I love fall. It's my favorite season: the leaves changing, the crisp, cool air... and of course the Halloween candy and Thanksgiving dinner. This fall is especially fun. Robyn went as Tigger for Halloween - she was sooooo adorable! She loved her Tigger outfit. We have a mirror in our car so when she sits in her car seat, she can look at herself. She was laughing at herself in her costume when we went out trick-or-treating. We had so much fun!
I can't believe how big she's getting! She has rolled over from her tummy to her back a few times now, beyond the twice she did for me at 7 weeks old. Now she rolls on to her side from her back. She reaches for toys, even when she's on her tummy, and she holds her head up so well! She discovered her toes a few weeks ago and will spend a good half an hour sitting on my lap looking and reaching for them. Every once and a while, she'll actually get them in her hands; she's never quite sure what to do when she catches them.
All in all, we're having fun. I knew having a baby would be great, but I never knew it would be this much fun! Every day is a new discovery for her and it's so exciting to watch her grow and change.
Gweli i chi,
Amy
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Friday, October 09, 2009
Ha!
All this free time as a stay-at-home mom has allowed me to blog more frequently (for me any way)! Well, actually, it isn't free time, it's not wanting to actually do the work I should do (like dust, laundry, clean the bathroom...) so I'm blogging instead... To be fair to me, I did do my actual work (grading papers and answering questions in my class) earlier this morning. So I could call blogging a break in between work...
Why is it that house work is so unappealing? I'd rather fiddle with my printer and get raving mad at technology that could work if it wanted to but is being pugnacious, just for me (how lovely of it). Take the printer this morning...We decided to do an entirely wireless home since we now have a baby... it seemed like a good idea: laptops, a wireless printer, wireless XBox Live (yes, we have an XBox, a PS2, a Wii, and two DSes... and yes, sadly, we do use them all) no wires for little baby to chew on, trip over, etc. But now the wireless printer has decided not to connect to either computer. I eventually got it working the old fashioned way (using the cable) to one laptop, but the other one won't install the software... which I thought was already installed but apparently not. I printed out stuff, but wasn't able to scan information in as it all decided it wasn't going to work any more. Why? Well, my professional opinion is that the printer is possessed and am considering an exorcism. I'm not sure that holy water would be a good idea though... water and electronics rarely mix well...
Any way, I should go dust, clean the bathroom (yuck!) and do the laundry, especially since Robyn decided to pee while being changed not once, but twice and so I have lots of pee covered clothing/diaper changing table stuff to wash...
In other Robyn news, she rolled over twice yesterday (from her stomach to her back)! I'm so proud of her! I tried videotaping it, but she decided she didn't want to perform for the camera so you just have to take my word for it.
Gweli i chi!
Amy
Why is it that house work is so unappealing? I'd rather fiddle with my printer and get raving mad at technology that could work if it wanted to but is being pugnacious, just for me (how lovely of it). Take the printer this morning...We decided to do an entirely wireless home since we now have a baby... it seemed like a good idea: laptops, a wireless printer, wireless XBox Live (yes, we have an XBox, a PS2, a Wii, and two DSes... and yes, sadly, we do use them all) no wires for little baby to chew on, trip over, etc. But now the wireless printer has decided not to connect to either computer. I eventually got it working the old fashioned way (using the cable) to one laptop, but the other one won't install the software... which I thought was already installed but apparently not. I printed out stuff, but wasn't able to scan information in as it all decided it wasn't going to work any more. Why? Well, my professional opinion is that the printer is possessed and am considering an exorcism. I'm not sure that holy water would be a good idea though... water and electronics rarely mix well...
Any way, I should go dust, clean the bathroom (yuck!) and do the laundry, especially since Robyn decided to pee while being changed not once, but twice and so I have lots of pee covered clothing/diaper changing table stuff to wash...
In other Robyn news, she rolled over twice yesterday (from her stomach to her back)! I'm so proud of her! I tried videotaping it, but she decided she didn't want to perform for the camera so you just have to take my word for it.
Gweli i chi!
Amy
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Hi to anyone who is still reading...
.... So, I've effectively proven that I suck at keeping up with my blogging. So much has happened in the last (almost) two years... We had a baby, I quit my job to stay home with aforementioned baby, and Mark started grad school, we've done lots of projects on the house (new kitchen, windows, and siding).
Well, that's about it.
I'll leave you with pics of Robyn Grace, who was born August 11, 2009 at 3:28 AM. She weighed 7 lbs and 14 oz (she weighs much more than that now...)
Gwela i chi!
