Yummy Mommy

I'm BAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

Yup, after nearly 2 weeks of broken computer, I am back online! It turned out to just be the power source (I really don't  know what that is, my husband told me ~ he fixed it, so thank-you, husband!) Funny how many ideas for blog posts occur to you when your computer is out of commission. Now that it's back online, do you think I still have one of those ideas still rattling around in my empty noggin? If you answered "no", you win. (Sorry, there's no actual prize). Hopefully soon, sports fans. In the meantime, I think I'll celebrate by visiting some of my favorite blogs: saucytart, Who Put Me In This Minivan, Just Jessie, Reasonably Educated Bumpkins, So A Blonde Walks Into A Blog..., KK On My Mind, Foolery, and  White Trash Mom, to name a few. Hm, no wonder I seemed to have more spare time after my computer broke down...    

Murphy's law?

I am really curious about the exact nature of the cosmic law that dictates that the utterance of a phrase that resembles "This is going well" must be immediately followed by some sort of  disaster. Is it Murphy's Law? The Universe putting us in our place? Zeus/Shiva/God or whoever letting us know where we really stand? It has happened to us numerous times; we will be right on time for our morning blast off, for example, and one of us stupidly will say "Hey, we're really on time this morning", and... boom... the next thing you know, we are 45 minutes late going "What the hell happened?" We have ALMOST learned not to say stuff like this, but once in awhile, we still let something silly slip. Case in point: I got Chloe this bead set for Christmas; the box claimed that it had 15 000 beads (I didn't bother to count them). Not the usual gift for a 2 1/2 year, but she is very focussed, and has spent hours in the past playing with beads without making a giant mess. My husband, however, just HAD to say, yesterday, "She has really been good about not making a mess with those beads." Sure enough, about 10 minutes later, there were beads spread all over the entire house, as if a tiny bead shrapnel-bomb had gone off in our living room. This is 17 days after Christmas, 17 days where she totally kept those beads under control. My vacuum and I curse you, gods-that-make-bad-things-happen-
when-someone-points-out-that-good-things-are-happening.

Gettin' some...

... snow, that is. I actually managed to fanagle my life so that I could spend a couple of hours on our local ski hill snowboarding today. It was beautiful up there, a nice change from the incredibly crappy weather we have been experiencing lately. Check it out!

Lovely!

Or not...

I am going for one of those awards people are always getting for their blogs. The one I am after is very special: "Most sporadic blogger!". Can't wait to see that button on my blog! It's not that I don't have lots to say ~ quite the contrary, just ask my husband. It's having the time/energy to sit down and do it that's the problem. You know you've got it bad when life gets in the way of your blogging!

Absence makes the heart grow fonder???

If that's true, then everyone must LOVE Yummy Mommy. I don't know what happened, my last post was December 13! It's not like I've been any busier, in fact I've been off for the holidays, so theoretically, I should have had more time to blog. I do have to admit that I am totally addicted to Scramble on Facebook, so lately when I have stolen a few minutes to myself, that's what I find myself doing. Basically, I just haven't felt inspired. I guess my life is just boring.

The holidays were lovely, though, and as usual, we all got spoiled with the gifts, privileged people that we are. We really did try to not go overboard for the kids, but it is hard! One of my favorite gifts was a handmade one, by my dad. I had the worst pressboard, cheapo, ugly dresser that looked like something you would find abandoned outside a frat house at the end of the school year, and my dad made me the most beautiful, solid wood dresser you could imagine. Check it out:

Notice the dovetailing on the drawers? I love the salamander hardware. Anyway, I feel like I've gone from a rusted out Pinto to a brand new Mercedes!

Chloe got these adorable sunglasses:

For some reason, she insists on wearing sunglasses upside down ~ that's my girl, got to do it her own way!

How were your holidays?