hybrid poplar

Life is looking quite normal at the moment, which is a little scary. DD and SS are impressing us with their ability to act their ages. DD is obsessed with all things Hello Kitty, gawdy and holiday. SS is pleased to work into conversation that he is really smart and has a girlfriend.

I have committed myself to going to the library at least once a week to slog through paperwork, since I lack the discipline to do it at home where even cleaning the toilet seems a more attractive task. Secured in the library; I have little other choice. Also, it just seems less horrible.

The poplar tree is one of my attempts at framing a photo subject naturally. When I planted it; it was three feet tall. And DH swore that it would never shade the house while we were alive to enjoy it. But it is now up over the house. And he instead claims that it is going to shatter in the wind and destroy the house, due to its rapid growth.

The sewing blog has been up for almost ten months now and regularly receives both very nice fan mail and hate mail, sometimes in the form of comments on the blog. And sometimes by email. Oh, then there is spam, which has always been around, but is ever increasing. Last week someone felt it necessary to tell me that she thinks one of my projects looks like crap. This causes me to wonder, what compels a persons to go to the trouble of authenticating a comment to insult someone. Had it been worded in any other way, I would have thought it was just miscommunication, since I make those errors all the time. But looks like crap is pretty clear.

I am attempting, again, to convince myself to take the MAT or GRE. But I am horrified by standardized tests. Seriously, I used to puke in the bushes outside of class before exams. I know that is insane. And I tell myself that I did actually graduate college and can manage one standardized test. And yet, I have not.

The holiday season has begun. And typically, is really fun at the moment. By January, I’ll just want to hide in my room and turn off the phone. We’ve already had a celebration with one BIL and family, and at DDs school. SSs birthday is this weekend. And then next week both kids are off and there is a dentist appointment, playdate and Thanksgiving.

Yes, by 2010, we’ll be exhausted.