| The state of me |
[Apr. 27th, 2009|10:42 pm] |
Ok, so I haven't updated in a while huh?
Which means you all probably thought I fell off the face of the earth. I haven't, but sometimes wish I did.
and yet another day goes by before I post something b/c I started this and then just fizzled the posting.
I know, I should just post brief notes (not that anyone cares - but for me - hence the journal part of the LJ) but lately I've just been using it to either track fannish stuff or keep up with other pple's lives. which I'm sure means other pple would want to know about me? (do you?)
Um, as an aside, now I have 2 places to not post at - I'm also ohevet_likro at dreamwidth (and if you got a circle request from aidan77.myopenid.com that is me too before I got an invite code)
It's now the end of April. I wish it was that I'm too busy to post but I just feel too uninteresting. My days have almost no difference, except Tuesdays when I have to make sure my daughter has her speech homework and Wednesdays when I have to make sure she takes the library book to school. I get up, wrestle with 2 kids, get us out of the house, off to work where I feel overwhelmed and then get home after the kids are asleep to eat a lonely dinner in front of the TV, watch something or other, surf the web and fall asleep on the couch, wake up in the middle of the night and fall into bed. Lather rinse repeat.
On a positive note, the IRS sent us a letter today saying we missed something on our return, they fixed it for us and sent us $600. I'll take it! That's almost a full month of day care - thank you IRS!
Now off on a search for mind numbing fanfic so I can sleep... |
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| I got paid? |
[Dec. 22nd, 2008|09:32 pm] |
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I can't believe it. I was in shock when the office manager came in and gave me August's paycheck. She also said she would pay me the reimbursements the firm owes me since they haven't paid me any of that since January '08. AND I might get September's check on Friday.
If I wasn't sure it was only snow that fell over the weekend, I would check my lawn for a porcine runway.
I was also shocked my boss let me leave early to light candles. I thought it was going to be tough to leave at 6:30 but he came in at 5:30 and asked if I was leaving soon. You didn't have to tell me twice! I tore out of there so fast I wouldn't be surprised if I left skid marks on the carpet!
I'm glad that the weather is supposed to warm up for Wed/Thurs. I know I shouldn't complain - reading my friendslist is giving me new appreciation for the weather we have now, but I'm really not used to or good at driving on snow and ice and since the town didn't plow until late yesterday, instead of blacktop, we have sheets of ice everywhere which is just plain dangerous. And being the klutz I am, i already almost dropped my son getting him into the car this morning, I would rather that remain in the 'Almost' category.
Also, I need to get some more winter clothes for my kids. At the very least, I need to buy some pants for my daughter. Last year, I couldn't get her into a pair of pants for school if I paid her, this morning, she asked to wear pants b/c it was so cold. She confuses me, she does.
Now I'm off to find new fic for my Palm pilot - I've read through my current supply. On that note, any recs for epic Criminal Minds or Numbers fic would be greatly appreciated, I haven't found a good non-LJ source of fic (I can't download LJ pages to my Palm - they don't copy right). I can't wait for the various end of December fic fests to go live...more commute reading material...yay! |
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| Snow day! |
[Dec. 19th, 2008|03:00 pm] |
It makes me feel old that I don't like having a snow day anymore. I remember being SOOOO excited when school was cancelled because there was too much snow.
Now I resent it because I have to figure out what to do with 2 kids and the likelihood my office is not closed because it is in NYC and we live in the NJ suburbs to the "north and west of the city" where it is usually heavier.
Daughter's school was closed and son's day care had an early dismissal. Turns out we didn't leave him until 3 today, picked him up at 12 because the snow had already accumulated and driving was bad.
Because it was Friday, my boss was ok with me working at home - between commuting in and home, I wouldn't have been in the office for very long because Shabbos starts so early. But if it is a bad winter, I don't think I will have such flexibility for too many days like this. I have no idea what we'll do.
My daughter keeps asking to go outside and play in the snow. But this weather is not conducive to snowball throwing or snowman making. And it is supposed to snow on Sunday again. I hope I can accommodate her, really I do.
But TGIF! Shabbos is tonight which means that we'll all be struggling to stay awake past 6 p.m. Luckily, most of the cooking is done.
- Chulent is made, crock pot just needs to be turned on.
- Meatballs are defrosting, soup is bought and both just need to be warmed up.
- Spaghetti is in process of cooking and chicken bottoms are in the oven.
