I've been tagged, twice now...for two different things. But since one of them is for my other blog, I'll wait to get to that one. I'll get to yours soon Dana I hope...
My sister Liz has tagged me this time, about 7 things people don't know about me. I already sort of did something like it Here just on my own. But will do it again in the 7 form.
1. I've never voted and never will. I'm not sad at that one...
2. I had no idea Clinton got elected twice. I wasn't that observant at political things at that age I guess.
3. I really want a T-shirt that says "Asses for Basses Charity Nude Fishing Tournament", I like weird shirts...and I've never seen anyone else with one, so I'd be first!
4. First time I read a book, I read it constantly until I get to the end. Stopping is like having the cable go out in the midst of the season finale. So if I can't sit down and have it done in a few days, I wont read it. All or nothing.
5. I like scary movies, but they must have a point. Movies with gore just for the purpose of creeping me out as much as possible, I've got no reason to see. What you don't see is always far better then what you can...Give me Hitchcock any day.
6. I hate banks. I prefer to have my money at home, I save it that way. A throw back to my dad always getting me new banks to encourage me to save my money.
7. I believe fun is foreign.
Yay, now I can tag people back! Alright Christy Mom and Dana your turn now.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Motto' A motto'
It got rather hot here this summer. Sort of unexpectedly so. Happily we live by pools and parks with water. While we would like to go to the pool everyday, some time's it's just too crowded there and we need a chance of pace. Beaverton Park is good for that. They have fountains.
Takes a few minutes of encouragement to get Pria to go all the way into the fountains....Chris does his best to show her what she can enjoy with them.
She figures it out soon enough and then the fun begins. We take buckets with us, since it's no fun to throw water on the other kids playing unless it's a lot of water.
Geoffry the Giraffe would be proud....we are totally Toys"R"Us kids
Takes a few minutes of encouragement to get Pria to go all the way into the fountains....Chris does his best to show her what she can enjoy with them.
She figures it out soon enough and then the fun begins. We take buckets with us, since it's no fun to throw water on the other kids playing unless it's a lot of water.
Geoffry the Giraffe would be proud....we are totally Toys"R"Us kids
Monday, July 23, 2007
2.5.1aa
Hooray, it's updating time. Yeah I sort of suck at doing these, it's a family site and pictures just work better for me then listing off life events I guess. But on we go...
Chris is waiting his soon-to-be transfer (hopefully soon) to the new fab. I believe it is the AFO? I never could figure out the names. It's still an Intel fab, just in Aloha. New boss, new co-workers, new start. He is excited about the vendor school, he will be sent away for training instead of on site. He's hoping for the Sweden one, but doesn't think he's lucky enough. I'm laughably betting on the Arizona one.
Pria has discovered creative story telling and with that, the art of lying...as well as punishment for lying. She is getting anxious for her birthday. She is thrilled at the prospect of growing up, and does it several times a day according to her.
Pria "I grew up today."
Angie "Really, how cool."
Pria "This morning I was 2, now I'm 6."
Angie "Wow, you did grow up a lot today."
Pria "Yeah."
She has also taken to shouting out every time she finds "her number 3", she does announce the other numbers as well, with a bit less gusto since it is not "her number" We are working on letters, she's got a few down pat. She's a big fan of having you tell her instead.
As for me, well I'm summed up in a simple sentence. I'm pregnant....and I flooded the kitchen.
Chris is waiting his soon-to-be transfer (hopefully soon) to the new fab. I believe it is the AFO? I never could figure out the names. It's still an Intel fab, just in Aloha. New boss, new co-workers, new start. He is excited about the vendor school, he will be sent away for training instead of on site. He's hoping for the Sweden one, but doesn't think he's lucky enough. I'm laughably betting on the Arizona one.
Pria has discovered creative story telling and with that, the art of lying...as well as punishment for lying. She is getting anxious for her birthday. She is thrilled at the prospect of growing up, and does it several times a day according to her.
Pria "I grew up today."
Angie "Really, how cool."
Pria "This morning I was 2, now I'm 6."
Angie "Wow, you did grow up a lot today."
Pria "Yeah."
She has also taken to shouting out every time she finds "her number 3", she does announce the other numbers as well, with a bit less gusto since it is not "her number" We are working on letters, she's got a few down pat. She's a big fan of having you tell her instead.
As for me, well I'm summed up in a simple sentence. I'm pregnant....and I flooded the kitchen.
Wild With Them
Pardon my absence from posting lately. Spent the weekend at my parents house and have some new pictures.
Welcome to the world of No-Pants baseball. Simple to achieve. Just have a child who wants to be outside, but refuses to do so in pants. At least she put shoes on right?
Pria was pitching either really well or....yeah let's give her a confidence boost and leave it at that. Papa showed great skill trying to connect with the evasive pitches.
