Getting Ready to Go

Well, not much going on this weekend, just cleaning & doing laundry, getting ready to head up to Michigan later this week! Jillian & I are flying, so it should be quite an adventure! Especially for the lucky winner who gets to share a seat with us! And why am I putting exclamation points after everything! Bad Laura! No more coffee!

Of course, there is stuff I could have probably done last week, but I think I have planned it so I won't be jumping thru my butt too badly and will be able to get everything done before the last minute. (I.E. my usual habit of packing damp laundry at 2 AM, in major freak-out mode!)

I don't know if I'll be posting anything until we're settled in the U.P., but as usual, all your good thoughts & prayers are much appreciated! I'm even going to buy a new battery for the camera, and I'll try and put some pictures up here for you. (According to Tom, I'm such a TOOL and the family is officially shamed. I just tell him to shut up, or I'll post stuff on my blog about him. Insolence will not be tolerated.) Evil Laugh......

Oh well, back to the laundry.

Existential

Tonight I told Jillian, "Stop writing on the window with your hamburger!".

And she did.

I used to read Camus.

In French.

But this is much more fun!

Confessions of an Ebay-aholic

Well, I did it...

I quit Ebay. Cold turkey. Deleted my "watch list" and signed out. I am seriously addicted to Ebay, that's where I buy 99% of Jillian's clothes. I do get some great deals, but the problem is that I overbuy TONS of stuff, there are things she's outgrown that she's never even worn, and I am just way too caught up in the "thrill of the win". It's almost like when I played the slot machines in Vegas, that excitement... are you going to get the deal??? Don't get me wrong, I'm not insane, like whoever paid $102 for a pair of used toddler "Toy Story 2" pajamas, but for now Jillian has all the winter clothes she could possibly need and I have no business spending any more money on all that crap.

I suppose if I were really serious about giving up the E-diction, I would delete my account, but with all the stuff I've bought over the past year, I'm going to list some of it and try and sell it when we get back from up north. Maybe recoup some of the "investment".

I just don't want one of Jill's earliest memories of me to be my back to her, while I'm at the computer, saying "Just a minute, Mommy's trying to win the Gymboree shirt for you!". How lame is that.

And speaking of Jillie Bean, I hear her waking up, so I'll leave this for now... Don't want her to remember "Just a minute, while Mommy posts on her blog," either!