Things that make my heart full...

My daughter can be persuaded out of throwing a fit (when her brother is going home with her grandpa, but not her), just by hearing that she gets to have "mommy time".

The raspberry plants in our front yard are partially everbearing. So each morning, Daniel gets to pick one or two ice cold berries off the vines and chomp them on the way to school.

Making shirts with my children was successful. They were happy and it was time well spent.

Being able to take my daughter to school for the first time this year (because of a dr.'s appt)

Knowing my baby boy will be ready to take his driver's test in less than a week.

Fall Concert

Dan the Man at the fall concert! CLICK HERE

blanket pics

Pictures coming soon

In the next week I plan to post some pictures of the world's ugliest blanket. It is almost finished and is one of only three in the world. Maybe I will put them all together and feature them as a collection. Each child will now have a blanket made with nothing but leftover yarn and oodles of love. How silly.

Good new, Bad news

The great big wonderful news is : Cory has a 3.0 GPA. He pulled that one off with little effort. He seemed very excited and I hope it inspires him to try his hardest. Congratulations, son!



The horrible, dreadful mean bad news is: Wendy's no longer serves breakfast... this includes my beloved muffin. Rat bastards!!

Sarah Mania! Sarah Palin's Greatest Hits

As a woman, a mother, a citizen, I cannot fathom this woman anywhere near the White House. If ever there was a robot that just spits out cliche, rhetoric soundbites that do not make one ounce of sense it is this woman. She dresses nicely and her makeup looks nice. SO WHAT??!! Listening to her makes my head hurt. Our country needs to have a leader that not only knows something about what is going on, but is able to tie that in with being believable as a leader. Someone who is cool on the surface even when the situation is uncomfortable. THIS IS NOT IT!!

Mixed Nuts

Daniel has been singing culturally diverse songs (with no words that I understand) for his fall music program at school.... that makes me happy.

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Cory turned seventeen this weekend.... that makes me happy/sad.

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Aurelia is a dancing machine..... happy.
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Ted is buying a '96 Mustang GT (cherry red w/leather).... jury is out on how I feel about it, but he better by golly love the dickens out of it for a VERY long time.
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I have a sudden want for a teeny, tiny dog. NOT a puppy that will grow into a larger dog, but a small dog (like a yorkipoo, or maltipoo). That would make me very, very happy, I think.
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Winter is on its way.... yuck.

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My new khaki pants shrunk and are tight and shortlegged.... grrrr.

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New season of fall television has begun and I am not officially braindead watching reruns of Ron Popeil's Showtime Rotisserie. LOL... happpppppy.

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Overall...... happy.

supermodel Aurelia

Silly girl!