I have 3 minutes...

to post before I've broken my blogging streak. So. This is all you get. Nothing more. Just this el lamo post so I can say I blogged today. Are you just so upset with me? Hmmm...maybe if I threw in a good picture.

How about this one...

Now boarding...

Thankful Thursday

Mostly because I have no pictures ready and very little time I'm going to create a new theme. Maybe it will catch on. Thursdays are now going to be filled with thanks. I've got much to be thankful for to be sure.

So, today I'm thankful for

- "libraries" aka Barnes and Nobles/Borders. Where else can I have the latest publishings at my fingertips for my soon to be due papers, music piped in, AND be able to sip on Starbucks or Seattle's Best? (didn't today by the way. got lost in the books--goldmines people books are pure gold)

- IBuprofen. I'd seriously be at a loss without this. 35 minutes on the elliptical yesterday sent my old legs into serious stiffness. Or was it the lack of proper stretching that did that to me?

- 1.99 gasoline! Yes folks, that is what I paid for it today. Woohooo!

- last but not least heat because it's seriously starting to get seriously chilly out there.

BRRRRR...

What a chilly day to go shoe shopping for my favorite little girl in the world. Unfortunately my daughter has been wearing crocs for like all summer long and really doesn't like to part with them- even when the weather turns cold.

Because she has managed to catch a cold and I don't want the entire school faculty to think I'm a neglectful parent we began searching the net for the perfect pair. She only had two small requirements. They must be green and they must be strappy--aka no laces to tie.

Let me tell you I'm pretty certain we searched EVERY shoe place on the net--aside from e-Bay. Tonight I broke down and took her out to the mall. 15 stores later these are the ones she just HAD to have. And YES she was certain.
Isn't that just the prettiest shade of green you've ever seen? (Sigh)

With Everything Else...

I have on my plate right now my daughter hands me this...
Disregard the straw. It's just there to cover up my favorite little girl in the world's name. With tears in her eyes she asked me when we can go see him.

I can understand why. I mean she and this guy have known each other for several years now. Since before they were this little. They are cousins after all.
So how do you explain you just don't have thousands of dollars to take a plane to where he is "across the pond"? Jake, as you lay your head on your pillow please know how very much you and your brothers are missed by one very sad little girl.

I Want My Mommy...

or maybe I just need a secluded place free of other responsibilities for a couple of days--make that weeks. You see I diligently continued to research my paper Friday night and here it is late Monday and I've not been back to it until today. I'm getting no where I tell ya. This is what I have to show for it...


I do have the profound gift of procrastination in me but I also think I have focus problems. I was off today but I'm extremely tired. The poor future pilot is not enjoying the weather change. He was coughing so much last night that he threw up all over the bed. My bed. I had to change the sheets and comforter and then two hours later as he tried to sleep he threw up again. This time he missed the bed but was himself a bit of a mess. I'm working on minimal sleep and T-I-R-E-D.

Mondays are my volunteer day at my daughter's school and the future pilot was supposed to go with my mom while she got her hair done. This was supposed to be a nice little outing. Her hair dresser has a very friendly Jack Russell Terrier and the future pilot loves to play with him. The future pilot was cranky and not wanting to budge to go anywhere and honestly I totally understood. So my wonderful husband got up, after less than an hour of sleep and cared for his needs until I got home. Needless to say this has thrown our schedule off a bit because at 7:43pm my husband sleeps and I am planted on the couch with writer's/researcher's block.

If you are praying people please send a few up for me. I'm stressing bad--really bad. I now have less than a week to pull off a working bibliography with at least ten cited works. I also have a two page progress report to turn in--both are due Sunday. ARGHGHGHGH. And. Then. There. Is. The PAPER. Two weeks. -Open mouth insert thumb, grab blankie-

Seasons Change...

and when they do my kids get all sniffly and coughy. I know...my browser tells me neither of those two adjectives are actual words but it's going to have to do because well, I just feel like it.

Until I had my girl back in '01, actually maybe not until she was a little over a year old, I really had no experience with asthma. My oldest was very healthy and rarely even got colds. My younger two have the perpetual stuffy/runny noses. Neither one has had to carry an inhaler around--for which I'm very thankful.

My daughter hasn't had to be nebulized for at least two years but the future pilot is in that stage. In case you've never had the misfortune to have to force misty air up a small child's nose let me tell you it's no fun. Especially when they don't really understand why you are doing it.

The future pilot is getting better at it. I think he knows it enables him to breathe better. That and it he thinks the mask looks a lot like a pilot's oxygen mask.

Drunk

Severely intoxicated I tell ya. Not on alcohol or cleaning products either. I spent a bit of time in the car today. The beauty of autumn just fascinates me every year. I can't stop staring and I think, "Wow, is it getting more beautiful? Was it this beautiful last year?" I don't think it is more beautiful. I think my eyes are just focusing a bit differently as I grow older. This isn't necessarily a bad thing either.

If the road that led to home had a shoulder I'm sure I would have stopped every quarter mile just to take a picture. If my camera was a bit better caliber I'd be able to really show you what I mean but here are a few samples of my AWEsome day.

Oh, and after my awesome afternoon my very fun sister-in-law invited me over for some of these.

Isn't that the most beautiful blue ever? Come on Home Depot THAT's the color I want for my walls. (and maybe that green for the trim)