16 Going On 17

Ok, this may not make any sense. I am trying to write this as Kiddo is chasing our poor puppy around our house with a kiddy lawn mower - as usual, laughing hysterically each time the dog runs in the kitchen, snatches a mouthful of food and then runs off chewing and choking, gagging down the food she is desperately trying to eat. Hubby is in the living room (right next to the kitchen and dining - where I am) blaring The O.C. on the TV in a last ditch effort to watch the last episodes of the series (sniff - we shall miss thy ridiculousness, O.C.).


I have been trying, trying to collect my thoughts for days. There is a good post in my head somewhere, but for some reason my brain has been little more than a glop of mush, squishing around between my ears. I have, in reality, developed some sort of lung thing - sorry; no other way to describe it than that. There is mucus, coughing - it's not pretty. You'd think I had smoked 3 packs a day for a few years; it even burns when I cough. And the strange thing is, I don't feel bad in any other way. Yes, my back is hurting, but that comes with every growth spurt Kiddo has, and we just went through one recently. Yes, I am tired, but who isn't?


So here I sit, trying desperately to spew forth the inner most musings of my soul, and frankly I just don't have it in me. I promise I will try to find some quiet time soon to reflect and emote and do whatever it is I do, but I didn't want you all to think I had fallen off the planet. I know when my regular blog haunts don't post in a while, I have to say a quick prayer everything is all right.


Today I finally took down the Christmas tree and various holiday decor, but only after taking Kiddo to the neighbors house for a weekly play-date. She just got hard wood floors and they look so nice. It really makes me want to do something with our house - just to spruce it up a bit. I should probably wait until Kiddo is out of the destruction phase before I think about replacing the floors. So what am I looking at here, 15-18 years?? ;)


What with all the light pulling and organizing and cleaning out the decoration boxes; and finally getting rid of the ornaments and stuff that we never put out - I am really, really tired. So, since I look like Heck-Warmed-Over I shall give you my self portrait from today. I am reflecting back on days of yore when I looked a whole heck-of-a-lot better.

In case you were wondering, I was 16 in this photo. That was a LONG time ago.

Until,

D :)

The Words Get in The Way

I have sat down three or four times today to write something and I cannot find the words. I cannot complete a thought. I am drained; wiped, done today. Nothing I had planned happened, nothing I wanted to accomplish, nothing I needed to get done materialized. Hmmm, seems wasted in a way.

Kiddo was, for the most part, fairly pleasant; but decided today would be the day to really tune up the toddler 'tude and knock me on my butt. Today he demanded everything. "OPEN!" "MILK!" "LIGHT!" "PLEASE!!" (at least he said please!) ;)

Anyway, we had a dreary day here, and par for the Texas "winter", my back yard is now a gigantic sludge pit. Kiddo made sure I was aware, and so here is my self portrait for the day...

and just to make sure you see the full impact of his announcement...

Eat your heart out Karrie! :)

*sigh*
D :)

Angel of the Morning

More of memory lane... how about a little Juice with your Jiffy Pop! :)



ETA: She just might make frizzy hair look good! ;)
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Wishily Washily, Washily, Wish

Day 2 of 2007 and I am the proud new owner of my very first NEW dishwasher! I am so excited - darn it though if I didn't wash all the dirty dishes this morning with the old one! There is nothing to wash my friends! The irony.

The installation guys were scheduled to come "between 2 and 4" today. Little did they (or I) know that the reality was they would actually be here FROM 2 to 4. Apparently, having an angled cabinet makes for a difficult installation. My not-so-positive lead handyman let loose a few too many explicatives while trying to get the machine in it's proper place. Then there was an unscheduled, yet required run to the local Home Depot, which at only 5 miles away, apparently was sooooooo far for him to go - and made him lament the fact that he no longer lived in Las Vegas. And after enduring hearing how he should have been a builder, I got an informative lesson on the fact that I need to replace my sink valves because they were soldered in a weird place and could not be turned. And since Mr. Handyman "built the Bellagio" (his exact words) and he's seen thousands of sinks, he knows they should not be that way.


But, in the end I have my new Black Beauty (thank you Mom and Dad!!!), and am looking forward to many loads of dishes to come! Here is my picture of the day with my toy...

HEY! Did you notice I am not in my pj's? Yes, I even took a shower today! :) :)

Oh, and one more thing...

Mmmmmmm. My last dessert hurrah. 2 Crust Apple Pie! Soooo yummy! Want a piece? I have vanilla ice cream to. Hmmm, is this ok for my diet?

Until,

D ;)

Dawn of a New Day

Last night was fairly nice. After a long drive home from the inlaws, we opted out of a last minute invite to go to a friend's house and stayed in for the evening. We were just too beat and I didn't want to go to my dear friend's house and leave just after midnight. I didn't even know if I could stay awake that long anyway. We had an awfully unhealthy meal and played on the computer for a few hours. At 11 or so I took Kiddo into our room to try to get him to go to bed. At about 11:30 I was done so I took him to his room and laid down with him. He and I both fell asleep and I woke up at 12:02 to the sound of fireworks. Thankfully Kiddo slept through the noise, but I had missed the New Year. Oh well. At least it was quiet.


So it's the new year. 2007. It still feels like the "millennium" was so recent. We are already 7 years into this thing! Try as I might, there is just no way to avoid reflecting back on what is past and resolving to do things differently. This year, next year, it doesn't really matter - the truth is that though I always have the best intentions, I am a creature of habit and not really subject to change unless it is forced upon me.

This year I hope to do the following:

1. Keep up on housework (or to be perfectly honest, START doing house work; and not just when someone is coming over!)


2. Organize the house - this involves cleaning out the multitude of stuff we have that hasn't been used or seen the light of day for more than a year. We still have boxes of stuff from our move to AZ that haven't been opened since they were packed and that was over 6 years ago!


3. Remove those unused things and sell in a garage sale (or two) then take all that is left over to the local donation location.


4. Get back on my eating plan and back on track with getting healthy. (this is the only one I think I can actually keep)


5. Spend more quality time with Kiddo and Hubby and less time on the computer (HAHAHA!)


6. Save more money; spend less, blah, blah, blah ;)


7. Be a better friend - and maybe nurture some new relationships and let go of some of the old ones that aren't working anymore


8. Get Kiddo on a schedule and have a regular bed time for him.

Now keep in mind few of these things will actually happen, but at least I am aware something needs to be done. That is the first step, right?

One more thing. I am going to try to take a representative "self portrait" every day. I got the idea from another blogging mommy and thought it would be interesting.

So, here is today. Considering it is 1:30 in the afternoon, this is pretty representative of how my day will be...

Note the oh-so-sexy Christmas pj's and ratty robe. Ahhh, comfort! :) :) :)

ETA: Hubby saw this post and said, "so you're going to post the same picture every day?" :/

Men.

Until,

D :)