junk it 2010...not forgotten!

one would think that being stuck in the house for over a week, i would have gotten A LOT done around here. well...not so much i tell ya! i did however face the dejunktification process in andrew's room. while i made a lot of head way, i really can not say that i completed this task. i still need to go through his clothes, sort out what no longer fits him, vacuum seal it up in those awesome bags and then get it into storage bins. i did manage to go through the pile of "things to hang" on andrew's walls (and they're ALL hung!), sort through his 5 book bins (moved several books into j's room), and reorganized his bookshelves.

while i'm tempted to move onto another room and ignore the "too small" clothes in his room, i'm going to stick with it and try to get it done over the next week. if i don't do it now, i'm afraid the clothes will be in there until jacob's big enough to wear them. hey...now maybe that's not such a bad idea?!?! nah...no procrastination!!!

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SNOW WHAT?!?!

as i sit here typing this post, i can hardly believe my eyes as i glance out the window... HOLY SHIT...IT IS SNOWING AGAIN! seriously...this has GOT to stop! my kid has GOT to go back to school and i have GOT to go back to work! for those of you who live under a rock (or a snowball!), we have been snowed in for DAYS here...i honestly can't tell you how many, because i have lost track! as i look out my kitchen window, i can see the digger & dump truck (yes, we're beyond snowplows out here!) hauling the snow out of the school parking lot...and i can only IMAGINE what the people operating those vehicles are thinking, as they continue to get snowed on! we're only expecting 1-3 inches today, but it's enough to cause an inconvenience in getting rid of the 2+ feet that has been on the ground for over a week now! no doubt, we will have at least a 2 hour delay tomorrow...UGH!!!

as much of a pain in the ass as this snow has been, we've also had some fun times. here's a short walk through our snow days...

we played in snow...

shoveled....

shoveled some more...

we did LOTS of baking...one thing i learned as a kid is that you ALWAYS bake cookies when it snows :)

we did a lot of crafts...yes, that is our recycling the boys are decorating...

and we got some rest too...

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and the answer is...

during a recent trip to target, i encountered one of those "um..." moments, which a mother faces with her son (of which i am sure there are MANY more to come!). we were in the "feminine product" isle when andrew started asking, "mom, what are you looking at?" now of course, most moms would grab their "stuff" and continue on their shopping. not me though...i was busy price checking to make sure i was getting the best deal on pons & pads. after all, you end up buying a lot of these items over the years! as i stood there, calculating on my iphone which deal was the best, the following conversation ensued between my 5 year old son and me...

"mom, i said what is that?"

"nothing honey"

"it's not nothing. what is it? what are you buying?"

"it's something for mommies honey."

"like what mom? just tell me. it's not a big deal. what is it?"

at this point, i figured i was reaching the "grab-n-go" point in which i'd better either grab my shit and head out...or...face this discussion with my 5 year old son.

luckily my iphone revealed the math to me, showing me which product to buy. i grabbed the products and quickly pushed the cart down the other end of the isle. i was wondering how long andrew would let the silence last between us, before asking yet again, what i had been buying. he proved me right that the silence did not last long...he proved me wrong with the topic...

he must have known i was flustered, because the next question out of his mouth...

"mom, can we go get some legos for me?"

SMART KID...he knows how to strike when the iron is hot!!!

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