Che-WAH-wah

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Right about the time that we started having family discussions about getting a dog, Stella threw her vote on the table: A Chee-WAH-wah! (Yes, pronounced exactly like this.)

Um, Do we look like a chihuahua family to you?

It has nothing to do with her ever actually seeing one in real life, or even on tv for that matter, but rather because her favorite book’s main character is a siamese cat who thinks he is a dog. More specifically, a Chee-WAH-wah! It is this, and this alone that is the sole basis for her vote. Her vote, which ranks 100% opposite of mine, which puts this particular category of dog dead last.

To worsen matters, I came upon this movie trailer today. Perhaps it is because deep down, all I ever want to do is give my daughter everything she wants, but am tempered by the fact that doing so would be the directly identifiable source of my mental unravel; perhaps it is because I thought it was oddly funny and entertaining too, but today I showed her this video clip, which was promptly followed by the question, “Can I watch it again? Can we have that song for the iPod? Again! Again! Again!”

The first time I have actually looked at my code in over a year.

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I know you all think that I spend my days ignoring you and purposely trying to make you wear out your mouse button by checking the same stale post for days on end. That shows how much you know. How can I be busy ruining your life when I am so obviously preoccupied ruining my children’s lives? See? It’s not about you, it’s about me.

The honest fact is that this site actually looms in the back of my brain at all times of the day. Partly because I want to keep you, my loyal followers, updated with the cute, the angry, the comedy and the tragedy. And partly because I need to keep me updated. About 15 minutes after Stella was born, I stopped filling out baby books. So yeah, basically if it weren’t for this website, there would be no proof that my children existed.

I have been exploring various methods for making blogging easier and more accessible. Without going into too much geeky technical detail, I will say that my old blog model is in complete misalignment with my current life. And so, you’ll notice a new block over there on your left. This would be my attempt at realignment. I will be grabbing content from a service I am now using called Twitter, which is built around the concept of keeping it short and sweet.

I’ll continue to blog as I can work it in, and yes, Judy there will still be pictures. But back here, behind the curtain there are changes afoot. And by “afoot” I mean it might be completed in the next 2 years.