1. Will the person that keeps farting in the library just stop it now.

2. If you are going to drive on the carpool lane, can you go faster than 65 miles per hour or change to the slow lane.

3. Why can’t the weather just make up it’s mind.  It’s so got damn windy today.

We’ve been inside the home for the past couple of days because Brennan apparently caught some form of Bacterial Conjunctivitis, which I guess is a form of pink eye. He woke up on Monday with a very goopy eye, although he was really tired on Saturday, and complained about having a sour throat on Sunday.  He was prescribed some eyedrops that we have to administer to him twice a day for five days. Monday we normally don’t have anything going on, so we stayed home and also stayed home on Tuesday from school.  This was good and bad for me. I was able to get a little scrapbooking done.  I finally got to work on my Christmas album. It has taken me a little while to get this going. It was nice to have a little time to scrap, although it didn’t last too long. Sadly, I haven’t scrapped for almost two months and really feel out of touch with that world. I also plan on picking up a few items tomorrow from the LSS.  It is increasingly difficult to get out the LSS, which actually good for the wallet.

Other than that most of my late nights are being taken up with my class.  It certainly is keeping me busy. For the past month, we have been learning about searching with Dialog.  At times, I have total clarity and totally feel like I understand what I am learning, but most times, I feel like I am being thrown way too much information at one time. This schooling business is tough. It is definitely a major challenge with two kids.  I often question myself and sometimes feel like I am wasting my time.  I am only taking one class a semester so it and it really is difficult to devote myself 100% to my studies, and 100% to my kids.  At the rate I am going, it will take me 3 years.  By the time Elden is in Kindergarten, I will most likely be done. I know that 3 years is not a long time, and it will just zoom by.  Am I being selfish trying to get a Masters degree while raising kids?  But I also feel like if I was to completely be a SAHM and not do anything else, that I would be considered lazy, I guess in my eyes. I come from a long line of workoholics, so that is probably where this stems from.
Besides feeling like a lazy ass, I often wonder where I would be if I had just looked for a new job, instead of asking for a voluntarily layoff.  I know the company closed down after a month that I left, but I still was connected with my freelancing agency.  I know that being a SAHM is good for the family in the long run, but really my dream job was to become a kickass designer for some hot ass company.  But now I feel like a washed up old hasbin, that is seriously lacking in motivation.  I miss doing web design, even though most of the time I was making banner ads and updating html pages.  I miss being in that environment. I seriously have the “grass is always greener” syndrome.

So anyways, staying at home all day with two kids has kind of put me in a downer mood. I seriously need a break.

Speaking of breaks, this weekend I will be heading down to San Diego for a mom’s day out to the L’Auberge Del Mar Resort & Spa. Aww, I just can’t wait.  I seriously haven’t had any time away from the kids in so long.

Well I gotta go now because Elden is up.  I really hope that he didn’t catch what Brennan has.

Happy Valentines!I am not sure if this is some sort of bug in this version of WP, but my videos do not embed into my blog. I tried to install a plugin, but it still doesn’t seem to work.  I will have to upgrade to latest version of WP when I get a chance. Anyways, the link is of a video of Brennan saying Happy Valentines. It’s really cute!

Hopefully, I will have a better day.Thus far, the morning is starting out really sucky. First I was trying to print pictures to make something for my man, but of course the ink runs out. Then I almost burned the kitchen down. I have to make cookies and cards for Brennan’s class today. We gave an oven that actually has a top oven as well as a bottom oven. We haven’t been using the top oven because the door came off of it and I am been using it as a storage area for stuff like plastic trays, extra cooking pans, etc. So I turned the oven on, but I accidently turned the top oven on instead. I was busy doing other stuff and didn’t even think about the fact, that I started smelling a burning scent. As I started cutting cookies, I looked over at the oven, and started seeing my colandar and cutting board melting. I see a small fire, so I throw some water on it. The glass baking pan explodes. I forgot that extreme heat and water do not mix well.This only just makes me hate Valentines even more. And I decided not to touch the oven for the rest of my life now. So screw you Hallmark!!!

Elden had his 20 month check on Friday. I somehow misplaced the paper that the nurse wrote his stats on, but I think he put on another pound and he grew like 2 cm. His weight is in the 5-10 percentile and his height is in the 50%. He is growing too fast. He is definitely on the smaller size, but he is very active. He pretty much copies most one and two syllable words. So as far as milestones go, I am really not sure what the milestones are at this age. I haven’t been really keeping track. I know I am a bad mommy like that. He pretty much climbs on everything. He loves to jump off furniture like his big brother. He can walk backwards, he can walk up and down most stairs, like on playground equipment with no problems by holding on the rail, except for the big stairs. He still needs help, or he just skurries down real quick. For the most part, he is doing really good. Oh, he prefers eating vegetables or meat, which is a total plus.

