Since it's so hot and all the local pools have just opened up I think this is a good Friday to flashback to my first memory. I was probably 18 months old (so I've been told by my mom) and I was in an infant safety swimming class. We had a pool in our backyard so my parents really wanted me to be "water-proofed" in case I ever fell in, so they enrolled me in an infant swimming class meant to teach young barely toddlers how to roll onto their backs and float. Well it turned out to be a brutal affair. I remember being in the water and in my memory I thought the instructors were out to drown me. I was sputtering and flailing my arms, screaming, and looking for my mom. How is that for a first memory?!! I guess it is a first memory because it was traumatic enough to stick in my mind. I even remember quite vividly a sign on the wall that had crossed tennis rackets on it - the pool was at some type of sports club. I also remember the water had a greenish hue and burned as it went up my nose. It turns out I did learn how to swim at a really young age, so maybe it all worked... Crazy first memory, but there it is. What's your first memory??
Friday, June 01, 2007
Flashback Friday
Since it's so hot and all the local pools have just opened up I think this is a good Friday to flashback to my first memory. I was probably 18 months old (so I've been told by my mom) and I was in an infant safety swimming class. We had a pool in our backyard so my parents really wanted me to be "water-proofed" in case I ever fell in, so they enrolled me in an infant swimming class meant to teach young barely toddlers how to roll onto their backs and float. Well it turned out to be a brutal affair. I remember being in the water and in my memory I thought the instructors were out to drown me. I was sputtering and flailing my arms, screaming, and looking for my mom. How is that for a first memory?!! I guess it is a first memory because it was traumatic enough to stick in my mind. I even remember quite vividly a sign on the wall that had crossed tennis rackets on it - the pool was at some type of sports club. I also remember the water had a greenish hue and burned as it went up my nose. It turns out I did learn how to swim at a really young age, so maybe it all worked... Crazy first memory, but there it is. What's your first memory??
Thursday, May 31, 2007
June Art Pic
I thought I'd take a short minute to explain one of my little blog page elements - my art history pics of the month. Studying art makes me happy. If I could magically have a degree it would be a doctorate in art history so I could study, research, and go to conferences on art. That would be uber cool! Anywho, I just thought I'd give a quick blurb each month about my art pics.
The one I've put on there for June is The Magi Asleep, which is a nave capital from Cathédrale Saint-Lazare in Autun, France. I took a super hard art history class my sophomore year of college - Medieval architecture with Dr. Hamilton. It was probably my hardest class ever actually. There were papers all the time and I got engaged half way through the class. I loathed all the papers and the time studying for this class took away from engaged bliss, but at the same time I really did learn so much and found the subject fascinating. Medieval art is such an interesting mix of nature and religion (by that I guess I mean paganism and Christianity). This particular piece was affectionately called "3 Magi in a Taco" by my professor and it makes me chuckle still to look at it. I love how all the magi are asleep with their crowns on and how the one that the angel just touched to wake up looks kind of startled with his eyes snapped open. It really is kind of humorous and that's not something you usually find in Medieval cathedral stone reliefs! :) Well that's why I love this particular piece, hope you like it too!
The one I've put on there for June is The Magi Asleep, which is a nave capital from Cathédrale Saint-Lazare in Autun, France. I took a super hard art history class my sophomore year of college - Medieval architecture with Dr. Hamilton. It was probably my hardest class ever actually. There were papers all the time and I got engaged half way through the class. I loathed all the papers and the time studying for this class took away from engaged bliss, but at the same time I really did learn so much and found the subject fascinating. Medieval art is such an interesting mix of nature and religion (by that I guess I mean paganism and Christianity). This particular piece was affectionately called "3 Magi in a Taco" by my professor and it makes me chuckle still to look at it. I love how all the magi are asleep with their crowns on and how the one that the angel just touched to wake up looks kind of startled with his eyes snapped open. It really is kind of humorous and that's not something you usually find in Medieval cathedral stone reliefs! :) Well that's why I love this particular piece, hope you like it too!
Thursday, May 24, 2007
I am Elizabeth Bennet :)
Take the Quiz here!
I took the quiz the other day and I was Anne Elliot from Persuasion, but then I took the quiz again and ended up being Elizabeth and I think she fits me slightly better than Anne. To tell you the truth I feel more like a Bronte heroine, but I'll take Lizzie... She rocks - in a very Georgian sort of way. :)
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Fussy Baby Days
I know that this is going to pass and I'm going to miss these baby days, but Nina is getting 3 teeth right now and is SO fussy! It's just been a rough couple of days... who am I kidding - its been more like a month of teething now. Some days are so much worse than others and today is just a bad day. She even bit me while nursing today, which she hardly ever does, but with her teeth hurting her so much she basically bites down on anything. UGH!! I've been pushing the Tylenol and Orajel... "This too shall pass..." right??
