We were out for a few hours last night and came home to find the dog had gotten into the bathroom garbage and strewn chewed up, shredded sanitary napkins throughout the house. I mean, everywhere. It was pretty disgusting. Worse than him eating the cat litter. Miranda had gone upstairs first and said --oh, Chestnut chewed up a whole roll of toilet ( Read more... )

Hung a load of laundry and put another in to wash. Fed and watered 11 animals (holy crap). Fed one kid. Scooped litter boxes and took the dog out. Changed all the bedding in the kitten room (formerly known as my sewing room). Ran a load of dishes. Straightened up Ivy's room a bit. Made a tent for Ivy and her friend in the backyard, brought out ( Read more... )

Summer is the season I'm least enthusiastic about. It's hot, I sweat an embarrassing amount, every where is crowded. I probably wrote the same entry last summer, including the part about writing the same entry ( Read more... )

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Brian made a mistake with his withholdings and we owe federal tax this year. Not a huge amount--I think 600 dollars, but disappointing not to get a refund. Although it probably would have just gone toward the things we would have been neglecting with the smaller paychecks Brian would have been receiving ( Read more... )

There are so many stray cats in this neighborhood, or maybe they are cats that people let roam because they all seem to be fairly well cared for. But several times a year there is usually a new litter of kittens roaming around. There was one back in the spring, some kids down the street were sort of looking after the kittens--mostly tormenting them ( Read more... )

I keep meaning to post about how busy I am with work, but I'm just so busy. Santaland Diaries opened the weekend after Thanksgiving, and has been running Wednesday through Sunday, with an extra different show afterwards on Friday and Saturday. But tonight it closes, hurrah. It's such a fun job, I really love it but it will be good to be at home. ( Read more... )

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Ivy has been going back and forth between being a dragon or a Murloc for Halloween. I was pushing for dragon, since she already has a hooded sweatshirt that could work as a dragon costume, and I had some leftover green fleece to make pants. But the Murloc costume won, or more specifically, Murky the Baby Murloc.


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I took a package to the post office today and on the way back stopped at Discount Drug Mart for milk. While walking to the coolers in the back of the store, I saw La Choy Chow Mein on the shelf. I didn't think it even existed anymore, but apparently it does. This was the only "Chinese" food I ever had as a kid, I didn't taste the real kind until ( Read more... )

The trip to the waterpark last Friday went so well, with the girls so well behaved that I am now inspired to do all sorts of crazy things on my own with them. Brian's work retreat might be the week of the homeschooler's gathering at the waterpark in February? No problem! I can take them on my own! (which if it did happen, would actually probably be ( Read more... )