Below are the 18 most recent journal entries recorded in jill unrest's LiveJournal:

Thursday, December 18th, 2008
9:29 pm	so i haven't been on here in a while because i became addicted to facebook. my neighbor sue invited me to join it and it is just a time-zapper! but it's amazing to reconnect to lots of people from high school who i haven't seen or spoken with since and just re-enter the lives of those i've missed. it's really wonderful. people are getting terminated so work is getting busy ;) so far i'm managing ok w/working w/adam around me. he's such an awesome kid. he entertains himself mostly. he loves to sit and read to himself. so, it isn't that difficult to work w/him hanging out. sometimes phone calls are tough. my folks and various friends have helped watch him when meeting w/clients and court dates. if things continue on the path that it has been then i think i will have to take my mom up on the offer to watch adam 1-2 days a week. we'll see. i definitely need a web site. i have the domain name but really need to sit and plan it out! while on the one hand wanting to grow my business i realize i need to temper that excitement, especially if we are blessed with a second child (hopefully!). it's a transitional stage of life! (Comment on this)
Friday, November 14th, 2008
10:04 pm	we're headed down to nj tomorrow. hubby is going w/me this time. we have to make some repairs to one of the properties. so, it should be a full day of driving and working. hopefully adam will do ok with all of it. we'll probably have dinner w/hubby's parents since they are about a half hour away from the property. (Comment on this)
Monday, November 10th, 2008
4:59 pm	the election has come and gone. either way it was historical - a republican female vice presidential candidate and a bi-racial presidential candidate. while it is exciting to see a "black" man elected, i am not thrilled by mr. obama. i still think he talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk. sure, he's eloquent and smart, ambitious and determined. but c'mon, is he really a change? not so much. if he was, he would have not accepted private funds and would have accepted mccain's offer of limiting the campaign $s. i never really got the whole vote for change campaign. it's not the president passing legislation, it's congress. and what has your democrat congress done for you in the past 2 years when it took the majority? not much. i do not think obama has jewish friends. mccain does - joe lieberman, to name one. obama will have to learn this as he goes and that is a bit worrisome for me personally. his involvement in rev wright's church is troubling. most of us would have left and not stayed for 20 years. i'm also not a big fan of socialist ideals. everyone loves them until they have to wait in line for bread. (i do see education as having to become socialist in order for it to be afforded, however, but i would love to see choice thrown in there.) sure, there are things about mccain that i didn't agree with, such as the states determining abortion issues - this would be a huge step backward. but, agree or disagree, i thought he was the better candidate. and now, here we are. i hope that obama sees to it to allow paulson and bernake to see this economic roller-coaster through to the upswing. the market needs stabilization. i also hope that the democrat congress can get over itselves to actually do something, anything, that assists the american public. we shall see .... (Comment on this)
Friday, November 7th, 2008
6:17 pm	been a great fall! the leaves turned gorgeous shades of yellows and reds and we got a lot of good hiking in. maximum mileage on a hike carrying adam was 11 miles! not bad considering with him in the pack, plus water, food and miscellaneous, it's a good 30 lbs on my back. work is slow. i've had quite a few referrals as of late and folks who are telling me they want me to draft their wills, but no takers. not sure if i'm just getting a lot of folks who are shopping around or it is something i'm doing/saying, or it's something else like the economy. shrug. it's a bit discouraging. but, i know things take time and i know i'm not looking for full-time work at this stage. it's strange though because i got off to a fantastic start - paid my insurance bill w/in the first month! :)  i'd like to be writing more. the book hasn't been writing itself. i need to focus more on that. i did start a painting!:) hopefully, it will be finished in time for thanksgiving, as it will be hung in the dining room. otherwise, adam and i are having a good time. he is running around, dancing, and saying more and more things. today he said, "hot."  he & i have made some really great friends through the library, yoga and a mother's group. it's a wonderful! dad is doing ok, even though the market is a nauseating roller coaster. we recently looked at a building together and that was a fun project. made an offer, but it certainly isn't close to the asking price, which is grossly overstated given the income ability of the property. we're still looking around. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
