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November in Tweets

Filed under: Blah Blah Blah — Heidi at 10:30 pm on Monday, November 30, 2009
11/1 7:15 AM ate not one bite of Halloween candy for the second year in a row. You may think I’m crazy, but life is pretty good this way! :)
11/1 10:51 AM just cleaned up a room upstairs so that Jen, Elias, Gabe, and Sadie can come for a visit in March. So, who’s next??
11/2 10:20 AM is wondering what she should do with Elena today. School tomorrow is looking really good after a week of half term!
11/2 3:07 PM is listening to the sounds of three little boys playing Playmobile and Lego. Music to my ears. :)
11/3 1:21 PM L to E after E was bossing him around: “You’re NOT the Darth Vader of the world!”
11/3 9:46 PM Today Elena ran to the bathroom, climbed up on the toilet to pee and after she’d peed, realized she’d forgotten to lift the lid.
11/4 11:33 AM is pretty much spent after a morning of driving lessons. But, I do know how to do a three point turn now.
11/4 6:45 PM bought new undies and they kick (and also cover nicely) ass. Better body image and acceptance are welcome after almost 15 years w/o. :)
11/5 8:20 AM Poo or Poop? Go!
11/5 4:05 PM I smell like bacon.
11/5 5:11 PM just figured out that she is brave!
11/5 8:09 PM just super glued the super cool police semi legos together. I am sick of picking up the pieces – literally and figuratively.
11/6 12:12 PM Llywelyns pub at 151st & Metcalf in OP is engaged in credit card fraud. Don’t use a card to pay. We did!
11/7 11:50 AM is a mother of four this weekend. Hannah, Ava, Liam & Elena are running around in the garden screaming. I’m glad it’s sunny!
11/7 5:50 PM already loves the glued Lego effect. Two days have passed, the stuff is still play-with-able, and I haven’t stepped on any rogue Legos.
11/8 1:44 PM is tired. Boring, I know, but it’s true.
11/13 9:15 PM is back in black with wireless. Can’t believe how mad i got at BT this time. If they’re gonna follow me on twitter, I expect a hook up.
11/16 8:00 AM is enjoying a Monday morning at home with Mama. :)
11/17 2:41 PM is extremely jealous of all of her Kansas friends who woke up to white stuff this morning. :) I just love the first snow!
11/18 9:31 AM has a driving lesson this morning. On the docket: two hours of dual carriageways, big roundabouts, and reversing around the corner.
11/18 10:23 AM s driving instructor is stuck on a one-way street with a fallen tree ahead and cars behind him. Maybe I’m not having lessons today.
11/18 12:58 PM is thinking good thoughts for Aaron as he’s taking his practical driving test right now.
11/18 2:02 PM Aaron passed!
11/18 5:18 PM is struggling with the grow-out process. I wonder, will it be worth it in the long run or will I just cut it all off again?
11/19 2:23 PM learned too much yesterday and her brain is full. Lots of introvert processing going on today.
11/19 3:15 PM only wants to do what *she* wants to do today.
11/19 10:49 PM went to the party and it was fun. :)
11/20 1:28 PM The Universe loves me. Just when I thought I’d never see the sun today, here it came – with blue sky to boot!
11/20 3:53 PM just made ghee.
11/20 6:42 PM This is a test of the emergency broadcast system. This is only a test.
11/21 7:52 AM wants to stick a sock in Liam’s mouth to stop the noise. It wouldn’t help though and I’m sure someone would turn me in.
11/21 2:52 PM Indian Experiment Day: Beef Korma – good. (With that much butter it BETTER be good!) Rice – good. Cucumber Salad – eh. Naan – flat like a tortilla, so…bad.
11/22 7:27 PM Less than 48 hours to Egypt and SUNSHINE!!!
11/23 6:48 PM ’s brain is off duty. I just put the milk cap on the olive oil, the juice in the pantry & the olive oil in the fridge-after fixing the lid.
11/29 4:59 PM is listening to a tired Liam whine about not getting milk. Boring, but Twitter asked.
11/29 5:46 PM Home is bittersweet. Nice to be back, but definitely missing the warm and sunny weather!
11/30 9:42 AM keeps waiting for an Egyptian dude named Mohammed to swoop in and clean up her mess. Was a great holiday!
11/30 7:24 PM really doesn’t want to follow through with the kids today. Too tired. But if I don’t, it’ll take days to undo. Ah motherhood! :)

October in Tweets

Filed under: Blah Blah Blah — Heidi at 10:30 pm on Saturday, October 31, 2009
10/1 10:52 AM is tapering Wellbutrin today as directed by K. DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac author. Working on dopamine levels. Be gentle please!
