Here are Zane and I with our new haircuts. Kevin got one also, but he is being picky about it. It looks great. Caspian wants to get moppy again, so he didn't get one. Luke will be next. That will be fun.
Kevin will soon be a published author! In fact, he has already been paid for the print and e rights to his story, Beef. The story is going to be appearing in a coming edition of All Possible Worlds. (We're not sure exactly when, yet. But don't worry, we'll tell ya!) It's the start of great things. YAY, Kevin!!!
~t
Apparently, the boys were out hippie-ing around today while I was hard at work. Hrmph. How did I end up the conservative in this deal? Oh well, at least they got some cute pictures and a video. I like to call these shots, "Daddy should not dress me in this black t-shirt again until I get a haircut on Friday." The natural quasi-mullety way his hair grows in with the black t-shirt is somewhat questionable for me stylewise, but he's still just so freakin' cute. I think he can get away with it.
After watching The Secret, I've been enjoying getting back into some of my personal development and metaphysical studies. I always feel the best when I'm practicing this stuff. The new book I'm reading is Your Destiny Switch by Peggy McColl. It's all about using the power of your emotions to create the life of your dreams. It's got some great exercises to help harness that power and stay "switched on" to a more positive, successful, productive, abundant, connected, joyous, and loving way of life. Good stuff.
~t
I've been working now for about 3 1/2 months. Honestly, when I write that down, it seems ridiculous to me. It feels like much longer. It feels like so much longer. I have begun to dream of tropical vacations. My dear friend Bonnie raves about Hawaii, Kauai specifically. Now that I'm on the West Coast, it somehow seems much more doable to go to Hawaii. Also, it's relatively easy to get a great Kauai Vacation Condo.
Even better, by taking advantage of a Kauai Vacation Condo opportunity, tourists are participating in the growing field of ecotourism. The focus in ecotourism is on nature, culture, and benefiting the local community of the place toured. Now that's tourism I can really get behind. And if I get a fabulous vacation at an affordable price in a sweet Hawaiian condo, all the better.
This site linked above is cool because it makes it easy to search for homes, condos, or hotels based on your destination, dates, price range, and number of guests. Check it out!
~t
Well, it's not my best work, but I thought I'd capture my little tyke on video since we hadn't in a while. He has been growing like crazy, talking all the time, and in general, just being too smart for anyone's own good. Lately, I've just been working--ho hum. I've been losing weight again--Yay--but not having a whole heckuva lot of time for blogging--boo. I think I will always write in this new format I'm creating--not. (Collective sigh of relief from my 10 readers.)
I've been trying to think of all the cute and funny things Zane has been saying and doing lately and I just can't! Oh dear. I'm worse at doing a baby book than I thought I would be. I gave up the baby book so soon, but I tried to make myself feel better, because what was my blog but a big ole baby book? Well, heck. Oh well. Let's hope the Akashic Records is getting all of this. Don't know what I mean? Here's the great thing about the Internet--I'm not going to explain it to you. Go Google it. Ha. Ok, obviously I'm sassy tonight. I'm hoping I have now babbled long enough that I can go grab my code from youtube. Hang on. Dang, only at 80%. What else can I tell you?
I've been working on manifesting wealth. And freedom. I dig freedom. Kevin is watching some dumb thing on TV that I don't want to watch. Ugh. I hate it when I don't want to hang out in my living room because there is some dumb thing on TV. In general, that's most of the time, unfortunately. TV is ok, but in general, I find it annoying.
Now, here's Zaaaaaaane...
(He doesn't say much, but he looks cute. I'll try to get a more stellar conversation next time. Babies. You just never know.)
(Ok, I know he's not REALLY a baby anymore. But he likes to be called one, and he'll probably be my only, so I'm stretching it out. So sue me.)
