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I’ve got a bit of energy. Of course, now everyone’s asleep and so I have to tiptoe around in the half dark doing things. I felt slammed for a bit earlier. Achy back from letting the whole gang sleep with me last night, plus allergies, and getting my period . Combined, it felt like the start of the flu. Not fun.

• Started working on my goal of appropriate photo storage last night (just a little): I’m putting them all online, something that is going to take a tremendous amount of time.
• After reading Betty’s comment below,I’ve decided to give Noro a chance. I’m making a hat for DH.
• I wanted to wish my salsa good luck, she’s starting school today! I know she’ll do great.
• I’m going to update the book-log today.
• My kids had a day off from school today. It’s supposed to get nice enough for us to go outside.

Girlie wanted me to lie down with her for a bit in the tent. While I pretended to sleep until she fell asleep (don’t act like you’ve never done it before!), this is what I saw:

• A Cheetah Girls Galleria doll in shark pose
• One of my shoes
• A box from Amazon with some of my Christmas stuff in it
• A cardboard boxcar DH made for Bebe
• A usb cable
• Library books

The end.

• Girlie upset the Advent box yesterday and since I didn’t have the envelopes numbered, I’m going to have to guess what activities went where.
• Went to Reesie’s house to drop off Tristan’s present and she has a beeyotiful tree. I was trying to permanently borrow quite a few of her ornaments. She also inspired me to rearrange my trees. And so now the family ornaments are on the big tree where we can see them all the time.
• I decided I’m going to have a book page here. Maybe with reviews, maybe not. OK, more like a book log, I guess.
• I’m the world’s worst pancake maker. Really. Girlie can make better ones than me.
• Speaking of Girlie, she doesn’t like syrup on pancakes or waffles, and comes home on Fridays singing songs in Spanish or telling me how to say random phrases in Spanish. She spends part of every Friday in the ESL kindy class. Hehe.

• Why am I so excited about the return of American Gladiators?
• Why does Extreme Home Makeover make me get dust in my eyes*?
• Why did it take months for me (and other parents) to realize that the new school playground equipment was finished? Seriously, it’s a climbing ball that has some modern art wtf qualities.
• Why is it 80 degrees one day and 40 the next?
• Why am I just as excited as the kids that we got High School Musical 2 from Netflix?
• Why am I mad that my friend had the great idea to get the kids a magazine subscription for Christmas? I wish I had thought of that for her kids!
• Why did I really wish I lived abroad after watching Sicko? I know a lot of negative things about living in other countries like France were glossed over, but hey, my dad, aunt, and several half siblings live in Paris, built in babysitting is a plus!
• Why is DD like a little ghost at night -floating from room to room and turning lights on and off?
• Why did JcPenney send me 2 $10 off a $10 purchase coupons after I spent $10 on a new top? (Worn in the pic below)
• Why am I surprised by how much I like Eat, Pray, Love?

*almost cry

Kids are sick, but on the mend I think. Girlie with her non-strep streppy thing still. *eyeroll* She’s had so many wrong diagnosis (strep, rash, strep, rash, eczema, exactly like strep, but rash.) I’m pissed at all the time and money I’ve spent in her ped’s office and in the ER (really painful itching on her palms, soles of her feet, hives, etc) only to find out they didn’t really know what the heck was going on either. Then I find out ridiculous things like my insurance will only cover Zyrtec for a child two or under. I mean, w.t.f.?? I miss Tricare.

Why do we only have 5 spoons?? We probably have 20 butter knives, but somehow, our spoons have dwindled down to one for each family member. Mind you, all of them are from different sets of cutlery!

How is it possible to run out of so many basics at one time? This morning I had to buy bread, sugar, milk, eggs, and tissue.

My dog snores. It’s not cute.

I guess this is a bulleted list without the bullets.

I guess I should turn my computer on and put some pictures up here at some point, huh? We’ve been doing fun things when we aren’t itchy, stuffy, or sneezy.

I need to do some utilitarian sewing. We need placemats and I need some floor mats that won’t unravel like those cheapy woven rag rugs I love.

I finally scored some Bob the Builder DVDs at the library, woot! I’m Bebe’s new best friend.

I also got him a toddler bed in perfect condition for $5 at the little old lady thrift shop. Let’s see if he’ll actually sleep in it. I’m not ashamed to be a cosleeper (actually, the opposite). I’m just ready to have my bed back. I’m not ashamed that I’m still nursing him either. Just ready to have my b.reasts back.

I’m going to go make chocolate bread and fantasize about going antiquing in Paris while the kids watch Bob.

celebrating my 9th wedding anniversary.

bribing my kids to clean their rooms with promises of marble cake afterwards.

glad it is not too hot.

feeling guilty because I listened to A Prairie Home Companion while the radio station asked for listener support (money).

wondering if Girlie has allergies.

trying to figure out how to get silver sparkly nail polish off one of her dresses. (Thanks for that, ILs. :-/)

going to make a new tooth pillow for ZB. He lost a tooth two nights ago while he slept, and lost the pillow some time before.

dreaming of vacation.

going to see if I can’t find some more Elizabeth Gaskell in local libraries.

wishing the kids’ friend from down the street would stop freaking me out by running across the grass and peeking in my window before ringing the doorbell.

I’m quitting Girl Scouts. That’s right. I haven’t even led my first troop meeting yet and I’m throwing in the towel. Why? Paperwork and patience. I don’t have enough of one for the other. I have spent about 9 hours in training so far and can honestly say I found maybe two of those useful. I understand that with an organization this large (especially since our council is merging with two others), there are lots of bases to be covered. What I don’t understand is why I needed to go to a three hour meeting tonight that provided no more knowledge than what I already had through questions, books, and the internet. I just plain don’t want to make time for this kind of thing over and over again. It’s pointless. Kind of like this entry. I also don’t understand why the meeting facilitator got huffy when I told her I had to leave after she had spent the past hour telling “the good ‘ol days” stories. I’m a little bummed about it, b/c the actual part with the girls? I think that would’ve been really nice. Scary, but nice. So, I think I’m going to spend a little more time volunteering at the kids’ school. This is the first year that time (and toddler) will allow me to do actual volunteer work in the school building and not just bring work home! Yaaay! So you see? Something positive did come out of this in a way.

Not spending much time online lately. Especially if the kids get near me looking like this:

Yea, I don’t mess with them.

Yay: This morning, I got up early enough to make breakfast, lay out the kids’ clothes and putz around on the internet without any um, “helpers”.

Boo: We got to the park at 9:30 and by 10 we were ready to go due to the heat.

Yay: My aunt wants to sell some of my bags in her salon!

Boo: She wants me to make clutches and more trendy bags which I could do, but don’t particularly want to. This is what happens when you start taking custom orders, etc. Sewing is my hobby, I don’t want to make it a business.

Yay: I finally got my husband to go through a bunch of clothing he no longer wears and now I have more storage space!

Boo: Actually, no downside here. Clutter be gone!

Have a great day!