Vera’s turning 3 today

Published by admin under Pandemonium on January 25, 2010

My first born, Vera, is three years old today. Where did all that time go? Matthew and I spent the evening last night while the girls were sleeping going through all our pictures of her thus far on my computer. It’s amazing how day to day we don’t realize/see them changing, and then when you step back and look at their transformation it transforms you. They grow up so fast.

Once Matthew gets home from work we’re going to have a Skype session with my Mom so she can watch Vera open the presents she sent her. I love that we’re able to do this with her because sometimes I feel like my girls are missing out with having only the one participating grandparent here. Both of my parents  live states away, and very much want to be a part of their lives. I almost feel like a jerk sometimes for moving, but I had to get out of there(BUT that’s a whole other story)

We decided not to throw a party for Vera because we were a little bummed about the turn-out for Naomi’s 1st birthday party so we didn’t want our older child (who can realize no one is there) go through that kind of disappointment. Instead we decided to make it casual and take her to the place she always bugs us to take her; Chuck-E-Cheeses. When she’s older I think it’ll be different when she can invite school friends, and there will be kids her age vs. family & friends and their children who vary in ages nowhere near hers. I know that she’ll have a blast tonight & I’m excited to see what she thinks of the cookie cake that I made her. We’ve discovered she’s not too found of regular cake so hopefully she’ll enjoy this.

This was the 1st cake I’ve decorated since working at the DQ over 6 years ago. This cake was pretty bad-ass if I do say so myself. I bought a Tinker Bell topper from HEB and then iced it myself making little flowers and the “moonstone sceptor” from the new movie Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure .I used the crummy store bought icing. I should have just made my own butter-cream since I went to the trouble of mixing all the different colors anyways. It wouldn’t have looked as runny.

Tinker Bell Cookie Cake

Life Gives you Lemons Get An Avatar

Published by admin under Pandemonium on January 23, 2010

Matthew took me to go see Avatar today in 3D (what a trooper! He can’t even see the 3D for some odd reason and yet he still took me). One word: AMAZING. There are so many reviews on this movie I don’t need to go there.

However this movie conjured up some deep thoughts in me mainly because I’m writing a sci-fantasy novel and this movie hits close to home, but also because it raises some serious questions and ideas in my mind.

The science in this movie is so well thought out it’s crazy. Essentially the planet Pandora (happens to be the name of my lil sis’s dog lol) is alive and is like one massive computer that all the people and nature tap into. I wish more people thought of God this way because essentially that’s how he works. But that’s a whole other tangent thought.

Anyways what I was thinking is  how wonderful that would be wouldn’t it if we could just transfer data i.e. our soul/mind into a new body? Your body is broke (this dude was paralyzed from the waste down) and you just switch over. Life gives you lemons go get an Avatar.  I can’t wrap my mind around that entirely though because this avatar is living and how do you create it to be empty and soulless. Wouldn’t you be encroaching on it’s soul while inside? In the movie one of the Avatar dies, but the human survives it. It was odd to me because just because the link between the two minds is there wouldn’t the soul have died in that body? I can see where it could go back….but still. Odd. If you did that and wanted to make it a permanent solution how comfortable would you be with just letting your old body die? I’m rather attached to mine I think I’d be a little sad.

Food for Thought. A Penny for yours?