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Trivial Pursuits => People & Places => Topic started by: AlohaDawg on September 13, 2004, 06:42:14 pm
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For those of you who were wondering what happened to Jamie, I finally got a note from her: (all is well)
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Sorry I’ve been unresponsive—things have been nuts around here. I haven’t abandoned you and the rest of the board, I just haven’t had a minute to myself lately. Here’s the scoop—feel free to share this with the rest of the Ache-heads (if any of them still remember me).
I’m working ~30 hours a week selling video games, which is incredibly fun, but also exhausting. Work + baby = tired momma, so I’m going to bed earlier and taking naps in the afternoons when I’m not working.
I’m 4 months pregnant now, 16 weeks and some change, and I felt the baby move for the first time this morning...at least, I think it was the baby...either that, or gas. Who can tell, at this point? Anyway, we heard the heartbeat 2 weeks ago and we plan to have an ultrasound to make sure the baby is growing and thriving (and hopefully find out the gender) in about 5 weeks. I’ve gained 10 lbs, and my tummy is just barely starting to grow, to the point where I can’t fit into any of my old clothes any more (even the pre-weight watchers ones) but I don’t really look pregnant yet. I am starting to get “the waddle,” because my hips and lower back are pretty sore. All in all, however, I feel pretty good, and I’m just trying to eat well and stay healthy, mostly because I know that’s the best route to a healthy kid and an easy labor.
Meanwhile, our internet service has been spotty at best, so it’s been hard to get online in the evenings until recently. Also, Pedro’s birthday was last weekend, and we had a lovely weekend getaway in the NC Mountains, which was very restful and romantic, I must say.
I hope you, Rebecca, and Elinor are doing well, and that Elinor’s pregnancy is going as smoothly as mine has. Give my regards to the rest of “the kids” on the board, and assure them all that I’ll be back...it might not be ‘til I stop working in January, but I will be back.
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Good to hear that she and Pedro and the future young'n are doing well.
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She's alive!
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Great to hear that she's still alive & well... but geez, it's just not the same without the hatching-infant-o-meter sig.
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Good. I've been worried.
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I <KNOW> yer just playin', Ash, right?
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All right, AD guilted me into finding time to spend on the board today. I don't have half of enough time to read all the threads I've missed over the last month or so -- I have to work in a couple of hours and if I don't do laundry today I'll be digging through the dirty clothes bin -- but I figured I should at least check in and post a follow-up to the note I sent AD.
I am loving, loving, loving the new job. It's exciting to be around all those new games, see what's coming out, helping soccer moms find awesome birthday presents for their geeky kids, etc. It's like being the purveyor of Happiness. We have a big release today, for those of you with XBoxes -- Fable is coming out, the spiritual sequel to Black & White (for PC) all gussied up as an RPG. New release days are fun for me, it's like being the ice cream man. You don't have to sell people on a new game; they come in because they want it, and all you have to do is give it to them and they're happy.
As a bonus, I get to smell that "New Game Smell" all day long. :heart:
The depth of my geekitude knows no bounds.
Baby news to be posted in the baby thread. If nothing else, I'll try to keep that updated so that you can give me sympathy. Because, you know, that's what a pregnant woman needs more of. Coddling.
Anyway, the point is, Pedro and I are still alive and doing well. The house *still* hasn't sold, and we're trying to figure out what to do about that. However, we did manage to buy a second car -- a necessity with me working -- which happens to be a 1997 Lexus E300. It's in flawless condition -- it used to be part of a corporate fleet -- and we got an awesome deal on it through this guy that Pedro's sister knows, who happens to be a dealer. He took Pedro to a dealers-only auction and we picked it up at about half the KBB estimated retail price. And Momma was pleased. :)
When I'm not working, eating, or sleeping, Pedro and I are busy with Baby Preparation Activities, including: doctor visits; choosing bedding; reading baby books; researching childbirth methods; pricing cribs, strollers, and highchairs; comparing life insurance policies; and deciding whether or not we really need an electric wipes warmer. It's pretty heavy stuff.
Anyway, that's it for now. More news as events warrent and time allows.
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an electric wipes warmer.
You wrote a nice long personal post and all I can think of is the concept of an electric wipes warmer. It boggles the mind
Oh, and you should read Ron Gamble over at 411mania. He recently started his dream job owning a (board) game store.
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Don't be such a stranger JL! You need time to unwind and preserve your mental health. Lord knows you won't have any time in a few months.
