This poor blog has been on life support while I was out playing on facebook. I’m kind of over facebook now, and would rather keep bloggin’, so here I am. Of course, so many things have happened it’s hard to figure out what to write.
I think everybody likes hearing about Ona, so I’ll start there. She’s 22 months old now, and doing well. I guess this is the age in a child’s progression when they learn at a wickedly rapid pace and parents have no idea what they actually know. Last week I said “Ona, do you want to count to three?” and she immediately responded “four, five six?”. So, yeah, I guess counting to three is old news. Her language progression is really neat to witness, though it’s officially time to shut the cursing off… at least until she can understand where and when it’s appropriate.
We did our annual March of Dimes benefit last night, buying a table for our friends and family at La Grotta here in Atlanta and then going to the after party to drink and hang out. Very fun night, and I love the food at La Grotta. It was a fixed menu, but they made an exception for me and Katy’s grandma and gave us mushroom risotto instead of seafood risotto and I’m very glad they did – it was my favorite dish. Everybody else seemed to think the melon and prosciutto with balsamic reduction was the best. It was very good, but the risotto was really great. Veal was the main dish and it was probably the best prepared I’ve had veal (I’m not a huge fan of veal usually, but I’ve only had it a few times). It was good, but nothing really special. Anyway, it was a good night.
I’ve joined weight watchers. Most people look at me like the 90 pound pageant girl who thinks she’s fat when I say that, but that’s just because my baggy clothes hide the chub. I’ve got about 15 to 20 pounds to drop. So far, week 1 has been pretty good. It’s a pretty easy plan to follow, though I did get anxiety about what to eat and how to track it at first. I just weighed-in and lost 2.6 pounds in the first week. I don’t expect that rate to stick around, though.
I need to do a few housekeeping things in my technical world. I need to start using something like Picasa or Flickr again. I’ve been posting pics to Facebook. Actually, that’s my favorite part of Facebook, but I need to figure out a different approach. I know I can use Flickr and share that on Facebook, but I’m not a fan of Flickr. Maybe I’ll try Picasa again. Maybe I’ll just keep posting them on Facebook and you people will have to look there for ‘em. I like suggestions.