you spin me round round
By Tara Zandra | July 1, 2009
Today Daisy and I went to Disneyland while Tabitha was in her class. That kid ran me ragged and I ended up feeling nauseous and like I was still in motion even when I wasn’t. We started off nice and tame with “it’s a small world,” but then it was twice in a row on Thunder Mountain, onto Space Mountain, Gadget’s Go Coaster (small coaster, but still fast), over to California Adventure to ride the Orange Stinger twice in a row (that would be giant swings that not only go in a circle, but it’s tilted so you’re going up and down in the circle), and ending on the Sun Wheel in which we had to ride the swinging gondolas that swung so much, the lady across from me looked like she might need the conveniently provided motion sickness bags.
None of the rides by themselves are really that big of a deal, but strung all together with little food in me and the heat and I was not feeling my best at the end. Daisy, of course, loved it all and was sad we had to leave to pick up her sister. But she was worn out too and fell asleep in the stroller before we ever got to the car.
The three of us came home where I took a much needed shower and then fixed tacos for the family. As soon as Chris got home he ate and then we all headed out back to California Adventure so we could watch the Electrical Parade. We sat with our drinks and snacks and hung out in a nice corner awaiting the fun. The parade was wonderful and what we consider our summer kick-off!
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art day
By Tara Zandra | June 30, 2009
Today Daisy and I hung out at two museums. First we went to a Burger King with a play area until the museums opened. I only mention it because it was the largest fast food play area I have ever seen! It was large enough that after playing for half an hour, there were parts Daisy still didn’t get to explore. They even piped children’s music into the play room which I’ve only seen at one other fast food place.
The first museum is a cultural museum. We went into the China exhibit first which had jade carvings, full size carved tusks, lots and lots of vases, pots, and dishes, as well as some terra cotta figures. Daisy made me tell her what each and every single thing was including what it was made of. We then went down a hall that had several Chinese festival outfits including tons of heavy, metal jewelry that was was pretty interesting.
Finally we moved on to Africa. It’s a temporary exhibit and not quite what I expected. It was large sized (as in the size of large posters) photographs that were taken over a 30 year span. Though interesting to me if I had been able to read the plaques in depth, Daisy was more concerned as to why they were painted. She could not have cared less about the nudity, but kept coming back to the body painting and the constant why. She has no point of reference when I tried to explain they were painted for ceremonial rites of passage. At this point her interest was waning, but then we found a California section that pepped her right up again.
We made a stop in the gift shop where I purchased a set of Guatemalan worry dolls for each of the girls. Daisy is completely enamored with them and dutifully told them her worries before bed. Tabitha was worry free this evening, so I asked if I can borrow them for myself tonight.
After a bit of a break for lunch and play, we headed into the children’s museum. This is not one I’ve been to before and it was different. Basically, all the stuff you aren’t allowed to touch in a museum was there for the touching, including instruments and masks and such. Daisy had the most fun in the dress up area which included wooden shoes which fit her like a dream. They were so cute on her that I want to find some online to add to our own dress up area 
After a while it was over run by many loud children so Daisy and I retreated to the reading corner for more than half an hour before it was time to go home with Tabitha.
Now both girls are in bed and now Chris and I get our “Friends” time together.
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wiped out
By Tara Zandra | June 29, 2009
Man was it a long day. It was fun though so I’m not complaining, I just currently have a headache that needs to go away already.
Anyway, Tabitha has another day camp this week but it’s a tad too far from home for me to drive back and forth. I really don’t want to waste that kind of gas. So Daisy and I will be spending the week occupying ourselves. Today was fun at the zoo!
The zoo didn’t open until 10 and we were there at 9:15 so we shared a snack in the car and hung out for awhile. Eventually it was time to go in and the first thing Daisy saw was a playground. That’s where we spent the first 40 minutes of our zoo trip. I was in no hurry though so it was nice to be able to allow her to take as long as she wanted. She really had a great time going up and down, around and around in the playground. Finally she told me she was ready to see some monkeys!
We hit up the farm area and rode the carousel and the train and fed some goats before moving on. We finally found the monkeys and Daisy was quite taken by the tamarins- who wouldn’t be? They were adorable and really showing off by running and swinging all over the place.
At the back end of the zoo, we sat down on a bench and had our lunch and then Daisy retreated into her own world and played some game on the painted tiles on the ground. Again, I was in no hurry, so I simply sat back with my Diet Coke and enjoyed the breeze. We then went on our way and finished up the rest of the animals before going back to the playground. There were a lot more children this time so Daisy was ready to go after only 15 minutes. We wandered the gift shop where I bought her a tiny stuffed monkey that she proclaimed her baby. We then emptied our pockets of change into the donation center and headed out.
There was still a bit of time before we needed to get Tabitha so we went to the mall and Daisy played in the play area. Needless to say, the kid exhausted herself with all her playing and fell asleep as we pulled into the parking lot of Tabitha’s camp. Tabitha had a fabulous time and chatted happily on the whole drive home telling us all she did. The headache started just before that, so by the time I got home, I started thinking of alternatives to me cooking dinner.
Chris got home not too much after me and we discussed it and decided going out was the way to go. Tabitha chose Souplantation and I happened to have a buy one get one free dinner coupon so off we went. I’ve been taking a lot of Tylenol for my lingering sore throat so I didn’t want to take more today. I figured a nice dinner out would take care of it, but noooo. The restaurant was the freaking Arctic in there and the cold made my head feel so much worse. We still needed to stop at Target afterwards and that’s pretty much where I hit my wall.
So I’ve now taking Tylenol and am sitting in PJs waiting to put Daisy to bed. Then we can get Tabitha off to bed as well and hopefully relaxing with TV with Chris will take care of the lingering pain.
Hmm, I didn’t really mean to type so much about my head, guess I should have blogged after the meds kicked in, lol.
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just me and, well, no one
By Tara Zandra | June 28, 2009
I opted out of the Dodger game today in order to spend a little bit of time at home. With Chris home sick last week and the girls and I not home for most of the coming week, I really needed to do housework. I know I’ve mentioned before that I like cleaning when I’m alone so it was an ideal time. I also finished a book and started laundry since, again, I won’t be home to do it this week. Oh, and I spent a fair amount of time on Facebook
The family got home around 5 and I served dinner about 6. After that the four of us played a Disney game and then I hooked up my maracas Daisy bought me for my birthday and played a bit of Samba de Amigo. The maracas add so much to the game! It was fun before but now it’s a new level of fun. Chris took a turn too before it was time to get the kids to bed.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, it’s not a good idea to show a 4-year-old the extended Thriller video. She just might need her Daddy to lay on the floor until she falls asleep.