He had his one of his fingers pricked and had shots on each leg. The shots definitely had an effect on him. For the most part, neither he nor Brennan had any problems with shots. But this time around, Elden had a moderately high temperature that lasted throughout the rest of the day. The next day he was perfectly fine and was his active self again.
We celebrated Valentines a little early by dropping the boys off at Grandma’s house for a few hours on Saturday. We had a late rib lunch at Tony Romas. I had my favorite Carolina Honeys pork ribs and washed it down with a huge 22 oz. of my favorite beer. Afterwards, I wanted to go to the new Victoria Gardens outdoor mall in Rancho Cucomonga, but Den didn’t want to drive there, and so we ended going the Ontario Mills. I didn’t expect that he was going to go into JcPenny’s. We haven’t gone clothes shopping for such a long time. And JcPenny’s wouldn’t exactly be my first choice in clothing, but since becoming a family of four living on one income in Los Angeles, I’ve had to lower my standards a bit, not saying that their clothes is bad or anthing. I ended buying like 6 shirts, a cute skirt, and really cute pair of shoes for $65. Den bought a few pairs of pants and this really blue sports jacket. After shopping, I enjoyed a lovely cup of Creme Brulee mocha from Gloria Jeans.

After picking up the kids we had dinner at my parent’s Round Table pizza. They have owned this particular location since 1990. Their last night of business will be next Sunday, February 18, 2007. They are finally really, really retiring. This is their last business to let go, after all these years. My parent’s have been such workaholics. My dad was a chemical engineer with a Ph.D. for many years. My mom was also a chemist for a while at Sunkist, until they bought their first Round Table in 1988. I was a sophmore at the time. I worked there on nights. In fact that is where I met Den. He was a pizza delivery driver, while getting his B.A. A few years later, they built a new location from the ground up. They worked long hours there, and not taking many vacations. Later my dad opened yet another business, a resell tire business. My parent’s have always worked so hard. For the longest time, this pizza business was supposed to be mine, but I eventually rejected the idea of running a restaurant. People may call me stupid for not taking over a business that was pretty much mine without having to invest any money, but I saw how hard they worked. I pretty much decided that I didn’t want to live my life that way, not that it is bad in any way. I like to enjoy my nights and weekends. Anyways, I am so happy for my parents. Now they can finally plan their Mediterrean cruise.

The last couple days it was in the 80’s. I am so glad for the warmer weather. Okay not that 60 is that cold, but for a native sunny californian valley girl, that is freakin freezing to me. I’ve been neglecting the world online, other than checking in messageboards randomly, not so much scrappy sites lately though. I think the main reason that I don’t post much, is because I don’t really have much to say or add to what is already being said. Do you understand what I mean?

Anyways, Elden is really annoying me with all his grabbing, pulling, and wanking on his neaner. I remember a lot of my mom friends with boys kept mentioning how they keep playing with themselves. I would just laugh because Brennan never did such a thing. But man, that is all Elden ever does, when I remove his diaper. If you actually think about it, it is completely hilarious. I just can’t get over the fact, that his hands are just down there constantly. I think those same boys that do that are the ones that grab their poops and spread it every where. This past weekend, I reinunited with a very good friend, and she was telling me her dh ate his poop, when he was baby. LOL!
But anyways, this friend of mine; (I won’t mention her name her because she reads this and I don’t want her to get pissed that I mentioned her dh) this lovely, sweet, treasured friend of mine, really means the world to me. I hope you know that girl? We had some good conversation and rekingling of some wonderful memories. The last time I saw her was when Brennan turned one. So it’s been a long time. She pretty much spent the entire afternoon with us and then we got to go for dinner, which was really, really nice.I haven’t gone out for a nice girl’s dinner in months. We both had a huge mojito, and I enjoyed a miso salmon. The manager compted my dessert, which was a coconut, chocolate cheesecake, and also charged my meal as a lunch size instead. I wasn’t even complaining about anything. When he was bringing out my girlfriend’s spinach dip and mashed potatoes, he mentioned that they slightly overcooked my salmon, and that it was totally unexceptable, and that they were going to cook another one. I only had to wait a few more moments. Besides, I probably would have not noticed. I was just happy to be out with my friend. Yes, I know I am totally sheltered. We really had a lovely time together. And the kids really warmed up to her.
Since having kids, I haven’t really felt like I made any true friends. Someone who I can talk about anything, and totally feel unjudged. Or someone that I can shoot the shit with. I do have many mom friends, but none that I can truly reveal my whole self to. Plus, the only reason I am friends with them is because we know each other through our kids. As far as having much in common with them, there is not much.
Den was away for most of the weekend attending a conference and presenting about this service learning project that he is working on with his classes, which they are helping to this preserve cemetary that no longer is public. Really interesting actual. I hope to take a trip out there with him soon to take some pictures to post on my neglected Flickr site.

It has been about time that Perry created a V-cast. He calls it “Lolla Lives”, part of Lollapalooza.

In “Lolla Lives”, Perry Farrell interviews various people that he considers to be working toward the Solutionist Movement and are trying to make some positive changes in this world. I still need to do a little research about this movement, but it seems like the word sort of explains itself.

So far I’ve watched the longtime Democratic Presidential campaign manager Joe Trippi, who most recently was CM to Howard Dean, champaign surfer Kelly Slater, and environmental activist Larrie David, who devotes her life to stop Global Warming.

I have fond memories attending Janes Addiction and Porno for Pyros concerts. I even went to the first Lollapalooza concert in I think was in 1991. I also rocked out to the Enit Festival. Perry has always inspired me creatively and is known for trying to bring changes in many ways.