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Thursday, July 1, 2004 04:59 p.m.

Still no baby. The doctor warned me that the little tyke will most likely be overdue. Overdue! I had to ask how long do you allow babies to be late? She answered 7-10 days max. Ok, so I have another doctors appointment next Tuesday so we'll see where we are at.

T has been home with me these last couple of days. It's been nice having him here taking care of me. Actually, since he's been home we've been able to get a lot of our financial type stuff in order so we don't have to stress over it once the baby is born. We've learned that the re-fi docs are being finalized and hopefully we will be 80% (or so) debt free by the end of next week. Some of that money will be used to pay off all but 20% of my car which means my fine piece of german craftsmanship will be mine all mine by the end of the year!!!! Yeah!!! I hate car payments.

Last night we popped in on my father-in-law. He seems to be in better health but he told me not to let his outwards appearance fool me. whatever the case he LOOKS healthier and happier. The funny thing is he lives about 8 or 9 houses up the street from T's and my old house. After the visit we headed down to Torrance to pick up T's removable harddrive from work and to eat dinner at Kings Hawaiian Bakery. It was so yummy! T ordered a combo plate consisting of rice, macaroni salad, sweet and sour spare ribs, huli huli chicken and chow mein. I had the kalua pork and rice with macaroni salad. We each had fruit punch (which was a little to sweet for me) and we received a big 'ol basket of sweet bread rolls. We couldn't control ourselves at the bakery counter and bought an entire Lilikoi Crunch cake. We each had a slice of cake and coffee for breakfast.

I need too eat now.

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 06:37 p.m.

Today was suppose to be my last pre-natal doctors appointment but nothing is happening yet so I had to book another one. Ugh! Doctor thinks the tyke will be a few days last. I found out yesterday that I was nearly two weeks late when I was born. I asked my doctor how late until and induement (don't know if this is the right word) is necessary. She said 7-10 past the due date, so if no baby by the end of next week then I guess I will be induced.

I haven't done anything today. I watched more TV then I really wanted to. But tomorrow its back to keeping this house clean. I called my mom today and suggested she push her flight out here a few days. She was suppose to leave Hawaii tomorrow and luckily she was able to push it out a few days. I just don't want her to come out here unnecessarily and become a couch potato like me.

I got so excited this afternoon that Blow Out was on this evening. Its actually a commercial break in the show, I am obsessed. I find myself fixated to this hour-long reality show. I like it because it isn't a "game show" reality show but more documentary reality show. I hope when the season is over they have a Blow Out marathon so I can watch all the episodes back-to-back.

I also watfched a bunch of HGTV early in the afternoon. I love HGTV, all the home and landscaping shows are awesome! The only show I don't really like is Designing for the Sexes. Not so much the show but the old British guy that hosts the show gets under my skin. It's funny because when every we watch something like Designed To Sell and they show them painting T get's so upset. You see, we have a Spanish style house and like the exterior the interior is a textured stucco and it is very nerve wrakcing to paint with a rollar. We have bought a paint gun which cuts the painting time down to a third of the time and zero the frustration of dealing with a damn rollar. The next rooms to paint will be the den then the living room. Since T loves the paint gun the deal is he paints the walls and I work on the window trim. But we won't be painting in the real near future.

Oscar is being needy. T needs to come home and give some love to his puppy. Oscar is so in love with him and my attention doesn't mean as much.

Monday, June 28, 2004 08:49 p.m.

Here is a list of the Top 100 Grossing Films Of All Time. Bold ones I have not seen. The one(s) in italic I have seen, but was a total waste of money.

