Happiness is....

discovering that the white splotch on my favorite brown pants is, in fact, likely a result of a yogurt schmear and NOT a splat of bleach from the Tilex bottle.

I take my victories where I can these days! ;-)

Hmmm... Maybe I'll pass

In the process of seeking work, I'm networking my rear off, tapping into every known network that I, my family, and my friends have. One such contact is a recruiter with an ISP based here. So I saw a job that looked interesting. It had to do with the general field of 'sourcing', and I thought it could be a good fit.

Turns out, it was 'outsourcing', and it required that I travel to India every month. For 3 weeks. I think I'll keep looking.

Really Cool Site

Check it: Pandora Internet Radio. You tell the search engine a song you like. And it finds that song and plays it for you. Then it begins to build a "station" for you that plays songs similar to what you entered. It builds on the songs you tell it that you like/dislike, etc. It's an excellent way to surf through music and figure out what you like and don't like.

Now, I do seriously doubt it has a lot of 'smaller' bands - I was able to find The Connells, but they're fairly standard-issue from my college years. Anyway, if you're a casual music lover, then check it. :)

Yippee Skippee!

Trader Joe's is coming to town. My town. Near my house. I'm oh so happy I want to do a jig!

Now to get me a job so I can buy stuff there!

Miss Baby Learns the Telephone

I've posted recently about my own trials and travails, and not nearly enough about my kids. So, in order to rememdy that, without further ado, I present Miss Baby and the Telephone.

Miss Baby has an assortment of telephones ranging from an old one of mine that gave up the ghost long ago, to several plastic 'toy' phones or phone-shaped objects, to one on wheels with pictures and songs. She loves playing with these phones, picking them up and having LOOONG conversations with some invisible someone at the other end of the line.

A few weeks ago, we noticed that she was saying her cousin's name whenever she started with the phone. "Hiiiii! M&M! Hi dehr!" Then she'll look at Mr. Mac and me and say "Shhh! Da-s M&M!"

This morning, I went over to my sister's to help her pack/unpack in the home of perpetual improvement. And I took Miss Baby to see her cousin. So they played with the blocks. Then the animals.

Then they got the phones out. M&M, it seems, also has a vast collection of telephones. Miss Baby grabbed her phone, and ran around the corner into the living room. M&M stayed put in the kitchen.

Miss Baby: "WING-WING! WING-WING!"
M&M: "Hallo! Miss Baby! Halloo dehr! Watchadoin?"
Miss Baby: "M&M! I pwaaay!"
M&M: "Miss Baby! Come SEEEEE M&M!"
Miss Baby: "Ohhh Kaaay! I come seeeee M&M"
M&M: "Bye bye now"
Miss Baby: "Bye bye now."

Much noise as these phones are hung up. Then pitter patter as they ran toward one another and hugged a big hug in the hall.

So cute. See why I made this crazy move?

Well hello there!

It's been two weeks since I've posted, and surprisingly little has changed. You know, that's not necessarily true. Mr. Mac has evolved into a law student, with all of its highs and lows. Miss Baby has truly evolved into a toddler, with (surprisingly similar) highs and lows.

And I've dropped 5 lbs. Yay!

Right now, I've lined myself up with enough projects to keep me going until October, and by that point, I dearly hope to have a job. I'm emerging from an awful funk and hopefully, I can keep my head above water with it. So hello - it's nice to be back. I think.