11:22 am	good stuff dad just got the word that cleveland has approved him for transplant!! :D there is just one more entity to satisfy before he officially is placed on the list. it is wonderful news. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, September 8th, 2008
2:38 pm	wonderful w/e! friday night we loaded up the car and headed north to monreau state park campgrounds for camping with some friends from the neighborhood!:) other than raining most of saturday, it was relaxing and enjoyable to be out in nature and hanging out with good folk. adam and the dog got super dirty and they both loved it ;) we wound up packing up saturday night after shishkabobs b/c we got too much water in the tent (need to seal the seams and remember not to leave the window zippers open when it rains!) and we were tired from having to hold the boy most of the day (except for a few hours of non-rain where we all hiked to the lake and let the 3 dogs swim) everyone other than 1 neighbor who had a pop-up trailer headed home sat night and went back sun morning for their tents and sleeping bags. it wound up working out well. sun we went to brunch in albany at a friend's house. was a good time spent catching up with the families. then we were near my good friend meryl's house so we stopped by on a whim. they were home and expecting company so we only hung for an hour before jetting home - to finish putting gear away while the baby slept. i love it when he falls asleep in the car and you can transfer him into a crib. it gave me the chance to do yoga outside while hubby mowed the lawn :) been working all day today. have to think of some article ideas. i'd like to pitch some stories to some papers. and i would like to get back to writing the book i started. i keep debating whether it makes better sense for me to hand-write it (because i have some handwritten) or just type it first. the hard part with typing first is not editing as i go and getting bogged down in each sentence being perfect. i'm sure i'll figure it out though. i also have a canvas that has forever been waiting for me to geso. it needs to be finished before thanksgiving. that's the deadline i'm giving myself because it will be hung in the dining room where everyone will see it! :)  welpers, i have to get the boy into the car to check the p.o. box. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
11:18 am	all my meetings scheduled today were canceled/rescheduled so it's giving me time to get organized for the w/e  - we're camping in moreau with some neighbor friends of ours and then we have a brunch on sunday w/patty's family! so, laundry is going and zucchini bread is made. still have to make some salsa!! :D and do some more food shopping (of course there is more to buy;)  i just hope the weather will be good. i have no idea how it will all work with the boy, but at least the campground is only a half hour away from home in case we have to bail. it's a really pretty campround though - extremely wooded and near a lake w/no motor boats allowed. perhaps we'll get a little hiking/nature walking in! :) did you watch the rnc last night? i didn't watch the dnc, but i did read a few of those speeches. but, gosh, sarah palin spoke last night. i wasn't sure what to expect, but she was absolutely phenomenal. completely confident, relaxed, witty, and folksy. it's about time a candidate looks and sounds like the majority of people in this country. i was quite impressed with what she said and how she said it.  and she hit-the-nail on the head with her comments about obama. if you didn't see it, you should, or at least read the transcription of her talk. i think she secured alot of votes last night. she certainly secured mine. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
10:18 pm	i FINALLY played tennis!!! it had been 2 years!! sigh. got to play w/my gf heather. she said she wasn't that good, but she was decent. we didn't keep score. was really fun & sweaty :)  w/e was good, although i did labor on labor day ;) fri we had happy hour w/our neighbors - 2 different houses hosted. i guess it was a pre-happy hour and a post-happy hour:)  was a good time. the margharita was strong :) adam got totally bit in the face by mosquitoes. he looks like he has bad acne or chicken pox. poor kid! i can't believe he hasn't been scratching at himself!  sat we went to a first b-day party for adam's friend jack. his parents live in the neighborhood but his mom & i met during pre-natal yoga class! so, it was extra special to celebrate his turning 1 when i knew him in utero;)  the party was mostly family and very close friends. we were honored to attend. and the food was pretty yummy and filing! sat night we went over to the 'rents. hubby & i could barely eat, we were so full from the party, but we forced ourselves to eat mom's homemade blueberry pie (not helping the diet). sun we did a 5 mile hike. we were going to do 8 miles, but hubby wasn't feeling that great. his arm and overall endurance is not 100% since the motorcycle accident. (he starts pt this week). but 5 miles is still pretty darn good. i carried adam + h20 + some essentials. basically, i hiked carrying 30 lbs on my back. my shoulders were a little sore but otherwise i felt good. mon i worked. the parents are in cleveland right now and should be home tomorrow. the dr is recommending to the transplant team that dad be placed on the list. 2 weeks after we'll know the team's decision.... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
