Life in the fast lane

Greetings. Cheeser is walking! yay!! Well, mostly. I think he gets mad cuz he doesn't go as fast as when he crawls so then he drops down to his knees and off he goes. And Magoo is getting much better on the potty...for the most part. Othe than the flushing the toilet 700 times and playing in the sink. But still....we are getting there.
The weather is finally nice(ish) so we have been trying to get outside. It doesn't always work out...and it generally requires a bath upon re-entry to the house given the ridiculous amount of mud outside. Spring is almost here though, so yay for that.
Now if i could just get 5 minutes of peace and quiet....

Soooooo way behind on life.

Seriously. Behind. Like, all of the laundry that should be in drawers currently resides on the guest bed waiting for some poor soul, aka me, to fold it and put it away. The dishes are caught up...except now i am making dinner. I have a hard time telling me daughter i am not going to play with her or let her sit with me because i have housework to do. So instead, i end up staying up until like 11 or midnight in an attempt to get something accomplished, and then i am dead tired and crabby when i go to bed. Is it just me? I realize i am home all day, but i don't exactly get nearly as much as i would like done. Is there a trick I am missing somewhere? A secret code to get some help maybe? Hence, no blog posting for a week.

Updates. Magoo is sporadically using the big girl potty. And i think she hit puberty somewhere in the last week because she is MOODY! Very moody. Pretty sure she is actually starting to enjoy time out too. Dammit.

Help....anybody....please....

Finally...it's his turn!

So, Magoo is doing much better using the big girl potty. She peed once and pooped once for me yesterday. Then my husband came home and I left for work. I warned him that she was using the potty and taking her clothes and diaper off randomly. Mind you it was 5:30 pm and I only work until 9:30. She peed 4 times for him. YAY magoo!!! Poor hubby though. Every time he would start doing something she was bellering for help from the potty. Kinda how my day goes...always. I start doing something and have to stop because she needs milk or has to potty, etc. He was home all day Monday and hid in our bedroom watching tv because he didn't want to watch 'her' shows. I don't get to do that! How is that fair? Oh well, karma will get him in the end.

New Hair,

I have a hair appointment this week. I am increasingly aware of the oodles of gray hair popping up all over my head. Mostly in incredibly visible areas. Seriously. When did i get this old? My sister and i have determined that it must be mom's fault. Has to be. Although it could be Magoo... Anywho, i digress. Every time I make a hair appointment i buy at least 2 magazines and search for ideas and something new and fun to do with my hair. And then i come home with the same thing or a version of the same thing. Very rarely do i do something wild and crazy. Which is dumb because i always tell people it is just hair and it will grow back. Mine grows pretty fast too. But part of me is afraid of those shiny, fast moving scissors. One wrong snip... But i would love to walk in and give the stylist carte blanche and tell them to go nuts, get creative. Then I remember that I am nearly 30. And i have a husband who is a PITA (pain in the ass.) and thinks that all women should have looooonng hair. So i get a few layers cut in and get the same colors i always do and trim just a little off the bottom. It's fun because it is fresh, but part of me really really wants to let them go nuts. Tune in next week to see if I get adventurous or not. :)

Winter Wonderland....or something

Did I mention I live in Wisconsin? And it is cold here all. the. time. And it snows here all. the. time. Like over 100 inches of snow last year. Craziness. My husband plows for the local school district, so I tend to be more of a single parent in winter. I don't know how single parents do it. My heart goes out to you all!! There isn't enough time in the day or wine in the cabinet for me to deal with the nonsense of winter around here. Trapped in the house because of the weather with no me time. Ever. I actually look forward to work because it means that I have at least a few hours of nobody saying mom over and over again. My husband leaves for work at 1am, gets home and goes to sleep for a few hours, eats dinner and it starts over again. No help putting the kiddos to bed. No one to distract Magoo for 15 minutes so i can make dinner. Nada. It is nonstop crazy go go go. So I salute all you single parents, and raise my wineglass in your general direction, because I have no idea how you do it. Kudos...and here is hoping for a fabulous day where nobody fights, everyone eats their veggies, and bedtime is a breeze!! :)

Seriously. Do children have some sort of internal mommy radar that they know when we are sick and work against us? Seeing as how i have caught the stomach bug going around, my daughter thought today would be a really good day to be especially high maintenance. As in, she smeared lotion all over the window and screen in my bedroom. Grrr...

On the upside, the dog is incredibly tolerant as she once again decided to use his paws for 'this little piggy'. That poor dog just lays there and takes it. Of course, it could be even trade for all the goodies she throws his way/abandons around the house. Oh well.

On the potty thing from yesterday, Magoo did manage to get almost to her potty chair before peeing all over the place. Pull ups...at least the white cloud brand...have the absorbancy of a ziploc bag. No progress today though.

Ok. So we are going to try this blog thing. I am a very busy stay at home mom who also does daycare and works part time doing customer service at a big box retailer that will remain nameless...at least for now. I have 2 crazy children. My daughter, Magoo, is 2.5 going on 30 and my son, Cheeser, is 10 months. I am married to my best friend who tolerates my craziness most days and others he would like to put me in a box and mail me overseas. Oh well...such is life. Anywho, day to day life around here is nuts. I have laundry that doesn't end, I just started doing daycare during the day and i still work about 3 nights a week. But hey, at least i have a job. Generally, this will be about the craziness that occurs around this house, but I am very opinionated so current events is bound to sneak in. Feel free to rifle questions at me, comment, etc. Everyone needs somewhere to vent. :)

Ok...so I am desperately trying to convince my daughter that she is a big girl and wants to use the big girl potty. Yea...not so much. Some days we have great success, others, epic failure. Any ideas? I don't want to force her. I would love to go the naked baby who pees on herself and realizes where she is supposed to be going route, but that has some major obstacles. Namely, there is just too much crap in my house, and the baby would probably crawl through a puddle somewhere. EEWWW!

And do all 2 year olds have an aversion to socks or is it just mine? Her current favorite activity is to take them off her feet and use them as mittens. I got nothing.