Monday, August 16, 2010

so, yeah. we got a dog.

This, my friends, is Tuff. Or, as H. calls him: Tuff Enough. He's a Yorkie. A rat dog to some. Ridiculously adorable to others. Currently he weighs 2.5 lbs. and may just grow to be as big as
 6 lbs.
Oh, yes. It's true. Cute, eh?

These are eggs. Eggs that I collect in my very own back yard and from my very own chickens.

This is the father/son  track building team. A solid team, indeed.


Friday, August 13, 2010

Grumpy? Staggering Understatement

The title of this post was my facebook status a couple of days ago. That was the day I took a mental health day, which is kind of hard to do when your workplace is your home and your employers are your spouse and children, but I did my best. Since that mental health day I've been extremely unmotivated. Extremely. Hence, me, on the computer entering this overwhelmingly boring blog post. Deal with it, will you? I have to.

Things of interest in my life of late:

* the chickens have started laying eggs. three of them (chickens) to be exact. that makes three eggs a day. i love it.

* the garden has begun producing a variety of veggies. also love that.

* my body hurts more in the mornings when i get up now that i run than it did before i started running. how does that work? am i missing something?

* my 3 year old is hilarious and whiny and adorable and frustrating all at the same time.

* my 1 year old is hilarious, and fussy and adorable and frustrating all at the same time (she is the trouble maker--what kid wakes their brother up at 5:30 in the morning to play? --what brother will be happily awoken {a word?} to play at 5:30 am?)

* went to the demo derby. pretty much my favorite part of august.

* ended the wellness challenge with less than stellar results. i'm a slacker in the wellness area these days.

* have lofty goals of decorating my house. no really. i will. i've only lived here for almost 5 years. what's the rush?

* finally read Hunger Games. pretty decent read. though i thought the whole love story thing weakened it. i mean i can take falling in love with vampires and werewolves, but teenagers in love with teenagers? that's just ridiculous.

what? you're horribly bored with my blithering on and on about nothing? well. you may go now. i have to do the dishes anyway.