The joys of being a mother and a wife (Better known as how not to pull your hair out)

Time for the nerd factor to go up a notch :)

2006-04-09T19:26:00.000-04:00

My dear hubby found this quiz that would tell you want NetHack monster you would be. This is what came up for me:

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If I were a NetHack monster, I would be a unicorn. Most people are only after one thing - I try to maintain a quiet and respectful distance until I feel sure that I can trust someone.

Which NetHack Monster Are You?

So come on, take it too and let me know what monster you are :D

Never come between a monster and his coffee

2006-03-29T09:02:00.000-05:00

Well here it is, my latest cheesy Illustration Friday entry. :) I've felt like him some days. On that one day when you crave coffee you see that someone already beat you to it. Haha Well I hope you enjoy it :D

Something that I've been thinking about

2006-03-28T18:59:00.000-05:00

Some of you may know that I am a nerd. ;) Well in that nerdy state, I've been thinking about learning/playing chess again. I need something that will allow me to use my brain and have something that I know that I would enjoy. There are some email chess clubs around that I have been looking at. My fear is finding someone that I know and making a complete and total fool of myself. I'm not going to jump into this though. I will not start unless I'm sure that I will follow through with it. If there is anyone who actually reads this thing and is involved in something like this, please let me know what you think of it. I want some outside opinions on this. :) So come on, let me hear them. Thanks :D

Pain filled days :(

2006-03-25T22:07:00.000-05:00

My poor husband hurt his back somehow at work last Friday. Last weekend was ok, the pain wasn't that bad. So he decided to go to work on Monday. Well that was the worst thing that he could have done. Now he can barely move without having this horrible pain shooting through his back. I took him to the doctors on Tuesday to see what the problem was. You could not believe how hard it is to find a doctor that will see people with back pain. But I digress. The doctor was not able to tell us what the problem was. He did give Tony a prescription for painkillers and something to relax his muscles. The painkillers really aren't working so that leaves Tony in constant pain. We are supposed to go for a spine MRI Tuesday and then see the doctor again on Thursday. Hopefully we will know more then. I hope so. I hate seeing my sweetie in so much pain and know that I can't do anything to help him. Well I will make an update when I know more. I just hope that it is good news

Another LaRocca joins the Blogger clan

2006-03-10T20:28:00.000-05:00

Yep you read that right. The great and wonder Joe has made a blog to show off his Illustration Friday thingies. So hop on over to dARTh-JOE and have a look at it.

Woah, looks like I disappeared for awhile

2006-02-03T17:50:00.000-05:00

Hi all :) Ok it has been way to long since I have posted on this thing. So I guess this is the perfect time to start again. :)

I really can't say that anything has been going on. I have decided to take up knitting again and decided to learn how to crochet (a work in progress, trust me). I have two knitting project going on at the moment. One is a scarf that I started for my son Joe last year sometime and kinda forgot about. And the other one I really can't comment on at the moment. It is a surprise for a friend of mine. Once this person knows about it I will share it with all of you. But until then you are going to have to use your imagination (yes, I am in a brave mood today ;) hahaha).

I will try my best to post here on a semi-regular basis. And yes this time I really mean that. :)

Monty Pythons' Spamalot

2005-09-10T23:16:00.000-04:00

Hello all. Well I am home from seeing Spamalot. I must say that it rocked. :D Tim Curry made a great King Arthur. And David Hyde Pierce as Brave Sir Robin (plus some other roles) was great also. Some other funny parts included the killer rabbit puppet, the french knights throwing the stuffed cow, Camelot looking like the casino in Las Vegas, and John Cleese as the voice of God.

As much as I would like to suggest that every Monty Python fan come out to New York and see it for yourself. But since I know that would not be possible for some people, I have something for you. Click here to go to the website of the actress that played The Lady of the Lake. There you will find a link to a recording done at the 2005 Tony's. I hope you enjoy it.

Here I am, once again :)

2005-09-09T15:14:00.000-04:00

Hello all :) Sorry that it has been so long since I have written in here. I guess it because I really did not feel like I had anything that was worth saying, and I have been very busy with Mandy and Joe running around the house.

So what should I start with? Hmm… Well I guess the first thing is that Joe started school again yesterday. It has been crazy (yeah what else is new) with the bus, but hopefully things will calm down next week once the bus driver knows the route better. Until then, we will just have to deal with it. He is in 2/3 grade which is kind of like grade 2 and a half. Since he is still in a special education class that is how they do it.

Tomorrow Tony and I are finally going to see Spamalot. It should be interesting. I will make a post hopefully on Sunday (with me, you never know) and I will tell ya'll what I thought of it.

I have been playing a new version of Rose Online that has been dubbed usRose. It is strange, and a lot different from the old version of Rose that I was playing. So I have actually decided to make a melee hawker (instead of using a bow again, since the bows are very weak in this version), and I am in the process of starting to make a new soldier. I need someone that I can tank (fight close without worrying so much about dying), so I hope that it works. Once I become a soldier, I will report how it is going.

Above you can see my soldier in training, and my melee hawker.

Well I guess that is it for now. I will try and write more often. Well I will try at least :)

Yep it is that time again

2005-08-23T08:47:00.000-04:00

Well for a couple of things. First we have a follow-up to see how Mandy is doing with the tubes in her ears. I am not looking forward to that.

