*****Edited to add: i’ve been listening to all your music submissions. and will be picking a winner on Friday. BUT, it’s not too late to give me some music to listen to. please send more!!!
first things first:
they are actually much, much cuter in person. and on her little chubby feet.
and second things second:
yes, that is my nanny talking to her in the background.
yes, she is walking to get an m&m. i’m thinking of getting her a t-shirt that says: will walk for food. seriously, all you readers with your home-based businesses…there must be someone making homemade t-shirts. i’ll buy one. i swear.
yes, i realize that the video is sideways. that was my bad. silly me for thinking that i’d be able to turn it before i uploaded it. so, i apologize early if you get a crick in your neck.
anyone know how???
i’m learning all sorts of new fun html things…like changing colors in html??!! seriously, it’s way way cool sh%^t. and this site? i spent at least an hour playing choosing a background color for my comment page. perhaps i missed my calling. maybe writing and editing children’s books wasn’t my thang (although my book about salad might just be a bestseller one day. it’s quite popular with the cool kindergarteners).
maybe i should have been a web designer. i could have worked from home! on a mac (ah…a girl can dream, can’t she?? i literally have been salivating over macbooks of late)!! I could have made my own hours! worked in pajamas! used cool words like "style sheets" and "widgets"!!
maybe one day. i’ll add it to my list of cool jobs i’d like to have, which includes jobs like personal shopper and co-host on The View. what about all of you? any dream jobs? is there anything you wished you had gone into instead of what you have? how did you pick what you did become?
i am pretty sure that i always knew i would do something with words. i just didn’t know what. my mother actually – probably one of the most thoughtful things she’s EVER done for me – bought me this book called "100 jobs in words" when i was about 15. i still have it.
my father is a doctor, so i contemplated the med school route for a while (but i didn’t think i’d make it past the whole cadaver thing) and my stepdad’s a lawyer and i considered the law school route as well (but when Kirby Keger reminded me that there were more people in law school than there were lawyers on the entire planet…i ruled that one out as well).
i applied – and got in – to two prestigious communications programs in the states (let’s just say one was in Boston and one was in NYC – i won’t say where, since it could bring me to tears). but, my dream school, Brown, waitlisted me. see, i wanted to go to Brown before Seth and Summer made it trendy. but, since i didn’t speak Chinese or play the violin, i got waitlisted. and then got rejected. and in the words of Zoey 101 – and my daughter Emily – "rejected, rejected, you just got rejected! r-e, j-e, c-t-e-d, rejected!!!!"
anyway, i turned down both schools to move to Canada. (what can i say? i was young and stupid. but i was in love. and i’m still married to that love, 8 years later, so that counts for something, doesn’t it?) I went to York University, where i majored in English Psychology. and i went to Centennial to get my degree in Book and Magazine Publishing.
and the rest is history. at Centennial (which is THE coolest school ever, since it’s Degrassi. i’m not kidding. it really is!) i met Don Sedgwick, who helped me get the job that i currently have now. i owe everything to him.
including, apprently, my uncanny ability for tangents. sheesh. this post was supposed to be about my daughter’s cute shoes, and ended up being about going to school at Degrassi High.
Thanks, Don.
and Brown? eat your heart out.
today’s song of the day: it’s READER’s CHOICE day. i want a song that you’re loving right now. a song you can’t get out of your head because it’s. just. that. good.if i pick your song, you win a mix cd from me. (mix cd sure doesn’t have the same ring to it as mix tape, does it?), made by me. just for you.
so…it’s a contest! tell your friends!
I just came across your site a few days ago, but I tend to be a bit of a music whore, so I had to share some music ideas…
Somthing Pretty by Patrick Park
Hold You In My Arms by Ray LaMontagne
Shakin’ by Rooney
I have about a million more to offer, but those are the ones at the top of my list right at this moment 🙂
Enjoy!
Oh, and I love your blog, btw!
Two songs I heard on “Jack” and can’t get out of my head are
1. Cheeseburger in Paradise by Jimmy Buffet- love it.
2. Runaround by Blues Traveller.
I love Bella. She’s delicious. Will she walk for any food or only M&M’s?
