I love KGSR.
period.
They play great music and it's a radio station! Back in DFW we had NOTHING like this. I listened to entirely too much pop music that was just fed to me through the crappy radio stations that exist there. Now, mind you, I'm not going to fault anyone for a good guilty pleasure moment with Kesha, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, maybe even a rousing rendition of Pitbull. But c'mon people! This is the first and only station that I listened to before switching to the mix station that just recycles this crap six months later? blah.
I will also say that I'm not a person that goes looking and searching for the newest and best indie artists. I generally let good music come to me. No, I do not know the coolest new folk indie group from Brooklyn (is that even the spot these days? Cause I've lost track) BUT, I am finding refreshing tracks coming across the airwaves via....KGSR.
A few summer anthems this year:
Some Nights by Fun.
Honeypot by Bob Schniedypants.
Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammer
And pretty much anything from the Black Keys
There's more, I just need them to come to me! I'll update this list later.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Conversations with Kai
This happened yesterday in the car.
Me: Kai, say, mama.
K: Dada.
Me: say, dada.
K: Dada.
Me: good job! Say, ball.
K: Dada.
Me: Kai, say, dog.
K: Dada.
Me: Awesome. I feed you 3/4 of the time, change your diapers 3/4 of the time, read to you, cuddle with you, teach you cool stuff, and talk about you most of the time I'm away from you, but you just keep talking about daddy. See where that gets you!
Me: Kai, say, mama.
K: Dada.
Me: say, dada.
K: Dada.
Me: good job! Say, ball.
K: Dada.
Me: Kai, say, dog.
K: Dada.
Me: Awesome. I feed you 3/4 of the time, change your diapers 3/4 of the time, read to you, cuddle with you, teach you cool stuff, and talk about you most of the time I'm away from you, but you just keep talking about daddy. See where that gets you!
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
If you could be any age again for a week, which would you choose?
Easy. Seventeen. But I would know my husband and we would be BFGF. Except that he would be at his current temperament not his high school temperament. I've been told he was a little feisty. I loved high school. Life was so easy then, and I didn't have any responsibilities. Sure, I wasn't the mature and wise lady that I am now, but I saw some kids do cartwheels as they walked out of the local high school today, and I just thought I would really enjoy being there again.
Think about it,
Every time I did something stupid or weird, people just chalked it up to me being young!
I didn't have to make my own money.
I got to read books and study just because. (now I love school, then I didn't love it so much back then...so I would go back understanding that learning RULES. Wow, I'm a super nerd.)
I didn't care that I was pretty dorky. Except that I did quit band and join dance team (one would think this was to up my cool quotient), but that was really only so I could get attention from band guys. Can I get an amen?
I could drive...and by then, I had gotten my NEW CAR! I got a Mercury Cougar when I was a senior in high school. Before that, I did have an 88 Buick Century. Memory: When I got my new car, I drove it home by myself from the dealership AND...I rolled the windows down and blasted Independent Women Part II from Charlie's Angels on repeat. I thought I had MADE it. wow.
(Me choosing to be seventeen is also discounting that I have a son now, and I wouldn't trade that for anything...so I wouldn't really go back because being 29 is pretty great, but if I wasn't looking at the little face that I love so much...then seventeen is it.)
For now I will leave you with this...
Hey boys! (I'm on the left, my friend Sarah is on the right.)
Think about it,
Every time I did something stupid or weird, people just chalked it up to me being young!
I didn't have to make my own money.
I got to read books and study just because. (now I love school, then I didn't love it so much back then...so I would go back understanding that learning RULES. Wow, I'm a super nerd.)
I didn't care that I was pretty dorky. Except that I did quit band and join dance team (one would think this was to up my cool quotient), but that was really only so I could get attention from band guys. Can I get an amen?
(Me choosing to be seventeen is also discounting that I have a son now, and I wouldn't trade that for anything...so I wouldn't really go back because being 29 is pretty great, but if I wasn't looking at the little face that I love so much...then seventeen is it.)
For now I will leave you with this...
Hey boys! (I'm on the left, my friend Sarah is on the right.)
Monday, August 27, 2012
Bittersweet day.
Today is the day that tons of my friends sent their kiddos off to school and many of my friends are starting back to work as teachers and administrators. I have been nervous about this day for the past few weeks.
