Today...

Jack had a dental appointment and he said it "hurt sooooooo bad".  He's still not done with the dental work from his BMX accident, which was two years ago tomorrow.

That was one of those days I want a do-over on.  I would change that day by saying "No, Jack, you may not go to the skate park and knock your front tooth out and chip most of the other permanent teeth in the front of your mouth and then have expensive and painful dental procedures done for the next 5 years."  That is verbatim what I would say.

Then we came home and made 5 half pints of the bestest blueberry jam I have ever had.  No lie.  I was not aware I was an awesome canner until just this month.  I canned 8 jars of super delicious strawberry jam a couple weeks ago and now I am obsessed with thinking about some delicious combinations of fruits to make into jam.  Strawberry rhubarb is next, which I obviously did not think up myself.

Speaking of food, I started a three day green juice cleanse fast today.  So far I'm not hungry, although I did augment with a bit of watermelon.  I do not have a juicer and didn't really want to invest in a piece of kitchen equipment I may never use again.  So I'm using Naked Truth Green Machine and Odwalla Original Superfood.  They are so much better tasting than they look.  They would have to be because they look like algae sludge.  They are thick enough to make me feel not starving, so that's good.  I've been gastronomically BAD for a while now, I'm hoping to knock off a bit of the bloat before heading to Cannon Beach next week.  We are staying at the RV Resort for the week of the Fourth.  I'm excited...the weather is supposed to be lovely so I'll keep my fingers crossed.  I love Cannon Beach, literally, I Love Cannon Beach.  It's enough like a California Beach to make me feel a little bit homesick.  Yay for vacations!

Not too bad...

Um, Liv, if you're reading this, I have some bad news.  We suffered a slight bit of flooding this weekend due to the aforementioned blog entry entitled "Aloha".  We lost about 1/4 of the carpet in Liv's room, luckily I put in the stick down squares so we were able to just pull up the wet ones and can replace them with new ones.  I did not panic or freak out, you would have been so proud of me.  I was very zen about it, especially after watching the news on Sunday and realizing that we got away with very little damage compared to so many other people.  The rain was freaky though, it never stopped all night, most of the rivers here in the great northwest jumped their banks and lots of people lost everything.  Mike and I were out in the midst of it checking gutters and putting down tarps around the house.  We had to end up stapling a big blue tarp to the south side of the house and sloping it down like a tent to direct the water away from the foundation, so far so good.

We stayed hunkered down for the weekend and watched the rain come down in sheets.  It was cozy.  Grace and I have almost managed to beat Donkey Kong Country Returns but that last boss is a real beezy.  We watched a lot of TV, cleaned house, read, and cooked...my ideal weekend, I never got out of my sweats, I even slept in them.  Ahh.  I even finished wrapping all the presents I have bought so far, that's a big deal as I'm usually up until 3:00 a.m. on Christmas Eve finishing up.  Not this year!

Picking up Liv tomorrow night at 7:00 and then Sam is off to visit Kourtnie and Trevor in El Paso on Wednesday morning, she'll be gone for a week and is sooo excited, it's Trevor's 2nd birthday already.  Crazy.

More Goods and Bads

The Goods:

1.  Samantha has found an apartment she and Eric can afford and is moving out next week;
2.  A big, fall storm has moved in and we are cozy and hunkered down for the day;
3.  This morning Grace and I made 3 loaves of whole wheat bread have already eaten half of the first one..carb overload...ow;
4.  Mike and I removed the crystally chandelier from Jack's room (formerly Liv's room) and replaced it with a much more manly fan/light, and we weren't electrocuted;
5.  I had my hair bleached and I'm feeling light and sunny.

The Bads:

1.  Drew's injury to his front tooth last year took an ugly turn and we have root canal on our schedule tomorrow;
2.  I ate half a loaf of wheat bread today;
3.  Gracie and her bestie Madison had a sleepover last night, not a lot of sleep ensued;
4.  that pesky check engine light is back on on the Audi...$$$;
5.  I still haven't gotten the kids costumes ready and Halloween is a week away.  Grace is going to be a zombie which shouldn't be to difficult, but Jack can't decide, which means I have decided he will also be a zombie.

The Goods...

Life is good because:

1.  Everybody is healthy;
2.  My migraine finally went away;
3.  Mike is finally home after 10 days on the road (mostly playing);
4.  I am refreshed from my girls weekend in Portland;
5.  It's not currently raining;
6.  I got a little teenie raise, but every penny counts;
7.  Liv will be home in 2 days;

Not so good:

1.  It's migraine season;
2.  Liv lost a filling and she's like 2000 miles away and she won't be here long enough to see the dentist.

More goods than bads = smiley face.