it's all harry potter's fault

i'm just so tired. i've stayed up til midnight the last 3 nights reading book 4 of the harry potter series. i got about 200 pages into it a month ago and just got potter-ed out so i put the book aside for a bit. then over the weekend i picked it back up and just couldn't put it down again. yawn.

but i finished it. and it was good. each time i finish one i think, 'that was better than the last one' and 'could i ever write a book?' i don't think i could. it's a dream of mine, but it's quite an undertaking. i haven't written anything but this blog since college (almost 8 years ago). as i read a book i notice the characterization, the dialog btwn characters and i just don't think i could do it as well as other people have. i don't even have a story. i do have an idea though...a few years ago i had a vivid dream and when i woke up i jotted down what i could remember. i believe it's tucked away in my filing cabinet.

our turntable in our microwave finally died. sigh. now i suppose i'll have to call someone to come fix it. our micro's only 3 years old. seems strange for the turntable motor to poop out. maybe this is how frigidares work. i've never bought this brand before, all the appliances came with the house.

why must reese repeat everything she says??? this morning she said something 10x before i gave up and said 'yes reese' and then she still said it 2x after that. it's the most irritating thing i've ever had to sit through. and her narration as she plays? i'm really glad she's using language appropriately but the constant chatter is just driving. me. crazy. i'm thisclose to getting the duct tape out.

i watched the movie 'constantine' yesterday. didn't understand a whit of it. maybe if i was catholic it would have made more sense? sometimes i think i'm going deaf b/c a lot of the comments in the movie i couldn't hear. our sound system is weird, i think it needs to be reconfigured to the basement dimensions, i have to turn it up to 70 before i can hear it. in our old house anything above 45 was too loud. and we have fans set up all over the place so i have to turn up tvs even louder. (another way i'm turning into my parents :/)

we have nothing to do today. i should go return a few things to old navy & kohl's but i also need to go to michael's crafts and they're in different directions. i'm looking for some stencils that i can do in our bathroom. i'm sure you're thinking something overdone and ugly, something that future owners of this house will cringe and think 'paint over it! before i go blind!'. but i'm looking for just a swoop that i can turn vertically and do a line of them along a wall that sticks out a bit. and then paint the wall above the tub blue (the long wall, not all 3). so i'm adding very little color to this bathroom but i think it will all be good. however, i need to repair/spackle the walls a bit, scrape the caulking from the top of the tub, prime the walls (i don't think they were before? whatever paint is there is shit, you can practically see the grey drywall under it, it was sprayed so thinly, paint all the walls & the ceiling, do my stencil, and recaulk the top of the tub. whew. now you know why i'm dragging this project out...i think i could do it quickly if these kids would just grow some sack and entertain themselves.

while typing that i had to pry my laptop's power adapter & cord out of my 14 month old's hands. he was dragging it around like a pull toy and sucking on the end. don't these kids understand i'm BLOGGING for CHRIST'S SAKE. i think i'm feeling a little stressed lately...the phrase 'for christ's sake' has been coming out my mouth more than normal. these kids won't go more than 3 feet from me, and reese has taken to rubbing up against me all the flippin' time. i'm so tired of being touched. is it friday yet? can i take her to school??!?!?!? i'm wondering if i should have put her in preschool, just so i can get a break.

actually i've been worrying about that a lot. should i have put her in p/s? i've always thought ps was for 4 year olds, i think 3 is just too young to expect them to behave in a classroom setting. i think reese would do pretty well, but i just didn't want to push her. we're working dilligently on letters, numbers, etc. at home but she has the next 20 years to spend in school. who knows, if we wait & put her in next year, she might actually get more out of it. and lately she's just been loving sesame street. a few months ago she wouldn't have watched it or gotten really bored when they would do letter stuff. now she loves it.

anyway, more blather from me.

i'm sitting on the stairs behind the baby gate. the kids can't get to me. reese is watching sesame street and cade is playing at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for me to get within reach. i'm listening to marvin gaye. i'm spending entirely too much on itunes downloads. i probably buy 3 albums a week :o it's just too easy to click on that buy button. at the store it was easier to walk away from the cd case but apple has made it easier than every to blow $$$. thanks apple guys!

i guess i'm done for now. out of boring things to talk about. (yes, it had to happen some time.)