Really!
I walk. I talk. I breath. I cry at movies all the time. I'm a real live human bean!
But, DANG, I have a hard time with the bot-traps on places like Ticketmaster.
I'm sorry, but 40-somethings with poor eyesight DO still buy tickets. We just don't see well, and when you make the letters particularly fuzzy, a 'b' can look a lot like an 'h'.
Harumph. I'm NOT a bot!
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
There they go....
First day of school, yet again.
This one, of course, was a little different -- David's kids are working they're way through the system; between broken fax machines and bureaucratic shenanigans on the part of both Wake AND CH/C, it was down to the wire, but it looks like all is going to be well.
Grace is still somewhat in her Rock Star persona, she's loving being one of the big kids at the bus stop:
I've lost the ability to make Peter let me take a picture of him on the first day; he did allow me to give him a hug before he left (inside, of course, where there were no potential witnesses). Apparently middle schoolers (MIDDLE SCHOOLER! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?????) are just way to cool for pictures. Or parents. Or most everything, as far as I can tell!
So, off we go again for yet another year....
This one, of course, was a little different -- David's kids are working they're way through the system; between broken fax machines and bureaucratic shenanigans on the part of both Wake AND CH/C, it was down to the wire, but it looks like all is going to be well.
Grace is still somewhat in her Rock Star persona, she's loving being one of the big kids at the bus stop:
I've lost the ability to make Peter let me take a picture of him on the first day; he did allow me to give him a hug before he left (inside, of course, where there were no potential witnesses). Apparently middle schoolers (MIDDLE SCHOOLER! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?????) are just way to cool for pictures. Or parents. Or most everything, as far as I can tell!
So, off we go again for yet another year....
Sunday, August 23, 2009
The drought ends...
OK, OK. I'm back.
No particular reason for the long blog-hiatus (blogatus?), yet a million little ones. I was on vacation. Work has started blocking websites, and I wasn't sure if I could get to blogger from there (still unsure). I was on vacation. I didn't feel like it. None of them were particularly GOOD reasons, but there you are!
And, of course, the biggest reason is that I've been crazy-buzy, but in a good way. David and I are officially engaged! Yay!!!!
And, no, we have no date set. We don't even have a date in MIND! Why, you ask?
Well, here's what we've done since getting engaged: Painted his dining room, stripped walpaper in his kids' bathroom. Destroyed the walls when said wallpaper came off (people who paper w/o painting should be shot). Patched the walls. Primed the walls. Patched the walls some more. Sanded. And sanded. And sanded. Painted. Painted trim. Painted ceilings. Got professionals to deal with the wallpaper in HIS bathroom. Packed, cleaned, stored, and so on.
Oh, and we also took a vacation with all 5 kids AND the dog.
AND took his eldest off to college!
So, yeah, we've had some other things on our minds. But I promise, there WILL be a date at somepoint. Honest.
And my life is significantly crazier now than it was: At the moment, in my house, there are:
2 adults
1 nearly-16-year old (asleep)
2 11 year olds, both boys. Egad.
1 nearly-9-year-old (nearly NINE! How'd my baby get to be NINE!)
2 cats (who went to the vet yesterday and are both pushing 14 pounds)
1 dog
1 mouse (pet, not pest)
It's crazy, it's crowded, there are times when it's stressful...
But I wouldn't change a thing. I love them all (even the mouse), and I'm glad they're in my life AND in my house.
Now, if I can just keep blogger in my life again!
No particular reason for the long blog-hiatus (blogatus?), yet a million little ones. I was on vacation. Work has started blocking websites, and I wasn't sure if I could get to blogger from there (still unsure). I was on vacation. I didn't feel like it. None of them were particularly GOOD reasons, but there you are!
And, of course, the biggest reason is that I've been crazy-buzy, but in a good way. David and I are officially engaged! Yay!!!!
And, no, we have no date set. We don't even have a date in MIND! Why, you ask?
Well, here's what we've done since getting engaged: Painted his dining room, stripped walpaper in his kids' bathroom. Destroyed the walls when said wallpaper came off (people who paper w/o painting should be shot). Patched the walls. Primed the walls. Patched the walls some more. Sanded. And sanded. And sanded. Painted. Painted trim. Painted ceilings. Got professionals to deal with the wallpaper in HIS bathroom. Packed, cleaned, stored, and so on.
Oh, and we also took a vacation with all 5 kids AND the dog.
AND took his eldest off to college!
So, yeah, we've had some other things on our minds. But I promise, there WILL be a date at somepoint. Honest.
And my life is significantly crazier now than it was: At the moment, in my house, there are:
2 adults
1 nearly-16-year old (asleep)
2 11 year olds, both boys. Egad.
1 nearly-9-year-old (nearly NINE! How'd my baby get to be NINE!)
2 cats (who went to the vet yesterday and are both pushing 14 pounds)
1 dog
1 mouse (pet, not pest)
It's crazy, it's crowded, there are times when it's stressful...
But I wouldn't change a thing. I love them all (even the mouse), and I'm glad they're in my life AND in my house.
Now, if I can just keep blogger in my life again!
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