1. Titanic (1997) $600,779,824
2. Star Wars (1977) $460,935,665
3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $434,949,459
4. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) $431,065,444
5. Spider-Man (2002) $403,706,375
6. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) $377,019,252
7. Passion of the Christ, The (2004) $370,025,697
8. Jurassic Park (1993) $356,784,000
9. Shrek 2 (2004) $356,211,000
10. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) $340,478,898
11. Finding Nemo (2003) $339,714,367
12. Forrest Gump (1994) $329,691,196
13. Lion King, The (1994) $328,423,001
14. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) $317,557,891
15. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) $313,837,577
16. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) $310,675,583
17. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) $309,125,409
18. Independence Day (1996) $306,124,059
19. Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) $305,411,224
20. Sixth Sense, The (1999) $293,501,675
21. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) $290,158,751
22. Home Alone (1990) $285,761,243
23. Matrix Reloaded, The (2003) $281,492,479
24. Shrek (2001) $267,652,016
25. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) $261,970,615
26. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) $260,031,035
27. Jaws (1975) $260,000,000
28. Monsters, Inc. (2001) $255,870,172
29. Batman (1989) $251,188,924
30. Men in Black (1997) $250,147,615
31. Toy Story 2 (1999) $245,823,397
32. Bruce Almighty (2003) $242,589,580
33. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) $242,374,454
34. Twister (1996) $241,700,000
35. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) $241,437,427
36. Ghost Busters (1984) $238,600,000
37. Beverly Hills Cop (1984) $234,760,500
38. Cast Away (2000) $233,630,478
39. Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997) $229,074,524
40. Signs (2002) $227,965,690
41. Rush Hour 2 (2001) $226,138,454
42. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) $219,200,000
43. Ghost (1990) $217,631,306
44. Aladdin (1992) $217,350,219
45. Saving Private Ryan (1998) $216,119,491
46. Mission: Impossible II (2000) $215,397,307
47. X2 (2003) $214,948,780
48. Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) $213,079,163
49. Back to the Future (1985) $210,609,762
50. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) $205,399,422
51. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) $204,843,350
52. Exorcist, The (1973) $204,565,000
53. Mummy Returns, The (2001) $202,007,640
54. Armageddon (1998) $201,573,391
55. Gone with the Wind (1939) $198,655,278
56. Pearl Harbor (2001) $198,539,855
57. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) $197,171,806
58. Toy Story (1995) $191,800,000
59. Men in Black II (2002) $190,418,803
60. Gladiator (2000) $187,670,866
61. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) $184,925,485
62. Dances with Wolves (1990) $184,208,848
63. Batman Forever (1995) $184,031,112
64. Fugitive, The (1993) $183,875,760
65. Ocean's Eleven (2001) $183,405,771
66. What Women Want (2000) $182,805,123
67. Perfect Storm, The (2000) $182,618,434
68. Liar Liar (1997) $181,395,380
69. Grease (1978) $181,360,000
70. Jurassic Park III (2001) $181,166,115
71. Mission: Impossible (1996) $180,965,237
72. Planet of the Apes (2001) $180,011,740
73. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) $179,870,271
74. Pretty Woman (1990) $178,406,268
75. Tootsie (1982) $177,200,000
76. Top Gun (1986) $176,781,728
77. There's Something About Mary (1998) $176,483,808
78. Ice Age (2002) $176,387,405
79. Crocodile Dundee (1986) $174,635,000
80. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) $173,585,516
81. Elf (2003) $173,381,405
82. Air Force One (1997) $172,888,056
83. Rain Man (1988) $172,825,435
84. Apollo 13 (1995) $172,071,312
85. Matrix, The (1999) $171,383,253
86. Beauty and the Beast (1991) $171,301,428
87. Tarzan (1999) $171,085,177
88. Beautiful Mind, A (2001) $170,708,996
89. Chicago (2002) $170,684,505
90. Three Men and a Baby (1987) $167,780,960
91. Meet the Parents (2000) $166,225,040
92. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) $165,500,000
93. Hannibal (2001) $165,091,464
94. Catch Me If You Can (2002) $164,435,221
95. Big Daddy (1999) $163,479,795
96. Sound of Music, The (1965) $163,214,286
97. Batman Returns (1992) $162,831,698
98. Bug's Life, A (1998) $162,792,677
99. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) $161,963,000
100. Waterboy, The (1998) $161,487,252

Monday, June 28, 2004 08:06 p.m.

Tomorrow is my due date and I don't have a lot of confidence that this will happen. I just pray by the end of the week. We'll see what happens.

I'm getting some pains-maybe contractions-but not enough to warrant a trip to the hospital. I have my hospital bag all packed and the only thing I want to do is flat iron my hair tomorrow in preparation for the hospital. Isn't that funny? I'm concerned about the state of my hair for my stay in the hospital. The thing is if I don't flat iron it the curls will get outta control from laying in the bed and such and then end up in a major knot. At least with it straight it will be easier to maintain a sleek, tangle free mop.

We went to the evil, evil Costco today and because we stopped in prior to most people getting out of work it wasn't its usual hell. We bought four pounds of yummy cherries and they are spectacular. I swear I could go on an all fruit diet. I think what holds me back is the lack of good produce in the markets. I think to get a good selection I would have to do some creative shopping. Visting the various supermarkets, Costco, ranch markets and farmer markets; I just don't have that kind of time.

I cleaned out T's closet on Saturday night. I could not believe the amount of clothes he owns. We got rid of a ton of stuff and packed away things he doens't quite fit in now but wants to save. His closet is a lot more clean and organized now. It took me almost three hours to sort through all his stuff. I just hope he appreciates the effort I put into it. We also went through his shoes and was only willing to part with three pairs.

My TV rights have been vetoed tonight. T is all about the multitude of Discovery channels tonight. I guess I will have to find comfort on Yahoo! Games.

Friday, June 25, 2004 04:19 p.m.

I'm glad that I no longer have a home phone. When I first moved into this house I set up basic phone service. I never dialed out on that phone and received very few incoming calls. The only people that had our number were my parents, T's mom, and maybe 4 friends. I would never answer the phone. I figured if it were important they would call my or T's cell. It didn't take long for the telemarketing calls to start rolling in. Once that happened there was nothing in the world that could make me pick up that darn phone. There's nothing worse then a telemarketer! Less then a 9 months after setting up phone service we canceled it. There is no need for a home phone when you have a cell phone. I don't know how DSL works but all I know is we don't need the home phone for it. We did the whole no home phone thing once before and it worked out perfectly. Now with my cell phone if I don't recognize the phone number on caller ID I don't answer and whom ever is trying to call can just go ahead and leave a voicemail. Caller ID is truly spectacular!

