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Monday, May 18, 2009
Moving on up
As my son said to his friend's mother at a birthday party yesterday, "Thank you, EYEBALL!!"
Thursday, May 14, 2009
When I am a mom I will never ... Oops.
Apparently not, because my car now has stickers on the insides of four (four!) windows. Better yet, two are Sponge Bob, one is Sesame Street, and one is Transformers. They all came from the doctor's office. (I know they didn't come from the haircut place because you should see my shaggy-headed children. It's a little hippie up in here right now.)
Yes, I drive a station wagon. One that's eight years old and has a big dent on one side because I practically rammed it myself with a shopping cart. One that's carpeted with crumbs and critically important crayon drawings and reusable shopping bags and gum wrappers.
But really, the stickers have driven away any last shred of decency and coolness I had left.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Worse than getting your teeth cleaned
As I told Maggie after her post IVF Shoes, I only want to talk about our loss with people I really care about and trust. Everyone else, it's a need-to-know basis only. I know they don't know what to say. I don't either and I don't feel like comforting them because I suffered a loss.
Like Maggie did, I bought a necklace as a tribute to my son. And what I like best about it is that it's meaningful to me--the two taller flowers sheltering the little one, each representing one of my three children--but I only need share that meaning if I want to.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Merci beaucoup, Mom
(Photo from my mother's retirement party in 2006 ... two years before she unretired and went back to work.)
Actually, yes, I would like the chest to wear it on too.
I know it is petty, but sometimes I would like a teensy bit of credit for the things I do. I bet you do them too. You know, the things that are essential to the running of the household; or maybe just considerate--but that go entirely unnoticed by everyone else. Things like:
- Being able to pinpoint exactly where every item of clothing is at any moment: "your middle drawer"/"the hamper"/"in your cubby at school"/"in the too-small box because you outgrew it two years ago"
- The biweekly declutter (along with the weekly, semiweekly, daily, and hourly declutters)
- Dressing and undressing in the dark if others are sleeping
- Unloading the dishwasher 98.7% of the time
- Wiping the bathroom sink clean every single night (can't anyone get their toothpaste down the drain? How does it end up on the shelf under the medicine cabinet?)
*My husband is very good at holidays so I am sure I will be suitably thanked and celebrated today. It's just the other 364 days a year that sometimes need work.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Food in the round; and what the Internet is for
For this challenge, choose one day this week and photograph every bite you eat, then blog those photos. (Before you eat it, of course.) You'll not only be hyperaware of food choices due to the accountability of blogging it, but you may be surprised when you see your entire day of food in front of you.
1 Nonfat chai latte; 2 apple slices left from kid's breakfast; 3 oatmeal with blueberries, almonds, and a splash of chai concentrate; 4 stir fry with brown rice, tofu, broccoli, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, and bok choy, plus tea; 5 Annie's peace pasta with parmesan, again with the kid leftovers; 6 sugar snap peas; 7 "club sandwich" wrap with steamed vegetables; 8 roasted cashews with cinnamon and sugar; 9 seltzer
I am amused by the roundness of all my containers. And surprised by the small amount of food (I only ate half of that ridiculously oversized wrap). This is a pretty normal day of eating for me, except we went out to dinner. But not at a decent restaurant, so that wrap was the best thing I could find on the menu. We saw a show and were unable to resist the intoxicating scent of the ($7!) cone of roasted
And as your reward for being interested enough in my daily food intake to read this whole post, here is a clip from the show we saw. Still just as funny as when we first saw it 6(?) years ago.
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Who's the mouthiest of them all?
I wonder what the mystery ladies behind The Mouthy Housewives would have to say about that? I may have to click over there and ask for their advice. If I can handle the mouthy truth.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Kids in a crate
It's an outtake from our recycled fitness toys photo shoot.
Mostly unrelated funny story: Once Jeff was flipping channels and "Snakes on a Plane" came on. I immediately yelled "M-f-ing snakes on a m-f-ing plane!" And he looked at me like I was completely insane, because somehow he had entirely missed the SoaP pop-culture moment.
But within about 30 seconds (no kidding), Samuel L. Jackson delivered the all-important line, and my credibility was rightfully restored.
Monday, May 04, 2009
There's convenience, and then there's ... dumb.
So I am all about convenience foods. I buy bagged salads, Thai Kitchen stir-fry kits, jarred pasta sauce (these are good--no sugar or other junk), premade pizza crusts, and so on. Scrambled eggs, plain cheese quesadillas, and frozen ravioli are in regular rotation at our dinner table.
But there are some things I just don't get. Break-and-bake cookies, for one. I can't believe we need another level of simple below slice-and-bake. And also, Pizza Hut pasta delivery. Seriously? All you have to do to make pasta is boil water. If you have time to wait for the delivery, you have time to boil water and dump some cheese and sauce on top.
Of course, that is how my husband feels about bagged salads. He will pry the Fresh Express packages from my cold, scurvious hands because I'm not giving them up.
Also: Foods That Taste Nothing Like What They Are Supposed to Be, But Are Still Delicious*
- Pringles
- Chips Ahoy
- McDonald's Hamburgers
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Behind the scenes
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Rear view
I responded that most of the time, I am too busy with the present to spend much time on either the past or the future. I realized that as a parent, I have become both more and less nostalgic than I once was. If I grew too attached to all the kid stuff in my life, I would DIE in an avalanche of clutter. So I purge, often. But there's really no way I can bring myself to throw away an old envelope on which Opie wrote (really wrote!) "JO JO."
Thank goodness for my blog and my mother. The latter has organized, edited, and printed all of my digital photos from the past 7 years and put them in albums for me. And the former helps me remember that time we went to the "requarium" at SeaWorld and saw the Shampoo show.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Hey, sister, soul sister
Thank you, Heather!
Monday, April 27, 2009
The eyes have it
"I do," I answered. "Pretty much every day."
He really couldn't believe it. I didn't know whether to be flattered, or bemused at his lack of awareness.
Mostly I just thought it was funny, because after all I don't wear mascara for him. It's for me. A little makeup (whatever can be applied in less than four minutes) helps me feel like the face in the mirror matches the one in my mind's eye.
Call me shallow, but I don't see anything wrong with that.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Shredded cheese
Time for me to hang my head in shame and report that although I have been working out, I swear, and watching my food intake, I swear, it's, uh, not working. I've lost just a couple of pounds in almost two months of near-daily workouts. For all of March I did the 30-Day Shred, and this month I am doing a combination of Bob Harper Biggest Loser workouts--Cardio Max, Body Sculpt, and Weight Loss Yoga. Plus I take a power vinyasa yoga class at the Y twice a week, and according to my activity computer I accumulate at least 60 minutes of activity (walking, stair-climbing, pushing kids on the swings, etc.) several days a week.
