Running

This has been an incredibly busy week. I'm typing as fast as I can while baby A squirms in my lap, so this won't be long. The new gal is working out fine. She is super sweet. I have gotten caught up on lots of my errands and bill paying this week and my car is clean, so it feels nice. The furniture repair guy (and gal) came and did some work and I have been having roof repair people in for estimates as well. Typical home owner stuff. And now baby A is demanding you-know-what, so I gotta go.

Feeling better today

My whole family is all better now. Yay! That was an un-fun flu, but it was over in about 24 hours. And baby A never got it, that I could detect. Score another one for MOMMA'S MILK! I keep explaining to people that breast milk offers some protection for babies against the common cold and other illnesses, but when it comes to gastrointestinal illness, the protection is incomparable. It makes sense. When momma becomes sick, she cranks out antibodies. One special type of antibody, secretory IgA, is secreted into the breast milk. So not only is baby's intestinal tract bathed in protective antibodies, but there are actual living cells, white blood cells called Macrophages, crawling around in there engulfing bad stuff. So warm, fresh breast milk is a living fluid.

My new lady, Miss I, is super nice. I have taken the slow road with her training so as not to scare her off. And she has worked with children at schools in the past and already has a negative ppd test for tuberculosis. She is younger and unmarried, and she has lots of energy to attack areas of my house that the other gal never went near. So we have been doing a lot of heavy cleaning projects. And she also helped me to switch all the boys' beds and clothes to different rooms because we moved the oldest 2 boys downstairs to my dd's former room. So J and A, the 3 and 4-y-o boys will share a room and baby A will have his own room.

I got a nice compliment at the synagogue this weekend. A lady came up to me and said that her 16-y-o daughter had just told her that she plans on getting a baby sling for her baby after seeing me with baby A. See how we influence people by our actions?

beautiful people

In between feeling nauseous and lying down, ds and I managed to watch the red carpet and Oscar stuff. Mostly I saw ordinary looking people wearing expensive clothes and jewelry. Occasionally there were people of exceptional beauty. The 3 most beautiful people last night, in my opinion were Katherine Heigl, Ann Hathaway, and George Clooney. I searched for red carpet photos of them but the ones I saw don't seem to do them justice. So I found some pictures which show more what I am trying to explain.

Katherine Heigl looked so great in her fire-engine red dress. She was completely "old Hollywood" with a look that reminded me of Marilyn Monroe. And even prettier than I remember her. Here is a picture from a different event.


Ann Hathaway, who has always been unbelievably gorgeous in my book, looked particularly wonderful. Her wine-red gown with cascading flowers set off her alabaster skin perfectly.


George Clooney looked fabulous. He also looked handsome in the way of Hollywood legends. Possibly the most handsome Hollywood actor of this generation.


Which brings me to the topic of prior handsome Hollywood legends. One of my favorites has always been Sean Connery.


And before him, was, of course, Clark Gable.