Amy
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Just when I thought things couldn't get more complicated
Well,
I know it's been a long time (sorry Anne, I didn't post every day this month... oops) so I'll try to catch you (all, if more than one person still reads this thing..) up. Mark and I put an offer in on a house last week. It's great! I'm so excited, our first house!!! We were really excited because Iowa has this great first time home buyer's initiative, they give you a really good interest rate, and a grant to pay for your closing costs. How cool is that? So we are technically closing on Dec. 12th. That's great, not too complicated... But wait. There's more.
As you (all) know, I've been working on grad school (by the way, up is a modal verb for anyone who cares...) and going slightly crazy. Just to give you an idea... I have 3,000 word essay that I'm working on right now, but my last homework assignment was picking out morphemes in other languages. To put it simply, I was given some examples in random languages (Persian, Turkish, and a Native American language Isleta which I have never heard of before) and told to basically write some translations. At first I was a little freaked out, but after completing the homework, I feel really smart. Anyway, that was a long side note... the whole point being that I wanted to concentrate on grad school since it is so difficult and I'm not half as smart as I think I am and about 1/4th as smart as everyone else thinks I am... But I got a job offer I couldn't refuse. So I accepted a position at a university up here editing papers. I'm sure it will be as exciting as it sounds, but it pays well, is in my field and would look good on a resume when I get my MA and PhD and go into teaching... however, this is where it gets complicated...
The Iowa first home buyer's initiative is only good up to a certain income level. My salary puts us over that level... which means that our interest rate will go up .25% and we have to pay closing costs. And buy a car. And pay our bills. And purchase gas for a 45 min one way drive for me. And, as we all know, when one starts a new job, one does not get paid right away, so we are doing all of this on Mark's salary... and it is going to be squishy. Very squishy. And then we have Christmas. So I have 3 options: 1. ask if the new job will move my start date 3.5 weeks later (probably not feasible) 2. quit new job before I start (also probably not feasible, or nice, or good work ethics, or good for my rep, or good for our finances....) 3. suck it up and hope we make it though Dec. I'm thinking 3 is the best option. Although, I suppose there are worse things that could have happened (i.e. no job for me OR Mark, no house, etc.) Being an adult is complicated. Ah well, we do have a house, we do both have jobs and, it will be fine after Dec....
I know it's been a long time (sorry Anne, I didn't post every day this month... oops) so I'll try to catch you (all, if more than one person still reads this thing..) up. Mark and I put an offer in on a house last week. It's great! I'm so excited, our first house!!! We were really excited because Iowa has this great first time home buyer's initiative, they give you a really good interest rate, and a grant to pay for your closing costs. How cool is that? So we are technically closing on Dec. 12th. That's great, not too complicated... But wait. There's more.
As you (all) know, I've been working on grad school (by the way, up is a modal verb for anyone who cares...) and going slightly crazy. Just to give you an idea... I have 3,000 word essay that I'm working on right now, but my last homework assignment was picking out morphemes in other languages. To put it simply, I was given some examples in random languages (Persian, Turkish, and a Native American language Isleta which I have never heard of before) and told to basically write some translations. At first I was a little freaked out, but after completing the homework, I feel really smart. Anyway, that was a long side note... the whole point being that I wanted to concentrate on grad school since it is so difficult and I'm not half as smart as I think I am and about 1/4th as smart as everyone else thinks I am... But I got a job offer I couldn't refuse. So I accepted a position at a university up here editing papers. I'm sure it will be as exciting as it sounds, but it pays well, is in my field and would look good on a resume when I get my MA and PhD and go into teaching... however, this is where it gets complicated...
The Iowa first home buyer's initiative is only good up to a certain income level. My salary puts us over that level... which means that our interest rate will go up .25% and we have to pay closing costs. And buy a car. And pay our bills. And purchase gas for a 45 min one way drive for me. And, as we all know, when one starts a new job, one does not get paid right away, so we are doing all of this on Mark's salary... and it is going to be squishy. Very squishy. And then we have Christmas. So I have 3 options: 1. ask if the new job will move my start date 3.5 weeks later (probably not feasible) 2. quit new job before I start (also probably not feasible, or nice, or good work ethics, or good for my rep, or good for our finances....) 3. suck it up and hope we make it though Dec. I'm thinking 3 is the best option. Although, I suppose there are worse things that could have happened (i.e. no job for me OR Mark, no house, etc.) Being an adult is complicated. Ah well, we do have a house, we do both have jobs and, it will be fine after Dec....
