This day sucked. Actually, work was good. But then I got notice that a doctor visit that was supposed to be covered 100% was not covered at all. The pool cleaner stopped working. The kids ate all of an ingredient that I needed for supper. Ava dropped my phone and shattered the screen. All of this happened within a two-hour period.

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Just got a job interview call for Monday. I am super excited. It's closer to home, the hours match my girls' better than my current school, and is specifically a science position. That's exactly what I wanted. I hope hope hope hope that it feels like a good fit!!

We're having 4 girls spend the night here tonight. Gotta go sweep the floor so the ( Read more... )

We're in the car in OKC at Aspen's soccer tournament. I'm making Mia and Ava clean up the shithole back seat. Mia is grabbing papers and clearing them with Ava before throwing them away.

Mia: "what about this one... The Rainbow Song?"

Ava wrote this song yesterday.

Ava (indignant with a side of snotty): "Yes. Who wouldn't want to keep the best song in ( Read more... )

'Fuck it.' That's really the attitude that's keeps a family together. It's not 'We love each other!' It's 'Fuck it.' [Louis C.K.: One Night Stand, 2005]

This resonates with me many days. We actually have a motto with my folks: "Screw 'em, it's Christmas." It actually comes from a good place. We were leaving Midnight Mass and someone disregarded the ( Read more... )

So, of course the doctor's office is closed today. We debated if we should take Ava in or not. Finally decided to eat the ER copay and have her looked at.


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No school tomorrow! I got the call for my district around 8. The girls all went to bed thinking they would be going tomorrow. Ha. Just turned off my alarm. They shouldn't have canceled today. The storm came in much more slowly than predicted. That's hindsight for you. Now that I don't have to get up early, I'm not regretting my long late nap this ( Read more... )

We're in the airport waiting to start our return trip home. This vacation was wonderful and needed and ended up being so much better than I had anticipated! I'm looking forward to seeing the girls. My dad is driving them home tomorrow. That gives Us some time to get unpacked, start laundry and ease back in to real life before they bring their ( Read more... )

I'm watching Lars and the Real Girl again. I love this movie. I once dated a guy that reminds me so much of Ryan Gosling's character (physically and some of his mannerisms, not the whole dating a sex-doll thing).

Mia swam in her first swim meet yesterday. She came in second in her heat (of 3) and has a new best time in the 50 Free. I was worried ( Read more... )

We rang in the new year by having our sewer back up in to the basement right as our guests arrived. So, the first hour of the party proceeded without us as we mucked out the storage area and snaked the drain. The rest of the evening proceeded without further incident. The evening culminated with a champagne toast and champagne popper fireworks at ( Read more... )

Kicked some basement ass today. I don't have any before shots, so imagine it full of boxes and FILTHY!

After:


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