http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/ SnarkyGoddessMom Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:05:02 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. People Parenting Family Issues http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/archive/24.html Sat, 29 Jan 2005 02:03:24 GMT I swear I've become more of an idiot since the boys were born! I spend my days quoting Dora The Explorer and Blues Clues. There's no room left in my brain to hold onto an adult-like or intelligent thought. Just no room. I'm actually beginning to fear going out in public. My biggest fear is being at one of hubby's work functions and thoughtlessly signing "Backpack-Backpack." I've noticed many of my jokes have become centered around these children's shows as well. Luckily my husband 'gets it' but I fear many normal adults out in the world would find me out to be a lunatic. It's just... (more) http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/comments?id=24 http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/archive/23.html Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:51:00 GMT I've been watching this show and Nanny 911 in utter amazement. Can it be true? Can these nannies come to my home and help me get control of my monkey boys? I find it hard to believe, but they make it look so real. It appears that within 1-2 weeks, a magic transformation happens within the household. Children well behaved saying "please" and "thank you" Fewer, if any temper tantrums Mommy looks like she's had 2-3 glasses of wine, without opening a bottle! Marriage intact and real communication I'm a disbeliever, only because if it's true, I'm doing something horribly wrong... (more) http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/comments?id=23 http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/archive/22.html Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:22:13 GMT It's been a frantic morning, woke up late, couldn't find my wallet, but managed to get the boys fed, changed, dressed, packed, me dressed and out the door in 30 minutes. Truly a new record was established today! E stayed with a girlfriend and L and I drove up to Stockton for the assessment. They did a lot of play activities with him and he really turned on the charm and said a new sentence and everything! His case worker was just amazed at the change in the last 3 months. He's gone from saying under 10 words to close to 50 with a few 2-3 word sentences. Socially he is engaged and not... (more) http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/comments?id=22 http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/archive/21.html Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:39:57 GMT Today I when I arrive to pick up L&E, one of the teachers asked me if the boys where picky eaters. I really didn't have a response to it but managed to ask : "Why?" teacher: Well they didn't eat a thing at snack time. me: What did you have for snack? teacher: Rice with gravy and green beans. I had to pause before responding because I threw up a little in my mouth. I choked it down and said: "yeah, I don't think they'd be interested in that, they are more into finger foods." In my head I'm thinking: what the fuck kind of snack is that? Picky eaters? No, they just actually have a more... (more) http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/comments?id=21 http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/archive/20.html Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:15:21 GMT We all survived. I don't think the boys cried at all. I cried just a little bit. Once I got over the crying, I was amazed at how quickly 4 hours flew by! I picked them up at around noon. One of the teachers gave me a run down of their day. She said: "they didn't really participate in 'circle time' and just sort of ran around the room." This of course didn't surprise me too much, as we usually don't have 'circle time' at home. Hell that's what you're supposed to teach them at $168 a week for 8 hours! Hopefully they start to enjoy all the activities soon and aren't too disruptive to... (more) http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/comments?id=20 http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/archive/19.html Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:14:32 GMT The conference was fascinating, just the right mix of people. There were the hard core, vegan, dread-lock wearing, deodorant hating, yoga fanatics. On the opposite side of the chakra rainbow was the made up, Ugg wearing, big jewelry (toe ring and anklets included) more money than god yoginis. I of course fell right in the middle, boring old "average" me. Didn't wear make-up or flashy jewelry, but I do love my Uggs and worship deodorant. My limited budget did have me balking at the high priced concession stands. I missed my first class with Rodney Yee due to being very sick. I really... (more) http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/comments?id=19 http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/archive/18.html Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:10:30 GMT I had been looking forward to this escape in the city for many months. Suddenly not so excited. Feeling crappy. Boys start pre-school next week. Things are a mess at home. I'm definately going to pace myself in terms of the classes I signed up for but I now believe my main focus to be: room service a good book and giving myself a pedicure. This will the most expensive pedicure in all of history. http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/comments?id=18 http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/archive/17.html Sun, 09 Jan 2005 21:39:32 GMT So the surgeon removed my mom's appendix and some of her intestines due to a really bad infection. No one knows much in terms of details as to what/why, etc... Lots of questions at the moment and we probably wont get many answers till next week. Hopefully when all is said and done she recovers quickly and can get on with her life. Right now I'm just feeling kind of trapped and useless up here. Not a lot you can accomplish by telephone/long distance and that is really frustrating. http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/comments?id=17 http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/archive/16.html Sat, 08 Jan 2005 04:58:30 GMT So my mom's been in the hospital for 5 days with intense pain and an elevated white blood cell count. They ran many tests and couldn't find an answer as to what was going on with her and told her they were going to do "exploritory" surgery and go ahead and re-attach her colon while they were in there. They told her this a few days ago. The jackass surgeon would basically come in at around 6:30am occasionally and tell my mom she was doing great and didn't understand why she was so upset. Gee asshole maybe it's because she's in horrible pain, so horrible she couldn't keep food down and... (more) http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/comments?id=16 http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/archive/15.html Tue, 04 Jan 2005 07:39:42 GMT Well the good news is I lost 4 pounds in 24 hours!!! Yeah me! You might be asking yourself: "Hey what's her secret?" "What is this miracle diet??!" It's called the fucking flu!! And oh my goddess did it suck big time! Hubby got it first on New Years Eve. Poor guy was up all night and I felt really bad for him. Unfortunately I was up all night too, trying to block out the sound! At around 4am I rolled into the spare bedroom to try and get a little shut eye before the boys got up at 7am. Well I got maybe an hour or so of sleep in when E woke up puking. Poor guy, brought him into the... (more) http://snarkygoddessmom.blogdrive.com/comments?id=15