A few Musings for the Week of April 17th...
What we did this past weekend:
........Vinny worked for 12 hours on Saturday doing lawn-cleanups with a buddy of his from work. Since construction has been super-slow this past month (his boss is waiting for contracts and permits on jobs to go through and is now in the midst of two vacations...) a friend from both FDNY and construction asked Vinny to help him out in Suffolk for the day. He got paid REALLY well and I guess has now learned a new trade. :) What a Jack of All Trades that man is becoming! :)
........I took the kids outside all weekend - we had gorgeous weather! They are fighting the tail ends of their colds but are 98% better. Yesterday was especially nice! We went out walking for close to two hours! I have been trying to take the kids for early walks where Andrew takes his first 45 min nap in the stroller (we made it out about 4 times this week which I was happy about) because it gets them out and gets me some much-needed exercise. So yesterday morning, we walked to town and I did a small food shopping........ then we walked home and switched out of the double stroller because Emmie kept asking for her buggy. It's too hard to push her and carry the baby so I strapped him in the Bjorn (what a great gadget)! and off we went! We ended up walking to our new home to see my Dad working (saw a few of our new neighbors too) and walked past the park where baseball games were going on ( ran into the Volberg kiddies there :) ) I definitely broke a sweat during this whole outing (which is both good for my weight loss plan but very, very sad for showing how out of shape I truly am).
........I took a scrapbook class with Daniela yesterday. Holy Schnikes it was a long one! 1:30-5 but we ended up staying until 6:15! It was titled "Life Is A Masterpiece" and we made these cool, vintage albums with a limited edition Rusty Pickles book (NOTE: If you are not into scrapping, kindly skip ahead because this bore the BeJeezus outta ya!) They started as plain cardboard covers and plain pages and we covered them in papers, sanded them for a rough, scratchy look, inked 'em.. it was a lot of fun and the album is totally old and rustic looking! I cut out letters and put Life Is A Masterpiece on the cover. I think what I want to do is gather up pictures of my 4 Grandparents and stories from Grandma Elinor and fill the book with them. It will be really cool for my kids to look at one day - my Grandparents will seem ancient to them!
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So today we are taking the kids to the duck pond on Merrick Road. I guess we need to buy popcorn first (are you still allowed to feed the ducks popcorn? Something is telling me probably not.........) I haven't been there since I am a little girl! In case you are interested, here is a picture of me and my dad there when I was 15 months old: http://www.image4u.org/disneydream03/InMyLifecopysized.jpg
Emily does the silliest thing with her Apple Jacks. We were eating them straight out of the box the other day when I noticed she asked for more even though there was a pile of perfectly good Jacks right next to her. So I gave her a few more and then I noticed it - she was only eating the green ones. I tested it out again and sure enough - she only picked up the green ones. She fed all the orange ones to me. How silly - they all taste the same! (they do don't they?)
I definitely have a girly-girl on my hands over here. Yesterday, she told me she needed to go to the potty so I made her sit on the bowl. nothing actually happened but I told her if she at least tried, she could play "make-up" (anything to distract her from getting off the bowl and running around bare-butt!) Her favorite is my blush brush (which is collecting dust at this point in my life...) So we did blush and then I let her use the eyeshadow brushes and powders. She thought they belonged on my cheeks so I was wearing a shimmery white on my face for the latter part of the evening. Then for "lipstick" I gave her a berry flavored Disney Princess chapstick. She was doing good just sniffing it but when I took my eyes off her for a few minutes, I saw a big smear & a bunch of chunks of pink wax in her hair. DOH! The Princess chapstick went in the trash and my little wiley minx went into the bath.
A special thanks to Funky Unkie for the cool Disney souvenirs! He started the trip saying "no souvenirs" then it became "ok souvenirs for only Emmie and B" and it finally ended with him bringing home .... 9 statues! LOL! He picked up a plain Mickey and Minnie for my collection, three shimmery, pearlescent Princesses which now complete Emily's collection (Cinderella, Mulan and Sleeping Beauty were just added to the Snow White, Belle and Ariel he bought her last year) and we started Andrew's collection off with 4 pieces: Goofy, Donald, Pluto and Stitch (he is the cutest!) I can't wait to get everything onto display shelves in the house.