10/1 2:06 PM is getting a lesson in taking the internet for granted. my computer is worthless without it. thank goodness for my phone.
10/1 9:36 PM is really glad she as the iGo keyboard for her phone. Now, if I could just get my FB to work properly, I’d be set.
10/2 5:44 PM loves having internet back and lots of new FB friends after last weekend. :D
10/3 12:16 PM is going to squash the people at BT. Seven phone calls later internet still isn’t resolved. I am thinking some seriously bad words here.
10/3 2:14 PM So, I bitch about BT and they follow me on twitter! WTH? Wish their actual customer service was that efficient.
10/3 3:08 PM Dinner Club: Winter Minestrone, Caprese Salad, Spaghetti Carbonara w/ fresh pasta, Choc Almond Gelato, lots of wine. Missing N&A & N&J.
10/4 2:22 PM should be making a salad for dinner with friends tonight but has had internet for the last half hour. You’d be doing the same thing.
10/5 1:27 PM is planning meals for the week and wonders what everyone else is having. Do tell.
10/5 3:19 PM has now had consistent internet for more than three hours. everything is getting done online and nothing is getting done at home!
10/5 9:10 PM is studying for her driving test. booooring.
10/6 7:34 AM If I get on the bus with L, the field trip will be canceled. If I don’t, it won’t & I’ll have to run to catch the city bus. What to do?
10/6 1:13 PM I got on the bus and the trip was canceled. Came home, took E to school, AJ to the Tube, and myself shopping – and it was FUN!!
10/7 8:30 AM My house smells like bacon and reminds me of visiting my grandparents at Table Rock Lake. Bacon, wagon & boat rides, swimming & fishing!
10/7 3:23 PM is laughing because she can’t read her own writing and what looked like jwezr was actually jewelry. Handwriting: needs improvment.
10/8 1:08 PM Ok, Elena’s cool teacher said she likes my boots – & Aaron and Cheryl said I looked cute. I’m clearly doing this right..finally! Whew.
10/8 6:09 PM totally, absolutely, 100% hearts her “potato cult” friends. :) Life has changed a lot in the last (almost) two years! Thanks peeps!
10/8 7:55 PM is in bed at 7.45 in preparation for this weekend. 4 am is going to kick my ass, but it’s worth it for the par-tay. Thanks M & D!
10/9 7:19 AM Extra security screening again today. I must look sketchy without the kids.
10/10 1:52 AM made it, but it was a loooooong haul. Glad to be here though!
10/12 7:41 AM In spite of London traffic, it’s good to be back. Clear sky, sunny, and NOT 34 degrees!
10/13 10:44 AM was only gone for a weekend, but it’s going to take a week to recover. Slept most of yesterday and would like to do the same today.
10/13 10:27 PM How many times do I have to have Mad Men mess up my ability to fall asleep to quit watching it before bed? Evidently at least once more.
10/14 12:21 PM is singing “lookin’ for love in all the wrong places” and has absolutely no idea why. I don’t know all the words and it’s getting old.
10/14 6:11 PM New, unofficial, boring, non-FB-sexy-fied poll: Who eats the leftovers at your house? Here, it’s moi.
10/15 9:52 AM refuses to use microsoft office, but wishes open office didn’t crash so damn often and make the computer so freaking slow. Can’t win.
10/15 5:56 PM Elena just told me that her “abocado tastes wike wubbiss.” For those of you needing translation, that’s “avocado tastes like rubbish.
10/16 2:29 PM thinks that Gap, Banana, and Old Navy should send out their emails on different days of the week. Spread the love, dudes!
10/16 3:05 PM Think good thoughts for my mom. Kidney stone blasting happening at noon today. Wish I could be there. :(
10/16 9:10 PM Mama is out of surgery and all went well.
10/17 9:51 AM It’s Macey in her new not-so-super-hero role as Duwali Dog! Faster than a speeding bullet when hiding in bed with me from fireworks.
10/17 2:30 PM thinks a $50 Halloween costume should NOT require an hour and a half of additional work to fix its problems. $25 maybe, but not $50.
10/18 4:58 PM Pasta with the Knippenburg neighbors tonight! Good times! :)
10/19 5:31 PM has been neglecting social media. I doubt it’s missed me!
10/19 6:32 PM Liam and Elena are singing in Italian. Thank you American School in London. You teach L and he’ll teach E. We’ll keep 2nd tuition.
