Sunday, March 30, 2008

then and now 365.191

this is jackson about 4 months old. note how much of the chair he is taking up.
this is jackson today aged about 13 months. note how much more of the chair is taken up by him. what a difference 9 months makes. i keep telling myself this as i (we) prepare our lives for the next step.

f%^&er 365.190

this thing, this piece of hardware has caused me much anger and frustration. i just thought it should be displayed so that all can throw stones and yell at it.

in happier news, i got my computer back complete with new hard-drive. now if only all the data were there...

Saturday, March 29, 2008

the ny times plum cake 365.189

my father-in-law loves this cake, luckily plums are coming into to season and i am able to make it again. this is what was leftover after three people had some for dessert and my father-in-law took what was "needed" for his lunch.
** this is a great cake make it, make it now! (you can substitute almost any "dry fruit" apples, pears, nectarines etc.. for the plums (i clearly used regular plums not the italian ones they suggest)

unhealthy love? 365.188

those of you that know me, know that i love me my seltzer. i could drink gallons of the stuff all day every day. it soothed my nausea, it fulfills my daily water requirement, its like a miracle. today we were out shopping and stop and shop had a sale. 3 for $1. (normally its anywhere from $0.60 to $0.80 a bottle) it was as if the heavens had opened and i could see the manna falling at my feet. this incredible bounty was only made better by the fact that, they had already received their kosher for passover shipment and the sale applied to that seltzer as well (normally upwards of a $1 a bottle). well we stocked up 15 bottles for me and 12 for passover (i daresay there will be another trip back to the store to get another dozen or so before the sale goes away!) so dear reader you tell me unhealthy love or just a gal who loves her some seltzer.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

civic engagement 365.187

tonight will and i went to a meeting with other dog owners because there is a threat that the town may be closing our local dog park. this dog park means to a lot to us and to our fellow dog owners, we know our community and our neighbors because of it, to us nothing is more important than community as we prepare to bring a new human into this world. so, as a group we want to be sure that we had our talking points ready before the threat becomes more real (ie gets put on the agenda for the next town meeting) because as we all know its better to think ahead. anyway i was proud of what we accomplished and wanted to share!

dreamy 365.186

will occasionally brings me home flowers. since i got pregnant he brings me flowers after major dr/milestone type appointments. (all good news and nothing to worry about) last time was no exception. they were beautiful roses; here is one close up..

Monday, March 24, 2008

curse ye ... 365.185

lactose intolerance! we went to whole foods and how they tempt me i mean does a grocery store need a gelato bar at the entrance? how does it get worse? my favorite flavor combo, dark chocolate mint was beautifully displayed, oh cruel world! i did try one of the sorbet flavors and it was good, but it was no dark chocolate mint gelato.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

MIA 365.184

last night, my hard-drive (HD) died. i went to reboot and with the restart i got the dreaded file folder with a question mark inside accompanied by a distinct clicking noise. those of you in know with computers know just how dire the situation is based just on that. i called applecare and they told me to go a genius bar. there a nice guy named henry told me what i feared. my HD was no more and worse than that, they couldn't recover any of the data. in order to get my data i would need to send the old hard-drive off to some place with a clean room so that they can attempt to recover the data. the nice apple people aren't going to charge me anything to replace my HD however data retrieval that's gonna cost me. more than $1000.

finals are in 3 weeks, every note i have taken for any class this semester is on the dead HD. the project due tomorrow (that i had already spent some time on), yea that was on there too. yea no stress. not to mention pictures, my calendar, addresses emails of sentimental value, the list goes on and on and on.

whats most annoying about this? i am normally really good about backing things up. however since i got pregnant i seem to have forgotten all about it. message to my loyal readers, BACK-UP NOW, its costly and frustrating to not have a back up.

so whats missing normally on our coffee table there are two mac lap-tops i have the distinct feeling that the iBook misses the macBook, as do i.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

24 weeks 365.183


this is what 24 weeks pregnant looks like on me.

also today is my half birthday, so it would make sense that i am half way done with my year long project. i have nothing profound to say about it, just wanted to be sure it was noted.

baking 365.182


i am attempting to get my husband to bake more, today we both baked. i made a brown sugar pound cake and he made apple crisp. both were tasty! i am so proud

Thursday, March 20, 2008

b-school 365.181

i spend a lot of my time at school, most of that time is in study rooms or the library. however when i am in class this is what i see. not exciting i know especially since the board is clean and there is no professor lecturing. but still i was reviewing the blog and realized that this classroom was missing it was a big omission.

