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Month: December 2006

Buzz, Buzz

Published by dee on December 14, 2006

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After a couple of weeks of trying to tame the bed head hair every morning, I decided to take matters into my own hands and give Zach a haircut.  Cutting hair is something I enjoy doing and at one time (many, many, years ago) thought I would do professionally.  These days I just keep up with my boys and help friends and family out with an occasional trim.

So, back to Zach.  I went out yesterday and bought some kid-friendly clippers for his first home hair cut.  I figured I would use the clippers around the bottom and sides but use scissors on top so it didn’t get too short.  I sat Zach in his booster chair in front of the tv and turned on The Upside Down Show so he would sit still.  It didn’t take long for me to decide just to cut everything off with the clippers.  I couldn’t believe how much hair he had up top when I started cutting!

He was very good and didn’t even fuss or wiggle much until the very end.  His hair is a little shorter than I originally intended, but I think it looks pretty good.  It will definitely be much easier to take care of now.  As much as I love his curls and would love to see it grown out a little, it is just too much work and not worth the fighting that ensues when I try to comb it.  Besides, I’m guessing it will be grown out in a couple of weeks anyway.

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B-O-O-T-S!

Published by dee on December 13, 2006

boots.jpgGuess what I did today?  I ordered these fancy shmancy boots that you see over there to the left.  I’m so excited I could burst!  I finally found a pair of boots that will fit around my large calves and look good too.  I had to order them online because it seems all of the stores that sell them around here are out of either the size or color I wanted.  Plus, I had to have them shipped to my friend’s house in Oregon so that I can have them to wear this weekend.  If they don’t fit I’m going to be so pissed!  I paid way more than I wanted to for them so they better be absolutely perfect.  If not I’ll have to send them back and then I’ll cry.

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Crunch Time

Published by dee on December 12, 2006

This time of year really gets me going…and not in a good way.  The stress of Christmas always gets to me and this year it seems to be worse than ever.  A lot of the stress is coming from the fact that I leave Friday for a 4-day weekend out of town.  Not only is it the last good shopping weekend before Christmas (you won’t see me out shopping on the 23rd and 24th!) but I’m leaving my precious, sweet, little child for 4 days.  I was ok with it until yesterday, when I started getting teary-eyed every time I thought about it.  So, in my ordinary avoidance fashion I’m just trying not to think about it.  Apparently it isn’t working so well because the tears are welling up again.  So, on to other things.

I’ve been running errands like a mad woman during my lunch breaks this week.  I have so many Christmas gifts to buy still and I’m running out of time to order them online.  So, I’m doing what I can in the short hour I get for lunch and grabbing whatever fast food is nearest the store I need to go to.  Yesterday that meant McDonald’s.  Today it was Taco Bell.  Those are great for the diet which (obviously) isn’t going so well these days.  I also caved and picked up a new pair of jeans (a size bigger) so that I won’t be sporting a muffin top when I hang out with my BFF this weekend.  That almost brought tears too.

Besides the gifts I have yet to buy and the ones I need to get shipped before I leave, I also decided it would be fun to make some of the gifts this year.  I got a new sewing machine a while back and I’ve been having a lot of fun making things out of fleece lately.  So, I decided to make two of my nephews fleece blanket and pillow sets for Christmas.  I just didn’t realize that I was going to be so crunched for time.  I spent the majority of the night lastnight hidden away in the guitar/sewing/spare room working on those.  I actually finished both blankets and one pillow before finally making myself go to bed at 11:30.  Hopefully tonight I’ll get the second pillow finished and get my Christmas cards ready to mail out.

At some point I suppose I should also get to wrapping some gifts.  It might help if I checked to see if I even have any wrapping paper too.  I think I have some left over from last year but it might not be enough.

At least one holiday stressor seems to have been lifted.  My in-laws told us that they were going to be coming up for Christmas which was really stressing me out.  Besides the fact that I have no idea when I would get my house cleaned, I wasn’t really up for rearranging the plans that I had already made for Christmas and Christmas Eve.  I enjoy being around family on the holidays, but we already had plans made to be with my family and adding even more people just seemed a little chaotic to me.  Lastnight my mother-in-law told me that they didn’t think they would make it because it would be cutting too close to the trip to Hawaii (where we will all be together anyway).  I know Hubby was looking forward to them coming, and I’m sure Zach would have enjoyed it too but this will just make things a little more simple on Christmas morning which is how I wanted it to be.

