weekend update

friday - lonely. HM was in Indy this weekend. i should have gone to New Guy's happy hour but i really didn't feel like getting out or leaving the dogs inside all nite. as much as they are DRIVING ME FRIKKING CRAZY, i couldn't do it.

saturday - bored. had to leave the house. called S1. met her and kids at Michael's. i needed to get stuff to make Halloween soaps anyway. when i got there, they were decorating pumpkins and i got stuff to make the soaps. i got a bunch of fingers and rings and more soap. i ended up bringing Princess and The Child Who Eats Nothing We Cook back home with me so they could help. they came out really cool!

sunday - the plan was to take the girls home after soaps, but it got late and i didn't feel like it. so, up at the butt crack of dawn on Sunday, i had to take them home. Princess had an early game.

the rest of the day was spent cleaning (sort of) and napping. OH, and i felt Duanita for the first time!! nothing major, just a little flutter.

HM is home now. all is well. i missed him. i lurve him. i'm so glad he's back! no more weekend trips without me!

until next time, i'm sweet t and you're not.

who are the people in your neighborhood?

no idea! we've been here three years and i still have no clue who my neighbors are. sure, we see them around outside, but we never really talk to any of them, except for Gisella (she lives across and three doors down) and the neighbor behind us. Gisella's a sweetie. a do anything for you kinda neighbor. the neighbor behind us... she's a bit odd. maybe odd's not the right word. drunk? yeah, that fits a little better. but she's on of those "fun" drunks. i mean, Addie became BFF's with her at the last crawfish boil.

anyway... after being startled and almost crapping my pants, last nite, because Fun Drunk knocked on my BACK DOOR!! she invited me over for BUNCO. i don't do BUNCO so i was a little hesitant. she said they were short two, so i called G and made her go with me. it was actually fun!

we met a bunch of other drunk people from the neighborhood. ladies that live within blocks of me. cool ladies. like, ladies i would be friends with. well, a couple of them. FD made it fun. there was a Halloween theme so people were in costume.

i asked FD to sign me up as a sub. the ladies were cool and it was fun to get to know people that live nearby. and BUNCO's not that bad, i guess. i'll give it another shot for friends.

stir crazy

i bow down to all you people able to work from home. i am not cut out for it. today, i practically begged my boss to let me come into the office next week. i think i may have even started to tear up... and that's when he said, "okay". thank gawd!!

i'm going crazy at home! i can't do it. while i'm working, i've caught up on all Ugly Betty episodes thus far in the season, watched a few movies, and played with the dogs. i freak out if i miss an email because then i think, "ohmigod, if i don't answer it right away they'll think i'm out getting a pedi". i don't want people to think that. they already don't know what i do when i'm IN the office. i don't want people questioning what i'm doing working OUT of the office.

so i go back to the make-shift office on Monday. YAY! and HM gets his un-cranky wife back.

note for Duanita

so i was giving birth and my baby came out with a black eye. then i couldn't figure out if it was a black eye or if her eyes were droopy because she had down syndrome. then S1 came over and said it was just a black eye and with a wipe of her hand, it went away. i said, "see Alex, Aunt Ronnie fixed you". then Ronnie said, "no, she looks like a Bella". and that's how you were named. Isabella.

i hope you're a girl. cuz that would be a really bad name for a boy.

p.s. your dad will probably call you Izzy, so be prepared.

we're baaaack

we're back home. and we finally have cable again!

right now, i'm in the process of putting together the slideshow for this weekend, which means scanning over 500 pictures of her, her children, her grandchildren and her great grandchildren (with one on the way). i'm also in the process of uploading all the photos of our backyard pre/post ike. those should be pleasant to look at. ha! we lost all our beautiful shade trees. =(

on the work front, they have me working from home until we're able to get back in the office again. it's not a bad gig. i'm getting comp time for the hours i'm working until then. that means more time off for maternity leave, i suppose.

on the preggers front, my frikkin' nerves are shot. my ass goes numb if i lay on my right side and i get a sharp pain in my back if i sit too long. i'm still not showing showing. i just look like a fat ass. he said i should start showing this month! come on!

comparison

what once was 838 Miami... the shack aka Sunburn Alley

hey everybody!

just wanted to let you know we’re okay. we’re staying with friends in Houston until we get our power back on. from what the neighbors tell us, there wasn’t any high water, we still have our windows, and we lost the fence. i’m okay with that.

we haven’t had any “confirmed” reports about the shack yet. all we know is there’s a picture in the paper within 2 miles of it; everything is in shambles with one house standing. it doesn’t look good. we don’t know when we’ll be allowed back onto the peninsula to check it out ourselves.

yesterday, i was told that i’d be off work for a month. our building wasn’t “breached” but there will be no power to the island for some time. i always thot i would welcome time off like that. now, i’m not so sure.

