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Add comment November 10th, 2009
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away we go
Every single time we fly we have to change the tickets because Matthew’s work schedule changes. I really wish I was kidding but it has happened more times than not. We usually end up booking really late to try and avoid the drams but this time we planned ahead. Go us! Since Matthew often works a New Years Eve show we decided to go early and come home early for Christmas this year just in case, because it has bitten us in the ass before. We were all set with tickets for weeks and now he’s booked work that overlaps with our trip. Its a great gig but COME ON! Beyond being completely irritating it can cost between $200-$500 depending on what we are doing. Not to mention my constant stream of worry since the day he found out he might be doing this job. Did he find out if the dates are confirmed? Can we even switch the tickets? Will they have any Christmas dates available? Did he find out if the dates are confirmed? Will we get bulkhead seats again? Did he find out if the dates are confirmed? Will we be able to sit together?? Will we have to fly through Seattle? Did he find out if the dates are confirmed? Can we even GO?
Just in case you need proof that worrying does pay off, we were able to change the tickets today, no problem!
Well, tiny problem….
Matthew: Hi, I’d like to change my tickets
British Airways Lady: Ok I have that date available, do you want to change the return
Matthew: Sure
BA Lady: I have that day too
Matthew: Great, lets do it
BA Lady: Ok thats $70 per person for you, the Mrs. and the infant. It comes to $210.
Matthew: Ok great! Let me get my credit card.
Me, eavesdropping: WAAAAAAAAIT! Why are they charging us for Asher? He doesn’t even have a ticket? What’s up with that?
BA Lady: Let me find out.
On hold for 15 minutes, no joke.
My Brain: What the hell? How can they do that? Why would we have to pay to change someone that doesn’t even have a ticket? What should we do? Who should I email? Should I take the phone from Matthew and tell that lady what’s what?
Me: If they tell us we have to pay for him just say no thanks. We can always call back later and add him. I mean really!
BA Lady: No problem, there is no fee and you are all set.
My Brain: PHEWF!
Me: SEE! all that worrying came through for us again.
Mr. It’ll-be-fine: I knew all along that it was going to be fine.
See you at Christmas, Vancouver!
Add comment November 8th, 2009
Not a picky eater
I have always been a picky eater. I just am. So much is texture (how do people eat sausages?) but some is taste, I just cannot stand rich foods, or as Matthew calls them “flavorful” what-EVER. Please don’t butter my toast and don’t dare let that sour cream touch my potato. Sauce on the side! I have gotten so much better the past few years but for instance, I used to take the cheese off pizza. Yeah, I don’t know what I was thinking either.
{pizza courtesy Pequods, Chicago IL}
Thankfully I am over that nonsense.
With Matthew in Boston this weekend I really wanted to make dinner using one of the forbidden ingredients. We have complete opposite taste in food and it can be overwhelming to decide what to have. We eat a lot of chicken. He thinks he is a chef’s gift to eating because he is adventurous. He will eat sweetbreads and haggis but dare a stray tomato touch his salad! Unfortunately the list of ingredients he dislikes is becoming fairly long and I am having a hard time finding new recipes that meet these intense demands. Unbeknownst to him I have been keeping track and now I am going to out him right here on my internet website.
Me:
Processed Meat (incl ground meat, flat meat and sausages)
Game and offal
Fishy fishes (trout, bass)
Cheese besides mozz, cheddar and brie
creamy sauces
anything from a raw bar
spicy I like spicy food now!
{burger courtesy of Sheep Station, Brooklyn NY}
Matthew:
Tomatoes
Spinach
Eggplant
Sweet Potato
Olives
baby corn
Pickles that are not cornichons
Lemon zest (any zest)
Chocolate dessert
citrus dessert
tofu
blue cheese
I’ll let you decide.
5 comments November 7th, 2009
denver to singapore
This guy takes a picture every few minutes on his trip to singapore and makes a video of it. Completely fun to watch.
I love the internet.
Denver to Singapore (and back) in 5 minutes from David DAngelo on Vimeo.
{via mr. kottke}
2 comments November 6th, 2009
fall television update
Over a month in and how am I doing? Poorly.
I’m not sure if its just exhaustion or that TV is pretty horrible these days but I found myself ditching previously watched shows for stuff like “King of the Crown”
Here’s the update:
Existing Shows
How I Met Your Mother – yay
Heroes – completely forgot I missed the last half of last season. so no.
Gossip Girl – college is kinda lame compared to HS but i’m still watching
One Tree Hill – I do not have the brain capacity for brand new characters. Hanging by a thread.
90210 – awesome, even better than last year. Everyone is so much more…shiny.
Americas Next Top Model – short bitches are annoying, other than that its fantastic
Bones - is this on yet? if so I am way far behind
Greys Anatomy – yep
The Office – yep
30 Rock – yep
Supernatural - 5 eps behind because I watch it with MP and he is never ever home
The Ghost Whisperer – oh HELL no they did not fast forward 5 years into the future. They just lost their only viewer
Ugly Betty – so good but I’m terrified it will be cancelled
Brothers and Sisters - kind of boring lately
The Amazing Race – love
plus: Mad Men, Top Chef, Project Runway, Army Wives - all yes (good, awesome, good, kinda lame)
Forgot to include: Rachel Zoe Project -bananas, Toddlers and Tiaras – love, and Greek - seriously behind because they dont replay.
