ROBIEWANKENOBIE

last night i had a "fancy dinner" with my boys. boy gee howdy, do i love that co-op of ours. cheap, healthy, and downright tasty. plus, i got to hear h-man say toe-food over and over again. he maka me laff.

i picked up some essentials and headed back to the homestead. along the way i tried to listen to fresh air over the singing of the banshees that emanated from the back seat. i tried to give them some sense of "respecting each other's space." it might have worked. i blasted the radio and asked them if they thought that was respectful. yeah, well, they didn't like that. i turned the radio down for the station identification crap and they got to sing as loud as they could. this is going to be heck on wheels when they hit the teen years. thank heavens for earphones.

we've hit the prime of the light display season, and so we cruise the neighborhood on our way home looking for good displays. i'm a little disappointed in the lack of creativity. seriously...either really go for it...go full on...or don't do it at all. the house with the giant UK plastered on the roof? huge blow up wildcat on the lawn? and blue and white lights? i salute you. the house across the street that is sucking all the electricity from our power grid? love you, too.

i pine, though, absolutely pine for the reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaallly tacky displays often found in the south. whatever happened to the almost finster like folk art display i saw while visiting my uncle in st. petes? i sure hope it is still around.

i created some awesome hair for the camping dolls last night. if i don't screw up their faces, i'll be stoked. tonight? i really am going to do the sleeping bags.

this morning i totally kickass prepped for dinner tonight. this is starting to become a habit. it's great, though. i get up, prep everything, and then i can whip dinner together in mere seconds.

yesterday? a co-worker was saying that i was weird...i asked her to define weird. "well, uh, you're a vegetarian and you have chronic bedhead." i'm guessing that last comment is what led to my unfortunate bang trimming. methinks i'm a gonna have to get a proper haircut now.

as for the christmas activities, i've decided to bag everything but the official work party. my workfriend judy and i are going together (should i get her a corsage?) and we'll bag early and go see narnia.