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a friend of mine called me last night and said they were in town
and thought they might drop by for a quick impromtu visit
and when they got here,
they brought me this...
how exciting is that??
she made it herself.
being the huge grinch fan that i am
(i have a tattoo of him on my ankle)
i was more than delighted
heehee...
(this is the same friend, by the way, that let us use their
"second-pair-of-glasses-free" not long ago)

yay...i can't wait to go out and stick it in a snowbank
:)

friday list: what makes me clap my hands in glee

the word glee, heehee

not only is it naptime right now, but all of the kids are
actually sleeping, and have been for the past hour or so...
all of them...ALL of them...sleeping...quietly...all of them...

the knowledge that not only is today friday but it is also
the last day of providing childcare for TWO weeks for
the children that cause me the most angst...no matter how
cute they are...two weeks, two weeks, two weeks, lalalala

we are putting up our tree tomorrow (because said kids
will be done for two weeks today) heehee

i found this awesome blog that i just love, love, love
and actually read all of her archives...all of them...

last night, we could not find any christmas specials on tv
so we played music and danced/sang like crazy...
the playlist included such favorites as:
  • psycho-system of a down
  • shout at the devil-motley crue (six's new favorite)
  • stand by me- ben e king (dad's pick)
  • nothing else matters (cover)- bif naked
  • rain down on me- blue rodeo
  • bottom dollar baby- nathan wiley (i love this music...you need to try this)
  • kaw-liga - charlie pride...(heehee...my dad's influence on me)
  • iko iko- cyndi lauper
  • imogene heap- hide and seek (one of my newest favorite-ist songs)
  • ironic- alanis morissette (ten's new favorite song for making up her own words to)
  • hallelujah- jeff buckley (i sooo forgot how much i loved this cover)
  • one step closer- linkin park (ten realllllly loves to be able to shout shut up without getting into trouble)
  • poison, cinderella and various other eighties bands that Ogg and i grew up on
  • staind...also various by them...there is just something about that band...
an idea adapted from this cool blog to make for my brother and his wife who are expecting...
we'll see if it turns out or not but so far, i'm excited :) i want to make an ornament of a mom-2-be and a dad-2-be...like of like the bunnies only sewn like the wedding couple...

the fact that we have gotten through one whole week of six's eye
being patched and he has been an absolute doll about it...he has
been so good, hardly complaining at all...i never dreamed he would
deal with it so well...i find myself looking at him sometimes though,
with that damn patch on his eye and the other eye magnified
threefold behind his glasses and messy hair all over the place
and i feel so damn sad, just an inexplicable sadness...
i don't know why...but thats getting off my topic
of what makes me clap my hands in glee...

and thats that.

memo to randall....BAH HUMBUG.

watched the apprentice last night
and found it to be fairly predictable...
there's a big stress factor thrown in for both people
and then they fix it up
and the show goes on
and someone gets chosen to win
and really, i wasn't actually rooting specifically
for anyone...i liked them both pretty much the same
but
holy...
randall...
could you have looked any worse with your whole
"its the apprentice, not the apprenti"
rhetoric...
i guess once you have won, we get to see what you
are really like...which appeared to be both selfish
and insecure by your sudden outburst last night...

tsk. tsk.
i was actually a little embarrassed for you.

storm day!

its our first storm day of the winter,
hurray!
yeah.
except the kids i look after after
are still coming.
boo.

heh heh.

oh well...we'll make the best of it.

speaking of making...
last night i made this



it is for the new baby in our "family"

welcome to the world, donovan!

if i had a million dollars...la la la

if i had a million dollars
i'd buy a green dress
but not a real green dress...
thats cruel...

teehee...

i will never get tired of that song.

i was inspired by this wish list
enough to make me do my own...

so...if i had a million dollars...this is what i would buy:

Book-wise:
  • this...because i soooo loved a million little pieces
  • this...because i adore her and always have...i consistently find myself living within her words
  • this and this and this, because although i don't plan it, i am always struck by canadian writers...
  • since the learning-to-knit, wanting-to-scrapbook, longing to learn-to-crochet stage has
    hit me, i have found books such as this, and this, and this
Turn up the Radio:

 I feel pretty, oh-so-pretty:

 Got DVD??

 and i would love to add more,
cause i don't think that added up to a million dollars yet,
but the rugrats are stirring (not to mention, stinky)
and so i need to go...

pamper-girl off to the rescue...

sigh.