on a good note, all my idiot friends who stayed, finally got out safely. with all the media hype on just thunderstorms, it’s kinda hard to know when they’re crying wolf these days. some of my buddies thot it would be like Alicia (which was a Cat 3), they’d clean up and be open next week. not so much this time. at the peak of the surge (before the storm even came) there was 13 feet of water in the downtown area of the island. all of my friends’ bars and restaurants are ruined. i’m okay with that, too. they still have their lives.

some are relocating to Austin, Corpus Christi, North Houston and Port Aransas. the stories they’ve told me are unreal. 18 wheeler trailers floated to the middle of the street and now on it’s side. the Battleship Texas now in the Seawolf Park parking lot. 150+ boats spread out to the top of the south bound side of the causeway!

wish my friends well, please. and not to sound ghey or anything, but i have every confidence the island will be rebuilt and we’ll be fine. i’m just looking forward to it now.

p.s. thanks for all your txt’s and well wishes.

Duanita update

so i'm moving right along at 15 weeks now. the doctor says Duanita is doing just fine and my tummy's growing like it should be. although, when i saw the scale, i wasn't too flattered. ick.

we don't return until Oct 22, for the next ultrasound and test results (cuz i'm old). they ran tests to see if the baby will have any deformities or down's syndrome. he said that even if the tests come back negative, there's still a chance (8-10%) the baby will still have down's. we're preparing ourselves for anything.

we also get to find out the sex of the baby, if Duanita is cooperating. i think they can only tell if it's in a certain position or something and Duanita seems to be pretty stubborn already.

other than that, i'm doing really well. my co-workers still don't believe i'm pregnant because i haven't had any "symptoms" or morning sickness. trust me, i am! to prove it, look at my hips! yes, "they are spreading" says my doctor. i told him my butt was numb at nite and he just casually states, "your hips are spreading. your nerves are shot". uh... thanks? this is also the time of headaches. i'm getting those a LOT now. and they stay for something like TWO DAYS!! not fun. Tylenol sux0rz! also, he said that i would start showing, showing in the next month. like, really showing. YAY! so now i won't look "just fat".

here's a vid of me and the doc listening to the baby's heartbeat. i recorded it for HM cuz i thot i was just going in for 'blood draw'.


listen to the heartbeat from islebehere on Vimeo.

pure awesomeness

i would have loved to have done this with "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" at our wedding!

Brian & Eileen's Wedding Music Video. from LOCKDOWN projects on Vimeo.

monthly update/recap

there's been lots going on. trip to San Antonio, hung out with Tony & Goldie & Aaron. Art Walk was a bust... don't ask. i had to put together a retirement video for my old boss. it was a hit. HM's birthday, we had a happy hour bday party for him. Albert's birthday party. we've been busy. and we're going to New Orleans next weekend with six other people to celebrate our anniversary. October's shaping up to be pretty busy, too.

next month, well really, starting now, i'm having to get together another video/slideshow for my grandma's 76th birthday party. that's gonna be rough. i only have three weeks to complete it. we're doin' it up Vegas Style. good lord, you should have seen Mom and Aunt Linda going nuts in Arnie's.

after that, there's the girls' weekend at the shack then HALLOWEEN!!!! muahahahaha! and with Halloween, comes Halloween cookies and cupcakes, right? can't wait!!

chat with Parker Boy

PB: hi, Aunt Tari!!

me: hey Parker boy!

*dad talking to him in the background*

PB: you're gonna have a baby?!?!?!?

me: yep! you're gonna have a baby cousin to play with

PB: COOOOOOOOOL!

me: you know if it's a girl, you still have to be nice to her

PB: oh...

to anyone who thinks i'm not going to be a good mom:

SUCK IT!

i'm not going for "Mom of the Year" or anything, but dammit, am i that bad of a person that you have to think i'm not going to be a good mom???? and to try and encourage only ONE child. i'm having TWO (God willing)! get over it!!

just shy of 3 months

yesterday marked 11 weeks. 11 weeks of pregnant. that's me.

me, i want to shout it to the world right now! well, i have. HM, on the other hand, wants to wait until we're past the three month mark. i get his concern, but come on! how can you be super excited about something and not tell anyone. and pray to God nothing bad happens before the three month "safety" period is up, but i think i'd rather have my friends and family "in the know" for support.

this weekend, we may be seeing Granna. Granna's old school. she doesn't think it's polite to announce your pregnancy before your first trimester is up. we're gonna go ahead and tell her. if she asks, we're just gonna say "three months". come on... i'm six days shy of it. five by the time i see her. Mamalane said to not get upset if she's not overjoyed with the news. apparently, Granna doesn't get excited about pregnancies. babies, tho... that's a different story. she lights up around Parker Boy! every time! i'm fine with her possible non-excitement, just as long as she gets excited the same when the baby is actually here.
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in other news, i've seen my cousin, Michael, a bit this week. we had brunch at the restaurant he works at. it was so good! i saw him again a couple of days later. we had lunch after the storm blew through. i'm hoping to keep this up. there's really no reason why i shouldn't see him as much. he lives in the same city!

other than that, things have been kinda low key this week. i'm having dinner with mom tonite. before, when she called me out of the blue, to "see how i was feeling", i thot it was sweet. turns out, i think she was just trying to see what i knew about some family drama. we'll see how it goes tonite. wish me luck.

well, duh!

