my boy

Kid3 is doing good.

(he really says he hates it- Im trying to be in denial)

He is adjusting well.

(not so well actually but Im trying to ignore it and hope it gets better)

We miss him.

(thats the truth-no denial there)

Doesn't he look handsome?

(also true- cute as a button!)

We enjoy every minute of being with him in New Mexico.

(not always true, but we try)

We do not enjoy every minute of the drive, I cannot tell a lie...

(now THATS all true)

It's a bear of a drive.

(true- no denial)

So worth this handsome face.

(yes true, worth his little smile)

So worth his unforgettable smile.

(yes, yes, true)

I love him.

(FOR SURE)

(please disregard the frizzy hair, thank you very much)

strange pair

What do you think?

Does it match her dress?

Too tall?

Not the right color?

Doesn't she look thrilled holding it?

(don't worry, it's Hunters and it's not real-used for marching purposes only)

disgusting dental delimma

SERIOUSLY this snaggly fang is really grossing me out!

We tried to talk her into pulling it tonight.

She says pulling her teeth makes her "nervous"

I offered her 5 dollars, she said no

I was going to offer her a doll she's been wanting...

but

I forgot what the name of it was

and

she ran off before I could remember.

We're going to try to snag it out tonight at bedtime.

Is pulling your kids choppers because your tired of looking at it hanging there wrong?

We'll see what happens.

Wish us some pearly white luck!

a very young-old, lively-dead old man who build a huge ark

When I picked up Kid4 from school today she said "Hey Mom, when Noah flooded the earth I was a baby and we just stayed in our house with the door shut tight... right?"

I said "no, God flooded the earth a very long time ago, you and I weren't born yet, it was a really REALLY long time ago, Noah built an ark and there were not houses then like there are now".

Kid4 said "Are you sure because he just doesn't seem that old to me"

I said "OH, well Noah is not only VERY OLD, he's also dead, it was a LONG LONG time ago".

She then said "mom, he's NOT dead, I saw him yesterday"

I said "you saw Noah yesterday?"

She said "yes, and he just doesn't seem that old to me, I thought he was MUCH younger than a VERY OLD man, I thought he was just a kid, he looks so young".

I said "Noah looks young?"

She said "yes! Noah, our neighbor!" (our neighbor Noah is 8 or 9)

Yeah, yeah, yeah... I already know she is smarter than me, you don't have to say it. I should have picked up that she was talking about the neighbor Noah long before I did... what can I say?

And yes, I explained that there are two Noah's.

The end

clutter

Do you ever find your mind, your heart and your house cluttered?

I do... often my stairs are covered with the girls stuff that needs to go up to their rooms.

More often than not there is a pile of junk in some corner of my house.

Often my paper bag "collection" get just a little ridiculous.

(i really want to recycle them)

Frequently the top of my fridge makes we want to gag.

many times my mind is full of useless things

again and again my brain wanders to things I cannot control

too often my heart gets busy with unimportant details

I think it's time to de-clutter, re-clean and cleanse my mind.

my view

my view.

my view has been the same (for the most part) for the last twenty years.

I like it this way.

I like waking up every morning (almost every morning) with Mr. B.

He's been gone this weekend and I miss him.

I'm not a good single parent.

I'm not good at taking the dog out alone.

I'm better when I wake up to these guys.

on the road, always on the road...

Yeah.... we're pretty much on the road again....

too bad we don't get mileage points for driving!

The girls are traveling like pro's,

Mr. B. is the driving champion

and I...

I am tired but having a BLAST with my Roswell friends.

We'll be back home Monday and back on track.

weekend lovin'

We are lovin' up on this boy this weekend!

How wonderful it is to hug him.

How marvelous it is to see his smile in person.

How magnificent it is to hear him (he's not great on the phone)

How glorious it is to watch him move.

How fantastic it is to kiss his face.

We're in heaven lovin' up on this kid!

excuses

The dog really DID eat my homework!!

BIZARRO WORLD...

I promise you, I PROMISE YOU I should NOT be blogging right now.

Im too tired to make sense.

but I HAVE to tell you about my last few days...

We headed out to New Mexico earlier than planned.

We drove for 25 hours.

I slept 2 hours on the road (I can't sleep)

we pulled into town,

went straight to school,

registered for tomorrows school festivities

AND

then visited with my parents for a little while.

I can barely form a sentence Im so tired,

I am NOT even going to try to describe to you what I LOOK LIKE (it's bad)

We went to a parent fundraiser and got to visit with my favorite Kellye!

I was seriously SO excited to get to my parents by 9 and go to sleep...

BUT

Lauren said her throat hurt

AND

I looked in it....

GUESS WHAT?

Her throat was covered in blisters....

yeah, probably strep.

I'm blogging from the E.R.

good fun for us all.

poor kid, poor me, poor people I come in contact with tomorrow when Im super grouchy.

You would seriously NOT believe what we've seen in the ER tonight...

• I can't even begin to tell the size of the rear-end we saw (i know you are thinking Im mean right now- trust me it is worth mentioning)
• the lady behind the desk has SUPER long hair (to her knees) and someone who was checking in at the front desk (and needed to be seen first because her "daughters throat hurt") said to the long haired lady (Ruthanne) "Can I give you my number incase you decide to cut your hair, I have a lot of cancer in my family". Thats weird.. it's a donation thing, not a pick your own hair BEFORE it's cut thing....
• Ruthanne, the lady behind the desk is possibly the NICEST person on earth
• the lady who asked for Ruthannes hair borrowed her clothes from a Dr. Suess novel- striped socks and all.
• The hair lady.... you know the hair beggar? She is also chatty and possibly drunk...
• Im just positive that I have entered a parallel universe. I wish I were kidding.
• The vending machine only takes dollars- I only have a 20. Ruthanne got us waters WITH a straw... I think I'm going to have to send Ruthanne and thank you card that says "thanks for being the most normal part of my day"... do they make those?
• why do people with tattoos wear very little clothes? (Im not referring to ALL tattooed people.. just the REALLY unfortunate looking ones seem to have this issue)
• Does the word waiting room mean it's THE room that you should WAIT in to you? I only ask because the hair covetor keeps wandering outside and then is surprised when she keeps missing the nurse.... LADY- it's a W-A-I-T-I-N-G room.... this is WHERE you wait.
• Im grouchy. I've only had 2 hours of sleep in 2 days and 2 night.... this whole 2 thing isn't really working for me.
• my eyes are either burning from the second hand smoke wafting in from the outside OR the fact that they have been opened for what feels like months with no rest.
• (oh no- the hair craver got eye contact with me- and NO bat girl, I DID NOT smile at her- she might scalp me)
• Im positive Im going to leave her with something horrible.... like lice or the mange, have I told you lately I don't do germs well?
• im seriously re-thinking this girdle about now.... why look thin for the ER?
• have you heard camel toe?- nuff said. (one more thing- it was a man)
• no one here seems to be wearing shoes OR covering their mouths- (GEE, maybe thats why strep is "going around" here)
• THANK GOODNESS for anti bac... I don't even care if it's creating a super germ- it's giving me a peace of mind tonight...

I love you all.

goodnight... hopefully soon

Im out