New words & more

My boy's new word is "cookie." Don't think we feed our kid Oreos (no...those are for Mom!!) . They're Gerber animal crackers, so they're actually nutritious. He just thinks he's getting junk food.

Last week on weigh-in night I had dropped 0.6lb. Not a lot but better than a gain of the same. Tonight is weigh-in again. My rule is this: if I've lost, I go buy whatever junk food I want and eat it all. Then the next day I'm back on the wagon. If I've gained, no junk food. Gives me a reason to behave through the week. So far it's worked.

Yesterday Dr. Phil had Andrea Bocelli on. Man, can he sing! (Andrea, not Dr. Phil.) At the very end he sang "Can't Help Falling in Love with You" and I thought I would melt. Not even Elvis could sing it like that, and he's the gold standard! If we'd had enough money Andrea Bocelli would've sung at our wedding.

Spent too much money on amazon.com again...but got some awesome books that I can't wait to read. Some on Hispanic-ism, since I've now unofficially become the Hispanic culture consultant at work, and some on maternity/newborn nursing. Also found a very interesting book that is a reverse look at the conquest of New Spain. Translated (the book is in Spanish) it's something like The True Story behind the Conquest of New Spain. I think it's supposed to be the Indians'(Aztec, Inca, Maya, and Quechua tribes) account of the Spanish conquest of Latin America One interesting example: our history books write that the Indians thought the Spaniards were gods and so greeted them with flowers, perfumes, etc. I learned that in school, didn't you? However, the Indians put it differently: "We smelled them before we saw them. Not even with flowers and perfumes could we stand to be near them." Funny how history tends to gloss over things like that.

Hubs was informed by his supervisor (who was informed by their boss) that they now have to start work at 7am instead of 8. He wants them to work 50 hours a week and not 40. So we are adjusting to getting up earlier...grrr. Hopefully this will translate into a bigger paycheck as we could certainly use the $$ for savings. But that doesn't mean we like the longer days. I don't like not seeing him very much in the mornings!