The Bitches Expand

Because I am lazy could not have said it better, please go see Jason to discover

a) why I popped two four Tylenol with coffee this morning 

b) why my kids got Lunchables in their lunchboxes today instead of hand-made sandwiches

c) why it's really, really hard not to disclose a little something about spit

d) why meeting bloggy friends is such a sweet part of my life (super sorry Deb and Mel for missing the big one tonight).

e) why I continue my "Wicked" crush on Jason, Cheri @ Blog This Mom!, and katydidnot, and have developed a new crush on Pumpkin Delight.

f) why I love having a mom who lives nearby and babysits for free!

Pocket Life

Steve Jobs called the iPhone "Your life in your pocket."  Although I don't carry my iPhone in my pocket, because, well, you know?  Turning the ringer off does, um, funny things, I do find much love in Mr. Jobs' statement.  Because holy moly, have you seen the Apps for this thing?

Dude, seriously?  There's an iPhone App for choosing what to eat for dinner?  Nice.  'Cause I pretty much stink at meal planning.  Just shake that little thing up and... let's see, Taco Salad, Jello, and Artichoke Hummus.  Okay...

Oooh, and there's an iPhone App for figuring out that catchy tune that you heard in the grocery store?  You just have to hold your iPhone up to the vent in the aisles of Vons.  Don't worry, you don't look like your channeling ET or anything, because everyone totally knows about Shazam!  Duh.  

Love to facebook?  Love to Tweet?  Yup.  There's an iPhone App for that.

So Mr. Jobs, here's some market research for ya'.  I need an iPhone App that can:

• Think of the most clever idea of ALL (mwahahaha) for Teacher Appreciation day Week
• Tell the kids that we are buying a birthday gift for (insert name) and that his/her birthday is not for (insert 364ish days).
• Ironing
• Vacuuming
• Bringing in the garbage cans
• Foot massages
• Laundry
• Wash the kids hair without dripping soap into their eyes
• Archive photo albums for the last 30+ years

I'm just thinking, as child who watched The Jetsons and thought mobile televisions and 

phones with pictures (Skype) 

were far-out ideas, we can't be too far off from the Rosie the Robot iPhone App, right? 

Sign me up!

Crapathetic

Remember those days when just jamie was a SAHM, and she actually did a little thing called writing?  Yeah, me neither.

On the brink of summer break (not really, but frick, it's closer than Christmas) I long for moments filled with swimming and splashing, warm nights, outdoor concerts, pajama days, reading, planning at least one meal per week, not packing lunches, beach days, birthday parties, and even the dang gym.  Perhaps then I'll be able to do a bit more than throw a picture up on the blog.

But...until then...

I'm so damn tired.  

3 Down, 4 To Go

Sleepy, Doc, and Happy

Enough

Enough of my whining.  I know I am blessed.  I just forget sometimes about the things I do have, haunted by the things yet to come...  I'll get over it.

So I'm posting more vacation pics.  Photos that bring a smile to me...

If Only...

The thing is... I can post happy vacation photos but...

But...

Maybe it's just that coming home from a trip on a Sunday night and going to work on a Monday morning don't really go well together.

Or maybe it's that I sit in a house with piles of mail and laundry and papers to be graded and lunches to pack and photos to organize and kids to play with and blogs to read and I just feel overwhelmed.

Maybe it's that I haven't been entirely honest with everyone around me and it's starting to get to me, or that I have been entirely honest with those around me and it's starting to get to me.

Maybe it's just a silent ache within...because really, I know, I know what I want.

If only...

Playcation

Spring break.  Relaxation.  Chilling.  Swimming.  Reading.  Napping.  Eating.  Playing.  And all those good things that come without internet connectivity.  

And it was great.

Except.  

I missed you peeps.  My homework this week is to get around to your blogs because seriously?  It's like missing a handful of episodes of The Office.  I'm all, "What?  Why are Dwight and Andy friends?  Who is that new guy?  "Why is Jim all kiss-assy now?  Why is Michael's office suddenly in a closet?"  

So, here's my peek at what's been happening with a camera and no internet.

A little of this...

A little of that...

And a lot of laundry and work back here in the real world.