Mya builds a BIG tower (showing a future career as a Structural Engineer?) 

Mya and Dale show us their tongues. 

We like Turkey! 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

I ran into Shannon's son, gage at the DMV, went shopping, ate breakfast at Heinmanns, ate dinner at Denny's, watched the new Harry Potter movie and had a good day.

BTW I am 28 now if you were wondering.
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Yesterday I had the BEST ride home. took 20 min, tops, no traffic! I was able to get in and out of Memory Junction in 10 min with a new album and a few new scrapbook pages!

we fed and watered the girls last nite (mac and cheeze in sponge bob shapes), played with them a bit and they were ready for bed by 6:30. I finished a few scrapbook pages, watched "The American President" for the 10th time, took a shower and went to bed.

Tonight is more alone with the girls for dinner time (im thinking banana's and cereal and milk, very easy) but Mum might show up and drop off gifts and visit (and is bringing dinner...so Im thinking Pork Fried Rice from the mall)...

No Gilmore Girls tonight :( but I'm hoping to have a movie or something to watch on TV..
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It was a very tiring weekend. Malinda is allergic to her 1st meds so she was cranky all weekend and off balance because of her ear thing...Mya was throwing fits when she didnt get her way (when she couldnt have Malinda's toys) and I felt like dirt all weekend.

We took a trip to Target and Walmart with the girls, and took them for lunch at Wendy's on Saturday.

Sunday my parents took the girls for a few hours.

I was able to get to the grocery store, walgreens and bake 2 dozen pumpkin muffins for work (which due to someone else bringing in like 10000 things for their birthday treats are sitting there uneaten)

Dale was able to rake all the leaves and help me with some chores around the house. I got to clean the kitchen and vac the upstairs and god knows what else...

The girls were muy tired yesterday and slept a lot. Mya kept waking up all night last night having bad dreams. Yet another night of crappy sleep.

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Malinda and her sad rash cause just like mom and grandpa she is allergic to pennicylin!. 

Mya and her new shoes and new ponytail 

Mya tells me "that." 

Mya reads us her book. 

daddy shows malinda how to use the remote. 

Mya likes to show me what's on her toes....in this case funny xmas reindeers. 

Malinda is still running a high fever, this must be one nasty ass ear infection thing she has. My parents called from Florida last night, they went and saw Cirque de Soiel or whatever last night...My moms all upset since I told her that Malinda is having a lousy week (and by extension so am I).

I did'nt get much sleep last night, Mya kept having these night terrors and crying out and flopping around waking me up...arg. Tonight I think I will try to watch the 2nd Kevin Smith disc, we were going to watch ELF last night but the disc is unplayable :(
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sigh. Once again its 2:50 yesterday and I get a phone call. Its daycare, Malinda was fine all day and she wakes up from her nap with a 104.7 degree fever. So I call the dr. and get an appt., I call my mother-in-law to meet me at daycare, I pick up the baby (who is really really hot and sad) and head to the dr. Long story short, double whopper of an ear infection hence the fever. Antibiotics and tylenol purchased at the pharm, then drive to grandmas to drop off baby, drive home from grandmas and then 2 hours of cleaning house/eating dinner.

I was driving for like 2.3 hours straight yesterday. My feet are swollen and I am wiped out. I guess Malinda had a nice night, she slept in the bed with grandma (which prob. isnt the best habit to get into but its at GRANDMA's house so maybe they can associate that with specialness at grandmas?) her fever broke around 2:30am and she is OK this morning.

I watched Disc 1 of "An Evening With Kevin Smith" last night while I wrapped x-mas presents (im done with shopping, the tree is up and trimmed and the house is decorated...). It was darn funny.

Tonight I plan on either doing more wrapping/cleaning and watching "Elf" on DVD (then er) or if the girls are with us, cleaning a bit while they eat something for dinner (no idea what, im cooked out)...

And in news from down under, a lady in Austrailia is breast feeding her puppy along with her newborn, I will not be breast feeding a puppy along with the new baby, just in case you were wondering.
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So yesterday at 3:30 daycare calls regarding Malinda, she woke up with a fever of 103.5 "just wanted to let you know." So I call Toni and ask her if she can come over and help me with the girls. Call the dr. and see if I need to bring her in (no). I grab the girls from daycare, get a kids meal from Wendy's and rush home. Malinda has a fever of 103.6 and so we dose her up with tylenol or whatever, she eats fine and drinks A LOT and is generally really clingy and sleepy.

At about 5:30 she just grabbed a blanket and lay on the floor. I gave up and put her to bed...she just went to sleep without a peep. Mya went down about an hour later.

