Below are the most recent 7 friends' journal entries.

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
helloheather	3:56p	Sucky Day I had to go to the mall today.  I hate the mall.  HATE.   I was tired, my errands were only semi successful. I kept (keep!) having Braxton Hicks contractions.  They are not painful, but they are uncomfortable and I don't want to be walking around the mall HAVING them. I wanted nothing more than to GO HOME, but I had promised Nathan I would take him to the mall play thing if he was good, and he was good and he wanted to go.  The play thing was on the exact completely opposite end of the mall from where we'd parked.  The only possible snack from the entire food court that was in any way appealing to me was a chocolate and peanut butter ice cream cone from Baskin Robbins, and I can not HAVE a chocolate and peanut butter ice cream come from Baskin Robbins.  GOD! I forgot my book, so I had to call my sister and kvetch to her about things. I hate being "that grumpy mom", bitching on the cell phone in public. Some kid was being an asshole on the play equipment, and his idea of a game was to run around screaming at other kids and making monster hands. I developed a migraine. I came home, and put Nathan to bed, and ate, and drank, and tylenoled, and lay down, and watched Gilmore Girls, and NOTHING HELPED, and then Nathan woke up. *** At Rob's suggestion, I put Jonah on for Nathan.  We don't skip any scenes in Jonah, unlike some other movies.  I put the space heater on in the basement (with Real Flame Action!), and gathered a snack for Nathan and myself (apple slices and pretzels.  Simple, non-messy.)  I plopped him in front of the TV, and plopped myself in front of the computer, and read blogs for a while.  Shopped for furniture.  Ate some pretzels.  And my headache is finally receding.  Things are finally getting better, but today kind of really really sucked up till now. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
helloheather	3:21p	End of Veronica Mars GAH!  I went to put in the last disc of the Veronica Mars series that I rented from the library, and guess what!  The last disc is full of promos for The Season Four That Never Happened, and directors commentaries and a gag reel.  It's the EXTRAS disc!  GAAAAHHHHHH!  This means I watched the very last episode in choppy little bits and pieces, in between doing other things, and without even KNOWING it was the last episode.  WAH! Grrrrrrrr. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
helloheather	1:11p	Ha ha...I never did clean up the kitchen this morning.  It's so silly to end up firmly in the afternoon with breakfast dishes still lying around.  I'm telling you...this would be considered total slackerville in my House of Growing Up.  There was no option to just leave your dishes next tot he sink.  Not An Option.  EVER.  I am slackerly today. I do always try to get things ship shape before Rob comes home.  It's not so much that I don't want him to find out (gasp!) that sometimes I get behind on housework (BIG SECRET SHHHHHH DON'T TELL ROB OMG!).  It's more that I PREFER to have things orderly, and Rob coming home / dinnertime makes a nice time of day to shoot for.   I once read somewhere that the secret to good housekeeping is to, when you see something that needs to be done, DO IT.  Yeah.  I'm working on that. But not until after a little lunch and Veronica Mars.  I am almost through the third season.  I am going to miss this show when I'm done.  What series should I start on next?  I like sci fi, medical dramas, crime dramas.  Mostly, I require GOOD writing.  I have very much liked, in recent years: Veronica Mars Battlestar Galactica Flash Forward The Closer I have, in the past, been a big fan of ER, Friends, 90210, and Northern Exposure.  I guess I like long-running series. (10 Comments |Comment on this)
helloheather	10:17a	La la la... Dropped Nathan off at new preschool.  It was going well when I left, though Nathan was asking me for a drink of milk and then whimpering about wanting it to be snack time.  Hmmm... Now researching cribs.  If we're converting Nathan's convertible, then we'll need a crib for Baby II.  Don't want to buy another one that converts to a double bed.  Don't want to shop the secondhand market, for concern over unknown recalls, unidentifiable makes and models or years of cribs, stinky smokey homes, etc.  This is the way we are.  We are all kid-safety conscious around here.  (Teensy, innocent, damageable kids.)  Probably to excess, but, well, being thorough and researchy is what makes us happy.  :) Amazingly (to me), this crib from IKEA is rated a Consumer Reports best buy: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60108663 I would not have thought an IKEA item would make the list, but there you go.  I love consumer reports. I have plans to move furniture around, too.  Basically, the two kids' rooms share a wall, and I want to put the two kids' beds on opposite walls.  I don't need to invite any more sleep disturbances than I am sure there will already be. Okay...going to go clean up kitchen, etc. before picking up Nathan a bit early on this first day. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, January 4th, 2010