10/20 11:33 AM just saw that the time changes this weekend and was filled with a sense of dread. So, more potato and more light box it is.
10/20 3:01 PM Listening to Liam playing with his friend makes me happy. :)
10/20 3:37 PM Mom is in the hospital again for another blast. Obviously she’s not happy about it. :( More thoughts sent her way, please.
10/21 12:34 PM keeps boiling water and then forgetting to make tea. Three times now this morning!
10/21 2:07 PM Guess who forgot to put the taekwondo uniform in Liam’s backpack this morning. He will be so, so sad. I’m sorry, buddy. :(
10/21 6:09 PM totally made chicken gravy this evening to go with the roasted chix, mashed pots and steamed broc. Gravy makes everything taste good!!
10/21 6:52 PM s husband is wonderful for coming home early so she can go out with the ladies. The ladies, the ladies. He’s all mine girls (& boys)!!
10/21 9:44 PM ADORES her friends. :)
10/22 10:02 AM is headed to help at Elena’s Halloween party. Pumpkin carving and roasting pumpkin seeds with 2 and 3 year olds is ALWAYS funny!
10/22 3:39 PM really doesn’t need to be bombarded with diet ads every time she checks her email or does basically anything online. Enough already.
10/22 7:20 PM is sick. Hope I’m not joining the 50K+ new cases of H1N1 this week in the UK. Hot tea, clean hands, Neti pot, rest, & vitamin C for me.
10/23 5:39 PM They don’t seem to be related, but somehow becoming a mom also increased my tolerance for “hotter than shit” hot water. Anyone else?
10/23 6:20 PM Elena is singing The Hokey “Cookie.” Really loud. Over and over. She is 100% my kid. A song about cookies. That’s what it’s all about.
10/25 8:01 AM and the kids are looking forward to carving pumpkins and having lunch with Bexy! I don’t speak for Aaron.
10/26 10:00 AM Half Term = toilet training. Seems to be working so far. Hope it sticks this time.
10/26 12:01 PM is having a study day today: Driving License, Microsoft Office 2007, Al-Anon, being wheat free, and Elena in general.
10/26 6:44 PM L: “Count to 11, Elena.” E: “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12.” Technically it *is* 11 numbers, but seriously?
10/27 1:17 PM received reassurance this morning during L’s conference that he is, in fact, Aaron’s and my child. Clearly he was not switched at birth.
10/28 8:09 AM has a driving lesson this morning with Mohammed Ali.
10/29 6:07 PM went to the zoo today and saw penguins mating. Nice.
10/30 11:54 AM is wearing jeggings. Elastic waists aren’t just for maternity any more ladies.
10/30 6:35 PM went to L’s Halloween parade. Tinkerbell slept through the whole thing and Stormtrooper L refused to wear his mask. It was pretty funny.
10/31 7:48 PM Halloween in St Johns Wood is crazier than Halloween in America. Seriously, there were lines at almost every house.

September in Tweets

Filed under: Blah Blah Blah — Heidi at 10:30 pm on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
9/1 10:25 AM is headed to school with Liam for orientation. Tomorrow he rides the school bus all by himself. He can’t wait!
9/2 11:13 AM is the happy mother of a Kindergartener who’s happy to be in school. E is happy to have the house to herself. It’s a happy day. :)
9/3 7:23 AM Uh oh, September (calendar) is missing. It’s probably floating around on the 113 bus or swirling in the wind like a carrier bag. :(
9/3 11:52 AM has to give a description of Liam’s temperament, joys, concerns, and interests for school. Anyone have any input? (Surely Noah does.)
9/3 1:15 PM New potty training bribe: blueberries.
9/3 5:10 PM is dog sitting for the weekend and Dexter is totally reminding me of our neurotic little Murphy.
9/4 8:32 AM finds it amazing the things she can get done before 8 when she gets up before 8.
9/4 8:52 AM Elena has taken to playing with Liam’s sleeping buddy when L is gone. I think she misses him just a little bit!
9/4 8:53 AM Just joined a twibe. Visit http://twibes.com/radiantrecovery to join
9/4 1:15 PM LOVE this: http://tr.im/xRVY Made me feel good enough about myself to go bathing suit shopping today – which I loathe more than spiders.
9/5 10:46 AM is starting to taper off of second, and final, depression medication. Whooppeeeee! (Now you’ll know why if I’m a bitch.) :D
9/5 1:32 PM Just overheard from L: Dexter! Dexter…come smell my finger!!
9/5 9:22 PM stayed up too late and is hungry.
9/6 7:14 PM At a b-day party in a garden surrounded by trees/paths, Liam to a little girl: “Hey, do you wanna come in the bushes with me?” Awesome.