BTW
...I am going to start AVON again. I think with the next-next campaign because I still need to order some books. So if anyone is interested in placing an order or you want a book to flip through, get in touch with me in the next 2 weeks or so. I think the order I am going to place goes through on the 25th.
So what is today? The 17th? We are moving in about 13 days and I haven't packed one thing - not one piece of paper, not one ounce of anything! I really don't know what I am waiting for. I guess I am secretly hoping it will just get done? Who the heck knows. I don't know where to start. It's like I don't want to waste my time packing with boxes and stuff because I am moving literally up the block. Yet I can't just walk it all to the house so the stuff does need to be packed in some form. This bites.
An aside:
...I got my new toilet. Vinny said he bought me the "elongated seat" in "case your ass gets fat". Did I mention how he has such a way with his words?
A few food recommendations on the Island:
...If you want super duper delish pizza you MUST got to RoseMarie in F-Dale. Hands down - best pizza around. We usually just choose Papparedelle's up town because it's close but their stuff all tastes the same. We have now started to drive to RoseMarie because it's worth the extra effort. Their crust is just different and the Sicilian in dripping with gooey cheese........ don't even get me started on the Grandma's pie! (haha) Anyway, I can't wait for IDOL night on Tuesday because we are ordering a bunch of pies. I love pizza party nights!
...I am not sure when the last time you ate at Singletons was but I suggest you go! (I should be getting compensated to plug these places!) I ate their for my b-day in Nov and loved it so much. It's just a great meal -from the app. to the dessert. We went for our anniversary last week and the food was really awesome. If Vinny has off, we are going to try and get there for Mother's Day brunch.
Oh I decided what I want to get Vinny for his birthday. I will post it here because it will be a cold day in Hell before he comes online, let alone does a search to find my Blog. Anyway, I am going to get him one of those big, canopied- couch type of swings for the backyard. The kind you just want to relax on and take a nap? I figure it's a gift even the kids and I can enjoy (but shhhh........ don't tell him I said that)!
Did I tell you guys we have a bunny? And he was free! Of course we share him with the rest of 11th street. There is this bunny that lives in our backyard! It's funny because everyone says they only see him by us... why is he particular to 11th? Why are 10th and 12th streets not places he'd like to hang? He is friendly too.... I can't wait to get some pictures of him and for the kids to see him. Only drawback - bunny poop in our yard! Ewww!
I have decided to do something different with my OFoto albums. Starting in May, I will send out ONE album at the end of every month. Since I got my cool new camera, I want to concentrate on possibly taking more quality shots (poses w/ props, portraits, etc) rather then a gazillion "blah" shots. And I can't think of any more creative captions! I'm drained! So I think I will just send one album at the end of the month, covering that previous month. Who wants to bet half the people on my address list don't even read all these musings and therefore never see that I just typed this........ I bet a get a hundred e-mails the first weekend in May asking where the album is.
AND A COUPLE OF LINK TO SOME RECENT PAGES I CREATED THAT I LIKE:
1. ALL GIRL
http://www.image4u.org/disneydream03/AllGirlcopysized.jpg
2. ANDREW AT 6 MONTHS
http://www.image4u.org/disneydream03/AndrewAt6Monthscopysized.jpg
3. BABY FEET
http://www.image4u.org/disneydream03/BabyFeetcopysized.jpg
4. KING OF THE ICE
http://www.image4u.org/disneydream03/KingOfTheIcecopysized.jpg
5. NATURE LOVER
http://www.image4u.org/disneydream03/NatureLovercopysized.jpg
6. UNSPEAKABLE MEMORIES
http://www.image4u.org/disneydream03/UnspeakableMemoriescopysized.jpg
Thanks for looking and have a great week! :):):):):):):)
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