During my exercises today, my boys got into my makeup. Spots on the floor, a vertible piece of art on the inside cupboard door in mascara and lipstick, and lipstick all over my eldest's PJs.

So here's what I'm grateful for:

1. That I spent that ridiculous amount of money on the make-up brush cleaner. (I know I can just use shampoo, but I was hoping ( Read more... )

( Lots of blabbering, because that's just me. ;) )

Today, I sort of wish I had one of those silly little cameras in my monitor, because Penguin fell asleep sitting on my lap. He does this every once in a while when he's really tired. I guess Nakayoshi is waking him up too early in the morning, though I've no idea what to do about it. The boy has to go, and I love that he makes it to the bathroom. ( Read more... )

I'm feeling really happy with my Christmas present right now. It's one of those Bissel carpet spot cleaners. It's saved me from various food stains, blood stains (the boys made a tower of stools and chairs on Thursday, got my sharp scissor and went to town), and today from goopy sunscreen. Now, I've cleaned all of those things (well, not blood I ( Read more... )

Oh I am so grateful for hydrogen peroxide. Penguin enjoys brushing his teeth while I brush mine. His attention span is short however, and so from the time I hand him his brush, to the time I put mine away and reach for his, that toothbrush has been in and out of his mouth, on the floor, rubbed against the sink and maybe even stuck under "used" ( Read more... )

Everything went well this morning. Penguin seems to be doing well (he's sleeping at the moment). We were very lucky to have kind and smiling nurses and doctors. I'm a little tired from getting up so early this morning and the tension. I'm happy that it's over and grateful it went well.

Well, here's Nakayoshi's invite. I meant to post it earlier, but I was worried about having to mess with the text after shrinking it. It's a little fuzzy, but not bad.


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I think I've finally figured out why I've been having so much trouble with putting text on my icons. When I'm cropping them, I crop them so they look good as is, I'm not planning a place for the text when I crop. No wonder all my icons look better without text, I designed them that way. pfft!

So I've come to terms with my first attempt to iconize photophish ( Read more... )

Great day today. I have a new haircut. I took myself out to lunch for some very needed solitude time (sick children need more attachment and I was feeling worn out).

I finished The Discipline Book, the CD cover for the Primary Program CD, was able to help my teenage cousin, and I am enjoying Spock's WorldNakayoshi, after many days of seeming ( Read more... )

Well, after a lot of missteps this week I've decided to stop potty training Nakayoshi for the time being. Given his current response to any sentence with the word "potty" or "toilet" in it, I think it's safe to say that he's not ready. To be perfectly honest, I know I'm not ready either. Sometimes I need to jump into something, just to get over my ( Read more... )