At about 9:45 I went in to check on Malinda and she's WAY warm so I tell Dale we really need to wake her up and dose her again and get her to drink some pedialyte. She has a 101.8 fever so we dose her and she drinks like 8 oz of pedialyte and juice (wow). We put her back down and she woke up at 2am back up to 103....so another 10 oz of pedialyte and more drugs later she went back to bed till 5:30 and was at 98.6 this morning...I gave her more drugs (just in case) and packed her off to daycare.

The end result of this tale is that I havent showered in 3 days, I havent slept at all, I didn't eat much and my back is killing me. Toni has both girls tonight and I'm hoping that they have a good day at daycare-no more mysterious 12 hour fevers!

Tonight I plan on a major house cleaning...I have the x-mas tree up so I want to clear away all the empty boxes and whatnot...vac, clean kitchen, do laundry....etc...

Also congrats to Renee who bought a house with Lucas, Mark who moved into a new place in Bayview, and Laura for surviving another week with GWB. :)
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Today we were all locked out of daycare because Hope was sick.. So Dale and I and the girls and about 10 parents + kids were standing in the parking lot waiting for someone to show up....20 min later we dropped off the girls. This has only happened once before so its not a big big deal, but I was running late. The girls enjoyed being held and pointing at all the things outside....

Tonight is going to be very hard for me, dinner and bedtime with both girls all by myself. My mother in law is not taking anyone tonight....We finished babygating the kitchen so the girls can run around while I get dinner ready, but its pretty hard for me to carry them both with this baby weight on the front.

Hope you enjoy all the new pictures from this weekend below! :) :) :)
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I'm tired too 

Mya and her ball. 

Minda and her new phone 

Mya's 8 Teeth 

Crazy Happy Twins 

Crazy Happy Mya 

I'm tired 

We had a busy weekend. Friday there was my Twins meeting, and we went to La Estacion for drinks afterwards (I had a burrito and Horchatta-yum) I didnt get home till 11:30. The girls got a new toy its a pop up playhouse/puppet theatre/grocery store/post office. They had an insane time running in and out all weekend and playing with the puppets....anyone with kids is welcome to come over and play with it.

Saturday we went to Betty Brinn with the Twins group, Erin, Lisa and Jeannie all came with their kids. We did tot time (made an apple) and ran around the toddler area...of course the girls collapsed in the car. We had lunch with them at Denny's (grilled cheese and goldfish crackers) and then played inside all day...

Yesterday my parents came over and watched the girls while my mom stained our woodwork, Dale raked leaves, and I finished putting up the X-Mas tree. Mya has a new tooth (#8) and if I could find the baby books I would note that....(where the fuck did I put the babybooks?)

Today are going to have something for dinner (I have no idea what, maybe pasta?) and watch MNF. Tomorrow I have both girls by myself for dinner so I am thinking a kids meal from Wendy's....no idea...

My parents are in florida all week so I have to get their mail for them! Pictures from this weekend to follow.
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Had to leave work early yesterday as Malinda was throwing up all over the place. Grandma said she couldnt keep anything down. She stayed at my folks last night and according to my mom both the girls just wanted to be held....Mya is all chapped on her face from snot and I think drool? I dunno. They slept good last night and are eating oatmeal and bananas as we speak.

Dale and I watched Shrek 2 last night, pretty funny even if I do dislike Cameron Diaz. We also cleaned the house (kinda), put up the christmas tree, did some holiday decorating, attached one babygate to the wall, cleaned the kitchen floor, did laundry, dishes, dusted, and finally I got to watch ER which Im sure was meant to be this big wonderful emmy nominated ep., but which I found kind of slow and boring.
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Jesus speaks through the Republicans

I hope the election of George W. Bush is seen as a wake-up call to all the liberal Democrats who oppose God's will.

It is His doing that George W. Bush is still our president. Millions of born-again Christians helped win this election through our prayers and votes. Jesus speaks through the Republicans.

The Democrats will not be able to win elections until they renounce their sinful ways and stop encouraging abortions, gayness, and trying to take away our guns.

Earl Balboa

Washington Township

AND ALL YOU REPUBLICANS OUT THERE WONDER WHY THE DEMOCRATS VOTE THE WAY WE DO? I'D LOVE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A MORON LIKE THIS GUY!
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So the concert was beyond WAY wonderful. It makes it into the top 5 single best events of my existance, right behind having the kids, getting married etc... They played for 2 solid hours, no chit chat between songs just 2 hours of music. WOW. The highlights: Both versions of Wave of Mutilation (the fast version and the UK surf mix), Caribou, Where is my Mind and Debaser (the opening song), the lowlights: No Hangwire :(

It was a little odd to be at a concert when I'm 8 months pregnant and when I can't wear my "official concert uniform." There were like 40 year old people there dressed up as the "disaffected youth movement." I'm all for self expression but I'm thinking that once you are 40 with a house and kids and whatever it becomes slightly pathetic to pull out your old leather jacket, funky pant/shirt combo, dye your hair blue for the night and smoke your shitty cigarettes and try to pretend to blend in with the 15 year olds there that actually are the disaffected youth.

