Rhymes With Orange

A day late and a little bit short.

I hope everyone had a very, very Merry Christmas!

We are staying with Mike's grandparents right now visiting with all of his family, and I don't have the cord to my camera right now, so I won't be posting any pictures for right now, but I wanted to drop a quick line just to let you know that we alive and well. We are also very busy contemplating my ever expanding belly (It's not a good sign when complete strangers stand agape when you tell them that you are only 19 weeks along. This news made one guy choke on a french fry.)

Happy Holidays from all of here at Chez Watrous!

Kate, Mike, Chloe and Baby Orange.

Also, we got our luggage three and half days after we arrived. I hope it had a nice vacation ;)

soon, I promise

kate will post again soon, i promise.

Until then, enjoy some pictures she updated in the albums... and enjoy me messing around with this post... WEEEE!!!! partay time!

What to talk about.. well.. I need to mention everything in the tags I added so...

Anger: I'm not angry right now

Annie: Hi Annie, i'm sure you'll read this

Bethy: Howdi Beth

Blondness: i'm not blonde...

Books: read any good ones lately? Share them in a reply. I'm fond of Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, chronicals of narnia and dave berry books

caspian: he's doing much better now, we had a major scare with him, but he's recovering nicely.

Chloe: I never noticed both of their names started with C... and here we thought C was for cookie... NO COOKIE FOR JOO

Daily: Hello.. at the tone the time will be 11:40pm on Sunday August 26th.. BEEP

Depression: sucks, nuff said

Family: hi everyone! I dont steal her blog often enough... love ya'll.

Goodbyes: Not yet, still have many tags to go...

Google search: search for my name... youll find some CEO's of coporations and stuff.. interesting.... What are some of the cool stuff that people the share your names have done?

happiness: opposite of depression. Much better and happier for all!

House: it's still standing. We need to repaint it soon...

Japan: it's a country.. we live here. hi Japan! and Hi Yoko Ono!

MSN Search: Did she ever post about google and msn searches? one has to wonder.. reply below.

Mike: Thats me!

Music: Itunes is great...

PMS: Never had it. explian below if you're a male and have had PMS.

Pictures: Weee... kate likes pictures

Piper: God bless her...

Quotes: I wonder what quotes will come from this post...

Random Stuff: i think this post covers this topic itself.

Romeo: poor guy, he was very cute and loveable.. if only he wouldn't have been so scared =/

Sadness: I'm kinda sad after talking about the pippa and romeo... meh..

Television: We'll be glad to watch actual TV... not AFN.. AFn is ok, but i'll be nice to pick whatever we want to watch, not what they want!

travel: Louisiana is next on the travel list

Worries: I worry about many things. Post what you worry about. We can talk about it...

yarn Stuff: I dont have any yarn stuff except the sweater she made me. She should make more stuff for me! I want toe warmers!

permalink: I dont think this is actually a topic, but I dont feel done with this post quite yet...

comments: I expect alot of comments! Now post! Comment away!!!!!

Oh, and thanks for all the birthday comments and replies! If anyone sent me anything personally, i'll get back to you soon! I promise. been busy, very very busy....

I hope ya'll enjoy the post!

-Mike

I posted on LJ because I didn't want to overwhelm Typepad with pics =p

Go here and read my birthday post on Livejournal!

Thanks for all of the awesome birthday wishes! It has been a really great birthday =)

Almost Happy Birthday to me!

I couldn't sleep, so I thought maybe writing and a few mindless quizzes would help.

I can't believe that I'm almost 21. It's a little scary. I never really thought I'd make it this far. Sounds really weird huh? When you're little though, you don't think you'll EVER be anything but a child. And then one day you wake up and realize you're all grown up (even if you aren't an adult at heart ;)

I can't wait to find out what Mike got me for a my birthday. I know what one of my gifts is, but the other is still a mystery. The one I do know about though is a subscription to Cosmopolitan (he didn't want me to wonder if it just showed up in the mail before my birthday), one of my favorite guilty pleasures that I rarely indulge in. He's so awesome =)

One last note before I head off to bed. I love you Mama and Daddy. Happy day you became parents!

