The Lazy Moms Playdate

I really needed to do laundry and Abby was having a clingy morning soooooo, I let her play with computer baby. =o) She does a double take whenever she sees a picture of a baby but Leif is special, she really likes him and waves to the computer when I'm reading his moms posts or blog. I put her in front of the computer and got at my laundry but of course I had to peek at her a few times. She kissed him, gave him loves, tried to give him some juice from her sippy cup and even went and got her Ernie to share with him. It was priceless. This is why I need a new digital camera.

Stay at home dad, my ass!

I have worked the 5pm-1am shift all week. I get to bed around 2am and am up in the morning with the kids so hubby can go to work and he comes home in time for me to leave again. Today, I had to work the 3pm-11pm shift. I woke up at 10, had breakfast and fed the kids, got Abby dressed, did yesterdays dishes, a few loads of laundry, picked up the toys that were scattered throughout the house, vaccumed, made all the beds, cleaned the filthy bathroom, hunted down a bunch of outdoor toys that blew around the garden last night, gave the kids lunch, did the dishes again, got a shower and sat down to have a cup of tea before I left for work. Phew! I'm tired reading that. Anyway, hubby came home and sat with me for a few minutes and actually said...I'm still amazed at this..."Staying home with the kids isnt so hard, I'd love to do the stay at home dad thing." Honest to God! He actually said this!!! He's still alive but only because the dishes were washed and I didnt want to dirt up a knife.

My Favorite Books

I had some downtime at work today and decided to make a list of my favorite books of all time. They arent necessarily great books, but each of them had something about them that had me glued to the pages OR made me think, long after I was finished. Here they are, in no particular order:

The Davinci Code- Dan Brown
Angels and Demons-Dan Brown
Angela's Ashes- Frank McCourt
'Tis- Frank McCourt
As the Crow Flies- Jeffrey Archer
Kane and Abel- Jeffrey Archer
She's come undone- Wally Lamb
I know this much is true-Wally Lamb
Fall on your knees- Ann Marie McDonald
The Birth House- Ami McKay
The Shipping News- Annie Proulx
Life of Pi- Yan Martel
The Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold
The Mammy, The Chisellers, The Young Wan and The Granny..all by Brendan O'Carroll
The Tin Flute- Gabrielle Roy
And..almost every one of Sidney Sheldon's books. A few sucked.

I think that's it.

It's been a while but I remembered a few that I didnt put on the list. I can understand the ones I read ages ago but I read one of them recently. My mind is going.

The Time Traveller's Wife- Audrey Niffenegger
The Last Canadian- no idea, maybe I should look it up.

These are a few of my favorite things...

In no particular order.

10. curling up with a good book.
9. scrapbooking.
8. warm rain...love that smell.
7. relaxin' on my deck...I LOVE my deck.
6. my computer.
5. a day with my kids, with no fighting.
4. those rare dates with my hubby.
3. fitting into, and looking good in, anything that never fit before.
2. watching the birds/squirrels in my feeder.
1. really good episodes of my favorite shows.
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Lists...perfect for when I cant really think of anything to write about.

The banana/cookie debate

Abby eating a cookie.

Abby: Mmmmmm...manna (banana)
Mom: No, cookie, say cookie.
Abby: manna
Mom: Cookie!
Abby: manna *giggle*
Mom: Ok, fine, banana.
Abby: *giggle* cookie.

Some days I have to stop and wonder why I'm not an alcoholic. lol

Shhhhhh!

I've been found out. Obviously, someone, somewhere, at some point, was going to read my blog...why else would I write things here? Do I have to be careful now who and what I write about? Thats no fun! I have this fear of whining about my marriage only to have hubby read everything I write about him when I'm angry and can only be negative. Well, since the secret is out, you have to promise not to breathe a word to my husband, or my mom, or my sisters...might as well throw in my in laws too. Mums the word, k?
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***And Denise! If at some point, I come here and bitch about my boss....you know nothing! LMAO***

To Do

I have a horrible memory. I have to make a to-do list every single day or I'll forget even the obvious things. Today, I need to go to the bank...I have needed to do this for 2 weeks but kept forgetting to add it to the list...see what I mean? I have a pile of laundry to do, a room to paint, groceries to buy and I need to take a short nap at some point or I wont make it through my shift...5pm-1am. I put little things on my to-do list, like make beds, which is something I do before I even come downstairs in the morning, or eat dinner, just so I can cross things off and have that feeling of accomplishment. Yeah, I'm a loser.
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I managed to check a few things off of my to do list today. The sun was shining so I added a few things to the list before heading outside, like, Lie in the sun for an hour, and Play with squirt guns. I didnt get to the laundry, or do any painting, or get any groceries...but I played with the kids and got a bit of a suntan. Some things are just more important than chores. I just offered to stay at work til 4am...sure wish I had checked 'take a nap' off the list today. Oh well, I'll just put it on tomorrows list and hope for rain.

Quack Quacks

This is new to me so I'm going to see how easy, or hard, it is to post a picture. This is my youngest, taken 2 weeks ago at a nearby beach. If it has a beak, its a duck...thats just how it is.

The Beginning

It's the end of a very long day so how do I relax? I start a blog....I need a place to whine about my very long day, even if I'm just whining to myself... it's therapeutic. I probably need lots of therapy, lol, but this is the best I can do.