Overreacting. Twice.

My baby is 5. My baby is 5. My baby is 5.

I'm just going to keep saying that until I can come to terms with it. In the meantime, I need to direct my hovering mothering skills elsewhere. Enter, basil:

I started these basil seeds a couple of weeks ago in my laundry room. I've watered them faithfully, made sure they've had enough sunlight, and rejoiced when they grew from seeds to seedlings. I'm just waiting on one more set of leaves to appear and then I'll send them off into the real world with the big boys:

My sweet, little, tiny seedlings. This is gonna be harder than I thought!

Wordless Wednesday: Again With The Cupcakes...Sheesh!

Web Surfing

I had this wallpaper of Twilight on my computer for months. Then, one day, I walked by my desk and in place of Edward's smooth skin and piercing eyes was a picture of a squirrel holding a machine gun. It seems that my husband doesn't appreciate vampires like I do. We finally compromised and now have a picture of the Earth as our wallpaper.

I can't stop playing typeracer. It's free and fun and there's no setting up an account AND it's highly addictive.

This site is a must if you design your own website. Even I could understand it and that says a lot. And I love this list of html color codes. It comes in very handy.

If you don't know about Tastespotting or Foodgawker yet, you're missing out. Yum, yum, yum. Gorgeous pictures of food--with links to the recipes. I've been lucky enough to have some of my photos accepted by both sites. I've also been rejected by both sites too. (Note to Foodgawker: my chicken tacos were NOT dull OR unsharp! So there!)

I could not clean my house without listening to a few of my favorite podcasts on my iPod. Keith and the Girl is hilarious but not for kids. At all. And not for some adults either. It's profane, vulgar and offensive. But I love it. The Lost Podcast with Jay and Jack recaps episodes of Lost. And I would be lost without it. Get it? Heh. And finally, there's Public Radio International's ShortStories. Every Monday there's a new collection of short stories read by celebrities. Last week's "Indian Country" read by John Lithgow was awesomely funny and moving. Check it out if you have time.

Tit For Tat

I hurt everywhere. It even hurts to type so I'll make this short. It all started last Thursday when my sister came into town for Little pup's birthday. She spent the night and the next morning I fixed her this...


...a monster breakfast sandwich. My specialty. Two slices of bacon, 2 sausage patties, 2 eggs, and a heaping serving of hashbrowns all sandwiched between 2 pieces of buttered toast. I believe I was accused of trying to send her into cardiac arrest. She was miserably stuffed and couldn't move from the couch all morning. But she got me back later that day by making me do this...

And so now I can't move. And it's been 3 days.

She wins.

Someone's Turning 5 Today!

My baby is turning 5 years old today!!!! Are those exclamation points convincing? No? Here's 2 more: !! No, really, I'm excited about it. I know that turning 5 means that he'll be starting Kindergarten in the Fall and I'm okay with that. Sure, he'll be spending all his time with another woman but I'll get over it.

Eventually.

Happy Birthday Little pup!

Wordless Wednesday: My Little Yogi

Conversations About Money

Recently, I went to the store to buy stuff to make Broccoli Alfredo and when I got home, I realized I was missing the star ingredient--broccoli. I can never remember anything unless I write it down. And because I want to always remember the cute stuff my kids say, I'm going to subject all of you to some more funny conversations with my kids. Bear with me!


Me (mumble mumble years old): When you finish school, we can send out cards telling everyone that you are going to graduate and they'll send you money.
Big Pup (7 years old): How much?
Me: A lot. Like, 100 dollars!
Big Pup: Oh, no, I need 20,000.




Me: I have to go pick up Daddy down the road, can you babysit your little brother?
Big Pup: Ummmm...I've never done that before.
Me: I'll only be gone 10 minutes. He's in his room watching Madagascar. It will be okay.
Big Pup: ....
Me: I'll give you a quarter!
Big Pup: How 'bout a dollar?