here. in my head

the NEW me is coming

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:44:46 GMT

I'm canceling this LJ and starting over as Talulla. Why. Because most of my internet identity is known as Talulla and because it's time I got rid of the identity I've had since High school.

Home Visit!! YAY

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:43:13 GMT

Isadora and I will be flying to Indianapolis April 1-5 YAY

A Toast

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:46:00 GMT

Here's to the next four years.
Here's to "Change We Can Believe In" being more than a campaign slogan.
Here's to people that waited in line for over two hours to vote.
Here's to John McCain and a gracious concession speech
Here's to Barack Obama giving a nod to John McCain in his victory speech
Here's to Obama's supporters cheering McCain during the victory speech
Here's to the secret service protecting the President Elect from those filled with hate.
Here's to our future.

Voting

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:55:16 GMT

For some reason my voter registration card never got to me. I guess there was something I had to send back. Now the only place I can vote is up in McKinney. Which is about a 30 minute drive. Oh well. Road trip for me and the Peanut.

Random Pet peeve

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:20:24 GMT

Unnecessary scarves. Pretty, narrow scarves are great. Silk, cashmere, whatever. Ones that add a little flair to your outfit. Groovy
Giant, a yard wide, long enough to be a sari, just silly. Especially when you're wearing a sleeveless shirt.
And guys, SERIOUSLY? Why? I don't have too many complaints about guys wearing a some kind of jacket and it's a narrow scarf, or if it's actually cold enough to need one.
Why this peeve, Rebecca, you ask? Isadora and I were people watching in the mall today and a couple pass. Both are wearing scarves. The woman in a sleeveless shirt and this HUGE scarf that dangled to her knees, the guy, A t-shirt and a a scarf.
IT'S TEXAS! The low was 60. No where near cold enough to even consider looking at a scarf
MUH

OMG Get over it

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:24:36 GMT

Here's a link to an article that annoys the hell out of me.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27008935/?GT1=43001

I'm so sick of Separation of Church and State. Everyone is sooo worried the non-religious people are going to be offended. You know what? Who fucking cares? What about my rights as a Christian? What about the Bhuddist kid? Maybe not allowing my to say a prayer before a test offends me. If a teacher wants to talk about Hinduism, I don't care. I don't care if my kid hears it. Here's a thought, teach your children, talk to them. Have an open ended conversation about your beliefs. Let your children know it's ok to believe what you want and that just because there's a Muslim club at school, it doesn't mean you have to join it.
The parents with there panties in a wad about yoga need to shut up. IT'S YOGA. Stretching and breathing. Trust your children enough that they will know. If you have a problem with it, tell your child not to participate. Or let your child learn on his own and make his own decision. A lot of these classes are in high schools. By then, you're old enough to know if your rights are being violated. If I had a teacher trying to shove his beliefs on me, I would have known better in high school.
ANYHOO

My Sci Fi Show!!!

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:03:37 GMT

Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in with? (pics)
created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Heart of Gold (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

You are a light and humorous person. No one can help but to smile to your wit. Now if only the improbability drive would stop turning you into weird stuff.

Heart of Gold (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

100%

Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica)

94%

Deep Space Nine (Star Trek)

88%

Babylon 5 (Babylon 5)

81%

Moya (Farscape)

81%

Serenity (Firefly)

75%

Millennium Falcon (Star Wars)

75%

SG-1 (Stargate)

69%

Bebop (Cowboy Bebop)

63%

Enterprise D (Star Trek)

50%

Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda)

50%

FBI's X-Files Division (The X-Files)

44%

Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix)

25%

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:23:07 GMT

I'm bored. The kind of bored where I know I could find something to do, but don't want to.
Well the baby just woke up with the most adorable grin on her face. Looks like I have some entertainment. YAY

Another baby story

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:09:38 GMT

I went to the grocery today, because although we're moving, we do need to eat. We had no food.
But anyhoo, that's not the point.
Whilst looking at the bananas, one of the produce workers commented on Isadora's pretty eyes and said she was a cutie. This got Izzie doing her adorable gummy grin/pretend I'm shy flirty thing. The gentlemen said "you have mommy's eyes and I bet you have lots of Daddy things too."
At the mention of Daddy, Izzie starts looking around frantically, then the bottom lip started quivering, then the sad little Peanut cry. I picked her up to console her. The gentleman apologized for upsetting her. Then we chatted for a moment more and the D word was said again. She looked around everywhere for Evan, then started crying again.
No, she's not Daddy's girl.

