Ultranormal

Category: Jen

  • You know what?

    I have got to stop feeling guilty about going out to lunch.

  • These are a few of my favorite things

    • Amazon’s Unbox. No more cheating! Yay.
    • The bathroom in the lower level.
    • My new \$4 purse.
    • Target.
    • My super fuzzy winter blanket.
    • My brown and white polka dotted ballet flats.
    • Stealing Kevin’s hoodies.\
      What are some of your favorite things?

  • Snow Morning, yay!

    As a parent, I really dislike snow days, unless it is due to a huge snowstorm when even Kevin can’t get to work. But snow mornings? Snow mornings I love!! Snow mornings are when schools open two hours late. It means that even though Brian woke me up really early, I could crash on the couch after I got him some cereal and found a cartoon for him to watch. He mostly left me alone but would come poke me every half hour or hour to get him something more to eat or drink. Also, Max got to sleep in an extra two hours. Lately he has been naturally waking up after 8. School days, though, I have to get him up at 6:30 and then the three of us scurry around the house frantically. But snow mornings are super relaxed and leisurely. Yay for snow mornings!

  • Snow!

    The kids and I spent almost two hours outside playing in the snow after Max came home from school. Building a snowman is surprisingly difficult. Then we came inside for hot chocolate and feety pajamas. YAY!*\
    *This is totally the sanitized version. The real version is that Max clomped around the house yelling for me after getting home. He woke both Brian and me up from a lovely nap. I scurried to get Max into his snow clothes. Brian flopped around crying because he was upset at being disturbed. Then he cried about wanting to go outside to play with Max. While I gathered Brian’s snow clothes and dressed him, he continued to cry. Lovely. I couldn’t get Brian’s snow gloves on properly, so we settled for a knit pair. Then I dressed myself. Off we went! I couldn’t find the camera, so no pictures. There were lots of other kids outside already. Max and the older kids snowboarded a little. Brian apparently sweet talked an older girl into sledding with him. They went up and down over a million times and Brian didn’t have to do any of the hard work! It was really cute to see. I plopped down and was instructed by Daisy, the cute neighbor girl, to build the head of a snowman. But! But I kept crushing the head. After awhile, Daisy’s mom came out and we chatted. OMG adult time! Best part of my day. Brian soldiered on with only his knit gloves for quite awhile, but eventually his little frozen fingers became too painful. I shoved the snow gloves on and we both pretended they fit ok. The kids played for awhile more. When I finally told them to go inside, they pouted. I sent them in first so that I could shovel our sidewalk. When I got inside, the kids were complaining about being stuck in their snow clothes. Brian started to scream and wanted all of his clothes off. Neither kid wanted their new pajamas on. When I dared to pause taking care of them to get my own snow clothes off, they demanded hot chocolate. After taking a drink, Brian immediately dissed it and wanted “real chocolate milk” instead. While stirring and whipping the hot chocolate, both kids started begging for dinner. Forty-five minutes later everybody is finally quiet and content.

  • the closest I get to a sick day

    Hi, you’ve reached the brain of Jennifer. It’s not in right now. Please leave a message and it may get back to you later. If this is an emergency, close this page and contact someone else who can help you. Thank you.\
    I am super tired, don’t have to go anywhere or do anything, and have the house to myself (well, Brian is here too) after weeks of constant commotion, so I am taking the day off.

  • All hail the construction guys!!

    My master bathroom is finished! The ceiling and walls were repaired and then they were lovingly painted in a brownish neutral. It looks really good. Much better than we could have done. YAY for professionals!\
    After I showed my bathroom to Brian, he exclaimed, “Let’s go see my bathroom,” and ran off. But, erm… Kevin decided that we didn’t need the kids’ bathroom painted. Currently, it has some splotches on the wall from when Max’s room was originally painted blue, the counter is littered with paper cups from last night’s drinking needs, and the rug has toothpaste gunk on it because I refuse to wash it more than once a week. In short, the kids’ bathroom is not fabulous. He said, “The walls are CRAP!” I was shocked, “What?” He repeated, “The walls are crap! They’re ugly. We need the construction guys to come fix it.” Haha, no. Sorry, kid. Mommy and Daddy are about ready to tear their hair out at the thought of even one more day of strangers in the house; no way are we adding to the list.

  • My folks

    Yesterday was my parents’ 35th anniversary. Woot. Let’s hear it for my parents! In this day and age, 35 years is almost miraculous. When I was in high school, my parents were one of the few couples still together. Twenty years later and they are still going strong. I hope that Kevin and I are lucky enough to end up like them. We have the same attitude as my parents about money and general decision-making, so I bet the odds are in our favor. :)\
    Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad. I love and miss you.\
    ETA- Now with more better grammar and punctuation.

  • No more whining

    My husband is home, yay!\
    The office now has closet doors (that match! Way to go above and beyond, contractor!) and it’s time to pick a paint color, yay!\
    I FINALLY saw some awesome tv tonight, yay!\
    Potty-training hasn’t been nearly as horrible as I remember, yay!\
    It’s Friday, yay!

  • Whiny me.

    I am ready to have my husband back.\
    I am ready to have strangers out of my house.\
    I am ready to have Brian sleep past 4:30 in the morning.\
    I am ready to have Max not be sick.

  • Construction Day One

    Today wasn’t all that bad. The guys showed up about 9:30 and stayed until after 5. They framed the half of the office and bathroom that needed it. Sadly, this will take about 9 inches away from the office since one wall was only a concrete slab. Pout. I love me some square footage. We can hear banging and sawing but it isn’t ridiculously loud or annoying. The kids and I are staying on the main floor but when we need something from down there, I don’t hesitate to get it. I might even do some laundry tomorrow, woot. Brian wasn’t happy not getting to watch tv down there, but he survived. Around 11:30 this morning, I crashed on the living room couch after reading to the kids for awhile. I remember thinking then that I wish this were over already. But once I was fully awake again it wasn’t so bad.\
    Only 14 more days to go, (she says optimistically).