Tuesday, July 15, 2008
So long, too long.. three years
Not three years since I've been here, blogging about my daily life, or whenever the desire to blog hit me. Three years tomorrow since my dad died. Three years since I held his hand and watched him go, forever. Three years since I heard his voice, got flowers on my birthday from him. Three years since I have been able to call and tell him I was pregnant. Three years since I realized he would never meet my daughter, never see her grow, or see me be a Mum for the frist time. Three years.
He was not a good father, husband, person. Even with all that, he was all I had. All I knew. I always hoped he would be a better father. Now I realize it was foolish, maybe, to hope beyond hope for a Dad that was a real Dad. Now he's gone and that little hope is gone. I am left with memories, more bad then good but, I try to focus on the good, or else what do I have?
Good bye Dad - I never stopped hoping or loving you.
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A little dusty around here
So, having made a promise to the ever lovable and wondrous Mr. Frog, here I am updating an old and dusty blog. I suppose I should be better about it. I mean, I created you and now you lay forgotten. Obviously many things have happened in the eight months since I last posted. Baby A is now toddler A, having had her 2nd birthday. I left a job I hated and took some time off. My best friend moved back from Arizona to Atlanta making me incredibly happy. I have had many interviews and 4 job offers (but have yet to take one), which includes an amazing offer of $95k and a full relocation to Washington, DC. We took A to two different kids museums which she loved so much we had to tear her away from one after over three hours of running around it. I have joined a running group again and am trying to get my fat self beck into shape, R got a raise and then another one a month later for taking on more responsibility. Georgia has fallen into a drought where our lakes have gone dry and we are not allowed to water our lawns or wash our cars. A ran her first road race, a whole 1k. R has run many races and did well in them all. I have started sewing and even managed to make a tote bag, with a lining and now am in the process of making a messenger bag. I am toying with the idea of taking online courses once I start working again. We took A to a private children's school to take a tour and she loved it so much that we are going to enroll her once I am working full time again, We took A to see Santa, twice, with much tears and R and I in one of each of the photos as she would not let go to sit on his lap... so many things have happened that I cannot recall them all quite frankly.
So, what have you been up to? Any questions for me? Ask me anything. :o)
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Friday, June 15, 2007
Did you just call me blueberry?
So, my whole life I have always loved fruit and veggies over other foods. It looks like the ever fabulous baby A is the same. When we go to the market I allow her to pick out fruit.. last week she choose - blueberries, rasberries, blackberries, apricots, peaches, starfruit, and grapes. It was a lot of fruit for a little girl so, seeing the fruit possibly going bad before she could eat it all, I decided to make a tart out of some of it. I had some filo pastry, and the fruit (obviously), so last night I made the tart.
I scored the filo pastry with a sharp knife. Creating a "crust" along the edges. In the centre I poured the blueberries, rasberries and blackberries. In the centre of this huge pile of berries, I placed one slice of starfruit and then dusted the whole thing with sugar. I baked it for 30 minutes and viola! It was done. The tart was flaky on the edges and sweet/sour in the middle. The fruit was warm and delicious! The only thing I lacked was some nice vamilla ice cream to go with it when it was warm and freshly made. Next time I will make sure I have that. It was good though, just as it was.
Ok.. I was going to post the photos I took of said tart but 27 will not let me. What is going on? I want to post them darn it!!
**EDIT** Just a little side note about the title - when I worked on the Rez as a counselor, one of the elders started calling me Yentomi. It turned out that they were calling me Blueberry. That became my official name while I was there. No one called me Michelle. They all called me Blueberry. Yes folks, that is my native name, Blueberry. Not so awe inspiring, is it?
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That is the most boring title ever but I am tired and non-creative at the moment.
I just received, from the Lovely (yes, she deserves a capitol L), Olivia aka Arty. She sent me fabulous Mints, an amazing CD of Native music and a sweet little notepad. She is so sweet and amazing and should not have sent anything to me at all, silly girl! On my end, her parcel is still sitting, packed up, in my office. I keep forgetting to send it off. I mean, every time I go to the post office I forget something. Last time it was hers, and my cousins’ parcels. They are sitting right there, in front of me on the bookstand in my office...waiting to be posted. I promise to get there this weekend and send them off.
I was just offered a job. It is work from home and it is doing more sales/admin/HR stuff. I like it, as it is a challenge to get this small company up to where they should be. It is another IT Consulting firm but they have no admin staff. It is just a company full of it guys. I am looking forward to it.
