Heather

This week, though, I can offer this: The Perfect Suburban Yard. You know it, you’ve seen it – the yard owned by folks who fall more on the form side than the function of things.

It is a green carpet of perfection (even if that means using a rototiller at 9:30 at night in a neighborhood filled with small — and one must assume — sleeping children). And nary a stick may disgrace it’s beauty – oh no! Sticks must be carefully piled into a pyramid of exact proportions, and then said pyramid must be moved to different spots on the mulch beds to keep them from discoloring.

Don’t mind me — I’m just the neighbor who gets to watch all this fun from her mostly green backyard, the one filled with kids and dogs (no poo, though; I’m on Daily Doody Duty) and their playsets and all their toys, the one who listens to the complaints about the view and wonders why you chose to live in a neighborhood filled with children if the evidence of said children troubles your aesthetic sensibilities so.

Whew! I feel better now!

Smiles, all!

But I’ve an almost equally pressing concern–I must stop tearing my fingernails off so close to the flesh. It hurts like hell, looks even worse, and takes forever to grow back.

One more thing to go : friends and family [and I say this with a wink, a nod, and a kiss on the cheek, because I'm pretty sure some of them read this blog ]who, when I admit that my one-year-old has had 2 (count them: 2) bad nap and bedtime days in the last three months, insist that I must let him cry it out. CIO works for lots of people. It doesn’t work for me. It doesn’t work for my baby. And we are getting lots of sleep around here (for heaven’s sake, he sleeps from 7 pm to 7 am, from 9 am to 10:30 am, and from 1 pm to 3 pm every day without a fight!). I think it’s okay for him to have an off day here and there. I have off days, too, like today, when I tore half my fingernail off.

Carolinas last blog post..Come for the Gasoline, Stay for the Burger.

Karis last blog post..Just a Lot of Pics

traceys last blog post..Like a kid in a candy store…

The woman who posted about the Walmart checkout lanes knows my husband– his favorite rant.

CurtissAnns last blog post..Monday Meditation– Birthday Celebration!

Cristan — I am so with you on the clutter. We have libraries, schools, grocery stores, museums, and parks all for a reason. And, I have enough trouble trying to keep the dirt out. Clutter just makes it harder!

Tiffany — I sat down mostly to respond to your p.s. As if the hair (perfect blonde), body (size, 2? and toned!), and teeth (perfect straight and white) were not enough to be suspicious about, now you tell me you don’t have any guilty hobbies. I don’t know why I like you.

P.S. I don’t need books b/c I don’t know how you other moms keep up with everything and choose READING as a hobby or guilty pleasure.

Tiffanys last blog post..First Fight

Good thing: having hubby on your side and admitting to his mom’s scavenger-ish-ness.

Cristans last blog post.."Frisk the Frigidaire, Clean the cupboard bare, Saaandwich, Yum yum yum…"

I’ve also been overly anxious, and I just detest the feeling that I get in my stomach, so I have to do some meditating to get rid of that anxiety because it really has to go.

finally………on a less serious note, the dirt behind and beside the over has to go!!

Memarie Lanes last blog post..Confessions of an Expendable Blogger

1) Friends and Relatives(or complete strangers) who say “wow what a handleful your kids are, you should have had just one it would be less loud and maybe they would listen more” Ok especially if you dont have kids go to h&ll, I mean they might be loud, whiny at times, fighting, and constantly want to play boys, but they are my boys you want to continue being friends or have me stop by on holidays since we are related then back off my kids they arent hurting any one they are having fun isnt that what kids are suppose to do?

2)Family members who think they have a better way of disciplining your kids and then proceeds to do it with out your permission. I still say soap in a 4 yr olds mouth isnt an effective way of getting them to listen.

3) Power companies who have to raise your bill by 15% just cause they need more money. Hello you are the only company we can use so really its not like you need the competion.

Those are my things this week.. Im sure there are more but seems that the Walmart line thing bothers more than just me and the car repairs as well.