- Brownies are out of the oven and calling my name.
Now all I have to do is get everyone bathed. Bye all! |
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| Life, Interrupted |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|04:42 pm] |
I was trying to write this update on Sunday, but life seems to interrupt my plans regularly (as I type, my 14 month old son is pressing the keys so please excuse any typos I don't catch and fix). I have been getting home so exhausted I read my flist, maybe my fandom email, and then collapse. Aside from the fact that anything i have to say, I forget during the day. I need to post it on Twitter or something (except I have no texting capabilities on my phone - it barely works for calls, and I usually forget what I saw/thought about by the time I get to work and to my computer).
I have been on autopilot for the past few months...wake up, fight with kids, send them to school/daycare, shlep to work, do work, shlep home, fight with kids to go to bed, eat dinner before midnight. Lather, rinse, repeat. I really need to find some way to shake up my routine.
( Long, rambling boring ol' me )
I started this post this morning, and it is now after 4:30. I've been fighting the kids for the keyboard, and mediating between them (you would think the 4 years between them would make it easier, but no!) Now I have to go pack everyone up so we can go to my inlaws for Shabbos.
Anyways, just wanted to pop in and say hi everyone! This has been my life, interrupted. |
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| Happy Birthday Shlomo |
[Apr. 14th, 2008|10:44 pm] |
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It is hard to believe that this time a year ago, I was in the car on my way to the hospital to give birth to my son.
This year has really really sped by.
I can't believe that my little boy, who was nursing every hour or so and was able to be held for hours on end with no problem is on his way to walking.
At 4 am you will be 1 years old - OMG!
Happy birthday sweetheart!
I love you! |
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| Awake at last, or so it seems |
[Mar. 31st, 2008|01:30 am] |
So, it occurs to me to actually update this thing as I haven't posted anything since November. I've been busy getting into the swing of things at work and since I work in NYC and have a long commute home, I don't always turn on my computer at night since I'm so tired. That is something I am not used to - ever since I had a job, I've been checking my email and surfing for fanfic at night. I guess my previous jobs haven't been as busy as this one?
( Work stuff )
As for the other half of my life, my kids...( here's a recent picture of them )
It is really hard to believe that the baby is almost 1 and my daughter is 5. Where does the time go?????
Considering it is 1:30 am and i have to be up in 5 hours, I really ought to shut down. G'nite all. |
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| Why, yes, I do exist! |
[Nov. 20th, 2007|01:12 am] |
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I've finally swam up from the depths of 24-7 mommyhood and emerged into the working world once again.
I found a new job, as an attorney (something about 5 years after I intended to get here but at least I'm here, right?). Granted, it's a litigation firm, and I will be doing landlord-tenant work, which is really on my list of dislikes in terms of fields of law to practice, but it's definitely better than getting my couch to fit my tush exactly, which is what I've been doing for the past 7 months.
Now all I have to do is get organized so that both kids have clothes and food prepared for my husband to give them (something difficult since he won't use the stove and has to microwave everything AND my son won't tolerate anything other than breast milk right now and my freezer supply is low - about one day's worth of milk). And we need to find a day care for the baby because my MIL is sick of sitting and my mother can't take off work to sit.
But......I get to leave the house and have adult conversations! I can't wait.
The drawbacks are of course that I can't lounge around the house in my pjs and I have to wear a sheitel every day, but thems the breaks, right?
A big huge thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) creedcascade and to hheever who have kept me sane and calm these past months when I was stuck at home. |
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[Sep. 12th, 2007|03:36 pm] |
May the coming New Year bring to you and yours all the blessings of health, happiness, prosperity and peace. |
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| ???? |
[Jul. 10th, 2007|01:02 pm] |
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Does anyone know what happened to uschickens ? Is everything ok? |
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| Hear ye, hear ye..... |
[Apr. 24th, 2007|11:32 pm] |
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Hi all, what's new with you?
Nothing much doing here - just the number of children in the Likro household has doubled, overnight!
I finally gave birth (it felt like it was MUCH longer than 9 months) to a beautiful baby boy on Sunday, April 15. To make a long story short, I had, thank G-d, a short labor (8:30 Sat night to 4:30 Sunday morning) and only had to push for 8 short minutes.
Our son was 7.12 ounces and 21 inches and born on 4:31 am on Sunday. I guess he wanted to make sure that we don't ever forget to pay our taxes on time :)
For a few pictures, you can go here. I hope we can upload more pictures soon but things are kinda hectic around here.