No matter

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:56:40 GMT

how you rationalize it, organic brownies are STILL brownies.
Sigh.

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:16:56 GMT

I want to go to Tokyo and eat real Japanese food.

New! Improved!

Fri, 16 May 2008 20:19:23 GMT

Alright, I added the next line to all the songs on my MP3 Random song game. So get to figuring em out people!

The MP3 Game!

Fri, 09 May 2008 02:26:05 GMT

Alright I'm a sheep. Here's the music Meme: Turn your MP3 player on random, write down the first line of the 1st 25 songs. Then your friends have to try and guess the title and artist. When they do, cross it out.
SO here goes!!
1. Long white arms, losing their strength and form...
Sixty year man on twenty year old skin.

2. We'll do it all. Everything. On our own...
We don't need anything or anyone

3. ~~So if you're lonely, you know I'm here waiting for you...~~
~~I'm just a cross hair I'm justa shot away from you~~~Take Me Out, Franz Ferdinand~Infidelpant

4. Ever carry the weight of another? For how long?
I walk as far they need to recover. For how long?

5. On the field I remember you're incredible..
Hey shut up, hey shut up, yeah

~~6. So I ran faster, but it caught me here.~~ Precious Things~Tori Amos: Halcyon_Havoc
~~8. Look I'm standing naked before you...~~ Leather~Tori Amos: Halcyon, again!

9. Where do we go, nobody knows..
I've gotta say I'm on my way down

~~10. Spend all your time waiting for that second chance...~~Angel~Sarah MacLaughlin: Halcyon!

11. Hey, Jack, I know what you're thinking..
That's now as good as any to start drinking.

~~12. There's a man going 'round, taking names.~~ When the Man Comes Around Johnny Cash: Sleepy Tybris

13. You can play the game, you can act out the part.
Though you know it wasn't written for you

14. I have been blind, unwilling to see the true love...

~~15. I thinking it's a sign, that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images~~ Such Great Heights~ Iron and Wine: Halcyon
~~16. We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout~~ Jackson~Johnny and June Carter Cash: Halcyon

17. Hey , my friend, it seems you eyes are troubled...
Care to share you time with me.

~~18. Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine...~~ Mr. Brightside~The Killers:Halcyon

19. ~~10 fingers counting, we have each...~~
~~Nine planets around the sun repeat~~~Typical Situation, Dave Matthews:Infidelpants

20. The ___ is thin, come on dive in..
Underneath my lucid skin.
.
21. Hey, are you lonely? Has summer gone so slowly...
We found the ground

~~22. Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone...~~ Fire and Rain~James Taylor:Halcyon

23. Come up meet you, tell you I'm sorry. You don't know how lovely you are...
I had to find you, tell you I need.

24. I think I'll go home and mull this over, before I cram it down my throat...
at long last it's crashed, this colossal mass

25. Relapse Prevent Trigger Intent Now drown
High strung Say _ ______ __ _____

Thanks to House_of_Bone, I present a Meme!

Sun, 04 May 2008 17:34:47 GMT

1. In two words, explain what ended your last relationship?
He was boring, a bit immature, just not the one

2. When was the last time you shaved your legs?
Last week?

3. What were you doing this morning at 8am?
Changing the baby and putting her back to sleep

4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago?
Putting cream cheese on my yummy fresh bagel.

