How I developed a sweet tooth, By Paige K. Hedeen

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Blonde Moments

I was headed out to start my car about 20 minutes before time to go home from work, and I asked a co-worker if she would like me to start her car for her, of course she handed over her keys and told me where she was parked. I started my car and then headed around to the other side of the building, and put the key in the door, it didn't turn, but I opened the door anyway and had a fleeting thought of, "hmmm, guess she forgot to lock her door." So then I am trying and trying...and trying and trying...to get the key in the ignition and finally gave up. I went in and said, "Frances, I can't get your keys in the ignition!" Well...we finally figured out that I had gotten into the wrong car; which explains alot of things. Maybe you had to be there, but it was pretty funny and definitely a time when I felt very blonde!

But as I always say...at least blondes have an excuse!

My next blonde moment story is a little more embarassing. So there is a truck driver who hauls frequently into Kalispell and almost always brings a load to Bitney's furniture; Jesse and I have a good friend named Lance who's dad owns Bitney's and Lance is working there and next in line to take the business over...so this driver apparently heard from Lance that he had a friend who worked at Watkins and Shepard and to keep an eye out for me. This driver also happens to be one of the loudest most obnoxious guys ever - but he is very nice and very funny. He quickly makes friends with everyone in the office and he always has a new Lance story for me...or he calls Lance from his cell phone and makes me get on the phone and say, "This is Barry's new secretary, just wanting to let you know that he's bringing in a load of Stanton this afternoon." Lance fell for it the first time, but of course it's getting kind of old now. Well anyway...one night I had a dream that this driver brought Lance into the office to say hi to me. Wierd, I know. Anyway, the next morning when he comes into the office I was not careful with my choice of words and said to the driver, "Hey! You were in my dream last night!" He hugged me and said, "Woo-hoo, really? That's awesome!" And then proceeded to yell at the top of his lungs, "Hey everyone, did you hear that? Brenda's dreaming about me at night!" He also told the CFO downstairs, one of the guys in the shop, and one of the dispatchers - I fear I will never live this down. So here I go telling everyone else about it on my blog- but why not share a laugh over it...I mean the damage is already done.

Blether Blether and Blatha-bee, Blatha-bo

I just want to say before I go to bed, "blether blether" - that has been the most commonly used phrase by Paige and I have it stuck in my head all of the time. Seriously, you know how you can pick up phrases from people and use them without realizing it? Well..I actually realize it, but I think I picked up "blether blether" from Paige - today at work, for example, I was stirring my hot chocolate and hazlenut creamer into my coffee and while I'm standing there doing that I was saying to myself, "blether blether..." Again, I said it to myself when I was trying to make sense of a rate sheet I received from a vendor, the page looked like nothing but a bunch of numbers and all I could think was, "blether blether..." And yet again, there is a lady at work who drives me nuts, I can hardly be nice to her, and when she is blabbing away alllll daaaay long, whenever I hear her voice I say to myself, "blether blether, blether blether." It calms me and diverts my attention away from that annoying background noise. So you see, Paige's babble is not nonsense babble, adults can use it too!

The other words she uses that I love so much are blatha-bee, blatha bo -- which we have recorded of her reading a book like that, we'll get it uploaded soon hopefully - she adds emphasis on different syllabals and it is hilarious. I find myself also using this phrase from time to time...when I was digging through a file for some papers and looking for an invoice number and amount, I would go from page to page and say to myself, blatha-bee, blatha-bo, blatha-blathabee...and ah-ha, I found the invoice.

Maybe that is just my way of taking a little piece of her with me whenever I'm not around her - that and the shrine of pictures on my desk :)

Ummmm...just heard a dog woofing, sounded like it is in our house. What? Must be hanging around outside the window or door. Either way, I'm getting the baseball bat and heading to bed. I just finished my last web-cam presentation for my public speaking class - woo-hoo!!! Last day of classes is on Wednesday and I get a break until January 1st! I don't even have to express my excitement, but if you really want me too....I could. It might be fun and refreshing.... Oh yeah, I was going to bed. Last Thursday night I stayed up late doing homework, essay questions yuck, and then decided to stay up later and read some blogs, oops - I could hardly stay awake at work. In fact, I had to fill in for the receptionist and answer phones for an hour and I literally fell asleep once and the phone ringing jolted me back to life. Oops. So yeah, lesson learned, I'm going to bed...uh 15 minutes earlier than last Thursday.

P.S. Maybe tomorrow I will tell you about my recent blonde moments.

Paige at 19 months

We had Paige's 18 month appointment on Tuesday - a month late - bad mommy!

She's weighing in at a hefty 20 lbs. I forgot how long she is, but I don't think the measurement was accurate because she sure was a squirmy little critter.

We love our new doctor - and Paige really liked her, so that is great.

Paige is still not really talking, but she repeats words back to me like "Turtle" - there is a turtle at daycare, "Nemo" - she got a Finding Nemo sticker from the doctor, "Alligator" - there is a stuffed animal alligator at daycare. They sound like "tata," "mo," and "lalagurgle" - Some say not to worry about her vocab development and that soon she'll be talking non-stop and we'll want her to shut-up - I can't imagine! One of my most favorite things in the world is to listen to the cute and funny things that kids say.

Anyway...here is our little miss...pardon the background, yes we hang dry some laundry in the living room, and yes our coat closet is so stuffed full of stuff that we can't close the door - and most of the time our coats don't make it into the closet - it's waaaay too much work to hang them on a hanger! Let's see what else is in the background? Hmmm...looks like the bib ended up on the couch, along with some folded laundry. Hey at least there is proof that I do laundry. I actually love to do laundry - it's the only household chore I like. Ok so ignoring the background, Paige sure looks cute in black and pink polka dots! :)