8:42 pm	ahhh. hubby got adman to sleep. adam was very difficult last night. asleep at 10. up at 1. not wanting to be in the crib so in the bed w/us @ 1:30a then back in the crib @ 3:30a then up at 6. then back down at 7 and awake @ 8:30a. i forgot how loopy it is without sleep! he had a runny nose all day today too. yesterday he got a polio shot so that could be the culprit. plus one of his molars is just about to cut through and the other is close behind. i'm only doing certain vaccines and i space them out, one a month. although, next month he will have the mmr, which makes me really nervous! oh well! we had an enjoyable beautiful day today, even if adman was not at his best. we walked our 2 mile stroller walk w/the mom's group and then went to pj's for bbq. it's basically a stand where you eat outside. and they often have car shows and play 50's music over load speakers. it's a throw-back i guess. was fun. food was good. then mom & dad came over to watch adam until hubby came home from work. an acquaintance of mine's 5 yr old son died. he had cerebral palsy. i know it doesn't make it better, but i'm glad for her that she has 2 other sons. but, gosh it was tough. i went to the wake and lost it a little bit. i cannot imagine losing a child like that.... over the w/e my cousin beth visited w/her 11 mo daughter. always a good time. we ate, and chatted and played. went to the washington co fair and ate ice cream and petted all kinds of animals. adam especially loved the clydesdale horses and the sheep :) then we met up for dinner with my parents and her husband who was in albany for a national guard conference/class. had a cider ale that was delicious and thai peanut wings. yum! sunday we just vegged. (Comment on this)
Monday, August 18th, 2008
5:42 pm	on the way to the restaurant for our anniversary dinner i had stomach cramps. but they subsided and i was able to enjoy the meal. i had chicken francese which was delicious. and we drank a bottle of wine! i was d-r-u-n-k! gosh i'm a cheap date! i never was a big drinker and i guess my tolerance is even lower from not having drunk much, if at all, in the past 2 years, what with being pregnant and nursing for so long. anyway, on the way home we had to stop for me to use the bathroom because my stomach was so bad! i almost didn't make it! scary! back at home, thankfully, hubby's parents got adam to bed already. i threw up a little bit, which took the edge off a bit. and gosh, i fell asleep before hubby even came upstairs. he told me i owe him ;) and i told him i'm good for it ;)  anyway, my stomach is still all messed up. i ate some crackers and a bagel. but it is still queasy. i wonder if tomato soup is ok to eat cuz i feel like i'm hungry still or thirsty. i don't know which. it's almost 6p and i'm stlil in my pjs. and i haven't showered. hubby got me 2 really awesome anniversary cards and offered to buy me an imac! should i do it? i do miss having a mac - i had one in college and it hasn't been the same since ;) (isn't that snobby of me?!) have to think about it though. hubby's parents were, well, hubby's parents. i stole myself from them for a little bit before we went out and that helped me cope. i just feel that the relationship is forever changed since hubby's accident. i'm friendly to them but am no longer warm. i think they talk the talk, but don't walk the walk. (i.e. they always say that family and their children are the most important thing to them). for the few times they come up to visit, not once have they mentioned visiting my parents, even for just an hour, to see how my dad is. and it was one thing not to visit me in the hospital (see previous postings) but to not help their son. i know, i'm beating a dead horse and it does me no good to rehash it. oh well. sigh. they were great w/the boy though. and of course, he was his cute self. (Comment on this)
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
4:54 pm	it's my 5 year wedding anniversary today! yay! we are having a relaxing day today so far. adman awoke around 7ish w/a big poopy party in the pants, changed him and i was so zonked i brought him into the bed and all 3 of us snoozed until 8:45a. was great to sleep in. went for a walk w/the dog. then we went up to moreau state park. checked out the campgrounds for future reference. hung out on the beach. adam sat in the lake and played w/rocks and sand. we stared at tree leaves. saw a monarch butterfly be released at the nature center. and lulled the afternoon away. it was beautiful and i felt transported. we did not rush to get home. hubby's folks were already at the house - they were on the back porch reading the paper. been chatting and watching olympics. and now i have to get ready! hubby is taking me out to (what he says) a great italian restaurant that's about a 30-40 minute drive away.   (2 Comments |Comment on this)