So it's discouraging, to say the least. I'm still committed to continuing to work out (I'm supposed to be an expert, after all). At this point, I am in the habit of waking up early and putting in 20-30 minutes of exercise; and Jo is also in the habit of waking up and observing. I have extra motivation to get up because I don't want her to be up for no reason other than to watch some extra TV. Of course, knowing that we are both up means that Opie needs to get up too. He also needs to crawl under me every time I'm in downward-facing dog and to stand close enough to me to get hit in the head with hand weights on a regular basis.
Hmm. Maybe that would explain the lack of progress. The good news is that I do feel more fit, my muscles always have that slight bit of soreness that tells me I worked them, and I can now do headstand and crow pose. These are probably more important victories than the stubborn numbers on the scale but I'd like both kthx?
I just read a post about research showing that consuming blueberries can help reduce belly fat. Dude, I eat blueberries almost every single day for breakfast and still have a totally flabby gut. Don't you hate reading advice and tips and realizing you're already doing everything there is to do, and why on earth isn't it working?!
Julie pointed out that the blueberries probably need to be baked into muffins to have the most effect. I'm trying that next.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Clearly the child should have her own blog
When I went on a trip to Urbana illanou. My uncal said my hol famliy cood see a huge mashing called Shop Bot work.
In orter to make it work my ant Amy, hoo is an artist, and I had to cerate a dasine. We drew a bunny for a dasine on her conprter. My ant Amy sent the dasine on her conprter to my uncal. My uncal uploaded the bunny dasine into the Shop Bot. The Shop Bot cut the bunny shap out of a picee of wood.
Then we took it back to my ant and uncal's house. To pant it with my ant. We panted it wite and this weekend we will pant it with pingk spots.
I named it Stefeany.
The end.
By Jo and My Dad
(Editor's note: Opie got a plane, natch.)
Monday, April 20, 2009
Enough to send the very best
OPIE: Do Crocs care?
ME: Do they care? About what?
OPIE: No! Do they care!
ME: Um. About what? Do Crocs care ... about what?
OPIE: NO! Do. Crocs. care. You know! Do they care about this foot or that foot?
ME: Ohhh. Yes, they need to go on the right feet. This one goes on this foot and this one goes on that foot.
OPIE: Why do shoes care and socks don't care?
Back from a weekend away. The score: 12+ hours of driving, 1 unnecessary detour, 0 (!!) potty accidents, and 1 hour of kid car napping. That last was due to the portable DVD player, which I alternately want to marry and throw out the window of the moving vehicle, preferably when driving over a large body of water.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Minor league Mayberry
Plus, the goofy activities and cheesy (more on that later) promos are nonstop. Kids can't get bored by the slow pace of baseball when pretty much every inning includes a giveaway, race, or contest.
And when you are freezing your butts off in the bottom of the 5th you can just pack it in and go home, no harm done.
Free baseballs! (Note empty seats. A staffer we talked with was so pleased we were there he handed each child a real! baseball!)
We win a cheesy giveaway (afraid to actually eat them, so far).
I'm telling you, the excitement NEVER STOPS: a cannon that looks like a bratwurst on a bun and shoots packages of brats out into the crowd.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Packed up and ready to go
We won't be leaving for my brother's place for a few days, but yesterday Opie packed a bag. Stuffed it, actually: "So I'll have choices, Mommy." Here is what he wants to bring:
- 2 pairs shorts (how optimistic)
- 1 pair pants (also optimistic, given the limited success of potty training thus far)
- 3 short-sleeved shirts
- 2 long-sleeved shirt (it goes without saying that none of the above articles of clothing actually match each other)
- 1 pair football pants (from Halloween costume)
- 1 football jersey (from thrift shop)
- 1 Superfriends coloring book
- 1 rubber dog-nose mask
- 2 pairs faux pilot goggles (a spare is important)
- 1 string Mardi Gras beads (turquoise)
- 1 6-inch-long piece of grosgrain ribbon (striped)
I guess I'll be packing the socks and underwear in my luggage.
Like Mrs. Chicken, I feel strange posting something frivolous today. I've been unable to write about Maddie (and now Thalon) in part because a silly, petty feeling weighs on me--that every mention of them is a tacit, although certainly unintended, exclusion of so many others: other babies who have been lost (yes, including my own), other families suffering other tragedies, too numerous or too unknown to mention. None of it is fair, none of it. But all I can do is enjoy the children I have.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter morning bedhead
It actually reminded me of the day of my grandmother's funeral. My brother was in the middle of one of his months-long bike trips and for whatever reason had decided not to cut his hair or shave his beard until he completed the trip. Just try to picture the result of the combination of bike helmet, sweat, and longer and longer hair, day in and day out. Trying to whip him into shape for the funeral, my sister and I each took a huge handful of hair gel and attacked the wiry mop on top of his head. It worked about as well as my attempt to flatten Opie's locks this morning.
And it's still cold here. Which inspired a haiku.
Breath visible on
sunny Easter morn -- want a
nice cool Eggsicle?
"Spring" break ahoy this week (finally). In a few days we're off to visit my brother, who these days has hair so short that hair product is entirely unnecessary.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Wordless Wednesday: Roll with it, baby
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Gossip girl's birthday party roundup
We had both kids' birthday parties this weekend, one Saturday at home and one Sunday at a roller rink. Saturday I had to clean up vomit (canine) before the party. Sunday I had to clean up crap (human) before the party. I'm glad we didn't have a party on Monday because I wasn't interested in mopping up any blood.
Since Opie wanted to have his party at home, we kept the guest list small--a bunch of his friends from child care plus a few neighbors. The response was abysmal. Out of nine kids, only one showed, and only three others actually sent regrets. At the last minute I invited some other neighbors, a family of four kids--thank God, because they made up pretty much the entire party.
Luckily, Opie didn't seem to care. His best buddy from school was there (and his parents did some heroic schedule-shifting to make that possible). He had a Superman cake and a Superman pinata and everyone got to wear a cape.
Jo's party was the opposite. Her guest list kept growing as she begged to invite "just one more" kid from her class. And all except one replied in the affirmative. Which, fine. The roller rink was a dirt-cheap venue: $5/kid. (The place clearly has changed neither its decor, or its music selections, or its prices since 1985.)
