a meme and a little hehe

so hoperadio suggested a meme, and since it's been a few days, i'm going to use it... i don't know how revealing this will be, but i'm learning how to upload pics on here, so this was also a good chance to try it. here's my computer area. (sans me) it used to be a lot more interesting, i suppose, but now that it's in the living room, i try to keep it at least fairly neat. like, those books over there on the left of the screen are usually spilling off of the left side, but i started that about a month ago. and it makes sense, because i use those books a lot...but for some reason i tend to resist too much organization. hence, the stack of crap on the right of the screen. there's the cd organizer in the back of it, and that's fairly effective, although cd's will occasionally pile up right in front of it, so i'm not completely sold on it. and the stack is held in by a pencil organizer that also strikes me as a bit much, but i actually really like. it's good to look for a pencil and, lo, there one is... :)

the kids' christmas lists are to the left of the keyboard and there are pictures of two of those kids above the computer. on the left is the nine year old and on the right is the eight year old. those are my dh's favorite baby/toddler pics of them. nine year old is pouting BIG TIME in his...which is cute because he's a pretty calm, peaceful, cheerful fellow. and it's all topped off by some christmas cards and decorations...woo-hoo!

ok, one more pic... we have our very own rudolph at our house...

little bit fell down outside yesterday and slid on his face. the flash bleached the color out quite a bit...his whole nose is pink and he also has a big old pink strawberry on his head. he's been a pretty good sport about it, but he doesn't really like it when i call him rudolph. :) but it just about breaks my heart every time i look at him, just because it's so red and it's been so long since one of my guys really hurt himself. i was a little out of practice...

ok, time to go meet the day. my number one son and number three son have been at it much of the morning. and it seems number one son is really the one instigating. so i put my foot down and now he's kind of pissed off at me. which is ok, i guess. but it still sucks. but we're baking today, so hopefully that'll put them all in a better mood...

peace