Yes, the cards have finally arrived. For those of you that don't know, my who's bond-o has invented a nerdy music card game. We took the plunge over the summer and had 500 decks manufactured to be sold on our website, and they finally arrived yesterday. The pre-orders were shipped out this afternoon. :) If you're interested, check it out at http://www.iv-v-i.com and be sure to tell all of your nerdy friends.
Also, check out our group on facebook.
Happy (almost) Friday!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Kite flying!
So, I bought the kids kites back in April, and totally forgot about them until we were at the park on Monday afternoon and saw someone flying one. Uly was so excited and just watched it saying "Kite, mommy, kite!" over and over again. I'm sure he wished he could fly through the sky like Curious George. :)
So, yesterday, we broke out the kites and headed to the park. Uly was excited, but lost interest after he realized I wasn't going to let go of his string (see Curious George reference above), so he headed off to play on the slide.
Here are some pics I took of Miss Nov flying hers.
It's in the air, yippee!! I sure wish I could get the bottom pic to go over so it would look as though she was flying it. Oh well. Here it is all in one shot.
And finally a video. :) Sorry about all the wind noise, but you do need wind to fly a kite.
So, yesterday, we broke out the kites and headed to the park. Uly was excited, but lost interest after he realized I wasn't going to let go of his string (see Curious George reference above), so he headed off to play on the slide.
Here are some pics I took of Miss Nov flying hers.
It's in the air, yippee!! I sure wish I could get the bottom pic to go over so it would look as though she was flying it. Oh well. Here it is all in one shot.
And finally a video. :) Sorry about all the wind noise, but you do need wind to fly a kite.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Our Honey Done List
Well, summer has arrived and that has allowed the Who's Bond-o and I (and Nanny) the opportunity to get a lot of work done around the house. Over the past two weeks, here is what we have accomplished. I call it the Honey Done List:
~ laid a walkway beside the driveway where there used to be an ugly fence and old overgrown flowerbed.
~ had a ceiling fan installed in the dining room giving us much more light than the two old sconces on the wall.
~ fixed Nanny's door so that it will close completely now!
~ fixed the door leading from the kitchen to the garage so that the deadbolt can be locked.
~ cut down the never-been-pruned lemon tree in the backyard.
~ removed the old rusty shed in the backyard (lots more room back there these days).
~ removed some icky rosebushes that weren't flowering
~ Nanny finished painting her room and is currently hanging up pictures.
Not sure what our next projects will be. I'll be sure to add them to my done list though.
Happy Sunday everyone!
~ laid a walkway beside the driveway where there used to be an ugly fence and old overgrown flowerbed.
~ had a ceiling fan installed in the dining room giving us much more light than the two old sconces on the wall.
~ fixed Nanny's door so that it will close completely now!
~ fixed the door leading from the kitchen to the garage so that the deadbolt can be locked.
~ cut down the never-been-pruned lemon tree in the backyard.
~ removed the old rusty shed in the backyard (lots more room back there these days).
~ removed some icky rosebushes that weren't flowering
~ Nanny finished painting her room and is currently hanging up pictures.
Not sure what our next projects will be. I'll be sure to add them to my done list though.
Happy Sunday everyone!
Friday, July 4, 2008
Worth the Wait
I know, I know. I haven't blogged since March 31st! But believe me, this one is worth the wait.
So, tonight as we are leaving the parking lot after the fireworks were over, allow me to recount the dialog in the van for you.
Who's Bond-o: "Bye! Thanks for taking our 10 bucks, it was better than a blowjob in Hayward!" (talking to the people directing me out)
Nov: "Yeah right dad! (pause) wait, what's a blowjob?"
Between me and Nanny laughing our ASSES off in the front seat, we listen as Who's Bond-o tries to get out of this one.
W: "Well, (pause) it has to do with a leaf blower (pause).
N: "I don't get it"
W: "There's nothing to get, but needless to say, you don't need to know what it is until you are 18."
To which I add, "and please don't go around asking anyone else what it is either, PLEASE!"
:) Ya gotta love parenthood.
So, tonight as we are leaving the parking lot after the fireworks were over, allow me to recount the dialog in the van for you.
Who's Bond-o: "Bye! Thanks for taking our 10 bucks, it was better than a blowjob in Hayward!" (talking to the people directing me out)
Nov: "Yeah right dad! (pause) wait, what's a blowjob?"
Between me and Nanny laughing our ASSES off in the front seat, we listen as Who's Bond-o tries to get out of this one.
