well so far this year has been a rough one.  Perhaps expensive is a better word.  Heater broke right before christmas.  Fridge broke right after.  A. had a car accident (with the kids) 2 weeks later and took the front off the van.  (that would be the only car we can all fit in.)  Then my friend passed away 4 weeks after that.  I'm hoping that ( Read more... )

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At least I had always hoped so!

You Are Ani Difranco!
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How do I put a pic in here!!!

I was told that it was time to update my journal, so I'll check in quickly. The kids are growing. The oldest is home schooling and I'm really enjoying it! The youngest is really good at being 3.5. The middle one is trying to make sure she doesn't get lost in the shuffle...oh and she still loves pigs ( Read more... )

i was having a lovely chat with some friends and my boy woke up. he's such a sweaty baby. i laid down with him to nurse and my face was right in his wet, sweaty hair and all i could think was 'damn, i am so lucky!' his hair smelled like hot dogs and sand and i can't remember the last time something that stinky made me smile. even my girls don't ( Read more... )

so here we are gliding into the new year and i'm not liking holidays anymore. no wait i take that back. i like this one a little more, because i am all the closer to the end of this crap. i should say that the best thing about this holiday is that kimya_dawson_ is wearing my scarf and hat that i made for her! she has a picture of her wearing it when she went ( Read more... )

i've already mentioned my thoughts on christmas. new year's was looking so much better. my friend was coming down to visit and we had some really fun stuff planned...just for us and with the rest of the family. now he can't come because his granny is in the hospital. i'm sure he's worried about her, i'm worried about him and i'm really sad that ( Read more... )

the reality is that they suck. i learned this as a babe at my mother's knee. she was insistent that we were going to have a nice holiday, damn it, whether we wanted to or not. holidays were about family and don't even try to get out the door because it wasn't going to happen. so now that i have wee children of my own, i find myself trying to ( Read more... )