A Visit from Family

A nice day so far. My cousin Mary and her husband stopped by to see the house and visit over lunch, then @ 4 we had bunk beds delivered and set up for the girls (yay Craigslist!). Sure the Dark Side won the NFC game today, and the Chargers are down 10-7 right now, but I'm sure we can end the day as nice as it started . . .

Playoffs!

Not much time this morning, but I needed to make my position clear: for the first (and hopefully the last time) in my life, I'm going to be rooting for a Cowboys win. And, if in the process, Hillbilly winds up with a wee bit of an owie, I'm cool w/ that too. I'm just sayin'

UPDATE: RE: The Vikings. {vomit}. Now, to close the NFL weekend: Go Chargers!

Happy Birthday to my stepfather-in-law Jaspare, who turned 72 today, and Lisa's friend Chris. Also - congrats to the Colts, and a thank you to the Saints for knocking off the Cards.

 This . . . has been a crappy of crappy days, and it's only 12:30. Joy.

 It's 9:30 in the morning. How the hell can you know, with certainty, that business will be soooo slow that you need to call me off for the day and take a days wages out of kids bellies? Utter Bull----t. In other news, I say Indy and the Saints move on today. And a very snarky "Very Generous!" to the NFL for donating a combined (gasp) $2.5 mil for Haiti.

Project Runway

True, the top two designs were great, and the group seems much more talented than the horrific LA season. Still, I wasn't very inspired by the season premier of Project Runway, even if it does feature a Milwaukee native. Has it jumped the shark, or was I just in the wrong Mood (nudge-nudge) when watching the episode?

Wednesday Lu called from school saying her stomach felt 'mushy', and w/in a day all the kids were down w/ it. It seems to be a quick 24-48 bug (3 are over it) but YaYa just puked all over my newly cleaned dining room floor. Dangnabbit.

Get some Confidence

Vanessa Wolfe's time on American Idol was enough to break your heart. She's very attractive, talented, and down to earth, but was so beaten down and low on confidence I could barely watch. That line about not wanting the judges to 'look down on her' was gut wrenching. I hope she's not eaten alive in Hollywood. I'll be rooting for her.

Win!

Benefit to cleaning behind the couch? Finding lost gift cards!!! Too bad it took me all of 10 minutes to spend it up! What's 20 bucks at walmart? - Lisa

 potty successes make me happy 

An interesting half of Football

That was a great 2nd half to watch, even if it was interrupted by Smiley throwing up Hot Fries for about two minutes (wicked to watch - A+ for effort little dude!) and the Ginger peeing on her Elmo couch. I no longer care who wins it all, so long as Hillbilly is sent packing next week. Oh, and memo to my sister - howsabout not giving a four year old an entire package of hot fries before sending him home to his pa :)

Still Snowbound

Still stuck @ home, w/ 14-15 inch drifts up and down the alley. We're mid block, and it'll take a while to dig out. Mucho thanks to Anne U.  for picking up my girls and getting them to school today!

Btw our landline is now replaced and good to go . . please call us on that as the minutes are up on the cell phones.

Snowed In

still working on getting the kids to school....entire alley is still unshoveled, unplowed and and the average drift is about 14 to15 inches....not the worse we have had, but no one has been out to do anything about it, and we're in the middle of the block. Odd...the only ones that have kids to get to school, and we're in the middle of the block....UGH!!! - Lisa

Still Stuck

Still stuck @ home, w/ 14-15 inch drifts up and down the alley. We're mid block, and it'll take a while to dig out. Mucho thanks to Anne U.  for picking up my girls and getting them to school today!

Btw our landline is now replaced and good to go . . please call us on that as the minutes are up on the cell phones.

 still working on getting the kids to school....entire alley is still unshoveled, unplowed and and the average drift is about 14 15 inches....not the worse we have had, but no one has been out to do anything about it, and we're in the middle of the block. Odd...the only ones that have kids to get to school, and we're in the middle of the block....UGH!!! - Lisa

yay!

