Working

Alot.

Second weekend on call.

So, ahem, that's what the offer was.

Full time position.

Haven't done that since B.C. (before children)

I imagine some crankyness will ensue.

I will have to work hard on that.

More work for me. Yay.

Marshmallows are the best thing about diet Hot Chocolate.

and Love Actually is my new favorite Christmas movie. I also love it because if I'm watching it I know the kids are in bed. Totally for grown ups.

oh and another thing: Magistical Memories is selling their first ever Christmas Kit, and it's faboo! I'm working on a little som'n-som'n right now.

oh and another-another thing: 3 Scrappy Boys hosts challenges every week, and the winner gets a gc to the site! So far, the competition is scarce, so if you start in now, your odds are great!!!

Day in the Life: first half

Let me start by saying that I have reached my maximum (apparently) on the number of photos I'm allowed in each post. So, the morning starts with a crabby little girl, a cheerful little boy, breakfast, lunches," get dressed, brush hair and teeth, socks and shoes, make bed, backpack and lunch." Don't be fooled. I have to say all those things every morning.

7:55- still crabby










7:56: things are starting to look up. I sorta like it when I get to take Bo by myself, cause he always gives me two hugs and two kisses with a stern reminder to pass one of each on to Emma.
















8:05: Don't want to miss a thing!
















8:17- Emma cheers up enough to "get cute"

















8:40: Looks like it's time for me to do the same






















9:00: Em's at school, headed to work in the ice.






















11:00 Icier.





















1:00 Home safe, only to turn around and go get the kids out of school, cause there's an excused absence due to the weather, and I decide to be the "cool" mom.











1:10: Really sad to see me coming.

Day in the Life: second half

Continued from above
Once again, words will have to fill in the blanks. From 2-4 there is popcorn, hot chocolate and Star Wars. And SNOW!!!




3:45 An offer I don't refuse

















4-5 Emma and I bake the first batch o' Christmas cookies




















4-5 while the boys play game cube









5:30 Leftover pizza and the Immigrant Song ala Jack Black "RONK-gonga-GEEcha! RONK-gonga-GEEcha!" (kids have not seen or heard this, but they love singing it.)















6:00 over to goody and
grandad's in snow and ice














7:00 mom reads to kids
after I demonstrate the
marvels on online christmas shopping.

















10:30
toenails painted during "School of Rock" and off to bed.

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(insert violin arrangement of your favorite 80's rock ballad here)

Buon Giorno

The coffee shop is open for business.
If only it weren't 30 minutes away.
Not that it stops me from going, but it sure would be nice.
It's called Buon Giorno and I could (and have) spend many hours there. Jenny has created a warm, hip, inviting, stimulating environment. She is so fabulous with design, and she has worked so hard. I feel very proud to have helped just a little.

Here's a little creation called a Tuscany Mocha. Dark chocolate and orange. I've never had a refreshing coffee before. It was faboo.

This is the "six o'clock lounge" otherwise known by some of the adults (who obviously know things) as "make-out room."

Emma and Mom at the counter. It's her last day to be four. She'll be five tommorrow.

sigh.

another sigh.

Jen painted this table. Isn't it so cool? She is just oozing talent, is our Jenny.
So tommorrow is the Princess Party. I'm so excited about her present, I could just spit. I mean it. And I could also spit because I went to Target at 9:30 at night to get a new battery for my camera and they were OUT. grr. We do have the movie camera though. Watch this space.

PS. the coffee shop is in Grapevine, if you are in the area.

Scraps and a Shout Out.

I don't know how people cover every square inch of their layouts and make it look symetrical, I really don't. The "amazing" one was a real effort, but I do love the way the Outside the Bubble chipboard from Magistical Memories looks! ;)

Props to my neice Sarah, who casually mentioned to her mother that in the free throw shooting fund raiser for her school, she made 97 out of 100 shots.

97 out of 100.
she is a sophomore.
let me repeat that.
97 out of 100.

That (ahem) is the current NBA record for consecutive free throws. (ahem).

Ya heard?

The Cuteness

Look at that scar on his eye. That makes him Anikin. I drew it on there. Me, the one who didn't want him to be Darth Vader for halloween. Why? I didn't want him to be a bad guy. But I guess a young bad guy is better than an old bad guy. Ah, the dichotomys of motherhood.

Now Tinkerbell was just cute. Cute, cute, cute. Golden Sparkly hair. The turquoise ribbon. The pink cheeks and lips. Ceeee-yoot. Em and I painted that wand together. I was going to add some ribbons, but she wanted it just "gween and sparkwy." Who am I to argue with that? She called me in her room tonight (about an hour after she had gone to bed) saying "Mama! I neeeeeeeed you!" When I went in to tell her that she probably didn't, she said "Mama, don't forget to start the laundry tonight." I don't know whether to be impressed with her domesticity or to just be insulted.

Random thought. When some one throws a lighted cigarette out of their car, and I run over it, there is a split second that I am certain that my car is going to explode. I am always very relieved when that doesn't happen.