A Tale of Two Mamas
Trying to keep someone IN timeout
Archive for January, 2007
January 30, 2007 at 6:46 pm · Filed under PP
We had an absolute blast when we had our baby shower and we received so many great gifts from family and friends. I had registered with Babies R Us and Target and it was amazing how hard and at times confusing registering was!
In the next few months I will have to buy baby gifts and I am probably going to do so online. It’s so much easier and at times even cheaper to get a gift online.
If you’re looking for the perfect gift you’ve got to check out: Babynest.com. They have personalized gifts, announcements, rompers, baby hats, and all around great gifts. Not to mention their prices aren’t too bad either.
When we find out Graem’s going to be a big sister we’ll have to get her this shirt
January 30, 2007 at 6:33 pm · Filed under Food
I just found out today that Ithaca finally got a Russian/Eastern European deli! We’ve eaten a lot of stuff from the delis in Brighton Beach–but didn’t get our fill this weekend because my Aunt Delia was on a healthy food rampage. Smoked, fatty, nitrate/nitrite-infused foods were not on the menu.
What I did pick up while in Brooklyn was some preserved fish in oil, which Grammy loved! I have no idea what kind of fish it was, but it was similar to matjes herring–though not in a wine sauce. I also picked up some smoked osetra, which was slightly salty and very creamy in texture. At first I really liked it, but then I noticed it kind of had a bitter finish. Gala always gets the beet salad, which is shredded beets in a mayonnaise-based sauce, with or without raisins–I love the stuff. We used to eat these, along with other smoked meats (basturma, Hungarian sala, various bacons, etc.) and salmon caviar with some crusty bread and lots of vodka! Mmmm…
Anyway, our store, AJ’s Deli, was running low on its selection–they get their shipment (from Brooklyn, of course) on Thursdays, and well, today’s Tuesday. I picked up some bacon and smoked pork shoulder, as well as some sheep’s milk feta and Karums, which are chocolate-covered cheese curd treats.
January 30, 2007 at 4:34 pm · Filed under PP
Wow…I’ve been trying for weeks to get a piece of the Pay-Per-Post puzzle! I have puzzle piece #27. They are posting pieces all over the internet and the first person to get all of the pieces wins!
Margot tried for the first puzzle but got easily frustrated and got all of the pieces - but three days too late!
This time I think she has too much going on to collect the pieces.
Here’s the infamous puzzle piece:
If I had to guess I’d say that is Ted’s arm and part of his face. The puzzle this time around is of Michelle and her family. Michelle was the winner of the last hp camera given away by Hewlett Packard. (Lucky girl!)
We absolutely love our HP Printer and use it for all of our Digital Photo Printing. We’ve had it for 7 plus years and never had any problems and only had to buy those darn expensive printer cartridges!
This post sponsored by: HP
January 30, 2007 at 6:55 am · Filed under Tech
to wireless! For some reason, at my dad’s house, the wireless connection was spotty at best. There were two available networks we could hop onto, but they were both miserably slow–like 18.0MBps or less, at very low signal strength. And to top it off, no matter what network you were on, it was always greener on the other one! It was a cruel game.
It was at its worst when I was trying to do some file uploads for work on Monday–I couldn’t even log into the project share site without getting kicked off. Meanwhile I was trying to remote desktop into work to get the files, and couldn’t FTP from there! It was so frustrating. I kept running upstairs and downstairs trying to get a better signal. Then I thought, maybe the best thing to do is plug into a hard line–but then I had to wait for what seemed to be an eternity to get into the room that had the modem, since it had the only available bathroom (long story, the bathroom has no door, so you have to lock the room door!) When I finally got in, I realized that our 10/100 jack was broken! AUGH! Finally I just called into work and had someone there do the upload–which took all of about 5 minutes.
January 29, 2007 at 8:45 pm · Filed under PP
Ever heard of Talking Books? That’s what our friendly Brits call audio books! SimplyAudioBooks offers a great service and supplies it’s customers with rental books on CD.
It’s basically like a Netflix program for books. What a great idea! I have purchased books on CD in the past and they range in cost from $15-$45 and every single time I listen to them once and then give them away or throw them on a shelf in the basement.
This way you get to listen to the newest releases and then return them when you’re finished. I wish they offered something like this in the states. I’d probably subscribe! Those smart Brits…they always come up with good ideas. Look at American Idol and Hell’s Kitchen!
This post sponsored by: http://www.simplyaudiobooks.co.uk
« Previous entries ·
Next entries »
