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Last Day of NaBloPoMo

It's the last day! Woo!

And, of course, I have not that much to say here. The babies seem to be teething, so they woke up so many times last night. We're all very tired. I'm sure Oliver and Sophie were looking forward to the peace and quiet.

TGIF - this has been one busy and crazy week at work. I'm glad it's over. I'm looking forward to the concert tomorrow night and the Toys for Tots thing on Sunday.

I was just reading the news and saw that there is a hostage situation at one of Clinton's campaign offices. Hopefully, everyone makes it out of there o.k. I guess the guy holding the hostages says he wants to see Clinton - like that's going to happen.

And how is it self-defense to drag someone 13 miles behind your truck?

That now concludes my last post of NaBloPoMo which means....

Twin Talk & December

Yesterday afternoon when I finally got to the daycare (after spending 45 minutes trying to get from First Hill to Shoreline), I went straight to my babies and said hello to them. They smiled. Then the day care provider (DCP from now on) asked me if I wanted to sign the babies out (apparently, I was supposed to be doing this all this time), so I said yes just as soon as I was reaching down to get Ella. I went to go over to sign the book, and I think Ella thought I was leaving her again as she started to cry Jon was telling me that the DCP told him that Ella will cry when he leaves in the morning. Aww sweetie! Mommy and papa don't want to leave you! I quickly signed them out and went to go pick up Ella. She was a happy girl...until later when she had gotten tired of playing in the exercauser and well, wanted to sleep. She was a bit mad at me for making her wait until I could finish putting the silverware in the dishwasher (we desperately needed more bottles cleaned). Her little face got so red. I felt so bad. I snuggled with her for a while after that. I gave her some food and she promptly fell asleep, but in true Ella fashion, she woke up the second I put her in her crib. She started to talk to the bears hanging from the mobile. She kept waking up last night - she must be teething - this is not like her to keep waking up that much. I think Benjamin might have slept the entire night except for maybe one little squeak that a pacifier helped with.

This morning, Benjamin saw that I was leaving and he started to cry. I bent down (he was in the bouncy seat) and I gave him a kiss and gave him my hand. He got a hold of my glove and wouldn't let it go. He had a smile on his face at that moment as if to say, "you can't go now. I have you." I broke free of his strong grasp, and headed toward the door. He started crying again. Aww - he didn't want me to leave. I wanted so much to stay, but I couldn't. I had to walk really fast to the bus stop to make it there on time. I can't wait until we have another car so we can spend more time with each other in the morning and maybe I can switch my work hours so I can get home earlier (if I'm given the approval).

December is going to be a busy month as it is every year, but this year, is even busier. We've met new people through our childbirth classes so we're getting together with them, and this year, most of my support group are parents so we're getting together to celebrate. What a wonderful year we've all had. Except for one lady who had her baby in late 2006, we've all had our babies in 2007 (that reminds me, I need to send a birthday card to my friend's child who turns 1 on Sunday).

This weekend, we're going to a friend's choir concert and to a Toys for Tots event that another friend does every year. Hopefully, the weather cooperates!

Midday at Midweek Post

Not much to write about today. Today has been a busy day, but I'm able to take a lunch break today though I'm only here for another 2 hours. I don't really want to go to my doctor appointment, but it will be nice to see my babies a little earlier than I normally do (assuming the doctor's office is running on time). It was nice to go to the day care this morning with Jon - it gave me more time to spend with Benjamin and Ella than I normally get to in the mornings as I'm usually out the door by 6:20 and that's about when they wake up.

Jon had a post about looking back a year ago when we found out we were having twins. It's funny and interesting to look back at your thoughts to that time. I wrote a post last year about the thought of having twins and how hard that would be and the possibility of going on bedrest - funny. Taking care of twins is certainly hard, but I do love those two cuties.

Speaking of cuties, I'm guessing that Benjamin and Ella weren't chosen in the baby model contest as I haven't heard anything yet - they obviously don't know cute when they see it.

We've been invited to another holiday party - this one on the 23rd. December is going to be a busy one!