9/7 8:12 AM is planning meals & listening to elena “read” to herself – nice but she keeps trying to engage me like I do when reading to her. Funny.
9/7 8:53 PM Macey has been stealing Dexter’s food at night. He eats 6 times as much as she does. She’s fat, lazy, gassy, & farting when she whines.
9/8 12:42 PM doesn’t believe that the printer can actually clean itself and thinks it’s just making noises to placate her.
9/8 5:13 PM obviously needs to listen to the weather. It’s hot – like shorts weather – and I sent the kids to school in long sleeves. Great mom.
9/9 3:26 PM wants to go to Mom’s Night Out tonight, but is so, so tired from meeting today and has another meeting in the morning. School is HARD!
9/10 9:43 AM has spent more in bus fare in the last 2 weeks than in the last year. Certainly is the easiest way to get to school though.
9/10 2:56 PM OMG…I have 18 things open in tabs in Firefox!!!
9/10 7:58 PM has done way too much in the last few days and is going to pay dearly for it. Glad I have tomorrow to recuperate.
9/10 8:35 PM is making tea to wind down & will then proceed to obsess abt how she can get all the intermediate Brain Age sudoku puzzles below 15 min.
9/10 8:51 PM is listening to Liam make weird noises to the tune of the music that the band plays in the mos eisley cantina. that kid cracks me up.
9/11 7:23 AM is tired, as is evidenced by the scotch tape she just put in the fridge.
9/12 5:08 PM will bet you $100 (or 1,337.74 pesos) that spring break in Mexico is going to kick spring break in London’s ass. Ole! Nacho! Fiesta!
9/13 12:33 PM wonders how poor one’s wiping ability must be to get a “diaper rash” at the age of five.
9/14 11:35 AM overheard Liam saying, in a VERY dramatic voice: “Ugh, these CABinets are so SMALL. Take me back to A-MER-ica.” Oops.
9/16 9:13 AM taking a mid-walk break to sit on a park bench at the Heath and enjoy the wide open green space, lush after a good rain.
9/16 2:10 PM knows that L gets out of school early on Wed, and that today is Wed, but didn’t connect that he’d be home early today until he knocked.
9/16 9:37 PM Liam: I have big dreams, Mama. I want to be a president and a great artist. I have only TWO big dreams – that is why I can’t ever sleep.
9/17 11:23 AM would like to barter with someone to be her personal shopper. Just to help me wade through the “noise” at the shops and bring me sizes.
9/17 5:43 PM is certain that she’s never run long enough or far enough to get a runner’s high. Wonder if I ever will.
9/18 1:31 PM is reading Little House on the Prairie to Elena. She LOVES it and I’m secretly enjoying it as well!
9/19 8:07 AM is on a quiet, peaceful, grey walk thinking & listening to the birds & Macey’s nails on the pavement before heading to IKEA with AL&E.
9/19 5:12 PM Much like the rest of the world, Elena is mesmerized by Beyonce’s Single Ladies video. Stopped her crying after nap. I’m all for it.
9/20 8:48 AM IKEA – Permanent markers in the “daycare” area (age 3 and up) without a build-it-yourself smock? Seriously? Are furniture people stupid?
9/20 10:29 AM Every time I cut a pepper and it has one of those weird growths on the inside around the stem, I think of Aaron’s teratoma. Nice right?
9/22 2:07 PM really doesn’t feel like doing much today. School is singlehandedly sucking my energy dry. This seems wrong. Very, very wrong.
9/22 4:28 PM Me to L&E: Guys it’s time to pick up for the cleaner tomorrow. E to me: Can you just pick it aww up and make it off wimits? Me: Damn.
9/23 8:18 AM Lots to do to get ready for a four-day weekend without the kids, but it will be well worth it.
9/23 3:06 PM dislikes US businesses who don’t answer their phone. Are you really going to call me back on an international number? I don’t think so.
9/24 9:24 AM is unimpressed with the small print.
9/25 8:30 AM is on a train headed for a weekend in Salisbury with buddies!!!
9/26 7:44 AM had a lovely walk this morning. Cold and brisk with a friend. Just the way I like it. :D .
9/26 11:42 PM is in her hotel room listening to a wedding party below her where everyone but Patrick Swayze (sp) is having the time of their life.
9/27 4:59 PM is enjoying some down time with her friends in the lobby and ignoring everything that she has to do this week.
9/28 5:57 PM is home and has been jolted back into reality.