Two nights in a row.
At least she didn’t have any actual nightmares last night, though I’m still sure I scarred her a bit. More money into the therapy jar!
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Recital Day!
By Tara Zandra | June 27, 2009
I’m exhausted as I spent 3 hours in a room with approx. 35 girls age 3-6. Chris actually went to the store to buy me Calgon, lol. Anyway, here are my beautiful girls after the recital. I think Chris got better pics than I, but I’m too tired to go through them right now. The large trophy Daisy is holding is because she earned most improved dancer out of all the 3-6 year olds We’re so proud of her!!
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end of another week
By Tara Zandra | June 26, 2009
I remember when Friday meant nothing to me and neither did the weekends. Now it means Park Day and a lazy dinner to ease into a fun-filled weekend.
Chris was home sick for a few days this week so the girls and I cleared out so he could recouperate in peace. We went to an off-beat toy store, a book store, Whole Foods, and California Adventure as well as gymnastics for both kids. Chris slept and played a baseball video game
There were not many families at Park today, but we had a wonderful time with those that came. We sat in a lovely breeze in which I also thought I was in the shade, but my red arms and neckline would apparently disagree. I really don’t know how that happened, you’d think I’d notice sitting in the sun but I guess not.
My youngest decided to live up to her nickname of monkey and climbed a tree before I could stop her.
This is her over my head roughly 6 feet off the ground. For the record, I don’t actually allow my children to climb the trees at park because I don’t want the trees hurt with broken limbs and such since they aren’t my property. Needless to say, Tabitha was pretty miffed that not only did Daisy climb, but that I took a picture instead of scolding. I did prevent Daisy from going higher and got her down before reminding her of my rule. Somehow I don’t think she’s going to listen on this one and she may end up getting her way. I don’t know, maybe trees want to be climbed? The tree was happy to have a climber in “The Giving Tree,” maybe I should re-read it.
Tired rambling, time to sign off.
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Apparently it’s going to be a lazy day
By Tara Zandra | June 23, 2009
I have two children still asleep at 8:40am. I type this knowing that will be the magic that wakes them up. Since we have both violin and gymnastics today, I think I’ll just let them be lazy. Well, they also have to finish cleaning the playroom so it’s not all laziness.
We were thrilled to get Chris back home yesterday. The kids jumped on him and tried to cram three days worth of talking into those first 3 minutes. The kids still had dance so we had to leave eventually but we all went out to dinner afterwards.
Unfortunately, Chris came home sick. It can’t be from me because I got sick over 2 weeks ago, but he’s starting with a sore throat so it’s similar. He went to work this morning but we’ll see if he lasts or not. More sleep would probably be the best thing for him.
I managed to finish day 2 of our last Disney World trip in the scrapbook. I know 2 days don’t sound like a lot but that’s a total of 36 pages so it’s a decent amount. Still a long way to go
See, I knew it, the little one just walked out here. Guess I’ll go wake the big one too.
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Made it through
By Tara Zandra | June 22, 2009
Chris was in Vegas this weekend with his father and brother to celebrate Father’s Day. Last year the girls and I took a trip because the year before I freaked out while staying alone without Chris. We had originally planned to head out this year too, but dance pictures on Saturday would have meant leaving very late, and dance class later today would have meant being on a time table to come home so we stayed home. The first night I had both kids in my room, Tabitha in bed with me and I simply moved Daisy’s bed to my room. I have two locks on my bedroom door and stayed up late watching a movie (BTW, don’t bother on Bride Wars. It’s not cute, it’s bad. What a waste of five bucks.) so I was good and tired and fell asleep easily. I was just as easily awakened an hour later by Tabitha who was having trouble going back to sleep and was clock-watching which we all know is no way to sleep. She kept me and herself awake a full hour so I still wasn’t well rested. Last night she opted to sleep in her own room which meant I could lock my door but I was so tired that I didn’t have time to think about anything and knocked right out. I still had Miss Daisy with me because she said wherever I sleep is where she will sleep.
Yesterday during actual Father’s Day, the girls and I got together with my MIL. We figure since everyone abandons us, we’ll go have a girly day. So the four of us got pedicures and then had lunch at Cheesecake Factory. The appetizers were really good but I wasn’t thrilled with my entree. It was a portabello burger which I’ve had at other places before, but this one was just okay and the fries were a tad too salty. I was pretty full from the appetizers anyway and knew I was getting a slice of cheesecake so it’s not that big of a deal. If it had been fabulous, I would have just stuffed myself anyway.
After lunch my MIL suggested we go to Gymboree and she’d buy one outfit for each girl. Goodness knows I’m not turning that down! So we installed Daisy in front of the little tv while Tabitha, myself and my MIL searched through everything. In the end she bought 2! outfits for each girl including a hat for each of them so it’s like I got a gift on Father’s Day, lol. Then she took the girls into another store and bought them each one Webkinz so the girls were pretty darn stoked.
We went back to her house for awhile, the girls drew while my MIL and I chatted a little more and then I just kind of wanted to be home so we said our goodbyes. Once home the girls took turns playing on the computer and eventually I got a light dinner going for us. Since Chris was out of town, we had miso soup with sea weed, curry rice, and watermelon. Chris hates seaweed, curry and all melons so that’s why Tabitha requested all that. Tabitha enjoyed the curry rice, but I didn’t feel I made it right so I didn’t bother keeping the leftovers.
After dinner, Daisy played in the bath and then just played while Tabitha went back to the computer and I did a title for a scrapbook page that needed to be finished. We got Daisy to bed late and then made popcorn and settled in to watch Night at the Museum. I’ve seen it before but Tabitha never wanted to watch. Now she’s decided she wants to see the new one so I got the first one from Netflix for her. It was a nice way to end the evening. She didn’t go to bed until close to 11 though and by then I was exhausted. I stayed up maybe half an hour waiting for her to be asleep and then turned in.
So, I made it through the weekend with no spooky night drama. I think I would still perfer to leave town though if possible.
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focus
By Tara Zandra | June 18, 2009
I’ve been paying more attention to the bad than the good lately. Time for a look at the good things in life!
