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April Fool’s Day Memory

There’s a lot of jokes going around the internet today for April Fool’s Day, but I have my own special memory…

Every year on April 1st, I’m reminded of the first time the husband (then boyfriend) said I love you.

He chose to do so on April 1st.

On April Fool’s Day.

At the time I was fresh out of high school (i.e. young and naive) and went home that day wondering, “Is he playing a joke on me?”.

I called all my friends, told them of the story, and asked if they thought he was serious or if it was all one big April Fool’s joke.

The husband laughs to this day that I could have thought it was a joke.

But come on, seriously….

Don’t choose April Fool’s Day to say I love you for the first time!

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Posted in Husband, life on April 1st, 2008 by ModernMami | | 3 Comments

Husband has been out of work for almost 4 months now. Job market is just so slow right now. Hopefully the new year will bring about some prospects. It’s been hard and he’s (we’re) definitely frustrated, but we’re hanging in there.

In the meantime, we’ve been working on setting up our freelance web / graphic design business - might as well use the free time and do something productive, right? Still, that’s also hard, since I’m not able to help out too much, as I’m still working full-time and my job is super busy. But, it’s coming along.

Baby girl will be turning 2 in a few days and she’s definitely in her terrible 2s! The lil diva won’t stand for nothing! Everyone tells us it’s just a phase and she’ll grow out of it, bla bla bla, but damn, it’s hard to deal with. Potty training was attempted and well, that’s it. She thinks the potty chair is a toy, so we figured she’s not ready yet. Oh, and have I mentioned that she still drinks milk from a bottle and uses a binky? Yea, we have a lot of work to do - we know.

To add to all the madness, my father was just recently diagnosed with early alzheimer’s. He’s doing fine and you can’t really tell much difference, but it’s just little things here and there. We’re starting to learn to make small changes to adjust.

But, 2007 is almost over, so I can only hope that 2008 will bring better things our way…

What are you looking forward to the most this holiday season?

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Posted in Husband, Misc, The Monkey on December 7th, 2007 by ModernMami | | 9 Comments

Graphic Designer (Shameless Plug)

Wow! It has been a long time since I’ve posted, huh?

It’s been rather busy both at work and in the home life. But, I wanted to do a quick post to plug my husband’s site.

My husband is a graphic and web designer.

His portfolio is up at http://createone.energdesign.com/.

If you know of anyone looking for a graphic designer, spread the link!

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Posted in Husband on August 29th, 2007 by ModernMami | | 3 Comments

To my Baby Daddy - Happy Anniversary!

Dear ~~Baby Daddy~~ Husband:

Today is our wedding anniversary.

We’ve made it 4 years!

Well, really we’ve known each other a lot longer, so 4 years really doesn’t do us justice, now does it?

Still, 4 years is something to be celebrated!

That’s 4 years of putting up with me and my

anal-retentive self
weird animosity towards socks
love for cheesy chick flicks
massive amount of shoes you think all look the same (I assure you, they’re not)
goofy, but ever loving nature

Of course this also means that I’ve been putting up with 4 years of you

being a smart ass
leaving your socks lying around
not putting things back in their place (you know just what I mean)
procrastinating until the last minute
always finding a way to ~~harass me~~ make me laugh

However, there are a few great things we share that bring us a common bond:

like our taste in music (most of the time anyway)
our constant support for each other and desire to be successful
the ability to endlessly quote cartoon movies & slip it into normal conversation
a certain lil monkey that we’d do anything for
our love for each other

So, here’s to us baby daddy and many more years…

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Posted in Husband on March 22nd, 2007 by ModernMami | | 4 Comments

Keep your child on a leash

Baby girl is now 14 months old (Just when do you stop counting the months?). Anyway, as a very active 14 month old, she naturally wants to explore. Problem is, she doesn’t exactly know her boundaries just yet. She completely ignores when we tell her NO and she runs away when we go to grab her. This works alright when at home. But, when out and about (at the store, mall, neighborhood, etc.), I would like to be able to walk around with her and get her out of her stroller or the shopping cart. I know she would LOVE this too. She can only last in the stroller but so long before she gets frustrated and tired. Same thing with the shopping cart. So, what are our options?

Well, just the other day, the husband and I were talking and we started laughing when we remembered the ~~baby leash~~ safety harness.

See, we used to think that the baby leash was a horrible horrible invention. I mean, why would anyone put a LEASH on their baby? The poor little things were walking around looking like little dogs!

We SWORE we would never do that to our baby when we had one. However, upon actually having a baby and when faced with such a situation, we can’t help but wonder if maybe the leash would help. It would help her with her frustration, since she’d actually get to be walking instead of strapped into the cart or stroller. Then again, she might get even more frustrated when she realizes she can’t get very far. It would also help us have control and she wouldn’t be able to get very far from us.

I have no idea, what do you think? Would you use a baby harness for your toddler? Or, have you used one in the past?

baby image via babycenter store
dog image via doggienews.com

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Posted in Husband, Motherhood, Parenting, The Monkey on February 28th, 2007 by ModernMami | | 8 Comments

Thanks Ciara. That’s all I needed.

Maybe you’ve seen the latest Ciara video. The one where she looks like a mix between Aaliyah, Janet Jackson in her Control days, and short-haired Toni Braxton.

