just wanna say thanks to these ladies. i had a fabulous day and i loved the fact that i can still talk to all of you without any awkward pauses. you all still make me laugh and i wish that ade and al lived here so we could chill more often. kell, why don't we chill more often? loves to all of you and thanks for pedis and lunch. L.o.v.e.d. it!

ps- kelly. you CAN do it again. trust me. if you ever need to chat or whatev give me a call or drop me a line.

because i thought you should know

i'd like someone to nominate me for What Not to Wear. i'd really like some new clothes and i do feel that since i'm no longer in the professional field i've become rather dowdy. i'm totally willing to be made fun of by stacey and clinton for $5000 and shopping in nyc. i don't care who does it, but please do. my only request? that you "suggest" i straighten my closet before you let a camera crew in there.

little s. still has thrush which means she's had it for 11? weeks. any home remedies i can try since diflucan seems to not be working?

some catch up pics...

two weeks ago the heating element in my dishwasher decided not to turn off and was on for several hours. sadly, this meant many melted items in my dishwasher. the top pic is of the bottom rack where i had a water bottle--it's the thing that is melted completely and covering the little prong thingys. the middle pic is the utensil basket--completely melted through. the red thing was a peeler. and the bottom pic is a salad spinner i had recently purchased--not so much usable anymore. this was on the top rack and apparently when ge dishwashers have meltage on the top rack then ge will replace the entire dishwasher. unfortunately, i was unaware that i was the replacement dishwasher. hahahahahaha. jokes of course, i'm just waiting for the replacement and hope it get here soon.

it's an interesting relationship my children have. sometimes he loves her and she is happy. sometimes he thinks she needs a hat and she is surprised--mostly because the hat is a strainer.

h. loves the water. yes. this is the same kid who screamed at bath time only two months ago (he still hates washing his hair. one fear to conquer at a time i suppose). wherever we go you can be sure that little h. will sniff out the water and find something to throw in it--sometimes that something is himself as you can see in picture number one, mostly it's just rocks and twigs though.

took a little road trip to yellowstone recently. it was...an experience. i think the drive just about did h. in and, consequently, it about it did his father in as well. --s. did just fine, she slept most of the way.

It's Baaaack

So You Think You Can Dance has returned to the airways. Seriously LOVE that show. As I've mentioned one gaZILLION times--I love to dance and when I watch SYTYCD I picture myself onstage shakin' it up with the best of them. I've even found myself chair dancing while watching. What? Yes. Yes, I am a bit of a geek, but I'll challenge you to a dance off any day.

Hayden is at the best age. Oh man, that kid...you can do nothing but fall in love with him. H. is currently obsessed with letters. No. For those of you who are wondering--I don't force him to learn them or quiz him or have a study time, he just picked them up and now won't let them go. We'll be driving down the street and I'll hear him spouting out random letters in the back seat only to look up and see them on a billboard or sign. He loves the PBS kids shows Super Why and Word World. He will bring you book to read any chance he gets. Is he a genius? I doubt it, but he sure loves his alphabet.

Scout is a talker. I can just see her getting in trouble at school for not being able to listen. She's not like H. who would just talk to the angels and you and the wall and his stuffed animals, but if you start talking to her her little face lights up and off she goes. So cute.

B. is working like it's going out of style--and some days, listening to the news, I think it just might be. He's gone a lot, but that also means we currently have enough moula (sp?) for what we need and a little extra. For this I am grateful. He's a good man, that husband o' mine. I wouldn't trade him for the world.

Me? Well, I'm surviving. Some days better than others. This mother thing is harder than it looks, I'll tell you what. I'm not complaining (oh, you'll know if I'm doing that), just saying "Hey! I'm just figuring this stuff out so if my house looks like a bomb went off, cut me some slack!"

TTTTTHHHHAT'S ALL FFFOLKS.