the mom in me has recruited emily to put the stamps on our holiday cards.   the perfectionist in me is freaking out at the rather haphazard placement of the stamps in the vicinity of the upper right corner

got some things done (good) but still so much more to do...and yeah, totally feeling pressured by each and every last "hurry! holiday shopping sale!!!" email   aaaaahhhh!!!!

I took today off and I have NO PLAN. This is a disaster. I'm not dressed and I'll end up wasting the whole damn day if I don't figure out what to do! Car maintenance? Holiday planning? (yeah the actual shopping would be good, but I don't even have a list yet.) I can tell you I will not be cooking or cleaning today. So, "Clean my office" just got bumped off the list.

Baby's napping upstairs. Kitchen is clean. Emily's having lunch. Laundy's (mostly) done.   It is good.   A bit too blustery outside to do much outside. The leaves that are left are all in our yard. Since it rained the past four? days, I'm not sure we're gonna move em at this point.   don't I have anything else besides the laundry status to say here??    might be a good time to do something with the leftover turkey. hmmm...

It is done. Thanksgiving, that is. We had a full day of cooking and eating and general yammering in the kitchen from noon 'til just about midnight. Was so glad I made a few things ahead of time. And even more glad that the turkey came out just fine. "It's just a big chicken. You can DO this."   today is grey again. light rain. loads of laundry to do. and an itch to make one more batch of gravy and roast the squash that didn't get made yesterday.

emily wants a rainbow for christmas. actually, I think she said "rainbows" with an "esss". yeesh. i'm so hosed. she also mentioned pink or white bunny slippers, at least I should be able to pull that off.   this morning I heard, "mommy, you have a big, big, big, big, DIN-O-SAUR BUTT!!!" I told emily that she had a little mouse butt.

Not much going on here in the land of mama dragonfly. Overspent (smack!) before holiday shopping has even begun but can't shake the shopping bug. Thinking of ways to change or improve the day-to-day household chaos. Contemplated scheduling a monthly or bi-monthly day off to clean, pay bills, shop, or cook....but then quickly realized that even one day a month would be more than two weeks vacation! So, make peace with the chaos, mama D.   emily wants a puppy (in general) but I don't think she necessarily mean a real one.   more than half-expected crappy organizational changes at work today but nothing happened. Maybe tomorrow.   how is it thanksgiving week already? and christmas. didn't we just have christmas??

Went "LOFT-ing" tonight, fully planning to spend $100 to get 30% off. But only ended up with two layering tees for $30.

still on hook for work. people deliver babies in less time than this release. laundry's almost done! so nice. fresh. non-pukey baby clothes. emily seems fine today, too.   the girls are soooo cute playing together. and soooo aggravating when they're fighting!

let's see...day 6 of the sleepless nights marathon. teething baby. work. baby puking. emily threw up in the middle of the night. and work continues. and so does the laundry.

Mmmm...chicken corn chowder with bacon bits. And laundry has started, it's nice not to have to contemplate going to the laundromat in this soggy weather.

steady rain. empty house. roasting chicken. green tea. nutella on toast. hot shower.   it's all good.

Friday the 13th...so far bribed emily to sit still long enough for me to smush a glop of ointment in her eyes. She got one chocolate bar for each eye. before breakfast.   but since she has to get the goop 3x/day for the next week, I think I'll get something smaller, like hershey's kisses. I really wanted the last twix bar :(   wondering how picture day at daycare is going. no, my kids aren't in cute coordinating or even remotely matching outfits. Hand-me-down overalls on maddie and emily's wearing the same sweater she was sent home in from Wednesday.   feeling relieved to be at work right now.

and the washer is in! Haven't tried it out yet but expect I'll be doing nothing but laundry this weekend. whoop.   emily couldn't go to preschool today but was allowed to go to the dentist. Unfortunately, she wasn't terribly cooperative and we just barely got a quick oral exam done sans cleaning. oh well. She didn't leave empty-handed, however. She trotted out with a "goodie bag" full of stickers, a prize and toothbrushes...and we squeezed in a haircut, lunch at home, and I ran into the office for an afternoon meeting.   which reminds me, in addition to laundry I'll be working on and off all weekend. gah.   maddie's latest bottom tooth is finally cutting through and I'm really hoping she'll quit waking up at 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 in the morning. that's so not cool.

...and today Emily was sent home with conjunctivitis. I didn't see anything in her eyes this morning (not that I was looking for anything). So here's to a week of goop in her eyes three times a day! Yay. And she has to be home tomorrow.   We got a new washing machine today! Sort of. It's not hooked up and the water's turned off in the downstairs bathroom. And the utility shelf was removed so all the detergent and "stuff" was moved elsewhere (i.e. bathroom sink, hallway, office). And the plumber had to come and remove the old lines. Now it needs some drain part, who knows. But it looks great! It's very shiny sitting there in the middle of the bathroom.    Emily keeps asking me what the "pink animal" is from "The Backyardigans" and I'm not sure what to tell her. Not sure if she's referring to Austin or Uniqua.

Think I just fell head over heels for shoes.com....FREE shipping, reasonable prices, and had all the styles AND sizes I've been hunting down for months! I reeeeeally want to get myself something but just. can't. pull the trigger. Did I mention they have a more than generous return policy, too? I just love free shipping.

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I am convinced the floors in the house are splitting, sagging, and that the whole place is gonna cave. Would be so relieved to have someone tell me I'm just a crazy old bird. But the floors give way when they never used to...and I practically tip toe from room to room!

sesame street's on sprout at 4:30 am...SWEET   yeah, been up since 3:00-3:30 am. baby. me. baby again. gave up and here we are. having stale O's on the floor with tea (me)   yesterday it was about noon before I noticed I the pants I was wearing still had the tags on. nice. (dork)

at just like that it's november. NOVEMBER.   going to keep it short and try to get back into this.   did I tell you guys that Emily wrote her name in black marker all over the upstairs hallway and her bedroom??? think that was early October. I can still see the faint outline of "E...M...y" on one of her walls. I tried very hard to be serious and stern (instead of running to grab the video camera but we're out of tape anyway)   so much for short.   work is glum. but keeping me busy.   maddie blows kisses and toddles around waving and saying "hi"   not liking the state of my throat...ever so slightly scratchy. and listening to Emily playing upstairs through baby monitor I forgot to turn off. I should record this somehow.   must wash bottle. get rest. would be nice not to run late again tomorrow.