a third year according to bookface
It is that time of year again - when FB has a fancy-dancy overview of your profile statuses (statii?). And like last year and the year before, I will skip the fancy decorative one, and post all of the updates that were archived.
j: is in back to school mode, newest preggo symptom= heartburn. Not so awesome, Rick Mercer in Kincardine!, They've finally posted my job, 38 days, Come on over on Sunday!, Well, Rick didn't win the snowmobile race, What was once a dress is now a shirt, and then there was one (month to go!), comedy tonight! week 36: bébé is quite active (foreshadowing?), is obsessed with pinterest, 18 days until due date, week #38
f: hello Ontario? We get about 20cm of snow every other week in Bruce County- are you seriously freaking out?, sleepy, I just love a butt jammed in the ribs!, tomorrow is my last day of work, "official due date" is today, but my prediction is that I will have to wait a wee bit longer, Maybe the 15th will be the day?, Sill no baby in the Kink!, washing baby clothes. RENT on glee. Awesome, I just made a cake for bébé's birth day, Elijah Myles (hello world!), Thank you everyone!, It's been one week since you looked at me...
m: Just entered another contest. I'm turning into my mother!, Don't forget to be awesome, facebook is not a busy place at 4:30am, Elijah's birth certificate came today!, my baby snores like his father, hiccup monster..., reading Jane Eyre for the first time, one month, Big outing in Port Elgin today (I brought E to school!), Happy birthday Cycle Daddio!
a: and the snow is back, 6 week growth spurt: hungry baby=tired maman!, la la la la, an hour walk uptown with the Moby! Hit the bank, grocery store and coffee culture, Elijah either snores while awake or sleeps with his eyes open (creepy!), La Leche League of Kincardine is having a fundraiser! Wave Petunias!, attack of the scratchy cat
m: I exercised my right, WHAT THE...???, Happy birthday maman, follow me on Google Friend Connect, come out and play with me, twitter party!, My uncle is an IRON MAN, Happy birthday baby-daddy, Kristen Chenoweth is singing FOR GOOD on both Oprah and Glee today!, ahh the set of Wicked (sigh), please don't strike Canada Post!!, http://fluffybums.blogspot.com/2011/05/pampers-response-what-is-in-your.html , two snoring boys
j: our baby is 100 days old, and we have power, Saved by the Bell, the thunderstorms are back!, ahh Canada Post! noooo!!! Happy Father's day!, free glasses came today- yahoo!, They are cleaning up the beach finally, less than a week to 30, who is that creep guy that I am married to? (see photo at left), Cleaning the house for LLL meeting tomorrow, Tori comes to Bayside and has so many GREAT ideas, thirty. 30. TRENTE!
j: Dear Eli: I love it when you talk - but full conversations at 4am? not so cool, (thank you fort eh BIRTHDAY wishes!( Playing with google+, My hubby just got home from a 100km ride, longest nap yet!, my uterus is not quite ready to play soccer without a sub. yeeow!, Rob & Dad got lost on their bike tour and rode 110 miles instead of 100. Nerds., Back in the kink with my FIVE MONTH OLD. woah, Happy 4th anniversary Rob!, Happy 34th anniversary catamo & Cycle Tooth, Eli has been napping for 3 hours (and Rob for 2!), woah, I'm on a blog-posting roll.
a: Eli is doing the plank, yum yum apple cake, really? no wireless in the hotel?, texas is hot, needs to write a blog post, thunderstorm!
s: What? It's September?, did anyone leave sunglasses here?, Heading to a "let's play hooky on the first day of school" party!, must.catch.up.on.friend.blogs, wireless router dead, Collingwood: The Land of Centurion, another 100 mile ride, lazy, glee glee glee glee glee, back to band!, I was following someone with 59,166 pins. woah! clogging up my feed!, The rain washed away my sidewalk chalk, but there was a new baby Morgan born this morning!, yay! Being Erica is back, iphoto on the fritz! Anyone have '11? Idina is back!! The chances of her and Kristen singing a Wicked duet have returned!, having a tooth is making naptime shorter
o: Embroidery hoop/modge podge/sheer fabric/fabric paint. Stay tuned, You can only stalk your friends on facebook for so long, but there is always new stuff on Pinterest, my baby is a pawn!, A surprise present on my doorstep for when I got home. It doesn't get much better than that! xo, Don't forget baby-movie-Monday!, Using the new FB "timeline" - I know most people hate it when FB changes things, but I think it is fun!, Cookie decorators extraordinaire (right Aly?), rainy day with a snoring baby on my lap (dishes can wait), realizing that we don't have any more sleepers, making capes, looking for black rimmed glasses. Anyone? KDHS on the chopping block! oh no!
n: sicky baby, I decided to update the theme of my blog, I hate cancelling on people and commitments - but OJ and naps are helping, put chevrons on my Kitchenaid today!, waiting patiently for pinterest to return my pins, Andrea:"I went to see Tegan and Sara last night. They remind me of if we were a band - their stories are funny about their childhood."
d: blah childcare blah, pumpkin cakies (yum-o), painted ornaments, get your own homemade tutu!, I've been shellacked, Happy Birthday little sis Andrea!, I have a lot of blog posts floating around - for both funkylindsay and brucegreykids - I will post soon Aly and Becky!, Being Erica finale = crying Lindsay, Wicked Wicked Wicked, Where is everyone? Hubby is making goodies for his class tomorrow. How crafty, I'm like-button happy today!, Merry Christmas!
