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August 31, 2007

Am I the only one who finds the Long John Silver's commercial with the headless, cooked shrimp swimming in the ocean disturbing?

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Fire!

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August 30, 2007

Meet & greet

Tonight was Jamie's meet the teacher night at her preschool. I was proud of the fact that she didn't clam up and get shy, even though there were tons of people around, and she met a bunch of new adults. She's such a different kid than she was 3 years ago, when she would have just clung to me and ignored the world. I can barely remember her as that kid anymore.

She was a little nervous, but I really think she's more excited than anything. She's going to love the artwork. She's going to be so bad in the music class, but I'm hoping she loves it in spite of her lack of rhythm and tone. She's going to astound them with her memory, and frustrate her teacher's because she hates to do schoolwork that requires her to think. She's going to be thrilled to have so many kids to play with every. single. day.

And me? I'm a little nervous about turning my baby over to a group of people I barely know for the first time. But more than that, I can't wait to hear how much she loves school.

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Sunshine

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August 29, 2007

Same old, same old

Nothing like following up a good workout with a trip to Chick-Fil-A.

I feel like all the things I have to talk about are things that I've already covered. Jamie's excited about preschool. Hell, she was excited about our trip to the dentist this morning. Katie keeps talking about going to school as if she's going to go next week, too. She gets really upset if you tell her she isn't going. It's hot. I'm tired.

You know, the usual.

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Bliss

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August 28, 2007

Summer Silhouette

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August 27, 2007

Wishy washy

Man, one link to Picture This, and I get all the love I need for a week. Thanks for all the great comments, guys!

I went to the adults only meet the director meeting at Jamie's preschool tonight. Not only am I minutes away fromtrying to get Katie enrolled by next week, I'm considering asking the director if she would raise my kids. I like her, and if the school is run the way they say it will be, I want to live there.

Ok, I've spent like 5 minutes talking to my friend, and she's convinced me to ask if there are any spots left for this semester. No guarantee I'll take them up on it if they do, but I might as well find out before I put any more thought in to this.

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Enjoying the fireworks

It was nearly impossible to get a picture of her that was usable, since she kept shrieking and hiding from the AF beam :)

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August 22, 2007

Sounds like the definition of family to me

We were in Austin last weekend, where I was buried in old memories.

I've known the friend we were visiting for 22 years, two-thirds of our lives. Even though we haven't always lived near each other, or even been in the same phase of our lives for most of that time, we've always come back to each other. She's a smidge older than I am, and has met most of life's milestones first: college, marriage, kids. Because we have some very similar values and views, her advice and opinions have always been very important to me. I'm not sure what I contribute to her life, but to me, she's been invaluable.

Add to that her parents, with whom I spent quite a bit of time as well. We were at their house on Lake Travis, which is filled with the things they've collected over the years. They had a lot of those things already when I was a kid, and so even though their current house is less familiar, much of what fills it is the same. We were at their house for my friend's birthday party, a fun affair full of families, swimming, food and play.

I got to flip through an album of old pictures, from before my family met theirs and beyond, and it gave me a sense of connection I don't get with many people. I haven't held on to very many people through my life, I don't have those elementary school friends some have, or a group of girls from college that did everything together. But I do have this family that has been intertwined with mine in many ways since I was eleven. They knew me before I knew me.

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Bud

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August 21, 2007

Getting a letter from the Comptroller of Maryland, completely out of tax season, and referring to tax year 2004, asking why we didn't file?

Not cool.

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You make me ANGY!

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August 20, 2007

Sunset over Suburbia

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August 17, 2007

For which I had no words

Jamie has been sent to her room about 87 billion times today. Ok, I might be overstating a little. Maybe just 86 billion times.

She has cried for silly reasons, displayed attitude a 14 year old would be proud of, told me to go cook dinner and leave me alone, and talked with her mouth full.

The talking with your mouth full thing might seem a little harsh, but we've been working on that, and on eating over your plate, for so long that her little sister does it flawlessly. Hell, Katie has even made up a little song. "If you're happy and you know it, don't talk with your mouth full!"