That felt so negative, so I'm going to put in a fun fun part of being a mommy right now to my baby girl. Nina loves baths and it is my favorite baby chore right now to give her a bath. Every other night (or sometimes every night if she gets really messy at dinner) I scrub down the kitchen sink after dinner, fill it up with warm water, and throw in her rubber duckie. As soon as I show her the sink ready to go, she gets so excited. The whole thing is just heart-warming and fun. She loves to splash with her little feet and chew on her duckie. I know I'm going to miss giving her a bath in the sink - she is my first baby to thoroughly enjoy bath-time. Sophie liked baths when she got a little older and well Ben still hates baths, so it's been fun to share these bubbly, watery, memories with sweet Nina.
Off to get Nina who just woke up. She's screaming bloody murder and only napped for 45 minutes... Maybe we'll take a ride in the car before picking up Sophie from school, that always seems to cheer her up.
That felt so negative, so I'm going to put in a fun fun part of being a mommy right now to my baby girl. Nina loves baths and it is my favorite baby chore right now to give her a bath. Every other night (or sometimes every night if she gets really messy at dinner) I scrub down the kitchen sink after dinner, fill it up with warm water, and throw in her rubber duckie. As soon as I show her the sink ready to go, she gets so excited. The whole thing is just heart-warming and fun. She loves to splash with her little feet and chew on her duckie. I know I'm going to miss giving her a bath in the sink - she is my first baby to thoroughly enjoy bath-time. Sophie liked baths when she got a little older and well Ben still hates baths, so it's been fun to share these bubbly, watery, memories with sweet Nina.
Off to get Nina who just woke up. She's screaming bloody murder and only napped for 45 minutes... Maybe we'll take a ride in the car before picking up Sophie from school, that always seems to cheer her up.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
7 Things You Didn't Know About Me (maybe)
Jenny tagged me for another fun bloggin listy game - thanks Jenny!! I love a good list, but it has been hard trying to think of 7 things you might not know about me seen as I did my 100 things post not too long ago ...hmmm... let's see:
1. After every test at the testing center my freshman year at college I went to the Wilkensen Center food court and played "Touch Me Babe" by the Doors on the old juke box they used to have there. I sat down at a near by booth and listened. It was a release every time and made me smile.
2. I craved fettuccine alfredo like mad when I was pregnant with Benjamin.
3. Adrian gave me a Christmas present in a jewelry box after we had only been dating for 2 weeks... I totally thought he was going to propose and the crazy thing was that I probably would have accepted!! It turned out to just be earrings and I was a bit relieved even though I was already smitten. We got engaged 3 months later.
4. My favorite flavor of snow-cone at those snow-cone shacks is tiger's blood - it tastes like a mix between pina colada and fruit punch.
5. My favorite book as a really young child was Pat the Bunny - I loved the daddy's scratchy face page.
6. I have vivid memories of singing Carpenters' songs with my sister Julie in the car when I was young. "Stop, oh yeah wait a minute Mr. Postman. Wait, wait... Mr. Postman..." We would take turns being Karen or the back-up singers.
7. I love Lancaster, PA. I love seeing the horse and buggies and clothes hanging to dry on long lines at farm houses that dot the roads. Oh and those wonderful Amish whoopie pies - heavenly!! We went on a mini-vacation there with the kiddies a few years ago and we had such a great time at Dutch Wonderland and eating at Miller's Smorgasbord.
1. After every test at the testing center my freshman year at college I went to the Wilkensen Center food court and played "Touch Me Babe" by the Doors on the old juke box they used to have there. I sat down at a near by booth and listened. It was a release every time and made me smile.
2. I craved fettuccine alfredo like mad when I was pregnant with Benjamin.
3. Adrian gave me a Christmas present in a jewelry box after we had only been dating for 2 weeks... I totally thought he was going to propose and the crazy thing was that I probably would have accepted!! It turned out to just be earrings and I was a bit relieved even though I was already smitten. We got engaged 3 months later.
4. My favorite flavor of snow-cone at those snow-cone shacks is tiger's blood - it tastes like a mix between pina colada and fruit punch.
5. My favorite book as a really young child was Pat the Bunny - I loved the daddy's scratchy face page.
6. I have vivid memories of singing Carpenters' songs with my sister Julie in the car when I was young. "Stop, oh yeah wait a minute Mr. Postman. Wait, wait... Mr. Postman..." We would take turns being Karen or the back-up singers.
7. I love Lancaster, PA. I love seeing the horse and buggies and clothes hanging to dry on long lines at farm houses that dot the roads. Oh and those wonderful Amish whoopie pies - heavenly!! We went on a mini-vacation there with the kiddies a few years ago and we had such a great time at Dutch Wonderland and eating at Miller's Smorgasbord.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Flashback Friday With a Twist
I'm going to join in on the flashback Friday fun going on in our little blogging community!! :) This is posted on many friends' blogs and I thought I'd give it a try.
