Thursday, January 22, 2009

Join in the LIST!

(while I wait for LOST to become available on ABC.com....)

Join in the fun! Copy and paste the list. Bold the things you have done...
Found this on a random blog. I love stuff like this.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo ~ not in front of actual people!
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea ~ well, it was Tampa Bay...
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning ~ hello! I worked in fast food for 6 years...
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight ~ funny story! I got a concussion!
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill ~ I totally did this to go ring-shopping after getting engaged
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run.
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person ~ (sheesh, someone is obsessed with Europe!)
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance I was just there for the ride. It was Kenshin being transported.
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud ~ mud hole in PG, ftw!
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone. 2 of 'em!
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle ~ P-chan's bike goes 35 in the 20 zone around the house. ROFL
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person ~ I think I must have, but I don't remember it so I'm not counting it
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Made amends with someone who offended you
101. Flew in a small Cessna plane with just you and the pilot
102. Ran out of gas
103. Eaten fried okra ~ NASTY!
104. Swam in the Caribbean Sea
105. Peed in a swimming pool ~ this reminds me of the sign that was at the pool where my grandparents lived: Welcome to our OOL. Notice there is no P in it. Please keep it that way.
106. Rented a beach house
107. Hosted an exchange student
108. Been a Secret Santa to a family in need
109. Worked on a political campaign
110. Coached a sports team
111. Baked bread from scratch
112. Driven from coast to coast
113. Paid off all of your debt ~ and we liked it so much, we're doing it again this year!
114. Roast marshmallows over a campfire
115. Cut up a credit card ~ it was expired; does that count?
116. Drove a car through a flood ~ but in Tampa, it's called "rain"
117. Been on t.v. ~ I was in a commercial for bike helmets, as a public safety announcement (my whole family was)
118. Seen the twin towers.
119. Been to ground zero
120. Been on top of the Empire State Building
121. Lived outside of the United States
122. Stayed awake for more than 24 contiguous hours
123. Applied for a reality TV show

Now add something that's not on this list and keep it going, if you'd like.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Slide to the left!

Now everybody clap your hands!

Seriously, now. He isn't the candidate I wanted, but I honor and respect that he won. I pray he will make the best decisions for the country. Obama ftw!

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Gallery of Miaka

Here are the long-awaited and promised pictures! :) They are in chronological order.

Here is Miaka, the day after she came home.
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That's what she looks like most of the time.

Here's what the boys started to think she looked like:
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aaaawww, pretty girl!
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oh, the baby's not too shabby either. ;)
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nekky!
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yes! she got to wear the same pants as the boys!
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right after the bath (still have to edit those pictures, lol)
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why yes, that IS a preemie-sized onesie.
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just chillin' with Krillin:
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in case you wondered, bunnies are her "thing":
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I ADORE how she sticks her bum out!! :D This is from yesterday.
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That's it for now! We don't have an armchair (like Missy does, to measure her children). So, any suggestions on how to "show" Miaka growing?

Monday, January 12, 2009

My hungry, hungry hippo

Miaka has a new nickname: Hungry Hippo! I admit, it doesn't bring to mind a flattering image, but it fits nonetheless. She is hungry all the time, being a baby does that to ya. And she's growing fast! She is 3.5 weeks old today, and weighs 7 lbs, 10 oz. That means she's packed on 1 lb, 3oz since she was born. That's over 18% of her starting weight!! She has also grown an inch taller. However, she is STILL smaller than Krillin-at-birth. ROFL

Pictures will be posted tomorrow. Today was crazy. And I finally found the cord for the camera. :)