have to suck stuffing instead of blood to survive?

That was the conversation that I overheard from the back of my minivan on the way home tonight...LOL I never know what I'm going to hear from the little mouths back there.

We took the kids to the state fair this past weekend. We usually go one night during the week leaving right after school, but my hubby actually got the weekend off this year so we decided to try our luck with Saturday's crowd. The weather couldn't have been better--it cooled down for the day from the 100 degree temps we've been having. However, going during the day instead of the evening threw me off a bit... I totally forgot that we'd be there while the sun was out and forgot the sunscreen.…

Yesterday was orientation day for my two younger daughters. The 8th grade one went smoothly--no issues there. The 1st grade princess made the day very dramatic as is her fashion...

Katie is rather nervous about learning to read this year--she's terribly afraid that she won't be able to do it. We were sitting in the car waiting on her older sister after school when she said "I can't read books, but I can read price tags." I had to laugh and told her, "you're not going to graded on r…

Today was the first day back for my oldest daughter, Audrey. She's a sophomore this year--EEK! driver's ed! (fortunately not till next semester though...) They only had to go for a couple of hours, just long enough to walk their schedule and meet the teachers. Good thing because we had a big storm yesterday--apparently lightning hit one of the high school buildings and took out the AC unit. If it's not fixed by tomorrow then they'll get out early again. She seems very excited about her classe…

It's a very sad day. I have to go back to work tomorrow. I just want to cry...

I guess I'm pretty lucky. My "real" job is as a designer for a bridal manufacturing company and I work from home. I've been working from home ever since the princess was born (she 6 now, getting ready to start first grade next week). I was actually supposed to go back to working in-house when she was about 4 months old, but I went back on that first day and it just wasn't going to happen. It's nice that…