Movie personality of the week

For those of you who don't understand why Brandon wrote a comment on my last blog about "his boys" it's because he spent labor day watching a couple Godfather movies with his friend's clearplay set up. And whenever Brandon watches some kind of action movie, he often talks about what his life would be like if he were in a role like the main character. ie: after watching Bourne movies he wants to be an assassin, and after watching Godfather movies he tells me of his plans to run his business through my art projects and turn it over to our son when he is old enough, after watching 24 he wants to be Jack Bauer. You get the idea. So this week I get to hear about our life in the mafia. It's quite entertaining.

High school art

My little brother has taken some ceramic classes in high school, which I always thought he did just to have an easy class. I guess he is really good at it though. He won awards and is having a piece displayed somewhere in town and gets to put some pieces in an auction. Pretty impressive.
He has the same art teacher I had in high school, and that a lot of our siblings have had. The art teacher remembers our other siblings, but not me. What a jip. I'm the only making a career out of it here! I guess I'm not sending her some autographed books anytime soon. At least my math teachers remember me. They kind of have to though, since they are a couple that live two doors down from my family.

He's really coming!

Has anyone noticed our baby could be here in less than a month?! The pregnancy thing is getting to be pretty uncomfortable, but I feel like I have so much work to do before he gets here, I'm kind of hoping he comes late. I feel kind of weird saying that because I think every person I have ever talked to about their pregnancy hopes their baby will come a week or 2 early. But even though I wouldn't mind him coming a week late, I have a feeling he'll be early. I guess I think if I'm this uncomfortable, he probably is too. who knows though? We'll definitely have reasons to rejoice either way.
I can't believe such a life changing event has such a vague date. He could come this week, he could come in a month and a half, either one wouldn't be that abnormal. (and Katy, don't worry, I have a back up plan if he comes early - either you and/or Brandon will finish the paintings for me) And then, suddenly my life will be completely different. We are way excited about being parents, however, it would be more convenient the better prepared we are. If it is even possible to be "prepared". I don't think junior really cares about that though. I think he'll come whenever he feels like it. He's in charge already.

Baby Clothes

We've been collecting baby clothes of all different sizes, some new, some used, all tiny and cute. The tricky thing is knowing when he'll actually wear them. If you look at the tags they give you a month estimate, like 0-3months or 6-9, or whatever, and occasionally include pounds, and they all look so similar. Not only that, but they are not consistent whatsoever and some items that say for 12mo, they look smaller than the 6mo? So if you ever see our little boy in clothes that look way too big or small, it's because I never figured it out. And I'm pretty sure Brandon's strategy for dressing him will be to put his hand in the clothes drawer and put on him whatever he grabs first. It could be interesting.

humans & robots

I really enjoy listening to science friday podcasts from npr, but I don't do it often enough. While painting today I listened to this segment about robots and how they are trying to give them more personality so people can feel like they have some companionship them. Isn't that what people are for? Do we really need to have conversations about our day with our vacuum cleaners? I mean, I know some people get lonely, but is talking to our appliances the best answer for that?

Beginning painting

I am a professional illustrator. You would think after a few years of doing this, I would have caught on by now that if I'm painting with watercolors from the right to the left, I will inevitably smear by hand in the fresh paint while painting the left side. I think I have told myself 10 times today to paint left to right. It seems basic enough. Apparently, I am just a beginner still and I can't seem to catch on to this basic concept. Someday...

Golf

This weekend was a lot of fun, we had friends visiting from out of town and we didn't do any work/homework. It was great. On Saturday some plans were made for the guys to go golfing. Staci and I planned to do something else, but then decided to tag along. Neither of us had been on a golf course before and they even gave our cart to us for free! (they probably saw my large belly and thought I couldn't walk the course if I tried, which may have been true) We loved cruising around the course in the carts. It was a beautiful day, a little windy, but sunny and gorgeous. We cheered everyone on, kept score, looked for the wayward balls, took pictures, and had a lot of fun as spectators.

Google Reader

I'm sure this isn't new to some of you who already use google reader or some other program that let's you know when blogs are updated, but I just tried out google reader and it is so convenient! Now I don't have to go through all these blogs that never get updated, hoping something new will actually be there. Google reader just tells me, it's like getting an email, only it's an updated blog! I love it. Brandon isn't as set on the idea because he likes how much time it wastes to go through each blog while he has absolutely nothing to do at work.

Another class

We attended a breastfeeding class last night at the hospital which was very informational. We were curious if they could really teach us for over 2 hours, but they did, and it was interesting too. I'm a little less intimidated by breastfeeding now and determined to breastfeed longer. However, as much as Brandon would love our little baby to become an NBA star, I kind of doubt I'll be breastfeeding until he is 3 and a half like Michael Jordan's mom.

Throatburn

I have always heard of heartburn, mostly from commercials, but I never knew what it was. I figured it was a burning feeling in your heart, or at least your chest area. That would make sense, right?
Well, I started getting this really uncomfortable feeling in my throat all the time. I thought it might be heartburn because it was a pregnancy symptom I was anticipating. Yep, that's what it is. I have no idea how it got it's name, but it's definitely a throat thing for anyone else out there who doesn't know what it is. And tums, or even a generic version of them, work great! They look like candy, and taste like it too. I'm glad one pregnancy problem has an easy solution.
And by the way, this is my 300th post! Wow, I've sure had a lot of random things to write about.

New scanner!

It's about time. I kept putting off buying a nice scanner because what I really wanted was a high quality Epson that could handle 11x17 paintings. Since those are $2,000 or more, I finally settled for the Epson V500. From looking around, this one seemed to be a good price and very professional. As excited as I am to have it, it is still sitting in it's box after arriving a few days ago. I'm a little nervous about the installation process. Hopefully it's not too bad.

Awesome new dessert

Here's the new recipe we tried yesterday. I highly recommend it. And just to warn you, it takes 6 hours to chill in the freezer, that was the hardest part. We had to try a little when it was only partially frozen, it was pretty messy, but still super delicious.

Brandon modeling

I was trying to draw this guy chasing a pig and it wasn't looking the way I wanted it to, so I asked Brandon if he would pose for me. After some prying I got him to agree.
I told him how to pose and he informed me that he could never catch a pig like this:
So we changed the pose to this:
Where would artists be without great models?

Dollar Theatre

The dollar theatre isn't going to be a $1 anymore - starting tomorrow, $1.25. And Tuesday .50 night is changing to .75, and I think it said $1.75 for movies on Fri & Sat. So you've been warned. See all the movies you can fit in today before it's too late.