i am trudging through putting the next issue of The Birth Project together. i am trying a few new layout options (get a copy and check it out!) and i am dealing with temporarily not having access to the software i need on our new-to-us-used computer. i may mention here that i love and rely on technology but i hate it so. it makes my skin crawl. we have some really great pieces this time around. it will once again be a super "eeeeekkkkk" moment of excitement when we pick it up from out super awesome local printer.
the monkey has been getting nightly phone calls from a new friend of his that lives about a half hour from us, so we dont see them often enough, and the boys talk about their band that they are going to start. tonight it was decided that they will not form until christmas but will practice until then. it was absolutely adorable to eves drop on their conversation. the monkey was so geeked to be getting phone calls and it seems that this may become a nightly ritual. so cool. oh, the monkey is the drummer btw. sweet!
i measured the kids the other day and the bean has grown about an inch and a half since january. mind you in january i splurged and took the bean to value world and got her a garbage bag of new-to-her clothes and some of them are already too short. damn skippy! luckily i was prepared and bought some pants to roll up for now so they will fit in the fall. smart cookie i am.
on the homeschooling front- i swear february through april are a wash for me every year. i find also when i teach at work i am lack luster this time of year also. hmmmm..... maybe i am a bear and need to hibernate through these dreary months of torture. mind you we are having a record snow year for the first time since 1880 and it is supposed to snow this weekend (***sniffle***sniffle***tear runs down cheek) i am so done with this and so are the kiddos. we are all bouncing off the walls and dreaming of digging in the dirt (the beans favorite animal is the beloved worm) and growing and eating beautiful heirloom vegetables.
funny story: last week the kids had a big and the monkey threw up once (poor monkey) but it was the middle of the night and he saw it coming and mindfully asked for a bucket to have next to him just in case (always thinking ahead, that kid). when it did occur he was sleeping on the floor (he sleeps on the floor everynight training for his future as an adventurer) in my office which is a small room off our bedroom. the stench aweful - really it was like no words could describe. it was contained in the bowl provided and i quickly went to dispose. as i was coming back the monkey says "i lost my tooth" my reply "i didnt just flush it down the toilet, did i?". immediately i was trying to figure out if it was inappropriate to leave a quarter in the toilet for him in the morning. but no worries he had it in hand. whew. so the monkey is gap faced at the moment and has 1 week to self extract his other front tooth for the health of the tooth that has already come in behind it.
i have been working out again at the beautiful rec center. i have been lifting weights 3 times a week and riding the bike. training to roll with the cool kids of bike ypsi. i have come to accept that yoga, running and pilates are not my thing. they bore me really. i have found my groove and am rolling with it. it helps that the rec center is like a spa and i LOVE the in locker room hot tubs and dry sauna. it also helps that the last two times i was in the hot tub i was mistaken for a 20 and 23 year old by some older (50's) women. nice!
last update:we have been watching lost. we are through the second season and are starting season 3 tomorrow thanks to lovely wendy. it is a date night every night with lost. we snuggle up on the poof chair and watch 2-3 episodes. and i somehow kick the PSII remote (we use the PSII for the dvd player) and i either somehow put subtitles or a foreign language setting that we do not know how to undo. i find john locke to be personally inspiring. and makes me want to read john locke philosopher. i hear this is the addictive part of lost- all the little connections to this and that. how interesting.
i am writing this while watching (psudo-watching really) mythbusters and i just need to mention here that kari is a very attractive young lady. her bio photo is really cheesy and does her no justice- too done up.
AND most importantly MY BATHROOMS ARE DONE!!! wall paper gone (thanks to andy!) painted and decorated!!!!!! whooohoooo!!!
done with my catch up post. happy spring.
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I am in lust with Jamie from Mythbusters.
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