I had a great weekend.....
My roommates (as awesome as they are) threw me a suprise bachelorette party. It was great and we had tons of fun which lasted well into the wee hours of the morning. I'm very impressed that they were able to keep the suprise from me!
On Sunday I also had a bridal shower in Columbus. Nicki threw it for me and it was great. Although I do believe i missed 4 out of 10 questions about Tigran....I guess I'm a failure on Tigran knowledge. After the bridal shower we went to a Passover Seder together which was really fun and informative despite being very very cold. After the Seder we went to Nicki's and hung out for awhile because Tigran was troubleshooting her computer. (The computer is now in Tigran's apartment trying to be fixed)
I only have one small part of my grant left to write and then I am completely done with school work at Capital. YEA! Tomorrow is also my last day at my internship! YEA! After wednesday it will be a nice downward slide into graduation.
As for my plans tonight I plan on finishing my grant proposal and hopefully putting together a cabinet for our bathroom. I also am fixing Tigran tacos for when he gets home from school. He is so funny becuase I asked him if he would like me to make tacos and he says, "YOU CAN MAKE TACOS?" If only he knew how simple it was....haha! I love that the little things impress him.
This weekend I believe my sisero is coming to Capital to go to a concert with me and then we are having a party at my apartment in the evening. Everyone is invited...its on Saturday at 10 probably. (Don't worry mom I will protect Julie's innocence!)
Monday, April 25, 2005
Monday, April 18, 2005
Utter Exhaustion
Well as you all can tell I did not make a single post all of last week...the reason...I was way too busy!
On Monday I babysat all morning and then drove home to get my wedding dress fitted.
On Tuesday I worked all day at my internship and then babysat Tommy all evening.
On Wednesday I went to a grant writing workship, then had a luncheon, then had class all afternoon which was followed by shopping for an outfit for my bridal shower.
On Thursday I worked all morning at my internship then babysat for Tommy in the afternoon, then went to the Senior Spaghetti Dinner and then went to Buca di Beppo's for Nicki's birthday.
On Friday I drove home to finalize the flowers and then Kristen came to town!
On Saturday I drove home for my bridal shoewr and then went to a cookout at Abby's followed by a cookout at Kara's.
On Sunday the girls and I went to look at a condo for Kara, then went to lunch, then went to a movie...and then Tigran and I put away all of our gifts from the bridal shower!
So that was last week in a nut shell! This week is not looking a lot better so I'm sure this exhaustion will continue until graduation! I have one major project left to do so hopefully I will find time soon to work on it.
Tigran and I's apartment is really looking pretty good now. Our rug came in for the living room and JoAnn's finished framing our painting from his uncle. We also bought a cd stand for the computer room last night with one of our Target giftcards. We still have more moeny we can spend there but we are going to wait and see what is left off of our registry after this weekend.
Okay well I need to get in the shower and finish cleaning my room so that my life is organized despite being hectic.
On Monday I babysat all morning and then drove home to get my wedding dress fitted.
On Tuesday I worked all day at my internship and then babysat Tommy all evening.
On Wednesday I went to a grant writing workship, then had a luncheon, then had class all afternoon which was followed by shopping for an outfit for my bridal shower.
On Thursday I worked all morning at my internship then babysat for Tommy in the afternoon, then went to the Senior Spaghetti Dinner and then went to Buca di Beppo's for Nicki's birthday.
On Friday I drove home to finalize the flowers and then Kristen came to town!
On Saturday I drove home for my bridal shoewr and then went to a cookout at Abby's followed by a cookout at Kara's.
On Sunday the girls and I went to look at a condo for Kara, then went to lunch, then went to a movie...and then Tigran and I put away all of our gifts from the bridal shower!
So that was last week in a nut shell! This week is not looking a lot better so I'm sure this exhaustion will continue until graduation! I have one major project left to do so hopefully I will find time soon to work on it.
