I found this video on YouTube. I like geting to know our (hopefully) future First Lady.
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1&2: I’m a little late but I really want to see Dark Knight and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. How eclectic am I with a villainous action movie and an uber chick flick?
3: The Secret Life of Bees Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, AND Jennifer Hudson in the same movie? Seriously? Got to see it. It doesn’t come out until October but I can’t wait. Queen’s southern accent is a bit too much but it should wonderful anyway.
4: House Bunny I know. I know. It doesn’t look that great. It’s more of a wen you’re 19 and you and your friends need to kill some time after you’re done with finals to unwind. Well even at 2?, I still think I could enjoy a completely slapstick, wannabe-Legally-Blonde movie. Right?
So last Friday (the 8th) I had oral surgery, but not before KidWonder got sick on Tuesday with a bad cold. So over the weekend DadWonder had two sickies to take care of.KW had a bad cold that caused his asthma to act up and we had to kick in to full gear with the meds. We were finally applauded by a physician on the stellar job we were doing taking care of our child. <sarcastic sigh of relief>
So with KW being medicated about 5 times a day we thought, “Why not send me in for 9 shots of local anesthetic, three tooth extractions, and surgical removal of an empacted wisdom tooth followed by a haze of pain accompanied with percoset and amoxicillin?” Why indeed. It’s all because, and I can’t believe I’m admitting this, I’m getting braces. Am I crazy for getting braces 8 months before the wedding? YES! Am I going to do it anyway? YES! It’s something I’ve wanted for a long time a my orthodontist (Peter Maro, formerly of the New York Rangers) promises that my smile will vastly improve by April. So on Tuesday I am off to have spacers put in even thought the pain of the surgery hasn’t completely subsided (Yay!). wish me luck.
That techie honey of mine has created a blog just for our wedding! ShayandTom.com is now customized. Still working out a few kinks and some language but please feel free to stop by and say “hi”!
Dress worn by Joy Nash in latest Fat Rant: $149
Shops like Torrid, Lane Bryant, and Kiyonna have outrageous prices. Manolo for the Big Girl offers up discounts at just such places. Even with these discounts, I’d still pay $100 for 2 dresses (though I did get 4 dresses from SizeAppeal for about $20 each w/ a code from Manolo). Maybe I just don’t understand fashion enough to pay this kind of money. I’m just a girl who was raised on WalMart, Target, and Payless Shoes, so excuse me if my country bumpkin ways aren’t savvy enough to get it. Even Target is now charging higher prices (storewide) so it’s hard to find the best deals there as well. I guess I’m just cheap.
I also never learned to walk in high heels. I wish I has because the dresses I do own need cute shoes. I buy cute shoes but I can’t go anywhere in them because I walk three feet and have to sit down. I want to learn before the wedding because I want to be super sexy at the rehearsal and super-duper sexy on the honeymoon.
I was on the Manolo for the Big Girl blog and found this new video by Joy Nash. I saw her Fat Rant on YouTube a few months ago and she’s released another.
1. KidWonder’s rapping bird: On one of KidWonder’s shows (there’s about three) there was a rapping bird and a line caught my ear: “…I got my new socks, now let’s kick this pre-school!” Too cute!
2. Noggin’s in the toilet: For some reason, I keep seeing songs about going to the bathroom. “Wake up and Gotta Go” and “Last Chance to Make It” Seriously? I’ve eard of toilet humor, but toilet talent? I just don’t get it.
3. KidWonder’s Share Philosophy: “Mommy, I will give you some of my yummy snack…but wait…I can only get one out at a time. What if after this I can’t get anymore? That means this one might be my last one so you can’t have this one. Yay! I got another one! Mommy, I will give you some of my yummy snack…”
4. Has anyone seen CNN’s Black In America? Isn’t it about the best expose ever?
5. Wii, You’ve got it all wrong: I received a reccomendation from Amazon.com for Active Life: Outdoor Challenge. Wait. You want kids to sit inside and play a video game where they pretend to be outside? And that costs how much? Oh, right. It’s free when you don’t do it virtually.
There’s been so much to talk about this week and I haven’t had the time to talk about it. Now’s the time so I’ll be posting more than one.
Maddy/Tiana
Disney’s new black princess: So Disney has gone back to 2-D, hand drawn annimation and decided that (after dacades) they would try their hand at a black American princess. “Maddy” would be the princess in The Frog Princess. They thought that it would be okay to make her somewhat like the other princesses. She would be a servant, not to a family member, but to an upity, spoiled white woman. She would have her prince/hero, but he wouldn’t be a black American prince/hero. He would be white. A few people didn’t like that so much. I can see why. Maddy (though my grandmother was Mattie) can be perceived as demeaning by some of today’s society. It’s like calling her Mammie. Also, having a white woman as a servant turn princess is a fairy tale. Having a black woman as a servant turn princess is a fairy tale that hits a bit too close to home. And is Disney so unwilling to step outside of their comfort zone that they couldn’t have a full black animated cast. The voices don’t have to be of black people, but if Aladdin can be full Arabian and Mulan full Asian, why can’t this princess be surrounded by people of her own race? They’ve tried to redeem themselves by making her a heroine named Tiana. I still don’t know that many black girls named Tiana. I know more named Britney and Ashley than I do Tiana. Like one of the articles says, you can’t satisfy everyone. 
