Gi-Gi Roxx - The Ravings of a Lunatic

The past couple of weeks have been rough on us here in the Roxx home.  Leelu is cutting molars which is making her a whiny, slobbery, often intolerable, mess.  Then there was last Tuesday. One of the local cinemas has a free movie every Tuesday and Wednesday throughout the summer that starts at 9:30 AM. We decided to skip the usual Tuesday library story time and check out the movie. Plus, I figured it would be a cheap (free) way of finding out how she would do in the theater.  She did better than I expected, honestly.  She sat on my lap picking at the popcorn and laughing at the appropriate moments.  We saw Despicable Me 2, which we had watched twice before at home without paying that much attention to it really.  But she seemed to thoroughly enjoy it on the big screen. We managed about 3/4 of the movie before she started getting too antsy to get on her feet and move about.  So we left early. When we got home things took a turn for the wors...

It cracks me up (and can be kind of embarrassing) when Leelu calls pretty much any old(er) man she sees "pawpaw".  I guess it's good that she makes the connection that her multitude of grandfathers are older, have grey or thinning hair and are called pawpaw. But when she points at complete strangers in public and exclaims "PAWPAW!" its a little awkward. Of course I usually just tell her something along the lines of "yes honey, he might be someone else's pawpaw" and then I try to redirect her attention. She's a hoot. We've spent a fair amount of time with my sister and nephew this week.  Leelu and I went to their house and went for a swim in their pool earlier in the week and then yesterday we met out and about for a day of just loafing at the mall.  When it was time to part ways, poor Leelu didn't want it to happen.  After dropping my sister and nephew off at their car she cried and cried on the way home, alternating whines and ...

Many of you know I took up knitting quite a while back. Some of you know I also recently learned to crochet. I've been having loads of fun with both of them lately and decided to start a blog about the projects I get myself into.  If you have an interest in this, feel free to check it out .  I've added links to both my Ravelry site and my Pintrest Knit & Crochet Board on my sidebar as well. 

I think this whole teething thing is for the birds.  I want my happy, giggly, fun to be around baby back. Since about this past Friday, Leelu has transitioned into a whiny, slobbery, crying mess of a child.  It looks like she's got about four teeth trying to come in right now.  One is barely peeking through on her upper right gums, but the others are just below the surface making her gums all swollen and sore. We've given her cold things to chew on, popsicles and the like. We have provided her with plenty of teething rings and such.  She finds some comfort chewing on her fingers as well it seems.  But when it going gets tough and she's in too much pain to tolerate it, we've given her some Children's Tylenol to ease her pain.  Today I'm going to get some Children's Motrin too, for a change of pace and to see if it will help with her swelling.  I feel soooooo bad for her.  I can't imagine what she must be going through.  She has momen...

The other day we finally tried out the baby pool Leelu's Aunt Jessi got her for Easter.  It was a hit! A bag of beach toys only cost us $1 at the piece goods store and provided endless entertainment while in the pool. The pool is big enough for baby and mommy, so I got in a bit of a soak and splash too! I think Leelu really likes the water, she splashed and played and had a grand old time. The only trouble had with our first day in the pool was my own bathing suit being a bit too small. Butt cheeks kept popping out all over!  I was glad that I'd not decided to take Leelu to a public pool before this test run of our baby pool. You see, I've not purchased a new swim suit in probably the better part of 6 years.  But then, the one I have I've only worn a handful of times. I'm not a big swimmer really.  I bought the suit pretty much just to wear in a creek at our favorite camping location in North Carolina which we frequent all of once a year. ...

So I've been trying to replace my old worn out sneakers for over two weeks now.  I fell in love with a pair like these that my sister bought and let me try on one day.  No pain, no gain...Super fun, but not if you have a jacked up foot. They're so lightweight and comfortable.  Except when you have a foot that's being a jerk.  Yes, that's right.  My foot is a complete and total jackass right now.  My right foot, specifically. When I purchased my own pair of these Nike's I didn't expect to have any problems.  But then I took them on a test drive walk one day. Agony.  Utter agony. Turns out there is an issue with the placement of one of the leather "straps" across the toe that is aggravating what I can only guess is the beginnings of a bunion or whatever on my right foot. It HURT... BAD. I tried loosening the laces to the laxest point possible that would still let me keep the shot on my foot but it didn't help.  I took them ...

I was just organizing a mountain of paperwork that needs to be filed away in the filing cabinet we keep our crap "organized" in.  Next I have to actually take some time to organize the files in the cabinet so they're more user friendly. Right now everything is in wild disarray in there.  It's what I'd call "amok". I hate it.  But I also hate standing there for any amount of time trying to get it in order.  I will dedicate myself to the task one day soon.  I swear it. I realized how much filing there is when maintaining household records AND business related records here in this house.  I used to do that sort of crap when I was being paid to do it by various jobs over the years. I'm not getting paid for this however, not legitimately anyway. Sure I get a roof, food, water, and the occasional new pair of shoes or a fancy new bit of bling.  But I don't have to pay into FICA or SSI or any of that crap, so I guess I'm coming out ah...