9.20.2005
I've been seriously MIA lately. But I have a good reason!
I went back to work PT, well-it might go FT sooner than I thought. My boss called me yesterday, to offer me a management position! I've literally worked less than 20 hours there, but they had an unexpected opening. They had planned on fully training me and then approaching me about stepping up, but they had to accelerate things.
I meet with the "Big Boss" tonight and will find out for sure at that time what's going to happen.
I'm actually really excited about the possibility of going back to work on a serious basis. Cave Baby desperately needs some other child interaction and I'm loving the merchandising and adult talk I get!
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9.16.2005
Since I haven't posted for a while, and I have lots to say, I'll put it in one post today so you can read at your leisure (now, why when I "heard" that in my head as I was typing, did the word "leisure" sound like "lezzure" rather than "leazure"? Have I suddenly adopted Madonna's faux continental accent or something?) and then you'll be totally caught up on everything rather than 50 posts that you won't want to read. So, here goes:
Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls: come see the Amazing Cave Baby as he pee pees and ocasionally does more in the potty!! See him whip off a diaper faster than the eye can see! Watch him scramble up on a Blues Clues potty seat with shocking dexterity! Marvel as he counts out squares of toilet paper!
Really, it hasn't been that exciting to anyone but me.
Well, I now have my own small cottage biz AND I've also gone back to work in the outside world! I went into a major plus size retailer that I've worked for before on a whim Saturday night, and had a job inside of 5 minutes. Can I just say that I am truly a kick ass salesperson when it comes to something I love, such as clothes and makeup? So, here's what I do-I sell clothing to plus size women.
I have this faint vision of myself down the road as an image consultant for plus size women. I already have my plus size friends coming to see me for fashion advice and asking me to shop with them, so maybe it's not so farfetched.
Well, we have a family bed as I've told you before. Believe me, it wasn't intentional. I'm not an unshaven vegan extended breastfeeding kinda girl. Seriously not one of those. When I used cloth diapers it was purely for the cuteness factor. So, when Cave Baby sneakily wormed his way into our bed, well, it was different but a nice different. Besides, I like seeing him next to me sleeping with his long lashes and freckles scattered across his cheeks. The dog-that's another matter entirely. He, like Cave Baby, can NOT sleep unless he's touching you. But, unlike Cave Baby, he wiggles and snuffles and scratches and farts and runs in his dreams. All right on top of my thigh. Is it any wonder I am waiting for my skin to turn green and a house to drop on my head?
posted by Keriann at 9/16/2005 08:45:00 AM comment(s) made:
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9.15.2005
So, while I know you've missed me (despite the lack of comments here) I've been partly busy and partly waiting on my new outfit.
So, isn't this beautiful? And really, it's very me. Cat of Blog-Togs worked very hard to design a blog that reflected the inner me. Because all the graphics I liked were copywritten (go figure) she designed this graphic by hand for me.
If you're in the market for a new design, template or skin you really need to check Cat and Anna out. They've both done designs for me (Anna did my favorite one at Hollygoheavy) and personally, I think they're fabulous. Their also shockingly affordable fees are almost completely donated to charity, with just a small bit taken out for overhead.
Really, check them out.
So, on to the rest of the story. I've opened my own ebay store! Yes, I did! That's partly what's been keeping me so occupied, because it's taken off better than I ever dreamed it would. I specialize in plus size fashion and wow! I had no idea how well it would do! You can check it out with the link over there to my auctions, and my store is called "Dress to Kill". So me.
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9.09.2005
but this had me giggling for an hour.
Thanks to sordid affair for posting this.
posted by Keriann at 9/09/2005 08:08:00 PM comment(s) made:
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If you read just ONE more thing about New Orleans and The Hurricane
make sure it's this.
Take your time, really look and study the photographs. If you've ever been to New Orleans or even if you haven't, you'll come away with a deep sense of loss.
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9.08.2005
Dictionaraoke Songs "sung" by online dictionaries.
Make sure you go listen to "Highway to Hell". Believe me, it's worth the download.
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I might frame it and hang it on the wall...just kidding!!
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9.05.2005
Nick at Nite is sponsoring the Family Table Night on September 25th, and for every family that pledges on the website to sign up, Nick at Nite will donate $1 to the American Red Cross. Not a lot, but every little bit helps!