Well, it was an interesting week. Kidwonder has been through a lot lately. On Tuesday he gradually started daycare. We found a lovely women, we’ll call her Miss Birdie, who does family care out of her home along with partner, Miss Kay. Both ladies are really pleasant and it’s been really great so far. They take the kids out everyday they can, which is great for KW. He’s gotten so antsy lately that he has to get out just to calm down. The first day I dropped him off at the park and he warmed up to Miss Birdie rather quickly. (My word of advice: Allow your child to meet with and interact with the the caretakers AND children at a daycare a day or two before you leave him there on his own.) 
This is KW on his first day at daycare. I know he doesn’t look happy, but it does get better.
On Wednesday, I went to try on bridal gowns at David’s Bridal. KW was not very pleasant after the first two dresses. He decided that he wanted Mommy even if she did look like a giant cupcake. Luckily, Grandpa was there as a distraction. I can’t show you pics of me in the dress, just in case DadWonder decides to take a gander at this here post. I will show you one of the dress I tried on though. 
And last, but definitely not least..Yesterday, KidWonder turned 1 year old! He had no idea that it was a special day , but enjoyed his time in the park,
time in DW’s chair,
and an ice cream cupcake.
All the things you need to have a great first birthday.
So I have a new obsession. I don’t know how long it will last, but it all got started by Sex and the City. In one of the scenes, Carrie is doing research by reading a book called Love Letters from Great Men or something like that. Well I just found out that it’s not a real book!. But I did find Love Letters From Great Men and Women: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day. On Amazon, it takes 1-3 weeks to ship so I was trying to look elsewhere when I found GoodReads.com. DadWonder told me about this site a while ago but I never took a look. Like he was then, I am addicted now. It’s a great site where you review, comment, discuss, swap/sell books. I was on the site for an hour before I noticed. And I only got 27 book on there so far. So take a look.
Riddle me this. Riddle me that. What could scare the blackest cat? Answer: Anything that can destroy 2 diapers, a wall, a changing pad, and a pair of socks.
Yesterday, I was changing KidWonder -a #2- and after I put a clean diaper under the dirty on, I noticed a small spring bug on his wipes container. Not thinking I immediately let go of his little, yet very strong, legs to squish the little intruder. Crisis solved, I turned to find poop all over the changing pad cover. Before letting go of KidWonder, I didn’t close the diaper back and he proceded to kick as usual and his feet ended up in the poo. The formerly gray heels of his socks were now covered in poo and were spreading it around the changing pad, the clean diaper, and all over his legs. As I am sure he heard my yelp of surprise, DadWonder was soon at my side assisting.
I removed the socks and both diapers. DW stiffled his wriggles while I cleaned the scene. I looked above his head at what I thought was another bug only to find that, somehow, he had managed to fling a chunk of poo at the wall with those strong calves of his. I must say, I never felt like more of a mom. Am I now a veteran? Eh…
So once the real crises was over, wall cleaned, socks trashed, pad cover hampered, and diapers Genie-d, KW was in his usual I-want-to-play, I’m-the-happiest-boy-in-world, “Dad, let’s play” self. All as if he hadn’t just blessed us with a very funny story to tell.
Okay, so my soon-to-be sister-in-law, without knowledge, has forced me to try to blog more often. She started a blog here and now I have to keep up. She and DadWonder are blogging like crazy. I felt ashamed logging in today to find that I only have 35 posts total. That’s sad for a blog that’s been up for more than a year.
So here I go.
KidWonder (a.k.a. Beany) has been quite the little rascal these days. He’s getting into everything and moving so fast tht I can’t turn my back on him. He could end up anywhere. But he is still the cutest little rascal ever. Today, he and DadWonder were playing under his favorite blanket (what use to be my favorite) and I pretended I couldn’t find him. I could see his little head turn toward my voice under the blanket and then he threw his arm up to reveal himself and a huge smile, as if to say, “Here I am, Mommy. See.” That made my day.
I’ve also been watching music videos on launch.yahoo.com and both Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson have made their “comebacks.” Is is just me, or did they both look better when I was younger? I remember wanting to be these two women when I was a girl. I even remember a white satin jacket I had to take pictures in at the age of 4 and saying to only to myself that “I look just like Janet.” Well I don’t think that now. I do think I looked more like Rudy Huxtable. But that’s neither her nor there. Why is it that these so called iconic role models are changing their appearance so drastically? I thought the women I grew up viewing as beautiful would age gracefully while still making great music. No. They’ve altered their apearance, are dating/married to younger men, and there sound is vastly different. I understand that as you get older your sound will change, but Mariah use to sing and now all she does is break glass. Anyway…I’m disappointed.
On the work front…I’ve been going thru resumes and I’m not getting. When did it become okay to pass along your resume or CV without a cover letter? “My resume, if you’re interested” is not the way to introduce yourself. And how hard is it to spell check. You’re sending me a resume in Microsoft Word which I know come with a spell checker. Double check everything you send out for your career.
Ranting done. Time for Battlestar Galactica.
That’s right. Take a look.
He’s growing up so fast and there’s nothing I can do to stop it. I know it’s a short clip but more to come.
P.S. Sorry I haven’t written in a (long) while.
