Tonight is the last night I will put a two year old to bed.

Tomorrow we wake up a big three year old boy.

Where does the time go? Its been a year of much change for our family. We said good-bye to my gradfather L and welcomed two new biological cousins and one more special cousin of our heart (Z-man, we loves you!). Things continue to be quiet and comfortable here in our own house and it brings much joy to my heart to be surrounded by such a loving extended family.

My hope for the next year is a repeat of the increasing of 2006, for those hoping to hop on the baby train, set your biological clocks to reproduce! Remember friends, its really not anything in the water that causes pregnancy, its something in the air ... feet!!!

Happy feet for 2010 :D

... and a positive economic up turn so that everyone can find (or keep) employment!!!

I hate being a grup today
I hate the extra bills to pay
the money for the house
the car that just broke
today sucks to be a grup
maybe I should just give it up
go away and play
drink margaritas all day
or maybe some fruity rum punch
play the lottery
thats the ticket
win big money
share lots
be funny
no more worry about lack of money

I hate being a grup today

and many happy returns of the day!!!

Come sew, play with yarn, work on your resume or thesis ... watch movies, get drunk, etc, etc, etc

nezhka2846 I hope you have a great birthday!!!

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Thank goodness it's Monday!

My son watches, enthralled as laser blast the rebel blockade runner, R2 and 3PO escape in the pod...

Other families might discuss the moral implications of telling their children about Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy, but in our house, we're going to put away Star Wars I, II, III until Jimmy is "old enough to understand".

Kitties!!!

Top cat, Tiger
Middle cat, Slinky, the peace keeper
bottom cat, looking very slender in all black, Miss Kitty aka Henrietta PussyCat aka, blackcat

( something to put on the kingdom calendar, possibly the start of the web page )

feed back is welcome, but I'm mostly just posting stuff here so I don't lose it, right! :D

This bid has been presented and proposed to the Barony of Nordskogen at tonight's business meeting.

( bid details )

This bid was approved by the barony.

:D


( because I don't have everyone's email address )

When I was a kid, this was my favorite dish...

( Ma's chicken'n rice dish )
--

my changes are as follows...
( don't tell her I did this )

... now I'm hungry ...

I just wanted to post this so I don't lose it again, its really the oven temp and cook time that I keep spacing out.

So our machine is a direct drive washing machine not belt driven. I don't think the spouse wants to try to pull it apart to try to fix it only to find out it doesn't work. Anyone have any skills on washing machine repair?

Just the logistics of having to pull out the old one and put in a new one in the basement makes my head hurt...

Do places do installation and removal of old washing machines?

Last night wasn't so much fun as I discovered that the washing machine had a nervous break down. It stopped agitating and spinning so I had to wring out all the wet clothes by hand. I hope I didn't break the dryer as well by putting all those still mostly sopping wet clothes into them!

So my question to my friends in LJ land is to either find someone with more expertise in washing machine repair than either myself or my intrepid spouse to come look at the darn thing or else suggest who we might call to fix it.

I figured I'd start with LJ land first and then give my google-fu a try to find washing machine repair.

... also, can I come over to someones house and do my laundry this weekend?
:D

... and now, the washing machine joke that's been stuck in my head all night...

( Olie & Leena are now married with children )

I just had to share, this lady's dress rocks!!

http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/yourgarb/2009/Bettina.htm

Tomorrow night, its the first Wednesday of the month and also the Baronial A&S competition.

http://www.nordskogen.northshield.org/Baronial_AS_CompetitonForms.pdf

I'm wondering if others will be participating this, because I'd hate to be the only one!

I'm looking for feedback on what I've written, anyone want to take a peek?

Thanks!
:D

The other day Jimmy was playing with his stuffed kitty and 'meowing' to the tune of 'Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star/Bah-bah black sheep/ABC' with meows instead of words.

It was pretty cute!

I guess I'll keep him

:-)

I'm going to a baby shower this weekend for someone I've known since we were both little kids wearing corduroy jeans in kindergarten (1979)! Her last name started with "LA" and mine "LI" so we had homeroom together until 1991. Its a good think we liked each other 'eh!

Well its her turn to have a summer baby* and I've made a baby 'hat with ears' on it in bright yellow/orangish yarn. Yes, I am going for the 'winnie the pooh' look. I was worried that I was the only one who thought it was cute but people who've seen it seem to like it as well.

I am very excited about this!
:D



*
... because both of our birthdays are in August and my son was born in July and she's due at the end of this coming July... sorta karma payback for our mothers having to suffer through summer babies, right!?
;-)

and there was much swooning!