I haven't been online much - mostly because the only connectivity is in the basement which is too cold to bring the baby down to and I can't leave him alone on the first floor. I hope we can manage to wirelessly wire the house so I can get online a bit more frequently while I'm home with the baby b/c otherwise I will go nuts!
<post begun on Thursday, April 19. Now being completed on Tuesday, April 24)
Well, we've managed to get the wireless working in the house, which means I can catch up on all the LJ I've missed since we've moved into the house (I sporadically checked but not a lot).
It also means that I have something to do during the day tomorrow since noone is going to be here keeping me company and helping with the baby.
Anyways, we had the bris (circumcision) on Sunday and named our son Shlomo Ezra. We haven't quite figured out what his legal name is going to be or whether we will be calling him by his English (legal) or Hebrew name but we still have some time for that (30 days for insurance)
I'm exhausted. Shlomo has been nursing badly all day. He eats for 5-10 minutes, then falls asleep and I can't wake him. He'll nap for 45 min and then wake up for more food. If he does this all night, I will be a wreck tomorrow - I didnt sleep well last night already. I mean, I know, newborn, no sleep. But he should let me sleep for 2 hours or so at a turn, especially at nght, and he's not. I'm also killing my back nursing in bed. I need to find a better solution and soon.
I should get to bed. He's sleeping on my arm and I know as soon as I put him down, he'll wake up and want to be fed.
Good night all :) |
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| Happy Passover!!!!!!!!!!! (or it will be tomorrow) |
[Apr. 1st, 2007|07:39 pm] |
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I just wanted to wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday!
It's been quite hectic around here lately so I haven't gotten nearly half of what I wanted done done.
I also haven't had a chance to wish anyone a happy birthday. So....
happy belated birthday to kiffle , hheever ,erilyn , canalbaby , jedirita & callsigns, and anyone else I may have forgotten.
Congrats to creedcascade for finally finishing her thesis and successfully defending it! Yay for being BAMA!!!!!!!!
So, what's new with me? Well, we've moved to our new house. And tonight (a month after our lease started) we're finally sleeping in it :) Very exciting except for the timing....since tomorrow night is Passover and we won't be home until next Tuesday night at the earliest.
Oh, and I finally got admitted to the bar!!!!! I'm finally finally finally (5 years after graduation from law school) able to practice law. This is very exciting.
Now I get to look for a new job, one where I can make a lot more than I currently do, but of course, that plan is being supplanted by the fact that it's 14 days and counting until my due date. Which may be even sooner considering my doctor told me on Tuesday night that I can pop any day now.
Which is making my Passover plans very complicated considering I will be at least an hour away from my hospital and doctor or two hours away, depending on where we'll be.....I"m hoping to hold out until after the holiday is over, which would make my life a lot easier.
Ok, off to finish cleaning the kitchen, putting away all the boxes of dishes (it's not like I've unpacked anything reallY) and start and finish packing all our clothes for the holiday. Nope, nothing much to do today :)
So for those of you who are celebrating Passover, enjoy your last bits of bread and noodles. I know I will be :) |
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| Boy, is my to do list packed....... |
[Mar. 15th, 2007|09:49 pm] |
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Well, it doesn't rain but it pours.
- First, we manage to rent a house so we can move out of our apartment that we've been in for 6 years and there is no room for an infant in.
- So we're in the process of moving and packing up 6 years of detrius. Of course, none of it can be thrown out, so it will sit in boxes in our house until we move to yet another house and it will just multiply until one day 50 years from now, someone is going to wonder just why we saved brochures from a vacation we never took or half scribbled shopping lists.
- I have my NY bar admission interview on Monday, so please G-d, if I don't screw it up, I will actually, finally be an attorney who can practice law as opposed to someone with a JD who has wanted to practice but can't. Of course, this is provided I pass my character and fitness interview and I'm scared witless that I won't because of an address discrepancy on my present job affidavit and my application.
