Tuesday, May 31, 2005

And the wait goes on

Do all babies take so long at the end? I think we're now "officially" ready. Mapgeek (formerly known as hubby, but I like the "geek" part better...I may change again, depending on my mood :) ). Ok, Mapgeek installed the car seat base. That sucker isn't going anywhere. We got one of those car seat/stroller contraptions (from my wonderful Grandmom, yay!). I've never seen anything so complicated. Kudos to the tech writers that put the manuals together though. For the most part. We managed to follow the pictures down to the last page. Got all the crib sheets and blankets washed. I still haven't packed, but figured I'd have plenty of time. My goal is to keep the laundry clean.

Mapgeek and I spent a wonderful weekend doing absolutely nothing. We cooked dinner every night and played WoW. Still loving the game! My Orc mage rocks! And the world is HUGE. We won't be "finishing" anytime soon. As is typical with these games, I'll probably get bored with it long before I see the whole game.

The only complete downside to the weekend is that my parents golden, Dixie, had to be put to sleep. She deterioriated with what was most likely cancer in the last week. Poor girl. But now she's in a better place and healthy. I just hope Meauxdog stays healthy for several more years.

And, more in the news...
We had another crane climber in Atlanta over the weekend. Guy was jonesing for a smoke, so finally came down. What's up with the weirdos around here?

Friday, May 27, 2005

If I were a rich man, da da da da da da....

HOLY TOLEDO! If you buy this for your kid, you definitely need to reevaluate your life. Not that I'm necessarily against the evil rich. Goodness knows if I had that kind of money, I certainly wouldn't fuss about myself. The difference between those that work hard and those that hardly work. I am a true capitalist, my conversion having come from reading Atlas Shrugged. That conversion from "College-hippieenviro-knowitall" to "Productive Member of Society that pays taxes and is really ticked off by all the freeloaders". Did I mention that I'm an advocate of mandatory birth control for welfare recipients?


"Capitalism demands the best of every man – his rationality – and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose the work he likes, to specialize in it, to trade his product for the products of others, and to go as far on the road of achievement as his ability and ambition will carry him."(Ayn Rand, 'For the New Intellectual' 1961)

Thursday, May 26, 2005

Travelbug fever

Still no v.2.0....

It's almost Memorial Day Weekend and I'm itching to go to the beach! Normally, we'd be looking forward to next week and going to Hilton Head. This year, we are homebound, waiting for v.2.0. I was just looking through some pics and came across some from Mexico. This year will be the first time in several years that we won't be going. However, it doesn't seem right to take a baby to a country where you can't drink the water. Guess we'll have to slum it in Grand Cayman again! *sigh*

I'm really looking forward to three days of nothingness. Maybe I'll finally get to see those movies. Or get the house cleaned and the flowers planted. We really need to take a picture of the house.

I have nothing interesting to say about current events today. Except that it sounds like the head honcho bad guy, Wowie Zarqawi was "gravely injured" today. Wonder if it will make any difference. I am still astounded at the level of hatred of extremists. Any extremist. They obviously weren't products of the "peace, love, and pot" movement of the 60's-70's.

Ah Mexico how I miss you! Posted by Hello

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Busy, busy, busy

It was quite a weekend. Again. I don't know how we manage to be SO busy all the time. Friday night, we met up with the Curleygirl parentals and brother for dinner at the American Wing Company (or something) up the road. The funny thing is that their specialty is a fried grouper sandwich. Go figure. Saturday night, we met the Curleyboy parentals out for Japanese. Sunday night, we went across the street to the neighbors for a shrimp boil. Just as well with all the dining out, because I don't feel like cooking.

The highlight of the weekend is a 10-day trial for World of Warcraft. I love it! It's much faster than Everquest and much more imaginative. I'm partial to the cartoony, fantasy-type games. Forget all the realism, which just bogs down the computer. WOW doesn't jump around, rarely lags, you don't have to constantly wait for different areas to load - you just walk in! Needless to say, we may be buying a couple new games this weekend, before the trial is up. Guess I know what I'll be doing during my "free" time during maternity leave.

Back to the neighbor's dinner. We finally got to meet our next door neighbors. They had a little girl about 2 months ago. It's great! She'll be home another month, then working part time also. We talked about sharing childcare in the future so both of us part time mothers might be able to entice someone to work for us. Plus our little girls will have a playmate next door. The Next Doors are also big gamers. They both play D&D, which P loves. Maybe we'll end up with a neighborhood D&D campaign. Something to keep P busy so I can play WOW. :) As you can tell, we continue to LOVE our neighborhood. Normal, suburban neighbors. Can't wait for the pool to open this weekend!

Friday, May 20, 2005

Yay Friday!

Whew, I'm so glad it's Friday. Even though I started off the morning with 2.5 hours of meetings and I’m getting ready to go into another training session during lunch. At least we get lunch. Why do meetings have to last so long? Why do I have to be in so many of them? Ah well, such is the life of a consultant.

Obviously, still no baby. I think she’s having too much fun in my belly listening to Meauxdog sing.

I’ve been trying to figure out what to do this weekend. It seems so long since there has been no traveling, shower, planned dinners with family or friends, or other obligation that sucks up all my time. Of course, now I don’t know what to do with myself. Actually, I may FINALLY get to go see one of the movies that I haven’t seen yet. I’m getting mixed reviews on SW, so I may have to get a big tub of buttery popcorny goodness and watch Hitchhiker’s guide. Yum!

Off to yet another meeting. I’m noticing that we have a beauty of a southern spring storm rolling in. Maybe the power will go out. :)

Thursday, May 19, 2005

Hello? Anyone there?

So I'm feeling left out of the blog-world. And I'm going on maternity leave and need an "adult" outlet for all my pent-up "adult" thoughts. But please forgive if I occasionally revert to baby-talk. Though the dog and I have lots of non-baby-talk conversations....

We're patiently waiting for the arrival of our baby Curleygirl v.2.0. At least they tell us it's a girl. If it turns out to be a boy, he may have some gender identity issues until he outgrows all the pink. Otherwise, it will be Boys = 1, Girls = 2 (again, unless you count the dog). P is looking forward to the day that he becomes the perfect host to a tea party. I'm looking for the day where I don't sleep 10 hours, can eat sushi, drink beer, and not feel like a turtle on it's back getting out of the bed. Though, for all accounts I've heard, the pregnancy has not been bad. No horror stories, no complaints. BTW, NEVER tell a pregnant woman about your friends that gained 100 pounds, had diabetes, high blood pressure, swelled up like a balloon, and had this problem and that problem. Talk about instigating the paranoia for the first time mom.

As interesting as pregnancy is for the mom...moving on....

I did not get to stay up past midnight to see Revenge of the Sith. In my younger days I may have. I was much more excited about each Lord of the Rings movie. I hope to see SW in the next week or so (depending on v.2.0). And I still haven't seen Hitchhiker's Guide, for which there is no excuse. Soon...

One other even of note...this week was my birthday (old, don't ask). P took me to Barcelona's for Spanish tapas. Reminded me of our honeymoon. Great food! I got two "great choice's!" from our Spanish-Austrian-Italian waiter. One for the Surtido Iberico (meat and cheese plate) and one for the dessert (some kind of fruity cake with kiwi on top). I do miss eating chorizo, Manchego, and bread every day with a glass of Sangria. *sigh*