It took me over 5 minutes to figure out which 'day of the week' socks to put on Cecelia today.

I forgot it was April Fools' Day until 8 minutes ago when Sponge Bob reminded me with his April Fools' Day episode.

I really need to get out of the house.

Cecelia's been sick for two days with THE stomach virus that's going around. I've spent two days cleaning up fluids you just don't want to know about. While I was supposed to be sleeping before work this evening I heard the cough - the one that precedes the nast and I got up out of bed, ran out of the bedroom, and sure enough she was giving Hal a ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post this for over a week now, but I haven't had the chance. Now that I'm totally prepared for Christmas with all presents wrapped and ready to go, I have some spare moments ( Read more... )

One of my favorite things to do at Christmas time is to decorate the tree. In my house growing up, it was always a planned family event. It got harder as we got older to get all of us to be home at the same time, but we always made sure we were all together to decorate the tree. There was a pattern to it - as there was to most things that happened ( Read more... )

Man, sometimes the tiredness does catch up with me. Today I started nodding off in the half hour or so leading up to Cecelia's normal nap time. I was sitting up, but I couldn't fight it off I guess, until Cece startled me awake as she stood in front of me eating a banana peel that she had obviously pulled out of the trash. Shortly thereafter we did ( Read more... )

It's snowing!

Ok, so it's just a flurry, but I got excited. 

I woke up for work and while still in bed I could hear McCain on the television in the other room. And in my half-asleep trying-to-be-awake stupor I started to feel the tone of his speech. Wait. What? Really? Could it be? It is. It is a concession speech ( Read more... )

I was watching a seriously sad show this morning. I won't say which one in case anyone watches it and hasn't caught up on their dvr yet, plus it's not really important. Anywho - watching this sad show, and crying, like hysterical sobbing crying. Snot dripping, chest heaving, can't catch my breath - crying. I must have needed it. And I get really ( Read more... )

My mom has come over the past two weekends to watch the baby for Hal and I. Two weeks ago she came over before the baby even got up because Hal and I were having a yard sale, and I had a work meeting to go to at 9am. Mom was there bright and early even though she and my dad had just gotten in from Atlantic City at like 4am or something ridiculous. ( Read more... )

Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don't change your clothes. Don't fix your hair. Just take a picture.
Post that picture with no editing.
Include these instructions.

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