This was the year. Of course I thought about it. But I didn’t obsess about it all day. And the day before. And the day after.
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*grumble grumble gurgle roar*
31 December 2003 By
So I have to clean. I started this morning. Really, I did. Then I got sucked into my site. Then I made lunch. Oh I cleaned between the site & lunch. I cleaned off the table, and neatened up the desk in front of the window, and swept under the table.
I need to make a package to send to my gifty exchange person-a-ma-bob. And I have to send the boys piccys to everyone under the sun. Because I’m a mom, and we did our new years cards of them. Yes, they will be closer to week-after-new-years cards. If you want one, and I don’t have your address, email it to me. If you don’t know my email addy by now, you don’t deserve a card.
I need to make some diaper liners. I have one terrycloth hour-glass shaped lined that is the perfect shape. I must trace it and make more. But I a using prefolds to make them, not terry. No need to go out and buy more fabric when I have about a hundred prefolds here already, right? Yes, we have switched to only cloth, even when we are out. Apparently, either my mom had been buying our disposables for out and night time, or I decided we need to save that money to pay rent. We don’t have a water bill, and our electric wasn’t so bad, so apparently cloth are the way for us to go to save that money. Not that I didn’t know it, but we were not paying rent or util’s at my moms house, so seeing the math actually put into use is nifty.
Albertson’s is having a massive 10 cent sale, so we will go tonight when
Ok, my mom called and I can’t remember what else I had to say.
WINTER GIFT EXCHANGE
30 December 2003 By
There are people who signed up for the gift exchange who have not received gifts.
This is disappointing. Perhaps some of you have forgotten that at the end the list gets published, so we’ll all know who didn’t send out gifts as promised…
If you signed up, please reply to this to let me know whether or not you have received a gift yet.
I’ve talked to a few people and some of us are late getting out our second gift, so please be patient through this crazy holiday time. I like late surprises, anyway!
This next one has to be within the week after New Years (b/c I suspect that might be a busy week for most of us, so try to have it in the mail by the 7th).
Hello all my lovely MD-DC-VA area friends
28 December 2003 By
I must pick your brains. Not eat them. Just pick at them.
Since I/we keep forgetting to mention it more than in passing, my whole brood will be up there the second week of June.
We will be leaving as soon as
Anyway, we need to look for a hotel. Cheap. Any suggestions? I know there is that red roof in out by
I might hit my aunt & uncle up, but again, they are in Pikesville.
It is (tentatively) 3 nights we’d need to sleep, I think. No, 4 if we can make it up there by Thursday night. So Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I don?t know the area that well, so I didn’t want to do a blind search for one.
i can’t believe i forgot the most important part!
26 December 2003 By
our holiday dinner!!
we had a tofurkey, which was surprisingly very good, along with whatever gravy it came with, which Fish thinned slightly to suit my tastes. I am no goy, I have never had giblet gravy, and never intend to. Apparently, this gravy was made with that attempt to imitate said gravy. We also had homemade mashed potatoes, green beans almondine, Pillsbury grands flaky biscuits, drumstick shaped stuffing (not sure it was all stuffing, but it was dry, and Fish said it was like traditional stuffing), caramelized onions to go with whatever, and I think that is all.
I did not put our Yule/Channuklah bush up this year. My bad. I do, however, have the tree and decorations and I will be able to find them for next year. If we haven’t just moved again *laughs*
Sara is sleeping over tonight. Chai is now in cloth dipes everywhere we go. I ran out of disposables and I don’t care. We are going to a chicken pox party on Monday. I am thrilled. My boys are both old enough they wont get it again (if the girl is still contagious come Monday and they do in fact get it) and it means life long immunity, none of this vaccine every 6 years bullshit.
damn it, the boy woke up. bbl