Tabitha is really enjoying her theater class this week. That’s really no surprise, but it makes the constant back and forth drive worth it.
One of the instructors told me yesterday that Tabitha is such a pleasure to have in the class. I thanked her and she said, “No! Thank you!” which made me feel really good.
I napped for an hour and a half today and the girls were just fine amusing themselves without once trying to wake me up.
Chris offered on several different days to stay home with me and help out. I declined because I never felt I was quite that bad off, but the offer was more than appreciated. In hindsight, I probably should have taken him up on it last week.
Daisy has not complained once about all the running around in the car we’ve been doing. I’ve tried to make it bearable for her so I guess I succeeded.
I have two fabulous concerts to look forward to at the end of summer- Green Day and Blink-182 w/ Weezer
The sun has been out 2 days in a row. Beautiful, glorious sunshine! Warms my soul. All windows have been open and the breezes are heavenly.
I have successfully given up caffeine. I had one day where I caved and paid the price by feeling nauseus for a couple hours afterward. It’s been almost 3 weeks and I don’t intend on drinking it again. Restaurants are a challenge, but water is better than feeling sick.
I had a wonderful date night with Chris on Tuesday. We had dinner first, though a quick meal as we were on a time schedule, and it was delicious. My sandwich was called the “yuppie veggie” and had artichokes, avocados, provolone and salad on warm bread. We saw The Hangover and while it wasn’t a laugh a minute for me, it was fun and enjoyable overall. The important thing was spending time alone with Chris.
I never really wrote much on it, but I went to a reunion of tons of people I worked with at Disneyland back in the ’90s. It was amazing how easily it was to talk with people I haven’t seen in at least 10 years. I had a fabulous time and cannot wait until we do this again. Way better than my high school reunion where I spent most of the evening only talking with Chris. I can’t even count how many people I chatted with at the Disney reunion!
Despite not being 100% well yet, I no longer need any meds at all. The coughing is more than managable and I don’t anticipate trouble sleeping tonight. I’ve been taking so much crap in the last week and a half that’s it’s a relief to no longer need anything but hot tea.
Dodgers won!
Chris and I are always on the same page in life, we’ve been together 15 years and I could not imagine a better mate.
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double-time
By Tara Zandra | June 18, 2009
Lately, the only thing I do for myself is read on the internet, watch Friends at night with Chris and attempt to keep up on the house. I’ve been double-booked every day since Saturday. We had American Girl Club, dinner with my mom, sister and sister’s bf, family get together at the in-laws’, theatre day camp every morning for Tabitha, dance class for both, violin and gymnastics for Tabi, date night with Chris and a Girl Scout awards ceremony. I’m triple booked today and tomorrow and finally get a small amount of breathing room Saturday morning and a wonderfully relaxing day Sunday. We’re going out, but it will still be relaxing.
So, yeah, no time to blog. I just need 15-minutes a night so I’m sure I can carve that out sometime.
Or maybe not. I went to bed at 9:30 last night and didn’t wake until 7 this morning. I still feel completely wiped out. It doesn’t help that my cough is hanging around a bit. At least it’s nowhere near as bad as it was before, just a little hear and there but my voice still sounds awful. I wish I could just not talk for like 3 days, then I think my voice would sound better. Maybe I should get back into the habit of drinking my hot tea, that might soothe it some.
Oh well, time to get ready for a long day.
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Well, good morning!
By Tara Zandra | June 13, 2009
Major coughing fit woke me a few minutes before 6, so here I am! It kind of works out though. I’ve been going without an alarm all week to get the most amount of sleep which means Daisy has been waking me up. Well, she then wants to immediately sit on my lap and have milk and then just continue to sit while she finishes waking up. That hasn’t been working for me this week because you know how the coughing is always worse when you first wake up? Well that’s made it hard to have her sit on my lap and she gets kind of pissy that I cough for 15 minutes while she’s trying to relax. So I’d rather be up early and have my time alone to read blogs and have a diet coke, and cough.
The persistently cloudy weather has really affected Tabitha’s mood. She’s been fairly depressed all week and I miss her normal disposition. I was trying to think of something to pull her out of it by the end of the week and finally got something on Friday. First, we started the day with Jamba Juice which both kids had just asked for not two weeks ago so they were pleasantly surprised. After lunch we all made Strawberry-Shortcake Cookies (side review, they are more like scones in texture and I had to cook them for roughly less than recommended as they burned very easily. I will make them again, but perhaps a lower temp would be better). Then for the afternoon, I instructed the girls to dress their American Girl dolls in their finest outfits and I set up a table in the living room with my good, lace tablecloth and napkins and they had 4 o’ clock tea. I gave them crustless cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches on white bread, the strawberry-shortcake cookies, and fruite kabobs of grapes and banana. For “tea” they had cran-raspberry juice. They loved it! I know Tabi is 10, but 10 year olds still like little girl things when you let them. She and her sister had a lovely tea and I really think it brightened Tabitha’s day, which was my entire goal. She should be okay now because she has something to do today and tomorrow and a day camp to look forward to all week. The weather will probably be a non-issue. For her anyway, I’m still annoyed by it
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playroom pictures
By Tara Zandra | June 12, 2009
So I mentioned eons ago that we re-did the playroom’s organization. Before it was simply a hodge-podge of as many bookcases and various plastic, lidded boxes we could find. Even when it was clean, it was chaos. After Christmas and carrying into the New Year, we made many treks to Ikea and fixed it all up. The decor is exactly the same (Peter Pan) but now, it has a uniform look. The only thing missing is the labels on the bins which is why I haven’t shared pics before. But the labels keep get shoved to the bottom of the to-do list so I figure I’ll share the pics anyway.
I don’t have pictures of the inside of the closet, but it has one of the shelf systems as well.
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day off
By Tara Zandra | June 11, 2009
The girls and I didn’t do a whole heck of a lot today. We went to Target in the morning to get me cough medicine and though it does hold back my cough, it makes me feel a little wonky and my voice is back to being raspy. I guess at this point it’s just choosing between the lesser of the two evils.
When we got home, Tabitha and Daisy went right into making brownies together and then holed up in their room playing games until lunch time. Coupled with my lethargy, being basically alone just encouraged me to veg out in front of the computer. After lunch, one thing led to another and before I knew it, it was time to go to gymnastics.
