how do they do it?

How do nurse's aides clean adult diapers daily? I have trouble with my little one sometimes and he's not even on solids yet. I am scared of what the future holds. EEww. Apparently you get used to it? I'm sorry - this is probably a topic most people do not want to read about.

I'll move on to another British English to American English translation:
Fancy Dress Party = Costume Party
If someone invited me to a fancy dress party, I would assume I needed to wear something fancy like a cocktail dress not a night of the living dead zombie outfit.

And along the party theme line:
Hen Party = Bachelorette Party
Is that where the slang for girls, "chicks", stems from?

The little man just passed out sitting on my lap. Yes I am typing with one hand at the moment. It's how I spend most of my work day if he's in a mood and has to be carried. He sure does get grumpy without a nap. But some days he just does not want to go to sleep during the day. Maybe he's afraid he'll miss out on something exciting. Or more often, I am carrying him when he falls asleep and when I put him down, he wakes up in 10-15 minutes. I suppose this means I should try to be more disciplined with naps and put him down at a certain time each day so he could fall asleep on his own. I think you're supposed to do that for night sleep as well...I think that it's easier said than done. I just put him down in his bassinet. Let's see how long he'll nap for.

So I used to make New Year's resolutions all the time but would pretty much forget about them 3 months into the year. One thing I always try to do every year is travel some place that I've never been before - could be a foreign country or it could be local. Maybe I don't always do it, but most of the time I do. Last year - I went to England for the first time. This year - well I might be going to England again for Christmas but maybe I'll get to visit a different town. There's also a lot of places at home that I've always wanted to go to but haven't - like the Frick Museum or the Sculpture Center in LIC or try out one of those doubledecker bus tours. And there's always a new restaurant that beckons to be visited.

And although I officially stopped making resolutions, I do in the back of my head always come up with things that I think would be good to do - like get back to my Rosetta Stone French Lessons, workout or clear out more of my closet. The Christmas present I requested from my parents this year was Zumba for Wii and I would say it's a pretty good workout - you dance for an hour straight for a full workout, it doesn't seem like exercise since you're dancing not doing straight up calisthenics or the like, and it does make you sweat. My salsa moves come in handy. Now that my clubbing days seem to be over and done with, it's the only way I can get my dance on these days. Ha. I tried a real zumba class last week at a dance studio (thanks to a gift certificate my sis got me for my bday) and it was fun. I'll be going again tonight and maybe the next 2 Mondays which is when my pass runs out. But maybe I'll keep taking it after that since it's only $10 a class. It get's me out of the house for a little bit, I feel like I'm doing something healthy and it's a nice break when you work from home all the days.

As I finish writing today's blog, the baby is actually still asleep, but since it's late afternoon - maybe that will mean he won't sleep later tonight....ohoh