A. Watch a "sunny" series, like "Friends", or "90210". Something upbeat, funny or colorful.
B. Let your newborn's smiles fill your heart with warmth.

Sure, B is the real thing, the other works though too. After almost two months of caring and nurturing baby G, we are finally getting to the point where life is less hectic, more fun and can actually enjoy my flavored coffee watching a favorite show.



The weather has been behaving, no snow whatsoever (ok not totally true but no accumulation this year), and we have started going out with baby. Today was a no go because of the cold rain and the bone drilling humidity, but tomorrow maybe yes. We did venture to the balcony and got "our air". Then I went inside and slept as he was sleeping for almost an hour and half. At least this way I catch up on daily sleep. Of course we will never catch up what we lost about a month ago, though that doesn't mean that I won't keep trying.

It was among the most shared articles on FB in the year 2011. ROFL!





Stop worrying about your CV, this is the most useful example of a totally appropriate and super cover letter you can send so that they instantly hire you at the job of your choice.

Does it happen to you too?

I wake up with these questions in my head and I have to search to find the answers. Take the etymology (what it means) of the popular and internationally used phrase OK.

I am sharing the wiki link below. It made me chuckle that there is even a theory for Greek origins. Those Greeks! Sheesh...LOL.

Okay - Wikipedia

Okay, In case you were wondering, the other question was "where does the phrase smoking jacket come from?"

Someone shared this on FB today. Love the voice and feeling of Blutengel.

Rejoice! He IS born. Merry Christmas!

Finally, the real cold is here. I know, I know...I have been saying it, hexing it almost for a month or more, but its here. Yep. Snowed even.

No, I am not kidding. There is light sheen of snow on the soil outside the house, anywhere there's no asphalt, cars or cement. The temperature has fallen and it's beautiful and sad. My kind of weather.




I meant to go out for a good walk today, but I  will not. I sort of enjoy this weather better at home, with a good cup of hot, flavored coffee and later cocoa. For tomorrow they predict sunny skies so I am going to take my outing then.

So far I have woken up, had a first cup of coffee, watched the latest Supernatural episode (including an "I am all out of love" lip singing Dean moment of gold) and now I am blogging. And we know how hyped I have to be to blog, lately.

On the baby front, he has gotten bigger, I have almost completed the 7th month and on to the 8th. Pregnancy and motherhood are miracles, but they are not without their troubles. For instance, I can't get close enough to the table to write comfortably. And I have to go the bathroom at least every hour. Two hours at night at best. Can't wait for due day.

The story bug bit me again last night, and I snapped it with my hand. I can't seem to ever put keys to MSword ever, so why bother? Yet, imagination runs free in me and I can't help it. This one is a vampire story, again. Totally different than the others up on in there. (I am pointing to my head.) I will enjoy it until the next thing comes around.




The funniest was that there was no vampire that inspired this one, it was actually (chuckles) a scene in the Transformers: Dark of the moon. About the end, when Carly goes up to chat Megatron. Dear lord, right? The beauty and the beast kind of thing went on, and I have to say, booo to M. Bay for skewering and twisting the ever lasting memory of the Autobots and Decepticons alike. I am so glad I didn't go to see it last summer in the cinema. I would have cried. For my money too.

How can you take the character of Optimus Prime and make him such an everybody? Please, it takes infinite more valor and strength to be pure than to go with the flow. And for ever, for all his non Bay movie incarnations, Optimus was the pure, committed to justice and equality hero who'd sacrifice for the weaker beings. He was definitely, not, THIS...whatever that was. And not to mention what they did to Megatron's character. For real, who...Why does Hollywood have to mash, chew and spit everything to remodel it in an amorphous, run of the mill, paste? To make everything equal, tasteless and colorless, so that no one feels worse than others. Or better yet, so there are no ideals.




That said, who cares? OP, Megatron and the boys go on thanks to Hasbro, and they will always be themselves in the comic universe.

On to better things today, have to ask husband to help out with some chores I can't do anymore. I hope he is up to it. Oh, the heating is on. See? I told you, cold weather! He, he.

Yesterday was one of those weird days for me. I guess I didn't take it so happily that the temperature rose again. How many times do I have to say it? I hate Philadelphian summers. And this year even more so. HATE them. I Feel better now.

So, I did some some searches online, did some FB browsing, but nothing cheered me. When husband came home, I felt instantly better, and the night passed nicely. Had a good night's, and morning's, sleep and today feel lot better. Seems I can't have two good days in a row. At least I know my self and don't freak out. Work with what you have, you know?

I was all over the place today with my thoughts for searches. I checked prices on Vodafone.gr for Iphones, then compared with ATT. The problem is that in Greece they don't give you a cheaper phone when you have a package. *Shakes head*

Then I checked some art. I found this awesome gal's work. The name is Ana Fagarazzi and has a blog and a deviant art profile. I fell in love with this one, but no wonder since it's exactly how I imagined a certain couple in one of my stories.



And then of course I started listening to music. To be honest, I started before I begun internet surfing, I love music. I have many Pandora stations, and there is one that I have edited to play metal (symphonic, industrial, some power, some doom etc). As the music streams, I get more excited with some pieces, regardless how many times I have heard them before. Some have even inspired stories, so they are special. Here is one from Therion. It's called "Dark Venus Persephone".
 



And the lyrics do speak about the original myth. Very good song, bit sad, although Persephone did end up being the Queen of the underworld.

Later on, music drifted towards the more industrial, and this beauty came up.

Rammstein - Sehnsucht





If you don't headbang to this... *shakes head*

And now I am eating tuna salad. I am contemplating watching some Transformers G1 episode. Hmm....

Me and the baby had our first "swim".

We "swam" in the tsunami waters of Philadelphia weather. We don't need hurricanes going by to have so much water pouring down. LOLOL.

Right by Rhittenhouse square, there was a "lake" between two sidewalks. My pants were falling down because the bottoms were too heavy from the water! Basically, the only piece of clothing that didn't get soaked was my bra.

LOLOLOL..It was fun though, the first day of fall.

The first day of fall?




I am optimistic. Today, our windows are open, AC is taking a much needed break, and I even made warm coffee to slowly wake up from slumber. My nerve endings are tingling with excitement. Is this pressure cooker called summer in Philadelphia finally over? Am I going to be able to walk out freely again?

Pregnancy hasn't made summer a happy place outside this year. I run warmer, I can't breathe well with my sinuses closing up, and it's sucks being sweaty with a hefty belly. But today, today...I am so excited.

My husband left the living room window open before he left this morning. And the smell of a dirty city getting rinsed filled the house. But along that yukiness, cool air and the feel of fall hitched along. So much that in my sleep my subconscious built up a dream where I was back in school, and it was the first day. Complicated, as teenagers and dreams are, but fun. Don't you love the power of our minds? Who needs time machines?

I made a warm cup of coffee. It must be 4 months since the last time I did that. All I need is a croissant, and the feel is just there. The cool breeze of relief. I am listening to a customized lounge station I have made in Pandora and it's just perfect.

What's the umami equivalent for quiet pleasure?