Carcrazy1969: I'M PRETTY MUCH OUT

islebehere: k. have fun

islebehere: i love you

Carcrazy1969: K U 2

Carcrazy1969: I LOVE U MORE

random thots

tomorrow was supposed to be a really cool day. we were supposed to be updating the family tree on dad's side. a family member went into the hospital today so the family tree meetup will have to wait until we can get more info. now, instead of updating, i'll be doing laundry and making jewels. actually, i have a lot to do, so i shouldn't be too upset.

i have to get a lot of things done anyway. the artwalk is coming up this month and i think i want to make more bracelets and maybe try to do something with the bike chain i have. ADD go away! i need to do this!! somebody is finally interested in my stuff! i hope i do well. we'll see. if not, guess what everyone's gettin' for Christmas?!?!?

seriously people

marry someone who makes you laugh. every day.

somebody already did it

but HM seems to think we could do much better. i have to agree.

HOW TO TRAUMATIZE YOUR CHILDREN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ADDIE!

weekend update/recap

friday - dinner and crackers and cookies, oh my! if it hadn't been for Princess, i would have never gotten thru the nite. she was a trooper. i picked her up on Friday and told her, "be prepared to work". and she still came over.

she took charge when we got to the house. she grabbed the first list (for dinner) and started getting everything out for it. while i was putting the finishing touches on dinner, she got out everything we needed for the crackers. we made a double batch of spicy crackers. man, those things are good. actually, she made them. she pulled out everything she needed, measured correctly, and poured it on. all i did was stick 'em in the oven.

next, we got started on the cookies. man, i love her for that! she was not afraid to stick her hands in anything! i can't do that anymore. it's icky. we doubled the cookie recipe and ended with, about, seven or so batches. all for the family reunion on Sunday.

we pretty much passed out after that.

saturday - slept in, did some laundry and got packed for the nite. i headed into town and we were on the road to Victoria by 3:00. we stopped and had a late lunch at Hinze's BBQ in Wharton. YUM! also picked up some sausage from Hillje's.

after we rolled into town, we went to see Aunt Linda for a while. we kinda just hung out at the motel after that. HM wanted to go swimming, but there were a lot of kids in the pool all day and he didn't want to swim in all their pee.

sunday - FAMILY REUNION DAY!! it was so great seeing everyone! i'm so glad i went... and made HM go with me. he didn't even complain about the DJ and all the loud music. we had a really good time. AND it turns out, i have a cousin that lives less than TWO MILES away from me. he lives in the SAME little city i live in!! we're going to see him at jazz brunch Sunday. he's a chef at a newer restaurant in town.

i'm hoping that this wasn't just a one time get together. i know have cousins in Houston now and i hope we all actually make an effort to see each other. Aunt Martha has friends that live in the subdivision next to ours (she visits them a lot) so i'm hoping she'll come by our house when she visits. i'm not sure HM will ever get used to the unannounced mexican family visits. but i'm hoping he'll be okay when/if it happens.

until next time, i'm sweet t and you're not.

and you thot Maxximus Richard was bad...

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it doesn't count if he pays someone to change it

me: you are NOT buying our baby stuff off craigslist

HM: why not?

me: gross! you don't know where that stuff has been

HM: you don't know

me: whatever. we are not buying our FIRST baby used stuff. that stuff could have lice and icky stuff and you don't even know

HM: some of it's new

me: is not

HM: is, too! sometimes there's a guy selling it brand new because maybe his baby came out with an afro and he's a white guy and the baby momma was a crackhead and she cheated on him and then he kicked her out and he already bought all the stuff so it's brand new and never been used. maybe that happened.

me: well, when you find a description that says that, let me know.

wwsd?

me: you need to move the TV

HM: maybe Santa will bring us a new one and i can put it there

me: we have one. why do we need a new one

HM: that one's too big

me: i don't know if you've been good enough for Santa to bring you a whole TV

HM: what??

me: i mean, maybe Santa will bring it to me, cuz i've been good, and i'll let you watch it. i mean, i am having your baby and all... and i don't think Santa brings TV's to guys who are mean to their pregnant wives

HM: maybe Santa said "this guy's a saint for being so kind to his pregnant wife and he deserves a TV"

me: i don't think Santa would say that

HM: maybe Santa will bring me pills that make your food taste good

me: what??

