Funniest kids books I've seen in a long time.

All of these are by Michelle Sinclair Colman and Nathalie Dion

Urban Babies Wear Black
Eco Babies Wear Green
Foodie Babies Wear Bibs
Beach Babies Wear Shades
Winter Babies Wear Layers
Country Babies Wear Plaid
Jet Set Babies Wear Wings
Rocker Babies Wear Jeans

At the library on Sunday I found Urban Babies and forgot to check it out. Darn. Tonight I picked up Country Babies. We have a copy of Winter Babies floating around the center somewhere, I think.

I want them all for my classroom. They absolutely crack me up.

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Ever have a bad day where you feel like hell, and you actually want someone to come up to you and say "You look so sad.. what's wrong?" or "You look unhappy.. here's a hug, a shot and a cookie"? Yeah I had one of those days today and apparently I do those days wrong.
I was told my bad mood was entertaining and that I wasn't in a bad mood because I was still wittingly sarcastic and fun.

Screw that. That makes me even sadder than when I started.

I turned on my favorite current playlist of what I call car music... the stuff I blast and sing to loudly while I drive (well I did back when I had a stereo that was capable of hooking up to my iPod...) Some T-Pain, Britney Spears, VNV Nation... etc etc. Usually it elicits a slight chair dance or even the need to put the iPod on the docking station and dance around my room in my undies to it.
Today? nada. I just turned it off after a few songs. It depressed me even more that I couldn't get happy from that.

I've been sleeping for crap. Fall asleep easily as a general rule and then I wake up many, many times in the night for no reason at all.

It's been dark, gloomy and rainy the last few days. I love that as a general rule but it's making the sleepiness harder to handle.

Why is it that when it comes to online dating sites I get the creepers? Now I remember why I avoided signing up for any sites like that before... Jeebus.

I want to write about nonsense and do it eloquently. I lack the vernacular most times to make even the mundane sound readable and appealing. I feel lackluster in this department that I used to have a cornerstone on in my group of friends.

My body hurts tonight. Yikes.

Just been a long, long day.

However I did get three books in at the library... I'm really excited. Chosen by PC Cast and Kristen Cast, The Lost Hours by Karen White, and House Rules, a memoir by Rachel Sontag. I need to finish Little Lady, Big Apple first though. Sometimes I need mindless chicklit (like Little Lady) or Teen books (like Chosen). Haha.

I had pancakes for dinner. Yeah that's not on the diet plan.

When there's nothing else to do, ramble.

Ever hear the old phrase "How you ring in the new year is how your new year will go", or something to that effect?

It's dumb. Let's think here. Last year I rang it in with Paul 2 and some friends, somewhat jobless, totally broke. Yet nearly 365 days later here I am... a great job, money in the bank and taking control of my finances, and SINGLE. NOTHING would ever change if the above saying is true. It'd like living in an infinite loop. Yikes.

I've been struggling on the reading front lately. I thought maybe taking a break from best-sellers and even the occasional "teen lit" (i.e. Twilight, House of Night) that I read would be good for me to get me into a swing again. I should read something light and airy... fluffy and bad for my brain. What's better than Chick-Lit? Sophie Kinsella's Shop-a-Holic series I devoured several years ago. Even the great Something Borrowed/Something Blue duo by Emily Giffin that I loved. Jemima J by Jane Green was an all time favorite. So I go search. I look on Amazon at the list mainias on this fabulous form of literature. I'm finding nothing. I found two books at the library that my be promising. We'll see. I'm just tired of not reading.

Two major purchases are going to be thrown my way soon... I need a car. Which is going to take forever... because, and this is stellar, the insurance company for this guy... the woman I'm dealing with's files are down. I faxed over my salvage title yesterday... I NEED THAT CHECK. Of course, something else to put a hold on shit. So annoyed. I can't wait until all of this is over. What a pain in the ass.

I'm also going to need a computer. And soon. Crap.

Well, at least I'm better off than I was a year ago in most respects :)

I guess I'm just kind of "in a mood" today. Like that's anything new. Haha.