12:33 am	it seems like im always catching up on here...sigh... so, let's see... what's been going on? i stopped nursing a few weeks ago @ 13 months. that was kinda tough. i did cry a little bit because he wasn't totally ready to give it up and i dif love that closeness - especially first thing in the morning. in fact, adam bit me once or twice at the source due to his frustration. but he drinks his whole milk and i wanted to stop so that we can (hopefully) begin the process to try for a 2nd baby. i'm still lactating a little bit, which is totally bizarre. and my cycle is wacked out! oh well. hopefully things will regulate by mid-september. if not, then we'll do some testing to see where my levels are at.   adam started walking @ 13 months. he is like frankenstein! LOL. i shouldn't make fun but it is cute. he's almost running now. and he loves it. he knows he is doing something remarkable and he is proud of himself. we saw sheryl crow at spac. my parents had tickets and decided not to go so they passed them along to us the night of the concert - in fact, they insisted we go and they would watch the baby. the seats were dead center like 10 rows back from the stage, which was neat. sheryl crow has an insane body. i'm no lesbian, but she looks great. i didn't really know too many of her songs and expected at least 1 protest song. oddly enough the best parts of the show were her protest songs - they were the most musical. one of which led into gimme shelter by the rolling stones which was pretty f*ing cool. it's one of the few rolling stones tracks i actually like. james blunt was an opening act and was a TOTAL SNOOOOOOOOOZE FEST. we opted to drink beer in the beer garden instead of paying attention to him. i *WISH* i had known that toots & the maytals was the other opener. i was SO UPSET that we missed their set. gosh. super big bummer.  we went to spac (best place in saratoga to see shows because it's an ampitheter w/lawn - like tanglewood but smaller and nicer;) for emerald city w/the philadelphia orchestra. that was pretty friggen awesome! they played all the theme music from superman, star wars, et, wizard of oz, harry potter, etc. plus there was free ice cream. can't go wrong w/that!  we also saw emanuel ax, the pianist perform. that was ok. he's great - but he only played one piece. he plays up here often - i think in the winter or fall he will play at union college for like $20 so we'll try to see him then. work is going ok. i've had a lot of people lately call me who i can't retain because they have unions and need to speak with their union counsel before they can hire outside counsel (and in most, but not all, cases when union counsel declines representation there is a reason)(it's also a little different for me because i'm used to being on the management side of things) or who have called me for a consult for estate/guardianships or other issues and have not gone further than that. one colleague told me that i don't want those people as clients, and maybe he's right, but, it's a bit strange. i hope it's not something that i'm doing that is turning people off. it doesn't seem like it is because those calls were extremely pleasant and the people thanked me for the help and my time, etc. i'm going to lunch w/this colleague this coming week and plan to ask him about it. he's a solo practioner also, but he's had his law practice for +25 years. i'll be interested to hear how he markets himself and seals the deal. things are going well with the clients i do have. it's nice to use my brain in a constructive way. i like being my own boss. and at this stage, i like working from home. i currently am w/out my work phone, which also is my mobile. on thursday adam decided to take it out of my bag and see what happens when he swirls it in the dog's water bowl. apparently, it kills the battery. i'm trying to dry it out to see if i can rescue it. short of that, a new battery should fix it. otherwise, maybe i can upgrade to a cool keypad phone instead of my older than dirt model. yesterday i hosted a play group. it was really fun! i had 5 moms w/their tots over for play-time and lunch. it was lovely.  today i went down to new jersey to inspect properties and collect rents. went well but was a long day of driving. then hubby and i went out w/my rents for dinner. their 45th wedding anniversary was the 10th (we previously went out w/them w/my bro and his wife, and friends of my parents who were visiting from texas) and our 5th anniversary is TOMORROW!:)  i had the most sinful homemade peanut butter fudge pie. omg it was delicious!  i need to exercise tomorrow big time. hubby's parents are coming up tomorrow and staying overnight. hubby is taking me out to an italian restaurant that is supposed to be excellent to celebrate and his parents will watch baby adam.  welpers, it is rather late - 1:10a and it is sleepy time....  (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