~t
Time for a little bit of fun. I'm not sure I really agree with this, although much of it rings true. I *wish* my house were neat.
| You Are Bert |
 Extremely serious and a little eccentric, people find you loveable - even if you don't love them! You are usually feeling: Logical - you rarely let your emotions rule you You are famous for: Being smart, a total neat freak, and maybe just a little evil How you life your life: With passion, even if your odd passions (like bottle caps and pigeons) are baffling to others |
We all know I heart Zach Braff. I also heart Jason Bateman. Did you SEE him in Dodgeball? And of course, there is Arrested Development. And goodness, I also have love for Amanda Peet. They are ALL TOGETHER in The Ex. A quick glance shows some other heavy hitters in the cast. I do not know how this movie could go wrong. I would be in shock if it did. I think it will be my Mother's Day gift to myself to go see this film the weekend it comes out. Here's the trailer:
~t
I've written about coaching on this blog before because I have a certain amount of passion for it. I think coaching is a brilliant development in our evolution that can help innumerable people reach higher and higher potentials all the time. Not only have I intended to become a coach, but I am not using coaching skills in both my professional and personal life.
Now, Capella University faculty member Sara Orem has co-authored a new book entitled Appreciative Coaching: A Positive Process for Change. The process focuses on the strengths of the individual involved to guide him or her to the greatest success using positive questioning, mindfulness, and other techniques. The goal is to inspire individuals to grander views of the future so that they might achieve more.
Capella University is a fully accredited online university that offers both bachelor and graduate degree programs, including an online mba program.
~t
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I don't know what I'm whispering about. This thing is called The Secret, but let me tell you, it seems everyone knows. Just in case you have a toddler or some other excuse for being slightly behind the times, I thought I'd fill you in here. The Secret is a really great book (haven't read it yet) and DVD (which we did watch). It is the secret of the universe. Really. It seems to be everywhere these days. To which I say, "Whew". Maybe we will all start to finally get it. Or at least some of us. Or at least me and you. Check it out.
~t
My other blog has been cuteness central for some time now, but I think it may be right to cute things up around here as well. I do have a backlog of cute going on right now because we've still been taking some decent pictures and I just haven't had time to blog them. Zane loves the show Lazytown, which he calls "Crazytown", aptly enough. Here he is as the hero of Lazytown, Sportacus:
Yikes. I just don't understand the haters out there.
I think it was yesterday.
I got a comment on one of my YouTube videos.
I had been playin' around with YouTube and vlogging a while back. I'm sure some of my vids were better than others. They were low quality, sure. I didn't look my best, sure. But, mostly, I was just having fun and chronicling our lives on my other blog. I was talking about my weight loss.
So, the comment I received on one of my videos of myself talking about something about my weight loss goals(I was too embarrassed to go back and watch it again), said this:
"One pound a week? You suck. And do something with your eyebrows."
Uhhhh...I'm pretty sure I mentioned that I knew my eyebrows needed grooming. But thanks.
And, honestly, I WISH I'd been losing at one pound per week since whenever I made that video. I'd probably be close to my goal. That's a great, doable, reasonable goal that will get a person somewhere.
But...
"You suck."
?????
I'm pretty sure I even fixed the person's grammar in my translation. I don't believe they used any capitalization or proper punctuation in their slam. Let me assure you that I do NOT suck. How RUDE!
I deleted it right away. I didn't block the person. It made me feel bad. Not super bad, just a little bit irked. And I have a pretty decent amount of self-knowledge and self esteem. Ok, I put myself out there, but sheesh. And it made me feel a little bad for that person who had nothing to do but watch random low quality videos and come up with nasty comments and actually POST them to someone's videos. What's next? Are they going to go to my pictures posted online and tell me my kid is ugly? (He so is NOT.) Is this a generational thing? Do I just not get it because I'm too old? Is this what the kids are doin' these days?
Ok, honestly, I might go through the first few steps. Watch random, low quality videos. Come up with my own slams on the contents. But I would not POST those slams.
When I really think about it, it's so silly. This person did not even critique me for the low quality of the video or the contents, which was probably some boring, mundane facts about my life and weight loss. They critiqued my totally reasonable goal of 1 lb a week and my ungroomed eyebrows. How ridiculous! And yet, it made me feel bad. Bad enough to write paragraph after paragraph about it here.
Bad enough to post that person's youtube account and ask you all to go write slams on HER videos.
Just kidding. I won't do that. It's just not me.
I'm not a hater. I'm sure you're not either.
