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03:53 am
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Maybe I can stick with LJ this time?...
As I told a bunch of you, I'm going to experiment again with maintaining some sort of diary using LJ. Hopefully some of you will join in as you've said is a possibility, but at least you said that you like reading the entries, which is a start. :)
I figure that now is as good a time as any since I'm up anyway to do some work before the kids wake up and we all need to eat and make our way to church.
I'm even going to try to figure out how to post pictures! Yes, Dan still disagrees with the concept of LJ, but he's trusting my judgment when it comes to posting pictures and personal information, which is all I can ask.
Today's entry will be the funny picture that sums up the times that James is now deciding to act out his "terrible twos"! Such a dramatic reaction to my telling him that it was bedtime! I hope this isn't a trend! Also, those of you who don't see James in person often may be surprised that his hair is getting a slight reddish-brown tint to it. It's not really turning red and it appears that it will just be a slightly darker blond than we thought. :) He's so handsome, our little man, even when he's being a touch trying!
Current Location: home office
Current Mood:  tired
Current Music: classical
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12:07 pm
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Maggie
Hey you! :)
You guys are killing me! It's like you hear me fading from LJ and you ask me to send you something via it! I still love you though you crazy people! :p
Anyway, OMG, Dan and I are SO excited that you'll be moving to VA!! It's FATE! :) We're going to be so happy to have you guys around, in our home state no less! YES, we'll be happy to help you find a place!
Dan is absolutely right about avoiding some of the tacky new developments: They're cheaply-made vinyl monstrosities slapped up to appease wannabe-yuppies. We've seen many cases where they're okay-looking (if bland) on the front but then have an unfinished look on the back, like with fewer windows and no nice architectural features. Plus many *sound* big, touting having four or five bedrooms, but the rooms are small: you can only fit a king-size bed and a bureau and maybe have some walking space. We've also heard people talk of the cheap appliances that the developers put in there breaking after a couple of years. And many of them have cheap carpet, cheap laminate counters, cheap bland cookie-cutter kitchen cabinets, that sort of thing. The other thing to look out for is the yard sounding like a decent size but the houses being on top of each other in other directions. We know that you want a neighborhood with neighbors relatively close but you're not going to want to spit and hit the neighbors' houses. Nor do you want redneck neighbors!
Dan and I will send you some tips and such (like where to AVOID). You said that you didn't have a broker right? My mom may be able to recommend one. I'll check.
I have to run for now, but we'll talk more over the phone! I'll be home late-ish tonight but Dan will be home. Then we can all talk more tomorrow night maybe?
Talk with you soon!
Cate
Current Mood:  ecstatic
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10:10 am
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LJ - The Ongoing Debate
Taking an LJ coffee break to muse further about this LJ thing since Daniel and I discussed it briefly over dinner last night before we moved on to different topics.
Daniel made a good point by asking if I was getting out of it what I'd aimed and if I really needed to make "pen pals" given that we're constantly busy with our current family and friends and the new ones that we already occasionally meet through work and hobbies.
I reiterated that I jumped on board to LJ (per you all saying that you were considering doing so!) to use LJ as a way to keep in touch with some of you long-distance folks in a different way, to chat others with similar interests, to possibly network, and to keep it somewhat of a journal.
That said, I found a couple of interesting forums, but I am disappointed with others:
* The political forums have many crackpots who rant rather than having calm logical debates. I foolishly expected more out of the Libertarian forums in particular since I consider us to be such a rational bunch.
* The pregnancy and similarly domestic forums have some normal people but also have many dysfunctional people, some of whom should not be having children or should learn to do simple research before asking strangers how to clean a stain or what have you.
* From what I've seen, some of the forums look like places where people just want to gripe or boast (and probably exaggerate), rather than to genuinely vent legitimate frustrations or genuinely share happy thoughts.
* and so forth.
Along the same lines, networking-wise, I've not seen the value thus far. I've corresponded offline with a couple of other lawyers who would clearly get more value out of networking with me than vice versa. They seem to hope to gain entry into interesting and lucrative fields of law whereas they're only able to offer contacts within lower-level paper-pushing oriented fields.
