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Monday, May 17, 2004
Woo! Been a long couple of weeks!
Wow, so I guess I've been more than a little neglectful to my blog here. Sorry 'bout that!
We went to the beach again. This time it was Sunset State Beach. What a blast! We found sand dollars on the shore. I know I sound like the biggest moron, but honestly? I never thought I would find something like that on a beach! I thought that only professional shell finders could find something cool like that. We saw little bitty baby crabs and hermit crabs, too. Being sensitive about my fatness, I of course did not bring a swimsuit. I wished I had though... it was so inviting! Next time, I may consider going in... SHORTS!! I wouldn't want to blind anyone though... except, there were quite a few plus-sized women on that beach besides myself who didn't seem to care that they were blinding everyone...
So, what else have I been up to? Fat lot of nothing. Oh yes, we went to the Sunset Celebration Weekend for Sunset Magazine in Menlo Park on Saturday. My mom was in town from Utah with her neighbor. It was great! I highly recommend going to that if you live in the area. And you love Western living. Mind you, that's not country-western (as in the most depressing music in the universe), it's the lifestyle.
I've decided that, unfortunate as it is, I need to take Son 2 to a child shrink. He is just... beyond what I know how to control. And I'm not a big softie, so it's not like I was a major contributor to how he is. And I also don't think I have no culpability in it, either. I just don't know what else to do to get him to behave better, and to stop harming his baby brother.
Our VCR broke again. That is to say, our first VCR was killed by the boys. This second VCR that hubby's brother gave us? It's died of old age. Although... it just occured to me that maybe I should run that head-cleaner tape through it to see if that helps. I'll let you know. I hope so because there are a LOT of great movies at the library I'd like to borrow.
I used up all my frequent flyer miles to subscribe to TIME and Organic Style. I would've liked to have spent them on renewing my Sunset subscription, but it wasn't available. I also would've liked to have gotten Reader's Digest, but that wasn't available either. Our church magazines finally came. Like any other publication, it takes FOREVER to get it started! Oh yes, I also started getting National Geographic.
Well, the villagers are beginning to riot. Sorry it's been so long, I'll try to get back into blogging every other day. I know my life is just sooooo interesting to the world! Ha ha ha....
Posted at 07:47 am by ThreeBoyMom
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
I'm sure it doesn't make sense. Monday again. But hubby had the day off yesterday, so it's like I've had two Mondays in a row. UGH!!!
So I made this oatmeal cake this morning. Yummmmmmmmy! And of course, because it has oatmeal and whole wheat flour in it, it's healthy, right? Good. Because I had some for breakfast.
I found this cute little townhouse in Stockton last night. Only $129,000! So we'd definitely qualify for that mortage. Except for that we don't have any money anyway, so there goes that. I have only myself to blame. I'm the one that spent us into this debt. Oh sure, we used the credit cards to move us here and other legitimately nescessary things. A car emergency or two. But everything else is me and my addiction. Oy!
Well, we're having the neighbors for dinner. Chicken enchiladas. So I should probably go start putting that together. Sorry it's short today. And that I skipped a couple of days. I was tired.
That's all folks!
Posted at 03:05 pm by ThreeBoyMom
Friday, April 09, 2004
Look out for that water, it's everywhere!
I'm pretty sure my brain wasn't screwed in tight this morning. I don't know what ever made me think it would be so easy to throw everything together and get out of here on time, but... at least we made it out!
I'm not sure if we ever found the actual place we were looking for or not, but we found our friends we were supposed to meet and that works for me! And especially lucky was the fact that they hadn't been there long, and we got there an hour later than we said we would. Hallelujah for bad internet driving directions!
I've never been truly tidepooling before, but today was one of the best days I've ever had. (I think I say that a lot, but I guess that just means that I have a lot of really great days!) I found a lot of beach glass, and I don't know why, but I just never thought I would ever actually find that on my own. I thought it was something I had to buy at a craft store, knowing full well it wasn't real beach glass but something they made up and said they found at the ocean. So that just made my day altogether fantastic, and that was only after 5 minutes of trying to make it through the gravelly beach to where my kids were!
