New Bullet-Point for Resume

Funny story - last week my girl Julie came by with her 3 year old, Scarlett, to pick me up and hit the art store for some supplies. However, by the time she drove to my house (3 minutes), Scarlett was fast asleep, so she brought her inside and hooked her all up on one of our couches.

The 3 adults hung out in the kitchen for a bit, and I said - "hey, let's just go while she's sleeping since we won't be long," and Julie agreed. We would run out while Ak stayed with the sleeper. Ak was standing there, looking at us like we had lost it. He of course objected at first, but we convinced him/gave him no choice :) He was worried that she would freak out when she woke up and we weren't there, or that she would sissy/doody while we were gone. I made sure he knew where the sippy cup was, and where to go in the On Demand menu to get to Yo Gabba Gabba and The Wonder Pets shows.

As Julie and I left, I was thinking - he thinks we're kidding, and that we're going to go back in and get Scarlett to take with us. At the same time, Ak was inside waiting for us to come back in and say "just kidding, we're taking her". No such thing happened, and I couldn't believe we took off!! I knew I'd probably be in a little bit of hot water after we got back, but I also knew he would be absolutely fine with Scarlett.

Julie and I did our shopping and got back in record time. As I walked back into the house, I heard one of the sweetest things....Ak and Scarlett were singing together along with the TV to a tooth-fairly song - Brush, brush, brush, get your teeth clean, etc. Honestly, it was adorable to find them sitting on the couch. Scarlett had her sippy cup, and was very happy. She had woken up about a half hour before we got back, asked for something to drink and to watch Yo Gabba Gabba. Ak was amazed that she didn't freak out, and basically could give a hoot where her mom was :)

I am very proud of Ak, and Julie, too! She said the reason she wasn't nervous about Ak watching Scarlett was because Ak was so nervous, and that meant that he cared about her. I thought that was a very cool statement.

I have been bragging to everyone about Ak's first babysitting job at 40 :) I m so proud of him, and I think he's pretty happy with himself, too. And I didn't encounter any hot water!

So, in short, we can now say we provide couple's babysitting service for the greater Los Gatos area, or in reality, just for Julie's kids!

Have a great day, peeps!

Scarlett awake - 8/27/10 :)

THE WHITE VAN

Yesterday, Ak and I went up the mountain to Boulder Creek. A friend of ours who used to live out here was back for a visit before heading to Bangkok today. He will eventually end his travels in Laos where he is trying to purchase a house. He's been back in VA for a year, caring for his mother.

It was great to see him! Unfortunately, his mom is in pretty bad shape, but he has done everything possible to make her comfortable. He's just like we are - an only child born late to older parents. We traded war stories on care facilities and doctors, and I gave him big props for going back and taking care of his mom - we concluded that we do this because of the way we were raised back East :)

Anyway, as we were heading down the mountain home late last night, we ended up behind a van. It was totally white, and looked as if it had been an ambulance at one time because it still had the lights on top, and looked to have some medical stuff in the back windows. It just didn't have any markings on it at all. Then, the van pulled into a turn off to let us pass - all we saw was a big white arm out of the driver window motioning us to go around. At the same time, we both said "OMG - that's the Dexter van! He's out looking for meat!" So we laughed at first, but then Ak says that the van is right behind us! I told Ak to drive faster so he couldn't read our license plate...I figured our killer could do a little research and come and kill us in a few days. Finally, we got off the mountain road and onto 17...as we were merging on to the highway, Ak says that the van was behind us again on the on ramp! We then took off like a shot as Ak hit the pedal to put lots of distance between us, and we were giggling like school girls. We talked about him having stretchers in the back with vistims duct-taped to them. We finally got to our exit and were waiting at the light...we both turned our heads to the left to view the highway we just got off, and right then the white van cruised on by....hopefully Dexter had picked another car to chase for meat!

All this made us realize that 1. we have very active imaginations, fed by 2. too much TV, and 3. too many Stephen King books.

HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND, PEEPS!

Fantasy Draft Tonite/DONE + Today's Apple Media Event

Ok, peeps - cross your fingers that I get a FABULOUS team tonight!!!

I've spent the last 2 days buried in FF magazines, and constantly checking online for any last minute signings, etc..
Last season I was in 1st and 2nd place the whole season, and finally ended up in 3rd place when it was all said and done.
I am looking to win this year!!

I'll post later after the draft with my results :)
....and here they are!!!!!!

Draft Results (Round / Player picked):

1 Michael Turner / RB ATL
2 Rashad Mendenhall / RB Steelers
3 Marques Colston / WR Saints
4 Anquan Boldin / WR Ravens
5 Chad Ochocinco / WR Bengals
6 Knowshon Moreno / RB Broncos
7 Matt Ryan / QB ATL
8 Steve Breaston / WR ARI
9 Joe Flacco / QB Ravens
10 Owen Daniels / TE HOU
11 Saints DEF
12 Brandon Jacobs / RB NYG
13 Mark Sanchez / QB NYJ
14 Braylon Edwards / WR NYG
15 Rian Lindell / K Bills

Ok - not sure what to make of my team yet, and I have to fine tune Bye Weeks, etc.
Fun work! We do our draft through Yahoo, so it went really fast, and is very effective if you've done your homework and pre-ranked players. I just sat back and waited for my turn each time, hopping up for a smoke now and then. Total draft time: 1 1/2 hours.

Ak and I watched the live Apple Media Event today on his 4G, and it was really cool. Apple came out with a bunch of free upgrades across the board, and also they have redesigned the Shuffle, Nano, and iPod, which will all be available next week. The Christmas buzz is already starting! Cool new Apple TV unveiled - super cheap, and the slide show feature is amazing. You'll be able to shoot pics right from your iPhone directly to the TV, and have a show in like 5 seconds. The Media Event lasted about 1 hour and 15 minutes, then Jobs introduces Chris Martin :) It was just him, not the band, and he sat at a piano and sang 3 songs ... it sounded fantastic, and even looked great for live streaming. Very cool, and a nice way to start the day!
Check out the new stuff at Apple:
http://store.apple.com/us?afid=p219%7CGOUS&cid=OAS-US-KWG-AppleBrand-US

...and read about the event today:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/apple-details-ios-4-1-revamps-tv-offering-rentals/2010-09-01

Happy September, peeps!