Just stuff

I am very much engrossed in "The Time Traveller's Wife" right now. It's amazing. The book can get a little confusing, though, because the story jumps around a lot... I guess that's what happens when the main character is constantly time travelling. I think it's so funny, though, because, as someone who loves to write and has tried twice to write a novel (yes, I have two unfinished manuscripts... blah, blah.... I got stuck.. so, anyway..) I am constantly wondering how in the CRAP this author is keeping up with what she is writing! I mean, seriously. Both times I've attempted writing a novel, I think part of what causes me to quit is that I just burn myself completely out. I end up with 90 pages of manuscript and about 200 pages of notes... yikes! So, I would love to have the opportunity to meet this author one day so I could ask her these burning questions about HOW she wrote this incredible story!

Okay, on other topics.. my little boy is proving to be quite the genius baby. Last night he did something I thought was SO SMART. And my mom was right there, so I have a witness. We came home from my granny's house and I put Noah down in the living room. We were talking, the kids were playing and I started talking about the things I needed to get done. I looked at Noah and I said, "Noah, do you want a bath?". Of course, I was really just saying this out loud, trying to decide if he needed a bath last night or if I was going to wait until this morning to give him his bath. Well, when I asked him that question, he threw down his toy, turned around and walked as fast as he could... straight to the bathroom! I was in complete amazement! I jumped up and my mom and I exchanged a very bewildered look and I followed him. When I got to the bathroom, he was standing by the tub, pulling back the shower curtain! I still can't believe he did that! I had no idea that he actually knew what I was saying. I think I have a very smart little cookie on my hands.

I am actively selling lots of our goods on ebay at the moment. My seller id is emmasmom1006, so check out my lovely items for sale on there. :) Oh, and during the pillaging of my house, looking for things to sell, I decided I was ready for Noah's room to have a new look. He's getting to be a big boy now, so I wanted him to have bigger boy bedding and decor in his room. So, I'm selling his sweet little baby stuff and I'm redoing his room in the Pottery Barn Kids Dr. Seuss stuff. Have you seen it???? Oh my... I LOVE it... and it's Organic AND it's on clearance right now!!! Woo Hoo!!! I'm so excited!! :) Oh, and Noah is still in his crib, of course, but his furniture is white, so I think it's going to look so cute! I'm so excited for my big boy. :)

And Emma is just super excited because her school starts back on Monday. I'm not so excited about this. Not because I don't want to give her up during the days. That was my gripe last year. But last year she was THREE and she was still my sweet baby. This year she's four, almost five, and I KNOW she needs to be in school. She really does. She's so smart and she actually craves school. It's so weird to me. She cries if she can't go to school. Gosh, my mom used to have to threaten my life every morning to get me up out of my bed to make me go to school. So, I don't really understand this part of Emma at all. But anyway.. I am not looking forward to this because... HOLY CRAP... we're going to have to be up at... EARLY.. REALLY, REALLY EARLY. We are not early people around here. Those of you who know me well know that you really shouldn't call our house before 10 or even.... 11... because we may or we may not be awake. I love to sleep the mornings away and my kids definitely inherited this same love. They will sleep til noon sometimes if I stay really quiet and don't wake them up. So, yeah... an 8am school time is quite ominous to me. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it all five days. I'm really hoping that we'll be successful in getting there on time at least 3 out of the 5 days. Yikes... next year attendance is mandatory... what the heck am I going to do then???? And for those of you who are wondering if I sleep like 15 hours a night or something... NO! I'm such a night owl. I have to make myself quit doing chores and reading and watching tv at night. I would be the perfect person to hold a night job, because I really love being up at night time.

Okay, I'll quit rambling...