parker's best friend riley kate is the one in red and purple! those are all her brothers and sisters. :) finally got to trick-or-treat with friends! lorenzo was a snake eyes gi-joe but refused to wear the mask and miss p was once again a super girly princess-y fairy-ish winged fancy dress thing!

 

tuesday list for no reason

1) i started grading again so you can all look forward to some excitingly bad quotes from some dumb-ass students. whoop! i just can't quit this for some reason.

2) i sent the chocolate to oprah. *whew* thank god that's over with. dear oprah, please don't put us out of business by mentioning our name and forcing us to grow 100000% in a matter of hours.

3) i voted today, did you? goooo prop 19 (legalize marijuana)!

4) i'm officially not legally tied to rory in any way any more. he traded in the car that we bought together and adios, there goes my name on any official document that includes his name. in classic fashion he got something completely impractical, a ford expedition. ay ay ay...

5) do any of you use the diva cup (or something similar)? sorry to exclude you mike...

6) parker has not chosen to see her dad at all since i started giving her the option whenever that was. her behavior has improved significantly. her dad's whining has increased significantly.

7) lorenzo is going through a 'phase'. it's the first 'phase' we've been through and i'm not loving it so far. he's having the worst separation anxiety and he's been attached to my hip 24/7, waking up during the night and sneaking in with me, throwing awful tantrums when it's time for school or anything else that requires leaving me.

8) very belated: danny and i celebrated our THREE year anniversary a couple weeks ago. seriously, where the hell does time go?

hey, welcome to the shit show!

yeah so, the SF Giants are going to the world series which is awesome! and what is NOT awesome: bk spent $600 a ticket for himself, his girlfriend and his dad to go to game one! 'it's probably the only one i'll ever be able to in this lifetime.' yeah. that.

i'm a big bloggy TEASE. but i have a good excuse this time.

seriously. our chocolate is being sent to oprah by the VP of marketing at cisco to celebrate the release of a product (made by cisco) that will be featured on the oprah show. i'm outta my mind. that, and we're doing a shit ton of other things (debuting 5 s&b desserts at a supa-cool wine bar, preparing gift boxes of a large anniversary party, working with a wine educator on cheese/chocolate pairings, press release for whole foods and that's just this week. so yeah, busy. did i mention that we're in a new kitchen too? it's SUCH an improvement, brand new, everything in working order. it's all happening! bring on the money!

so i mentioned the ocd right? right?

i can't stop watching sister wives. i may or may not have bit d(anny)'s head off when he suggested canceling my recording in favor of the 49ers getting their asses whooped at sunday night football. i'm generally a live and let live kinda gal, strongly in favor of legalizing gay marriage et al. honestly, i don't care if you marry your pet goat as long as the goat consents. these four adults seem relatively well adjusted and their kids seem healthy and happy. they aren't pushing the polygamy thing on anyone else and shit, i'm happy and fascinated to watch a family with a life so different than mine. that said, when is the cattiness starting? thoughts?

i never learned to count my blessings, i choose instead to dwell in my disasters

welcome you select few, you. after four years of blog-stalking by 'superdad' i've had enough. countless disgusting emails, phone calls, facebook requests, blog comments and the police department's inability to help despite a known ip address and a city and state...i'm done! so here we are with comments open. :D

in classic hmhottbbuif fashion we'll start with a post about bk (rory! his name is rory! i can tell ya'll deeper secrets now!) this is a text i got this morning.

bk: hello, i'm in fresno, wanted to see if switching days could be on the table, instead of tonight, next tues or wed or both

me: i had plans to go to a movie tonight

bk: can i make it up to you, its 3 hour drive and i don't have to com back til sat. please? i will give you an extra 100 on the 15th. that's like 7 movies.

me: !!!!

a few things: his girlfriend and her four year old daughter live in fresno. he's been down there for at least a day or two and knew goddamn well that he was supposed to watch the kids tonight. HE OFFERED TO PAY ME TO NOT HAVE TO TAKE THEM. WTF? how the hell would that feel to know your dad valued you so little?