My personality...

ENFP - "Journalist". Uncanny sense of the motivations of others. Life is an exciting drama. 8.1% of total population.

Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI)

Extroverted (E) 51.61% Introverted (I) 48.39%
Intuitive (N) 54.05% Sensing (S) 45.95%
Feeling (F) 72.97% Thinking (T) 27.03%
Perceiving (P) 72.22% Judging (J) 27.78%

take your own here: http://similarminds.com/cgi-bin/newmb.pl

What my Birthday says about me:

took this from Danielle of Collective Elements :)

www.paulsadowski.com/birthday.asp

Your date of conception was on or about 24 June 1981 which was a Wednesday.

You were born on a Wednesday
under the astrological sign Pisces.
Your Life path number is 4.

Your fortune cookie reads:
The days you work are the best days.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 6 & 7.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 3, 5 & 9.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2445045.5.
The golden number for 1982 is 7.
The epact number for 1982 is 5.
The year 1982 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/25/1982 and ending 2/12/1983.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Dog.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Wolf; your plant is Plantain.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Pachons, the first month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 22 AdarI 5742.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 23 AdarI 5742.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.8.14.1 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 8 tun 14 uinal 1 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Wednsday, 21 Jumadiyu'l-Avval 1402 (1402-5-21).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 11 April 1982.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 18 April 1982.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 24 February 1982.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 30 May 1982.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 6 June 1982.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Saturday, 18 September 1982.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Thursday, 8 April 1982.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 23 February 1982.

As of 2/12/2009 3:46:57 PM EST
You are 26 years old.
You are 323 months old.
You are 1,404 weeks old.
You are 9,829 days old.
You are 235,911 hours old.
You are 14,154,706 minutes old.
You are 849,282,417 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:

Caroline Corr (1973)	Mia Hamm (1972)	Rob Lowe (1964)
Arye Gross (1960)	Gary Sinise (1955)	Kurt Russell (1951)
Patrick Duffy (1949)	John Sebastian (1944)	Paul Kantner (1941)
Rudolf Nureyev (1938)	Nat 'King' Cole (1919)	Mercedes McCambridge (1918)
Bobby Jones (1902)	Shemp Howard (1895)

Top songs of 1982

I Love Rock `n' Roll by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder	Centerfold by J. Geils Band
Maneater by Daryl Hall & John Oates	Jack & Diane by John Cougar
Don't You Want Me by Human League	Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
Abracadabra by Steve Miller Band	Hard to Say I'm Sorry by Chicago

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 3.84696673189824 years old. (Life's just a big chewy bone for you!)

Your lucky day is Thursday.
Your lucky number is 3 & 7.
Your ruling planet(s) is Jupiter & Neptune.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Virgo.
Your opposition number(s) is 5.

Today is one of your lucky days!

There are 33 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 27 candles.

Those 27 candles produce 27 BTUs,
or 6,804 calories of heat (that's only 6.8040 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.09 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1982 there were approximately 3.6 million births in the US.
In 1982 the US population was approximately 226,545,805 people, 64.0 persons per square mile.
In 1982 in the US there were 2,495,000 marriages (10.8%) and 1,180,000 divorces (5.1%)
In 1982 in the US there were approximately 1,990,000 deaths (8.8 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1982 the population of Australia was approximately 15,288,891.
In 1982 there were approximately 239,903 births in Australia.
In 1982 in Australia there were approximately 117,274 marriages and 44,088 divorces.
In 1982 in Australia there were approximately 114,771 deaths.


Your birthstone is Aquamarine

The Mystical properties of Aquamarine

Aquamarine is often used to experience love and mercy. It is said to help ease depression and grief.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Jade, Rock Crystal, Bloodstone

Your birth tree is

Lime Tree, the Doubt

Accepts what life dishes out in a composed way, hates fighting, stress and labour, tends to laziness and idleness, soft and relenting, makes sacrifices for friends, many talents but not tenacious enough to make them blossom, often wailing and complaining, very jealous, loyal.

There are 316 days till Christmas 2009!
There are 329 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was in its last quarter.

Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco

well i should finish cleaning up but I need a little break and there's no better way to waste time than online surveys, right? This is another gem from facebook, it's fun so why not. Feel free to repost.

1. Put your iTunes on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing the game as well as the person you got the note from.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY??
When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
I Can See Clearly Now (The Rain is Gone) B.J Thomas

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Caterpillar - Janis Joplin

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Blue Monday - Orgy

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
No Scrubs - TLC (LOL!)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Like It Or Not - Frank Zappa & The Mothers

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Jealousy - Natalie Merchant

WHAT IS 2+2?
Jewish Princess - Frank Zappa

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS?
Your Southern Can is Mine - White Stripes

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Paddle Out - Sublime

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Fortunate Son - Drop Kick Murphy's version

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac (not even lying, that's what came up I swear!)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Anyone Else But You - Moldy Peaches (that's awful!)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
It's Too Bad - Jimi Hendrix hahaaa good thing I already am married!

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
My Old Friend - Tim McGraw (boy that's kinda depressing....)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi - (aren't I always?)

WHAT IS THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Rumors are Flying - The Andrew Sisters

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Honey Bee - Tom Petty

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
For What it's Worth - Buffalo Springfield

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
San Francisco Bay Blues - Tom Rush

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
It's Raining Men - The Pointer Sisters

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Ode to Billy Joe - Bobby Gentry

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Gone for Good - Morphine

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Hey Porter - Johnny Cash

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Me Lost Me Cookie At The Disco - Cookie Monster & The Girls / Sesame Street Disco
hah, now I absolutely have to repost this!