About a Girl

Sometimes at night, I start thinking too hard. I think about our future. I think about my past. I think about the could have, the should have, and the would have. Eventually, I wind up on the subject of college. All of my classmates are starting the second half of their junior year, and I am stuck at terminal freshman. I've let my schooling slack since I moved here. Which is totally my fault. I've had plenty of opportunities and support from everyone. This is just what I chose.

After thinking about this for a while, I start to panic. My chest gets tight, my heart races and think about how they're all preparing for their futures and here I am buying produce at Jusco and watching bad Japanese soap operas. Last night though, for the first time, I thought of something else that made me really happy. My classmates may have all conquered algebra, but I can bid the local gate guards good morning in their native language. I can do Yen to Dollar calculations fairly accurately when I'm shopping. I have used a squatty potty. I have seen the world's biggest tug of war game, eaten some of the craziest foods, learned the hard way about the strength of Okinawa liquor, seen traditional Japanese dances and ceremonies, walked where great kings of old ruled Okinawa, have seen Sukura blossoms up close and not just in pictures, felt the sting of anti American protesters and have bought coffee in a can. I can say Good morning, Good afternoon and Good evening in Japanese. As well as Thank you, Yes, No and Excuse me.

I have lived more than many people twice my age. Who am I to whine? =)

Denise

You'll never guess what came in the mail. Never ever ever!....don't ya at least wanna try? Okay, I'll wait a few lines for you to guess...

Done?

How about now?

In today's mail, I received a set a Denise Interchangeable Knitting Needles! I screamed (in the middle of the post office mind you) and there was some dancing involved. At least till people started asking if I was having a seizure.

My mom wrote into a contest Anne Kaelber was having on her blog, and she won me these INCREDIBLE needles! I still I can't believe I own my own set of Denise needles. I keep opening the box and petting them. They're so pretty. I'm afraid to take them out. So, so pretty...

Thank you so much Mama! I love you very much! And thank you Anne. I keep getting all teary eyed because of your generosity. I feel very blessed, very special and very loved. I can't say thank you enough.

Just wanted to be the last to wish you a Merry Christmas!

I'm finding it hard to get back to a posting regularly after basically being off for two weeks. Not that I was great at posting regularly before my dad came, but at least I gave it the old college try. I didn't even write a small Christmas post this year though. By the way, how was your Christmas Internet? Merry? I hope so =)

Our Christmas was really great. Mike and I got totally spoiled. I know I didn't deserve it. My mama even knitted me some new slippers because my old ones had a hole. I love them. I haven't taken them off in days. Sadly, I even wore them to pick Mike up from work a few times. Piper and Caspie love Christmas. Piper enjoys Christmas carols and sitting under the tree, Caspian likes to climb the tree, remove a candy cane and then run and hide it.

I hope that each and every one of you had a blessed and wonderful Christmas, and that the new year will be filled with much joy, love and wonderful memories.

Happy holidays from all of us here at Chez Watrous!

Some one else makes the beds? I think I love them.

Tomorrow morning, Mike and I leave for our first vacation since our honeymoon. We are going to a small island off the coast called EI Island. I'm so excited. It's only a three day vacation, but still. Two nights of cat-free sleep? Oh yeah baby.

I'm excited and yet terrified. I've been running around the house all day saying, "Could Caspian eat that? Could he strangle himself on this? Will my plants make it with Pip?" We've never left them alone before over night. Most people would tell me I'm crazy. They're just cats. Cats never get into trouble. You can leave cats for weeks at time as long as they have food and water, and they're fine. Right? WRONG. I used to be one of those people. Then I met Piper.

I have a few friends coming to look in on them periodically each day. To make sure they haven't killed each other or that Casp hasn't shut himself in the bathroom again. They should be fine...right?

Blogaversary!

Thank you thank you thank you for all of the sweet and warm blogaversary wishes! The true date was the 26th, but that's not what matters =) Thank you everyone!

What happiness is

When we last left our heroine, Mr. Rhymes With Orange had just arrived home...

The past few days have been wonderful. We've done whatever we've pleased. Gone furniture shopping, gone out to eat, indulged the Pip with new cat toys, taken long naps in the middle of the day, watched movies, bowled, etc. it's been wonderful.

The house feels complete again. My hubby is home and all is right in my world.