Thursday, June 11, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
A new Job!
I just accepted a procedural coding auditor position. I will be staying within my current department which is great because I love the people I work with.
I am a little nervous because the position requires me to speak in front of large groups, consisting mostly of doctors and such. So my anxiety level is sure to raise. Now I am not being thrown into this part of the job, so I am hoping my nerves and confidence will rise. I am a social butterfly, but usually only after I know every body. Maybe that will help.
I am very excited and up for the challenge. Hopefully I fulfill every one's expectations!
~Amanda
I am a little nervous because the position requires me to speak in front of large groups, consisting mostly of doctors and such. So my anxiety level is sure to raise. Now I am not being thrown into this part of the job, so I am hoping my nerves and confidence will rise. I am a social butterfly, but usually only after I know every body. Maybe that will help.
I am very excited and up for the challenge. Hopefully I fulfill every one's expectations!
~Amanda
Friday, June 5, 2009
My thoughts on a new puppy.
Ok, here are my thoughts on getting a new puppy. We recently had to put Niko, our German Shepherd down and are now considering getting a new puppy. I am a little torn over this, I would like to get another dog, and I know the kids and Amanda would LOVE it! But on the other hand, I have been used to having a very low maintenance dog that we just have to feed and clean up after. No barking, no chewing up the furniture or anything else, and since she was an outside dog, no shedding inside the house!
We will most likely get a smaller dog that will be inside the house most of the time, and I am just a little bit leery of the whole puppy training phase. Amanda really wants a King Charles Cavalier, and they are supposed to be pretty smart dogs, and people pleasers. We have a few things that need to be done before we can get the new dog, the fence in the backyard being the first. The posts are being set today, and the rest will go up next week. We also need to get plenty of new chew toys, and a kennel.
I guess I am just hesitating a little bit because I am worried that I will be the one who ends up taking care of the dog, and cleaning up all the "accidents". Well after next week, the fence will be done, and I won't have any more excuses, so I am going to start embracing the idea.
Puppyville here we come!!!
~Richard~
We will most likely get a smaller dog that will be inside the house most of the time, and I am just a little bit leery of the whole puppy training phase. Amanda really wants a King Charles Cavalier, and they are supposed to be pretty smart dogs, and people pleasers. We have a few things that need to be done before we can get the new dog, the fence in the backyard being the first. The posts are being set today, and the rest will go up next week. We also need to get plenty of new chew toys, and a kennel.
I guess I am just hesitating a little bit because I am worried that I will be the one who ends up taking care of the dog, and cleaning up all the "accidents". Well after next week, the fence will be done, and I won't have any more excuses, so I am going to start embracing the idea.
Puppyville here we come!!!
~Richard~
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Where is the Romance?
Today as I worked at home, I felt a little guilty ignoring the kids, especially Olivia when Bradley was at school. They fared very well with minimal supervision, and Richard's meeting got out early enough that I was able to finish my work while he played out side with the kids.
Olivia must have not felt ignored. She kept bringing me dandelions to help brighten my work day. Then she started bringing roses in, off my rose bushes. I told her how beautiful they were, and how nice she was to bring me flowers, but she really needed to leave the flowers on the bush so they would grower bigger.
She took the roses she had and head back outside, then inside, then out. You see the pattern, I was finishing up my work, still not paying too close attention. A little later Richard called Olivia into the other room to "come clean up her mess." He then informed me that Olivia wanted me to have flowers everywhere.
She had de-pedal her roses and left them on our bedroom floor and bed. I found this to be a cute little jester. She is a romantic at three and she doesn't even know it yet. Richard was just flatly annoyed. So much for Romance!!!
Olivia must have not felt ignored. She kept bringing me dandelions to help brighten my work day. Then she started bringing roses in, off my rose bushes. I told her how beautiful they were, and how nice she was to bring me flowers, but she really needed to leave the flowers on the bush so they would grower bigger.
She took the roses she had and head back outside, then inside, then out. You see the pattern, I was finishing up my work, still not paying too close attention. A little later Richard called Olivia into the other room to "come clean up her mess." He then informed me that Olivia wanted me to have flowers everywhere.
She had de-pedal her roses and left them on our bedroom floor and bed. I found this to be a cute little jester. She is a romantic at three and she doesn't even know it yet. Richard was just flatly annoyed. So much for Romance!!!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
The Land of Make Believe
Having a girl has opened up a whole new world of princesses, babies and kitchens. Even though Olivia is Bradley's little shadow and willing to play all of his "boy" games she has just started her life in the pretend world.
My two favorites fantasies that she has created are (1) kitty and (2) mommy, daddy and baby.
For kitty Olivia will crawl around on the floor and meow and act like a kitty. She wants to be petted and scratched just like a kitty. She can play this for hours on end, believe me I get sick of this before she does.
Mommy, daddy and baby, (and yes this is what she calls it) started out as a very simple game using the figures of a mommy, daddy and baby out of her first doll house. Now she is assigning each "member" of her game a role. So some days I am the mommy and Richard is the daddy, Bradley is the kid and Olivia is the baby. This is my favorite since then I get to hold and rock Olivia and cuddle her like when she was a baby. But now she is getting more creative in assigning her roles. I have been the baby and once I was the daddy. Richard and Bradley have been the mommy. She is even recruiting aunt Ivy and Honey to play her game.
This land of make believe is only the beginning and it is what little girls are all about. Olivia is the little princess I always wanted even when she acts a lot like me!
~Amanda
My two favorites fantasies that she has created are (1) kitty and (2) mommy, daddy and baby.
For kitty Olivia will crawl around on the floor and meow and act like a kitty. She wants to be petted and scratched just like a kitty. She can play this for hours on end, believe me I get sick of this before she does.
Mommy, daddy and baby, (and yes this is what she calls it) started out as a very simple game using the figures of a mommy, daddy and baby out of her first doll house. Now she is assigning each "member" of her game a role. So some days I am the mommy and Richard is the daddy, Bradley is the kid and Olivia is the baby. This is my favorite since then I get to hold and rock Olivia and cuddle her like when she was a baby. But now she is getting more creative in assigning her roles. I have been the baby and once I was the daddy. Richard and Bradley have been the mommy. She is even recruiting aunt Ivy and Honey to play her game.
This land of make believe is only the beginning and it is what little girls are all about. Olivia is the little princess I always wanted even when she acts a lot like me!
~Amanda
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