I took the kids to a local festival, dressed Zoe as a fairy and Ed as a Hobbit, and they had a ball! At first the black flies were so bad that Zoe was shrieking and freaking out, but then some cloud cover rolled in, which made the flies go away (don't ask me why) and the whole rest of the day was fantastic. Mom took several pics that were ( Read more... )

Well the last few days of training haven't been going as well as the first, but I am far from disappointed. She has been able to say, "mommy I have to go potty" which means that she recognizes the feeling. so what if she's peeing on the floor when she says it? also, yesterday, she woke up from her 2 hour nap, totally dry! and- we were all ( Read more... )

I started Potty training Zoe yesterday, and I was amazed at how easy it is!! I decided to try the naked-bottom method, where I let her run around bare from the waist down and sit the potty out where she could see and use it conveniently. well, by bedtime she had peed 5 times in the potty, and only missed the potty cup 2ce!! Even those 2 times, ( Read more... )

I have been so busy getting things unpacked, and jerking around on Face Book, that I haven't had much time to post here, but a couple of things happened that I just had to share in this format. about a week ago, Zoe was asking Nana about this house, how it was Nana's house, but was it Zoe's house. well, Eddie looks up from his truck, thumps his ( Read more... )

I was looking over my most recent posts, and read where mrSunyata said that I don't have to go this alone. he said to get in touch with my friends when I am able. He is _so_ right. I realize now, that I let Spyder's actions cut me off from my friends too, and yet now that I need them so desperately, they are standing up, sounding off, and ( Read more... )

The next two weekends, I have committed to coming to the 'burgh and: next weekend, Packing, the following; loading. after that... maybe this gnawing ache will start to dull. I almost wept this morning over, get this ( Read more... )

Well. Today was the day. I told Spyder that I was done watching him destroy himself, and came back to my mom's house. I quit my job and will be spending the next couple weeks trying to extricate my posessions from the house. I am sure that soon, as someone said to me, I will feel "like I took a 180lb monkey off my back" but right now I feel ( Read more... )

Someone please cross-post to clan stuff- Thanks ( Read more... )

The kids really enjoyed christmas morning, and all the presents and stuff, but I kept laughing cause they wanted to open one present and play with it, while the adults just wanted to get everything unwrapped so we could clean up and eat! It is totally weird being on the other side of the christmas coin, When I was younger, I just wanted to play ( Read more... )

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