Bebot’s First Rain
Posted on July 18, 2006 by Ching under Babies.
Bebot got his first rain on July 9. We were sitting at Taco Shop for a cheap lunch before heading over to Dawn’s house so the girls could meet the suggies they’re adopting. It was an introduction-slash-play-date sort of appointment. You didn’t know we do house calls, did you?
Kidding aside, Bebot is as much Brian’s baby as he is mine. I’ve been instructed to always wear my glasses when driving. No glasses, no drive — strict rules that I’ve already violated a few times.
Speaking of rules, Brian has specific break-in rules too. He tried to get me to read the manual but I refuse to do it. Umm, hello? Bebot will get broken in as I drive him. How about that for breaking in?
My driving style is not really far from the methods the car manufacturer suggests for breaking in the vehicle, anyway. After all, I drive like a grandma — or so Brian tells me. The suggested method is easy acceleration, easy breaks… Pretty much easy everything.
As I did some liesurely internet reading (I know, I refuse to read the manual but the web is my playground so that’s where I get most of my info) I found that there are two opposing schools of thought with regard to breaking in a new vehicle. There’s the gentle break-ins are best camp and then there’s the run it hard camp. Brian and I are partial to the former simply because Brian read the manual and that’s what it said and then Brian pretty much tells me what I should do because I have no time to read the information for myself (most of the time). You’ve got to have folks you can count on for this stuff, you know? At any rate, both schools of thought have their merits. I will let you decide which is right for you.
As for breaking our cars in, Brian and I have other ways in which we have broken our cars in. These ways have had little to do with performance and more to do with our own carnal enjoyment, if you know what I mean. 😉
Brian had proposed the idea the very day we brought him home. Naturally, I said no. I mean, Bebot is our very special baby. He will not be subjected to such disrespect. Brian argued that we had broken in the Neon and the Rodeo that way, why not Bebot? Well, because Bebot is mine. Ha! We finally get to the heart of the matter.
Of course, it isn’t entirely fair to Brian that we have desecrated his cars in the past and I will not allow mine to be even remotely soiled. So I might be convinced otherwise but — only if we put a sheet or towel on the seats… LOL!
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Bebot’s First Bath
Posted on July 17, 2006 by Ching under Babies, Life, Toys.
We gave Bebot his first bath this weekend. Who is Bebot, you might ask.
Bebot is our newest family member. Sunny’s younger brother.
We couldn’t think of a good name for him so we decided to name him after Brian’s favorite Black Eyed Peas song. He actually tried to get me to translate it for him the other day. The lyrics aren’t the most brilliant. But whatever. He likes the song, nonetheless.
So anyway, Bebot got a good cleaning. Inside and out. A lot more than I can say for our house.
House cleaning is the main item on the agenda for this weekend. We still have mom and dad’s steam cleaner so I’m going to try to talk Brian into steam-cleaning the carpet. Shush, he doesn’t know yet. I hope he doesn’t collect on his full day of WOW because cleaning house will be a full day event. Exciting, huh?
The only other thing pressing this weekend is Molly’s first makeover. She got her stitches taken out last Friday so we can finally give her a bath.
Instead of giving her a bath, though, I figured I’d just let the groomers do it. It will be her very first time. Now, that’s exciting! 🙂
P.S. Molly weighed 6 lbs and 4 ounces as of July 14th. She’s getting to be such a big girl!
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Just Like Heaven
Posted on July 15, 2006 by Ching under Movies.
show me, show me, show me
how you do that trick
“the one that makes me scream” she said
“the one that makes me laugh” she said
and threw her arms around my neck
show me how you do it,
and i promise you, i promise that
i’ll run away with you
i’ll run away with you
I watched Just Like Heaven before bed last night. Brian just fell asleep. I watched it in its entirety, though. The movie wasn’t bad. After all, how can you go wrong with Reese Witherspoon? She is adorable.
Incidentally, the movie shares its title with one of my all-time favorite songs from The Cure. Brian and I actually played it at our wedding.
But I digress.. There were some cheesy parts that the film could’ve done without. It’s not one of my favorite Reese movies.. It was no Sweet Home Alabama, that’s for sure. It was just one of those mediocre romantic comedies. It still made me cry, though. But what movie doesn’t?
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What Marriage is All About
Posted on July 15, 2006 by Ching under Life.
With our 4th anniversary coming up, I figured that I would post one of the photos we took while celebrating our 3rd anniversary last year.
When people ask me how long Brian and I have been together, they often can’t believe my response. They can’t believe that we’ve been married for almost four years and that we’ve been together for seven. One of the most common comments we receive from people is about how we still act like newlyweds after all these years. It amazes us too, considering that many of the couples who were wed about the same time we were are now all divorced.
I think the difference between us and other couples is that other couples view marriage as a source of oppression; whereas Brian and I have a more positive view of marriage.
Marriage is about having a permanent companion.. Your partner is supposed to complete you and complement you.. It is about having someone to spend time with, watching movies or just hanging around the house.. Marriage is having someone to give you massages without being paid.. Although if you expect to continue to receive massages, you have to be willing to give some too. ; )
Marriage is having someone to cheer you up when you are down… Having someone laugh at your unfunny jokes and listen to your bad beat stories.. It’s about making love without having to shave your legs first.. Marriage is about liberation and not at all about oppression. Marriage gives you the freedom to be yourself without the fear of being dumped.
Viva los pares casados!
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My Stargazer Surprise
Posted on July 12, 2006 by Ching under Life.
So I sent Brian on an errand to buy some fruits and veggies for the suggies after work yesterday. When I arrived home from work, I had my favorite flowers on my desk.
How sweet is that? Brian is truly not the most romantic person in the world (neither am I, actually) but he has his moments. This is one of those. 🙂
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