helloheather	7:54a	January Thinky Post I am here!  Christmas Break is over.  Rob went back to work today, after a wonderful and relaxing and smooshy 12 straight days at home.  And it was GOOD to be together for so much time.  Very relaxing and rejuvenating. I am revving up to tackle Nathan's big bedroom change.  (I know, I know, I've been revving up for it for a long time now.  But my plan was always to DO it once The Holidays were over.  And here we didn't even have any overnighters through Christmas and New Year's.  We could totally have done this after Thanksgiving!  If only we'd known!  Woe!  Ha ha.) I have, ready to go: One very cute bedding set.  It is full of monsters, and is now discontinued, but it goes with this here Monster, here: One mattress and boxspring set, which is Rob's double bed from his bachelor days.  It has not seen much use since we got married, so it's still got plenty of life in it, even if the mattress is actually (gasp!) now 13 years old. Headboard, footboard, and dresser.  I think we are going to pass Nathan's stuff over to him right away, and get different items for Baby II, instead of trying to make the old stuff work for the new kid and get new stuff for the old kid.  Because we are moving Nathan to a double, it makes more sense to convert his convertible crib NOW, rather than get a different double bed for him.  This would make more sense if you were in my head. Ideas, Ideas, Ideas, about how I want the room to be set up.  Mainly, I want i the bedroom to act more as a place for storing toys and as an option for play space than his current room does. I still need to: Make curtains.  But I have the fabric already.  Navy blue canvas.  Have decided I want to line them with white sheeting or something.  They will be easy.  Grommet-tops.  No pleating or gathering.  Just have to hem some rectangles, basically.  If I'm feeling really adventurous, I will add a wide stripe across the bottom of cute striped canvas that is in the same colors as the bedding.  That was a great find, and I already have that fabric on hand, too. Actually move our photography equipment and my wedding dress and extra blankets and things out of that closet.  Hmmmm...  Good thing January is The Month of Storage Stuff Being on Sale.  Frame some cute artwork that I've collected for his walls.  A quartet of colorful robots, a couple vintagey travel posters of trains and airplanes, etc.  FUN! Things that are just generally on my mind today: I will welcome the decluttery feeling that always comes with taking down Christmas decor.  I'm not in a giant rush, but I am getting a smidge DONE with all the visual stimulation.   Nathan starts his new preschool tomorrow.  I hope that we are making the right decision.  I hope it goes well.  I am a little nervous. I am feeling the urge to get back into scrapbooking.  I suspect it's The Baby making me want to "get caught up", so I can have that part of my life in order before the chaos hits.  SO, TO THAT END, I actually started cleaning up my little crafting nook yesterday.  Just a little, but it's inspiring to make a dent in it.  It's not that I need to have it pristine in order to work, but I DO need to not have all of my fall and Christmas decor actually heaped on top of my work surfaces. I am generally feeling Cleanny Uppy and Organizey and Decluttery.  (Oh hey!  I must be the target market for all the January Home Organization sales!)  I figure I'd better Carpe some Diem and run with that, right? (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, January 1st, 2010
cetan_feed	5:56a	last post of 2009 http://www.bernhard.us/rob/blog/2009/12/31/last-post-of-2009/ I didn't post as often as I had wanted to in 2009. I always felt like there was more on my mind than I could properly express. 2010 is going to be a significant year...a year of change and, I hope, a year of things getting better. Happy New Year. (Comment on this)
Friday, December 25th, 2009
mama_bec	5:41p	Santa loves Diet Coke so, you probably already know that Haley is a reading fiend. we had a copy of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" that my dad had given us the year she was born. it was a Hallmark promo copy that had lots of pictures of the Coca-Cola Santa posters in it. therefore, Haley decided to not leave milk & cookies this year for Santa, but instead wanted to leave Diet Coke & cookies for Santa. she even wrote a little note that said, "Dear Santa, please take the Diet Coke in the fridge. Love, the Kleins" I think it's completely adorable that she signed from the whole family, not just her. :-) and of course, Santa drank the whole thing! even signed her note to say, "Thanks, it hit the spot! -S. Claus" Haley was thrilled this morning to discover his hand-written thanks on her note. that girl is something else. so clever and thoughtful. where does she come up with this stuff? it's awesome! Current Mood: full Current Music: Christmas tunes on the iPod (10 Comments |Comment on this)