Preludes And Nocturnes

So I’ve been loving Zumba lately. I’ve gotten to three classes a week and am feeling that my tummy is getting a bit flatter.

Well, I hope.

It really kicks my butt and I’m adding more and more to my moves so I’m getting more out of it.  I thought I’d share a couple links of what my class is like if you were wondering.

Ah, here’s what mine is like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1NIIxzlRbI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7febpbS5esw

(she is really good. If anyone wanted to try it at home, I’d just work through her postings!)

Oh man, here’s a fellow I found the other day when looking up various songs from my zumba class.  He really just needs the grade nine PE coach whistle.
*sigh*

It is just too painful to watch.  But, um, all the power to him. I hope he is having fun. It just ISN”T what I think Zumba is like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrudcFMb5I8

That is one of the songs I’m downloading when I get my itunes credit.

Hey all,  anyone have any dvds of disney/children’s movies they are looking to sell or, um, copy for me?  I’m trying to put together some lectures for my children’s lit course and need film clips. It would cost me a fortune to rent these all. I’m looking for fairy tales, children who are left on their own to solve a problem, the use of magic, small animals living like humans, and the use of schooling/learning in movies (teaching, whatever).

Also in this vein, anyone suggest a program to rip clips on to my computer?

In other news, parboiled brown rice = awesome.

muffins will beep in 90 seconds.

Malcolm is unloading the lazy susan so I have a moment.  I’m sure his shaking the pasta boxes won’t hurt the food… right?

Just made carrot bran applesauce muffins. Question - will those freeze okay?

Go back to work in just over a week !!!  EEEK!  Need to think up freezer food as both Jim and I will be doing overtime for two months.

So far I have some containers of curry chicken, beef strogonoff, and a few others like this.  I’ve done up three packs of brown rice and frozen them too.  Just today found 15 minute brown rice!?  Trying it tonight.

Ideas for freezer food?  I’ll let you know about the brown rice.

Well, I have just submitted two applications for non-teaching jobs.

*sigh*

They look like good jobs. One with the Centre for Teaching and Learning and one with “student life”.  And you know what, they would pay more than I’m making with the teachings. And I would know that I have work.  I’m all messed up inside over this (and not posting it to facebook as coworkers are there).  It is just that it is already the end of June and I still don’t know what I’m teaching in September.  I have the senority of the sessionals.. but I don’t totally trust that. And the up in the air of it all is kinda stressful.

But, I love my job. I love teaching. I love having so much time at home with Malcolm and doing so much from here. With these jobs I would be in there every day.  I haven’t had that for quite some time.

AHhhhhhhh.  Wiffle waffle wiffle.

*kudos to Malcolm for playing all afternoon so I could get these applications done!*

But then I went to Vancouver. So, um, I’ll post it soon. Yeah.

Wonderful time in Vancouver. I bought my heart out at the art store. Stayed with Leone, visited with Julia, Melly came back with us and is here now!! Yay!

We went to the beach today. Malcolm’s first real swim in the lake

(I’m still working on making my files smaller - sorry Jill!)

And since Jill was so kind as to point this out to me, I’ll use my newly downloaded picasa (or whatever it is called) to resize my photos before uploading as they take, and I quote, “Nine million years to load, you know.  Seriously. I’m serious.  Nine million years.”

Ohmygod!  :)  I love my friends - and I love that they just say stuff like this - and that maybe I could try taking some pictures during the daylight so they can actually see my landscaping.  Hee!  Yeah.  I’m working on it!

In other news - today really sucked.  Malcolm hurt himself so many times, they didn’t have stuff I needed in Kelowna, and our tenant gave (late) notice.  On the upside, Jim is home (he was away) and I got Malcolm 8 new diapers - 4 Fuzzybunz one-size, 2 BumGenius one-size converted to snaps, a Baby Kanga, and a cute WAHM print AIO.

But, my mom came over when she suspected oh the phone I was about to climb the clock tower.  And I had a great talk with Jill on the phone.

We’ll try to end with a somewhat convincing ‘yay’!

yay!

Malcolm fell this morning pulling the wooden tv tray with him - got a scrape across his nose.  I decide to give him a bath as he loves baths and it will help clean up the scrape.  While I was washing his hair he went to stand up in the tub, fell, and cut his mouth up pretty badly.

So I’m holding him, blood is pouring out of his mouth, he has soapy hair, and I am wearing my new shirt I just got yesterday and getting blood all over it.  Yes, those are the weird thoughts I have at times like that.

I got him calmed down enough to get him back in the tub and get his hair rinsed off. But he was not happy.  I was almost in tears.  And we were going to drive into Kelowna (50 min away) after his nap to buy some art supplies, some stuff for Mal, and some awesome used diapers from a mom on a board with me.  Now I don’t know if I want to press my luck with the drive.

But part of me thinks we aren’t having much fun at home today, and Jim isn’t home until after 7 tonight… so that could make for a long day.

I feel so bad for my little guy today.  Can we please have  a rewind button?

If you all haven’t noticed, I gave up on Twitter.  I have a hard enough time thinking up interesting Facebook status updates… twitter just seemed like TOO MUCH PRESSURE!

Random question: do people take their beebs to the hairdresser for haircuts?  I have been trimming Malcolm’s hair and I don’t want it to turn into a mullet.  But I hesitate to trim the back… but the sides and the front need it or he’ll start looking like Lou Ferrigno. Any thoughts?

As I type this Malcolm is wacking me with his toy.  It is actually a cat toy.  Most of his toys are not real toys. Today the best ones have been the already mentioned cat toy (mouse on string on stick - reminder to self, take away from Malcolm before any other kids come over to play and act horrified if he suddenly starts whipping it around) and the vacuum.

Oh, now he’s pushing the high chair around. Yep, all money spent on actual toys now officially a waste!

Except this one:

Uppercase Woman said more than I ever could on this issue of abortion, killing doctors, and being a mom amongst it all.

http://www.uppercasewoman.com/wastedbirthcontrol/2009/06/rip-dr-tiller.html

It is my grandpa’s birthday - he turns 82.  Two years ago it was his 80th (if I can still do basic math) and that was 2007.  See, I’m working this all out because I can’t believe his 80th was only two years ago.  For my grandpa’s 80th birthday Jim, Leone, and I drove down from PG for his party.  Leone was about to move at the end of the month to Vancouver to start her teacher program; Jim and I were about to move down to Vernon for my one class at the uni.

Two years ago…

The three of us were living in the house in PG. I was working at the uni there. Jim had JUST arrived at the beginning of May. Leone had graduated her undergrad.  Lots of changes - but it seems sooooo far away from right now.

No Malcolm. No *plan* for a Malcolm. We didn’t live here. No thought of buying a house. Nada.  Leone was about to start her teaching program - and now she is about to finish her first year of teaching this month.  As a teacher on call (substitute) she got a very amazing opportunity to teach full time when they needed someone to cover her practicum class short term.  All in all, she ended up getting four… five (?) months of full time teaching.

It makes my brain hurt to try to figure out that two years ago I wasn’t even pregnant.  I wasn’t even thinking about being pregnant!  For the record, we thought about being pregnant about 45 mintues before it seemed to happen

And now sitting in this house with a sweet baby boy sleeping upstairs (at 9am I might add!) and my husband getting ready for work and all these things that are just home to me now, I can’t believe that it has only been two years.  Wow!