Tigran and I's apartment is really looking pretty good now. Our rug came in for the living room and JoAnn's finished framing our painting from his uncle. We also bought a cd stand for the computer room last night with one of our Target giftcards. We still have more moeny we can spend there but we are going to wait and see what is left off of our registry after this weekend.
Okay well I need to get in the shower and finish cleaning my room so that my life is organized despite being hectic.
Friday, April 08, 2005
Being a Pretend Mommy for the Weekend
So this morning started my marathon babysitting expedition! I have Tommy from 8 am Friday morning until 3 pm Sunday afternoon. His parents are out of town at a wedding so I'm being his pretend mommy. This morning I dropped him off at daycare and in a half an hour I will go to pick him up. (I guess if I was a better mommy I would have picked him up as soon as I was done with my conference today.)
Tonight we (Tigran, Tommy, and I) are going to a cookout at Nicki's and then tomorrow we have developmental screenings with ECRN in the morning followed by COSI or the Zoo. Then in the evening probably pizza and a movie with Matt and Kara and babysitting Danny. Then Sunday morning possibly the art gallery!
They are one of the best people to babysit for (besides Nicki of course) because they gave me their Toyota Highlander to drive, their credit card for an emergency, money for takeout all weekend, their family pass to the zoo and cosi! I'm set....now if only they would pay my college tuition!
Today I went to a conference for Early Childhood Educators. The first speaker was Dave Peltzer..the author of A Child Called It. He is a great speaker; I urge you all to listen to him if you can in your lifetime. Then I went to a speaker from wright state university. Very interesting. He is really big on reasearch and he is a MD, a professor, a reasearcher of early childhood intervention programs, and in the air force reserves! AND HE HAS 5 KIDS! Very amazing! Anyways he was great and had a lot of statistics that were very interesting and intriguing so I'm going to look up his research studies to find more out about his studies and findings. (Many of his quotes were of others' research so I want to find them too.)
Some interesting facts (from research):
1- Only 13% of child care facilities and preschools are developmentally appropriate for children.
2- 80% of children who are mentally retarded are that way because of environmental factors not genetics. And this occurs during the first 3 years of life.
3- 50% of your learning is done in the first 3 years of life.
4- With proper early intervention, IQ points can be raised 15 points in the first 3 years.
I find that fascinating, scary, and motivating.
Well I learned a lot today and felt very lucky to have been able to attend for free (ECRN paid my way!)
Updates to follow on my pretend motherhood!
Tonight we (Tigran, Tommy, and I) are going to a cookout at Nicki's and then tomorrow we have developmental screenings with ECRN in the morning followed by COSI or the Zoo. Then in the evening probably pizza and a movie with Matt and Kara and babysitting Danny. Then Sunday morning possibly the art gallery!
They are one of the best people to babysit for (besides Nicki of course) because they gave me their Toyota Highlander to drive, their credit card for an emergency, money for takeout all weekend, their family pass to the zoo and cosi! I'm set....now if only they would pay my college tuition!
Today I went to a conference for Early Childhood Educators. The first speaker was Dave Peltzer..the author of A Child Called It. He is a great speaker; I urge you all to listen to him if you can in your lifetime. Then I went to a speaker from wright state university. Very interesting. He is really big on reasearch and he is a MD, a professor, a reasearcher of early childhood intervention programs, and in the air force reserves! AND HE HAS 5 KIDS! Very amazing! Anyways he was great and had a lot of statistics that were very interesting and intriguing so I'm going to look up his research studies to find more out about his studies and findings. (Many of his quotes were of others' research so I want to find them too.)
Some interesting facts (from research):
1- Only 13% of child care facilities and preschools are developmentally appropriate for children.
2- 80% of children who are mentally retarded are that way because of environmental factors not genetics. And this occurs during the first 3 years of life.
3- 50% of your learning is done in the first 3 years of life.
