my baby girl has hiccups right now, such a weird feeling!

I had very bad dreams after reading this article...but maybe it was that lasagna...



REVEREND DOOMSDAY
Robert Dreyfuss. Rolling Stone. New York: Feb 19, 2004. , Iss. 942

"It might seem unlikely that the commander in chief would take his marching orders directly from on high -- unless you understand the views of the Rev. Timothy LaHaye, one of the most influential leaders of the Christian right, and a man who played a quiet but pivotal role in putting George W. Bush in the White House. If you know LaHaye at all, it's for his series of best-selling apocalyptic novels. You've seen the Left Behind novels everywhere: aboard airplanes, at the beach, in massive displays at Wal-Mart."

Subbing for your high school photo teacher causes you to come across artifacts from the past...


Mr. R, Me, Anne, and TJ

(Do I look older at 18 than I do at 24?)

Thank you Spak Spang for saving us yesterday!

Kausar's blog makes iMacs freeze. Stop it Kausar.

so tired...

Home improvement abounds...

-yesterday-
painted the bathroom and got my mom high on silver metallic paint fumes, just cause I wanted big squares all over the walls. Had to leave the house for awhile. Started a painting for the living room.

-today-
hung shelving in the bathroom and created lighting in the living room with 3 chinese lanterns. Still working on the painting.

My mom and I are painting the bathroom this weekend. yay.

I'm also grading a lot this weekend. feh.

I'm looking forward to designing my little girl's room. yay.

our daughter!

I have been buried in a pile of photos and essays to grade for two days now and it's just m second day substituting.

Baby Regalado was born today at 11:33 am, one of the students with the "baby cell phone" came rushing in to my classroom to take the call and write down the stats to announce to everyone. We will visit the newest photographer in the world tomorrow at the hospital after my all important doctors appointment.

Tune in here or monkhouse for the gender announcement sometime tomorrow evening.

Must grade some more now.

oh, and thank you to T for having a bigger tummy than me!

Thank yous are in order:

David- for giving me a good birthday party, Bubble Boy and Breakfast Club, and for putting up with my crazy pregnant ways

Wim & Whitney- for the Target gift card, helping us move, and being great friends to us

Shafer, Willis, & Amber- for all of the good times we have, Willis's utter fascination with Little Bean, the Origami set, and the $40 bucks

The Hughes Family- for being there for us and always being hospitable, good conversations and watching Buffy on cold nights

Stephen & Miranda- for helping us move, scraping ugly wallpaper, and always offering up a challenge to play games

Summer M.- for being my oldest friend ever, the beautiful birthday flowers, and remembering old times

Kausar- for agreeing to live in our backyard, supporting my art, helping us move, and being a truly caring person

Shanna & Beth- for coming all the way to A-town for my birthday, the BBQ sauce I never got to taste, and always entertaining stories

Scott & Britta- for the Target gift card, being so nice to us when we were total strangers in San Diego, and adventures to come

Joshua, Kristin, & Judah- for the wonderful birthday brownies, opening your home and lives to us, and lending me books with a wealth of information for my first baby.

and last but not even the least:

Mom, Dad, Grans, Grandad, Ron, Roy, IJ, Jeff, Justin, Kyle- for having a big hand in making our new house into a home and helping in every possible way. It wouldn't be as put together as it is without your help and support. Thanks also to Kutter for the approval of the backyard.

Well, the painting has begun. The kitchen is now finished and the living room just started. Everything in the main rooms should be in good shape for the birthday cookout/in. Oh, just in case any of our DFW homies didn't get the email (we don't have everybody's stored), we're having a cookout at our new house this saturday evening, please email me or David for directions and instructions if you want to come.

I am now officially a decade older than some of David's students. It's kind of a relief.