Crazy, Long Day

I didn't have time today to post on my lunch break since I didn't have much of one. I had to get away from my desk, and that short time I was away, I went over to the pet store to get more kitty food. Today was just a crappy day. So many projects, so little time. Plus, I'm just tired of this job. So tired of it. I've started looking for other jobs, but there isn't much out there. I am going to put myself back into the pool for a job with the state hopefully after the holidays when I'll have a bit more time to update my resume and write a cover letter.

Though I don't really want to, I've even thought that when I sent in my stuff for a state job, I'd say I'd be o.k. with a job in Spokane. The thing is I want my babies to be close with/to my family, but I just wish I didn't have to live in Spokane to do that. I know - I can't have the best of both worlds.

Anyway, time for dinner. Then I've got to pay some bills. Then time to go to bed. Good thing about tomorrow, I can sleep in until 6:15 or until the babies wake up because I have a doctor appointment in the afternoon, and so I'll take the babies to the day care with Jon and take him to work so I can have the car.

A Much Longer Post Than Yesterday

Some thoughts for a Monday afternoon:

Today, Jon's mom has her doctor appointment. Hopefully, everything goes well.

There's this guy on the bus I ride in the morning that looks exactly how I imagined the main character in A Confederacy of Dunces looking like. He has this huge green trenchcoat and is a big guy. OMG - after I published the post for the first time, I noticed the drawing on the wiki site (linked above) and that's what they guy looks like!

One of the guys in my van always says "have a good morning" - are we not supposed to have a good afternoon? Perhaps, I'm just a bit grouchy in the morning. After all, who likes getting up at 5:30 after having very little sleep? Of course, the reason why I didn't have much sleep is because I couldn't stop looking at my cute little baby boy who was sleeping next to her? :-D OMG - he's so cute. And his cute little sister was next to him - so cute!

I finished reading my 2nd (kinda 3rd - I read parts of a twin book) book of the year! Woo!!! The book is called Happiness Sold Separately - it was a good book though there are parts that, as an infertile (and yes, I do still consider myself that as I did have to use IVF to get pregnant), made me cringe. I'll write about that down below in case anyone who reads this wants to read the book. I didn't love the book enough to recommend it, but I did like it o.k. The ending seemed abrupt to me when I first finished reading it, but now, it seems like a good ending (though it does still feel like a bit of a cop out - like she couldn't think of how to write that one last scene that I would think others want to read).

Writing about this book reminds me. I saw this blog earlier, and this person is writing about how adoption is raping women of their newborns. I just don't know what to say about this. Obviously, I think it would be great if mothers and fathers could keep their children rather than feeling forced to give them up for adoption because they feel they have no other choice, but on the flip side, there are some women who genuinely do not want to mother a child but do not want to abort (a friend of mine adopted from such a woman - she was even willing to birth another child and give the baby up for adoption to my friend so her first child could have a sibling - I did not make this up). Is it raping the woman if the woman does not want to mother her child? Something to ponder. Anyone else have any thoughts on this? I think an ex-coworker of Jon and myself talked about something similiar on her blog a little while ago.

O.K. enough for today.

The couple in the book try to get pregnant for two years, go through fertility treatments after fertility treatments, then the second they stop thinking about it so much, they get pregnant. Ugh - so if you just relax, you'll get pregnant is the message that part of the book gave me. Unfortunately, later, the couple miscarries and finds out it is due to a chromosomal abnormality that would make it so the woman will never be able to carry a pregnancy to term. :-(

Little Post

I'm glad that November is almost over. Typing up one post each day, especially on the weekends, gets to be a bit much. It can be a bit of a struggle to get one done on the weekend when there is so many other things I need/should be doing.

I did manage to get one project done this weekend - it will be a Christmas present. I can't mention what it is as people that I'm giving it to read this blog.

Well, I need to go give Ella and Benjamin a bath. I'm hoping once they go to bed tonight, I'll be able to finish that book I've been reading for the past 3 weeks (Happiness Sold Separately). Only 40 pages to go!

If I intend on doing the 52 book challenge next year, I really need to start reading faster.

Saturday, November 24

We found out why Jon's parents didn't come on Thanksgiving - his mom said that she was getting up and found she couldn't walk for some reason. She's seeing a doctor on Monday. I wish they would have told us the reason why so I'm not sitting here thinking it's something else - though his dad has only met the babies once so, of course, I would think that he doesn't want to be around them.

