Monday, February 28, 2005

Birthday Fun

(NOTE TO DAD - YOU MAY WANT TO SKIP THIS POST)

Wanna know the best thing about being pregnant?

BIGGER BOOBS!!!

And a birthday shopping spree to Victoria’s Secret - sweet!

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Worst Baby Names Part Quatro

Obharnait
Odanodan
Oengus
Ohnicio
Oilbhe
Oonach
Orghlaith
Piran
Quaid
Queran
Rafer
Raghnailt
Raghnall
Rathnait
Reidhachadh
Rioghnach
Roibeard
Ruadhagan
Sadhbba
Scolaighe

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Birthday Blues

I haven’t been hungry in 3 days.  I suppose it stems from the fact that things are kind of shifting around down there and maybe Mr. Tummy just doesn’t have as much room to expand, but quite frankly - especially for someone who looks forward to food as one of the highlights of the day - it just sucks.

Ordinarily this would not really be a problem except that this weekend was my birthday, which means all weekend people are shoving delicious food and desserts toward me in large quantities.  And I have guilt and resentment toward my stomach for not being able to...stomach it. 

Saturday was lunch at Red Robin and dinner at the aunt & uncle’s, where the course de jour was lots of ribs and large portions of other yummy edibles.  And mint-chocolate-chip ice cream cake. 

Sunday was dinner at The Melting Pot.  Enough said.  So I spent most of the weekend miserably uncomfortable and unable to do anything about it except eat more because, aside from the guilt, if I don’t eat regularly my blood sugar goes down and then I get queasy (which I believe is what happend this morning and consequently why I was 2 hours late to work).

Getting some extra rest this morning has helped me with the fatigue issue, which also played a part this weekend.  I think I probably take about 1.5-2 hours of naps per day now, which is unusual even for me.  All in all, I’m really looking forward to getting past this first trimester thing.

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Friday, February 25, 2005

Worst Baby Names Part #3

Laoghaire
Leachlainn
Leathlobhair
Luighseach
Maloney
Mannix
Mannuss
Maolruadhan
Maonaigh
Marmaduke
Meadhbh
Mogue
Morag
Morella
Muadhnait
Muircheartaigh
Mungo
Murdoch
Naomhan
Nulty

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Thursday, February 24, 2005

How to Make Me Grumpy

Call up our office and ask how many of our products are floating around in Texas. When I tell you there’s really no way to get an accurate figure on that, tell me you weren’t born yesterday.

First of all, I could care less when you were born. Second, I have neither the inclination nor imagination to make up answers to distributor questions just to see how naive you are. To assume that I’m deliberately trying to mislead you is insulting and inappropriate.

Then, respond to my silence by telling me you’re a “smart ass” as though it’s some kind of ailment that excuses rude behavior and THE COMPLETE LACK OF DISCERNMENT BETWEEN “WITTY” AND “OFFENSIVE.” That’s not a smart-ass.  That’s just an ass.

And it’s not an apology when you’re proud of it.

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Dreams

I dreamed last night that my husband’s family gave me a horse for my birthday.  And I couldn’t ride it because I didn’t have a saddle.

Duh.

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Worst Baby Names Part Duu

Cruadhlaoich
Damhnait
Eibhlhin
Fachnan
Fainche
Faoiltiama
Fardoragh
Finella
Fionnghuala
Fogartaigh
Fynballa
Gilda
Giolla Chroist
Gormghlaith
Grioghar
Gubnat
Izett
Jarlath
Kinsella
Labhaoise

To all the parents in the world, please don’t give your children names that resemble curse words or bodily functions.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Worst Celtic Baby Names Part #1

There are some really cool celtic baby names.  And there are also some really NOT cool celtic baby names.  So many that I decided to make a list of the 100 Worst Celtic Baby Names (yeah, it’s a little bit slow at work today). 

Below are the first 20 in the set:

Addergoole
Aderrig
Adhamh
Alastriona
Amblaoibh
Aodhfin
Aoibheann
Bairrfhoinn
Ballindeny
Beartlaidh
Beolagh
Brandubh
Buagh
Cacanisius
Calbhach
Ceallachan
Cearbhall
Ciatlllait (yes, 3 l’s)
Coillcumhann
Crohoore

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