(Here's where the gossip comes in.) A few days before the party one of her friend's moms, who I know, called because she was having transportation issues. We eventually worked out that the child's cousin would bring her to our house, then we'd take her to the party; another friend would take her home. Easy.
Then another mom calls--someone I don't know at all. And she gives me chapter and verse on her recent hysterectomy/gallbladder surgery/"total abdominal reconstruction" and how she can't drive and is there any way I could ... ? So I say yes, of course, we can pick up your daughter and take her to the party and bring her home.
I'm glad she asked for help and I was glad we could offer it. I really didn't need so many details. But it got better. An hour before the party--when I was cleaning up the aforementioned crap, which happened to land on the one small patch of white carpeting we have in our house--Hysterectomy Mom calls back. This time she wants to know if her son can tag along. She'll pay for him, he can just skate, etc. Once again I get a whole saga of a bad night's sleep, Xanax didn't help, yadda yadda. I quickly calculate whether we can fit all of these kids in our station wagon and determine that we can. So I promise to pick up the birthday guest and the brother in half an hour.
We pile into the car and I am wedged into the front passenger seat with a huge box filled with goody bags and party favors. I can't move at all. We get to the kids' house and I make Jeff get out to say hello to the kids and the mom. She comes out in her pajamas and proceeds to pull from her pants pockets:
two drainage pouches filled with pus.
Like we needed proof that she had had this surgery. Good gravy. Really, how do you respond to such a thing? We backed out of the driveway as quickly as we possibly could. I think she was still talking about how many cc's of fluid she needed to allow to drain before she could have the tubes removed.
At the end of the party, some other mom volunteered to take those two kids home.
We said yes.
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Golden boy
So: Happy GOLDEN birthday, Opie. Can it be that he is four? On 4/04? As my younger child, it's much harder for me to let him grow up. He is still my littlest boy. I still carry him on my hip and sway him to sleep. He burrows into my bed nearly every night and I secretly love it.
Yet every week after his music class, his teacher notes that he "was a big helper with the smaller kids." Smaller kids? He IS a small kid! But this year, he gave up his Nuk. He dresses himself (capably, if not fashionably). He rides a bike. He recites whole pages of his favorite books. He makes up stories and songs and games. He sometimes--God help us--wears big-boy underpants. He can write his name!
Happy fourth, my beautiful boy. Your future is bright, and you make me smile like no one else can.
Friday, April 03, 2009
Seven years of good luck
Six years later, her personality is much the same--95% go-getter, 5% ponderer. She doesn't tumble head-over-heels into things without thinking, but she does have confidence and self-possession in spades. (And yes, this is borderline obnoxious, so we work on knowing when to speak up and when to let others have a turn.) Despite her small size, she holds her own in a classroom full of children as much as three years older. She is fearless when it comes to swimming, climbing, public speaking--all those things that so many adults have trouble confronting.
Since turning 6, she's lost many of her front teeth and, famously, her appendix. She's become a strong reader and continued her interest in math and science. She has discovered a love of the stage (big surprise; see #4 below). She likes to get up early in the morning so she can spend a little extra time with me (and of couse, provide helpful comments) while I am working out. One of the best treats we can give her is to let her sneak downstairs after Opie is in bed and snuggle up on the couch to watch "a decorating show."(The other best treat we can give her is to let her watch any show, 24/7, but that doesn't happen except under extreme duress--e.g., hospitalization.)
She just brought home a huge stack of papers from school. These four cracked me up and deserve to be recorded here for posterity.
1. Name badge from field trip to hospital--the picture is of her in the CT scanner, or as she called it during her hospital stay, "the doughnut machine." She was in there 5 times last summer. I think she drew a pretty good likeness.
2. Recently adopted signature. I thought this didn't happen until about age 10.
3. "Writer's Workshop: Tru Storry," meditation on the theme of "making a mess."
4. "My Dream"
Happy birthday, Jo. May all your dreams come true, even the ones about getting your "her" done and wearing "macop."
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Shreddy Eddie
OK, I mostly did it. I missed 3 days out of 30 on the 30-Day Shred. But I also did 75 minutes of vinyasa yoga twice a week for all four weeks. And I've been testing out a watch/monitor that tracks active time; I reach 60 minutes most days (that includes marching in place in my bathroom at 11 p.m. when I realize I am up to 57 minutes).
I didn't take before/after pictures, but I doubt they'd match the amazing results shown by Kristen, Christina, and Nancy (among many others I'm sure). I still have the flab spilling over the waistband of all my pants, although I do notice that I am not quite as desperate to switch to PJs in the evening as I was before. (Small victories, people. Small victories.)
Still, I am very glad I participated. I'll put up my lessons learned over at my fitness blog on Thursday (got an April Fool's post planned there today!). And as of today, go Team Bob!
Continuity updates:
- We are getting a fat tax refund. I know that's not, actually, a good thing (means we've been lending our $ to the feds all year) but this was an unpredictable year for us, income-wise, so we're going to take the money and run. And smile. And pay some bills.
- Two birthday parties planned for this weekend. So far ALL of Jo's invited guests are yesses and ONE of Opie's is. Scrounging for additional 4-year-old boy invitees now. Jeff hand-made 10 Superman capes and we have no one to wear them! snif.
- I never did cut anyone off Bloglines. Am total addict.
- Most importantly: Our grocery store rescinded its dumb policy about reusable bags. I found out when I went to the website to deliver a scathing e-mail.
Lots of good news. No foolin'. Hope you get some today too.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Hump the Bump
Friday, March 27, 2009
My kind of spring cleaning
But even though it's still freezing cold, with snow predicted for the next two days, I am on an out-with-the-old roll lately. I am mercilessly cutting Bloglines subscriptions; I just can't follow over 100 blogs anymore (but I'm sure yours is still on there). We are meeting with the accountant today to finally wrap up our 2008 taxes. I am changing my habits by shredding every day and being more thoughtful about what I eat. I am actually keeping alive the two new plants that recently came to live in our house. I am itching to put away my sweaters and corduroys in favor of skirts and t-shirts.
I can't decide what to do with all of the baby and maternity clothes, though. I know I am placing a lot of pressure on myself to make a decision, but it's driving me crazy to have all this stuff around. If we're done, I'd like to try to move on, to celebrate the new time and space it might create in our lives while also mourning the babies, real and imagined, we'll never have. If we're not done, well, time's a-wasting, you know? Limbo is just not a place I like to be.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Thunder rerun
Two years ago this week, I bumped into a neighbor who's married to an ob-gyn. Making small talk about my impending delivery, I said I hoped the coming full moon would do the trick. "Or maybe we'll get a thunderstorm," she replied.