HM: nothing

me: and you think Santa's bringing you a TV...

tired of being tired

okay, when am i supposed to get any energy back? i'm being told that the baby is sucking everything out of me right now and i need to get the rest i'm wanting. i am just TIRED! this does get better, right? second trimester, maybe?

yesterday, i stayed home to get our glass repaired. there were so many things i wanted to do... needed to do. what did i do? i slept. i worked my required hours and then i was OUT. i kept saying i would get up and shower at this hour. or maybe this hour. eh, i'll shower at that hour. i finally showered at 5:30, which still gave me time to get dinner on the table. and a good dinner it was! i'm such a good wife. i made pork ribs with a really good rub and pineapple glaze... YUM! HM really liked them. he usually says he likes what i cook the day of and then the next day tells me the truth. but this time, he really did like them. he told me he doesn't say anything because although he doesn't always appreciate the flavors, he always appreciates the effort. i'm not sure how to take that.

in order to get some endorphins moving, i'm attempting to walk the boys after dinner. i don't like going alone. i got HM to walk to the mailbox last nite, but that was it. i've heard walking was the best thing for an easier delivery. is that really true? cuz if it is... we seriously need to be doing some serious walking!!

love is...

when your husband offers to buy you a "single" coffee maker so he can still bring you (decaf) coffee in bed. =)

weekend update

friday - absolutely nothing. as soon as i got home, i put on my pj bottoms and plopped myself in the big chair. we watched Psych and went to bed. eventful, huh?

saturday - started off bad, with a doorbell wake up at 6:30. yeah, 6:30AM! Manny was at our front door! he was dropping our goodies off (me-candy apples, HM-BBQ sauce sampler) and noticed the back window of the cadillac had been completely shattered!! glass everywhere! four cars were hit in our neighborhood. with huge cement blocks! we called the cops.

me: did they take the rock?
HM: yeah, they actually did.
me: were they wearing gloves?
HM: i don't know, CSI! do you wanna go ask?

some people just don't understand the importance of fingerprinting. geesh.

sunday - lazy day. we watched Speed Racer. gawd, that movie was long! but i liked it. i thot it was cool the way he finished the Casa Cristo Race and he landed out of his car like in the cartoon. we also watched a few episodes of Weeds Season 2. now, i'm starting to get hooked. i love netflix streaming!

until next time, i'm sweet t and you're not.

loonychic part 2-electric boogaloo

so last nite i went to meet Loonachic at her hotel. i'm still alive. she wasn't a traveling serial killer or anything. she's a pretty cool chick. i gave her the lowdown on the NYC meet up and she clued me in on the Chicago meet up. we had similiar thoughts on the meet up's as a whole.

i took her to a hometown landmark, Mission Burrito. YUM! a while back there was a little project going on where vimeo users would "eat something for Buck". Buck Flashroy lives in London and well, his food sucks. so, he wanted everyone to show him what we were eating everywhere else. Loona and i decided to eat a burrito for Buck. she put together a video of our burrito adventure.


Islebehere & Loonachic Eating Burritos for Buck Flashroy from Loonachic on Vimeo.

Loony-chic

tonite i'm going to meet another vimeo bud, Loonachic. she's in town on business, from Chicago. i'm gonna show her all Mission Burrito has to offer!

8 weeks today

this week, HM says: Emotionally, you may feel like you are suffering from an ongoing bout of PMS. Even silly commercials may make you cry! jokes on him. i already do that!

new hair

damn Erica and the really cute hair cut she gave me! she's forcing me to "fix it" every day, now. everyone at work LOVES it so now i can't just come in here with ratty, just gelled, not dried hair any more. ugh.

weekend update/recap

friday - dinner with friends. Tera came in from Austin, Woz and i picked up Pew Wei, BA was there and Joel & ET made it out. it was nice to have everyone over for dinner and just to chill out. we even figured out that we can see the Kemah fireworks from our house. well, from the median in the road, but still. don't think i didn't "pull a mescan" and bring my chair out to the middle of the street... cuz i did. i had the best seat in the house.

saturday - headache. slept all day. and i had such plans for the day. i had jewelry to make and orders to fill for work peeps. i was so upset with myself.

sunday - we had the bike team czichs over for an early dinner on sunday. DD, Lil Bo, Rachel, Char, and Lil Baby Bo brought over all kinds of stuff for a mexican fiesta. YUM! we caught up on a lot of stuff and started planning a camping trip for November. going to Warda, where they have real showers and toilets and good stuff like that. i'm gonna see if i can get HM to go with. =) it won't be hot and they have real showers and toilets and good stuff like that! =)

until next time, i'm sweet t and you're not.

symptoms

i have to give thanks to the pregnancy gods that i have not yet experienced morning sickness. i've almost thrown up twice, but both times were at nite and i'm pretty sure one of them was not related to the pregnancy at all.

other than that, before verification, my boobs were really sore and i had the emotional instability of a CRAZEEE person. yes, me. i noticed my boobs were growing but i was losing weight. surely, you can't be pregnant if you're losing weight. so i put it out of my mind. another time, i absolutely broke down bawling when HM told me his mom was coming to stay with him the weekend i was in NYC. i have no frikkin' clue why that bothered me. but i cried about it. i wanted to visit with Mamalane, too, and i wouldn't be able to. i chalked it all up to PMS. wrong.

so today, i am seven weeks pregnant. a little Duanita on the way. S1 will have her baby fish and HM will have no more Aquarians in the house. for now.

