Sick....

so it's been a while - no surprise..... we've had a busy few days here at the alday/blauvelt house.  jim and i have decided that we don't want to make the same mistake we did while living in SF - we aren't going to put off doing the 'touristy' shit until people come to see us.  Not to mention there is so much more to do in NYC than in SF.....

So on saturday we hoofed it bright and early to the Museum of Natural History with Q.  He absolutely loved it - didn't care too much for the cultural peoples areas - but the dioramas of the animals and of course the dinosaurs were a huge hit.  We'll have to take him again.  I've started to compile a list of things we should do....and especially in this crappy cold weather, indoor stuff is a hit.  

Sunday we pretty much stayed in and did some house cleaning.... still more to do - i need to keep reminding myself that in a few months we are going to have a house full of people for the wedding and i need to have shit in order..... eventually. 

Monday jim had off for MLK day, so i took that opportunity to run away for the afternoon with miss anabel ( her hubby was off too!) - so we had an awesome day minus kids - it was in the 20's but we didn't care - hoofed it around the village and soho for a few hours.  Had some yummy spanish food ..... then hit the little boutiques... didn't buy anything - a $45 onsie was just enough to make me sick lol We did stop in to a few tattoo/piercing parlors to get some pricing for this saturday's mom's night out.... who knows if anyone else is going to join the needle fun, but anabel and i are determined to add some new holes to our faces lol 

this week has been slow...... the board is trucking along, and i'm happy about that.... things have slowed, giving me a chance to really work on the new stuff on the back end.. our date of feb 1st is fast approaching so i think we'll have to push it a bit further along.  The logo contest was extended again, and we have finally gotten a few submissions.... they look good....so we'll have to see what comes of that..... 

family updates.... step dad is doing much better - feeling good - goes to the doctor on friday to get his ok to return to work and to be allowed to drive again.  My dad goes in for an MRI on friday as well for his shoulder, apparently there is more damage done then they thought - well duh.... so fingers crossed that he doesn't need _another_ surgery.... and can fix this fast and easy.  

SIL is 18 weeks preggo and apparently she and my brother are coming to the east side of the country in feb.  and i'm their first stop.  would be nice if they called and informed me and not just tell my mother... guess we'll wait and see...

Karlee is doing good, not gaining enough weight apparently still.... so i have no idea what is up with that.... sid is acting out worse and worse... i guess they had to physically removed him from the classroom the other day - i have no idea how to express to my brother that this kid is crying out for help - the house life is not good for him... the constant people in and out, the new baby, then the baby's mother - maybe when i see them in march i can knock some sense into him. 

So yeah in march  - my crazy mother and joe have decided they want a house full of people there for a weekend..... lunatics lol so jim, quin and i, brian, angela, sid, karlee and maybe abe, kristen, jeremy, his son, and possibly jess and cam will be there for 2-3 days lol in case ya'll weren't counting... that is 9 adults, 1 - 8 year old, 2 - 4 year olds, a 2 year old, a 1 year old and a 4 month old...... ought to be interesting.... in a 2 bedroom condo..... we are hoping to get there earliest so that we can claim the bedroom lol 

ok well this was long enough for now.... i can feel the fever creeping back in and my voice disappearing... time to try and nap - but quin i doubt will let me...... 

A new year, a new day

So 2008 has begun..... so much to do this year.... so much to change.....

I'm getting married in oct.... about 9 months to go and i haven't done as much as i was hoping i'd have done by now.... i need to buckle down and start making decisions.  The software has been on stand still for way too long, and the extra income we'd make is really enticing.... just not enough to get jim and i off our asses and work on it.  of course the work we already did is lost ( at least for now) with the death of our hard drive. 

i'm on the dieting wheel - and have been doing fairly good.... 32 lbs in 6 months isn't too shabby, considering i didn't really do anything except nursing.  I'm itching for another baby..... i just don't feel like our family is complete yet ...... but i'm weary about the weight gain again.  It crushed what self esteem i had......and now that i'm building it back up, i'm also gearing up to knock it down again..... sigh..... is this what i signed up for?

quin is doing amazing..... he's gaining words by the day and his newest is 'i'm sorry mom' - its so cute, and he says it at the right times.....of course this also brings on the 'no, mine' and the constant 'it's broken' in regards to anything and everything... but i can deal with that if it means he is catching up verbally to his age peers.....  he's doing pretty good in the big boy bed - i've noticed that he wakes up between 2 and 3 am every morning ( well almost every morning) - i can usually get him back to sleep - if i'm awake... if i'm asleep, he just crawls into bed with us and passes back out.  we are going to attack potty training head on this week...... ought to be fun!

the forum is doing pretty amazing..... lots of members, lots of posts..... no drama.... it's been more than i could ever ask for.... i'm working on so much bejhind the scenes, that i think i'm spreading myself too thin.... so my new years resolution for the board is to take it one thing at a time, and to dedicate at least an hour a day ( if not more) to getting my list complete.  i'm not going to get into it much because it'll just make me get all flustered and scattered again lol 

jim and i are doing great.... as the new year rolled around, and my drunken birthday, i realized that we need to better ourselves health wise - both physical and mental.  i'm cooking healthier whether he likes it or not ( and right now he is hanging in there) - and we need to start going out at least once a month alone.... his parents are always ready and willing to take the little man for the night, so we need to use and abuse it - 

ok well the boy is calling and i have some buddies to add to this new bloggity blog lol let's see if i can post at least once a week lol