baby time

It is getting more real for me. Going with Marisa for her ultrasound was amazing. I honestly don't remember much from the ultrasound when they were babies. I remember being uncomfortable from drinking so much water, but I certainly don't think there was 1/10 of the technology there is now. Marisa didn't have to drink ANYTHING! A nice technician (who reminded me of mom and that made me feel really comfortable), squirted the goo, which was kept in a bottle warmer so it was not unbearably cold when squirted. And then whamo there were identifiable images on the screen. It was easy to pick out the spinal cord but the rest she had to identify. When she said "see that black hole, that's the stomach", I immediately assumed it would be a boy. Don't all little boys have black holes for stomachs? Then she pointed out the kidnies and we saw the heart beating. Marisa didnt get to see alot of it because she was laying down. The tech measured the circumfrance (sic) of the stomach, the head, the spine length. When she finished all her technical stuff she turned the screen so Ris could watch. then we started exploring and she pointed out the eye sockets on the head, Marisa commented that it looked like it would be perfect for Halloween cuz all it is is a skeleton. Then we moved to the lower half and the knees were tight together and the ankles were crossed. Ris didn't care for my comment that we wouldn't have been there if she had done that herself. But I digress, the tech pointed out the white lines that were the shin bones and the toe bones. That was really cool to see. She kinda wiggled the scanner thingy around and suddenly the baby rolled righ over and stretched her legs. It was the coolest thing to see. Since there wasn't any "not a leg" she concluded it was a girl. Tonight we went out to eat with Sue and Michael and as with all dinners out it must end in shopping, so we walked around Walmart and Steinmart looking at cute little girl stuff. Marisa is very much into pooh. She prefers classic pooh. I am already having people ask about a shower. I can't start planning that yet. It is way too early. Probably around Marisa's bday.

TIme for bed. We are probaly going to the ocean tomorrow.

Reality Check

Monday - Hell's Kitchen
Tuesday - Fire Me Please
Wednesday - Beuaty and the Geek, 30 Days in the Life
Thursday - The Next Food Network Star
Friday - Monster House
Saturday -
Sunday - Family Plots

Starting next week Game Show Network is going to run The Amazing Race from the very first episode to now every night at 9pm.

Then Big Brother 6 starts on July 6.

Everyone else's reality is better than my own.

A'la Aunt Nancy

I made a HUGE roast this evening with the intention of feeding alot of people. It ended up only being the four of us so there were alot of leftovers. What to do with so much left over roast and potatoes and carrots? Make real pate chinois! Lunch all week! YUMMY! Now if only I could find the recipe for the croutons Aunt Nancy makes...

Boring

Things happen everyday but are they worth blogging about? No one is as interested in the life of a 37 year old single mom like they are an adorable 18 month old. Not even the aforementioned mom.

Things at work are plodding along. I am counting down the days and apparently so is my principal. They are interviewing for my position on Tuesday and I was informed I wouldn't be involved in the process. I did a little research on the three people they are interviewing and boy do I feel sorry for both sides. Not really!

Adam had xrays recently to try to explain the pain in his ankles and the swelling of his knee. The doctor thinks it is a further degeneration of his achilles tendon for his ankles. And water on the knee. We should be going back in a week or so.

Marisa is working at the daycare almost fulltime now. I think this is a great opportunity for her. Before her fingerprints cleared, Martha (the owner), had her coming in the evenings after the children were gone and doing paperwork. A Van Houten special, organizing someone else's paperwork. Maybe she will blog a little about it. Hint Hint!

Kathy is as skinny as ever and I must admit I am a little jealous. I get completely winded walking from the car to our seats at Dodger stadium and although I know those garlic fries are the exact opposite of what I should eat I just have no willpower against them.

That's about it from me.