an insider's view of life

i love fridays

the insider — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:52:47 +0000

Fridays for us are generally the start of a three day weekend. Most of our clients don’t require immediate attention in the morning, so after we get up with the Peanut, we nap when he naps. It’s more for me than the Chop, as he naps when the Peanut naps almost every day (jerk), while I start working once he goes down. So Fridays are for naps, catching up on the work I couldn’t get too during the week (haha), running errands in the afternoon and watching movies at night.

There was also pizza and Prosecco. :)

highs and lows

the insider — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:54:52 +0000

I’m currently working on a behemoth of a site – over 1500 products and loads of customization. I enjoy aspects of sites like this, but the mind-numbing detail work of organizing the content into CSVs to upload it into the site is enough to drive me mad. Particularly when the images they sent don’t correlate to the product IDs. Which means the uploads fail and I have to try and assess if the image was named incorrectly or if they just forgot to send it. Sigh. Is it really so hard to send what I need, in the way I need it?

So I’m taking a break and shopping kid’s clothing sales. I’ve been stalking my three favorite (but way too expensive unless deeply discounted) stores: Polarn O Pyret, Jacadi and J. Crew Cuts. And aside from the cutest pair of Christmas pajamas (I shop ahead) and four shirts, I snagged a pair of red jeans I’ve been coveting for the Peanut for $17.

I know, I know, you’re all impressed and you totally care. :P

damn garlic

the insider — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:59:30 +0000

I have a painfully excellent sense of smell. (During my pregnancy, it was horrible and caused me to gag all the time.) On one hand it’s nice, because it’s seriously contributed to my ability to taste things; on the other hand, when something or someone has an odor, be it offensive or not, I take note.

Normally my adorable son smells delicious. Like babies and baby powder and baby soap – even his breath is sweet – but now he’s eaten guacamole two days in a row and he smells like a pile of garlic.

Of course the Chop can’t smell it at all, so I’m sadly suffering alone.

picky, picky, picky

the insider — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:55:39 +0000

Currently the Peanut’s favorite foods are chips and guacamole. Yeah… don’t ask. He’s picky to the max. We definitely enjoyed his 15 month checkup where the doctor informed us that while he can feed himself anything, he doesn’t seem to want too.

Lately our dinners out have centered on places where we can get those two things. Oddly chips and guacamole are pretty prevalent across the board, so the Chop and I so far have no complaints.

Although we did discuss today how we’re going to explain to people why we always bring guacamole to parties – even when it’s a sleepover and there’s pizza.

bon joviver = awesome

the insider — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:41:09 +0000

I love Bon Iver, and this mashup from Miracles of Modern Science is totally awesome.

they grow how fast?

the insider — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:52:43 +0000

We took the Peanut to get new shoes today. He went up a size and a half, and when we stood him up after putting the new ones on, he smiled hugely.

Ah now he gives me a smile, said the sales lady, it must feel nice to not have to curl your toes!

Parenting fail.

finish each day

the insider — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:57:22 +0000

Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in;
forget them as soon as you can.

Tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely
and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

beginners

the insider — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:14:09 +0000

The Chop and I watched Beginners tonight, and aside from being incredibly depressed by how closely Christopher Plummer’s character’s death mirrored my grandmother’s, it was a great movie.

Randomly what we mostly took away from it? Goran Visnjic is very tall; Ewan McGregor has a large head when it’s placed next to Mélanie Laurent’s; and Christopher Plummer is oddly far shorter than we expected. They really do a great job with perspectives in movies – also, Visnjic apparently used to hunch on ER so the other actors would appear taller.

maurice sendak is awesome

the insider — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:41:02 +0000

stfu = hilarious

the insider — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:55:41 +0000

A friend posted a link to this on Facebook tonight, and it was so funny I kept reading. For an hour. Crap.

Tagline: You used to be fun. Now you have a baby.