Not to offer unwanted paretning advice or anything, but you don't need a dang ol' electric baby wipe warmer.
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Yeah, seriously. Just hold one between your hands for a few seconds, it'll be warm enough.
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It is awesome to see you here again, and to get a progress report on your life avec Full Womb. Glad to hear you're digging the video games biz, too - you know, most mothers just strap a set of headphones to the ol' belly every now and then and crank through some Mozart or whatever, but you're going for full immersion, and I respect that.
I just hope those retail knaves don't make a woman in your delicate condition do any heavy lifting or push for those flaky add-on sales. ("I'm expecting to enjoy this video game I just bought; it stands to reason, then, that a piece of candy / air freshener in the shape of a character from that game would function as a multiplier for that enjoyment," is how marketing geniuses and district managers hear the internal monologue of the Consumer.)
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pricing cribs, strollers, and highchairs and deciding whether or not we really need an electric wipes warmer.
We went with the Graco SnugRide car seat. It snaps into a base that fits in the back seat of your car. It also snaps into most Graco strollers. The ability to detach the car seat and snap it into the stroller without actually moving the child is a thing of genius, especially when the nipper is sleeping. I have not included a link because I'm sure the model numbers have changed since January 2003.
My wife and Audrey loved the BabyBjorn (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000059XOD/103-5071499-4642257?v=glance). I tried to use the Klingon Battle Sash (http://www.mayawrap.com/popup_pages/as57_hip_susan.php), with no luck whatsoever.
The Peg Perego Prima Pappa high chair (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005UWMG/103-5071499-4642257?v=glance)has been great for us.
You don't need a wipes warmer. Really. You don't.
My $.02 worth of unwanted parenting advice.
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I just hope those retail knaves don't make a woman in your delicate condition do any heavy lifting or push for those flaky add-on sales. ("I'm expecting to enjoy this video game I just bought; it stands to reason, then, that a piece of candy / air freshener in the shape of a character from that game would function as a multiplier for that enjoyment," is how marketing geniuses and district managers hear the internal monologue of the Consumer.)
"Bill, we're run a chain of video game stores in undersized mall fronts with limited shelf space. Clearly what we need on those shelves are WWE action figures and plastic models of overtly religious anime shows that make no sense towards the end. If a customer were to walk in and see actual computer and console games he'd just be frightened and confused. Oh, and look into getting us some of those 'Pocky' things for by the register. You can stick them where we used to keep the strategy guides."
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My wife and Audrey loved the BabyBjorn (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000059XOD/103-5071499-4642257?v=glance). I tried to use the Klingon Battle Sash (http://www.mayawrap.com/popup_pages/as57_hip_susan.php), with no luck whatsoever.
Man, no wonder. The woman in the photo for the latter looks like she wants to fling herself and her sinister child from a precipice of some sort.
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We have a big release today, for those of you with XBoxes -- Fable is coming out
Not over here... *grumble grumble*
I know the feeling though. I am hopefully about to move into a geek house, and have all the games I want preordered for the first time in my life. It feels good!
Anyway, good to know all's well. I had been in the quietly concerned camp, 'cause I'm a real man and everything.
Now to lament October release dates... fucksake, THEY'RE AN ENGLISH COMPANY!
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Add me to the list of parents who think that devices like "electric baby wipe warmers" are inventions intended to part you from your money by inventing a non-existent problem and then solving it.
I like the characterization of the "Klingon Battle Sash"; a friend of ours used one quite effectively and, as a bonus, generally always looked like he was wearing a toga.
I went with the Baby Bjorn too but THIS time around I want one of those cool backpack things the baby sits on. It looks like you are wearing a lawn chair but I bet it's way easier to deal with.
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I just hope those retail knaves don't make a woman in your delicate condition do any heavy lifting or push for those flaky add-on sales. ("I'm expecting to enjoy this video game I just bought; it stands to reason, then, that a piece of candy / air freshener in the shape of a character from that game would function as a multiplier for that enjoyment," is how marketing geniuses and district managers hear the internal monologue of the Consumer.)
We don't do that shit in my store. I mean, when we're pushing add-ons, it's stuff that's *useful*.
"Oh, you're buying Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Volleyball? That plays up to four -- do you have enough controllers for everyone?"
"Finally picking up a copy of Counterstrike, eh? Well, you're gonna want XBox live and a headset, for sure."
