my new secret weapon in stress-relief

*Yesterday was a draining one. Though, thanks in large part to Chris and Ana for their support, I feel those particular troubles fading behind me. (I hope.)

*Gray had one of his many insomniatic nights. I ended up sleeping on the living room floor with him.

*After we'd managed to finally fall asleep, Miss Annie comes and wakes me up in the wee hours because there's a spider in her room. Oh my poor little arachnophobic daughter. And my poor little brain which really wishes it hadn't gotten some sleep.

*If anything rivals Annie's arachnophobia, it is surely my odontophobia. And I must have a filling replaced this morning. This always leaves me in a somewhat goofy-ish, giddy-ish state (my way of fighting terror, I suppose). And here is my latest tool in combating my fears and stresses and petty annoyances:


























Okay, so others may be shaking their heads, thinking, "Huh?!!" But I can't help it, there is something about this picture of Lucky that I took a couple days ago that absolutely cracks me up *every time* I look at it.

pretending i'm twittering

On Sunday:

*@Nymeth @chrisa511 Page 276--whoa...so totally didn't see that coming... #MofM

*I so adore listening to Maxidoodle chatter away to himself while in the shower. :D

*Coffee. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...

*Will someone please tell me where the hell the weekend went?!!

*So much for determination...only made it to page 380. #MofM


And Monday:

*Mornings didn't used to be so painful.

*It should not take one 5 min. to realize one is trying to put a twin sheet on a queen mattress. #proofineedmorecoffee

*Mmmm...the smell of lilics wafting through the windows.

*Lucky batting toothpaste cap around the room. Max apparently forget to put it back on tube. Mess. #adventureswithcatsandlittleboys

*Gray: Why do they call them piggy-back rides? Who rides pigs? #goodquestions

*@chrisa511 @DesLily I am in looooove with your gardens! One of these days, we need to get ours in the ground, too.

*I have the best friends in the world.