I watched Mean Girls again on DVD. I have a French release of the DVD so I can watch it at home rather then having to pay movie theater prices for it (not bad for a four dollar investment). It's totally in english and there are like two parts in the movie with subtitles (translating a group of girls speaking Vietnamese, so the subtitles are in French). The movie is pretty funny. But then again I love dumb teen movies. So I watched the movie again while going through my file cabinet and trying to streamline some over flowing file folders. I was on a high once the movie ended and needed another movie like it. I popped in Legally Blonde but only got thorugh the first 20-30 minutes then decided I wanted to eat lunch and watch some lame TV.

Speaking of lame, this is a really lame entry but I feel guilty not posting something. Ideally I would like to post everyday but some days are really, really boring especially since I'm at home everyday now on "disability."

My mom will be here again in about a week. I have a feeling she'll be semi-frazzled and will be working at home a lot. I know she is praying that I give birth within the next couple of days so she can spend ample time with the little baby.

Ok, I realize how much this sucks now so I'm just going to stop. T will be home soon and I would like to coax him into going to Barnes and Noble. I just want to sit there and read magazines.

Thursday, June 24, 2004 07:38 p.m.

Debating if I should see Farenheit 9/11 tomorrow afternoon. Val and Marcy are seeing it tomorrow and invited me to come along. Still deciding especially since I'm car-less at the moment and feel guilty asking them to pick me up since it is out of their way. I may skip it and see it with T over the weekend maybe.

I layed out this afternoon for about 20-30 minutes and ended up with a slight tan. As now I have a bikini strap tan I will need to lay out again tomorrow in something strapless to even myself out. It was so hot that I kept having to get out of the hammock to mist myself with the garden hose. While laying out there I snuck in some quality reading time. I'm half way done with the financial planning book. I'm up in the air for the next book to read. These are what's on my list:

1. Kitchen Confidential
2. Word Freak
3. Bringing Down The House
4. My Life

I'll decide once I finish the book I'm on now. I'm not one for buying in advance. Plus who knows if I'll even have time to read once the tyke is born.

Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:16 a.m.

I'm terribly afraid that my shoe size will increase once this pregnancy is over. Currently I'm a size 7-8, depending on the type of shoe, but most of my shoes are on average a 7.5. I'm afraid I'll be an 8-8.5 by the time the preganancy is over. I can barely wear any of my shoes now. I fit into a pair of Adidas running shoes, flip flops and my ever growing collection of beaded chinese slippers. The slippers are great because they are two dollars a pain in Chinatown so I was able to buy them in about six different colors. But I want to wear my other shoes. I have some really cute heals I would love to wear and I miss wearing my Vans and old school mesh Pumas. Waaahhhhh!!!! I don't want to invest in a new shoe collection and am afraid I may have to. Especially when it comes to my super cute red T-strap heels T bought me for my birthday a few years ago. Those will definetly not fit if my feet don't go back to normal. However there is one pair of shoes I do want to buy, check it out. These are so not me, or like anything I already own but they look so dog gone comfortable!

So I've been seeing these adds for a new low-carb Coke called C2. Ah, what is this? I wonder if it tastes like regular Coca-Cola? I'll try it once I'm able to go back to drinking one of my most favorite sodas in the world. I hope its as good as the original.

So if you're like me and enjoy watching those tabloid shoes like Extra and Access Hollywood, then you must of heard about the tragedy that was realeased yesterday. Mary-Kate Olsen is now in rehab for "health related issues." Poor girl has an eating disorder. I'm saddened by this, well not really saddened, not even shocked really. But I do feel bad for these girls. There was a part of me that wished these twins would grow up being semi-adjusted, healthy & wealthy adults.

Another day at home doing nada. I like this chilling at home time. I've been watching TV, but daytime TV sucks, reading, browsing the web and doing small little home projects. What I really want to do is get my sewing machine out and do some sewing. Just little things like pillows and I want to make a little book cover type thing foor the baby book (you know those books where you track every instance of your babies first couple of years) I bought. I could probably make the book cover no problem but my fabric bin is way to heavy for me to pull of the shelf in my garage.

Over the last few months I noticed that I have become fixated on driking from a specific cup and that cup only. At first it was one of those reusable Jack in the box cups. I don't know why I like it so much but I only drank for that cup then the cup got kind of stinky and gross and I through it out. By then I had brought home my work cup (I even had one for work, I wouldn't drink from the cups they provided). Now my work cup is this really big tumbler I bought from Target over a year ago. Now I only drink from that cup. But only water. I don't pour juice or soda into the cup. Juice or soda I will drink from a glass or can, but I don't hardly drink juice or soda that it really doesn't matter. I can get real obsessive about things like my cup. T doesn't dare drink from my cup. I think he's afraid I will snap and have to buy a new cup. It's funny when I think about it especially since I sometimes find myself carrying my special cup around the house with me.