I'd never heard that before, but she swore that she, her husband, and his colleagues over the years had noticed a significant uptick in births during and just after storms. Thunderstorms are a summer phenomenon, I thought; the snow is just barely receding. There's no way we'll get one now.
Sure enough, a few days later thunder clapped through the sky, lightning flashed, slashing rain fell, my dog curled into a tiny ball, trembling and panting. And my baby ... stayed firmly put. He didn't emerge until more than a week later.
Tonight we ushered in spring with a rousing storm. This time, no restless baby kicking at my insides, keeping me guessing on when he'd come and who he'd be. Now a toddler demanding "more boom!" Now a tiny boy following his big sister's lead, hovering over a terrified dog, patting and soothing. "Okay, Fah-ee. Okay." Now a blond head nodding to sleep on my shoulder as the lightning bursts through the window blinds. Now my own Opie.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Driving along in my automobile. Well, someone's.
I went to college in West Philadelphia where a car was unnecessary and expensive, not to mention a certain target for theft and destruction. Then I moved to Manhattan--same situation, multiplied a few dozen times.
Apparently I moved in with my then-boyfriend, now-husband, just to get my hands on his car keys.
Still, when I was a magazine editor I went on two trips to test-drive cars. The first one was for Buick Regal and GM put us up at a very swanky hotel (no wonder they are out of money now). I spent a couple of days driving the car around a parking lot with all kinds of simulated hazards. During an evening cocktail party with the GM PR people I let slip that I lived in New York and hadn't actually been behind the wheel of a car in four or five years. PR man almost choked on his hors d'oeuvre.
That one trip made me an expert in test driving, apparently, so my editor also sent me to Alaska to preview a Volvo station wagon. And just to emphasize the ruggedness of the car which is now, in fact, my own mommymobile, I also learned how to shoot a rifle and go salmon fishing (with hip waders and everything). Besides seeing Alaska for the first and so far only time, I also got to meet a lot of blond Swedish dudes.
These days, the blonds I share my car with are the ones I gave birth to; and I will be happy to trade my four wheels for two as soon as it's warm enough to get out my bike again. But if anyone wants to send me to Sweden (or Santa Fe, or Seattle, or frankly, Stroudsburg) to check out the latest offerings, my bags can be packed in a matter of minutes.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The Mad Family
Here's what I found irksome the other day: Our grocery store changed its policy on reusable bags. They no longer offer a 5-cent rebate for each bag you supply--only their branded bags count. I don't use the reusables for the cash, but come on! What a stupid policy.
And you?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Shamrock shred*
I've been shredding faithfully, except for the day my kid was sick and my neck was sore, and also today because I worked myself into a lather hosting book club last night (and I did do a challenging yoga class today).
As I commented at Hot By Blogher, I think this will be the biggest lesson learned from drill sgt. Jillian (aside from "If 400-lb people can do jumping jacks, so can you"): Yes, I do have at least 25 minutes a day to devote to exercise. I may not (oh, who am I kidding with the may) continue the daily shred past these 30 days, but I can mix it in with everything else and use it on days when I am crunched (ha, or planked) for time or when I need a boot-camp tune-up.
*I am prefixing everything with "shamrock" today, BTW. Whatever random leftovers we have for dinner (much like the randomness of this post) will be dubbed "Shamrock salad," "Shamrock stew," and so on. It's gonna be huge.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Almost as cute as that sneezing baby panda
The kids got to hold one that was about two weeks old:
And here's a similar scene, with sound effect:
The teenage kids who help raise these animals are the fifth generation to live at this farm and raise sheep.
Of course, we only found out after we'd fallen in love with the cute wittle babies that this breed is raised for meat, not wool. And after we toured the barn, we were invited inside the house for some samples of ... lamb stew.
Faaaaaaarm livin' is the life for me! Um, maybe not.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
There oughtta be a law...
...against bagged salad containing any of those yucky rib pieces.
...against the temperature being below 10 degrees F in March.
...subsidizing home delivery of groceries to mothers stuck at home with kids horking up their body weight in snot on an hourly basis.
Can you tell what my week has been like? I have such bad cabin fever that I am actually looking forward to a PTA meeting tonight.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
WW: The show must go on
I am so dense when it comes to realizing that my children are sick.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
How did I end up in Mayberry, anyway?
Thanks, Heather, for the invitation and the warm welcome.
Monday, March 09, 2009
Spells R-E-L-I-E-F
- "Take savasana."
- "That concludes our winter pledge drive here on public radio."
- "One minute of abs and we are out of workout 1."*
- "The 3-hour meeting was cancelled."
- "OK, you can empty your bladder now."
- "You'll be getting a tax refund this year."
- [Child:] "Zzzzzzz."
*Forgive me, mother(hood uncensored), for I have skipped a day of shredding. I tweaked my neck somehow--not from the Shred--so I gave myself yesterday off. Today, though, it's back on. Even though I have company at home (a kid waiting out her "24 hours fever-free" quarantine).
Friday, March 06, 2009
What happens when your 1st grader is in a classroom with 3rd graders
Better yet, I taught her the version of the song that I remember, the one about the naked ladies dancing and the hole in the wall. Oops.
Happy Friday.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Sturgeon stein, frankenfish
This year I hadn't had anything new to say. Plus I was so disappointed: Our next-door neighbor speared a 68-pound fish this season, and he even came over to see if we were home so he could show it to the kids (he didn't know I would have been so much more into it than them). Alas, we weren't around and by the time we found out about his big catch, the beast was already filleted and filling up the freezer.
As a consolation prize, Jeff got me this beer glass. Now is that true love or what?
Over at The Full Mommy today, I have a Parent Bloggers Network review of the most adorable (unlike sturgeon--they will win no marine beauty contests) Sylvania PalPODzzz rocket-ship nightlight/flashlight. A flashlight equipped with LED bulbs and NO batteries? Very space-age.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
My jet set friend
Oh, and we got pampered at a spa too, thanks to a Christmas gift from my husband that proved far more valuable than he ever imagined it would. I wrote about the spa in a guest post at my friend Anne's blog, The Jet Set Girls--where you can get all kinds of insider beauty and travel tips.
R. and I live almost exactly 1,000 miles apart, but we make it work. We don't talk every day anymore like we did in high school (you know, debriefing the day that we spent almost entirely in each other's company) or email many times a week like we did before kids (she has three and the hottest topic of our nonstop chatter was whether either of us is brave enough to go for one more). But she came to visit me here in Mayberry when Opie was only a few months old. My kids and I went to see her when she was juggling a brand-new baby and two older boys by herself thanks to a horribly ill-timed National Guard deployment for her husband. We've managed to meet up on business trips to New York (mine) and Chicago (her husband's).