He kept on trying even when he got a wee bit jammed up and got hit. Guess Pria plays to win, don't know where she got that side from...it didn't last for long though. She announced she was done a few minutes later.
Nana took to the hose while the playing was at a stand still. Yard's lookin' awesome mom.
And it's the return of the No-Pants...wait that's not a baseball. Ok, No-Pants soccer now. Pria showed off her skills by doing several fakes and backwards kicks.
In close quarters Papa had her beat, those legs of hers still have some ground they need to make up before that becomes a really fair match.
It was sort of rainy/cloudy all weekend, but muggy as heck. Not the greatest combo...well for No-Pants sports it seems to be the perfect weather. Not much else though. Was nice to hang out for the weekend, Pria enjoyed the constant attention and varying playmates.
Welcome to the world of No-Pants baseball. Simple to achieve. Just have a child who wants to be outside, but refuses to do so in pants. At least she put shoes on right?
Pria was pitching either really well or....yeah let's give her a confidence boost and leave it at that. Papa showed great skill trying to connect with the evasive pitches.
He kept on trying even when he got a wee bit jammed up and got hit. Guess Pria plays to win, don't know where she got that side from...it didn't last for long though. She announced she was done a few minutes later.
Nana took to the hose while the playing was at a stand still. Yard's lookin' awesome mom.
And it's the return of the No-Pants...wait that's not a baseball. Ok, No-Pants soccer now. Pria showed off her skills by doing several fakes and backwards kicks.
In close quarters Papa had her beat, those legs of hers still have some ground they need to make up before that becomes a really fair match.
It was sort of rainy/cloudy all weekend, but muggy as heck. Not the greatest combo...well for No-Pants sports it seems to be the perfect weather. Not much else though. Was nice to hang out for the weekend, Pria enjoyed the constant attention and varying playmates.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
A little bit of water
----pardon the late post on this one, some how it didn't get sent out-----
Water is necessary. For many things. Most of all, for fun. Especially in the summer. Hooray for Shirey and Izzy having a little pool for the kids to play in on the Fourth.
I grabbed my camera, sat in the sun working on getting rid of my farmers tan and snapped some pictures of the fun.
When it comes to pools filled up with a hose, there's not better way then to just jump in. At least that's what I told Pria...
Luke was up first on the slide. It was a wild ride no doubt.
Along came little miss, in the borrowed undies swimsuit.
Being the biggest one, she didn't "splash down" more of just landed on her feet.
Kai did his best to stand up at the end...
Don't think he minded falling down though.
A few encouraging words to Luke and he was the first to go backwards on his belly. Look at that form, pointed toes and hands...nice job Luke!
...SPLASH!
Pria gave it a go...
She hit the edge of the pool, being the tall girl she is. But she still had fun.
Then Kai gave going head first a try, was the only one too.
It was a fun afternoon
Water is necessary. For many things. Most of all, for fun. Especially in the summer. Hooray for Shirey and Izzy having a little pool for the kids to play in on the Fourth.
I grabbed my camera, sat in the sun working on getting rid of my farmers tan and snapped some pictures of the fun.
When it comes to pools filled up with a hose, there's not better way then to just jump in. At least that's what I told Pria...
Luke was up first on the slide. It was a wild ride no doubt.
Along came little miss, in the borrowed undies swimsuit.
Being the biggest one, she didn't "splash down" more of just landed on her feet.
Kai did his best to stand up at the end...
Don't think he minded falling down though.
A few encouraging words to Luke and he was the first to go backwards on his belly. Look at that form, pointed toes and hands...nice job Luke!
...SPLASH!
Pria gave it a go...
She hit the edge of the pool, being the tall girl she is. But she still had fun.
Then Kai gave going head first a try, was the only one too.
It was a fun afternoon
Saturday, June 30, 2007
For fun.
Love toys. Love lights. Put them both together, and I will be in heaven. Hooray for the company that heard my wish.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Manual Labor
Welcome to my yard. Or what yard I have. It's not an actual yard, more like a section of grass and dirt that surrounds the corner of my apartment. But my managers encourage (to a point) that we use our space as our own. So this year, I am doing something with it. So far, this is how far I've gotten. Not too bad for only 2 days out there.
After several hours of cleaning and working the soil. This side is pretty much done, well in the prep stage I guess. Only doing planting between the 2 rose bushes, I am forced to keep. Have watched the sun for a few days and noticed, I get none. Pretty much stamps out most of the flowers I like. But my mom I'm sure can help me with some creative ideas for shady plants.