It’s official: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has confirmed that the State of the Union will not pre-empt the premiere of LOST The Final Season on 2/2. See you in 25 days. (from Lost's FB page)

Paranormal

ok, finally saw paranormal....OVERRATED....totally. I love scary movies, and when your movie has one scary scene at the end, it's not gonna work for me! I cannot believe the "its the scariest movie I've ever seen" comments about it....hanging out w/ my 4 kids is scarier then that movie, lol. - LIsa

 Daisies are cancelled due to expected snow fall - Lisa

Unfair

Is frustrated that the school I want my littlest to attend is random computer picking. Who are these commies? I can see the sibling exception but otherwise first come first picked is always fair....irritating! - Lisa

Switching Rooms

Tonight, in the course of half an hour we moved YaYa and the Ginger into new rooms; very half-ass results but whataya gonna do in 30 minutes? YaYa and Lu are now roomies, while Ginger's on her own in YaYa's old room. I objected to it because it feels like rewarding Ginger for making nights hell, but she's actually taking the new digs as a punishment - screaming her head off as we speak.

LOL What Nerve!

And a royal %&* to the White House. The ABC Special Report on the photo op, er, 'security meeting' today wiped out the last third of a great Dr. Phil epidsode. What nerve! Any chance I'd ever vote for that guy is now sooooooo gone. ;)

Junie Trashes the Phone

BTW, for anyone unsuccesfuly calling our house: no, the home phone isn't disconnected. The fourth-born dumped a whole jar of pickle juice on the telephone base/answering machine, ruining it. It's replacement will have to wait until payday, if then.

Family Night #3

Not the greatest afternoon. The girls were pissy that a kibosh was put on their chance to see the newborn and it went straight downhill from there, plus Smiley was in a mood. Still, we sat down to french toast for dinner and Family Game night continued (3rd week in a row now) but it was stressful, very stressful.

Winter Break Ends

 Kids return to school tomorrow 

 back to a somewhat routine schedule...  - Lisa

Putting Together TJ's Nursery

After school I took my two oldest girls to help organize my Godson's nursery, as he's due to arrive home in less than a day. My girls were poite, helpful, eager to work, and kept their cool. I was very proud of them both!

From the "Why does he keep such stupid lists? Department" - Some (not all) the movies I've seen in a theater

La Bamba
Robocop
Terminator II
Terminator III
The Whole Nine Yards
Karate Kid
Karate Kid II
Source Code
Honeysuckle Rose
Quarantine
The Village
Breakin'
Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo
District 9
Unbreakable
Three Kings
Sixth Sense
The Happening
Coraline
The Untouchables
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars (reissue)
Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III The Search for Spock
Star Trek VI The Voyage Home
Star Trek: First Contact
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Pocahantas
Bullets over Broadway
Die Hard
Die Hard III
Mississippi Burning
Grease II
The Wall
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Project X
Major League
Jerry Maguire
Son of the Pink Panther
Back to the Future
Titanic
Road to Perdition
Gladiator
The Dead Pool
The Gift?? the one with M. Douglas and S. Penn
Castaway
Forrest Gump
Serendipity
Pirates of the Carribean
Pirates of the Carribean II
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers Once
Signs
Resident Evil
The Apple Dumpling Game
The Pooh Movie
Cars
The Professional
Pulp Fiction
Top Gun
Satisfaction
Wonderland
Lost in Translation
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
a Sesame Street movie
Monsters vs Aliens
Mrs. Doubtfire
Good Morning Vietnam
Godfather III
The Quick and the Dead
Unforgiven
In the Line of Fire
The Dead Pool
Snow White
Where the Heart Is
Higher Learning
Pearl Harbor
Godzilla
Look Who's Talking
not Big, but the wonder years kid version of the story
Schindler's List
Terminator Salvation
Pay it Forward
Passenger 57
The Truth about Cats and Dogs
What Women Want
The Patriot
The Santa Clause
Bad Santa
World Trade Center
The Last Season
Satisfaction
Ramona and Beezus
Six Pack
Tootsie
some movie w/ Gary Coleman, where he hid stuff in a public locker
The Pledge
Mortal Kombat
Always
Seven Alone
The Mask