Archive for July, 2008
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Still Reeling, But it Was a Good Day
I have the feeling that the layoff news will have us in shell-shock for awhile. We have started formulating plans and contingency plans, but are trying to keep calm. Having a toddler DOES keep a lot of normalcy in place.
This morning, Noah and I went to our favorite playground early in the morning. He […]
3 Comments » - Posted in The Real Live Boy by Liza
Friday, July 11th, 2008
Bomb Shell
I’m not going to get into a lot of detail here, but at the same time, I can’t not blog about this.
Some of you know that the company I work for has been downsizing — significantly — over the past year.
The latest round of layoffs came through today. I was on the list.
I’ll still be […]
20 Comments » - Posted in Personal by Liza
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Angry Banana
No, we don’t have a problem with fruit rage here.
Nor are we singing some kind of strangely demented alphabet song where the next lines are Compassionate Dates, then Enraged Fennel.
Indeed, we are talking about my second favorite aspect of toddler parenting (after all those gooey and delicious expressions of love): the toddler malapropism.
For example, in […]
5 Comments » - Posted in The Real Live Boy by Liza
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Grr. HTML Irritation.
I had a fun silly internet quiz up for about 4 seconds. Covert sent it to me. Unfortunately, it turned the whole rest of the blog into italics. No amount of my manually editing the HTML got it to work right.
If you want to take it, just for kicks, the name is “The Best Thing […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Personal, Silly Internet Quizzes by Liza
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
We are up to our eyeballs — well, really closer to our hip bones — in willful toddler.
Today, just for example, Noah:
Refused to have his diaper changed this morning when he woke up;
Refused to brush his teeth;
Refused to put on his shoes to leave;
Clung to me with much fury and anguish when I tried to […]
2 Comments » - Posted in The Real Live Boy, Opinion by Liza
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
In Which It Is Proven, For the Millionth Time, That Everyone Knows Mindy
In addition to being the 4th of July, this weekend was also Atlanta Pride.
Being 7 months pregnant, in Atlanta, and parenting a very routine-driven toddler, means that we don’t do a whole lot of Pride Celebration Activities. But our church had a booth, and it was indoors, so I volunteered to do a shift.
While I […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Personal, Church-Related by Liza
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Who Takes Food From a Pregnant Lady?
About once a week, maybe a little less, I go with co-workers to a Mexican restaurant not far from our office.
And roughly 90% of the time, I order the same thing: a steak fajita quesadilla, with a side of guacamole and sour cream.
When I go with the guys who work in software security, we usually […]