Plus I felt under (?) dressed since I didnt have one of the following on my person: pladd, doc martins, ripped teeshirt/jeans, pony-tails in my hair-funky yet arty glasses, cigarettes, beer, mismatched socks, anything army green, or hair the color of (insert rainbow bright color here)....

I was sitting around (in my choice ass seat, 1st row bal. next to the wheelchair access...total prime view) in my pregnancy fat jeans, a shirt I borrowed from my Uncle, my work shoes (which are just boring black sketchers) and warm socks. Did I mention that I'm 8 mo pregnant so my everything was swollen? Yes, I looked exactly like your typical punk rock legend band concert goer...

The baby liked the show, he was kicking along during the songs...I'm not sure if it was "yes this rocks, whoo hoo" kicking or "holy shit mom this is fucking loud what the hell" kicking.

Before the show I met up with Vanessa and we ate in the basement at Roots. We had some excellent organic nachos with pork, and I had part of a Hamburger with Yucca Chips.

Went and saw Vanessa's new place, played with her kitties and Ali who is growing into such a big dog!!! She was nice enough to drop me off at the show.

I was able to walk home from the concert to my Aunts Condo which is soooooo nice let me tell you. They hired a great decorator for the place, it just looks amazing! Had trouble sleeping for some reason...now I feel like death this morning....

Malinda and Dale had a nice night together. They ate dinner right away when they got home and they watched Shrek 2. Dale said Malinda really enjoyed that and held her Donkey during the movie, also spent much time pointing at the screen...maybe we will have to buy the box set for the kids?!
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Nerf Herder - Pantera Fans In Love Lyrics

I bleached my hair just like Vince Neil
Then you made me cut it like James Hetfield
We're gonna put an end to alternative rock
We'll find a way to make the Cranberries stop
We went to Sears for pictures at Christmas time
But they wouldnt let us make the metal sign
No they wouldnt let us make the metal sign.

Chorus:
I'll bring the wine you bring the bread and cheese
It's hard to eat when your headbanging
Making out in the middle of the pit
How come Slayer doesn't sing about this
If anything comes between you and me
The heavymetal heaven that's where we'll meet
We are Pantera fans in love

What's with these punk rock nerds
They cant even sing i wish we never heard of the Offspring
A candle lit dinner, Now were holding hands
I taught you how to draw your first pentagram
We went miniture golfing but we didnt get far
Because we used the clubs to play air guitar
Oh we used the clubs to play air guitar

(Chorus)

We are we are Pantera fans in love

We saw Ozzy on our first date
Our special song is Crazy Train
Making out in the middle of the pit
How come Slayer doesn't sing about this
If anything comes between you and me
The heavymetal heaven that's where we'll meet
We are Metallica fans
We are Megadeath fans
We are Manowar fans in love
We are Pantera fans in love

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So now its Mya's turn to not want to sleep. She woke up at maybe 11:30? and Dale took her downstairs, I guess she played with her toys till like 1-1:30 and finally collapsed on a pillow and Dale brought her to bed.

Tonight is THE PIXIES CONERT here downtown in Milwaukee! Whoo Hooo! I am going to dinner at Roots with Vanessa for dinner (her boyfriend Josh is the Manager there), I'm staying at my Aunt and Uncle's condo (which is directly across the street from M&I Bank on Water Street in Milwaukee, and the show is at 8pm here downtown. I'm not going home at all since it would be SUPER late when I got home....So I'm heading to the show (at 8 mo pregnant, what a hoot!) and heading to the condo to sleep....I'll be able to have starbucks for breakfast :) and head to work... I'm stoked as this is the birthday present that I got for myself!

I'm having to tape Gilmore Girls tonight so I can watch it tomorrow...Dale and Malinda are watching Shrek 2...we want to see if she can understand that her stuffed Donkey and the Donkey on the TV are the same thing....
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Malinda wouldnt go to bed last night, she was very sad and cranky...gave her some tylenol, and a bottle and the damn phone kept ringing which didnt help! She finally went down but was REALLY tired this morning and just wanted to cuddle while we watched Bear in the Big Blue House (today's episode was about disabilities)....I have a Dr's appt. at 4:45 today so tonight will be pretty rushed with Dale picking up the kids and stuff...

Today I have a lot to do at work which is nice, what is not nice is that my boss is OOO on vacation.

