Sunday, December 24, 2006
Friday, December 15, 2006
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Wow! What a stormy night. I'm here at work, late, the powers still out at our house since 9:00pm, Franks at home taking care of the house and the animals, Lexie is at Grama Betty's for the day.
The wind was amazing peaking out in gusts up to 60mph. We sat on the back porch, shelterd from the wind by the house, and protected from falling branches by the cover, and watched our three Ponderosa Pines and the neighbors evergreens, and the distant towering, leafless Oaks, dance and sway with each gust. The clouds were tinged salmon on the horizon. Brilliant flashes of blue light could be seen in any direction as you watched the horizon. After a particularly close transformer light up the sky, losing its hold to the wind, the neighboorhood one street over went dark. This was around 7:30pm. We watched the wind, and a movie until ours went out. Then I put on my Portland to Coast walk relay hat with the built in LED light for night walking, and searched out the Coleman Lantern, assembled it and lit it, found a spare box of duralogs burried in the garage, and pulled out the coleman stove and set it up on the back deck. Frank cooked us up some sausage, egg, and cheese burritos for dinner, we watched the tiny, tiny battery operated color tv a few times until it became unworthy of the time it took to replace the four double A batteries after about 7-10 minutes.
Word(s) of the day: PNEUMA.
Lexie log: I came up with my own childgrens story this morning on the way to work. Lexie was asking me about clouds, and what were they doing, which is a pretty routine question for her. I usually tell her how they work in a pretty dull fashion, but this morning as I was driving her to Grama Betty's, I told her the story of the Clouds day at work. She loved it so much she asked me to tell it to her again twice. Each time the story gained a couple additional characters and dialouge, and got better. The first thing she wanted to do when she got to Grama Betty's is to try and retell the story to her. So cute, I think I'll try to write it down.
Today I'm grateful for Lexie and Frank, Mom and Dad, the weather, the wind, hard working utility crews, coleman products, flashlights, fun with my daughter, storms, and life.
The wind was amazing peaking out in gusts up to 60mph. We sat on the back porch, shelterd from the wind by the house, and protected from falling branches by the cover, and watched our three Ponderosa Pines and the neighbors evergreens, and the distant towering, leafless Oaks, dance and sway with each gust. The clouds were tinged salmon on the horizon. Brilliant flashes of blue light could be seen in any direction as you watched the horizon. After a particularly close transformer light up the sky, losing its hold to the wind, the neighboorhood one street over went dark. This was around 7:30pm. We watched the wind, and a movie until ours went out. Then I put on my Portland to Coast walk relay hat with the built in LED light for night walking, and searched out the Coleman Lantern, assembled it and lit it, found a spare box of duralogs burried in the garage, and pulled out the coleman stove and set it up on the back deck. Frank cooked us up some sausage, egg, and cheese burritos for dinner, we watched the tiny, tiny battery operated color tv a few times until it became unworthy of the time it took to replace the four double A batteries after about 7-10 minutes.
Word(s) of the day: PNEUMA.
Lexie log: I came up with my own childgrens story this morning on the way to work. Lexie was asking me about clouds, and what were they doing, which is a pretty routine question for her. I usually tell her how they work in a pretty dull fashion, but this morning as I was driving her to Grama Betty's, I told her the story of the Clouds day at work. She loved it so much she asked me to tell it to her again twice. Each time the story gained a couple additional characters and dialouge, and got better. The first thing she wanted to do when she got to Grama Betty's is to try and retell the story to her. So cute, I think I'll try to write it down.
Today I'm grateful for Lexie and Frank, Mom and Dad, the weather, the wind, hard working utility crews, coleman products, flashlights, fun with my daughter, storms, and life.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
She dreams in color, she dreams in red...
I have a hard time believing in the year 2006 that movies like Shockwave (A.I. Assault) and Striking Range. Oh my!
Not the best time for blogging, having some issues, and not as cheerful and carefree as I could be. Please say a prayer for my family, please.
Word(s) of the day: WHITE LIGHT
Lexie log: I'm really hoping that we get to go to the beach this weekend. I think Lexie would have a blast with the indoor swimming pool, and going to the aquarium. Man, if we don't get to go this weekend, I'm going to try to get there as soon as possible. I want to get out and do more stuff with her. She is a star.
Today I'm grateful for Lexie, Mom and Dad, Grama Betty, prayer, tolerance, love, and life.
Not the best time for blogging, having some issues, and not as cheerful and carefree as I could be. Please say a prayer for my family, please.
Word(s) of the day: WHITE LIGHT
Lexie log: I'm really hoping that we get to go to the beach this weekend. I think Lexie would have a blast with the indoor swimming pool, and going to the aquarium. Man, if we don't get to go this weekend, I'm going to try to get there as soon as possible. I want to get out and do more stuff with her. She is a star.
