The Sweet Agony Of Defeat...

...I used to think that watching the REDSOX kick ass
was the best feeling in the world...
...AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, it still makes my socks go up & down,
-HOWEVER-
Tonight, I'm gonna go on record & say that rather than watch the start of the SOX game,
I opted to stick around to watch the YANKEES LOSE to the Indians in extra innings!
That moment I knew the yanks lost, I jumped up OFF my couch & screamed so loud I'm shocked I didn't wake up miss Cheeks!
Who could walk away from a scene like that!?
Besides, knowing that my SOX were already up in the 2nd?
I had all night to enjoy my boys play some ball...
...it's a rather enjoyable sensation to see the spankees get spanked.
*wickedpissahevilgrin*



Yup, I'm one happy camper.
hehehehe
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO

Topsfield Fair 2007...

...through the eyes of my daughter.





When asked how cotton candy tasted, Ruby replied: DEEEE-WISH-ISSS!


Are you kidding me?
LOOK AT THAT SMILE!

Today was, in a word?
Magical!

Thank you to Auntie Nayne,
who got us the tickets at a reduced rate,
& to Uncle Steve,
who loves Ruby so much,


he straddled an elephant!


YEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAA!
*grin*
RIDE'EM COWBOY STEVE!

We Interrupt This Blog...

...to bring you this very special announcement:

Starting today, at 8:45am,
I HAVE A JOB!
*superBIGcheezyGRIN*

That's right, I got the part time job at the local YMCA
in their babysitting room.

Ruby gets to come with me, lots of kids come & go throughout the day,
so there will be a nice turnover, never opportunity to get bored,
AND
Ruby gets to work on her socialization with ALL of them,
hopefully ALL DIFFERENT AGES!

(she's just psyched cuz she went with me for the interview
&
saw that they had a slammin' kitchen set,
that's all she's talked about since!)

We'll be home after 2pm, so wish us luck & I'll have a post work report upon arriving home!
WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO
I HAVE A JOB!
I get to say things like,
"sorry, can't tomorrow, gotta work!"
=)
hehehehehe

CIAO!

Ruby's 1st Days...

...with me in China.

Here are moments from our first days together as Mother & Daughter.
(again, long video, so play, then pause, k?)
She was so little, I'd almost forgotten she had ever been that small.
I'm so happy to be able to share this footage with you.
It just reminds me so much to enjoy every moment with Ruby,
even the difficult ones.
Because all moments in our lives,
be they good or bad,
are fleeting at best.

And before any of you comment on how RETARDED I sound doing my
'Chinese sounding baby babbling noises',
don't.
I'm fully aware of how ridiculous I sounded.
LOL
I guess at the time it just made sense.
Now?
Nearly two years later & some quiet time to mull it over?
Not so much!
LOL
My apologies go out to the Asian community on the whole...
...for any/all insults/cuss words derived from my nonsensical babble.
Was completely unintentional.
I promise!
;)

What To Do, What To Do...? *UPDATED*

...a few weeks ago I signed Ruby up for a class at our local YMCA.
It's called 'Teeny Tiny Tumblers', and she LOVES IT!
The class is every Friday morning at 9:30am.
We've gone three Friday's in a row thus far
&
not only does she love class, she loves her teachers
&
has made some cute new friends.
Why the conundrum you ask?
This week, I've been feeling slightly under the weather,
low grade fever, coughing to beat the band,
&
occasional vomiting here & there.
Fun huh?
(apologies to those of you drinking your morning coffee as you read this)
So, with me feeling like this,
I could still go but I'd have to sit off on the sidelines
and someone else will need to go through the circuit with miss Rubes.
That someone else was going to be my Mother.
Phone just rang,
was her,
she's not feeling well,
she'll be staying home.
UGH!

So, here's my thing, do I GO to the class knowing how shitty I feel & risk getting anyone sick OR
do I go & ask one of the teachers to go through her circuit with her as I sit on the sidelines AWAY from the kids & watch
OR
do I break Ruby's heart all together & tell her that we're not going today?