Second, I have finally gotten to a point in Rose Online where I can use a new bow and I can finally put on a different hat. So here it is, my newest pic:

Cool huh? :D

Me and my typos

2005-08-22T19:29:00.000-04:00

Ok, I am brain dead. I just realized that I had the character name for my bow hawker wrong. hahahaha Well I guess that is a good way to keep off of the radar. I have fixed that post and I will fix more as I see them. Hopefully tomorrow I will have a new pic with my kickin new bow that someone was kind enough to let me borrow, and a new hat. So I hope to see you all then. :D

My bouncing and swaying hair :D

2005-08-20T07:49:00.000-04:00

Well after many many moons, I finally got my hair cut. Oh man, did it ever need it. But now I feel…I don't know….naked. :) It is not that short (just below my shoulders) but since I was used to having it half way down my back, this is short. And as much as I hate pictures, my husband took one of me when I got home last night. So here it is. Enjoy all, I am off to good ol fashion New Jersey.

Great news and more pics

2005-08-14T23:13:00.000-04:00

Well I am happy to announce that my hubby Tony is going back to work tomorrow. YEAH!!!! Not to bad, he was only out for 3 weeks. Lets hope that this shop is a real shop that pays the employee benefits and that their checks do not bounce. That was never something that we worried about, well not until he worked for those idiots. :sigh: Oh well, no sense worrying about it now. We will just have to wait and see what happens.

Oh and here is another pic of my hawker. I wanted to show off the cool night sky. It is scary when the clothes and the sky colors match. hahaha

Mandy Update

2005-08-09T16:39:00.000-04:00

Hi All :) Well it is done (ok it has been done for a few hours now, but I could not get onto the computer to make this post when I got home). She is doing great. Still a bit out of it, but she has been up and about since I took her out of the recovery room. The best part was when she woke up after the surgery and wanted to suck her thumb, but she couldn't because the oxygen sensor was still on her thumb. I was sure that she was about to pull it off of her thumb if the nurse did not remove it quickly. She is such a cutie. :)

Tomorrow is the day

2005-08-08T17:46:00.000-04:00

Yep you read that right, tomorrow is the day that Mandy has to go and have her tubes put in. This is a day that I have been dreading. I know that it is a minor surgery, and there really isn't anything for me to worry about, but dangit I am still her mother and yes I worry. We have to be at the hospital by 6:15am so we have to leave here at the ungodly hour of 5:30am. Well any prayers or good wishes would be great right about now. I will write an update tomorrow when I can think straight.

Oh and before I forget, I have an updated picture for ya'll. I am not crazy about the hat, but it is higher than the one that I had before, so I guess it will do.

Picture time once again :D

2005-08-03T12:54:00.000-04:00

Yeah, here is another pic :) Check out the cute Butterfly Mask and my spiffy new shoes.

Lady Serena the bow Hawker

2005-08-01T11:55:00.000-04:00

Here are my new Rose Online characters. She is a Bow using Hawker. You can see that they still have a bit of a problem with the clothes. Either that or my jeans have a few holes in them around the top of my boot. :)

Pretty in.....Green ;)

2005-07-21T13:12:00.000-04:00

Woohoo :D I have just reached level 30. What is so great about that? Well, it allows me to get some new armor. See, she is even cuter now. haha

Silly Mandy and silly Mommy :)

2005-07-20T07:35:00.000-04:00

Woah it has been a long time since I have written in this thing, hasn't it. Oops. I will try to be better and write more often.

Well my poor Mandy has more fun in store for her. I took her to the ENT (ear, nose and throat doctor) last Thursday. Well like always, Mandy did her banshee scream, which scared the crud out of the doctor (Woohoo you go Mandy :P). He told me that she has fluid in her ears right now, and that she is going to need tubes put in. :( My nephew Peter (the one that I made the big bluish blanket for) just had it done. From what I understand, the operation doesn't take long. But still, this poor kid has been through enough. I knew this was coming (she has had more ear infections that I can count), but it still upset me when he told me.

Well on a more uplifting note, I have found a great online RPG game. It is a MMO (Massive Multi-player Online) game called Rose Online. I was never a big fan of those types of games, so I am surprised that I enjoy this one as much as I do. It is still in it's beta stage. That has its good points and bad points. Good point, it is free to download and free to play. :) Bad Points, it is still extremely buggy and the servers crash every other day. I am not complaining though. Here is a picture of my character. She is a butt-kicking muse (magic user). Check out my fairy wings. Aren't they just the cutest. Haha

Color Quiz

2005-06-25T00:28:00.000-04:00

Well it is late and I am surprised that I haven't fallen over yet (think….smell something burning….stopped thinking :)…yeah I have been up 19 hours eesch). I know this is kinda silly, but what the hell I will post it.

I found this color quiz on a friend's website and I decided to try it. You pick from the same colors twice, and that is supposed to determine the type of person you are from the order that you picked the colors. Well as you can probably guess, I did it. And I must say, it isn't to bad. For those of you who know me, will probably see where it was right on and places where it wasn't as close. For those of you who don't, well you will just have imagine for yourself, now won't ya. :P

Your Existing Situation

Orderly, methodical, and self-contained. Needs the respect, recognition, and understanding of those close to her.

