OOPS ...

My promise to auto-publish might be moot as apparently blogger doesn't have that capability it doesn't seem. I will do what I can - tomorrow/Sunday, and Tuesday/Wednesday I should have fairly easy computer access at some points during the day anyway so I should be able to stay caught up - if I miss anything it will *probably* be Monday only. But just so you know if I do miss a day that's what happened.

Thanks for the understanding y'all.

Gone fishin'

Well not really but I am away as of tomorrow.

I will have some neat stuff to auto-post and share in the meantime though. Hope everyone has a lovely weekend and week.

Adios, y gracias por todos los pescadas.

Just a random question ...

Did anyone see Barack Obama on the Tonight Show tonight?

First sitting president to go on a late night talk show ever. He was comic and serious all at the same time, which fits with the vibe Jay Leno has created on his show - a good appearance. I wish he hadn't made the comments about his bowling skills being 'so special olympics', not because it personally offended me (I think he was just speaking off-the-cuff and I'm used to people making un-PC comments), but because I know it's going to be made an issue of and he's going to have to apologize.

I'm going to find a clip on Youtube tomorrow and post it.

By the by - I know my list from yesterday tells us I plan to blog daily. Well I'm going to be out of town this week coming starting Saturday, but I'm going to arrange some autopost things over the time I'm away. That way if I find my way to a computer (which I probably will at my Grandma's for example), great, but if not you'll still hear from me. :) So hope you enjoy and will chat atcha later.

101 Things in 101 Days

I'm embarking on this endeavour my friend Tatiana (LuvMonkee in my blogroll at the side) started a while ago - being a stay at home mom, it can be very easy to forget your own goals, and the things you want to accomplish as an adult and a woman, not just as "X's mom and Y's wife". This is my attempt to remember that as important as my role as Mom is - and it features prominently in my list lol - my role as a teacher, a wife, a Christian, a girl with her own interests, needs a place in my life too, both for my sake, and Ari's, and LT's, to model for him what a fulfilled and ambitious person can accomplish, all while being a good wife and mom.

So without further adieu, here's my list, and where I stand so far:

