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• Earth Day NJ: Mommy Flips Out

  Jumbo Shrimp.  Brooklyn College.  And now, improbable as it seems, the deliciously oxymoronic Earth Day New Jersey. The man unit was working this past Sunday and I'd been too busy to plan ahead with friends, so Hugo and I had to find a way to entertain ourselves.  I loathe shopping, so during naptime, when I read about the park with Earth Day Fair and promised children's activities, I said what the hay. Check out my thrilling quest through Satan's arse NJ.  Driving less than 6 miles, took an hour. Oi. Sorry Earth, my bad! In other news, I lost 3 pounds this week with moderate diet and exercise.  Which is super impressive if you hadn't read about last week's scandalous weigh-in.  Oh well.  Keep on keepin' on... Coming this week, stay tuned for a peek or three into our wacky, fun, drama and food-filled Seder at Grandma's.  See you soon Internet friends. Kisses, me UPDATE:  Turns out Earth Day celebration was Saturday, not Sunday and the emails alerting me to the event just showed up late.  But in my DUH-fense, before I went, I swear I checked the park's website.  As you can see the website for Liberty State Park is one page with no links.  But I dug and found the park's calendar of events, which you can see, hasn't been updated since 2001 (!).  Still, being caught in traffic and having a little girl in a pretty dress spit on my dog* was cool, right? * The mother of the little girl didn't say anything to her daughter when/after she spit on my dog and since the mother was obviously a Muslim (she and what looked like the girl's grandmother were wearing the headscarves), I was too intimidated by my guilty liberal conscience to say anything/get visibly angry.  But when after she spat twice, the little girl made as if to stamp on my dog like he was a little ant, I said, "No, we do not threaten dogs."  But I said it in a really soft way as she wasn't my daughter and again, I didn't want to seem like I had anything against Muslims, because I don't.  I know, I'm an idiot for going to Earth Day the wrong day and possibly for being so careful I am incapable, in the moment, of giving minorities the same "me" I'd give anyone else.   Posted Apr 21 2008, 09:23 PM by Susie Felber with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: baby, weehawken, weight watchers, exercise, diet, irony, earth day, alexander hamlton, new jersey, oxymorons, brooklyn college

• Weekend Special

  Enough with the sharing already -- today's post gives you more thrilling baby video action than you can shake a stick at.  Go ahead, try and shake a stick at it, I betcha can't! Next time more sharing, podcast recommendations and the hotly anticipated results of this week's diet and exercise bender. Oh won't it be loverly? See y'all soon! Yer pal, Susie Posted Apr 04 2008, 10:52 PM by Susie Felber with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: video, dogs, exercise, diet, babies

• Baby Weight

  I said I'd never be a mommy blogger.  Ha!  I vowed I'd never reveal any sort of details about my life online. Whee! I swore I'd never be a diet blogger. Ho ho ho! Wait, diet blogger?  You?  Where?  When?  Right now.  See, I'm on a quest to lose 20 pounds by my birthday: June 17th (yes send pressies!).  I started this diet two weeks ago (ya, Weight Watchers -- boring and do-able).  I've lost a whooping 3.5 pounds according to my highly unreliable scale. I didn't mention it because it's personal, see?  But suddenly I'm feeling sharey and I figure if I tell you, Internets, maybe it'll help keep my eyes on the don't-look-like-Shamu prize.  Here's all you need to know: 1.  It's not baby weight.  When Hugo turned a year old I had lost all the baby weight and that excuse went out the window. See amazing picture evidence.  Oh how I regret not wearing a more flattering sweater in the after! 2.  It's not because I adhere to an unrealistic idea or because I dislike myself when padded.  Au contraire! My problem is I am super confident, and when one believes they are the shizz, it's hard to mess with perfection.  3.  I currently exercise one week on, one off... I want to be motivated to be oh-so fit.  Sound boring?  It is!  But I do feel better when exercising, mentally and booty-wise.   4.   I still feel coming back from a difficult C-section was like coming back from the dead, and everyday I can sit up without pain or worse is a day I want to take advantage of by treating my body well. So.  Can I do it?  Will I do it?  Stay tuned and wish me luck.  Now, without further blather from me, the really interesting bit... Hugo at dinner tonight.  Watch for mommy's magic pea trick and Hugo's sly attempt at sleight of hand.   All the best Web friends, xoxo,  Susie  Posted Mar 31 2008, 11:01 PM by Susie Felber with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: weight watchers, c-section, exercise, lose 20 pounds, diet, baby weight