Good Monday Afternoon, everyone!
As looooooooooooong promised, Breakfast at Tiffany's has a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
I think I've been hinting around at this BIG ANNOUNCEMENT for over a month now.
I've known about it for far longer than that.
So if I haven't totally driven you crazy yet...HERE GOES:
My husband, Chris, and I are very pleased to announce that we are expecting an addition to our family!
A little girl, to be named Catherine Elizabeth, is due on or around October 25th, 2008.
Our first child, we're crazy-mad in love with her already! She is, of course, the best little baby ever conceived and we can't wait until she gets here this fall.
For the past year, I have maintained another blog dedicated to the not-always-easy journey of having a baby. Called, simply, How to Have a Baby, it chronicles our two-plus year journey from when we got married until today. Because of the sensitive nature of the blog's topic, I have maintained it semi-anonymously, referring to myself only as "Future Mommy". I finally told the (mostly-female) readers of that blog my first name only a couple months ago.
If you are interested, please go visit. Be warned, however, that there is very frank language used there - there is also a disclaimer on that page. More recent posts - those from mid-February to-date - are not quite as sensitive and focus more on the baby that is to be. If you dig in the archives, be warned that I've lost all semblance of shame - so if you don't want to know personal details, simply don't read!
I've added a feed to the right side of this blog and you'll be able to see (and visit, if you so wish) the latest postings as they come out.
Yay for Baby!
Manic Monday #16
Published on
Monday, June 30, 2008
in:
Manic Monday
Hosted by the lovely Lisa, here is this week's Manic Monday!
(P.S. Stick around - a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT blog post is scheduled to publish at 1:45 PM Central, just after this Manic Monday blog goes life. You won't want to miss!)
What sound or noise do you love?
I love the sound of the crashing ocean...so calming.
What sound or noise do you hate?
People slamming on their brakes.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
I'd love to be a detective!
What profession would you not like to do?
Garbage collector. Yuck!
Leave me your Linkie...AND a comment, please!
Have a great week, ya'll! Remember to stick around for the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
(P.S. Stick around - a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT blog post is scheduled to publish at 1:45 PM Central, just after this Manic Monday blog goes life. You won't want to miss!)
What sound or noise do you love?
I love the sound of the crashing ocean...so calming.
What sound or noise do you hate?
People slamming on their brakes.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
I'd love to be a detective!
What profession would you not like to do?
Garbage collector. Yuck!
Leave me your Linkie...AND a comment, please!
Have a great week, ya'll! Remember to stick around for the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
I fixed the fix...
Published on
Monday, June 30, 2008
in:
Blog Announcement
So I implemented a "fix" on my blog over a week ago so the sidebars would display correctly...
Totally didn't notice that my fix only made it worse!
The fix is fixed.
Phew!
(If you have Firefox, you likely never saw the problem...IE people probably hate me.)
Totally didn't notice that my fix only made it worse!
The fix is fixed.
Phew!
(If you have Firefox, you likely never saw the problem...IE people probably hate me.)
Things Overheard....
Published on
Sunday, June 29, 2008
in:
Life
I mentioned before that I went to the Rangers/Phillies game the other night...and I just had to follow that up by sharing the oddest overheard conversation.
Let me back up and tell you that I love going out in public by myself...because I'm a people watcher. And listener. People fascinate me!
Most of the time, I watch and listen deliberately. But leaving the game Friday night, I was kind of in a daze, having just watched my team lose. So I was quite startled to hear this exchange:
Woman (pushing empty stoller): "Did you bury the cucumber?"
Man (holding sleeping child): "Yep, took care of it today."
Woman: "So we're ok now?"
Man: "Yeah, we should be fine."
What do ya'll think of that? I mean, how weird! That ran through my head the entire rest of the evening, between battling traffic to get out of the game area and go home and then relaxing a bit at home before bed.
People are interesting!
Let me back up and tell you that I love going out in public by myself...because I'm a people watcher. And listener. People fascinate me!
Most of the time, I watch and listen deliberately. But leaving the game Friday night, I was kind of in a daze, having just watched my team lose. So I was quite startled to hear this exchange:
Woman (pushing empty stoller): "Did you bury the cucumber?"
Man (holding sleeping child): "Yep, took care of it today."
Woman: "So we're ok now?"
Man: "Yeah, we should be fine."
What do ya'll think of that? I mean, how weird! That ran through my head the entire rest of the evening, between battling traffic to get out of the game area and go home and then relaxing a bit at home before bed.
People are interesting!
Project Connectivity
Published on
Sunday, June 29, 2008
in:
Advice
After my last post, you may be asking yourself why in the world I didn't just post when I was out of town over the past week - after all, anywhere I go, my laptop follows.
Unfortunately, it's not always as simple as desiring to get online. At Mom's house, it took a full day of monkeying with her connection to get it working again - it had been apparently down for over a month and Mom just figured she'd leave it go until I was there to fix it. Once she was back up and running, I had barely enough time between household projects to hop on long enough to address work emails and getting hubby and I booked on our return flight.
But at least my Mom has high speed internet! While I was toying with her connection, I was reminded of our springtime visit to my mother-in-law's house in 2007. Ah, yes...beautiful northern Idaho. Home to dial-up connectivity. Have you ever tried getting a VPN connection through dial-up? OH MY GOD.
I knew there had to be other options, even in such a small area, than a dial-up that had about the same connection speed as I enjoyed 15 years ago. Cruising around the internet, I discovered that there certainly is: broadband satellite internet that is available anywhere that has a clear view available of the southern sky. What a perfect idea - after all, satellite television has been around for several decades now. So why not utilize the same technology to get high speed internet capabilities?
When I looked into this option further, I realized that I'd actually heard of Hughes Net before - I ghost-wrote an article touting satellite internet quite awhile ago! Apparently, because I've ghostwritten hundreds of web content articles, the idea totally fell out of my head afterwards!
In any case, if you're in the same boat as my mother-in-law and are looking for a great internet solution, I'd definitely suggest checking out HughesNet and see what their plans can do for you. I'm just sorry I haven't recommended this solution sooner!!
Unfortunately, it's not always as simple as desiring to get online. At Mom's house, it took a full day of monkeying with her connection to get it working again - it had been apparently down for over a month and Mom just figured she'd leave it go until I was there to fix it. Once she was back up and running, I had barely enough time between household projects to hop on long enough to address work emails and getting hubby and I booked on our return flight.
But at least my Mom has high speed internet! While I was toying with her connection, I was reminded of our springtime visit to my mother-in-law's house in 2007. Ah, yes...beautiful northern Idaho. Home to dial-up connectivity. Have you ever tried getting a VPN connection through dial-up? OH MY GOD.
I knew there had to be other options, even in such a small area, than a dial-up that had about the same connection speed as I enjoyed 15 years ago. Cruising around the internet, I discovered that there certainly is: broadband satellite internet that is available anywhere that has a clear view available of the southern sky. What a perfect idea - after all, satellite television has been around for several decades now. So why not utilize the same technology to get high speed internet capabilities?
When I looked into this option further, I realized that I'd actually heard of Hughes Net before - I ghost-wrote an article touting satellite internet quite awhile ago! Apparently, because I've ghostwritten hundreds of web content articles, the idea totally fell out of my head afterwards!
In any case, if you're in the same boat as my mother-in-law and are looking for a great internet solution, I'd definitely suggest checking out HughesNet and see what their plans can do for you. I'm just sorry I haven't recommended this solution sooner!!