Ah, yes...upsells...not for the faint of heart.
Re: heavy lifting, it's actually gotten to the point where it's amusing to what lengths the guys will go -- now that the cat is out of the bag about the bun in my li'l easy-bake oven -- to *keep* me from lifting anything heavier than a GameCube. Also, they won't let me climb the ladder to get to the up-stock. But they can't act like they're concerned or anything, 'cause they're a bunch of twentysomething gamer guys, so they instead make half-hearted jokes about how you can't trust a woman with this and that. It's almost endearing.
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We went with the Graco SnugRide car seat. It snaps into a base that fits in the back seat of your car. It also snaps into most Graco strollers.
My $.02 worth of unwanted parenting advice.
We also registered for the new version of the SnugRide, along with a compatible stroller. Consumer Reports gave it high marks, and I'm a big fan of not having to move sleeping babies any more than necessary.
We've been considering the BabyBjorn, but have heard mixed reviews -- some people say they never used thiers; I say if they didn't need it they didn't leave the house enough. In the end, I think we'll get one.
At this point, *all* parenting advice is welcome! I'll let you know when we hit saturation point...
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But they can't act like they're concerned or anything, 'cause they're a bunch of twentysomething gamer guys, so they instead make half-hearted jokes about how you can't trust a woman with this and that. It's almost endearing.
God bless that feminine aptitude for reading subtext.
At this point, *all* parenting advice is welcome! I'll let you know when we hit saturation point...
This [X] is my pledge not to sit at the grown-up table oversaturate you and Pedro w/ parenting Advice.
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We have a Bjorn, and we found it useful for a while. Trouble is, or kid is freakishly large (28 pounds at 18 months, 97th percentile!) so she outgrew it relatively quickly.
I didn't like it; it made me sweaty and clautrophobic. Mrs. del Vaca used it quite a bit though.
I third the Graco car seat/stroller thingy.
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I got a Graco Snugride infant seat. Don't pay extra for the version with the infant floppy-head-pillow thing--it doesn't work very well, and you'll end up buying something else anyway. I got mine for $59 but some models run up to $129. BabyCenter.com has pretty good prices.
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I just came back from visiting my sister and was amazed at what American ingenuity has come up with to sell to worried parents. She has foam thingies that hold the doors open so the kid can't close his finger in a door or close himself in a room. She has a thing that holds the toilet seat shut - I'm not sure what this is about, can a toddler drown in a toilet? To get the kid out of the high chair you practically had to be Houdini, there was so much stuff holding him in. And this was just the stuff she'd brought from her old place - she hadn't done all the shopping for the new house yet.
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She has foam thingies that hold the doors open so the kid can't close his finger in a door or close himself in a room. She has a thing that holds the toilet seat shut - I'm not sure what this is about, can a toddler drown in a toilet?
Um, we have both of those things.
A toddler can drown in a toilet. Difficult, but not impossible, and who wants to be the poor loser who has it happen.
Besides, such crap isn't all that expensive.
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We mostly just shut the bathroom door and watched the kid. We did put caps on all the outlets and moved the poisonous stuff out of reach. Becca was very good about not getting into cabinets very much.
She is still at the 99th percentile at 5 years old; the Baby Bjorn thing we got for her was quilted and she was born in April, so it was too hot - and then winter came and I tried to wear it under a big coat with her head sticking out. Then she outgrew it.
I think the climate here is more friendly to this device. It hardly ever gets as hot as it used to get in the midwest and the breezes are usually blowing.
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Doesn't the toilet seat lock thing cost like, $10? Isn't that worth it not to have your kid drown when she imitates the dog and tries to drink from the toilet, topples over, and drowns?
I'm just saying - why take the chance?
Of course, we didn't have any of these things when I was a kid. No outlet protectors, no stairwell gate, no foam padded ANYTHING. Yeah, I got hurt sometimes. I still have a scar on my chin from falling down the steps when I was a kid (I crawled down backwards and slipped one time when I was about three and smashed my chin on the edge of a step).
Anyway, kids today are pussies. They're coddled, over-managed, waaaaaaay over-protected, and tend to be weak in the face of disease since their parents make everything too antiseptic. The first time they leave their house they'll run the risk of growing sick and dying.
I don't have any kids, but the only advice I will offer is to not freak out too much if your kid drops some food on the ground and then picks it back up and eats it. The germs won't kill it. Honest.
Just make sure they observe the 3-second rule and kiss it up to God first.
