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December 29, 2005

wizzurd.

becky (9:49:08 AM): the albums dropping in June
r333th4x0r (9:49:15 AM): hahah i'll mark my calendar

Posted by krystal at 10:04 AM | Comments (1)

December 23, 2005

Merry Christmas

Jake came to work with me...lucky him!

Posted by krystal at 8:19 AM

December 22, 2005

seriously

coworker (1:00:52 PM): i believe that a's butt cheeks are falling out of that skirt
r333th4x0r (1:00:58 PM): HAHAHA
coworker (1:01:06 PM): seriously
coworker(1:01:12 PM): it is almost obscene
r333th4x0r (1:01:30 PM): yeah, i think she lost half of it on the way to work
coworker (1:01:39 PM): lmao
coworker (1:01:40 PM): y
r333th4x0r (1:01:47 PM): "im freezing my butt off" takes on new meaning hehe
coworker (1:01:56 PM): seriously

Posted by krystal at 1:21 PM

Who is entertaining whom?

Trevor makes Tess laugh,

Tess makes everyone smile.

Posted by krystal at 7:15 AM | Comments (3)

December 20, 2005

newsletter

I've never sent a newsletter with my Christmas cards. Adrianne is the only friend I have who is together enough to get that done. In fact, I can barely get my cards out before March. But last week as it seemed like my world was just falling apart and things could not get worse, I found myself composing my tragic and sad news letter while talking to Tree on AIM. I'd never be so glib or cliche as to assume my year could be entitled "the best of times and the worst of times" but really, isn't every year that way? (please agree with me so I don't think I'm the only one who has the flukiest luck ever. Flukiest is a word by the way, I just decided it is).

Let's see. Last December Dan and I decided to finally admit that we love each other and instead of saying "he sure does spend a lot of time here" we started saying FOR REAL "he lives here". It was a good decision as far as I was concerned because that meant I got to start secretly throwing his stuff away when it got on my nerves instead of piling it up for when he got totally fed up and moved out.

New years eve was spent nestled quietly in bed by 10pm and that was probably our last quiet time for the rest of the year. We found out by the end of January that I was pregnant. Good thing we'd gotten past that whole issue of whether he lived with us huh? So anyway, we made our plans to get hitched in the living room and pretty much waited til 2 weeks before the wedding to let folks know. It was a cool wedding, we wore new clothes and ate some Mexican food afterwards and the whole shindig was attended by family and friends and didn't cost a million dollars. It was a great way to start the rest of our lives. Our wedding day rocked. The next day we went on back to work. ha. In April or May (sometime??) we went to Williamsburg for a long weekend (thanks mom and dad) and that was our honeymoon. It was very cool even though I was starting to get grossly fat and couldn't get trashed or anything.

We found out that our baby was going to be a girl sometime around 17 weeks of pregnancy and the entire family was happy. Happy happy happy. We also found out via amnio that she was healthy and not uhhh, special. This also made us happy.

Unfortunately it was around this time, near the end of school, when we realized that Jake was the special one. He got suspended for the last 3 days of school for "inciting riot" by (allegedly) starting a food fight. Bad Jacob. Bad. Thankfully this was balanced out by the fact that Kendall and Trevor are very good and got great report cards and really cause no upheaval in our house except for dinner time when Trev decides he hates anything except chicken nuggets and apple sauce. This started the tradition of "try new food Wednesday" which was met with much resistance at first, but later became completely ignored since I have a really hard time figuring out what to cook even when it's NOT new.

The summer was good. We spent lots of time at the river. Jake learned to water ski. Dan never used the fishing pole my dad gave him as his dowry. Kendall and Trev caught pretty much every clam in the river only to have me release them back into the muddy underbelly so they could be caught again the following weekend. We didn't take an official vacation but we DID spend the night at the Ramada Inn when the water started spewing from the outside faucet to the yard and the plumber turned off the water to our entire house. Once again this proves that my family has the ability to make lemonade out of lemons.