(I did "meet" one fellow attorney whose posts in some forums point to her being intelligent, that and her having recently told me that she's read Atlas Shrugged(!), which definitely gets her points in my book. But her areas of practice differ from my path. And it looks like she also "downsized" me off her friends list anyway in her effort to pare down her list.)
I did agree with Dan that we do have to prioritize our family and current friends and acquaintances, and that--despite my being a rapid typist--that LJ has taken up some time with things that I usually talk with family and friends in person, over phone or via e-mail.
He also pointed out that the private and secure family website is now the preferred method for maintaining the family tree and scrapbooking the family chronology, and that once he and the guys finish the friends section of it, we should really use that to correspond when not e-mailing or calling. Hopefully they'll finish that up soon, though Dan is really tied up with the tail end of things at the hospital. (I'm already glad that the didn't choose a field of practice that will require long hours at the hospital or lots of emergency calls, and I know that he's anxious to wrap up this grueling period that hard-working love of mine.)
Mind you, Dan still should not poo poo LJ as a "lonely housewives club for those whose husbands are probably off playing video games or working too much", sigh. But I do see his point that people can continue to chat about their days and such using the traditional avenues and that one should be careful not to let LJ become a time sink (which I can see would be easy to do). One of the people who I "met" through LJ says that she uses it for pen pals. So perhaps she doesn't have much family or many friends close to where she lives, and accordingly, perhaps LJ is a good venture for people like that (and who don't have their own website through which to correspond). There's something for everyone.
Thus, I'll leave this journal up for a bit, but I'm not sure that it was or would be such a productive venture after all and we'll see if I keep the journal up.
Presently, I've a few bits of work to which to attend from the *peace* of home before going into the office for a partial day that I suspect will extend into the evening some. Incidentally, James' appointment went well this morning. He's a healthy boy, as we knew. :)
Ta,
Catherine
Current Mood:  contemplative
Current Music: James talking to a lethargic Hank
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04:09 pm
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Tara
Yes, I'll wait for your call.
In the interim, I can't help myself. Doesn't this ring a bell? ;)
"But at the end of the day, even if you put a calico dress on it and call it Florence, a pig is still a pig."
(Liz, I know that you're having a deja vu as well. I'll call you and fill you in more. ;))
Alright then, this is has been MUCH too much LJ for work. ;) So I won't be LJ'ing from work much at all again. ;) Guess I'm feeling cocky after that last case LOL. ;) Speaking of which, I'll indeed tell you how our celebratory dinner is. I'm looking forward to it! And YES, I know EXACTLY how lucky I am to have Dan! :) :)
Talk with you soon.
Cate
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: A bevy of lawyers madly working in the delusion of getting out before 5
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01:07 pm
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Tara
Hey Tara, here you go. Check out the changes that you and I discussed *evil laugh* ;), http://www.kaufmanandcanoles.com/. We can talk more offline of course.
By and by, you all chime in that you're reading my LJ after I discuss taking it down of course. :p You're still not posting on it though ;), so Dan and I are still leaning toward the friends section of the family website. We'll let you know.
I've a client meeting in a few, have to go.
Ta,
Cate
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: My conscience telling me to get off LJ
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12:01 pm
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Shannon!
Hey Shannon,
Since you said that you'll be taking a peek at LJ, I'm sending you this note over a working lunch! ;)
So you made it sound as if you might know something about one of my birthday presents from Dan! If he asked you for any advice and you have any hints, then you'd better give me a hint, particularly since he did drop the hint about our needing to pack clothes and I have to know what to pack! ;) We have been talking about taking our first bigger (less local) family trip since James is more aware of certain things now (not aware enough for Paris yet :p but can handle more just a few hours somewhere :)). Is that it?!
I know, I'm bad. But I already know one present since Dan gave it away! I don't know the exact item, but I saw the box from the jewelry store ;) and he was getting all upset over the idea of me buying myself one of a couple of things that we were looking at a while back. ;) He's usually so good at surprises. Granted, I still don't know WHICH item lol. Okay, since he does love surprises and I do too, I won't press you on my other gift. I'm just SO curious!
