My name is Lindsay and this is just so I don't feel guilty for not keeping a written journal...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
looking forward to a mature and sophisticated 2015
There's this awkwardness when I haven't blogged in a while.
A loss for words.
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But let's shake that off and get going, shall we?
Hi!
Happy New Year!
Another January 1st passed and I still don't like a glossy, kitten-covered calendar telling me to make resolutions. I'll set goals when the moment calls for it mkay? But no hard feelings Calendar. Let's still be friends so I don't get up early on no-school days. That's the WORST.
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Wanna know what we got to do? (besides take grammar lessons...)
Beach trip with friends!
And after about 28 hours playing games, eating junk, frolicking on the sand, riding carts thru Goodwill and experimenting with camera panoramas, they STILL want to hang out with us!
Ya gotta hold on to folks that are ok with your weirdness.
Ya gotta hooooooooooold on! (Alabama Shakes song. -which after hearing it performed on SNL I scampered to iTunes and with a flick of my finger IT WAS MINE. ...Then the cruel reality of tv rules came crashing down with a couple F bombs. FFFFFFLIP FLAP FLEABAG! ...song came off with a sad ffffflick of my finger.)
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Wanna know what else?
The Suz is 6!
Six years old and I still haven't mastered control. She should be old enough to know that I am queen. After all, she understands the royalty of princesses. Queens are just a step up. It's elementary my dear princess. She is a quirk with a bubble tush who enjoys manipulating Brenda into a frenzy and turning on the sugar when she wants chocolate milk. As far as I can tell she is loving kindergarten but alas, she doesn't like to share much. It's her world and her princess nose sticks up when I ask. -Like school is her own special thing and she'll let me know about it as she sees fit. But hey, she's reading, doing math and occasionally talking like a valley girl so business as usual, right? I have found that if I pretend to think ridiculous things go on at school (shark-riding, pants-eating, butterfly-kissing) she'll pity me and give me the real skinny on school.
...I'm awesome.
Speaking of me, I got myself an early bday present.
A hair straightener.
And while you're composing yourself, check this out-
I'm not vain like the rest of the selfie-ers out there and I show it by doing a non-duck face, but still a silly face that makes it seem like I don't care when really I'm thinking, 'hey, I look good- look at me look at me!' but you wouldn't know that by my face, right? THIS is the face of a cool chick who doesn't care ...but really does and wants compliments. But not really. I'm too mature, as this picture clearly shows...
ummmmmm...
It's late and Darcy got me hooked on the show Blacklist. I'll have to squeeze in an episode before responsibly going to bed at 1:30 am. Being the excellent friend that I am, I should send her frantic, plot-twist texts just to keep her up with me.
Friday, December 19, 2014
favorites
The truth is that parents DO have a favorite child. Yes they do. And how it works is that the favorite child changes throughout the day. Last night, from 7 pm to 8 pm, my favorite child HANDS DOWN was Brenda. Garret came in second by sitting so still and quietly for that hour, only to start having a fit the moment the hour was up. Perfect timing Garret! You get second place. Suzie, by default, was third. Not that she was bad, but I can blame some blurry pictures on her insistence of sitting on my lap. (She made up for it later with some adorable made-up jokes about elephants in her nose...)
7 pm was the grade school Christmas program. (Well, it was called the Winter program but we be all about Christmas on this blog.) Weeks ago, my daughter threw in her hat for the part of the train conductor in The Polar Express (aka Tom Hanks, in the movie) and was voted in by her peers.
MY DAUGHTER WAS TOM HANKS.
Her handful of lines were delivered confidently, completely memorized and with the passion of a Brenda. Which, as everyone knows, should be a thing. ...the passion of a Brenda. Like, when someone accepts an Oscar award, or sings the national anthem, or keys an ex's car ...with the passion of a Brenda.
I could have jumped from my seat and shouted SHE'S MINE! but I decided to save that arrogance for the blog. Plus, it would have been a shame to detract from her climactic moment of exclaiming-
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
And after all that, I got to hold her hand and walk her out of the building. It felt like being escorted by Elvis. ...I imagine.
'Cause my favorite Brenda is a STAR.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
passages
The ever-evasive Garret managed to skip all of Halloween's fussiness and go right to the candy. (Mostly with the sleeping skill of a teenager.) So it was up to the little ladies to keep traditions alive.
Yes, I know it's mid-November. You're the one still reading...
Traditions are a right of passage. As in, we can't move on to ________ without doing ________.
We wouldn't dream of discussing Thanksgiving/Christmas without completing all the October necessaries. And why would we? They are delightful! ...and necessary.
(As is posting these belated adorable pics. ...See what I mean?)
SO.
(go to blog calendar. check off October.)
Now the house is moldy-pumpkin and all that goes with that FREE!
YAY!
But ...but
...it's the HOLIDAY season! We mustn't be without decor!
It's garbage-bag flowers! ...On my wall!
GARBAGE BAGS!
Pinterest is the bomb.
Bring on November!
Monday, November 3, 2014
The magic of Halloween
I certainly can have my humbug moments but having little kids keeps me young and ...gorgeous. So why is Halloween magical? Because my kids think it is. Doesn't believing something is magical give that something magical powers? Just like Brenda believes the Tooth Fairy forgot her tooth THREE DAYS IN A ROW because of a candy-related record tooth-loss weekend, she also believes that costumes are a serious matter, essential for a most glorious celebration of candy and ridiculousness. How could a street choking with zombies and characters from Frozen not be magical? I even saw people COMBINE the two.
What a holiday, am I right?
Here's the trick- Approach Halloween like a child. NO cruel pranks. NO horrific decorations/movies. NO prostitution-advocating costumes. NO Satanic references of any kind.
There. Let the magic go forth!
P.S. I have to admit that I was CRAZY proud that my girls weren't interested in the Frozen theme. Nothing wrong with the movie or costumes, but there was only 1 other ladybug and NO other race car drivers on that super-crowded downtown street. Uniqueness shows thought and bravery, in my opinion. It's like that penguin poster my little brother had on his wall, oh so many years ago...
Sorry, I guess "being me" could include a Frozen costume, now and then.
...humbug.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
THIRTEEN
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Cake by Darcy. Kid by me.
Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. – By Jack Benny
A man is getting old when he walks around a puddle instead of through it. – By R. C. Ferguson
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. – By Unknown Author
Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life. – By Daniel Francois Esprit Auber
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