When school started back we had high hopes. My dad was renovating the basement so we could make room for the baby. It was the beginning of 3 months of upheaval and dust and Mexican construction workers coming and going at all hours. Dan and I were eagerly preparing for the baby. Jake was going off to high school armed with duct tape, long hair, ripped jeans and Cd's by groups I've never heard of before. Trevor anxiously started 6th grade at his new school after having several bad nights' sleep about his locker combination and Kendall started 4th grade with all of her clothes matching and lots of cool ink pens and stickers and new glasses. She floats through life like it's her playground and she's right.

At the end of September Tess was born. Dans folks visited from California and I got to stay home for a long time. Life was so busy this Fall. We had Jake getting braces, Kendall doing gymnastics, Trevor stressing out a lot about his work and being organized and people who MIGHT throw shoes at him on the bus. Dan was the glue that held the family tight as I stressed out about the basement, the baby, and how the hell I'd ever fit back into my jeans. (they still barely fit btw). I just can't imagine having gone through this year without him. He gets up with the baby, makes bottles, does chores, runs errands, gives me money and at the end of the day is still the person I want to be with forever.

It's at this point where I start to think...ok now just how messed up do I let my NEWSLETTER get? First I have to realize that this whole story was supposed to lend humor to my stress and I somehow got sidetracked and acted all gushy. Blah!

Ok, so to save on time and typing and just so I don't have to go through this again. I'm going to bulletize (YES, DAMMIT, IT'S A WORD) the rest.

- Trevor(doodlepoodleschnoodle) became a stressed out mess, starting with some cat shit and ending with his shrink telling James to give him back his yugioh cards. His grades alternate between great and suck and he's TERRIBLE about picking up his socks. On the bright side, he's now trying new foods and is much more pleasant to live with than he was at the beginning of the year. He also *always* offers to help me with Tess. Trev also can eat more apples than mr. ed!

- Jake(abakalakasnaka) is now serving his second suspension from school this year. He got caught with firecrackers at school and cursed at his entire class. He's in love with a girl named Megan who has black fingernails and who signs his "myspace" account with "sexual butterly". I feel nauseaus everytime I think about that, but never fear, his father bought him condoms. (yes, I rolled my eyes when I typed that). I alternate between laughing at him and loving his wonderful sense of humor and attitude and wanting to choke the living shit out of him so he can't cause anymore pain in our lives. It's sometimes very hard to remember the darling baby he used to be, but these days when I stop at his BABYSITTER'S house to pick him up, I am focusing more on the good stuff.

-Kendall(popadopolous) is clinging tightly to her childhood and I'm determined to keep her there as long as she'll stay. She's smart and funny and very creative. She has friends who are a joy to be around and she doesn't sass me. She leaves her clothes on the floor and her room's a mess but I've learned this year that the mess is really not that important. I love being around my chatty bubbly girl so much and I hope (times 1000000) that she stays so nice.

-Tess(alitapitabread) has the hair of johnny bravo and the smile of an angel. I don't think a better baby was ever born. She slept TEN HOURS last night. In fact, she never once kept us up "all night" and she makes me want to get home faster so I can spend time with her before she's asleep and I miss out on her pretty face. I know that she was made from love and she's going to be the happiest most loved little sister in the world.

- Dan and I are happy and good. Dan has handled the crash course in fatherhood with grace. I'm usually found clenching my teeth together and fussing but that's just what I do. I'm not afraid of what's happening next year because I'm gradually learning that pretty much anything can be dealt with. (if you have a gun or enough beer).

- Animals. We have 2 cats, 1 rat, 1 snake, 1 frog, 1 gecko, 3 fish and a bunch of crickets in our house now. We're animal hoarders...it's all good though.

Merry Christmas.

Posted by krystal at 9:32 AM | Comments (2)

December 19, 2005

Malaise

I feel like poop. My head is pounding for the 4th day in a row, my insides have come out in any way possible and I really can't stand these bright lights at my desk.

Someone shoot me!!

Posted by krystal at 7:21 AM | Comments (1)

December 14, 2005

ho ho oh...ew.

This past weekend we went to get our Christmas tree from the farm out in bfe where we go each year for the tree slaughter.

We crammed into the van, started a movie on the ol' vcr and headed out towards Lake Anna to the farm.