The bitter: I left my career in PR after just a few short years to go back to graduate school. It was a great decision because I knew that education was where I wanted to be, however, I never thought that I would struggle so much to find a job! After I was most of the way through the program I started looking for a job, in the mean time I had a great part-time job at a church, but needed full-time employment at a school. After 2 years of calls/campus drop-bys/ resumes/interviews/networking I finally found a position in November of 2010 in Irving. I loved that job so much (I got it through the stimulus money BTW...) However, I found out after the year was over that my teaching certificate didn't go "standard" after a partial year teaching. (It's complicated, but I'm still not a fully certified teacher!) So anyway, I got preggo and would have been laid off anyway, so I stepped down and we moved to Austin. I only got to teach for 7 months! And when I got back I have to explain my whole story about why I have taught for a year, but I'm still on a probationary cert. Boo.
The SWEET (and it is very sweet): I have my little man! He brightens my days everyday and is just the biggest light in my life. Being a mom has been so rewarding and I get to see the fruits of my labor every day when Kai smiles, laughs, stuffs his face with yogurt puffs, learns something, or gives me a sweet baby hug. I also get to spend quality time with my hubby. I know that I would be grading/creating after I get home from school, because teachers work so hard these days! So now when Scott comes home, we get to have family time and then even relax or do projects around the house after the little dude goes to bed. My being at home is a sweet time for our family.
Even though I'm taking some time to be home with and I get a little lonely or feel like I went to graduate school (at an expensive institution) for nothing... I try to remember that I have plenty of years to influence the brains of the youngsters of tomorrow in due time. I could potentially teach for 30 years after I go back into the workforce!! That is a lot of years! One step at a time. Right now my steps are with my little boy.
The bitter: I left my career in PR after just a few short years to go back to graduate school. It was a great decision because I knew that education was where I wanted to be, however, I never thought that I would struggle so much to find a job! After I was most of the way through the program I started looking for a job, in the mean time I had a great part-time job at a church, but needed full-time employment at a school. After 2 years of calls/campus drop-bys/ resumes/interviews/networking I finally found a position in November of 2010 in Irving. I loved that job so much (I got it through the stimulus money BTW...) However, I found out after the year was over that my teaching certificate didn't go "standard" after a partial year teaching. (It's complicated, but I'm still not a fully certified teacher!) So anyway, I got preggo and would have been laid off anyway, so I stepped down and we moved to Austin. I only got to teach for 7 months! And when I got back I have to explain my whole story about why I have taught for a year, but I'm still on a probationary cert. Boo.
The SWEET (and it is very sweet): I have my little man! He brightens my days everyday and is just the biggest light in my life. Being a mom has been so rewarding and I get to see the fruits of my labor every day when Kai smiles, laughs, stuffs his face with yogurt puffs, learns something, or gives me a sweet baby hug. I also get to spend quality time with my hubby. I know that I would be grading/creating after I get home from school, because teachers work so hard these days! So now when Scott comes home, we get to have family time and then even relax or do projects around the house after the little dude goes to bed. My being at home is a sweet time for our family.
Even though I'm taking some time to be home with and I get a little lonely or feel like I went to graduate school (at an expensive institution) for nothing... I try to remember that I have plenty of years to influence the brains of the youngsters of tomorrow in due time. I could potentially teach for 30 years after I go back into the workforce!! That is a lot of years! One step at a time. Right now my steps are with my little boy.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Can I get a what, what?
Um, found a heinous video we made at a TCU social thingy my junior year. My friends Becky, Erin, Jaime, Cecily and I lipsynched to some Spice Girls brilliance. Here are some stills I took with my phone. I love that Jaime still had her dreads in this video and she is also sporting some Mickey mouse gloves, I'm in the headdress, Cecily is Superman, Becks has the geetar, and Erin is in the orange wig)...yikes.
Breakdown
Had one of those crazy stay-at-home mom breakdowns yesterday. You know where you feel like you aren't doing enough of the following:
laundry
dishes
vacuuming
budgeting
exercising (self and dog)
paying enough attention to husband
I was in full on ugly cry mode. It was awesome. I know I do pull my weight around here and when you actually figure up the numbers (I've seen those websites) stay at home moms should be paid a small fortune...much like teachers! The numbers really are crazy when you figure it up. However, if I give myself a little time off then things get out of whack quickly! Like, I'll pick up that mess tomorrow, do that load of laundry in the morning, or vacuum the whole house at one time.