Jobs, houses, and hometowns may come and go, but your best girlfriends? You can always count on.
Monday, March 02, 2009
Cheddar shredder
I'm not brave enough to post "before" pictures of myself (also, I stink at taking pictures into a mirror anyway) like Kristen, but here are my start-up stats:
Code Name: Flabbyberry
Tag Line: Wholesome is as wholesome shreds.
Current weight: 135 (so says Wii Fit).
Goal: Wear pants, buttoned, without unsightly muffin-top or angry red welts (seriously. ouch).
Diet Plan: Nothing in particular--just be sensible. Be cognizant of portion sizes and sugar intake (my particular Achilles heels).
Rules: No eating after 8 p.m. Only one latte/week (I can't stand the sugar-free kind).
Shred Plan: Starting with Level One daily, 3-lb. hand weights. Plus: power vinyasa yoga, 75 minutes, twice a week.
Off to do my first workout!
... pant ... pant ... gasp ... jiggle ...
OK, I'm back (wasn't that SO EASY!). Actually, it was very hard, but I got through it, more or less. It's short. Even though each individual segment feels crazy long (case in point: push-ups) you really don't do anything for more than a minute or two. (But you know those two minutes are tough when hitting the floor for crunches feels like a nice break.)
Comfortably zipped non-mom jeans: HERE I COME.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Time for an ideas meeting
Wouldn't it be great if we could all get together and have a blog ideas meeting? At my fitness site, I have a list of ideas a mile long, because I have a particular topic to target. Here, the wide-open space overwhelms me.
Back when I had to come up with a batch of ideas to present at a meeting, I'd start by thinking I had nothing. But then I'd force myself to sit down and brainstorm and sooner or later I'd have something written down, enough to get me in the door of the meeting.
I don't like to think of this blog as a job. It's not (and in fact I am so tired of reading about marketing yourself, the business of blogging, blahdeblahblah--even though I know that I really need to do all that on my fitness site if I am ever to earn a living wage from it). But I still think I might have to summon myself to an offsite ideas meeting to liven up this place a bit. I might even treat myself to doughnuts to make sure I arrive on time.
P.S. The other good meetings were coverline meetings. You know, where we came up with new, creative ways to promise to solve problems with 5 steps or 11 tips or 49 steals and deals. Numbers sell, baby!
P.P.S. Most of the blog-as-brand posts have been very good. They just always give me a case of the (self-imposed) "shoulds."
Thursday, February 26, 2009
This week in grief
Most recently it was the song "For Good" from Wicked. Looking at the lyrics now, they strike me as trite, but they hit a nerve nonetheless. Because I do wonder, often, what Lesson I am supposed to have learned from this experience. Is it presumptuous, or just premature, to think that I should take something away, that I deserve to get something out of it? That I ought to be wise enough to figure out what that something is? Is that too much pressure for my baby's tiny shoulders, or my own?
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend
I may not know exactly how far along I should be now, but I do picture, often, what would be happening now if our boy had lived, what I'd be doing and feeling. I expect I always will. I see three paths, three versions of my life--the one where I have a healthy, typical pregnancy and baby; the one where I have a child with disabilities, and am suddenly thrust into a new world of medical and educational and emotional challenges; and the one where I am missing a child. It's all very Sliding Doors.
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
--lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Locker room rules for young ladies
2. Ohmygod please wear the flip-flops.
3. Remember? About the flip-flops? Okay.
4. Rinse off under the shower before you get into the pool. For this to be effective water droplets need to actually touch your body.
5. Rinse off again after you exit the pool. Wash your hair with shampoo if you don't want it to turn green.
6. Even if you want it to turn green, I don't. So shampoo.
7. Keep towel from dragging in the puddles on the floor.
8. Eew eew eew eew please keep the towel off the floor!
It's time for another session of swimming lessons! Yay.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Chair by the window, please
Yes, she does steal food from the children, but she also cleans up all crumbs and spills for me, so it's kind of a wash. I am still working on forgiving her for one particular incident, though. Our first Christmas in Mayberry, we decided to have a party for our new friends and neighbors. I was 6 months pregnant with Opie at the time. My husband (aka the hermit) had no interest in helping host this shindig so I had most of the food catered. But the one thing I made myself was a freaking TON of cookies. Now, not only am I not a very good cook, I am s-l-o-w. It takes me forever to do the simplest thing. I spent an entire week of post-bedtime evenings baking. Did I mention I was 6 months pregnant at the time? By the end of the week I could barely stand.
The day of the party, I put all of my precious cookies on serving trays. To keep them cool and out of reach of toddlers, I stashed them on our screened porch, which was closed up for the winter. Just before the party began we started bringing the trays into the dining room.
And then someone left the door to the porch open. Allowing canine access. Said canine polished off an entire tray of my baked goods. You can imagine my hormonally enhanced reaction.
Oh, you better believe I served all the other trays, even though there was no guarantee they hadn't been contaminated with doggie spit.
Tell your own messy, naughty pet story--it's a Parent Bloggers Network blog blast. I don't think you're going to beat the Great Baby Oil Caper, though.
P.S. You know that chair in the picture is covered by a sheet, right? That's not really what my living room chair looks like? OK, just so we are clear.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The potty problem
- Effusive praise
- Moderate praise
- Barely perceptible praise
- Threats of violence (no, of course not)
- Candy
- Stickers
- Toys
- Money
- A kid-sized potty
- A kid-sized potty seat insert
- Just a regular potty like we all use
- Choosing and buying his own underwear
- Being allowed to wear underwear
- Not being allowed to wear underwear
- Wearing soaking wet underwear
- Being one of the only kids in his class not in underwear
I started off very laidback. But the kid is going to be FOUR in six weeks. What the hell?
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Double wordless score
I'm wordless over here too.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
I'm like a stereotypical sitcom husband
So, never mind? Well, I'll just whisper in your ear that it's been (a little more than) three years since Mayberry Mom first arrived on the blogging scene. Together we've traveled to BlogHer, documented far more cute kid stories than a scrapbook ever could, succumbed to the lure of Twitter, quit a job, launched a freelance career (not to mention a second blog), and most importantly, collected a truly beautiful group of friends. Thank you for reading.
Monday, February 16, 2009
The no-school, no child care haiku
muffler: I want some new snow
to cover the dirt.
