I came across the below on my friend's blog and I just can't help but want to share with all my dear friends who are mothers and fathers - I assure you will nod your heads and smile as you read.
Your Clothes 1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy. 2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible. 3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.
Preparing for the Birth 1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously. 2nd baby: You don't bother because you remember that last time, breathing didn't do a thing. 3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month.
The Layette 1st baby: You pre-wash newborn's clothes, color-coordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau. 2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean & discard only the ones with the darkest stains. 3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can't they?
Worries 1st baby: At the first sign of distress--a whimper, a frown--you pick up the baby. 2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your firstborn. 3rd baby: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing.
Diapering 1st baby: You change your baby's diapers every hour, whether they need it or not. 2nd baby: You change their diaper every two to three hours, if needed. 3rd baby: You try to change their diaper before others start to complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.
Activities 1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and Baby Story Hour. 2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics. 3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.
Going Out 1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home five times. 2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached. 3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.
At Home 1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby. 2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby. 3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.
Pacifier 1st baby: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until you can go home and wash and boil it. 2nd baby: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it off with some juice from the bottle. 3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.
Swallowing Coins 1st child: when first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the hospital and demand x-rays. 2nd child: when second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the coin to pass. 3rd child: when third child swallows a coin you deduct it from his allowance!!
Right, since I have a date with the girls this Friday for the Movie "Sex And The City", I have been doing some last minute catch up with the gossips in Season 6 which I missed.
Swallowed too many episodes in 1 go before bed, resulting in the weirdest dream last night and the oddest thing was - I could remember subtle details of the dream.
I was in a wedding and I recalled literally word by word, the first paragraph of the wedding speech by the bride and....that bride was me and no, I ain't gonna tell you who the bridegroom was.
Readers must think I am desperate in getting wed and hence the dream. OK, fair enough, now I am blaming on the "Too Much Sex N The City Lately".
How I wish I could just write "Too Much Sex Lately", crossing out all the words in between "Sex" & "Lately".
After having dug to a depth of 10 meters last year, Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, English scientists dug to a depth of 20 meters, and shortly after, headlines in the newspapers read: "English archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the Scots."
One week later, "The Kerryman," a southwest Irish newsletter, reported thefollowing: "After digging as deep as 30 meters in peat bog near Tralee , Paddy O'Droll, a self taught archeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing.
Paddy has therefore concluded that 300 years ago Ireland had already gone wireless."
It's an era where people listen to whatever Steve Jobs says and rush to purchase the "iWhatever" being pushed to the market. That is - virtually anything from Apple with an "i" in front will sell.
"For just $199, you can get your hands on a 3G iPhone in 22 countries in a month's time," said Jobs.
"It's amazingly zippy," Jobs said
"It also has built-in GPS," Steve added
"The new iPhone is thinner than the previous version," claimed Jobs.
Now this is where you need to be careful. Cuz I have been reading the specs - Although the new iPhone is a bit lighter (4.7 ounces vs. 4.8 ounces) and feels a little less bulky in the hand, it's technically thicker and longer than the older version. It is only thinner at the edges!!
Just came back from a fascinating performance, indulged the evening in the masterful Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter with the Trondheim Soloists.
Programme started with the Divertimento by Bartok performed by the innovative Trondheim Soloists, followed by Concerto in E major by Bach, and then came the highlight of the show with Vivaldi’s timeless Four Seasons Concerto.
Like always, she was technically flawless in her crispy passagework tonight. Wundervoll!!
For those who know me, they know I am from Mars, I don't really belong on Earth.
For those who really know me, they would have heard me say many times, if I died one day and rot in the house, I don't think anyone will come to notice for at least a few days.
Most probably, my boss would be the first to get suspicious after leaving me dozens of unanswered phone calls and unreturned voicemails on day 1. Obviously, I couldn't have shown up at work on day 2 either, nor did I call in sick on day 3.
Would my family know? Well, according to the logic above, my boss will try to find out from HR on day 3 if I have indeed left them an emergency number which is buried somewhere in my employee record, if so, my boss can then contact my family. If I have given them a false number at the first place (never quite get to cross check that all these years), then - sorry no luck...might delay another day or two to find my rotten corpse.
I wonder if anyone would care if I vanish from this time in space - for 5 days.