In general, I can't wait until he and any of the kids are big enough to go on bigger trips with us! We'll take them everywhere that we've gone: Europe, Australia, Asia! My Mom and Dad are our inspirations when it comes to family vacations! They always did such a great job of making us feel included. :)
By the way, did you see the pics of what we have for James? :) I'm having trouble waiting for his party! I can't wait to decorate and all! It's so funny because it'll be many of the kids that he sees every day anyway, our little social butterfly and flirt. But it'll still be fun!
If I do end up staying home at least part-time with the kids (Yep, we decided to definitely go for another baby some time relatively soon since James will be big enough for a sibling by the time that the baby is born. :)), then I'll be sure to keep the kids' very active and social since James is thriving on that and Mom and Dad did a great job with that and I don't want kids who are sheltered at home with Mommy all of the time! Of course, you know that I'm not one to sit at home and make the kids stare at just each other anyway! ;) Presently, we've plenty of time to keep planning though and I may still opt to take advantage of the mommy-conducive flex-time at the firm for at least the first couple of kids. Guess we'll figure it out. :)
And yes, his eyes are definitely staying blue :) but his hair is turning like his dad's, yay! :) I can see Dan in him so much but, yes, I do see bits of both of us at times. :) He's our beautiful boy!!
Presently, I need to return to a working lunch. Work is crazily busy lately as we've discussed. It's going so well though that that's why I'm figuring out what to do as we have more children. We'll keep you updated as always!
Have a lovely day, love!
Cate
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: People talking as they walk past my office
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12:34 pm
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For lneef
Hi again,
Feeling guilty about not having kept up on one of my only new LJ friend's journal, I scrolled down to my friends entries to go ahead and see what's new with you, and only saw the one about downsizing the friends list. I then went to your journal and it said "friends-only". Can I take that to mean that I'm on that downsizing list? If so, that's understandable since we don't know each other particularly well and I've been sporadic on LJ at best. I just want to make sure that I'm not doing something wrong with LJ since I'm still getting the hang of it.
Presently, Dan is asking about lunch since he's been doing his part by playing with James while I tried to catch up more on LJ :p. So I'll say bye for now. :) Have a lovely afternoon.
Thanks,
Catherine
Current Mood:  curious
Current Music: Dan asking about lunch :p
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11:53 am
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LJ - To Be or Not to Be?
Okay, having gone on LJ for the first time in about a month and being anxious to post some pictures of James and perhaps use it for networking, I spoke with Dan again and we came to a compromise:
Namely, Daniel and I agreed that I'll only post pictures and more personal information if I make those entries "friends-only", meaning that only people with LJ accounts and who are on my "friends" list can view said entries.
Also, Dan made a good point that we should use the new family website to share pictures and things with family now that it's up (which I didn't anticipate being so soon...Maybe my LJ venture lit a fire. ;)). He said that we could add a section for friends too, which would probably preclude the need for LJ. He also made a good point that I managed without it before and haven't kept super current with it.
Yet, I was going to still try to use LJ as a bit of a journal, a place to share some common interests with new people and another possible networking venue. That said, for now, I'll leave the journal public and see how maintaining it goes with my time , but some entries may "friends-only".
I got on LJ at the urging of those of you who peruse it and brought it to my attention because we agreed that it could be a fun way to keep in touch, particularly those of us across the pond and otherwise long distance from each other. However, I understand your retroactive reticence to "put yourself out there". (However, I have that one new "LJ friend" who posted some of her personal information and survived .;)) So since you all haven't opened your own accounts and still just call and e-mail, why don't you let me know if you're going to use LJ, and then I can decide whether to keep the account.
Thanks,
Catherine
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Still James and Dan
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11:50 am
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Forgiveness
Church made me realize that I have to be more forgiving toward that bozo at Tara's. Though he made a spectacle out of her and me and upset our husbands, it's up to all of us to be the bigger people and let it go. We should feel sorry for those who just don't have filters and probably don't have a lot of friends due to that.
Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Dan talking to James
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10:56 am
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Happier Thoughts - James!
Okay, vent over. Back to happier entries, like about James!
I'm so excited about him officially walking now! It makes him a little less baby-ish now, but it's equally adorable and it's reflective of him being an early starter on things! I'm so glad that Dan and I saw it first since odds were good that it might have been Nana or the like! Hopefully we'll hear his first real word since he's also babbling away these days. It's in spurts but he definitely has some things to say! Dan and I are also amazed at how protective Dagny and Hank are with James when he's walking. They've always been protective, but it's so darn cute to see them each walk along one side of James and pause and look at him when he pauses! We have some great pictures and video! We posted them on the new family website (and I love how the family coats of arms are on each page. That's a great touch! Good job guys!), but I want to post some photos here too for you all who don't have access to the site since it's easier than e-mailing them and since we don't use Shutterbug or anything. I'm still working on Dan with LJ.
I told Dan that, sorry, but some of the pics of the dogs walking with James are as cute as the pictures of Dan walking with him lol.
Even Finney and Molly seem to be taking it remarkably well now that James can catch up them faster, ha ha. Molly usually just flops over and lets herself be pet anyway.
In true Finnegan style, Finn observes first like Mr. Cool and then decides to get his petting.
James still isn't totally running around yet, but he's getting there! Dan also took a great picture of James holding onto Dan's pants leg the other day and wobbly toddling over to me with his little toy spatula. I'm not sure how James thought that a spatula might help mommy to clean the bathroom, but he meant well LOL. Fortunately, James lost interest long enough for me to then hide the spatula seeing as how it needed to be tossed into the dishwasher thanks to it having Windex from my rubber gloves on it. :p
Well, LJ'ing with James has stopped working. I also have some more things to do with this much-valued day off and this was a plentiful lot of posts anyway! So time to say ta to LJ for now.
By the way, I appreciate that you all said that you're reading the journal and finding it a nice way to communicate some despite your not having time yet for your own journal. :)
Cheers,
Cate
Current Mood: pleased
Current Music: James talking, Finney (with his ears clearly burning) meowing
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10:27 am
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Brief Vent
Okay, in between the happy stuff, I just have to vent about a couple of things:
1. I love our family, but we can't understand why some of the Irish side seems to forget that Daniel and I both have English heritage too and STILL comment on our choice of schools and some baby names, e.g. those considered to be "too English" rather than Irish or "American". Our parents remind us that some of the very oldest extended family members are just from the old school and to let their comments roll off us. We can do that for the most part since it's not a lot. It just gets old from time to time.
2. Tara and I still can't get over the gall of that moron at Tara's making those comments to us! She was lamenting it the other day since she's still embarrassed that it happened at her place. Who in the world says to someone's guest: "Wow, you're too hot to be a lawyer! What a waste! You should be a model with that figure, those looks and that blonde hair! Actually, you'd probably have to be a Victoria Secret's model though since your boobs are a little too big for regular modeling." Dan and I both almost lost it at that last part in particular. Then he has the nerve to turn to Tara and say that she's "kinda hot too"! Rich definitely wasn't happy.
The jackass wasn't even drunk, so he can't chalk it up to that! NOR has he contacted Tara's friend to apologize to her, much less to Tara or me. Of course, Tara said that she doesn't want him near any of us ever again, and she already apologized abundantly despite it not being her fault. She couldn't have anticipated that an acquaintance of a friend would be such rude trash! At least we could all laugh at him briefly, if a bit awkwardly, after Rich and Dan made the jerkoff leave. Fortunately, we should never see the moron again.
Current Mood:  annoyed
Current Music: James Daniel
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10:15 am
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U.S. Open!
Yay, it's U.S. Open time again! Our girls are looking good so far, but Henin is a threat.
It's funny that watching some of the Open still results in Dad saying that he's glad that I played some soccer (or FOOTBALL for you purists over the pond) in addition to ballet and tennis. :p Dad does love his soccer too. :p I'm just grateful that being petite didn't preclude me from any of those activities despite some people believing that you have to be tall for ballet and tennis.
