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Sunday, October 19, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
This doesn't frighten you in the least?
I am not a McCain fan. He's old, he's a repeat of what we have already had for the past eight years, and I think his company says a lot about him. Cindy McCain looks like she is going to need rehab again soon, and if she didn't fit in when he was first a senator when she chose to move back to AZ, she surely is not gonna make it as First Lady.
When McCain picked Palin as his running mate, he picked the stupidest person possible. Let's be honest and to the point. Why? Who in their right mind could think that this woman is even close to qualified for ANY political position? I think this is one of the best clips of things that she has said that only proves my theory....stupidest person......
Really? Never heard of Time or perhaps Newsweek? The News-Miner perhaps? This is just one of MANY stupid answers she has given.
And just to reinforce the fact, McCain is old. He has had melanoma - you can still see it in his face. He could fall over dead VERY soon and that would make Palin your president. I say yours because I am moving to Canada if this happens.
When McCain picked Palin as his running mate, he picked the stupidest person possible. Let's be honest and to the point. Why? Who in their right mind could think that this woman is even close to qualified for ANY political position? I think this is one of the best clips of things that she has said that only proves my theory....stupidest person......
Really? Never heard of Time or perhaps Newsweek? The News-Miner perhaps? This is just one of MANY stupid answers she has given.
And just to reinforce the fact, McCain is old. He has had melanoma - you can still see it in his face. He could fall over dead VERY soon and that would make Palin your president. I say yours because I am moving to Canada if this happens.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
newsworthy
Check us out. If you're impatient, we're at about the 2 minute mark. Good times.
[flv:http://cheztiar.com/artown_news.flv 480 368]
And as long as I'm here, I added a few new photos...to Lola's album, Sid's album, and some obligatory kitten pictures.
[flv:http://cheztiar.com/artown_news.flv 480 368]
And as long as I'm here, I added a few new photos...to Lola's album, Sid's album, and some obligatory kitten pictures.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
blah, blah, blah
Sometimes I feel that I just go on and on about mindless crap that no one cares about. Then again, I think that I avoid blogging about stuff that is great because I don't have enough to say. Anywho, here are some random thoughts that I have had lately:
- We went and saw Hair last Friday. It is being put on by TMCC theater group. It was FABULOUS!!! I love a great musical. Still waiting to see my favorite: West Side Story. Even better would be if I could sing and audition. I wonder if one voice lesson would help? My mom used to cover my mouth in church.
-Just watched La Vie en Rose. Great movie. Love Edith Piaf. Saw her grave at Pere-Lachaise in 2002. I checked out some footage of Edith Piaf on You Tube. Marion Cotillard did an excellent job! She portrayed her so wonderfully!
-Found another Cooks Illustrated cookbook at work (to buy)! I love these cookbooks. They simplify and get the perfect recipe!
-Spring is coming. Yea! Nicer weather and longer days. Don't forget to set your clocks on Sunday.
- Christian won Project Runway!! If I could only sew! I can already hear my name being said by Tim Gunn and Michael Kors. Fabulous reality TV. I also watch The Biggest Loser. So great to see people take control of their lives. I am not a big Brittany fan since Bernie had to go home this week.
-Hilary? Does she have a chance? Big win in Texas. I am still in favor of Obama.
-Kelly Ricciardi cut Lola's hair. Lola got her first "official" hair cut.
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-Sid is getting so big!
and he is starting to sleep through the night:)
-and Lola.....
-and both of them.......
- We went and saw Hair last Friday. It is being put on by TMCC theater group. It was FABULOUS!!! I love a great musical. Still waiting to see my favorite: West Side Story. Even better would be if I could sing and audition. I wonder if one voice lesson would help? My mom used to cover my mouth in church.
-Just watched La Vie en Rose. Great movie. Love Edith Piaf. Saw her grave at Pere-Lachaise in 2002. I checked out some footage of Edith Piaf on You Tube. Marion Cotillard did an excellent job! She portrayed her so wonderfully!