Not much else to report really...I have been enjoying my days with A and love being a Mummy. I have been able to take her places, spend time playing with her...it has been wonderful. I wish I could do this all the time and not have to work (although R said he was not worried over me not working and I could have kept doing it, but we do better with my extra salary coming in, you know). On Thursday A and I are going to a free movie at a cinema near us. It will be her first time at the cinema so we shall see how it goes. Afterwards I am going to take her to lunch at the mall across the street - she likes the Japanese noodles and green beans they have. I am really looking forward to it.
R is always telling me that things work out for me no matter what. I left a job with no new job in hand and here I am, with a new job, still working from home, with freedom to still do what I want. Life is good.
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Monday, June 11, 2007
Discovery Toys
So, one of the new ventures I am trying on is being a Discovery Toy recruiter. My sister in law did this as well and managed to put her two kids through private school, as a single parent, no less! The company makes you use their website (which is not user friendly or that nice looking), so for now this is what I have to send out. Take a look around and let me know if anything strikes your fancy. The toys are, actually, quite nice. A has a number of them from my sis in law and she loves them.
So, how is everyone else doing?
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New jobs, missing bloggers, etc
I am officially giving my two week notice today. Not that I need to give two weeks every since they made me a "contract" worker, but out of professionalism, I feel I need to. I have those two potential job opps and will know more by the days end. I am hoping for the one that allows me to work from home, but, I will take what I can get right now.
Speaking of new jobs - my best friend Yuli, has informed me that there is a potential job opp in Denver (where I used to live and would move back there today if given the chance). A friend of ours has a friend who lives out there and is an executive level recruiter. She was looking to have our friend out there working as a recruiter with a base of $100K. Our friend has too much going on out in Atlanta to want to move there and start a new job. Yuli mentioned that I was a recruiter and would gladly move to Denver. So, I am hoping to talk to this person today and get an interview. I hate to get my hopes up but the thought of moving back to Denver.... oh the joy it brings!
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In other news, it appears that Feathers has deleted her blog. I am crushed. I would like to establish this as "Feathers Day", and have everyone dedicate a blog today to posting why she needs to come back. This "world" we have here on 27 is not the same without her. Please make the effort, ok?
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I started working out again yesterday after falling off with it for a while. I feel much better today and am going to make sure and do this every day. I cannot do pushups for weight lifting until I get my arm cleared up, but at least I can do crunches and cardio to my hearts content.
Did I mention that I have bursitis in my shoulder? Probably not, eh? Well, I have it in my hip from running on pavement and now, for some reason, I have it in my left shoulder as well. I left it for so long that it caused injury to the muscles, tendons and nerves and now my fingers are painful as well. I am on anti-inflammatory and have to go to physio as well. You see, I thought I might have partially dislocated the shoulder, which is not that big of a deal. I assumed that it would pop back in on it's own. When, after more than two months, it still hurt, I figured it was time to have it looked at.
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We had a long weekend here this past weekend. We did not do too much really as R was exhausted from traveling and I have a wee bit of a cold. We took A to a children's restaurant to play on Saturday which she seemed to like. Although, she hates those kids ridey things you see at malls and this place was full of them. R tried to get her to ride one and she lost it! Same thing happened to me as well when I tried a few weeks ago at the mall. It is odd. So, we played skeeball and other silly games, winning enough tickets to get her a blow up hammer and a rubber bracelet. Not much but she seemed to like them all the same.
On Sunday R tool her to the beach for a bit and let her swim around. I did not go as it was very humid and being that I am not even close to being in any shape to be seen at the beach, I stayed at the house and did some work on my home business. They came back and she was fast asleep. She slept for an hour, woke up, ate dinner, went back to sleep and woke up at 7am this morning. I let her play in in crib for a bit and she fell back asleep for another hour, waking up at almost 9am.
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Not too much and not anything very exciting really, but that's my life.
Please make sure to add a little something about Feathers in your blogs today, ok?? We need her to come back.
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Friday, May 25, 2007
Things and stuff and...meh.
The doings and going ons around the Sioned homestead....
1. A's eye is better but there is a lot of scar tissue where the bar stool hit her. You cannot see it but you can feel it if you brush her hair off her face.
2. I sold the barstools that attacked her.
3. We bought a bike trailer for A to ride in when I go bike riding. It is missing a part. I cannot use it. I am sad.
4. It was my 8 year anniversary on May 20th. We did almost nothing. I was sad.
5. R and I keep fighting. It sucks and is awful. It makes me sad.
6. My neighbour and I have come up with two business plans. We are ready to start one in two weeks. Looks like it will be good and people are already interested. It if works out, no more bad job for me.
7. Speaking of bad jobs - the boss' wife is still awful - she knows nothing of our industry and makes us all look stupid. She treated me so badly yesterday I almost quit. I have never quit a job before.
