Again, its been a while. Life has been a blur of work, kids, work, school, kids, work, work, house. Oh, and throw in a few sicks and a funeral. (Hey, only 26 hours in the hospital for IV meds and no oxygen this time ( Read more... )

I have re-realized just how small my house is. Thank goodness for good weather, a spring birthday, and several missing people. The house was quite crowded enough for Elder's party, which went very well.

It had a nice, home-made feel. In theory, I'd really like to have a party at a "place" and not have to do all the work for a party at home. But I'd ( Read more... )

The countdown to Elder's 5th birthday-- princess themed, of course- is on. Just under fourteen hours until launch.
I spent my night running to get balloons, the MAC machine, cleaning the bathroom (its presentable to pee in now), vacuuming and sweeping/mopping the girls' rooms, straightening some of my things up from the dining room (which is still ( Read more... )

Wow- two posts in two days? Don't fall off your chair, folks ( Read more... )

Every year, in the pre-VCR/DVD player, no cable, Internet-less world of my childhood, The Wizard of Oz was on television once a year. I'm pretty sure that it was in March, near my birthday, but I'm not positive. (Quite frankly, I can barely remember what I taught yesterday without checking in my lesson plan book, much less the airing of a move ( Read more... )

Ah, another fun party night, when I would love to hang out with my adult friends who don't tell fart jokes and....

Wait. Let me amend that. Who tell FUNNY fart jokes, as well as much more intelligent jokes, and don't laugh so hard they fall on the floor at  them.

Elder, Younger, and I left a sick, sick hubby at home (he didn't even remember me ( Read more... )