Ryan's New Seat

Ryan got a new carseat today, because he's fricken huge. He hates it. I tried to explain to him the reasons why babies have to be in carseat while in the car, he didnt want to hear it.

>> The following pictures are of Ryan in the shopping cart at Fry's. He is so silly!

Who Loves Ya Baby!!

Scared Silly

Sniff Sniff...That's New Car Smell

I have "NEW CAR" fever really bad. I want a Murano or a Scion...really badly. I am going to take the Sonata down to have it detailed tomorrow. I am hoping that this will cure me. My car is s dirty and it has lost its new car smell and appeal. My pal Taran had the same problem last month and over the course of an hour decided to buy a car, and then did. She is a bad influence. Please don't comment or write, because I do realize that getting a new car would be ridiculous, and I cant afford a 35k Murano anyways...Fevers make you crazy. Our loan modification continues to be "under review". Apparently we are looking at another 90 days until we have an answer. I have never wanted to pay a bill more in my life. Of course, not paying our mortgage has given us a chance to save a lot of money, but I really just want this all to be over. I attempted to make cupcakes for my friends birthday on Tuesday...I ended up buying a cake at Safeway. I never said I could bake. But I can make a mean lasagna!! Ryan is now eating off of the menu at school. I love, love, love this!!! All of his food is free!! WOOT! He likes the chicken nugg's and animal crackers...imagine that. I told them no sugar or nilla wafers; we don't want rotten baby teeth. Not too much to report here with the Borg's...this week has dragged on and on and finally we have a day off! Hopefully we can have some fun tomorrow in the midst of doing all of our errands...and car shopping. ; )

9 Month Birthday!!

Happy 9 month Birthday Ryan...we love you more and more everyday!

>>Ryan always has my little point and shoot digital camera...he thinks its his and its a toy.

"B" is For Borg

Today was spent cleaning and organizing all of the stuff that I was supposed to clean and organize Thursday...but didn't because there wasn't an ass print in the couch and it needed one. So I worked on making that happen all day yesterday. We went grocery shopping this morning(as early as possible so we didn't have to deal with other human beings) and then came home to get the house cleaned up. As we cruised the isles, I found this monkey puppet thing. I thought it would be a fun craft project for us to do with our little monkey. It turned out to be pretty fun & cute. Ryan tried to rip the monkey puppets bits and pieces off, screamed, then threw it on the floor. I worked on the photo wall a bit more. We found a giant letter "B", I thought it was cute.

I haven't started on any of the painting that I would like to do in the house. Shane wants to wait until we get the final go ahead from Countrywide before we do any home improvements or projects related to the house. We want to start on Ryan's sandbox and jungle gym...but sadly...that will have to wait a little longer.

I Just Want To Jump Out of An Airplane

This morning I was saying how it would be awesome to jump out of an airplane. Shane, of course said "Why?, Dont you remember that little plane we flew in that one time and we thought we were going to die?" I said, "Of course, You dont forget stuff like that! But I wouldn't stay in it that long!!" Ironically, my dad sent me a video link this afternoon. I cant figure out if I still want to leap from an airplane or stay home and watch tv. I realize thats not really what they are doing in this video, but they are fallling to their death for a bit and then releasing a chute. Its kinda long so I didnt want to embed it...check it out!!

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

Laundry, Boogers and Drag Queens...Oh My!

I turned down the opportunity to work my days off. I only submitted 68 hours for the pay period, but I need a few days to get organized. We are trying to meet a sales goal at work with a pretty substantial bonus attached to it. My portion is met, but the girls still have some work to do. I could go in and help buttt.....eh. Just kidding. My house is a mess and I'm tired of looking at all the baby junk everywhere. We need to get 3 tons of laundry (literally) done, some painting, and general organization and sanitizing. I stress the sanitation issue because now that Ryan can get around faster and is learning to walk with his buggy...I find monkey paw prints and boogers everywhere. And monkeys are filthy creatures. The family is going "off roading" on Friday. I guess I'm excited. I like to be outside, and the weather is awesome. But I really think Shane's time should be spent cleaning out the garage and doing yard work. I know that sounds bad because it's his day off too; but then again you haven't seen our garage! We are also making a trip to the bank to close our accounts. Don't forget: AZFCU steals money from it's members!! Oh yeah, and I have been asking friends and people at work and more than one person shared a similar bad experience with Arizona Federal Credit Union. So I guess I'm not the only one. My friend Taran is celebrating her 24th birthday and decided that she wanted to go to a drag show. Yes, you hear that right...all she wants to do is see some drag queens. Ha! And as per usual; this ought to be interesting. If I wasn't so afraid of being robbed by the gays again, I would take pictures for the blog.