1. Lose 20 lbs. (0/20)
2. Finish the novel I've started writing.
3. Do one nice thing for someone every day. (1/101)
4. Do at least 1/2 hour of exercise every day. (0/101)
5. Be consistent enough with the radio show to get it going live.
6. Join the Babytime group at the Library.
7. Find gainful employment for the summer.
8. Read at least 3 books. (0/3)
9. Go to church each week (exceptions: this week while out of town, and the week of Liam's naming). (0/11)
10. Finish my cross stitch I'm making for LT.
11. Clean out the guest room (which has become a storage room).
12. Go to a dress-up dance with Ari.
13. Have one nice bubble bath a week. (0/13)
14. Learn 1 more dance (eg Salsa, Meringue).
15. Go roller blading and not quit after 5 mins.
16. Get my bike fixed.
17. Clean out the car and get it washed, vaccuumed and tuned up.
18. Have at least 1 play date a month. (0/3)
19. No messing with my hair - no cuts, no perms, dye touchups only. (1/101)
20. Go through my clothes to see what fits, what I wear, what i don't, etc.
21. Ditto shoes.
22. Cook for Ari at least once a week. (0/13)
23. Organize our actual storage room.
24. Donate my time to one good cause a month. (0/3)
25. Go to one new restaurant a month. (0/3)
26. See one movie a week. (0/13)
27. Donate my tutoring money to charity.
28. Get my retainer wire fixed.
29. Read at least a chapter of the bible a day. (0/101)
30. Reorganize LT's drawers and sort out his clothes that fit/don't fit.
31. Sign up for an English course for summer semester so I can get my English AQ for the fall.
32. No pizza. (1/101)
33. Have one night a week with Ari set aside for fun ('date night' even if it includes Liam). (0/13)
34. Redo our back yard.
35. Get my bike fixed.
36. Read one book in French.
37. Go to the U.S. to buy diet Cherry Coke.
38. Take LT to one new city a month. (0/3)
39. Have a mani/pedi.
40. Tell Ari I love him every day. (1/101)
41. Learn a new skill (knitting, an instrument, a language).
45. Try one new wine a month. (0/3)
46. Share one piece of writing for the purposes of critique and feedback.
47. Finish 'Thank You' cards for Liam's gifts.
48. Get one famous person's autograph.
49. Redo the linoleum floors in my house.
50. Set aside $30 ever week I don't have fast food for a non-food treat (eg CD, DVD). Subway excepted.
51. Get one other person to do the 101 things in 101 days.
52. Look into setting up a will (unsure if possible to complete as adoption won't be complete).
53. No non-diet pop. (1/101)
54. Submit a piece of writing to a publisher.
55. Get a baby seat for my bike, and LT a helmet.
56. Blog every day (except my monthly 'no computer day' - see below). (1/98)
57. Renew and update my Apply to Education account (resume, references, cover letter etc.).
58. Call in to a radio show.
59. Organize LT's trundle drawer under his crib.
60. Get through the pile of stuff on my desk (DVDs/CDs to burn, photos to put away).
61. Go through my 'correspondence' storage space: organize it.
62. Find a place for the things I just cleared out of Mom's house.
63. Buy at least one of the board games Ari and I have been coveting.
64. Have a games night with friends.
65. Finish my puzzle.
66. See at least one friend a week. (0/13)
67. Get on the Do Not Call list.
68. Call the diaper service and get LT into cloth diapers.
69. Be on time to things. (0/101)
70. LT's naming ceremony and open house.
71. Redo the chips the movers left in the paint job in our house.
72. Wash windows.
73. Unpack and do laundry the day after our trip instead of living out of a suitcase for a week or two.
74. Have a picnic.
75. Find my membership card and start going to the gym again. 2 x a week starting the week after next so I have time to find it. (0/22).
76. Get Ari's Big Lebowski poster and McGill diploma either framed or plaqued.
77. Update my "Wrestlemania" collection
78. Beat "Zelda II: The Adventures of Link" without dying once.
79. Make one person laugh every day. (1/101)
80. Dance at least once a week. (0/13)
81. See one live theatre production.
82. Pray every day. (1/101)
83. Sign LT's adoption placement papers.
84. Sign LT's adoption finalization papers.
85. Watch and label the old wrestling videos Mom sent home with me.
86. Take LT to the zoo.
87. Make a new friend.
88. Don't miss any appointments.
89. Go swimming.
90. Go to an arcade but don't spend more than $20.
91. Introduce LT to solid foods.
92. Clean up Ari's side of the office for him (or get him to with my awesome powers of persuasion).
93. Distribute our formal LT/family photos to our folks.
94. Donate blood.
95. Bake once a month. (0/3).
96. Make a list of things which have caused me pain/anger/regret/sadness, and burn it.
97. Go somewhere I've never been.
98. Have one internet-free day a month (0/3).
99. Have one TV free day a month (0/3).
100. Get a piercing.
101. Go to the Royal Ontario Museum.

Funniest commercial ever

Also - Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! :) Luck o' the Irish to ye.

Sweetheart Saturday

This isn't a testimonial to how wonderful Ari is today - though he is.
This isn't a story or an anecdote - although I have plenty of those.
This isn't to gush about how happily married we are - although we, well, are.
This is simply to apologize to Ari for passing along my blasted cold,
To tell him he's a trooper for going in to work today despite sounding like a frog (like me!),
To thank him for still looking after Little Tyke when he could last night
(I'd have done it all but I was still sick too - poor LT with TWO sick parents!),
And to let him off the hook if he doesn't feel like being my date tonight,
As he's already done so much.
I love you honey - feel better really really soon.
*hugs and kisses* (since you can't get my germs now anyway, nor can I get yours lol).

Sick and tired of being sick and tired

Well my blog heading should explain where I've been the last few days. I've been sleeping, reading a lot, watching obscene amounts of TV, and taking care of Little Tyke the last few days trying to feel better. When I've had some energy, I've been planning LT's naming ceremony (coming along beautifully!), running errands (I bought a new dress for said occasion which is beautiful, and LT has grown out of a lot of his clothes so we bought him some new ones), and straightening up the house I let get messy while sick (y'know, doing the dishes, throwing out my snot rags lol ...). I also auditioned for a play last night though I'm guessing from the fact I haven't heard from them yet I haven't been cast. But we'll see.

I still feel like crap (check out my podcast at my wrestling blog to hear my nice sexy voice) and have pretty low energy, but I felt well enough tonight to do said podcast, have a glass of wine and update here so I figure that had to count for something. ;) Sickness sucks, but I've got to say it's been a good week - LT nor Ari have caught my cold, the house looks good, and I now know all about all kinds of weird phantom illnesses thanks to 4 days worth of "Mystery Diagnosis" on Discovery Health lol. It's been good times too planning the naming ceremony, and the vacation we're taking in two weeks - I think my mom was saying I'm pretty chipper for a sick person, so that's gotta count for something. ;) Hope all is well for you all too.