It’s balanced.

No more…little song in my head.

Mr. Incredible was home tonight so I left work, picked up kids from daycare, dropped them off at home and went back to work.

It’s amazing what I can accomplish when the office is silent. This morning my to-do list was a legal pad long…. by noon I had a accomplished a great deal – but that was because I told everyone that if they wanted to get paid today, they would not bug me….and it worked, to a degree.

One of my boss’s stopped by – he saw my truck and wondered why I was there…saw my desk buried in paperwork, and said… “ahhh bookwork, looking for something?”

yes…. not looking up from my papers….

He asked if I could take a break – so I marked my spot, and looked up. He basically wanted to thank me for all that I have done lately for his company, and that he and the board appreciate it.

I know that to some that doesn’t mean much, but to hear a “thank you” and that they appreciate what I have been doing means alot to me. At least I know they don’t take me for granted – well not completely.

That was at 7:30 pm

Shortly after that I found what I was looking for, and then I was able to move forward with my work.

At 8:30 – I walked out – balanced, quarterly reports for two companies completed and year end reports almost completed for one company, can’t do anymore without bank statements.

Simply amazing what I can accomplish when I am allowed to think about what I am doing.

I have a song in my head – goes something like this -

Fuckity, fuck, fuck, …. fuckity, fuck, fuck, fuck!

(You know the children’s song – “Frosty the snowman”…. thumpity thump thump….”)

Well, that’s kinda how my day went -

Fuckity, fuck, fuck, …. fuckity, fuck, fuck, fuck!

(yes, Fantastagirl knows how to swear.)

and I think I have frostbite on my lips…. I was sucking on a popsicle as I was typing this post, and apparently that wasn’t a wise choice. very cold.

Worked my butt off at work – actually feel like I accomplished something. It’s nice when the reports/graphs etc. I make are actually read, and used, and not just filed away, and when I actually get to see a project I start, to the end. Today I completed three HUGE projects…

Was both Mommy and Daddy to our kids. Mowed the lawn with the push mower, and realized that the reason I am married to Mr. Incredible is because as parents we make a great team. I miss him when he is gone, but…. supper is so easy.

Cereal – it’s not just morning food!

So how was your day?

If you don’t water a plant long enough – it will start to wilt.

If you still choose to not water it, the leaves will start to yellow.

and then one day – you’ll sit down in your easy chair – and *Poof* it’s dead.

I’m sure that if I googled the type of plant I have, it would tell me how long it would take to achieve this dead state.

Right now, I figure I’m about three weeks away from the ‘*Poof* DEAD.’

I don’t know why I even try to have green plants in my house, I’m thinking it probably needs to be re-potted as well, but it’s so tall I’m afraid I’d break the steams… I have no luck with this stuff.

Damn, Why can’t I be Martha Stewart? or ‘Susie Homemaker’?

Instead I have a dying plant, a messy house, store bought breads, and cookies. I work 40+ hours a week outside the home, and have 50+ hours of housework when I get home. It seems we have a case of the “I might play/need that later, so I can’t put it away” syndrome going on in my house right now. Which has to stop soon, very soon.

I don’t know how these moms do it, the ones that have the perfect house, the perfect made from scratch meal on the table at 6:00 pm every night, and ….

I sooo wanna be them when I grow up…

• doing a million things that I am not like:

• doing laundry
• picking up toys
• matching up socks from the sock basket
• cleaning the bathroom
• cleaning out my closet (it’s full of clothes I never wear)
• getting ready for work tomorrow.

• Instead I am…
• watching “Army Wives” on Lifetime
• Telling the kids they have to go to bed for the millionth time
• wishing Mr. Incredible was home.
• blogging/lurking/surfing.

Mr. Incredible left earlier tonight to go up north for work. He’ll back on Wednesday – but I am not sure when he has to go back up. I miss him when he is gone, but love when he comes home. Homecomings are always good.

Sunday Six – “Stinky”

Tink (4) is providing our answers today, Sunday Six is a game we play with Kelly.

4. How do you make the stink go away? – Sweeping it to another person (makes a waving motion with her hands)

5. Who stinks the most in your house? – Daddy

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Sometimes kids are a little toooo honest….

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The world has stopped, if only for a moment.

A parent’s worst nightmare has come true. Puppy Monster was five. Tink and Pan are 4 and 6. This so easily could have been my child, losing them is beyond my comprehension – I can only imagine the pain they are feeling.

Dawg, our prayers, and thoughts are with you and your family. I have gone back and watched his Cereal Wednesdays – which were video posts that he made with Puppy Monster reviewing cereal – when my tears stop, perhaps, I’ll be able to say something wise, thoughtful, and correct. For now, I’m just so sorry that they are going through this.

(okay I admit it, I had to wait for Mr. Incredible to come home (I need to remember my stupid paypal stuff, I never can remember it!)

come September I should have a new front tooth! (doesn’t that just sound like the most red-neck thing a gal can say?)

Let’s go back in time – shall we?

The year is 1984, a beautiful spring day. I’m 10 in 4th grade, and playing at recess. I get hit in the face, get a bloody nose, and my front tooth broke in half. So the new dentist in town, a very nice, albeit a little weird, guy puts a partial in for me. Fast forward to 1991, I get braces – fast forward 1993 – braces come off, and I start having problems with that tooth. I end up needing a root canal and get a crown. Fast Forward to present day – I’m starting to have some problems with it, so when I went to my present dentist for my semi-annual polish and shine I told him about the problems I am having with it. He talks to his assistant, who looks into my insurance policy and guess what? They will pay for 1/2.

Now I just need to whiten my teeth just a little, and then fill out some paperwork for the insurance company and I’d say by September I’ll have a new tooth.

So – do any of you use whitening strips? What works, what doesn’t?