So, we are t-minus 4 days to Japan and the blessings have been plentiful.

1) We got tickets! All of us on the same flights! This was a big deal because we didn't receive our Family Entry Approval (visas) until Monday. I had been obsessively checking the flights to make sure there would be enough seats. The Olympics have really messed with our move ( Read more... )

We are all settling in at Grandma's house just fine. Ainsley loves having all these people at her beck and call and I don't mind it so much either. It's nice to direct one of the sibs to take her outside to play.

My little brother has been uber grounded due to his truancy drama. That means I've got myself a little slave. Housework I don't want to ( Read more... )

We made it here fine. By fine, I mean, we didn't perish in the massive snow storm that we hit in Tennesse. It was so bad we had to stop three times, for a total of three hours, because of wrecks on the interstate. It was insane! More insane? We stopped at a rest stop just outside of Dallas and it was hot. We let Ainsley out while I cleaned up her ( Read more... )

I went to a super fun Hairspray party last night! I could use more sleep, but it was totally worth that sacrifice. I loved the movie! It was silly, fun, and yes, I wanted to get up and dance.

We've spent the whole week getting ready for the movers to come today. Everything was set: babysitter for Ainsley, check; everything off the walls, check; ( Read more... )

TV chatter

Desperate Housewives: I missed the first twenty minutes but I got to see Nathan Fillion's stalker. I'd stalk too, ya know, if I wasn't happily married. ;) Glad to see Lynette convinced her mom that she still loved her.

Chuck: Okay, I can kinda see how Bryce Larkin looks a little like Sean Maher. But I still don't like him. You can't make ( Read more... )

I  survived Thanksgiving, house and home intact. No one burned themselves or their homes down with fried turkey and our turkey turned out great. For 7 adults and 4 small children we had 2 turkeys and 1 ham. We went overboard didn't we? Naika kept talking about taking our leftovers to homeless people.

I also survived black friday. I had a plan to go ( Read more... )

 I still can't take my meds and my child has stopped sleeping. A kid that has been sleeping through the night for a year and a half is now waking up in hysterics around midnight. Let's just skip on over to TV.

Bones: I swore it was gonna be Professor Landry. Anytime that man has shown up on my tv lately he's been a baddy. I love the constant back ( Read more... )