5. Are you any good at math?
Not at all.

6. Your prom night?
Was fun. .

7. Do you have any famous ancestors?
not that I know of

8. Have you ever taken out a loan to pay for school?
Nope

9. Do you know the words to the song on your myspace profile?
I deleted my Myspace

10. Last thing received in the mail?
A birthday card from my Mommy and Daddy.

11. How many different beverages have you drunk today?
2, coffee and water

12. Do you ever leave messages on people's answering machines?
Sometimes.

13.Who did you lose your virginity to?
A guy from my church. Really wasn't all that. He wasn't a very good kisser either.

14. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach?
I've only been once, and I didn't.

15. What's the most painful dental procedure you've had?
Had a tooth pulled, but the dentist hooked my up with the numbing, and I didn't feel a thing!

16. What is out your back door?
The parking area and next door is a Storage Unit place.

17. Do you have any plans for tonight?
Snuggle with the baby, maybe watch some TV

18. Do you like the ocean?
It's alright

19. Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different kinds of popcorn for Christmas?
Yeah. I never finish it.

20. Have you ever been to a planetarium?
Yeah. We used to go on field trips in elementary school.

21. Do you fancy anyone in your top 8 on myspace?
I deleted it, but when I had one, no.

22. Something you are excited about?
hmm. dunno.

23. What is your favorite flavour of Jelly?
Strawberry

24. Are any of your great-grandparents still alive?
No. :(

25. Describe your keychain?
boring. Just keys, the clicker thing for our apartment gates, and a US Army chain from a former co worker.

26. Where do you keep your change?
In a little glass jar, in my wallet or in the ash tray of my car.

27. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group of people?
High school, probably

28. What kind of winter coat do you have?
I had a really cool black pea coat, but it was stolen out of my car. I do have a gorgeous black cloak that I never get to wear because it's never cold enough in Texas. .

29. Do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed?
Open, but we have a curtain over the doorway. This is because the cats don't like a closed door and we want dark in the room.

30. Who did you last text and why?
Nicole. To yell at her dumb ass.

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:23:50 GMT

I can't turn my head to the right, lift the baby, or raise my right arm above chest level. YAY

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:14:15 GMT

I'm bored.

Weird

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:55:29 GMT

and now to describe the weird dream I had.

I wanted to take a shower, but for some reason someone (I think my sister) had set up the shower head so it flowed over top of a bed. I complained, stating the obvious, showers can't be over the bed. My sister said, "Well just moved the bed to the side of the room" and when I did, I discovered that the floor was covered in carpet and no drain.
Then, as in dreams, I remembered that another room in the house (by the way, not any house I've ever been in) had tile floor and pipes in the ceiling and a drain in the floor. So I go to set up the shower in there. I start to put up a shower curtain (that looks like the comforter on my bed. Really cool, actually) only to discover there is some sort of corporate meeting going on in this room. A huge long conference table is set up and a room full of CEO types. A very nice lady tells me, "Go ahead and shower, we wont be in each others way)
Then magically the dream changed and Patrick from Coupling (a British show played on BBC America) is trying to kiss me. I tell him, no. Because he's dating my friend Jennifer Aniston. But I asked Patrick to run my to Blockbuster because I have a movie I need to bring back. His "car" is a shopping cart.
Now suddenly, I'm visiting my good friend Jennifer at work. She's a receptionist at a world renowned model agency in New York. Her desk is outside on the front side walk of the building. It's huge, one of the kind you'd find the study of a mansion or castle. The chair is this massive, gilded throne like thing.
Then I woke up because Izzie was crying

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:53:20 GMT

I've learned a lot since becoming a Mommy.Things they either don't tell you or you just don't understand until it happens to you. Here are a few

