I thought about it and realized that I needed to post pictures here with my phone and then come back and annotate them. Easiest way I know to do this. They are not in any proper order, I'm just posting them.


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I left home last Sunday with a fully packed van and four kids. And a dog. The dog got left with mom ( Read more... )

I am sick of days that go well and end badly ( Read more... )

Never again. Never, ever, with children again ( Read more... )

Which is an acronym for The Museum of CHildren's Art in Downtown Oakland

I threw the kids in the car this morning "We are going on a road trip. Vacuum the living room, go to the bathroom, put on shoes, and get in the car!" A stop to fuel up and a stop at the bank for cash and we hit the road.

I'm a mean Mom. "Where are we going?" "Down the road and ( Read more... )

Joe has been on vacation this last week, and its been fabulous! We hung out, went out to lunch without kids a couple of times, we got naked a few times, cleaned the garage, had an excellent trip to the Beach Boardwalk (no lines, beautiful day, must remember the Tuesday before labor day is an excellent day to go), went swimming a couple of times, ( Read more... )

Home Again, Jiggity Jog ( Read more... )

This weekend we went off with Ike's school on a camping trip at New Brighton Beach State Park. To sum up: we learned a lot, and it was soooo totally worth it.

Things to remember for next time

• Pack the tent
• Pack breakfast food
• Don't worry about leaving on time
• Release the need to be in control 100% of the time
• RELAX

Came home after two days of camping and the lizard was sitting right at the front door. Tried to catch him, but missed. He's hiding behind the computers again. Poor thing ( Read more... )

I called AAA Travel today and made reservations for us to go to Disneyland from Nov 20 to Nov 24. I didn't get any of the hotels I preferred, as all the big rooms/suites were already booked (DAMN!). So we will be staying down the road at the Embassy Suites. I stayed there before, many years ago, and it was perfectly fine. I think it will work out ( Read more... )