So I had a big ol' to-do list this weekend. I accomplished about half of it, including some of the more important things - oil change and headlight replacement, paying bills (um, looooong-overdue), and cleaning my bathroom, which was long-overdue and took for-freaking-ever. Also some smaller things, like wiping off the coffee stains on the ( Read more... )

I didn't bother trying to post while I was on my work trip - it's too hard to do anything of significance via phone. So I owe a few posts, but I'm going to take some time and do them on the weekend. At least one will be funny (or what passes for funny in my mind) and at least one will be bitchy/upset, and another will be a travel report ( Read more... )

Scattered thoughts, inability to choose outfits, can't recall who I told what? Yep ( Read more... )

The T came up with a brilliant idea to handle Pinky's detentions. Sneaky's GF MonkeyGirl is currently laid off from work. The T suggested that Pinky ask MonkeyGirl to pick her up those two afternoons in exchange for a free evening of babysitting at their house (the AT THEIR HOUSE is important because normally they drop the kids off here when Pinky ( Read more... )

Pinky has been assigned two detentions to account for her two unexcused missed classes. Which she needs to complete before the end of next week. Each after school until 4:30, at which time I am supposed to pick her up ( Read more... )

Would someone PLEASE tell Pinky to get off her ass and take her education seriously ( Read more... )

It's Sunday night, I've done very little today, and BigAl is on the couch next to me playing on the Kindle while I watch Parenthood. I asked him to check and make sure he and his father checked his backpack before they left for the weekend, which they had. So I suggested that means he needs to help me eat these peanut M&Ms. "Are you up for that ( Read more... )

So very tired of the 20+MPH winds we've had today. At least it reminded me to bring the chairs in from the porch, although now they're just in the front hallway. Baby steps, right ( Read more... )

When BigAl was younger, he used to refer to sewing as "yarning." As in, "Mama, could you please yarn my favorite stuffed animal? It has a hole in it." I suspect it had something to do with those "sewing cards" made for preschoolers, where you use yarn to stitch together two items, as fine-motor-control practice ( Read more... )

The Senate has passed ENDAYay ( Read more... )