Do you ever find yourself looking through Hot Jobs or Monster even though you are perfectly content with the job you have? I do even though I have no intention of applying for another company. I find that I like to see what other types of jobs are out there. You see, I have a big lazy factor and to apply for another job would mean I would have to fix my resume, apply for the job, possibly go on an interview (which is drama in and of itself) and then if you get the job you have to muster the strength to give your current company notice and then there's the worst part starting your new job and getting trained. Mmmm...that's to much for me to deal with. I'll stick to my job and apply for positions internally since that is a little easier to deal with.

Wednesday, June 23, 2004 10:57 a.m.

Although I have made the most delicious blueberry crumb muffins yesterday today has already started on a sour note. I'm putting it behind me. Don't want to go into details.

I just gotta re-start the day on a better note. I'm trying. Deciding what to do today. The house is mostly clean but i'm thinking of putting a pair of matching lamps on the buffet, replacing the big glass hurricane lamps currenty on there.

Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:45 p.m.

Questions taken from Xinh's blog:

1. Where were you when you heard that Ronald Reagan died?
I was at home watching the news. At first I didn't believe it because I missed the "breaking news" blast but caught it a few hours later.

2. Where were you on September 11, 2001?
I was at work. I remember my boss getting off the phone saying that a commercial plane had just flown into the World Trade Center. I immediately logged on to CNN but since it was so new there wasn't a lot of info posted. I then ran over to our company gym and joined about 10 other people watching live news. This was a very devastating days and within and hour or two the director of our department had allowed anyone who wanted to to go home. As soon as I saw the news I called my parents in Hawaii and told them to wake up and turn the news on NOW because there has just been, what's to be believed, a terrorist attach.

3. Where were you when you heard that Princess Diana died?
I didn't hear it until the next day as I was getting dressed for work. I honestly didn't think this was going to affect me in anyway but it did. I just remember feeling very, very sad.

4. Do you remember where you were when Kurt Cobain had died?
Oh yeah, I was living in Washington when this happened. As bad as this may sound, it was such a circus! I've blocked this one out of my head because of how crazy things got in Seattle.

5. Take on for The Gipper. What's your favorite flavor of jelly bean?
Jelly Belly Pear

6. Where were you when Magic Johnson announced he was retiring from the NBA due to Aids?
Don't know. I just remember the media announcing he was going to have a "talk show."

7. Where were you when Ronald Reagan was shot?
Don't remember, I was an itty bitty kid.

8. Where were you when the Challenger exploded?
I was in grade school. I don't remember exactly where I was but I do remember watching the news on television. I believe there was a guy from Hawaii on the Challenger.

9. Where were you when the OJ verdict was announced.
I was at my college career center looking through one of those big college books, looking up various schools I was thinking of transferreing to. I was sitting on a lounge chair half reading and half watching the trial. Suddenly when they began to announce the verdict I was surrounded by everyone else in the building and we sat there in silence glued to the TV.

Monday, June 21, 2004 09:57 a.m.

This was my first year that I sent my father's day card in a timely manner in which my dad would actually receive it prior to father's day. I also called my dad on father's day to wish him a happy day but, as usual, he wasn't at home. Instead I talked to my mom for a little bit. I will try calling my dad again today. He is always so busy that I tend to catch him when he's leaving the house.

Yesterday T and I took an early morning walk, sans the doggies. It was nice but I felt like my body was going to turn into a cramped up ball if I did it to long. In the middle of our walk we stopped at Marie Callendars for breakfast (MC's is just a few blocks from our house). Honestly I hate MC's, and most restaurants of that caliber (Denny's, Spires, IHOP...) but I was hungry and they had a buffet so I figured all would be safe. I think this was my first time in MC's in probably 10 years. We rolled on in looking like bums. I had on black tight yoga pants, t-shirt, gym shoes and a sweater. T on the other hand changed outta his shorts and put jeans on. While we were in there, we had realized it was father's day. Now hear comes my inner snob: (1) I was kind of in awe at the amount of people that were really dressed up. (2) I would never take my dad or my husband to MCs for a father's day buffet/brunch. (3)Even with a buffet it was "aight" but don't think I would do it again. I feel a little disgusted that we settled on MCs for breakfast but I was hungry and it was right there and I was to lazy to walk back home, change and head back out, there's was way to much I wanted to do yesterday.

We finally got to BBQ last night. T made the most yummiest ribs. I wish I didn't get full so quickly last night because I would have loved to have a little more. But hey now I get to have some for dinner. Yum!

Saturday, June 19, 2004 06:35 p.m.

I had to go to the Sherman Oaks Fashion Square last night to exchange a few things from my shower. Bloomingdales was a bust because they no longer carried the exact item any longer and the sales girl was unable to give me the price of the items I had and all she could guarantee was the cheapest price there was. These were Polo Onesies (yes, it was a gift) and she was saying all she could give us was $2 store credit for each onesie. We just wanted a larger size. Although the identical item was not there, they did carrie comprable items that were between $18-$27 each so I didn't understand why that evil little sales girl said she could only give us $2 each. We said forget and kept the 0-3 month onesies. After that we trekked across the mall to Macy's. Much more success there. We found the two items we already had but in larger sizes and made the quick exchange. We made one quick stop into Hallmark for some birth announcements. I feel a little guilty since I went to Art School and T is a designer and we could have so come up with a creative unique announcement but out of convenience we opted for plain, old store bought ones. Oh well.

