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so, i’m getting ready to go to…
wait for it…
someplace sunny and warm with a ton of new scrapbook goodies!
YES! I’m going to CHA…hence the woohoo of the title. I’m leaving out on Saturday, after a morning spent with my little guy Evan, and then off to California. I’ve never been to California before! I’m so excited!!!
Sure, there’s going to be a ton of new product, Disneyland and scrapbook “celebreties”. But the most important thing is that I get to see Sonda!!!!!! woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!! We’re going to have TOO much fun. I’m here to tell ya, I’m going to drink too much alcohol at least one night while I’m gone, but only if I’m in walking distance to my hotel. Which, I’d better be at all times, since I won’t have a car 
This is my grandfather. My mom’s dad. He’s been a son, brother, husband, father, uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather, US Marine, Greyhound Busdriver and driven an 18-wheeler to support his family. He is as wise as his wrinkles make him look, as funny as his little smile and I happen to owe him everthing. He took care of me and my mom when she couldn’t take care of us all by herself. He’s been there in more ways for me than I think I even realize right now. I love you Pop…you’ve always been my hero.
that’s evan’s name for icicles and it make me think of a sharipe ice sculpture. sharpies are cool, so why not a sharpie ice sculpture? i have that huge 30 pack of fine tip sharpies and it’s one of my favorite things. is that shallow? it’s not like i’d save my sharpies before i saved my family or anything, but i really love my sharpies. ok. i’ll let it drop.
so this morning we take the inerstate into town and i take a slightly different route to the boy’s preschool. on the corner of this particular light is a Hustler store…yep…that Huslter and in the window-by which we happened to be stopped- was filled with interesting items. there was nothing that i immediatley had to explain or anything, but there were some some very tall red shiny boots (which are known by many names) and some lingerie and other little sex shop type things (not like I’d know what those were or anything-really). so here’s how the conversation went from there:
evan: look at those things in the window. those red boots are cool.
me: trying desparately not to laugh at my son
evan: mommy, do you like those things?
rob (dh): yeah, do you like those things? (snicker snicker)
me: we’re never taking this exit again. now, it’s quiet time everyone. mommy’s driving.
magical mommy moments don’t come around as often as one thinks during the glow of pregnancy. You think it’s going to be like the cover of “what to expect when you’re expecting”…all soft blankets, diffused light and sweet baby smells.
Anyone who has kids dispensed with that myth pretty quickly.
But, boy oh boy, are there some moments that are ones for the books (or blogs) and I just had one. We’ve been having some nighttime attidude from the boy and we’ve been working on it, but there’s not been much progress. He’s still desparate for someone to be in his room with him to go to sleep. I can’t tell you how I dread bedtime these days…knowing that you’re going to end the day with your child on such a note is not particularly appealing, and I think we all get grouchy in anticipation.
Tonight he was supposed to be in his room (at this point I don’t even care if he goes to bed…just to his room) and he came out. As Rob was taking the boy back to his bed Evan ran over to me on the couch, kissed me on both cheeks, my forehead, my chin and my nose and then in the sweetest little puck voice said “i love you!” and headed off to bed. He still didn’t go right to sleep, but after kissing his mama like that, who really cares? I’ve got to give him props if he did it on purpose, but I also have to be worried about such mastery of manipulation and what it means for me in the future.
a new MacBook! It’s sooo pretty. I got a black one!
so i tried to clean out a few things at my office today. I made it through one file drawer and also i sorted through about 2200 emails in my inbox…that took some time and some effort, but man, it needed to be done. i’m trying to simplify at the office as well as at home. my job can create a LOT of paper and emails and sometimes it can be difficult to let them go, but my office can only hold so much, so go it must
I’m still trying to come up with my goal this year. really, my indecision is making me think that I need to make a goal to be more decisive this year.
j’ai trop manger. all day long. pms i think. i’m going to pay for it later.
we’re still working on the all the clothing in our room…sorting and folding and matching socks. we have too many socks. we have so many socks i’m not sure i can convey to you exactly how many we have. well. ok. maybe i can. we have 3 baskets full. three. 3. trois. and that’s not ALL the socks. there’s more in the garage in the clothes that i’m washing. must get rid of socks.
because typepad deletes your account the moment you hit the cancel button. i thought maybe they’d leave the site up through the end of the billing cycle, but apparently not!
so the boy is at my mom’s house this weekend and rob and i are planning on attacking our closets. we have too many cloths. just.too.many. i bet i’ll be able to take no less than 5 bags to goodwill, after keeping some for a yardsale. if we get done with our closet, we’re going to start on the garage! rather ambitious i know, but i am looking for some sort of goal….
speaking of goals, i really am looking for the right goal for me this year. i’m not quite sure what i’m going to do, but i’m going to find something and do it. maybe i’ll finally finish painting and decorating the house, maybe i’ll challenge myself to cook 5/7 nights a week (that actually sounds like a contender). i’ll report back with a decision soon. i refuse to call it a new years resolution though, because then one is practically doomed from the start. this will be more of some sort of year long framework instead. bleh. i’m just rambling now.
rob’s editing video and pics from christmas and burning them to dvd’s for the family. i just love technology. oh, and macworld is next week! i can’t wait to hear what’s going to be announced. my laptop is just about three yeas old (12″ powerbook G4) and it’s beginning to show it’s age. i’m going to be pricing a new macbook after i hear what the new products and upgrades are going to be next week.
ok, my bed is calling me. hopefully my body will let me sleep past 5:30 am. one of the evil side-effects of having a child is that i don’t sleep as deeply as i used to and because of that i tend to wake up very easily which has led to a near inability to sleep late. i mourn sleeping late. for more years than i can count sleeping in late on a saturday and sunday was the height of relaxation. and i’m not talking sleeping until 8:30 or something like that…i’m talking 10:30 or 11:00. later if i stayed up too late. there’s something about being in your bed asleep in the daytime that appeals to me.