My husband has now fallen in love with Ciara. I mean he liked her before, thought she danced good and such, which I agree, but now he’s in love. I like the song too, but the video is clearly meant for men such as my husband, so they can salivate all over themselves. What’s bad is that my husband loves to share. He loves to share so much that EVERY.TIME the damn song or video comes on, I MUST hear ALL about it. It’s down right sickening. :eyeroll:

If you haven’t seen the video, just take a look and see what I mean.

***WARNING: Do not watch in front of your husband for he may drool all over you.***

Now tell me, how am I supposed to compete with THAT? :sigh:

Don’t forget to vote for me on TopMomma!

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Posted in Husband, Tv on February 13th, 2007 by ModernMami | | 5 Comments

It’s Monday…Again!

Hey folks. I know I haven’t posted in a week, it was a VERY busy week at work. I have a lot of posts in queue and hope to get around to posting them this week, but I just wanted to update real quick and let you all know I’m still alive.
The husband and I made it through our first week on South Beach and are now on day 9 of 14 of Phase 1. But, who’s counting, right? I have no idea if I’ve lost weight, since stupid me didn’t weigh myself before starting the diet. I now live on deli meat and cheese for breakfast since I still can’t get used to eggs every day. :ugh:

Will be back later in the week (hopefully), if work comes to a manageable level.

Happy Monday!

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Posted in Dieting, Husband on January 29th, 2007 by ModernMami | | 0 Comments

Happy Monday

The husband and I have jumped on the bandwagon and began the South Beach diet yesterday. I hope I can make it through the first two weeks, where it seems like all you can eat is salad and eggs. Have I mentioned I’m not too fond of eggs?

The house is coming along pretty good. The construction is proceeding a lot faster than we expected. The frame of the house is already up, as well as the windows and roof. Next they’ll work on setting up the electrical layout and plumbing and after it goes through inspection, we’ll be ready for the drywall and much closer to the end. Looks like only a couple more months before we get to move in!

It was pretty much a quiet weekend, which is always a good thing. I got to spend a lot of time with baby girl on Saturday and although frustrating at times (she’s starting to throw major tantrums), it was all around a good day. Lots of singing, dancing, laughing and cuddling was involved. Those are the days that make me sad I’m not able to stay home with her, but at the same time, it gives me more reason to stay motivated and find a way to do just that.

Speaking of tantrums, the girl is only 1 and she has a major temper! Anytime we take something away from her or tell her NO, we get a full out screaming fit. We haven’t quite figured out the right way to handle these situations and it’s definitely a work in progress. I’ve heard to ignore the tantrum and let her cry it out, or to distract her with another toy, but both have their pros and cons. If you’ve got any tips for how you handled 1 year old tantrums (or are currently handling), please do let me know. I hate to see her throwing these fits, but I don’t want her to get spoiled either.

Have a great week everyone!

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Posted in Dieting, Husband, Motherhood, Parenting, Sahm, The House, The Monkey, Wahm on January 22nd, 2007 by ModernMami | | 1 Comments

NtycnBoricua, who?

I received an email from Oh, The Joys asking me just what the heck my screen name means.NtycnBoricua

She found my explanation interesting and suggested I post it on here. So, as the ever dutiful person that I tend to be, here goes nothing.

First, let’s break it down - Ntycn & Boricua

Ntycn stands for the word enticing

Boricua is another word for being Puerto Rican and can probably be best explained by Wikipedia

Boricua a word of origin from Boriken (or Boriquén, Borinquen, or Borinquén) used by the original Taino Indian population to refer to Puerto Rico before the coming of the Spanish, which translated as “The Valiant People of the Sacred House”. The word has come to identify any resident or descendent of Puerto Rico, who will use the term, “¡Yo soy Boricua!” (”I am Boricua”) to identify themselves.

My now-husband, then-boyfriend created the screen name for me about 6 or 7 years ago and I’ve been using it ever since. It’s just kind of stuck.Well, there you go folks. That is the short and sweet explanation to solve the mystery. Enjoy.

Don’t forget it’s delurking week! Go ahead and show the love. You know you wanna

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Posted in Husband, Misc, ModernMami, NtycnBoricua, Puerto Rico on January 10th, 2007 by ModernMami | | 7 Comments

Speaking of memory loss…

To go along with that last post…

I have been having a major case of forgetfulness. I have lists everywhere and for everything and I still can’t seem to get everything in order or remember everything. Perfect example - my husband’s company Christmas party was this past weekend.

He went to work for a while and I was to meet him there in time for the party. He asked that I buy him a sweater and bring it with me so that he could wear it to the party. I bought him a nice sweater and put the bag next to the counter in the kitchen, so I wouldn’t forget it. Guess what? You got it! I forgot the stupid bag and only remembered as I’m 2 minutes away from my husband’s job. Luckily it wasn’t very cold that night, so he was ok, but still, I forgot. And, I’ve been like that for a few other things lately.

Ok, I’m done whining now. I’m sure there are more important things to worry about, but being a person who used to remember everything and who was very organized, it’s hard to realize you can’t keep up with everything anymore. All this from just having a baby???!!! lol

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