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Homework
HELP! I'm slowly drowing in a sea of homework. I'm so confused! I'm overanalyzing EVERYTHING. Do you know, I spent almost 3 hours debating if "up" was a verb, adverb or adjective in the sentance "You're pushing it up."? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm still not quite sure. I'm thinking adverb as it describes more of the action (pushing), but then my husband said, "no, it's a verb" which if it is, it's not the main verb and is either auxilary or modal. I think it's modal. Maybe that's it. Maybe it's a modal verb...
(Whimper.)
I do, however, know that the semantic role of "up" in the afore mentioned sentence would be the goal (intended destination)... or location (place of action)? No. It's definately the goal.
HELP. I have lexicology on the brain AND IT WON'T STOP!!!!!!
(Whimper.)
I do, however, know that the semantic role of "up" in the afore mentioned sentence would be the goal (intended destination)... or location (place of action)? No. It's definately the goal.
HELP. I have lexicology on the brain AND IT WON'T STOP!!!!!!
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
The day after...
Well, we had an interesting time yesterday. Houses in our price range are... interesting...
Mark and I are discussing what we liked and didn't like about the 3 houses we saw yesterday. I can't stand the one he would like to buy and he is not comfortable with the one I liked. I'll describe the houses and see what Anne, I mean my reader(s) think.
House 1: small (925 square feet) brick square house with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath and a walk-out basement. Has almost .5 acres yard space, in a quiet neighborhood, on the corner lot. On one side is a nicely kept-up house, on the other, a deep ravine. It needs a lot of help, but has good bones and room to expand without loosing too much yard.
House 2: small (700+ square feet) ranch house with 2 bedrooms, one bath and a large laundry room. The yard is a nice size but you can see all your neighbors, and your driveway is almost shared with your next door neighbor. It has no basement, no space to properly expand without major renovations and possibly adding on, taking up valuable yard space.
Can you guess which one is my choice?
Mark and I are discussing what we liked and didn't like about the 3 houses we saw yesterday. I can't stand the one he would like to buy and he is not comfortable with the one I liked. I'll describe the houses and see what Anne, I mean my reader(s) think.
House 1: small (925 square feet) brick square house with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath and a walk-out basement. Has almost .5 acres yard space, in a quiet neighborhood, on the corner lot. On one side is a nicely kept-up house, on the other, a deep ravine. It needs a lot of help, but has good bones and room to expand without loosing too much yard.
House 2: small (700+ square feet) ranch house with 2 bedrooms, one bath and a large laundry room. The yard is a nice size but you can see all your neighbors, and your driveway is almost shared with your next door neighbor. It has no basement, no space to properly expand without major renovations and possibly adding on, taking up valuable yard space.
Can you guess which one is my choice?
Monday, October 08, 2007
Oh Well
I was planning on trying to blog everyday for a month, but I guess I broke that chain. Oh well. Life will continue. Maybe a sadder, duller life, but it will continue...
Any way... I'm really excited!! Mark and I are going to look at houses!!!!! Yeah! We are considering a few options, none of them horribly expensive, or large (we really can't afford large/expensive on Mark's salary... I suppose that's the curse of being a teacher, lots of work and no pay...) but small and quaint and in good neighborhoods. We could afford large houses in bad neighborhoods, however, I'd prefer to be squished yet safe. We're still debating if we want to buy a house now, or wait a bit. We just moved here, but I think we're going to stay for a while. Well, we'll know more after looking at houses I'm sure. If we wanted to wait a year, we could to save up money, but I'm not sure how long I can take the basement. It's cold. Very cold. And it's only going to get worse in the winter. But mom and dad are great. We actually don't see them alot.
Well, I still have homework that is screaming to me "Finish me!!!" so I'd better go.
Bye!
Any way... I'm really excited!! Mark and I are going to look at houses!!!!! Yeah! We are considering a few options, none of them horribly expensive, or large (we really can't afford large/expensive on Mark's salary... I suppose that's the curse of being a teacher, lots of work and no pay...) but small and quaint and in good neighborhoods. We could afford large houses in bad neighborhoods, however, I'd prefer to be squished yet safe. We're still debating if we want to buy a house now, or wait a bit. We just moved here, but I think we're going to stay for a while. Well, we'll know more after looking at houses I'm sure. If we wanted to wait a year, we could to save up money, but I'm not sure how long I can take the basement. It's cold. Very cold. And it's only going to get worse in the winter. But mom and dad are great. We actually don't see them alot.
Well, I still have homework that is screaming to me "Finish me!!!" so I'd better go.
Bye!
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