He bleeds purple. And yes, T is dying over the Coug gear.
Oh yes, and he also loves those Hogs. Woo Pig Sooie.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Purple
Who does Boozie love? Cougs or Utes? The verdict is...
He bleeds purple. And yes, T is dying over the Coug gear.
Oh yes, and he also loves those Hogs. Woo Pig Sooie.
He bleeds purple. And yes, T is dying over the Coug gear.
Oh yes, and he also loves those Hogs. Woo Pig Sooie.
Monday, October 6, 2008
10-year
BDogg & Mike are getting ready to have a baby in a few weeks so he got to practice with CB
BDogg sent me some pics from the 10-year reunion so due to many requests, I thought I'd post some. We didn't take many at the actual event, but we should have. I picture a Nelson Reunion picture would have been totally fab. Oh well. There's always the 20-year. :)
Getting ready is always the most fun part!
Chipmunk Cheeks
My sister just posted this pic of Boozie and a comment about how he's storing nuts for winter. It reminded me of two hilarious stories that happened recently. One was when we were in North Carolina for the Annual BBQ. It was Owie's first time meeting CB and with his darling little lisp he said, "Emy, Chuck-th chubby". We still quote it and laugh about it today. Yeth Owie, Chuck ith chubby.
Second story: The other day T was out running errands for work and one of his errands was to find a pink tie. I told him that we were going to be at TJ Maxx in a bit and he said he'd meet us there to look for his pink tie. Boozie was in the sling and I was just wandering around making sure no screamin deals were passing me up. T arrived and came over to us to say hello. "What's in his mouth?" he asked. "Nothing should be," I said, a little alarmed as I imagined what he grabbed from a shelf at TJ Maxx and put in his mouth. "Yes, there's something green in there." We pried open his mouth and found a pea. I started laughing. It was what I had fed him for lunch about 2 hours earlier and apparently, he was storing it for a snack for later. So in case you were wondering what he's storing in those chubby little cheeks, it's peas. He's such a funny little chipmunk.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Tainted Milk
I was driving home from work the other morning and heard the most outrageous NPR report ever. Apparently in China the dairies test the milk from smaller dairies to see if it meets their standards and then they'll buy it. The standards are protein content, vitamin content, etc... The standards are very high and almost impossible to meet, dairy farmers claimed. So for years dairies have been adulterating the milk so it would pass the inspection and so they would get paid more for it. Some of the additives discovered are formaldehyde (!), fat powder, antibiotics (!!), whey powder, etc... Unbelievable. Tens of thousands of kids have gotten sick from the milk. Surprisingly, ingesting formaldehyde would make one sick. I wonder if that ever happens in the States. Hurray for soy milk.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Angels Among Us...
Saturday night was my 10-year high school reunion. I couldn't believe it had already been 10 years and was so excited to see everyone. Unfortunately, my parents decided to leave our fab house in Fresno and move to Highland, Utah so we didn't have a place we could stay for awhile. Brooke said we could stay with her & Mike at her mom's so we decided to make the quick trip out there. CB was a trooper. We flew Friday from here to Atlanta (yes, we did go backwards) and then on to San Jose, CA. It was about 7 hours of flying and we got there at 9pm which was 11 pm our time. CB was exhausted; he didn't sleep on the plane either so I spent a lot of time walking up and down the aisles, standing in the back with the flight attendants, etc... so he wouldn't get fussy. Luckily he's very content and didn't fuss a minute. Once we landed we drove to Fresno which was another 2+ hours so when we got there, CB was so wired he wouldn't shut his eyes. After a bit of me holding my hand over his eyes to help them shut (oh, the tricks you learn), he fell asleep only to wake up at 2am and 3am and then 5:30am for good. Joy.
Saturday he took a few naps and we went shopping (Little Rock is a little lacking in the great shopping) and that night was the reunion. CB stayed home asleep in bed with Brooke's mom and we went and saw tons of old friends from Nelson Elementary and on up through C-dub. It was a trip. Everyone looked the same but a little different (some a little older, some a little rounder, some a little thinner, etc...) and it was like the same as it was 10 years ago but we were all in different places and stages of life. It was so fun.
Then Sunday we headed back to San Jose and back through Atlanta and home. CB was just dead. He started crying a bit on the flight to San Jose so I put him in the sling (thanks heaven for the sling) and he went right to sleep. I was stressed out because he likes to scream happy screams to hear his voice so I was trying to keep him quiet and entertained. I kept the in-seat TV on the countdown and the minutes until we landed couldn't go fast enough. At one point I had to change his diaper (an impossible feat in the tiny airplane bathroom with the toilet seat cover as a changing table) and this sweet grandma asked if I was traveling alone. I said, yes. She said, "I'd be happy to hold your darling little baby if you need a break. I'm sure you can't go to the bathroom with him and I know it gets overwhelming". I almost started crying right then. What a blessing. Unfortunately he needed a diaper change and then was the sling nap so I never took her up on her offer. When we landed everyone around us kept saying "What a good baby" "He's so darling" "That's the best baby I've ever flown with", etc... Even if they didn't mean it, it made me feel so much better knowing that he hadn't been bothering anyone. All the comments gave me the strength to face the next leg of our flight.
We ate our dinner (avocado sandwich which CB loved) and sat at the gate waiting for the next flight to depart. They announced that they were overbooked (surprise, surprise) and they needed 5 volunteers "with flexible travel plans" to stay over in Atlanta and they'd pay for hotel, food, etc... plus a $400 Delta voucher. Technically, I had very "flexible travel plans". I didn't have to work, T could pick us up the next day instead, I didn't check anything so we could just go hop on an airport shuttle and stay in a hotel, but I was just too exhausted to even think about unpacking and repacking that suitcase again. So we didn't take advantage. I still think maybe I should've done it, but since CB & I both slept in until 9:30 am this morning, I'm pretty sure we both just needed to be home.
