Two pet peeves June 29, 2008

1. The phrase is “I could NOT care less”. If you leave that precious “not” out, you’re pretty much saying there are things you care less about and generally that defeats the purpose of saying it.

2. If you are going to be a spelling and grammar nazi and be a condescending jerk about mistakes, you should probably proofread your blog posts/comments/emails/message board posts/etc before you post them. I generally don’t correct people (even on the aforementioned pet peeve. I just roll my eyes and move on), but when I notice you, the self proclaimed “grammar nazi”, make a mistake, it takes a hell of a lot of willpower to not be a jerk.

Yes, I’m slightly crabby tonight. So sue me.

New Baby June 20, 2008

I held a 4 day old baby tonight. Little T was all curled up, with her hands in fists by her chin. She squeaked and sighed, but barely woke up. She has her mama’s eyes and nose and her Daddy’s toes and lips. She’s beautiful and perfect.

Little T is the daughter of one of my oldest friends. Tommy and I have been friends for 19 years. Considering I’m only 26, 19 years is a pretty long time. We’ve shared life’s many up and downs. He stood up in my wedding, and I in his. For all intents and purposes, he and his wife are my family. Seeing him tonight, holding his newborn, was a wonderful feeling.

Welcome to the family, T.

Swim diapers June 4, 2008

I realize this jerky post is pretty much fueled by my rage over tonight’s episode of top chef, but it has to be written.

Dear other mother’s on message boards,

SWIM DIAPERS DO NOT ABSORB PEE. They are made only to contain poop. If they absorbed pee, then they would also absorb pool water. This would give your baby heavy butt. Its not desirable.

I’m not sure how you think that flimsy little diaper is going to absorb anything anyway. Have you ever really looked at one? Do you think it maginally absorbs the pee but never feels heavier after getting out of the pool?

Sometimes the nest makes me want to bang my head on my desk.

Dear best friend from childhood June 3, 2008

Please do not leave your FB status message as “Tom lastname is getting close to fatherhood”. This coupled with your wife not returning my call and the closeness of her due date leads me to get entirely too excited that maybe, just maybe, I will be meeting my “niece” very soon. Really, I’m going to up all night in anticipation, and you, of all people, should know that I NEED my beauty rest.

If this is a false alarm I know where you live and I know what scares you. Just sayin’

You adoring sister-thats-not-related

Jess

High School June 3, 2008

High school was tough for me. I was awkward, both physically and emotionally and it showed. Even when I look back at pictures of myself from then, I feel like you can almost see my lack of self confidence.

The thing is, I had a couple of nasty “friend episodes” (as I like to call them) early on in high school. I learned what it really felt like to be betrayed and talked about. It wasn’t a great time for me, but it made me a stronger person in the long run. I did come out of high school with a lot of good friends, but the beginning was rough for me.

Recently, I revisted my crying-in-the-bathroom-mom-I-want-to-come-home days. It wasn’t a good feeling then, and I think its a worse feeling now. I’m not exactly sure why, but maybe it has something do to with the whole “adults should know better” idea. Whatever the reason, it makes me feel really crappy.

Lesson of the day: Adults don’t know better. Some never will.

Dear blogreaders May 28, 2008

I’m sorry I haven’t blogged in awhile. I could say that I’m busy, and while I am, I still spend some time facebooking every day, so surely I should find time for my blog. But alas, I haven’t.

Since I don’t have much else to blog about, I’ll recap my weekend for you.

Friday night was my birthday. My husband took me out to a lovely dinner at Wegner’s Cedar Lake Inn. If anyone is out my way ever, you should try this place. It has a casual feel matched with a casual menu. Their beer batter (on anything, mushrooms, shrimp, fish) is TOO.DIE.FOR. Its very, very good. Not greasy at all.

After dinner, I indulged in a little MarioKart with my sister in law (who was babysitting AK). She soundly beat me several times and then I made her go home because I hate to lose.

Saturday, I met up with a friend at a park to have some pictures taken of AK for a contest. They turned out very, very cute.

Sunday/early monday morning, I shopping, dined and drank with some old girlfriends. I might have had way slightly too much to drink. We went to City Lounge in Cudahy. I highly recommend it. Not only was it smoke free, but it had lots of room and plenty of tables, which I love.

Monday was a babyshower for a dear friend in town from California. It was very fun, but let me tell you, chicken salad and hangovers don’t mix. Oye.

Dear Ovaries and/or uterus May 7, 2008

I hate you

If you haven’t had your daily dose of stupid yet.. May 5, 2008

please feel free to check out this guy

Dear Old Navy May 4, 2008

What were you thinking with this? I can practically guarantee that you do not have any plus sized women on staff when you decided this would be a great idea.

Let me tell you something about us plus sized women. While we might love ourselves, we don’t love ourselves enough to squeeze our rolls into a swimsuit that is both metallic and purple. It just isn’t good for anyone.

Trust me on this one.

One of the good things about facebook May 4, 2008

Remember that guy? The one you had a HUUGGGEE crush on in high school? The one that turned out to be a total ass?

Well, thanks to the modern wonder that is Facebook, I get to see pictures of him. And he looks like a total douche.

Thank you, Facebook. You made my night.