Happy Presidents' Day!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Fine. Well, sort of. You know.
I am happy not to be spending every waking moment with a painful, hormone-induced headache.
I am sad when I see my son's face and wonder what his brother would have looked like.
I am relieved that the terribly stressful period when we didn't know if our baby would live or die is over.
I am wondering how I will ever get through the month of June.
I am deeply touched by the supportive comments, emails, cards, flowers, plants, gifts, and food we've received.
I am thankful that I no longer have vicious nausea and heartburn 24/7.
I am discouraged that my body is flabby and lumpy with nothing to show for it.
Mostly, I just feel weird. I've never done this before and I don't know how to do it. For three years I had resigned myself to the fact that I wouldn't be having any more babies. I got pretty good at living that way.
Then I was pregnant, and that felt like an altered state, an alternative reality. So not being pregnant feels like a return to normalcy. But denying my son's short life is most certainly not normal.
You see the dilemma.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
How I met your father
Are you following? Sometime after Glenn flew the coop, I went to a party at Bob and Lori's. There I met Mark and Dave. Mark asked for my number. We went out on a date. It was at a comedy club which was apparently having a bl-w j-b theme night. Every single comedian decided to discuss that particular topic. Hi. First date over here. Awkward.
Still, there was at least one other date that I recall before things petered out (pun not really intended), as things do. But occasionally I would see Mark at Bob and Lori's. A few months later, Bob called to say that Ron had given Jeff tickets to a football game, but Jeff couldn't use them; did I want them? I couldn't go to the game but Bob seemed insistent. So I found someone else who could use the tickets. Then I had to meet Jeff at his office building, conveniently located next to mine, to pick up the tickets.
The rest is history. And this past weekend, we (Jeff, Bob, me, and a few others) finally watched Mark get married too. It was definitely the best Jewish-Nicaraguan wedding I've ever attended. Mazel tov!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Hmm. Maybe I jumped too soon.
To top it off, my lovely boss from that job was laid off from her subsequent job. If I may restate the totally obvious, this economy can #suckit.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Sibling shuttle diplomacy
Sure, they squabble, but Jo is remarkably patient with Opie's 3-ish-ness, and Opie happily allows himself to be bossed around by his big sister most of the time. If he's having a tantrum, she creeps up next to him and tries to calm him down. Then she runs back and forth between him and the adult on duty, negotiating a truce. Several nights a week, they sleep side by side in the two trundle beds in Opie's room.
Jo recently brought home a worksheet from school called "My Special Feelings." It's a series of sentences that she had to complete: "I am happy when," "I am good at,"I am afraid of." My favorite: "I feel safe when ... my brother hugs me."
See, now this is why I wanted (still want? not sure yet) another one.
Extremely adorable photo filched from my brother and sister-in-law. Topic inspired by this week's Parent Bloggers Network blog blast for the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
From long-ago songs and someday goals
I am from glass shelves lined with houseplants watered every Saturday.
I am from black walnut, honeysuckle, lilacs, and grass on a hill.
I am from makers of music, milkers of cows, riders of rails, Beckers and Stephenses, fair skins and blue eyes.
I am from the stubborn and the silent, the peacemaking and the retelling.
From long-ago songs and someday goals.
I am from Sunday Mass with doughnuts after.
I am from the centre, from this side of the Mississippi and that, from braunschweiger and fried mush.
From the prize-winning irises and the fourth commandment, the stroller rolling down Tracy Hill and the dog named Susie.
I am from quilts on my walls, rings on my finger, names handed down from generation to generation. I am a daughter, a sister, a mother before I am anything else.
Thanks to Kate for tagging me with this particularly creative meme, which was a nice challenge for me at a time when the blogging well is a little dry. I do love writing about old family stories.
Thanks also to Magpie for the Tickled Pink award! I think you're the bees' knees, Magpie.
Monday, February 02, 2009
Steelers fanboy
*Thank you for understanding my need to post somber haiku. As Amy so rightly pointed out, this stuff has to come out in bits and pieces and that's what blogs are for.
If you ever tire of it and want the more cheerful version of me, you can always read my Family Fitness blog. Just so's you know.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Haiku Friday: Low
hold him, smell him, even see
him; still I miss him.
Feeling melancholy over here tonight folks. Not much to post because everything is too ajumble in my mind (therefore I can make up words like "ajumble"). It would probably help to write it down, but my browser keeps opening to Chicktionary instead of Blogger. Funny, that.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Eternal sunshine of the optimistic mind
Monday, January 26, 2009
Incoming: Valentine's Day!
So. If you want to be more prepared than I usually am, please to visit The Full Mommy's Valentine Gift Guide. It features goodies galore for kids, spouses, and even a little something for your favorite dog. Thank you to Leighann and Amy for tons of great reviews.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Out of the blue
Then yesterday, Opie produced these guys:
And him:
Hello??? Where did this come from? They have feet! They have ears! They have ... cheekbones?!
Approaching one week later, I have my good moments and my bad ones. I indulged in some retail therapy. I tried to catch up on work. I even laughed with my kids. I also sat bolt upright in bed last night and bawled because I was suddenly seized with worry: My baby is so small, and what if no one is taking care of him? Irrational, I know, but I'm guessing I get a pass on being reasonable. At least for now.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Untelling, undoing
More than that, having to say it means having to believe it, just a little more, each time.
I'm thankful we don't have a nursery to empty. Eventually I'll have to decide whether to give away the baby clothes and gear I've saved, but for now all that can stay safely tucked away. The last thing I want to do right now is wear maternity clothes, but neither do I want to pack them up, spending another hour or two confronting the fact that I don't need them.
Thank you all for your supportive comments and e-mails. We are getting along as best we can. The small-townness of Mayberry helps; word gets around and soon our refrigerator and freezer are overflowing. They don't bring our baby back, but these loving, caring gestures help us eat and sleep and breathe and sometimes even smile.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sing thee to thy rest
We'd known there could be--would be--was something wrong for a few weeks (which is why I haven't been posting or commenting). The end finally came just yesterday.
The end, and the beginning of us missing him and wondering what if and if only.
Every day of these awful weeks, I took my prenatal vitamin, I avoided alcohol, I double-steeped my tea to lower its caffeine content. Just as I've been doing since the first days of my pregnancy. I wasn't hoping for a miracle. I guess I just wanted to prove (to whom, I don't know) that I did every last little thing that I could to protect him.
It wasn't enough. And I do know that it wasn't my fault.
But I hope my little boy knows how much he is loved. And that my heart is as broken as his little body is.