Today I'm grateful for Lexie, Mom and Dad, Grama Betty, prayer, tolerance, love, and life.
Monday, December 11, 2006
If you need me, let me know, I'll be around, If you've got no place to go...
This morning on the way to work, right after Sylvan hill, I hear a crash of metal and look in my rear view mirror just in time to see the pickup right behind me angle off into the other lane and it's left headlight go out. Didn't take me long to realize it had been rearended by the car behind it. I watched as the two cars pulled off to the side as I drove ahead puzzling over how I could have been so oblivious to coming so close to being rear ended. Thank heavens the truck turned his wheel, or he would have plowed into me. I hadn't stopped suddenly, my feet werent even on the breaks, so I was even more suprised by the whole thing.
Month end is pretty much over, just a few reports to update and spreadsheets to modify.
Word(s) of the day: AYUDA
Lexie log: I just lover her so much and I'm too emotional right now to type about how wonderful she is without bursting into tears, which isn't very appropriate at work, so...
Today I'm grateful for Lexie, Mom and Dad, friends, and life.
Month end is pretty much over, just a few reports to update and spreadsheets to modify.
Word(s) of the day: AYUDA
Lexie log: I just lover her so much and I'm too emotional right now to type about how wonderful she is without bursting into tears, which isn't very appropriate at work, so...
Today I'm grateful for Lexie, Mom and Dad, friends, and life.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Noell, Noell, Noell, Noell....
I'm wearing sandals today. I smelled something odd, thought, "Oh, man! Do my feet stink???" Then realized it was just Karina making a pot of Hazelnut flavored coffee. Hmm.
I'm tired of Christmas music already.
I'm excited to be going on vacation soon.
Word(s) of the day: DEFLECTION
Lexie log: She's just cute as a button.
Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, vacation, tape, color, socks, water, and life.
I'm tired of Christmas music already.
I'm excited to be going on vacation soon.
Word(s) of the day: DEFLECTION
Lexie log: She's just cute as a button.
Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, vacation, tape, color, socks, water, and life.
Monday, December 04, 2006
Do do doodle loodle ooo do do do, Do do doodle loodle ooo do do do
All that's going through my head this morning is the cirucus music, hence the musical title that most likely doesn't make any sense to anyone but me.
Word(s) of the day: BUGABOO
Lexie log: Happy birthday sweetheart! She had a fantastic birthday party at papa's pizza. Her best friend, Lucas, was there, she just adores him. She got all the toys she wanted, My Little Pony, and Power Rangers. While she was playing in the play room with Lucas, Sierra, and Tracy supervised my assembly of the Green, Red, Yellow, Blue and Pink Power Rangers into the amazing Megazord! What an accomplishment. Ages four and up...My rupaduppa! Emphasis on the "...and up" piece of that logic. The four year old can play with it after the "and ups" assemble the thing. It was really a blast. Lexie loved to say things like, "Thanks guys!" and she is very good at remembering aunt Patty's name. I wish we cold do it every other weekend. It made it all the tougher for me to leave this morning. She did super swiming on Sunday. It was lifejacket safety week. She even remembered/knew a couple techniques to pull people out of the pool from the last session and showed before even the teachers did. I was so impressed, I just beamed the whole time. She was so tired, but she listened so well and did so well, and had a great time doing it. -- Lexie just loves all our pets, but she has a special relationship with Chikita because Chikita is so lovey and talks so much. Lexie recently caught on to the fact that we call Chikita by singing the Do a Dear song. I found this out the other day when started trying to sing the song as she was looking around the house. It was one of the most precious moments I've had. I was sitting in bed and she was walking down the hall singing, "Do a Dear, a female dear..." Then the lyrics are a little shady after that point. So now Daddy is helping her learn the rest. She really really loves to sing, and dance. -- My ultimate most wonderful fantasy on this earth would be to be a stay at home mom. I wish I could do that more than anything in this world.
Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Karina's clothes gifts, MaryLue's chair gift, Time with my daughter, our pets, and life.
Word(s) of the day: BUGABOO
Lexie log: Happy birthday sweetheart! She had a fantastic birthday party at papa's pizza. Her best friend, Lucas, was there, she just adores him. She got all the toys she wanted, My Little Pony, and Power Rangers. While she was playing in the play room with Lucas, Sierra, and Tracy supervised my assembly of the Green, Red, Yellow, Blue and Pink Power Rangers into the amazing Megazord! What an accomplishment. Ages four and up...My rupaduppa! Emphasis on the "...and up" piece of that logic. The four year old can play with it after the "and ups" assemble the thing. It was really a blast. Lexie loved to say things like, "Thanks guys!" and she is very good at remembering aunt Patty's name. I wish we cold do it every other weekend. It made it all the tougher for me to leave this morning. She did super swiming on Sunday. It was lifejacket safety week. She even remembered/knew a couple techniques to pull people out of the pool from the last session and showed before even the teachers did. I was so impressed, I just beamed the whole time. She was so tired, but she listened so well and did so well, and had a great time doing it. -- Lexie just loves all our pets, but she has a special relationship with Chikita because Chikita is so lovey and talks so much. Lexie recently caught on to the fact that we call Chikita by singing the Do a Dear song. I found this out the other day when started trying to sing the song as she was looking around the house. It was one of the most precious moments I've had. I was sitting in bed and she was walking down the hall singing, "Do a Dear, a female dear..." Then the lyrics are a little shady after that point. So now Daddy is helping her learn the rest. She really really loves to sing, and dance. -- My ultimate most wonderful fantasy on this earth would be to be a stay at home mom. I wish I could do that more than anything in this world.
Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Karina's clothes gifts, MaryLue's chair gift, Time with my daughter, our pets, and life.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
I'm totally swamped today, but I need to list off a couple interesting tid bits. Firs off, there is this little dead end street I drive up every morning that my work parking lot is on, then I park in my spot, and if I make it to work early, I take a little snooze in my car. Not the most sane neighboorhood to do this in, but oh well. So, this morning nothing different...that I notice. I sleep for about 10-15 minutes in the car, my cell phone alarm goes off at 7:50am and I walk up to the clinic and meet Colleen and we go in together. Then about 7:35 the girls start coming in and I find out that a man was found lying dead at the end of the street we park off of two self-inflicted gun shot wounds. Found by our peds reception guy, David. Hmmm. Interesting.
Yesterday, I'm walking by Val's desk and she says, "Rach, you guys are really missing out on the new Carl's Jr. kids meal toys!" as she hands me this cool looking little yellow and silver metal flashlight. I fall for it, take it from her, push the on switch and get the shock of my day...Literally! It is a prank flashlight that sends a jolt through you when you try to turn it on. I screamed, it when hurtleing to the floor with enough force to break it, and I started slapping Val on the wrist as she and everyone else is busting out laughing. It was hysterical. We joked about it the rest of the day and still today.
Four years ago when I started working here, on a whim, I turned the bathroom light fixture cover upside down, decided I liked the ambience better, left the bathroom, and forgot about it. For some reason Monday morning I went in the bathroom and noticed it was still this way, so I turned it back around. Yes, four years later. It completely changes the lighting effect in the bathroom, and I'd just been waiting to hear about it. I guess people have been noticing for the last couple days the difference, but not quite sure what that difference it. Hysterical! Then Barb finally mentions it out loud and they all agree. I had told Carrie what I had done, and she gave me up. Here is the email I got from Barb this morning:
"Sooooooooo, it was YOU who "darkened" the bathroom. All day Karina and I each thought it was "just me" and were trying to figure out why the bathroom was dark. Perhaps someone installed a bug light??!!
Was it the electric shock Val gave you?? :)
Barbara Hill
Business Office Manager
Broadway Medical Clinic, L.L.P."
Too funny.
Word(s) of the day: PATELLA
Lexie log: I'm really looking forward to her party, I hope the weather is ok. It supposed to be freezing rain tonight, but I'm hopeful for Friday. She ran around last night, after an entire year of begging for her birthday party, saying that she wasn't going to have one because she is a power ranger. She's a funny bird.
Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, online banking, snowflakes that melt on my nose and eyelashes, water, food, sleep, coffee, laughter, and life.
Yesterday, I'm walking by Val's desk and she says, "Rach, you guys are really missing out on the new Carl's Jr. kids meal toys!" as she hands me this cool looking little yellow and silver metal flashlight. I fall for it, take it from her, push the on switch and get the shock of my day...Literally! It is a prank flashlight that sends a jolt through you when you try to turn it on. I screamed, it when hurtleing to the floor with enough force to break it, and I started slapping Val on the wrist as she and everyone else is busting out laughing. It was hysterical. We joked about it the rest of the day and still today.
Four years ago when I started working here, on a whim, I turned the bathroom light fixture cover upside down, decided I liked the ambience better, left the bathroom, and forgot about it. For some reason Monday morning I went in the bathroom and noticed it was still this way, so I turned it back around. Yes, four years later. It completely changes the lighting effect in the bathroom, and I'd just been waiting to hear about it. I guess people have been noticing for the last couple days the difference, but not quite sure what that difference it. Hysterical! Then Barb finally mentions it out loud and they all agree. I had told Carrie what I had done, and she gave me up. Here is the email I got from Barb this morning:
"Sooooooooo, it was YOU who "darkened" the bathroom. All day Karina and I each thought it was "just me" and were trying to figure out why the bathroom was dark. Perhaps someone installed a bug light??!!
Was it the electric shock Val gave you?? :)
Barbara Hill
Business Office Manager
Broadway Medical Clinic, L.L.P."
Too funny.
