HAPPY NEW YEAR 2005!

Hope everyone is doing well. I'm drinking Rum Runners and trying not to stress out over the fact that it's raining so I'm cooped up in the house with 7 other people (1080 sq. ft. house...)

Win some, lose some

I've discovered that I can only send photos to another camera phone for now... until I subscribe to the web service... which I can't afford yet. But I can send photos to a friend who DOES have the service, and she can email 'em to me...

The best laid plans...

My daughter (14) wanted a camera phone for Christmas. Well, I suppose just a CELL PHONE would be fine... but first Daddy gave her cash... and then her brother told her to keep her cash, he'd get her one... and neither one did. Therefore, my dd was feeling unloved and lied to... among other things, so it was up to me to "save the day" (as mothers are so often called upon to do)

So we went to Verizon and got her the cherished cameraphone... and I ended up getting one too. There goes ALL of my Christmas cash (and hers) but we both now have shiny new camera phones. Wonder how long it will take me to get used to mine and use more of its features? (I'll just be happy when I get my moblog set up correctly: stay tuned!)

Loner Mode

I don't know if anyone else is like this... but when I clean & do housework, I prefer that no one is in my way. So I like it best when no one is around. In fact... the older I get, the more I prefer to be alone. To read, think, create, clean, whatever. I guess youth's insecurity made me crave company... as I look back over my old songs and writing. But no more. Give me solitude any day!

Loooooooooong days...

Is it all just one LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG day? Or several of them strung together? Kinda surreal having all the kids and their father home all day long for a couple of weeks. I think just having them here wears me out!

Merry Christmas!

Too busy to be online... just logged on to send out my newsletter and drop a quick post to the blog here. Hopefully after tomorrow morning, things can mellow out a bit!

Almost done...

My feet are killing me but I've pretty much finished with all the shopping I want to do for my family. I may still have to take one or more of my kids shopping for their dad's gifts though. I'm expecting to be online for most of the day Christmas Day beginning to catch up... but we'll see!

Another grueling day...

Ugh. Now the kids AND my husband are home 24/7 until After New Year's. Yikes. Well... at least I can sleep in EVERY morning for a while... except for Christmas Day, of course. I still haven't gotten some of my shopping done... don't know if I can, either. ($$$)

Will Wonders Never Cease?

Here I sit with a sleeping 3 year old embedded against my chest. My hands rest on the keyboard drawer which I obtained through freecycle months ago but my husband finally installed yesterday (yay!)

I lost my cell phone tonight. I lost it on Halloween, too... and got it back intact both times. Better not push my luck. Next time I may not be so lucky.

Exhausted...

And miles to go before I sleep. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Nutcracker

Went to see a ballet today. Three words: men in tights.

Two's? What about Three's? Ugh.

My toddler has gone stark raving mad. She is driving us all insane. I can't wait 'til she outgrows this phase.

sorry, not yet!

I know I've been neglecting you guys... but I'm sure most of you are just as busy as I am with the holidays, so I hope you haven't missed me too much. I'll be finding more time to blog soon... I just need to get my house shipshape first. It's looking much better than it did a month ago!

Up too early, crashing too late...

Such is life. Tomorrow's a busy day, so I'd better get to sleep early and try to get up early tomorrow, too.

I miss blogging. Gotta get back in the groove.

Time to make the donuts

Oh. I made the donuts.

Not just yet...

I'm still not ready to sit at the computer and do much of anything... but the plus side to that is that I've been getting a lot done offline. Going to bed early, and rising early. So off I go again to do it once more...

Eliminating CHAOS

CHAOS in "Flylady" language is "Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome"

I have been remaking my house into more of a home, and it's coming along nicely. Unfortunately for this blog, that means I'm not spending much time online. I'll be back though... sooner or later, exhausted and pleased with myself for all the work I've done.

Maybe tomorrow...

I'll actually write a real, solid, coherent post... but for now, I'm ready to crash again. TGIF!

Whirlwind day...

Too tired to talk. But remind me to tell y'all about how my car's rear window got shattered...

Dead tired...

I went to bed last night at about 8:30 and it's even earlier than that now and I think I'm going to hit the sack. Only problem with that is that when I go to bed this early I fall asleep before Bob's alarm goes off, and when it does, it wakes me and I get all disoriented. But... well, I'm tired. So I'm crashing. Nitey nite... and so sorry for the short posts... I've been busy busy busy offline!

Who'da thunk it?

My husband is gonna fall on the floor and hurt himself laughing when he reads THIS one...

You are a Career Girl!

You may not be a CEO yet, but you're well on your way to success.
You take your career seriously, and you wouldn't stop working for any guy!
An independent woman, you pay for your own car, clothes, and housing.
And men appreciate that - at least, the ones as driven as you are.
What Kind of Girl Are You? Take This Quiz :-)

Can I go to bed yet?

Loooooooooooong drawn out day... went for a job interview this morning. Don't want to make to much of it and get my hopes up... who knows if I'll actually get the job or not. I don't think I'd mind it... anyway, been bustin' my ass rearranging and cleaning the house. I think my family's confused. LOL

I've downloaded over 120 entries into my "Holiday Jukebox" and haven't played all the way through it a single time yet because I keep having to turn it down for someone to watch tv or turn off Winamp when I need more memory to do something else. Oh well... c'est la vie!

Nite nite y'all.

Forgot to mention...

I meant to give y'all a rave review for my favorite two artists and Christmas songs, out of all the ones I've downloaded and heard recently: Loreena McKennitt's Good King Wenceslaus and Destiny's Child's White Christmas both kick ass. I'm up to 89 entries today.

Hearing Things

I was only kind of half-listening to the tv this morning while I was making the bed... and there was this garlique commercial on. The pitch is "eat right, exercise, and take Garlique once a day" but I heard "eat right, exercise, and take a leak once a day" ROFL

In other news, I've been downloading Christmas songs and creating a continuous playlist with about 69 entries so far. I say "entries" instead of "songs" because some of the entries are medleys or collections. I've really been enjoying it... but I think the family is tired of the songs already. Maybe I'm wrong, but playing the Christmas songs helps keep me motivated. That's a start!

Tired

Didn't get much sleep last night and been up all day. Better luck tomorrow. Nitey nite.

Helluva Day!

Well... let's see. First my dd wakes me up saying she'd overslept and missed the bus (which wouldn't have happened if I had not been sleeping myself...)

So I jump up and drive her to school... after which I get back in bed for a few hours... since dh gets home in time to take ds#3 to school.

I DRAGGED myself out of bed at about 9:45 am, called Seetha, who had expressed interest in going with us to the park today... but she was worried by the overcast weather and begged off for this time. Good thing, too, cuz I had made plans to meet Michelle from Freecycle there and her car wouldn't start today. So I picked her and her baby up on the way, thus filling up my car pretty much to capacity.

Stayed at the park from noon 'til about 2:30, then took Michelle and Catherine back home, went to my house, switched cars, and picked Timmy up from school... (ds#3)

Stopped in a local food store for some candy, mainly so my 3 year old could give a candy bar to an old lady from whom we were obtaining a computer through Freecycle...

Turned out that the old lady wasn't there, but her daughter will give her the candy bar. My new toy is a MacIntosh PowerG3 (beige) and I got it for Selena to use. She loves to play with the art program on the old Performa that we call "Granny Mac"

Then I went grocery shopping... came home and did a bit of this and a bit of that... hooked up the Performa to the monitor that came with the other computer and let Selena fool around with that for a while, then after she went to bed I put the Performa away and hooked up the G3.

Also tonight I've been downloading Christmas songs. I'm pooped. Now that I've bored you all to tears, good night.