While I rack my brain trying to think of iconic female characters from the 2000s-2010s for
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And it's not even a holiday. I'm at my parents with #2, taking a break from the unremittingly horror that is work (I am beginning to write the monologue the off-screen villain will recite as he feeds me into the meat-grinder of potential unemployment) to consult with my parents over house sales, mortgages, moving expenses (U-Haul is such a viable ( Read more... )

 I am so very sleepy. And I have a blazing headache.

Review 4th attempt turned in...at least the second time when I sent the right attachment. Embarrassing.

#1 is asking a girl to Homecoming. Everyone cross your fingers.

Sister #3 is having some problems but I don't know what, so don't know what to do.

Mom says Dad is not up to driving long distances ( Read more... )

Still trying to get my bearings after a lack-luster holiday punctuated by hobbits and witches and the return of Anna Sheridan ( Read more... )

At a little over 39K ( Read more... )

Yesterday, and today, were cleaning days. While packing up things to donate, I found most of #2's nursery things and bagged them up. It's always hard to let go of the physical proof that a bright-eyed near-nine year old was once a pudding of a baby, sunny and needy and sleepless. I bought most of it at Target and JoAnn Fabrics and Home Depot; ( Read more... )

I chaperoned the Junior High, I mean Middle School, Social on Friday night. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Honestly, the dances are better than when I was a kid--less formal, and less attempt at playing grown-up. And they had smoke, and lasers, and a mini-light show! The music was way too loud, the kids were over-the-top ( Read more... )

Tonight I'm roasting red potatoes, tossed in olive oil, kosher salt and marjoram. They will be combined with previously roasted brussels sprouts for R's dinner. He's working late again tonight. Me, I made up a new salad. I don't do a lot of scratch cooking, just tossing odds and ends together. This worked out quite well...although I don't have a ( Read more... )

I am hiding out in a Starbucks, allowing a cool down period between me and #2. Note from school, homework meltdowns. I lost count at 5 meltdowns. God. I feel like I was rode hard and put up wet, as my dad would say. One bad thing after another at work, and I spent way too much time angsting over kitchen appliances, ending up back at the original ( Read more... )

Halloween is over. Before I left for Florida I was in too deep a funk to do much about it, and I got back too late. So no decorations. We re-used old costumes; #1's scary mask and weaponry from last year, #2's Dalek from Balticon. R got himself up as an undertaker, offering to measure the visiting trick-or-treaters for custom cabinetry. He even ( Read more... )