Here's the critter.

So, after 10 weeks of being on the run, Gerbils is once again safely in his habitat. How'd we do this? Starved him until he came out (it took about 2 days). Gabriel nearly cried he was so happy. I'm happy too. In the last 10 weeks, that hamster has become the size of a medium gerbil. He's HUGE. I'm glad to have him back. I like that critter

Okay, so I failed getting the rotten meat smell from the carpet. I'm so upset with myself for not just taking the friggen cooler out myself. Why did I have to wait for him to do it? Now my apartment smells like dead animals. Out!, Nature's Miracle, and Febreze have all failed to dampen the stench. I guess I'll deal with it when I get back from ( Read more... )

Insomnia hit me hard last night. I was up until 3 a.m. But in that time, I managed to finally slay the laundry beastie (save for the actual folding and putting away part), built a trap for Gerbils (the hamster has been free-range for a little over 2 months now), cleaned the oven (it's BLUE?!), cleaned my bathroom (YUCK!), naired my legs (Warning ( Read more... )

I saw Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room tonight. It's such a sad story of how greed can destroy you from the inside out. There is the brilliant exception of Ken Lay - who will be more than likely spared from the public flogging due to his inextricable entanglement with the family of the current leader of the free world. And poor Ken and ( Read more... )

There was a knock on the door late this morning. I, being a good and concientious mother, peered through the peephole before opening the portal and inviting the outside in on my children. There stood a lady holding a lovely bouquet of flowers. "OOOH! He ordered me flowers!" I thought. "Those are some serious brownie points!" I opened the door ( Read more... )

Counseling did not go well today. Tim the Sorcerer focused way too much on me today and my apparent unhealthy way of controlling my anger. Personally, I thought refraining from knocking the shit out of the person in front of you would be construed as healthy. As it turns out, I'm wrong. Who knew? Chris provoked me during a "role play" (which I ( Read more... )

There is little that sucks worse than a misunderstanding that causes strife. I'm sorry we've gotten to this place. =(

....I might very well be granted the Shittiest Mom of the Year award. Why? Because currently, my daughter is in the back room, screaming for me, banging on the closed door. Two weeks after trying to get her to go to sleep on her own and not being able to leave the room, things still SUCK. Tonight, she screamed like she was being stabbed for 25 ( Read more... )

Today is the one-month anniversary of me working out 3 times a ( Read more... )