Jill

I would like to aspire to be a parent like this one day.

That is all.

Thing that makes me giggle:
On the St Cloud Times website, there is this story bit:

People look for ways to make quick cash
Al Lassen, manager of Granite City Pawn Shop, works on a firearms purchase application between customers Wednesday.

When I first read that, I thought that Al was gonna buy a firearm to make some quick cash!

It's early. Give me a break.

Baby Abraham was born at 5:34am on Saturday, March 8th. He's so cute! He has a little dimple in his left cheek just like his dad. He's got tiny little monkey feet.

It also finally occurred to me why the comic Baby Blues has a baby named Hammie. Before I always wondered why a family would name a kid after food. But I understand now that it is short for Abraham.

So Jody has two kids: Tater and Hammie. hehe.

I am SO ready for spring. The thing I look forward to most is the end of my eternal refilling of the humidifiers. I feel like every time I look at them, I have to refill them. And it's that or nosebleeds and annoying crusty boogers.

My cubicle is faced such that the sun in its current position is able to shine directly into my eyes in the 1 ft of window that peers out over the top of the cubicle. Methinks I'll have to get a tall shelf and add some plants to block it.

And seriously, people. Don't call me in the morning all bitchy because you can't type in a website address correctly. That ain't my fault. Good thing we have it in a PDF where the link is clickable. It's amazing how many fat fingers (including my own) that cures.

Oh yes, and also: taxes suck. I finally see why there are people out there rooting for Ron Paul. These are the people who want immediate gratification and are unable to save money. Kinda like me right now. I received the automatic deposit pay stub for my bonus and stupid taxes took almost half of it! And they treated it like my normal paycheck, so 10% went into my 401k and then the rest of it got put in our family accounts instead of my personal accounts. (That last part is more my fault than anything else, and just annoying that I have to transfer funds between accounts now.) I realize that I have to pay taxes and stuff, but my own naiveness had me assuming I'd just be getting a nice fat check to hold in my hands and drool over. *pout*

Quick!

• Not a kidney stone. Got some antibiotics and feeling better!
• New news! I will be a bridesmaid in Gary and Terryll's wedding in June!
• Researching rain gardens... Maplewood, Minnesota has done some neat things. I don't know yet if its feasible at our house, but it'd be nice if our laundry room didn't flood every spring!
• Does anyone know of a good book or two on XML and .NET? New projects at work and it will need to be European compatible (being owned by a French company and all...)
• Hey Karma, be nicer to everyone who has had babies very recently or will be having babies very soon! No more gestational diabetes, carpal tunnel syndrome, liquid filled cysts and labor horror stories. I mean it!
• Oh yeah. The lab technician (James) at the clinic on Friday just happened to be the same guy I worked with at Sears in the Electronics department who also was the president of the fraternity across the street from me at my first apartment. Talk about the world getting smaller! I still remember him dressed up as a drunken sailor for Halloween one year...
• Busy weekends this month: company party this weekend, Hawaii next weekend (missing princess_nicci's bridal shower), then motogeek's poker party.

Ok, so maybe not that quick. heh.

Oh, yes. My good friend Karen just had her baby boy last Tuesday.




Aaron Patrick Barnes was born on May 8th. :)

Olivia Sky Beniek was born at 12:45 this morning. She was 8lbs 5 oz, even though she was only 39 weeks in the womb. So she's average size for a 41 week baby. She's alert and calm and happy (as long as you don't touch her sore head) and her eyes are open. Her mom and dad are doing well, also. Gary is just giddy. And such a proud daddy. Terryll looks lovely, as always. She and Olivia get to go home tomorrow.

It is October. It is not time for snow.

I thought the white frozen stuff on the deck this morning was just possibly frost. But no. It was snow.

It even snowed while I was leaving work tonight.

How I really know its cold out: after going outside twice this morning for less than five minutes, the cat parked herself in front of the heat vent in the upstairs bathroom for the rest of the day, only briefly leaving if someone had food she might be interested in.

And now for something completely different, Karen and Alan are having another baby! Their son Levi will be two in February and the new baby is due May 8th!

So, that means two of my four bridesmaids are now pregnant. Holy crap.

I am in need of a change.

( girly stuff )

Tim was concerned about stuff today at work and couldn't sleep and was all stressin'.

So, to distract him, I told him that recently I've been dreaming that I am pregnant and it will be a little blonde girl.

That made him stop for a moment.

(And just for the official stuff, I am more than likely not pregnant and would not even have a thought of knowing until at least next Wednesday. Besides, I've been taking my pill. ;-p )

I apparently am not smart enough to use self tanners.

Currently I look like I have a hickey on my neck, a big bruise on my wrist, and somehow the fronts of my legs are orange-zebra-y while the backs are just as pale as when I started.

doh.

AND AND!!!

We received a card in the mail today from my lovely friend Gina who once lived in Connecticut but now lives in Sheboygan WI and it's from "Regina, Heath, and Baby Amber". !!! I must send her a letter to ask all of the details and for photos!

Things of note:
We stopped at WestSide Liquor on the East side (heh) and I found "Vampire" wine from Transylvania -- actual wine from Romania! They were $10 a bottle and there were 5 types... I was very tempted to buy one of each. I think I will have to for Saturday. I'm pretty sure Dan might also be amused...

I have a co-worker (the lady pregnant with twins) whose birthday it was today. She absolutely loves pineapple and tells stories about eating it as a child with her dad and how her youngest also loves it. So last night I baked her a pineapple upside-down cake. And today I forgot it at home in the fridge. I'm having one of those days.