cyberspace pity party (cuz no one feels sorry for me in real life)

my definition of chaos -- two weeks' worth...

car work:
my power steering went out on the van (another $500 oil change), i witnessed a hit and run accident, my battery died on the van (an unrelated repair two days later and a 3hr ordeal) and today! @$#!, they want $1300 to make the heat/air conditioning run correctly in that blasted vehicle. didn't we just fork out $2000 for a condensor six weeks ago? rapidly reaching the point where we're putting more money into the van than it's worth.

body work:
spent last tuesday night in the ER until 2am. hubby's arm was totally numb and as his dad had his first heart attack at 38, died at 54, he wanted to make sure he was ok -- he is -- has to see a neurologist for probable pinched nerve. came down with a nasty cold on wednesday night, probably someone sneezed their tuberculosis on me in the ER!

busy work:
had to rip up the carpet in the mother-in-law's condo because littlest pulled over the world's soggiest plant and made a mud bog. we've had three soccer practices, two games, three birthday parties and two family parties, plus dinner at my parents' all in the last 12 days. somehow, in around the usual nuttiness of dishes, diaper changes, laundry, school lunches, carpool, etc., i managed to do all of the above plus cut the grass, babysit my friend's son, mop the kitchen floor and take a 30 min. nap one fine sunday afternoon in the middle of all that.

ok, party's over. i'm LOVIN' how writing all of this down is making me feel. so many accomplishments. so it wasn't exactly how i would have chosen to spend my time, but it was something anyhow. truly amazing. you can't make this stuff up. i'm looking for a mellower finish to the month, please....

what does the AAP say about housework?

maybe you've heard that the american academy of pediatrics has recently recommended no TV for children under 2 and less than 2 hours of quality educational programming for kids 2 to 6? i doubt it will slow down the baby einstein craze too much. which is so funny because usually the AAP's word is god -- feed solid food at 4 months, give cow's milk on day 365, no sleeping with your babe, etc... but take away the boxed babysitter and ferget it. moms are NOT going to back down in this area.

despite my disdain for cable TV, somedays, i am very sad to admit, i'd be lost without my BB... i wish that were not the case, but when the boys get spooled up and i am about to throttle them, a little TV is a pretty easy way for us all to get a break and me to get dinner made a bit more calmly.

i kinda did a little self-assessment this long weeked and one of the things i decided was that i need to get a bit more cooperative spirit going around here as a way to spend more time together. i do all the housework, ok, sorry honey, JUST ABOUT all. if i can get the boys more involved, we can talk more, be together more, they'd watch less TV and I'd be putting them off less because we'd be together. pipe dream in a way b/c they HATE most cleaning, folding, etc (geesh, who doesn't?), but i want to try a little harder rather than letting them off the hook.


back in a few days to laugh my ass off at this one.