Your Stress Sources

Unfulfilled hopes have led to uncertainty and apprehension. Needs to feel secure and to avoid any further disappointment, and fears being passed over or losing standings and prestige. Doubts that things will be any better in the future and this negative attitude leads her to make exaggerated demands and to refuse to make reasonable compromises.

Your Restrained Characteristics

Trying to calm down and unwind after a period of over-agitation which has left her listless and devoid of energy. In need of peace and quiet; becomes irritable if this is denied her.

Your Desired Objective

Demands that ideas and emotions shall merge and blend perfectly. Refuses to make any concessions or to accept any compromises.

Your Actual Problem

Disappointment and the fear that there is no point in formulating fresh goals have led to anxiety, emptiness, and an unadmitted self-contempt. Her refusal to admit this leads to her adopting a headstrong and defiant attitude. (hmm…maybe that is why I am so stubborn :D Nah, it is just who I am.)

Newer post for today

2005-06-07T14:39:00.000-04:00

I had another post up here that was a bit depressing. It was just a bit of stuff that I had to get out, but after I did, I realized that I really did not want to leave it out there for everyone to see. I may have been upset, yes that is true. Instead, I was doing what I have a tendency to do, and made things up to be a lot worse than they were. I realized that after I wrote all of that stuff down. So here I am, a happier person enjoying the fact that I have people in my life that are true and wonderful friends. My thanks go out to you. I am sure you know who you are.

Isn't he cute :)

2005-06-03T10:30:00.000-04:00

With the help of my husband Tony, I made a new signature for the clan. I must say, it worked out well. I was working at it yesterday, but was having problems getting the effect that I wanted. Yeah it may be a bit colorful, but that is half the fun of it. So here is it, my new Clan WNxSacred sig. Enjoy :)

My muse

2005-05-31T15:35:00.000-04:00

Sorry, but I couldn't help myself. Here is a quiz that tells you what your muse is. I must say, it is pretty close. :) Enjoy

Your Inner Muse is Urania

You are most like this muse of astronomy.

Your head is in the stars, and you look to the future.

You give off a heavenly, mysterious vibe.

And you're not too bad at predicting the future.

What Muse Are You? Take This Quiz :-)

Find the Love of Your Life
(an

d More Love Quizzes) at Your New Romance.

2005-05-31T12:41:00.000-04:00

Here is a quiz that my sister-in-law sent me. Enjoy. :)

You Belong in Rome

You're a big city girl with a small town heart

Which is why you're attracted to the romance of Rome

Strolling down picture perfect streets, cappuccino in hand

And gorgeous Italian men - could life get any better?

What City Do You Belong in? Take This Quiz :-)

Find the Love of Your Life
(and More Love Quizzes) at Your New Romance.

Well I already have the Italian man at my side. Now all I have to do is go to Rome. :)

The Pandy is a sicky :(

2005-05-31T10:13:00.000-04:00

My poor little daughter has once come down with another ear infection. I am just lucky that her doctor was open yesterday and I was able to bring her in. So once again, she is on Augmentin ES. Here I sit hoping that it will still work for her. If it doesn't, then they will have to put her on something stronger and probably look into having tubes put in ASAP. My poor little munchkin. I really won't know anything until I bring her back in 10 days. I'll let you all know how that goes.

Clan WNxSacred

2005-05-18T14:53:00.000-04:00

As some of you may know, I've joined a clan that plays Sacred online. I must admit that I've been amazed by the generosity and friendship that I've felt since joining. Most of my life I've seen people that were willing to help you but a lot of times there was a price attached to it. The people in the clan, have helped me many times over without asking for anything in return. And I must admit, it floors me. I understand that we are all there to help each other, but to actually see it happen, that's amazing. So to make a long story short, Clan WNx Sacred rocks. :)

Queer Eye sightings

2005-05-17T06:30:00.000-04:00

Though I may be overjoyed that they are gone, I must admit that I saw all of them yesterday. While I was waiting for Joe to get home from school, I was outside watching the circus. They had Harley's out here (no the Queer Eye folks don't drive Harley's, I'll explain in a minute), their little mopeds that if you ever watch the show, I'm sure you've seen them driving these things around, and a lot of the behind the scene people running around trying to get things set up. Of course, as soon as Joe's bus pulls up, a member on the crew got right in front of me, so I couldn't get out to the bus. After telling him nicely to get the hecht out of my way, I had to get my kid off the bus, he moved. I think the main guy,. Carson Kressley was annoyed that the bus was ruining their plans to start filming, and you know what, that nice. You're taping in a development full of kids, deal with it. So I got Joe off the bus and walked up to the front door to call my mother and tell her that I have Queer Eye sightings, and one of the film crew tells me that I can't stand there because they are going to start filming. Which of course I told him that I wasn't moving, I lived here and I was going inside anyway (don't start with a NYer :) ) I watched them film the opening shot from my kitchen window. Two of the Queer Eye folk were driving those little toy mopeds and the other 3 were on the back of Harley's. But the story doesn't end there. After all the outside filming was done, I had to got to the store to get something for dinner. As Joe, myself and Mandy (in her stroller of course) were coming back from the store, I passed Carson Kressley on the sidewalk, I guess he was going back into this poor guy's apartment. Carson is freaky looking when you actually get up close and personal. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be mean, but he is.

