Peace and quiet......and LOTS of yarn!!

Both children are asleep. For the next two hours (hopefully!!) the peace and quiet will remain in this house. There is so much screaming and carrying on going on around here lately I may go prematurely deaf; and I would be 100% OK with that. It's been a long week. Bitty decided to get another double ear infection; but that second top molar FINALLY came through last night. That meant less sleep for mommy; but in the long run I'd like to be able to say the worst is over. Well.......with regards to ear infections and teeth coming in. Bitty sleeps through the night so long as no teeth are coming in, she's not sick, and she doesn't have an ear infection. When Bitty sleeps through the night, that means mommy gets more sleep. When mommy gets more sleep, it is much more pleasant around here. I will honestly admit when I have had little sleep I am definitely not the most pleasant person to be around. Usually if I reach true exhaustion I am actually more pleasant to be around because I am at a point where I just don't care.

Bug wants candy for breakfast? By all means have at it! Bitty wants to dance on the living room table? Knock yourself out sweetheart! The damned cats (I'M LOOKIN' AT YOU SHADOW!!!!) want to drag their stupid cat food all over our freakin' bedroom? Bring it on furballs!!! (I'll just suck you up, tail and all into the vacuum later.......) Speaking of vacuums..... I love mine. I fantasize about setting the roller on the shag carpet level and just running through the house picking up every little plastic animal, pieces of paper, pieces of yarn (Bug's new weird obsession.... *eyeroll*) CAT TOY mousies, ponyville pony miniatures, sequins, crumbs of cheezit and cheerios and CAT HAIRS that I can. It would be a glorious feeling to see my carpet bare again.

Sunday I went with Nicole to look at a house. (she and Josh are thinking of buying here sometime soon.) there was the absolute most fabulous room in that house. First off it was HUGE. I'm thinking comparable with Nanny and Papa's old living room kinda huge. (I'll admit Nicole and i ran in big circles around it.....) It was also kinda set off a bit from the other rooms of the house over the garage. There were some windows for light, the ceiling was at least 12ft high, and then there was the best part: a door that closed. And locked!!! teehee.... I let myself bask in the fantasy of what I would do with that room. heehee *evil little grin* I would install some sort of surveillance cameras, put all toys; children's and feline's in it, toss all three cats and both girls in, shut the door and let them go at each other. oooohooohooo! It would be glorious!!! *stares dreamily off in to the distance*

Ah, well back to reality. I've been crocheting like a mad woman lately. I finished some UFOs that I didn't quite get to before Halloween; my witches' hat for instance and a bigger candy corn colored bag for Bitty to trick-or-treat with next year. I've also started some fun stuff for the holidays too. That's why Bug is obsessed with yarn bits right now. She has been collecting all the extra little bits of yarn from my projects. (And I must admit i do leave a bit of a trail of yarn or thread when i do needlework projects....) It's quite a colorful little pile actually. The only problem is she and Bitty fight over them. I tried giving Bitty her own pieces but Bug stole them from her. So in return Bitty stealthily sauntered up and stole the pile of yarn pieces. And she went running away (literally!) giggling like a mad woman with two fist fulls of yarn streaming from her hands and dropping on the ground. Bug meanwhile is having a meltdown that Bitty stole her yarn. It was hysterical actually and I kind of sat back in amusement and let it happen. I finally had to intervene because Bug was becoming hysterical about her yarn. "She's taking my yarn mom!!! Mom she has my yarn!!!!" You should see what happens when Bitty takes Bug's silkie! (and she does it deliberately to get a rise out of Bug!! LOL)