I was amazed at the things we saw. Lots of dead jellyfish. I call them "rubber"fish because they look like, well... I think you get the picture. Tons of hermit crabs (I think that's what they were, using up dead sea snail shells), a dead fish that looked pretty cool, LOADS of sea snails and barnacles on the rocks we climbed on. And last, but not least, the tide unexpectedly came in very quickly. We noticed we were running out of places to make it back to the shore without having to wade in and decided to hike back while we could. And, OF COURSE, I stepped on the ONE STINKIN' ROCK that wasn't permanently fixed into the ground and fell smack on my butt. Nothing really hurt, not even my pride. I just hope I didn't kill anything underneath me, or start a tsunami over in Hawaii!
Another funny thing... I made a big stink about stopping at Target to get some baby sunscreen so it wouldn't hurt the kids' eyes when it ran. I noticed as we were repacking the van to go home, it was still in the wrapper. Thankyouverymuch.
Posted at 07:41 pm by ThreeBoyMom
Thursday, April 08, 2004
I think my anemia is back. I seem to be tired all the time. YUK!!! I can't believe it's Thursday already. My mother-in-law is here with my niece from Salt Lake to visit the boys. We went to Sonic for lunch. I, of course, just got the ice!
We've been planning this trip to Asilomar for a few weeks now, and do you think I'm ready? Nooooo..... I thought of like, 4 million things I have to do tonight, on top of helping hubby with a school project. Oy! Time just sneaks up on you, doesn't it?
So tonight, I'm making peasant tacos. Brown rice, black beans, corn, all mixed together with about 1/2 bottle mild taco sauce, served in soft tortillas. Mmm..... I think mom's not altogether excited about it, but we just eat differently than they do. "Meat at every meal" is their motto!
I hope I can be responsible about what to do tonight. You know, play with the relatives, get all the work done, and still make sure you get enough rest to do all the driving tomorrow, because honey falls asleep at the drop of a hat!
Posted at 05:38 pm by ThreeBoyMom
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
So, sorry I didn't put more on yesterday. Got busy. Didn't end up making the curried tofu, either. Good news is, we did get to go to Sonic! I tell you, I have died and gone to heaven ever since they opened up. They have the BEST ice in the universe! I go just for the ice. Mmm....
Today we're going on an egg hunt with the local MOMs club. I've had a lot of fun with that group. Got to get gas for the Friday trip to Asilomar State Beach. Grocery shopping (every Wednesday!), although that will be hard since we didn't get any grocery ads. Dangit! Also, I've embarked on a quest to find the words and titles to all the corny songs I used to sing with my grandfather. He was such a great grandpa! I wish my kids could have known him. Oh well, they will!
I feel bad that we haven't made more of an effort to celebrate the meaning of Easter. I made such a big deal about Christmas and Valentines and the kid's birthdays.... I guess I got a little burned out. Every year, I try to have a more Christ-centered holiday. Every year, it sneaks up on me and I forget to plan it. I guess part of it is, I keep trying to celebrate Passover. Which is a wonderful tradition, but we're not Jewish. Oh well, at least we're not making a big deal out of the Easter Bunny, either!
I grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My beliefs are very important to me, they're my whole life. I feel grateful for the knowledge that I have of the gospel. Mind you, I'm no great scholar. And I won't participate in a discussion that causes contention. But I'll probably mention stuff from time to time on here, and I'm happy to answer any questions I can.
Well, I suppose now that it's 9:30ish I should think about getting the kids ready for that egg hunt. As always, I may or may not post later. The day's just begun!
Well, we had LOADS of fun at that egg hunt! I'm not prepared to go grocery shopping though. I guess I should get going on that. Anybody got any ideas? My grocery ads didn't come this week. I usually get inspiration from them. Gotta run!
Just thought I'd make one final visit. We went to the farmer's market this evening. Opening day, yay! You'd think they'd be open all year since we live in the growing capital of EVERYTHING, but no.... April-August is it. Lame, huh? Anyway, we had a grand time. Strawberries so red and ripe you could smell them from two booths away. Tri-tip so juicy and melt-in-your-mouth good, and fresh sourdough baguettes.... Mmm! And best of all.... PEAS! It's like eating candy... just get a bunch of peas and shell them. Then pop them in your mouth, and you've got spring right there. Only drawback is it turns your thumbnail green, but then I guess you can literally say you've got a green thumb!
Posted at 09:21 am by ThreeBoyMom
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