Ella is still rolling over, so yay. She now wants to roll over from her back to her tummy. She's gotten close. She's going to be crawling before we know it.

Also, more great news. Benjamin rolled over a total of one time today! But he did it! Yay!!!! Now, if I could just get him to do it again. He hates to be on his tummy - you'd think that would be a big incentive to roll over.

Right now, the Apple Cup is going on. Unfortunately, the Cougars are winning it at the moment, but that will change, I hope. Someone at work - someone who grew up in this area - someone who says she enjoys watching football - college football even - called it the Apple Bowl. Huh? She did it more than once. I wanted to correct her, but it just wasn't worth it.

Today, we went and got new car seats for the babies - now we just need to install them. We need to get a new stroller too, but I'm not sure which one to get. There just aren't a lot of great options at Babies 'R Us for twin strollers, so we may need to buy a stroller online like we did for the Snap 'n Go.

Well, that's it for now. Go Huskies!!!

Working Friday

How I wish that I was at home. The first half of the day went by rather quickly, but the second half is going to be a bit slow. I didn't manage to get up early enough to go shopping before work - which after seeing the hordes of people trampling their way into the stores reminded me how much that was a good decision to stay in bed.

I may go after work though because I do actually need to get something for the babies. This weekend we also need to buy new carseats for the babies - Benjamin is just getting too big so we really need to make this purchase this weekend. No more putting it off.

We had a potluck at work today (my idea) - we had some yummy food. We sat around and chatted - I talked with one of my bosses about kid stuff (she has small children as well).

Thanksgiving and the Roll Over Queen!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for my family and friends. I'm thankful IVF exists and can help couples become a bigger family.

We stayed at home expecting guests, but they decided not to come for some reason. I would really like to know why. Before when we invited them over a few years back, they canceled on us because of the weather. Today was nice.

In any case, we had a good day. We watched some football, went on a walk, and ate some yummy dinner. And because we didn't have guests, I went ahead and did some chores that desperately needed to be done.

Also, some big news for today! Ella rolled over from her tummy to her back!!! The first time she did it, I was by her but I had turned my head while I was going through all the mail to sort out all the junk mail from mail I actually want (one of the chores that needed to be done). I heard this little sound and looked down and Ella was face up! I wanted her to do it again right away, but she didn't like that plan so it was a while later that she was o.k. with being on her tummy and she kept rolling over each time I put her on her tummy. She seemed so happy to do it. So cute!

Benjamin, at one point, looked like he was about to roll over too but couldn't quite do it. I expect he'll be rolling over soon enough. I am so glad that I was here the first time Ella rolled over (at least, I assume she hasn't done it day care - they would have told us right? They mentioned she was close, but not that she had done it). I hope I'm there when Benjamin rolls over for the first time too.

Well, I need to go finish up some chores and make my pasta dish for the potluck we're having at work tomorrow. UGH - I hate that I have to go to work tomorrow.

Bathroom Poll

I'm curious about something -

When you are in a public restroom...

Do you wash your hands then go get the paper to dry your hands? Or...

Do you get the paper ready then go wash your hands then tear off the paper?

brr!

It was cold this morning. I was grateful that the bus was a bit early this morning, but because it was early, it meant I had more time to stand outside waiting for the vanpool (as others in the vanpool sit inside their nice warm cars).

This morning, starting around midnight or so, the babies kept waking up. Well, Benjamin did for sure. Jon took Ella upstairs so I'm not sure if she kept waking up. Benjamin woke up every 2 hours it seems - at 4:30 this morning, I just brought him to bed with me and snuggled with him. I think they might be teething or close to it - they are drooling A LOT, especially Benjamin.

One of the day care ladies told me yesterday that Ella is close to rolling over. She's been doing that "close to" business for a while now - so I've been wondering when she's going to actually finish the job. Ella almost looks like she's ready to get going and start crawling. Benjamin, on the other hand, isn't really too interested in rolling over from front to back, but from back to front, one day he rolled to his side multiple times and hasn't done it since.

