Gimme More

It's been a while since I've posted, but it's that time of year. Lots of household chores, shopping (ho, ho, ho) and honestly I was too lazy to get the pictures from the camera to the computer. Ugh, I know.
Anyhow, it occurred to me when I got in my car today that I could put up a little something about my latest CD acquisition: Blackout. Yes, I did it, I purchased Britney Spears new album and I love it! “Gimme More” is good but I think I might favor “Ooh Ooh Baby.” My advice, if you’re thinking, “Yeah, seems like it might be worth a couple bucks for the iTunes download.” Just buy the damn CD, it was only ten bucks at Target and it’s worth it for the liner notes.

It was a good fish

Despite my best efforts, I wasn't able to keep Tiernan's fish, Gus Gus alive for very long. Gus Gus came to live with me in early August after Chrissy moved. In all the moving madness (anyone that has ever moved knows what I'm talking about) the tank broke and he...she...it...nearly went down the bathtub drain. I took Gus Gus home with me and plopped him in a margarita pitcher (sans the margarita) until I could get to a pet store to procure the appropriate Gus Gus habitat. A few days went by and then Pea and I set off for Petco to buy him some new digs. Pea picked out a gorgeous purple tank, lovely purple and turquoise rocks and a simple plant for his new home.
Everything was going swimmingly (pun intended) until one day I came home to find Gus Gus sucked up against the filter intake...I knew then it was the beginning of the end.
On Saturday, September 29, Gus Gus took his last breath. Cam and Daisy said a few nice words about the goldfish we'd come to love before they sent him off with a water burial.
Tiernan was a bit sad that Gus Gus died and wanted to know how Cam removed him from the tank but all in all seemed satisfied with the answers Cam provided.

Rest in Peace Gus Gus.

Pea's First Day

As many of you know Tiernan started kindergarten in August. It turned out to be a family affair. My mom came up the night before so that we could assemble at 7:45 am at Star of the Sea to get a glimpse of The Peanut. Since she's attending Catholic school the adorable plaid uniforms are required and we couldn't wait to see her all dressed up.

Tiernan arrived with Chrissy, Mark, big sister Ashton and her GIANT Cars backpack (just one of the many Cars items that were procured for kindergarten) just before eight and we were able to snap off a few quick photos of the little pupil.


Honestly, she seemed quite dazed and confused as to why everyone was there with cameras and flowers, but she lined up without incident and marched up the stairs to the kindergarten classroom.

She seems to enjoy school and has excitedly taken on classroom "jobs" like door monitor and line monitor (perfect tasks for her, as she shares some of her aunt's personality traits.) She brought her Nani for show and tell and the most exciting event to date is that she won a very LARGE telephone for being one of the early contributors in the most recent fundraiser. She must have called me a half dozen times to tell me about her new "home phone" and that I should call her back right away so that she can talk to me on her home phone. The endearing part is that she ended each message with "I love you Auntie Steph."

Thanks, Heidi and Mir

So after reading the blogs of friends and friends of friends for quite some time I decided that I would start one of my own. Who knows how often I will update, but I'm gonna give it a try.

I want to give special thanks to Heidi and Mir for the inspiration. Now I'm off to warm up some food for Cam and me to eat for dinner.

Is there more to come...check back to find out.