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: James flipping through his book as he's suddenly quiet and looking at pics
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10:08 am
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For lneef :)
Hi lneef,
Thank you for sharing (and you look fine in your photo :)). Unfortunately, Dan and I have not had time to resolve the LJ issue yet. It’s on our to-do list. I would like to be able to share more on LJ. :)
Also, things have been crazy and I've not been able to read on LJ for weeks except for just one quick thread a while back on baby names (for a lady who is having a baby soon :)). So I'll have to do some reading this week in order to catch up with what's been going on with you, Princessbunny and some of the other interesting LJ folks out there over the past several weeks! Generally speaking, it looks like I was right in suspecting that my LJ participation may be intermittent at times.
Current Mood: determined
Current Music: James babbling away
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10:07 am
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Holidays - For Shannon
Shannon – Yes to your questions. I’m again making the Christmas entrée and a dessert but for Thanksgiving I’m just bringing a side dish or whatever I’m told is needed. And yes I will translate those French and German items if you e-mail them to me.
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: James back to chatting with Mommy again
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09:51 am
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Baby Names
Just for the record, both Moms said that we can choose whatever family names we want since we’re the only ones out of the kids who are having babies yet :p. First come first served LOL. Given that, yes, “Elizabeth” and “Caroline Margaret” are still on the list :p, as are "Rachel/Rachael Elizabeth", "Elizabeth Rachel/Rachael", we'll have to decide on the spelling based on whether we want to keep true to the actual spelling of she to whom we'd be paying tribute :) or to how we best like the spelling.
And no harassment about the names that we’re keeping private you guys. Just like we did when we were having James, we want to keep some names to ourselves for a time even if we ended up using one that everyone knew about. ;) Being extra mushy after our weekend getaway made us also again talk casually about when to have our second baby. When we were younger we both kind of expected to have two children by this age since I'm already almost 29.
Our parents started sooner too, but we know that we made the right decision to get more established with our work and house before having children. It made sense to make a good impression at work first, and I can't imagine even doing things like having painted, decorated, landscaped, and all with a new baby. It made more sense to bring James into a more stable life and set up home. Since twins run in the family a bit, perhaps we can make up for "lost" time with a set. :p
People are waiting longer these days anyway. Look at our older siblings who are completely into family too (and are great aunts and uncles for James) but who wanted more time to get things set up in their lives. But cousins for James are forthcoming right everyone?? Sorry, I was channeling the parents for a minute there LOL.
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: James talking to Dagny, who may well understand what James is saying
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09:49 am
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Yes Miss Liz
Yes, technically I’m still *28* but I’m closer to 29 than 28 and you know how I am about mathy things and that I would round up ;).
Still, correction made, happy Oh Fussy One? :p
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Still James talking to Mommy
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09:42 am
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Mushiness Alert!
That weekend also made us extra mushy and made us reminisce about our wedding again. So here are just a few favorite memories. Some actually start before the wedding.
* That moment when I really realized that Daniel would one day be my husband and the father of our children. * Daniel asking me to be his wife!
* Telling everyone about it and having our engagement party. Granted, Dad knew that it was happening some time since Daniel had to ask for my hand from Daddy first but Dad didn't know exactly when!
* Trying on my wedding gown for the first time and knowing that was the one!
* My super fun shower, including the melt-your-heart homemade gifts like our wedding quilts from my best-ever aunts and my necklace from Nana. * My rocking bachelorette!
* Putting on my gown for REAL that day! * Mom and the girls looking beautiful in their outfits! Mom still turns heads! ;) I'm counting on those genes as I get older! * Dad, Dan and all the boys looking dashing in their morning suits! Daddy is still a looker too!
* Walking down the aisle with Daddy and seeing Daniel already smiling but then starting to cry when we made eye contact! That was the BEST!
* Saying our vows and kissing to seal it!
* Turning around and seeing all of our beautiful family and friends, including those of you who wonderfully flew in from everywhere, including abroad!
* Dancing our dance to our special song (quickly chosen before our many hilarious jokes about the many overused and tacky wedding songs out there)!
