Just Melanie

Sunday Stealing: Book Meme

Welcome back, peeps! Today we went to Zoo Boise for a "freebie" day, which was our 2nd day of Advent activity. To be quite honest, it was probably the lamest zoo we've been to, and we've seen a few. Maybe... Read more →

Saturday 9: Da Doo Ron Ron

Hey, party people! Welcome back! I'm in Week Two of Tonsillectomy recovery, which, let me tell you folks: At 41 years old, as excited as I was when the ENT told me I needed those mofos out, I'll be waaaaaay... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: YMCA Kids' Day

Link up here with 5 Minutes For Mom, and pretty much all around the blogosphere, if you're wordless today! On Saturday, we went to the YMCA Kids' Fair down the road from our house. The first stop was to visit... Read more →

Starting November With A Bang

So you may have noticed, we have a new student in Sweet Pea Academy. My pal Veronica asked me to school her 9-year-old daughter, Victoria, who was not having the greatest experience in public school. She has, perhaps, more faith... Read more →

Friday Fragments

Link up with here with Mrs. 4444 if you've got bits and pieces floating through your brain today! ☼ Right off the bat, I have to say I'm excited that tomorrow is the day I'm spending ~8 hours getting my... Read more →

Sneak-Up

(Click collage to embiggerate.) Jack was reading to Sophia on the couch, so I grabbed my camera to surreptitiously catch a shot or two of the scene. Finally, the flash went off on the last one, and they caught me.... Read more →

Like It's Going Out Of Style

{Forewarning, this is gonna be a super-long post. Grag a drink and put your feet up.} Spending money, that is... We got our big ol' tax refund Friday, and I've been paying bills and doing some (very necessary) shopping. I'm... Read more →

A Little Of The Up, A Little Of The Down

On Friday night, the Littles watched a movie (we're doing a LOT of that since canceling cable, and they've about gotten the scripts memorized for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and G-Force), so Chloë decided to work on the... Read more →

On The Run

Monday was a busy day. After the kids got on the bus, I had to shower and get dressed right away for my first doctor's appointment at the Navy base. It was for my referral to plastic surgery to get... Read more →

Switch!

We learned this song in music class in elementary school: "I am slowly going crazy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - Switch!" Did you? So both the crazy part and the switch part fit, in that this was another... Read more →

Let's Hear It For The Boy

I don't run. I don't believe in running. It's against my religion, except for exactly two cases: Someone bad is chasing me, or I'm about to miss a bus. On Friday morning, I had to run. For the latter reason,... Read more →

A Return To Freedom

So now that I have Vanna back, of course we need to take advantage of it and not sit at home, right? Right. Plus, the air conditioning repair guys arrived at 0900 to take out our old, crappish air handler... Read more →

Memorial Day Weekend

We've had a busy few days, filled with lots of mystery shops. I think I'm done with those for the rest of the month, so I'll have a good little break before they start up again in June. Here's a... Read more →

Proud And Pleased

Today was not memorable, for the most part. Kids went to school. Kids came home from school. Curly Sue went to Tap class. Jack went along for the ride. Homework was done, dinner was eaten, rooms were cleaned up. The... Read more →

Still No Photos

Thought I'd just get that out of the way right there! I'd have posted last night, but instead I spent ~3 hours in the ER with Chloë. She came home from school complaining that her ear was "plugged." I didn't... Read more →

Down In The Dumps

So I'm convinced I have MRSA. There's some stuff all over my neck. I should probably get to a dermatologist or something. Anyhoo. Rob didn't come home early and surprise me today. I was hoping he would, but nope. I... Read more →

Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!

So today was pretty much identical to yesterday until Rob got home. Reread that if you want to know what we did. ;) Chloë and I left for her Ballet class almost as soon as he arrived. First, we had... Read more →

We Need A Heat Wave

So, let's see, Thursday, Thursday, Thursday... Hmm. Chloë had a dentist appointment with the kids' new dentist today. We switched. Don't ask me why; I don't want to go into it! Suffice it to say the old one pissed me... Read more →

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Not a very exciting day in Chez Odette. At least for me. I went nowhere, saw no one, did nothing. Much. No appointments for me today. And Rob drove the girls to their dance classes, while Jack napped nearly the... Read more →