W: "Well, (pause) it has to do with a leaf blower (pause).
N: "I don't get it"
W: "There's nothing to get, but needless to say, you don't need to know what it is until you are 18."
To which I add, "and please don't go around asking anyone else what it is either, PLEASE!"
:) Ya gotta love parenthood.
Monday, March 31, 2008
MusicTeacherTools.com goes global!
Our business at MusicTeacherTools.com has officially gone global. In the past week, we have sold fonts to people in Australia and Sweden. Ya gotta love the internet!
In case you're interested in seeing our newly updated site (customers can now download the fonts!) click here.
Happy Monday everyone!
In case you're interested in seeing our newly updated site (customers can now download the fonts!) click here.
Happy Monday everyone!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Priorities
So yesterday I finally got around to filling out the appropriate paperwork to get our local school district to allow Nov to finish out the year in her old school. Thankfully they didn't ask WHEN we moved, cuz I wasn't looking forward to telling them we'd moved before Thanksgiving!
At any rate, as we were leaving the school Nov is zoned for with the paperwork in hand, she asks me where she will be going to school next year. I tell her that Who's Bond-o and I are still considering our options. I elaborate to tell her that I doubt the new school district will allow her to go to the old school district next year. (translation: new school district doesn't want to lose the money the state pays per pupil to the old school district. We are in a budget crunch after all.) I explain that daddy and I are trying to decide whether to send her to school in my district (which I can do because I work there) or try to get her into a school in our home district where she already knows people.
She processes this and says, "but I wish I could go to both. I really like both of them."
I tell her that sometimes in life when you are having trouble deciding between two things that you want, it helps to think about the reasons you want each one and decide which reasons are better. She thinks and then begins to think out loud.
"Well, I want to go to (local school) because my friends are there. And I have two reasons for wanting to go to (mom's school district). The first one is because you work there and that would be neat. The second is because they have see-saws."
Huh?
Yes, folks, you read that right. See-saws. You see, Nov recently had a staff development day at her school, and rather than paying for her to go spend the whole day at her after school program, she came to school with me. I didn't have a class during recess time, so we went out to play. She spent almost her entire time on the see-saws. And she loved them so much, that apparently it was making it difficult to decide which school to go to.
:) Priorities!!!
At any rate, as we were leaving the school Nov is zoned for with the paperwork in hand, she asks me where she will be going to school next year. I tell her that Who's Bond-o and I are still considering our options. I elaborate to tell her that I doubt the new school district will allow her to go to the old school district next year. (translation: new school district doesn't want to lose the money the state pays per pupil to the old school district. We are in a budget crunch after all.) I explain that daddy and I are trying to decide whether to send her to school in my district (which I can do because I work there) or try to get her into a school in our home district where she already knows people.
She processes this and says, "but I wish I could go to both. I really like both of them."
I tell her that sometimes in life when you are having trouble deciding between two things that you want, it helps to think about the reasons you want each one and decide which reasons are better. She thinks and then begins to think out loud.
"Well, I want to go to (local school) because my friends are there. And I have two reasons for wanting to go to (mom's school district). The first one is because you work there and that would be neat. The second is because they have see-saws."
Huh?
Yes, folks, you read that right. See-saws. You see, Nov recently had a staff development day at her school, and rather than paying for her to go spend the whole day at her after school program, she came to school with me. I didn't have a class during recess time, so we went out to play. She spent almost her entire time on the see-saws. And she loved them so much, that apparently it was making it difficult to decide which school to go to.
:) Priorities!!!
The $1,000 lesson
I learned my first lesson as a homeowner a few weeks ago. It was a Saturday evening around 8:00 and I had just gone to the room on the back of the garage to sort my laundry. I heard a dripping sound. Upon investigation, I discovered there was water coming up from the standpipe behind the washer. I pulled out the discharge hose and saw that water was indeed rising, and not just sitting there. Knowing I hadn't done any laundry, I wondered how this had happened.
I went to get a bowl and let Who's Bond-o know that we had a problem. As I used the turkey baster to keep the pipe from running over, Who's Bond-o got on the phone to a student of his that happens to be a licensed plumber. The student comes over and tries to help out. By that time I had gotten the water to stop coming out, and we discovered it would start again if someone flushed the toilet or ran water in the kitchen.
After discovering we didn't have a clean out valve on our 1950s house, we decided we had to call a plumber the next day. We packed our stuff and went to stay at a local hotel so we could take showers and use the bathroom.