See, here's the thing about me.
One of my BIGGEST pet peeves is with parents who
send their kids somewhere
(school, extracurricular activities etc)
KNOWING that their kid is not only sick, but POTENTIALLY CONTAGIOUS!
Those parents I can't stand, cuz it's THOSE parents of SICK kids
that get otherwise HEALTHY children SICK!
C'mon people, this is NOT rocket science... at least you'd think, right?!

Because of this strong dislike of those types of parents,
I REFUSE to be one who sends Ruby ANYWHERE if she's feeling slightly under the weather.
Period.
So, therein lies the conundrum...
...it's ME who isn't feeling good, NOT Ruby.
So, do I go & ask a teacher to do her circuit with her?
Do I not go?

My thoughts this morning as I mulled it over in my head were this;
I HAVEN'T gotten Ruby sick with whatever it is I have,
and we LIVE together 24/7.
SO, am I safe to go knowing that the potential for me getting someone else's kid sick
is most likely minimal?
OR, do I assume that the reason RUBY didn't get sick is BECAUSE we're always together & her immune system is smarter because of it?

Grrrrrrrrrr, at times like these, I wonder to myself;
"What would JOHNNY do?"

*UGH*


***********UPDATE***********

We went, we participated a total of 5 minutes,
Ruby wanted NOTHING to do with Class,
(even though BOTH her teachers, Ashley AND Lucy,
said they'd be happy to take her with them through the circuit)
it ended up just being one of those Friday's.

She did manage to score a picture from her friend Jack...
...he drew it himself & walked it up to her & said:
"Here Ruby, I made this for you last week."
*melt my heart*

PS: A big HELLO to Ashley, (her teacher) who is now a reader of the blog!

Because I've never posted it before...

...Got'cha day.
Nov 20th, 2005.

(It's very long, so after clicking 'play',
immediately click 'pause' & then please try to be patient,
until the whole movie has finished loading.
I promise you, it's worth the wait...)

Ruby Reads A Book...

...in her own way.
*smiling*
I just love this kid!

#1 Corn...

Who knew there was a #1 corn?!
This child teaches me something new,
EVERY DAY!
*grin*

Someone call the short bus...

...I apparently need a RIDE!
*sigh*

Ok, I'm going to share something with all of you
&
you are ALL welcome to laugh,
I did.

Took a shower this morning,
as do most all of you I'm assuming,
t'was an uneventful shower as far as showers go,
but I was warm & clean, life was good.
I get out,
get dressed,
brush my hair,
etc...

About an hour goes by,
I was on the phone with a friend
&
kinda noticed that my hair hadn't dried as it normally did.
Hmm, that's odd...
maybe I need to towel dry it again?
So, reaching up to feel what the deal was,
I noticed that my hair just didn't feel normal.
"What the??"


Attempting to run my fingers through it was the last straw...
HELLO AMY,
RINSE THE DAMN CONDITIONER OUT OF YOUR FREAKIN' HAIR,
WILL YA!?!#%$$%

Seriously,
I know the MS has given me permanent, irreversible brain damage
but
THIS IS TOO MUCH!
*LAUGHING*

BEEP BEEP!
Gotta go, there's my ride!

Grocery Shopping Divas...

...yes we DID wear this to the market today, aren't we rockin'?
hehehe
(Sadly, for as cute as I thought I looked,
trust me when I tell you that people who stop to comment
were focused solely on my little miss Ruby Roo
& definitely NOT her smiling Momma...)
As it should be.

The "Muffin Man"....

...is SO CUTE I COULD EAT HIM UP!



Thank you Jen for letting me ogle your son for what seemed like only minutes,
but what I'm pretty sure was more like the better part of an afternoon...
hehehe



I JUST LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!!!!!


I mean seriously, JUST LOOK AT THIS FACE!