Fun Fact about Sticky Glue Fly Traps

Quick little fun fact ...... You know those disgusting fly strips that people can can pull out of that little tube capsule, stretch it out and it hangs from the ceiling? It is great for catching stray fly's, etc.....like the one pictured to the left (not my pic, found it online)?

Guess what gets the nasty sticky worse than honey & molasses mixed together glue out of your HAIR when it falls onto your head? EW!

Well, the answer is rubbing alcohol.

I was taking laundry into the basement and it fell onto my head, I guess I must've brushed past it or something, I don't know. The minute I went past it I thought, oh shit...did I? And then I feel behind my head and OMG sticky. My hair might as well have mated with this freaking fly trap it was so stuck in there! I FREAKED OUT. Of course, if you know me you know how calm and cool headed I can be in situations involving bugs (NOT) so I immediately started pulling it out of my hair and screaming "OH MY GOD" progressivly faster and louder. Once I pulled it all the way out of my hair I tried to isolate the part that was sticky and ran upstairs to the bathroom, still screaming OH MY GODDDDDDDDDD

I did freak out and panic, and cut some of it out, I had to, it was one of those situations you hear of in wars and movies, where you have to sacrefice one life to save many. It was just like that haha - for the greater good. I decided I needed to get the glue off my hands before attempting anymore hair removal. Soap.....no dice. liquid soap...no dice. Shampoo? Nope.......Apricot scrub? (don't ask me why I tried this?) umm...no, not that either.

Finally, an epiphany....RUBBING ALCOHOL! YES! I soaked a baby wipe in rubbing alcohol and rubbed the glue off my hands. Then my hair...then the thought...wait, is this going to make my hair bleached out? Well.....I guess I didn't care. I continued to scrub and thank God it came out.

Then a shampoo and all seems to be normal except for the massive headache I have from yanking that thing out of my hair while screaming at the top of my lungs!

So - for all you unlucky saps who may be frantically searching something like "remove sticky glue fly trap from hair" well, the answer is rubbing alcohol! I hope you never have to use this information!

Two Hour Delay

Neil's third day of school brings lots of snow! We have a two hour delayed opening today. It was pretty cool because last night I signed up for text alerts for school delays/closings through 6abc - so when his school updates the news/radio stations of delay/closings -it texts me for his school only! How cool is that? Here's a view of our front porch, the snow really piled on last night!


I had a feeling there might be a delay/closing today because the snow was coming down pretty good last night. Sure enough, 4:49am I got a text message that said school was delayed 2 hours! It was really handy, I gotta admit!


Sean was home with us today so we are having a nice morning. Sean and Neil played Connect 4, we got this for Neil for his bday. He really likes this game and is surprisingly great about not dumping the pieces all over.

We haven't gotten him a whole lot for his bday, we're going to wait until after his party on Sunday because it's just easier that way, no duplicates!

We are thinking of renewing his membership to the Franklin Institute which is what we gave him last year - and we've been over there quite a bit. It's a really awesome place and he has a ton of fun there - and learns a lot, I gotta admit that we have a lot of fun there too!

The teacher says that Neil is following the routines of the day very nicely and seems to really be enjoying school. This makes me so happy! I'm glad that it's a good fit. The bus driver reported that yesterday he found his seat on his own (they have assigned seats as they are in car seats) and climbed up into it. Of course the driver/aid buckles them in but I thought that was pretty good, especially since it's only day 2!

He came home from school yesterday, climbed onto the sofa to take off his shoes & socks and said "off" for each shoe and sock. That's pretty good, probably doesn't seem like much to most moms of toddlers but it's good for Neil since he's in the class due to his lack of vocal abilities.


This was yesterday - Neil's 2nd day of school. I didn't cry when he got on the bus this time hehe. I figure I should at least be as emotionally strong as a 3 year old, right?

There really isn't anything else to say

Neil's First Day at School

Today is Neil's Third Birthday! It's also another huge landmark day in Neil's childhood - his first day of school! Here's Neil 3 years ago, just about (he was a few days old in this pic)

I have been really emotional about sending Neil to school, but it's going to be good for him so we gotta do it. It's a preschool program through our district. The bus drives him and everything, it's all big boy stuff!

He did great today. The school bus was really late picking him up so things didn't go as smoothly as I'd have hoped, but he got to school just fine and with no tears. He got onto the bus with a little hesitation, then the drivers buckled him in and he was all set to go. I was a mess, crying. I tried to hold it together until I was out of sight though.

Then my mom and I promptly jumped into the car and followed/chased the bus, I had to make sure he got off the bus and into school today and I wanted to make sure he wasn't crying. I knew that if he wasn't crying I'd feel better.

He was totally fine. The teacher's aid called to let me know that he was having a good day, no tears! He turned out to be a lot more brave than I was haha. Mom & I went to breakfast and Target, and then got home in time for the bus! He looks like such a big boy on the school bus. Here's to no tears tomorrow from me :)

Before School -


No makeup, I'd just cry it off anyway


Waiting for the bus...


Sitting on the bus!



Getting home from school - look at his little bookbag! So official :)



I'm going to stop writing before I start crying again!

Ah Sweet Victory :)

Great news - the CPSIA has heard our voices and our petitions, etc and they have postponed the Lead Law ruling for one year in order to properly amend it. There will still be fines for selling items with lead in it, which I think is great - but it will not cripple us in any ways (yet!)

Hopefully this year long pause will give them time to properly write and plan for this law.

More info here on Etsy's Storque

and on John Greco's Blog ( a fellow etsynj member)