Within 10 minutes, Trev started fussing that he was car sick so when we stopped to pick up nannie at E.B. Finney and Funky Daughter's store we let Trev and Jake change places and then within 10 more minutes Trevor was fine and Kendall was saying that we needed to quickly pull over because *she* was going to blow chunks. So Dan pulled over and everyone in the back shifted and Kendall hopped out and

nothing.

So I said "ok Trevor, you take the way back and let Kendall sit in the middle row now". We started on our way again and Trevor says "omg pull over, I have to barf!!" Soooo once again, Dan pulls over and Trev gets out, stands on the side of the road and

NOTHING.

So Kendall moves to the back of the van to let Trev have the middle row again and at this point Dan and I were thoroughly aggrivated and ready to scream so I did just that. I said "TREVOR JUST PUKE IN THE VAN. WE'RE NOT STOPPING AGAIN!!!!!!!"

So he

puked in the van.

He tried to puke in a mcdonalds bag but he overflowed that. So we had to clean out the van and throw vomit covered mcdonalds stuff on the ground right in front of a hunting club where the hunters were pulling in at a regular rate. Luckily my dad had some hunting insulated camoflauge overalls that Trevor could wear. Luckily Dan is good at cleaning up barf. Luckily those hunters didn't feel like shooting us for puking in their yard. Luckily everything went ok after that and we ended up with a really nice tree and we were all jolly n stuff. The end.

Posted by krystal at 2:24 PM | Comments (2)

December 9, 2005

Snow day madness

Trevor (1:36:53 PM): hey mommy can i do the disco
r333th4x0r (1:37:00 PM): sure
Trevor (1:37:22 PM): hurah
r333th4x0r (1:37:40 PM): do you have music on?
Trevor (1:37:46 PM): no
r333th4x0r (1:38:00 PM): then how do you plan to disco?
Trevor (1:38:49 PM): uh kendalls horrible singing

Posted by krystal at 1:51 PM

Sometimes...

When we're admiring our baby either Dan or I will say "how can you say that's not a baby?" Just like the pro-life t-shirt Jake got at school a few years back.

It always makes us laugh. What nerds. Sometimes we even say "how can you say that's not a cat?" about our kitty.

Posted by krystal at 1:35 PM | Comments (1)

December 5, 2005

Music

Friday night we went to see The Sound of Music at the Riverside with my parents. It was an awesome show. The talent of our small town theater group never ceases to amaze me...you should really check it out of you get the chance. On the way there, we stopped at FedEx to pick up my birthday gift from Tleeee...a brandspankingnew ipod nano. It is the coolest toy ever. Tlee, I hope one day I can repay you with awesome gifts like this. You rock!

Dan got me pearls for my birthday that are just beautiful. He also hooked me up w/ a wawa gift card and the earrings I'd asked for. He spent the weekend putting songs on my ipod so this morning as I drove to work I had music that I love all the way. I am so lucky to have people who fill my life with music.
Speaking of rocking...we're just about done shopping for Christmas AND our wrapping's done too. The house isn't all that clean and there's not one bit of decorating done but I feel at ease right now...things will get done and hopefully we can remember to enjoy the holiday season and not just get bogged down with getting ready for one day.

Posted by krystal at 7:57 AM | Comments (1)

December 1, 2005

just as bitchy

The end of pregnancy means the resumption of PMS.

I went to bed feeling pretty aggitated with the state of affairs in my house. Jake has turned into the sulky, sneaky, crabby, jackass kid I hoped he'd never be. He's suffering through the punishment of getting bad grades but he ain't suffering in silence. The 10 minutes he gets on the phone w/ his girlfriend and the 10 minutes online are just not enough for his highness and he's taking it out on me. Guess what though? I didn't get 2 F's on my report card so I don't deserve the punishment. I'm sick to death of him right now. He's sick to death of me too. I guess missing the bus this morning was a way of paying us back for him not getting to have a mohawk or dye his hair green...that's ok, my payback for him is that he now loses his 10 minutes tonight.

I wonder how old he'll have to be before he realizes that until he's 18, I will ALWAYS win.

Posted by krystal at 7:30 AM | Comments (5)