Thanks for the comment and now I get another awesome blog for my reader list. Here’s my song. “Because you’re mine, I walk the line.” Johny Cash.
Whats love got to do with it
Tina Turner…..Have no idea why its been in my head all day.
“begin” by ben lee…actually any song of his from the album “awake is the new sleep”…it’s amazing. i think you’d love it. but i’m not tech-savvy enough to find an mp3 clip for you to hear…so hopefully you’ll figure it out! 🙂
also elliott smith is great for this time of year…”from a basement on a hill” is especially good, kind of haunting (it was released after his death)…it’s very calming, introspective music…i love it for when i’m walking to class or working on a project
Okay, I’ve been meaning to send my “submissions,” so here you go!
I Don’t Feel Like Dancin/Scissor Sisters – aw, yes, this song has that catchy sing a long in the car beat that is embarressing to admit to others openly (but this is just a harmless blog contest, right?!) 🙂
AND, because I’m totally OBSESSED with Grey’s Anatomy, I can’t get enough of this one:
How To Save A Life/The Fray
Sorry, can I add a 3rd?! Is it allowed?
Street Corner Symphony/Rob Thomas – LOVE this song, and ABC happens to play it with every preview to their Thursday lineup, which includes Grey’s Anatomy! 🙂
*Love the video of miss Isabella walking, too cute! Love your new blogs too – sorry I’m a bad emailer but I feel like I’m always up to date with what’s happening with you through this!
“Shut Up and Kiss Me” is an oldie from Mary Chapin Carpenter’s Party Doll album:
http://www.last.fm/music/Mary+Chapin+Carpenter/_/Shut+Up+and+Kiss+Me
not too late! you have until tomorrow!!
Probably too late now but here’s my music submission…
Flop Culture by FM static
Well .. I’m a John Mayer fanatic LOL…
Go listen to Gravity (off his new album Continuum .. brilliant, simply brilliant..)
http://www.stereogum.com/John%20Mayer%20-%20Gravity.mp3
awesome, awesome, awesome….and if you love this Jazzy type music .. buy the album .. it’s brilliant!
I also listen to the following two mainly because they give me some comfort after our local school shootings (montreal) that killed a local girl.. (they’re sad lyrics, but I love the melodies …)
go to http://www.nataliegrant.com/
and click on JukeBox (top left) and ff to “Held” .. beautiful song…
And lastly,
Mercy Me – Homesick (Christian music…)
http://www.inorecords.com/OneNightOnly/Homesick_512k.wmv (makes me cry every time…)
Enjoy!
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley. I always listen to it on the walk from the train to office to get a smile on my face.
hi ali,
i really enjoy reading your blogs.before you & urbanmoms,i never knew anything about blogs.you’ve inspired me to start my own blog.any how my baby,who’s 2 made me watch your baby ,like about 15 times in a row.very cute.apparently for 2 year olds it’s normal to watch sideways walking babies.my baby has about 10 pairs of shoes so starting her off early on a shoe fetish.i only have about 5 pairs,no seriously.i would be barefoot all the time if possible.well your little one is very,very cute.so keep on buying her cute shoes to walk in.and keep blogging.
Just heard these on the radio and LOVE ‘EM.
Cat Stevens, Wild World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-t8tUED9MI (my first heartbreak)
Hootie and the Blowfish, One Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFwNozxI-CQ (sexified voice!)
OK. I’ll try and stop now…
Btw…NOTHING like a baby in jammies! So yummy 😉
Right now, I can’t get Justin Timberlake’s Sexy Back out of my head. So, that’s my song of the day. It’s also my cell phone ringer….
Love the shoes!
Love the video! My monkey would totally scoot for M&M’s….Heck, she’d take her first steps for some!
I got my dream job: mommying, writing, art dealing…. 😉 Feel totally blessed to be doing things I love. Would like to do some painting again, though. No time for everything….
