- Sometimes the cat's bored meows sound a lot like Eleanor whining about her DS from bed, after lights out. Which means the past 3 times I yelled "Ellie! In bed!" it wasn't even her, it was the cat, racing up and down the stairs, then meowing. Oops.
- Made homemade, from scratch pizza tonight - oh my gosh, this simple recipe from allrecipes.com was amazing- made 2 mini pizzas for the girls to do themselves, and then one big one in our cast iron skillet for Michael and myself. I just couldn't stop. SO delish.
- We are kid free tomorrow. I feel like the hubs has some plans up his sleeve as my b-day is next week (mid-mid-30s, folks) and every time I suggest something he vaguely kinda sorta shoots it down or gives me a "maybe. I dunno." Or he plans to ditch me as he is sick of hanging out with me. Eh. Either way, Kid Free!
- I feel like we've been on the go more than usual lately, and like I've been checked out on current events the past couple weeks. And thus, instead of doing research and catching up from regular news sources, I just watch a week of Daily Show and get incensed all at once. Do people seriously sleep at night after stating in interviews that teachers make TOO much money, have benefits that are TOO generous, that they "only work 9 months a year, have summers off" and "don't work a full day"? Really? It is actually making me so sad and feel really bleak about people being able to make these blanket, ignorant statements with a straight face. Unbelievable.
- I realize daily that my mother should receive some sort of award for putting up with me as a kid. Not even me and my siblings - that is a whole other ball of wax. But me. Alone. My slobbish ways - eating in every room and leaving glasses and bowls and plates hidden from view. Leaving dirty laundry all over the place. Wet towels on the floor. School uniform crumpled under the dresser amid the animal fur. Talking NON STOP. About nothing of interest to anyone but perhaps another 7 year old. Refusing to do the edges of a jigsaw puzzle first. Calling out from bed, endlessly, every third night. THAT SAID...If I was as snuggly, funny, witty, into playing Mario 64 with my mom as my kids are? It'd be its own reward. Kinda.
- SPEAKING of Mario 64...So we downloaded Mario 64 on Wii and have been obsessed. We beat it with 70 stars, and are working to the 120 to get Yoshi off the roof of the castle. So here's my appeal: Mario lost his hat (effing Mario). No one is fessing up to being the one that lost it. It's been at least a week. No one knows what level/course it was lost in. We've gone through all the courses in Shifting Sand Land to see if that bastard Klepto-Condor has it. Nope. Hung out in all the courses of Snowman's Land to see if the snowman would be wearing it, if it were in the igloo. Nope. Even checked out Tall Tall Mountain to see if stupid Akiki the Monkey was holding out on me. Nope. Is there a glitch that totally erased my hat? Mario's getting hit by enemies and losing so much more energy. So anyone. ANYONE who has any advice, please let me know. (Sad, right?)
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