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October 31, 2007

Thisishalloweenthisishalloween

I was going to complain about how I hate Halloween more than any other holiday but that's not true. I hate New Years Day more. I also feel negatively towards other days such as Valentines day and Mothers day so I guess I'll just say that Halloween is the biggest pain in the ass holiday for me. We have to start like, a month in advance getting ready for it and in the end what do you get? Candy. I can get candy at the store. Hell, I can buy enough candy for my kids and the neighbors and me for a month and it'd be better than Halloween. Did I mention I hate the stupid tooth fairy too?

I do. (but Tess looks SO STINKING CUTE in her kangaroo costume).

Tonight we have my folks coming over and Gayle and Wil and their kids and some of Trevor's friends too. We'll eat pizza and beg for candy and Dan's going to project a movie onto the roof like he did last year. I like that part. I just don't like the planning, costume-figuring-out and the month's worth of candy wrappers allover the floor. I also don't like that this year I have to do sober trick or treating. Mom and I have a tradition of taking along our beer. Beer makes everything more fun.

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Ok, I have to go find Nightmare Before Christmas before Dan and Kendall tear the house apart.

Have a safe and happy Halloween, everyone.

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October 29, 2007

HI AARON

You almost look like Judd Nelson in Breakfast Club in this picture. Nice nostrils!

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October 23, 2007

say click. take a pic!

I do wonder sometimes if Rosie Perez saw herself as a talking camera on Diego in her future back when she was doing White Men Can't Jump. Oh well, who am I to talk about surprise lives.

Leeroy had his nut-ectomy yesterday and is now walking around with a lampshade on his head to keep him from licking parts he shouldn't. He's been a real trooper through the whole ordeal. We're all just happy that after 3 attempts he's finally less of a man than he was yesterday.

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Yesterday I went to Subway to grab a seafood sub and the woman behind the counter said "are you having twins?" My first thought was "are you middle aged making my sub at Subway?". I'm learning that it's not ok to just blurt out the inhumane things that come to mind. Of course, I'm a slow learner.
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I've had a hard week of watching my pretty Kendall learn that racism can, in fact, happen to her even though she's perfect. Being one of 2 white kids on the step team has opened her eyes a bit. She's sad that her teacher is racist, she's sad that her dear friend Teresa will talk to her at home but not at practice around her peers. She's not giving up though. She stomp/claps around the house all the time, determined to be good at these steps that just aren't exactly natural to her. I've told her that I have her back and I'll allow her to handle things on her own, but if she needs me I'll be the first one to get involved. I told her that if she sticks with it people will like her just because she's awesome. She believes me. I hope her fellow step-team people don't let me down. I hope her coach chills with the "white girl" comments before she sees just how angry a mom can get when her baby's self esteem is on the line.

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Trevor has a new girlfriend. Let's rejoice or something. 13 year olds are so...greasy.

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I changed a motherboard today with very little effort and it worked without a hitch. I know it's not much of an accomplishment, but sometimes those effers are difficult.

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Gayle and Wil's halloween party is this weekend. I'm looking forward to it.

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October 21, 2007

We have a first name at least.

We're going to name our baby Max. Middle name is still to be determined.

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October 18, 2007

Song For A Fifth Child

Song For A Fifth Child

Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth
empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
hang out the washing and butter the bread,
sew on a button and make up a bed.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She’s up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I’ve grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
(pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo).
The shopping’s not done and there’s nothing for stew
and out in the yard there’s a hullabaloo
but I’m playing Kanga and this is my Roo.
Look! Aren’t her eyes the most wonderful hue?
(lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).

The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
for children grow up, as I’ve learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.
I’m rocking my baby and babies don’t keep.

Ruth Hulburt Hamilton

Kathy just posted this on Fredalk and I wanted to keep it.

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October 15, 2007

Where'd all this come from?

I just realized that I'm sitting here on my bed alone and that not one child has asked for anything in at least 5 minutes. Trevor did ask to use the phone, but that was 6 minutes ago. Twitter just let me know that Dan's on the way home from work. I have time to jot, so jot I will.

The weekend was good/busy/tireing. Friday I had lunch w/ Dan at bangkok blvd and then dinner at Hard Times w/ some fugs. I went out without Dan and without kidlets. It was fun, but I felt as though I'd left part of me at home, mostly because I had.
Saturday was nonstop movement. I took Jake to work, grocery shopped, cooked for supper club, took the kids to the pumpkin patch (again without Dan because he hadta stay home and work...wah) and then home to finish cooking, get Jake from work and then go to supper club. Supper club, by the way, was stupendous. We had fondue night at Terri's. It was my first time seeing Terri's new place...very very nice. If they made those townhouses in 5 or 6 bedroom varieties I'd be tempted to move. We got home at 9something all stuffed full of fondue goodness and zonked out in front of the telly. It was the perfect busy day.