Other good news I'm almost done with my lawsuit unpleasantness so thats excellent!
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Malinda and her new favorite toy! 

Mya in her "artsy" picture... 

Mya has discovered her tongue 

Malinda in her swing! 

Malinda and her crazy hat! 

Mya likes her new playset! 

So Mya has some new accomplishments this week. Yesterday she finally decided to participate in the "Mya, where's your nose? Can you show Mommy your nose?" game. Malinda has been doing this for months and now Mya smugly points to her own nose. Also my brother informed me she can now find her ears for you if you ask her where they are. She greeted me this morning on the phone with a resounding "DAT!"

I am very tired this week, 2 mornings of up at 4am and this damn cough (which is either bronchial pnumonia or whooping cough) is killing me and now the girls are sick as well. bah. Getting my breaks replaced tomorrow AM and a dr's appt on Monday...Now that I'm in the home stretch its every two weeks.
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Mya has a new tooth on the bottom row :) thats 7! She also has a pretty bad cold and was very stuffy last night so we let her sleep with the humidifier in her room....She was very surprised to see her indoor swing/play set this morning and spent a good 15 minutes looking at it and asking "that? that? that?" We also learned that Malinda understands the question "are you done eating?" as she shook her head and said "no no." Good job to my talkative kiddies!
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So Kerry did his gracious loser speech a bit ago.....

What really burns me is that one of the people I work with here came out and said "Now I get to call all my Liberal friends and rub it in!" Since when did the fate of the leader of the free world get turned into a sporting event? Its shit like that "look at me I'm a poor winner, I get to call everyone and gloat!" which makes the country even more divided and politics more divisive. You don't see Bush going on TV and doing a hoochie coochie dance in the white house "end zone", pulling out a Sharpie from his $10,000 suit and signing "GW" on the decl of independance and giving it to his mamma now do you?

No, you get the "Kerry was a good opponent, blah blah blah" speech and every thing goes back to normal.

Its a small wonder that no one in politics can play nice when normal people (like the guy I work with) is happier that he gets to rub it in to his friends that his guy won, then the fact his guy won-very very sad.
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Well all signs point to Kerry losing by a small margin. Which really scares me morally. I tend to vote my moral opinions vs personal ones (personally i wouldnt MIND bush that much) ( Im pro choice, pro stem cell research, pro gay marraige (as that will equal HUGE tax income and HUGE business income, among other things...) and frankly a republican president and congress and house with up to 3 supreme court justices to nominate from the conservative right (and who will get passed) makes me very very scared.

Say byebye to a woman's right to choose, and hello to more and more mommies with babies on welfare, or more and more "accidental/unwanted" kids who are shoved into the system, put up for adoption or abused (thus draining funds from the government) and more women who try to do backroom abortions themselves or with some hack (thus jacking up HC costs as they get rushed to the ER with little or no insurance, or die), bye bye 4 years of possible research for Parkinsons, ALS, etc...and say a big goodbye to all that lovely tax rev. from all those married gay people who can now pay the man every april 15th to be married just like I have to, plus think of all the gay wedding businesses that wont exist, no new gay cake makers, wedding dress makers, resort locations, gay honeymoon suites, income for counties/state from gay wedding lisc. (and yes you do have to pay to get one), etc.. etc..

Plus of course the untold billions we will have to spend to "fix" the middle east. Quick one for you all, we will NEVER have peace in the middle east, why? easy-there has NEVER been peace in the middle east and there pretty much never will be. We might as well get a CCR reunion together so they can write some vietnam area protest songs for the new Iraq miasma millenium, we ain't fixing that quagmire any time soon.
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I VOTED TODAY! Dale voted for the other guy, so we canceled each other out! :)
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one very happy bumble bee 

one very sad bumble bee 

malinda trying to help rake 

Even though I am burned out on politics because I live in a battleground state, Hopefully all of you who can vote tomorrow, will vote tomorrow. Although I hope you all vote for Kerry...but that's just me.
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The girls didnt do very well with the time change, Mya was up at 3:30 am on Sunday, shes cutting molars and is cranky. We spent yesterday playing with Jason and Robin (she has a LOVELY ring from Jason) and Grandma (who got them snowboots and snowsuits) and my parents....We went outside after the Packer game in our costumes to rake leaves, and the girls had fun "helping" which intails moving one leaf from one pile to another pile.

Dale took them Trick or Treating but it was too late and they were cranky...they visited our neighbors and Jeff's parents. Mya fell off our porch and smacked her head on the concrete so that was the end of that....We had a few T or T 'ers I gave up at 7pm because it was too damn cold outside.....

Tonight we are hopefully getting the girls to bed with no problems and cleaning the bathrooms. If I get one more political call I will puke.
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