9/29 9:35 AM is experiencing Macey’s pure joy at being allowed to sniff in Hampstead. Headed to the vet and meeting up with a friend.
9/29 12:32 PM is having a surprise lunch with Aaron!
9/29 3:05 PM isn’t sleeping. Planning meals & a busy food weekend instead so she can make the grocery order deadline! Oh well…sleep tonight, right?
9/29 7:50 PM is listening to E make up songs from her bed. Time for some sudoku, a good night’s sleep and hiding out at home tomorrow. YAY!!
9/30 9:04 AM is excitedly planning for a trip to Mac for 2 days (3 w/ travel) in Oct. to celebrate M & D’s 60th bdays and 40th anniv! Crazy, but FUN!
9/30 2:36 PM needs to order Halloween costumes for the kids to arrive in time to bring them back next weekend. eeeek!
9/30 3:19 PM is once again legal to drive in the United States. Wish that piece of plastic would work where I actually live.
9/30 3:47 PM is amazed that she has lived in London long enough to be the “playgroup” (read: moms getting together to yap) organizer. THAT is weird!
9/30 6:02 PM just ate home made beef stew and cheesy drop biscuits. Jealous?

August in Tweets

Filed under: Blah Blah Blah — Heidi at 10:30 pm on Monday, August 31, 2009
8/1 9:52 AM Headed to Brugge this morning with our fabulous traveling companions. Vaca without small children is pretty, damn relaxing.
8/2 7:30 PM is at a Cercle Brugge match.
8/4 10:15 AM finally has proper internet access while Aaron eats breakfast. Amsterdam is beautiful. As was Brugge, Leiden, Ypres, etc., etc. :)
8/4 11:06 AM is glad she married to Aaron eight years ago. (Also glad it’s cooler out than that day!) Happy Anniversary, AJ. :)
8/5 10:43 AM Joe and Angela just sang Paula Abdul in unison. My trip is complete.
8/6 10:36 PM likes the weather in Belgium and the Netherlands better.
8/7 6:26 AM is in no mood for 5 a.m. wake ups.
8/7 10:04 PM is in bed and will be going to sleep hopefully soon.
8/9 8:11 AM is wondering if twitter is still in hack land or if it will let me post. we shall see.
8/9 8:13 AM is doing laundry and packing for trip #2 this week. Looking forward to everything except the plane trip.
8/10 12:54 PM would rather be watching mad men than cooking for the trip, but the trip *is* tomorrow, so no choice.
8/10 2:48 PM just gave some dude from a car service directions to his destination…and set his tom tom for him. he was clueless.
8/10 9:25 PM Facebook thinks Aaron is a girl.
8/11 4:23 AM is up and having breakfast. See you soon, KS!
8/11 11:20 PM made it to Kansas and it wasn’t too bad!!
8/12 11:50 AM has already been questioned by the cops this morning at 4.30 a.m. Parked to try to see the meteor shower and looked suspicious.
8/12 1:49 PM is headed to TARGET!!!
8/13 3:03 AM missed chat, but L&E caught loads of fish on hot dog bait! Had a great time with Gpa, Gr8 Unc. Dan & Gmy Aunt Colleen at Pondermostly!
8/13 11:05 AM So, 4.45 is better than 3, but it still sucks when you went to bed at 10. .
8/13 1:51 PM Headed out to Aunt Betty’s to see the animals and play on the farm. I may need to start a Farmville plot with all this experience.
8/14 1:08 AM had a great nap this afternoon but didn’t want to get up from it.
8/14 12:19 PM Cousins coming with the kids to play this morning and dinner with hs friends this evening :) But first an early morning Walmart run.
8/14 12:38 PM would like to know how a bunch of American rats ended up living in France. And does Remy have a work visa? Details, people, DETAILS.
8/14 8:24 PM just put two exhausted kids to bed. Liam was perfect, but after much screaming and hitting on Elena’s part, I’m beat.
8/15 5:15 AM had a great time with the girls this evening. I learned a lot about myself as well. Evidently at one point I owned a trench coat.
8/15 12:36 PM M&D kept E up until 10.30 last night b/c she napped from 2-6.30 yesterday. Why is she up at 5.45? Mama is officially tired.
8/15 8:33 PM Elena No Nap is going to be the death of me.
8/16 1:38 AM loves her mama. She’s been secretly doing my laundry. :)
8/16 12:49 PM got to sleep from 8 to 6.30. Wahoooo!! LIfe is so much better when I’m well rested.
8/16 5:02 PM is sitting outside enjoying the warmth knowing that she can go into the air conditioning whenever it gets too hot.
