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November 29, 2006
Must.Do.Art.
I've reached the point where I'm so bored with myself that I'm too bored to try and do anything. I know this is just a state of mind that I will get out of but when you're in it, you think you'll never leave this place. It sucks. I'll probably get into gear like 2 days before Christmas or something and start running around like a chicken without a head. And then it will be freezing cold. Yesterday I was in such a daze that I left my oatmeal in the microwave all day. No wonder I was so hungry at lunchtime! I can't blame that on the pregnancy cuz I've left stuff in the nuker before. I did manage to make some ATCs.
These are for the Eclectic ATC yahoo group I belong to.
Paris is the theme, in case you couldn't guess.
Pop Art
I made these to trade with Ingrid. She gave me a dream theme because I can't work without a theme even though I went off on a tangent on 2 of them. I know, it's all in my head. Click the picture and be taken to a bigger version.
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November 27, 2006
Vote for my entry!
I submitted my first photo to jpg magazine. It's kinda late in the game for this issue but voting doesn't end until Dec. 8 so there is still time!
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November 26, 2006
Half way there!
So this is my sonogram from last week, at 20 weeks. I don't really know what I'm looking at but the technician told me where the face was. If you look, you should be able to see it. Looks like Alfred Hitchcock to me! After dealing with several technicians since being pregnant, I have to say I'm not big fans of them. It must be a general thing because it wasn't just at this hospital but at another hospital I had to go to. I'm not saying they are bad people but they tend to act cold and aren't very friendly. They aren't very forthcoming when it comes to what's going on. I suppose it's not their job to tell you anything or converse with you or try to make you feel comfortable or anything like that. Maybe I just had bad luck with technicians and that there are some nice ones out there. I wish I knew where they were!
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November 20, 2006
Don't call me baby!
So I totally spaced and forgot to put up my mix from last Tuesday's mixer. That's what happens when you are 20 weeks pregnant. Oops, did I say that? Well, if you can't guess from my mix, yep I'm knocked up! But I'll save the details on that for another entry. Here is the music!
1. Make Me Mommy • Ben Folds
2. You Mama You • Jude
3. Mama Roux • Sandie Shaw
4. Mama & Papa • Supergrass
5. Break Your Mama's Back • Slow Runner
6. Mama's Room • Under the Influence of Giants
7. My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist • Tarkio
8. Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives • Voxtrot
9. Ganja Babe • Michael Franti & Spearhead
10. Baby I Don't Care • Transvision Vamp
11. Say Baby • Davíd Garza
12. ...Baby One More Time • Fountains Of Wayne
13. The KKK Took My Baby Away • The Ramones
14. Don't Call Me Baby • Voice of the Beehive
15. Baby C'mon • Stephen Malkmus
16. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby • The Smiths
17. Baby I • Amy Millan
18. Sweet Child O' Mine • Luna
I couldn't resist the picture I found of my niece Elianna. Not sure how old she was but this was a couple of years ago. We had the mixer at Cheap Shots in the East Village. Before that I met Joy for dinner. I was in the mood for pasta and since Sal Anthony's was close by we went there. NEVER AGAIN! It was the worst Italian food we ever had! The calamari was old and rubbery and we had to wait for our entrees for over half an hour. My linguini and clam sauce was rubbery too. Joy's pork chops wasn't bad. Oh! What a waste of calories! Anyway, Cheap Shots was fun with an air hockey game.
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November 08, 2006
A Skippy fashion show
I got film back from the Northwest trip but thought I'd put in a little break from the vacation pictures. JW and Sylvia came over last week and gave us some clothes that belonged to Turbo. Turbo had passed away earlier this year. :-( We got a red hoodie, blue raincoat, a yellow and green shirt, a grey shirt and a scarf that Sylvia and JW's mom made. Skippy was kind enough to let me do a little fashion shoot with him in his new clothes.
Red Hoodie. My favorite of everything cuz of the hood and the little pockets too. He can't wear this outside since it's too long, which is too bad cuz he just looks so adorable!
Raincoat's a little too big for him even tho it's a small. I tried it this morning in the pouring rain and he kept stepping on it. So I guess Yves won't be putting this on him in the rain. He refuses to put on his red rain coat because he thinks it makes him look like a sissy (him and skippy!).
