Monthly Archives: May 2007

Flotsam / Jetsam

Seven things

Sandi challenged me to write “Seven Random Things” about myself. I tried to think of seven things that everyone who knows me might not know.

  1. My friend Amy was so stunned and dismayed to learn that my ears weren’t pierced that she took me to the mall and had it done. That was last summer, and it’s one of the many reasons I love Amy. She’s a problem solver.
  2. I couldn’t begin to describe how much time I’ve spent in libraries. I used to spend hours upon hours there. I still love going to the library, even though these days I just dash in, pick up whatever I’ve put on reserve, stop by the aquarium for a quick look at the “fishies” and dash back out again. The library in Columbia is my very favorite. It’s a beautiful design. But I think it’s ruined me for other libraries. The one here just doesn’t measure up.
  3. I had our first child’s name picked out for years before we decided to have kids. I had the girl name chosen even before we were married. But we had a miscarriage with my first pregnancy, and now I can’t fathom using either of those names. (Sorry to throw the downer in there.)
  4. The Sizzling Rice Soup at Forbidden City is the most perfect soup in the world. I’ve tried to re-create it at home, but I can’t get the rice to sizzle sufficiently.
  5. The first time I saw Rockford, I was certain that I would marry him. I didn’t actually meet him until the following year. Fortunately, he was as nice and funny as he was cute. 🙂
  6. I was once a Mary Kay lady. I don’t know what possessed me to do such a thing. I wore makeup less frequently then (never) than I do now (sometimes). It lasted about a year. I did break even, though, so that was nice.
  7. I named my first cat “Rainbow” in homage to Rainbow Brite. I also had a pair of Punky Brewster sneakers. I was a very hip 5-year-old.

I’m tagging Chloe, Cynthia, Becky, Taylor, Rachel and anyone else who’d like to play!

blessings

Love Thursday: I love my family

I was sad to read that this will be the last week that the Love Thursday site will be functioning. It’s been such a nice place to find happy and uplifting stories. I’m going to try to keep up with my lists, though, because I think it’s helped me to be more positive.

April 25

  • Poppy’s beautiful smile.
  • Pretending to be elephants, complete with the requisite “ba-roomph, ba-roomph” sounds when crawling around the house.
  • Dancing to the happy beach song on “Sesame Street.”
  • Putting a sock on Marsha’s head.
  • Bean nachoes!

    • April 26

  • Poppy’s wonderful hugs.
  • Rockford revealing that Garth Algar is his “dance inspiration.” It shows, honey.
  • Poppy clapping and saying “Yay Cubbies!”

    • April 27

  • The lady with the scary monkey and sunglasses-wearing dog at the antiques show.
  • Ben & Jerry’s Cinnamon Bun Ice Cream.
  • Taking an afternoon nap with Marsha curled up on my lap.
  • Watching “Extras” with Rockford.
  • Rockford trying to toss a Tums into my mouth, the Tums hitting my tooth with a big “clunk” and Rockford laughing so hard he tooted.

    • May 7

  • Poppy saying “peachy keen!” when I gave her a cup of peach yogurt.
  • Rockford seeing that I’d searched for “I can has a cheeseburger.” And then being entirely unamused by the site.
  • Thinking about the duck that flew down Dad’s chimney and got stuck behind the fireplace screen. (That happened years ago, but it still makes me laugh.)

    • May 8

  • Cheerwine float.
  • Poppy looking at Marsha and saying, “My precious! I see precious!”
  • A good storm.

    May 11

  • Rockford bringing home cupcakes.
  • Steak night!
  • Rockford putting on fresh black socks for bed.

    • May 12

  • Poppy putting on her most serious face to dance to “Old MacDonald.”
  • Meeting Don and Carrie for dinner. And the waiter bringing me a kids meal and then, after Rockford very carefully considered his bread choice, saying, “It’s like you’re choosing a wine.”
  • Poppy laying back on my arms to “relax” and saying “ahhhh” in the bathtub.

    • May 15

  • The “Gilmore Girls” series finale. I’m still so sad that it’s over, but the last episode was lovely.
  • Me: “What does a mommy say?”
    Poppy: “I love you!”
  • My little brother being so excited after his band concert.

    • May 22

  • Going to the park with Poppy.
  • Playing hats with Poppy.
  • Poppy resting in my lap before bed while we go over our whole day together.
  • The season finale of “Lost.” I can’t wait to see where they’re going with this!
    • Reading

    The Whale

    I finally finished “Moby Dick.” It was more interesting than I’d expected it to be. Even the parts about fossilized whales. It reminded me of Bubba’s shrimping speech in “Forrest Gump.” Herman Melville knew everything there was to know about the whalin’ business. And he wanted everyone to know it, by golly.