Saturday, December 26, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Happy Solstice!
Yay! It's solstice! Hooray for longer days, and let the countdown to summer begin.
I can't believe there are only a few more days until Christmas. I went out shopping for like four hours today and then came home and declared my shopping done. I just can't do any more. By the time I got to Wal-Mart I was just throwing groceries in the cart hoping I got what was on my list. I needed pineapple, but it was 4 aisles away so I said forget it, that's like a mile away, we'll do without. I told my kids if they end up with weird stuff on Christmas morning, sorry, I saved the receipts, I'm not going back out. My neighbors have started bringing over gifts, and it's all been treats. I am going to gain 25 pounds between now and New Year's Day. Ugh. I put everyone on fair warning that if I intercept the treats, I'm throwing it all straight in the trash. Cuz if it's in my house, I'll eat it. Even if I don't really like it that much, I'll still have a few bites. Like, my neighbor makes this peanut brittle with chocolate swirls and all kinds of nuts. I hate peanut brittle. Did I still eat some? Yes indeedy I did.
On a semi-related note, it's not just food that I do that with. The other day Brittney and I went to the library and I grabbed a couple books by Sophie Kinsella that writes the Shopaholic series. Brittney looked at them and said, "I thought you hated those books," and I was like, "Yep. I do." I don't know what it is. I guess I just like to annoy myself? I'm so weird.
We've been busy with just the same old stuff. Nothing too exciting, but pleasantly busy, so that's the way I like it. We've gone to Christmas light displays and been busy with work and school, car repairs, and everything else that makes life interesting.
I started potty training Lexi today. Pretty much the worst parenting job there is. It's gone about like you might expect. Tomorrow is a new day. She's going through that horrible phase, egged on by her older brother, where she likes to say "stupid" and "poop" and stuff like that. She sang this "Happy poop day to poop" type song the other day and I had to really try hard not to laugh. She's pretty dang cute even if she's a little turkey. My favorite thing lately is that she pronounces her full name as Lexiandra.
Here are some pictures from Hardware Ranch last weekend.
I can't believe there are only a few more days until Christmas. I went out shopping for like four hours today and then came home and declared my shopping done. I just can't do any more. By the time I got to Wal-Mart I was just throwing groceries in the cart hoping I got what was on my list. I needed pineapple, but it was 4 aisles away so I said forget it, that's like a mile away, we'll do without. I told my kids if they end up with weird stuff on Christmas morning, sorry, I saved the receipts, I'm not going back out. My neighbors have started bringing over gifts, and it's all been treats. I am going to gain 25 pounds between now and New Year's Day. Ugh. I put everyone on fair warning that if I intercept the treats, I'm throwing it all straight in the trash. Cuz if it's in my house, I'll eat it. Even if I don't really like it that much, I'll still have a few bites. Like, my neighbor makes this peanut brittle with chocolate swirls and all kinds of nuts. I hate peanut brittle. Did I still eat some? Yes indeedy I did.
On a semi-related note, it's not just food that I do that with. The other day Brittney and I went to the library and I grabbed a couple books by Sophie Kinsella that writes the Shopaholic series. Brittney looked at them and said, "I thought you hated those books," and I was like, "Yep. I do." I don't know what it is. I guess I just like to annoy myself? I'm so weird.
We've been busy with just the same old stuff. Nothing too exciting, but pleasantly busy, so that's the way I like it. We've gone to Christmas light displays and been busy with work and school, car repairs, and everything else that makes life interesting.
I started potty training Lexi today. Pretty much the worst parenting job there is. It's gone about like you might expect. Tomorrow is a new day. She's going through that horrible phase, egged on by her older brother, where she likes to say "stupid" and "poop" and stuff like that. She sang this "Happy poop day to poop" type song the other day and I had to really try hard not to laugh. She's pretty dang cute even if she's a little turkey. My favorite thing lately is that she pronounces her full name as Lexiandra.
Here are some pictures from Hardware Ranch last weekend.
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