Beach

We went to the beach, Claire liked chasing the waves back into the ocean.. it was fun to see her react when they got her feet as she stood in the surf. :) We will go again.

Have Passports Will Travel

Daddy and Claire

Jim has discovered something that he AND Claire can enjoy... Blocks!
Jim plays 'with Claire' for hours now:

Claire gets in on the action once his creations are done, she likes to destroy them


Claire Kong:


Claire destroying the building where Daddy's new job is!

Home Sweet Home

Jim and I went on a dinner cruise around NYC. It was really fun and I learned a little more about this city I call home now. For example there are these BIG vents for the tunnels that go under the East River and the Hudson. They look like buildings on the water and they house really big fans that can suck all the air out of the tunnels whenever they need to. Who thought of that? (People like Ami) Also they are building waterfalls around the city, I thought that was weird, they look like big tall towers right now, I'm reserving judgment till I see them in action.
It was also nice to take a break from mothering for a night. Thanks Jen.
Also for those who are inclined to care; Jim quit his job at VP and is taking one at Taylor PR, so we will be staying in NY.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

We took Claire to her first Mets game. It rained all over us. But we didn't lose; they called the game. We went to the stadium and sat and pretended to cheer..

Then we went home.

Fun was had by all!

How Big

Look how big!

No Comments Make me Sad

Nobody likes me, everybody hates me
Guess I'll go eat worms...

Pool Honey

Of all the things we ever did besides baseball,
going to the pool was what he tolerated best.
Even though none of us had ever seen a Playboy magazine,
which we constantly lied about,
we figured going to the pool
was the next best thing to being there.

It wasn't really the pool honeys like we said,
because if any one of them had come up to any one of us,
we'd have just peed our pants.

Claire Can Clap

So Claire can clap, I swear.. I have the video to prove it:



See.

A Tribute to My Mom

My mom always has the coolest fungus pictures on her blog. But even she was impressed when she saw the fungus I was able to grow in a cup in my house. There are three different kinds. And they are happy in the picture. As I was showing her I wondered if they would eventually get unhappy and start to fight and then I was sad that I had destroyed them. Which would win? The world will never know.

Claire Fix

For those of you needing a Clarie fix:

you just have to flip you head sideways, or on a laptop just turn it on it's side.

Teaching

I drove to Brooklyn. It was very freeing and felt good to be out of the house without my husband. I know that sounds mean but I really don't get the chance to get out without him often. It makes me appreciate him even more when I see him. I took his sister instead. She is like having a husband with you, in the ways that she helps but you don't have to worry about being a wife to her. Which is all coming out kind of strange so I'll move on.
I went to see Mary at work
**Side Note**
I have decided to call my mother-in-law Mary. It is nice sounding and since I don't call MY mother Mom it just doesn't seem right to call my mother-in-law mom. When you get married decided before you are married 7 months what you will call your mother-in-law.
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I went to get things in order to get a job. Yes there is still more. So far I have
1. Completed a State Certified Teacher Training Degree (My BS)
2. I have moved to the state in which I am certified
3. I have completed the State's application including lots of money, and fingerprinting
4. I have completed the N Y City application including lots of money and essays
I now have to
5. Be fingerprinted again for the NY City applications (including the $115 charge to do it again)
6. Make a trip to 65 Court St. to get said fingerprints and submit my application, a different one than the one I completed above
7. Wait to hear weather I am a criminal (I am not)(can't they take my word for it)(that would make this much faster)
8. Get a 'smart card' (which sounds eco-friendly)
9. Get a teaching job.

This is much more involved than I ever imagined. Please pray this all gets done so that I can get moving, when I can find time, toward employment. I'm beginning to get overwhelmed by the process and how unprepared I feel for this job search. Also pray for relationships with my 'in-laws' this process is stressing them as well.

Thank You

Thank you though to all of you who responded to my question, that makes me happy. and tomorrow it will make me really happy, almost as happy as if these guys are away from my house.
Stupid ConEd. Stupid Alien Bug Fart Smeller.

I know why people murder complete strangers

I know this because if I had had a gun or some weapon that allowed me to attack and or mame (which my computer tells me that's not the right way to spell it) these men or the whole dang ConEd company INC! Or perhaps I should go straight to the man/woman that called the fire department and reported a 'gas smell'. Maybe it wasn't gas at all, maybe it was a giant bug farting.. maybe it was an alien invasion. Maybe your meter thing is right and there is gas somewhere around here. BUT LEAVE ME AND MY FAMILY SLEEP!


Apparently this will continue throughout the night until they have satisfactorily awakened EVERYONE in QueenS! Or until they move somewhere where someone is smart enough to have a gun handy.
I was just informed that you can't have a gun in NYC, this is why stupid people still exist here. Anywhere else in the world the above would have been weeded out by natural selection long ago.
I'm tired
very tired.
I will write them a nasty letter and if my daughter wakes up I will go outside and stand there with her screaming the WHOLE TIME and I will get their names and I will find out where they live and then I will go to their homes and wake them up with a flashing strobe and a jack-hammer.
I hate ConEd. and now we smell gas at our house, it wasn't here earlier. Stupid ConEd.
This is outside my window. like 20 feet outside my window!