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Friday, February 16, 2007
How my chocolate sees me
Cute, right?

posted by *******DIANE******* @ 10:35 AM   1 comments
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Tales of a 5th Grade Mom
Have I mentioned how annoying the 5th grade is? I swear, every.single.week Queenie has a different major project due. Why don't I remember having so many projects in the 5th grade. Selective memory, perhaps? I'm sure my mom would remember.

We were up until past midnight last night doing Queenie's wayward science project. Not finishing off the fine details, mind you. Doing.the.project. Because 24 hours ago? The project wasn't even started. Thankfully the girl managed to pick a topic that could be done at the last minute with reasonably faked data - the effect of exercise on heart rate.

I know, I know, I am not doing her any favors by teaching her to fake her way through an assignment. But I taught her a-stinking-lot about how to perform under the pressure of an impending deadline when it seems impossible.

Behold to done-ness.



And for a little extra cuteness - Pokeboy pretending he doesn't want his picture taken:


Scooby following her brother's lead:


Damned paparazzi!
posted by *******DIANE******* @ 11:27 AM   0 comments
Monday, February 12, 2007
The plumber's came and did their thing Friday afternoon, but I was so busy, I didn't really have time to test it out. To commemorate the girl's first weekend (ok, overnight) with their dad, my mom and I went out to dinner. First, we poked around the aisles of Whole Foods just looking at random stuff and chatting. Then we ate a leisurely meal at Applebee's. Three whole hours of adult conversation without interruption from a child. It was like a little slice of Heaven.

Anyway, when I got up Sunday morning, I decided it was time to hunker down and address the steadily growing mountain of dishes. I turned the tap to hot and let it run. For quite a while. It only made it to luke warm, at best. I went out to the garage to check the pilot on the water heater to make sure it was still lit. It was and it was set fairly high. I smelled a little gas, but didn't get too awfully concerned. A little while later, however, I went back to check on it again and I could smell gas by the time I was 5 feet away from the water heater. So I called PG&E and they said they'd be out by 5 p.m. I decided to open the garage door to let some of the fumes out and this time I could smell gas as soon as I walked in. Scary.

Turns out there was a gas leak and handy PG&E-guy fixed it for me. Thank goodness. Tragedy averted. See? I AM lucky :)

The girls had a good time at their dad's and he even picked them back up on Sunday to take them to a birthday party. Overall, it was a good weekend.

And after some pretty heavy convincing, I got my mom to agree to put me and Pokeboy on a cell phone plan with her and I'm getting this in Strawberry. It should be delivered on Valentine's Day. Yay!
posted by *******DIANE******* @ 1:25 PM   1 comments
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