And that's not all. While I didn't go over there myself, they were filming another movie a couple blocks away from me. It's calling Freedomland. Samuel L. Jackson is in it. This is the week for filming in Queens.

The joys of living in Queens

2005-05-16T07:45:00.000-04:00

Anyone that has ever lived, visited, or just seen NYC and Queens knows that parking is hard to come by. Well on Saturday, Tony found a note on a lot of cars, including mine, that Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is going to be filming here and that we have to move our cars by 6am on Sunday. Well, not wanting a ticket, I got up at 5:15am (which usually isn't that bad, but I went to bed at 1am, yeah I know that wasn't smart), got dressed and moved my car. I had to park 3 blocks away. :( After taking my son to church and going to the store, I prayed that by some small miracle I'd find a closer spot. I was happy to find a spot on my block (Joe couldn't understand why I was so happy to find a spot that was still far away from the apt). All Sunday I was looking, seeing by any slight chance that I would spot someone. Well this morning when I took Joe out to wait for the bus, there was a new sign up stating that they would be here today from 7am to 8pm. Then why in the hecht did I have to move my car yesterday morning if they weren't coming until today? If I see any of them, I'll let ya'll know.

The dancing boy part 2

2005-05-13T15:37:00.000-04:00

Joe's dance was so cute. He worn a vest and a hat. I was lucky that his school was the 2nd one to go up, since Mandy wanted to run around instead of me holding her. So after I saw my boy dance, I left. I already saw the best part. :)

The Dancing boy

2005-05-13T07:54:00.000-04:00

Today my son Joe is going to be in a dance festival with the other kids from his class. They are dancing to the Buster Poindexter song Feeling Hot Hot Hot. It's going to be cute. I'm just sad that I'm not going to be able to tape it since I'm going to have my hands full with Mandy as it is. I'll have to record it when they redo it at his school in June.

Also I am very happy. I got a copy of Sacred Underworld. Oh this game rocks. They added two new characters, a dwarf and a daemon. I haven't tried the dwarf yet but I'm enjoying the daemon. Here is a picture of her using a spell called Blazing Disc.

Cool huh? Ok I'm off to test out a few theories. Wish me luck.

The things that I enjoy

2005-05-03T06:50:00.000-04:00

Since I seem to have another viewer to my blog (you know who you are) :P I've decided to try and update my blog more often. Now what should I talk about?

As some of you may know, a few years ago I was going to school for computer repair. I have decided to return to the realm of geekdom :) and to return to my studying. Then when I am ready, I will restart my school, which will give me the ability to repair computers and make money at it too. :) The actual hands on experience, I'm not sure how I'm going to get that. But then again I guess I don't have to really worry about it until I get my degree. Now do I?

Those of you who are Sacred fans are probably looking forward to the release of Underworld. I know I am. Either that or you are playing Guild Wars and could give 2 cents about Underworld. :) Anyone who reads this and is actually playing Guild Wars, how is it? I would guess by the name that you would join a guild and then possibly fight with or against another guild. Is that what it's like? Or am I totally off? Please let me know, I'm curious.

Ok I think that's enough for today. Can't be telling ya'll my secrets. If I did then you wouldn't have any reason to come back.

Ain't she cute :)

2005-04-29T09:33:00.000-04:00

I don't know why I have decided to post this picture, but what the hecht. So here we are, myself and my cute little terror, Mandy. :) Whatcha think? And like I said before, I only want to hear the good things. :)

Cold but feeling happy

2005-04-28T17:23:00.000-04:00

Yeah I know that's a weird post name. What can I say, I'm in a weird mood today. Maybe cold is to harsh of a word, but I'm down right chilly. I understand that according to the calendar, it's spring time. But when the high is 50 and the low is going down into the 40s, then don't you think that maybe having the heat on would be a good idea. Ok maybe I'm the odd one. Wouldn't be the first time. :)

My dear loving husband has decided that he wanted to post a picture on PhotoFriday. Well the picture is one of me and my daughter Amanda. God knows that I'll never willing post a picture of myself, so if ya'll are curious to know what I look like, then click here. If you don't like what you see, then I don't want to hear from you. No slamming the author. Got me. :)
While you're there, you might as well look at the other wonderful and crazy things that he's done.

Well as some of you may know, I've joined a clan that plays Sacred online. The people there are great. Young but great. :) If you enjoy Sacred and you're curious about playing it online, the join the hardcore game and look for people that have WNx in their name. You won't regret it. I know I haven't.

A joyous day, and then again also a sad day

2005-04-08T12:57:00.000-04:00

Today Pope John Paul II was laid to rest. I haven't seen the actually funeral yet, but from what I read, it was a day of high emotions. From the applause that the pope's body got, to the cheers that he should be made a saint as soon as possible, and many other things that I will be able to talk about once I watch it. It was a sad day when the pope died, but if you think about how much pain he was in, then I guess it was a good day too.

On a totally different topic, I have something to announce about me. I have decided to join a clan that plays Sacred online. The clan is called Warrior Nation. If you ever want to play a game online with a bunch of people, then look there. They have all been very nice to me, helping me out so I don't die in the first 5 minutes. The only catch is that you have to have someone voucher for you. There is a forum that you can go to and see if you can find some help.

