Bleck.

Dear America, I am sorry this yahoo got elected to office in Minnesota and her dumbass comments make national news. While I know MInnesotans have a penchant for kooky picks like Jesse Ventura and Al Franken, Michelle Bachmann is unacceptable and outrageous. BUT ON a light note- watch this video of Michelle Backman loving on W hardcore. She’s ewwy.

One of those crazy weeks

Our house got broken into on Wednesday and its been one of those crazy weeks that life occasionally tosses at me. Its all good. I’m kind of over the whole deal at this point.. No one was harmed. It happened to be one of the 2 percent chance the front door was left unlocked. We never use the front door except to get mail and so its normally not unlocked. BUT Wednesday it was and someone/people hung around in our house digging and messing up every corner of our house and walked out with a hand full of change, a couple broken IPODS that I didn’t know how to dispose, an Xbox 360, a couple games and movies and possibly Matt’s identity. Ella was very thankful that they didn’t take any of her stuff or Ziggy’s. Being robbed is a really icky feeling. It also felt so bad having cops search through my house with their guns out because we weren’t sure that the perps were even gone yet. They were.

We spent the next day calling credit cards, and credit agencies and banks together. The first thing I did that next day was wash everything on my bed. I doubt they even looked at the bed but I needed something in my space that wasn’t tampered with.

So, i guess the point is if someone tries to sell you an IPOD shuffle that says “Matt IPOD the second” or “Matt IPOD III”— It’s broken. Don’t buy it.

Thought Process

WhewHoo! Time for a back alley rally! I don’t know what that means! Two posts in two days! Exclamation points are back in style!

I am feeling its another bulletpointy kind of day…

• Actually made dinner last night. Granted it was only baked cod and sweet potato fries. I’m just telling you guys this so Child Protection doesn’t get called for child abuse by overusing cold cereal.
• We even had oatmeal this morning- which is hot cereal not cold. If anything I am nearly UNDERusing cold cereal.
• Ella’s teacher told me this morning Ella is the only kid who knows what a compost bin is and who the president is and who is running for president. By the way- Ella is one of those bitter Hilary Clinton supporters. She can’t quite get on board with Obama.
• We are having construction being done at work. Not ONE construction worker is cute. Bummer.
• I found a little duck magnet and stuck in on our IN/OUT board at work. I write a little thought bubble above it everyday for the last couple weeks. Today I wrote, “QUACKERS AND CHEESE” I am running out of things to write.

Throwing a bone. A strange little bone.

Well it seems my readers are getting nasty these days with the infrequent posting SO I am going to post on a Monday night. First time folks. First time.

• I should totally make dinner right? It’s 5:30 and Matt is working late… that means I should make dinner? I don’t really want to because I ate some ginger snaps a while ago and kids can go without dinner right? I am just going to feed HER ginger snaps… …all right, you have a point… I’m convinced. I’ll whip up some cold cereal after the post.

• I did something kind of super awesome this weekend! I fixed a big plumbing issue under my sink. First of all, it started with one leak and as I fixed that I got two more leaks. But after three trips to Home Depot and hours of googling kitchen sink plumbing issues I got it!! WOOT WOOT! I think I am changing professions!

• I have a huge red maple out my window. It is beautiful.
• Ella got invited today to an exclusive Build a Bear birthday party where only 2 girls where picked from her class. Yeah!  I’m raising the “in” kid! What’s next- getting backstage to see Hannah Montana? I hope so.
• I ate a half of a roasted acorn squash on Saturday and got a stomach ache. If anyone wants the recipe let me know.
• Is this a big enough post? Is Casey someone going to get all sassafrassy on my ass? Have I told you guys how Ella asked me what ASS means?  Is this post weird enough? I have a feeling it is? I’ll try to post another tomorrow? Question marks are the new exclamation point?

Sorry for two reason. Wait, one. Wait. None.

I did something very special this last week. For two reasons. I finished a tube of chapstick. First of all this was my first time ever actually getting to the bottom of the tube. Normally I: lose it, wash it, drop it, gross it up. This was a nice clean tube until the end. Secondly, and much harder to do- I kept it off of Ella’s mouth for its entire lifespan. I don’t know why it bothers me but I hate having toddler spit and goo on my chapstick and little girls are obsessed with the shit. I basically had to apply the chapstick under cloak and dagger…. but it was worth it.

Have you noticed I am not going into apologizing for such a vacant period of blogs? I will not apologize. Life gets busy. Sorry.

Things are going quite well here. Ella used her Jedi powers to convince me this morning to stay home because she’s sick. Turns out she is actually quite well. Honestly, I had a very little will power this morning and her cough is very sickly sounding. I’m hoping this day proves to be what she needs to actually not get sick(er).

So, question of the day. Is it quite lame to take a long hiatus from blogging and come back with one about a tube of chapstick?