I Don't Like Bugs

I don't like bugs.  There, I said it.  Even though I love the outdoors I don't like bugs.  One of my questions for God will be why bugs that bite?  I understand the whole circle of life bit, but how do mosquitos, spiders, ticks, and wasps fit into that?

One thing I've learned in my years of living is that I generally don't respond normally to bug bites.  I don't have severe, I'm gonna die reactions I just have abnormal reactions.  Take the spider bite for example.  Because of one measly little spider all my summer plans went to poop and I had a hole in my back that you could put a golf ball into.  On the bright side though I did get to see Moulin Rouge in the theatre seven times that summer!

Summer has barely started and I have already been bit by two unknown creatures and have had strange reactions.  The first one was on my tricep and it proceeded to swell up like a balloon inside my arm.  Most recently some strange creature that I will one day kill bit me behind my ear.  I didn't notice it until I went to lay down to take a nap an all the pain from laying on my head made it feel like my face was falling asleep.  Now the swelling has caused me to have an ear that sticks out like my baby, or dumbo.  Notice the left ear.

Its a sad thing I know.  I should probably walk around all the time with one of those off clips or maybe just take a bath in pure deet, but I don't like the smell of it.  I'll deal.

And you can tell, but you can't tell how good it looks--I did get a new-do.  Good picture to come soon

Edmund's New Ride

Edmund got a new ride, and no, its not a swagger waggon.  Our extraordinarily long son grew to loathe his car seat.  I am convinced it somehow became monster possessed and therefore brought out the little monster in our son.  We thought about performing a monster-cism, but then just decided to buy a bigger and hopefully more comfortable ride.

The Before:

Look at that pathetic little face

The next morning I awoke to find Daddy, Edmund and Blah-Blah playing with his new throne.  Cory told me they were getting to know each other.

 

The After:

Ahh, the peace that has come with Edmund's new ride.  What is nice about this one is that we can loosen the straps up so he doesn't realize that we are strapping him in until its too late.  Brilliant Britax! Brilliant!  

Needless to say, trips into town are not nearly as daunting as before.  

Get Your Swagger On

While perusing the net I came across this jewel.

If ever I reach the need for a 'swagger wagon" mine will look more like a monster truck than a mini-van.

New-Do

This topic was not on the previous post list, but it is of dire importance to me and therefore has made its way up in importance.

I need a new-do (as in haircut...is that how you spell the do in do?).  Its not long enough to pull all the way up, but too long to leave down while wearing a hat, and way to long for the sake of my tender-headness and Edmunds incredible grabbing abilities.  Right now my plan is to go in to the hairstylist tell them I have a 4.5 month old baby, my hair is overly flat-straight-and thin, and I hate spending any real time on my hair in the first place and then request a short hairstyle that meets those needs.  My friend Rachel took the plunge and did got a pretty good amazing cut--I don't know if I am brave enough to go this trendy and chic, but I need something new in a bad stinking way.  Feel free to provide me ideas as I am stumped. 

This part is from Edmund:  Aunt Katherine!  Thanks for my Buffalo gear!  Come and play with me! aljahu andsjafoioweja;ghionzxchileelijrikgjg

Love, Edmund

So Much to Say

Lappy is currently getting fixed (thanks for nothing Apple "Genius") (story on that to come later in the post).  In the absence of my own computer I have had to bartar, beg and steal for computer time with Cory.  Also, we currently upload all of our pictures onto my external harddrive and since I have a mac, and Cory has an inferior dell I have no Edmund pictures to share (he routinely reminds me that his computer has never had issues).  But I am going to go ahead and upload some here, because you need to see the wee man.  Not being able to blog recently means I have a lot of stuff stored up that I would like to address.  Here is a list of things you can expect to read over the next several posts (because I can't post everything at once)

1. The Glee finale
2. Edmund's New Ride
3. Michael Phelp's New Nemesis
4. Summer Reading
5. Edmund in General
6. Living at a Country Club
7. Art & Woods
8. The Apple-not-so-genius
9. Summer Grill-Tacular
10. Veronica Mars

Let's start with #8.

So we decide to take a mini-roadtrip with Edmund and go to the Short Pump Mall in Richmond.  It was pretty awesome because there were a TON of mommies pushing strollers, I felt as though I was in my element.  Part of this trip was to see how Edmund would do with his new ride (story to come later) and part was to take my comptuer to the Apple store to see about getting it fixed.  Just as I had assumed my harddrive had crashed and I needed a new one.  I tried to convince them that they should go ahead and just give me one because we I visited the Apple Genius before my warranty had run out a few months prior I told them that I needed a new one because it was starting to do things that made me believe it was going to crash.  Well, they wouldn't give me a new one but for around $225 I could have one two hours ater, or I could just get a whole new computer with a free printer and ipod, or go to a store in Charlottesville and get one cheaper.  That was a no brainer, I wanted a new computer (printer and ipod), but was going to have to settle for getting it cheaper.  So we took it to a store in Cville and their tech informed me that the current harddrive I had was under Mac's extended warranty because it had other issues, so I was going to get it for free anyways.  Where were you on that one Apple "Genius"?  Therefore I am going to write Apple to tell them of my displeasure and hopefully get something good out of it....like an ipad.  I think my complaint is worth $400.

Here is really what you've been waiting for.  Hello Edmund, you are growing so much!

Sad Day

The harddrive on my lappy is kaput.

For those of you who don't speak Homestar Runner that means the harddrive on my cmputer has crashed meaning that everything I have on it is no longer in existence.  Thankfully (I think) I backed up all my precious files, except my music--which may be more sad then losing my resume. 

Sorry for the blogging hiatius.  Hopefully my computer will be fixed today.  In the meantime I suggest you follow the link to Homestar Runner and check out the Strong Bad emails, they are pretty awesome. 

Glee is Great

Glee is still one of the most wonderful sights on T.V.  I think our favorite character is Brittany.  Generally she has one to two lines a show, but man are they humdingers.  I did some research and pulled out some of our favorites.

• So, Hairography.  It works best when you pretend like you're gettig tasered.  So you just move your head around and pretend like your spazzing and stuff."
• "Did you know that dolphins are just gay sharks?"
• [Mr. Shue]: "Who can tell me what a ballad is?" [Brittany]: "A male duck."
• "I'm prettys sure my cat's been reading my diary"
• "When I pulled my hamstring I went to a misogynist"
• "Your hands feel like a baby's.  Now I know what its like to date a baby"
• "I've been here since first period.  I had a cold and took all my antibiotics at the same time and now, I can't remember how to leave."
• [Kurt about Brittany]: "Brittany thinks the square root of four is rainbows"
• "You look terrible.  I look awesome."

Other highlights include

• Wearing lobster glasses during the Lady Gaga episode
• This week being seen trying to put toilet paper back on the roll and wearing her cheerio uniform backwards.

We love Brittany.  I hope you do to.