New Shows I Am Going To Try Out
The Biggest Loser -maybe, if I can get the 1st episode -No
Mercy -a doctor show. Might not like it - SNORE
The Beautiful Life – Mischa Barton and models. as Matthew says, every show on the CW is exactly the same. Which I think is their hook.-Cancelled before I watched
Modern Family – looks cute, we’ll see. not expecting anything - ADORBS! Love this show. Best new show on TV. 500x better than glee (see below)
Cougar Town – Sure I’ll try it – Haven’t seen it, found out just last week it’s a comedy. Who knew!
Melrose Place – Maybe, the pilot was v boring. It is on the CW though… Booooooooring
Glee – delicious fun, love it already – Decided I only like the musical numbers. Still watching it anyway.
Flash Forward – Will try it once. - Nope
Eastwick – Totally in -never gave it a shot
Vampire Diaries – of course. (CW!) -Watched 1 eps, like it. Need to catch up on the rest.
What should I bother watching? Any recommendations?
4 comments November 5th, 2009
girls clothes are so much better
I bought a lot of clothes for Asher before he was born. I wasn’t having a shower, I’m a sucker for things on sale, and I had zero interest in buying anything for my hugely pregnant self. As soon as I found out I was having a boy I went a little crazy snatching up cute boy outfits right and left. See evidence here.
I organized all these adorable baby clothes so many times and eventually washed all the 0-6 months and put them away in drawers. Lately I’ve slowly been putting the 0-3 months clothes back in the storage bin and putting him in some of the larger items.
Yesterday Matthew went to change him into something without barf on it and he came back in this warm and fuzzy, cuddly, snuggly, baby gap one piece that he hasn’t worn before.
My first thought was “YAY the legs are long enough.”
My second thought was “What is up with those shoulders?”
OH MY GOD THAT OUTFIT IS MEANT FOR A GIRL
I distinctly remember picking this up from (what I thought was) a unisex pile at the gap. It sure looks unisex in its brown/brown stripe glory but it is clearly not.
ahem…CLEARLY.
Doesn’t he look faaaabulous?
(psst-Dude. You are wearing girl clothes!)
“Woe is me” is right.
Anyone in the market for a 3-6mos velour one piece from baby gap organic?
4 comments November 4th, 2009
top 5 tuesday: trader joe's
Matthew was off today so we went to one of my favorite places ever, a supermarket. Here are my current top 5 favorite items. The parking is non-existent and the lines be crazy so you know they got me if I’m hauling over there with a baby to get peanut butter.
1. Salty sweet mini brownies. These dont last long so 11/7 will not be a problemo.
2. Best peanut butter ever.
3. Rice. It’s just really good.
4. Spinach artichoke dip. Hey – its no Mara’s artichoke dip but its $2 and goes freezer/microwave/table in 3 mins. Great for when people come over.
5. Naan. Also frozen. Totally delicious addition to at home indian.
1 comment November 3rd, 2009
it's a chalkboard world
I am kind of obsessed with decor. I read a lot of design and decor blogs in the hopes that one day I’ll actually have a home large enough to decorate properly. In the meantime I skim the eye candy and sigh.
The problem with reading 30 different sites on a daily basis is that there is so much repetition it can make you anger at the thought of seeing one more owl figurine or ironic poster. People link to other people and a craze is born.
This year’s craze: Chalkboards
Chalkboard Paint – the paint that started it all. I think chalkboards are adorable. In small doses.
I have thought about buying these decals for an office or entryway:
or in a little kid’s room or playroom:
Now I don’t know any people in real life that have any in their homes so it’s still somewhat novel. We are truly bombarded with it on the internet.
Paint your kid’s room! Paint your recycling bins! Paint your refrigerator! Paint your entire kitchen! (?)
Honestly, the people are going crazy with the chalkboard paint and I’m afraid it’s only going to get worse before it gets better.
What’s next? CHALKBOARD TABLECLOTHS??
Oh wait.
Is this for real? Am I the only person who does not want to sit at a table and get chalk all over my hands while eating?
If you go by the trend on the food blogs (all bacon all the time since vosges came out with that bacon bar in 2007) we will be seeing chalkboard decorating ideas for a good long while. Just hopefully not at people’s tables. I’ll tell you where you WILL be seeing it – at Target. They now carry a line of really cute chalkboard wall decals.
2 comments November 2nd, 2009
halloween
Halloween 2009
I couldn’t bring myself to dress Asher up in something too goofy – the guy has a reputation to uphold you know.
So instead he was…I don’t know what you’d call it…an ex-con?
Classy
In any case he was comfortable on a warmish halloween day.
Ramona came over and we went to a little party with my moms group at one of the gal’s houses.
We tried to take a group photo and it was a total cluster and wow, I am really, really pale.
Her block was crazy. Everyone dresed up and stood outside handing out candy.
(Where can I get this Elvis costume for next year?)
It must be the place to go because exactly 1 person rang our bell all evening.
After the party Ramona and I watched Twilight (it’s halloweeny right?) and waited for trick-or-treaters. I guess we didn’t need the hemo sized candy bag from costco. Which I am never buying again because we are eating it all fun size piece by fun size piece.
Sorry little dressed up dudes. Next year you are getting pencils!
3 comments November 1st, 2009