Duanita

Houston, we have a heartbeat!

so while i was in NYC, i kinda got a surprise. a GOOD surprise! and christened Blake's brand new bathroom. it was a first, he said... and hopefully a last. at least for a long time. this is the same picture HM got. on his phone. i couldn't wait til i got home!

today was our first visit to the doctor together. we got to see the baby's heartbeat. tomorrow, i will be seven weeks pregnant. baby Duanita is due March 2, 2009. here's a preview of what went down in the doctor's office.

first visit from islebehere on Vimeo.

weekend updates

the last two weekends have been filled with lots of activity. i went to NYC for the vimeo meet-up, which rocked by the way! it was really cool to finally meet Blake, one of the community directors at Vimeo. NYC was cool, but i didn't do any of the tourist-y things. we spent the majority of time in Brooklyn and i didn't even see the Brooklyn Bridge! it was raining!

i hung out with Andrea most of the time and i love love LOVE her iphone! instead of looking like complete touron's with maps wide open, all she did was pop on her iphone and google map us where ever we needed to be. we were even able to take a walk thru Central Park because of it. the whole time it just looked like she was texting someone.

the party was great! the people were even greater!

this past weekend, we spent the 4th of July at the shack. i got to see Mark & Jill and all their kids... 14, 10, 6, 2 1/2 and one on the way... kinda makes you re-think the whole "i really wanna have a kid" gig.


we also spent time with Mamalane & Papatom and i got to see my Parker Boy. he's SO cute! we hung out in the hammock together and ate hot crackers together. he told me they were spicy but that was okay and that's why he got water. we took a nap together. i hope he's not sick this week. oh yeah, did i mention i've been sick as a dog for six days now?!?!?!? sinus cold. WTH?!?!?


until next time, i'm sweet t and you're not.

what a good gloss you would be

but my life my love and my lady is the sea... plus, i can't frikkin' find you since our trip to NASA!

hard-wear

when Woz came over last weekend, we experimented. i had HM bring me some stuff from the store and this is what i made.

this bracelet was made from 2" S-hooks and copper wire. pretty cool looking, huh?

on the horizon

so remember when i told you that J was interested in selling my stuff... ? well, yesterday i was at lunch with S2 and she said i could take one of the kids' old bikes for a display. YAY! HM's going to chop it up and see what we can do with it in the space that i have for it.

Listening Party

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click the link above to listen to Chicago's, 'Stone of Sisyphus (XXXII)'... the "lost" cd.

yesterday at lunch

me: hey [my boss].

him: hey

me: this is my sister, S2. this is my boss, [him].

me: this is my brother's girlfriend, F. this is my boss, [him].

him: don't say i'm "your boss"

me: well, you are

him: ha! [while walking off] yeah, like anybody is your boss.

me: [to S2 and F] well, i'm glad he finally recognizes that.

weekend update/recap

friday - so, all went as planned. Woz came over and we watched a move... okay, so that wasn't part of the plan, but come on... she's never seen Girls Just Want To Have Fun! it had to be done. and i'm just that ghey that i had it DVR'd. man, i wanted to be Helen Hunt's character so bad. Lynne Stone was so cool. how many people can pull off dinosaur barrettes? i can't imagine many.

also, HM saved our house. apparently, when the cable guy came out back in January, he stepped on something that stopped something else that caused something to fill up with water and then proceed to drip down our walls and onto my head while going up the stairs. he went up to the attic and found everything and fixed it. he rules!

saturday - we got up and went to [dun-dun-dunnnnnnn] Wal-Mart. we needed more snaps before we started. we worked our butts off. we got about 40-ish tube bracelets made and even did some rings. the rings were screw up's but i gotta say, they were kinda cute. Woz was so proud of herself for thinking of them. no waste!

we even had time to make some hard "wear". i made a necklace out of hex nuts and wire... looks cool. i also made a bracelet out of S-hooks and copper wire. way cool! i'm wearing it today. Woz made quite a few necklaces with the hex nuts and embroidery yarn. they looked really neat. seriously, we were up late.

[stop reading dad]

on a side note, all the snap punching really flexed a muscle and made my right boob hurt! like, really hurt! i couldn't even move in bed last nite. i'm thinking i'll use my left hand next time and see if that works out the muscles in my left boob. if i keep this up, there may not be need for a lift after all! =)

[continue reading dad]

sunday - after calling my daddy to tell him HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!, i went to the island for some bike riding. i met a group of friends who call themselves "drunks on bikes". no, seriously... they yell it out while riding past people. i wasn't drunk and we were honestly, barely on our bikes. they have a good time with it.

came home and hung out with HM for a while.. we had dinner and i definitely needed to shower. it was an early nite. until next time, i'm sweet t and you're not.