8/16 7:28 PM is hiding from everyone in the basement to recharge like the good little introvert that she is.
8/18 3:35 AM wishes that she’d kept every cd she ever owned. .
8/18 5:19 AM still sorting the ipod. it’s taking hours!
8/18 10:17 PM thinks it’s dumb that the computer can’t charge the ipod. sat down to relax and sort more music and it was dead. :(
8/19 5:45 PM is packing for the trip home. Looks like it’s supposed to storm in Wichita and Chicago just as we are scheduled to fly. Wish us luck.
8/20 1:02 PM got home 3 hrs late. person got on the plane without a ticket, even though her four kids were ticketed – two on her pssport!! v. messy
8/20 11:53 PM is sure that if everyone understoood what a bitch she is when she doesn’t get enough sleep, they’d let me sleep no matter what.
8/21 12:35 PM huh? wha? yes, elena, i’m awake…i’m awake. *yawn* what time is it, anyway? noon? welly well well, 2.30 a.m. to noon…not too bad!
8/21 5:25 PM is experiencingt the joy called “Random On the iPod.” Of course, I had to make a Random playlist to avoid the 750 kids’ songs.
8/21 9:13 PM Keeping the kids up late so that they’ll sleep tonight. Have to be out the door at 10 tomorrow for a lunch with some of my fave peeps.
8/22 9:14 AM in bed at 10.30…up at 7.30! perfect! now off to lunch with my sugar free and on-their-way-to-sugar-free buddies at Whole Foods. :)
8/22 11:53 PM evidently missed the sleepy window. Either too much serotonin or too much Mad Men. I may never know.
8/23 11:20 PM made gazpacho and hummus and grilled chicken today. gorgeous weather. i wore shorts!!
8/24 9:00 AM Happy Birthday, Elena!
8/24 1:58 PM thinks she’s not going to have the kids nap so she can go to bed at 8.
8/24 4:33 PM There is no place in my heart for fruit flies.
8/24 6:49 PM Birthday girl just bonked on the coffee table. Looks like she needs it glued. Off to the A&E we go….
8/25 9:24 AM s husband is smart.
8/25 11:23 AM has been sugar, sweetener, & simple carb free for 365 days – and zoloft free for 5!!! I am ridiculously proud of myself. :D
8/25 6:14 PM is too tired to be ordering groceries, but it has to be done. Will I get to bed early tonight? I…hey, Elena’s not wearing any pants!
8/26 8:52 AM reorganized the kids’ bookshelf and they are rediscovering their old faves…now that we can actually see them.
8/26 10:53 AM is tired of wire shelving acting as furniture.
8/26 1:41 PM decided to rearrange and reorganize a few rooms of the house and we have a surprise cleaning lady visit. shit!
8/26 6:29 PM Why does Liam wait to poo until AFTER the cleaning person is here?? Is it too much to ask for 24 hours of clean commodes?
8/26 9:36 PM is going to watch Mad Men and will finally be caught up with the rest of America. Yippe!
8/27 4:58 AM is never pleased to be up in the morning when people in the US haven’t gone to bed yet. No thank you, Elena.
8/27 9:38 AM might finally have a handle on all of the kindergarten stuff for L. There was a little bit of info overload last week. Doing ok now.
8/27 2:05 PM at emergency again with Elena. she’s ok, but i can see her skull where she hit her forehead on the edge of my bed. ugh.
8/27 6:50 PM is going to let Liam read her to sleep this evening. Hopefully The nonEnglish Patient will cooperate.
8/28 1:44 PM is a little on the grumpy side today. Looking forward to a haircut and color tomorrow though. Pink is gone and roots look terrible!
8/29 4:18 PM it’s a little bit purple…. :D
8/29 6:45 PM Feels like a crisp, Fall day in KS in London today. :) I’m not looking forward to Winter coming, but I do love Fall in KS.
8/30 11:59 AM thinks there’s going to be no more of this practically shaved right side of my head next haircut. But I do love the purple.
8/30 2:26 PM is tired of Elena proudly peeing on the floor. No amount of positive reinforcement is working – nor is getting angry. Back to diapers. .
8/30 3:51 PM just found out that our answering machine evidently isn’t working. It just says “Call back later!” What’s the point?
8/30 10:20 PM hasn’t talked to enough adults today.
8/31 3:54 PM Just finished my meal plan for the week. What are you having?
8/31 7:45 PM I’m feeling intellectually challenged because I got to proofread something. I do miss that aspect of work. Maybe I should be an editor.
8/31 8:20 PM Elena is dipping Liam’s sunglasses in hummus and licking them. Gross.

