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Time to watch "You're Welcome, America." The perfect satirical palate cleanser after "Terror in Mumbai." Thanks, Will Ferrell.
Not that I have homework I need to finish in the next 45 minutes or anything... -
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Colin and Ethan have some sort of crazy psychic thing going on. At least once or twice a day, they will catch each other's eyes and start cracking up. Hysterical, uncontrollable laughing. The way Ethan laughs when we're mercilessly tickling him. I have no idea what it's about, but it's adorable and gives me hope that they'll get along well as they ( Read more... ) -
Should've named him Baby Schadenfreude
Colin finds everything that happens hilarious. Literally, everything. Daddy tickles his feet? Hilarious. Mommy smiles at him? Hilarious. Ethan kisses him? Hilarious. Fat Max the Cat sleeps soundly on the floor? Hilarious. But his favorite, most hysterical-laugh-inducing thing? Ethan's tantrums. -
Managing the Monsters
I've been struggling to keep it together with Ethan for several weeks now. He's very whiny, tantrumy, and just generally disagreeable. I know what the right things to do are, but it's difficult for me to keep calm and positive with him when he's constantly interrupting some other task I need to accomplish. So today, I did an experiment. Just for ( Read more... ) -
Girlish squealing
For the last couple of weeks there has been a spider living above our front door. I ignore it, since it ducks into its web every time I open the door and I haven't seen it inside. Tonight I went outside and there were THREE of them. Two in the web, one on the door. The one on the door is the biggest motherfucker I've ever seen. I screwed up enough ( Read more... ) -
Call me Salieri
I'm lately overwhelmed with a desire to create art. It's really a shame I have no skill to back it up. -
Quickie
I spun up the rest of the roving that came with Kevin's drop spindle today and it actually looks like yarn! Woo! Slightly uneven, but only slightly, and somewhere between DK and fingerweight. *is proud* It actually looks a lot better than the skein I spun on the wheel at S&S. We also made a decision about a wheel, and will theoretically be ordering ( Read more... ) -
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I have an 8 week old, exclusively breastfed baby, and my period showed up today. WTF, body? This is not acceptable. Guess that IUD is going in sooner than I thought.