-Found another Cooks Illustrated cookbook at work (to buy)! I love these cookbooks. They simplify and get the perfect recipe!
-Spring is coming. Yea! Nicer weather and longer days. Don't forget to set your clocks on Sunday.
- Christian won Project Runway!! If I could only sew! I can already hear my name being said by Tim Gunn and Michael Kors. Fabulous reality TV. I also watch The Biggest Loser. So great to see people take control of their lives. I am not a big Brittany fan since Bernie had to go home this week.
-Hilary? Does she have a chance? Big win in Texas. I am still in favor of Obama.
-Kelly Ricciardi cut Lola's hair. Lola got her first "official" hair cut.
-Sid is getting so big!
and he is starting to sleep through the night:)
-and Lola.....
-and both of them.......
Thursday, February 21, 2008
I'm that old?
Friday, December 14, 2007
Marc's enormous post about all kinds of stuff in our lives
OK, here I am, back again so soon. Still not loading pictures, but my mind was racing last night after posting the last little blurb, full of other little items of note. When I converted the old cheztiar into this blog format, it was in an effort to preserve our little familial goings-on, rather than losing them each time I revised the front page. So at this time, as we approach the end of the year, when everyone is looking back on the past and ahead to the future, I want to toss out a bunch of stuff in that spirit. It may not make for the best reading for you, dear readers; the minutiae of the Tiars' recent lives, spouted forth like a broken sewer main does not "Ulysses" make. But if you're into stream of consciousness, random tidbits, and odds and ends recorded here for posterity, read on...
In the kids department, we had another one this year. Young Sid is going on five months old now. Doesn't sleep through the night. Taking formula isn't going very well. He cries more than Lola did and takes really short naps. But he's growing like a weed, cute as a button, and going to turn out OK. Lola turned three recently, and she's still our little princess. Adorable barely describes her on her worst day. That's still little comfort when she calls us back into her room 3-4 times for a sip of water or other ridiculous reason after going to bed, or when she wakes up at 4am still, or insists on pooping in her diaper (she still sleeps in one) when she knows darn well how to use the toilet like a big girl. Perhaps some regression due to baby brother and new house is going on... Both kids have had their share of colds lately, lots of runny noses, coughing, etc. but we bought a nice vaporizer that keeps a room nice and humid through the night. Speaking of devices we bought, as of a couple weeks ago, we're the proud owners of a remanufactured Roomba robot vacuum. It's still more of a novelty than a real labor saver since you still have to pick up a bunch of toys and shoes and stuff, but it works OK and it's kind of fun. Returning to the topic of Lola for a moment, Morgan toured a couple preschools this week, so we're starting to think about it. Expensive! Need to figure out the best schedule and what's affordable, but we think we've found the place when it's time. No daycare for Sid yet though, we're not ready for that yet.
(This is silly, I started writing this as a text document that I would paste into cheztiar later, but I'm having to do it in such small bits as time permits, I should just be writing online in the first place...but I digress.)
One other thing I envisioned doing a lot of on this here website was sharing books, music, and movies that I've enjoyed (or not) with you all. Not much reading going on these days - by the time I get to bed, too tired to read much, and what I've been reading is pretty dull. I picked up a book on coffee, a sort of reference book on personal finance, and one on making beer. I need to get back into some page-turner fiction. Most of my reading these days is Wired magazine, trying to get through one issue before next one comes, or the various blogs and websites I try to hit every day. I guess reading is reading, but a book would be nice sometime soon.
Speaking of personal finance, that's the other thing on my mind these days. I must be a real grown-up now, I think a lot about ways to retire early, save a lot for retirement, writing a will, and look forward to doing taxes so I can see just how much having a 2nd child and a home equity loan will improve our tax situation. This year, I opened a Flexible Spending Account, another tax break for medical expenses, and enrolled in the Hartford's 457 plan, yet another way to save on taxes and save for retirement pretty easily. Fat nest egg, here I come.