July in Tweets

Filed under: Blah Blah Blah — Heidi at 10:30 pm on Friday, July 31, 2009
7/1 2:01 PM is avoiding packing. Harumph.
7/1 5:04 PM just cracked the first double yolk egg she’s seen since we moved to London and went organic.
7/1 6:42 PM Nekkid children running around being crazy. Not sure how it happened, but at least they’re *inside* now!
7/2 10:26 AM packing for cool, rainy weather in Scotland. At least I don’t have to do laundry.
7/2 12:37 PM The car is going to be 2/3 full of stuff to keep small children busy. Why do they require so much STUFF?
7/2 4:54 PM Words I never thought I’d hear come out of Aaron’s mouth: “I want Indian tonight.” I am trying to play it cool, but cheering inside.
7/2 8:57 PM really shouldn’t clean. Important things get lost when I clean.
7/3 8:37 AM Liam packed his own entertainment bag. Elena did too. This is going to be interesting.
7/3 2:02 PM motorway is down to 2 lanes for an accident. 20 mins later we reach the “accident” and there isn’t one! they forgot to clear the signs!
7/3 4:40 PM Lakes district is gorgeous even in the rain!
7/3 5:02 PM Heard from Elena on the backroads to Edinburgh: “There’s CHICAGO!” Uh, not quite.
7/4 9:00 AM is irritated that she forgot the camera this morning. sun is shining. beautiful day!
7/4 10:54 AM on the falkirk wheel. google it. liam is very impressed. many, many questions. Elena is eating a cheese sandwich. typical. :)
7/4 1:10 PM is happy the car is quiet, but it doesn’t make up for the fact that there won’t be a nap for me when we get back to the house.
7/4 7:21 PM is in bed at 7.15 hoping the kids will go to sleep so she can. Excited about Edinburgh tomorrow and meeting a friend for lunch!
7/5 8:56 AM is allergic to the Scottish countryside in a way even Claritin doesn’t understand.
7/5 2:50 PM Edinburgh solved allergy problem. Castle. Rain. Sun. Great lunch. AND have Fiona’s homemade oatcakes in my bag!!! I’m a lucky girl!
7/5 5:21 PM is watching the kids roll down the hil in the back whilr Macey looks desperately for something to throw.
7/6 9:52 AM headed to a lead mine. underground is good on a rainy day.
7/6 4:49 PM kids are finally quiet now. thank you, whoever invented mini DVD players and math circus.
7/6 8:14 PM driving home from lead mine, huge bird (or something) pooed on windsheild from a tree. liam asks, “are monkeys throwing nuts at us?”
7/7 11:16 AM is wondering if this traffic is going to be for a reason or if the signs are just lying again. hopefully home around 3ish.
7/7 12:56 PM literally parked on the M6 for 20 mins now. have moved 2.7 miles in 1 hr, 50 mins. people standing in road chatting.
7/7 1:14 PM moving finally. again no visible reason for delays!
7/7 11:04 PM is happy to be in her own bed.
7/8 12:32 PM is trying to walk the greys away.
7/8 9:17 PM is going to live in London another year! Yes, in the Double G. :)
7/9 10:56 AM Listening to NiN in prep for show next week. Bringing back memories of dancing at Lucky’s with the crew. :) Miss you guys!
7/9 11:26 AM is finally uploading pics from our US trip in May. Oops.
7/9 6:10 PM Buttermilk biscuits here we go, SIFT the flour roll the dough. Clap your hands and stomp your feet, move your butt to the funky beat.
7/9 7:27 PM is learning a lot today.
7/9 9:46 PM loves having her sugar peeps on IM, twitter, facebook, and the like. Their shiny faces make me happy. :)
7/10 1:28 PM Dear woman on the street. I took his scooter away b/c he wasn’t following directions I am a good mom…don’t look at me like I’m evil.
7/11 9:11 AM is going to the mall with the fam because Aaron needs clam diggers. (That’s “male” for capri pants.)
7/11 10:52 AM is trying on hairstyles to see if there’s any possibility she can grow hers out a bit. Answer: 2 possible styles. All others hideous!
7/11 3:02 PM Evidently my hair is going to be silver and baby pink. That’s what I get for saying “do whatever you want.” Should be fun!
7/12 9:19 AM Bedtime last night, both kids yelling for me. Me: I will come when you’re quiet. Silence, silence and then Elena: MOM, *I* BEED QUIET!
7/12 9:23 AM Sick Liam watching Dora Saves the Mermaids this morning: “Murphy is DEAD, Elena!” Would love to know where that came from. Weirdo.