Okay, as a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you :) If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.
Okay, as a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you :) If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
My Interview Answers
These questions are from Corinne and a fun little bloggin' game she had on her blog. Thanks for the great questions Corinne!! :)
1. Name two of your favorite activities for a Saturday night.
1) Well if we arrange for a babysitter (which we need to do more of) it would be going out to dinner and a movie with my hubby and stopping at McDonald's on the way home for hot fudge sundays.
2) Hanging out on the couch with Adrian, after the kids go to bed, and catching up on favorite shows on the DVR like House or The Office.
2. Who is your favorite writer?
It'd have to be J.K. Rowling - I just love visiting Harry's fantastical world time and time again.
3. Do you have any unusual collections?
Recipes - though most of the actual recipes are not unusual. I think the unusual thing about my recipe/cookbook collecting is how obsessive I am about it. I love getting yummy recipes from friends and family to the point that I am probably really annoying. Sorry about that!! I just can't stop myself!! :) It makes me feel connected to them when I cook their recipe even if I haven't seen them in ages or they live far away.
I also have a collection of magnets on my fridge from the different places we have been. The kids love helping to pick out a magnet whenever we go some place fun with a gift shop. This collection started when Adrian brought me home a Space Needle magnet from his first trip away to Seattle when we were newly-weds. Our latest "dinosaur crossing" sign magnet was from the National Museum of Natural history that we visited in March.
4. What's your biggest phobia?
Creepy-crawlies of all kinds. I can not handle big spiders or lizards. We had a little blue lizard in our house a couple of years ago and I... well I had a complete freak out!! :) Adrian had to come home from work to get it out of the house.
I think I might be a little clausterphobic too. I get tense if I sit in the middle of full pew at church.
5. Where do you see yourself in 15 years?
In 15 years... wow my youngest will be nearing 16 - driving age. That will be weird and honestly if Sophie follows my example I could be a grandma which is even weirder!! :) I plan on still being a stay-at-home mom until all the kids are out of the house and hopefully pursuing some hobbies like painting or maybe photography. Adrian and I will also be planning a big blow-out 25 year anniversary something - maybe we'll go to Europe. That would be so GREAT!!
Here's the directions that go along w/ this interview bloggin' game:
Want some questions of your own? Leave me a comment saying, "interview me!" and I will respond by e-mailing you. I get to pick them, and you have to answer them all. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
1. Name two of your favorite activities for a Saturday night.
1) Well if we arrange for a babysitter (which we need to do more of) it would be going out to dinner and a movie with my hubby and stopping at McDonald's on the way home for hot fudge sundays.
2) Hanging out on the couch with Adrian, after the kids go to bed, and catching up on favorite shows on the DVR like House or The Office.
2. Who is your favorite writer?
It'd have to be J.K. Rowling - I just love visiting Harry's fantastical world time and time again.
3. Do you have any unusual collections?
Recipes - though most of the actual recipes are not unusual. I think the unusual thing about my recipe/cookbook collecting is how obsessive I am about it. I love getting yummy recipes from friends and family to the point that I am probably really annoying. Sorry about that!! I just can't stop myself!! :) It makes me feel connected to them when I cook their recipe even if I haven't seen them in ages or they live far away.
I also have a collection of magnets on my fridge from the different places we have been. The kids love helping to pick out a magnet whenever we go some place fun with a gift shop. This collection started when Adrian brought me home a Space Needle magnet from his first trip away to Seattle when we were newly-weds. Our latest "dinosaur crossing" sign magnet was from the National Museum of Natural history that we visited in March.
4. What's your biggest phobia?
Creepy-crawlies of all kinds. I can not handle big spiders or lizards. We had a little blue lizard in our house a couple of years ago and I... well I had a complete freak out!! :) Adrian had to come home from work to get it out of the house.
I think I might be a little clausterphobic too. I get tense if I sit in the middle of full pew at church.
5. Where do you see yourself in 15 years?
In 15 years... wow my youngest will be nearing 16 - driving age. That will be weird and honestly if Sophie follows my example I could be a grandma which is even weirder!! :) I plan on still being a stay-at-home mom until all the kids are out of the house and hopefully pursuing some hobbies like painting or maybe photography. Adrian and I will also be planning a big blow-out 25 year anniversary something - maybe we'll go to Europe. That would be so GREAT!!
Here's the directions that go along w/ this interview bloggin' game:
Want some questions of your own? Leave me a comment saying, "interview me!" and I will respond by e-mailing you. I get to pick them, and you have to answer them all. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
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