did i say within the week? i did, didn't i?

well - here goes. it'll have to be short.

we bought a house today. it's a sweet little house in clintonville and i feel so thankful quite frankly a little nervous. okay - a lot.

so... you may not hear from me this week because i have to pack our home while singlehandedly taking care of three kids. why? because chris is being a hero and refinishing the basement before we move in next week so that our kids have somewhere to play.

funny kid quote of the day (julian, age 2) "I'm freaking out, dude!" (said to me in the beginning stages of a tantrum over getting in the bath.

poignant kid quote of the day (emerson, age 5 who has been having a bit of anxiety over the move) "mom? i'm not nervous anymore." (said to me on the phone from the new house where he went over to check it out with daddy)

wish us luck...... we're gonna' need it to make it to the other side of this month.

hi...
so a few people have said that they have been checking my blog in vain for months now. and can i just say... i am so flattered! as if something i have to say might be funny or interesting or insightful enough for you to come back week after week and check!? thank you my faithful readers for sticking with me throughout this blogfamine. thank you my loyal audience... ahem... ok... well just you jess. this post is for you.
there is soooooooooooo much going on. in the most exciting of all news... LUCAS DELLESKY has joined the world. jamie and teddy were kind enough to allow me the privelege along with lyndi and sheila of being present as he arrived... he is beautiful and strong and sweet. jamie was amazing and made me so proud to be her friend. she is a strong and beautiful woman with a soul that is bigger than the space her body takes up. she radiates spirit.
we are currently in contract on a house in clintonville. hold your breathe. say a prayer. knock on wood. cross your fingers.
emerson was accepted at indianola alternative elementary school. my number one choice for him. yay!
we need to sell a piano. we need to buy a bunk bed. anyone have one/need one? we will be selling many other items at a garage sale slated for next weekend but a little tentative assuming that our sellars don't walk in the next week. :) (i'll let you know) come see us and buy our extraneous material possessions so we can fit into a little bitty house and also afford to refinish the basement so its not as little bitty.
hmmm... what else? phoenix is almost a year old. (what!?) but only about 17 lbs. sigh. he's tiny and astonishingly cute. (okay... no one has said that exactly but i know they're all thinking it.)
the teenage mutant ninja turtles have taken over our house.
out of curiosity and vanity... how many of you actually do check to see if i've written? if there are more than five of you i will write again *within the week*! if there are less... well then... i can't promise anything.
it's 9:30pm and since i have to get all the boys fed, cleaned, dressed and to church in the morning by myself since chris is playing guitar and since i have to read every night before i go to bed even if i'm exhausted and since i really like my current book and will probably read far longer than i mean to and since i will be grouchy mama if i'm overtired in the morning and since i feel guilty and do not sleep and cry to my husband while he tries to sleep when i am grouchy mama and since phoenix refuses to sleep past 11:30pm or so when he wakes up and demands to uses my body as a pacifier and screams at me when i try to give him an actual pacifier and since i am too weak and emotional and guilt ridden to ignore him and make him cry even though i swore i would this third time.... i had better go to bed.

nighty night night.