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Anyway, kids today are pussies. They're coddled, over-managed, waaaaaaay over-protected, and tend to be weak in the face of disease since their parents make everything too antiseptic. The first time they leave their house they'll run the risk of growing sick and dying.
I don't have any kids, but the only advice I will offer is to not freak out too much if your kid drops some food on the ground and then picks it back up and eats it. The germs won't kill it. Honest.
Just make sure they observe the 3-second rule and kiss it up to God first.
To some degree I agree with this; overprotecting a kid can result in a kid completely incapable of handling themselves in any real-life situation. I get especially angry at the need for so many schools to outlaw 'tag' and create situations that are completely non-competitive. I think kids do need to learn to be more collaborative but at the same time, eventually they will have to compete - and my kid will know how to compete.
I think there is some social drive to create a legion of wussies in the next generation and I don't understand it.
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I think there is some social drive to create a legion of wussies in the next generation and I don't understand it.
I'm enrolling Audrey in ninjutsu classes as soon as she can use the potty.
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Awesome. Becca just took ballet, but she did manage to kick a standing kid in the face 'by accident' at pre-school.
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Aw, man, I must have had about the wussiest possible upbringing: Quaker parents. I wasn't allowed to play with toys that suggested violence and was discouraged from those that promoted traditional gender roles, and I've never been on a sports team.
But I turned out OKish!
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They probably wouldn't object to Ballet.
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Anyway, kids today are pussies. They're coddled, over-managed, waaaaaaay over-protected, and tend to be weak in the face of disease since their parents make everything too antiseptic. The first time they leave their house they'll run the risk of growing sick and dying.
Apparently Jough is chaneling George Carlin today. Oh, and I heard at work that they know think that this over-protection as infants is one of the reasons that instances of asthma and food (read: peanut) allergies are on the rise.
Aw, man, I must have had about the wussiest possible upbringing: Quaker parents. I wasn't allowed to play with toys that suggested violence and was discouraged from those that promoted traditional gender roles, and I've never been on a sports team.
But I turned out OKish!
You turned out OK? Liar. You don't even eat food.
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Well, allergies are reactions to various proteins, so maybe there's something to building a tolerance to germs and noxious proteins as a youth.
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Something I learned as a parent: my older and weaker adult immune system didn't handle the buggies nearly as aptly. I soon learned to quit stealing leftovers off of the boys plate for fear of horrible germy illness.
Wow. Maybe I needed to sneeze more on my fries growing up or something; I never did quite manage to break my mother of this one. ("Mom, if you wanted some, you could have ordered your own!" "I don't want very many...")
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This is why we took Rebecca out and exposed her to people starting at when she was three days old. We ate in restaurants, went to stores and the mall, everything. We tried to make sure she got as much normal exposure to stuff as possible. And although we were careful about shellgiraffe and peanuts, as soon as she was old enough we very carefully gave her those foods and as soon as we ascertained she didn't react to them we fed them to her. And even though she doesn't <like> nuts at least we know they won't kill her either.
She loves shrimp, though.
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Oh, one other thing about a toilet seat lock: it also prevents the little buggers from putting stuff IN the toilet. Big wads of toilet paper, toys, your keys, your cell phone, etc.
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OK, I feel better about the toilet seat lock. I can't help feeling that offspring who could drown in a toilet might best be eliminated from the gene pool. But the inconvenient impulse to try putting the cell phone in the toilet is totally normal.
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I cannot imagine being allergic to peanuts. Not that I'm questioning the validity of people's peanut allergies. It would just suck, because I really, really love peanuts.
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I feel the same way about shellgiraffe.
Oh, one other thing about a toilet seat lock: it also prevents the little buggers from putting stuff IN the toilet. Big wads of toilet paper, toys, your keys, your cell phone, etc.
This is the one response that makes sense to me. But I still think simply closing the bathroom door is an excellent solution. It also solves the problem of fingers pinched in the door, kid hitting head against tub, and kid locking self in and being unable to get out, requiring surgery on the door.
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You turned out OK? Liar. You don't even eat food.
This made me laugh out loud. I'm sorry, Anda, but "you don't even eat food!" is probably the best message-board smackdown I've heard in a while.
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You turned out OK? Liar. You don't even eat food.
This made me laugh out loud. I'm sorry, Anda, but "you don't even eat food!" is probably the best message-board smackdown I've heard in a while.
That's OK. I don't even get it and it made me laugh.