To top it all off, Hubby and I got into a big argument lastnight over something totally stupid.  I’m still steaming over it today even though I know I should just let it go.  I feel really bad because I know that if I wasn’t already stressed about other things it probably would have just rolled off of me and the whole argument never would have happened.  The worst part of it was that we argued in front of Zach and it wasn’t at all constructive.  I always said I would never do that and this certainly isn’t the first time it has happened.  I feel really bad about the whole thing, but of course I still feel like I was right.  Isn’t that just the way it goes?

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Going Out on a Limb

Published by dee on December 11, 2006

I’ve written this entry about ten times now and it just doesn’t seem to come out the way I want it to.  Basically, I want to tell you all to please come visit my new blog.  I have accepted a blogging position over at the new blog network 451press.com.  The new blog is called Tot TV Watch and I’ll be writing about children’s TV shows.  Please come visit and leave me some love.  I know it’s not the most interesting topic for some of you but I could really use your support.  The site is covered in ads, but that’s how I get paid so I hope they aren’t too bothersome.  Feel free to click on as many as you would like.

The scary part about all of this is that I’m using my real name and leaving my anonymity behind.  I would like to make one little request though.  Please don’t mention Voices In My Mind if you leave a comment over there, okay?  I’m going to share the new site with my family and would prefer that they stay over there and don’t end up here.

And, if you are so inclined, feel free to check out some of the other blogs over at 451press.  I’ve already “met” some really nice people over there.

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A Few of My Favorite Things

Published by dee on December 8, 2006

Copying from Frema because I apparently can’t find my originality today.  If you see it anywhere will you let me know?

Here’s a list of some of my favorite material possessions (in no particular order):

  1. My new Love Spell lotion from Victoria’s Secret.  I was at the mall doing some Christmas shopping yesterday and stopped in Victoria’s Secret to pick up something for my sister-in-law.  I was going to get her some smell good stuff (because I’m a sucky gift giver and couldn’t think of anything else) and was pleasantly surprised to find that all of their lotions and body stuff was 6 for $30.  Since I only needed to buy three items for her, I picked up another three for myself and I smell awesome today!  It’s too bad the internet isn’t scratch ‘n’ sniff because I would love to share it with you.
  2. My Pearl Jam cd collection.  My life would never be the same without Pearl Jam.  While I can’t claim to own all of their bootlegs, I do own all of the studio releases and several live albums, as well as many, many, digital downloads.  I have more cds than I know what to do with but the Pearl Jam albums are by far the most prized possessions of the collection.
  3. My old ratty gray Old Navy sweatshirt.  I have literally worn this thing out.  I bought it about five years ago on sale and it has been my sweatshirt of choice ever since then.  I remember yelling at my nephew because he caused me to spill some Papa John’s butter garlic dip on it just a couple of weeks after I got it.  Everyone thought I was overreacting, but they didn’t understand the love that I already had for that shirt.  It is the absolute most comfortable thing I own.  It is so worn out that I try not to wear it out in public much anymore but I have a feeling I’ll still be wearing it until the last thread breaks.
  4. My laptop.  I love my laptop.  Seriously, I would marry it if I could.  Having a laptop computer has allowed me to explore my creativity much more than I ever would have if I had to sit at the desktop.  I love the freedom to roam around the house, sit where I’m comfortable, and just be able to play.  Whether I’m working on a web site design, editing pictures, or blogging, it is a creative outlet that I may not have ever experienced otherwise.  Plus, I can read blogs while I watch TV.
  5. My mp3 player.  It was a surprise birthday gift from Hubby last year and I love it.  I don’t use it quite as often as I thought I would but I love having it when I travel.  It is great to have a big chunk of my cd collection right there in the palm of my hand instead of having to carry around a big case full of cd’s.  It also comes in handy when I need something peppy to help me clean the house.  I have a few complaints about that particular model (mainly the lack of a shuffle feature and the fact that I have to use Napster to create and transfer play lists) but for the money it was a great buy.  Plus, it was probably the most thoughtful gift Hubby has ever gotten me.

There’s my list.  I could probably come up with more, but for the sake of time I’ll stop there for now.  What are a few of your favorite things?

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