Took more photos of her majesty's cuteness.

I suppose I do miss taking pictures of kids, and seeing that as she's the only baby in my immediate vicinity, she has the advantage of being my target practice.

She smiles more now and the TPC-sneezing technique is working on her too. I made a makeshift beanbag by propping pillows under her baby blankie and positioned her around. She can't prop her head up properly yet so I can't put her on her belly. Maybe tomorrow I'll try placing her in the laundry basket with towels. Hee!


The rest of the photos can be seen here.

Finished watching season 1 of Burn Notice last night. Now that the internet is gone (hopefully only until tomorrow), I've been using the neighbor's wi-fi which keeps going off every few minutes. If I up/download any file larger than a photo, the wi-fi goes off and I lose my connection. I can't even chat with people without my YM disconnecting. I swear, I can't live without an internet connection, I'm so tech dependent it's scary. I can't watch the new season episodes of Burn Notice since the connection won't let me. I can't even download the Watchmen Motion Comics Marla suggested people download from iTunes. It's only free until tomorrow and I hope the internet will come back in time for me to get it.

Was supposed to go to the mall today but laziness kicked in and I offered to stay in and make dinner instead. I hope they find my cooking alright. I haven't done it in a while and I hope I don't burn anything.

If I get really annoyed at the net, I may be able to take time to finally re-design the blog, one of the many, many things I need to start working on. *ahem-vacation videos-ahem*

Joann's picture of the day
Don't mind my man-arms

Finally finished moving apartments. Woke up at 6am and waited for the movers to come. They hauled out the boxes and we waited for them to finish unloading before I started my assignment, FIX THE KITCHEN! That was seriously the highlight of my day. I'm such a dork, I know, but I was really having fun with among the mess of pots, pans, canned goods and kitchen appliances. Now the kitchen looks good on the outside and and inside too! Drawers and cabinets are arranged by kind and some in color :) I miss being in the kitchen so much! I was in a bit if a high that even when I was tired from all the arranging, I still found the energy to make quick eggs and ginisang sardinas for dindin. We all scarfed down our food within minutes and tossed all the dishes in the dishwasher since no one wanted to wash anything.

Jose's (Kate's husband) daughter Chasi asked me to accompany her to the pool for a late afternoon dip. I sat by the lounge chairs and watched Friends episodes on my iPod while she swam.

I spoke to my mom (finally) last night and we talked for a while. She broke my news to family in New York and it looks like I'll be in the big apple soon. Will wait for Bea and Paul to arrive mid-August so I can see them then decide when I'll move to the east coast after that. I haven't been to back to NY since 1996 so this should be interesting. If my friends in NY are reading this, I'm heading in your direction soon so do holler so we can meet! I'll be familiarizing myself with the subway since I'll be staying with my aunt in Queens. I'm both apprehensive and excited. My departure will depend on when I am able to arrange to have all my stuff and place them in storage until I can decide what my action plans are.

I'll be sharing a room with Chasi until she heads back to Carson on Saturday. I will no longer be bunking in the living room yehey! There's still more unpacking to be had tomorrow and if time permits, I'll take that walk to the mall nearby to check out the Mac store and, uhm, Old Navy. :)

As promised, here is my current Dylan replacement. Don't mind me going "Joann! Hello!" in my annoying baby voice. She's too cute for me not to fawn over her. She's an incredible mix of her parents, grandmother and, yes, her uncle.

Chopsuey clips of the last couple of days from the night I arrived. The following were all taken before the unfortunate incident so I was more eager to document my stay and I seem more normal. Ha!

Had a late dinner at IHOP on the way to the apartment from the airport. Went to the mall the next day then lunch at The Cheesecake Factory and we all ordered different varieties of salmon. Paul Santiago, that was a TIRAMISU CHEESECAKE in the clip and it was the sh!t. Used the pool the day after that and I remembered that I forgot to buy another underwater case for the flip. Bea or Paul, can you buy one for me and I'll pay you when you come over? Thanks!

Moving apartments tomorrow. Been busy with packing stuff all day. Internet and cable will be disconnected tomorrow and won't be back for five days max. Hopefully we get it sooner or I'm able to hook up with an open wi-fi connection. Maybe one of the neighbors didn't set up a password. We'll see.

Will be up early tomorrow to haul stuff out back and forth. It's a bigger place and I won't have to sleep in the living room anymore hurray! I'll be having a fun day re-organizing the new kitchen and I can't wait.

Went to a remittance center today to get money. Been mistaken for a latina once again. The lady behind the counter started speaking in rapid Spanish and I stared at her blankly and went "huh?!" I need to continue my Spanish lessons. I started listening to those free Spanish podcasts a few months back and stopped because of work stuff. Oh dear, I just remembered, Grace! Your Spanish CDs are in SF, I will try to return them to you as soon as I get my stuff, I promise.