10:14 pm	dnah dnah dnah dnah .... batman! on a whim visiting my folks my dad suggests hubby & i go to a movie while he and mom watch adam! yay! of course, we went to see BATMAN. holy friggen fun movie. great special effects and story line. best batman movie yet! such a shame heath ledger is dead -- what a talent. perhaps he had to go to too dark a place to play a sociopath and that took its toll? anyway, if you haven't seen this movie - go SEE it! :D (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
12:19 am	catching up and other ventings i guess i never wrote on here about adam's birthday parties and definitely feel i need to vent about most recent scare & drama. adam's second birthday party was a good time, even though it wound up raining pretty hard and causing most folks to leave early. everyone seemed to enjoy themselves though and a few people ignored the no-present request. adam is a lucky boy!:) i think we had about 50 people at the house, including children! yowza!  at his first birthday i don't know if i ever wrote about my sister-in-law's craziness. it was most bizarre behavior i've seen in awhile - or at least, thought i had. in any event, i've forgiven her for it, but don't think i'll forget about it. basically, she was not happy at all during the party. i think it's that she's jealous of our home, jealous of how our son is compared to hers, and has a hard time when she isn't the center of attention and has a hard time taking care of her child by herself which she had to do because her husband was more interested in playing volleyball w/the brothers than helping her. shrug. to get to the crux, she cornered me w/out my being prepared, and essentially yelled at me telling me that they had to leave (the cake hadn't been served yet), etc etc. mind you i never said anything direct to her but had said to one of hubby's brothers that they shouldn't feel like they had to rush. which, if you listen you will hear that means wanting to spend more time w/loved ones. so when she confronted me i told her to leave if she had to leave. i mean, my own brother left before any of the food was served b/c it was father's day and his wife wanted to spend time w/her dad. they got up, said their goodbyes and left w/out incident. but, she had to make a scene. don't you think she stormed off and locked herself in a bathroom to cry?! i was told to go apologize to her. for what i still do not know. but i did. on my son's first birthday. it certainly will be memorable. lol. i was really angry about it but then i decided to feel sorry for her that she is so f*ed up to cry in a bathroom over nothing. and of course, they wound up staying through cake and opening presents (she had to knock my parents gift to adam, of course). so you know darn well her whole tirade and performance had nothing to do with wanting to leave at a "reasonable hour" but more to do with not being happy. how sad, eh?  - - - my parents were at the cleveland clinic for 2.5 weeks. dad was out there for tests as he is frequently doing. it is *the* place to be for heart/lung issues. a few years ago (but only in the last year did we have a more vivid diagnosis) dad was diagnosed w/intestitial pulmonary fibrosis, a terminal illness w/out cause or cure. oxygen therapy helps for quality of life. dad has deteriorated rather quickly and it's unclear the course of the disease. stepping down has no rhyme or reason. this visit was quite positive in that he has cleared all the testing hurdles that will allow him to be considered by the lung transplant surgical team. i hope they will decide that he is a worthy candidate to be on the transplant list. - -  while my parents were in cleveland - on july 16th - hubby was the victim of an accident. hubby was riding his motorcycle to work, and a construction dump truck stopped in front of him. he stopped about 30 feet behind. dump truck proceeded to reverse. hubby beeped his horn and backpeddled. truck stopped. then backed up into him! thank G-D hubby wears full riding gear (helmet, gloves, boots, codora riding suit) and that he was quick thinking in the moment to do whatever he could to stay afloat. he was taken by ambulance to the hospital. at the time, i was at his parents house. my family has commercial properties not too far from where they live and every month i perform inspections and collect $.  he called to tell me that he was "having a bad day" while i was still at his parents house. essentially, i got adam and all my stuff together and headed directly to the hospital. one would think that his parents would be close behind. well, they weren't.  hubby was in the emergency room on a bed in a hallway taking morpheine and all kinds of other hardcore pain killers from 8:14a to 8:30p. i had to play the the lawyer card a few times to get the nurses to move and to get him situated into the surgical prep area. he broke his radius bone and distal ulna/radius in the wrist. thankfully, he wasn't more hurt than that! the surgery was to place a stainless steel plate to connect the bones.  