Absent

So the REAL reason I have been suddenly ABSENT from the blogging world is... Chris and I are expecting!

While I am really excited to start our family... pregnancy has been rough for me. I've had all sorts of symptoms including the dreaded "morning sickness" which I think should be renamed to "pregnancy sickness" since I have it all day and all night sometimes. So I haven't been feeling up to sitting at a computer. I have mostly been reading and following other blogs through my beloved iPhone. And it is harder to post from an iPhone.

Also I had a little scare that made me take it easy for awhile. But everything looks OK!

Here is the first Ultrasound at 9 weeks:

And here is one I had done after my little scare at 11 1/2 weeks:

It's so crazy that there is a baby in there! I am about 12 and 1/2 weeks now so just about done with the first trimester. Hopefully the sickness will go away sooner than later!

I Come and Go

Sorry I have been gone awhile. My blogging life seems to be off and on at times. Sometimes, I think of really great blog posts when I am away from a computer and then when I have time to sit down and write it, I don't feel like doing it. And sometimes I don't have any material at all.

Any-who.

I went and saw the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I guess I'm one of "those" people as my sister says. Yes, some people actually dressed up, and NO I did not! And since I could never get Chris, or my cousin, or my sister to go with me, I ended up going with my cousins husband and his family. It was a good movie. Could of done without the guy that ripped one right after the most serious and sad part. He did it on purpose. But, whatever.

And my very good friend Minna had her baby and she is so cute! Congrats to Minna and Ben!

Pro's and Con's

The Pro's of scrapbooking:

The Con's:

(Not to mention the TIME to set up, create, and then clean up.)

Probably why my enthusiasm for scrapbooking has slowed.

I feel the same way about cooking.

Swine Flu

I had to laugh at this, because this is exactly how my work is treating the H1N1 flu strand (aka Swine Flu). We have to wear goggles, mask, gloves, and a gown if we even enter the room and a special "airborne" mask for certain respiratory treatments.

I mean, it is a good idea to try to prevent this disease from spreading, however, it isn't that crazy of a bug.... yet. I have seen more kids with worse complications who have had RSV over this flu. But I guess you never can be too careful. At least it assures me that even in the worst economy, I have great job security!

Something's Missing...

Guess what these are?

Did you guess a cookie? Well your right... sort of.

BUT, They aren't just any ordinary cookie... They would be chocolate chip cookies WITHOUT the chocolate chips! It doesn't seem natural right?

Chris told me he was going to make some chocolate chip cookies. I was like, go right ahead. We have all the ingredients (including CHOCOLATE CHIPS!). So he went right ahead being all Betty Crocker. Then when they were done he brought one to me and I was like, "What is this!?". And he replied, "It's a chocolate chip cookie with out the chocolate chips." Naturally.

I mean it doesn't seem right... or fair... or whatever. The chocolate chips are like the BEST part. When you get a chocolate chip cookie and one bite doesn't have a chocolate chip you feel jipped. The more the merrier. In fact, my favorite cookie would be the Chocolate Chocolate Chip. So the fact that he left out the best part is rather disappointing.

I guess Chris has a special disliking for semi-sweet and dark chocolates so he developed a disliking for chocolate chips. (However, a key point, I did have MILK CHOCOLATE chips in the pantry.) But, he really likes the cookie part. And I guess he DID make them so I can't complain too much.

But the funny thing is... our sweet neighbor brought us some chocolate chip cookies the very next day. Guess which ones were consumed first? Ya, you guessed right. Chocolate always rules!

Day Trip

So with my flight benefits (thanks honey!) my cousin and I, with her husband and his brother, decided to take a day trip to L.A. and do a little sight seeing.

The original plan was to go to the beach for the day, but since the weather predicted 60's and overcast... didn't sound like an ideal day at the beach.

We took the early morning (cough 7:00 am) flight. And wanted to get going, but there was a little slip up with the rental car company and Hotwire (stupid "third party"). So that took a two hour bite out of our day and involved taking three shuttles and a lot of phone calls. When we finally got our car it was hideous and smelled like smoke, but at least we had transportation!

First stop, Hollywood Boulevard. We saw the Hollywood sign and went to Graumans Chinese Theater to see the stars hand/foot prints. Then to H&M because there happened to be one located on the street. :)

Look how tiny Shirley Temple's little feet and hands were. And look how old it is!

Then we went to Griffins Observatory and learned about space. It had incredible views of the smoggy, overcast, and extremely LARGE L.A. city scape.

Then we found a cemetery that is located in the middle of the city that has people in it like Truman Capote, Walter Mattheau, Betty Paige, Rodney Dangerfield, Merv Griffin, and Marilyn Monroe.

But pretty soon, it was time to return to LAX so that we wouldn't miss our flight home. All in all the whole trip cost me $45 (most spent at H&M).

You find yourself wondering, is it really worth it to wake up at 5:20 AM to get to the airport early enough, only to fly for 1hour 45minutes and then have to turn around and arrive at the airport early to fly again for 1 hour 45 minutes home and get home at about 11:00 at night all for about 7-8 hours in L.A. Is it really worth it?...

...Maybe for the beach!

Enough of it already!

When I was driving to work I found myself behind a Honda Minivan with the license plate cover that said:

"WARNING: I drive like a Cullen". (in pink mind you)

Am I the only one that wants to barf when I see something like this?

P.S. If you have no clue what this means, I applaud you.

P.P.S I heard that someone paid $28,000 to get a kiss from Robert Pattinson. It may have been for charity... but double barf!