Mister Mikhail, Auntie Amy LOVES YOU SO MUCH!!!
Come back soon so I can kiss you a zillion times, ok?

Things NOT To Do In Front Of Your 3 Year Old...

...bases loaded, Jason Varitek's up at bat.
Without thinking, Momma spurts out:
"Baw chicka wah wowwww"
(porn music)



Sorry but it's AUTOMATIC!
I LOVE THAT MAN!
*my hormones go WILD*
moving on...

Ruby, notices Momma's little song & proceeds to attempt her own version of it:

"...chicka chicka beh bow!"

GOOD LORD WHAT HAVE I DONE!

*sigh*

(Ruby's laughter can be heard throughout the apartment...)
Kristen nearly pissed herself & last I knew,
was still on the floor in the fetal position...

...GOOD TIMES!

(Clearly I'm just days away from earning that "Mother Of The Year" award)

NOT!

"You Remind Me Of Mint..."

So tonight, while watching the Sox game,
Ruby is all curled up on the chair with Kristen.
They're both snuggy bug under a toasty blanket & all of a sudden,
Ruby turns around, looks up at Kris & says:
(with a very serious expression on her little face)

"You remind me of mint..."

Kristen looks puzzled,
I'm beyond perplexed,
& Ruby's smiling as if she the sole keeper of a secret
too precious to share with another living soul.

I'm all, "Huh?!"
Kristen starts laughing,
Ruby starts laughing,
& I start laughing...

...& the Sox are still ahead.

Life is pretty darn good.
*smile*

Sometimes...

...you JUST GOTTA play a joke,

on NONNO!

Move Over Dora...

...Old Mac'Donald's movin' in
& he's bringin the whole dang farm WITH HIM!
Man oh MAN do I miss the fun filled days of 'EVERYTHING DORA!'
Nope, not anymore.
Now,
around every corner
&
in every spare nook & cranny of my slowly DYING brain,
there's a moo moo here & a quack quack there.
Here a squeak, there a baa, everywhere an oink oink.


And here's the kicker-
Old mister MacDonald didn't even ASK prior to moving in on my territory.
Not even so much as a 'please'?
What gives Mac?
You think just cuz you arrive with zoo in tow that it gives you cart blanch to invade my world?
Just cuz the cute short Asian is more in love with you than the moon?
Than the sun?
Than the stars?
Than me?
(NEVER Bear mind you... just those other things.)



How bout' I make up a new verse to your catchy jingle, sound ok with you?
(even if it isn't, consider this payback for the cow pies on my living room carpet!)
*music please...*

Old tired Momma had a migraine,
A-L-E-V-E!

It's a fun little one liner,
I think it'll catch on
&
toddler mothers EVERYWHERE are gonna just RUN with it, full force!

Anyone in the market for a spare cow?
Perhaps some bacon?
Anyone?
Anyone?
...Bueller?
*sigh*

Aw, the hell with it, let's everyone just vote for NORM!
*do it, I double dog dare ya!*

A Must Have...

...for the future engineer/thinker in your house,
is this little number.
My Ruby Tuesday is beyond OBSESSED!
Plays with hers for HOURS & can solve two, of the six puzzles, independently.
Amazing since it took me WAY LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE
to even solve ONE!
Sad, isn't it?

"Not So Much..."

...it's funny the things you 'think' your child is going to love.
I was WAY off on this one!
My girl would rather surround herself with
'Little People' & Melissa & Doug Puzzles
than get wet from jumping in rainy day puddles.
Splashing in puddles?
What the hell was I thinking?!
Who thought THAT was a good idea?
Certainly not MY daughter... ;)
*smile*
And I wouldn't have her any other way.
Pardon me as I have some little people/puzzle time to attend to with my girl...
*grin*

A Windy Day...

...at Castle Park.

Reason #1,257,684,599 why I love my daughter...

Tradition...

...is a fun over sized birthday hat.