* Dancing with Daddy.
* Dancing with Pappy. He's still got the moves!
* Seeing Daniel dance with his mother and then seeing her say something to him that he later told me was that she couldn’t have chosen better for him herself (yes, I cried when he told me that part) and to be to me like his father is to her and to make lots of babies lol :). Love you too World's Best MIL :)! And you know that we’re working on the babies! * Seeing Daniel dance with Mom. Not for the first time of course but obviously a special moment.
* The unbelievable toasts that were better than we could have imagined and made me cry 20 times. Love you all World's Best Bridal Party!
* Being serenaded by the guys in true Irish style! I love you all! * Sneaking away for time alone with Daniel :). I’m also thankful for a million more things like: * a beautiful dress that I could breath in while it still held in "the girls" through tons of dancing! :p It's all about something that one can swing and salsa in without scary photo moments! * All of the effort put into making the church extra beautiful for that day and into making our reception even more beautiful than I imagined! * Mom making sure that a very distracted me still ate some yummy lobster, filet, shrimp and all. * Our big crazy Irish wedding still being as intimate as I wanted it and with no nutty drunk fools which was HUGE. But you know that Mom would’ve killed anyone who got too flaming drunk lol! * Our yummy cake which did not get smashed into faces and which Mom did NOT have to make any effort to get me to eat lol! I ate some of almost EVERY tier. I remember eating a little bit of at least the death-by-chocolate, carrot spice, and strawberries and cream, YUM! Not to mention a bite of Daniel’s hazelnut espresso groom’s cake. Oink lol. * My beautiful wedding rings that remind me every day of how lucky I am. I will never stop appreciating Daniel having something so beautiful made by knowing what I like and remembering tidbits or ring discussions. ;) I’ll have to save our honeymoon for another entry!
Current Mood: nostalgic
Current Music: James telling me something very important that only he knows
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09:38 am
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That Weekend Seems Like Ages Ago...
Daniel and I enjoyed that weekend's show. It was excellent. We missed James a bunch but he happily babbled away on the phone when we called to check in (He wants to talk so badly already! He'll definitely have the Irish gift of gab LOL!) when we called him, and Dan and I enjoyed our overnighter together :).
Current Mood: cheerful
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09:34 am
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Welcome Back to Me!
Wow, finally back on LJ after weeks of craziness between our getaway to see Trace Adkins followed by increased caseload at work, then Meg and Colm visit for a couple of weeks (We already miss you guys!), Labor Weekend with both sets of parents, and so on!
Therefore, I'm enjoying a well-deserved vacation day with my boy and the zoo that we call our pets, ha ha. So I'll do a nice long entry to bring things a bit up to date! I'll categorize things to make entries clearer. I'm slowly getting the hang of this LJ thing. :)
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: James "talking" away
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09:11 pm
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More LJ
Wow, two LJ sessions in one day! I'm sitting here with Tara looking over my shoulder to see what this LJ thing is all about. I even added a music designation this time. I'm still tired from yesterday but we ever so kindly accepted a visit from Tara and Andy (Tara is making a face right now lol) since they were willing to sit around with us tired duds tonight rather than try and drag us out :p.
That said, here is today's bountiful LJ entry:
Tara is happy that we're listening to Carbon Leaf as an homage to them since we won't be seeing them again tomorrow. Tara and the gang may go and Tara promises to throw kisses for me.
Tara also wants to know if when we're seeing "The Bourne Ultimatum". I'm thinking when Megan Colm come. We can make a couples thing out of it with Christine and Rich. Megan and Colm?
Movies - Liz, let us know what you think of "This is England". We girlies here will let you know if we see "Becoming Jane". You know that having baby now means waiting for some movies to come out on DVD.
Nagging - I'm done nagging about people joining LJ too. I'm justified in nagging since many of YOU guys turned me onto it after you were checking out the communities and all but I forgive you :p. I'll use LJ as I please and hope that you'll join in if you want. Like you Tara. (Tara makes another face lol).