Both kids now have a class on Thursday so that will cut out one round trip a week from the gym. I’m glad for that, but their classes aren’t at the same time so I’m gone for over 3 hours in the afternoon which makes dinner tricky. I’m not complaining though, I’d much rather have them on the same day at least somewhat near the same time. I even got to watch all of Daisy’s class because Girl Scouts was cancelled so I wasn’t rushing off before her class ends and Chris didn’t have to come pick up Daisy at all and was able to go straight home instead.
Ugh, re-reading over the above sentences makes me feel like I should just delete it all. Last week we had a million things to do but I had no time to post any of it. This week we got nothing going on so I have nothing to talk about except not feeling so good. I still need to get to the pictures from last week as there are quite a few good ones. I think we’re staying home all day tomorrow so hopefully I’ll be able to carve out a bit of time to work on them. But of course, I’ll need to do lessons to make up for slacking off today and I have an American Girl meeting to plan.
The kids are currently enjoying ice cream sundaes and I’m letting them stay up an extra 15 minutes a piece, it’s the little things that make them oh so happy I’ve enjoyed more than a couple brownies, so no sundae for me, that’s for sure. Unless it was made out of Vick’s I don’t think I’d enjoy it anyway.
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*cough*cough*hack*wheeze*
By Tara Zandra | June 10, 2009
That’s me in a nutshell. Monday morning I was nauseus, all over body achy, head pounding, slightly stuffy nose, killer sore throat, and almost no voice. Tuesday I was mercifully free of all but a small sore throat and slightly stuffy nose. Today I just have a lovely hacking cough. It’s bad enough that I will most definitely be taking Nyquil to get through the night. But compared to how I felt for most of Monday, I’m considerably better. If I’m going to get sick, it’s nice of my immune system to kick it into overdrive and make it a short illness (knock on wood).
Since I was feeling so much better today and we had nowhere to go, we got a lost of lessons done today. Tabitha and I are basically done with Greece. There are a few loose ends we want to tie up and still need to take a couple field trips, but for the most part we were ready to move on in Story of the World. Of course, each new chapter shows me a new place I want to visit. Where is that lottery win that will allow me to constantly travel the world?
Daisy is doing so well with her reading that I’m antsy for her to finish this set of books so we can move on. She hardly pauses at all over her words and reads confidently. We’re still a ways from her being an independant reader in that she doesn’t know long vowels, but her progress makes me smile as big as I can 
She also enthusiastic to read now so those few bumps in the road from half a year ago are long gone, at least for now.
We worked on a science experiment this afternoon designed to show various stages of matter. Rather than just freeze and/or boil water, this activity had Tabitha melt wax to a liquid, then make her own dipped candle and end by burning it to turn the solid wax into a gas. We also used the left over wax to make a molded candle in the shape of a heart thanks to a big cookie cutter I have.
That’s about all I have in me tonight so I’ll sign off.
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A poem from T
By Tara Zandra | June 8, 2009
For whatever reason I woke up feeling very poorly. Not sure if I’ll get to the pictures today. In the meantime, this is a poem Tabitha wrote last week. The style was supposed to be simply two words per line. She chose to write about a propeller hat from Disneyland that she has begged me to buy for over a year and I’ve continually said no because, well, I think they look stupid. For the record, she has since been promised that she may buy one with her own money when we go to Disney World later this year.
Rainbow hat,
Spinning propeller.
Red, blue,
Purple, yeller.
Excited me,
Begs, pleads.
Mom says:
No need.
Passing by,
Frowning sadly,
Wanting hat,
Very badly.
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Why I’ve been absent
By Tara Zandra | June 7, 2009
Last Sunday: My birthday
Monday: Birthday party (not mine)
Tuesday: normal but busy
Wednesday: catch up on housework and lessons
Thursday: scooter play date at the park followed by Mc Donald’s playplace and then gymnastics and girl scouts
Friday: play date and gymnastics
Saturday: birthday party (still not for me) and reunion of Disney co-workers
Sunday: brunch at American Girl Place with friends, Dodger game this evening
At some point I’d like to upload pics from the last week to make up for the silence.
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quickie
By Tara Zandra | May 30, 2009
Today was the girls’ gymnastics show. It’s basically an opportunity of kids to show off for family. I can’t really post anything from the show itself as there are other kids in all the pics, but here’s a shot of the girls in their show leotards before the show.
The second picture is me (looking very tired and worn out as I was a volunteer at the gymnastics show) with an Edible Arrangement that my mother sent me. Even though my birthday is tomorrow, this arrived yesterday but we didn’t have time to dig in until tonight. It was very tasty and we ate all the grapes, cantelope and chocolate dipped pineapple already. We ate some strawberries but the rest are in the fridge for now as there was sooo many. Definitely a fun and unique gift.
And now, I enjoy my last hour and a half of being 34. Thirty-five, here I come!
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nothing to see here
By Tara Zandra | May 27, 2009
Last night, or rather, this morning, I had a dream that involved Jack from Lost (not that I watch the show, and it was the character, not the actor), ringwraiths from Lord of the Rings, Paris Hilton and Jane Lynch. I cannot even imagine what in my life would trigger such an unlikely combo.
I read a Mary Higgins Clark book yesterday that was fairly enjoyable. It was about the abduction of 3-year-old twins and normally I wouldn’t touch a book like that, but I’m familiar with Clark’s works and I also knew both twins were alive and unarmed. The interest was more in all the surrounding events leading up to the inevitable capture and the unveiling of the main villain. I didn’t think I’d read it in one sitting, but it really did grab me from the beginning.
I’m currently sitting on my stripped bed enjoying the breeze coming in. I swear, if there was a pillow on here, I’m pretty sure I could nod off for a bit. I decided to air everything out and Fabreeze the mattress, egg crate and mattress pad in addition to flipping and rotating the mattress. Now my motivation is gone and I need to remake the bed. I haven’t slept well in a couple nights and my body aches all over which is leading to feeling down which leads to bad choices in food which of course just continues the cycle of feeling sluggish and down. Maybe I should make an effort to find a pillow and snooze for 20-minutes after all. Maybe I’ll do that, then some WiiFit yoga for the heck of it. I’ll confess I’ve been off my routine for the last 3 weeks. That’s part of my problem and I know it.
