Teething

My 5 month old is getting his first tooth...holy crap is he mad about it too. He has been hollering at me for two days now, it has finally poked through so I'm hoping the yelling is almost done but it's not looking promising. I thought for the first couple months he was going to be my laid back baby but whoooo did he ever lull me into a false sense of security. Now he's louder than the other two.

Well now...I

It's finally here, the dawning of a new age. Let's see what he can do with it. I was disappointed about a couple of things but the two biggest were the people chanting at Bush and the litter left behind by the party of environmentalists. I guess I shouldn't be suprised about the litter but I was and disappointed. Actually, three; the price tag for the whole event was a little outrageous, they are whining about how much money we need and then spend 170 mil on a party. I felt bad for all the people with Blue, Purple and Silver tickets that were denied enterance. Hope they can get their money back.

Change?

So I am wondering how many of the people who voted for Obama are upset by the lack of "change" in his picks for his cabinet and staffers. I half expected him to bring in some non Washington personnel who Republicans would decry as having no experience. Most of his picks though, are just your normal Washington people who Clinton used. Do you feel the change will come from the top no matter who is in charge of the other agencies or do you feel hoodwinked into picking someone who called for change and then pulled the rug out from under you.

Happy Belated New Years!

Since we had just gotten back from Florida and had company over New Years here are my, albeit late, New Years Resolutions:

1. LOSE WEIGHT - for the love of god I will do this if it kills me.

2. Make it to book group every month and have read the book 10 out of 12 times!

3. Get Serena to take me on a photo taking day trip into nature, I've caught the picture bug and who better to get me out there?

4. Go to a wine tasting at least once this year.

5. Try a new food every month, starting with Ham this month (technically this isn't a new food but I have hated ham for years and I tried it again since I haven't eaten it since I quit smoking years ago and have found it's not so bad now)

6. Revisit all the major museums with the kids so they can start to develop the love for the arts young.

7. Read a classic every month, starting with O Pioneers in January - yes true it's the book group book, but I read it!

8. Keep a cash and food journal so I can beat myself up over all the money and junk I'm wasting.

I think that's enough to keep my busy...

Back

So after a busy month where I couldn't seem to find a break to get my thoughts together I am now back in the loop. Now more than ever an outlet will be nice to have. My mother in law fainted at home on Monday morning and passed Tuesday night. So all this week I have been getting funeral arrangements together. It's incredibly hard to plan the funeral of the woman who made my husband the man he is, trying to keep her husband from giving up and becoming one of those husbands that dies within months of their wives because they feel they have nothing else to live for, driving between funeral home and church to make decisions, all while keeping my 4 year old from being too sad. I can not image having to do this again let alone multiple times.