March 10, 2011

I got my hair cut today.  My hair has looked pretty much the same for over ten years simply because I don't know what else to do with it.  I've gone a bit shorter a few times but I never end up liking it.  In other news, see that can of glass cleaner on the counter?  That's my new greatest discovery.  Just spray it on and polish with a microfiber cloth.  No streaks!  Forget the Windex and squeegee - I am totally converted.  

March 9, 2011

A few days ago I spelled Isaac's name out with his alphabet blocks.  Today he was very proud to show me that he had spelled names for all of his stuffed animals.  I think they are in a foreign language because I can't really pronounce any of these "names" but I thought it was cute.

March 8, 2011

Confession: I subscribe to a couple of celebrity gossip magazines.  But in my defense it is only because Charlie had some unused miles on an airline that he rarely flies, and it would never be enough for a ticket but they sent us an offer to use the miles for magazines.  So anyway, I found this little spread on Bachelor Brad to be quite informative - maybe even more so than the show that I have dedicated so many hours to over the last several weeks.  For instance, if I were in the running for a rose, I think I would want to know about things like #6 (a movie every night... really?), #14 (he likes bland food.  We are not compatible) and #19 (he only sleeps four hours a night.  Definitely not compatible.)

March 7, 2011

Of all of the chores to do around the house, cleaning the floor is by far my least favorite.  I think it's worse since we pulled out the area rug.  It just gets so dusty and dirty all the time and takes forever to clean.  I have to sweep, swiffer, mop and dry and then it doesn't even stay clean for one day!  I love the wood, I do not love cleaning it.

March 6, 2011

It's been a boring weekend, so all I have is another photo of dogs.  They are kind of like cats lying up on the back of the couch like that.  In other news, we recently switched out the throw pillows and some of the other decor in the living room.  I like the new red pillows.

March 5, 2011

Dog sitting.  Charlie's in Chicago this weekend for work and we've been kind of bored at home.  Cracker likes having his girlfriend Lucie around.  He does not like any other dogs, with the exception of other dachshunds.  He's very racist.

March 4, 2011

Sorry for the blurry photo.  Lately, this is Isaac's preferred way of riding in a cart at the store.  I get a wide variety of reactions from fellow shoppers: everything from out loud laughter to earnest chiding about the dangers of such a thing.  Before I became a mother I had very different ideas about what was considered acceptable behavior.  But now, thanks to Isaac, I'd say I'm much more open minded.

March 3, 2011

There is a small flowerbed that runs alongside our back patio that Isaac loves to play in.  It was previously just dirt, but I recently filled it with gravel thinking that it would be easier to clean up after each of Isaac's construction digs.  Well he eventually dug past all of the rocks and now I have both dirt and gravel to clean up (I especially love the piles that he makes for me right on the door mat).  This keeps him entertained though and he loves it, so I just let him dig and have fun.  It made me laugh today to look and see that he had brought his plastic hard hat out with him.  Dangerous work you know!

March 2, 2011

We're planning to move Isaac into our third bedroom and to use his room for the new baby.  He's already been sleeping in that room for a few months, so we just need to move over all of his toys, books, clothes, etc.  We need some more storage space in there so today I took Isaac with me to Ikea to look at a few options.  I am normally not a big Ikea fan but one thing they do well is to fit things in small spaces.  That being said, there will likely be some variation of this storage system in Isaac's new room.

March 1, 2011

Isaac had been coughing quite a bit (he is a very dramatic cougher) so I kept him home from school.  We went down to the Peninsula for a walk which we normally only do on weekends.  There was hardly anyone there and we had the whole playground to ourselves.  Isaac also loved chasing a huge flock of seagulls and watching the construction trucks tearing up the cement around the bathrooms at 15th Street.