On the way home we stopped at Franks in Burbank for food. It was a toss up between Franks and Sittons in NOHO but decided on Franks when we saw the sign to for Olive Ave and realized we missed our turn for Sittons. Franks was yummy and I was able to satisfy my pancake craving. Not exactly the kind of pancakes I wanted but it satisfied it nonetheless.

By the time we got home it was 9pm and I was pooped. T and I had just received three movies from Netflix so we decided to get into our PJs, climb into bed and watch Head Of State. I was nowhere near falling asleep when the movie ended. Yes, my body was physically pooped but I was awake. T went to bed and I popped in Along Came Polly. Watched that movie and still couldn't fall asleep. I got outta bed, grabbed my pillows and headed into the living room to watch TV. I sat there watching Jimmy Kimmel and lo and behold I began to fall asleep. Daisy joined me on the couch and together we fell asleep to the glow of the dimmed living room sconces. I was however abruptly woken up when Daisy decided she needed to go outside and although asleep I became fixated on her little cries and obsessive scratching at the back door. I layed still for a bit hoping and praying T would wake up and let her out. When he didn't I did, grabbed my pillows, turned off the lights and went into the bedroom. Before making myself comfy I informed T that the little beast was outback and he may want to wake up to let the bigger beast out. He's so good about that. I'm way to lazy to be climbing in and out of bed to let the doggies in and out. Maybe we should consider a doggie door?

Today I spent the afternoon down in Torrance. T's work had their employees come in for some advanced Photoshop crash course. While he got his learn on I addressed baby announcement envelopes and red an article on hybrid vehicles. We then drove around the South Bay for an hour and decided to head home. We sat in traffic on the 110 for an hour. It was ridiculous!

I'm banned from the TV at the moment as T is watching the Band of Brothers marathon on the History Channel. Im fine with that. I'll veg out with my lap top while T veg's out with his and the TV. We're a bunch of nerds. We can literally sit for a couple of hours, each at our own laptop and not saying a word to each other. I like that we can sit and not feel the need to HAVE to talk to each other.

Friday, June 18, 2004 02:29 p.m.

I'm on the verge of getting bored. I read the biography of every stylist/coloist/manicurist featured on Blow Out. I fell asleep in the midst of the That's So Raven - Lizzie McGuire marathon. Sure I fell asleep but that was after watching X amount of episodes first. I also watched some Olsen twins sitcom on ABC Family. Bad daytime TV. I refuse to get caught up in soap operas.

To top it off I'm still craving those banana pancakes. I'm sure I could just hop in my car and drive to a restaurant but I'm to lazy to do that. I did have a Hot Pocket for lunch which did not satisfy anything but my hunger. Isn't that depressing. When you're craving something and you're hungry, you don't have what you're craving so you settle for whatever you have. Yes, you're full but not satisfied in the least. It just leaves you with a more severe need to eat that original craving. I want banana pancakes. I'm going to Trader Joe's later this evening, i'll pick up my bananas then and make those darn pancakes tomorrow.

I think i'm going to raid my fridge now.

Friday, June 18, 2004 07:12 a.m.

I wonder what animals dream about when they are sleeping. The last two days Oscar has been twitching and growling in his sleep a lot. It's kind of funny but kind of freaky. what could be so upsetting in his dog life that he has to growl. I also wonder, if my dogs have a secret code the communicate with? Since we leave the doggies at home unsupervised I wonder if they secretly talk to each other while we're gone and scheme how to take over the world. Then when we get home all speaking ceases and they go about their normal doggie ways beating each other up?

Okay, I have to much time on my hands. I don't even know what day it is anymore and it's only been a week out of work for me. Ahhhh......

Lunch was so yummy yesterday. Val and Maricela shared an order of banana pancakes. It looked so good! I should make some banana pancakes for breakfast today, but I dont' have bananas, but I do have blueberries. Yummy! The thing is we only have maple syrup. I know, maple syrup is good but I do prefer Mrs. Buttersworth. Wanna know why? Because the bottle is shaped like a little lady. Yep, that's the reason why I buy it, because its shaped like a lady. I know very childish but its my money and i can spend it how I like. I was also the person buying that green and purple ketchup they used to sell, wait, do they still sell that? Don't worry, i've sinced moved on and now buy regular red ketchup but in those upside-down squeeze bottles only. I have strange hangups when it comes to buying condiments. Speaking of which, we bought some ribs the other day and I think we are BBQing them tonight or tomorrow night! Yummy! I should go to the market and see if they have corn on the cob. I love grilled corn, especially with BBQ.

I'm listening to my launch radio and they are playing Siouxsie and the Banshees - Mirage. I haven't heard this in ages. When I was in ninth grade I used to love Siouxsie and the Banshees. I still like them but not at the same level. Like, I wouldn't run out and buy a CD or anything but if the video came on MTV I would watch it.

