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June 30, 2005

personal growth

I think the baby has had a growth spurt. I know she's gone up kinda high so she can make sure I don't breathe. My belly is as hard as a rock and feels like I've been doing sit-ups...which we all know is a complete joke. The only sit-up I do is when the alarm goes off in the morning. 3 more months...looks like these are going to be fun ones. We have so much to do.

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Dan noticed some growth in his belly too so he got up early this morning to go jogging and the kids went along with him. I think that's just so damn cute. I thought it was even cuter when he picked them up this afternoon to reward them for running with Burger King for lunch. My husband is the cat's pajamas.

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Jake is growing up...too much. I'm wigging out. Just as it's not fair to have wrinkles and zits at the same time, it's also not fair to have to worry about one of your kids having sex while there's one in your belly still. Someone needs to send me the answer book, straight away!

Speaking of Jake. He's going to Fredcamp next week so he'll be working on home repair for poor folks and hanging out with other churchy folks doing churchy teenager things (let us pray this does not include sex...I told you I'm wigging out).

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Reading: Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith. It's the 3rd in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. Very cute books.

Listening to: System of a Down, Mezmerize. Perfect for annoying coworkers and learning new profanity.

Watching: Last night we watched Saved! Cute movie, I liked it. The night before I slept through Life of Brian. I think I was just too tired for Brit humor or something? We also went to the movies to see Batman a few weeks ago and I'm hoping if we can get through the basement cleaning this weekend we'll still have energy to go see War of the Worlds. It's an ambitious plan.

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Basement cleaning...yes. We're doing it. Dad came to measure and draw plans and stuff last night.

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We've been having "try-something-new-Wednesday" in a feeble attempt to get the kids to try new food. This week we had it on Monday though and Jake and Kendall ate smothered pork chops. Trev refused so last night was lasagne which is just one more thing on his list of things that "make me puke". He threw a fit, called me "nagzilla" and spent a good amount of time in his room before finally giving in and trying the fucking lasagne. I have my doubts about whether his increased food tolerance will be worth the meals we spend listening to him whining nonstop but Dan and my mom seem to think it will work so I'm giving it a shot. I'm flexible, man.

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I have the best boss in the world. She sent me an email last night saying I can check out early on Friday if I want. I didn't even have to ask. I'm off til next Thursday too. Rock on!

Posted by krystal at 1:43 PM | Comments (1)

June 24, 2005

belated

Typical, here we are, almost a week past fathers day and I've yet to express my feelings to the dads in my life.

To my own dad...I appreciate you fixing up the basement so I have a place to store my kids. I appreciate the fact that you say "I love you" everytime we talk. It's not that you NEED to say it, but it's nice to hear. Thanks also for taking Jake out of the house to do manual labor over the summer. Hard work is good for the soul. (the soul of anyone but me...I hate that stuff).

To Dan...I never expected to find someone like you in my life. I'd gotten so used to being the mom and dad and now even though you're definitely the softer parent, I've got help. Sometimes it's just nice to have another person there to go "yep, they're being buttheads". Our house is chaotic and a mess and funny. You are a big part of all of those things and for that I am eternally grateful. I can't wait til our baby is here so she can experience and add to the insanity.

To Dan's dad...Thanks for being the man who shaped the way my husband turned out. I am so glad he came from a family who loves openly and without reservation. I like watching Dan talk on the phone with you. He never stops smiling. It's awesome that our baby will have two wonderful sets of grandparents to love her and that you accepted me and my kids into your family. It's not always an easy feat!

James...you've got a million miles to go before you're the father our kids deserve, but thanks for making a semi-effort. Now stop trying to get money from them, stop charging them for their entertainment and stop letting your wife be a complete bitch to them. Our kids are too cool for you and it's just a matter of time before they realize this on their own, DON'T BLOW IT.

Posted by krystal at 12:53 PM | Comments (2)

June 9, 2005

The things I could write about if I wanted to

I could write about my recent ebay purchases, which include...
A bottle warmer, a baby bjorn, a baby bjorn diaper bag and this maternity shirt that's sure to make me look even more like orka than I already do but it looked cute on the manequin on ebay.

I also bought the first season of The 4400, used, from Amazon today. I need someone to please remove my card from my clutches so that I will stop buying things.

I could write about the events of last weekend. Like the book club where we LOST a whole entire person. (yes, we really did) Or the supper club where we (not we, peggy!!!) almost burned down my kitchen 7 times whilst making fried twinkies. This is AFTER Dan melted the lid of the fry daddy right down into the hot grease.

I could write about the things we MUST get done ASAP. Like, cleaning out the basement, getting an oil change for my honda, purchasing fathers day stuff, did I say cleaning the basement yet? That's a biggie.

I could write about the pregnancy, which is going very well. My new obgyn is fabulous and I love her and I love having a baby. She said she thought I'd written down my birthday wrong because I couldn't *possibly* be 38. I love her eternally for that lie.

I could write about the kids and how we're gearing up for a busy summer full of camps and going to the river and hopefully joining the Spotswood pool.

I could write about how wonderful Dan is to me, never letting on if he's tired of my mood swings, never ever letting on that he really does know I'm a big fat hog. He's just always good to me and I'm sometimes terrified that he'll figure out I suck and go away. I hope not though.

I could write about my job, where the most important thing I do is decide what to have for lunch.

But I can't...it's time for lunch. I'll write something later.

Posted by krystal at 11:32 AM | Comments (6)

June 6, 2005

It will put the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again

It seems like Jake is my favorite topic lately. He's honestly one of my favorite subjects and that's possibly because I made him, but also because he always makes me laugh...except when he's making me want to strangle him.

It was bad when the cops picked him up for skateboarding in an apartment complex and he tried to run. It was bad when he pantsed a kid at school and got suspended for 3 days. This latest trick is bad too...so please do not laugh too hard. This is SERIOUS BUSINESS!!!

Friday Jake got detention for "horseplay and flinging lotion". He came out of his locker room at gym class and flung lotion from his hands onto 2 of his friends. They started chasing him and playing around and now Jake's being sent to detention on Wednesday. When I reprimanded him and told him that he was at school to LEARN, not PLAY, he told me "it was GYM CLASS MOM!!".

I won't know what to do when he gets in trouble for a serious offense. Right now I just sit back and scratch my head. Are all boys this retarded?

Posted by krystal at 1:30 PM | Comments (4)

June 2, 2005

an itch to scratch

I woke up this morning the same way I went to sleep...covered in hives. Aside from being itchy like I'm wearing a burlap sack, the discomfort is superficial. It's obviously not enough that I'm the size of a dump truck. I also need to have an unsightly rash, just to make sure I don't get anything even remotely resembling that mythical glow of pregnancy.

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Last weekend we went to the river w/ my folks. I was so stoked when Jake got up on water skiis on his 2nd try. . I'm good at sitting in the boat saying "he's down" when the skiier falls, that's about it.

Dan got to catch a fish and he skiied too. The water was just freezing but the kids and Dan braved it out while mom and I sat on the beach and got sun. I really wish we could just have the summer off to spend lounging on the river.

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There are 12 days left of school and I'm a bit concerned about the condition of the house while kids are home during the day. I've got visions of my life for the next few months, and they ain't good.

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This weekend is the book club and the supper club, both at my house. I don't mind hosting, in fact, I look forward to it. I'd be much more social if I never had to leave the house.

Posted by krystal at 8:28 AM