busy busy busy

i've recruited Woz to help me on putting some stuff together for the bike shop. we worked on alot last nite and will be doing more tonite. it all looks very good. we kinda got a little side-tracked because HM brought home a few things from the store and we started working with that. a new line of Hardwear (get it? Hardware, Hardwear) jewelry (serious ADD kicking in, here). OMG my bracelet looks so gooood! well, it will look good once i finish it. i'll put a picture up later.

tonite, i'm going to measure the space J (bike shop owner) is giving me so HM can put together a little display thing for me. the rest of the nite will be spent finishing up those bracelets and possibly cleaning bike chains, if i have time.

wow, it's gonna be a busy weekend. i'm really gonna miss my husband.

google

if you google "old lady on birthday", my vimeo to S1 for her birthday shows up on page 4. heehee!

out of the mouths of babes

so last nite we're at the Astros game (Astros won, by the way) and we met the cutest, sweetest, most polite seven year olds ever.

ET and i were discussing father's day and the little girl turns around and says, "it's father's day this weekend so if you have a daddy, you should go see him. on father's day. i'm going to see my daddy at my mimi's house. my daddy lives with my mimi because my mommy says he's not very responsible".

it was everything we could do to keep from laughing our butts off. especially after seeing the mortified look on her mommy's face.

on the preggers front

not yet. still trying. we're going to the shack for the 4th of july. maybe, while we're there, we'll get lucky and hit the trifecta. met at the shack, married at the shack, concei-... oops! sorry mamalane, was that TMI?

weekend update/recap

visitors in this weekend, yaaayyyy!!!


friday - picked Addie up from intercontinental... AN HOUR after she was supposed to get here! we dropped by to see the boys but we were on a mission. a mission to get to Ninfa's. after dinner and a margarita, we were pretty much useless and passed out when we got home.

saturday - i have the best husband EVER!! not only did he clean the kitchen on friday, but he made coffee for the next morning, too. sure he did it for himself, thinking he would drink it, but Addie and i appreciated it just as well.

David drove in and we went to NASA. so glad we only paid half price for those tickets. shaddup S1. it was still a good time. it just seems that it's turned into a giant playground for kids with the museum shoved to the waaaayyy back. not even kidding.

saturday evening - after catching bait for HM and BA(!), i showed Addie and David our "beach". yeah, we have a beach about two miles from the house. like, with sand and everything! we hung out there for a bit then went on to The Bullet... now, an 'Addie and David visit' tradition. i really wanted to video the ride. we got the front car and everything. busted. the kid wouldn't let me take my camera. in hindsight, i think he probably knew best. good lord that thing knocks you around! i think David might have cracked a rib (no thanks to Addie) and i know my thighs are completely bruised. if i gain any more weight, no more bullet for me. good god man those seats are small!

sunday - Addie and David took off to see Sweeney Todd, i got all my crap together to get started on the tube bracelets. Woz came over to help me figure some stuff out with the snaps. i think it would be much easier and i could probably get more done if i could figure out the snaps and not have to bother with chain. plus, chain ain't cheap and i really like to use it for beading and shrinky dinking.

hours later, she figured it out. apparently the snaps i originally wanted to use are too big. had to go to smaller ones. once you get it figured out, it's pretty easy! i hate the "learning curve". real life should really be more like The Matrix if only in the way that when you need some info someone can just download it into your brain,

me: Tank, I need you to download the manual for putting snaps on rubber, stat!
Tank: [typing furiously] done.
Tank: so what else do you need? besides a miracle.
me: skills. lots of skills.

that would be awesome!

lack of updates

i wish i could blame it on marriage and our lack of "a life", but i really can't. we're always doing something. hence, the lack of updates. Since we left Indianapolis, our weekends have been pretty full.

Memorial day weekend was full of visitors from Witchita, Kansas. Andrea and Carl came to visit after their fun-filled weekend at the Polka Fest in Ennis, TX. we took them to the shack and they'll never be the same again. of course i have pictures that i haven't uploaded yet, but here are a few from Andrea's camera.

last weekend was kind of filled with "catching up" on things. we stayed around the house, i worked on some jewelry. i actually have a bunch of orders for one necklace i wore to work. yay! i need to make a bunch of those this weekend.

probably on Sunday since Addie is coming in this weekend. this time she's bringing David and Javier back and we're going to Johnson Space Center. i have no idea what's there now. i haven't been since i was a wee child.

good news on the jewelry front. like i said before, i have orders for the one necklace... BUT, i've also been working on a line of "bike" jewelry. bracelets, etc. made from recycled bike parts and such. i took them to a bike shop down the road and he loved them! he wants me to make a display and gave me two shelves to put them on in his store. very cool! now i just need to make the display AND more bike jewelry. wheeee! excited and a little freaked out at the same time. i'm not expecting to be the Cash Money Millionaire or anything it's just kinda cool that somebody else thinks your stuff is cool. cool enough to want to sell it in their shop.


i know you're wondering how i'm going to get this all done with Addie in town and going to NASA and and there's no way i could do it ALL on Sunday. well, i'm making her help. and since she's been traveling all week she won't want to do anything else.... yeah, cuz that NEVER happens when she visits me.... !!! and since she's making me pick her up from frikkin INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT!!! SHE OWES ME. AND DINNER AIN'T CUTTIN' IT THIS TIME.

i've been waiting for this one!