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Question about Computers & Internet
Pls help me in this issue, my intel 945 motherboard is facing no display problem. I have checked the entire system with my local technical person(without free of cost), he had given the result that the problem is with the motherboard.
I have emailed to Intel to get a warranty for my motherboard. They send me a brief email given below:
1. Often if a recent change has been made, the recent change is the
cause of the problem.
2. Check whether the monitor settings are set properly and all the
connections from/to monitor are setup properly.
3. Ensure that the power supply fan is spinning. Verify that the
power supply has the capacity to power all the devices used in your
4. Make sure all the power cables inside the computer are attached
correctly and are secure.
5. Check for any metal objects such as screws that may ground the
motherboard and make sure the screws that hold the motherboard are
not too tight.
6. Check and ensure that the BIOS jumper is in the default (1-2) position.
7. Use only basic components and remove all add-in cards, floppy
devices, IDE devices, and peripheral devices such as printers,
network connections, USB devices, etc. Take out all unnecessary
components, make sure that only Processor, RAM is attached to the
motherboard and try to switch on the computer. If the issue is
resolved, please reconnect the detached devices one by one to isolate
the faulty component. If the issue still occurs after removing the
non essential components, the problem has to be with the RAM,
Motherboard or Power supply.
8. Please make note of RAM beeps that you are getting while starting
the system. In the case of no beep sound, check without RAM module.
Please refer to the URL mentioned below to get more assistance on Beep codes
9. Leave the CMOS battery out of the computer for about 20 to 30
minutes and then return it to its socket or please try with a new
CMOS battery (Refer the URL mentioned below for getting more info on
how to do this).
10. If the problem persists, swap the motherboard with a known good
motherboard (if available). In addition, test the suspected
motherboard in another known working system.
11. Please refer the below mentioned URLs to get more assistance
about your issue.
a. http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-010254.htm
b. http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/cs-001598.htm
c. http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-020840.htm
12. If the above TS fails to resolve the issue please refer the below
mentioned link to recover the BIOS
Note: Perform bios recovery if:
- The LED light on the motherboard is glowing.
- CPU fan is spinning on the motherboard.
Recovery with Floppy Disk: Use this method if the recovery file
(*.bio) is small enough to fit on a floppy disk.
Note: The floppy disk does NOT need to be bootable; however, it must
be formatted.
- Copy the recovery file (*.bio) to floppy disk.
- Place the disk in the floppy drive (drive A) of the target system.
- Remove the BIOS Configuration Jumper. See the Technical Product
Specification for details including the location of this jumper.
- Power the system on.
- Wait 5-10 minutes for the update to complete. When the floppy drive
LED is lit, the system is copying the recovery code into the FLASH
- System will either turn off when the recovery process is completed
or it will prompt you to turn off the system.
- Remove floppy disk from drive A:
- Replace the BIOS configuration jumper.
- Restart system.
BIOS recovery instruction: Please follow the instructions carefully.
For the bios recovery file:
Please use the NL0033.BIO file
How to create a bootable disk:
1. Download the latest bios file at the support site.
2. Double click the downloaded file and a DOS window will pop up.
Follow the procedure on the DOS window.
3. Locate RUN.BAT and double click it. It will automatically look for
a formatted diskette.
4. Insert the diskette and it will create a bootable disk.
5. Use the diskette on the board.
Things to remember:
1. Iflash file should be downloaded from the website.
2. When you have created the recovery disk, go to the faulty
motherboard and then locate the BIOS CONFIG jumper on the motherboard
(config jumper with 3 pins).Remove it.
3. System will read the diskette and after the FDD light comes off,
remove the diskette.
Turn off the computer.
4. Don't forget to put back the jumper to 1-2. Then turn on the
computer and check if the display comes. Be sure to remove the
bootable disk before you boot up the system.
5. Press F2 to go to bios. Load setup defaults on the bios or press
F9, then save and exit.
6. Restart the system and observe if the problem still persists.
DOES NOT POWER DOWN YOUR SYSTEM before the recovery is complete. This
update will take up to 3 minutes.
NOTE: Then answer the questions below if the problem still exists:
1. Did you use a diskette?
2. How many times did you extract the file that you have downloaded?
3. What did you do with the jumper before and after the bios recovery?
4. How many files are there in the disk?
5. Please list down the exact files that was on your diskette.
6. Did the motherboard work?
This may solve the issue.
We will be glad to assist you once the above information is provided.
Balaji, I hope the resolution provided will help you resolve the
current issue. In case the issue is not resolved, please provide us
the complete details of the results of your troubleshooting steps
such that we can precede the case further.
You are a valued customer to us.
Kindly retain all the previous correspondences when replying to this mail.
Please feel free to call or email us, should you need further assistance.
Telephone: 080-28542105
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
We look forward to serving you more in the future.
Thank you for using Intel Products and Services.
Mohamed Ijas
Technical Customer Support Engineer- Asia Pacific Region
Intel Website: support.intel.com
Posted by Balaji on
I am not a technical person to do the experimental in my motherboard.
Intel 945 Motherboard No display under warranty problem, and notify you when a new solution is offered.
i am also facing the same problem..first that i have 2 intel DG945SS motherboards having same display problem, i am explaining the existance & experience of the problem.
1. my both motherboards dont beep on any functions & disfunctions..like beeping without ram or for any other malfunction.
2. when i switch the power button, the cpu fan start running for 5 seconds and then stop for about 2 second and then starts rotating again....i fully diagnoased at all apsects like jumper setting replacing smps.. replacing processor fan ....without hardisk,,,without ram.....but the problem is same.....
please please any body can help me in this matter,,becouse i worte to intel and they replyed me in the same manner with lods of diagnosing tips ,,,but none helped me,,,,,as i have waised my money on this intel ****.... :( pls if anybody can help me ..it will be greatly appriceated......... vibhu delhi (firstname.lastname@example.com)
MY PC is getting booted and even by using the shortcut Keys, I am able to play the music files. But I cannot see the display coming up on my LCD monitor. I am using the Intel 945DGCNL motherboard too.
Is there a solution, like how to resolve this issue.
Kindly help me.
respected sir
i have purchase your product on 2008-jan and now the display is not showing since there is a problem in the motherboard since one month and want in emergency.
my motherboard is intel D945GCNL
thanking you.
ctl keys is not working what problom
Does nothing EVER display when booting up and everything is connected properly ?
I assume you are using the onboard graphics ? or do you have a graphics card ?
I need more details on how you are using the board.
and is it under warrany ? ( i doubt it since 945s are bit long in the tooth nowadays )
My technical person had checked entire system and he suggested me that the problem was in the motherboard.
