we're in the midst

of buying a house, which is a huge shit show and means i'm spending most moments calculating and looking and re-looking at photos and fretting about being an adult.

it's really not making for much of a fun time. so i'll be back when i'm fun. in the meantime check out kristina's new blog {www.doubledigitgreatness.blogspot.com} <3

IT'S ALMOST FRIIII-DAAAYYY

thank you for your kindness, krissy, but i feel like yesterday's post was L.A.M.E. i have thought a lot of thoughts today, so here they are:

1. frothed milk coffee is bitter until you let it sit. then it is sweet. also, you end up drinking it later in the day (perhaps this is why i've thought so many thoughts today?)

2. the administration at my school are straight up crazy-ass fools. work has become a total shit show. and in case you think i'm a big fat whiner, every person i've talked to this week has had the same pissed off, incredulous look on their face that i do. this week has just about pushed me over the edge. it's a good thing that...

3. ...today, my little friends were writing words under pictures. one of the pictures was a mouse trap. a girl brings me her paper and it says "BiBl". yeah, that's right - Bible. for the mouse trap. i died.

4. i am a technology master. my pandora station wasn't working. did i get upset? no! (well, a little) then i cleared those cookies & that cache and - BAM - i owned that bitch!

5. i also scienced the hell up today. i know what i'm doing each week for science from now until may AND it's all going to be age-appropriate (thank you CUBS2) AND i'll meet most of the district's lame-ass standards. boo-yah!

6. i am MUCH happier at work when i'm left alone to plan. maybe i should become a curriculum writer? i'd probably make a lot more money.

7. it makes me really sad that the little girl in tucson died. i almost cry every time NPR talks about it (which is once every 5.4 minutes). i am really happy that the congress women is not dead. i am really sick of people fighting over stupid stuff (like how everyone's fighting about how we fight over everything!)

8. i took a day-quil this morning and am feeling really good. maybe there's wine in my future.

9. it looks like a Cooley-shaped tornado blew through our house. is that what it's like to have kids?

10. i love love love the skirt+tights+boots combo. i am forever in Holly's debt for showing me how it's done (and you can tell her that!)

oh yea, i'm pretty sure that's a better post. ima go eat a celebratory cookie.

things i love

i used to do this thing called "things i love". here it is again!

* tv (especially Modern Family, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Dexter, and Bones, and 30 Rock)
* wine. seriously. wine.
* our dog. he's a little bitch, but he's so cute
* my main man. he's been taking such good care of me lately
* tater rounds. mmmmm.
* cookies.
* ice cream

hmmmm, my list at this moment is mostly food. maybe i should eat something?


p.s. does this count as a post? is it substantial* enough?
p.p.s. sorry the video never played. i tried uploading it about 5 times, but it never would load. damn blogger

* i used the word substantial especially for you ashley

and, of course, wine

on the resolution front, i'm doing great at posting more frequently and semi-great at eating veggies (i had a salad tonight with artichokes AND dressing that I Made Myself - long live Betty!) hopefully, my success will carry over to tomorrow when i go back to that cesspool i begrudgingly call "work".

because i'm feeling so full* of myself, here's another short video:



usually michael takes the dog out for a walk before i get home from work, but i was alone with the coolster all day and we needed a break from each other. additionally, i forgot to include the ever-present wine:

cheers!


p.s. FLY we are working hard on figuring out what a video of cooley licking us while eating raisins and crackers would look like and i'm sure we'll have some financial backing for a production like that pretty soon. maybe in the meantime, we could get a look at the video of michael super hungover?

* i originally wrote the word "congratulatory" instead of "full of" but then i though big words were too hipster. what do you think, ashley?

resolutions

these are the things i'm going to do this year. unless, you know, i don't.

* keep my bitchy mouth closed so i don't get fired
* get a new job
* post more frequently (caton, you are my blogging role model)
* call/email/facebook/blog comment my friends and family more often
* teach the dog all the tricks in his dog book
* eat more veggies
* sew one thing
* decorate one room for real in our new house
* visit chris, my family, michael's family, my girlfriends, & flagstaff during the summer

i'm hoping these things will happen. they seem within reach, but you all know how i never quite reach all my goals (how many times have i said i'll post more?) in other news,

1. have you ever had tater rounds? they are the most delicious kind of tater. michael & i decided it's because they are flat and have more surface area touching the pan so they get crispier.
2. hopefully we're going to see nephew k next weekend & i'll have more pictures.
3. we got a camera for our computer for christmas. enjoy the fruits of kirk & janette's labor:

this is what i'd look like if i was a comic book character and i was reading your blog.