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9.04.2005
New Orleans
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with him.
Seriously, have you been watching Anderson Cooper? I swear I'm compelled to throw my panties at the tv some nights while he's on there. As smart as Bill Maher and 500 times sexier.
posted by Keriann at 9/04/2005 09:11:00 PM comment(s) made:
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So, I have some plans for this month. On the 23rd, Sarah (Patrick's girlfriend, her picture is to the right in the Flikr show, she has the long hair and pierced lip), Stacey, Casey, Melissa, Michelle and I are having a night out. We'll be going to see Fluffgirl Burlesque at a nightclub here. It's going to be quite the night. We're all dressing up and Stacey has marked her book out so that she can style our hair that afternoon. I'm still hunting Stacey's dress for her. She wants a full circle skirt and tight jacket a la the Dior New Look. I'm going in a slim cut 30's bombshell dress. Sarah is all set with her corset dress.
I was surprised to find out that apparently not too many people know about burlesque dance. I had to show Stacey the documentary I have Pretty Things that was on HBO (still might be on demand) that shows just how talented and beautiful the original strippers were.
I also have GoGoRobics by the World Famous Pontani Sisters which is a whole lot of fun to work out with. Another dancer I get a kick out of is Miss Dirty Martini who is a gorgeous blonde curvy bombshell that fan dances all over the world.
What I love about burlesque is that it's a dance, an art. There's such style in moving your body and removing just the essential clothing to make people think that they see more than they really do. The burlesque stars of yesterday and today are women that are comfortable with their bodies and with their sexuality. They're happy to be women, actually they relish in their feminity, no body image issues for them-how could anyone want to possess anything other than lush generous curves and miles of creamy skin?
Burlesque dancing, for me, would be a private one customer show. That's just because I'm married, though. If I were a single woman, believe you me, I'd be up there thrusting my hips from side to side to a drumbeat. Because while I might not be conventionally "sexy" when standing next to a modern stripper, sugar I am exactly what the burlesque doctor ordered.
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9.02.2005
My friend 3T just moved into".a new trailer park and I'm hoping to be approved by the zoning commission, so I figured I'd go ahead and post my picture for "White Trash Friday".
Here I am, only 5 months pregnant with Jason, IN A BATHING SUIT! Notice the beer cans, wet kids and semi naked hairy guy behind me as well as the inner tubes.
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We didn't start out planning to cosleep with Jason. It just happened. He slept in a crib in our room since our 4 bed, 2.5 bath was already full to bursting. At about 10 months, he gradually snuck into our bed, first just to fall asleep, then he would wake up when moved, then I got used to it and well now, we don't have a snuggly cuddly baby powder smelling bundle between us, we have a half grown, talkative and VERY inquisitive little boy sprawled between us.
Part of this is me, every time he sleeps somewhere else (which is maybe 2 nights a year) I can't sleep. Now, though, one of the big boys (Matt Henry) has moved out, we have an open bedroom and it's Jason's turn to move on up to a big boy bed. I was dragging my heels a little, until 2 nights ago:
It's about 10:30. John and I are feeling sad over the events in New Orleans, begin to count our blessings and well, then that leads to some appreciation of each other. Or more specifically, each other's body parts. Now, showing your appreciation with a near 3 year old in your bed is tricky. So, John maneuvers over Jason and lay down next to me. Within 5 minutes there are hoarse, broken hearted sobs from the other side of John and Jason crying "I want da middle BACCCKKK!!". So, John moves and Jason gets the middle back. We wait a half hour to make sure he's asleep and then John gets up, walks around the bed and slides in on the other side of me. We're going to be slick and get this done, pronto.
"Where's my daddy at?"
"Uh, in the bathroom."
"I go get him."
So John does a quick crab walk back to his side of the bed, begins to soothe the kid and we wait some more. At this point, I'm overwhelmed with shame at the thought that I am even considering carnal pleasure with my young child in my bed. Then I realize it's either that or we will soon (very soon) be having less sex than the geeky boy you knew in high school physics class. So I start laughing.
"Mommy, no waffin! I try to sweep!"
I still keep giggling, the whole situation seemingly so absurd, that I would never have imagined myself at 39 sleeping with a 2 year old and being celibate.
"Mommy, you haffa hold me to sweep."
Ahhh, ok. Celibacy ain't so bad.
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