christmas wine!

punkin's manners.

to everyone who complimented us on punkin's manners on christmas eve,

she is home sick today, asleep. carl sneezed. she lifted her head, without even opening her eyes, said "bless you", and went right back to sleep.

she is even polite while sleeping :)

the only thing cuter than a baby...

is a baby in a bucket.

punkin's eating habits.

every single morning on the way to daycare, punkin has to have her breakfast in a plastic baggie. her breakfast is usually like a granola bar or poptart (read: things that already arrive in packaging). no clue why she will not just eat them from their own wrapper.

normally she uses the snack-sized bags. today? the gallon size.

terrifying

there are not many things more terrifying than your three-year-old (who never even wakes up in the middle of the night) coming into your bedroom at 1:30 a.m. saying, "i'm awake!!!! it's dark outside!"

on the rocks. with salt.

the most thoughtful greeting card ever.

reasons i love my job.

i love that while i'm on the phone with a doctor, mr. t comes into my office and sprays me in the face with a can of air.

then, i have an email from him:

My ex and I had a very amicable divorce. I know this because when I wrote the Facebook status “I’m getting a divorce,” he was the first one to click Like.
Giulia Rozzi, comic


This bit of humor came from Reader’s Digest magazine.

welcome, einstein!

"after" pics of the laundry room!

so, it's not 100% done - I'd still like to re-do the floor at some point..... and add a nicer finish to the shelving above the washer/dryer - or at least something to hide the space between the two pieces of board.

deciding to re-do the laundry room while on maternity leave

lil sis was born via c-section 10 days ago, and i decided i'm going to re-do our laundry room while i'm maternity leave. here are the "before" pictures!

the view of the left wall as you're looking in from the door to the laundry room.

here is more of that same view, to show the closet (please ignore my bra hanging on the door!!).

a shot of the right wall.

that left wall, taken from inside the closet.

the closet.

the violin.

mr. t just called me into his office to show me his new calendar. its a very large, poster-sized wall calendar.

"see the violin at the top?" he said. "that's so when anyone comes in here to whine, i will show them the violin and then write their name on that date. maybe just their initials because there's not much room to write."

awesome.

when you're hot, you're hot!

at work, i just got asked if i was with the group of teenagers....................................

i've always looked young for my age, but i'm 35! and 6 months pregnant! (not that teenagers don't get pregnant.)

how many kids do i really have??

i apparently have more kids than i even realized. four kids told me "bye, mommy!" when i dropped punkin off this morning.

happy valentine's day!

my new new year's resolution

mr. t just told me that today is the chinese near year, and i should have a new new year's resolution: to work on my issues and problems.

i told him i'd work on it and walked out of his office because another co-worker had come in.

as i sat down in my chair, the other co-worker said, "mr. t has a new resolution for you - quit ignoring him."

apparently mr. t was not done talking to me. i asked him if i needed to come back in, and he said, "no. you can keep your distance".

heart-to-heart with mr. t.

mr. t and i just had a meaningful conversation. we were talking about how we're worried about a co-worker. he told me i am a good person.

i said, "despite the fact that you think i'm a complete jackass, i really am a good person."

he said, "you are about 50% jackass and 50% good. the good makes up for the jackass."

he added that sometimes he needs a constant reminder that jackasses do exist. "sometimes i forget that there are jackasses out there. then i see you and remember they do exist."