I'll Tell You What I Want (What I Really Really Want...)

Normally I am not the kind of person that will give the Birthday Alert.

But considering that this year my birthday will be completely occupied in work, basketball games, and general busyness with nothing really Birthday-ish... I'm going to make a small list of things that I am wishing for with all my little heart.

• To get through the next two months with all family members still alive, and still wanting to be a family.
  
• A single night where I can go out with Blair and not have to share him with ANYONE. This includes kids, basketball players, other coaches, parents, people who want to talk about basketball with him, ESPN, the Internet, text messaging, etc...
• My own green yoga mat and matching metal water bottle.
• A book of Ray Bradbury short stories.

That's not too much to ask is it?


My alphabetical iTunes adventure is to Clouds Crash by The Matches... OH how I LOVE love LOVE love the Matches.

Expectations, not Resolutions

New York New Year's was a hit.

We made a skyline

Built some fancy New York architecture

Ate delicious New York inspired cuisine

A marvelous time was had by all

I don't remember the last time I made a New Year's resolution, then actually followed through with it. However, I do have some expectations (you may even call them goals) for the coming year.

• Lose 23 pounds (this is not an arbitrary number, and not a lofty goal either. 12 pounds will get me to my pre-pregnancy weight, 23 will get me healthy.)
• Completely potty train Elliot and Astoria. Elliot is halfway there...
• Run a 5k.

That's all i'm going to commit to right now. As much as i'd like to say that i'm going to write 500 words a day, save 10,000 dollars, and send thank-you cards to everyone who probably deserves one... i know how unrealistic that is.

Here are ten random things for today:

1. I always feel like i'm going to be judged by the checkout attendant based on what i buy when i go to Wal*Mart. Retail employees: Do you judge people based on their purchases?
2. Rousseau is adorable, even when she barfs 15 times after every feeding.
3. I'm seriously considering buying a pair of roller skates. I watched Whip It last night and am already trying to come up with roller derby names. Mary Macabre is the only decent one i've thought of so far. Or Violet Riot. Do you have any good ones?
4. I started reading The Giver for the book club i'm in. It's not at all what i expected. It makes me want to go back and read all the Utopian society fiction i've read in the past and look at the way they use language. I'm so nerdy. Love the book so far.
5. Ghost Town is, in my opinion, the most underrated film of the last year.
6. Now i'm thinking that i'd like to make a top ten list of movies from 2009. next post maybe.
7. This is officially day 3 of "2 months of Hell" Right now Blair is working full time, doing his student teaching, AND coaching basketball. I basically have no husband right now. But if we can get through the next two months, we can probably get through just about anything. So you know, we've got that going for us.
8. Am I the only one who actually likes Weezer's Raditude? Or Maladroit for that matter?
9. Last night Elliot threw up, which is sad. Funny thing I noticed though? Astoria has never woken up in the middle of the night to throw up. Elliot does it once every other month or so, but Astoria apparently has no interest in it. Which is kind of nice.
10. iTunes Alphabetical Adventure is now to Buster Voodoo by Rodrigo y Gabriella. Acoustic guitar flamenco rock = severe awesomeness

Start Spreading the News...

Help.

I need ideas.

I like to think of myself as a creative person, but i'm drawing a blank. Tonight Team Einfeldt is doing a New York themed New Years. I'm sure we'll eat New York steaks, New York cheesecake, and drink virgin Manhattans... but other than that i'm stumped. I want to have some fun things for the girls to do, some fancy snacks, and some kind of decorations, however my brain is too occupied with Windows 7 Configuration nonsense, and Weezer's Raditude to be fully functional.

Here's some things i've been thinking of, but by all means if you have any clever thoughts, please let me know asap. ("Whatever that means... probably 'Act Swiftly Awesome Pachyderm!' " Wow. I watch too many cartoons.)

• Watch Sleepless in Seattle or You've Got Mail, or other similarly New York centered films?
• Make/wear paper top hats?
• Build a Lego Empire State Building?
• Have some Frank Sinatra playing in the background?

Let me know.

The French Woman who Lives in the Jungle

I know i'm not exactly the greatest at posting things frequently... but this time I actually have a legitimate excuse.

Her name is Rousseau Evangeline Einfeldt

Statistics:
Girl
7 lbs. 10 oz.
18 1/2 inches long
Beautiful.
Lots of dark red hair, and dark eyes
Little mole on her left knee. (it's freaking adorable)
Name is pronounced roo-SO e-VAN-gel-een
She was named after Jean-Jaques Rousseau, a French philosopher, and incidentally, the character Danielle Rousseau from LOST. Evangeline is a poem by Longfellow (As well as a character in the film Nanny McPhee... though I probably shouldn't be admitting to that :) )


Enjoys:
Milk
Spitting up on her parents
Her loving sisters
Angels and Airwaves

This picture would be great if it weren't for the fact that Elliot was a little less than diligent in keeping Rou's head up. ")