That never happens, am I right or am I right?
Anyway, Scott came home and talked me through it. It's crazy how I can just lose track of reality and get overwhelmed sometimes. We took the weekend and got the house back in order. Scott did so much to help me get things done and I had to take Kai outside to swing so he could vacuum. Kai gets scared of the vacuum sounds and starts screaming crying. Poor big baby.
laundry
dishes
vacuuming
budgeting
exercising (self and dog)
paying enough attention to husband
I was in full on ugly cry mode. It was awesome. I know I do pull my weight around here and when you actually figure up the numbers (I've seen those websites) stay at home moms should be paid a small fortune...much like teachers! The numbers really are crazy when you figure it up. However, if I give myself a little time off then things get out of whack quickly! Like, I'll pick up that mess tomorrow, do that load of laundry in the morning, or vacuum the whole house at one time.
That never happens, am I right or am I right?
Anyway, Scott came home and talked me through it. It's crazy how I can just lose track of reality and get overwhelmed sometimes. We took the weekend and got the house back in order. Scott did so much to help me get things done and I had to take Kai outside to swing so he could vacuum. Kai gets scared of the vacuum sounds and starts screaming crying. Poor big baby.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Discoveries
I was listening to "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" yesterday and there were a few tidbits that I mentally wrote down in my brain to look up when I got home.
one.
Sleep Walk With Me- It's a new movie that has been shown at many an independent movie festival this year and is in limited release, starting....tomorrow! I thought that I would come home and tell Scotter about it and he would say, "oh wow, Jane. You are so in the know. That movie sounds totally awesome and I would love to take you to Trulucks and then go see it at the independent theatre with all the old people." However, nope! "Oh yeah, I saw that preview," was all I got. After he responds in this sort of way in general, I just stand and stare at him until I get a more acceptable response. Sounds wife-like, eh?
Ah well. Maybe he'll read this and at least take me to Torchy's before we go. eh? Anyhoo...Mike Birbiglia (a comedian) wrote, directed and stars in this film that chronicles his life as a sleep walker/scared dude in a relationship. Once, he walked out a second story window...in his SLEEP! In the interview on WWDTM, he said he would sleep in a sleeping bag with mittens on so that he wouldn't open the bag in his sleep to let himself out. Awesome.
two.
Blog. This was super exciting to me when I heard it, however, now that I have looked it up it is a little more "fresh" than I planned. There was this guy in 2010 who vowed to watch Julie and Julia everyday for 365 days, and DID IT! His language is pretty colorful and has some foul references, but overall I'd say it is a pretty great premise, and I'm interested in reading through a lot of it. I had to do a little work to start at the beginning, because of the ways blogs are displayed, so here is the link to the page where day one should start at the bottom. Enjoy.
Day one: The Lawrence/Julie&Julia project
Lastly, Happy birthday to Rupert Grint tomorrow!
one.
Sleep Walk With Me- It's a new movie that has been shown at many an independent movie festival this year and is in limited release, starting....tomorrow! I thought that I would come home and tell Scotter about it and he would say, "oh wow, Jane. You are so in the know. That movie sounds totally awesome and I would love to take you to Trulucks and then go see it at the independent theatre with all the old people." However, nope! "Oh yeah, I saw that preview," was all I got. After he responds in this sort of way in general, I just stand and stare at him until I get a more acceptable response. Sounds wife-like, eh?
Ah well. Maybe he'll read this and at least take me to Torchy's before we go. eh? Anyhoo...Mike Birbiglia (a comedian) wrote, directed and stars in this film that chronicles his life as a sleep walker/scared dude in a relationship. Once, he walked out a second story window...in his SLEEP! In the interview on WWDTM, he said he would sleep in a sleeping bag with mittens on so that he wouldn't open the bag in his sleep to let himself out. Awesome.
two.
Blog. This was super exciting to me when I heard it, however, now that I have looked it up it is a little more "fresh" than I planned. There was this guy in 2010 who vowed to watch Julie and Julia everyday for 365 days, and DID IT! His language is pretty colorful and has some foul references, but overall I'd say it is a pretty great premise, and I'm interested in reading through a lot of it. I had to do a little work to start at the beginning, because of the ways blogs are displayed, so here is the link to the page where day one should start at the bottom. Enjoy.
Day one: The Lawrence/Julie&Julia project
Lastly, Happy birthday to Rupert Grint tomorrow!
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