Sunday was much more low-key. I did take a shower, but that's about it.

Our families seem to be running through a spell of serious illnesses. Our niece, Brenna, is sick and in the hospital and my dad found out today that he's got something wrong with his heart and has to have a catheterization next week. As if that weren't enough, he has to also have an MRI on his knee. Mom's thyroid is acting up and the tests they ran show some irregular results. It stinks to be so far from the O'Brien clan when things aren't going well.

Let's think about something good.

Kendall made the step team at school. You can easily recognize her...she's the white one. If the amount of stomping around the house you do is in direct correlation with your talent and ability as a stepper, she should do just great.
Trevor is in the drama club and doesn't seem too put out by the fact that he now shares a phone with Jake again.
Jake's been an angel...eerily so. He cleaned the kitchen last week on a night where he didn't even eat dinner at home. He hasn't complained about uh, anything. He hasn't asked to drive and he hasn't mentioned the name "megan". It won't last most likely but it's been cool for these few days.
Tess is 2 and a brat. We wouldn't have her any other way though. I love that she argues with me about things. It makes telling her "no" all the more fun. She's pretty much got Dan snowed but the rest of us are on to her. I keep telling him that he's doing her no favors by letting her do anything she wants, and he just smiles and does it anyway. There's balance though...and he has to leave her with us sometimes. We'll keep her straight.

Posted by krystal at 5:14 PM

October 11, 2007

Everything's peachy

This afternoon I got the results of my EEG. I've got a brain. Hooray! This confirms what I'd thought all along. So I have drugs for my chest issues and I feel less sick in that arena and my head, while still splashing with lights occasionally, will survive. The doc says it's migraines with aura and that's just fine with me. I can live with something as long as it has a name.

Speaking of names, we still don't have one for the baby.

Speaking of baby, Dan's mama and grandma are coming to Va for the birth. I'm so glad about that. It's been over a year since we've seen then so I think we need to get Tess back reaquainted with her california grandparents before she outgrows her current cuteness. I just wish Amber was coming too. This'll be good though. I panic occasionally when I think of how the family can possibly survive with me in a hospital room for 4 whole days. (they'll rejoice, I already know this).

The heat finally broke along with my sickness and I now declare the next 2 months a bitch-free zone. I'm getting a new attitude that goes something like this "fuck it...we're fine". I think it's healthy.

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October 9, 2007

You cain't quit me. dummy.

This afternoon Jake moved back in. He brought with him all of his clothes and crap and everything smells strongly like the smoke-filled home he just left. I can say with complete honesty that I'm glad he's back. I might be an asshole for saying it, but I won. Jake needed to see that his life was pretty sweet here and he could do so.much.worse. And he did. I'm not happy that his dad's a prickasaurus-rex. I'm sorry that the kids need to learn to appreciate good things by experiencing bad ones, but eh...thems the breaks. He said he missed being around his family and he missed his friends. I'm no fool...at 16 he missed his friends.

What's weird is the way things went down. Jake called asking to move back home and I told him I'd talk to his dad. His dad went a little off the deep end when told that Jake was asking to move again, and with good reason...he was taking my ass back to court for a reduction in child support TODAY! I had no idea court was today because I never got served papers. Luckily the ex was in a rage about Jake moving back out so he told me about the court date and how he'd have to go in front of the judge and look like a fool. (not the first time, asswipe). Had Jake not called asking to come home, I would have missed my court date and looked like a bad mom. HEAVEN FORBID!!! heh Court was uneventful. The request was droppped and that was it.

Anyway, so now we're turning the sun room into a jake room...he'll be bunking with the bearded dragon, the fattail gecko, the litter box and the washer and dryer. My mama seems concerned about Jake's new room not being good enough for him, but I think it's just exactly what he should have. A bed and a book shelf and tons of family around to invade his privacy.
Unfortunately for him, the revolving door has been locked and his father no longer wants him back there. I don't know if that means visitation is out or what, but I do know that there are no more options for Jake to quit us, at least not for another year when he turns 18.

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October 4, 2007

Happy Birthday Kendall!!

12 years old today. Now...stop growing up.

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October 2, 2007

I miss

-going out without kids
-drinking beer
-wearing normal sized clothing
-being in a good mood
-movies
-not yelling "LEEROY GET DOWN!"

Posted by krystal at 6:19 PM