The birth story is as follows:
She took her sweet time getting here. I was induced on December 8th, (4 days after the due date) and while the pitocin definitely got things started, it didn't do much else, except make me throw up. As with my other two girls, I chose NOT to get an epidural (a topic which I have VERY strong feelings about, but probably should not go into at this time. Let me just say that bragging about natural childbirth is like bragging about being a vegetarian or running marathons. Yes it is awesome, and yes you should get a gold star... but as much as you'd like it to be, it's not for everyone). Once She finally decided to come out (10 hours later) it was very very quick. I pushed once. Did you read that? ONCE! It took less than 2 minutes. Wow. I attribute it all to prenatal Yoga and Pilates. ;)

For the last 3 weeks we've been enjoying our little french woman. Elliot is beside herself with happiness. We are constantly having to tell her to stop touching, patting, and trying to pick up the baby. But it's better than the alternative i guess. Astoria loves her, but is a little bit more concerned with the baby cutting into the attention she feels she needs. Blair loves his little cat-napper, and is happy to hold her after spending the first week of her life so far away (I took the girls to SLC with me for a week after she was born).


As for me, i'm tired (obviously) but recovering nicely. I've been to the gym only once so far, but i am really antsy to get back in the habit. I'd also like to fit into my clothes again someday. I'm back at work, but only a little.





My iTunes alphabetical adventure is now to Believe by Yellowcard.

Ten things for today

I am at best an indifferent blogger. In fact i'm rather indifferent about quite a lot of things. Cleaning my house, brushing my teeth (and my kids teeth for that matter), making my student loan payment... you get the idea. I really am trying to get better at these things, really I am! Sometimes it's a little misplaced though, for example at any given time my hall bathroom is the cleanest room in the house. No joke, i'll spend a good hour with a bottle of bleach getting my tub and toilet all sparkly and germ-free - but i won't take the 15 minutes required to sweep and mop my kitchen floor, which looks seriously disgusting. Sigh...

ANYway... my point in posting was to just simply list ten little things. Either things i've been thinking about, or things that make me happy, or things that may inspire me to write more. Maybe I can do this on a semi-regular basis? Well... i'm not making any promises.

1. Feta cheese is absolutely delightful.

2. Elliot ate THREE of those little cuties oranges yesterday. I felt like throwing a party.

3. I took a the 2 liter bottle of Sprite to work today, because if it was left at home, it would inevitably be flat by the time I got home because for some reason Blair doesn't like fizzy soda (?!?) but then I felt incredibly guilty and selfish.

4. I love it when people at work have birthdays. "hope it's chocolate for me..."

5. Jim Gaffigan is a hero. Truly.

6. Today is Blair's first basketball game as a head coach. I hope he wins, but more than that, i hope he doesn't give himself an ulcer. I also hope he remembers to iron his shirt... then again if i was a decent wife, I would have ironed it for him... someday i'll get a hang of this wife thing - again, feeling guilty and selfish. Also feeling really REALLY bad for not being there. Should I drive all the way out to Milford? This baby won't come tonight.. right?

7. Remember when me, Marissa, Steph, and Katrina were the Four? I miss those days.

8. The light blue Orbit gum, is the best kind of gum.

9. Right now I have my at work iTunes set to play all the songs in my library in song title alphabetical order. If I let it play straight through, it would take 3.6 days. Currently i'm on "All is Full of Love" by Bjork.

10. I've had a couple contractions today. Finally.


Also, I think baby girl number three has a name. And it's a really good one.

Tick... Tick... Tick...

I recently berated my dear Katie C. because she hadn't updated her blog in, like, forever... I realized today that i haven't updated mine in, like, forever either. In my defense, Katie's blog is much more interesting and cleverly funny than mine, especially since she actually takes pictures with her camera, then posts them... an art form I have yet to master.


So, I'm supposed to have a baby sometime soon. Yeah, about that? Am I the only one who has had restrictions imposed by others as to when i'm allowed to actually deliver? Just wondering.


Elliot is finally tall enough to ride the bike we bought her for Christmas LAST year.

And in case you didn't already know, Elliot and Astoria are phenomenal little performers. See?







One last thing.

I really really REALLY like Glee. A lot. If only I could be as awesome as Sue Sylvester...


Sad thing is that there will only be two more episodes between now and April. APRIL. And in it's place? American Idol. Gross. Not to be dramatic or anything, but i'd rather shoot myself in the face than watch American Idol. Not to mention that when Glee returns it will be competing with the final season of LOST. Really FOX? Really? The people who schedule things on TV are all morons. Good thing I married a pirate, right? :)

This is the longest day of work ever.

Sometimes... you are 8 months pregnant and the only thing in the world that will make you happy is a delicious milkshake and some hot, and crispy, and golden, and delicious french fries.

So naturally, you sneak out of work and drive to the Iceberg... only to find that it is now closed. Never mind that the last time you went there was about 7 years ago when you were dating that kid who gave you a VCR and looked like Kenny Vasoli from The Starting Line.


Boo. I want my milkshake.





Also, remember how that guy from the movie Orange County was also Egon in Ghostbusters? "that is neat."