Snippets

• I am cooking a couple of chicken breasts, dumping some sort of smoked red pepper soup on the top of them and serving the whole mess over pasta. I call it: Dinner.
• I just had to buy a copy of the Outsiders because the library didn't have any available for Brother's homework. Not that he is actually going to DO the homework.
• Jelly is inordinately annoyed because Scooter is wearing big boy underpants nearly nonstop and yet still gets M&Ms every time he potties. Jelly wants M&Ms, too. He tells me, "I peed at school!"
• Yesterday, Honey and I exchanged small gifts for May Day.  I got him some fruity wine, which was quite good. He bought me some pink and white calla lilies. It was kind of fun. I can get behind a religion that has flowers, booze, and sex at holiday time. 
• I was off today so I went and got my hair cut and took Brother for the first step to starting braces. Then we went to get frozen yogurt and to the bookstore. It was pretty nice. I am trying not to be mad at him for all the crap he is pulling lately. Anger is a useless and impotent emotion when it comes to power struggles. It is hard to admit there is not a whole lot I can do about him refusing to do schoolwork.
• Scooter has snitched a measuring tape and is measuring everything. Two year olds are cute.
• Jelly's newest passion is video games. He plays on the Wii so much more than he used to. I am still the only person to use the Xbox that we got them for Christmas though. Brother says it is because I won't buy him any "cool" games. Heh.
• I have promised to buy him some expensive headphones that he wants if he makes honor roll, though. It would be worth it. 
• Honey is in the midst of taking final steps to ensure we will not have any more babies. Because of the finality of this, I feel death encroaching. What does one do when there are no more babies?
• Sigh.