That's all for today - I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Tuesday Stuff

One of the pictures that the professional photographer took of Ben & Ella with Santa is so cute. They both kinda have smiles on their faces - I'll probably go ahead and order that one. If anyone wants to see the photos, let me know and I'll give you the information on where to go. I have a copy of one of the pictures I took sitting here on my desk - could they be any cuter? I know - I'm biased.

This morning, both babies were talking to us. I only wish I knew what they were so excited to tell us about.

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Is anyone interested in forming a book club? I've been wanting to form another book club for a while, but I wasn't sure if I would have enough, if any, interest. If you are, let me know. I thought of this as I was reading an e-mail about a book club one of the multiples groups has. I might join that one, but I thought I would see if anyone I know IRL would be interested.

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Speaking of books, thankfully there isn't a big huge waiting list for the two books I borrowed from the library as I'm not done with either of them. Maybe I'll be able to make some headway on Thursday. Unfortunately, I have to work on Friday. But reading these books reminds me how much I love to read. I really should try to do more of it - though I don't know exactly when (I suppose I could cut down on my tv but I already just watch maybe 1 hour a day as that's all I have time for - there is so much tv on my DVR these days that I probably won't get to unless the writers' strike lasts a really long time).

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Ever since they cleaned the HVAC system at work, I've been freezing. My hands feel like ice cubes.

Monday afternoon topics

Huh - this will be my 714th entry.

If you are interested in seeing some videos of Benjamin & Ella talking and of Benjamin and Ella holding hands - go to my other blog. So, so cute! This morning, I woke up to Benjamin talking to something or someone. Jon tells me that he talked to him some more and told him more stories about his adventures with the bears - the things we think our children are telling us. And Ella gave him a nice big poopy diaper just as they were leaving to go to daycare - Jon thinks so Ella could talk with him some more. She tends to be the most talkative when her diaper is being changed.

Also, new pictures on my flickr site - including one of Benjamin and Ella with Santa. Link to the right.

On another topic, I was watching How I Met Your Mother last night. This last episode reminded me of a Friends episode when each friend was sharing a secret of the another friend. Anywho, the reason I brought it up was the whole loud eating thing - Jon says I chew loudly and I think I might as one of my cube mates mentioned she thinks of eating chips each time I open up a bag of chips (got a bunch of snack packs at Cos*tco). I took that to mean I chew them loudly.

On yet another topic, we are going to be spending Thanksgiving with my in-laws. I'm glad that they are coming over, but it's too bad that my mother-in-law doesn't like Thanksgiving. I do wonder why. Thank you for the invitation Ally & Kendra.

Well, I had better go. I have some things to do before my lunch hour runs out.

Lazy Sunday

I don't have much to write about today. Last night, I took my mother-in-law and Benjamin to dinner at Mia Roma with 3 friends. I was going to take Ella but she was being Miss Cranky Pants because she was tired and didn't want to admit it. We had a good dinner, I think. Jon wanted to stay home and work on his novel for NaNoWriMo.

It is really unfortunate though that this restaurant doesn't have a changing table in the bathroom. Luckily, I had a changing mat, but I had to change Benjamin's stinky diaper with the mat on the floor. Not too comfy for either of us. A lady was in there who offered to hold Benjamin while I cleaned my hands - that was so nice of her!

Off to go eat some lunch!

Support Group & Santa

I think it's interesting that a person who has never met me before thinks they know me just by reading a couple blog entries (based on a comment I received and deleted). It's not like I write about everything - I write about what I'm thinking about at that moment.

Anyway, on to more exciting things. Benjamin is so cute. He has become quite the talker - he says so many different sounds. It sounds as if he's telling a story. So cute. Ella has been doing that for a while now - her talking has a lot of gurgling in it - so funny and cute.

Well, this morning, though I almost didn't go, I went to a support group meeting with other multiple moms. One of the moms was from my infertility support group - it was a surprise to see her there. Her babies are just a month old. I was so glad she was there - I didn't realize until I saw her how much I miss the ladies from that group.

Another one of the couples I had met before from my multiples class at UW. It was a good discussion so I'm glad I went. We helped answer each other's questions we had on sleeping, bathing, developmental milestones, etc. I will definitely be going to the next Saturday meeting in December.

