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What it is not here in NYC...

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Happy Mother's Day

I don't really talk a lot about my family on this blog...well let's be honest here, i don't talk a lot on my blog to begin with, but family is really important to me. My family is so incredibly important that I strive to be the person they deserve to call their daughter. My parents have a marriage I look up to. Growing up I didn't know their were couples who didn't have marriages strong and full of love like what my parents displayed to us.

Today we are honoring half of this marriage...our mother's. My mother has always been wonderful to us. She has always provided my brother and I with endless love, affection, privilege, education and of course absolutely delicious meals (really, she's why i love cooking).

Today i honor her, and other mothers like her who were kind enough to not have been like the sharks and eaten her young.

I love you always, but more than ever right now, I can't be more grateful to have you be so involved in my life.

XO

A new great "children's" book

This may not be the Good Night Moon, Runaway Bunny or Love you For Always, but i do sense it's another classic. A yet to be released already MAJOR hit on Amazon.com.

check it out

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Dear 16-year-old Me

Things that scare me:

1) oil on a stove--bad previous experience involving flames and too many splatters on my delicate arms

2) children playing near hot substances--hello burns :(

3) botflys burrowing into my skin---wait that's something i'd love to have happen (or see in person) man i love gross things. That will be another post where all of you (HAHA "ALL" read:5) will probably stop reading.

4) skin cancer "melanoma"---seriously scary shit, sneaky buggery cells reeking havoc on your body and spreading, super spreading. If you are under 25 my scare tactics aren't working, but hey all you older readers may want to spend 5 minutes watching this video. Ps: i'm looking for a dermatologist tomorrow so i can get a full body scan. I have had waaaaay to many unplanned sunburns :(

what i'll be trying for next easter

Melted crayon shavings=the next coolest egg decorating project.

All you need are freshly boiled eggs and crayon shavings. done and done, no shortage of those from work! Now all i need to do is actually complete the project in time for Easter. I should start now!

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My only bit of royal wedding

I wasn't so into the royal wedding...well at least not so much that i woke up/stayed up until 3 am to witness it. Isn't that why replay/DVR exists? Anyhoo, i've seen some pretty funny royal wedding stuff and thought i'd show some off.

lydia leith

papa johns

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Anything else i should have seen?

oh man

check out I went to Moma and... for more equally funny notes.

How pretty!

(Source: -lovelylady, via qomaspeakup)

This house could be in Charleston on rainbow row....although i guess it's got that all covered.

Right! How cool

sayyestohoboken.com

Random Goodness

I can't figure out how to have it so you can watch this video on my blog, so you're just going to have to trust me on this...it's pretty cool!

Symmetry

The Blind Man Who Taught Himself To See

This is by far one of the most amazing things i've heard of. Daniel Kish uses sonar to "see". It's long article, but fascinating!

Riding his bike with the help of personal sonar

Helpful visualization if you don't understand.

Men’s Journal » The Blind Man Who Taught Himself To See

Canadian versus American words

I have been living in NYC for almost 4 years and every so often my Canadianism sneak in and for some reason they really confuse people.

Here are some examples.

"I think they have Smartie cookies there."

If we were in Canada everyone would know i was referring to picture number 2...but alas, surrounded by Americans they see picture one and everyone is gagging from the gross combination. ps: Canadian Smarties are like M & M's, but way better.

Oh and yes we have the American version of Smarties in Canada, but we call them "Rockets" AKA candy birthcontrol

Example 2

Hey Janey, would you like to color your picture with crayons, markers or pencil crayons?

HUH?!

It maybe hard to see, but this is an image of pencil crayons....or colored pencils as my american friends like to call them.

I'm not sure why Canadians call them that, but in french a pencil is un crayon and a pencil crayon is un crayon de couleur. So pretty much we are using a translation....a great reason to blog is I learn as i go.

pps: this is an image of Canadian pencil crayons. Ah Laurentien. Now you've been cultured!

That's enough for today folks!

mommas got a new pair of shoes!

After much contemplation and stalking of websites i decided on these shoes---Keen Whisper. They are watershoes...i plan on wearing them to all the hottest clubs in new york. boo, not true, but i do plan on wearing them in Costa Rica next month. HECK YA! Toes protected during zip lining and hiking, i can't wait!

Oh and ps: there are two in this pair ;)

Get pumped for EASTER

Shhhh don't tell J...

How cool is this! I'm going to give it a try.

