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I skipped my regular gym & shopping Monday because it was Mayhem’s birthday & on your birthday you get to call the shots (within reason). He wanted to stay home & play Lego Star Wars and we agreed to do the gym & shopping thing Tuesday when we normally stay home. Then it snowed and we had snow days Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. Friday DH calls from the doctors office to say he has walking pneumonia & has been contagious at least 24 hours and will be for at least 24-48 more. While waiting for his prescription to be filled he went next door to the AT&T store and picked me up a new phone to replace my broken one I finally fled the house today in search of gear for my new phone. None of my ringtones & wallpaper transferred from the old phone (neither did any of the contacts. I love new things, but new things can be a real pain). My new phone isn’t a regular USB plug and I didn’t have a card reader on my laptop, plus the only memory card I had that ...

Day 3 of icy road conditions cancelling school. Sorry if I haven’t visited the forums or the galleries or blogs or dropped cards on anyone. These kids being home is throwing off the rhythm of my days. And the ice is playing merry hell with my internet signal. But it is warming up today, the ice is melting & hopefully there will be school tomorrow and I can get back to my routine. I like the occasional snow day. I like a surprise day set apart from the routine. I’m just not so keen on 3 in row. As a kid it is great. As a parent, not so much. I’m so over being in this house. We’re headed to a local consignment shop & to Wal Mart to get some groceries, get Havoc’s glasses fixed (3 whole months without needing them fixed! A record!) and some new pants for Havoc since Mayhem is outgrowing his. Then I think we’ll find some fast food with indoor kiddie hamster tubes and let the boys run around while I read a book and very very slowly eat some fries or a salad.

Day 2 of schools canceled due to weather.  Hour 18 of Wii Lego Star Wars.

And it's actually sticking this time! The canceled school due to the icy road conditions & given that the snow we have falling now is supposed to turn to icy rain overnight, I'm guessing there will be no school tomorrow either. Apparently they started plowing around 3am.  This is our road at 10am 7 hours of plowing later and they haven't even reached our road yet. I'm hoping they at least salt it before the freezing rain starts or DH may have a challenge getting up the hill & into our driveway when he comes in from work.  Havoc has already been out in it. 'shoveling a path for the cats to get to their food' he says and sled ridding

I could have sworn I just went into labor with Mayhem, but the photographic evidence suggests otherwise. Jan 26, 2004 Jan 26, 2005    Jan 26, 2006 Jan 26, 2007 Jan 26, 2008 Jan 26, 2009 Happy Birthday Little Man!   

The week started out with Mayhem getting a hair cut Then we found Greenie, who was reported missing back in October & has been the source of much random anxiety on Mayhem's part It was snack time at dino day care Mayhem is considering doing his own 365 Project For more Weekly Winners visit Lotus at Sarcastic Mom . Thank you for stopping by!

I got a speeding ticket last month. I was doing 19 over the limit in a zone that changes speed 3 times, 2 while going down hill. Not that that is an excuse. I drive that road often enough that I know the limit goes down halfway down the hill. I drive often enough with children having hysterics that their lollipop fell on the floor, that it shouldn't distract me from slowing down on the hill. But sometimes events overtake us and we find ourselves noticing a police car off to the side ahead of us, instinctively look down at the speedometer, hit the brakes just seconds too late and  SHIT! those blue lights are for us. This is hardly my first speeding ticket. I'm not trying out for NASCAR or anything but every 3 years, give or take, I get a ticket. Usually for for going too fast in a 35 or 45 zone because I fail to notice the limit changed. Since nearly all my tickets occur around where I live, this is solely due to failure to pay attention on my part and in nearly every case I w...