After I came home, Jon and I got the babies ready to go get pictures taken with Santa. It was great - we just walked right in, took their coats off, took the pictures, then got the coats back on and came back home. We were there for maybe 10 minutes total. I'll be adding some of the pics to flickr pretty soon if anyone wants to see - link is off to the right.

We came back home and we were greeted by the smell of cookies baking. My mother-in-law ended up coming up last night and she's staying until tomorrow or Monday. I'm not sure actually. What a nice surprise.

Well, that's all for today. Check on flickr for some pics soon!

(on a side note - I ended up deleting a post and a portion of another post - I just don't need to create that kind of drama - it depresses me and stresses me out and probably stresses other people out too)

The weekend

This weekend, I plan to try to go to a multiples group support meeting on Saturday morning. I'm trying to meet new people, and this seems like a good way to do so. And it will be nice to talk to other twin moms about developmental stages and what not.

Later in the day tomorrow, Jon and I are taking Benjamin and Ella to meet Santa for the first time. My employer has this event every year - or I should say the employee group does. A question - I always thought when I had kids, I would let them know about Santa but tell them it's a fictional character that is a symbol of the joy of the holiday. But I don't know now - do I let them believe in Santa and then later, they find out it was just mom and dad giving the gifts the whole time? I mean - all of us know that Santa is a fictional character in my family but when I hosted Christmas last year, I still had gifts from Santa.

This question is a small question on the scheme of things, but it's a question I have nonetheless.

Anyway, I'm curious how Benjamin & Ella will respond to Santa. I guess we'll find out tomorrow afternoon.

Tomorrow is also my brother's birthday - Happy 19th birthday, Ryan!

That's all for today - tune in tomorrow when I might write about Benjamin & Ella's first meeting with Santa!

2008 already?

I was just reading msnbc.com on my lunch break and saw an article that mentions the Iowa presidential primary is only 7 weeks away. What? Oh, I guess 2008 is really that close. It doesn't seem like it should be.

News

I never did get around to writing about those news stories I found interesting, and now I don't feel like writing about them. One was about teens in NV getting rewarded if they wore their seatbelts and the other was Turkey trying to get into the EU and thus having to change their law on prosecuting individuals who denigrate Turkish identity.

speaking of news, there is a march or something going on downtown with Seattle lawyers for lawyers in Pakistan.

In personal news, this Saturday, Benjamin and Ella will have their first photo taken with Santa! My employer has a Santa picture day at the office, so we can avoid all those lines at the mall and we can take our own pictures. We aren't required to buy pictures from the photographer there. I'm curious how Benjamin and Ella will do.

My employer is also looking for baby models for our products - I'm going to go ahead and enter Benjamin and Ella and see what happens. It was not my intention to go searching for modeling gigs for my babies - I just saw this when I came into work yesterday, so I thought we might try it just for this.

Work=bad, PB Twix = good

You know what - I think I'm going to change NYC's slogan to "I HATE NY". UGH! So incredibly frustrating. The person I spoke to was nice, but the process to get some things done is so annoying. You know what - working in general is annoying. I don't want to do it anymore.

What's good is a Peanut Butter Twix. Yum!

Monday Afternoon Post

It's an icky day today weather-wise. It started out rainy and windy, was calm for a while, and now it's back to rainy and windy. And tonight, the Seahawks have a game - I'm hoping for good traffic on the way home. Since a lot of people have the day off, it might be o.k. traffic-wise. Thankfully, Jon has the day off so he's at home watching the babies with his mom (and I think, his cousin was coming over today too), so I don't need to rush to the day care to get them.

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I feel like it's been forever since I've seen a lot of my friends. It seems like we never get together and do anything anymore. A couple of my friends haven't even met Benjamin and Ella - of course, neither has a lot of my family. We probably won't get to Spokane until the spring when I have more vacation time and the weather is nicer. And, well, we've been busy. There are plenty of things that I need to do at home, and other projects I need to complete, but it would be good to see friends more often.