-Toothbrush gags. Yeah. What the hell?
-You're tired (as in sleep 12 hours and still take a mid day nap tired) in the first trimester. I always thought it only be at the very end, when you're heavy with baby.
-Hormones. It's not the silliness they joke about on TV, but they are wacky. There were moments of "Seriously, why am I crying?"
-Labor is REALLY FUCKING PAINFUL. And having the nurses asking you to "rate your pain on a scale from 1-10" is probably the most annoying thing EVER!
- a 10 minute shower is a luxury
-You can live without taking a shower.
-Don't watch those High risk pregnancy reality shows.
-Never have I been ok with being woken up every 2 hours
-You get damn good at running all your errands in a 3 hour window
-I have to leave the house 20 minutes before I need to leave the house to only arrive 10 minutes late
-Breast feeding isn't easy. They make it seem like you just hold the baby to your chest, she drinks, there is no pain, all is good.
-The nursery nurses are CRAZY. They're feeding NAZIS!!!!!
-It really will be ok. Breast feeding gets easier. Your milk will come in, the baby will get nourishment. CPS isn't going to come and take your baby, your husband won't leave you and your family isn't going to disown you.

The cheese dilema

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:28:23 GMT

I've started buying blocks of cheese and grating it myself. To save money and to not be lazy. I've noticed self grated cheese has this habit of sticking together. Makes me wonder what they put in the already grated packages so the cheese bits don't stick to each other.

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:23:51 GMT

Galaxy Quest is one of those movies I can watch over and over and it's still funny.

Domestic Goddess

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:59:45 GMT

lol. Hah. That I'm not and probably never will be.

Suuuuuuuuuushi

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:28:23 GMT

We just ordered sushi. I'm so excited. It better be yummy.

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:29:33 GMT

Evan still hasn't heard anything about the supposed positions available. Someone in the company said there was a position, call this person, she's expecting your call.This was yesterday and no one has called back. The more this stuff goes on, the less I think he should work there.

The baby wasn't her normal peppy self yesterday. She just seemed blah. I let her sleep in the bed with us until about 2 am. Izzy seemed to need extra snuggles and I certainly don't mind giving them.

I think I'm starting to get cabin fever. I've been really bored the last few days and can't find anything entertaining to do. I'll think about taking the baby for a stroller ride, but then laziness takes over. That seems to be what happens when I'm bored

Ouch

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:23:32 GMT

My back really hurts. I don't know what I'm doing. It does this every time I nurse the baby on my left side. I've tried holding the baby in a zillion different ways, with pillows, without. Evan even got me a really comfy La Z Boy chair in Izzy's room, you'd think it would help. I don't know. But I gotta figure something out. I've been up since 5:30 because I couldn't get comfortable.
Isadora is doing great. She's doing great with the rice cereal. Still loving it! We've been spoon feeding about 2 teaspoons to her and putting the other 2 tsp. in her Daddy bottle.
Still don't know what's going on with a new position for Evan. I'm really annoyed with the whole situation.
Daylight savings time is silly.
I need to shower. Meh

My Pooh Bear Test!

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:49:41 GMT

You scored 14 Ego, 10 Anxiety, and 11 Agency!

"Correct me if I am wrong," he said, "but am I right in supposing that it is a very Blusterous day outside?"

"Very," said Piglet, who was quietly thawing his ears, and wishing that he was safely back in his own house.

"I thought so," said O-wl. "It was on just such a blusterous day as this that my Uncle Robert, a portrait of whom you see upon the wall on your right, Piglet, while returning in the late forenoon from a-- What's that?"

You scored as Owl!

ABOUT OWL: Owl is considered highly educated because he can spell his own name (WOL) and he can even spell Tuesday... although he doesn't always get it right. Owl is a good sort, really, although he can be a bit of a stuffed shirt, and he tends to overlook the smaller details in life - like the fact that his bellpull is actually someone's tail.

WHAT THIS SAYS ABOUT YOU: You are confident and you feel capable of dealing with whatever life throws at you. You know that you can handle just about everything... mostly because you know how to delegate the job of actually handling things to the people around you. You aren't one of those Bisy Backsons, who rush around trying to do everything at once. You prefer to stay at home and reflect on life, rather than go out and live it.

Sometimes, you know, you need to stop waiting for things to come to you and go out and get them. You need to go enjoy the weather, smell the fresh air, and pay attention to the little people in your life. They may not be as great as you... but maybe they could use your help.