My prayer are with you Pope John Paul II

2005-04-01T15:38:00.000-05:00

As you might know, the pope has been sick now for a month or two. These last couple of days have seen his health worsen, bringing what has been dreaded, the death of our pope. Today I heard on the radio that the Italian news said that the pope had died. Much to my shock, I felt a lump in my throat. This is the only pope that I've known, and I guess I was just shocked to hear that he had died.

When I came home, I saw that the news what saying that he didn't die, but he wasn't doing well. Why would it be announced that he had died, if he didn't? So my prayers go to the pope, be at peace and I pray that you aren't in pain and if it's god's will, then take you soon. You have done so much for us, I wish we could help you half as much. God Bless you.

I'm a Mid-Rank Nerd

2005-03-30T18:39:00.000-05:00

My husband found this on someone else's blog, and I just had to try it. The scary thing is I think I'm nerder than him. :) Click on the picture below and find out how nerdy you are.

My very handsome nephew and his blanket

2005-03-24T11:21:00.000-05:00

Here is my nephew Peter showing off the blanket I knitted for him. I've heard that the blanket has been a big hit in my sister-in-law's home. His older sister is trying to say it's her blanket. :) Does anyone want to help me make another blanket for her? Please? :)

The newest thing on my list of projects

2005-03-16T08:41:00.000-05:00

So here it is, my newest project. From what I understand it works up on large needles (size 35) so it really shouldn't take me long at all. I'll take some pictures when I'm done.

A week of the blahs

2005-03-16T08:07:00.000-05:00

I'll admit it, I feel like I've been run over by a truck. These last seven days have had a few bright points, but mostly it's been a royal pain.

I guess I'll start with the greatest point. My son is god. :) I went to his parent teacher conference last night and his teacher was telling me how great he's doing. For those of you who don't know, Joe has a few problems (nothing major, just a bit of low tone and that he needs a bit more of the one on one teaching, so he's in a special education class), but he really seems to be coming into his own this year. He's really becoming a little social butterfly, which I'm so happy to hear. He doesn't enjoy art to much, but he is a computer junkie (no big surprise there). I think next year, we are going to start working to get him into a mainstream class.

I guess another bright point this week, is that I'm very excited about a new knitting project that I have lined up. I was going to make a grandmother a bag, but after I ordered the pattern, I found out that she didn't need it anymore. But since I already ordered the pattern, I decided to make it for myself. I have the yarn and the needles, now I'm just waiting on the pattern. I'll post a picture of what I'm making at the colors that I chose later.

I guess the reason that I feel like crud, has to do with a few things. 1. Not enough sleep (can't blame that one anyone else but me) 2. Joe has a cold and Mandy is getting a runny nose 3. Knowing that when Mandy gets a runny nose, that she's probably going to get an ear infection and 4. Not being able to take my kids to the doctor because Tony's boss is a lying sack of poo. Why do I say this?, I hear you ask. Well, I found out last week that Tony's boss hasn't been paying into our medical benefits for 9 weeks, and because of this, they were cancelled. After I ruffled some feathers, Tony's boss called him and said that he was running a check down to the union right now to take care of everything. Well, we have now come to realize that besides not paying into the benefits, he hasn't been paying into the other funds either. And that check that he brought to the union was to cover the 401-k not our benefits. So here I sit, praying that the benefit problem is taken care of today (without Tony being laid off that is) and that this guy hasn't decided to be a major schmuck and play games with the IRS and the money that he is supposedly taking out for taxes. Yep, the fun continues.

Mandy in all her greatest and why I hate the winter

2005-03-09T10:20:00.000-05:00

Anyone that knows Mandy knows that she is a very funny little terror that's into everything. Well, last night we put her to bed, and about 9:30 my husband calls me to our room door. What did I hear, I hear you ask. I heard Mandy laughing to herself. It sounded like someone was in the bedroom tickling her. It was so funny. So Tony goes into the bedroom, to make sure she's alright. She's fine, so he tucks her back in and leaves. Well we were both afraid that she'd start screaming now, since usually if you go into the bedroom while she's still awake, she decides that it's play time and wants out of the crib. But not last night. She starts laughing again. Maybe she was laughing at some personal joke, who knows.

Yes, I hate the winter. I'm tired of this freaking snow. But the snow isn't the worst of it, it's the ice that formed from it raining yesterday, and then dropping 40 degrees. According to the weatherman earlier, is was 17 degrees. Ugh. To make things worse, my son's bus was 45 minutes late (he's the second child to be picked up) and the yahoos over here didn't clear off the walkway, stairs, or the sidewalk. It was like a skating ring. I'm just happy that I didn't fall going up or down the stairs. So here I sit freezing and dreaming of warmer weather.

Joe in all of his greatness

2005-03-07T07:40:00.000-05:00

Yesterday my son Joe asked the million-dollar question. "When are you going to have another baby?" I was shocked. Tony (my husband) asked "Why do you want us to have another baby?" " I want a little brother to play with" was Joe's response. I couldn't believe that he was actually asking this. Well, I'm sorry to tell you this Joe, but mommy and daddy are out of the baby making business.

The new look

2005-03-05T09:29:00.000-05:00

Yes, I decided to changed the background for my blog. I liked the other one, but I was having problems adding the html for the blog ring that I have joined. So I guess for now, I'll stay with this color.