I do believe this is Skippy's favorite as he always gets excited when I put it on him. Just need to add a little black and it's the Jamaican colors!
This is really cute too and I might personalize it and write Skippy on the back or something like that.
The scarf even has a bell on it!
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November 04, 2006
Goodbye Vancouver!
Today is our last day in Vancouver, we fly home tonight! Our flight isn't until midnight so we virtually have all day! We decided to head up to North Vancouver and check out the Capilano Suspension Bridge. It's a 450 foot suspension bridge among the rainforest. From the brochures, it looks really beautiful and it was!!
As soon as I stepped on the bridge, I was terrified! It moves!! Yves was walking behind me and I thought he was making it swing on purpose but he wasn't. It's just the way the bridge works. I was hanging on for dear life and chanting to myself what I read in the brochure that it could "hold 2 fully loaded 747s." Not that I was afraid it was going to break, I was afraid it was going to flip over! It's silly, I know. Many people were walking over it.
Well, after surviving the bridge, there were mini bridges among some other trees. Those weren't bad at all except we got stuck with a group of unruly little kids whose mother let them run across andf wasn't even watching them! We tried to get away from them as soon as possible.
After the bridge, we headed back toward the states and looked for some place to have lunch. We found this little restaurant off the highway called Madison's. It wasn't too bad considering it was in the middle of nowhere. Their onion rings were real!
We made it into Seattle around 5:30-6ish and decided to go see a movie to kill some time. We were too tired to do anymore sightseeing and even though we were going to sit on a plane for 5 hours, I welcomed seeing a movie. We went to see School for Scoundrels. It was funny, a good movie to see if you wanted to kill some time.
We headed to the airport, dropped the car off and tried to find something to eat. Not an easy feat at 10:30 at night. Our only option was gasp Wendy's. I used to love Wendy's! We both just got a burger, at least it was something in our stomach's and once wasn't going to hurt us.
The flight was uneventful, I think I might have slept for an hour. And we're home!! Yay! It's good to be home.
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November 03, 2006
Vancouver day 2
So our first full day in Vancouver, we overdid it again. We walked alllll over the place! We took the train to the downtown area and went into one of the malls (I think it was Pacific Place??) to look for new shoes for me since the ones I had on were on its last legs. I don't know if it's just Canada or the shoe store was just nice but they measured my feet and put the shoes on me! I haven't had that kind of service in ages. I bought a pair from them and the guy said to wear it for 4 hours and then switch.
We continued walking and went over the Granville Bridge that leads to Granville Island. It's a cute little area with a farmer's market, little shops and restaurants. It turned out to be a real long walk. The above picture was taken while we were walking over the bridge and the bridge you see is the Burrard street bridge (I think!) We ended up having lunch there and going into a rubber stamp store (my reason for going) even though I only bought one thing there. We took this little ferry bus back to the other side and it took like less than 5 minutes to cross it!
We continued walking, our goal was to end up in Chinatown since we heard that it is huge in Vancouver. We walked through Yaletown and it didn't seem that exciting but we were probably on the outskirts. I think by that point in our trip, we were kinda touristed out.
Science Center
We finally made it to Chinatown sometime in the late afternoon. Of course that is when the sun really comes out and starts shining. It had been overcast most of the day and only seemed clear in the north. And of course that is when we are just exhausted!
The Chinatown was huge! But still lacking in people. No bumping into people on the streets, no crowding...We weren't hungry or anything which was a shame cuz I really wanted to try their food. So instead we bought a bunch of buns from New Town Bakery and Restaurant, voted the best pastries by the Vancouver Sun. They also called their steamed buns "Chinese hamburgers." I don't know where they got that from but it's far from a hamburger! So we got some roast pork buns, a don tat, a coconut creme bun and a sponge cake. I have to tell you the roast pork was the best I've had. Better than New York!
We took the train back and caught a bus up to the street our hotel was on. My feet thanked me for that! Later on for dinner, we decided to try this Portugese restaurant a block from our hotel. I was quite disappointed as everything was just too salty. It's too bad Yves' first taste of Portugese food was from a mediocre place.
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