Okay I have a new show to add to my TV rotation. Mybe you've seen it maybe you haven't it's called Blow Out and its on Bravo. I much prefer these types of reality shows rather then "game show" reality shows.

I've rambled on about nothing long enough. Time to go and read some other people's blogs. Ci-ya.

Thursday, June 17, 2004 11:28 a.m.

I just finished up flat ironing my hair. As much as I love my hair stick straight I feel like once in a while I need a little change. God forbid I should let my hair flow au natural! The strange thing is my hair grows outta my head straight then the last so many inches or so they turn into a mass of big curl. I don't know how to tame the natural curl nor do I care to learn. Thus I think it is time to buy a big 'ol fat curling iron. In my head this will help me accomplish the big, tamed curl I sometimes like. I had a curling iron once. But it was a small one and the only thing it did was make this freaky shirley temple curls. Yuck! Maybe if I was two not twenty. Since I have some time to kill at home this may be the perfect opportunity to try it out.

Another hair thing i'm thinking about is cutting my bangs. Right now I wouldn't really call them bangs since they don't lay on my forhead. My bangs are always swept to the side and sometimes tucked behind my ear. I used to have really short bangs but don't want to go in that direction again, i'm over the short bangs. What I want to do is cut them to the vicinity of my eyebrows. So the semi-cover my eyebrows. I figure since i'm out of work for the next few months if its horrendous nobody will know and i'll have time to grow it out.

I am in dire need of a vacation. I know this may not be the best timing but T and I have talked about going on a vacation and bringing the baby with us. We're talking when the baby (I need to come up with a blog name for the baby so I stop calling him "the baby") is 4-5 months. Of course we're going to wait to get the doctors consent since we want everything to be kosher with the baby. Although I take a lot of time off of work when visitors come by it is not a vacation, especially if the visitor hasn't been to california before. Then we're busier then a normal day off. I want to leave california and see soemthing else and just chill.

I'm waiting for my friend Val to come pick me up. We're going to lunch down in San Pedro this afternoon. There's this awesome breakfast/lunch place down there that I don't get to go to as much as I would like. So i'm excited. I think I may order the Hawaiian sweetbread french toast with some bacon. MMMMM.......We have a friend from Hawaii that lives down there. Unfortunatley we don't see him much he is a busy, busy guy. He works a ton and spends most all other waking minutes skateboarding (his semi-second job). Gotta go. Gotta look up the hours of Omellettes and Waffles.

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 05:53 p.m.

I am a Party Hat. I'm a popular sort of person, well-liked and very sociable. I'm always at the height of fashion, either because I set it or because I follow it. What Sort of Hat Are You?

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:08 a.m.

I have given myself a checklist of items to accomplish this week and I think I will actually be able to check everything off by the end of the week. The house is a mess now but by Friday, Saturday tops, it should be spotless.

Another doctor's appointment under my belt. Everything is going good and the baby has "engaged." The day is creeping up. I'm a little afraid but super excited.

We went to Costco last night. Man, that place is a total zoo. When we moved here I opened a Costco account and maybe used it once. I couldn't bare going to Costco and I didn't need things in bulk. Eventually I let my membership expire. Tela created a business account for his company and I got a card. We've used our membership maybe two or three times since then. I've been stocking up on things so I won't have to go to the store once the baby arrives. But whenever I go to Costco it brings out the evil in me. Everyother word out of my mouth is a cuss word. People are so disrescpectful and they act as though it is the end of the world. I imagine this being similar to those bridal dress sales they have where all dresses are like a hundred dollars. People deliberately bumping into you, ramming there carts into yours, not moving out of the way even though you politely say "excuse me." Well screw them, I think at Costco it's every man or woman for themselves! UUUGGHHH....Costco! If I didn't need to buy certain items in bulk I would forgo my damn membership!

Last night was my last Lamaze class. It was mainly Q&A, C-Section and Postpartum (depression). It's so funny because all the videos we watch are from the late 70s and early 80s and I know we should be listening to the content of the video but sometimes I find it hard to look past the hair/makeup/clothes. I get fixated on things like that. Ultimately, I'm glad I took the class and I hope that I remember all the techniques I learned over the last five weeks.

Okay, its off to conquer my "To Do" list.

Sunday, June 13, 2004 09:02 p.m.

Here's a sneak peek at the little boy's room:

I've gotta take more photos since the room looks slightly different then the above photos. We recieved a ton of baby gifts. I can't believe how generous my friends and family are. They're the best!

I'm having sudden urges to clean, straighten and do just about anything that has to do with organizing. My obsessive compulsions are starting to shine. I just my mobility was a little faster then I can get even more stuff done.

