hee

Jude took the attachment off the vacuum and is wandering around "vacuuming" the bedroom ;). He's SO cute!

I am just so in love with my kids :). They are so much fun! The girls had team gymnastics pics on Monday and we did their hair all cute. I got to have my pic taken with them too b/c I work there. I can't wait to get them back!

More Uhoh

Jude keeps putting things in my trash can and then saying "Uh OH!" Hmmm, that's a habit that has to stop. He also likes to throw things down the stairs from over the baby gate.

He also loves to dance. As soon as a song comes on that he likes, his little head starts to bob and he starts stomping around and singing.

He is SO much fun!

uhoh

Jude can say, "Uh OH!" now! It's unbearably cute. He's been saying, "Uh, Uh!" for a long time, and finally got the OHHHH. He's said it about 500 times today and I still think it's adorable.

Oh and I found Sudoku online. I'm sooo in trouble. I've been hooked on the books for awhile. I'll never get offline now.

Cross your fingers

I've stepped up my job search, because we're really really broke and Tom's work has slowed down significantly with the weather. Plus, the reality is that I can make more than him if I work full time.

I've had two headhunter calls this week. I am supposed to get an interview for a very good telecommuting job that pays very well and is local. Cross your fingers!

Woot!

I got tickets to see Dar Williams on November 10th! Catherine's birthday...Karen, you should come up and we'll celebrate her birthday together at a bar ;)

Meme stuff

Google in quotes "[your name] needs":


Kelly needs a 12 year old to pee on! (Yikes, taken out of context, that's pretty scary )
KELLY NEEDS HER BROTHER BACKSTAGE
Kelly Needs Modesty
Kelly needs some competition in this one
Kelly needs patience right now.
Kelly needs to go to London.
Kelly needs to go the distance at Augusta
Kelly needs to be part of a loving, committed "marriage.
Kelly needs a helping hand
Kelly Needs Friction Massage
Kelly needs to get through the quarters to win it.
Kelly needs your help!
Kelly needs all the expert help she can get in reversing recent erosions
Kelly needs to explain why they are failing .
Kelly needs at least to finish in an eight-way tie for 10th to make up the
difference
Kelly needs no introduction
Kelly needs to draw up
plans for retraining dinner ladies and re-equipping kitchens fast

Dad

I talked to my dad this morning. He was good! I really think that the structure there at the nursing home is sooo good for him. He is much clearer on the phone and seems to be remembering better. He never remembers Tom's name though ;)

Of course, he called David Mike the whole time we were married, so at least he's not calling him by the wrong name!

Jude is cracking up in the bathroom, just laughing and laughing. Emma's in the bath, so she must be doing something crazy to him!

Damn

Mom just called. The ambulance is on its way again. All she could tell me was that she feels sooo weak and that she is nauseous and has had pain in her left arm all night.

I hate to be cynical but we has this very long discussion yesterday about her needing to plan for assisted living and that I would be happy to research options here if she feels the need to be near family. Of course, she feels I should re-uproot my family and move back to where she is (where she has NO ties anymore). Duh. I don't think so. I am sure she is sick, but I can't help seeing this as another plea for attention. Especially since the PT people told her on Tuesday that she had weakness on her left side.

Anyway, I'll know more later. Should I go home or not? Can't decide. I hate this.

Love

I actually had a *wonderful* night's sleep last night for the first time in ages. When I woke up, Tom was gone to work, but there was a hot cup of coffee and a note:

"This was hot @ 8:34. Do you know?"

Of course I know :). I love you too, wonderful husband.

My how the time does fly

I've been posting over on my homeschooling blog more frequently, to try to keep up with all the child antics, but that doesn't leave me a lot of time to post here or at LJ.

Jude seems to be improving his screaming phase. He really really needs to get some words, but he's happier than he was for the last couple of weeks at least. His newest thing is to grab my hand and shove it in the direction he wants me to take him or toward whatever thing he wants to hold. It's cute.

Tom has been out of work for a few days which is bad for finances. I've got a whopping utility bill to pay so hopefully the money he is owed for the last work he did will come today. He got a job with a rental agency but they're not paying much. After taxes it's about half what he makes on his own and he's depressed about that, but it's something at least. I really want to spend some time helping him get the flooring business up and running. Does anyone have a good link or skill at making business cards?

The kids are good. I'm trying to plan another rock climbing class (don't ask me why, because it's not like we don't have enough to do), but they love it.

Right now our schedule is:

Monday, gymnastics 6:30 to 8:30
Tuesdsy, waldorf from 1 to 5
Wednesday, homeschool camp from 9 to 2, gymnastics 4:30-8:30
Thursday, nothing (but I work in the evening)
Friday, gymnastics 4:30-6:30
Saturday, gymnastics 9-12:30

We're also doing a psuedo 4H group every other Friday (David has the girls on Fridays, so sometimes I go and sometimes I don't). Emma is starting a girls writing group next week that is every other Thursday through December. She also is a mother's helper for 2 families for about 4-5 hours a week.

We also try to squeeze in a playdate with the girls' best friends once a week. That's stayed pretty consistent thank goodness.

I'm sticking pretty well with our schedule as well. I've been committed to doing chores (all of us have chores) and personal hygiene stuff from 9 to 11 and then doing homeschooling activities for at least 2 hours after that. We've stuck to that for a month and it's making our days much more organized and manageable. Plus I don't feel like I'm trying to sneak in cleaning and laundry all the time. Whatever I get done, I get done. Otherwise I have to focus on the kids. It's making me much more organized!

This weekend we're visiting our friend Bernie in Naples. I can't wait. I need my woods fix.

Tom and I had a lovely weekend too. The girls were with David, so we went to the Public Market Saturday morning and got fresh produce and meat. It was so much fun! I can't believe I haven't been there before. One of the great things about being in a city!

Then we did nothing the rest of the day ;). Then we went to a party Saturday night and I wore my new sexy top and new boots and David babysat Jude. It went great! We were only about a block away, and he had the girls as well so everyone had fun. It is a little strange, I grant you that, but I'd rather have Jude with someone he adores than give in to my sense of weirdness and have him stay with someone he doesn't like as much.

Sunday we went to the LCG picnic and then came home and did yard work and such. FINALLY got the damn pool cleaned up and put away. It still has an air leak on the top. We've tried everything we can think of to find it, does anyone have better suggestions than putting soap on it and looking for air bubbles?

OK, enough rambling...Jude needs bkfast!