Word(s) of the day: PATELLA
Lexie log: I'm really looking forward to her party, I hope the weather is ok. It supposed to be freezing rain tonight, but I'm hopeful for Friday. She ran around last night, after an entire year of begging for her birthday party, saying that she wasn't going to have one because she is a power ranger. She's a funny bird.
Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, online banking, snowflakes that melt on my nose and eyelashes, water, food, sleep, coffee, laughter, and life.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
The answer my friend, is blowin in the wind, the answer is blowin in the wind
Yes, it's been awhile. Work has been hectic with rolling out new EDI tools like electronic claims, remit, bill, edit, a new lockbox, getting all the docs NPI numbers, whew. And then this week, Betty spent Monday through Friday in the hospital with a gastro issue that is still a mystery. No pain, just significant loss of blood with no identifiable cause or source. Thankfully she came home on her birthday, but missed Thanksgiving. Our heater went out Thanksgiving morning and Frank stayed home to wait for the gas person to come diagnose it while Lexie and I went out to my Moms for dinner. It was pleasent and nice, I just wish we could have stayed longer. For some reason the Yamhill forest is so cozy in the winter. Today is blustery and stormy, pleasant for a weekend. No swim for Lexie as it is Thanksgiving weekend.
Word(s) of the day: WIND
Lexie log: Still my little angel. As I type she is asking either myself or Daddy to open pistachios, but she won't eat them, she just keeps putting them in my mouth. She has decided that she is a Red Power Ranger. It is cute. Last night Daddy came flying into the living room with his yellow Columbia sportswear jacket all zipped up, only leaving a small eye hole and doing some impressive yellow power ranger moves. This delighted Lexie to no end. He latest passions are horses, particularly My Little Pony which she has started a collection, then Power Rangers and Bratz, specifically Bratz Babies. So...I have something to work with for her birthday wich is less than a week. Papa's Pizza will be our party spot. I can't believe she is already going to be four.
Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Betty getting released from Providence, our pets, cozy weekends, and life.
Word(s) of the day: WIND
Lexie log: Still my little angel. As I type she is asking either myself or Daddy to open pistachios, but she won't eat them, she just keeps putting them in my mouth. She has decided that she is a Red Power Ranger. It is cute. Last night Daddy came flying into the living room with his yellow Columbia sportswear jacket all zipped up, only leaving a small eye hole and doing some impressive yellow power ranger moves. This delighted Lexie to no end. He latest passions are horses, particularly My Little Pony which she has started a collection, then Power Rangers and Bratz, specifically Bratz Babies. So...I have something to work with for her birthday wich is less than a week. Papa's Pizza will be our party spot. I can't believe she is already going to be four.
Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, Betty getting released from Providence, our pets, cozy weekends, and life.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Let's talk about all the good things, and the bad things, that may be...
Ok, so I'm on day seven of eye twitch hell. It was almost completely gone yesterday, only noticed it a few times. Then I woke up this morning to it, and it has been the worst it has been so far.
Yesterday evening we had the most wonderful dinner at Stanfords. Oh, I just love that restaraunt.
Word(s) of the day: CANDOR
Lexie log: I have started looking for systems that would be good for Lexie. My goal is to get two new flat screens, one for the office computer, and one for her. And also get a smaller desktop system and a childrens keyboard. I'm not ready to have her hooked up to the internet yet. Just a computer. The extra monitor for us is because our current monitor is two computers old, and starting to act up a bit. Come to think of it, I might even have the computer already and just need the monitor and keyboard/mouse. We still have the last computer because it didn't have enough memory for some of my applications. Perhaps it will be good enough for some learning CD's for Lexie. I'll have to check that out this week.
Lexie is trying so hard to listen better and do well in swim. I love her so much. She is so distracted so easily. It must be a busy little mind to be a kid.
Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, family and friends, water, coffee, tastebuds, weekends, birthdays, tape, wind, keys, colors and life.
Yesterday evening we had the most wonderful dinner at Stanfords. Oh, I just love that restaraunt.
Word(s) of the day: CANDOR
Lexie log: I have started looking for systems that would be good for Lexie. My goal is to get two new flat screens, one for the office computer, and one for her. And also get a smaller desktop system and a childrens keyboard. I'm not ready to have her hooked up to the internet yet. Just a computer. The extra monitor for us is because our current monitor is two computers old, and starting to act up a bit. Come to think of it, I might even have the computer already and just need the monitor and keyboard/mouse. We still have the last computer because it didn't have enough memory for some of my applications. Perhaps it will be good enough for some learning CD's for Lexie. I'll have to check that out this week.
Lexie is trying so hard to listen better and do well in swim. I love her so much. She is so distracted so easily. It must be a busy little mind to be a kid.
Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, family and friends, water, coffee, tastebuds, weekends, birthdays, tape, wind, keys, colors and life.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
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