Oh well, my birthday is in a few days and I’m being taken out to dinner tonight by my in-laws, so all’s not bad. Friday I get to buy concert tickets and I think I’m going to take myself to the Clinique counter for a new night cream to go along with my impending age advance, lol.
Ok, enough of the bore, I really do think I’ll try and nap for a few minutes to snap out of this funk. The scent of the flowers outside is wafting in on the breeze so it’ll be nice to take advantage of the tranquility.
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memorial day
By Tara Zandra | May 25, 2009
It was lovely having Chris home for an extra day this weekend, especially since we didn’t really get much of him on Saturday. We got up and going fairly early and went straight to the backyard as planned. The weather cooperated in that it was cool and cloudy during our hard labors. We took out every single weed from our stone planters which was no small feat. We’re talking weeds taller than Daisy. Thankfully it’s been dry the last month so they actually came out fairly easy. There was a small area we had worked on previously that only had a few stragglers left so we put Daisy in charge of that. She was thrilled to be working with her gloves and she looked so cute wearing my sun hat.
Chris then raked the whole area to get up as much as we could because of all the small burrs and stuff. Tabitha came and joined us and worked on sweeping the patio while I worked on a small area breaking up the soil with a shovel. We have very hard clay for soil so I was quite tired by the time I was done. Chris and Tabitha then took turns using a, um, 4-pronged twisty thing that could break up all the soil clumps I had dug (I don’t know what to call it). After that was done, Tabitha sprinkled a large seed packet around that is supposed to have butterfly attracting flowers. We covered with plant soil, lightly raked, misted, and prayed to the plants gods while crossing our fingers. We’ll see how it goes. The biggest problem will be the dog, of course. She’s not a digger, but she does enjoy sitting in the planters. We put little fences up on each side that we’ve had sitting in the garage for quite a few years; nice to finally put them to use. Hopefully that will do. By this time our two helpers had abandoned us so Chris and I finished all the sweeping and came inside to rest and have lunch.
In the early afternoon my mom came over for a visit and nice, long chat. I just saw her on Mother’s Day but I honestly don’t see my mom that often so it was nice to see her again so soon.
After she left, we had an easy dinner and then called my in-laws to see if they could take the girls for a little while. For Mother’s Day, my mom had given me a gift card to the Cheesecake Factory and we hadn’t used it yet. We needed a bit of time alone so this seemed like a good opportunity. Since we had eaten dinner, and didn’t need a whole meal, we chose one of their small appetizers (crispy fried artichoke hearts) and we each picked one cheesecake; white chocolate caramel macadamia for Chris and Crunchy Snickers for me. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a Cheesecake Factory so we took a minute to look through the menu- we definitely need to return there in the near future for a full meal.
After that is was business as usual with picking up kids and getting them to bed. I’m thinking we’ll watch a little Friends and then turn in.
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night-night
By Tara Zandra | May 24, 2009
It’s late and I’m tired, but as I’m currently waiting for Chris to come home and I don’t want another day to go by without blogging, I figured I better stop in.
Friday night, Chris and I kicked off the three-day weekend by staying up late and watching “The Bourne Identity.” We had never seen it before and received it from Netflix, oh, back in September. So we’ve been paying five bucks a month to not watch it. Definitely could have owned it and a sequel by now, lol. Oh well. We really enjoyed it and are looking forward to getting the next movie in the mail this week. We won’t wait so long to watch it this time because we have nothing on TV right now. I think the only show we watch that hasn’t had a season finale is Simpsons- though maybe it’s finale was tonight and I just don’t know? So we’ll watch movies this summer while we wait for shows to come back. Other than Psych, of course, we’re waiting for it’s return in about a month.
Yesterday, Chris spent the majority of the day helping his brother move. Yay, in that he moved closer to us, but boo in that it took a day of the weekend. I was supposed to work in the backyard but as I stared out at it in the morning, I realized there was just no way for me to do that by myself. I’m not much a manual labor kinda gal. So I stuck to the inside of the house and accomplished a decent amount. I put the girls to work too; Tabitha cleaned out the entire craft portions of the Music and Art Center- she did a fantastic job, too! We interspersed our work with a showing of Snow White (though I worked while it was on) and we played Disney music for awhile and then in late afternoon we watched Make Mine Music plus the three bonus cartoons. Then Chris arrived home and we had dinner, then got kids to bed and then I fell asleep on the living room floor waiting for the Dodger game to end. When it finally ended we just went to bed because we had both worked hard are were quite tired by that point.
Today was time for Dodger Baseball! It’s the first game we’ve attended this season so we were all excited. The giveaway was for a Webk!nz which means both kids now have a ‘Lil K!nz Pug. Tabitha named her’s Mucho Macho and Daisy named her’s Carls (not a misspelling). We certainly enjoyed being at the game and saw the Dodgers score 7 runs; sadly we saw the Angels score 10 runs so it did not end well.
We dropped Chris off as he was meeting his brother for a concert and then the girls and I sat in horrific traffic to get home. Once we were finally in the door, I relaxed for maybe 20 minutes and then had to attend to dinner. I kept it very simple as it was late and had promised game playing with both kids. All three of us played Lucky Ducks, Wild Animal Bingo, and a Princess Fishing game before I got Daisy off to bed. Then Tabitha and I played Pirates of the Caribbean Life which took us forever to set up and read through the directions. So she got to bed rather late too. Of course, I can’t let them sleep in tomorrow or neither with go to sleep tomorrow night. But I’m so tired right now that there’s a good chance I won’t get up in the morning so I guess we’ll see how it all goes.
So tomorrow Chris stays home (yay!) and we’ll work together in the back. Not that he likes manual labor either, but at least we can bolster each other’s spirits
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last weekend
By Tara Zandra | May 22, 2009
I put the post and pictures of our weekend trip together here.
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mmm, watermelon
By Tara Zandra | May 22, 2009
While I work on the pictures from our weekend, here’s a quick pic of Daisy in her newest dress I sewed for her. She picked out the fabric and I already had the pattern. The hat is from a different pattern though still Burda. The hat only had 3 sizes and I made the middle one, should have gone with the larger size so I actually may redo the hat. We’ll see how high of a priority it is for me.
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up and down
By Tara Zandra | May 17, 2009
Just returned from a quick, two day trip up to NoCal and now back home in SoCal. Nice little earthquake to welcome us home. I’ll blog tomorrow.
Or the next day.