A blog to join in the fun

2005-03-05T08:50:00.000-05:00

Well, I have some more good news. My blog has been added to a blog ring for women. :) What's that I hear you say, I'm dying for attention. Me? Nah. ha ha

One more Silly thing from the web

2005-03-04T14:12:00.000-05:00

Ok, I couldn't help myself (ok I could, but why should I). :) Here's another one of those silly web name test things. Tell me what it says about you.

How to make a Jen LaRocca

Ingredients:

1 part jealousy

5 parts crazyiness

5 parts joy

Method:
Add to a cocktail shaker and mix vigorously. Add a little lustfulness if desired!

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

Silly Web Name Test

2005-03-04T14:08:00.000-05:00

I found this silly thing on the web. This is what it came up with when I entered my name. If you do this, leave a comment and tell me what it said for you.

J	Joyous
E	Edgy
N	Nutty

L	Lovable
A	Astounding
R	Revolutionary
O	Overwhelming
C	Colorful
C	Creative
A	Ambivalent

Name Acronym Generator
From Go-Quiz.com

A very popular cookie

2005-03-04T10:31:00.000-05:00

Ok, now that I have your attention. :)

You may have read earlier that I had submitted my website to a website ring hoping that they would admit me. Well, I've gotten a bit carried away with the whole thing. :) I've found a few more that I also applied to. So as of right now, I applied to 4 and 3 let me join. I still find it very funny that the first one that I applied to hasn't gotten back to me yet. But their nav bar shows up when you see what other rings I belong to. I don't understand it.

A small edit: Ok, I have seemed to go a bit overboard with these webrings. Umm.....I've applied to 8, 4 have let me join. I think that's enough. For today anyway. Ha ha

March 7th: Ok another small edit. One of the sites denied me because they don't take knitters. No biggie. 1 down 3 more to go.

The ringed knitter

2005-03-02T21:46:00.000-05:00

I'm happy to announce that my knitting website has been admitted to one of the two webring sites' that I signed up for. I'm still waiting to hear from the other site.

Don't mind my weak attempt at a joke. I am just very tired.

Giving my webpage a ring

2005-03-02T15:46:00.000-05:00

I decided to enter my web page into a website ring. The link for the group in already on my page, but I don't know if they will let me join or not. Wish me luck. I'll keep you all informed.

Peter's Blanket

2005-03-02T11:54:00.000-05:00

I finally finished knitting the blanket for my nephew. Personally I think it came out rather well.

My new and updated Knitting page

2005-03-02T00:05:00.000-05:00

Some of you may or may not know that I knit. I used to have a small cheesy site up on AOL that showed a few pictures. I decided to fix it up today, and AOL complained that I didn't have enough space left to do it. So I found another site that has free web space. Yeah, they have banner-ads, but I guess it's better than nothing. Well, to make a long store short, my site it up and running. Click here to see the wonders of me and my knitting.

But the good news doesn't stop there. Those of you who know me, know that I've been working on a blanket for my nephew (and if you didn't know, well now you do). I'm happy to announce that I have finally finished it. I can't believe that I'm done with it. I have to take some pictures of it completed. Once I do, I'll post them here and on my web page.

Now onto my next project, a new scarf for Joe.

How time flies

2005-02-22T08:54:00.000-05:00

(I started writing this yesterday, but never got a chance to finish it.)
10 years ago, Tony and I met. God has it been ten years already? How time flies when your having fun. :) Oh boy have we had some fun.

I remember that day clearly. I had to work that morning, and of course, I got out late. So I'm rushing home, hoping that I'd get there before he did, but afraid that I wouldn't. I get to my street, when I see this red car pull up and park in front of the house. And what's my initial reaction? Aww crap he's early. :) I meet him in the middle of the lawn and after we said hi, he kissed my hand. That shocked me, no one had ever done that to me. We went inside and I showed him a book on Star Trek that my dad had, while I went to get changed. I must admit that at this time my heart was racing. My thoughts we ranging from 'oh my god he's here' to 'will he like me?'.

We went to Finnigan's for dinner and saw Pulp Fiction afterwards (probably not the best first date movie). I remember feeling scared and comfortable at the same time. Here's the weird and wonderful think though, when we went to dinner and the movie, we were getting to know eachother. After the movie, it felt like we had known eachother forever.

Now look at us, married for 7 years with 2 kids. I must admit, I never imagined this. :) But there isn't another man in the world that I rather be married to. Thank you my beloved.

D'oh

2005-02-16T07:19:00.000-05:00

I just realized that I had a major typo in my last post. Instead of Illustration Friday I had Illusion Friday. I just think that it's funny that in all of the times that I looked at it yesterday, I never saw it. I guess this teaches me not to do things when I'm tired.

Yep it's time for Illustration Friday again

2005-02-14T23:10:00.000-05:00

Once again I have decided to do a drawing for Illustration Friday. (edit 2/16/05 yes I just saw the problem. :) ) This week's topic is flight, and this is what I came up with. Yes, I know, it's very colorful...but I like it. :) I hope you like it too.