Musicwise, I just recently started listening to Sublime again. After getting the box set earlier this year, it's kind of sat on the shelf for a while, so I brought it out to listen to again, and have been really enjoying it, getting back into their music again. I have to say, I really think they claim the title of "my favorite band ever". Which brings me to a trivial little anecdote. With my renewed interest, I thought I'd look to see what Wikipedia had on Sublime. As expected, a good thorough entry, and good entries on each band member. So, reading through the entry on drummer Bud Gaugh, it mentions he now lives in Nevada. Huh, interesting coincidence. So I visit his MySpace page, read about his new surf band (which sounds great, looking forward to hearing what they put out), and it turns out he lives in Reno at least part of the time. More coincidence. Among all my reading and websurfing, I am referred to a recent SPIN magazine which has a good article on Sublime's legacy and a tribute band back east called Badfish. So I go to find that issue at the library, and Foo Fighters are on the cover. Foo Fighters just announced a concert date here in February, which I think I'll be attending. And the final coincidence...Dave Grohl is wearing a Bucket of Blood Saloon t-shirt on the cover...it all comes back to Reno. (I've always maintained, besides being a great place to live with lots of interesting history, Reno is forever destined to be the footnote to history...famous people get arrested here, relatives of famous people die here, we're mentioned in songs randomly.)
Movies...never get to those much anymore. Netflix (and the library) keeps us in recent release, but all our time is getting sucked up by Six Feet Under these days. I can't give up any more time to TV series!
Changing gears again here, let's talk food and drink. Morgan and I celebrated our fourth anniverary with dinner at Harrah's Steakhouse, probably the oldest fine-dining establishment in town. A bit disappointing, mostly the crowd, but the food was nothing that special. We'll probably return to LuLou's or 4th Street Bistro in the future. And there's always our usual splurge that doesn't really qualify as fine-dining, SUSHI. For now, our attention is on Amish Friendship Bread since receiving a starter for a coworker. I continue to dwell on my love for two beverages - beer and coffee. Someday you'll all be regular customers of Marc's House of Barley and Beans (I still need to work on the name...)
In the technology realm, we're still happily wireless and using the laptop around the house most of the time, but I had an epiphany recently and added 1GB of memory to the desktop PC in the office and it runs SO much better now! Still need to tidy up the hard drive some, and I think I've committed myself to migrating to Picasa to organize and tag photos. With two kids being reared in the age of digital photos, we're rapidly accumulating hundreds of digital photos with little organization. At least I've got some piecemeal backup systems in place, but I need something more systematic I think. Picasa and some kind of offsite storage may be the answer. Not sure when I'll have the time, but at least I've started thinking about it... I dabbled in trying to burn a movie onto DVD, wrestling with the matter from every angle before deciding the DVD burner on the laptop is kaput. Sigh.
I'll toss out a plug here for a game we've been enjoying quite a bit lately, courtesy of Grandpa Dave, Apples to Apples is our latest party-game fascination.
And lastly, I just want to give a shout-out to our little dog Daisy. She's seen some rough times lately, with her diagnosis of Cushing's Disease, recent stomach issues, difficulty with stairs, and general aging. We still love her, and hope she'll stick with us comfortably for a little while longer.
And with that, dear readers, I'll come to a close. If you've read all of this, I owe you a coffee or a beer. Keep coming back to cheztiar in 2008.
In the kids department, we had another one this year. Young Sid is going on five months old now. Doesn't sleep through the night. Taking formula isn't going very well. He cries more than Lola did and takes really short naps. But he's growing like a weed, cute as a button, and going to turn out OK. Lola turned three recently, and she's still our little princess. Adorable barely describes her on her worst day. That's still little comfort when she calls us back into her room 3-4 times for a sip of water or other ridiculous reason after going to bed, or when she wakes up at 4am still, or insists on pooping in her diaper (she still sleeps in one) when she knows darn well how to use the toilet like a big girl. Perhaps some regression due to baby brother and new house is going on... Both kids have had their share of colds lately, lots of runny noses, coughing, etc. but we bought a nice vaporizer that keeps a room nice and humid through the night. Speaking of devices we bought, as of a couple weeks ago, we're the proud owners of a remanufactured Roomba robot vacuum. It's still more of a novelty than a real labor saver since you still have to pick up a bunch of toys and shoes and stuff, but it works OK and it's kind of fun. Returning to the topic of Lola for a moment, Morgan toured a couple preschools this week, so we're starting to think about it. Expensive! Need to figure out the best schedule and what's affordable, but we think we've found the place when it's time. No daycare for Sid yet though, we're not ready for that yet.