anyway, i went to the hospital w/adam, then came home to get hubby some essentials (change of clothes, etc.) since we knew he would be staying overnight in the hospital, then went back to the hospital (mind you, i drove 3 hours from his parents house to the hospital, 40 minutes to and from the house/hospital w/a 13 mo baby) i had the baby w/me the entire time. adam was a good boy, considering. it was tiring because i had to hold him and stand w/him most of the evening or keep him in his stroller, which is hard for a boy who wants to crawl around. and at the same time, i'm managing him, i'm trying to manage hubby's care and keep myself focused and alert. it was not a fun time. i know hubby appreciated having adam there. but it was very difficult. a break from having to manage the baby would have been nice. i know i could have asked some of my friends to help - and they all told me so after-the-fact - but i wasn' t about to ask someone to come to the hospital to pick adam up and i didn't want to leave the hospital once i went back there b/c there wasn't a specific time as to when hubby would have the surgery - only a window of time. hubby's mom kept calling and asking all kinds of questions. but you think they would change their evening plans, which was to go to the movies! nope, not them.  the surgery went well, so the dr told me at 11:15p. i waited at the hospital until hubby was brought out of recovery and into his room and made sure his nurse was on the ball (which she needed some prodding) before leaving the hospital at 1:15a.  next day, his parents didn't come up either. in fact, his parents did not even offer to come up. and it wasn't until 2:30p until hubby's mom called my mobile (which i purposefully did not answer) to ask me how i'm doing and if the baby and i got some rest the night before. is she for real?!?! hubby wasn't discharged from the hospital until close to 5p. and here my parents are in cleveland, apologizing to me that they aren't available to help. gotta love them for their compassion. the dr gave hubby a prescription for pain meds. so, we get home and thankfully adam crashes so that i put him in the downstairs crib and can focus my attention on getting hubby into the house and resting comfortably on the couch, etc. and i realize that the baby is now asleep and i can't leave hubby alone w/him b/c hubby can't lift adam or change a diaper, etc. i'm glad i have helpful neighbors b/c i called a neighbor and asked her if she wouldn't mind staying in our house for 10 minutes so i could run out and get the pain meds.  so, hubby's parents don't offer to come up other than to say to hubby via telephone that they are "thinking of coming up on sunday." mind you, the incident happened on wednesday. so, i told hubby that sunday doesn't help us - we'll be entertaining them. let them come up on tuesday, the 22nd, when i have work to do and a board mtg to attend and they can spell me of the baby. *that* would help us. ultimately, that is what they did. but, the run down during this whole time - they went to the movies, they went to hubby's brothers house on friday like they do every friday to help watch their 16 mo even though both brother and sis-in-law (see bizarre behavior above) do not work on fridays and are both home, they had a couples bridge game. um. hello? your son could have died? um. can we be any more selfish?  i really do not understand the behavior. hubby confronted them and they did not apologize. they told him that they are there for him whenever he needs it, all he has to do is ask. um. there are times when you shouldn't have to ask - when it should be offered! and for goodness sakes, it's not like anyone was in a frame of mind to ask or beg for them to come up. i'm so angry and so hurt by the whole thing. and i feel terrible for hubby. that his parents are so egotistical. that is all about them and their convenience, their schedule. i told hubby that now that we know the expectation (which i figured this was the case because they never visited me in the hospital when i was hospitalized for a week w/an infection in my 13th week of pregnancy after i had had a reduction procedure b/c one of the twins had 2-certain death anomolies all because they weren't asked to visit me) that the same expectation should be given back to them. there will be times when they want/need our help. and guess what? they will have to ask us for it. and we'll do it at our convenience and at our schedule.  i know children should help their parents as best they can. i believe in giving back and reciprocating. however, i firmly philosophically believe that a parent, throughout life, does for the child. to not offer to help your children in whatever way you can is amazingly unthinkable to me. to expect your children to always ask for help is just so immature. *shakes head* oh well. part of me really wants to say something. i know i'm too angry to write something without causing further harm. although i know that no matter what i say, the response will be defensive. (as it was to hubby - it also came with lame excuses) perhaps i will at some point.... *deep breath* i do feel better having written it all out here. good purging;) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