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Got a lot of computer time today
By Tara Zandra | May 13, 2009
The girls went off into their room at approx. 9:30 this morning and save for lunch did not come out until roughly 3:30 in the afternoon. It wasn’t some Draconian punishment on my part, they were making a movie together. First they had to figure out their plot line, then they did the “sets” (and I use the term very loosely), then they worked on music. Daisy wrote all the songs, save for one and even ended up singing one of them on the final movie. Tabitha did all the voice overs as the actors were inanimate objects. We all sat down to watch it after dinner and it was quite amusing.
So I spent a lot of time on the computer. Some of it was actual work as I had a bit of Girl Scout related business to attend to, but other than that, I played and I have to say, I really enjoyed a day of nothing. Oh sure, I still did dishes and made meals and put away a load of laundry, but hardly anything really worthwhile. When they were done making the movie, but before Chris got home, Tabitha asked to play on the computer so I used that as my excuse to finally move myself. I worked a bit on Daisy’s dress that I have completely neglected for 2 weeks now. I only got the bottom ruffle on, but it is 89″ so did take a little bit of time. We’ll see if I get to it again tomorrow or not.
I haven’t worked out this week which isn’t good, but on the bright side, other than a few small flashes a day, I’m feeling much more like my normal self. But I still need to work out just because I lead a fairly sedentary lifestyle and I need to keep active for health. But I don’t feel I need the yoga for stress reduction at this time though I’ll still continue it because I do feel it was helping me be more flexible. I’m not a naturally flexible person by any means so anything that helps my muscles be more bendy is a good thing.
Miss Tabitha has just been put to bed (with a tango down the hall, no less) so the next two hours belong to just me and the hubby
Edited to add: Strike that, apparently it’s Wednesday, which I momentarily forgot, which means I shall eat ice cream alone and then go wash my hair while Chris watches Lost. Man I hate that show 
At least it’s the season finale and won’t be back for months and months.
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nap time
By Tara Zandra | May 12, 2009
Obviously I’m fooling myself and I am getting old. I intentionally taking naps about 2-3 times a week now. Just little 30-minute refreshers but still. My 5 year old self would be disgusted with my willingness to succumb.
It’s just sad.
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weekend the past
By Tara Zandra | May 11, 2009
So, aside from the crazy lizard escapade of today, we had a fun weekend.
Saturday, I accompanied Tabitha’s Girl Scout troop to the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. We went to work on a badge called Earth Connections. The Huntington provides an info packet explaining how to complete the badge in their gardens. Except, they didn’t have the packet we needed despite my having called to verify it would be there. So we were thrown for a bit of a loop. The leader and I brainstormed and thankfully I remembered visiting an area last year that would just fit the bill for the badge requirements. In the end, I would say the girls earned the badge in the spirit is was intended if not perhaps to the exact letter of the requirements. But the girls had a great time and in the process we even completed another badge that the information booth did have a packet to give us. So all was not lost.
While I was traipsing through various gardens, Chris was attending a birthday party for one of Daisy’s friends who turned 3. It was Peter Pan themed and a costume party so Miss Daisy wore her Tink’s arrival day dress again. According to the accounts I heard, Daisy had a great time, but how could she not with chocolate covered strawberries on the menu?
We met up at home around 2:30 and then just had time to catch our breath before heading out again. We went to the girls’ dance studio because they were having an open house with free classes to try something new. Tabitha had been toying with the idea of taking jazz so that’s what she wanted to try out. As of today, she is still not sure if she’s going to take any dance and is actually leaning towards no, but it’s not decided yet. We did go ahead and put Daisy back into dance for the fall through the studio. They opened a class during the day and with it not interfering with dinner, it will really cut back on the stress for me. Tabitha and I can use that time to either do a few lessons, or even use it as vegging out time in that she can always bring her DS or a book. I think it will work out okay for which I’m glad because I felt bad for Daisy possibly having to quit her class.
Sunday was, of course, Mother’s Day. Tabitha had made lots of little notes for me and left them various places in my room and bathroom so I would find them while I was getting ready in the morning. It was a lovely start to the day. I had a date with my own mom that day, so I got myself ready and headed out to pick her up. I had made reservations for us at a tea house for a nice, formal tea. We had salad with raspberry vinaigrette, veggie quiche, scones with various toppings, fruit bowl, sandwiches, and desserts. We ended up both taking home desserts because it was just too much, especially since we each had 4 cups of tea in addition to water. We had strawberry peach tea and also passion fruit tea. It was all very delicious though I don’t feel the owner was quite as professional as I would have expected. I think I would go back though, knowing ahead of time what the owner is like.
After tea, we went back to my mom’s house and chatted for another almost 2 hours before I took my leave. When I got home, there was a little surprise waiting for me on the table in the form of 3 cards from my family. Plus, Tabitha had made me a small clay heart with the word Mom etched into it. Daisy card was handmade, Tabitha went for the “I’m weird because I get it from you” funny card, and Chris went for the sex joke card (complete with music!). It all gave me wonderful feelings of my family.
I spent the next hour blasting music and cleaning the house because that’s what I do when I’m alone for some reason. Eventually Chris called me (oh, I forgot to say, he and the girls were at his parents’ house celebrating with my MIL), and said I could join them for dinner as long as I was willing to sing for my supper as they were playing karaoke on the PS2. So he came and picked me up and I jumped right in singing “Take My Breath Away.” Sadly, it was nowhere near my best score on the game. Then it was off to Acapulco’s for dinner before home and kids to bed. Chris and I watched the Amazing Race finale before calling it a night.
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tiny dinosaurs (oxymoron, I know)
By Tara Zandra | May 11, 2009
When the girls and I were at the zoo two weeks ago, we oohed and aahed over some lizards we saw in a few different planters.
When we see lizards sunning themselves on the brick planter in front of our house, we are excited.
When we see a lizard on a pink blanket next to Daisy’s bed, we go into hysterics.
Only 3 hours until Chris gets home. Until then, the girls and I will be quaking in our boots in other parts of the house. Yes, I taught them Mama needs a man to take care of things like that and no I do not care. In my defense, I did trap the lizard under a box all by myself. Then I promptly weighted the box down with two dictionaries, one thesaurus and one history encyclopedia. Oh, and I taped the box to the floor; you know, in case that 5-inch lizard goes all Popeye on me and attempts to break free.
I need chocolate.