sweet face 365.180

I know jackson has a sweet face, he is a sweet dog, he loves us. he "protects" us. we however, made a mistake in his training. however all the fault is not ours. when we first got jackson we were told, by more than one person that knows such things, that he most likely wouldn't get bigger than 35 -40 lbs. so since he was going to remain small we figured that him occasionally sleeping with us would be ok. however our dear dog is 55 pounds. you can see from the picture that he takes up much of the bed, sleeping with us is torture. for a while he had no interest in sleeping with us. However recently since, he knows that he isn't supposed to sleep with us, he waits until the middle of the night to join us. He knows we are too tired to deal with him so he gets to stay. as a result both will and i get terrible sleep, added to this that i am not sleeping awesome anyway. I am a giant pile of crank. but still i wake up every morning and see this sweet face and can't help loving that dear dog of mine.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

different angle and what you can't see 365.179

recently will started to be able to feel the fetus moving about inside me, neither he or i know what body part we are feeling but nonetheless its a neat thing. whats not neat.... a new trick called lets dance on the bladder. i can't say that its painful, just really, really annoying.

as a side bar we went to the hospital, where i intend to give birth, last night for the "tour," i love my husband but watching his face while they explained the mechanics of the bed that i was to lay on was priceless! (to his credit there are lots of moving parts and things that come off but still its clear this man hasn't really thought about what happens when a woman goes to the lady bits doctor.)

Monday, March 17, 2008

reality 365.178

today we got a save the date/invitation for a wedding on august 8 of this year. i have never been invited to a destination wedding, the invitation says that shoes are optional, just reading those words took me a to warm beach-y place in my head. but then i remembered, i'm pregnant, my due date is july 13th, my graduation is august 8th. the reality is that, finances aside, we can't go to this wedding. i hate typing that. i love weddings, i love seeing my friends celebrate their love, i love beaches. i know that my friends will understand for any number of reasons still, i hate that we can't go this wedding.

adorable 365.177

my loyal readers have seen this adorable kid before but as we were visiting them over the weekend how could i not post a picture of him, i am also glad to report that he has moved on from munching on will's fingers to barley cereal & fruit!

how to say i love you if... 365.176


you are a dog. jackson and his first girlfriend, matza, spent roughly 14 out of every 15 minutes they spent together playing. they were both so tired that in order to sleep they had to be separated because the lure of playing together was so strong.

Friday, March 14, 2008

my boys 365.175

so while i have been sick, my husband has been dreamy, medicine dispensing, water pourer, food maker all around great guy! this post is for him. i love you honey.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

covet 365.174

**this is a picture of the front of the lands end catalog.
i heart mary jane shoes. any type, any variety, heels, flats, sneakers well you get the idea. while the above picture are not representational of my favorite pair they do however represent a desire i can not fulfill. i have been advised by many of my friends not to buy shoes before i have the baby, because my feet might change and get bigger. so basically i am reduced to shopping for hats. (anyway i was cleared to take sweet sweet drugs , nyquil & tussin to help me alleviate a cough that sounds suspiciously like a death rattle, i am off to take my nyquil and slip into a sweet sweet drug induced sleep. as a side-bar to the side bar, the fetus does not like the coughs every time i cough i get an extra reminder in the form of a kick from the inside.. we already have such a loving relationship)

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

ouch 365.173

i was really hoping that the "thermal" setting on my photo booth would should my throat as red which is a gross understatement of how it feels. if only i were inclined to put sound on my blog then you would also get to hear the death-rattle sound of my cough.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

worry 365.172

i have a friend who is dealing with far more than the average person should have to; my thoughts are with her. i know i can't fix it, but i just wish there were more i could do.

Monday, March 10, 2008

signs of spring 365.171

the last couple days nature has been really trying to make spring happen, here is the evidence. i can't wait for spring flowers!

Sunday, March 9, 2008

mmmmm 365.170

one of the best things about being pregnant is that when i told my dr i was eating a lot of ice cream and she said great what a great way to get your calcium! so more ice cream for me! also i heart breyers for their lactose free vanilla ice cream. also jp licks has one flavor a month but its not always a good flavor so its nice to have a solid back-up that costs way less money

Saturday, March 8, 2008

helping 365.169

"i'm helping with whatever you are doing, i promise i'm not in the way"

where did that come from? 365.168

all of a sudden i looked down.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

play-date 365.167

we have the best neighbors, they have our keys we have theirs, they have watched jackson for us, have helped us bring in groceries and they have a dog, harry. today harry came over for a playdate, jackson was in heaven!

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

invasion 365.166


this evening we were eating schnitzel and all of a sudden the turtles starting invading will's dinner. i thought about stopping them but i was just too busy eating my own dinner to worry about it.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

favorite things 365.165

i like putting knots in my hair while watching teevee. seems silly i know but we all have things and this is one of mine.

Monday, March 3, 2008

visiting friends 365.164


today our good friend leora is in town for work, we happen to live around the corner from her office. so once again we get to the place where a friend of ours hangs their hat. (i love being the place where people hang their (visiting) hats!)

"i'm not getting sucked in" 365.163

thats what will told me last night as i started watching wedding crashers last night, meanwhile he was practically drooling at vince vaughn on the teevee.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

late night 365.162


so since our lives are going to change in just a few months we are taking advantage of saturday nights. this was the time we got in the car to come after a fun-filled evening of chocolate howards!

door prize 365.161


while we didn't win iron chef this time around, we still felt we competed well. we got a produce saver as a door prize over all good times were had by all and battle chick-pea was laid to rest!