8. Today I called one of our vendors and asked them for a job. They are going to let me know tomorrow if they can hire me. I hope they can. I will be glad.
9. An old client of mine offered me a job. It would be working in an office and I would have to travel 4 days a month, out of state. He has his own plane so it would ot cost anything. But it would mean putting a into the dreaded daycare and being away from her a few days. Not sure how I feel about that. Sad? Worried? Scared?
10.Did I mention that R and I are fighting? I am still sad.
11. I am so stressed out that I am not sleeping. Last night I had four hours sleep total. I had two red bulls today. It did not help. I was still sleepy.
12. I got to take a nap with A on Wednesday. It was the first time since she was teeny tiny that I was able to do that. It felt nice. My heart felt a little healed from it. She is wonderful.
13. I drove off from a resturant and left my wallet on top of the Jeep. I did not even know until a kind stranger called and told me thaty found it. All my credit cards are broken in two. I am indifferent. I never use them so it is not a big deal. My debit card is also in two peices. That I do care about.
14. I think I left my two favourite rings at a resturant in the bathroom the other day when I washed my hands. I am not sure so I have to call them in the morning,.
15. I think I am turning into a moron.
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Monday, May 7, 2007
Accidental weekends
This weekend started out pretty well actually - R was in a paddling race (came in first place after paddling 13.5 miles), then he was in a kayak tug of war (which he also won). A and I spent the day walking around a mall in the city the race was taking place in (we knew it would take R over two hours to complete the paddle and since it was cold and rainy, we thought, "Let go shopping" - okay only I thought that but A seemed to like it as she got new shoes, a hat and two hair bands, a small Adirondack chair and a doll). We finally got to eh finish for the race and set up camp. We got her stroller, her new tiny chair, my chair and lots of food. Once all the festivities were over, we went back home and A slept soundly after such a long day. On Sunday, we had planned on going to pick up a bike trailer to A to ride in while I tow her, then we were going to come back home to meet a lady who was buying my Stairmaster (I have a Stairmaster, treadmill and elliptical machine), since I do not use it as much as mo other machines. I got up, got A up and told R I was going to pay some bills in the kitchen and would he get A something to eat? He went into the kitchen, I was in the office and we heard a crash. A had tried to climb one of the barstools we have. She managed to pull it over onto herself, and the seat part, which houses the heavy mechanism that allows the seat to turn, hit her right in the face, just above her eyebrow. She screamed and screamed and screamed. We called the doctor and they told us to go to the children's urgent care to have her looked at. By this time her one eye and half of her forehead was swollen so badly her eye was almost totally closed.
She is doing ok but looks awful and I feel so bad about it.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2007
For the fabulous Mr Frog
Since I did not have a vegan recipe for risotto, I did a little searching and found this one. I will add the actual recipe below that I found. It sounds good and I think I might try it. I am still going to try and redo mine in order to make it more vegan friendly and see how it turns out. Otherwise, here is, what looks to be a good, risotto recipe, just for Mr Frog!
Vegan Risotto
As vegans do not eat anything derived from animals this recipe contains no butter or cheese just the sweet flavour of freshly harvested vegetables.
Serves 4-6
900ml (1 1/2pt) vegetable stock
500g (1lb) arborio rice
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 onion or 2-3 shallots, finely chopped
1 glass white wine (optional)
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 large or 2 small courgettes, finely diced
200g (7oz) French beans, cut into 2.5cm (1 inch) lengths
200g (7oz) fresh garden peas
2 sweetcorn cobs, kernels scraped off with a knife
Bring the vegetable stock to the boil and then turn the heat down to simmering point.
Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-based pan and add the onion. When it has started to soften add the garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes (do not allow the onion or garlic to brown).
Add the arborio rice to the pan and stir until each grain of rice is coated with oil. Pour in the glass of wine, if using, and once it has been absorbed add a ladleful of hot stock. Stir the risotto until the stock has been absorbed, then continue to add the stock in this way. About 10 minutes into the cooking time add the beans and sweetcorn to the pan, then add the peas and courgettes a couple of minutes later. Season well with salt and pepper. The risotto is ready when all the stock has been absorbed and the rice is cooked (about 15-20 minutes). It should be creamy, not dry. Serve immediately.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Happy Belated Birthday Amy my love!!
I am the worst kind of friend... I forgot to wish the ever lovely and very gorgeous Amy happy birthday yesterday. If you did not do so, make sure you pop over to her blog and wish her a happy and heathly.
Amy - I am so sorry I forgot to send you a birthday greetings yesterday, I only hope you know that I love you very much, even if I suck at being a friend.
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