Joshua Radin does an awesome cover of the song “Only You”
OK. I too am an 80’s girl! Here are a few of my faves:
A Little Respect by Erasure – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCgWst0-_2Y
Only You by Yaz (Yazoo) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdhdkzU2xD4 (this is hilarious! they are on some weird UK kid’s show but the song ROCKS!) – When I fell in love with my hubby I used to listen to this song OVER AND OVER.
Have to admit…tears streaming down my face remembering the road trips and crazy days listening to these tunes! Pathetic :*(
Stylesheets do rock, but working from home has it’s pitfalls. Meanwhile…she’s walking! Talk about adorable.
Bella is adorable!! So cute. Song….I can’t think of one. Sorry.
Star Mile by Joshua Radin
But take your pick, the whole CD is unreal.
myspace.com/joshuaradin
Sunshine this is for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjEsDKjGlw0
(I used to stalk the keyboardist :))) – oh the foolish things we do in our youth!!)
Hey Sunshine – don’t be embarrassed, I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 1980’S LOLOL…I used to be such a rock groupie for Canadian bands along my best friends (respectable early 40’s moms now LOL)…
Great video. And the shoes … fabulous.
As far as songs in my head … I am abit stuck in the 80s and am to embarassed to admit it 🙂
Ok, I confess, I am a TALK RADIO whore so don’t listen to a lot of music….but these are for my kids…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDXthcIBDPM&mode=related&search= (#1 song when Miranda was born)
Almost Here – Delta Goodrem & Brian McFadden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-59_3jvOtw (#1 song when Jeremy was born)
Amazing – Alex Lloyd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32BI-fCWf0A (Toby love this song to death and so do I!)
Moonlight Shadow – Mike Oldfield
Hey babe…cool to learn so much about you – now I know how you ended up in The Great White North!!
Dream jobs? I am still dreaming LOL….
My parents were migrants from Germany in the late 50’s so were dirt poor when they arrived in Canada. My parents actually met in a bar on Spadina Avenue of all places! No formal education for either, but my father had 4 apprenticeships going so learned a lot of trades and let’s face it, in the 60’s, Canada was dying for skilled workers. Mum started out as a maid for an upper class WASP’y family who treated her like dirt, but then she went to work for a Jewish family in Forest Hill who treated her really well, and from then on, she worked in Jewish restaurants on Spadina (the most notable being United Bakers, which has relocated as you know to B&L). My parents pushed us really hard to work hard at school and we all went to university (and eventually finished – that is my brother and sister). I wanted to go away to university (like Queen’s or somewhere) but my overprotective mom wouldn’t let me go anywhere but U of T, so studied engineering and hated every moment of it. In fact I nearly dropped out after 1st year to reconsider and go into science/medicine. In hindsight, I am glad I didn’t (all that blood and stuff ya know). I have a nice sensible very well paying job and I love what I do (traffic and transportation engineer/planner), a nice balance between sort of artsy and dealing with people (architects, planner, developers, etc.) and number crunching (which I am really good at, sad to say, I am one of those who can calculate the GST & PST to the cent):(((
My dream job though would be either to be a writer or a personal shopper, seeing as I love books, mags, newspapers, the internet and USED to be a great writer in high school, but the whole poverty thing did NOT appeal ROFL. My closest friend from high school is a wrtier/journalist and we both love girly mind candy (i.e. chick lit). Re the shopping thing – well I am the QUEEEEEEN. Thank God for the web, otherwise my kids would be dressed in naff cheap Ozzie gear, yuck..
A logical extension of my job would be teaching at university, which I loved doing when I was still in Canada – I taught transport planning at U of T to adult students and at Ryerson to 2nd year urban plannign students. Doing my Master of Arts in City Policy at Murdoch University at the moment, so maybe I still have an “in”.
Wow, long post.
BTW, can’t see Bella’s video although she sounds adorable…yep Miss M is the same – her t-shirt should read WILL DO ANYTHING FOR SMARTIES/MCDONALDS HAPPY MEALS…
Love the shoes, keep forgetting you guys are in fall, going into winter soon.
Reminds me I need to get the kids some summer sandals.
http://www.scissorsisters.com/media/
I Don’t Feel Like Dancin
Scissor Sisters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-c94VVU7zc
Starlight
Muse