Sunday comes and I get ahold of the local rescue rooter type people. The show up (2 hours later!) and give me the bad news. Since I don't have a clean out valve, it is going to cost me $600 to have them bring their heavy ass machine down the stairs to my house (I HAD to buy the house on the side of the hill, right?) and take the toilets off the floor and snake out the drain.
OR, I can pay the $1,000 to install a clean out valve outside so that the next time this happens, it will only cost me $180 to have it snaked out (or I can snake it out myself). So, by the title of the blog, I'm sure you have figured out which option I chose. :(
Two hours later I have the clean out valve in place and they snake the drain. They pull out the culprit.......baby wipes. UGH! I have been potty training U-man, and he has been not caring to poop in the pot. So when he poops in his drawers, I bend him over my knee and clean him up. Not wanting to throw the icky wipes in the trash can and stink up the place, I was putting them in the toilet. I thought I was okay with flushing after each one, but apparently not! Funny thing is that I hadn't put any down in over a week because I have gotten him to bring me a diaper when he needs to poop. Not the best of ways, but at least I don't have to clean poopy underwear!
So, heed my advice, don't put baby wipes down the toilet.
I went to get a bowl and let Who's Bond-o know that we had a problem. As I used the turkey baster to keep the pipe from running over, Who's Bond-o got on the phone to a student of his that happens to be a licensed plumber. The student comes over and tries to help out. By that time I had gotten the water to stop coming out, and we discovered it would start again if someone flushed the toilet or ran water in the kitchen.
After discovering we didn't have a clean out valve on our 1950s house, we decided we had to call a plumber the next day. We packed our stuff and went to stay at a local hotel so we could take showers and use the bathroom.
Sunday comes and I get ahold of the local rescue rooter type people. The show up (2 hours later!) and give me the bad news. Since I don't have a clean out valve, it is going to cost me $600 to have them bring their heavy ass machine down the stairs to my house (I HAD to buy the house on the side of the hill, right?) and take the toilets off the floor and snake out the drain.
OR, I can pay the $1,000 to install a clean out valve outside so that the next time this happens, it will only cost me $180 to have it snaked out (or I can snake it out myself). So, by the title of the blog, I'm sure you have figured out which option I chose. :(
Two hours later I have the clean out valve in place and they snake the drain. They pull out the culprit.......baby wipes. UGH! I have been potty training U-man, and he has been not caring to poop in the pot. So when he poops in his drawers, I bend him over my knee and clean him up. Not wanting to throw the icky wipes in the trash can and stink up the place, I was putting them in the toilet. I thought I was okay with flushing after each one, but apparently not! Funny thing is that I hadn't put any down in over a week because I have gotten him to bring me a diaper when he needs to poop. Not the best of ways, but at least I don't have to clean poopy underwear!
So, heed my advice, don't put baby wipes down the toilet.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Dear Miss Nov,
I so enjoyed our time together this afternoon. It was so fun to sit at the table with you drinking our hot chocolate and you eating your blueberry muffin. I liked shaking our butts at the Starbucks counter singing "hot, hot.....hot chocolate!!!" :o)
Sometimes I worry that I am too hard on you and that you will hate me when you get older. Thinking about it though, I realize you probably will (doesn't every kid hate their parent at some point?). I will always have the image of us enjoying hot chocolate and feeling like the best mom in the whole world.
I love you, sweetie. More than you know.
Love,
Mommy
Sometimes I worry that I am too hard on you and that you will hate me when you get older. Thinking about it though, I realize you probably will (doesn't every kid hate their parent at some point?). I will always have the image of us enjoying hot chocolate and feeling like the best mom in the whole world.
I love you, sweetie. More than you know.
Love,
Mommy
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Houston, we have some pee pee!
Well, ladies and gentlemen, today is the day I thought I'd never see. U-man actually peed in the potty!!! Two weeks before his 4th birthday. I was sure he'd go to kindergarten in diapers, but he has proved me wrong, and boy am I happy. :o) The best part is that he did it again before bed, with a huge smile on his face!
I'm one happy mommy!
I'm one happy mommy!
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Being sick totally bites!
What a day it has been around here today. Both kids are home sick (I won't gross you out with details) and I am laid up with a strained back! 6 days til Christmas! Good thing I have all my shopping done. Now I just have to try to get everything wrapped with this bad back of mine. Ugh!
Thankfully the colleague I share one of my schools with has agreed to take care of my band kids at tonight's concert. Now I can concentrate on getting better.
I had hoped to post a Christmas card type letter here for everyone to read about our year, but that may have to wait until my back is a little better.
