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03:42 pm
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plus and minus
What was good about yesterday--hanging out w/ the family playing Lego Rock Band, spending "quality time" w/ my husband in the early a.m. Chinese take out for dinner, and I actually ate a piece of fresh produce! Go orange! (shut up, it's something I want to do every day and I KNOW it's sad that I don't.) Also, sucked down the latest Succubus book and was delighted to find that it is NOT the last one. Brain candy, yum.
What wasn't good about yesterday--headache, but it went away, so really, it's all good.
What is good about today--finally getting laundry and dishes done, the Christmas tree has been removed from the living room, my children haven't driven me completely crazy or bickered to the point of being sent to the circus, and the break's over. Oh, and sleeping in, again.
What is not good about today--There's still plenty of laundry and dishes to be done, and school starts tomorrow. I'm looking forward to getting back to preschool Tuesday, but the first Monday back in the real world is always a bit sad. I have to make dinner. boo hoo. ;-) My husband has ROCKED for not commenting on my slackerific behavior this week, though. Max somehow bumped/scraped/ opened up a lump on his side--one that my vet already said was not of concern, just a fatty cyst. It appears that that's what it was, but it was still kinda icky.
Current Mood:  good
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08:54 pm
ladyday
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I liked Phooey's decade meme. . .(only this turned out really long.)
On NYE of The Year 2000 (DUH duh) I was in my mom's apartment with my beloved, my 1.5 year old son, my favorite baby seestor, age14, and my mom. We were watching The Matrix, which somehow we'd missed in the theater (babies will do that to a person). At midnight we heard the fireworks being set off over the airport (I think?) but it was overcast so we couldn't really see them. We were happy watching the movie in the dark (E. was asleep in my lap) and eating chips and dip. By summer I found myself unexpectedly pregnant (remember kids, the IUD is 98% effective. No birth control is 100%.) but not unhappy about it after the shock wore off. We had a games and movies New Year's Eve at our house that year.
2001 brought terrible tragedy to the U.S. (and the sympathetic world). We had an idiot for president who would color the first 8 years of the decade w/ his ineptitude. But it was a good year for me because February brought us Miss Thing. This year saw the end of my childbearing years as we decided she was our last. I call her my determined child because she was determined to get herself made in an unfriendly environment, then determined to stick it out the whole 9 months and a few days, then determined to get herself born after only 30 minutes of pushing. (lonnnng labor, though.) Her determination serves her well in every endeavor. Remember, she's the girl who decides she can do something and then just Does it. I was so grateful to my beloved for letting me quit my job. NYE at our house again, with sister, mom, sister's boyfriend, and 2 children.
2002 featured our first week in Cannon Beach with my mom and her new beau, John. She called my cell phone at least 3 times. "Are you close? Where are you? Are you here yet?" It was also marked by sadness at the loss of sister's boyfriend's mom, to cancer, on Mother's day.
She was a good woman, a strong woman, and treated Ethan like a grandson, even when she was so very sick she found time to show him frogs and play baseball in the yard. She held Chloe for the first time on the day she died, and pronounced her "Beautiful, just like her mama."
Our 2 bedroom house was seeming small with 2 children, and we knew we couldn't stay there much longer with a son and daughter sharing a small bedroom. We put our house on the market, with much friendly advice from my beloved older sister, Mary, a realtor. She and her family spent Labor day weekend at mom's John's house, and we did too. We had to put our beloved Samoyed, our wedding present to ourselves, Shade to sleep. That was sad, but she was 10 and had a very good long life until the cancer came. December found us celebrating Christmas in our new home, which I still love. We rang in the New Year joyfully, in spite of my sadness that my mom and little sis were moving to Oregon to be w/ John. They moved mid-January, 2003.
Ok, 2003 cruised along at first. I missed my mom and sister after they moved. We spent another lovely week in Cannon Beach and celebrated Mom and Ethan's b-days there. They turned 58 and 5. My sister Mary and her daughter Vonne were there, too. I had so much fun I forgot to put eggs in the birthday cake and had to make another one. E., C., and I visited Mom, John, and Kira for a week in August. My sister Mary was there w/ my nephew for soccer. She played w/ the kids in the yard. She changed Chloe's diapers and washed her feet before she went to bed. My nephew Dustin looked at 3 of us, sitting at the table, Mary, Me, Kira. "Look at that, 3 sisters. " he said. Good visit. The E-man started kindergarten. Then September came and my sweet sister Mary decided she was too tired of being sick to stay here. My mom, Kira, and John visited us after the funeral, which we didn't attend. My mom told me all about it. We spent a beautiful Friday playing in the park, visiting with my favorite aunt, eating at Taco Time, buying fish for John and Mom's pond. That was the last day I was truly and completely carefree. That was the last day I knew, without a doubt, that no matter what happened to me, to my family, to my marriage, I always had a place to go. By the end of that night I was a motherless child eating pizza in a daze in my living room w/ my sister, her boyfriend, and my husband. The rest of the year sucked except for Thanksgiving w/ my extended family in the beach house, scattering my mom's ashes the next day at Cannon Beach (that sucked, too, but in a different way), and Christmas. I DID find out what friends I had, and how good they are, and how blessed I am to be so loved. But I don't care if I never see another flower arrangement of pink glads again as long as I live. They're really abundant in early October. Who knew.
