22 September 2007

ten missed

Top things I meant to blog in the last few weeks while I've blogged almost nothing. In almost no particular order.

10. Amelia and the Honey Buckets -- I have the only child, the only human, on the planet who LOVES port-o-potties. Driving down Sandy, stopped at a light, two lanes from the curb Amelia said "Mom, stop, there's a port-o-potty." She said it like she was saying "Mom, stop, there's a giant chocolate fountain with marshmallow ducks." She said "stop, there's a port-o-potty right there and I have to go. I'm just going to jump out."

9. Preschool birthday parties and the politics of turning three.

8. Am I dating my family?

7. The Potty training season of toddlerhood or freshly baked training pants drying on my range.

6. Sleep is destroying my writing practice, I need to stop. Sleep deprivation is destroying my sanity, I need to sleep.

5. What's on my list today? Childcare. Meet my new nanny, Freddy. I have come to find while my children spend an hour in Fred Meyer's Playland, I can grab a book and get comfy in home furnishings. I don't think it's an accident, those recliners right next to the books and magazines. I'm enrolling them at Ikea next.

4. I quit my job and now I actually have to work.

3. Feeding street people with my Oregon Trail Card. Oregon Trail Card being a pretty way to say food stamps. I believe my self sufficeincy worker would be A-OK with this.

2. I can't think of a number two, lets call it a tribute to the other two-dozen that have come and gone this month.

1. On the stranger side of my life, I had a back rub that wasn't a back rub from my husband who isn't my husband the other night. Just in case my head is not fucked-up enough.

05 September 2007

exactly

Me after pulling Josie off the top of a table for the 5th time: It's not OK to crawl on the table Josie. Time out next time you crawl on the table.

Josie at 2 years, 9 months: Why?

me: Because people eat on the table and its yucky. Because it not safe. Because the table is for food to sit on, not Josie. Because it's the rule. Who makes the rules.

Josie: Mommy makes the rules.

me: That's right. Mommy is in charge and mommy makes the rules. Who follows the rules?

Josie: NO ONE!