just a day, just an ordinary day....

here are a few glimpses of today:

1. at a viciously early time, claire walks in to find me sleeping with my leg above the covers because you know i cannot stand hot feet...she proceeds to tell me this.."you look bad with your body showing out of bed." wow. what a sweetie.

2. in my momentary attempt at organization, i made a meal plan for the week and a grocery list so that i would not have to go to family fare every day this week (not that we don't love ya, mr. pete!) we were there a longer than usual time and lauren and emma put the christmas colored cake topping things into there pants and sang loudly..."i have something in my pants, do ya wanna see?"

over and over and over and over. quality.

3. at 4 o clock i made my shaky self a peanut butter sandwich for lunch. i was multi-tasking- eating and talking to brian on the phone and cleaning up the wrapping scraps...i glance down before taking my 4th big, hungry bite to see the bread is moldy. not great for a girl with a overactive gag reflex. brian, however, thought it was quite funny.

4. at about 4:07, i became convinced that large sores were developing in my mouth as a result of the aforementioned sandwich.

5. the girls are playing downstairs with a friend and i hear lauren say, "oh, we forgot to pray for this baby!" i think to myself what sweet, innocent children i have and then i hear, "c'mon everyone, pray for this one. she's dead. she died. let's pray."
i guess you can't expect much else from the offspring of a girl who cut off her barbies hair and wrapped her in toilet paper and buried her in a shoebox in the backyard..........

i love monday.

december......

i knew it was time for an update since my last post included the word 'sun' and there is absolutely no sign of my friend, the sun, here in michigan. alas, winter has arrived. since our last visit, i have hosted thanksgiving, made my first turkey ( with the help of my hubby), and completed my christmas shopping and wrapping. whew. my friend and i headed out last friday at 3:45 a.m. to do some shopping. there was nothing we really needed, but decided to go anyway. the lesson I learned from the lady in line at kohls was to take an extra 5 minutes and brush your hair and teeth before heading to the mall, even at an early hour. it just doesn't take that much time. walmart was its own freaky beast. the woman in front of me had kleenex stuffed up both nostrils... and chatted with me like she had no idea or she was glad they were there! in conclusion, I loved it and intend to do it every year. we did make a safety plan and decided to avoid walmart when they first opened, for fear of death by trampling. we will take what we gleaned from this year and avoid walmart all together next year. the crayola bucket is just not worth it. i have a deepish wound on my hand from one aggresive walmart shopper who wanted the high school musical furry crocs something fierce.

I hope you had a great thanksgiving. I was going to share what i am thankful for, but Lauren's whining and hurling herself on me is diminishing my thankful spirit.....

happy december, friends.

florida sun......

I would update this blog, but the ocean is a bit loud and the sun is a tad too bright. guess I will have to just go back to reading my book and watching porpoises jump in the ocean. I will try to cope......

election day.

i voted. #434 to be exact. did you??

pics.

jen, jen - the birthday girl!!

happy birthday, jen!! may you feel loved on your day. may this next year be one of more sleep, better health and lots of memories!!

lh

seriously dull.

i wish i had some goods for you. it's not that nothing funny has taken place...because you know it has. i don't know what is wrong with me. am i done blogging or just on hiatus? while i decide, here is a quick story:

the girls and i were at the local spectrum lab. it was super busy and i was playing a rousing game of i spy to keep the kiddos entertained and keep the book/magazine touching to a minimum. the following is true and without exaggeration- I SWEAR!!

this late sixties gentleman (if you could call him that) was sitting across from us and smiling at us. not all that unusual. lauren was having a hard time not staring (as was her mother) because he had on the tightest jean cut offs i had ever in my life seen. seriously, there was unnecessary body outlining going on. gag. gag. then he had on a tank top that hung very low under his arm pits. he topped off his scruffy beard with a veterans hat that had random additional pins on it. (think t.g.i fridays pin bling). he catches my eye, smirks and carefully pulls over his unfortunate tank top and exposes his nipple. i could not believe it. lauren turned and laid her head on my shoulder (therapy, i know). i thought "this cannot be happening. why in the world would he think i want to see that?" sure enough, he is gazing down at the sight himself, his eyes wander up and he smirks at me again, while touching it. honestly. i have never been so appalled. nasty old man. gross.

folks, that's what you get when you ask for an update. hope you ate supper already.

lh