The great pitching star...Mandy

2005-02-10T09:32:00.000-05:00

My silly little daughter has learned something new. She has the Discovery Ball from LeapFrog, and she has figured out how to take the ball off the base and throw it across the room. Even as I'm writing this, she is throwing it. Maybe when she's older I'll sign her up for baseball. I know this toy is made for kids, but I don't know if it's made to be thrown across the living room. Well I hope it is or we are going to have a very unhappy Mandy. And trust me, you don't want to make this girl unhappy. :)

Friendship

2005-02-02T13:07:00.000-05:00

I have decided to throw my hat into this Illustration Friday thing. It's silly looking, but I guess this is the best way for me to show my idea of friendship. I don't want to hear anyone laugh. If I do, I'll find you and hurt you. :) But seriously folks, I hope you enjoy.

If you need a good laugh...

2005-02-01T14:51:00.000-05:00

Mandy is just to funny. She holds this book up to her mouth and goes "mmmm". This is her way of copying the therapist when she smells the pictures. She is a funny girl.

Missing old friends

2005-01-31T21:35:00.000-05:00

On and off I've found myself thinking about old friends. I've been lucky enough to find most of them, but there is still one that is lost to me. Her name is (or was the last I knew) Tracey Perrault. We both went to Lakewood High class of '91, spent most of our free time hanging out with each other. The last time I saw her was back in '93 when I flew out with her mom to see her (ahh I still remember Vegas). Foolishly, I lost touch with her (I blame myself for that), and have been unable to find her. I know it's a long shot, but if anyone reading this knows her or someone from her family, please ask her to get in-touch with me. Remind her of our Def Leppard silk screened paper, my Labrador eating her sneakers, but leaving mine alone, and when I would ride my bike down Route 9 so we could hang out during the summer. Hopefully she'll remember.

The joy of NYC school buses and other things

2005-01-31T11:08:00.000-05:00

Yes, today is Monday, which means getting up to get Joe off to school. After falling asleep on the couch Friday morning and missing his bus, I made sure that I was awake this morning. I was and had no problem getting him up and ready for school. At 7am, we all go outside to wait for the bus, which usually comes at 7:10am. Well, 7:30am comes around and still no bus. Annoyed and confused, we all come back inside to find out what happened to his bus. So I dial the number for the bus company, and it's busy. Ok I can understand that, so I keep trying. After a few redials, I got lucky and the phone rang....And rang.....And rang. 20 rings later and still no one answers. So now I have to rush and get Mandy dressed and fed before we take Joe to school. Luckily I made it and got him to school without a problem.

Now I decide that maybe since I was already out, I should pick up more milk for my little Mandy, which meant going to the slowest store in the world, Pathmark. I hate going to Pathmark because the people working there are a bunch of idiots, but it was close to the school and I was hoping that the would have everything that I needed.

Ok so now I'm happy, Joe is off at school and I got plenty of milk for my little Mandy, never imagining that I would have even more fun then most people do all day. The fun that I'm talking about is trying to park on a street full of snow. Here's silly me thinking that it's 9:30am, how hard could it be to find a decent spot. On most days this wouldn't be a problem, but since we still have mountains of snow on our street, parking has become a whole new adventure. I guess to make a long story a bit shorter, I can't wait till all of the bloody snow melts or someone at the DOT decides to plow our street when they reinstate the street cleaning rules.

Wonderful news

2005-01-27T16:19:00.000-05:00

My dear Amanda has shocked us all by being able to drink out of this strawcup. Just had to let you all know the good news. :)

Beginning the process of figuring myself out

2005-01-21T17:22:00.000-05:00

I wonder what happened to me. When did I become so afraid? Afraid of people not liking me (even when these people have done nothing but welcome me with open arms), afraid to be happy, afraid to be proud, and many other things that I'm sure I'll bring up later.

I feel like I'm not allowed to be happy. When I feel proud of myself for accomplishing something, instead of continuing and actually feeling better about myself, I stop and then get angry at myself for failing. I guess most recently I did this with my knitting. I was happy and proud of myself because of it, so instead of finishing the project I was on, I stopped. That's how I have been my whole life, when I feel proud of myself, I have to destroy it. I am a highly self-destructive person.

I can't count the times that I've done stupid things. I have learned to forgive myself for most of these things, but there is one very stupid thing that I did that I am still angry at myself for. Back in '95 my father and I had a fight, and he told me to get out of his house. I was hurt and angry, so if that was what he wanted, then fine, that is what I would do. Later that day he called and told me not to leave, and that we would talk when he got home from work. But I didn’t want to hear it. I had enough and I was going to leave. So I called my "friend" and we took all of my stuff and left. And when I say all of my stuff, I mean everything including the bed, dresser, everything that I had. I didn't leave a note or anything, I just left. I see now how stupid that was, and that once again I was just running away from my problems, but at the time I thought I was doing the right thing. Tony and I were dating then, and even though he tried to tell me how wrong this was, I didn't want to hear it. A few months later, my mom came and to this "friend's" house. I left her house with the clothes on my back and my computer. What I couldn't or didn't take with me I lost. I have nothing to give to my kids because of my stupidity. I'm sure some of you are thinking, why is she beating herself up over something that she can't change? Well, I'm angry at myself. I can't believe that I was such a fool. And then when I think that even if I can't forgive myself, then I can at least forget about it, my dear loving father brings it up in front of everyone at Christmas. I admitted to him and everyone there, that I knew it was stupid and that I regretted doing it. I don't know if he really believes that or not.