This was the first thing I did. I have a good space on this side of the building that has never been planted. For good reason. There is no sun. At least, not really. Late in the evening, the bit of dirt that extends out in the circle, gets a few hours of late sun. Heliotrope and impatiens. The impatiens are for Pria. They are cute, easy and colorful. She happily sits in the grass and watches them get bigger. The heliotrope is mine. It smells like cherries/vanilla...and doesn't make me sneeze. Of course I'm choosing that one. I still have about, 5 or 6 more feet that needs to be worked. The soil is crap here. A lot of clay and dries out. Lots of shoveling, turning and mixing in steer manure (honestly it doesn't smell that bad...) gets it moist and dark. Flowers will be happy there.
Once upon a time there was a bush here. It was removed. It didn't react well to the heat from the grill. Burning bushes are always a treat to have near your house. Before the managers could see what we did to the bush, I cut it down. I really don't think they even remembered it was there. And plus the grill is a distracting item to block where it would have gone. I never got around to digging the roots out though. Until now. I was stressed and what better way to get rid of it...then manual labor. So I grabbed my shovel and started digging. The fish eye doesn't do it justice. It was a big mess of roots in there.
Took me about, an hour maybe. Had my somewhat nosey neighbor checking in on me. He has been watching intently on what I am doing to my yard. As long as he doesn't complain to me, or take the route of he knows best...I will be good. The hole ended up about 2 feet deep, 3+ feet wide. Lots of jumping on the shovel to actually get the silly thing to come out. Cut what roots I could, ripped and pulled on the other ones.
I have done this before, and I knew I would win. Pria thought it was cool, and promptly planted it back in the hole.
"It grows now?"
"No, I tore it out. I don't want it to grow here."
"You killed it?"
"Yep."
I reveled in my prowes of kick ass gardener for a moment. Scarfed down an ecnhilada, some water, then started filling the hole back in. I think it was more work getting the dirt back in. Got it packed down, then added more, packed it down again.
Then I had an idea.
We have always gotten annoyed that the landscape people blow grass and dust all over the grill, because it has to be right next to the grass. But now the area behind the grill would be vacant. So I had the idea of stones. Just simple plain stones to extent the cement area we have there all the way to the house. The grill could be slid all the way against the house, and the slide could sit in front of it instead of in the flower bed.
2 bags of small gravel/sand and 16 blocks. The next project will start tomorrow.
After several hours of cleaning and working the soil. This side is pretty much done, well in the prep stage I guess. Only doing planting between the 2 rose bushes, I am forced to keep. Have watched the sun for a few days and noticed, I get none. Pretty much stamps out most of the flowers I like. But my mom I'm sure can help me with some creative ideas for shady plants.
This was the first thing I did. I have a good space on this side of the building that has never been planted. For good reason. There is no sun. At least, not really. Late in the evening, the bit of dirt that extends out in the circle, gets a few hours of late sun. Heliotrope and impatiens. The impatiens are for Pria. They are cute, easy and colorful. She happily sits in the grass and watches them get bigger. The heliotrope is mine. It smells like cherries/vanilla...and doesn't make me sneeze. Of course I'm choosing that one. I still have about, 5 or 6 more feet that needs to be worked. The soil is crap here. A lot of clay and dries out. Lots of shoveling, turning and mixing in steer manure (honestly it doesn't smell that bad...) gets it moist and dark. Flowers will be happy there.
Once upon a time there was a bush here. It was removed. It didn't react well to the heat from the grill. Burning bushes are always a treat to have near your house. Before the managers could see what we did to the bush, I cut it down. I really don't think they even remembered it was there. And plus the grill is a distracting item to block where it would have gone. I never got around to digging the roots out though. Until now. I was stressed and what better way to get rid of it...then manual labor. So I grabbed my shovel and started digging. The fish eye doesn't do it justice. It was a big mess of roots in there.
Took me about, an hour maybe. Had my somewhat nosey neighbor checking in on me. He has been watching intently on what I am doing to my yard. As long as he doesn't complain to me, or take the route of he knows best...I will be good. The hole ended up about 2 feet deep, 3+ feet wide. Lots of jumping on the shovel to actually get the silly thing to come out. Cut what roots I could, ripped and pulled on the other ones.
I have done this before, and I knew I would win. Pria thought it was cool, and promptly planted it back in the hole.
"It grows now?"
"No, I tore it out. I don't want it to grow here."
"You killed it?"
"Yep."
I reveled in my prowes of kick ass gardener for a moment. Scarfed down an ecnhilada, some water, then started filling the hole back in. I think it was more work getting the dirt back in. Got it packed down, then added more, packed it down again.
Then I had an idea.
We have always gotten annoyed that the landscape people blow grass and dust all over the grill, because it has to be right next to the grass. But now the area behind the grill would be vacant. So I had the idea of stones. Just simple plain stones to extent the cement area we have there all the way to the house. The grill could be slid all the way against the house, and the slide could sit in front of it instead of in the flower bed.
2 bags of small gravel/sand and 16 blocks. The next project will start tomorrow.
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