I'm sure most girls pray they have in-laws that they like. I was not one of those lucky girls. I don't mind my mother-in-law but my father-in-law is another freakin' story! He's an asshole. The sad thing is I don't think he realizes tat he is. T knows, loud and clear, how I feel and I feel bad that he knows how I feel but whatever. He thinks his dad is an ass as well but he's torn because its his dad. I know those last few sentences don't make senses but I don't know how to convey it into words. His dad is old and is truly in another place and time, in his head. Okay now on to the mother-in-law. I like her okay, but she's old too and just doens't understand most of the things we talk about it. I think she's kind of a hermit, never leaving her house for a damn thing. When we go back to Hawaii we never, ever stay with her and maybe we'll go into her house if its absolutely necessary. T is trying to get her to visit us here in CA but I kind of don't want her to stay with us. She is a chronic smoker and has a best friend whose name starts with a V ends with an A and is russian. I won't actually spell it out because it's mean but it doesn't take a geniuos to figure it out. There's so much more I could ramble on about my in-laws but I'll resist. Its all mean and I don't want to hurt T's feelings should he ever read this, which I don't think he does.

The house is really warm tonight. It's probably about 10 times cooler outside. I should really take the laptop outside and type and let the wireless connection do what it's suppose to do. Speaking of computers, I brought my work laptop home. I hope I don't have to use it but I probably will, especially while my mom is here. I think she'll be doing work remotely from California so we'll need to computers.

We bought an area rug for the living room. It's very pretty and was very inexpensive. The doggies love it since it is so soft! The doggies do these funny little squirms and rolls all over the carpet it is adorable! More on the doggies. We took them to the Silverlake dog park today. While we were driving past the park to look for a parking space and the doggies were starting out the window in a trancelike state anticipating their decent out of the car and into the chaos. Since the weather is now warm the little wading pools are now out in the park. Oscar was loving it and eventually we dunked Daisy in the pool as well. They just stood there soaking up the wetness. The awful part is the doggies jump out of the pool and run around the park until they are a muddy mess. When it came time to leave the doggies were gross. We took them to the pools and and hosed them down so all we had to deal with was some dirty slightly muddy paws. I asked T to wipe down his back seats when we got home but I don't think he did even though he said he would. I think I'm going to remind him, but he'll probably get all pissy since I'm reminding him about it. He drives my car and doesn't take care of it like I would like him too. I told you the cleaning thing is thickening in my blood!

My flintstone feet are a little puffier then they were a few days ago. It's a little unnerving cause my comfy pregnant shoes are a tiny bit snug across the top of my foot. That's okay though. A couple more weeks to go. Hopefully my overall puffiness goes away soon after and I will be somewhat back to my normal self.

I think I want some ice cream.

Saturday, June 12, 2004 05:29 p.m.,br>
Today was my last day of work. I am now on maternity leave and am thrilled. My body aches and my mind is no longer on work. I have lots to do at home and really need to relax. I am excited!!!!

Last night we went to see the new Harry Potter. I enjoyed it. I've seen the other two movies about 5 dozen times. And I will most likely buy this on DVD. Im not really into reading the books but god, I love the movies. There were some pretty dumb previews before the movies but there was on that I would like to see, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

I wish I had more interesting things to write about but after a jam packed work week of "wrapping things up." I'm physically and mentally exhausted. When I have time to gather my thoughts and rest a bit I shall be back.

Wednesday, June 9, 2004 02:05 p.m.

Does anyone else ever have those days you feel like everything is just crumbling to pieces around you? Today is that day for me. I had a great day yesterday and a pretty good day today, that is up to checking the voicemail on my cell phone. I'm not going into the gory details here, as I don't even know that yet. I need to go home and look through some paperwork to find out what the hell is happening here. Uuuggghhh...

Okay, besides that I had an extremely tiring day yesterday. I worked for three hours, went home and waited for T. As soon as he got home we headed out to Target to use some of the gift cards we received and then over to Toys R Us to pick up some other baby things we were needing. We have so much baby stuff is unbelievable. I think, we only bought the essentials but damn, that's still a lot of stuff. No unnecessary toys or room accessories please! The only extras are a bouncy chair, playmat thing and a couple of crib accessories like a mobile and little projection thingy. We've already run out of dresser space and need to buy a little bookcase. I'm amazed by the amount of gear this tiny little person will have.

By the time we got back home last night my feet were aching so badly that i sat on the couch with my feet soaking in one of those spa massagers. It was heaven.

Tuesday, June 8, 2004 07:49 a.m.

My weekend has felt incredibly long. I won't be going into the office until noon or so today. Mom and Daisha left for the airport about an hour ago, Tela is back in bed and I'm wide awake.

My baby shower was this weekend. It was a nice shower. My friends were there and very generous with their gifts. We all had a great time. Mom's game was a hit. She did a price is right type of game with baby products. A had some of her games of her own as well. She really did a great job putting the shower together.

Yesterday we spent the day downtown shopping. Mom and Daisha had a great time and didn't work themselves in to much of a frenzy. By the time we got home we were all so exhausted we didn't want to move. I had class last night so while we were at the hospital mom and daisha chlled out at home. We had a late dinner at Cheesecake Factory in Pasadena. I only ate half my dinner and a little bit of dessert. I had the worst heartburn last night and the taste of my dinner is totally lingering. I'm regretting my choice in food. I also learned my lesson and I am not eating dinner that late again!

