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December 30, 2007

One outta two ain't great, but it's better than nothing

I don't watch a lot of football. Even the teams I care about, I'm ok with finding out the score after the game is over. On rare occasions, I'll bother to watch my beloved Aggies. Like last night, when I watched them lose to Penn State in the Alamo Bowl for the second time in my life. (This is significant only because my Dad went to Penn State and actually took us to the game last time. The Penn State part, I mean.) And yet, I still get an unreasonable amount of satisfaction from coming home to see that the Redskins thrashed the Cowboys.

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December 29, 2007

Colds suck.

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December 28, 2007

I could get used to this

The girls left yesterday for 12 days with my Dad. For some reason, I'm more worried about them enjoying their time up there. It's not the first time they've made this visit without me, and they've always done fine. I also felt a little guilty over how much I was looking forward to them going. I seem to be getting over that.

They called yesterday when they got to my dad's, and both kids were chipper and happy and not at all homesick. I'm sure that will come, too, but it usually hits them for just a few minutes and then they perk back up again.

In the meantime, what I thought was a short list of things to get done while they're out of my hair has turned into quite a list. It might be difficult to fit it all in, especially since "Sleep in as late as possible" is at the top of each day's list! In the day and a half they've been gone, we've already gotten service done on my van, had a problem diagnosed (the part is on backorder), taken down the Christmas tree and put the loot away, and cleaned up an ocean of cat pee. AND we've had time to be lazy and watch a movie.

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December 27, 2007

I don't really want to think about what comes next

I have cleaned no less than a dozen pee spots from around the house in less than a week. I don't know what to do anymore.

I'm still not 100% sure which cat is doing it. I wouldn't be surprised at this point if Bubba started it and some other cat is marking where he peed.

I can't kill an animal for peeing on stuff. I can't pay hundreds or thousands of dollars cleaning and replacing carpet because a cat pees on stuff. I don't mind making concessions for my pets, closing doors, picking things up, keeping the box extra clean. We're doing all that, and it isn't working.

I think the next step is to lock Bubba up for a couple days and see if the spraying stops. If it does, I'll take him to the vet to make sure there isn't anything medical going on.

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December 26, 2007

I'm going to have to find her one

Katie shuffles off crying about something inane. My dad calls out to her to put a lid on it. From the other room, snuffling, "I don't have a lid!"

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December 25, 2007

Life is good

I can't believe I haven't taken a single picture today. I've been so involved in things lately that I've been missing out on some great photo ops, but then again, I've actually been involved in things, so I guess it all works out.

There's been a lot going on lately. Jamie got her orange belt. My Dad has been here since Friday. Katie had an evening of puking. Christmas.

Tomorrow, I'll be packing for the girls' big trip to Maryland. Twelve days of peace, sleep and missing my kids.

Merry Christmas or happy holidays or peace and love, whichever applies!

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December 19, 2007

So glad we broke the bank and got run flats

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December 18, 2007

Isn't she a little young for this?

"Mama, how do they make horses?"

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December 12, 2007

She just busted this one out of nowhere

"Eight lords a milking!"

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December 11, 2007

But what I need is a drink

The last week has been weird weird weird.

The weather has gone from nice to beautiful to fantastic to crap, and then when we got up this morning, it was back to nice, with a forecast of more crap. I'm loving the nice, hating the cold, and just plain confused.

The girls have been sleeping when I least expect it. Katie has been sleeping a bit later, and then yesterday she took a nap, too. This morning, she slept in an extra half hour, Jamie was over an hour later than her usual. Either they're both going to need new wardrobes next week, or the sick is coming to get them.

Last week, Rex had a day of some puking illness. He went from perfectly fine to puking up his guts to perfectly fine in underr 24 hours. I was convinced I was next, and have spent the last week feeling queasy and blah. Apparently, I'm just a hypochondriac. Then yesterday, I woke up with an ominous throat tickle. By last night, I knew I'd been hit...by another cold. I would SO rather have Rex's day-long version of sick than 10 days of ass dragging with a cold. Ugh.

I did mange to get most of the picture book done yesterday. I spent all afternoon sorting and picking and enhancing and placing. Then I had to take a break from that last night to sign and address Christmas cards. For someone who doesn't usually seem to have much to do, I sure have a lot on my plate right now. I have some actual work (the kind I get paid for!) sitting in my inbox, we have family coming into town to cook and clean for this weekend, Christmas gifts to buy and figure out, and a BzzCampaign waiting for me too.

All I really wanna do is lay in bed, read a book, watch tv and nap.

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December 10, 2007

The Christmas cards are done!

My hand hurts.

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December 9, 2007

Trying to get back into gear

It's surprising easy to get out of the habit of posting daily. I have all kinds of excuses, the best of which is that I've been living life instead of typing about it. The weather this week has been spectacular, and there's no way I'm not going to enjoy the gift of 80 degree days in December.

I spent a lot of the week shopping. Picking up Christmas gifts, some much needed clothing, food. I'm not sure how it happened, but some of Jamie's jeans are already too small. These are the same jeans that were on the big side of fitting three months ago. I'm not at all upset about this spurt, it seems like she's been wearing the same clothes for *years*, and even I'm ready to see her in something new! Except for the jeans, come to think of it. September was the first time she wore those. Hmm.

In the evenings, instead of blogging about my day, I've been sorting through the 8100+ pictures of the kids I've taken this year, looking for the best 30 or so for our annual gift book. Yeesh. The experience is making me want to resolve to take fewer pictures of my family. I may get my wish, since for whatever reason, I've taken a lot less photos in the last 4 months.

Yesterday was busy, with TKD, our first visit to Chuck E. Cheese for a party, and the tree lighting ceremony for our little town. The girls got their first ever picture on Santa's lap, and there wasn't a single tear! Today was much more relaxed, something I think we were all ready for. We managed to get our Christmas card picture taken (finally!) in short order with no fuss. And as a totally unexpected gift, both girls fell asleep at rest time. It's putting a kink in getting the Christmas pictures printed, but it's a happy kink.

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December 2, 2007

Um

"I have a tiny bum."

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