getting the girl happy

I've been told that the way to make the girl happy is make her hair happy. She has been watching too many commercials. I taught her the way of the backcomb today, but her hair is too fine to hold it. That girl needs some damage to her hair to hold it, or better hairspray than the aeorsol Suave (couldn't find Aqua Net that day). She swears that it is at Walgreens, but they have never heard of it. BB&B says they should have it soon... we can't wait!!! We even have a song, "we're gonna have big, happie, hair... we're gonna have big, happie, hair."

I have discovered that the infomercials are on qubo (a faith-based cartoon network, available through the dTV convertor box... thanks government!!!). This after the boy keeps introducing himself, "Billy Mayes here."

OH CHRISTMAS TREE!!!!!!! ARRRRRGGHHHHH!!

Putting away Christmas, and the tree won't fit back into it's box!! It is too poofy, and I'm afraid I'll break the lights if I put too much pressure on it. The plan to get it put away so it survives entails cleaning up the basement and garage... guess what I'll be doing this weekend??? Fun times, fun times.....

we got through!!!

We got through Christmas!!! The girl got her pink guitar. Which, when tuned, the knobs wouldn't stay. After firing off a cranky email to Santa, I put back in the box, waiting for a return label the next day. What was on the box, but a teeny, tiny sticker that said that the screws in the knobs may need tightened and the guitar may need tuned. So I tightened the screws (with my new tool kit... Thanks!!!!) and the guitar works!! The next morning, I received an email from Santa, saying to keep the guitar, and that the money he paid the low quality elves was being sent to my checking account to buy the girl a new guitar. Sooooooo, when the guitar breaks, we can buy her a new one.

The boy got his lego castle that he wanted. He spent the morning building it, and finished building it the next morning because the kids had to go to their dads. The boy also got a scooter from his meemaa. He told her earlier that he didn't think he would like one, but it has been driven inside the house until today, when it got used outside (it will not get to come upstairs now that it has been outside!! No more dodging the kids flying through the house at top speed!).

I got my grades today. Kinda dissappointing. I have to retake one, maybe two. But I did get a B in college Algebra!!!!! Now I'm sweating how to get these classes scheduled to try and make my graduation deadline... Wish me luck!!! Now on to the New Year... What to resolve... I'm thinking I should try and wear makeup every day (see previous yamma jamma post). That may bring a whole new level of keeping things together...

the girl says...

The water coming out is so cold... I took two drinks and got a brain freeze. It hurts. This is said in the cutest way the girl can... with her accent. We love her!!!

busy nite

So, I think I've gotten all the presents wrapped that I can. There are a couple I still have to buy and craft, and a couple I have to finish crafting. There is NOTHING on my cable-less TV, so I have had to resort to baking. So far, I have made blob bars (gooey, chocolatey, rich), carmel delights (turtleish, carmel, chocolate), cheesecake brownies, I am currently on the base of lemon bars. Next, and what is last for tonight is brownies. NOT from a mix!!! I think this is all of the "bars" I bake for the season. I still have cookies to make. This will be a two phase process, as I have to take care of my Jackie, and am not cooking anything peanutty until I have given him his snacks.

Since there wasn't anything on the TV, as I have previously stated, I decided to clean the fridge. I need room for all the goodies, and I can't remember the last time I cleaned it, so that means it must be time! I threw away all the condiments that I don't eat, that were eaten only by the brainless fool. I don't know why I didn't do that earlier... they somehow made it to the bottom shelves of the door, and were just taking up space. It wasn't as therapudic as packing his clothes or creating a burn box of things that turn up that need purged/destroyed. Maybe I should have wrapped them up for Christmas for him... but that would be a waste of my time and wrapping paper. Let him get his own damn chili sauce and horseradish and whatever other weird things he had!!!

I need a photog!!

So I see that the Grinch is having a photo session downtown today. I need to replace the engagement picture on my mom's wall that hasn't fallen off and broken as I've prayed. I think the kids may notice the hole on the wall this late in the game. Hence the replacement picture. However, I have no photog... my wonderful sister is on her way to Texas. I guess I'll just have to rely on the kindness of strangers.....

My acting debut...

Yesterday I had a play. It was really a musical. But who cares. It was called "Santa's Holiday Hoedown." I was an elf. Only two of the other elves were from my grade. The rest of the kids from my grade were reindeer. The only song I didn't sing was the reindeer song. The last performance was postponed because we got out of school early because of freezing rain and ice. We get to do that performance after the new year. I had lots of fun doing the play, er, I mean musical. My Pampa was cracking up the whole time. My Gramps came too. As well two of my aunts, my uncle, and all their kids that weren't at school. I'm glad they came. My mom was at both shows in the morning. My sister only got to come to the first. My best buddy cousin, who's in my grade, got to see both shows as well.

This post is sponsered by the boy goat.....