30 second bunnies re-enact Sixteen Candles.

TTC =

Trying To Conceive. get used to it. it'll be seen here often.

there are a whole lotta other acronyms for people trying to have babies. i have no clue what they all mean. i'm sure i'll learn... real soon.

for those of you wondering. first EPT (Early Pregnancy Test) = negator, skeletor.

we'll keep trying. but i gotta say, just after 1 month of trying i can't even begin to imagine the mindset of people who try for YEARS. good god, man! i was going nuts for just 2 weeks. i can't even imagine what others go thru. let's all cross our fingers for this immaculate conception, shall we?

weekend update/recap

first, let me start off by saying HM is feeling much better after pulling a muscle last week. working late and reaching for the stars lights. he pulled something helping the electrician. it kind of affected his weekend, tho.

thursday - we left for Indy and he was in so much pain, poor thing. i fed him Motrin and his aunt gave him something really good. he was lots of fun on the plane. seriously. it was a fun commute to Indy.

thursday nite - still in pain. we made it over to Hard Rock for dinner. OH! and get this! Hard Rock Indy totally had a fake signature on the wall! it was supposed to be a picture of Geoff Tate from Queensryche. first off, it didn't even look like Geoff Tate. secondly, it was autographed "JEFF" Tate!! WTF?!?!? so busted!

friday - we still couldn't go very far. HM was still in some pain. we managed to make it across the street to the mall. he got some much needed shoes. i got some new crocs. so cute. i also got a couple of other pairs of shoes and some shirts and a couple of pairs of pants. wow! it sounds like i got a lot, huh? i deserve it. we're not really shoppers, either one of us. so, when we finally decide to treat ourselves, we try to make it count. seriously, i shop mostly at Target for shirts and pants. HM mostly goes to Academy. how pathetically non-stylish are we? plus, we got our $600 back from George Bush so it's all good.

friday nite - we had the best dinner at St.Elmo's steakhouse. OMG! their signature is the shrimp cocktail appetizer. YUM! it's mostly horseradish with a dash of cocktail sauce. after the initial burn of the nose hairs and almost gagging because my loving husband didn't warn me and instead "watched" me until i took the first bite.

after dinner, we caught up on LOST. we caught up on last week's episode and saw the season finale. so good.

saturday - after Einstein's bagel breakfast, i met HM and partners at the convention center and hung out for a while.

i left in the afternoon for a late lunch with some vimeo peeps. i met Josh Flowers, Metta James, and Homer Shadowheart. we walked all around town for a few hours, talked about video, had ice cream, shot some video, took some pictures... all will be posted soon.

saturday nite - caught up on The Office and watched the season finale of that. gawd, we're old!

we got home sunday nite. so tired.

until next time, i'm sweet t and you're not.

happy birthday blog!

so last week i was informed, by S1, that it was islebehere.com's three year birthday. WOO-HOO!! and what a great aunt she is, she even made cupcakes for the occasion.

conversations

me: {eating a banana}

manny: dude, why are you eating so healthy now?

me: dude! hellooooo, i'm probably three days pregnant...!

manny: LOL!! {rolls his eyes}

panoramic

fyi

i'm probably three days pregnant now.

i suck, i know

there's been no "weekend update/recap" for the last three weekends, i know. not that there hasn't been anything going on. there has. cool and exciting things. there was a weekend at the shack aka sunburn alley, a weekend in Vegas, and this weekend we grilled out. okay, that last one doesn't sound exciting, but it was really nice. i got to work on some video and HM & BA did garage stuff. i like when BA's around. he gets to be my little kitchen helper. =)

so anyways, here's some video from the weekend at the shack:

sunburn alley II from islebehere on Vimeo.

i'll put video of Vegas up, as soon as i get it all sorted out. oh, and also video of me and S1 doing some ad-lib karaoke, road-trip style. yeah, be afraid.

vegas baybeeee!!

i'm so money!

how's this sound? all expense paid trip to Vegas! i'm going. me. uh-huh!

Addie sent me an email this morning asking what i was doing this weekend. i told her i had plans for cousin's baby shower. she told me her aunt backed out of their (her and her mom) trip to Vegas and they need a third. after some hemming and hawing and IM'ing HM. it was a done deal. in two hours, i had a ticket, boarding pass, and the day off tomorrow.

Viva Las Vegas!

click it

some things never go out of style

Andrea: I'm searching for sweater vests

me: uhm... WHY

Andrea: to work
I am wearing one now and really like it
button shirts under sweater vest
classic

me: yeah, like 1980's classic

go 'stros!