- Then of course, there is the baby. The one coming in a month that I am so unprepared for. I can't do much to shop/prep for the baby coming but mentally I mean. I am so not ready to start again with the nursing every 2 hours and the liquid diapers and the sleeplessness for reasons other than my insomnia. Oh well, I am going to have to get over it considering I have no choice in the matter :)
- Work is keeping me very busy. Of course, my boss hasn't given me a raise or told me for sure I will be working as an attorney once I get admitted. At this point, I'm just killing time until I go on leave and then will find a new position. That of course is a pain in the neck but it has to be done. It doesn't help that I spent all day putting out fires having to do with the other paralegal's files since she was out sick. I'm not sure whether to hope she's still out tomorrow so I don't have to deal with her bad moods which have been pretty bad this week or that she's in tomorrow so I can throw her files back at her. Of course, she'll just assume I'll finish the deals up so I'll be swamped and she'll be sitting there saying "I'm bored!!!!!!!!!"
- And so it goes. Of course, if I weren't so busy, I'd be bored, right?
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| Because my husband asked me to |
[Feb. 26th, 2007|10:37 pm] |
I am posting links to his business website and blog.
If anyone is in need of credit card processing or merchant services, or knows someone who is, please find out more about your options by visiting one of the links below:
Credit Cards NJ
Credit Cards NJ Blog
Non profit Organizations and Credit Card processing
And now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
News about our new house (we're renting, not buying unfortunately but it's better than the hell hole we live in now) shall be posted shortly. Now I'm exhausted so it's off to bed with the pregnant woman. |
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| Back from Disney trip |
[Jan. 28th, 2007|05:58 pm] |
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To be exact, we got back late Thursday night but today was the first chance I had to get online since Wed, the 17th :)
Had a marvelous time, the Pookie was thrilled with the trip.
More details to follow, when I type up my trip report, hopefully accompanied by pictures.
Took me several hours to get through my email and some of my friendslist, still not completely through it.
Just a note - a/c may mean different things to different people so when you rent a house from someone, make sure that their idea of a/c jives with yours or you may end up in a house where the coolest it ever gets is 74 degrees.
chrismm - I ended up using a new SD card after all, but thanks for all your help Wednesday night with my Palm issue.
Now I just have to unpack and find somewhere to put all the mess that packing created along with all the stuff I am going to pull out of the suitcases. AND 5 extra suitcases which I borrowed from my parents and now have to return. |
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| You can tell I'm leaving for a trip in 34 hours.... |
[Jan. 16th, 2007|10:42 pm] |
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Because I have barely anything packed, and everything is going to hell in a handbasket.
To start off, the required trim of bangs on my daughter will be turning into a full fledged hair cut - most likely a pixie cut or at the least, to her hairline. Why you ask? Very good question. Well, apparently she decided she didnt' want long hair and cut off a chunk in the back to her hairline. I think we'll be making the rest of it match :)
I still haven't packed a thing for myself, haven't gotten into our storage unit to get the Pookie's summer wear (YAY for weather predictions in the high 70s for Orlando), haven't run anywhere I wanted to, like B&N for books or Target for socks or the kosher supermarket for lollypops for the Pookie for the plane ride. Um, that's 34 hours, right? Actually, more like 33.
Now my Palm Pilot decided to crap out on me. Apparently, it had enough of the slash fanfic I had on it and on the SD card and broke up with the SD card because it won't read it anymore. I had been putting gads of stories on the card so I could bring my addiction with me, but no, 2 days before I leave, my SD card won't work.
I could put all the fic on a new card, but don't know what caused the problem and don't want to ruin a new 512 MB card.
If anyone has any experience with an error message on their Palm with a SD card using iSilo that reads "The startup application for this card cannot be run" , I'm begging you, PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
Ok, off to bed. Or rather, off to watch NCIS which I taped earlier and hopefully to bed after that. It's not like I can read any fic anymore tonight b/c of the stupid card. GRRRRR........ |
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| Is it really the 9th already? |
[Jan. 9th, 2007|11:08 pm] |
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Happy week and a half into the new year everyone! Wow, time flies when you don't realize it.
Being as I'm a little late to the party, rehashing 2006 seems kinda, well, old now. The best parts of it (passing the bar and being pregnant) are running into 2007 anyways.
( 95 days and counting )
I finally submitted my application for admission to the NY bar (stupid bar people - it's not enough to pass the bar, then you have to jump thru hoops to get admitted) but short 2 affidavits. I'm hoping to get this all cleared up before I give birth, I really do. Hopefully I get them in within the next few weeks.
( Whine & complain )
I've been trying to get my resume up to speed so I can try to find a better job. But I have no clue if it makes sense, or looks ok or anything. Would anyone have time to glance at it to help me out? Also, anyone who knows anything about legal field/ law firm hiring practices - would you be willing to chat with me (either AIM, Gmail chat or YIM - I use all 3 so whatever is easiest for you) about some questions I have? I would appreciate any help.
