I wanna hold your hand...

So, the bed is assembled and I'm very surprised by the quality and how sturdy it is. We bought this particular one because it's low to the ground so if there is tomfoolery (Dan's word) the collateral damage might be less. If I had to do it over I would have switched a couple of the boards around so that the white side was on the side most evident, but maybe I'll get around to that some other time. The giant canopy ruins the look of the room, but it's super cool to sleep with at night. With just their little nightlight in the room, the white dots look like stars.

I get Julia all tucked in last night and she's obviously a bit uncomfortable. I can't figure out why. Anna comes in from her bath and gets dressed in her pjs and then is all tucked in on the bottom bunk. Anna is uncomfortable.

After about 10 minutes it becomes evident they don't like this set up. Anna finally whispers, "momma, I don't like this, I can't see Julia" Julia replies with, "Mom, I'm kind of lonely up here."

They ended up sleeping together on the bottom bunk.

I had a cry.

IKEA, SCHMIKEA

OH how I love IKEA. This was NOT that trip though. By the time we left I had sworn more times than the previous 10 years prior to that afternoon. I can sum up our trip in 3 words (well, with a contraction)

Em didn't nap.

Julia was the only one who qualified to go into Smaland. Damnit.

We have all recovered, and the warm fuzzy IKEA feelings are coming back. I will say though, the Staughton, MA store is a wreck in the self service area. We spent an HOUR looking for a stupid mattress. Well, a choice of 5 mattresses. Not one of them was where they were supposed to be. Not just sold out, but other things were in their place. Those Aisle/Bin tags were worthless. We ended up finding a mattress on our way out, they had moved
one of them into the center display. I said one or two curse words at that point. Then all was forgotten when we saw the receipt and then it all fit into the van like a glove, thanks to my research and prior measuring. Nice.

Then, we had the brilliant idea of heading to the mall in Natick. They have a PF Changs, isn't that worth it? And a Bare Escentuals. We ended up spending WAY too much time in Natick. I did get to go to the Container Store and bought a few containers. DUH! Then, I needed to get to the F portion of the mall. we took a long time finding the entrance I needed since Dan and I were not at our communicating best. Dan was pulling the whole, "I think I know where I need to go so I will not listen to you who is not driving and is actually able to read the signs and may know where we are going, and oh yeah you have a map of the mall, but that means nothing and oooops I went the wrong way again." I was just pissy. It was good times folks. Then we finally made it inside (seriously, after 30 minutes of driving around the outside). The mall was very cool, very, ummm swanky, with a lot of stores I would like to shop in if I had a bazillion dollars and a lot of stores I wouldn't shop in even if I had a bazillion dollars. We ended up not going to PF Changs since we didn't think the girls would hold up long enough. We then spent too long trying to figure out what to have for dinner. Dan had California Pizza Kitchen and the girls and I had Cheesecake Factory. We ate in the car. It worked out swell. The girls watched Bug's Life and I kept my sanity and we ate great food. Then we drove around forever looking for the bank so we could get cash to pay for tolls since they don't like debit cards much. Then we drove around some more. Then we got on the toll road.

Then we drove home with 3 girls sleeping in the back.

Today is assembly day.

Like I do

So, Jericho is over. I guess I'll have to find my Skeet Ulrich fix somewhere's else. Boo.

Did I mention I did our Fed t*axes? Well, I did. Now I just have to pay to the lovely state of Maine. We owe them. Surprise.

I'm cooking up a storm lately. Making dinner at home everynight with a menu is so much easier than my old manner of whipping something up. The only problem I'm running into is because I know what we're having for dinner, I start thinking about it early in the day. All day long I think about it. Weird.

Winter is fleeing. I know in my heart of hearts that there is more snow on the way, but I can smell Spring coming. I am just about to reach the point where I'm done with this white stuff. I know in November I'll be itching for it again! Pretty soon when I look out my office window I'll see bright green everywhere, and my view of the blue sky will be blocked. Can't wait.

We're going to IKEA this weekend. Oh how I love IKEA. As I've mentioned before, I'm not a fan of all their styles, but I have been able to find things I love there. The girls love the play area, and we're all big fans of the cafeteria. Weird. I know. I'm ok with your judgement. We might buy a new shower curtain. *gasp* big spenders I know. A cabinet for in my office, dressers and maybe some new chair covers for the girls Mammut seats. We'll see. I know I've talked about this before, but come on. It's big excitement for me. We're leaving the state for goodness sakes. We'll go to TWO other states. Seriously. Excitement. We might even go to the outlets in NH. Shut up. I know. We're awesome. Fear me.

Oh, did I mention hockey? The girls loved them some hockey. I used to be quite a fan. In fact I spent the night of my 21st birthday out with two of my girlfriends having drinks and then watching a movie *yawn*, and then hurried to my old apartment to watch the Red Wings game with my new tenants. Oh. and drink some beers. Legally.

Speaking of turning 21. Do you know who got me super drunk in honor of my 21st? My in-laws. Dan was away at Camp Lejeune for the Marines and the night after my birthday they wanted to take me out for dinner. (Awkward moment at dinner, one of my ex boyfriends mother came up to me to tell me how much she missed me, and how much my ex loved me. She about died when I introduced her to Dan's parents. She thought they were mine. OOPS). She bought me a drink though. We went to dinner, and then out to get drinks. They ordered me drink after drink after drink. I kid you not, that some of the drinks were glowing. At least I think they were. We went to three different bars, and I was D R U N K. Shitty even. It should come as no surprise that my Mother-in-law is also who got me drunk at our after wedding reception, reception on the beach. Tequila. It will do it everytime.

This little free flow has gone in unexpected places. drunken places. I like that.

Unfortunately my current situation has imposed itself upon me, and would like to take a nap. My presence is requested. She would like some "nee nee". YesImstillbreastfeedingbutyoubetterwatchyourmouththankyouvery muchbecauseIamverysensititveaboutbeingjudgedinthismannersince IneverthoughtIdbenursinga2yearoldlittlegirldidIhearyoujustcluckyour
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goaway.

The last role of psycho demon mother was played by MOI. The Het.

*bow*