Satisfaction for me today is…

-watching my incredibly determined 3yo picking up a mess she made by herself, without a giant fuss.

-coaxing my 20mo to eat a minty smoothie, a piece of nori, a few carrots, 10 raisins, a glob of peanut butter, a slice of kiwi and a big dollop of rice , ALL IN THE SAME DAY. D

-seeing our defunct junk that’s not goodwill-able hauled away. Whoohoo!!!

-Hearing Essie read the words “Cat” “Mat” “Sat” “Bam” and “Bag”. It was pure magic.

-realizing that I couldn’t possibly be happier than I am right at this place in time and space.

-having BOTH children napping at the SAME. TIME. *victory laps around the house*

-Knowing my amazing, rocks-my-face-off-every-day hunk of a best bud is coming home in a couple of hours so we can eat homemade pizza and watch Star Trek together like the shameless nerds we are. P

Nerdy is the new sexy, you know. ;oP

Link on Blackwater, interesting and mostly informative

Good info, if a wee bit tongue in cheek at times. )

http://bestdocumentaries.blogspot.com/2008/06/blackwater-rise-of-worlds-most-powerful.html

Best laid plans of a woman…

It’s been one of those days.

One of those days when an introvert’s deepest feelings insist on dancing on the surface for everybody and their annoying cousin Bertha to see. :OP

One of those days when you carefully prepare yourself a bottle of handpicked dandelion, lavender, mint and nettle tea, only to leave in on the counter when you leave the house.

One of those CD 40 days when you’re trying to decide whether to POAS, and AF doesn’t show up until you’re smack dab in the middle of the Aquarium with two excitable toddlers. And your diva’s in the car.

I want to bury myself in a very factual book and not crawl out for a few days.

On the bright side, I have a very sweet dh who offered to let me browse the used book store on the way home, and I scored a pre/perinatal massage manual (whoot!!) and a (free in the recycling bin!) study on the history of the U.S. school system.

I might just survive monday after all, if I can manage to get myself some Red Raspberry Leaf tea. And a good rice sock.

Ashley out.