know what they found, but the next day, a Saturday, they did emergency open heart surgery. They found that one of her heart valves was deficient. Probably a birth defect noone ever knew about. The doctors determined that if they proceded with the surgery, her heart would would harder than it ever had and may not be able to handle the workload. SO they sewed her up. She died and hour later..... She was 34, and this was 34 days after my grandma, her grandma too, passed at the age of 94.
My father, with his complete lack of sensitivity...and other things, called me while I was shopping at super target with Kelley, and just told me. Right then and there. No warning...no where are you...no come over for a bit....just that Julie was gone. I WAS IN PUBLIC!!!!! Not at all prepared for this. Her birthday was 4 days after mine, but she was nearly 5 years older. We were close. Very close. I screamed. Cursed. Yelled. Cried. RIght there in the middle of the candle section.
I have never written about this.
And I am inspired to get it out.
Now I have to stop this, and go make dinner...by adding protein.
I hate that they all have to go thru such a
Jacob is in his jumper, and we are listening to XM's love songs. It is great!!! However, it hardly quells the pain I feel for my dear friend. She is going thru a horrible loss. We took her to the airport yesterday, crying, sad, and I can only imagine (even though I don't want to know that kind of pain) what she is dealing with.
I lost my cousin. Julie. She died 5 years ago. An only child. In her first tri-mester, with her first child. She was out of town. In Boston, with her husband of just a couple years, looking for a new home. He was in the Armed Forces being transfered halfway across the US from where they lived. She had heartburn, or so she thought. Finally, on her mother's birthday, while her mom was on vacation in Hawaii, her mom convinced her to go to the hospital. She went. I don't know what they found, but the next day, a Saturday, they did emergency open heart surgery. They found that one of her heart valves was deficient. Probably a birth defect noone ever knew about. The doctors determined that if they proceded with the surgery, her heart would would harder than it ever had and may not be able to handle the workload. SO they sewed her up. She died and hour later..... She was 34, and this was 34 days after my grandma, her grandma too, passed at the age of 94.
My father, with his complete lack of sensitivity...and other things, called me while I was shopping at super target with Kelley, and just told me. Right then and there. No warning...no where are you...no come over for a bit....just that Julie was gone. I WAS IN PUBLIC!!!!! Not at all prepared for this. Her birthday was 4 days after mine, but she was nearly 5 years older. We were close. Very close. I screamed. Cursed. Yelled. Cried. RIght there in the middle of the candle section.
I have never written about this.
And I am inspired to get it out.
Now I have to stop this, and go make dinner...by adding protein.
I hate that they all have to go thru such a
Thursday, June 18, 2009
"....."
I am finally taking so OVERDUE moments to write a post. My beautiful and amazing son has changed my life in ways I would have never known. Now, if he would just lay back down and nap!!!
Since discovering how to pull himself up in bed, he hasn't yet figured out how to lay back down. And he cries. And cries...and for HOURS will just stand back up!
He sounds exhausted; we are.
However, he can now drink thru a straw, crawl like a mad man, and stand up on his toy lion, or hippo, or his little car and not fall over. He loves to be in hte water, and we just got him a baby pool last night! Can't wait to use it....but for now he needs to nap.
Just went in to put him back down, and it brings me to tears to see his little face sobbing at me for reprieve!
precious time requires me to do other things....
Since discovering how to pull himself up in bed, he hasn't yet figured out how to lay back down. And he cries. And cries...and for HOURS will just stand back up!
He sounds exhausted; we are.
However, he can now drink thru a straw, crawl like a mad man, and stand up on his toy lion, or hippo, or his little car and not fall over. He loves to be in hte water, and we just got him a baby pool last night! Can't wait to use it....but for now he needs to nap.
Just went in to put him back down, and it brings me to tears to see his little face sobbing at me for reprieve!
precious time requires me to do other things....
Sunday, April 19, 2009
I have so many things to do..
I dont even have enough time to put 3 dots at the end of the title for this blog!!! I am halfway thru doing many things, and still feel overwhelmed. (ps, Adam determind the correct definition of whelmed; (and I could sit here for several hours in a row and spiral out of comprehesive interpretation of my mind that thinks of all these things to say, do, be, type, THINK ABOUT!!, make lists....) and the definition of whelmed is: (we went from semi-colon to colon, this MUST be good... [more dot, dot dots] "the feeling you get when things match your expectations (FUCK!!!!! I LOVE MY HUSBAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) - that should have been in brackets.) And yet there are so MANY things. I ust need to sit here and be able to type them all. Thank GOD Adam is feeding our beloved son, who went to bed at 6:45 tonite! He is such an adorable being!!!! He was standing on my belly (pronounced berrie) and looking down at me he was giggling while I "OHMEM" 'd his said berrie, and he spit up bananas and cereal on my face (and YES, if he spits up ON MAH FACE, know that you WILL hear the whole descriptive story!) and there was a cloth diaper over my shoulder (we never use them to deficate in [more parenthesis - and NOW MORE BRACKEYS!!!]) and my beloved father of this spectacular being that is our son, uses the dirty towel to wipe my dirty face, WITHOUT REALIZING THAT HE IS USING THE JUST-SPIT UP PART TO SMOOSH IT AROUND MY FACE EVEN MORE!!! *TAKES DRINK...GULPING! - deep breath and...) I am loving life right about now. It couldn't get any more real! Ok, what else what was I going to type??!!