I hope you all have a good day! Even you, silly haters.
~t
It's been almost 2 weeks since Easter, but Easter photos I said I'd have, and Easter photos I'm producing. Not only that, but I am producing them in the form of this sweet little slide show. I hope you like it. I had fun making it.
Man, I gotta stay on top of my friend, Zach Braff. This dude actually GOT to his #1 MySpace space. (Is that how you say it? Is that like saying "a.m. in the morning"? Or "ATM Machine?") Anyway, Zach's always got something funny and or cool going down at his space. But check out this ode.
We are an exceptional lot, we ZB lovers.
~t
Wow, this is funny. I decided to title this post "Working is hard word". When I started typing, it came up in my drop down box as something I've used before. I guess working really IS hard work. Or I'm just a dork. Or both.
Man, I keep trying to get back into my groove and find more time for writing, but it is difficult. My job is challenging, fun, and rewarding, but pretty draining. And it seems I'm forever doing something extra like training or homework for training or filling in for someone. Yikes. So, I just keep on trucking along.
Meanwhile, my bloglife languishes. (Think "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" when you read that.) I still haven't finished organizing my freakin' Easter photos. I gotta get with the program, but sheesh, I also have to be at work at 7:00 a.m. in the morning again tomorrow. (Did you note the "a.m in the morning"? That's one of mine and Kevin's favorite silly phrases. People actually say that.)
I guess the photos will be forthcoming when they are forthcoming. We've been working on manifesting more money, and apparently the way that comes about is working me like crazy! Gotta rethink that one...
~t
Although I have personally never gone through a drug detoxification, I have certainly witnessed friends and family having to work through different addictions at numerous times in my life. It's not an easy thing to do, but definitely an admirable and often life-saving step to take.
I believe in doing things as naturally as possible. When I read about the program at Stone Hawk, it sounded like a positive way to work through a very difficult time. Their program focuses on removing toxins from the body through "long periods of time in a dry sauna, literally sweating the toxins out". They also stress the importance of proper diet, exercise, and supplementation.
Again, I have not experienced this program personally, but if you are looking for a natural way to get drug free, I would say it's at least worth looking into and learning more.
~t
Trying to get back to updating. We had a great Easter here. Of course, there was the requisite lecture from Kevin about how the holidays suck, but other than that, it was fun. The kids searched for baskets and ate candy and got too many things. Then we had an egg hunt outside, luckily before the weather turned gloomy. In the evening, we enjoyed a fabulous meal with friends and neighbors. Kevin took numerous pictures with our less-than-stellar camera (all bearing the date of January 2005), so once I get them sorted out, I'll get some posted.
~t
It's a major makeover in progress going on right now. AND, the scale is finally going in the right direction, too. Yowza. I'm getting ready to start my new job tomorrow, so I thought I'd step up the style a notch. Here's me, today:
Look at the cool theme Retta made for me! Isn't she rad? I'm so happy to be less generic. I LOVE IT! I hope y'all like it, too. Of course, now I have to re-tweak everything and re-add a lot of stuff, but it is SO WORTH IT! See, I may not have been blogging regularly, but I'm still thinking about it. (And avoiding my training homework at 9:49 pm. Ooops. MUST STOP PLAYING WITH BLOG THEME.)
~t
As you can see, I sure haven't been blogging much. I've been trying to get the rest of my life in balance and then I'll be working on fitting blogging back into that.
I started my new weight loss program, which is taking up some time, and ironically, not working yet. (Just made some alterations, so fingers crossed, next week!)
I finally had everything together and got our taxes done. Yahoooooo to that!
I'll be going to training for a week starting next Wednesday to finally be in the right job at work. Yahooooooo to that. I'm really looking forward to it.
After that, I hope to have a regular schedule (and a regular income to go along with it.) Then I'll be able to get my bloglife a little more in order. I am a bit concerned that my schedule may still be up in the air. Grrrrr. Not a fan of that one, but we'll see what happens. I've got a couple more weeks to float through anyway.
So, stay tuned, and I'll pop in when I can. Or see you more in April, I hope.
It's all about balance. Balance is good.
~t