2004--started working at preschool to pay for my baby's tuition. It was good trade. I loved it then, I love it now. We started playing City of Heroes. Travis went first, then I started playing in a "can't beat 'em join 'em" sort of thing 3 mos. later. I had no idea how much time it would end up taking, or how many wonderful people I would end up meeting and calling friend even though we've never met face to face. Ethan and Chloe play now, too.
2005-see above. 2004-2006 are kind of a blur. Nothing big happened. I was sad a lot. My children, my job, my friends, my husband kept me sane and I did things and had fun, but it wasn't groundbreaking. I disliked the president immensely. I lost weight and gained it back. I gave in and started taking brain meds. I got a dog. My red-headed stepchild of a perpetual toddler dork dog. Our cats died. We got fish. My baby sister had a beautiful little boy. I was visited by friend Dean and later friend Steve.
2007-2008--My beloved began working at the post office in Hilly College Town as a supervisor. By the end of 2008 he was the postmaster. Summer of 2008 I learned to knit. It's my current favorite hobby outside of the internets. My sister moved to TX, met her match, got married, had another beautiful baby boy. Boss Becky got married, deathly ill, then pregnant.
2009-- 2010- I don't know. I like the president immensely. My beloved had a hard work year. The whole family learned to fish, and that's really fun. I continue to look around me and find myself mostly lucky and happy in spite of starting a new decade missing a mom, sister, and grandma that I had when I started the last one. My children will turn 9 and 12 this year and my son will leave elementary school and start middle school. Hopefully we'll get more children at preschool and end and start another good year in which I will enjoy the craziness that comes when you put a bunch of 3 and 4 year olds together. Also I hope to enjoy Becky's beautiful newest daughter, who'll turn 1 in May. I'll visit my friend Steve and his beloved and see Billy Joel/Elton John in Feb. One of the best bits of 2009 was my 3 day visit with him whe we were originally supposed to attend said concert. He was a most gracious and accomodating host and I could never thank him enough for being so. In March we're taking the train to Seattle, all 4 of us, to the Emerald City Comicon. I've never been on a train outside an amusement park or zoo, and I've never been to a comic convention, though I expect it will have amusement park and zoo like elements.
I'm pretty lucky, and happy, and looking forward. I hope you are, too.
Current Mood:  thoughtful
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10:01 am
ladyday
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Blahdeblah
I woke up depressed after dreaming about losing a cat that had a big gash in its back. It had stitches but had pulled them out. I kept driving around in the snow looking for it, and trying to find the vet's phone number to arrange to have the kitty stitched up again. Futile. Yuck.
Anyway, I've since swept the snow off the driveway, steps, and walk, put Chloe in the shower, and made blueberry muffins. There was some overbrowning involved but the crisp crust was actually good. Ethan was pretending to be a soldier on a recon mission to get the muffins out of the oven and eaten ("Be advised. Target is heavily guarded by heat rays and is aware of our intentions, over.") His humor made me laugh, and I played along. At the end everyone convened in the mess hall (but only after E. and C. had donned their "dress blues" i.e. clothes) to celebrate. There were muffins and promotions all around.
It seems I'm about a mocha away from human. I guess I'll go make one.
Current Mood:  blah
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04:51 pm
ladyday
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Presents, part one.
Here is the list of books I got, for starters.
A Spot of Bother--Mark Haddon (I loved the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, looking forward to this.)
The Wrong Mother--Sophie Hannah--no clue, looks interesting.
Wit's End--Karen Joy Fowler--see above.
Flight--Sherman Alexie--I think my former college classmate is brilliant for the most part. I love much of his work (especially his poetry), and I've just about forgiven him for being such a pompous ass, since I know now he was going through a lot during his time there. He's an enjoyable speaker if you ever get a chance to go to a reading or something.
Succubus Heat--Richelle Mead (this is, I believe, the final book in Ms. Mead's Succubus series. Travis got the first one for me 2 or 3 Christmases ago, and while they are shallow, I love them.)
I also got One Skein Wonders: 101 yarn shop favorites, and some yarn and the needles necessary to knit my husband a hat featured in the book.
Current Mood: excited
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