4- With proper early intervention, IQ points can be raised 15 points in the first 3 years.
I find that fascinating, scary, and motivating.
Well I learned a lot today and felt very lucky to have been able to attend for free (ECRN paid my way!)
Updates to follow on my pretend motherhood!
Monday, April 04, 2005
NCAA Tourney
Well I hate to admit this but Tigran has beaten me at the NCAA Men's Basketball Bracket. He won by 2 victories but had Illinois won it would have been a tie. I don't remember what the loser has to do but last year it was dinner so hopefully that is what it is again.
Tigran is almost all moved in. He has most of his stuff at the apartment and was supposed to get the rest of his clothes tonight. Our new desk looks nice and the place is beginning to look pretty good. I will try to remember to take pictures.
I babysat this morning but the baby was not there so the mom asked me to help her do housework so I did. We actually did home improvement by taking out her storm windows which had been painted in. It was a lot of work but we got it all done!
I got my passport for our honeymoon. This will be the first time I'm leaving the country (besides Canada which doesn't count anyway).
Well I'm exhausted so I should get to bed. I can't wait to see many of you at the shower on April 16th or 24th.
Tigran is almost all moved in. He has most of his stuff at the apartment and was supposed to get the rest of his clothes tonight. Our new desk looks nice and the place is beginning to look pretty good. I will try to remember to take pictures.
I babysat this morning but the baby was not there so the mom asked me to help her do housework so I did. We actually did home improvement by taking out her storm windows which had been painted in. It was a lot of work but we got it all done!
I got my passport for our honeymoon. This will be the first time I'm leaving the country (besides Canada which doesn't count anyway).
Well I'm exhausted so I should get to bed. I can't wait to see many of you at the shower on April 16th or 24th.
Sunday, April 03, 2005
It looked better on Trading Spaces
So Tigran had this desk which was an old particle board desk that he bought 4 years ago for $25 at a thrift store. Needless to say, in my opinion, it was ugly (he still thinks it was nice). Due to its ugliness level I decided that if we painted it, it could be salvaged! (#1 wrong decision).
To begin we bought brown paint and painted it brown...the paint job was nice...the diarrhea color was not! (#2 wrong decision). This morning we both thought that if we painted it black surely it would work in the room (#3 wrong decision). Well the black does look better but the second layer of paint on particle board does not. In the end we will be throwing the desk away and I will buying us a new one.
I guess we will chalk this up as a lesson learned: Painting particle board does not look good unless you have the magic of the television!
Tigran is finishing moving in today and then we are headed to Bellville to go to dinner with my Grandma, Grandpa, Mom and Dad. They are taking us to Red Lobster to celebrate my fellowship at OSU for next year. Grandpa said and I quote, "Bring your appetite!" (As if I ever leave it behind!)
Now I am just waiting for someone to get out of the shower so I can shower. Pray that there is still hot water!
To begin we bought brown paint and painted it brown...the paint job was nice...the diarrhea color was not! (#2 wrong decision). This morning we both thought that if we painted it black surely it would work in the room (#3 wrong decision). Well the black does look better but the second layer of paint on particle board does not. In the end we will be throwing the desk away and I will buying us a new one.
I guess we will chalk this up as a lesson learned: Painting particle board does not look good unless you have the magic of the television!
Tigran is finishing moving in today and then we are headed to Bellville to go to dinner with my Grandma, Grandpa, Mom and Dad. They are taking us to Red Lobster to celebrate my fellowship at OSU for next year. Grandpa said and I quote, "Bring your appetite!" (As if I ever leave it behind!)
Now I am just waiting for someone to get out of the shower so I can shower. Pray that there is still hot water!
Friday, April 01, 2005
My First Picture on Blogger
Tigran & Becky's Engagement Picture
All thanks go to Deirdre for this picture as she taught me how to upload pictures!
All thanks go to Deirdre for this picture as she taught me how to upload pictures!
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