Winter Fun

Is this not the cutest little man face?

time off

Why is my time off so busy? I'm off of work and the kids don't have school yet I'm running around everyday from right after breakfast until 3:00 in the afternoon. Schmitty has basketball camp from 1200 - 1400 and I run (shopping) errands the whole time. I'm taking him here and there to spend his Christmas money. At least basketball camp is over and he's broke. ;^)

I keep walking by my houseplants thinking that I haven't watered them in two weeks and they're dying, I'd better go water them. On the way to the sink I inevitably become distracted and forget.

Ralph is a little sick, he's got a gross cough and a low-grade fever. I hope he gets to feeling better soon.

record books

This holiday will go down in the record books. First, our refrigerator stopped working a few hours before our family was due over for a holiday party on the 21st. Completely kaput, no worky. We persevered but still no fridge in the kitchen.

Next, we left NE a day early because of an expected storm bringing sleet and freezing rain. We got to OK before the storm, good news. Bad news, it was the worst storm EVER in OKC. It was the most snow ever in OKC, it broke all sorts of records.

We picked out the perfect tree at a tree farm, Schmitty and Yago cut it down themselves. We put it up Christmas Eve but the tree was too small for the stand so it kept tipping over. After a few hours Yago and his father tossed the tree out the front door on to the porch. Really, not kidding. Christmas Eve we took all the lights and ornaments we had put on just a couple of hours earlier and tossed it outside.

Finally, on Saturday my car went over an embankment of snow and was damaged. I think some hoses were torn off... So my car in at a garage in Tuttle, we drove my mother-in-law's car back to Omaha.

I'm hoping the repairman calls today with a fix for the fridge. Otherwise, that might wind up on our front porch.

holiday creep

I can't believe how quickly the holidays creep up on me. If I think about it too much I become overwhelmed with all the stuff I have to do. I have to just take it one day at a time... We finally got the tree up yesterday so now it's just midget and frog wrestling.

Also creeping is my weight. No boot camp again until Jan 4 and all the cookies and sweets are taking their toll.

I've got to go pick up the boys from school. I chant, "Serenity now, serenity now." all the way home. The play/bicker/fight so loudly that it drives me crazy. At least they know I'm serious about the no-throwing-things-while-I'm-driving rule, finally.

i did it

I knew I would and last night I finally did it. I used the R word in front of my neighbor while telling a story. It happened just how I thought it would, after a few drinks and telling a story about how dumb I am. I couldn't tell what her reaction was but I feel very bad. I truly am dumb.

love them

I finally got a pair of Uggs today, the gray cardigan ones. I was supposed to spend my birthday money on them but when I got to the register I couldn't find the cash. That reminds me, I really need to find it.

Yago gave me free reign to go shopping for myself so off to the mall with midget in tow. He was losing patience while I was looking at boots when he heard another mother tell her child that they were going to get chicken nuggets. From then on it was, "Chic-ken nug-gets." from Ralphie. I told him if he behaved we'd get some. It worked for the duration of boot shopping but by the time I was ready to look for apparel it was over. We got some nuggets and headed home. He's currently still in the car, in an apparent nugget coma. A midget nugget coma. ;^)

rockin the 80s

So I decided last week to get a perm. Why? What was I thinking? I was thinking I had limp hair that could maybe get some loose curl and body. Wrong-o. Huge mistake. It's kinky and frizzy and takes twice as long to do. I feel it breaking every time I run a comb through it. It's pretty awful but I'm trying not to spend much time thinking about it.

Today I'm supposed to get a color since I couldn't color and perm on the same day. I want to get rid of all the bleached highlights but that means going dark for a while. It's not what I'm accustomed to and that didn't turn out so well last time either. I colored my hair pretty dark during the end of my pregnancy with Jake. Ugh.

doodling

Ralph and I went to Whole Foods today. While I was getting out of my car I noticed a dog in the SUV parked next to us. The dog was chewing on a bone but accidentally dropped it out the cracked window. I picked up the bone as the man inside the SUV called out that he'd get it. I returned the bone to the dog and asked about the breed. It was a goldendoodle, cute as a button. It was a happy, mellow dog. Makes me wonder what happened to ours...