This is a pretty cool site a friend pointed out to me.
You enter your name and it evaluates the internet data associated to it.

Personas

Here is my persona….

The Zerker has had a busy week. She started saying something like ‘Dada’ on Wednesday. I say it was something like it because she wasn’t making the D with the roof of her mouth, but with her upper lip. It sounds close enough.

And Thursday she started pulling herself up to a sitting position all by herself.

And tonight….well we knew it was coming…she is crawling around. She isn’t too fast yet, but she is getting around.

She is soooo cool.

For a look at what the rest of the class is showing, check out Mel’s Show and Tell.

Children mentioned and pictured.

I made a tutu for the Zerker. A few people on facebook asked how I did it. It was super easy. Here is what I did…
Materials:
8-10 yards of tulle
Enough ribbon for the waist and a pretty bow. (I am waiting to cut the Zerker’s tutu ribbon until she is bigger….)
The tulle was by default 36 inches wide, since I folded it in half on the tutu it meant the tutu is around 18 inches long. I bought four different colors at 2 yards a piece. Tulle is pretty inexpensive. The stuff I bought was 50 percent off a 2 dollars a yard.
I cut the tulle into 4 inch strips, giving me many 4 inch by 36 inch strips of tulle.
Then I looped the tulle around the ribbon like this:

I made sure the colors were evenly distributed along the ribbon. The knots form a row of bulbs along the ribbon.

After I was done I took a quick picture of the finished project.

And today we had a photo session….

I have ported over all my blogger posts. I am still learning how to set up all this stuff. I would gladly take recommendations on wordpress tutorial resources.

I think because I am the youngest of nine children I have always felt like the young one. From birth to now I had been in situations where I was the younger person around. Even after I graduated from school I lived in a convent where most of the nuns were over the age of 60. And then I moved in with my sister Barbie, of course I was the baby again. And at work for a long time I was one of the younger workers.

Then Nadie and I tied the knot. And, we bought a house, and all that adult stuff.

And, at work there are younger ones filtering in. It is interesting to be in the process of becoming one of the older ones.

And I don’t think I ever felt older than when Zoe was born. I don’t mean physically. I am still young and able and fit. I just mean these new roles – this new person – this whole darn thing called life – sometimes it just takes your breath away. It is scary and exciting and sad and fun all at once.

A co-worker has said a few times that I seem like I have finally found peace and security in myself. I don’t know if that is true – but I am content.

It is hard not to be completely in awe of the life that grows and changes every day. I suppose it is my life as well as Ms. Zerker. It is Nadie’s life too. We three are growing and changing every day. We can do anything if we want to….

We are growing and changing every day too….
this is my favorite song right now – and it is Nadie’s new ring tone…

• I have yet to mention (over three months ago) I got an iPhone for Mothers Day. It very quickly became a part of me. I dropped my work blackberry like last weeks girlfriend. So anyways – the coolest part? Nadie bought it the day before mothers day. OK, Mr. McCrastinater…but yet….they came out with a new model around a month later. And LOW AND BEHOLD they allowed anyone who bought the 3G from May 9th on to upgrade for a $20 fee. So yeah…I got the 3GS – it is most excellent. Videos on the fly uploaded to Youtube – not getting shafted by the big fruit company with a newer model right after purchase…oh the delight! And now I really have gotten rid of my work cell and my work is gonna chip in on the bill. Oh the glory!
• We have been talking about getting rid of cable tv for a long time. We finally did it. We are now watching TV via a digital antenna. We only have one. It is actually kind of nice. There was one day when the clouds were interferring, but for the most part it is very hard to tell any difference. And it is FREE! Woo hoo!I have watched a few shows on hulu. We did NOT get rid of the broadband. We are thinking of switching to a DSL provider. We haven’t figured out what we need to do to get our projector up and running on HD from the airways without a cable box, something we must do before the NFL season starts. And we will miss Monday Night Football, the swammie on ESPN. I will also miss Top Chef, Project Runway and various other cable shows. In the long run, though, I am so glad. I am tired of always having the media guide me on how to live my life. At least with the internet I am able to choose my own adventure more freely. I guess. Anyways we got rid of cable
• Zoe is growing so big. OMG – she is getting so big. So long. So strong. So blessed.
• Work is going ok. I have impossible deadlines, but on the other hand I help determine what is ‘ready’ so if the date comes too soon, whatever is complete is complete. My boss has said a few times, ‘Are you stressed?’ Personally…I find it a bit more stressful just being all the roles I am to be, than just this one aspect. I have resigned to a Zen feeling about it, and I know there is no reason to be freaked out. I will have the project at the best point that I can get it to and the rest is out of my control. Sometimes I think the business world thinks it controls much more of what actually happens than it does. What I mean by that is that you can make a project plan and assign hours and priorities and goals, but there is always the unforeseen, and then again there are the ridiculous goals that would never have been met in the first place…God made the world in seven days – but it takes more than three months to build a new, way cool, totally awesome product….oh but we try! and how cool it is to build new, way cool, totally awesome products…

The Zerker has decided that rolling is way cooler than the Segue as a mode of transportation.

She also spent a good five minutes staring at patterns the sun made on the floor of the office on Friday. I thought it was amazing. She was so intrigued by the shadows. I wondered if she understood what was causing them or that she had the ability to manipulate the shadows. It reminded me of a For Better or Worse column where the little baby is staring at a sunbeam and the Mom says ‘And I thought it was just dust.’

She sat on the grass while we threw the ball into the pond for the dogs. She managed to get scratches on her face. Lets just say she won’t sit directly on the grass very often. She was just fine, really, it was just a little scratch from the grass. Who gets scratched by grass anyways? What a dork! Why do babies mark so easily? Oh maybe it has something to do with the fact that SHE WAS JUST BORN THIS YEAR! It will be gone by tomorrow. I did get some adorable pictures though….