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let the sun shine in
By Tara Zandra | May 8, 2009
It was a gorgeous day for Park today. The warmth chased a few people away so we only had a small group, but that’s okay because the three of us had a lovely time. We stayed a little over 2 hours before heading home for lunch. At that point, the heat suddenly got to us and we all kind of wilted. I changed into comfy clothes as soon as I got home and the girls grabbed Otter Pops to enjoy while I made lunch.
Tabitha opted not to go to gymnastics today so our afternoon was lazy. I even laid down on my bed for awhile with Daisy. I didn’t really intend to sleep, but the breeze wafting through the window kind of lulled me into a light doze. Daisy put a pillow on my abdomen and curled up in a little ball and relaxed. I called her my lap cat and absentmindedly played with her ponytail.
Chris joined me as soon as he got home but eventually Daisy turned it into rough housing and I needed to work on dinner anyway. The girls had English muffin pizzas which they both declared delicious. I don’t know how Tabitha is 10 and I’ve never made them for her but at least she’s had them now.
After dinner, Chris and I worked for about an hour as tomorrow is our annual Saturday Clean-Up meaning the trash company will come take anything non-hazardous that we leave on the curb. Normally, they will only take what’s in the trash cans, so this is a chance to get rid of large items like chairs and such. Thankfully, a lot of our stuff is picked up the night before by people who go scouring the neighborhood to see if there is anything they can use. I’d love for everything to go because I hate the idea of it going to a landfill. One neighbor even picked up some big metal poles we had because he recycles metal. More power to him, I say.
After we were done with that, the girls put on a little show for us using singing toys. Daisy was the opening act on her keyboard and then Tabitha did most of the staging of the toys. There was much giggling behind the curtain so apparently back stage was a fun place. Chris and I were even given stickers as a momento at the end of the show.
And now we’re watching Dodgers for a bit, then we’ll probably watch a couple shows and head to bed. We do not get to rest tomorrow as we each have to take one kid to a different activity.
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We played
By Tara Zandra | May 6, 2009
That’s pretty much what occurred today. First the girls played together on Webk!nz for about 90 minutes, then they went into the living room for some odd imagination game they play that is called Daisy Fish. I cannot explain why, all I know is they use a toy fishing rod, lots of small toys, and definitely not inside voices. They ate lunch after a while during which Tabitha played Sim Town for a Girl Scout badge, believe it or not. It had to do with playing a game that calls for creating a city or country from scratch and governing people. Sim Town fits the bill for that one. Anyway, as soon as lunch was done, we walked to McDonald’s where Daisy played in the playplace. Tabitha and I discussed her science curriculum.
We’ve been using a rocks and minerals study that sounds great on paper. But Tabitha wasn’t retaining a single thing. We actually decided to start over with a slightly different approach but honestly, it was quite apparent that it just isn’t interesting nor doing it’s job. I mean, Tabitha picked out the subject because she loves rocks and wants to know about them and this just bored her. She’ll be taking a gems and minerals class later this year and I’m betting that will teach her more than this program did and she’ll have a great time learning. So we’re going to just take a general approach to science but the program I have all picked out is rather pricey so it will have to wait a bit to be purchased. I don’t need to worry too much though since Tabitha reads non-stop and actually has a wealth of science information in her.
So once we were home from McD’s there was a request to go to a certain park so off we went. I took my Rainbow Resource homeschooling catalog with me and plopped myself in the shade to do research. I was looking not just at the aforementioned science, but also music history, a study of the 50 states plus a California study.
We actually got home after Chris and then headed out to dinner which was a mistake for a few reasons but I can’t take it back now so there you go.
Home again and the girls decorated the driveway with chalk while I watered the grass. Then it was a bubble bath for the little one and then bed, which the big one soon followed.
Right now I’ve finished adding all my curriculum desires to my Rainbow Resource wish list and slightly played on facebook. Not sure how much time is left in Lost, but I can kill time by going to wash my face before I get Chris’s attention again
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twosday
By Tara Zandra | May 5, 2009
The title means nothing, it’s just hard to think of something every single day.
I got off to a great start by actually dragging myself out of bed and doing my yoga and a workout. I’ve been off the last couple of days and hadn’t been doing my yoga thinking it would be better to sleep in. Instead, today I felt really good after I was done. I just need to remember that feeling when the alarm goes off so darn early The only reason I do it so early in the morning is because I need to be completely out of the shower when Daisy gets up and sometimes she wakes as early as 7:15. But it’s good anyway because I enjoy having a lot of solitude in the mornings before I have to be “on” and be Mom again. Of course, today both girls slept until past 8:30 so I had a leisurely morning before just getting bored and doing laundry and other mundane tasks waiting for them.
Eventually our day got going. Tabitha worked on violin theory, violin practice, French, math, ancient history, grammar, and spelling. Daisy spent the day playing with a flat sheet of cardboard. We have a box of cardboard because I’m making the girls stick horses and we couldn’t get just one sheet, we had to get 10. So we have 9 leftover 3′x4′ sheets of cardboard and Daisy asked for one. It was mainly her boat which also included needing her pillow so maybe it was a house boat? Just listening to her chatter to herself reminded me so much of myself. I was very imaginative as a child and since I was an only child for so long, naturally I knew how to play by myself. I very much remember talking all my play out and not needing very much to make my storyline happen. I had Barbies and dolls and such, but I rarely made them talk to each other. Most of my scenarios were me talking to imaginary people, without me actually having imaginary friends. I mean, not a set imaginary friend with a name and all that. I definitely enjoy listening to Daisy play with her imagination as she says
After lunch, Tabitha was done with lessons though, so she and Daisy played together for quite some time before we had to leave. They usually play together during the day, but maybe for an hour. Today it was pretty much every minute that Tabitha wasn’t doing lessons or in a class. They made plans to delay lessons tomorrow and go on Webk!nz together first thing in the morning.
I just love how well they get along! Sure Tabitha goes through phases where she doesn’t really want to play with Daisy, but overall, she is simply the best big sister any little girl could have.
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And on the seventh day there was glitter
By Tara Zandra | May 3, 2009
We took the girls to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Disneyland today. They wore fairy costumes for the experience; Daisy wore Tinkerbell’s arrival day dress (it’s from the Tinkerbell movie) and Tabitha wore Silvermist’s dress (a fairy character from the books and movie). After they were done, we spent the rest of the day taking a million pictures.