Just finished blowing out one egg....painful i tell ya! Glad I don't work for Martha or i'd be winded!

If you're interested in making them too check out the link Secret Message Easter Egg

Random Goodness

Another addition of Random Goodness.

If you have seen anything of interest and would like to share, please have at it (in the comments section!).

random goodness

I realize that i'm not much into writing these days, but i have been doing tons of reading...of the internet variety.

I thought i'd randomly post things i enjoyed reading. Hopefully you'll agree

Ps: some of this is ubber old, but it still makes me smile.

JAAAHWS

I want to try this out-Easter Eggs

Easter is very soon, it's starting to feel like real spring with flowers blooming and birds nests, i need to get into the spirit.

I tried yesterday morning to make a hollowed out egg without searching for official "How To"'s on the internet. Didn't work out to well. Funnily enough this morning a blog i read told me how to do it here and i'm thinking of giving it a go.

If you're thinking of giving it a try it seems pretty easy.

I also just read about ways to dye your eggs here using items from home.

If i actually do my own eggs i'll be sure to post them.

i wish i could blame the children

I made it through a year and a few months without getting sick. I spend hours in the peds ED with kids coughing and sneezing in my face....not even lying it's nasty and then a few more hours in the ICU. I like to think that all my hand/face/nose washing at work and home helps, but sadly i was finally hit. Thankfully not hard, but geez, my nose just won't stop.

Well it's not the kids, but i think my office mate. Not sure how it happened, but we are both getting the boogs in a mad way.

I am kicking myself because i was just saying to J that i haven't been sick since i started working. ugh!

I know pictures bring on more fun, but seriously, no one wants these pictures.

Oh and don't you love the ED docs...."you're probably not contagious, but don't spend time in the ICU without a mask. Don't worry about down here though (the ED), they all should be at their pediatrician instead." Note to readers: don't go to the ED unless you're about to keel over. You WILL catch something there. That place is a cess pool of germie kids!

It was bound to happen

So today i was leaving work and getting on the train and i saw one of the bloggers i read with her kids. Little family in the Big City is one of those blogs that when i see she's posted i read right away. Her kids crack me up, she's so honest and they seem like a normal family (no false pretenses)

Anyhoo, i saw her, i thought, wait, is that a patient's family i see....OMG NO it's a blogger. I had about 5 million thoughts go through my head, hmmmm, i should tell her she's so funny and i love her blog. If it was me, i know i'd be flattered....wait she looks tired, it's late, she's probably wanting to get everyone home and to bed. OMG i can't say hi to her, that would be so stalkerish of me. Technically i "know her" because i read her page, and watch the movies her family makes and pictures yes, that's strange and really what do i say. I totally got starstruck. i promise i was waaaaaay more composed when i met Katy Perry and Russell Brand. I was funny and totally myself....my cool self.

I walked by and said nothing. Then i felt it was fate! She had written about her adventures with mass transit in NYC. Oh the horrors, but thankfully she seems to have only had a few. Either way, i see her in the subway and then i read her post. yes i need to let her know. So i took that as a sign, she'd probably not think i was strange if i posted her a message.

The point Shannon, get to the point....i wrote her, i told her her kids were adorable (but really they were so much cuter in person) and her hair color is FAB! Yes i realize i'm a bit nutty, but i'm aware.

Her response back (ON MY BLOG....i'm so embarrassed because we all know i am growing a cactus and i never write), was sweet, she didn't think i was crazy, and she wished i had said something OH and she had read some of my posts (also slightly embarrassed, i never really know who will read my stuff). She also encouraged me to write. SO Abbie, IF you do see this, you motivated me to write after a 3 month hiatus. Gee, i used to be so much better.

Here's hoping i keep on it. I really don't know how bloggers can post once a day and feed their children. Maybe they need to post once a day TO feed their children. That's motivation :) Ah to have advertising.

i had a dream

heeeeey

happy thanksgiving, Hanukah, kwanza, christmas, new years, valentines day and presidents day...phew, it's been a while!

It's been a long time and i'm always thinking, is this worth posting, nah and i keep going. But last night i had a dream. I dreamt i was actually writing in this blog. I actually wrote in it and also changed its name. I can't for the life of me remember what i changed it to, but something i thought was amazing. hmmmm

Well chances are i'll go another really long stretch without writing, but i'll try a bit harder. I mean really, if all those mormon moms with 5 kids can cook, take pictures and write an amazing blog so can I (um yeah, probably not).