SBW wanted Astros earrings. they came out really cool. don't even ask for a pair of your own. they were a beeyoch to make!

aaonvimeo: it's so hard to explain how we're friends

aaonvimeo: so i told carl's parents that we're going to stay with you

aaonvimeo: and his dad was pretty weary

islebehere: lol

aaonvimeo: Until I was like, well if it makes you feel any better, HM thinks WE'RE going to be the weird, scary ones

aaonvimeo: And all of the sudden, he was relieved

islebehere: HAHAAA!

aaonvimeo: like, oh, so they're not bad afterall

new tunes

listen to the best of the Across The Universe soundtrack over on the sidebar.

conversations

Addie: what are you doing tonite?

me: i have to find something to wear to the shower tomorrow. i'm making S1 go to the mall with me. i hate going to the mall.

Addie: yeah, i know... cuz you don't like your weight right now and feel uncomfortable trying on clothes.

me: uhm.. no, actually. it's cuz i just really hate the mall, but thanks for getting my low self esteem back in check, Dr. Addie!

Addie: free of charge!

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we were both cracking up for the next 20 minutes, just thinking about that over and over again.

for you... you know who you are

moviaoke

definition: watching a movie with the karaoke machine your niece left at your house.

Woz came over last weekend and we finally watched watched Across the Universe. not bad. not bad at all. great soundtrack. Evan Rachel Wood.. her voice.. when she did "If I Fell"... like buttah!

anyways, HM had the idea that we amp it up a bit... with the karaoke machine and 2 mic’s! totally worth it! it takes it to a whole new level. i don’t think i can ever go back to watching a musical-ish type movie without the mic’s again.

next up: Purple Rain fo sho!

bonus clip

not my other favorite song... that one was pretty ghey anyway. this one's definitely got some kick to it and i totally remember us trying to get those dance steps down!




p.s. check out Finola Hughes at 1:05, pre General Hospital days, in her movie debut.

what the hell was wrong with us??

THE APPLE

S1 and i watched this movie over and over and over on HBO.

full trailer:


we also watched alot of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. were we normal children of the 80's? did every 80's child like super cheezy musical movies?? i have to know!

here's a clip of one my fave songs from the movie:

barcycle 2008

i know it was last month. whatever.

this is a video of the annual Barcycle ride on the island. basically, a pub crawl for St. Patrick's Day. good times! i had a blast with SBW & Durty and i got to hang out with some peeps i haven't seen in a while.




barcycle 2008 from islebehere on Vimeo.

crawfish boil/no weekend update

only because i haven't downloaded all the video. not that there's a whole lot of video to download, but it's some. mostly of the band. oh and guess what? NOBODY got video of me singing with them!! can you believe??

the best video is of the nite before anyway. wait'll you see all that!

coming soon to vimeo

islebehere: and bring your karaoke voice

Dan: I don't think so

islebehere: OH, but u will

Dan: Ok, but I get to wear your wedding dress and you better have "Like A Virgin"

islebehere: WE DO!!!

Dan: The dress is mine

bat phone aside

i don't think i've ever wanted anything more.

if anyone out there knows how to knit and has about 14 months to kill. i would be very grateful. =)

muxtape.com

make your own mix-tape, ONLINE! i'm super excited about this website. instead of zipping files and emailing, you can just upload and give out the link. one of the vimeo peeps created it and tumbl'd it yesterday. in 4.5 hours, the site had 2000 users and 4000 songs. in 24 hours this site has generated 8,685 users / 19,731 songs / 35,000 visits. how awesome is that? seriously? things like this make me even more excited to go to NYC in June, to meet all these super creative people.

click on the picture or go here to see other muxtapes. look at me, i'm on the front page...wheeeee! top row, even. =)

some things to know about the site. 3-line sign up: username, password, email. that's it. also, when listening to a muxtape, switch between tracks with the left and right arrow keys, and use ‘return’ to pause and play. songs will advance from track to track in a loop by default.

here's mine if you wanna listen: http://islebehere.muxtape.com/

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we just switched our insurance on the rent house. this was included in the new policy. there was also a Terrorist Invasion Clause.

new wallpaper for Lappy

happy birthday big sis!

Dear S1,

through the years we've had our moments. moments we wanted to kill each other, moments of throwing sharp objects at each other, and moments we basically just wanted to strangle each other. HARD! but, we've also had moments of sisterly love. they've become more often in our your later years. you've become more accessible... or maybe it's just that you don't have as many friends any more so you call me more often. i'm not sure.

what i am sure of - i like being your sister now. i can't imagine you not being around... loud as you are. i freak out if i don't hear from you after a couple of days. i start calling your husband to see what he did with the body. i start to actually miss you. ick. i like that we're able to hang out and actually enjoy being with each other. i know you'll never go see live music with me and you understand that i hate malls, but we still manage to find something to do. pedicures come to mind.

i think we all know i'm not good with words and writing down what i really want to express, but just know that i have tears in my eyes right now just thinking of how much i love you and appreciate you (when you're not being a total beeeyoch). you're my big sister and my best friend (but don't tell Addie).

Love,
Your Little Sis



HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLD LADY! from islebehere on Vimeo.