This is finally my last week of work. I'm not going to obsess over the state of my house right now and once I'm out of work I can organize the baby stuff and clean, clean,clean! The baby's room which was nice and clean and organized is now a mess. The crib is filled with presents and I'm running out of storage spots as well as dresser space. T and I will be doing some shopping this week as well. We have some gift cards and and cash to spend. There are still some baby items we need to pick up prior to the baby's arrival.

Sunday, June 6, 2004 07:55 a.m.

Yesterday was an extremely long day. First off, Mom and Daisha got in at about 5:45am yesterday morning. We picked them up from the airport, grabbed some breakfast and on the way home we decided to stop on Hollywood Blvd so Daisha could check out the hand/foot prints at Graumans Chinese Theater (Daisha has never been to LA so we had to take her here). After breakfast we headed home to unload luggage and chll out for a bit. T went straight to bed for a nap, as he worked extremely late the night before. Since I had to get a prescription refill and pick up a few other things we headed to Target. That took a long time!

With Target behind us and it almost being noon we were more then ready to start the day. Since Daisha wanted to shop we decided to take her to Melrose for an afternoon of shopping. We shopped and shopped and walked and walked for hours. My little fat feet were beginnng to hurt with each step. After a couple of hours we had to sit down and rest. Mom and D picked up a few things, mom even got me this funy shirt that was all white except for an airbrushed cat face (just the eyes, nose whiskers and little mouth) right on the majority of the front and underneath in script and airburshed it says Meow Muthafucka. I thought that was hysterical! To bad I can't wear it just yet, since my tummy is huge it would look like a half shift which just isn't cute!

After Melrose, we were going to swing by Robinson blvd for more shopping but Daisha wanted to take some photos of the little Rodeo drive street so we zipped over to Beverly Hills. We parked at Barneys, as usual, and did some quick shopping there. T and I were so excited because we totally forgot Barney's was in the midst of one of there gigantic sales. I quickly hightailed it to the childrens department because I knew there were these alphabet block books I wanted to buy. I picked those up then we looked at clothes for T and then non-maternity clothes for me. T didn't get anything but I picked up a couple of shirts. Wish I could wear them now but i'll have to wait. No biggie they were a steal. One shirt is three quarter scrunched sleeves, red and pink stripes and nice and thin. It was originally $95 but onsale for $19. The other shirt was the same brand but pale yellow and a brighter yellow stripe tank, that probably came down to just past the waist with this little tie thingy, originally $70 on sale for $19. I loved it! Can't beat the big Barney's sales.

Mom was looking for jeans and she constantly buy's "mom jeans" which I'm trying to get her out of the habit of doing. Everyone knows what mom jeans are right? Well, if not mom jeans are all over the place look for women in the forties on up and they'll surely have them on. Highwaisted, round in the hips, no butt or hip accentuation and they usually begin to taper down to a slim ankle fit. They are horrendous. The Women have zero butts or body definition. They are just ugly. I gave my mom a bunch of jeans and one pair that were not mom jeans have suddenly turned into mom jeans. I gave her a pair of levis that she didn't want and had her put them on last night and told her she needed to wear them. The cut is flattering and because of the slight stretch it hugs the butt nicely. My mom is now on the quest for jeans kinda tight in the butt. She is seeing the light! Hallelujiah. I found some Seven jeans on sale at Barneys yesterday but couldn't find a size that fit her well. I did however, tell my mom that a few years ago Earl jeans were very popular and they had a fantastic fit and the Costco near us sells them for $30. So on Monday, we're going to Costco to get my mom a pair of Earls.

By the time we got home we were so beat. Mom and D took a nap while T and I talked about what to do for dinner and how I wanted a purse that I saw earlier in the day.

At this point my feet had doubled in size and were throbbing! We ate at a nearby restaurant and came home. I felt like my feet were going to fall of. Daisha nd T each rubbed my feat for about 20-minutes and i nearly fell asleep. We're plannend for more shopping on Monday and some how I need to squeeze my flintstone feet into my gym shoes which should ease some of the pain. Its a wonder what good arch support can do.

Friday, June 4, 2004 07:46 p.m.

Ive been home for an hour now and have already done enough cleaning to satisy me for the arrival of D and Mom. Tela needs to swiffer the bathroom floor. I abhor bathroom cleaning and T takes care of it all *Thank You*

I pulled into the driveway, walked up towards my front porch and lo and behold I see a UPS package. Yes! Another prezzie! We also had a FedEx envelope at our doorstep. UPS boxes I love, FedEx envelopes scare me. Although the FedEx wasn't for me I had to open it. I must say I was very relived it was T's replacement bank card. I couldn't believe the credit union sent the card overnight. Very impressive.

After work today I swung by Amanda's house to assist with the favors for my shower. The favors turned out great and we both were happy with our decision. We decided to buy these cute little flower pots from Ikea, filled cellophane bags with soil and seed packets of baby's breath and baby blue belles. They turned out darling. I'm hoping to upload photos on Sunday night after the shower.

I have some laundry to deal with this evening. Mainly folding and putting clothes away and not washing. That's my Monday routine. Hahahaha....

Thursday, June 3, 2004 07:35 p.m.

I have so much junk food in my house its almost unbearable.