(This is silly, I started writing this as a text document that I would paste into cheztiar later, but I'm having to do it in such small bits as time permits, I should just be writing online in the first place...but I digress.)
One other thing I envisioned doing a lot of on this here website was sharing books, music, and movies that I've enjoyed (or not) with you all. Not much reading going on these days - by the time I get to bed, too tired to read much, and what I've been reading is pretty dull. I picked up a book on coffee, a sort of reference book on personal finance, and one on making beer. I need to get back into some page-turner fiction. Most of my reading these days is Wired magazine, trying to get through one issue before next one comes, or the various blogs and websites I try to hit every day. I guess reading is reading, but a book would be nice sometime soon.
Speaking of personal finance, that's the other thing on my mind these days. I must be a real grown-up now, I think a lot about ways to retire early, save a lot for retirement, writing a will, and look forward to doing taxes so I can see just how much having a 2nd child and a home equity loan will improve our tax situation. This year, I opened a Flexible Spending Account, another tax break for medical expenses, and enrolled in the Hartford's 457 plan, yet another way to save on taxes and save for retirement pretty easily. Fat nest egg, here I come.
Musicwise, I just recently started listening to Sublime again. After getting the box set earlier this year, it's kind of sat on the shelf for a while, so I brought it out to listen to again, and have been really enjoying it, getting back into their music again. I have to say, I really think they claim the title of "my favorite band ever". Which brings me to a trivial little anecdote. With my renewed interest, I thought I'd look to see what Wikipedia had on Sublime. As expected, a good thorough entry, and good entries on each band member. So, reading through the entry on drummer Bud Gaugh, it mentions he now lives in Nevada. Huh, interesting coincidence. So I visit his MySpace page, read about his new surf band (which sounds great, looking forward to hearing what they put out), and it turns out he lives in Reno at least part of the time. More coincidence. Among all my reading and websurfing, I am referred to a recent SPIN magazine which has a good article on Sublime's legacy and a tribute band back east called Badfish. So I go to find that issue at the library, and Foo Fighters are on the cover. Foo Fighters just announced a concert date here in February, which I think I'll be attending. And the final coincidence...Dave Grohl is wearing a Bucket of Blood Saloon t-shirt on the cover...it all comes back to Reno. (I've always maintained, besides being a great place to live with lots of interesting history, Reno is forever destined to be the footnote to history...famous people get arrested here, relatives of famous people die here, we're mentioned in songs randomly.)
Movies...never get to those much anymore. Netflix (and the library) keeps us in recent release, but all our time is getting sucked up by Six Feet Under these days. I can't give up any more time to TV series!
Changing gears again here, let's talk food and drink. Morgan and I celebrated our fourth anniverary with dinner at Harrah's Steakhouse, probably the oldest fine-dining establishment in town. A bit disappointing, mostly the crowd, but the food was nothing that special. We'll probably return to LuLou's or 4th Street Bistro in the future. And there's always our usual splurge that doesn't really qualify as fine-dining, SUSHI. For now, our attention is on Amish Friendship Bread since receiving a starter for a coworker. I continue to dwell on my love for two beverages - beer and coffee. Someday you'll all be regular customers of Marc's House of Barley and Beans (I still need to work on the name...)
