Amy is crying because Doug is vacuuming. I don’t know why she is so afraid of the vacuum. I put some clear laquer on the swaps. Doug is gonna freak when he walks down here and smells it. “Why didn’t you go outside?”

This is the time of day when I feel like crawling back in bed but can’t because there’s too much to do.

Very ticked that the teacher scheduled my child’s performance at a time when she knew I wouldn’t be there while the other moms there during my assigned work time all got to watch their children perform. I’ll play nice and ignore it. I need to go scavenge some late lunch and clean a bit. Tonight […]

Both of the fish tanks need water. Are the fish drinking their water? Bathed and dressed and getting ready to spend some time with Noah’s class. Today and tomorrow they are doing a “wax museum” and this afternoon I am helping out with the class. Tonight we have a Boy Scout banquet. Afterward, home to […]

The fifth grader came home complaining that EVERYONE got to watch the Superbowl but her. I reminded her that she has never been interested in football and asked her if she was upset about missing the halftime show. Her answer was “Yes. I want to see Justin Timberlake grab Janet Jackson’s booby.” In case you […]

Long, hard afternoon. The stress of living in a house undergoing renovation (thanks Dean) is well known to be huge. The stress of having a special-needs child is known by all who live it as a hard thing to manage day after day. The stress of being unemployed is far reaching economically, socially and emotionally. […]

My e-mail is being attacked with virus attempts. They seem to be coming from 2 main domains, one is a national non-profit group and the other is a state university. Shouldn’t they have a staff of people maintaining their system?

Got in touch with my roots today. 🙂

Put my clothes on and went in the bathroom to wash my face. Facial soap dispenser betrayed me and squirted all over my clothes. Then I played a game of find Mommy’s toothbrush initiated by the one-year-old. “Where’s Mommy’s toothbrush?” Found it but decided it needed to run through the dishwasher before it could be […]

Still thinking of the Janet Jackson incident since the fifth grader came home from school to tell me that “all the kids are talking about it.” 1. I still believe it was on purpose. 2. What is the big deal about showing a breast with the nipple covered? Breasts are all over the TV. I […]