Freakin' USPS!!!!

OK, so I just received my Knit Picks Catalog in the mail. Normally, it's in pretty good shape when I get it. No torn, missing, or mangled pages. Not today. I just went out to check my mail after work, and what do I see in my mailbox? My catalog - looking like someone had hacked away at it with a pair of scissors or a paper cutter! My husband says it was done with a box cutter! What on earth?!?! And the idiot mailman DELIVERED IT THAT WAY! Why...WHY...would you stick something that looks like this:









to somebody's mailbox?!? What kind of ridiculousness is that?!?!?

Terrible Twos

Fabulous. Just great. You know, I love my daughter more than anything, but this whole "terrible twos" thing is really, really getting on my nerves. And the best part? She's only 18 months old!!! I mean, honestly, of all the things she could have (and did) start early, did she have to pick that?!? Stubborn, whiny, stubborn, loud, stubborn, willful...did I mention stubborn?

And look at this face:




I should have known she was going to be trouble.

And, you know, we're going to have hell when she starts dating.

Why do I enjoy this so much?

Time goes so fast!

You know, I think the only thing worse than being the stepparent of a kid just about to end his last year in intermediate school, is being the parent of that kid. And my stepdaughter is just two years behind him. I don't envy my husband or my children's mom one bit. They're growing up so fast! It makes you realize just how quickly time goes by. I'm dreading the day my daughter starts high school. I'm not even looking forward to the day she starts kindergarten!

It doesn't help that my 10-year high school reunion is next month. Where does the time go?