....with a Ferris Wheel? Dead serious. That's what Ilona asked Santa for today. And she was very specific that she wanted a BIG one to ride on.

I need help solving this one. She did seem to think Play Dough was a suitable consolation prize, so maybe I'm blowing this out of proportion.

Twas the night before Thanksgiving ( Read more... )

Your rainbow is shaded brown.

What is says about you: You are a deep thinking person. You appreciate the roughness of nature. You feel closer to people when you understand their imperfections.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.This was a weirdly accurate little quiz. I don't like that it is shaded brown. It's like saying I have ( Read more... )

I'm wearing bangs for the first time in 15 years. I bought a flat iron. I'm hardcore.

So happy for the results of this election! We took the girls to vote with us today because it was just too important to leave them at home. :D

You may or may not know that I've been working hard to reduce my astronomically high cholesterol. I had my 6 month check-up, and reduced it by 35%!!! I still need to do more, as my total is still above normal. But, my goal is achieved, and I do NOT need to go on cholesterol meds. Yeah! I don't get checked for another year, so I'm working on ( Read more... )

Finn is 13 months old today! She also has a nasty cold, as do I. I hate it when babies are sick. That's an understatement, given last year, but they just don't know why they feel crappy. She bit me on the shoulder really hard. :(

Wow...totally lost that momentary urge to update.

...It's so hard to believe that at this exact moment, one year ago, I was in labor with Claudia Anne. Actually, her birth was a mere 30 minutes away. Wow. She's so amazing. She has been practicing walking, but she really doesn't like to do it unless she knows someone is watching! Then, she chugs along with a big smile on her face. Her ( Read more... )

My MIL is well-intentioned, but she really is from another world as far as I can tell. We went into this place called D&L sales, and I literally have never been in it. It is full of cheap crap. The only thing that I thought might be worthwhile is that they have party supplies for kid's parties. I'm even considering getting the pin the tail on ( Read more... )

In her first race. Yes, folks, the official Diaper Derby (crawling race) is on Saturday at 10AM. We took her to the park to train today, and she sat in the grass and waved at me until I came to HER. You see how this race is going to go? Ah well. :) Ilona was never able to compete because she wasn't in a crawling stage at the right time ( Read more... )