stop with the stuff already

good garage sale haul!  made 160 bucks; on stuff i would've just dropped off at the goodwill! yay!

 in other news....d had his first day of preschool today.  no, i didn't cry.  somehow i feel like this isn't "official" school...and i'll save my crying for kindergarten (?!) 

m had a lovely first birthday party on sunday.  lots of cake smeared in all his nooks and crannies. not too many toys and crap, thank god. d was a little jealous i think, but he hid it pretty well. just runs around with m's new toys and balloon in his hands like they're his...but we can handle that. mom and dad were here and that was great as always. went shopping with mom (of course), and i didn't even dip into that 160 bucks!  i'm trying SO hard to keep a lid on the acquisitions around here.  it's hard! especially when you're out shopping with a die-hard maximalist like my mother. ay, she has a "way" of talking you into buying something you'd never consider otherwise.  i got away with only a grater and a couple things for the kids, but i felt like yelling "step away from the knick-knacks, i'm a minimalist, i can help!" although i feel i'm just an intern minimalist....no one really has to know that. 

Feh, I'm so tired

why why why is my son getting up three times a night again? he has not slept through the night since mid june. i'm so flippin crabby. enough......

i know it's only the beginning of august, but already things seem to be leaning toward fall. the new shiny school supplies are in the stores. i took a good long drag off a box of crayons yesterday at target...couldn't help myself! i feel like there's so much that still needs to be done before we "close up the house", as we do when it gets cold around here. i need to get the children's wardrobes straightened away- i.e. swap out the summer for the winter; and get them some decent shoes. jeez, they're not even in school and i'm lusting after 'proper school shoes'. you know the kind; with a nice stiff leather sole...and a book bag to match. cute!