But I have no idea about the details which Intel people had sent me. I am not technical strong and zero in hardware knowledge. I already paid to technical person to check my system.
Posted on Nov 21, 2008
My mother board is not working ,no display is there.
Posted on Sep 14, 2011
Intel always asks this types of questions. Don't worry, just tell intel that you have tried all the things mentioned by them, but without any positive results. You may get another email from them asking you about a spesific test. If that mail comes then let me know
Posted on Nov 21, 2008
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What You Should Know About Sony Driver Updating
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We traveled in silence for awhile. Everyone was exhausted, tired from our gun battle and the general stress of suddenly being thrust into the world of the walking dead. Eventually, Mom, Molly and I put away the food we had acquired from the store. As we worked, Dad and Mom recounted what they had been told by Ben, my father in law. As we finished our task the cabinets were overflowing but we found a place for everything nevertheless. It seemed like a lot of food but I was afraid it wouldn't last as long as we would like it to. Afterward, I collapsed onto the chair at the kitchen table. Mom headed into the back bedroom to lay down. Jay was sitting on the sofa, his head back, hand over his eyes. I could just make out the salt stain of tears on his cheeks. The day had taken it's toll on each of us. The adrenaline was gone and the fatigue and reality of the situation was settling in, now that we had some quiet time to reflect on everything. For awhile there was so much happening so fast there was no time to consider the details, to think too much about the loved ones lost, but as Dad piloted the RV up the lone and empty interstate toward my brother's home we had time to come down, to settle and begin to ponder our situation. Molly was curled up on the opposite side of the sofa from Jay. I stared long and hard at her wondering who she was, how she was feeling how she was going to handle the loss of her family. We were good folks but we all knew each other. Jay and I go back years and then there are my parents. I've got lots of people I'm close to and my parents think of Jay like another son, so he has me and them. Then there's poor Molly. She is with us but in a way she is all alone in this new world. I know she is attached to Jay because of their experiences together earlier but having said that this has all just happened today.
The sun was just beginning to shift in the sky. It was late in the afternoon now and we still had a ways to go. The sun was cutting through the windshield at a sharp angle throwing a lot of light in my direction. I looked toward the sky. The blue crispness was beginning to fade into the orange and reddish hues representative of the close of the day. It was then, as I contemplated the sky and what lay beyond, that I decided it was time to do something I hadn't done yet today despite all the horrors the day had presented. I spun the chair away from the table, rested my elbows on my knees, bowed my head and began to pray. I suppose I was muttering under my breath which served as enough sound to attract Jay's attention. "What?" He said, "Are you talking to me?" His muffled inquiry drifting from beneath his hand. I guess when I didn't respond in a timely fashion he looked out from under his hand. He blinked his eyes, wiping away a few remaining tears from them. "Are you….praying?" He asked with some confusion in his voice. I didn't answer him immediately but could sense he was waiting. He wasn't a believer but always respected the fact that I was. In the past I had spoken to him about Christ at least a couple of times. I had done my part but ultimately the conviction comes from the Holy Spirit and I have no way of knowing if that had happened yet other than he hadn't said anything to me about it. We have always respected one another's beliefs and never let that interfere with our friendship, he's my brother and I love him like one, regardless, but I always like to think one day he'll accept Christ. He waited patiently until I mumbled "Amen" and looked up. "Yeah I was praying." I said with a smile. "Really?" He replied. "You still think there is a God? After everything we've been through today? I mean, it's the end of the world? And He's making it happen. He's letting the dead walk the earth and destroy everything. How could you believe in Him and even want to talk to Him?"
I smiled. "Funny you should ask." I noticed out of the corner of my eye, Molly had woken up upon hearing Jay's voice but she chose to remain still, with her eyes open and I could tell she was awaiting my answer. "I think we need God now more than ever. He doesn't cause bad things to happen, I suppose you could argue He allows them, but this is not His fault. Remember what Dad said awhile ago, this is some kind of man made bomb attack thing gone awry." "Yeah but He let it happen He let so many people die." Jay responded. "True, but God doesn't say we won't die, we're human, we're all gonna die sometime. The real question is have you accepted His son before you do? That determines where you'll spend eternity. We're all gonna go, someday, somewhere, somehow. I guess zombies is as good a way as any. Not that I'm in any hurry, mind you." I said with a smile. "God gives us free will, which is important because He wants us to turn to Him on our own, by our choice, that way it's genuine, not motivated by worldly benefits. The only true benefit is our salvation which He guarantees if we choose Him."
Jay smiled. "Still holding on, huh?" "If you're gonna hold on to something I can't think of anything better." I said returning his smile. Dad piped up from the driver's seat, "You can say that again, WG. 'The way the truth and the life,' now, more so than ever it seems."
Breaking the subject Mom appeared from the rear of the RV inquiring through sleepy eyes and a weak voice, "How much farther?" "Not long now." Dad replied, "We're turning off the highway now. Should be about another 20 minutes." I rose from the chair and approached the front of the cab, patting Jay's knee as I passed by, shooting him another smile. I sat down in the passenger's seat next to Dad with a springy thud. Mom followed and stood at the back of my seat, leaning into the space between us. We three stared out at the road ahead as 460 East bound came into view. "I wonder what we'll find when we get there." Mom muttered in her weak, still groggy voice. "We'll have to wait and see, and just have faith."


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A coalition of San Diego-based organizations Friday backed state legislation which would exempt certain special events from needing environmental reviews.
The bill, SB 973, introduced by Democratic Senator Juan Vargas and co-sponsored by Republican Assemblyman Martin Garrick, would exempt events of a limited duration from provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
The events defined in the bill include recreational tournaments, sporting events, youth tournaments, racing or walking events, fireworks displays, holiday celebrations, concerts, military appreciation events, block parties, weddings, job fairs, festivals and parades, street fairs, beaches and neighborhood cleanups, farmers' markets and art markets.
Environmentalists sued the city last year over the issuance of permits for fireworks shows, particularly a July 4 display at La Jolla Cove.
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Vargas said CEQA wasn't meant to keep "children from enjoying parks and watching fireworks."
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"Our challenges to the city of San Diego's La Jolla fireworks show could have been and should have been a very small matter," said Gonzalez. "It should have focused on only one event. When the city recognized it was going to lose that lawsuit, enlarged it to include other events, I think intentionally, because it would make it much harder for the judge to issue a ruling in our favor."
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The coalition supporting the state legislation includes about 70 groups, said Ruben Barrales, president and chief executive of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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