Anyway, this is not the first time Jamie and I have had it out over talking with her mouth full of food. It was, however, the first time I've had to tell her not to talk with her mouth full... of WATER.

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Contemplating Global Warming

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August 16, 2007

Blue and green make aquamarine

I finally broke out the camera for a pile of pictures today, and I took the whole damn lot on the wrong ISO. 1600, outside. Crap. And this isn't the first time I've done it, either. I might need to tape a little sign on the camera to remind me to check.

It was under 100 for the first time in, well, I don't know how long. A while. So I ran out to the store and got some cornstarch, and we made "goo." Bloo goo for Katie, green for Jamie. I played in it for a while myself, and man is that stuff fascinating. Solid, liquid, both at the same time! I think Katie had more fun hosing off afterward, but whatever, I gave fun to my kids, for once.

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"Enjoying" the blue goo

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August 15, 2007

Free M&M's and Twinkies!

We ran out of milk a couple days ago, but since that was really the only thing we needed, and we didn't really go out in a way that made picking up milk convenient (Have I mentioned the HOT? I'm pretty sure I could have slow roasted meat in my van while we were at Tae Kwon Do today.), we just did without.

By yesterday, I had managed to come up with a list of things to buy, so we made the big run to Super Target and I shopped to my heart's content. Well, not really, because I didn't manage to find lemon drops or decent cut pineapple, but our food supplies have been replenished. I found a coupon in my purse for $10 off a $100 purchase, so I had a goal.

Unfortunately, I fell short. $7 short. So I did what I had to do - I ran to the candy aisle (the closest) and picked up a $6something bag of M&M's, and then grabbed a box of Twinkies on display at the checkout on my way back. It may have been $8 worth of crap my ass doesn't need, but dammit, I saved $10!

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August 14, 2007

And now me and my headache are going to bed

I actually used my Canon to take a couple pics today. I'm too lazy to go down and get it to download them, and they may suck ass, but at least I clickety clicked.

We're going to Austin this weekend to see our friends and celebrate her birthday. I'm probably more excited than I should be, but I really enjoy the time we spend with them, and I know Rex and the girls enjoy it too. Rex was supposed to work on Sunday, but managed to switch last minute. I'm glad someone traded with him, 'cause I think I would have gone without him, and it's just so much easier when I have an extra body.

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August 13, 2007

Melting

I was supposed to get to go out to a movie today, all by myself. We mixed up the times/theaters, though, so I got my lip waxed, picked up the sushi rice we like from World Market, and had a quiet lunch at Potbelly by myself. A little too quiet, I wish I had brought a book with me.

We need to start coming up with some better indoor activities. It hit 104 here yesterday, and it's supposed to get up to 105 today. Crazy talk, I tell ya.

The price on the foreclosure house dropped again, to less than our highest offer. It almost makes me want to just go ahead and put in another offer, our lease be damned. But then, I'm still hoping to get the heck outta Dallas, so maybe it's not the best idea. Also, I'm starting to wonder if even in good condition I could sell it for what I thought we would be able to sell for.

I'm missing the Houston house again. The pretty clean carpets, the nice paint colors, the fact that all the boxes were unpacked and everything had a place. My big, glorious kitchen. And the "mild" upper 90's temperatures. We had shade there, and it hit just the right places for us to play.

See why I haven't been posting? I have no more than three sentences on any one topic, and most of them are just replays of the past.

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August 11, 2007

I still haven't taken any pictures, but I did get a couple boxes emptied, a ton of laundry done, a little vacuuming, and I made dinner. Oh, and a homemade cheese sauce over pasta for lunch.

It's a start, right?

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August 10, 2007

Forgive me readers, for I have slacked

I have no idea what's happened to me.

I've been back from Maryland for a couple weeks, but I've barely taken a single picture (in fact, I can't think of a single one) and I haven't posted any of the few interesting things that have happened.

And I haven't even felt all that guilty about it.

Worse, it's not even that I've been super busy. I haven't unpacked even one more box. I considered it a big deal when I got the suitcase put away from our trip. I have managed to almomst keep up with the dishes in the kitchen, but just barely.

I think today my goal is going to be to take my camera out of it's bag and set it somewhere where I can't NOT take a pitcture.

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