I'm going to be so tired.

I totally can't sleep, and this has been a problem for the past few nights. I lie awake thinking about Phoebe's school, house repairs, high fructose corn syrup (evil!), and what color my hair would be if I stopped dyeing it.

You know, normal stuff.

Phoebe's school freaks me out a lot, because I'm not putting her in public school here, and I have yet to get off of my ass and decide what we're going to do about homeschooling. That, in turn, brings up issues with us living here, and how there are absolutely no resources for the type of lifestyle we want to lead. Which, makes me think about all the things I want to do, that we just a) don't have the time for, b) don't have the space for, or c) don't have the money for, and how we should move.

By the time I've run through the list in my head, and re-thought everything six or eight thousand times, the sky is getting lighter, and the birds start chirping, and then it's over. Big fat suck, no sleep for me. Maybe I should just order a homeschooling book, and call it a night.

What I did this summer...

Not a whole lot, actually. I worked a bunch, we went to Charleston a couple of times, and I cut my hair. That's pretty much it.

I did change my site up, but with the new Squarespace V5 release it took me, like, four minutes. In dog years, though, that's like a whole month, so let's go with that.

Phoebe is learning to read and spell, Charlie is learning to say "th" and "l" instead of "d" and "y", like Yook at dat dog over dere! and Marissa is a 5th grader. I am in the process of thinking about possibly starting Halloween costumes, but if the heat doesn't let up then forget it. I'll draw some arrows on shirts and they can dress up as environmentalists.

We'll just have to see.

Coming up for air.

Man, things have been crazy busy around here lately. Cra. Zay. With work, and errands, and Soli finally becoming a "woman" it's been neato, I tell you. Oh, I had planned to blog about the dog's vagina, but I can't, in good conscience, do that to people. I will say that of all the crazy, that was the one thing I most enjoyed. No, really.

This weekend it's going to get some more crazy, with Marissa coming home from her visit, and the godmother flying out to see us, both on the same day. The Godmother will be accompanied by her fancy new GodDog (palindrome!) and we're all very excited. Crazy excited, even.

When I get a minute or five, I'm planning on giving my site a brand new face, which should be awesome. I also have ten thousand crafty things I've been putting on hold, because there are only so many hours in a day, and sometimes I spend them sleeping.

One last crazy note: the husband, he has been blogging. On purpose. Somewhat regularly. Check his site out if you feel like it, because he's crazy cool.

Summer fun

While I've been slaving away at work Bryan has been having tons of fun with the kids. He shot and edited this video, and it's just about the cutest thing ever.

If you watch closely, you'll see:

1. Charlie clearly has the attention span of a gnat.
2. Phoebe gets upset and throws her arms around like a tiny dictator.

LOVE. IT.

Nothing pleases me more

Than making lame ass videos. Well, there are one or nine things that please me, but only slightly more. Cheesy videos are fun.

Here are some clips from our last trip to the lake (warning: I used lots of exclamation points).