The last angel was on our flight to Little Rock. It was a very kind man named Mr. Tebow. He was so sweet to CB so I asked him if he had children. "Just 5" he answered. He showed me his family and his grandchildren and told me a little about his work. He was to speak at 2 events in Little Rock about his family, the Gospel, etc... He told me his sons played football and one was pretty good at U of Florida. Timmy Tebow is his name. It seemed to ring a bell but I don't know much about football. "He won the Heisman last year. Have you ever heard of the Heisman?" he asked me. "Oh. Yeah, I've definitely heard of the Heisman but I don't keep track of who wins it each year." Mr. Tebow just laughed.
Almost the whole flight he entertained CB with me. He let him play with his shiny silver watch, he held him and let him look out the window at the city lights, he played peek-a-boo, showed him pictures in the Delta magazine, etc... I was so grateful for all the help. It makes me want to always be helpful to strangers along the way.
Saturday he took a few naps and we went shopping (Little Rock is a little lacking in the great shopping) and that night was the reunion. CB stayed home asleep in bed with Brooke's mom and we went and saw tons of old friends from Nelson Elementary and on up through C-dub. It was a trip. Everyone looked the same but a little different (some a little older, some a little rounder, some a little thinner, etc...) and it was like the same as it was 10 years ago but we were all in different places and stages of life. It was so fun.
Then Sunday we headed back to San Jose and back through Atlanta and home. CB was just dead. He started crying a bit on the flight to San Jose so I put him in the sling (thanks heaven for the sling) and he went right to sleep. I was stressed out because he likes to scream happy screams to hear his voice so I was trying to keep him quiet and entertained. I kept the in-seat TV on the countdown and the minutes until we landed couldn't go fast enough. At one point I had to change his diaper (an impossible feat in the tiny airplane bathroom with the toilet seat cover as a changing table) and this sweet grandma asked if I was traveling alone. I said, yes. She said, "I'd be happy to hold your darling little baby if you need a break. I'm sure you can't go to the bathroom with him and I know it gets overwhelming". I almost started crying right then. What a blessing. Unfortunately he needed a diaper change and then was the sling nap so I never took her up on her offer. When we landed everyone around us kept saying "What a good baby" "He's so darling" "That's the best baby I've ever flown with", etc... Even if they didn't mean it, it made me feel so much better knowing that he hadn't been bothering anyone. All the comments gave me the strength to face the next leg of our flight.
We ate our dinner (avocado sandwich which CB loved) and sat at the gate waiting for the next flight to depart. They announced that they were overbooked (surprise, surprise) and they needed 5 volunteers "with flexible travel plans" to stay over in Atlanta and they'd pay for hotel, food, etc... plus a $400 Delta voucher. Technically, I had very "flexible travel plans". I didn't have to work, T could pick us up the next day instead, I didn't check anything so we could just go hop on an airport shuttle and stay in a hotel, but I was just too exhausted to even think about unpacking and repacking that suitcase again. So we didn't take advantage. I still think maybe I should've done it, but since CB & I both slept in until 9:30 am this morning, I'm pretty sure we both just needed to be home.
The last angel was on our flight to Little Rock. It was a very kind man named Mr. Tebow. He was so sweet to CB so I asked him if he had children. "Just 5" he answered. He showed me his family and his grandchildren and told me a little about his work. He was to speak at 2 events in Little Rock about his family, the Gospel, etc... He told me his sons played football and one was pretty good at U of Florida. Timmy Tebow is his name. It seemed to ring a bell but I don't know much about football. "He won the Heisman last year. Have you ever heard of the Heisman?" he asked me. "Oh. Yeah, I've definitely heard of the Heisman but I don't keep track of who wins it each year." Mr. Tebow just laughed.
Almost the whole flight he entertained CB with me. He let him play with his shiny silver watch, he held him and let him look out the window at the city lights, he played peek-a-boo, showed him pictures in the Delta magazine, etc... I was so grateful for all the help. It makes me want to always be helpful to strangers along the way.
Monday, September 22, 2008
What in the Soapnuts?
How to launder cloth diapers. It is the eternal question. You can read hundreds of forums, blogs, etc... about different people's opinions. You can add vinegar, do an extra rinse, add baking soda, use this detergent or that detergent, etc... It's complicated. And then it's a whole new system if you have a HE washer like we do. (Highly recommended, by the way). I've tried various methods and found this detergent on etsy that I liked. It has little suds (good for HE washer) and is organic and vegan so it doesn't leave residue on the cloth diapers. So I was satisfied with the system I had.
[Enter Soapnuts.] They are so fabulous. They're basically a fruit from a tree found in Indonesia, Nepal, and India and the outside of the nut is saponin which is a natural surfactant (the technical term for what soap does by breaking down carbon bonds of organic material). They don't have a scent so they are ideal for anyone with eczema, sensitive skin, etc... and are very ideal for cloth diapers which you don't want to have a weird scent anyway. I love them. If you use them for regular laundry you can put some essential oil on the cloth bag that they go in and it works great. I've used eucalyptus and tea tree oil and it's very mild. So I've converted from the etsy soap to these soap nuts. For our laundry, I'll probably still use the etsy detergent, but for cloth diapers they're the best I've found.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Free Museum Day
Next Saturday is free museum day sponsored by Smithsonian. How fun is that? There are different museums in every state that are participating. Here in Little Rock, for example, you can go to the zoo for free or to the Arkansas Historical Museum. Check out this link to see what museums in your area are free and enjoy!
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