playing catch-up on a tuesday...

it is tuesday, right?

heh.

anyhow.

i'm so behind in posting
and even moreso in reading...
i have totally had no time to catch up
on anyone's blogs
and am hoping that there may be
some time today to do that
but before i start
here's where i've been...

my boy, my sweetness, my monkey
turned seven on sunday
so we had a party for him and that
encompassed a great deal of my time...

this was his "cake"...
with 15 kids and half a dozen or more adults
it was fairly chaotic
but thankfully, it was sunny and nice
and the trampoline got loads of use.

my sister in law dropped off these books
for me and i can't wait to start them,
but first i have to finish this one
that i am sort of ambiguous about...
but who knows, it may get better.

my sister in law and i have the exact same
taste in books...it is really almost uncanny
and she told me that she was deeply disappointed
with the lovely bones so now i am a little
worried about that one...i'm going to try to
go into it with an open mind but...
maybe i will just tell myself that she is testing
to see if we really do like the same books,
and maybe she did like this one, but she
is pretending that she didn't, so i should
give it a fair try, just to make her imaginary test
possible....

heh.
i'm such a loser.

other than that, work has really had me going lots
leaving not much time for anything else
on top of the usual things...homework, baths, lunches,
suppers, groceries, laundry...blech.

gobble-dy-goodness...

and a happy thanksgiving was had by all
:)

now it's back to routines
and work and making lunches
and counting change for
milk and pizza and subs
and making sure the kids know
which money is for what
and how much is for who...
its enough to make your head spin.

i know i said previously
that i love mondays
but really though,
this is tuesday
masquerading as a monday
so really,
that does not count.

heh.

the latest dishcloth...
a pink skull and crossbones...
teeheehee
:)

i'm so behind.

it is thanksgiving here
tomorrow
and we are off to my parents today
for turkey and apple crisp
and lots of chaotic children-y goodness
and i am pms-y
and wanted to post a poem for
poetry thursday
but don't want to do it slapdash
but have no time to do it
any other way
and am too bloated and cranky
to think about the body in
any other way but bloated and cranky...

so there are my excuses...

but i will be back full of turkey and
the weirdness that is my family
and tired and probably still a little bloated
but ready to post with renewed fervor.

aren't you excited?
:)

whatcha been doin' wednesday

here's what i've been doin' lately:

watched click....loved it...
the biggest surprise for me was seeing
the fonz in it!!

reading the pact by jodi picoult...
which i am still not sure was a perfect purchase
for me...
i don't get to buy books often and the
only real reason i bought this one was
that i was pressured by time,
necessity (watching a two and half hour
long birthday party at the POOL necessitates
having something to read)
and the cost....so....
i'll let you know...
so far it's not calling my name to read
just a couple of pages all the time,
and that's not a good sign.

finished read stolen lives by maria oufkir
which was...well...enh.
so-so.
don't get me wrong, i appreciate
the horribleness of her story,
it is sad and hard to beleive that
something like that goes on right under
our noses
but the book still didn't pull at me.

knitting dishcloths

and that's what i have been doin' lately...
:)