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“I had a lovely GNO”
By Tara Zandra | May 2, 2009
This is what my oldest said to me as I just put her to bed. For those not into Miley Cyrus, that stands for “Girls’ Night Out.” Mind you, it was more of a Girls’ Night In, but we won’t quibble.
Chris is at a gathering at the Dodger game right now. He even got to meet Tommy Lasorda (color me jealous!). So it was just us girls home. Of course, it’s always just the three of us until Chris gets home from work every single day, but I guess it’s special if it’s the evening? As soon as Tabitha heard Chris wouldn’t be home for dinner, she planned cool tahini pasta which is not to Chris’s liking but Tabitha and I sure love! Daisy goes back and forth on it and tonight was a no for her, but she did enjoy making it with me. I figured we might as well really go for it and we also had watermelon which is also something Chris does not eat.
Before dinner though, we went to Borders to pick up another Putumayo Kids cd since I had a coupon. This time we got Carribbean Playground. We listened to it in the car already and enjoyed it. It’s not as good as World Playground, but I’m still glad to add it to the playlist. We also went to a craft store to look at their fabric selection but it turns out they were closing 10 minutes after we arrived. So we did a very quick tour of the fabric section and saw none of the rest of the store. I liked what I saw though, so we’ll be back on a day when I plan to purchase. On our way out, they were popping balloons they used to decorate the store, so they gave my girls a half dozen boquet of balloons to take home. That made them rather happy, let me tell you.
Here’s a little something that proves we’re raising our kids to be open, which is what we’re trying to do. I found a Little Golden Book today of “The House that Jack Built.” It is one of my favorite stories and we didn’t have it so I bought it. I read it to Daisy earlier this afternoon. Just now, before I put Tabitha to bed, she says to me she’s confused about it and asks why the man, tattered and torn, kisses the maiden, all forlon, if he’s married to the priest. Oh my god, did I want to laugh my head off. I simply explained to her that when it says “[The] priest all shaven and shorn, who married the man, all tattered and torn” it simply means he performed the marriage ceremony between the man and maiden. She goes, “Oh. I wondered, because I know all about gay marriage but I thought it was odd for a children’s rhyme.” Yeah, especially one written in 1954. LOL
So I’m alone and trying to figure out what to do. I could clean, which I actually enjoy when I’m alone. Plus the living room is currently housing a marble theme park and it’s been 4 days so definitely time for it to go. I could, and probably should, scrapbook. But somehow I don’t see me doing that. Can’t sew because I need to use my ruffler and it is loud enough to wake children. Plus, not in the mood. I could ditz around on the computer reading stuff at disboards and doing mindless quizzes at Facebook. I’m watching the Dodger game and it’s a tie in the 8th, so who knows how long until Chris will come home. I don’t know that we’ll do more than hit the hay once he’s home anyway.
Guess I’ll keep blogging.
So, I’ll be 35 at the end of this month; I still feel 24 though so, whatever. Of course, I don’t know how 35 is supposed to feel. Reminds me of way back on the night before I turned 13. I stayed up past midnight to “feel” myself turn into a teenager. I think I almost convinced myself I felt different. My skin isn’t 24 anymore though, geez. Not that I’ve ever had good skin, unfortunately. But I definitely need to look into adding a night cream to my regime. I don’t mind looking my age, but that doesn’t mean I have to give up and speed the process.
Another milestone this month is Chris and I will have our 15 year anniversary of meeting and being together. May 14 is the day we met and May 22 is the day we first went out. You know, that summer I went with him to a surprise party for his parents 25th wedding anniversary and this year it will be 40 years for them. Something to hold dear and really aspire to in this day and age. We’ve got a long way to go though, it will only be our 13th wedding anniversary this July. But we’ll get to 40 (and beyond!) eventually
Darn if Tabitha didn’t just now come out of her room. *sigh* She’s been in bed 45-minutes. She’s been pulling this for the past week. She stumbles out and says how tired she is and then wants to theorize why she’s not asleep. It takes a lot of will power on my part to not simply yell “Because you’re not in bed, you ninny! Now go!” Seriously, I’ve been doing this with her for 10 yeas. Of all the things to inherit from Chris she had to get the insomnia? Thank goodness Daisy, aka the easy bedtime child, goes to sleep roughly 5 minutes after you put her to bed.
All right, the Dodgers are going into extra innings and I’ve been doing more staring at the screen than typing, time to go do something else.
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1 hour after written
By Tara Zandra | May 1, 2009
My site won’t let me on to blog so I’m typing this up in Word. We’ll see if it gets uploaded tonight or not.
We started off the morning going to Tabitha’s book club. Daisy and I needed to run to Target so we just dropped Tabitha off. After book club it was off to the park for a couple hours. I had a few lovely conversations with various friends and the girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves with their friends as well. They came home hot, sweaty and dirty- sure signs of a successful play time
We came home for lunch and an hour and a half of relaxation and then we went to a makeup violin lesson for Tabitha. Usually I read to Daisy while we’re at violin but today I was a bit tired so she played with toys while I indulged in “Murder in Mesopotamia.” Right after violin it was straight to gymnastics for Tabitha. Since it was extra for waiting around for Daisy today, we brought Chris’s ipod and Daisy sat and watched a few TV shows while I watched Tabitha’s class. I had brought a small folding chair for Daisy as she gets uncomfortable on the gym’s stools and she thought that was great. She was perfectly set and comfy. She also sang along to the opening song of Handy Manny which cracked me up since she was unaware that I was watching her.
Then it was home where Chris was waiting for us. Everyone had to change and then we went to my in-laws’ for a visit with relatives that are in town this weekend. I had never met them and Chris hadn’t seen them since he was 3 or something like that. I must say they were lovely people and it was an enjoyable evening. We went out to Chinese food, my BIL joined us there, and there was much laughter at the table. They were almost embarrassingly complimentary about my children’s behavior and beauty so of course they are my new favorite people, lol.
By the time we left the restaurant it was past nine so we went straight home and put both girls to bed. We rarely put them to bed at the same time but Tabitha had had such a long day and it was physically demanding on top of her not getting enough sleep last night. Thankfully we haven’t heard a peep from either so I’m guessing they left each other alone and went to sleep.
Chris and I watched the Dodgers win and now we’re contemplating if we’re too full for Samba de Amigo or not. I think we need to work off dinner so we should probably play.
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