7/12 9:31 AM Cooking today and having memories of Sunday lunches with my family on Jody Lane. :)
7/12 9:11 PM is going to put liam to bed with a puke bowl this evening. That brings back memories.
7/13 8:24 AM Liam is feeling better today. Now I’m just waiting for Elena to get it after she absconded with his juice cup last night. Scoundrel.
7/13 9:59 AM …and Elena is sick.
7/13 4:11 PM is planning meals and getting ready for Mom to come this weekend! I’m excited. :)
7/13 10:25 PM is finally feeling back to normal today after almost a week of feeling low. Thank you for making me feel better beta endorphins. :)
7/14 10:07 AM has the best negotiator husband ever. You want something? He’s your lawyer! He just *knows* he’s right. It’s nuts!
7/14 5:09 PM is not cooking tonight. Take away curry it is!
7/15 8:56 AM Looking fwd to NIN and Jane’s Addiction this evening!
7/15 12:57 PM killed the dryer. :(
7/15 3:15 PM is tired. Not good for an evening out. Hopefully a really good snack of shake will help. i need energy!
7/15 3:24 PM thinks she *might* have sorted out why her light box wasn’t working! Certainly hope so…need it with the gray rain out there today!
7/15 9:06 PM Waiting 4 NIN!!! JA not the best, but played what I knew, so I’ll let it slide.
7/15 9:18 PM worth the wait
7/16 7:55 AM has a hangover from the show…even though she drank water. Late night and too much excitement I guess. That, and I’m old.
7/16 1:41 PM just heard Liam yelling at Elena that “Only boys go to work.” Looks like we have some work to do.
7/16 3:03 PM Dryer is fixed!
7/16 4:40 PM E having major sugar meltdown after much cake and no protein/uneaten lunch at school. Not pretty. Banana and cheese finally helping.
7/17 9:42 AM At Starbucks wasting time until the school French party. Bonjour.
7/17 3:19 PM Mama’s here!
7/18 2:37 PM is sitting in a nearly silent room trying to upload videos of the kids. Flickr is not cooperating.
7/19 12:14 PM At Legoland. Only one downpour so far. Not bad! L & E loving rides. I’m loving the Legos & ignoring people!
7/21 9:50 AM Light box has to go back to be replaced again. Works when plugged in, but battery won’t work. I NEED that sucker though!
7/21 6:49 PM Grammy leaves tomorrow morning. Am taking advantage of the last bits of loving kid entertainment. They will miss her. (So will I!)
7/21 8:07 PM never needs to ask Liam what he said because I didn’t hear him the first time. Elena repeats it verbatim before I have to ask.
7/22 1:05 PM loves it when pay by phone parking is the only option and they charge a service charge as if you *chose* to pay that way.
7/22 1:18 PM Dare I say it? I haven’t bought diapers in two weeks.
7/23 1:01 PM is planning for trips. Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg…and Kansas.
7/23 2:27 PM is making phone calls in the US and UK. Just called my UK vet and an American answered the phone. Totally messed with my head!
7/23 6:31 PM is reading GQ…and she is disturbed.
7/23 10:06 PM Elena yelling from her bed: “NO. MORE. SNOT!!!!”
7/24 11:16 AM is contemplating a Mad Men marathon today. It’s one of the few shows I’m really into and it’s calling me. But Aaron would be very sad.
7/24 1:09 PM feeling better about back-to-back trips after printing pack lists for each and figuring out what can actually be done in the time left!
7/24 2:35 PM Too much thunder. Macey is sitting on my foot.
7/25 8:35 PM had a wonderful day with Bex and the fam. First time I’ve taken a day “off” in a long time! I didn’t even do laundry (once she arrived)!
7/26 11:06 AM Liam to Elena while playing “family” together: Elena, you are my husband and I am your wife; I am NOT your mommy!!
7/26 1:50 PM Planning and packing. What’re you up to?
7/26 6:12 PM Waiting for chicken curry to magically appear on my doorstep.
7/27 10:18 AM would like to jump into a bin of colored balls with the kids. Why is that so fun?
7/27 12:12 PM Elena: Wiam and I had fun at Swiss Cottage cheese this morning.
7/28 12:12 PM feels weird today.
7/29 7:50 PM Going to chat with my sugar peeps. I look forward to Wed. every week! :)
7/30 9:15 AM Looking forward to Amsterdam tomorrow. No kids…just Joe, Angela, Aaron and me. Yippeee!!
7/31 6:23 AM Amsterdaaaaaam!!
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