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Speaking of Benjamin and Ella - happy 5 month birthday to my cuties!!! I need to remember to take a picture of them tonight - together and separately - so they have a picture for their baby books (one of thos projects I need to work on).

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We went to a belated Halloween party today with people from our childbirth class. It was fun though I learned that Benjamin & Ella are the last to roll over of those that showed up. They've gotten close, but haven't completely done it. I shouldn't be worried, should I?

I'll post some pictures later when I have some time. I need to go straighten out the house some before we have company over tomorrow. I wish I didn't have to go to work tomorrow!

Saturday, November 10

This morning, I went go to shopping in hopes of finding pants that might actually fit me. I found one pair at Tar*get before deciding to go back home. Tar*get was the only place I went to. I just have so much to do at home and the weekends are the only time I have to do it. I ended up getting some things for the babies - some spoons, as they are about to start solids (at 6 months), and some sippy cups. They are starting to hold their own bottles - usually just for a short period of time, but it's a start.

Tomorrow, Jon and I are taking Benjamin and Ella to a late Halloween party. Because Benjamin doesn't fit into his cow costume, I found a cheap one ($5) at F.M. that I can use later as a sleep blanket for him or Ella. He's going to be a fire chief (though from the front, it looks like a bumblebee costume). We were supposed to have Jon's family over for dinner tomorrow night, but they cancelled on us. Jon's cousin is in town. I guess she and Jon's mom will be visiting Jon and the babies on Monday while I'm at work.

Alright - I'm going to go post an entry on my other blog as I'm doing NaBloPoMo there too, then off to do more chores while I have the time.

Friday's Quick Ramblings

I was going to write about some news stories I found interesting, but the babies are taking a nap and should be waking up any moment so this will be quick. Yes, its 8 p.m. and they are taking a nap (they haven't eaten dinner yet), but ever since the day care, their routine has changed. Tonight, they are sleeping more than they normally do though. Must have been a busy day for them. We have to get back to some sort of routine - I liked it when I had an idea when they would wake up and want something to eat, but day care has changed what we had going before.

Sophie has become super lovey dovey kitty to me. Before babies (BB), she would just snuggle up with Jon, but now, I'm getting the love too. She probably feels neglected - poor kitty.

Well, I'm going to go finish watching Survivor until the babies get up and give Sophie some love.

News stories

I have no idea what to write about today. I'm tired as usual - that isn't really surprising. Tomorrow, I'll be on my own again for the third Friday in a row.

Well, let's go to msnbc.com to see if there was anything to write about there. I guess we have a new Attorney General. Like many things these days, I haven't been paying too much attention to this and whether this guy is any good or not. The ex-NYPD chief was indicted - I wonder if this means anything for Giuliani?

This one peaks my interest - someone in the Bush administration admitting a mistake? And on Iraq? No, it's true!

Darn it, I should have known better than to go to msnbc - right there in the name of a news story is who was voted off of tonight's Survivor! Oh well, it doesn't really come as much of a shock.

O.K. It's bed time for me now

Voting & Other Stuff

Still feeling icky. I thought I was feeling alright this morning so I came in to work (though a bit later than usual), but now I'm feeling icky again. I'm just so exhausted and this is after Jon took care of the babies so I could go to sleep earlier. I think I may need to leave even earlier than I had told my boss - we'll see.

I hope I'm better soon as it was challenging to take care of the babies on my own while feeling like I was last night (and again now). Luckily, it wasn't for that long (oh - that reminds me - Ella almost rolled over - I can't remember if I told Jon that last night). I think another good night's sleep and a nap is what I need.

Anyway, regarding my post from yesterday about the reusable bags, as I was feeding Benjamin this morning, I was watching the news to get the election results and on came an ad for Fred Me*yer - they're selling reusable bags. They look pretty nice and a good size too. I kinda want the Cos*tco ones though - if they ever sell them in the NW... I would think this would be a great place to sell them with all the environment friendly people around here.

Speaking of the election - here's how I voted on some of the items on the ballot..

960 - (2/3 for tax increases) No. Because I don't think that voters need to vote on every single little thing regarding taxes - isn't that why we have legislators?