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When I was little, my parents tried to protect me from money. With 5 kids, I know the budget was touch and go for several of my early years, but mom and dad never discussed money in front of us. They were afraid we'd find out that we were teetering over an abyss of poverty and develope neuroses. So instead of talking about these problems, my dad just let it get him in a foul mood, and then he took it out on us verbally.
That's freakin' frackin' ridiculous.
I want my kids to know all about the family's dealings. I want my son to carry a calculator to the grocery store with us when he's too young to add decimals. I want my daughter to look at the budget with me and understand why we can't buy new toys all the time. Hell, by the time the Gang of Four have all passed fourth grade, I want to see them writing checks and paying bills with me.
My kids won't ever be scared we're going to the poor house, but this won't be because I'm keeping it from them. It will be because they know what's up, and they know it's not a big deal.
(By the way, "Hi" everybody. Sorry I was gone so long. Work, pregnant wife, work, family issues, work, I'm kind of a seasonal poster anyway, and work kept me from being here.)
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You turned out OK? Liar. You don't even eat food.
This made me laugh out loud. I'm sorry, Anda, but "you don't even eat food!" is probably the best message-board smackdown I've heard in a while.
That's OK. I don't even get it and it made me laugh.
My SO is a pescatarian and I always mock her for eating things like Chik'n Nuggets or Chix Strips from Whole Foods. If that was food they wouldn't have to spell it wrong. Kind of like Cheeze Whiz.
Actually now that I think about it kind of reminds me of Chow™ (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0441003257/qid=1095360587/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-0808286-4036056?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) . . .
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My SO is a pescatarian and I always mock her for eating things like Chik'n Nuggets or Chix Strips from Whole Foods.
Wait, isn't a pescatarian a vegetarian who also eats giraffe? Why does she eat chicken products then? I not understand and now my brain hurt.
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My SO is a pescatarian and I always mock her for eating things like Chik'n Nuggets or Chix Strips from Whole Foods.
Wait, isn't a pescatarian a vegetarian who also eats giraffe? Why does she eat chicken products then? I not understand and now my brain hurt.
They're veggie products made to seem like chicken. There's not really any chicken in them. Like Boca Burgers. They don't contain real mouths of any kind!
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My SO is a pescatarian and I always mock her for eating things like Chik'n Nuggets or Chix Strips from Whole Foods.
Oh, jeebus, I don't eat any of that stuff; it freaks me right out. If I wanted to eat meat, I would. None of this halfway business.
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Oh, jeebus, I don't eat any of that stuff; it freaks me right out. If I wanted to eat meat, I would. None of this halfway business.
That's good. Fake meat always makes me think of monks fuck*ng blow-up dolls.
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I really, really wanted to let that be the last post. But, I don't want to start a whole new thread so that I can continue to keep you guys appraised about why I'm not here anymore. So...um...sorry, Cort.
My boss scheduled me for 37 hours next week. I worked 30 this week and last. We finally hired someone else to pick up the slack...and he's only coming on 10 hours a week. I'm not sure what the point of hiring him is going to be, if we have to hire *yet another* part-timer to pick up the rest of the slack. All I have to say is, if he schedules me for one more week of more than 25 hours, I'm going to start calling in sick once a week. Not because I'm spiteful, but because my pregnant little body can't handle standing for seven hours a day, five nights a week.
For Pete's sake.
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Mine's gonna do 40 til January. We already have the ottoman and glider but the 5 year old plays on the glider and it needs fixed.
Her feets is swole somethin' fierce but she swims for an hour twice a week and that seems to help a lot. Did I tell y'all we is habbin' us another chica?
Sarah Ka`iulani will likely be her first two names.
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Aloha, did I completely miss that you're having another child?
Congratulations!
That's what I get for skimming threads.
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Sarah Kai`ulani will likely be her first two names.
Congratulations on creating a new tiny person!
As one who will likely be calling his child either Pierce (Adrian Pearson) or Hero (Hero Elizabeth) depending on the gender, I cannot judge another's choice in a child's name. Nor would I. That's mean and uncalled for. Like posting "screw all a y'all" on somebody's message board. Still, I am utterly confused by the name Kai'ulani. Where did it come from? How do you pronounce it? (kaEE oo l-ah-n' EE is my best try.) What is meant by it?
I'm sure it's a beautiful name. Please inform me as to exactly how I should think it beautiful. It certainly looks neat.