In the technology realm, we're still happily wireless and using the laptop around the house most of the time, but I had an epiphany recently and added 1GB of memory to the desktop PC in the office and it runs SO much better now! Still need to tidy up the hard drive some, and I think I've committed myself to migrating to Picasa to organize and tag photos. With two kids being reared in the age of digital photos, we're rapidly accumulating hundreds of digital photos with little organization. At least I've got some piecemeal backup systems in place, but I need something more systematic I think. Picasa and some kind of offsite storage may be the answer. Not sure when I'll have the time, but at least I've started thinking about it... I dabbled in trying to burn a movie onto DVD, wrestling with the matter from every angle before deciding the DVD burner on the laptop is kaput. Sigh.
I'll toss out a plug here for a game we've been enjoying quite a bit lately, courtesy of Grandpa Dave, Apples to Apples is our latest party-game fascination.
And lastly, I just want to give a shout-out to our little dog Daisy. She's seen some rough times lately, with her diagnosis of Cushing's Disease, recent stomach issues, difficulty with stairs, and general aging. We still love her, and hope she'll stick with us comfortably for a little while longer.
And with that, dear readers, I'll come to a close. If you've read all of this, I owe you a coffee or a beer. Keep coming back to cheztiar in 2008.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Just another date night
Marc and I talked about having a date night tonight. Instead, the kids and Marc have colds, we went to look for a bed, went to Costco, and Sid threw up on me. Probably one of the most interesting dates I've had in a long time!!
Has anybody else ever noticed that it mostly rains during the night? I LOVE the rain, but it always happens while I am sleeping. A good storm seems to be brewing out there. Marc said the dark clouds approaching from the west made him a little scared.
Loved The Office premiere last night and was so caught up I missed the Grey's Anatomy premiere. I was pretty sad when I realized this information. Guess I'll have to watch it online and watch the commercials. Ah, the joys of DVR and whatever else is on the magical little box from Charter. And the premium channels!! We ordered Showtime just in time to start watching the new season of Weeds. Wonder if we will have to get rid of it when the season is over? In other TV news, I have been turned onto Six Feet Under (thanks, Rayna!) I LOVE it!! How did five season (or more?) go by and I never knew? To you Buffy fans, I still can't get into it!
That's it. Sid's Halloween costume arrived today. I can't spill the beans, but will post pictures in October. But it is good!
Has anybody else ever noticed that it mostly rains during the night? I LOVE the rain, but it always happens while I am sleeping. A good storm seems to be brewing out there. Marc said the dark clouds approaching from the west made him a little scared.
Loved The Office premiere last night and was so caught up I missed the Grey's Anatomy premiere. I was pretty sad when I realized this information. Guess I'll have to watch it online and watch the commercials. Ah, the joys of DVR and whatever else is on the magical little box from Charter. And the premium channels!! We ordered Showtime just in time to start watching the new season of Weeds. Wonder if we will have to get rid of it when the season is over? In other TV news, I have been turned onto Six Feet Under (thanks, Rayna!) I LOVE it!! How did five season (or more?) go by and I never knew? To you Buffy fans, I still can't get into it!
That's it. Sid's Halloween costume arrived today. I can't spill the beans, but will post pictures in October. But it is good!
Monday, January 15, 2007
Taking the lead
It is official. I am ahead in the Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament. The score as of today is 15-14. I'd like to think that my skills have only improved and Marc has no chance, but that theory is highly unlikely. Hey, I was down by six!
For other fans, it was thrilling to see Jack Bauer again last night. The new season of 24 had begun. Poor Amy started watching a rerun on another channel and missed the first 15 minutes. She thought for sure she was done for the season. A bit conflicting to rerun an old episode as you are premiering a new season. Wonder how many people watched the wrong channel thinking they were duped into watching a rerun?
Marc and I have been giving some thought to adding on to our house. Anyone know of a good draftsman? Contractor? Any suggestions?
Lola has been signed up by Nevada Casting. We went in thinking it was open call, and it had been canceled for that week. The woman in there asked Lola a few questions and to smile. She signed her up right then. She loves to have her picture taken. We'll see how it pans out. I'll keep you updated.
Watch The Inconvenient Truth. It is a way to start. We have some serious issues facing our planet. As a parent, do it for our children.
