up the storylines in my life.
It’s a gorgeous day outside, the kids are *intently* playing with their new toys, and all is right with the world 
. My folks just left to visit Granny overnight, leaving me at home with the kids. I love to visit Granny, but she’s moved in with my cousin – the one who *refuses* to baby-proof her house.
Moving back in with my folks has had an un-intended benefit. After reading about Kelley and her new career as a domestic goddess I realized that I’ve moved away from everyone I ever cooked a Christmas gift for. While I missed the smells of sausage balls, fudge, cookies, cakes, and wine mulling with spices….I really didn’t miss the stress of putting all that stuff out.
The ex finally graced us with a 30 second phone call to my daughter. Didn’t bother speaking to Daniel (his son), or me.
I finally snapped out of my hormonally-induced sentiment regarding Joe’s sperm donor. While we had good online conversations about the future we wanted, the fact remains that IRL, he was a vacation fling that I just happened to get pregnant on. Life goes on.
We got an update from Tanya at Life’s Like This. Her Hubby is still alive and kicking. Please keep them in your continual good thoughts.
I spoke briefly last night about writing a website. I’ve finally decided on a domain name, but don’t want to sling a half-assed index page up. Never fear, my blog won’t be moving for quite some time – but there’s a lot more to me than this little online diary of sorts. And I really, sincerely wish there were a way to resize multiple pictures at once. I don’t generally edit for more than size and/or to eliminate distractions from the background.
I’m nervous about starting school in the new year. While I’m looking forward to being out of the house for more than 10 minutes (without kids), I’ve never been away from Daniel or Joe for that long. And yeah, I know they’ll probably be OK…but I don’t want them to get used to me being gone like that. That’s what attached parenting is all about, right?
Kids crying – back later to post pics.
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