Darn my lack of shwa!
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That is exactly right. The tragic princess Victoria Ka`iulani is the reason.
As I started to learn the history of this place and her people I started to realize just what a screw job white folks have put on the world and as luck would have it, I'm in the market for a meaningful name that will likely be unique where this child will grow up - since it's unlikely we will be here forever. So that's the leading contender for a middle name at the moment. Rebecca's middle name is Delaney - so I guess I've got something of a penchant for the unusual middle name.
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Congratulations to you and yours, AD. That's a beautiful name.
(I too have all due respect for the unusual middle name; mine is my paternal grandmother's maiden name, which is also a masculine first name, so it gets me strange looks sometimes, but I'm very proud of it. If/when I have a son and am able to convince his father of it, his middle name will probably be "Enrique," which goes back three generations on my father's side and would have been my middle name if not for a sad mistake involving an X chromosome.)
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My top name contenders are Vivian Glory and Cordelia Eris.
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Va and AlohaDawg have wonderful baby names. We're all having babies! Hurray!
Vivian is an especially endearing name to me because the Vivians I have met have all been beautiful women. Once in a game store, I met a girl named Heavenly Walker, and she was.
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Pedro has tapped into some kind of universal truth here.
All Vivians are beautiful women. So Va, if you and Mr. Va are beautiful people, then it would be a lovely name for a girl.
If not, it'll just be a bitter reminder of how unattractive your daughter is for all of her life, such as she'll talk to someone on the phone who is delighted by her personality and the promise of the Vivian name, and then when then meet her they may physically recoil in horror (as opposed to emotionally recoiling) and maybe PURELY OUT OF REFLEX pull an arm up to their face for the dual purpose of defence and to block out all of the ugly.
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Once in a game store, I met a girl named Heavenly Walker, and she was.
.....she didn't have a car?
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Once in a game store, I met a girl named Heavenly Walker, and she was.
.....she didn't have a car?
In the store?
What the hell kind of game stores do they have down in KY?
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Once in a game store, I met a girl named Heavenly Walker, and she was.
.....she didn't have a car?
You misunderstand. She was a Texas Ranger.
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You misunderstand. She was a Texas Ranger.
I'm a big fan of Chuck Norris, and Chuck was in the Delta Force and the Delta WAS a triangle.
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Belatedly: Vivian and Cordelia are both lovely. I will freely confess that I find Glory and Eris a bit cutesy and over-special (and why Glory and not Gloria?), but a) as middle names that's basically respectable, and b) Vivian/Cordelia is your baby and not mine, so my opinions are semi-irrelevant.
Vivian is a beautiful name, but I've also always had a preference for the "Vivienne" spelling -- a pain in the ass, admittedly, but lovely. (And also less asexual, in case you happen to live somewhere where Vivian can still be a man's name.)
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why Glory and not Gloria?
Why Gloria and not Glory?
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why Glory and not Gloria?
Why Gloria and not Glory?
Because Gloria has a lineage as a traditional first name that Glory lacked? This is really probably my taste showing -- I prefer the traditional over the neologistic in naming schemes, but YMMV, and it's not exactly like either option is bad per se. If you were about to name the kid Vivian Melancholy, things might have to be discussed.
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If you were about to name the kid Vivian Melancholy, things might have to be discussed.
JL and I initially wanted to name our little girl Annabel Lee.
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If you were about to name the kid Vivian Melancholy, things might have to be discussed.
JL and I initially wanted to name our little girl Annabel Lee.
Were you also planning to build her a tomb by the side of the sea?
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If you were about to name the kid Vivian Melancholy, things might have to be discussed.
JL and I initially wanted to name our little girl Annabel Lee.
Were you also planning to build her a tomb by the side of the sea?
When she's bad, you could brick her up inside one of your basement walls. You could get her a red mask for Halloween. You could hide her Christmas presents in plain sight.
Dang, you could have endless Poe-themed fun. Just be careful or your house will fall down.
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Well, when we decided not to be blatently morbid about the whole thing, we went with a Shakespearian/Greek Mythological name (Hero), so there's a whole new set of literary allusions as well as horrid puns that are likely to erupt from our house in about two weeks. Of course, the Greek version of the name is still morbid, (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hero_and_leander.html) but it's at least less notorious.
And if it's a boy, we'll be calling him Pearce, and hoping he doesn't grow up believing that he needs to live up to his name by punching innumerable holes in himself.