Things i noticed:
- I probably should of just used the generator. nobody cares!
- My status updates don't have nearly as much to do with school. They've been replaced by baby!
ps. I am glad I posted last years and the year befores- I just got a good kick and laugh out of reading it. Hopefully I'll feel the same next December!
wicked vs. wicked.
I was lucky enough to see Wicked again this past weekend at the Detroit Opera House with some of my family. Anne Brummel & Tiffany Haas were outstanding as Elphaba and G(a)linda, as were the other cast members. I could go on and on and on about how much I love this musical - from the script, the actors, the songs, the orchestration, the costumes, the props, the lights, the humour, the sets and my deep love of all things OZ - but I won't.
In 1995, Gregory Maguire wrote a (very popular) novel called Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. With anticipation of poppy fields and yellow brick roads, I read the book - but was left disappointed. I felt the book went on and on, and left gaps and introduced so many characters that I didn't care about. I didn't relate to Elphaba and she didn't really allow me to root for her. She was cynical and unlikable and jaded. She went insane and really did become wicked. The book was deep and dark and depressing - although philosophical and somewhat political. Had I not had expectations of a "True Story of the 3 Little Pigs" -esque book - based on the misunderstood Witch - I might have enjoyed it more.
I felt that the musical was everything that I was expecting the book to be. It was much more "Oz" for me. The musical focused more on the relationships between G(a)linda and Elphaba - and their connections to the supporting characters. It depicted Elphie as a good person, who was misunderstood and Glinda as a quirky, stereotypical "blond", and their journey together (and apart) to save the world. It also told the audience about the origins of the Scarecrow, The Tinman, The Lion and the Wicked Witch of the East.
It has been said that the musical plays more off of the 1939 movie with Judy Garland, whereas the book Wicked plays off the original Wizard of Oz novel by L.Frank Baum. This would explain why I love the musical so much more. I had the same reaction when I read the original Wizard of Oz in grade 8 and I was left disappointed because it wasn't more like it's movie spin-off.
I had an entire post listing the many differences between Gregory Maguire's Wicked and the musical Wicked (there are a lot!) - but decided that there isn't much point comparing the two. The plot lines are similar - but the details are very, very different. Both the book and musical are just two more interpretations of the 1900 Baum novel - and I'm sure more interpretations will follow in the future with new depth and perspective of old characters (and places!).
With that being said, I might try reading the novel again - but my heart belongs on Broadway.
xo.
Click here to see Idina and Kristen (the originals!) singing Defying Gravity. How I wish and hope that one day they'll sing a duet on Glee together.
photograph via jennie
10 months
weight. you are a 20 lb baby. (They say you roughly triple your birth weight by age 1)
height. The doctor thinks you are tall. I think you are perfect.
eyes. big, blue and sparkly. you rub them when you are sleepy.
hair. Red in some lights.
feeding. Still only 2 teeth. Since last month you've tried cottage cheese, mashed potatoes, salmon, celery, bread... You re-tried peas. This time whole peas instead of puree. You didn't seem to hate them as much in their "natural" form. We shall try some beans next.
sleeping. your naps have started getting shorter and shorter. boo.
things you love. playing with any sort of paper you can find, giggling, drinking from a cup, talking, putting things in your mouth, jolly jumping, swimming, your baby friends, hanging upside down, books, scooting around the room as fast as you can, sitting under the Christmas Tree, squishing food in your hands, discovering how different objects sound
things you don’t love. being sick.
other [new] awesome things you do. pulling yourself up on some things, move like crazy all over the place (it looks like you are either swimming or scaling the wall like spiderman), reach with both hand towards me to be picked up, choose your own toys from the basket, stand up holding on to things without me holding you.
xo Elijah.
Let’s have a tutu party.
The other day I hosted a mini craft party. A tutu tutorial, in fact.
One of my friends mentioned that she wanted to make a tutu for a gift, and so I invited her (and a couple of others) over. I ordered some fabulous tulle from Canada Tulle, got some ribbon, cardboard and elastic bands. I popped on some musak and brewed a pot of coffee.
We enjoyed an afternoon of crafting, eating (tomato tart, jalapeno poppers, banana bread), playing with babies and chatting.
We loved making tutus so much that we decided that we wanted to make more. Lots more. Send me a message if you'd like to purchase a pink tutu from us including the age of your babe. Twenty $$ per tutu. All proceeds will go to our La Leche League of Kincardine. (Wouldn't a tutu be a fab Christmas gift?)
fyi: No, I didn't make a tutu for Elijah - but he did make a good model for sizing purposes.
