David & Deirdre's Life Journey: 04/01/2007

oh it's a sad sad world.....
MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Police took a super hero into custody after he allegedly attacked a woman in a Florida bar.

Melbourne police officials said Raymond Adamcik, who was dressed as Captain America, made rude suggestions to a woman in the bar and grabbed her between her thighs.

Police said after Adamcik had his booking photo taken, he tried to flush a bag of marijuana and a rolled joint down the toilet.

Adamcik has been charged with battery, disorderly conduct, possession of marijuana and destruction of evidence, authorities said.

Melbourne police said the altercation stemmed from a pub crawl sponsored by a pharmaceutical company. Those who attended the crawl were wearing costumes.

Story and image courtesy of nbc4.tv

yes, we're still here :)

dave's been adjusting to his new schedule at work. he's on the night shift doing rough cuts of segments for made in america with john razenberger. he works from 6AM-3AM, sometimes a bit later as he gets so wrapped up in what he's doing he doesn't realize the time.

however, it's much quieter and he can concentrate better. as some of you may remember, dave is NOT a morning person ;)traffic is hell going in, but coming home it's easy, and this way he also gets to park in the garage.

he's still getting used to things. the plus side is he gets to be at home while jayden is up. he does get to sleep in, i try to let him do that. jayden however, is a howler monkey and is talking a lot, and hasn't found her indoor voice yet ;)

for me, i recently photographed my first fashion show at em&co, on 3rd & fairfax:

http://www.emandco.com/

just past the the farmer's market. it was a lot of fun, met a lot of people. heather palleiko's jewelry were also part of the show. below is the invite that heather created using one of my photos :)

i wasn't paid in cash, however, i am going to have in the store a showing of my fine art photography on may 31rst and i will the be the first photo show in the boutique and it appears the last show of the year or for a few months. i am going through literally about thousands of frames that i had processed during my 2nd trimester last year, i have a lot of work to be done :D the store's owner, evaline(sp), is going to use her entire contact list for the invitations :)

also, it appears that a fashion magazine called 944, was supposed to have a photographer shoot the event and the person never showed up. so it looks like some of my images are going to be in the event section of their magazine! i hope that this magazine will hopefully consider me to shoot other events or even better assign me to do other photo shoots. who knows?

http://www.944.com/losangeles/

last night i also shot em&co's boutique to be used as promo cards for them to market more to upscale designers both local and internationl. it's pretty exciting :)

and yes, i get FULL credit for whatever images are used, so they will read photos by deirdreryan.com. i will be getting a ton of exposure and that could pay off in a huge way :D

this week is also heather's trunk show of her latest creations. another way to network as well :) it's on april 12th. details to follow soon.

my friend mike oeming's pilot is coming out soon. i hope and pray that the higher ups of whatever don't screw it up. here's a link that shows more on the cast & crew for Them:
http://www.tv.com/them/show/68709/summary.html?q=them&tag=search_results;more;0

spread da' word...........

other than that, jayden is cutting a tooth on the front lower part of her mouth. it's pretty sharp! she so far has a lot of drool, a bit more fussy(also we think another growth spurt) and literally going after everything to chew on of course..including canela. she is sleeping throughout the night, so far.

the little spawn has been on solids for a little over a month. ummmmm, yummy bland food! the rice ceral she loves mixed with formula and either carrots or green beans. still has the bottle too. kid has a hearty appetite, like her dad ;)

next week she starts on pureed chicken, oh the poop is going to be FANTASTIC! WOOHOO! dave has never experienced solid food poop on a baby before, so his reaction i plan on getting on "film".

she is trying to crawl too. been gearing up for this for a long time. there are times she gets frusterated, and ends up accidentally bonking her head on the floor, ouch! so far she is rocking, doing the yoga pose, downward dog, and while on her back she likes to scoot on her head. when also in a crawling pose, she is trying to move forward, on her head as well...i can't help but picture that scene in parenthood when their youngest likes to ram his head into things while wearing a bucket on his head....

also getting head butted has been a treat. i was in a car accident in college and busted my nose, so i'm still pretty sensitive, trying to not get hit there at least. but the other night while dave was at work, her head met my teeth(i was talking to console her) and wow! she started howling and i'm trying to make her feel better while making sure none of my top front teeth were loose. after about a minute she was fine, laughing and be the happy baby she always is ;)

my mom is flying out for a month on may 22nd. i'm excited and so relieved! i need help! also she'll be here for my show, so that'll be great :D

i had to replace my cell phone. the plus side is it takes better pictures, and i can record 15 second videos :)

also, heather and i have been walking in santa monica, doing about 3 miles. i scored a jogger stroller at the salvation army for $20 and heather uses hers with syd and away we go!

i'm back down to 100 lbs, my normal weight, which is where i was in high school and throughout college. i'm trying to gain a little more, but it's not working. i'm like my dad, high metabolism, so whatever i eat, it doesn't matter. to be honest, i thought that i would never get back down to normal, so my size 2 jeans and pants i donated. boy was i wrong! i had to go out and get at least a couple jeans that fit and don't sag, etc. my feet are completly back to normal, so my cute heeled shoes fit! YAY!

here is a recent item we needed that we found through craigslist:
moss green sectional sleeper sofa with a queen sized bed: $100
so when you all come on over, there is actually a place to sit. and the foldout was never used :D it's all clean and good(insert comment by devo here_____________)

also, i was walking around our neighborhood after walking over to the post office and saw a used appliance place. i went in and saw that they had a great stand-alone freezer for sale. the guy sold it to me for $80! it fits perfectly in our kitchen next the fridge. now, we can really stock up on meat & frozen veggies, etc. also, i can make jayden's food and freeze it. not only that, but it also make a perfect height for me to use as a counter space. the standard height counters are too tall for me :(

we have been selling/donating stuff too, which helps. the freezer and couch we needed.

we are all extremly happy :D i haven't felt this way in 10 years! a lot of our friends have seen me in only rough times and now, i feel more like myself again!!!! i think the treatments are helping as well as my other meds. finacially, things be better, but really, we couldn't be happier. we have a nice place to live, food on the table, so much to be thankful for :D

so in a nutshell, that's what's been going on over here at the ryan residence. we miss everyone and hope to have visitors soon :)