By and by everyone, your hesitance to do the LJ thing isn't helping Dan feel more comfortable about my revealing more personal information, including posting pictures. From what I've seen so far, some people post some great pictures of their kids and things and I want to do the same. The friending" privacy thing seems to work well. So you can use it with your accounts. Everyone knows that I'm usually the persuasive one in the group lol but I'm not having as much luck this time :p. But I promise that's all I'll say because I know that nothing is totally secure and I understand your concerns and am still testing out the LJ thing myself.
Regret - I regret not taking a picture of Dan and James sleeping because it was so cute but I was exhausted and not thinking.
My little flirt - Apparently James has chosen his future bride in the form of Emily, Nana's neighbor's adorable little girl :). Nana regularly shows us pictures of James grabbing Emily's hand and her dragging James around too lol. James plays with the other kids too during play dates but he and Emily currently have a thing for each other. I'm in for trouble with that boy!
Baby names - I should join the LJ baby name forum that I poked into. I can expand my LJ world. That reminds me of a note to Shannon: yes , William David is still on the list for another boy since between James' name and that name, Dan and I will have used our dads names and Dan's, and indirectly some of the grandfathers' names. We have to be careful not to end up with all of the men in the family having the same few variations of name :p. Future marriages will bring future opportunities to use family names :).
About Catherine - At Liz's recommendation, here's a little bio in case I get any new LJ friends:
I'm 29, grew up in Virginia except for some time in D.C. when we moved there for a stint for Dad's work. I have two older brothers (who need to get married lol) and a younger sister. I'm married and have a 10-month old son, James. I'm married to my best friend, my husband Daniel, who is working his cute can off for his residency :p. Daniel grew up primarily in Virginia but with some time in N.C. and has one older brother, one older sister and two younger sisters. I am blessed to have Dan's siblings as my best friends too and to have my family love Dan right back :).
Dan and I have an amazing love story that I love to share! We both mostly grew up in VA but met in university in England and learned that we came from the same state and are both partly Irish-American! What are the odds of two Southerners meeting in England! It was kismet :). A while later came engagement, a crazy Irish-Catholic wedding and baby, and the rest of our love story is still unfolding :). Good enough Liz :p?
Christmas - I was talking to mom and MIL about Christmas, letting them know that it really doesn't have to be at our house again. We're certainly happy to have everyone over again but I was thinking about it and realizing that James won't be fully aware of, and excited about, what's going on until he's older anyway. I told Mom that James can travel locally on Christmas the same as on Thanksgiving and that Dan and I are aware that others will have to travel with kids and presents too. I told Mom and MIL that we'll definitely want Christmas at our house again when our children are old enough to enjoy helping to decorate, back and those things but that it's not essential this year. They insisted that they agreed that it's best, in part due to Dan's sometimes stressful schedule as much as for James and me,and that everyone is okay with it. So plans are still on and I feel better knowing that everyone knows that we weren't hogging the holidays.
For the moment, I'm more concerned about having a fun little party for James' impending first b'day :)! The ever-classy Tara is asking if there is a cake recipe that uses breast milk. My gross friend.
Warning to all, impending breast milk talk lol.
One of the new people who I met through LJ was discussing breastfeeding (I should chime in on her entry.) and it reminded me that I'm also considering breastfeeding all of my kids until well beyond the recommended "at least one year", more like until they're 40 lol since our moms credit their greedy little children to the moms still being in good in shape. That and the running around that we put them through. Our dads attribute it partly to what it takes to maintain a house big enough for a passel of kids and partly to our moms torturing them with healthy diets at certain points lol.
Oh Liz, Tara wants me to let you know that the other day I again saw that white trash woman that Chris and I saw in the grocery store. We're wondering what she's doing in the store since we don't usually see people quite like her at our store. Blessedly, Trailer Trash Woman didn't say anything stupid this time.
Now Dan and I are about to kick Tara and Andy out and fall into bed. TRACE ADKINS in one day! Yes my mates across the pond, we're rednecks :p. We'll probably see some share of trailer trash tomorrow too.
Ta,
Cate
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Carbon Leaf
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