When Tony, Joe and I moved to our apartment, I decided to go back to school (correspondence school) so that once Joe was in school, I would be able to start working again, but instead of just working in retail, I was going to be a computer repair tech. I would do my assignments, lab work, and I even built a siren. I was learning, making a better life for myself. (Anyone notice how I said was and not am) I paid them a lot of money, but what do I have to show for it? Nothing! I failed. I think about going back, but I can't trust myself. I can't trust that I won't destroy myself again.

I have no drive. I don't want to work at a supermarket or a bookstore again (not that there is anything wrong with that, but I have to believe that I'm meant for more than that). But if I sit here and whine about it, nothing will change. I guess I have to start small. I have to finish the knitting project that I'm in the middle of, and even make Joe another scarf. Hopefully once I see that I can follow thru with that, then I'll have enough self confidence to believe that I can follow thru with my school.

I'll keep you all informed. Hopefully I'll have good news soon.

It is just to cold

2005-01-19T07:31:00.000-05:00

Oh dear lord, it is freaking cold out there today. According to the local news, it 11 degrees right now. I can't stand this weather. And now there lovely weather people are saying that we are going to get more snow tonight and maybe even more later on in the week. Yuck! This is why I loved living in South Carolina. Yes it got cold in the winter, but we never got snow, and we were lucky that we weren't hit by any hurricanes. But then again, after this last hurricane season, I don't think that I'd want to be down there anymore. I need a winter house in Arizona. :) Yeah that's what I need. 60-70 degrees days in the dead of winter, yeah I could handle that.

Time is running out

2005-01-14T11:44:00.000-05:00

I just wanted to remind everyone that French Toast Girl's auction to help those who where affected by the Asian tsunami, is going to be ending in two days. The bids so far have been amazing, but I would love to see it go even higher. Wouldn't you just love to own an original painting. Click here to check out her auction, and I personally thank all of you that have or are going to place a bid.

Happy days are here again

2005-01-10T14:30:00.000-05:00

Yeah, I got the replacement cd for Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. This game is so cool, yet totally creepy at the same time. First you have a guy that attacks you with bloodied arm stump (just imagine using someone's arm for a melee weapon). Now I'm in a rundown haunted house. This place is just like these creepy horror movies with things flying through the air, ghosts' running through the place, and fun stuff like that. And here's me, someone who hates horror movies. :) If something scares me in real life, then it seriously scares me when I play a game with it. I remember one game that I was playing (the first Soul Reaver I think) that had vampire spiders. I couldn't even finish the game, because I hate spiders. Or I remember my husband playing Undying by Clive Baker. I was having nightmares from that game, which of course my dear loving husband found perfectly hysterical.

Just one little reminder. French Toast Girl is still auctioning off her painting, with all of the profits going to help the people that were affected by the Asian tsunami. Please help by placing a bid for the auction.

Painting auction for tsunami relief

2005-01-09T13:49:00.000-05:00

The extremely talented French Toast Girl is auctioning off a painting that she has done to help with the Asian tsunami relief. To see the painting and make a donation for a worthy cause, please click here : Disaster Relief

Why can't anything be simple

2005-01-07T14:22:00.000-05:00

I purchased the import version of Vampire the Masquerade:Bloodlines from GoGamer.com, and one of the CD's had a problem. After trying many of the fixes that I saw on the web and talking to the tech support guys at activision, I'm told that CD 2 was defective, and that I had to return it to where I brought it to get a new one. Well, since I brought the import version, I couldn't just go to my local Gamestop and exchange the disk. That would've been to bloody simple. Last Thursday I mailed the CD back to them, asking for an replacement. I was happy on Tuesday when I called GoGamer and they told me that they had gotten my disc and that the replacement would be sent out right away. Ok so sue me, I didn't ask what "right away" meant in their books, but to me, right away means just that. So here I was getting all excited that maybe I'd be able to play my game today, but the mailman came and no disc. Oh I was pissed. After much grumbling and complaining, I call them up to find out what was the stasis of my CD. Well these yahoos didn't mail it out till yesterday. I guess I can hope that I'll get it tomorrow, but I honestly don't see it coming until sometime next week. Come on people, I want to suck some blood. Ha ha

In case you were wondering

2005-01-06T20:15:00.000-05:00

Some people have wondered (my husband particularly) why I have a picture of a drow (dark elf) for my profile. I couldn't find any pictures of me that I like, but I still wanted a picture on my site. I found this picture on the internet, and I loved it. And if I was a drow, I guess I'd want to look like that. :) Plus I've been playing Neverwinter Nights recently, and I guess I'm still in a fantasy mood.

My silly kids

2005-01-05T09:52:00.000-05:00

Here there are, my two silly kids. Introducing, Amanda and Joe.

2005-01-05T09:39:00.000-05:00

My cute little Mandy

2005-01-05T09:38:00.000-05:00

My silly son Darth Joe

Hello all

2005-01-05T06:20:00.000-05:00

Good morning to all of you. I have decided to move my tiny little blog from it's old space to here. I don't think that I'm going to move the whole site, so if you want to read my old posts, or if you are just curious what little ol' me was up to last year, click here. (Even though, for some bizarre reason, it doesn't want to come up for me unless I'm on AOL, maybe you'll have more luck.)

So hopefully now I'll be able to post some pictures up here (first will be my cute kids. Once I get my son to take a picture with his eyes open, that is.) :) So sit back and enjoy yourself, and if you have a comment or just want to say hi, I'd love to hear it.