For other fans, it was thrilling to see Jack Bauer again last night. The new season of 24 had begun. Poor Amy started watching a rerun on another channel and missed the first 15 minutes. She thought for sure she was done for the season. A bit conflicting to rerun an old episode as you are premiering a new season. Wonder how many people watched the wrong channel thinking they were duped into watching a rerun?
Marc and I have been giving some thought to adding on to our house. Anyone know of a good draftsman? Contractor? Any suggestions?
Lola has been signed up by Nevada Casting. We went in thinking it was open call, and it had been canceled for that week. The woman in there asked Lola a few questions and to smile. She signed her up right then. She loves to have her picture taken. We'll see how it pans out. I'll keep you updated.
Watch The Inconvenient Truth. It is a way to start. We have some serious issues facing our planet. As a parent, do it for our children.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Addendum
Couple of things I meant to record for posterity but that slipped my mind...
We now return you to our regular program.
- As Morgan mentioned recently, the new season of 24 is coming soon. It's one of the few "can't miss" shows on TV. Should be extra special this year thanks to DVR.
- Some of you may know that we incurred a pretty big spill of bright yellow latex paint on our basement carpet some months back. I've finally relaunched my mission to clean it up and found the chemical to do the job. Goof Off is doing it, slowly but effectively. Only problem is the fumes. Might have to wait until spring.
- Some long term ideas/retirement plans/what I hope will make me rich someday: open a store that sells beer, beermaking supplies, and provides a place where people can brew AND for coffee, green beans, self-serve roaster, misc gear. Beer and coffee, two of my favorite things in life, both require brewing. Coincidence? I think not. I also think I have a book in me, just not sure what about or when it will come out.
We now return you to our regular program.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Happy Halloween
Even though Marc requested that we put the parties on hold, we ventured out to Amy's last night. We brought a few from the party the week before and my "sister's sister" came down from Truckee. We had a Velma, a ghost (like Charlie Brown's with many holes), Stinky Grange, black jack dealer, witch, devil, black cat, and of course the best was Lola's Princess Leia. She was a hit and she loves a party! Then back to Chez Tiar for a little hog tossing.
Holidays are a lot more exciting as Lola is starting to understand and really enjoy the changes around her. Any visit to Raley's includes a 5 minute stand in front of the pumpkins. She can spot a pumpkin from a mile away. Thank goodness that they will be around through Thanksgiving. She will be two in a week. I can't believe how time has flown and how much she has changed. Two!!??
Nothing much else to report. We got DVR and I think our TV viewing is going to take on a whole new level. There are still some issues, but I think that they are on the user's end. Anybody watching "Heroes"? Caught a marathon and now I am hooked, yet still really confused. Marc has recorded so much "Mythbusters" that I am afraid he might start experimenting with things around the house.
Election is nearing. Don't forget to vote. I know that early voting is available at the Downtown Library. If for nothing else, do it for Lola and our future.
So there you go!! Marc has gotten me into it and expanded my abilities. I am afraid that I will end up dreaming about it at night!
Happy Halloween!!
Holidays are a lot more exciting as Lola is starting to understand and really enjoy the changes around her. Any visit to Raley's includes a 5 minute stand in front of the pumpkins. She can spot a pumpkin from a mile away. Thank goodness that they will be around through Thanksgiving. She will be two in a week. I can't believe how time has flown and how much she has changed. Two!!??
Nothing much else to report. We got DVR and I think our TV viewing is going to take on a whole new level. There are still some issues, but I think that they are on the user's end. Anybody watching "Heroes"? Caught a marathon and now I am hooked, yet still really confused. Marc has recorded so much "Mythbusters" that I am afraid he might start experimenting with things around the house.
Election is nearing. Don't forget to vote. I know that early voting is available at the Downtown Library. If for nothing else, do it for Lola and our future.
So there you go!! Marc has gotten me into it and expanded my abilities. I am afraid that I will end up dreaming about it at night!
Happy Halloween!!
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