Weird?

So my computer is dead and it's not coming back to life anytime soon. There is actually nothing wrong with the computer itself but the cord seemed to have gotten sick and died. So in other words I have no way to charge my computer. So I'm writing this from our IPod and it's a little challenging so please excuse any typos.

So why am I writing may you ask? Well one to say I have not really abondoned blogging, it's just not super easy.

Secondly, my husband thinks I'm weird. I think I'm pretty normal for the most part but he doesn't. See I have this beautiful red kitchen aid mixer that will never leave my kitchen counter because I'm in love with it and I use it all the time. So today I went to the store and bought a coffee pot. While looking at the coffee pots available I decided I liked the red Mr. Coffee better then the black, just becUse it was pretty and different. The black was nice but I love a little color. So I made my purchase and went home. Upon arriving home and opening the box I immediatly knew that I didn't want the color I purchased. Why? Because both my mixer and coffee pot would have a permanent place on my counter and they were two different color reds! No matter how much I like color, I like things to match, fit together, and be organized so different color reds just screamed at me to fix the problem. So because my mom wanted the same coffee pot in red and I was supposed to get her one later that day I figured that now it worked perfect that I had the red one she wanted and I called Josh and told him to pick me up a black one.

Upon arriving home Josh was confused as to why I had two coffee makers. I explained my dilema and that the red one was for my mom and he came up with "you're weird".

"Why is that weird?" I asked.

"You like the red one better but you're not going to keep it because it doesn't match? Who matches appliances?"

"But it wouldn't look right! My kitchen would be lopsided. It would clash. It would be wrong. You just can't do two different reds on the same counter."
"Like I said, you are weird."

Am I weird?

Tid Bits

1. The lady in the apartment downstairs gave us a little visit yesterday. She asked us to make our two year old stop running around because apparently it drives her crazy. She threatened that if he didn't stop that she would go to our landlord. Thing is that our landlord said when we moved in that 'families have priority' as in, if people complain about kids making too much noise he's not going to do much about it because you can't ask a kid to stop playing. So if she does go to the landlord it's not going to do much. Secondly, though I may feel bad that she is going crazy, I don't think I'm going to scar my child by yelling at him every time he runs, because lets face it, he doesn't know how to just walk, it's always running as is the case with any two year old so I would be yelling at him all day long.

2. Josh is still looking for a Mechanical Engineer job. It's very frustrating for him to apply to hundreds of places and never hear anything back. Mechanical Engineer jobs are still very scarce and people aren't too big on hiring a guy whose been out of school for almost 2 years already. We're hoping things turn around soon. Working at a computer doing claims is not my husbands ideal job, it doesn't challenge him or anything and he needs a challenge.

3. Gabriel has changed a lot within the past week. And I wouldn't exactly say it's for the good. He all the sudden wants to test me on absolutely everything! If I say no he immediately turns around and does what I told him not too and/or does something very similar to see if he can get away with that instead. He also all the sudden started hitting. Just walking up and hitting for no good reason. He also started throwing everything, just to throw it. I by no means let him get away with any of this, I feel like if I just let him get away with it then it's going to take longer to stop and that I'm giving the control of the situation over to him. So there are always consequences to being naughty and not listening but he doesn't seem to care too much at the moment. So I am learning how to deal with this whole new level of child rearing. Maybe this is what everybody calls the terrible two's....

4. Mr. Easy (aka Eli) is not being so easy lately. Though, I can't complain, he's still an angel. He's just been having some tummy issues lately and being a little more clingy. But I don't really mind the clinginess, before he just preferred to lay all by himself and would get mad if he was held too long, now I actually get to cuddle more and hold him almost as much as I want which is a nice change. Well, nice to a point, I like that I get to hold him but I don't like that I think it's because he's got tummy issues. It's a win/loose situation.

5. I've joined a Mom's Group on Tuesday morning which has turned out to be really fun. It's not like we go out and do things but we just get together and do a bible study type of deal but it gives me a chance to get out of the apartment and talk with someone else rather then my two year old.

6. Moms. Do you ever feel like you are loosing your talking capabilities because you talk kid/baby talk all do long? I sometimes feel like I don't know how to speak plain English anymore because I talk 2 year old talk all do long. I mean, what do you call a 'Boom' now days? Oh, what's that, it's just falling down/ getting hurt/ tripping on something? Would have never guessed! My vocabulary also consists of mankie, humpty humpty, baa baa sheep, shakka milk, and repeating 'hi!!!' over and over again. God help me if I ever need to sound intelligent again, I don't know if I would pass!

7. Eli is a big boy! Goodness me! He is one long baby! He's not chubby, he's just long. I even put him in some 6-12 clothes the other day and it wasn't even that big on him! He's already getting a little big for some of his 3-6 month clothes and he just turned 4 months!

That's all for now!

Autumn Woods

Ere, in the northern gale,

The summer tresses of the trees are gone,

The woods of Autumn, in all around our vale,

Have put their glory on.

The mountains that infold,

In the their wide sweep, the colored landscape round,

Seen groups of giant kings, in purple and gold,

That guard the enchanted ground.

I roam the woods that crown

The uplands, where the mingled splendors glow,

Where the gay company of trees look down

On the green fields below.

My steps are not alone

In these bright walks; the sweet southwest, at play,

Flies, rusting, where the painted leaves are strown

Along the winding way.

And far in heaven, the while,

The sun, that sends that gale to wander here,

Pours out on the fair earth his quiet smile-

The sweetest of the year.

Autumn Woods -William Cullen Bryant

the challenge

This picture just tells so many words...

Can you tell what is being said? Something along the lines of Mama: "Gabriel, you will sit here and get your picture taken" and Gabriel: "There is no way you could pay me to sit there Mama!" There is definitely a stare-down going on here. Eli is just like "Hmmm... what's this cool stuff?"

Gabriel: "Noooo! Mama Nooooo!!!" (I love how Eli is just oblivious and is like "this leaf is sooo cool!")

Gabriel: "She's killing me people!" (Eli: "That leaf isn't so cool anymore, Mom I'm bored").

Gabriel: "Is that chocolate milk I see!?!?!"

*Yes, I see now after pictures have been taken that my hair isn't exactly nice and/or flattering my face in any way. I look a little 'fuller' in the face along with looking like I have a boys haircut. The short hair look does that to me. But I really do have long thick blonde hair that can never make up it's mind if it wants to be straight or curly, I promise! 

Gabe and Eli

 Eli: "Shhh!!! Gabriel, I think Mama is trying to take our picture!"

 Gabriel: "Too late Eli, she discovered us! 

Let's humor her and tell her she's doing a good job... 'YAY MAMA!!!'"

 Gabriel: "Let me give you a kiss Eli!"

 Eli: "No! I'll run away!"

Gabriel: "No you won't! I'm bigger, I'll get you! KISS!" 

The End.