TTFN
Thankfully the colleague I share one of my schools with has agreed to take care of my band kids at tonight's concert. Now I can concentrate on getting better.
I had hoped to post a Christmas card type letter here for everyone to read about our year, but that may have to wait until my back is a little better.
TTFN
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
D-O-N-E....done, done, done!!!
Today Nov and I waved goodbye to our Palomares Hills home for the last time. It took us over a week to get all of our stuff out of it, and we were VERY excited to take the last load of stuff out.
So, it's "goodbye renting, hello homeownership"!
If you'd like to see some pics of our new house (particularly the new kitchen floor we put in) check out Who's Bond-o's blog.
Once we have the boxes that are FILLING our garage unpacked and finish painting in my room, I'll take some pics and post them here. Hopefully that will be around the first of the year! Until then,
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
I have so much to be thankful for, and YOU are one of them. :)
So, it's "goodbye renting, hello homeownership"!
If you'd like to see some pics of our new house (particularly the new kitchen floor we put in) check out Who's Bond-o's blog.
Once we have the boxes that are FILLING our garage unpacked and finish painting in my room, I'll take some pics and post them here. Hopefully that will be around the first of the year! Until then,
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
I have so much to be thankful for, and YOU are one of them. :)
Friday, October 5, 2007
In escrow!
Yippee! We have finally found a house and gotten our offer accepted. Rather than retyping all the details, you can read all about it on Who's Bondo's blog.
Part one here
and
Part two here
We will have a 10-day contingency period, and then the house is ours! We have our home inspection on Monday afternoon, can't wait!
Happy Friday!
Part one here
and
Part two here
We will have a 10-day contingency period, and then the house is ours! We have our home inspection on Monday afternoon, can't wait!
Happy Friday!
Monday, October 1, 2007
In trouble?
Tonight while I was cooking dinner, I heard Nov scream at her brother, "Hey! You don't call me that!" I roll my eyes and try to ignore the yelling.
Always the tattle tail, Nov comes in and says, "Guess what he called me."
"What?"
"Novlyne James Hernandez!"
All I could do was shake my head and laugh!
Ya think Uman has been in trouble a little too much lately? :)
Always the tattle tail, Nov comes in and says, "Guess what he called me."
"What?"
"Novlyne James Hernandez!"
All I could do was shake my head and laugh!
Ya think Uman has been in trouble a little too much lately? :)
Friday, September 28, 2007
Another Novism
Tonight we were all in the car on our way to dinner. Nov was in the very back seat of the van playing Ratatouille on her DS.
She says to us, "I can read French, I just don't know what the words are."
:)
She says to us, "I can read French, I just don't know what the words are."
:)
Monday, September 24, 2007
Football Mommy, Football!
Yesterday, we watched our beloved Steelers beat the 49ers. Made even better by the fact that we live in the Bay Area, so I could gloat at school today. Ulysses watched the entire game with us (playing on the side). About the beginning of the 4th quarter, he started saying "Football, mommy. Football!" Who's Bond-o and I were like "Duh, you've been watching it for 2 hours now!" He kept pointing upstairs, so I assumed he wanted his Steeler football and told him to go up and get it. So he went upstairs, all the time chanting "Football mommy. Football!"
He finally came downstairs carrying my Jerome Bettis jersey. See, he loves his "football shirts" (jerseys). Something must have clicked at that moment as if to say, "Hey, I have one of those! Why isn't it on my body?!" He can't reach into his drawer to get his own, so he decided to wear mine. Now keep in mind that this is my dad's old jersey that I inheritted 3 years ago, and it is HUGE! But Uly wanted his football shirt, and I couldn't deny him. (And heck if I was going to miss the game long enough to go get his for him.) So, he rips of his own shirt, and we put the gigantic jersey on him. Here he is!
He'll fit into it one day. I'll save it for him, and he can wear Pap Pap's "football shirt".
He finally came downstairs carrying my Jerome Bettis jersey. See, he loves his "football shirts" (jerseys). Something must have clicked at that moment as if to say, "Hey, I have one of those! Why isn't it on my body?!" He can't reach into his drawer to get his own, so he decided to wear mine. Now keep in mind that this is my dad's old jersey that I inheritted 3 years ago, and it is HUGE! But Uly wanted his football shirt, and I couldn't deny him. (And heck if I was going to miss the game long enough to go get his for him.) So, he rips of his own shirt, and we put the gigantic jersey on him. Here he is!
He'll fit into it one day. I'll save it for him, and he can wear Pap Pap's "football shirt".
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