Sunday, August 28, 2005

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

Had a good weekend. Went to see The Brothers Grimm on Saturday night. It was entertaining, but I won't be putting that one on my "to buy" list. Heath Ledger was adorable in an awkward and bumbling way. Matt Damon's accent was atrocious and that smirk made me want to scream. The story was fun, though. I really liked how they wove in all of the fairy tales into the plotline without making a, "hey, that's the Princess and the Pea" or "hey, how about a little Rapunzel for ya?"

Still no word from J. I hope he gets out of Louisiana before the hurricane hits. Of course, that hurricane could also delay the ex's departure for New Jersey, which concerns me. But, God is sovereign and in charge of the weather.

Had a scare tonight. The improbable occurred to me and I suddenly found myself tossing around conversation starters that filled me with dread. Fortunately, it was a false alarm all around. I had a hot bath and am about to go to bed. *whew*

Baby girl is home and I could tell that she'd missed me. We moved all of the stuff that had been at her dad's house into her room. It is very full but very cute now.

Needless to say, I've changed her birthday presents list to mostly clothes, since she's pretty stocked on toys. *laugh* I had to rotate MOST of her toys up into the loft for a while since she now has all of her other toys here.

Well, I'm pretty tired tonight, so I think I'll wrap this up and head to bed. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. Baby girl goes back to school, alumni meeting at noon, meeting with my boss at 2:30 and then class at 4:00. *sigh* I just hope I don't get fired tomorrow. What a blow that would be. Not a shock, but a seriously frustrating prospect.

Hopefully, the college will call about an interview for the recruiter position. *crosses fingers* I hope so.

Sunday, August 21, 2005

Toilet Humor

We get up, have breakfast and get ready for church. Of course we're running late - are you kidding? Herding an almost three-year-old from JoJo's circus to getting dressed to the car to Sunday school is next to impossible. And NOW she decides to ask to go potty. *GAK* I can't imagine having more than one and being a single mom. My hat is TOTALLY off.

So, we are potty training in earnest now. She went three times today! You should see the bathroom. Charmin sent this really cute little potty training kit that you can send away for and it's FREE (always a good thing). Well, that stuff is all over the bathroom. Then, Pampers has a Kandoo Hand Soap. It's cute too. So, here's hopin'... I'm so tired of changing diapers. Of course, that will be the last vestige of her babyhood. *sniffle*

I can't wait to see how it works. IF it works, that is. She started preschool last week and they want them "mostly" potty trained before they start. Well, um... *cringe* Sure, she knows what the potty is and will use it but only when it's completely inconvenient for YOU. She's actually pretty funny when you ask her if she needs to potty. She'll put one little hand up, as if to say, STOP, and say, "no thanks - not right now." *giggle* What a character.

Nah, I'm thrilled that she's getting down pretty much on her own. I haven't pushed her and she's decided at this point that she's ready. YIPPEE!! (ok, so the experts got this one right! Stranger things have happened, right?)

As my mother would say, I've had just about all of the fun I can stand. Night, kids.

Friday, August 19, 2005

Good Clean Fun

Baby girl starts going to school five days a week next week. There wasn't a big difference in tuition and she's bored out of her mind here, with me, all day. So, school it is. *sniff* She's getting so big.

I have started planning my garden for Fall. I hope to get the big bed weeded, tilled and mulched in by Halloween so I can have a party. I have some great ideas for the yard and can't wait to get my money situation settled down so I can get to work.

This morning, the domestic goddess smiled at me and inspired me to scrub my house from top to bottom. Tonight, my dishes are done, my laundry is done (with the exception of Baby Girl's bedding and some towels), the floors are VERY clean, the furniture is polished and Baby Girl's room is clean. I put down her little foam puzzle pieces down on her floor tonight, so she can have something other than those hard wood floors to sit on when she plays in her room. Tonight, the house feels so happy and peaceful. Isn't it funny how being squeaky clean can do that? Oh, don't get me wrong, I won't go to bed until the house is straight, but it's been a while since I really got down into the door jams and pulled out the shop vac and moved furniture to clean. Just gives me a happy kind of tired feeling. Like I actually accomplished something today. *sigh*

I can barely keep my eyes open tonight. I guess that makes sense, since it's 11:30pm, huh?

Well, I guess I'll go to bed now. Night, y'all.. I noticed that last night's entry received comments. Thanks! Most kind! Keep 'em comin'! *wink* No, seriously - I'm glad you stopped by. Come back anytime.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Shamless Plug

I have officially decided to be a Harry Potter fan. As in collecting and all. I know, horrendous. I'm pushing 30 and should have far more important things to do than while away the hours on House Pride. But it's just so dang fun!

Ok, if you are not familiar with House Pride - I stumbled across it one night while I was looking for a place to talk about the new Harry Potter book, Half Blood Prince. I had just finished it and was DYING to talk to ANYBODY about it. That was three weeks ago. Now, I'm just as nuts about it as I am chocolate and coffee. I look at it first thing in the morning and it's the last thing I look at before I turn the computer off at night.

The thing I like MOST about it is the way it is moderated. They are ruthless about rule-breaking and that just makes me giddy. They make no secret that people will be squibbed and then do it! It's just hilarious. You have to take this LONG sorting quiz and they want an auto-biography from you. Seriously. But, they sorted me unanimously into Gryffindor so I'm a happy little clam.

I've been posting and posting. Everytime I log on I see something new and it's GREAT! My mother is really starting to tease me about how much time I'm spending on the boards. How everything right now reminds me of something Harry Potter.. *laugh* Yes, I know - I'm an idiot. What can I say??

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Avoiding Seinfeld Moments

You know that moment when that idiot with the crazy hair falls into Jerry's front door? That's what I feel like my life is like; a series of awkward entrances.

I'm back to fretting about money. Not so much that I know I don't have any (what's new about that?) but just wondering how I can fix the problem so that it stops happening. There for a while, I wasn't worrying about money and I was making LESS than I'm making now. A LOT LESS. Go figure.

My ex is moving back to New Jersey. I would dance, but that would just seem mean. That woudn't be my intention, but I can almost feel his chaos from three hours away. It would be nice to know that my little girl doesn't have to go and be subjected to his mania every other weekend.

My little girl started preschool today. She wore her little uniform and looked SO cute! It's a half day program at a private school in the next town over from where we live. It's NOT daycare. They have curriculum and structured learning time under degreed teachers.

Well, I'm pretty tired so I'm going to check the House-Pride website http://www.house-pride.net one more time and then go to bed.

Go Gryffindors!