3:08 pm	too funny when i 'beat box' some techno beats, my little man starts to bop up and down and dance! lol! @:D (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, June 27th, 2008
11:22 pm	prepping for a party  it's been somewhat of a whirlwind week! whew.... exhale. inhale. exhale. tomorrow is our second 1st birthday party for our little guy! the first party was a combined father's day party with just immediate family. that was a peaceful afternoon (with a little sis-in-law drama thrown in for good measure!) of eating, playing volley ball in the backyard, and dunking in the kiddie pool. tomorrow's party is a pot-luck friend & neighbor get-together. i told everyone that their presence is adam's present. we'll see if anyone follow that request! i mean really. we don't want folks to feel obligated to get him anything. but, we'll be gracious if folks feel like they want to do that. shrug. i think there are 60 people coming (including kids/babies)!! yowza. thankfully my mom came over this afternoon (w/ 2 balloons she's so cute)  and helped watch adam so i could take a conference call and make a cake. and hubby came home early to mow the lawn and prep food, etc. i think we're in good shape. thankfully we took a w/e off in btw parties! :)  we know that these get-togethers are more for us than for adman. he certainly won't remember it. and tomorrow is absolutely an excuse for us to have a summer bbq :)  it feels really great to be at this milestone. a year. everyone says it goes fast. it really does. why is it that as we age, the years go by quicker? is it simply perspective?  this milestone is made even more enriching given all it took to get pregnant and stay pregnant. my birthing story is just as "interesting" as the pregnancy, but thankfully i did not need a cesarean. i started to write a book about it, but had to step away. too emotional. but, at some point, i hope to dive into it.  so, i am a stay-at-hom-mom. and i do love it. in april, however, i started my own law practice out of my house. i have clients (oddly enough, i had them before i even incorporated the firm or had my liability insurance in place!:) and it is totally at my own pace and affords me freedom. i thought that once the baby came i would want to go back ft to my former law firm. but we got wait-listed at day care and by the time a spot at our first choice opened up, i had been home 6 months already and decided that, for me, raising my child is more important. thrown into the mix is that my father is terminally ill w/interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. who'd a thunk that after quadruple bypass & getting a pacemaker in 2005 that has a 30-year life-span that his lungs would be f-ed up? we'll see if he qualifies for the lung transplant list... it's the only "cure." the life-span with the illness (with or without a new lung) is not great. so, the decision to stay home was certainly solidified that much more by a desire to spend as much time as i can and like to w/my pops. my hope is that he lives long enough for adman to have his own memories of his grandpas. (that's his cute little name because my dad is so great he's plural;)  anyway, i think i've written enough for today's journal entry. tomorrow is a big day! :) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
9:32 pm	life swims gosh it's been AGES since i've been on here and written anything or even thought to write anything. perhaps it all got swept with the current and the waves have brought me back to the shore? adam is now one. i am still absolutely floored that i'm someone's parent! i'm his mother's maiden name!! how trippy! with all the hardship of getting and staying pregnant...more on that another time... i am truly blessed by such a gorgeous child. i know all mother's think that about their kids, but really, adam is such a good boy.    Q`1         OF     COURSE     THAT     I SAY T    HAT     HE     is playing     on the     computer keyS;) LOL:) to be continued... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 21st, 2003
1:56 pm	the core managing partner gave out free promo passes to the movie the CORE. i decided to take mike as my date (and take him out to dinner. i was hoping to get lucky and did!;) the flick is kind of a cheesy premise (earth's core stops rotating causing earth's distruction. scientist build cool machine to go into core and bomb the core back into shape in order to save the world) but some neat special effects - like destroying bridges and buildings (i almost threw up it was so good) hillary swank is in it. i don't remember the names of the other actors. the thing i took away from the movie was how the world is balanced. and when one thing gets screwed up, the rest of it does too. and probably that we really shouldn't take ourselves all that seriously all of the time. we're smart, but we're not _that_ smart. (2 Comments |Comment on this)