so its been a damn long time...
The holidays were insane and for me they started the first week of December. I have a lot of family, and they all feel guilty for their general inattention so come December we have a lot of gatherings. Not that I don't love seeing everyone, the chaos is totally worth it.
I've finally gotten into some kind of routine with the girls. I'm going to look into some new methods of discipline. One that focuses more on positive reinforcement then punishment. They are so desensitized to grounding, (it occurs several times a day, so who wouldn't be?). I mean I was desensitized to grounding and I got in trouble once or twice a week. These two commit major infractions multiple times in a day. Ok so they aren't sunshine and light personified, and really they are rotten little monkeys a lot of the time. But you really just have to feel sorry for them. It has to be stressful for them. They want boundaries and consistency and they get waffling and chaos. I have been perusing the interwebs for nanny sites and childcare advice. The Nanny 911 and SuperNanny websites have actually been quite helpful. Part of me wishes they could just come in and set me up with a routine to follow. That would be wicked sweet! But I guess it is just me.
Spent New Year's Eve with Sheri's family and Ryan. I really don't like how they treat her. Just because she has some issues they have basically written her off as a big loser. Nevermind that she is one of the sweetest, most throughtful and kind people that I have ever met! She is always doing nice things for other people. I think that should count for more but apparently I am alone in that.
Ryan planned me a surprise party for my birthday. I suspected he was up to something but only cause he was being shady Friday about where we were going and what we were doing. I still wasn't convinced until we actually got there. It was a really awesome time. Eva, Andy, Sheri, Erin, Chris, Kris, Mike, Tyler and Michelle were there. And it was really cool of Tyler to let us have it at his apartment. And Michelle made this yummy truffley chocolate cake, and all kinds of little snacks and dips. And Sheri made a cake to look like an Ipod. And I got presents! They really could have stopped at awesome party and cakes! It was just so cool to have an actual birthday party. My birthday tends to get sucked into the general holiday festivities. Come january second people are usually sick of gatherings. The dark spot on it was that some people got forgotten in the invitation process. :-( But it was an unintentional oversight. The boy did ask for suggestions on who else to invite from the group. Oh well. The rest of the weekend was a lot of running around and family drama. And Erin had digestive pyrotechnics after dinner out with my parents on Saturday. Yucky. :-/
In other news my car no longer wants to go over 60 mph. It makes scary, disgruntled noises. I'm kind of afraid to drive it very far away from our home base in case it decides to die. I would rather not be half way to Ocean City or something and have it explode. I really hope it holds out for the rest of this year. I can't afford a car right now.
And now we are back to the normal routine. I'm trying to get things organized so I can start working on writing. I'm also looking into Drexel's Library Science program. I think I would make a good librarian.
So that is my update. Not much going on really... trying to sort through the chaos and declare a sliver of order. Having a little luck. Not sure if it is good or bad yet but we shall see.
I've finally gotten into some kind of routine with the girls. I'm going to look into some new methods of discipline. One that focuses more on positive reinforcement then punishment. They are so desensitized to grounding, (it occurs several times a day, so who wouldn't be?). I mean I was desensitized to grounding and I got in trouble once or twice a week. These two commit major infractions multiple times in a day. Ok so they aren't sunshine and light personified, and really they are rotten little monkeys a lot of the time. But you really just have to feel sorry for them. It has to be stressful for them. They want boundaries and consistency and they get waffling and chaos. I have been perusing the interwebs for nanny sites and childcare advice. The Nanny 911 and SuperNanny websites have actually been quite helpful. Part of me wishes they could just come in and set me up with a routine to follow. That would be wicked sweet! But I guess it is just me.
Spent New Year's Eve with Sheri's family and Ryan. I really don't like how they treat her. Just because she has some issues they have basically written her off as a big loser. Nevermind that she is one of the sweetest, most throughtful and kind people that I have ever met! She is always doing nice things for other people. I think that should count for more but apparently I am alone in that.
Ryan planned me a surprise party for my birthday. I suspected he was up to something but only cause he was being shady Friday about where we were going and what we were doing. I still wasn't convinced until we actually got there. It was a really awesome time. Eva, Andy, Sheri, Erin, Chris, Kris, Mike, Tyler and Michelle were there. And it was really cool of Tyler to let us have it at his apartment. And Michelle made this yummy truffley chocolate cake, and all kinds of little snacks and dips. And Sheri made a cake to look like an Ipod. And I got presents! They really could have stopped at awesome party and cakes! It was just so cool to have an actual birthday party. My birthday tends to get sucked into the general holiday festivities. Come january second people are usually sick of gatherings. The dark spot on it was that some people got forgotten in the invitation process. :-( But it was an unintentional oversight. The boy did ask for suggestions on who else to invite from the group. Oh well. The rest of the weekend was a lot of running around and family drama. And Erin had digestive pyrotechnics after dinner out with my parents on Saturday. Yucky. :-/
In other news my car no longer wants to go over 60 mph. It makes scary, disgruntled noises. I'm kind of afraid to drive it very far away from our home base in case it decides to die. I would rather not be half way to Ocean City or something and have it explode. I really hope it holds out for the rest of this year. I can't afford a car right now.
And now we are back to the normal routine. I'm trying to get things organized so I can start working on writing. I'm also looking into Drexel's Library Science program. I think I would make a good librarian.
So that is my update. Not much going on really... trying to sort through the chaos and declare a sliver of order. Having a little luck. Not sure if it is good or bad yet but we shall see.