67 (insurance one) - Yes. When people say it will give the trial lawyers fat wads of cash, it just makes me want to vote the opposite way that they are. It makes it seem that every trial lawyer is only out for $$$ for him/herself and not to help the individual. True, there are some lawyers like that, but these general statements irritate me. However, my reason for voting yes was that I just think it's a good idea.

8206 - (rainy day fund) - Yes - sounds o.k. to me.

8212 - (prison labor) Yes - sounds o.k.

4204 -(change school levies to simple majority passes) Yes - it should be a simple majority (though I can see IZ's point that they should be voted on in November when more people vote).

4215 (higher education funding) - Yes - sounds o.k.

25 (elect elections director) - Yes - why haven't we done this sooner?

King County Prosecutor - Dan Satterburg (I liked Norm Maleng, and this guy worked under him so that's my reason for voting for him).

Sound Transit - No - because I don't like the plan though I do really think something needs to be done. My commute is getting longer and longer. I am considering looking elsewhere for a job closer to home, so I can spend more time with Benjamin and Ella.

And a bunch of Shoreline and a few other King County items that I'm not going to write about because I can't remember my reasons for voting for them or I don't feel like writing any more.

Voting by Absentee Ballot

This year more than ever before, I am happy I can vote by absentee ballot. Sure, I can bring the babies with me to the polling place, but that would not be a fun experience, especially if they are as cranky tonight as they were last night. Perhaps when they get older, I will bring them to the polling place but not this time.

I brought my ballot with me to work yesterday, filled out my ballot, and mailed it off.

If I hadn't had the option of voting by mail, I doubt I would have voted this time since I feel like crap right now. How I wish I had a car so I could've left work 2 hours ago.

Tuesday's Ramblings

Ugh - I feel like crap. It just hit me just now how much like crap I feel. I want to go home and lay down and rest, but that won't happen anytime soon. I hope I haven't gotten the babies sick. I thought yesterday they might have a cold, but they seemed o.k. last night.

And I don't have any sick time so any time I'm not at work means unpaid time off as I'm not allowed to take vacation - which is extremely irritating!

On another topic, I'm reading this book called Happiness Sold Separately (I need to update my "I'm reading" section though I haven't finished Lean Mean Thirteen yet). It's a book about a couple who went through infertility and the husband has an affair while the wife sinks deeper into a hole. I've only read 7 pages so far.

And on yet another topic, I found this blog talking about the bags that Cos*tco is selling in an effort to replace the boxes that they use to give to customers to carry their stuff. I haven't seen any of the bags at either Cos*tco store I go to (I haven't really been looking for them either), but a coworker got them when she went to CA - they seem like o.k. bags. If I find them, I might just buy them! Of course, our plastic bags come in handy as trash bags.

The blog reminded me that I didn't realize until Jon started bringing plastic bags with him to the grocery store that Safe*way is giving customers a credit for each plastic bag that they bring in and reuse - it doesn't seem to matter if it's from another store. That's nice.

More info on reusable bags can be found here.

Frustrated!

UGH!

Someone just told me that I'm so quiet sitting here at my desk - umm, am I supposed to scream and yell and jump all around? Aren't we all irritated with the people across the way from us that are so noisy all the time? Does she want me to act like that?

Monday's Ramblings

Darn. Colbert is dropping out of the race. I was kinda hoping he'd run as an independent now. He says in this article that he is "going off the air until [he] can talk about this without weeping", though we know it's because of the writer's strike.

In other news, if you know of any kids that are being bullied with the bully giving the kid a wedgie, you may want to let them know of some wedgie-proof underwear some 8 year old twins invented.

It's nice of the NFL to schedule a Seahawk Monday night game on Veteran's Day, so at least traffic going across the lake will be a teeny bit lighter that day. I won't have to stress about getting to the day care to pick up the babies in time since they can stay home with their papa. (stupid seahawks for losing yesterday)

Speaking of babies, we got an adorable video of Benjamin just cracking up. I put it on youtube - unfortanately, I cannot give the link at this time as I do not have access to youtube at work. I wanted to put it on google video as I can access that at work, but for some reason, google video doesn't want to work for me at home.