Oh, yes. All the things I need to do. and I even have an ongoing list. It shows everything I have needed to do, and I shade in a little square box to the left when it is complete. And when it is a WIP (work in progress) the box has a diagonal line drawn in it from the top left corner to the bottom right corner (ALWAYS...(takes a deep breath, another drinkAND!...another big breath...)has the left half of this square colored in, showing its status. So, meanwhile I have gotten caught up in making sure my spelling and punctuation is complete-and it may not be...I have SOOO MUCH TO DO! I should copy my list into this post just for reference purposes, HOWEVER! Adam and I are watching The Daily Show, FROM A WEEK AGO, and I am very beHIND, since this is really my only source of news, besides the occasional episode of Car Talk
I wish someone would give me a TARP bailout package!! Even a percent of a tenth of some small part...
OK well, boy down, and The Daily Show is on.
Oh, yes. All the things I need to do. and I even have an ongoing list. It shows everything I have needed to do, and I shade in a little square box to the left when it is complete. And when it is a WIP (work in progress) the box has a diagonal line drawn in it from the top left corner to the bottom right corner (ALWAYS...(takes a deep breath, another drinkAND!...another big breath...)has the left half of this square colored in, showing its status. So, meanwhile I have gotten caught up in making sure my spelling and punctuation is complete-and it may not be...I have SOOO MUCH TO DO! I should copy my list into this post just for reference purposes, HOWEVER! Adam and I are watching The Daily Show, FROM A WEEK AGO, and I am very beHIND, since this is really my only source of news, besides the occasional episode of Car Talk
I wish someone would give me a TARP bailout package!! Even a percent of a tenth of some small part...
OK well, boy down, and The Daily Show is on.
Friday, April 3, 2009
My 36th birthday
WOW...this was the best birthday! Jacob and I went to yoga, and he was cranky most of the time, but he slept in the car, and after I got home he slept til 2:45!! Then, Frances came over just as he was waking up. Adam arrived about 3:30 and we left to go have dinner at the Irish Pub where we had our "second" date, and saw the movie Doubt. It was good. it seemed short, because most movies are so long nowadays...but it was good. Then we stopped at Smang's house for a nightcap...hehehe
We hung there, and were home by 10. It was great.
It started out amazing, because we had some pretty big storms early in the morning around 4:30/5 ish, and it was cold!! In the high 30's I think....and WINDY!! Gusts into the 40 MPH, and hte high for the day was near 80, but it blew all day long!! FABULOUS!!
Adam gave me a gift with a coupon for one weekday of whatever I want him to do...heh...
I had a great time!!!!
Debbie from yoga gave me a cute little magnetic friendship notepad and a cute card!! It was a wonderful day!!!
We hung there, and were home by 10. It was great.
It started out amazing, because we had some pretty big storms early in the morning around 4:30/5 ish, and it was cold!! In the high 30's I think....and WINDY!! Gusts into the 40 MPH, and hte high for the day was near 80, but it blew all day long!! FABULOUS!!
Adam gave me a gift with a coupon for one weekday of whatever I want him to do...heh...
I had a great time!!!!
Debbie from yoga gave me a cute little magnetic friendship notepad and a cute card!! It was a wonderful day!!!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Yesterday...for many hours
I walked around garage sales and the grocery store.....wait for it, wait for it, wait f.....with my zipper unzipped.
THAT'S RIGHT!!!
I was playing with my neighbors daughter when ADAM (not the most observant man, I think we can all agree on that...) was the one to break the news to me!!!!
Yes, I had squatted in front of some local gringo and his white trash wife with bad teeth, inspecting the little push and walk behind lion that makes noises when you press its nose (same one that Claire had...) and negotiated the price of this item from TWO DOLLARS to $1.75 (I had just bought a big red maracas (singluar, yes...) for twenty five cents and all sorts of other child paraphenalia at several other garage sales....BIG BREATH...with my FLY OPEN!!!!!!!
At least I had just put on fresh bib and tuckers after my shower....
THAT'S RIGHT!!!
I was playing with my neighbors daughter when ADAM (not the most observant man, I think we can all agree on that...) was the one to break the news to me!!!!
Yes, I had squatted in front of some local gringo and his white trash wife with bad teeth, inspecting the little push and walk behind lion that makes noises when you press its nose (same one that Claire had...) and negotiated the price of this item from TWO DOLLARS to $1.75 (I had just bought a big red maracas (singluar, yes...) for twenty five cents and all sorts of other child paraphenalia at several other garage sales....BIG BREATH...with my FLY OPEN!!!!!!!
At least I had just put on fresh bib and tuckers after my shower....
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