Manic

Today was all over the place.  I went to bed too late last night.  Ran too hard.  Woke up too early.  Forgot to ice.  Can feel a cold coming on ...sigh.  Maybe I should change manic to maniac.  I'm pretty sure that's what I was today. 

-Let's start off with this little guy.  I love Jack.  I think he's darling.  I don't love that he pinches, pulls hair, torments and destroys and makes me want to pinch, pull hair, torment and destroy.  He drives me crazy!  Yet, he still manages to look cute while doing it.  MADDENING!!

Today I had had enough.  And then he decided to take a nap..... a two hour nap.  I was happy again and decided to keep him.

- My kitchen blinds are clean.  This makes me happy.

- A bunch of laundry got done today.  This makes me happy.  But then I just saw all the full baskets that need to be put away.  The worst part of laundry is putting away.  Uggh.  Not so happy.

-  This pile of yarn is a sweater that I'm knitting for Ella.  I was two rows away from being completely finished and then realized there was a mistake.  With very little irritation (strangely), I frogged half the sweater (not kidding when I say half) to fix my mistake.  About 10 rows back into it I realized I didn't fix the mistake, frogged it back to the fixing point and threw it across the room.  Very frustrated and on the verge of tears, Bono announced himself on the radio and I remembered that we (Bono and myself) have a date on June 3rd.  Sweater forgotten, I sang myself into happiness

- Jack woke up so I made some bread.  Bread soothes me.  Weird, I know.

-I tripped on the stairs while holding a basket of laundry. I cursed and then decided the only reason I tripped was because the stairs are dirty and nasty and not good for anything but causing problems.  Then I remembered that we are ripping out the dirty, nasty stairs and putting in more wood.  My clean wood stairs can not come soon enough.  Happy, again.

- I've had a headache for 4 days.  The only reason this makes me happy is because it gives me an excuse to drink more coke.   Coke does not = headache.  Coke = happiness.

-  This little bundle of goodness usually gets in trouble around 5:00.  This is during dinner preparation, Jack's melt-down period, and when I'm completely out of patience.  Today was no exception.  She screamed, threw some punches and spent some time in her room. Luckily, rage turned into sadness.  Check out the previous post to experience some of Ella's heartbreak.

- I am going to bed at 9:30 tonight.  This makes me happy.

Songs of Sorrow

People vent their frustrations in a lot of different ways.  When Ella gets worked up I usually want to cut my ears off, but sometimes Ella delights us with some entertainment.  I just wish I would have caught the part about how she hates chicken and that Jack is not a nice brother.

ELLA #1

ELLA#2

This Love

I've got to say it.

There are items you buy. Regularly. Items that you really like.  And then one day you open one of these items and it's not the same.  You know the expression, don't fix something that's not broken?  Well, don't already!  Who makes the decision to change something, to screw something up?  Who says, I don't think these should taste like yumminess anymore.  I think crap is the better way to go? Who's in charge here?!

Sweetheart Candies.  Have you tried them this year?  These things have been selling for millions of years and all of a sudden they change how they taste?   Oh dear.  What is happening to this world?


1.  I LOVE York Peppermint Patties.  Something that has stayed the same for millions of years.

2.  I LOVE when my kids don't fight.

3.  I LOVE when I don't have to carpool.

4.  I LOVE when Gator lets me have my way.

5.  I LOVE that my 10 year anniversary is coming up and once again, we don't have any plans.  Boooo.

6.  I LOVE a good book.

7.  I LOVE that Madonna was in my dream last night.

8.  I LOVE that I've been able to reconnect with friends through blogging.

9.  I LOVE good hair days.  Today is not one of them.

10.  I LOVE throwing things away.

11.  I LOVE sweaty people at the gym who smell like mildew.  

12.  I LOVE that we're actually getting a tax return.

13.  I LOVE that this post has taken me 45 minutes to write because my internet keeps going down. Boooo!

14.  I LOVE Allison's sugar cookies!  Holy smokes, they were amazing!  This weekend, I will be attempting to recreate the divineness .... although I'm sure they won't be nearly as delicious!

LOVE on the Rocks

Not feeling so loving today.  This will be a tough one.  Early-out school schedule = grumpy kids & grumpy mom. 

1.  I LOVE a beautiful blue sky.

2.  I LOVE that this week is almost over.

3.  I LOVE when Jack says the words spooky and squirrels. Preferably in the same sentence. 

4.  I LOVE that Ella says revy  instead of very.  Like, "she doesn't do cartwheels revy good."  I should work on this, I know.

5.  I LOVE Calamity Jane

6.  I LOVE when I think to ask for prescriptions ahead of time.

7.  I LOVE that I sold my bar stools within a half an hour of posting them.

8.  I LOVE that Gator gets up with Jack in the morning.

9.  I LOVE that I got a triathlon reminder in my email.  Makes me think of summer!

10.  I LOVE that it's almost time for Girl Scout cookies.

11.  I LOVE that I actually have a vacation planned for the summer.

12.  I LOVE that this week is almost over ... wait, did I already say that?

13.  I LOVE that I'm not putting a YouTube video on this post!

A Big Hunk of LOVE

1.  I LOVE chips and salsa.  I will never, ever, turn them down!

2.  I LOVE having flowers in my home ... I LOVE when I don't have to buy them myself.

3.    I LOVE when Jack says his prayers.

4.  I LOVE nap time.  If it were my nap time I'd LOVE it even more.

5.  I LOVE it when people come and clean my house for me.  Oh, wait.  That never happens.

6.  I LOVE when Ella lets me dance and sing and thinks I'm awesome.  Oh, wait.  That doesn't happen either.

7.  I LOVE Walmart.  Actually, I hate it.  But today, I LOVE it.

8.  I LOVE when Gator thinks I'm funny.  Believe it or not, this isn't as easy as it used to be.


9.  I LOVE when you're running, and you're exhausted, and the perfect song comes on a gives you a boost.  Axl sure saved my butt this morning.

10.  I LOVE that I remembered to wash my favorite pants yesterday so I can loaf around in them today!  I don't love that I'll have to change my loaf-around pants before YW tonight.  Boooo!

11.  I LOVE music ... especially when it applies to my blog posts (seriously, what is it with me and YouTube lately?)!

 

LOVE

There are a lot of things I don't love.  As much as I try to be a half-full kind of gal, it's not really the way I roll.  It's February, which brings to mind a few of those not-so-loved, previously mentioned, items.   But I'm changing my tune -- at least for the next 14 (umm, 13?) days.

1.  I LOVE storage.  It's amazing what a set of shelves can do for a girl!  My father-in-law is building us shelves to line the entire back section of our garage.  He started installing them today.  I am so thrilled about this!  The storage is going to be fabulous and the crap is going to be gone.  The white trash look we've had going on for a little while has not been my favorite.

2.  I LOVE when dinner is made before 2:00 pm.

3.  I LOVE a nice, cold, Diet Dr. Pepper at lunch time. 

4.  I LOVE this.  Don't roll your eyes -- just appreciate the art for what it is. (My favorite section is :52 - 1:08.  I dare you not to smile!)

5.  I LOVE that I didn't get get up and go to the gym this morning and my kids slept until 7:30.

6.  I LOVE Buddy the Elf.