I read that the new Sonics owner really does want to go to OK - well, go right ahead. Nothing really against the Sonics - I'm just getting annoyed at many times a team NEEDS a new place to play and well, it would be nice to have less traffic out there on my commute home.

Writing something just to write something on Day 4 of NaBloPoMo

so...last night was a bit of an exhausting one. Benjamin and Ella took turns waking up. Luckily, all Ella needed was her pacifier back in her mouth. The night before was the same way. I'm not sure what's going on with them. Ella used to sleep through the night no problem, but now, not so much and I'm pretty sure they're not teething yet...o.k. I'm a little sure they're not.

This morning, we got up and took a walk around Nathan Hale H.S.'s track while Jon & Alyssa ran around it, then they walked with us for a bit. We came home, did some chores, then we went to Twin Ponds for a fall foliage picture that Jon wanted to take of our family - Adam was kind enough to take some pics for us. I had forgotten that my new glasses have transition lenses and so, I'm not sure how good the pictures are because of that. Then we came back, and I'm sorta watching football while I try to finish some chores - I will not succeed in doing so. I try every weekend to finish some things and I never succeed - oh wait, I did manage to get some 6-9 month clothes out for Benjamin - now I need to figure out what to do with his 3-6 stuff. Apparently, Jon's sister doesn't need any more stuff.

O.K. well, that's all for today. I need to go blog on my other blog now.

Random Things

Why do weekends go by so quickly? The workday goes by so slowly, but as soon as I get home, time speeds up. I'm sure it does. Today, I spent a good portion of the day sorting through the baby clothes to get out all the stuff that doesn't fit Benjamin or Ella. We have so many clothes that don't fit them anymore. Then I made a quick trip to the library to pick up 2 books that were finally ready for me to pick up - as if I really have the time to read them now especially since I already have another book I'm trying to read. I'll try to get through all 3 though by the time the library books are due.

I also went to Cos&tco to pick up some more diapers so we have some to bring to the day care and some for home. Right now, Ella and Benjamin are wearing two different sizes of diapers.

Tomorrow, we're going for a walk in the morning. Then later, we'll probably just come back home and watch some football. Tomorrow, two undefeated teams are playing each other - that should be a good game.

Well, that's all for now. Tune in tomorrow for more random things you don't really need to know. :-D

Oh no!

So I've heard a little bit about the possible writer's strike - not really thinking much of it. I've got some reality tv to watch and well, things to do around the house that I didn't think that this would impact me, but...

now it just might. The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are shows that I watch whenever I have the chance. I really like these shows, so I hope the strike doesn't happen but it sounds like it could.

Speaking of Stephen Colbert, I read yesterday that the Democrats in SC don't want Colbert on the ballot there, so they aren't going to let him. WTH? Are they really that afraid of him? They say they don't want him on there since he's not a serious candidate and doing this as a joke. Whatever. If he has the money to be on the ballot, why shouldn't he be able to whether he's serious about it or not?

Apparently, he can get on the ballot as an independent if he gets 10,000 signatures.

Day 1 of NaBloPoMo

Some thoughts for today:

The babies started day care today. :-( I hope they're doing o.k. I wish one of us could stay home with them rather than taking them to daycare, but unfortunately, that just isn't possible. why can't it be time to go home? Traffic better be good tonight. Oh, and if people could not go to any Sonics game this season, that would help out a lot with me getting to the daycare before they close.

I think my mother-in-law is a bit sad that she won't be coming up every Wednesday to help with the babies. She asked us what she was going to do every Wednesday now. We need to make it a point to invite her over often or go visit her so she can see them. Speaking of visiting, we really need to go to Spokane so that part of my family can visit with them (or actually meet them for the first time). I just don't have much vacation since I used up a lot for my maternity leave, so I don't know when we'll make it over.

I can't stop thinking about how my babies are - what are they doing right now? Are they enjoying their time at the day care?

My husband made some salsa yesterday and it was really good. I wish I had some to go with my tortilla chips I'm eating right now.

Owwww! I chewed on a tortilla chip at an angle that caused it to dig into the roof of my mouth and it's now bleeding. Lovely. That freaking hurt! Good thing I don't have salsa with the tortilla chip or that would have burned!

Well, that's all for today. I'll be back tomorrow.