Hmmmm...

This picture makes me laugh. Ryan looks like Calvin from Calvin & Hobbs.

>>I am not on Myspace anymore...cause it is stupid.

Easter Never Tasted So Good

Love a Redhead

• 60 percent of women who dye their hair do so at home. Of them 26 percent choose to go blonde, 27 percent go basic brunette, and 30 percent choose to become redheads. The sale of at home red dye kits has gone up 17 percent since the year 2000.
• Red hair is a genetic mutation.
• Red hair is seen on the heads of only 4 percent of people. Most of these exist in the U.K., the Republic of Ireland, and Australia.
• The highest percentage of natural redheads in the world is in Scotland (13%), followed closely by Ireland with 10%. In the US, about 2% of the population are natural redheads.
• There is a belief that redheads are prone to industrial deafness. This actually could be true as the melanocytes are found in the middle ear.
• The color Green tempers red. Look at a color chart. This is why redheads are taught as children to wear lots of green. As if red hair is a shameful state of being.
• In the early 1600’s, at the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the belief of Pixies (aka fairies) emerged in southwest England. They were then and have since been strongly associated with red hair for their mischievousness and otherworldly talents.
• A 2002 study found that redhead are harder to sedate than any other people requiring twenty percent more anesthesia. Inadequate doses cause people to wake up during surgery and have increased recall of procedures.
• Adults have about 120,000 hairs on their head; redheads have fewer, blondes have more, brunettes have the most.
• Harvard Dermatologist Madhu Pathak calls redheads "three-time losers" because their red pigment is an inadequate filter of sunlight and their skin is more susceptible to sunburn, skin cancer and wrinkling with age. Wear your sun block !!! We are not losers though.
• Red headedness is, genetically speaking, a recessive trait. It may appear after several generations of darker hair.
• Redheads don't turn grey. Red hair turned sandy, then white. They are also found to loose their color later in life than people carrying other hair colors.
• Adolph Hitler reportedly banned the marriages of two redheads as he feared their children would be “deviant offspring”.
• Bees are thought to sting redheads more than others.
• In Greek Mythology, redheads turn into Vampires when they die...COOL!
• Russian tradition declares that red hair is both a sign that a person holds a fiery temper and craziness.A Russian Proverb warns “There was never a saint with red hair.”
• Aristotle was known to believe that redheads were emotionally unhousebroken.
• A French Proverb states that “redheaded women are either violent or false, and usually are both.”
• Common Redhead stereotypes are: bad temper, sexual fire, untrustworthy, being smart and eccentric.

These Are the Days of My Life

My frustration with the world is causing me to write this today.
Let me start at the beginning...
Lat night I went online to check my bank account and was shocked to find that it was about hundreds of dollars less than I thought it would or should be. After taking a deep breath I realized that I just spent that much in the past month. I noticed that my bank (Arizona Federal Credit Union...yup I'm calling them out!!) had charged me $90 for excessive withdrawals from my savings. WHAT IS THAT!!?!??? They are charging me for spending my own money? I have overdraft protection on my checking, so if it is at a zero balance, it will pull from my savings. So I just figured I was covered. I called the bank this morning and asked them to either put the money back in my account or I was going to close my account. I understand that I signed an agreement acknowledging that this could happen...but I signed it 8 years ago. I understand more than anyone to "read what you sign", that's what I deal with everyday of my life at work. But this contract was signed almost a decade ago, and it isn't renewed yearly so the information can be forgotten over the years. I have been a good customer and member to the credit union. Not too mention that the whole family belongs to this bank. We have had credit cards and a car loan through this bank...all on time and paid off! So she agreed to credit only 1/2 of the charge back. I will be closing my account on Monday.
I went to get my hair cut this morning from my pal Carl. He is amazing. My hair looks great and feels so much better. On the way home I decided that I would stop by Target to buy Will & Grace. I get all the way home, 45 minutes mind you, and open the package. I open up the box and come to find that all of the disc have been stolen. Upon further investigating, I realize that some one bought the movie...took it home....took the discs out...repackage it...and even scotch taped the security sticker back on the outside of the movie. I am pissed!! Why does this crap always happen to me. People are evil. I realize that the Target on Baseline and McClintock is kinda ghetto, but this is ridiculous. I am taking the movie back Monday...on my way to the bank.

It's all just a sign of the times we are living.

Ryan Destroys Tokyo

BAM!!

>>The first high five attempt looks pretty violent because Ryan is knocked back a little bit, but don't worry no babies were hurt during the making of this film. And sorry that the color and quality are horrible, I swear my house isn't actually yellow.