It’s the smallest things

I’m currently working on a baby girl 8×8 album to give to my co-worker for her grand-daughter.  She just turned one but I’ve been working on this for awhile.  This was the last page I had to finish and my favorite.  I have a couple of Tags to finish then I will give it to her.  I hope she likes it.  I will post more pictures later.

No Refund for You!

The semi-hate mail is coming in regarding the cancelled reunion.  I feel so uncomfortable getting email asking about refunds especially since I don’t know yet.  I got an email today from a lady who works in my building whose husband graduated with me.  This is what I wrote her when she wrote about it not being fair to keep their money and they didn’t see the non refundable statement on the registration form. 

“Hey,  I’ll forward your email to the chair regarding the dinner.  Yeah I agree it wouldn’t be fair to keep the whole amount.  The reunion committee only wanted to be reimbursed some of the monies they’ve personally put in to all the mailings and deposits because that would not be fair either to punish the committee for trying.  We have had classmates (who were not planning on coming) offer to donate money to help with the committee’s expenses so that will help us and ensure we can refund as much as possible.

 

The reunion fee was also non-refundable at the 20-year because I used the same announcement.  I didn’t realize that last time either.  That’s one of those things one might not see unless….for some reason they pay and can’t come or in this case the reunion gets canceled.  I expect we’ll hear something in the next week and a half.  We want to be fair to everyone…we are just as disappointed as ya’ll”

 

I have not heard back from the reunion chair so frankly I don’t know what’s going on.  I hope I know soon.  This gal in my building can kick my ass!

First Real Haircut

Did not happen as planned.  I had an appointment to get my hair cut yesterday after and I told them I’d be bringing my 2 1/2 year old in to get his cut as well.  I only wanted it trimmed a little.  His beautiful blonde curls were getting too long and not curling up like they had been plus it was a little too long in the back.  I was so concerned about getting his hair cut I didn’t even think about how I wanted mine cut.

My appt was at 4:30 so I pick him up at daycare and we drive over to the Salon.  He was a little shy when we first got there but my hairdresser drug out a bucket of small toys and he liked those.  I got my hair first and little boy played right outside the room where my hairdresser has her station.  He liked the chairs out there in the open and would climb into those.

When it came time for his turn he would not sit in her chair, he would not sit in the chairs outside her station long enough for her to grab his hair and he actually ran from us….okay fine.  No haircut for you today.  So I picked up the toys he dragged out and got ready to pay for my haircut (which I don’t like but my only option is cutting off my fat head and replacing it with another).  Little boy goes back to the bucket grabs two toys and appears to be ready to go.  I try and take the toys and tell him he has to leave them.  He wouldn’t give them to me.  So I take them and put the bucket where he can;t reach…………the scream that was let out would cause bats to hit the wall!  He had an absolute meltdown over these two little toys.  I was so embarrassed.  Made it worse when my hairdresser said “Good Luck with that”…….made me really feel my child is bratty.

I mean he was fine the whole time we were there.  Even the refusal to get his hair cut was not truly bratty but this…………..He was silent all the way home.

Do I need a new job?

I starting thinking about looking for a new job at least a couple of times a year.  It’s not that I dislike my current assignment…I actually have it made where I work now…but I start thinking I need more money or get ambitious in my career goals again when I see opportunities.  I eventually get over it and go back to doing my job.  I can definitely tell my career goals changed once I got married and especially after little boy came along.  If it wasn’t for them I probably would be really out there inquiring about a new position and promotion.  Where I work now I am pretty much given the flexibility a mom needs and plenty of time to do other non-job related things during my slow periods.  My boss is great but I fear he’ll retire in the next couple of years….which will of course really make me start thinking about change again.   

Sometimes I feel like I better leave now while I still have contacts who can assist me in my search  but then I snap out of it again.

I guess I’m thinking about it today because I found out that management has been directed to lateral over someone who is a level higher than me so therefore they have created a job at that level in our organization.  Kinda makes me angry that I wasn’t able to compete for that job even though I probably wouldn’t really want it but it also makes me think…..hey I have lots of contacts, am well know and respected over where this person is coming from so maybe I should inquire about her job since it’s the same level….hum?

Nope……I’ll stay where I am.  I’ll put out feelers in that other office and inquire about the future but for now I’ll stick to what I’m doing now……maybe when little boy is older…..I’m get my ambitious career goals back…..I can probably go further if the desire is truly there…..

Potty Training

Being a first time parent is hard…everyone wants to give you advice and it’s all different advice.  Who do you listen to?  My mom has been suggesting for awhile that we need to start potty training little boy.  My husband’s mother is telling him (when I’m not there and of course husband thinks his mom’s advice is the way to go) that we don’t need to start potty training yet because he’ll just revert back later.  Of course the potty training issue is compounded by the fact that we both work and frankly are so busy during the week and on the weekends that thinking about “intense” potty training is the last thing on our minds.

We’ve had two potties at home for awhile now to introduce him to the potty.  At first he would just take them apart and didn’t know what they are for.  When little boy moved into the 2 year old class we started putting him in Pull-Ups.  He loves his Pull- Ups and it’s mostly because his favorite character “Lightening McQueen” is on the front.  They’ve got two kinds of pull ups (maybe more).  One kind has extra characters on the front that fade when they get wet and the other kind we’ve tried give him a cool sensation when he wets.  We tried the night time Pull-Ups but I think it’s too soon for those so we put him back into Night Time Diapers.  He knows when he has soiled his pull-ups and he will tell me he has to pee pee but that’s after the fact.  He has also told me he stinks so he’s aware of the function just not the sensation you get before hand. 

In his 2 year old daycare class they are teaching Potty Training.  His teacher has told me he does sit on the potty and always gets in line with the other kids when they line up to go potty.  He also likes to go sit on the potty at home but it’s always after the fact.  Last night when I arrived home after having dinner with friends, my husband was giving him a bath and the first thing he told me was “Momma I pee peed”.  My husband said he sat on the potty but didn’t potty (had done that in his pullups).  So he’s getting there….He knows what the potty is for now at least.

I’m hoping I’m not just sitting back and letting daycare do all the work with this potty training.  I think little boy will learn to use the potty when he is ready.  I do ask him if he has to potty etc.  I’ve done a lot of reading on it and there are so many different methods that sometimes I feel like I’m doing it wrong or too soon.  Do I need to be more pro-active or just let little boy learn in his own time?

Sidewalk Chalk Art

Lightening McQueen

Little boy likes me to draw pictures on the sidewalk. Today as we watched hubby do yard work I drew this one of boy’s favorite character…Lightening McQueen..aka Speeda Speed…..Too Funny

Friday’s Cat

Little Kitten

Yummy Birthday Goodies

Yummy Birthday treats from dear hubby!  This is what I would sitting on the bar when I got home from my birthday shopping…..Only thing was they were out of my favorite peanut butter fudge (husband said in the card) either that or husband ate it!  Can’t wait to dig in.