( One other request for help )
Being as I can't find a comfortable position on the chair I'm sitting in, I think I will be turning off my computer and heading for bed, or the couch. Depends on whether there is anything on the Tivo I want to watch or if I am just gonna go to bed and watch Leno (the issues of having the Tivo in the living room - oh well). Good night all! |
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| Um, hi there |
[Dec. 29th, 2006|12:09 am] |
Wow, time does fly. I try to post and then I find myself with nothing to say so I erase it thinking I would find something else to say but never do.
I hope everyone had a happy holiday over the past few weeks. I am looking very forward to another 3 day weekend, but to get there, I have to through hell tomorrow.
You would think, it's the last work day of the year, let's take it easy? But no.......everyone and their mother seems to want to refi in 2006 so we have 4 closings scheduled within 3 hours. And the other paralegal took tomorrow off. And I have to leave at 2 so I can prepare for Shabbos. It's gonna be a busy day, let me tell you!
I also hope that noone gets sick this weekend considering the family hasn't recovered from last weekend. And I don't mean overindulging. It seems that people on both mine and my husband's side of the family were very sick with some type of stomach ailment. Which made it hard to find sitters for the Pookie considering we were counting on family to sit for her this week while she had no school. We managed though which is good. Thank goodness this week is over.
So onto the point where I beg you, my all knowing friendslist for help. I am trying to use "Creative Mediasource Organizer" to rip my CDs onto my shiny new mp3 player. But everytime I rip something, the track information seems to get lost. Then, if I rename the files on my computer, when they transfer to the player, the track names get lost again.
Does anyone know how to keep the track info off the CD or at the very least, from the computer to the mp3 player??????
Ok, off to bed, or at least the couch, where I've been sleeping the past few nights b/c my husband has been sick too and I don't want to catch anything. G'nite, and Happy New Year if I dont' get a chance to post this weekend! |
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| You win some, you lose some |
[Dec. 20th, 2006|01:36 am] |
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Happy Chanukah everyone! I hope that everyone is enjoying their latkes and sour cream while watching candles burn!
I am really Ms. Crankypants today, so feel free to skip because I'm being a selfish brat below.
( Rant and rave, rant and rave. Work sucks! )
And after that horrid day at work, I come home to find that my husband has invited my father in law over for dinner. I have no food in the house to serve, so instead of a nice home cooked meal, we have takeout, which was tasty but still. Showcases my homemaker skills, that's for sure, especially compared to the dinner he had last night at my brother and sister in law's house.
And I knew about my Chanuka present in advance, which in theory is INCREDIBLE. I have been dying for an mp3 player for years but they were too expensive. My husband takes it upon himself to buy one for me, as a sort of joint Chanuka/bar passing present. I kinda wish he hadn't. The thought was there, but this is a piece of junk. 3 years ago, it was top of the line, but of course, he didn't ask what I was looking for in a player. Just knows I looked at Creative Zen players and bought me one. With NONE of the features that I find integral.......like, the ability to play video, view pictures, AND LISTEN TO THE RADIO!!! I like listening to the morning talk shows and with this I can't. Oh, and it's heavy. Really really really heavy. And heats up really fast when in use. I love that he did that for me but....and he's all upset that I wanted different features on my player. Well, ask next time. He always does this. Buys me a gift that in theory is great but in practice, needs a little work - like jewelry from Kohls. I don't need expensive stuff but I don't like my arm turning green when wearing a bracelet. And I kinda want to wear something more than once. This sounds so terrible and selfish and awful.
Ok, it's after 1:30 in the morning and I need to get to sleep so I can go back to work in the morning and pretend to be enthused. Blah. G'nite! |
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| It looks cloudy out, but did the forecast call for falling sky???? Or flying pigs???? |
[Nov. 14th, 2006|10:41 pm] |
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Maybe I should check on the weather report in hell, I think it was chilly this morning.
Because when I went online to check my NY bar results, I found out that I had passed!!!! I actually passed!!!! I couldn't believe it! I still can't.
If only I had passed both bars but hey, at least I passed the one which has reciprocity with half the states in the Union, and where the starting salary for attorneys is at least $30,000 higher than NJ.
So, that was my day. How was yours? |
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